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I think I am, though i'd have to see what Ashfili says ^^ Erika is going to start thinking she's going nuts.
"Fra-what?"
Jun asked, cocking his head to the side as a smile sparkled on his face. Whatever the italian boy had said, he agreed to it without a second thought. Afterall, he liked to be rather agreeable and go with the flow. Leon then claimed the top bunk by the window. Humming softly to the tune of 'Sweet Dreams' he chose his own bunk, the lower one beside the makeshift door. Though it wouldn't be a bunk for long. He'd have people coming in and renovating the place tomorrow with his own furniture and luggage.
Then the girl from before stepped into the room, requesting payment which Mashuka instantly fought against. However, Jun raised his hand, his eyes closed as he smiled brightly.
"I will handled expenses." He rose from where he'd sat on the bed and made his way over to the girl from before. As he took the clipboard with the noticed on it from her, he gently grabbed her hand and brought it to his lips for a small kiss. He beamed at her over it, sparkles surrounding his body. "All is forgiven. I hope we can be friends~"
He let go of her hand and turned away as he signed the notice. "There," He turned and handed it back to her with an outstretched hand. "All is handled."
Jun asked, cocking his head to the side as a smile sparkled on his face. Whatever the italian boy had said, he agreed to it without a second thought. Afterall, he liked to be rather agreeable and go with the flow. Leon then claimed the top bunk by the window. Humming softly to the tune of 'Sweet Dreams' he chose his own bunk, the lower one beside the makeshift door. Though it wouldn't be a bunk for long. He'd have people coming in and renovating the place tomorrow with his own furniture and luggage.
Then the girl from before stepped into the room, requesting payment which Mashuka instantly fought against. However, Jun raised his hand, his eyes closed as he smiled brightly.
"I will handled expenses." He rose from where he'd sat on the bed and made his way over to the girl from before. As he took the clipboard with the noticed on it from her, he gently grabbed her hand and brought it to his lips for a small kiss. He beamed at her over it, sparkles surrounding his body. "All is forgiven. I hope we can be friends~"
He let go of her hand and turned away as he signed the notice. "There," He turned and handed it back to her with an outstretched hand. "All is handled."
Aw @ReaptheMusic I was going to to surprise you with bringing Mercury back in kilika somewhere. Dang. :) Hence why I said really nothing on the matter
Saina's lungs felt like they were about to burst when, in her dimming vision, she could see someone swimming at her from above. It... She couldn't tell who it was, her vision was starting to give. She passed out entirely as she felt the around around her ankle grow colder...
A failure as always, aren't we? I refuse to die here.
~~~~
The chocobo's had already been ankle deep in water and were panicking, Mercury included. Their handler was below deck and panicking just as much but he did his best to calm all the chocobos when the hull was snapped in two and water flooded in. Their handler floated in the water as the ship capsized, all the ice that had been used to hold it together disappearing as the person who had put it there surely must have died or at least passed out. He blinked awake in the water and looked to the chocobos underwater, flailing in fear and some already dead with boat shrapnel lodged into their long necks.
He swam to their stall and pulled it open with extreme effort, bubbles coming from his mouth as he struggled and took in a lungful of air... and died, just as the stall was opened completely. The chocobos swam out and sped to the surface, their gangly land-made legs struggling to push them above water. Once they made it they cried out in confusion, a mass of 'WAAARRRK!'s and 'Twee-wee!'s as they tried to figure out in vain what was happening. Then they started diving in and out of the water, their fear quickly turning to joy as they learned this new ability. As they dove, thinking it was a game, they picked up the limp bodies of the guardian's crew as they went and finding they floated on the water well enough as a duck might. Some could even run on the water, though this was something they wouldn't learn seeing as they were already swimming in it.
