[IC] Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

[Hero]

"I'll have what he's having." Nadeline replied to the waiter, putting her menu down. Now that they were alone, she wasn't quite sure what to talk about. Still, she wasn't about to spend the night in silence. She wasn't going to talk about anything too serious, either; who knew when it would be the next time that they would get a chance like this? "I think Father likes you." She told Wesley, lightly spinning the table knife in her hand. "It's been a while since we were all laughing like we did. I know it's...not quite appropriate, considering the situation, but I think we all deserved it. Wouldn't you agree?"

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Damn, he didn't think she'd bring it up so quickly. No, no, it needed to be discussed. They were both mature adults that could probably discuss this maturely. Probably. "Why are you so nervous about it?" Grant found himself asking rather curiously. Wait, why didn't he answer the question? He didn't know if it was the alcohol or his new-found courage (though it was probably a mixture of both). He needed to answer her. "I mean I'm flattered. And surprised. Really surprised. Shocked. Though I don't quite understand." And now he was ranting. That much was the alcohol. He probably should have eaten. "Because I was more than sure that you and everyone else despised my guts."

[AlteredTundra]

"Very well then. Expect your food to arrive within twenty minutes." Dominic said as he would write it down in his pad and take the two menus away.

When the waiter departed, Wesley and Nadeline sat there just conversing about things. The current topic of conversation was how she thought her father likes Wesley. He's not so sure. Maybe he does, but if her father was any other man, then Wesley would be absolutely sure about that. However, her father is so unpredictable and so energetic and a bit eccentric that Wesley was unsure if he liked him or not. Though, Wesley would just take Nadeline's word for it. As she would go on to say how they all deserved this little rest and relaxation period She was right, after all. After all the crap they have been through, some rest and laughter is much deserved. Though the events that are happening even as that relax might not work in their favor, Wesley wanted to focus just on this moment that they have together.

As he would nod in agreement, Wesley spoke. "Yes, I very much agree with you on that note. I think if all we did was work, work, work, there would be sanity left in our souls left to have fun." He said, placing his hand on her free one. "And right now, all I want to focus on is you." He said smiling gently to Nadeline.

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When Grant would ask her why she's so nervous about her admission, she didn't really know how to respond to that; though the next thing he said would ease that up a bit. He would go on to state that he was flattered and surprised, but mainly he didn't understand. Inside her mind, Savayna was beating herself over all of this. However, outside int he real world, she understood why he was feeling confused. Even more so after he would go on to state(more like assume) that of all people, he thought that Savayna despised his guts. He wasn't wrong about that. At first, she did hate him, oh how she loathed him, but when Wesley explained him turning a new leaf, she began to feel neutral about it. However, it wasn't until the beach where she became flustered about everything.

Letting the silence take for just a half of a minute, Savayna stopped, which no doubt prompted Grant to stop. "You're not wrong, you know." She said looking down. "I did despise you, oh how I hated you, but I guess after Wesley told me everything — about what he said he was going to do to you, about what he was going to do to Emiri in front of you — my mind was changed. At least, that's where I thought it would stop." She said as redness appeared upon her cheeks. "I didn't intend to start liking you in that way, but at the beach, specifically at the Chicken Fight match, you threw me up into the air and call me fucking stupid, but when you caught me, I didn't feel like we were at odds. I felt like.."Her voice trailed off."I just realized that I'm starting to like you, a lot." She admitted, "but I know, it's stupid. You're a Prince of Rozarria, you could have any woman you wanted. It was just silly of me to think that even for a moment that you would be interested to the Grand Whore of Archadia." She said as she walked passed Grant, head still down, hands down, locked and at her center.

[Hero]

Savayna had stopped walking, so Grant did the same. She confirmed to him that he was right, at first anyway. It wasn't until the events at the beach occurred that she changed her mind. That was also the start of her own feelings emerging--despite her intention of not wanting to feel that way. But she did. She would go on and state that the entire thing was silly. how someone like him couldn't possibly be interested in someone like her. Once again, he found himself on the brink of confusion, though for an entirely different reason. She had admitted her own feelings, didn't she want him to accept them? Then why was she walking away? Why bother if that was what she truly thought? At this point she would start to walk away. He didn't understand her at all.

