Kitchen
Medus finished draining a cup of coffee before speaking to Ieria. "Your boss knocked down the door, dear. Not that I'm worried, it means that the Royal family will have to pay for the repairs. Or as I prefer to think of it, we get to steal Alexia's allowance for the month!"
-dramatic music ensues-Pack Ya Bags
Stormer was now in Team TNAC's room, nearly finished packing up his 3 days worth of clothes and other things into his suitcase. He still had the whole mistakes thing on his mind from earlier, despite what Cyanea told him.
Maybe I aught to call and apologize to Chiharu about the Midwinter Ball before I leave for whatever Ozpin's got planned..., he thought to himself, It's been 4 days...but would she even be willing to talk to me after that night? Is she even awake at this hour? What should I do...?
He held his phone up in his hand, pondering whether or not he should dial the florist's number.
edited 22nd Apr '15 6:13:03 PM by TheHailStormer
"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015"I don't think that'll be a good idea," Lucas said, having walked in a few minutes ago to grab some breakfast. "Setting up a plan involving that kid never ends well."
C28: Doub-Al
Alexia smiled, a feeling of warmth enveloping her as she embraced Alfred.
"Do...well...um...can..I...we..er..sleep together?"
She blushed furiously as she realized what she just said.
"Not like that!" she immediately corrected. "I...I...mean..I can't sleep...and...um...just...your bed...a-and-!"
She was panicking again.
Timeskip: C29, 10:30 AM, Somewhere over the ocean
Alexia yawned and stretched as the airship they were on began to descend on a tropical island somewhere in the equator.
The princess remembered the headmaster's words earlier.
"The life of a Hunter is not always death and chaos, there is time for joy and friendship as well. To this end, all First Years will be having a Team Building Workshop for the next three days. Please take the opporunity to relax and bond with your friends."
Opzpin seemed to be looking directly at the group from their dorm when he said that.
Alexia rather thought they needed this.
Although...
"Oh dear...do you think my swimsuit is too revealing?! Maybe I shouldn't..." she fretted to no one in particular.
Said swimsuit was sent by her mother when she and Ai had went to the palace to visit Erin.
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Ayers flicked his hat up, rousing himself from a light nap. He snorted, shifted, and pushed himself into a sitting position "Aw man, we here? That's damn fine." He applauded vigorously with three arms—Thryth hung under Hrunting on his right.
"Can't wait to try out three at once. Ain't never done it before. High-five, y'all!" He held up his hands to all of Team ARBI at once. "Better combat strength and I can high-five all y'all at once!"
Post TS-Above the Ocean, Glen is having a shitty couple of days
Choosing to sit alone for the flight, instead of with his team, Glen sat and idly attempted to figure out how to use his scroll for things other than messages and calls.
Just as he was beginning to get the hang of one of the games that came installed on the device, Glen received a message. From Kate no less.
Expecting some sort of update on what was going on back home in the Highlands, Glen began eagerly reading the message. It was about halfway through the message when Glen began to absolutely fume with rage.
Apparently, Glen had been officially excommunicated from his Clan as for the crimes of abandoning his Clan in a time of need and stealing an ancient and honoured weapon (Mors). The only positive thing to come out of this for Glen was that it got Clan MacLeod angry enough at him to annul that damnable political marriage he'd been forced into.
Not bothering to finish reading the message, Glen stashed his scroll and began staring at the wall in front of him as he began to think about potential ways to earn back the trust of his Clan.
The only thing that came to mind was by proving himself as a warrior, and the only real way to handle that would be by becoming a true and proper Hunter. It might be a southron rank and hold little meaning to his Clansmen, but dammit Glen'd use it to prove his worth.
...Should I be concerned about the fact that I can tell he's aiming that comment at us?
In spite of what the headmaster was saying, he still felt tense. Nothing this good ever happened to them without a price. Even the Midwinter Ball's hosting at the palace was due to the fact that White Rose had become a giant fucking target as of late.
