Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma Hospital | Afternoon

As Alexei dropped the subject on how exactly the rescuers of both himself and his sister, Kotori felt a slight bit of relief - which just made her feel a little guilty right afterwards, as he undoubtedly was wondering just what the mirror world was and would likely have dozens of questions. She'd been the same at the time - but trying to explain it when she didn't even know all that much herself nor whether it was a good idea to involve Elena left little for her to do but give wry half-smile of mixed guilt and gratitude. Looking back up, Kotori blinked in momentary surprise when she saw Alexei holding an apple out toward her - evidently one of the fruit basket on the bedside table.

"Eh?" she went at the gesture - only to blink at his words. However, before she could even voice any protests at the request to visit, Rui stepped in and diverted the attention away - not to much dismay of Kotori at that moment, as she didn't really know how to explain that it really was the others that Alexei should be thanking thusly, seeing as all she'd done was tag along and help them out if the need arose. Shifting position on the edge of Elena's hospital bed to allow the younger girl to see whom her brother was talking to instead of needlessly sitting in her line of sight - and because, with the immediate attention drawn from her, she felt the uncomfortableness that always seemed to accompany hospitals returning; leaving her a little restless.

Rui meanwhile began talking; asking about the eventual discharge date which turned out to be later this day; or rather night apparently. Kotori left the talking to the two of them - at least until Alexei mentioned wanting a drink that the nurses had advised against. Just as she wondered whether to say something about following the doctor's orders, the door opened once again - this time revealing Akane to be another visitor. Kotori quickly gave a bow as she returned her classmate's greeting before sitting down once more; though moving some more again in case any of the other two visitors too wanted to take a seat. It was only when Akane then turned the conversation to Elena that Kotori realised she hadn't actually asked about the girl directly - instead, she'd just assumed that her condition would be the same as Alexei, given how she was showing as much enthusiastic cheer as she had back at the library. With a pang of guilt at the thought, Kotori glanced between the two siblings in waiting for an answer.

Elena Dragunov | Warakuma Hospital

Elena was honestly surprised, Alexei wasn't the kind of guy that had many friends. He had that air around him and yet, so many people had dropped by. It was a welcome surprise, what was even more heartening was, that he was a hit with the fairer sex. Elena couldn't help but giggle as she shifted in the bed to allow Kotori to sit comfortably.

The new arrival seemed to be just his type, she had that physicality about her and she brought his favorite manga so she did know him better than most.

"Oh volume 27!" said Alexei with a smile, it had been a while since he had practiced that but it didn't turn out to be sheepish or goofy.

"Thanks! for this. This happens to be my favorite part." he said cheerfully before waving the basket of fruits in front of her. He knew Akane was comfortable around him and he need not be formal.

As she asked about Elena, Elena sat up behind Kotori, who being the cultured being she was shifted effortlessly away from her line of sight.

"I'm okay, I guess. Doctor Shirakawa said that it'll take a few more days for me to be fit to be relieved. So I guess, I'll be here a little while longer." she said with a smile to the upperclassmen.

"I'm Elena Dragunov and I guess you already know my relationship with Alexei." she introduced herself, pausing for a bit before adding "thank you all for being his friends." with a slight bow. It was rare for Elena to be this way but she was touched by the attention that her brother was receiving.

The arms quickly fell apart once they targeted them, and with them gone, they could go full force. Sato blasted it with another Single Shot, and then immediately following it up with a Hamaon, making the blow seem to explode with white light on contact. Soon after everyone started giving it their all, the shadow fell down, and Rui finished it off with one last decisive thrust. With one final scream of agony, the shadow began to morph back into its Alexai shape, leaving it all to the real Alexai to end.

The conversation went as expected, Sato missing out on a lot of context seeing as he barely knew the guy. Regardless, the broad third-year accepted his shadow and a fiery knight appeared in its place, if only for a second. After that whole shebang was over, Sato was surprised to see that Alexai didn't collapse, and instead turned to the group and informed them that there was still another person to be saved in the dungeon: his sister.

Ayano told everyone there wasn't much left of the dungeon before they would get to Alexai's sister, so everyone marched on, this time with Alexai with them. As they walked through the remainder of the crypt, Sato wondered the implications of both Alexai and his sister being in the same dungeon upon entering the mirror world. Was it only one of theirs, or did they both share it? Could it be they were just similar enough for it to work? What if people with radically different problems entered at the same place and at the same time?

