[IC] Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

[Crimmy]

Gratia Mindaro - Outside Ozpin's Office

"Venetia. Ms. Tala Dei."

The blunt acknowledgement of the presence her team leader and their guide was all that Gratia could spare in words, mostly because she was in the process of sitting on her "compatriot"'s back, an activity that required her to exert as much effort as possible into, for 1): she was actually pretty light and 2): Napoli's pissant little excuse for upper body strength was still actually all that was necessary to throw her off. She also cared little for the two cousin's yammerings on boys and fashion and scarves and whatnot, nor did she care for that excitable cat Faunus that had just arrived. They were irksome, but her attentions were focused more on the man underneath her.

"You think your jokes are fucking funny, Fiordilatte?" she hissed, lowering her face right next to the aforementioned hunter's. "They're shit. Like the crap that gets ejected out of your arse. Shiiiit."

Some would say that her face was uncomfortably close to Napoli's, but she didn't really care. He was going to take in the full brunt of her angry expression, everyone else be fucking damned.

"I could turn all of it into fucking compost for my worm farm. That's how worthless they are."

[Eklispe]

Krysthane nodded in aknowledgemnet of the information. Well it wasn't the most helpful info, a biker gang that only stole food? Sounded more like a vilgilante group looking out for those that couldn't provide for themselves. Krysthane hoped it was nothing complicated like that and that it was just run of the mill thugery. The land of Walt and the Mitakihara family eh? Well luckily that happened to work out. She turned to leave but was stopped by the head honcho still trying to get a date.

Krysthane sighed, she had only come in the first place because she thought they could give her some information- well she had actully though they were the gang but that was proven wrong. Krysthane hated letting poeple down and they seemed nice enough_{and they had cats}, and she really did want to learn more about racing it looked really fun..._{plus cats}, "Alright, tell you what, if I get some free time I'll make sure to come down to the cat nap again savvy?" Krysthane asked and then turned around and left without waiting for an aswer. Hopefully Sepia followed her or else it would totally ruin her cool exit.

@SevenstormStyle@Lucius Cypher

[Onarax]

Napoli Fiordilatte - Outside Ozpin's Office

"Wait you have a worm farm?"

The words came out immediately and easily as that had been the only thing that Napoli had registered from the entire spiel. Napoli was then quick to take advantage of the resulting lull in Gratia's assault and the "cheese-eater" easily rolled Gratia off his back. Upon standing up, Napoli took special care to brush the dirt off his shoulders before continuing his own verbal jousting. "You know, I'd make a joke but I feel like the worm farm itself is enough of a joke. I mean honestly, that's worse than being a bookworm."

Another beautiful joke from yours truly.

"Yo, boss, glad you could make it. Someone can finally take this weight off my shoulders," Napoli grinned at Vega, cocking a thumb in Gratia's direction, "Of course, I'm a little depressed I can't even make a weight joke about her, she's pathetically light. Also Sarina, great to see you again. I am ready for a Sarina Dei Tour." Napoli chuckled, Still a great joke.

"7 out of 10 by the way." The hunter in training didn't even grant Sarina a chance to respond, as he quickly pivoted on his feet and turned to faced the last member of the tour group. "Yo Napoli Fiordilatte, pleasure to make your acquaintance Signorina Cat, of course with how much you seem to be running about I feel as though you'd have been better suited as a bee faunus."

"So, shall we get this party started Sarina?"

[Crimmy]

Gratia Mindaro - Outside Ozpin's Office

"Oh, I'm sorry, did you think I can afford fucking vegetables you little rich shit?"

Sarcasm dripped from her voice like melted cheese off a sandwich as Gratia pulled herself up from the ground right after her "compatriot", clenched teeth audibly grinding together in annoyance. Unlike the other hunter, she cared little for the presence of tiny little specks dirtying her coat, mostly because she wasn't some pansy who couldn't take a bit of grime without needing to ask mummy and daddy to buy them a complete new set of clothes. What, so she had a worm farm that composted shit for her vegetable garden; such a shocking revelation.

"You fucking wish that you were as light and agile as me," growled the hunter, crossing her arms in sync with the narrowing of her onyx eyes. "Mister Fatass Sniper sitting around all day. I've seen rocks more mobile than you. Goddamned rocks."

What a fucking beautiful start to their time at Beacon. It was just like Haven all over again. Fiordilatte being a cunt, check. Venetia standing awkwardly nearby, check. Random shits incapable of comprehending the entire fucking situation, check. If they had B around, then the whole bloody party would be complete. Hooray for small reliefs.

