[center][h3]Collaboration
between
[@agentmanatee] as [color=82ca9d]Heather Di Mint[/color]
[@KiltmanBagz] as [color=a36209]Carlin Hazel[/color][/h3]

Mentioned people are;
[@datadogie] as [color=0072bc]Sapphire Pearl[/color] of [color=powderblue]Team FRST[/color]


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"Right, no objections here Paris." Carlin said with a beaming grin as she steped over to Heather's side and placed an arm around her in a familar, friendly manner and began to lead her away from the group, gesturing with her free hand for the detachment of iron woods troops to follow after them "We'll take care of Crete. Hopefully with my incredibly useful ability to move through heavily wooded areas easily we'll there and back quick enough to provide support for anyone who may require it. Laters!"

Once they out of each shot of the rest, keeping a brisk pace and a good close hold of Heather to give them privacy from the accompanying detachment of troops she whispered "Okay Heather, I want to know everything..." She gave her a sly, sideways glance and added with a little knowing emphasis to her voice "...and I do mean [i]everything~[/i]."

Heather blushed as Carlin asked to know "everything"... and decided to start from the beginning. [color=82ca9d]"Uh... well... it kinda... just... [i]happened[/i] yesterday. I was uh... walking through th ship and um... well I sorta don't have um... sealegs? And I... fell on her... which was embarassing. After that we had a little talk... and she got scared about the boat and I hugged her... then we ended up sparring in the cargo hold... then uh... um... I-I-I... kissed her..." [/color] Heather blushed from the memory of her first kiss the night before. She looked sheepishly back at Carlin, her nervous crooked smile on her face, [color=82ca9d]"Uhhh... and uh... we just sorta... cuddled that night and went to sleep... w-we didn't um... do anything... just slept... and then this morning we got breakfast a-and F-f-fern... who alo knows uh... she talked with us uh, and I kissed Sapphire again and um... then Fern left and we uh... ate."[/color] now Heather REALLY blushed... thinking about the rest of the events of the morning... but Carlin DID say she wanted to know everything.

[color=82ca9d]"Um.. then we were gonna go back to the cabin to play Remnant... but uh... I kissed h-her again and uh... we started making out and uh, then she took off her clothes and uh... I took-"[/color]


"O-okay." Carlin suddenly interjected with a sort of nerviously shaky voice. Her own face had gotten red when Heather began to share more personal details about her time with her new girl friend and the time they spend together. Infact the normaly golden hazel colored flowers on her head band had also changed hue into a brlliant scarlet color. "P-perhaps not everything, everything." She chuckled a little bit to her self, before taking a breath to calm her nerves. "But wow Heather, color me impressed. You are having quite the big first week back at school. Big important mission, new girlfriend..." The blush returns for a moment, the flowers tips growing red once more "...Other things..." She choughed once to clear her throat as she stumbled on that thought. 

"Sounds like a great start to the next semster. Now we just need a smothly ran mission to solidify it. So since you missed the full debrief, and I do mean brief, do you have any questions about what you missed? I would be happy to fill you in."

Heather was surprised by Carlin's sudden stopping of her description... she had expected Carlin to be absolutely bugging out over wanting to hear EVERY detail... but it seemed her gossipy friend didn't want to hear about... well what Heather had done in her cabin. She raised an eyebrow as Carlin then continued to avoid mentioning or even saying the word sex, despite the fact she was so... filterless with everything else. It made Heather giggle a little bit at Carlin's embarassment, but decided she would poke fun at her for it after she had heard all the mission details, [color=82ca9d]"Uh, yes please... like I said I was... not available when uh... you were debriefed..."[/color] Heather replied, smiling and blushing at her own memories.


Carlin really REALLY wanted to make a joke about 'de-briefing' given the direction Heathers earlier story, but the thought of making such a direct sex joke about sex that ACTUALLY happened  was enough to make her feel like she was going to explode from embarrassment. She pushed away the thought and focused on pulling together into a more coherent line. "So short story even shorter. You know that terrorist group that has been causing all that trouble lately? Well seems like they are planing a possible attack here. This island, in addition to having Signal Acadamy, is home to a handful of small villages which could also be vulnerable to attack. our job is to aid in the evacuation, but to not make it known that the terrorist group may be involved to keep panic from spreading and making any possible actions by them or grim easier. We are all splitting up into groups of two..." she gestured back behind her "W..." she gestured back behind her "With some of ironwoods toy soldiers for back up, to make sure everything goes smoothly. I'm hoping we can get in and out quickly enough that we can provide back up for another team. Any questions or objections to that plan?" 

Heather shined her crooked smile, [color=82ca9d]"J-just o-one Carlin... um... have you uh... never... had a boyfriend? Or... uh girlfriend?"[/color] she couldn't believe she was teasing Carlin, but she couldn't stop, she just giggled as she thought about the charming, outgoing and confident Carlin not having any sort of relationship before Heather, who was about the opposite of Carlin in every way. She looked at Carlin again, her damn annoying smile still plastered on her face, [color=82ca9d]"Di-did I lose... uh... m-my v-v-v-v-v-v-virginty... before you? *giggle*"[/color] she found it amusing to no end.

As heather spoke her question the color began to rapidly return to Carlin's face and the flowers of her head band. her mouth worked uselessly for a moment before her second question hit her like a left hook to the jaw. Her flowers literally burst into flames on her head band, the little flash fire dieing out quickly as wisps of smoke floated up from the ashy remains. Carlin took a deep breath, the process calming her nerves and bringing the flowers back to life, but not back into bloom. With a sigh she responded.