"So then what if we were just two regular people?" He asked her. "What if we had no status? Nothing to tie us down? Would you still think it was silly?"

[AlteredTundra]

Though she was somewhat walking away, Savayna heard Grant's words. That stopped her dead in her tracks. He couldn't be serious, could he? As she thought about that and about what he said, she didn't understand. Would he actually just give up his prince status just for her? Even more so, she didn't even know he was even thinking about her in that way. She would have thought for certain they he would reject her. That's been the story of her life since she was about thirteen years old. Finally, she would look to him. The position of their bodies were in a straight line, but they were facing opposite ways. Her moderately light blue eyes looked into his lightly tinted gold eyes. She found herself staring at him eyes widened.

"Are you serious? You would really forsake your prince status just for me.." No, he had to be lying to her. "I don't know.." Her voice trailed off into silence. It would be that way for ten seconds and then she would speak again. "I mean, sure if there were no statuses or titles to brand us as such, then of course I wouldn't think it's silly, but that's neither here or there." She said about to turn her head back the direction that she was facing.

[Hero]

"Why not?" Grant found himself asking. Boy, he was sure talkative. And surprising himself. maybe he just didn't believe her. No, he didn't want to believe her. Not for a second. He walked right up to her, going around so that they were facing one another. Gods be damned if another relationship of his was ruined because of misunderstandings. "No, don't answer: I don't care. You cannot expect anything from anyone if you go around forever thinking you'll never be good enough. I'm not letting you walk away from this." He told her, taking her hand. "If you're willing to try, then so am I. But I'm not even going to bother if you'er going to give up before it--we--have a chance to even start." He told her straightly, a rather determined expression on his face.

[AlteredTundra]

I wanted it to work damn it! I do! Savayna told herself and she repeated it over and over again. Even as Grant would take her hand and make her listen, she kept telling herself that she wanted this to work; or at the very least, she wanted this to have a chance to either work or fail. Then, what is making her hesitate so much? Is she afraid to let herself love again? Does she somehow still hold feelings for Jaakuna? Or is it simply her not feeling that she's not good enough to love again? She didn't know. Or maybe she did and she didn't want to admit. However, with Grant taking her hand, all those thoughts went away. She just looked at him, eyes still widened, but for an entirely different reason. It was him saying that if she doesn't expect anything good from anyone that she meets, then she'll always think she's not good enough. The words hit her like a ton of bricks.

"I want this to work. Or at least, have a chance to." She wasn't just telling him, but she was reminding herself that she was allowed to feel these feelings. "I'm just afraid and scared, but I want to see where this — us — will go." She admitted.

[Hero]

That was enough for him. That was all he needed, anyway. If she was willing to try, so would he. At least, that was what he told himself. It was odd. This entire day was odd. He would blame the alcohol but he only just started drinking. "Then that settles it." Grant told her, grasping her hand and leading Savayna away. He had no idea where they were going to do or what to do but something just happened between them so he was fine with that. Yeah, despite the shitty start, it was a good day. Good day. He then paused and looked back at her, his cheeks ever so slightly showing the tiniest sign of a blush.

"For the record, I think I like you too."

[AlteredTundra]

Such an eventful day it was yesterday. From the awkwardness that Jaakuna had meeting Emiri’s parents to the completely equal awkwardness Wesley and Savayna had meeting Nadeline’s parents and Grant’s blood brother and sister-in-law. Certainly, everything was just very eventful. Even the bonds that were grown closer and formed. The beach party, the two games, the double date that almost ended in disaster and Jaakuna and Emiri skinny dipping in the Central Plaza Lake. Yes, truly the day had been eventful for everyone. It wasn’t until about thirty minutes past one hour after midnight that everyone soon started to roll in. First, Grant and Savayna came in, hand-in-hand. Then, Jaakuna and Emiri came in, arm-in-arm. However, it wasn’t until it was nearly 3AM that Wesley and Nadeline came in.