Before long they were at the last room, only having to go through some insignificant shadows to get there (in which Alexai surprisingly helped; did he care about his sister that much that he had the strength to keep going even after dealing with his shadow?). The innards of the crypt got more decrepit as they went on, the coloration losing its brightness and taking on a much more serious tone in them. More surprising though, was finding the same cultists who presumably kidnapped Alexai's sister (and Alexai? Sato was still unsure on that part). The final room appeared to be a dead-end, so the cultists were trapped. The cultists shouted confused sentences, ones that confused Sato himself. Before he could process them again, the voice of the cultist changed into something eerily familiar.

Confirming Sato's suspicion, the man suddenly fell to the ground. A shadow erupted from his body, and in a blind panic it charged the persona users. Alexai cut it down like it was nothing, and charged the remaining cultist, who quickly fell to the ground beside Elena. Whatever just happened, it didn't matter in the moment, as they had basically just recovered Elena without anymore shadow stuff happening. With that done, everyone returned to the real world.

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JUNE 14TH 2015, SUNDAY
Mid-day
Sato sat in his room, browsing through the search results for Junsei Sekai Tensei, which was apparently the cult's name. A now lukewarm cup of tea sat in front his face as he rested his chin on his arms. He'd been searching for at least an hour, and he hadn't learned anything particularly new or useful. Maybe there was a reason that Kami was a member dedicated to this part of the investigation. Was there some kind of deep-web he had to go on to get anything relevant?

Sighing, Sato leaned back in his chair, stretching his arms above his head. Thinking back to the day before, they had carried the cultists out of the mirror world after saving both Alexai and his sister, Elena. They turned the two men into the police, so that's good. What wasn't good was how a shadow had come out of one of them. What did it mean? What was a shadow? The team discussed the cultists and what they said once everything was dealt with. Based off of what they had said, the consensus was that the majority of the cultists were unaware of the true nature of the mirror world, instead believing it to be some alternate paradise world. There was the mention of some "Lady Asai", a name that had to be essential to the investigation. Kami concurred with this thought, while Megumi and Kazuki decided to keep an even closer watch on the mirror world, which comforted Sato a little. At least nobody would slip through the cracks now, hopefully.

After that, everyone went home. Sato had fallen asleep as soon as he hit his bed, waking up ten minutes before eleven the next day. With Alexai saved, there wasn't much else to be concerned with. Just a normal sunday to relax on. Or so Sato wanted it to be, but his head was filled with thoughts and questions about the cultists. What exactly were they after? Why would they try to kidnap people to put them in there? Who was this Lady Asai, and what she telling these people?

Sato took a deep breath, and let it out as he got up. Some fresh air was what he needed, having been mulling over this whole cult thing the whole morning. It was suffocating in its own way. He considered dropping by the hospital to check on Alexai, but he barely knew the guy, and plenty of the others who did were bound to show up there.

Sighing, Sato got up from his chair and whipped out his phone, dialing Rokurou's number. He flopped onto his bed and waiting for the other boy to pick up. When there was no answer, Sato just let the phone fall from his hand and onto the sheets. Sunlight beamed down on his face, making it all the more unlikely he'd bother opening them any time soon.

The week went on fairly quickly, it looks like the chase didn't get the police's attention, after all Alexei and his sister weren't gone for longer than two or so hours. Still though, it was frustrating that the recent events gave more questions than answers. The cultists they found were very forthcoming according to what Kami had learned, about the cult and everything. There was still much even the cultists were put in the dark about.

Kami did learn that Lady Asai was the wife of the cult leader, but that was all the information they got out of them. The two were afraid, under the possibility some of their members may be within the police force. Still though, that did confirm the cult was everywhere. He put aside these heavy thoughts for the time being, as it was Thursday and at school. Summer holidays would soon come, so everyone was just getting content and making plans already. Everyone was quite eager to get out of school and just have fun it seems. For now though... What shall he do for today?

Warakuma High- 18/6/2015

Sieghardt Kasumi

Like that another school day ended with no Drama today he reluctantly sighed at the fate his parents would try to bestow upon him. He was forced to embark upon a museum visit only to be embarrassed and the his maid called out this one cafe for having the theme of maid for that day. They even tried to help him learn history by dressing up a servant as a samurai. His family really tried shoving their standing down his throat. So what would today's torture be? What could they possibly do to break his mind? As he made his way to the school entrance he would come to see the error of his thought process. Then he would question his parents sanity for sending a incredibly buff man in a boxers uniform flexing his muscles as he yelled for young master.