Right, excitable cat faunus to deal with.

No reason to snap. Hopefully the other girl would not be as irksome as her companion was.

"Gratia Mindaro," she introduced, her eyes cooly moving to stare into the feline's.

[Abillioncats]

Emerald - Outside Ozpin's Office -

Emerald had been rendered speechless by the antics of Gratia and Napoli. She stared at both of them with her wide, green eyes. She'd never seen so much bickering before, it was almost like they were a couple.

Ahah! That must be why! It was the only explanation that made sense to her. She'd read in some book that people that really loved each other sometimes treated each other like shit, pretending to despise each other, but they only did it because they were passionately in love! It didn't really make a lot of sense to Emmy but she figured there must be some truth to it.

Emerald snapped back to the present as she realised they were introducing themselves. Did he just compare me to a bee!? Gratia then approached her, staring straight into her eyes. Scary.

"I'm Emerald Felica..." She managed to say as she found her voice again. There was a question burning in her mind, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Are you two...married?"

[Crimmy]

Gratia Mindaro - Outside Ozpin's Office

"We're fucking what."

Gratia's expression had dulled. The anger and annoyance present had disappeared, replaced with a flat, dull countenance that only served to betray mixed emotions through her onyx eyes. Her voice's tone was a mixture of anger and confusion, evidently caught off guard by the cat's seemingly-innocuous statement. She didn't know whether to allow her mounting disbelief to continue to grow, or to snap at Emerald for saying something so fucking stupid. Married? What the actual fuck? She would never marry -

"This shitty cheese-eater?" she managed growled out, roughly jamming her thumb into Napoli's shoulder. "I would rather roll in shit than mooch off his fucking ass cash."

Who the hell did they take her for? Some shameless hussy of a gold digger with no standards? Marrying Fiordilatte meant dealing with shitty puns, a horrible sense of humour and more smug than she could shake a can of pepper at. She was already fucking working with him on a daily basis and assigned to his classes; and that was already bloody horrible.

More Napoli? Do not pass go. Do not collect two hundred.

Fuck him.

[Write]

Bianca Nuit – Running Late

There was something about mornings that Bianca just couldn’t really do. Maybe it was the willpower necessary to tear herself from her warm sheets, hop into the shower and get started. Perhaps it was just her dulled consciousness telling her that she didn’t really need to do anything today. The world would survive after all. These were the small effortless thoughts that sauntered by Bianca’s consciousness as her pale white hair cascaded down the side of her bed alongside one of her arms. She could hear something, a dull ringing of sorts. She couldn’t quite hear it through the tired haze that engulfed her senses, but she could tell that it was high pitched, and repeating. But what did she know that was high pitched and repeated.

”My god.” Bianca said as he eyes shot open with inhumane fear painted across her face. She slowly turned towards her bedside table, as is bracing herself to receive a blow. 10:00, the clock read.

”Well shit.” Bianca shouted, erupting out of her bed and nearly charging out the door in her unmentionables.

”Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.” Bianca said whipping around the small room she had been placed in upon arriving to Beacon along with her teammates. Her teammates. They left without her. Those forgetful little fucks.

Upon finally dressing herself in the beautiful new school uniform she was given upon arriving she burst out of the door and took of soaring down the hall, her wings fully extended. Upon reaching the exit of the dorm hall she took off, climbing altitude towards the gigantic central tower that dwarfed the rest of the campus.

‘God this place is beautiful.’ Bianca thought to herself between her choices of expletives. She managed to finally find an open window about two thirds up the building and dove into it covering her body with her wings. She felt her wings graze the window sill and she hit the ground with a thud but she didn’t stay on the floor for a second. She was up and sprinting towards the nearest stairwell.

She hit the stairs bolting up them pulling herself up by the railing before finally hitting the top of them. She stopped before the doors that would lead into the hallway before Ozpin’s office just below the eponymous beacon. She glanced down at her uniform and straightened it out. She also fixed her hair, this way it would look less like she just flew through the air and into a window and more like it was a messy on purpose kind of look she was going for. Finally she flexed her back and wing muscles making sure no feathers were going to fall out. She had cut vertical holes in the back of all of her shirts so that her wings could easily and comfortably get through her clothing.
Finally she exited the stairwell and walked towards Ozpin’s office, gladly she could see her teammates, and two others.

