Every other word could only jolt her back awake so much, not even a handful so. The arrival of a late student to the class was just thing to startle Layne into a more lively state. Her eyes became immediately fixated on the color of his hair. It was green to much of her utter delight. Not that she was amused but because this particular hue was above all her favorite. Her gaze drifted down to crimson eyes that seemed to pulsate the longer she stared.
Even though, it had seemed like eternity while she examined this student, it hadn’t even been a minute. She quickly turned down her eyes while he passed her desk, keeping a smile to herself about his green hair.

<Advanced Martial Arts>

Bato stood in the middle of the ring shaped mat, dressed in a traditional white karate gi. Both his eyes were closed and he was breathing very softly, a few sweat drops dripping down the side of his face. His legs were spaced about two feet apart and he was holding his arms out just in front of his body. Off on the side of the small gym, several students were sitting against the wall, each had gone up against Bato in a one on one match and each had lost, but gained a busted nose, black eye or something similar. Currently, the remaining four students in the class were circled around Bato, looking for a chance. The room was silent except for the soft groans of pain coming from the injured students.

After a few minuets one of the students, one who had been moved up to advance this year made the first move. Not having fought Bato before the kid knew absolutely nothing other that what he’d seen in the few rounds that Bato had fought earlier. With a scream, the student let lose a straight punch with all his might directly at Bato’s chest. There was a thud that echoed across the room as the students first collided with Bato’s chest. The student stopped, he’d never expected that this massive students wouldn’t even be effected by a punch.

Bato’s eyes snapped open and he grabbed the student’s are with his right arm and lifted the student about two feet off the ground and slammed his left elbow into the students gut and let go of his arm, sending the student flying and then tumbling across the floor and into the wall. Two of the other students took this opportunity to move in as well. The student from Bato’s back jumped and latched onto Bato’s back, squeezing with all his might, trying to keep Bato’s arms pinned against his side. The second student went low, aiming a kick just below Bato’s right knee. As the kick connected, Bato knew he was going to fall, so using his left foot, Bato jumped and leaned backwards. There was a loud scream of pain as Bato landed on the student that was clinged to his back. Getting up quickly Bato kicked the second attacker in the gut, then bent down wrapping his left arm over the students neck and grabbed his belt with his right hand. Bato lifted the student up into the air, the students feet almost at eleven feet in the air, Bato needed to used his right arm to keep the student balanced. Then, with a smile on his face, Bato just feel backwards, letting gravity do the rest. There was another loud, sickening smack as the students back collided with the mat.

With a slight groan, Bato stood and looked at the remaining student, who was holding his hands out in front of him and shaking his head. Bato stepped forward and placed a hand on the students head, and gently rubbed it. “You don’t have to fight if you don’t want to kid.” With that, Bato turned and headed towards the showers, stopping only long enough for the teacher to say something. “Bato, I told you, no more wrestling moves. You’re going to kill one of these kids one day.” Bato shook his head and started walking again. “Then put me up against students that don’t break so easily.”

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<Vae> Vae really wasn’t in the mood for Simulation today. Thoughts of Reiko began to creep into her mind as she found herself blushing in the middle of class. She thought herself silly for allowing someone to momentarily rob her of her thoughts. And on top of that, what was going on with her roommate and her flightmate, Ai? She thought to ask her about it later. While thinking about the events of her morning, Vae cursed under her breath. She remembered that after hurriedly leaving Reiko’s room, she had left her underwear in his bathroom. Making a note to sneak into his room later to pick it up, Vae watched the other students battle it out on the simulators. She was wondering when the school was going to upgrade, they could use a little tweaking. Vae couldn’t wait until the GXs came around so she could finally get her hands on her own Mobile Suit.

<Fujii> He stood with his arms crossed at his chest beside Victor. "Hey Victor, do you know that girl over there? The captain..." The girl had caught his eye, and he wanted to know more about her. He awaited for it to be her turn in the simulator he wanted to see her skill at piloting. It was things like that interested him, the skill of someone and their will to fight.

<Nikolay> Victor rubbed his chin. “No I can’t say I do know her, nice little thing, very timid looking. She reminds me of a girl that was selling candles one time, I can’t recall for what since I abhor charity. Perhaps if we look nonchalant she will pop over and say hi and she can also be the future ex girlfriend?” He wondered how he would be regarded when everyone found out his piloting skills were like a kitten in a burlap sack. He hoped his prestigious record would balance out the notable blemish that this class would cause. “Er, Fujii, I was wondering if you could maybe, teach me a bit, more of a refresher really, in the simulation when perhaps you are free?”

<Vae> “You’re up Captain,” she heard one of the students say. She wasn’t nervous like most of the privates were because of the countless times she had to endure MS Simulation. It was a significant part of the GeXams so she was forced to know how to keep herself alive during combat. Passing by Fujii and someone who seemed to be from the medical chapter, Vae made herself comfortable in the pseudo cockpit of the simulator in her high white boots and her uniform one-piece dress that ended right above her knees. It was as if everyone in the room disappeared as the simulator came to life. Her opponent was a Dice Captain. Hovering for a bit, she waited for her opponent to attack. She didn’t know how he was going to go about fighting. Almost automatically the Dice Captain began shooting rounds at her with a linear gun. Vae swiftly, in an unpredictable motion began to evade the oncoming shots. The Mobile Suit that she chose to pilot was built for speed. In an agitated motion, the Dice Captain shifted weapons and began shooting at her with a railgun. The upgrade proved deadly as Vae caught one of the shots at her Mobile Suit’s heel. It was time for her to move. She flew above the captain, pulling out her weapons of choice now which consisted of twin beam sabers. Vae then accelerated toward the Dice Captain, as the shots continued she reflected them with a twirl of her blades. And then they clashed. With one swift motion, she severed the arm of the Dice Captain’s Mobile Suit, flying past him as her back was now to his back. She quickly spun around before the Dice Captain could turn around to fire at her. One of her beam sabers then met the head of his Mobile Suit, as her other saber came in from a different angle and impaled the area of her opponent’s cockpit. Before she knew it, the simulators were off again and the classroom around her came into view again.