On his third dive, Mercury spotted the bodies of Saina and Maximus and shook his wet tailfeathers in joy. He dove towards them and unaware if they were awake or not, managed to get both of them onto his spacious back. He made his way to the surface in joy and popped up above the water. Another chocobo approached and they rubbed their large beaks together, this one having Urick and Naisha on its back. When they both started to admire each others new 'decorations' a chocobo further from them let out a distressed cry and they looked towards it. The kraken had gotten hold of one of them and was crushing it to death in its tentacle. Their sense of flight rather than fight initiated and they sped off with the crew on their backs, headed straight for the island in the distance and away from the looming threat of death.
~~~
A farmer in the marketplace on Kilika Island balked at the herd of chocobos that had suddenly appeared at his food cart. They were eating all of his wares, playing with it, throwing it around and generally just having the time of their lives. Chocobo's weren't native to Kilika. Where on earth did these playful creatures come from?
"NOT MY CABBAGES!!!"
~~~
Sand blew over the face of the dark haired woman, and her mouth was filled with the taste of salt. When she cracked open her glowy blue eyes they felt like they'd been welded shut by the saltwater she'd spend her time in. She felt something cold against her lips and glanced down. A torrent of ice had expelled itself from her mouth and now melted on the white sand, the idea of what had happened to make such a thing happen made her stomach turn. She pressed her gloved hands into the sand and pushed herself up against them, her body slouching against the hot, unstable particles... and she realized that nausea she'd felt wasn't getting better, it was getting worse. Her throat burned and her gut heaved as she found herself expelling the clear fluids of her empty stomach onto the sand beneath her.
She stayed in that position for a moment, panting. Then her panting turned into a small whimper before she made herself stand. Saina nearly fell over, finding herself incredibly dizzy and disoriented. In fact, she was only able to take a few steps before her knees buckled and she fell to them while staring out at the ocean. She looked down at her hands which trembled deeply, and pressing her gloved hands to her cheeks she could feel that she was warmer than usual. Her teeth grit and she closed her eyes. Of course. Her body was still just a body, she was extremely dehydrated after nearly drowning in the sea and swallowing all that salt water. Would a potion fix such a malady? She'd been lucky enough that her body forced out the water in her lungs as she was passed out. There would be someone to thank for that. A familiar chirrup made her look over.
Mercury played with the ball that had been stored in his saddle and chased it around on the beach. She smiled grimly. At least one of them felt good. Then her eyes turned back to the sea she considered what to do next. She needed to reunite with everyone. Could she face them after she had failed to successfully kill the Kraken? The weight of what had happened bore down on her shoulders and she looked down, gripping the loose sand tightly as she took to heart what had happened. She felt it was her fault. She could have killed that kraken... but she had failed. A pit formed in her stomach beside the nausea.
She had failed again.
As she realized this her face became stressed and her heart fluttered uneasily. She let out a shuddering breath. Could she really show her face to the rest of the guardians? She was an absolute shame on all of them now. The dread filled her heart as she pressed a hand to her forehead and pushed her floating hair back, absently forgetting to put it back into its ponytail. She didn't even notice the other bodies around her. Though Mercury had, and had stopped playing with his ball to lean down, peering at the body of Maximus. Then, deciding 'Ah yes, this is the best decision ever,' proceeded to jump on top of the warrior monk and snuggle down atop him, wiggling his blue tail feathers all the way as the weight of the chocobo pressed down onto him. He rested his large head in the sand and closed his eyes. His night had been quite eventful after all.
A failure as always, aren't we? I refuse to die here.
~~~~
The chocobo's had already been ankle deep in water and were panicking, Mercury included. Their handler was below deck and panicking just as much but he did his best to calm all the chocobos when the hull was snapped in two and water flooded in. Their handler floated in the water as the ship capsized, all the ice that had been used to hold it together disappearing as the person who had put it there surely must have died or at least passed out. He blinked awake in the water and looked to the chocobos underwater, flailing in fear and some already dead with boat shrapnel lodged into their long necks.
