In Hopes Peak Academy, they have what Jin Kirigiri calls a talent lounge.
A lot of students hang out in this lounge to socialize during free period on clas days, hang out for parties, and sometimes students sleep in the giant bean bags.
There are 11 bean bags in the lounge, and they're the kind that are giant.
One of them is yellow.
That bean bag is now known as the 'atua-chosen bean bag'.
New Class Three student Angie Yonaga has donned this bean bag as her sacred worship hideout.
She covers herself in her yellow jacket, and burrows deep into the bean bag, so no one sees her.
A sign is placed outside of it, and it says 'ATUA SAYS KEEP OUT'.
The only other student allowed in the Atua-chosen bean bag is Tenko Chabashira.
No reason, why, except that Atua chose her.
"What's all this Atua stuff about?" The Aikido master said to the artist.
"That means when you go in the lounge, you can use Atua-sama's bean bag! It's a huge benefit, actually! Nyahahaha!" Angie said happily.
"Whatever, just as long as some degenerate male doesn't steal it." Tenko replied in a scoff.
The two didn't mention the bean bag for the next three days when they talked.
And apparently, Himiko Yumeno didn't know this 'rule' about the bean bag.
Himiko Yumeno was very tired on this Wednesday.
She wanted to do nothing but sleep through classes.
Which was acceptable at HPA, just as long as you went to classes at least 3 days a week.
This is one of Himiko's off days.
She had gotten zero sleep the night before because she had been practicing her magic skills.
So she needed to, ahem, 'restore her MP', so she could have more energy.
And of course, she plopped right onto the first one her eyes laid upon.
Which just so happened to be the 'Atua-chosen' bean bag.
Himiko was deep asleep when Angie discovered her.
"Huh? What's this? Someone who isn't chosen by Atua-sama is in my— Atua-sama's bean bag?" She said aloud, hoping Himiko would jump to her feet and apologize.
No response.
"I might have to sacrifice you to Atua-sama if you do not leave his holy space!" Angie yelled.
"What's the big deal?" Tenko Chabashira said as she walked in holding Himiko's mage hat.
"Someone who is not chosen by Atua-sama is in my— Atua-sama's bean bag!" Angie complained to the aikido master.
"So what? Himiko-chan is probably tired out of her mind! I just came to return her hat and here you are talking about blood sacrifices?" She replied.
"Oh… a holy rest, I see. I guess it's okay, since you are doned by Atua-sama to make decisions over his worship place. Although I was going to pray, I think I'll wait." Angie stated as she walked away, "Himiko-chan is a talented girl."
"That's the one thing we can agree on!" Tenko replied with a smile.
The two of them then left the lounge and headed back to their labs.
"Nyeh? What's all this?" Himiko asked herself as she stared at the bean bag she had fell asleep in.
There was a sign that said, "Property of the Atua Holy Trinity: Angie, Tenko, and Himiko".
"What's an Atua?" She asked as she slowly got up from the bean bag.
"What class do you have next, Chihiro-kun?" Kaede asked the programmer.
"Oh, I'm choosing today as my off day. Probably gonna hang out in the lounge and free-code." Chihiro replied to the pianist.
"Good luck in there! I heard Angie-chan took control of the bean bags!" She stated to him with a giggle.
"How does someone take control of bean bags?..." he said to himself as he walked to the Ultimate lounge.
"Angie-chan… why'd you have to add me to your list of 'Holy' people for some non magical being?" Himiko yelled at the artist.
"Atua-sama said that you were holy enough to be accepted into our trinity! He is always kin, and picks only the best of people!" She replied as she threw her hands into the air.
At that moment, Tenko walked into the room.
"Oh, hey hey, Himiko-chan!" She called.
"Tenko-san… I'm confused by this whole Atua thing… also why're you on the list too… nyeh…" the mage said to her.
"You shouldn't be confused! Atua will give you all the knowledge you need! If another student tries to sit on that bean bag, simply tell them, 'It's reserved for Atua-sama's Holy Trinity!' And they'll leave you alone!" Angie replied.
Chihiro then walked into the lounge and saw Angie, Tenko, and Himiko talking to each other.
Is this what Kaede meant by taking control of the bean bags?
"Oh, hello Chihiro-chan! Do not sit in the yellow bean bag! It is for the holy trinity use only!" The artist called to him.
"Aww! This is Chihiro-chan? She's so cute! Like adorable! That little dress… I wish I could pull it off…" Tenko smiled and said to him.
"O-oh. I see. I-I-I didn't know it was reserved…" I said softly.
"Cmon Atua girl! Please let Chihiro-chan be a part of the Trinity! Er… squad…" She replied with enthusiasm to Angie, shaking her frantically.
"But she's not Atua-sama chosen! If Atua says anything about Chihiro-chan, I'll consider it." Angie stated.
"This is stupid. I'm going home." Himiko said as she put her hat back on her head and headed towards the door.
"W-Wait! Himiko-chan!" Tenko called as she closely followed the mage.
Then, it was just Angie and Chihiro.
"What's this whole Atua thing about? Some sort of religion?" I asked.
"Hmmm… I'd say he's more like a counselor! But yet a god! THE god! And he's telling me you're hiding something…" she replied, her voice getting deeper.
"I-I— um…"
"You wanted to be a part of the squad but you were too shy to ask because it's only class three members, didn't you?"
Phew.
"Y-yeah! That's it!" Chihiro replied nervously.
"Why didn't you say so? Atua-sama is very open! Just as long as you pay attention…"
After about 45 minutes of Angie explaining everything about Atua and its lifestyle, Chihiro gave into peer pressure in order to get her to stop talking.
Although, he totally was convinced Atua didn't exist.
Angie was just a cult leader.
A very cheery one at that.
He noted this onto Alter Ego.
"Angie is an artist, yet owns a religion? That's pretty huge!" The AI replied to Chihiro.
"Oh, hey Chihiro-kun." Chiaki called from the hallway.
"Chiaki-chan! Hi!" He replied with a wave.
"How was your free period?" She asked him.
"I could hardly focus on my computer… something was going on about a 'holy bean bag'." He replied.
"Maybe we can do a joint class tomorrow, that way you won't get distracted so easily." the gamer replied.
"Yeah! That's be great! Wait… does that include class 3 students?" Chihiro replied.
"I think so."
Well… let's risk it.
Hey!
It's been a while since I updated Ultimate Year!
Wanted to do something with the 'holy trinity', and soon we'll have a whole story on an array of different characters in the joint classroom!
;)
Welp, seeya then!