Sieg stared at this scene before walking back in the school. "Nope, camping out here tonight, I will not go out there. Ill risk being grounded. Yet what can i do in this school besides study? Agriculture just isn't for me. Damnit Leiko, why must you not hold drama when it will save me." Sieg mumbled to himself as he would walk the school hallways, not really having a destination in mind. Worse came to worse he would just read book in the library until he was forced to leave.

Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma High School: Classroom 2-2 | Thursday, June 18 2015 - After School

Once again, the schoolday came to an end with the bell being the signal for most of the students to quickly vacate the classrooms and head off to their activities, whatever they may be. Kotori, much like usual, finished up her notes for the day before rechecking them. Once she was satisfied, she packed her belongings together - though not before passing a glance through the quickly-emptying classroom. Perhaps it had just been her imagination, but occasionally throughout the week it had felt as if someone was watching her during class - though when nothing looked out of the ordinary, Kotori quickly shook her head at her own silliness. Perhaps the whole cult thing was getting to her and she was starting to imagine things. Unfortunately though, there hadn't been any progress on the investigation - leaving a small, barely audible sigh to escape her lips. However, a moment later she decided to focus her attention on today rather than the strangeness that surrounded the kidnapping cases - specifically, club activities.

Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma High School: Agriculture Club | After School

Arriving at the clubroom of the Agriculture Club, Kotori found the door closed. With a faint knock, she made her presence known - if only barely - before slowly opening the door after a brief pause of a second or five. Stepping inside, the colourful sight that greeted her brought a small smile to her lips much like it did every time - dozens of potted plants were strewn across the room; on the table, on the window sill and on just about every empty space available, flowers were to be found in plenty of different colours. It was quite a contrast to how the room had started out, having only been home to a scant few flowers and by now looking like it was halfway to becoming a small greenhouse.

Only after a moment of taking in the sight did her attention instead wander about the room; looking to see if any of the other two club members had arrived before her - and if the daily watering of the plants was still in need of doing - as she set down her schoolbag next to the table in the room.

Matt- Thursday agriculture Club

Matt was the first in the club today, he wanted to make a proper checkup on all the plants today due to his increase of work reciently so he could get more time off for the summer break. Hopefully it all worked out and Matt’s hope to enjoy the break wasnt crushed, well with everything thats happening around it might not be enjoyable but at least he would be spendy time with everyone instead of working.

There was also the other thing on Matt’s mind. Thinking about how he confessed he’s come to the realisation he hasn't actually really done much since but.
“what the hell are you really meant to do once in a relationship?” Matt mumbled to himself as he moved onto watering the lilacs.
Matt didn't seem to notice anyone walk into the clubroom

Ryan Alon - Warakuma High School; Hallways | Thursday, June 18 2015 - After School

Ryan wandered around the school, as he was known to do, wondering about what he would do today. To be quite honest, he had been very bored this past week and it was beginning to show on his face. He was vaguely considering just going to Anime and Manga club, but he had been showing up every day at this point. He needed to try and do something new, something outside of school. Or at least something outside of Anime and Manga club. It was in this line of thinking that he passed by the Agriculture Club. Ryan stopped in his tracks and looked at the room apprehensively. Was he really ready to enter anohter club so soon after joining one club. He raised his hand to knock on the door and waited for a moment. And then another. Fianlly he took the plunge and knocked on the door.

"Hello? Is anyone inside at the moment? I would like to speak to whomever runs this club." He called out as he stepped back from the door slightly. Can't back out now. 'Unless I run away right now... No! I have to try!'

Walking along the corridor while deep in thought, Shizuka was hyped over the summer break just as the rest of the students were. Not a lot of solid plans were made but there were definitely going to be bonding time with her close friends, Rinko and Nozomi, as well as some working days at the cosplay cafe. Seeing as the freshman was making her way towards the Agriculture Club, a curious thought formed in her mind. Would she still be able to see the upperclassman during the break? She knew the flowers in the club might not be properly taken care of by the school staff, so there was bound to be a chance for at least either of the upperclassmen to visit occasionally.