He swam to their stall and pulled it open with extreme effort, bubbles coming from his mouth as he struggled and took in a lungful of air... and died, just as the stall was opened completely. The chocobos swam out and sped to the surface, their gangly land-made legs struggling to push them above water. Once they made it they cried out in confusion, a mass of 'WAAARRRK!'s and 'Twee-wee!'s as they tried to figure out in vain what was happening. Then they started diving in and out of the water, their fear quickly turning to joy as they learned this new ability. As they dove, thinking it was a game, they picked up the limp bodies of the guardian's crew as they went and finding they floated on the water well enough as a duck might. Some could even run on the water, though this was something they wouldn't learn seeing as they were already swimming in it.
On his third dive, Mercury spotted the bodies of Saina and Maximus and shook his wet tailfeathers in joy. He dove towards them and unaware if they were awake or not, managed to get both of them onto his spacious back. He made his way to the surface in joy and popped up above the water. Another chocobo approached and they rubbed their large beaks together, this one having Urick and Naisha on its back. When they both started to admire each others new 'decorations' a chocobo further from them let out a distressed cry and they looked towards it. The kraken had gotten hold of one of them and was crushing it to death in its tentacle. Their sense of flight rather than fight initiated and they sped off with the crew on their backs, headed straight for the island in the distance and away from the looming threat of death.
~~~
A farmer in the marketplace on Kilika Island balked at the herd of chocobos that had suddenly appeared at his food cart. They were eating all of his wares, playing with it, throwing it around and generally just having the time of their lives. Chocobo's weren't native to Kilika. Where on earth did these playful creatures come from?
"NOT MY CABBAGES!!!"
~~~
Sand blew over the face of the dark haired woman, and her mouth was filled with the taste of salt. When she cracked open her glowy blue eyes they felt like they'd been welded shut by the saltwater she'd spend her time in. She felt something cold against her lips and glanced down. A torrent of ice had expelled itself from her mouth and now melted on the white sand, the idea of what had happened to make such a thing happen made her stomach turn. She pressed her gloved hands into the sand and pushed herself up against them, her body slouching against the hot, unstable particles... and she realized that nausea she'd felt wasn't getting better, it was getting worse. Her throat burned and her gut heaved as she found herself expelling the clear fluids of her empty stomach onto the sand beneath her.
She stayed in that position for a moment, panting. Then her panting turned into a small whimper before she made herself stand. Saina nearly fell over, finding herself incredibly dizzy and disoriented. In fact, she was only able to take a few steps before her knees buckled and she fell to them while staring out at the ocean. She looked down at her hands which trembled deeply, and pressing her gloved hands to her cheeks she could feel that she was warmer than usual. Her teeth grit and she closed her eyes. Of course. Her body was still just a body, she was extremely dehydrated after nearly drowning in the sea and swallowing all that salt water. Would a potion fix such a malady? She'd been lucky enough that her body forced out the water in her lungs as she was passed out. There would be someone to thank for that. A familiar chirrup made her look over.
Mercury played with the ball that had been stored in his saddle and chased it around on the beach. She smiled grimly. At least one of them felt good. Then her eyes turned back to the sea she considered what to do next. She needed to reunite with everyone. Could she face them after she had failed to successfully kill the Kraken? The weight of what had happened bore down on her shoulders and she looked down, gripping the loose sand tightly as she took to heart what had happened. She felt it was her fault. She could have killed that kraken... but she had failed. A pit formed in her stomach beside the nausea.
She had failed again.
As she realized this her face became stressed and her heart fluttered uneasily. She let out a shuddering breath. Could she really show her face to the rest of the guardians? She was an absolute shame on all of them now. The dread filled her heart as she pressed a hand to her forehead and pushed her floating hair back, absently forgetting to put it back into its ponytail. She didn't even notice the other bodies around her. Though Mercury had, and had stopped playing with his ball to lean down, peering at the body of Maximus. Then, deciding 'Ah yes, this is the best decision ever,' proceeded to jump on top of the warrior monk and snuggle down atop him, wiggling his blue tail feathers all the way as the weight of the chocobo pressed down onto him. He rested his large head in the sand and closed his eyes. His night had been quite eventful after all.
Sorry...@ReaptheMusic
NOPE NOPE NOPE IN DENIAL NOPE CHOCOBOS CAN SWIM HE's fine...... now I'm genuinely sad.