<Fujii> Fujii nodded to Victor, "Sure we can do some practice sessions, in no time you'll be better then everyone in this room. Just not as good as me." With that Fujii laughed and patted Victor on the back. "If you will excuse me, I want to know that girl a little bit more." Fujii was being bold, as he walked up to the captain. "How are you? I'm Fujii Griffon. You did as expected of a captain after classes mind having a chat over coffee perhaps?"

<Victor> At the prospect of being better than everyone Victor internally grinned. Perhaps Fujii could make him better. That man could fight and pilot a Mobile Suit like a pro, “Hmm? Oh yes, go right ahead.” It would appear so could this girl. He would not be one of those obtrusive pricks that walks up and blathers on about tripe as a cohort talks to a girl. Even a Captain had all the girl parts required for young men to talk them up, flexing muscles and hoping to god that sock in their trousers did not slip from its protective cocoon of white briefs. Victor assumed that Captain had plenty of attention from males and he would certainly not ruin Fujii’s mark. “Come back after your talk Fujii-san!” He hoped that was the right distinction to call him by as for all intent and purpose, he was now Victor’s teacher. He waved at the woman in mock salute, hoping that would suffice and she would not think him an awful lot for not going over there but he would visit with her after Fujii was finished.

<Vae> She didn’t expect to get as much attention as she did. In fact, Vae thought she did terrible. If that were a real Mobile Suit, it would have taken hours to fix after the damage that she took with it. Then again, the Dice Captain’s Mobile Suit would have taken months to fix. She slid out of the cockpit nodding to her classmates as they congratulated her. As she came down though, students began to clear as Fujii approached her. “Coffee? Sure, and I’m sorry I wasn’t here long enough to see how you did but by the looks of it the people here seem to like how you performed as well,” answered Vae. She figured he wanted to talk about Simulation stuff. “I’m Vae L’Angeline, Captain of the Phire regiment. I’ve actually heard quite a bit about you…”

<Fujii> "Quite a bit about me?" He chuckled "I'm sure you've heard about "those incidents" how much of rumors about me do you believe I wonder." He smiled slightly it was a smile of slight pain. The rumors of him being a troublemaker seem to follow him everywhere. "But yes I did perform quite well, haha even if I am a private my rank does me no justice in my abilities. haha, perhaps we'll get to do a two versus two battle together hmm?"

<Victor> Staring at the simple interactions of the people gathered he frowned. He knew why they fought that’s all they had, the wretches but why must he? He needed to be left alone to pursue other venues. He had research that needed perfecting and him sitting in a little simulation or taking a beating would not accomplish his great works. Victor drifted away from the class and the prattling of cads. The “oohs” uttered by vanquishers and disgruntled exclamations from the beaten. He thought back to a wonderful book he read once that talked of forbidden medicine, of a craft of sorts that could perfect the body and mind. It was rare that anyone tried it but then again most did not have his vision. Most lacked the conviction that he possessed and few would back him when he research was ousted, but there were some that would pay kingdoms for what he could wrought. He recalled that dusty brown leather book and the ancient symbols and sketches. He remembered the strange words, one of particular interest; Homunculi.

<Vae> “Perhaps,” she replied, but Vae could see through his plastic Barbie smile. She could see it in his eyes that what she said about hearing about him didn’t sit too well with him. She sought to change the subject, “Class is already about to get out…what do you have next?” she asked while attempting to move her choppy dark teal bangs from her eyes and behind her ears. There was a small break in between classes and Vae thought to drop by her room to pick up a different set of clothing.

<Fujii> Picking out a translucent card from his pocket that had a small metal frame around it, he navigated through menus on the simple data storage device. "It seems my next class Martial Arts, what of yourself?" He went and grabbed his bag before returning to her "I wonder who i'll have in that class with me..."

<Victor> Victor awoke from his daydream rather dazed. He had class after this but could not remember which one. He supposed he should go back to Doctor Shaw as he more than likely needed him. The fist day of classes little scamps probably came in to the med bad with all sorts of owies. He waved at Fujii and nodded to the girl. “Captain.” He walked out of class and down that familiar stretch of hall to where he ceased being some fuck that had to punch a clock like these chuckle heads to where he was a medicinal Adonai. The hall was busy with little ants in transitional journeys. “Fly fly little bugs fly fly,” he said to no one as he pushed open the double doors of the infirmary. “Hello?” he called and received no answer. Shaw must be out or on call somewhere else. That was fine by Victor he had work to do.

<Vae> “I’ll be going to an entry level Mech class as a Teacher’s Assistant. I’ve already taken all of the required courses and I only need to do well on the GXs to take the other classes. I think there are also a few classes that we have to take at Elite Captain level too,” she explained to Fujii. “My room number is 402, come by later and we’ll pick up some coffee,” she says while getting up to go, “It was nice meeting you.” With a nod she was out the door, heading to her room for a change of clothes. When she reached her room, she quickly got out of her clothes and changed into long baggy black cargo pants that hung low on her hips along with a sleeveless zipped up white shirt that was lazily zipped up, revealing a bit of her chest. With her navy blue bag at hand, she left her room to go to her next class.

