Kouichi had been watching the antics of the two men in the pool with mild disinterest. It amused him that the one who was supposedly a pilot - what was his name again? Barnaby? - couldn't handle the cold, but his emphatic voicing of that fact was making it hard for Kouichi to relax. He decided that perhaps another position would be more comfortable and help him relax, so he turned over onto his stomach, nodding to his superior officer as he entered. Kouichi's back was much paler than his front, making it gleam in the sunlight.

"Hey, you! There's supposed to be a group of three guys around here, but they've gone and skipped out on me. D'you know where they went?"

Kouichi didn't respond for a few moments, thinking the pilot was talking to Sandman. When Sandman didn't respond, instead jumping into the pool, Kouichi turned to find Barney looking at him expectantly.

"Nah, I haven't seen them," Kouichi responded, turning back away from Barney and yawning. "Maybe you'd have better luck asking someone who actually knows the castle well, like one of the maids? They seem to have some sort of communications devices going on, I dunno..." Another, louder yawn followed, before his head lowered to the seat and his breathing became measured.

Like an old man on a porch on a summer day, he had fallen asleep mid-thought.

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[color=a187be][b]"Justice never sleeps, nor does Villainy! The Heavens shine upon our venture!"[/b][/color]

Kouichi woke with a gentle start, unaware that he'd fallen asleep. "Or maybe your friend could help," he mumbled, not realizing a chunk of time had passed since his last statement.

The smack of skin slapping the cold, hard surface of the water behind him followed by the cold water spraying his back snapped him to full alertness. Something had changed, and he needed to see it [i]now[/i]. He spun on his chair to find Sandman rising from the pool	as majestically as possible, electronic pad held aloft victoriously. Kouichi thought back to the first time he'd met Sandman - he'd known right then and there that [i]this[/i] was the kind of man he'd follow.

[color=a187be]"(...) We have to look through the rain to see the rainbow, and that rainbow is the gleaming light of JUSTICE! AND NOTHING BURNS AS BRIGHT AS THAT!"[/color]

"So let's burn that sight into the minds of the Anti-Spirals and save everyone! JUSTICE FOR ALL!" added Kouichi, a bit caught up in the moment.