I'm pretty sure everyone else on the ship has just had to deal with boring sap-retrieval trips and essays yesterday. We had to deal with a psychotic technopath who was going to kill several people. And rescue Carol last week, and deal with the death of another student on the mission...
He forced himself to take a deep breath. No more brooding, idiot. You promised Alice and Carol you'd try to relax for the next few days.
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10:30 on Plane
"As long as the important parts are covered your fine. It's not like it'll be as revealing as some of your sleeping garments."
Cyanea responded as she fiddled with her scroll. She paused and then sent a message on it. The recipient got it shortly and Pius's phone buzzed with the short message,
When we land, we should talk.
Ocean
As usual, Rufus's face was a stone wall of dispassion and maybe a little bit of disappointment.
Inwardly, he was smirking, thinking of his own private little joke. See, packed in his suitcase were regular swimsuits and speedos. The former were hidden while he made sure his team and whomever else saw the latter.
Let them ruminate on that, imagine him going about in those tiny man panties. Manties.
Manties?
Sounds about right.
Let the mental images fill their minds and devour them, yessss!
Flashback: Calling
Stormer finally then decided to make the call. He dialed Chiharu's number, and put the phone up to his ear. He hoped he wasn't waking her up early.
Now: Plane
"A Team-building exercise, huh? Interesting.", Stormer said from the comfort of his seat.
"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015Flashback: Stormer/Chiharu
The dial tone off went a couple of times as Chiharu woke up and opened the scroll.
"I'm sorry sir, we're closed at the time—" she mentioned before her brain finally registered the name on the caller ID. "Oh, h-hello Stormer."
Now: Island
Lucas was quiet as he disembarked the ship. It wasn't out of brooding this time, though, and more out of taking in the sensations. The sounds of the waves crashing against the shore, the feeling of warmth coming from the sun's rays, the barely noticeable scent of what he assumed was coconuts.
Such a nice place... But what's the catch?
Damn it, moron, do you even know the definition of "relax?" he thought, facepalming himself.
Flashback: Amends
"Good morning, Chiharu...sorry if I woke you up really early...", he began to say, "Look, I know I'm probably the last person you wanted to hear from after that disaster of a night but...I owe you an apology. I'm really sorry about what I did back at the ball. I completely ruined the night for you, didn't I?"
Now: Island
"This is quite a nice looking island. I wonder where we're staying?", he said as he stepped off the plane with luggage in hand.
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"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015Crystallum 28th: Infirmary
"Maybe ... " said Ai. "Maybe this is the only way. Maybe it's a good enough reason to set aside all the wrong reasons for why I always wanted to lead."
She yawned and closed her eyes. Eventually, her grip on Charisse's hand went slack. She was asleep.
Crystallum 29th: Hallway
Ai nodded. She took Alexia's hands in her own and squeezed.
"I'm going to get my luggage packed. If you need me I'm here. I'll meet you at the skyport later and we'll stop at the palace, then," she said.
Crystallum 29th: Landing
Something about long trips put Ai to sleep. A few minutes on an airship always seemed to knock Ai out cold. The only exception was when anxiety from yesterday's trip to Amaterasu kept her awake. Towards the tail end of the trip, Ai woke up suitably refreshed and lifted her head off Charisse's shoulder. She looked across to where Glen had chosen to isolate himself from the rest of his team.
Ai rested her head on Charisse's shoulder again. "So this is supposed to be a team building exercise, huh," she said.
She stood up, yawned, and stretched her arms and legs, before giving Alexia the thumbs up.
"Your mom's got good taste in swimsuits," said Ai.

SYNR Dorm
Yun gave Rufus an odd look. "Love child?"
That aside, their explanations did take some weight off his shoulders, and Hope would feel Yun's body relax slightly. "At least Sampi's friendly...still, I'm not very comfortable about blacking out whenever I'm angry. I don't want that happening during a fight." He admitted. "I should talk to Beth about this...maybe call her before we leave."
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