When Mathis stepped into his first period class he felt the blood rush up to his ears as his cheeks grew warm. He did not know whether it was paranoia or the combined weight of the eyes that were on him at that moment, but he suspected a few of the students have already made assumptions about his character and worried that it would tarnish his reputation before anyone had a chance to get to know him. A pair near the back of the room giggled and he bit his tongue because he thought they were laughing at him.

Since his instructor had been informed ahead of time that he would potentially miss class due to a new room assignment, the seventeen year-old was simply motioned to take a seat and no disciplinary action was needed. The lesson continued while he glanced about for an empty seat, trying to avoid the judgmental looks coming from his classmates. He firmly believed, from the stares that he got, that he was quickly being branded a delinquent; a black sheep.

Even though he seemed calm and collected on the outside, his heart was beating fast and his mind had been paralyzed by his own self-consciousness. The unpleasant feeling stuck with him as he located a seat diagonally across from Layne and, after gathering the courage to look up, discovered that she bore a striking resemblance to Patuli.

A warm feeling filled him in that instant: it was not the discomforting flame of embarrassment, but rather the kind of cozy warmth you get when someone important to you appears on a fall afternoon while autumn leaves fall, or the kind you get when you drink hot chocolate on a cold winter's night.

Mathis then realized how much he missed her company.

][OOC: This post is part one of two. This post deals with the class][



<Leo> He was late for class, he took off his black military cap as he entered the room placing it down neatly against a wall, wearing an all white gi, including belt, this was after all a beginner's martial arts class. He apologized to the sensei bowing apologetically and then took a spot sitting against the wall, his eyes carefully watching the other students, that is till he started to daydream about flying again.

<Aurora> Aurora continued to pull Faith the back of the room really not hearing what she had been saying. The fact she could change out of those icky left over clothes into some of her own was just fantastic. So, when the girl reached the back wall she pushed Faith in front of her, "Just stand there darling, please? Thanks!" With out another word the girl opened her bag pulling out a black tank top and slipping over the sweaty, old one. Then pulling the tank down so that it covered her bottom the girl took off the cut off sweats. She tossed them to the ground before grabbing a pair of black work out paints. So, they might see her legs, but Aurora's personals would still be unseen. Not to mention the teacher was getting the best view. Might give her an a in the class.

<Ai> Ai’s eyes widened when she saw another girl start to dress herself behind the girl who brought her clothes. Maybe they didn’t see that she was against the wall just like she was. It wasn’t like they were very far from each other. Making the sudden discussion to leave her normal post, Ai walked over till she was right by the two girls, her face mildly amused. “You know, the teacher is kind of a perv.”

<William> William finally found someone to show him the way, which ironically, he passed his classroom three times. "Arigato Sensei." He stumbled into the classroom, and feeling his headache come on stronger. The first thing he noticed was a girl changing behind another. His face immediately turned a shade of red, as he tripped. He just laid there, knowing he was the idiot of the day. "Konnichi-wa." He said as he tried to wave.

<Leo> Leo broke from his daydream seeing the stumbling form of the new student, getting up he walked over to them offering his hand. "Ohayo gozaimasu, boku wa Gaiazene Leo, let me help you up" This was all said with a smile, "I trust you did not hurt yourself too bad with the fall?"

<Aurora> Aurora looked over at the-um...person? Shit-wait...they looked familiar. "Who isn't a perv nowadays love?" The words rolled off the teenagers tongue as if what she was saying was of common knowledge. Pulling up her new pair of paints Aurora continued, "How do you know anyways?" There. Slipping her arms inside of her tank Aurora pulled at the fabric of the old tank top going to pull it off her body and over her head with out tanking off the other one, or at least she would try. She couldn’t' help the fact that her toned stomach was now showing.

<Ai> Ai glanced behind her to see a guy lying on the floor and another guy helping him up. Her lip twitched when she realized they had been speaking Japanese. She went to the changing girl’s other side and turned her back, looking pointedly at their martial arts teacher who had resumed his class after all the new interruptions from people coming in. “Well. He stumbled over his words the minute you started to change, he is sweating for no reason, he is almost trying to hide some of his nether regions, and plus,” Ai stretched and yawned. “He has a huge porn collection.” No teacher’s things were safe from her database.

<William> William took the hand and was pulled up. "William, glad for the help. Sorry, I'm having a little trouble walking, and my head is killing me." He moved closer to the girls, almost staring at them. His face was quite red, but he wanted to meet them, and be polite by introducing himself. "H-hel-hello. I'm William- wait, this guy's a perv."

<Faith> Arching her brow, Faith did as instructed, ensuring that no one... well, almost no one could see her roommate changing behind her. However, she couldn't help but notice the teacher and a few of the boys trying to get a closer look. Figuring it was a stupid move to threaten a teacher, the fighter instead made a throat cutting motion to the boys, which caused them to whip back around to face front. Upon hearing a voice to the side of where she and Aurora were standing, Faith glanced at the female from the dance, arching her brow a little. Yep, the teacher was definitely a pervert. Hopefully she would be paired off with him, that would be rather fun. Growling softly before glancing over at yet another male stumbling into class, Blade rolled her eyes before leaning against the wall beside a now dressed Aurora. As another student moved to help the first, Faith couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just skip class. No, instead now she's bruised, battered and pissed; and this is before having to spar against her fellow classmates. Life was just getting better and better. Speaking of something getting better, which is a sarcastic thing to think because it wasn't, Faith found herself staring at a stumbling student, who introduced himself as William. "William is it? I'm not sure what you're staring at, but you have ten seconds to get away from me and my roommate. If you're still standing there when I count to ten, well... let's just say they'll be carrying you to the infirmary. Now, SHOO. My name is Faith, by the way."