The hopeful thought slightly embarrassed Shizuka as she realized at the thought, her cheeks slightly flushed. Before approaching the club room, she snapped out of her thoughts when her eyes caught sight of a familiar figure, Ryan Alon, her classmate. Assuming that he might've had some sort of reason to intrude the club, the raven haired teen spoke as she opened the door before him. "Um, hello Alon-san, do you have some sort of business with the Agriculture club? Do come in, we're holding a club meeting today."

Akane Hanazawa // Warakuma High // Classroom 2-2 ---> Manga Club
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
After School

Not really paying attention to the teacher speak, all trivial crap she already knows, she laid her head on her desk until the bell rang. Once it finally rang, she bolted from the classroom and headed straight to the clubroom. Why, one might ask considering how Akane has been staying away from it and been doing other things, is that recently, after all the 'persona' incidents, she has felt a surge of inspiration that she needed to get on paper a.s.a.p. It's been a return of sorts for her and has been drawing non-stop for days now.

Arriving at the room, she opened the door and quickly took out her things, including her manuscript. It wasn't even close to being ready for Comiket, well, most people would be happy with what she has already but she isn't most people. During the past 4 days, she spent the first 2 re-drawing a number of scenes and the last 2 fixing the dialogue and drawing up new scenes and characters she plans to 'introduce' in later chapters in the future, once the initial piece sells decently well at Comiket first, of course.

With the new drawings strewn out over the desk as she began to start another one, some people might find some of the images to be quite....familiar. To others though, they'd be just some strange and ghoulish creatures you'd find in fantasy or horror. The source of Akane's recent surge of inspiration? Need it be said?

Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma High School: Agriculture Club | After School

It was astonishing just how quickly one could regret as simple a thing as sitting down. Such was the case with Kotori at that moment when, just as she did so, Matthew muttered to himself - most likely unaware of her presence given the lack of his usual exuberant greeting - about exactly what one was meant to do in a relationship. Realising that she'd just heard what probably wasn't meant for her ears, Kotori sat rather stiffly in her chair as she quickly tried to think of some way around this situation - announcing her presence would, at that point, be rather embarrassing. Trying to answer the question as if it had been directed at her would be an option - if she actually had an answer. She briefly considered slowly standing up, sneaking out and then entering again; sure to announce herself more clearly this time whilst pretending not to have heard anything concerning such private matters - except that at that moment, a knock came from the door.

"Ah!" Kotori went in surprise - not necessarily at the knock, but rather the fact that, instead of the door opening, a voice spoke from the other side. In particular, not Shizuka's voice, whom she'd have expected, but instead a male voice that called out for the club president. Standing up, Kotori hoped that the unexpected appearance was perhaps a friend of Matthew's who had come looking for him and would prove to be a distraction - even as the door was opened just a scant few moments later when Shizuka had seemingly arrived to and entered the clubroom; an unfamiliar boy standing behind her. Kotori quickly glanced between all three before giving a bow in greeting to the two new arrivals: "Ah, good afternoon, Otonashi-san..." she said before readjusting her glasses that had slightly slipped in the surprise.

Unfamiliar with the other boy - the previous glance revealing his uniform to be that of a first year much like Shizuka - Kotori didn't know what to call him nor how he related to either of the other two; leaving her to nervously glance between Matthew and Shizuka as to whether they would instead take the lead in such a situation - even whilst she couldn't quite help but worry slightly if everything was alright between the other two club members, given what she'd inadvertently overhead before.

Ryan Alon - Warakuma High School; Hallways | Thursday, June 18 2015 - After School

Ryan jumped when a voice rang out from near him. 'I am suddenly glad I didn't run. That would've looked very stupid.' He thought to himself as he turned to Shizuka. She was a member of his class if he recalled correctly. "Oh, um, hello Otonashi-senpai! No wait, wrong suffix. Otonashi-san! Hello Otonashi-san!" Ryan was feeling the heat already. Running might be an option still.

When Shizuka invited him in he he nodded nervously. Not that she saw, she had already entered. "Yes, I was wondering if the club was free to join? If not, that's okay, I can just go if I need to." The door suddenly opened and Ryan reflexively straightened his posture as if he was still in military school. 'What are you doing? You're making yourself look like an idiot! Calm down and get your act together!' Ryan took a deep breath and relaxed. His shoulders weren't nearly as stiff and he looked better, but there was still a nervous glint in his eyes. "Would you happen to be the club president by any chance? I was looking to join Agriculture club." Ryan said calmly as he looked at Kotori, BUT NOT IN THE EYES THAT WOULD BE WEIRD.