When everyone got in at their specific times, they all crashed. They were so beat from the entire day and the stress that came with it. They would each crash in the barracks. Well, actually Jaakuna and Emiri crashed in his room. So, four out of six wasn’t too bad. Still, everyone crashed when 4AM came around. Everyone was just too tired to even attempt to do anything else. Jaakuna would set IRIS to wake everyone up by 9AM if they weren’t all up. Once they hit the beds, they all were instantly asleep. Like it was stated, they all had a very eventful day and they would just let sleep do its thing.

Once 9AM rolled around, a loud buzzing noise was sounded off throughout the entire airship. Everyone would obviously react differently. Jaakuna jumped up into a sitting position, breaking off any position that Emiri would have had as far as holding Jaakuna or anything like that. Jaakuna would blink his eyes multiple times. “What the fuck is that!?” He shouted.

Jaakuna would look around and after a few minutes, he would remember that he had set IRIS to set this if no one was up by 9AM. “Iris, can you shut that off please?”
“Right away Master Jaakuna!”

And with that, the buzzing noise was gone. Though, Jaakuna had to wonder what the others were reacting to that noise.

Down in the barracks, Savayna had reacted the same to Jaakuna as she jumped out of her bed, and she would instantly walk out of her room. In her bed time outfit. She looked out, seeing Wesley — who was wearing a simple white T-shirt and black sweatpants — and she looked to him. “What was that!?” She asked him and herself. However, before she could get an answer, the sound would stop.

“I apologize if that awoke any of you, but Master Jaakuna set my wake up protocols to 9AM in case my sensors did not detect any of you up.” Iris would inform everyone.

Savayna, slightly angry, she went back into her room and went to her closet, picking out a single single silk robe and she would wrap it around her bra and panties. She would then walk out and head to the kitchen. As she looked to her right, she saw Wesley walk out just as he was. Wesley would yawn as he would wipe his eyes, not seeing where he was going and he ran into one of the walls. “OW!”[b] He yelled out as he was now wide awake.

Meanwhile, up in Jaakuna’s room, Jaakuna was only wearing his boxers. He would wipe his eyes and turn to Emiri. [b]“You awake?”

[Hero]

As the alarm sounded out through the ship, the three Rozarrians reacted differently. Emiri, having been awakened by both the alarm and Jaakuna's throwing her off, let out something between a groan and a shout at IRIS' alarm, taking her pillow and covering her head with it. It was too early for this kind of bullshit. Nadeline jerked awake, though as she was unknowingly at the edge of her bed, the blonde ended up falling off. She was in a tangle of her own hair, her nightgown, and her blanket. She managed to free herself, stretching her arms above her head. She wandered over to her nightstand, taking her brush and she started grooming her hair in front of her vanity mirror. Grant sat up, looking around, half asleep. Once the alarm finished, he sank back under the covers. Whatever happened, if it was really important, he was sure one of the group would run in and inform him. Until then, sleep.

As the alarm finally ceased, Emiri emerged, sitting up. She couldn't help but narrow her eyes at her boyfriend. "What do you think?" She grumbled, clearly displeased.

[AlteredTundra]

It wouldn't be long when just about everyone would make their way to the kitchen. Actually, scratch that, only half of them did. Nadeline, Wesley, and Savayna were in the kitchen and of course, the lazy three were still not here. Savayna huffed. She was clearly displeased. "Okay, here's how we're gonna do it! Nadeline, brew a few pots of coffee for us, Wesley go wake up the golden couple, and I'll go wake up Grant." She said barking orders to Nadeline and Wesley.

Emiri gave Jaakuna that 'I'm fucking pissed at you ' look. Jaakuna just laughed and smiled like the dumbass he was. It wasn't like he did anything bad. "Don't give me that look! I should be getting happy looks. I took the time to set Iris to wake us all up. Besides, as late as we got in last night, it probably was for the best. Or do you not remember how long we were in the lake?" Jaakuna winked to her, obviously he remembered. He remembered every single bit of it.