<Leo> After helping William up, he was called to the center of the room, he was to spar with the teacher for the class to see a take down technique. Doing as he was told he entered into the center of the dojo, and squared up with the instructor, his shoulders tightened as his fists raised up to about eye level, his legs though seemed to be light, as he stood on the fronts of his feet, getting into a rhythm his feet work was simple for the mean time, anyone would notice he was in a boxing stance in a martial arts class. "What is that kid doing?" he could hear the murmurs escape the other students, but he paid them no mind. The teacher saw Leo being suddenly distracted by the murmurs as a good opportunity to take him down, and show the class they need to respect him. The teacher cut down and stepped under Leo's right arm from the outside getting ready to grab him at the wrist and slide his left arm across the boys chest lifting the arm then throwing him down from the left shoulder, but the boy was gone by the time his hand started moving for the wrist. Leo was more aware of his surroundings then the teacher was giving him credit for. "Over here sensei!" He called out cheerfully. He was standing a feet's length to the man's right now still keeping his footwork at a good pace, the teacher now angrier then before. quickened his pace, he was not to be made a fool of by a mere student, he went in for a palm strike to the young man's chest, but as soon as he had leaned in for the strike Leo was under him from the man's left and then drove his left fist into the man's jaw, sending him two feet up, then down to the mats.

<William> William froze to the line, almost falling over. "I.... didn't mean....I ....." He heard the numbers being counted down. He didn't even notice the teacher had his handed to him. He put his hands up in front of him. "Please don't hurt ME!" In retrospect, maybe William should have moved....

<Faith> Faith shifted her gaze from William to the other student as he squared off against the teacher. Sure, she continued to count down, but the majority of her attention was fixated upon the perverted staff member having his ass kicked. Grinning widely for a mere second, Blade wished it was her. Returning her gaze towards William, the teen couldn't help but notice he hadn't moved yet. Growling under her breath, she pushed off the wall, walking towards him. "I told you, to shoo. Perhaps I should have been more specific. To shoo means to leave. Now, I'll give you one more chance. MOVE or else!"

<Leo> "Sensei?" Leo moved over to the teacher and kneeled by him, patting the man's face on either side. "Sensei?!?" He stood up quickly and looked at everyone in the room. "Is anyone a doctor here? Sensei is out cold, he needs help...someone please call medical staff." Leo seemed genuinely worried for the teacher. Something just clicked in him when he was fighting and he couldn't control himself it seems. He didn't mean to knock the man out like he did. All the other students were staring at him. He could feel it. "I didn't mean to do this...someone just help him please." Leo moved to the wall again and slid his back against it sitting down staring at his own feet now. He felt miserable.

<William> William was becoming more more intimidated by the second. He attempted backing away, but sadly no dice. "What.. did I ever.... do.. to .....you?... Faith? " He fell backwards as she advanced. His only thought was he's gonna die. Suddenly, he heard someone say "is there a doctor here?" He stood, and ran to the downed teacher. "He's out cold. Hmm.." William ran through proceeds in the textbook he read. "He's going to be fine, but damn, the force you used was incredible." He used some water to wake the teacher. "Hey Sensei, you okay?"

<Faith> Arching her brow, Faith watched William stumbling away from her. It didn't bother her because that was the way she preferred things. Rolling her eyes as he rushed over to the fallen teacher, she couldn't help but notice how distressed the student that hit him was becoming. Shrugging, she walked over to the male and knelt down beside him. "Hey, you okay?"

<Leo> Looking up, Leo stared at the girl for a moment. "I think so...I just..I didn't mean to go all out. It was just an automatic reflex." he clenched his fists tight to the point his hands hurt. "It's wrong to hurt people like that isn't it..." The teacher got up and walked up to Leo, grabbing him by the collar and lifting him up the wall the teacher looked furious. "Boy...you better watch yourself..." with that the man let the student go and walked off continuing to instruct the class demanding the attention of everyone in the room.

<William> William was dumbstruck to how the teacher reacted. Sure, he was beat up, but he asked to fight with the boy. "Sensei, he only did what was ordered of him. You can't hold him to it." He moved back as the teacher came near him. ""Oh, is that so. How about you give it a try?"" William had a look of fear on his face as he stepped close to the teacher. He stood ready to fight, but he knew he was going to lose. He always lost, then again, he never chose to fight back. He felt the teacher’s foot hit him in the temple, and dropped like a sac of rocks. William stood, this time bleeding from the head. He kneed the teacher in the stomach, grabbed his arm, and threw him over his shoulder to the ground. He then backed up, and relaxed. "Sorry Sensei, I didn't want to." He said as the teacher stood up.

<Eymber> Armarla slipped into the room un-noticed, her kimono brushing lightly against the floor as she took a slight step down. There was a disturbance. She had heard it from outside and had come into the training hall to investigate. With a blank face she watched as the student and the Sensei fought, waging war against one another... driven by some inner battle for something a bit more than mere knowledge. As the student hit the floor Armarla spoke, her voice a mere whisper, but it brought chills to everyone around. Harsh, cutting, and almost cruel, her tone was sharper than the swords used by the forefathers of this school. "What is going on in here?" She stared down the teacher, who had obviously allowed his person feelings to affect his reason. As she spoke however, the student retaliated, though he was bruised and bleeding. Armarla moved her eyes from the teacher to the young one now, sending him the same question without voicing it as she reached to help the downed Sensei up. Her eyes never faltered, her face remained expressionless as she moved with her other hand and backhanded the man. "How dare you ignore the guidelines set forth by the founders of this school." Her eyes demanded a response, which she would receive even if she had to use force.