The days went by quite quickly and the whole ordeal about the cult still hadn't quite left Ayano's mind and it was hindering her ability to properly focus on the lessons. Half of her mind was still thinking about the entire expedition while the other was halfheartedly listening to her teacher, taking down notes on her notebook and just trying to let her mind wander and not stress herself out, besides...Today's a club day it might be nice to unwind and let loose for a moment or two. She glanced at the clock in the room and she smirked, any moment now the bell would ring and as if on cue, the bell resonated throughout the room and the teacher displayed their disappointment of not being able to finish their lesson. And while the particular lesson was very noteworthy, the delivery was just boring. Stepping out of the door and with her things packed, she made her way to the club room.

Peering her head inside of the room, she wasn't surprised to see Akane being the first-and only-one in the room so far, with her sketches and drawings strewn all over the table. She greeted her, waved a little and entered and sat down, setting her bag nearby. The brunette asked the other girl if she could check a few of them out before taking a good look at some of them. Ayano stared at them, they looked oddly familiar and she mulled it over.

"Hmmm, don't tell me...These are shadows?"

She wasn't quite sure of her answer and if anything, it was mostly a guess. But it was quite evident that some of them did resemble the monsters they've fought (or in her case seen) before, but the others were mostly blank to her. Still, these were great pieces of drawings! Marginally better than anything the brunette could ever hope to draw.

"So you're making a manga out of this? That's...ambitious really."

Alexei Dragunov

The past days have been heavy with introspection, what ever happened inside the strange place. Whatever was that giant hulk of an existence and what were his true feelings for his family had been evaluated and then re-evaluated by Alexei as he had more time to himself at his home. Elena was due to discharge in the evening today and his mother didn't had the faintest clue of what had happened to the siblings. The hospital staff had played their parts well and he was grateful for that.

But strangely, Rui wasn't as much a help as Alexei would have thought. Perhaps he was new to this too. He hadn't been focusing on the lesson at hand when the bell tolled and he was brought back to the present. There was a place where all their paths converged, the Manga and Anime club. Surely, the girls knew more than him at least. They were there and ready to mix in their punches. Perhaps he needed to probe more before mulling it over by himself.

Manga and Anime Club

A slight knock announced his arrival as he found the girls already present and busy with their activities.

"Do you have a minute?" he announced in his deep tone.

The manga club might've been a good place to go to, but then he remembered the agriculture club. He almost forgot about it, it was back when Matt was the one they had to rescue, he was starting it up just as he got kidnapped, although he's been back for awhile he'd forgotten to check up on it. Although as he reached it, it was pretty crowded... He recognized first Ryan, who honestly kind of stood out with that hair and demeanor, and then he recognized by voice, Shizuka, and as he got there he noticed Matt was there and so was Kotori. It looks like Ryan was joining. He looked over to Matt after surveying the room,

"Well, it looks like you're doing well Matt, and good to see the rest of you too", as he looked to Shizuka he realized he almost forgot to ask her about that costume, she did text him it was done, so maybe he'll visit tomorrow, or on Saturday.

"In any case, I was just checking in, I might join at a later date too in fact", if he needed to grow something in his backyard... He might have to check his house's garden to see if there was any space to do so.

"Anyways, I'm off to the manga club", he said, before waving goodbye and leaving.



As he arrived, Alexei was there at the door... He was a little worried, as Alexei didn't seem to fully understand the whole shadows and dungeons thing, but he was fairly driven anyways, he saw the danger it posed to people, and experienced it happening to his sister first hand, so he chose to help, if it would help others. There was much either of them did not yet understand, so that might have also contributed to it. Still, simply put, kidnappers, mirror world, rescue them. As he approached Alexei, he spoke,

"Is there something you needed from the Manga Club?", he asked. It was most likely to speak with Akane, since this was the same setting he first saw Alexei, looking to speak with Akane that is.

When the door was opened finally, Rui stepped in and immediately the drawings on the table attracted his attention. Not because they were stunningly good or anything, they were decent, and conceptual sketches based on how rough they were... But he recognized them because they looked a lot like the dungeons he's faced with everyone else... He double checked who was in the room, and it seems to be okay,

"Akane are those... The dungeons? And even some shadows?", he asked. To be honest, they could probably enter the mirror world again and revisit the old dungeons. He had a feeling that was what their introductory dungeon was when they were introduced to the Mirror World by Kazuki, but so far only he and Kami had gone through that.

