As Nora climbed up the steps, she was trying to figure out the downside of being a Magic Knight. Magic powers, she could wish to never die -but word the wish way more carefully, if she said that, she'd stay thirteen forever, and that would be a bummer- and fight monsters. There really wasn't any better offer. Nora tried to imagine her Magic Knight armor as she walked, and wondered if it would be black. She liked black.

Then they reached the roof. The girl there was decked out in dark colors and a fancy school uniform. Nora noticed the jewel on her hand just as the blue haired girl next to her stupidly asked if she was Qubus. [i]Yes, that is exactly what a magical white ferret would look like if it was human.[/i] Nora silently replied to the dumb question. The girl was obviously a Magic Knight, which they would be when they made their wishes. She wondered if she should be concerned about what the others were going to wish for. Nora decided that it didn't matter to her.

Nora was straight faced until the girl called them fools. When she did, Nora smiled. She was calling [i]them[/i] fools when she made the same choice they did. To escape the bland dumbness that was living and dying. Nora had no assumptions that she'd be tough, but she had every intention to survive. She always survived, and now she had the chance to [i]live[/i] and she wasn't about to let this slip away from her. Nora started to laugh, at first trying to muffle it with her hand, then just giving in and laughing until she fell to her knees.

"If we're fools, then you must be the jester of the whole darned thing! I mean, you chose this like us and now you're just scared to be out of a job now that we're on the scene!" Nora laughed and laughed, until she regained her mask. "Don't worry, I'll try not to fight side by side with you. Wouldn't want to show my seniors up."

Nora hoped that her outburst wouldn't be answered by a magic blast that would kill her. It was just… this girl was so serious, but the situation was ironic. A Magic Knight telling them that they were fools for making the same choice as her. Nora wondered what the other girl had wished for, if she was calling them fools and whatnot.