<Faith> Glad to hear the guy was okay, Faith patted him on the shoulder before watching the teacher grab him around the collar, lifting him up. However, before she could do anything, the teacher walked back to the center of the room and began to instruct again, although half the class wasn't even paying attention. Rolling her eyes, Blade glanced at William as he confronted the teacher and naturally got his ass handed to him. Snickering, unable to help it, the blonde stepped forward only to pause as the wimp slid back to his feet and proceeded to beat on the staff member. "That's interesting..."Before she had a chance to do anything, another adult walked into the classroom, haughty as can be. Snorting as the female demanded to know what was going on, Faith seriously thought about walking out of the class. It was a waste of time and she did not like the fact that the woman slapped the teacher across the cheek after helping him up. "Damn woman. Overreact much? How about you stay out since you're not the teacher of this class. Otherwise, shoo."

<Leo> Leo got his composure back, and looked around the room. Then at the new teacher who had walked into the room, she was wearing a kimono, he thought this slightly odd. "Sensei! forgive him onegaishimasu! This is all my fault after all. I caused this and I am at fault." He stepped up. "If there is anyone to blame it is I, and I will take any punishment myself as a representative of any other student as well." His fists were clenched and his eyes fixed, there was nothing in his eyes but pure will and determination.

<William> William saw the women walk in. For once he was in his soldier mode, after all, he was fighting. " Ma'am, Prick Sensei got angry after being beaten up by Leo. Leo was only doing as ordered, and demonstrating how to fight. Sensei asked me to fight him next, and I complied, after taking a blow to my head." His bandage was starting to turn red, and his head was pounding more. He heard Faith's comment. Maybe she likes trouble? he thought. William finally fell back on the ground himself, feeling his head pain worsen, and the bleeding wasn't stopping.

<Faith> "Well, that was odd... Someone should take the kid to the nurse. He's getting blood all over." Running a few fingers through her hair, Faith shoved it out of her eyes before glancing back at Aurora, arching a brow at her silent partner in crime. Wondering what she was thinking, Blade headed towards her roommate, pausing in mid-step. "I'm blowing this joint."

<Aurora> The entire Aurora found herself bored by what was going on in class and she was still dramatized from the clothing she had been forced to wear. In face she had grown more dramatized because of a stain she found on the shirt, it was a stain that...was hard to get out. Aurora was trying to figure how much pain she would be in if she dipped her body in a tub of bleach after class. Aurora was idly playing with her light purple hair when Faith approached her, "I don't blame you...its lame. But, I'm staying I guess. If I just stand here I will get credit." The girl glanced at the boy or whatever on the flood in blood before looking at the teacher. "Maybe we won't have class tomorrow."

<Reiko> He was walking to the med-bay to pick up a student that was fairly new. He'd discovered Aelyn about a week before, and was planning on taking her over to the martial arts class so that she could learn how to defend herself. He'd found her in a crash-site, type unknown. But then, since the doctor hadn't said anything about the release of Aelyn...he could do nothing about it and went on towards the Martial Arts class.

<Leo> Leo walked over to William the kid bleeding now on the ground. "God damn it..You guys help me, give me some bandages or something, he's bleeding. Are you all gonna just stand there and do nothing?" Leo looked at everyone with accusing eyes, he was now angrier then a Georgia rattle snake in the snow. "Whatever all you just sit around and gawk, you're all pathetic!" He yelled at them as he got up and went to grab a med kit off the wall, and returned sterilizing then bandaging the wounded youth's head. "Hey kid you awake, wake up and take this." He held out a packet of aspirin for headache and pain.

<William> William laid there, feeling something happening to his head. He finally awoke, taking aspirin from Leo, and swallowing it. "What a day of fuck ups on my part...." He stood up, rubbing his head. "And they said I'd never bleed for my fellow man." William looked around at the students, and the teacher, now being bitched out by another. William was perfectly calm, until he saw Faith again. He jumped a bit at the sight of her. " Hey Leo, how long have I been out?"

<Faith> "Hey, stick a cork in it, boyo. I didn't sign on to be a medic and I could careless if he bleeds, except that it's slightly dangerous. I might be pathetic, but I can kick nearly any ass around here and I protect my friends and my friends only. Cry about it, I don't really care. The teacher is a pervert and he deserved to get his ass kicked. William deserved it as well for what he said." 10 Shrugging towards Aurora, Faith decided to wait around for a bit longer to see if anything else interesting was going to happen. At least the boy was bandaged and had taken something for his headache. Maybe the scuffle would teach him a few things, that most definitely need to be learned even if it WAS the hard way.

<Aurora> Aurora blinked looking over at that Leo kid with a raised brow as she crossed her arms. He was scolding them? What the hell? "Um, he's clearly fine. Babying isn't going to be helpful when he is in a real fight. "Alright, so she might be a bit harsh, but well it was the truth. "I don't think all of us rushing to side and getting in each others way is going to be at all helpful. One person can treat him, and it looks like you are doing a great job. So, is there more to this class or would you like to continue making a big scene over a fellow student?"

< Reiko> He'd came in just as Leo scolded the other kids. Not knowing what the fuck was going on and seeing the kid lying on the ground and bleeding...or was he up and around now? He was completely confused and would raise an eyebrow, wondering if Leo was scolding him as well, since he'd just came in.