JUNE 18TH 2015, THURSDAY
Afterschool

Knock, knock.

Sato stood outside Rokurou's home, clutching his school bag and a stack of papers. Some kid from 3-2 had asked him to deliver the school work Rokurou had missed in his absence. Truth be told, Sato didn't even know that Rokurou had been absent. He'd been too preoccupied with his own studies and the cult case to go to archery practice, or even notice. But here he was, since Sato was seen as "Ishihara's friend" at school, his name only known by association with Rokurou. Apparently, Rokurou wasn't particularly friendly with the crowd in 3-2, and escaped from conversations and events through detailing his plans with Sato or whoever else. Thus, Sato was known as Rokurou's escape plan.

Or, at least, that was what Rokurou told him. Realizing nobody was coming, Sato knocked again, this time peering through the window to see if anyone was even there. A few moments passed, and just as Sato was turning around to leave, the door opened and there stood one of Rokurou's snotty younger brothers. This time literally snotty as he appeared to be sick.

"Hey there." Sato started, shifted uncomfortably in his clothes. How do you talk to kids, let alone kids you don't know? "I'm a friend of Rokurou's. Do you happen to know where your brother is?"

The kid only sniffed, clutching a blanket and a bottle of water. Sato rolled his eyes, and was about to give the kid the papers when the kid pointed behind Sato. The teen turned around to see Rokurou appear from the street. He gave a wave, and with that, Rokurou's brother shuffled off back to bed.

"Here's your notes," Sato said, handing the stack off to the taller male as he walked past. Rokurou didn't even look at them before tossing them onto some table inside. He was almost gone down a hallway when he turned around to say something.

"What are you waiting for? Make yourself at home." And with that, Rokurou disappeared into some room. Sato looked around hesistantly, before inviting himself into the Ishihara residence. He'd been there plenty before of course, but it was... missing something. Paintings, or furniture, or something. Regardless, Sato found his way to the kitchen and stood by the sink. The sounds of a water boiler vibrated through the house, and it occured to Sato that Rokurou had been wearing work clothes, and was probably showering now. But why would he be skipping school to go work? Who would even let him do that, or even let him work?

It was as he contemplated this that he realized that Rokurou's family wasn't at home, except for one brother. A rummaging sound distracted Sato from his thoughts, and he turned to see Rokurou scanning the fridge for something. It was depressingly lacking. Eventually he decided on some kind of leftovers, which was thrown into the microwave for a minute. Rokurou leaned back against the counter and looked at Sato, who awkwardly hovered over the sink. The brawnier teen was wearing a blue shirt and presumably his boxer. His hair was still soaked, a towel wrapped around his neck. Did he even try to dry it?

On a different train of thought, it made Sato all the more conscious that he was wearing his uniform, fresh out of school. The microwave stopped, beeping instead. Was he out of school to take care of his brother, who was presumably sick? Where was his family? Rokurou put a disgusting amount of soy sauce on whatever it was he was planning on eating.

"The family's out in Hokkaido 'cuz some aunt died. I was planning on kicking it home alone, but then my asshole of a brother decided to get sick last minute and I had to take care of him for the week." Rokurou blurted out, stirring his food. "'Case you were wondering."

"I was." Sato admitted, looking up at Rokurou. "Don't you think it would've nice to go to your dead aunt's funeral? It's your family, after all."

"Fuck family," Rokurou replied through a mouthful of rice. He took a moment to swallow it before continuing. "My parents would'nt've wanted me to come anyway. I'm not too well recieved in my family, in case you didn't put that together. They're so in love with school that they've had it with my delinquent behavior. You'd think they'd be mistaking me with those posers from school who try to act all tough all the time." He took a bite out of some kind of eggroll. It looked gross, fitting the copius amounts of soy put on it.

"I get it, actually. There are some people in my family I'd rather be without too. Not like I ever talk to them or anything, but it'd be better if they just... didn't exist, or something." Sato glanced down at the floor, eyes tracing the lines in the wood flooring. The look of slight surprise on Rokurou's face was too annoying to look at. Before the whole cult thing happened to him, Sato would've just disagreed with him, too ashamed to admit his true feelings that fell in line with Rokurou's. But now... He had made a promise to himself, then. And he was going to keep it.

Rokurou's voice broke him out of his thought. "Can ya help me decipher my homework? I'm too dumb to get caught up on time without help." A warm smile accompanied the request, and Sato just couldn't say no. Sato started towards the stack of papers to get started, but as he passed Rokurou, he ripped the towel from around Rokurou's neck and quickly dried the taller teen's dripping hair with it before he could get away.