”Hopefully you three didn’t miss me too much.” Bianca said with a small giggle placing an arm around both Napoli and Gratia and giving Vega a knowing nod and smile. ”And how’s my favorite couple doing?” Bianca said barely able to contain her laughter, she was sure she was going to hit a huge amount of backlash, but this kind of chiding and humor was something they were all used to receiving from each other.

"Ms. Dei" Bianca said showing their guide some respect. She was well known around Haven, she seemed a little different than what Bianca could recall.

”I’m Bianca Nuit. Bianca said before either of her teammates could respond to her joke, addressing the new face. She seemed to be a feline Faunus.

”And you are?”

[Abillioncats]

Emerald - Outside Ozpin's Office -

"Oh." Emerald glanced away, looking sheepish. Gratia certainly liked to use her expletives. Apparently they weren't a couple, maybe more like bickering siblings that got on each other's nerves. A lot.

Then a new person showed up. She was some sort of bird faunus, that much was obvious. She looked absolutely stunning in her school uniform, especially with her wings! She had wings! They looked so cool!

Emmy snapped back to reality as the girl introduced herself as Bianca Nuit. "I'm Emerald...Emerald Felica." She announced quickly, still looking at Bianca with her wide, curious eyes. She couldn't help but look at the wings again, they were so pretty! And the way they moved around was so distracting! They were just asking for her to paw at them!

Before she realised what she was even doing, her more feline instincts caused her to attempt to swipe at some of the feathers on the edge of Bianca's wings. They wouldn't stop moving!

[shadowkiller912]

Sarina Tala Dei and Vega Venetia (VGNB)

“There will be food, near the end of the tour.” Aww she’s so cute and childish. Vega on the other hand… “Oh my god you are so cute. I could literally hug you for HOURS” as she immediately hugged Emerald and retracted back. “Oh and yes as to what you said Emerald and Bianca” giving her a nod back as she has fially arrived “Napoli and Gratia have been lovers since me and Bianca’s first day on Haven as I remember their eyes set upon each other and in the end, nothing can separate them even though they argue and bicker at times” dramatizing her sentence on their love.

Sarina could not help but laugh in her head of the conversation going on. I wonder what Ozpin’s think about them…since we are still in front of his office. VGNB has always been her favorite team when she was in Haven and now that they are here in Beacon and she was sure they were going to make a huge impact on the school. “Nice to see you again Bianca but you don’t have to get informal with me.” Sarina could not help but notice how beautiful Bianca wings were. It was always angelic and soothing for her to look at.

“Ok gals…and the one guy; let us get started on our tour of Beacon!” The group eventually was away from Ozpin’s office as Sarina spoke about Beacon while walking down the empty yet beautiful hallways of Beacon. Only the sound of their footsteps can be heard. Eventually the group arrived at their first destination the Library as they entered inside it. “Welcome to the Library, a place for study and for socializing. Mostly students use it as a gathering place and socialization place. The library also doubles as a CCT. You can make transcontinental calls here if you don’t want to walk to the tower. I will let you guys walk around here for several minutes to get a feel of this place.” Sarina then took a seat near desk and put her legs on it.

[Write]

Bianca Nuit – A Dei Tour

Bianca cackled as Vega kept pace with her own story of how much love Napoli and Gratia so clearly held for each other. She knew there would be hell to pay for the comments later, but she just couldn’t find it in herself to stop.

Bianca followed along with her team and the cat Faunus through the baron halls of Beacon. Every once in a while she would stretch her wing out towards Emerald in a way of teasing her, folding them back against her back before the girl could reach them. Eventually the group happened upon the library, it appeared to be a massive hall, akin to what Bianca imagined a dining hall would look like in a King’s palace. There were several small groups of students all gathered around their own tables quietly discussing things and play card games.

“My goodness.” Bianca said finding herself at a loss for words. She took Sarina’s cue and immediately began walking towards the rows and rows of knowledge spread out upon this expanse; not missing the opportunity to lightly ruffle Vega’s hair and shoot her a playful smile filled with her own wonderment.

Bianca found herself drawn towards the section labeled Faunus. Immediately opening up her wingspan to reach the very top of the shelf. There she perched, as she delicately grabbed a novel and immediately began reading it. She looked like a statue of an angel, one leg crossed over the other, wings fully extended. She was too drawn to her book to notice anyone staring at her. Bianca regularly forgot that others couldn’t just come up and join her, not that she’d care, but she would’ve expect people to be so bewildered by it. She would immediately shoot an excited glance to her teammates, pointing to the books. She was like a child in a candy store.