<Leo> Leo stood and looked at the two girls who were now scolding him. "Perhaps, you're right, but we're not at war just yet and this isn't a real fight..." he sighed and walked to the wall nearby to sit down and watch the remainder of class.

<Ai> Hearing a lot of yelling shook Ai out of her stupor. Blast it all. How on earth had she managed to fall asleep in this class? Not that it was the first time, but somehow she had managed to standing up this time. She had to say, she was defiantly gifted. Except this time, it wasn’t all her fault for staying up late accessing all sorts of illegal things on her computers. Ai sighed and placed her head in one hand, trying unsuccessfully to not react. Some guy bleeding on the floor and people yelling. Hmmm. And the teacher was down for the count. She mentally commended whoever had done so, knowing they would probably not get the best grade in the course for doing so. Well. She was a lieutenant in the mist of a lot younger, mostly private officers, so that technically meant she was supposed to help solve problems but she didn’t really feel like it at all. She sighed and walked towards the guy who seemed to be taking care of things. “Look. Do I need to press the big button to call security? I don’t feel like listening to all this when I have a headache.”

<William> William wasn't quite so nervous at the moment. "True, in a real fight, no one plays fair, but in a real fight, I'm the good guy. I'm there to protect, not destroy." William looked at faith, realizing she was still here. "As for your "kindly" comment, what did I do to deserve to be bleeding?"

<Faith> Smirking towards Aurora, Faith figured her bud would be on the same wave length. However, when the nameless boy backed down, Blade felt quite disappointed. Shrugging it off as the chick from the dance spoke up, pulling rank, the teen yawned widely. If they hadn't gotten the clue that she didn’t' care, well... then they weren't that bright. Still, it sort of bugged her that the scolding man had returned to the wall, sitting down almost like he was depressed. When William spoke, Faith shifted her gaze towards him, arching a slender brow. Was he kidding? He had to be kidding. Yes, the hitting of his head caused his brain to swell up and make the boy delusional. "I'm sure you did something, William. Figure it out, big boy." Shifting her attention towards Reiko, Faith felt a growl welling up in her throat. The urge to rip out his spine was rather high, which wasn't good... for him. Then there was that pouty boy, the one that had beat the hell out of the teacher. "Boyo, this might not be a real fight, but if you plan on surviving, you need to treat life like it's one big battle, one you might not survive."

<Aurora> Aurora sighed herself bored with the class before looking at the um girl? Who had warned her about the teacher being a perve, and it looked like she was taking care of things. Hmm. Well, the teacher was leaving or had left the room. Well, that was just great. Aurora glanced over at William now a bit concerned that kid didn't continue to help his fellow student. Fuck she hated playing mommy. "Look, you should get to the infirmary." Of course she was addressing William. "Need help getting there? Do you think you can walk or should we call for-" What did they call it? "A bed...?" Not to mention Faith didn't need to be killing anyone today.

<Reiko> He watched, wondering what the hell had just happened. He growled with irritation as the poor little fuck, the guy with the bandage on his head...seemed to be afraid. "You. Go to the fucking infirmary." He wondered if the poor fuck would do as he said, despite suspecting that he didn't respond to orders very well...or seemed to be having problems with others in the room. "Can we please get the fuck going with this class or what?!" He eyed the others, wondering who was next. "And where's the fucking teacher?"

<Leo> Leo stood up, his ears were deaf to Ai asking questions. He smiled, and it was a cold and lifeless smile. Looking at Faith his smile left his lips as a few choice words departed. "Then let's have a friendly exhibition match right here right now. We'll see who survives this big battle.." Leo stood up, his ears were deaf to Ai asking questions. He smiled, and it was a cold and lifeless smile. Looking at Faith his smile left his lips as a few choice words departed. "Then let's have a friendly exhibition match right here right now. We'll see who survives this big battle.."

<William> William was sick of her attitude. He can't remember hurting her in anyway. "Wait, I have to settle something first." He walked over to Faith, standing a foot away from her. "If I did something so wrong to you that wish harm upon me, go ahead and sock me for it. I won't fight back." He heard people telling him to go get help, but he wanted to settle this. "Come on, you must have some reason to hate me, so why not settle it with your o so great ideal of fighting."

<Ai> There were a lot of things in life that Ai did not appreciate. Being ignored was one of them. She flipped open her DS computer. Normally she could care less about fighting, but honestly, since the teacher was no where and she was likely to be somehow blamed for something given her own record, Ai didn’t feel like taking the wrap for something she did not even instigate. She pressed a few buttons, her eyes flickered up at her classmates who were staring at people who looked ready to just all out fight each other. She pressed a final button and an unearthly horrible screeching noise reverberated from the overhead system above, cutting the tension like a chainsaw. She quickly stopped the noise when the room went quiet and looked up, shutting her computer and putting it back into her pocket. “Look. I don’t care what the hell you do to each other. Just don’t do it in class.” Honestly, in all her years here she had never seen people act like this -- although it was mildly entertaining. “Someone needs to take that guy to the infirmary, and where the hell did the teacher go?”

<Aurora> Quickly when William stated that Faith could just hit him Aurora went to move in front of her roommate. It wasn't so much that she was protecting William, it was just she couldn't stand to see her friend get into more trouble. It would be very bad for Faith. But, when Aurora moved was when the loud noise went off and the girl couldn't help the fact she covered her ears. Shit! That was loud! When the noise stopped Aurora could barely hear Ai speaking, but well got the gist of what she was saying. "Faith! She's right...just leave him for now he isn't worth it. Its like kicking a sick puppy at this point." Maybe that would get her to stop. No offense to William, but the insult was for the better good. One day he would learn that.