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I was going to have Alex to save the Choco's xD... Poor Mercury.
No worries! Mercury is a strong badass bird!
*hic, sob* Mercurrrryyyyyyyyyy.....
@IrishAngelQueenJun has light brown eyes with golden flecks in them, not green ^^ Also i will wait for the other person in the conversation to post as well
"Yuuki,
Erika was relieved to hear her friends voice on the other end of the line and closed her eyes tightly, exhaling deeply as the feelings of bitterness began to subside. She glanced at the clock on her nightstand, noting the time. It was a bit late but they'd snuck out later before.
"Can we meet up? I ... seriously need to be out of my house right now."
"I'm already outside," Yuuki replied airily, "Got a particular place you want to meet at? The coffee house down Kingsway? The fountain at Purple Crown Park?"
"Coffee for sure," She was already out of bed and grabbing her house keys from the nightstand. As she held the phone in the crook of her shoulder to her ear, she shuffled through her bookbag to find her notes for the day in order to exchange some with her friend and shoved it into her purse. She looked around for a sweater to put over her school uniform. "You're already out in the town? So you weren't playing Deep Ground?"
"Oh no," the girl replied as she started walking out of the school gardens, "Just found myself a nice atmospheric spot at school to do the gaming. Thought it'd be worth logging in today because of the Black King, but then...yeah..."
"The servers went pop and nothing was ended."
"The game is stupid anyways. I'd rather spend my time with my face in a book." Even as she said the words and pulled a neutral colored sweater over her torso after taking off her school's uniform top, she couldn't decide if she was lying through her teeth or not. "Anyways, I'm headed there now. See you."
"Not going to chat on the way, huh? Later." With that, Yuuki ended the call, before looking back at the coin in her hand. Welp, no point in complaining about it now. Before she dwelled any further, the girl broke out into a jog, past the gates, down the stairs, and into the city that held the Purple Crown at its heart.
~
Erika finally pushed her way into the cafe and let the door swing behind her. She rested, panting softly with her hands on her knees and her curly hair in a mess from the breeze that had pushed her tiny frame around outside. Once her breath was caught she looked around for Yuuki, having expected her friend to arrive before her as she went up and ordered a coffee. It wasn't long before the drink was made and brought out to her as well as Yuuki's usual. She took a seat near the windows in the emptiest section of the cafe and waited, gazing forlornly out the window and sipping on her white chocolate peppermint mocha with soy milk, whipped cream and cinnamon. She liked her drinks complicated.
She had snuck out of her house by rushing out before her mother could ask her where she was off to. She felt bad having to do so, but prefferred it over talking to her. It seemed like every conversation with her family always turned to Deep Ground no matter how innocent the topic was at first. Erika had sprinted the whole way to the cafe out of fear that the Fanged Rangers might come back and, much to her delight, they hadn't.
The curly haired girl pushed her glasses up and stirred her drink, thinking of the girl she'd met in Deep Ground. Corpse Collector... She'd tried her best to make a good impression but it seemed the blonde avatar didn't even bother with her. Maybe she should just call it quits on the black guild and her new "companion" entirely. But then, that message from earlier had said she needed to go... Her thoughts became muddy with emotion and she held her face in her hands, sighing deeply.
Cafe Nowhere was a quiet little coffee house, tucked inbetwen Kingsway and South 23rd Avenue. A pleasant surprise that Yuuki had stumbled upon during one of her trips to the city when she was still in middle school, it had soon became a favoured place of hers. There was a nice, rustic ambiance in the whole place, much removed from the Starbucks a few blocks away that was filled with fluorescent lights and kiddos plugged into Deep Ground. Maybe it's because most of the customers were already graduated, but there was a pleasantly refined air to the place, an aroma of maturity and finely ground coffee.
Of course, Yuuki didn't really drink coffee and so, when she sat down at the same mahogany table as her friend, ordered hot chocolate instead. Noticing the sigh and the lost gaze, the girl snapped her fingers in front of the curly-haired student's face, before asking, "Feeling blue today?"