As Bianca finally caught herself and shut the book she fluttered back down to the top shelf of the bookcase and slid the book right back into place. As she landed, a pair of boys caught her eye and ear.

”God damn Faunus, showing off and shit.” One boy said to another while they angrily peered over in her direction.

Bianca simply let out a quiet laugh and started in their direction. She flipped her hair over one shoulder, thought only of murder and refused to blink as she walked directly towards them. Upon finally reaching them she took a brief second of pause to let the heavy air hang over their heads before finally speaking up.

”Darling, if you think this is showing off I’d love to show you some more. Bianca said staring through his eyes like they were made of stain glass. Before giving them the time to respond Bianca immediately sauntered back off towards Sarina and pulled up a seat next to her.

”They weren’t kidding when they said these boys were nothing compared to the one’s we have in Haven, hm?” Bianca groaned adjusting in the seat to make it more comfortable for her wings.

”So how’ve you been keeping dear?” Bianca asked, this was the first time she had really spoken to her old friend in what seemed like forever.

[SevenStormStyle]

Sepia stood up and straightened her dress. Smiling good-naturedly - and somewhat apologetically - she headed after Krysthane, pausing only to wave goodbye to those ever-so-helpful men. Once she caught up to her team leader, she leaned in and whispered, "So, what did you think? Didn't those guys seem a little...strange? Sure, their place was cute and all, but kinda unusual too." God, she hoped her teammate's first impression of her wasn't going to be that she was a ditzy airhead. She was, but whatever.

Sepia reached up and touched one of her dog ears. "I wonder how the other half of our team is doing."

[Ryonara]

"Shut up and die." While the girl and her weapons were heavy Ebon wasn't weak himself. Lifting the shield above him he allowed his R-Types to converge onto the anchor girl to surround her from all sides even above. They each were holding a charged shot and fired laser beams at the girl at the same time Skyra was going to attack. Soon there were a dozen flashes of light as the R-Types fired a slavor of laser beams, all aimed at the girl. Ebon stood his ground holding her above his head. He was waiting for her to fall limp so he could slam her into the ground and finish her off. But he also kept a close eye on the girl's posse. He had a hunch they weren't just going to stand idly by.

[Onarax]

Napoli Fiordilatte - Dei Tour (Library)

At first all Napoli could do was laugh, even as Gratia exploded at the cat-girl, all he could think was how ridiculous and terrible the entire idea was. "Married? To Gratia? God, I'd sooner marry Ozpin. Not that there's anything wrong with the bossman, I'm sure he's a swell dude and all. I bet there's plenty of people interested in him, but I'm not really into dudes. Or older guys. Or well, what were we talking about again?"

Then Bianca arrived perpetuating the same nonsense, and before he could rebutt Vega opened her own mouth. Now bless the boss and his teammate's soul and what not but they could easily be just as annoying as that bitch. Well maybe not that far, but close enough, spewing foolish ideas that would just create headaches for him later. "Hey Bianca, Boss, I love you both, but please shut up. You guys keep perpetuating nonsense and the cat might lose one of her lives."

Alright, I admit, that was a bad joke.

That was when the Dei tour finally kicked off, and Napoli found himself buckling in to deal with his annoying teammates (read: Gratia) just a little longer. Soon enough he'd be free of her, and able to really explore the academy. Right now though, the library and stuff was pretty cool. Bianca was already scaring the crap out of some random student, Gratia was probably still being a bitch and Vega was no doubt still hugging and fawning over Emerald. The three of them never changed.

"Hey Bianca, you keep up the act and people are going to start wondering who you think you are."

[Abillioncats]

Emerald - Tour -

"Ummm, thanks!" Vega's surprise hug was surprising. She didn't mind it too much though, she was sort of used that happening at her old school. Plus she had to admit she enjoyed the attention.

Though the hug was soon forgotten as the group set off on their tour, and Bianca tormented her with her wings of feathery wonder. Emmy tried to resist, but every time Bianca stretched her wings out, Emmy swatted at them without fail. Never quite fast enough to catch them before the owl faunus folded the wings back however.

When they entered the library the wings were all but forgotten, the newest, most interesting thing now the massive library that was before her. Emerald was admittedly not a book worm. She rarely could sit still long enough to read a novel anyway. She'd either get bored and have to move around, or she'd fall asleep.