<Faithy> "You. Get the fuck out of my face before I wear your spine as my new necklace. Go to the infirmary and get fixed, then maybe we'll talk." Blinking at Aurora moved in between the two, Faith couldn't help but wonder why the hell her roommate was getting in the way, again. As the loud obnoxious sound erupted overhead, Faith didn't flinch one bit, but instead snapped into action while ignoring the higher-up student. Stepping around Aurora instead of bashing the girl's face in, the seventeen year old growled. Shoving William out of her way, rather forcibly, Blade, swung out her foot, aiming for his nether regions with precise aim. The kick was hard enough to make him speak like a female for quite a long time and hopefully enough to send blood flying out of his mouth, but that wasn't for sure. Faith then made her way towards the boy now challenging her. He apparently didn't catch the deeper meaning in her speech, but that wasn't surprising. Shaking her head, Faith stretched out her tense muscles, grimacing at the fact that her ribs were still sore from being tased. It didn't matter because she had been hurt plenty of times and still fought despite the injuries. It was unfortunate that he didn't get what she really meant, but maybe after she rearranged his face, he would get it. "Fine pansy boy. What's your name anyways or should I call you kid?" Her mind had been made up and if the boy wanted a fight, she would give it to him and then she was going to find William and rip out his spine.

<Reiko> When the sound interrupted him, he growled and went nuts. He went straight for Ai, having seen her press the buttons on her computer just seconds before the sound came out of the computer. He'd come at her, hard and fast as he could, for he hated such devices making noise like that. When he reached Ai, he would growl, his eyes bugging out of his socket. "Do NOT do that again, Lieutenant!" He would roar at her, for it made him go nuts when he heard such noises. He was sensitive to such noises and would do anything to destroy the source.

<William> William felt the full force of the blow, and fell. "Well, I guess that explains it well." He said to himself. He couldn't move for real this time. He laid there until someone in pity dragged him to the infirmary. "Why did I sign up again?"

<Ai> Ai had a sudden wish that Bato was with her. Why? She had no idea. She clenched her jaw when she watched one girl go crazy and start beating up the two boys and recognized her as the insane chick from the dance. Great. She looked up and saw the Reiko guy from before advance and scream at her. Her eyes narrowed at him for a second. Hell fucking no. She leaned forward, making sure he was staring right into her strange gaze, both pale blue and dark. “I don’t appreciate being told what to do by someone who crushed me so I couldn’t breathe this morning.” She turned her head to the side towards a random private. “You, take this guy to the hospital wing.” The private saluted and dragged the bleeding guy out, all too happy to leave. She walked around Reiko and approached the unstable girl, not very happy she was having to work so hard. Damn it all. Laziness was her specialty not this! She crossed back to the other guy who she thought she recalled was a Lieutenant like herself and stood in front of him and the angry girl, her pose relaxed and her hands in her pants pockets. “As entertaining as that might be, no one is fighting anyone right now, I would act as innocent as possible and go back to stretching if I were all of you.” On cue, the teacher came back through the doors, at his back were a handful of officers. Great.

<Aurora> Aurora huffed now getting really annoyed herself with being ignored. Her tatics weren't working at all with Faith and now the fucking teacher was back. It was almost time for class to end anyways. "Oh shit." There were officers with the teacher. Sigh. "Faith please just listen." Aurora walked over to her roommate, "The Lt.-" Hopefully she was a lt or something. "Is right...its not worth your time or energy."

<Reiko> He looked behind him, to the teacher and the officers coming in. Oh fuck. Not again! He would growl softly, turning towards the teacher and the officers. When Ai made that little jab about the morning, he knew what she was talking about. "Not my fault. It was Vae's fault." He knew damned well that he was right, since he'd not intended to get pulled down earlier in the morning. He sighed. It was not going well for him, and he would have to convince the fucking teacher and the officers that the student was gone. "Sensei, why do you have officers here?" He knew he'd surprise the teacher with the steely tone of command in his voice as he walked closer to Faith. He would place a hand upon Faith's shoulder for a brief moment, speaking to her without even moving his mouth. "Just let me handle this Faith...I hope I can convince the fuckers to not do anything." Then he continued on further and stopped roughly five feet before the teacher and asked. "Exactly what happened here?" He would again have that steely tone of command in his voice, and look to the students, wondering what they would say even though he was a student himself...but if there were inconsistencies in the story, especially by that of the teacher, he'd find out fairly quickly.

<Faithy> Snorting as William dropped like a sack of potatoes, Faith nodded in satisfaction. Perhaps he had learned his lesson after all. Staring at her opponent, Blade ignored the higher ranking officer as she once again demanded that they stand down. She didn't give a shit what those that had higher power said; they weren't her boss. She hadn't had a boss for years and there was no way the teen was starting now. Even as the teacher came back with officers, the seventeen year old didn't bat an eye. Shifting her gaze towards Aurora, Faith couldn't help but frown. Her roommate was one of the few that truly understood her, yet she was always trying to get her to stop being herself. Snapping her attention back towards the boy, she slowly slid into a fighting position. "He wanted a fight, so ... I'm going to give him one. Faith Noelle Blade doesn’t back out of battles." Even as Reiko touched her shoulder and ventriloquisted that she let him handle it, the blonde was preparing to cause some massive damage. The damn asshole thought he could control her? Glaring at Reiko, Faith took three steps forward until she was directly behind him. Swinging her arm around, she aimed for the area between his head and shoulder; the neck around; with the intent of either knocking him out, or knocking him over. Either way was fine with her. "Don't fucking tell me what to do, you god damn monkey boy!”