Wesley looked to Savayna as he didn't know what was going on, but he would follow her orders for now. He would go to the elevator, giving Nadeline a wave as he sheepishly went off. In five minutes he was at Jaakuna's door. He knocked three times and spoke. "Time to get up you two." He said, not even waiting for an answer and he went back down.

Meanwhile, Savayna was in Grant's room and he was still asleep. Even though they had a very nice time last night, that still get him a 'i'm sleeping, so leave me be' free card. She sneaked quietly on her tippy-toes, and as she was behind Grant, she would slowly lean her head to Grant's ear. "WAKE UP!!!!!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.

[Hero]

Once Savayna gave out her orders, Nadeline couldn't help but roll her eyes. Apparently things had gone well last night for her and Grant, because she was back to her usual self. She shrugged it off and obeyed, preparing the coffee. She couldn't cook, but at the very least she knew how to prepare coffee. She hummed lightly to herself, also preparing some tea for whoever wanted it. She sorta wished Wesley had stayed, but if he was really going up to wake Jaakuna and Emiri, she was sure he would be back soon. Still, after Savayna's door kicking, she was sure they probably locked the door. She couldn't help but actually laugh out loud at that just a little.

Emiri pouted slightly. Jaakuna was just laughing at her. When he mentioned last night, she played the fool, pretending to think about it. "Hmm, last night?" She asked, getting on all fours. She crawled onto his lap, placing her hands on his shoulders. "Mmm, maybe you could remind me, my memory's just a little fuzzy." She told him, leaning in to kiss him. She nearly jumped off him, however, as Wesley knocked the door. It wasn't bad enough that the stupid airship decided to wake them up, now Wesley was coming around to do it. She groaned, gripping Jaakuna as she threw her head back. "What happened to everyone giving us privacy?" She whined.

Most people would probably react to Savayna's yelling by screaming, yelling, shouting, cursing, or anything verbal. Grant did jerk awake, though he was wide eyed and somewhat frantic as his rude awakening occurred. As he spotted the too happy general clearly happy with her actions, he grumbled something inaudible and pulled the sheets over his head. It was way too early for this shit.

[AlteredTundra]

"Playing the 'I forget' card, eh? Fine, I'll just have to remind you." Jaakuna said, smiling playfully.

Just as Jaakuna and Emiri were about to 'play', in came the sound of a knock. It was after Emiri had kissed Jaakuna, but the sound not only caused some annoyance on Jaakuna, but it prompter her to lay back, pulling Jaakuna with her and in a whining tone, ask him why no one would give them their privacy. Jaakuna looked to his babycakes with a false sad look and he sighed. "I'm don't know sugar bear. I just don't know." He said in a false, sad way. He just looked at her and he kissed her. They would make out for a few minutes as arms were around each other and lips locked.

in Grant's room, he was obviously not happy with Savayna right now. Truly, he tried to hide his displeasure as he would pull the sheets over his head. Though Savayna might like this guy, no one disobeys her and she was about to show him why she was a Top General of the Archadian Empire. "I SAID WAKE UP!" She yelled again as she shook the bed. Well, more liked kicked it and kicked it and kicked it and kicked it. Oh and guess what? That's right, she kicked it some more.

As Wesley came to the kitchen, he saw that Nadeline actually made the coffee. He was surprised; though equally happy. What Grant said yesterday was wrong. She sure did know how to cook. "I see you were able to make the coffee. That's a good thing to see. Now, all we need to do is step it up a notch and cook some eggs." Wesley said laughing, obviously poking some fun at her ability to cook — or a lack thereof.

[Hero]

Sure enough, Wesley was back in no time. And the first thing he did was praise her. She would have enjoyed it, too, if he hadn't brought up her inability to cook. Nadeline feigned hurt at the prince's comment. Was he insinuating what she thought he was insinuating? "I'm not that useless." She scoffed, crossing her arms. Why was it such a big dea, anyway? She was a princess, everything was served to her on a silver platter. Worst case scenario, she would make sure someone else cooked. Next thing she knew, she was reaching into the fridge for some eggs, a frying pan in her other hand. She laid it down on the stove, eyeing the eggs carefully. This couldn't possibly be that difficult. "I can make eggs, watch." She told him, taking on his challenge.

