[b][i]Mikhail Suburov-Tachibana[/i][/b]

Mikhail was tempted to yell [i]Don't play dumb with me![/i] or [i]You know who Nico is, the person with the glasses, the one you tried to bully.[/i] He was tempted to let off his inner aggression on Donovan, but he didn't. Although he wanted to strangle the other boy, he can only imagine the consequences for him, Nico, and their nascent team. Glaring at the bullying redhead, still angry, Mikhail decided to analyze his opponent's response, trying, through his rage, to measure what he can do. Remembering what was spoken to him:

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[color=f7941d]“Um, who’s this Nico person?”[/color] he offered a polite smile of supposed confusedness, [color=f7941d]“The only Nico I know is the geezer who owns the fish and chip store down the road from school. And I’d never want to break his nose, his calamari rings are awesome!”[/color]
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Obvious responses involve aggression, aggression Mikhail wanted to unleash. He could also take his turn playing dumb and pretend Donovan wasn't talking about his [i]old[/i] school, which was probably in a multicultural place like America. But what if he did that and lost the battle of wits his foe wanted? He can also leave, but that would not work as well. So, he'll have to fight on his opponent's terms, then.

"Glad to see you still have fond memories of your old school, then. Nevermind, must have made a mistake." A moment's pause.

"So...since you're not the guy I was looking for, maybe you won't mind meeting with the guy I mentioned before, [i]my[/i] Nico?" A smile and grin from Mikhail. "He's a bit shy but also swell guy; we're getting a good team going. After all, getting as many allies before we face the first trial doesn't sound like a bad idea, right?"

There, it'd sound as though Mikhail was trying to set up the other kid, which in turn would elicit a response, perhaps a refusal, which in turn would allow Mikhail to sound - oh, he got it.

Leaning ever so-slightly towards the smoking eighteen-year old, as well as the smoking [i]hot[/i] carribean man, the Half-Russian would then say:

"Actually, you three want to join our group?" The tone was casual, but there was a slight inflection in the tone that emphasized that Mikhail was only interested in two of the three he was requesting to join, aka the ones that aren't the bullying redhead. In his mind, Mikhail was now trying to see what he can offer the smoker and the smoking hot carribean man, and how he can try and persuade them to swelling the ranks of his party.

At Clive's interruption, he would see that yes, they might be running late. He'll just have to quicken things, then.

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