There was jazz and blues playing in the background. Hopefully Erika was in the mood for a little pun.
"Ah!" Erikas eye's widened and she straightened up, blushing in embarassment at the fact she'd drifted off so much. Her thick glasses slid down her nose slightly as she reacted, and it took a moment for the joke to soak in. When it did, she laughed a little and scratched her cheek. "More than a little," She admitted, glad to see her friend there. "I nearly broke my ankle getting away from the fanged rangers this afternoon. They seem to be after me more than usual lately..."
Ah, right, the whole guild-stalking thing. Guess having an illustrious history was pretty bad as well, huh? Yuuki took a careful sip of her mug of hot chocolate, only to wince as her tongue was burned by the boiling liquid. Setting it aside for the time being, she nodded in understanding. "Gives you a reason to bitch at them, if nothing else," the girl said, "But hm...could always just lie and say you joined the Black guild now. With such an enigmatic pedigree, I'm pretty sure no one can confirm or deny that..."
It was definitely getting irritating though, all the hounding from classmates. If the teachers could do anything about it, that'd be great...but it's not like teachers would get fired for being terrible teachers anyways, seeing how Deep Ground locked everyone into pre-determined positions...
Subconsciously, Yuuki began to roll a coin over her knuckles, mulling over a problem that she couldn't just solve with a coin toss.
Erika opened her mouth to respond to what Yuuki said when the message from the Student Counsel President came out to address all the members of the new guild. The message caused her heart to sink again when she remembered the Corpse Collector and how she'd been so easily brushed off. Then she considered what Yuuki said, choosing to disregard the message from the President entirely.
"Even If I did, my parents would definetly hear about it and they'd ream me for weeks. 'Glory to the Ivory Masks,' and..." She stopped and sipped her drink, watching Yuuki play with the coin. She sighed once again. The conversation was frequently about her and what was going on with her in her avoidance of the world of Deep Ground. Honestly she was already starting to feel selfish. She looked at Yuuki. "What do you think of the Black Guild?"
"Black Guild...I think that Moon Rider is a chuunibyo, and she's sorta cute that way. Like a kid dressed up as Darth Vader or something."
Yuuki giggled at that mental imagery, before continuing, "My impressions so far though? Not much. Never got to chat with Moon Rider, and her two lackeys were sorta...meh. They were alright. Interested in joining?"
"Ugh, no," Erika responded as she rubbed the side of her coffee cup nervously. "I hear they're nothing but trouble. If anything, it only means more guilds will be after me to join them..." There she goes again, making it about her. She swallowed and pushed her glasses up her nose before looking at Yuuki once more, a small, genuine smile on her face. "Even if I were to pick one guild, you know... its not like I'd ever make anybody happy with my deicision or do something spectacular anyways. It doesn't matter." She closed her eyes contently at the last moment as she silently reminded herself, I don't matter. Erika opened her eyes again and started fishing for the class notes out of her bag, beginning to change the subject to their classwork.
"Nothing but trouble, huh?" Yuuki held her mug in both hands, looking down at the reflectionless surface, before reciprocating Erika's smile. After all, smiling was important, regardless of the situation. With that in mind, she drank down the hot chocolate in a single gulp, searing the insides of her throat with the burning liquid, before wiping her slightly swollen lips with a paper napkin. As the bespectacled girl started changing the subject, Yuuki set aside the mug and took a look at her coin once more.
"Say," she began, almost absentmindedly, "Feel like sleeping over tonight? You said you wanted to get out of your house, right?"
"Yes."
The response had come so fast that it immediately followed up the last syllable of Yuuki's question. Erika looked at Yuuki and stood up, slinging her bag over her shoulder after downing the last of her complicated coffee. She grabbed her hand and looked her in the eyes.
