Eyyy, BDes Illustration folks unite! I am so excited for you--I wish I could go back to college and redo my degree because I went when I was a fecking stupid teen/young 20-something and did NOT get as much as I wanted out of it... but it was so fun. Make lots of mistakes! Inspire the ire of your instructors, it's the best way to learn. And... take the youngun's under your wing if you can. As someone who had one or two 30-somethings in my class it was a life-saver, even if all they did was look over and shake their head at me like "get your shit together, child."

Man, Klaus sounds like he's about to take a much needed vacation. What a wild ride, poor guy! Welcome to the game! He sounds like a lot of fun to write any fail scenarios with, at least for some of the slapstick. If you're down for it I'd be happy for some more shenanigans CR.