More yelling. He was not getting out of this one easily, it seemed. Grant let out a groan, poking his head out from underneath the sheets. "I heard you the first time." He grumbled sleepily. "I just refuse to listen." Still, he knew better than to go back to sleep. Keeping his blanket wrapped around him, he sat up. Admist his wrapping, however, he somehow managed to trap himself in his blankets in a sort of makeshift cocoon. He groaned and relied simply on literally crawling out of his bed, letting himself drop to the floor, and snaked his way over to the bathroom. Savayna may have been confident about showing off her underwear, but Grant was not.

At least Jaakuna had agreed with her. She couldn't help but roll her eyes. She prayed that they would not get any more allies--it only provided more opportunities to get interrupted. Jaakuna didn't seem to mind, however, and before she knew it, he was kissing her again. She gladly returned the favor, giggling somewhat in-between their kisses. She didn't know what it was, but she was feeling especially giddy today. She lightly dug her nails into his arms, not hard enough to hurt him or make a mark, but hard enough for him to notice.

[AlteredTundra]

"Oh boy, this should be good...or bad." Wesley took his middle and index fingers and thumb, and he proceed to rub them between his temples. He wasn't sure if this would be a total success or not. He didn't want to insult her or anything, but truly if what Grant had said about her cooking ability was that bad, then Wesley knew that he was in for a long morning. Though, if she does make them as tasty as a beginner can, then truly they will be in for a decent breakfast. "Fine, I'll only guide you. Hopefully it doesn't come out too bad." Nervously, Wesley would watch Nadeline begin to cook the eggs.

It took some of her manly, feminine charm, but Savayna eventually got Wesley out from his bed. Though, she would notice that he would had completely cover his body in his blankey, she would see him crawl his way to the bathroom. She couldn't help but laugh a little aloud. "Fine then, I guess I'll just have to eat all of your food then." She yelled out she would go to the kitchen and then she saw Nadeline at the oven, and she would speak. "We're all going to die, aren't we?" She said loud enough that they would hear her and she would act like she was brooding or something like that. Then, she looked around and still no sign of Jaakuna or Emiri. "God, is everyone lazy this morning!" She roared out. "Fuck, I guess they need some of General Savayna love, then." She said barking out as she headed to the elevator.

Meanwhile, up in Jaakuna's room, he and Emiri were busy kissing. It would begin by just some simple pecks, but soon it would elevate into longer kisses. As they would wrap each others arms around one another, Emiri would dig her nails — albeit short nails —and Jaakuna would feel it. Though, he really didn't mind it. He would slightly force her in closer to him. She would be giggling the entire time and Jaakuna would smile and do a manly giggle himself. He would then gently force her onto her backside and as he would break off the lip-to-lip action, he would start kissing her chest, lower and lower he would go. His kisses would feel like little tickles as he would kiss more down her chest and to her mid-section. His kisses would continue more down south, and then he heard a loud bang.

In came Savayna, kicking the door down with one leg. "WHEN WE WAKE UP, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS COME DOWN! " She shouted and that prompted Jaakuna to half-fall off of his bed with his ass hanging off. His head hit the floor hard and he would sit up quicker that it took Emiri to yelp out.

"YOU CRAZY BITCH! WHAT DID I TELL YOU TWO DAYS AGO!?" Jaakuna yelled so loud that everyone no doubt heard it.

"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SET IRIS TO WAKE US ALL UP! THAT INCLUDES YOU TOO, SUNSHINE!" She yelled back, going closer to Jaakuna.

"IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN TEN MINUTES! SHEESH, YOU'RE WORSE NOW THAN YOU WERE WHEN WE WERE MARRIED!"

"YOU BET YOUR ASS I AM! AND YOU BETTER NOT FORGET IT!" She yelled as she would leave his room.

So angry, Jaakuna sat at the edge of the bed hitting his face at how annoyingly crazy his ex-wife was.