"Let's go." The ebony haired girl was genuinely happy for the chance to not go back to her house, even if there would be school tomorrow. The last thing she wanted was to be left alone with her thoughts. Without waiting for a response, Erika, rather uncharacteristically energetic about this, dragged Yuuki with her out of the coffee shop. Since she ran ahead of her friend slightly, it would be unlikely that Yuuki would see the dark shadow over Erika's eyes.
Erika was relieved to hear her friends voice on the other end of the line and closed her eyes tightly, exhaling deeply as the feelings of bitterness began to subside. She glanced at the clock on her nightstand, noting the time. It was a bit late but they'd snuck out later before.
"Can we meet up? I ... seriously need to be out of my house right now."
"I'm already outside," Yuuki replied airily, "Got a particular place you want to meet at? The coffee house down Kingsway? The fountain at Purple Crown Park?"
"Coffee for sure," She was already out of bed and grabbing her house keys from the nightstand. As she held the phone in the crook of her shoulder to her ear, she shuffled through her bookbag to find her notes for the day in order to exchange some with her friend and shoved it into her purse. She looked around for a sweater to put over her school uniform. "You're already out in the town? So you weren't playing Deep Ground?"
"Oh no," the girl replied as she started walking out of the school gardens, "Just found myself a nice atmospheric spot at school to do the gaming. Thought it'd be worth logging in today because of the Black King, but then...yeah..."
"The servers went pop and nothing was ended."
"The game is stupid anyways. I'd rather spend my time with my face in a book." Even as she said the words and pulled a neutral colored sweater over her torso after taking off her school's uniform top, she couldn't decide if she was lying through her teeth or not. "Anyways, I'm headed there now. See you."
"Not going to chat on the way, huh? Later." With that, Yuuki ended the call, before looking back at the coin in her hand. Welp, no point in complaining about it now. Before she dwelled any further, the girl broke out into a jog, past the gates, down the stairs, and into the city that held the Purple Crown at its heart.
~
Erika finally pushed her way into the cafe and let the door swing behind her. She rested, panting softly with her hands on her knees and her curly hair in a mess from the breeze that had pushed her tiny frame around outside. Once her breath was caught she looked around for Yuuki, having expected her friend to arrive before her as she went up and ordered a coffee. It wasn't long before the drink was made and brought out to her as well as Yuuki's usual. She took a seat near the windows in the emptiest section of the cafe and waited, gazing forlornly out the window and sipping on her white chocolate peppermint mocha with soy milk, whipped cream and cinnamon. She liked her drinks complicated.
She had snuck out of her house by rushing out before her mother could ask her where she was off to. She felt bad having to do so, but prefferred it over talking to her. It seemed like every conversation with her family always turned to Deep Ground no matter how innocent the topic was at first. Erika had sprinted the whole way to the cafe out of fear that the Fanged Rangers might come back and, much to her delight, they hadn't.
The curly haired girl pushed her glasses up and stirred her drink, thinking of the girl she'd met in Deep Ground. Corpse Collector... She'd tried her best to make a good impression but it seemed the blonde avatar didn't even bother with her. Maybe she should just call it quits on the black guild and her new "companion" entirely. But then, that message from earlier had said she needed to go... Her thoughts became muddy with emotion and she held her face in her hands, sighing deeply.
Cafe Nowhere was a quiet little coffee house, tucked inbetwen Kingsway and South 23rd Avenue. A pleasant surprise that Yuuki had stumbled upon during one of her trips to the city when she was still in middle school, it had soon became a favoured place of hers. There was a nice, rustic ambiance in the whole place, much removed from the Starbucks a few blocks away that was filled with fluorescent lights and kiddos plugged into Deep Ground. Maybe it's because most of the customers were already graduated, but there was a pleasantly refined air to the place, an aroma of maturity and finely ground coffee.
Of course, Yuuki didn't really drink coffee and so, when she sat down at the same mahogany table as her friend, ordered hot chocolate instead. Noticing the sigh and the lost gaze, the girl snapped her fingers in front of the curly-haired student's face, before asking, "Feeling blue today?"
There was jazz and blues playing in the background. Hopefully Erika was in the mood for a little pun.