"Don't walk around like that," Sato said, subtly imitating his own mother. "You'll get a cold."

Akane Hanazawa // Warakuma High // Manga Club
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
After School

Halfway through her current drawing, there was the sound of the door opening. Almost on reflex, she waved and said her greetings before starting to draw again. It wasn't until Ayano peered over her shoulder and asked her question did she finally register her presence in the room. "Oh, Ayano..." Looking back at her drawings then at Ayano, "That they are. Started drawing one thing and always went back to 'them', heh." Going back to her drawing, sometime passed by when Ayano asked her next question. Stopping, "Hm, more like I'm 'incorporating' them into it but I guess that's it basically."

Not long after answering was their attention taken in by knock on the door and Alexei's deep voice. "Of course! Drawing can wait, so what's up Alexei?"

Before he could respond, though, Rui spoke up and asked her a question regarding her drawings. Freezing in place, Akane glanced at Ayano and Alexei before her eyes fell on Rui as she answered with an "Yea." as an awkward silence followed them. She planned on redrawing them, being rough drafts and such, before inserting them in, but now's not the time to say such a thing. After all, she wasn't sure how Alexei would respond, with what he went through with his sister recently, despite how he usually is with this kind of thing.

???- 18/6/2015

Sieghardt Kasumi

Well walking through the school was doing nothing at all to keep him from being bored. Agriculture just wasn't in his list of interest, besides if he wanted to know more about agriculture. Then he could simply ask his parents for a tutor. They would be more than happy to find anyway to beat knowledge into his head, cause in their mind someone had to take over the family business. So after walking around for a few minutes, he decided to accept his fate of being tortured by his parents and would head outside.

The Limo was still there waiting but the instructor must have gotten inside instead of waiting outside. The Limo would beep at him and he would grumble as he opened the back door and sat in the back. The Limo would take off, with Sieg reading a drama book to pass the time before the subjective torture. The Limo would then make its stop after several minutes of driving, so when the door opened and he stepped out. The first thing he sees is quite literally nothing but grass. Then someone cupped something over his nose and mouth, which shocked him as he eyed a cloaked figure. the last thing he saw before fading to black was a couple more cloaked figures.

Ryan Alon - Warakuma High School; Hallways | Thursday, June 18 2015 - After School

Ryan checked the time on his phone while he waited to be invited in and his eyes widened. It was almost time to see the new episode of Phoenix Ranger Featherman R! Not that he liked it or whatever. He watched it ironically. He learned that from the guys back in America. "I have to go actually, my mom is probably waiting for me." That was a complete lie, she was barely around enough to wait for him. "I will come by on some other day, I'm very sorry for wasting your time. Goodbye." He then promptly turned around and ran out of the school. He needed that excuse to get away.

Ryan Alon - ??? | Thursday, June 18 2015 - After School

Ryan stopped running after he got a few blocks away from the school. He was somewhere in the shopping district it would appear, it was strangely empty today. He stopped and looked at a nearby store window, or to be more accurate, his reflection in the window. He sighed and looked away from the reflection, instead looking at the floor. It was really too bad that he did this though, if he had payed attention for a few more seconds he would've noticed the cloaked people coming up from behind him. Ryan felt someone roughly grab him and cover his mouth with something. He struggled for a few seconds to reach the knife hidden in his pocket, but his vision slowly began to fade... he slumped over, unconscious, and dropped his knife on the floor.

There wasn't any Kendo club practice today, but Jun was feeling restless and didn't exactly want to head home. Her bodyguard-slash-chaperone had to be waiting outside the school gates, but she headed to the locker room instead and changed into her gym uniform and tracksuit, opting to do a few laps as warm up.

She got a few curious looks, since seeing her out in the open like that was a rare occurrence given her reputation. She was certain a few guys were whispering about her behind her back, especially since they were being very obvious about the way all conversation died down when she passed by them or lapped them. "If you can talk, you're not pushing yourself." She muttered loudly enough for them to hear as she lapped them again.

Before they could protest or say anything in return, she ended her run and headed into the dojo, grabbing one of the bokken and focusing on basic drills. The movements were calming and helped her focus, putting her in an almost meditative state. In here, with no one around, it was quiet and peaceful and she didn't have to put up with the stares and whispers.