[Hero]

Emiri let out a small yell of surprised, though by that time Jaakuna was already off her. She stared at Savayna incredulously, obviously in disbelief that they were yet again interrupted by Savayna the Moment Killer. She watched the two exes yell at one another, though in this time she decided to tie her hair up into her ponytail. Once Savayna decided to leave, she crawled over to Jaakuna, sitting next to him. She didn't want to laugh, but she was amused at how angry she had gotten him. She giggled lightly, taking both his hands so he wouldn't hit himself anymore. She gave him a light kiss on his cheek and released him, getting up from bed. "Let's get ready." She told him, undressing herself as she started to look for what to wear today.

Nadeline ignored both Wesley and Savayna. This couldn't possibly be that hard. If anything their doubts only fueled her passion more. She practically slammed the frying pan onto the stove, turning the heat on, and she looked at the egg in her hand. She could do this. She would show them! Okay, eggs are fragile, she needed to get it from inside its shell to the pan. No problem. She nodded, tapping the egg against the edge of the counter. She underestimated the shell's strength. So she made the mistake of going harder. As the egg smashed open against the counter, it oozed all over the floor and her hand. Her eyes widened, and she hastily lifted it over the pan. She somehow managed to get the yolk onto the pan and let out a cheer. Except she was all sticky from whatever got on her hand. She reached for a towel, though apparently forgot that some of the egg had gotten on the floor, and promptly slipped.

[AlteredTundra]

He just couldn't believe that woman. She always knew how to push his buttons and Jaakuna knew it, but he still let her do it and he didn't know why. Even now, as he sat at the edge of his bed, hitting himself for how stupid he was for letting her do such a thing, he just couldn't believe her. That's when Emiri joined him at the edge of his bed, giggling as she definitely found some humor in all of this. She took his hands and lightly kissed him upon his cheek. She then suggested that they get ready. Jaakuna let out a groan of annoyance as he would plop back to his bed. He laid there for a few seconds

Jaakuna took a few more seconds to lay down and then he would roll off his bed, landing on all fours and then getting up. Jaakuna would then go into his closet, looking at what he wanted to wear. He had more than his usual style of clothing. JAakuna would find some clothes to pop on. It would only take him about five or six minute to get it all on and as he was done, he looked to Emiri. "Well, I'm all ready." He stated.

Meanwhile, down stairs in the kitchen, Wesley was watching intently and cautiously at Nadeline as she would begin to cook. She would pretty much slam the pan onto the burner, as loud metal-on-metal sound would be heard. She would then take a single egg. She looked at it as if she were facing life or death. As she would crack it over the edge of the counter, the shell didn't crack. She would do it once more and the force that Wesley saw her apply to it was more than was needed. The egg cracked all over the counter and onto the floor. Before Wesley could say anything, Nadeline had slipped and fell on her backside. Wesley facepalmed himself and he would offer up a hand to help Nadeline up. "Need any help?" He asked slightly chuckling.

Savayna had made her way down to the kitchen, just in time to see NAdeline slip on her ass. Savayna proceeded to laugh as loud as she could, cause c'mon? Who wouldn't laugh at something like that? Savayna found it hilarious. Though, after a minute, her laughter became slight chuckles. She would just walk on by. "You should stick to coffee,sweat pea." She said still chuckling.

[Hero]

Nadeline huffed, clearly agitated at herself. She didn't expect to make a fool out of herself so quickly. She didn't even get to cook anything yet! She let out a groan as she took Wesley's hand, though she shot a look at Savayna. The woman really knew how to kick someone while they were already down. As she stood, she realized she had egg all over her backside and legs. She let out another groan and simply walked out. At this point Grant had walked in, only watching as Nadeline walked past him and into her room. He raised an eyebrow, though judging by Savayna's laughing and Wesley's rather exasperated look, he took a guess that Nadeline had tried to cook. Again. At least nothing had caught fire.

He chuckled slightly, going over to the mess she made. Taking one of the eggs she had left behind, he lightly tapped it twice against the pan, making a crack. He lightly put his thumb through, splitting the shell and pouring the insides into the pan. As it sizzled, he took some napkins and started cleaning up the egg on the floor. "Let me guess, she tried, didn't she?" He asked out loud, shaking his head.