However that didn't mean the library wasn't fun for her to explore! She went toward a random aisle and looked at the endless amount of books on the shelves. It gave Emmy an idea. She grabbed a book, flung it straight up in the air, and then activated her semblance, causing a constant gust of wind to blow upwards and keep the book from falling, watching it dance around in the air, it's pages flapping like crazy. She giggled.

[Crimmy]

Gratia Mindaro - "Dei Tour" (Godfuckingdamnit Fiordilatte!)

"Venetia, Nuit, stop spreading misinformation to the cat," snapped Gratia, though the tone directed at her two non-Neapolitan teammates was far less full of irritation and venom than the tone she used for Team VGNB's 'N' member. Mostly because they were far less irksome than the cheese-eating idiot who she had unfortunately been partnered up with. "Fiordilatte, fuck off with the foul feline jokes."

She was tired of having to deal with Napoli on a constant basis. Freedom was close, but for now, she pulled up her headphones, snapping them tightly around her head and allowing the melodious notes of smooth jazz flow into her ears. No interruptions now. Just the music and the tour. It was bliss, really. No more fucking annoyances to listen to.

Noting the location of the library in this grand school was important, and Gratia had temporarily turned off her music player to listen to their guide's words. The capability to make transcontinental calls was useful, but unlikely to be something she would make use of. Her parents could barely scratch together the money to send her to Haven, let alone afford calls across such long distances.

Still, whatever books she could find would be interesting enough.

But for now, music.

[shadowkiller912]

Sarina Tala Dei and Vega Venetia (VGNB)

Vega repulsed the idea of Napoli never becoming couples Gratia. Ever since Napoli started joking with Gratia and her putting up constantly with his jokes that was clear sign of attraction between them in her opinion. Bianca teasing would get annoying sometimes but it did not bother her that much.

During her search for science fiction books, she caught a wind of the boys talking shit about her girlfriend from the sci-fi aisle. Bad mistake. Vega found the discrimination of the Faunus despicable especially on Bianca. Quite ironic though that her ancestors from the Dei’s did that just before the end of the War.

Then once Bianca did her thing, she appeared behind them. “Stricken by her sight” as Vega with her arms crossed and a made smirked look. “…Um…uh…who are you” said the confused student who was glaring at her chest among the others boys who were confused. Vega then through her augmented reality looked at the composure of the group. They were confused and awed probably because of her beauty. “Her friend and your clear discriminatory stance against Faunus is something I don’t like especially upon my friend” she said seriously. Vega stared at the one who spoke about her, as she saw his anxiety rising through her augmented reality. She began walking towards the group. “Hey we’re sor-.” Vega simply walked past by them like they were nothing cutting him off in mid-sentence. She then arrived at the desk were Sarina was and took a seat near Bianca who she was conversing with.

“Indeed, the freshman’s to juniors. The senior men differ here. Some are still childish while others are men who discarded their old habits.

“Yes especially those who rip upon my friends just because of her” as she winked at Bianca. "There are a Group of male Faunus haters somewhere in the back over there.”

“Those types of people tend to stay with their own group. Just ignore them. Anyway how am I doing…” as she nodded at Vega sitting across of her just right by Bianca, “I am doing quite swell. I am Ms. Goodwitch assistant so I get a lot of perks being her assistant. I have not been on a mission in a while though so I am quite eager to get in on one. Hopefully an A-S ranked mission. Perhaps accompany VGNB a mission.”

[Write]

Bianca Nuit – A Dei Tour

“Who I am, is someone who could destroy the lot of them without a second thought. Besides, don’t pretend you wouldn’t be right there beside Vega, Gratia and I kicking their asses.” Bianca said warmly towards Napoli. She wasn’t all bite, especially towards her teammates. They may’ve spent most of their time together bickering and making fun of one another. But Vignoble wasn’t still in Haven, they were in foreign lands and they would have to lean on one another for support when they could. She didn’t think that Beacon was going to be a warzone or anything but in her experience it was always better to predict, rather than react. It was for this reason that she maintained an eye on all of her teammates at all times, whether it was a small glance over the shoulder to make sure that the racist’s from before weren’t glancing at her teammates; or even a simple shift in her position so that she could see Gratia in her peripherals, she didn’t plan on letting anyone or anything surprise her. It was who she was raised to be, Vignoble’s watchful eye.