"Ah!" Erikas eye's widened and she straightened up, blushing in embarassment at the fact she'd drifted off so much. Her thick glasses slid down her nose slightly as she reacted, and it took a moment for the joke to soak in. When it did, she laughed a little and scratched her cheek. "More than a little," She admitted, glad to see her friend there. "I nearly broke my ankle getting away from the fanged rangers this afternoon. They seem to be after me more than usual lately..."
Ah, right, the whole guild-stalking thing. Guess having an illustrious history was pretty bad as well, huh? Yuuki took a careful sip of her mug of hot chocolate, only to wince as her tongue was burned by the boiling liquid. Setting it aside for the time being, she nodded in understanding. "Gives you a reason to bitch at them, if nothing else," the girl said, "But hm...could always just lie and say you joined the Black guild now. With such an enigmatic pedigree, I'm pretty sure no one can confirm or deny that..."
It was definitely getting irritating though, all the hounding from classmates. If the teachers could do anything about it, that'd be great...but it's not like teachers would get fired for being terrible teachers anyways, seeing how Deep Ground locked everyone into pre-determined positions...
Subconsciously, Yuuki began to roll a coin over her knuckles, mulling over a problem that she couldn't just solve with a coin toss.
Erika opened her mouth to respond to what Yuuki said when the message from the Student Counsel President came out to address all the members of the new guild. The message caused her heart to sink again when she remembered the Corpse Collector and how she'd been so easily brushed off. Then she considered what Yuuki said, choosing to disregard the message from the President entirely.
"Even If I did, my parents would definetly hear about it and they'd ream me for weeks. 'Glory to the Ivory Masks,' and..." She stopped and sipped her drink, watching Yuuki play with the coin. She sighed once again. The conversation was frequently about her and what was going on with her in her avoidance of the world of Deep Ground. Honestly she was already starting to feel selfish. She looked at Yuuki. "What do you think of the Black Guild?"
"Black Guild...I think that Moon Rider is a chuunibyo, and she's sorta cute that way. Like a kid dressed up as Darth Vader or something."
Yuuki giggled at that mental imagery, before continuing, "My impressions so far though? Not much. Never got to chat with Moon Rider, and her two lackeys were sorta...meh. They were alright. Interested in joining?"
"Ugh, no," Erika responded as she rubbed the side of her coffee cup nervously. "I hear they're nothing but trouble. If anything, it only means more guilds will be after me to join them..." There she goes again, making it about her. She swallowed and pushed her glasses up her nose before looking at Yuuki once more, a small, genuine smile on her face. "Even if I were to pick one guild, you know... its not like I'd ever make anybody happy with my deicision or do something spectacular anyways. It doesn't matter." She closed her eyes contently at the last moment as she silently reminded herself, I don't matter. Erika opened her eyes again and started fishing for the class notes out of her bag, beginning to change the subject to their classwork.
"Nothing but trouble, huh?" Yuuki held her mug in both hands, looking down at the reflectionless surface, before reciprocating Erika's smile. After all, smiling was important, regardless of the situation. With that in mind, she drank down the hot chocolate in a single gulp, searing the insides of her throat with the burning liquid, before wiping her slightly swollen lips with a paper napkin. As the bespectacled girl started changing the subject, Yuuki set aside the mug and took a look at her coin once more.
"Say," she began, almost absentmindedly, "Feel like sleeping over tonight? You said you wanted to get out of your house, right?"
"Yes."
The response had come so fast that it immediately followed up the last syllable of Yuuki's question. Erika looked at Yuuki and stood up, slinging her bag over her shoulder after downing the last of her complicated coffee. She grabbed her hand and looked her in the eyes.
"Let's go." The ebony haired girl was genuinely happy for the chance to not go back to her house, even if there would be school tomorrow. The last thing she wanted was to be left alone with her thoughts. Without waiting for a response, Erika, rather uncharacteristically energetic about this, dragged Yuuki with her out of the coffee shop. Since she ran ahead of her friend slightly, it would be unlikely that Yuuki would see the dark shadow over Erika's eyes.
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