Emiri pulled on a frilly beige blouse, a brown skirt, and some pink tights. When Jaakuna stated he was ready, she nodded, though she hesitated. With the attack from yesterday, they were probably going to be leaving Stigma soon. She wondered if she would get the time to see her father or Lorenzo again. She should probably at least see her father again, she doubted she was going to be able to come back for a while, Reia made sure to throw a wrench in that. She followed Jaakuna down into the elevator, though she remained silent, thinking carefully.

[AlteredTundra]

When Grant came in, breakfast was saved. Though Nadeline did try, she failed miserably. Savayna was at least thankful that Grant could get the eggs started. She would chuckle when he would ask that she tried to cook. Savayna would sit down at the table, and let her chuckling simmer down. "Yeah, she tried, and boy did she fail." She would say laughing more. WEsley shot her a 'that's enough' look. Savayna shrugged and let it go. Now, she turned her attention to Grant. "Glad to see you're not being lazy anymore." She laughed lightly.

As the sizzling of the eggs continued, Jaakuna and Emiri walked in, fully clothed. Jaakuna had a red, white, and light brown checkered jacket that had a fur-like hood. He wore a dim-grey shirt and medium-olive green pants. Also, black shoes were on his feet. A chain was connected to to his red and white belt from the front and almost in the back. Emiri had herself a rather frilly blouse. Savayna raised an eyebrow at it and also the fact that she had a skirt and some tights. "Well look at it who it is! "She announced. "The wonder couple graces us with their presence." Savayna mockingly said.

Jaakuna just shot Savayna a look and he would walk hand-in-hand with Emiri and they would sit at the table. "So, what's the word birds?" Jaakuna asked aloud and laughed a bit.

[Hero]

Nadeline rejoined the kitchen in a sour mood. She simply went to the coffee and started serving it to each person and remained silent. Emiri couldn't help but laugh a little at the blonde, though she managed to control herself. Now that everyone was here, it would be a good idea to ask what their next move would be. Grant ignored Savayna for the moment as he popped some bread into the toaster. Eggs, toast, coffee, and...he was missing something. One more thing just to add to the bare bones breakfast Nadeline had begun. He snapped his fingers, bringing out one more frying pan. He slathered some butter lightly onto it as he turned on the heat, and then he went back into the fridge. he brought out some uncooked bacon and placed it there.

"Yesterday, we were attacked." Emiri decided to break the news sooner than later. "Their target was Nadeline."

Grant looked back at the brunette. "Then Lorenzo was right. Reia decided to try to get rid of us after all." He said, thinking to himself.

[AlteredTundra]

Everyone eventually sat down around the table, except for Grant who was picking up Nadeline's slack as he began to get the toast and eggs. Nadeline would pour the coffee for everyone. Just about when Grant was going to sit down, he would rethink and perhaps was just thinking what was missing. Of course, he would pull out bacon. Can't have eggs and toast without some glorious bacon. As he would plop the frying pan on one of the burners and he would put the uncooked bacon slices on it. The smell of that wonderful bacon would overtake the scent of the kitchen.

As Grant would cook the bacon, Emiri had wasted no time about telling the group about the two assassins trying to kill her and Jaakuna last night, Jaakuna would speak. "They weren't even that strong. I don't know how much money this Reia has to spend on assassins, but they were weak. I barely broke a sweat knocking their asses out." Jaakuna said slightly shrugged as he sipped his coffee. Jaakuna had put sugar in it previously and left it like that.

Wesley would think about this, but he would let a slight chuckle at how Jaakuna expressed how weak they were. "Truly, we are lucky that you were to dispose of them, Jaakuna." Mockingly, Wesley smiled at Jaakuna. Jaakuna groaned, but brushed it off. Seriously though, Wesley would think about this. "In any case, this has me extremely worried." Wesley would continue, "If she is that paranoid about losing her throne that she would attempt to assassinate Nadeline here in Stigma, who's to say that she won't try it when we depart?" Wesley truly was worried as each word he said, his voice was hinting with an obvious feeling of fear for Nadeline's life. It was so evident that Wesley would clench both of his hands into fists.