”Oh Vega, you know I love it when you get that murderous tone in your voice.” Bianca said to one of the only people that had her back no matter what. She and Vega had a deep bond that had been cultivated over the years. “Cool it darling, if they make a move they’ll regret it, until then I’ve got you to watch my back.” Bianca said with a warming smile as she fixed her hair slightly and put a hand on Vega’s knee to show her appreciation. “Thank you though.” Bianca said in a rare moment of sincerity.

”Sorry, I’ll lay off.” Bianca said quietly to Napoli with a small nod. The owl Faunus turned to Sarina with a small grin. ”I’m starting to feel a little cooped up myself, what do you think the chances are of getting a mission. Pretty last minute, but I’m sure there’s some things that need doing.” Bianca said straightening up and glancing around the library. She was in the mood to kill something. She felt a small tinge of pain in her right wing, she realized she must’ve scraped it when she dive bombed through the window. She brought it in front of her body and plucked out the damaged feather elegantly, resembling an experience harp player. There was definitely something angelic about her appearance, but that was only to some. Truth was, Bianca always reinforced that imagery because otherwise those who saw her saw nothing but a demon. A spawn of something that was not meant to be. And angel was definitely preferable to that.

[Onarax]

Napoli Fiordilatte - Dei Tour (Library)

"Whoosh!"

Napoli couldn't help but chuckle, another one of his stellar jokes had gone straight over the head. Come on, Who, like an Owl, who-who. That was genius. Then again, considering how borderline psychotic his teammates could be a times, he wasn't entirely surprised by the subtlety flying past, just a little disappointed. Nevertheless, that wasn't enough to dampen his mood, after all he was finally here in Beacon, a new experience awaited him where he was bound to get the chance to make many more jokes and meet many new people.

Some might even say I'm being beaconed to a new horizon.

Yeah, that was crap.

All that said, the faunus haters did bother Napoli a little, but the boy had long since learned to deal with such contempt. Controlling one's anger was important after all and most instances of hatred could just be tolerated in the long run. It's not like it made much difference in his life if someone insulted him once. He figured it was much better to just smile and make a joke of it, because that way things stayed light hearted and some semblance of happiness could be achieved. Well, that's what he always reasoned, he was sure someone out there could easily poke holes in his philosophy, but that wasn't something that really bothered him.

But hey, here he was overthinking dumb stuff again when he could be enjoying Beacon. The teenager couldn't help but smile at the foolish nature of it all, and sensing Bianca's declining mood, the sniper engaged in what he did best. He told another dumb joke. "Hey Bianca, you got a collection of those feathers? I'm sure it'd make a great pillow, the stuffing these days is always so artificial, so why waste your own gold, I'll gladly take them off your hands." A massive grin was plastered on Napoli's face as per the norm.

Then, swiftly taking a seat next to his teammate, Napoli joined Sarina in throwing his legs on the table, "So I'm guessing the rules in here are pretty lax if they let us just throw on feet on tables. So these mission things, any of them that strike you as interesting right now, murdering grimm and taking down other uglies is always fun."

[Abillioncats]

Emerald - Library -

A book flew out of nowhere and smacked one of the Faunus Haters right in the face. They looked around frantically but did not see the snickering cat Faunus a couple aisles down.

Emmy snuck around back to the tour group, looking as innocent as possible as she could, a nice smile on her face. The one guy who had been unfortunate enough to get smacked with the paperback looked around looking pretty damn pissed, clutching the book in his hand.

With that little deed done, Emmy was bored. Once again Bianca's very distracting wings caught her eyes. She decided to start sneaking toward her, almost looking like she was gonna pounce.

[Crimmy]

Gratia Mindaro - Library

Tell him to buy me an acre of land,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Between the salt water and the sea sand,
Then he shall be a true lover of mine.

Gratia clicked on the skip button. She wasn't in the mood for Scarborough Fair at the moment; in fact, she was confused how it had gotten into her playlist of smooth jazz songs in the first place. It was something she would need to rectify later, when she had access to her briefcase and the memory sticks that were piled inside. And Fiordilatte's laptop. She hated relying on the shithead's property, but there weren't really many other possible methods to pirate music from the local coffee shop.

Wait, the Professor had provided her with a scroll earlier on.

Could she keep it forever?

Hopefully, because she was not going to let go of it, especially now that she no longer needed to rely on her cheese-eating "compatriot".

If she was any other person, she would have cheered. But she was Gratia Mindaro, and Gratia Mindaro was not a cheering type of person. They were irksome fellows to be around.

She nonchalantly shot out her right arm, grabbing onto Emerald's tail to prevent the cat from attacking her teammate's feathery limbs.