"Yes Heather, not only is my virginity in tact, but I'm still 0 for 0 on significant others." she admitted with far more sheepishness that she had ever shown before. "High society is much more into the arranged sort of things most of the time. Plus, many of the families keep to themselves, outside of very formal gatherings. That makes it hard to get to know anyone that way. Especially since most of us are watched by hawks so we don't do anything that will 'tarnish' the family name. And heaven forbid we go 'gallivanting with common folk'..." She gave heather a somewhat pleading look "Maybe...maybe don't tell anyone that okay?"

Heather softened her smile, she knew more about the sheltered life of the rich than Carlin could ever know... but... maybe she could know. Carlin was always so open with Heather and Heather... she had never told Carlin ANYTHING about herself... not about her mother, or her childhood or... nothing. She sighed loudly... she had to tell her... something... she looked at Carlin, her nervous smile back, [color=82ca9d]"Uh... don't worry... I uh... won't tell anyone... I um... kn-kn-know what uh... you mean by erm... the uh, high class... isolation stuff...[/color] that was about all Heather Di managed to get out, looking away after finishing.

Carlin smiled a thankful smile to Heather before raising an inquisitive eyebrow at her comment of sympathy. "Oh? I knew your family wasn't exactly common, but I was unsure. I only know about who my parents think are 'important' for me and my family to be acquainted with. Paris for example, didn't really know him all that well before ending up on the team, but I certainly knew his family. What they wouldn't give to get a better chance to study that tree of theirs." she gave a disdainful little sniff at the thought of them "Bunch of high-brow snobs, the lot of them.  They care so much more for expanding the families influence or gaining more knowledge about dust than me or any of the other kids in my family." She leaned in closer to Heather and added "Not that any of my cousins are much better than them but hey you can't pick your family"

Heather frowned, knowing that 'you can't pick your family' wasn't so true in her case, looking at Carlin, [color=82ca9d]"Well... yea... you've probably not heard um... of my mom then... though uh... I erm... don't know... maybe? From what mom uh... says and um... does I think we must have... l-like... a lot of money... uh... H-hanna Mint? I know she is erm... active but... your family is like... ancient right? So... maybe not..."[/color] Heather wasn't sure if Carlin even did know her mother, and if she did she propbably hadn't guessed Heather's relation, being a Faunus and such... plus she wasn't sure how much mother really mentioned her to other's... but maybe? 


Carlin pursed her lips as heather spoke. "Hanna Mint....Hanna Mint...That name does ring a bell..." she mumbled more to her self than to Heather, the brought up a finger and began to  tap her chin in thought. "If I had to guess I think my parents may have mentioned her being one of their bigger business partners in recent years...maybe...It would make the most sense. I am fairly certain I would have remembered meeting them in person, and my parents tend to keep my away from the important business partners when they can, don't want me making bad impression. If they just talked to them about me...well I would have only picked up on every third word or so. They just love to go on and on about such things. Like the businesses we own don't practically run them selves at this point."

Heather giggled a bit, realizing just how LITTLE Carlin cared about her families business. She felt good about sharing that much with her best friend, smiling as they walked in silence for a bit. She was sure they were getting close to the village by now, but she decided she would make ONE more tease at Carlin's expense. She stood on her tiptoes, right next Carlin's ear, whispering to her, [color=82ca9d]By the way, wanna know something good? In... t-the cabin... Sapphire-"[/color] the actual content of the whisper is too lewd to say, suffice to say Heather hoped it would elicit a funny reaction from her best friend.

In reaction to the information Carlin could do little more than lose a great deal of her motor functions. She literally just fell face first onto the ground after tripping over her own feet. She got back to her knees looking at her friend while rubbing her nose "I...you...and she...but...and...with the..." as she stuttered she made several motions that could with her arms that could have been perfectly harmless with out the context that Carlin had been given before she just sort of sat there for a second and blurted out "HOW ARE YOU WALKING STRAIGHT!?!"

Heather almost fell over laughing, stifling them to pretend to put her finger to her lips to think, [color=82ca9d]Hmmmmm... w-well they say baby deer uh, can walk seconds after their born... so I guess it must be the Faunus version of that."[/color] she smirked at Carlin, offering her hand, [color=82ca9d]"Besides, it's not like i'm some big baby, though... I'm not sure YOU could handle it."[/color] she couldn't stop giggling, she had just managed to take away Carlin`s motor skills with a sentence.

Carlin stared at Heather in a sort of shocked wonderment for a moment before smiling and taking her hand, She rose to her feet dusting dirt and such from her body, laughing softly to herself as she did. "I suspect you are right about that at least, I'm fairly certain I couldn't handle...[i]that[/i]." she gave heather a quick hug "I'm proud of  you, and I hope this will continue to be a good thing for the both of you. It's certainly bringing you a bit out of your shell. Confidence is a good look on you." She said with a wink.

By now they had reached the edge of the dock's area and were approaching the deep, wild woods of Patch.  Carlin stood before it for a second "Okay, the mission officially starts now Part one, Get to Crete." she out stretched her hand and focused her mind on he semblance, reaching out and feeling the plant life sprawled out before her like one enormous presence. It was an old and suborn forest, filled with darkness and danger. But the green things in it would at least yield to her semblance, Spring. Branches, trunks, bushes and vines all writhed at her command, making a mostly smooth path for them to walk for several yards forward. She would have to repeat the process once they reached the point where her range ended but it certainly made the footing more sure. 

Carlin let out a little exhale and smiled "Okay Heather, After you."