Academy of the Arts: Northern SectionAfter some jogging they finally reached the norther section. Lucien huffed and puffed but still managed to keep up with the grumpy man. "So down this hall, yeah?" Following after Tobias' wasn't exactly pleasant, the man was absolutely furious. It was definitely understandable, but the summoner wished Estelle and Amy had taken him along with them instead. It would have been a lot more pleasant.
He followed after the man and while a part of him wanted to diffuse the tension, he knew a joke wouldn't work.
"This door?" He arched an eyebrow at Tobias and when the man nodded he attempted to push it open. It turned out to be locked though. "Oi, oi, are you guys inside?" Lucien pressed his ear to the door but the room was rather spacious so he didn't hear anything aside from a couple of mumbling sounds. "Someone is inside." He knocked on the door and a few moments later it was pulled open. "Oh hey, Xan!"
The summoner made his way inside only to see some guy in a cage. "I see we're late to the party."
"Unfortunately, two groups ran into some trouble." Xan's irritated expression softened and turned into a look of concern.
Moments earlier they had gotten a call from both Lute and Estelle, things were going downhill rather fast and to top it all off someone was injured and they hadn't heard from Angel's group for some time now.
"Things aren't going very well," Lucien made his way into the room, expression actually glum. "But hey, our friends will be okay! Plus, the boss can handle anything." Whenever he talked about Moira his eyes would light up, she wondered if Lucien had actually made the woman his role model or something. "She can destroy things with a single jab!" He grinned from ear to ear then joined the others.
Lucien was about to ask about the next step in their plans when suddenly the communicator crackled to life.
This time, it was the masked phantom himself. Xan couldn't help but glare at the caged thief even more, they were so full of surprises.
The Academy of the Arts: Southwestern Section"And Fabian – keep talking. Annoy and distract them as much as you can. It should make it easier for Mattis."Annoy them? Got it, that shouldn't be too hard considering he wanted to insult them as much as possible.
He stared on with eyes the size of dinner plates as the girl began to empty his pouch. THAT PUNY RUNT! "Hell, I mind! Get your grubby fingers off my stuff, you'll infect it with your cooties!" This kid, she was so annoying. Fabian pulled a silly face and stuck his tongue out.
Gods, he felt like he wanted to explode. Stupid vines! "Put that down, that's a real zappy bomb, it's one of my favorites."
She didn't seem to be listening and continued taking away all his favorite gadgets. The masked phantom wouldn't be happy about this. He let out a sigh and then she broke the last straw by using him as a cussing footstool! If Fabian were a cartoon character, steam would have been pouring out of his ears. The boy was so red, it looked like he had been left out in the sun for hours. "Your pigtails look stupid! And you know what? You won't be able to use those gadgets half as well as I can because you're just an annoying kid! I'm a professional thief!" Those were apparently the best insult he could come up with at the moment.
In the end, Trixie probably annoyed him a lot more than he annoyed her.