<Ai> The moment the officers came in, Ai shrunk back against the wall. Good. Now she could stop acting like she cared what the hell went on. The officers, seeing that the girl who had said her name was Faith was in the middle of attacking Reiko, began to rush towards her shouting at her to stop at once. Ai’s eyes widened and she lunged forward to grab the Faith girl’s friend out of the way of the stampeding soldiers. She had one arm wrapped securely around the light purple haired girl’s waist and watched as the soldiers grabbed onto Faith and wrestled her to the ground. “Well. This was an eventful class.” Ai sighed into the other girl’s ear. She hoped that Reiko was okay.

<Aurora> Shit! It was the first thought that went through the girls head Faith went to attack Reiko, and then the guards rushing them. Um, Aurora was about to left up her hands when suddenly someone grabbed her. Reflex started to take over as she went to reach for the person who grabbed her, but luckily looked to see it was Ai. Seeing that it was her made Aurora stop along with the fact that she had just pulled her out of the way. A sigh of relief came over the girl, "Yeah it was." Aurora muttered before she noticed how close they were. Interesting. "Thanks by the way." Aurora's shifted to Faith. Part of her debated on helping, but really well she couldn't do much good there. Beating up guards wouldn't help Faith at all in the long run.

<Reiko> Hearing the damn woman, Faithy call him monkey boy was enough to send him into a rage. He turned and saw the damn woman's hand coming for him. He stepped forward, catching her hand, knowing that the speed of her attack would give her no chance to dodge, reacting by instinct to grab her hand, spin her about and slam her to the floor before moving to kneel upon her back, knee digging sharply into her lower back, twisting her arm up behind her, then growling deep in her ear. "Fucking goddamn it, Faith, I could've taken care of it for you, but you just had to fuck it up didn't you?!" 14 He was pissed off now, and when the officers came around him, he would growl "Fuck off! I got it! FUCK OFF!" If they didn't listen, they would have a seriously angry Reiko on their hands.

<Faithy> Things never went as she planned them, at least not at the damn academy. Her plan was to beat Reiko over the head and then run out of the room, leaving it in confusion. Well, that plan went up in smokes the minute he grabbed a hold of her hand and jerk her around and down to the floor. Fighting back a wince and groan, she merely growled despite the fact that her ribs were pulsating with intense pain. Wiggling beneath him, she struggled to jerk her arm free while attempting to raise herself up into a kneeling position. She ignored the guards as they swarmed around her and tried to take her from Reiko. She couldn't understand why he cared so much, it was really starting to bug her and not in an annoying sort of way. "Get the fuck off me before I make you. I did not ask for your help, Reiko nor do I want it."

<Ai> The guards surrounded Reiko and Faith while the teacher began yelling instructions for the rest of the class to sit down and face him. He had apparently decided that for the remainder of the class it would be better if he did all the movements while lecturing them on the bleachers. One guard who must have been in charge stepped towards Reiko. “Release her and stand at attention solider. I want both your names and ranks.” He nodded and two soldiers got down besides Faith, intent on each of them holding one of her arms as they tried to hoist her up. “Give us a summary of the situation.” Ai sighed looking at the spectacle, before realizing she was still holding onto the girl. Ai yawned and released her, tugging her towards where the teacher wanted them to sit. “Mm no problem. I figured you wouldn’t want to be a pancake, no matter how delicious they are.” Ai felt her stomach whine at the mention of food. “My name is Lieutenant Ai Knight by the way. What is your name dear lady?”

<Aurora> Aurora didn't really want to sit down and listen to the lecture. She thought it was rather pointless, but well hell Faith could take care of herself right? Cough. But, right this Ai was talking to her. Aurora gave the lt. a weak smile as she walked, "Aurora Von-Drake...it’s a pleasure." Aurora then extended out a hand to the girl to shake it before they sat down.

<Reiko> Hearing the ass demand his name and rank, he growled as he gave it. "Reiko Ituralde, Corporal." He knew that his ID and rank would give them pause, if he even showed them his ID. He grinned maliciously as he listened to Faith. "I am going to have to talk to you, goddamned woman. You and I need to make shit clear, is that understood?!" He whispered in her ear, intending to have it out with her, because he was sick of being called monkey boy and treated like shit since he WAS trying to keep her out of trouble, and at the very least, trying to keep her from getting expelled.

<Faithy> Smirks as she's yanked up to her feet, a guard taking a arm, as if that was going to stop her. Allowing them to hold her between the two, she stuck her tongue out at Reiko, not giving a damn if he wanted to talk to her or not. Still... he was risking his rank for her, but he didn't have to be so forceful about it. She wasn't about to change who she was just because the government fucked up and threw her into the Academy when they knew what she was capable of doing. "Private Faith Blade you fat cow of an excuse for a man. Been eating donuts lately, rent-a-cops? Sure looks like it with your pudgy stomachs. You have ten seconds to release me or I'm going to send you on a one way trip to the infirmary. Your choice, boys."

<Ai> The soldier frowned at Reiko. “I see.” He made eye contact with the other soldiers to make sure they didn’t react towards Faith’s words. The last thing he needed was one of his subordinates getting him in trouble. “Private Blade, you and Lieutenant Ituralde will be accompanying us back towards the cell area so we can get this matter cleaned up. We will take your statements there. Any resistance will be taken as a threat and will be dealt with. He looked at Faith. “We just want to hear your statement. Don’t make this difficult Private.” He nodded his head and the soldiers began to march them all outside the doors. Ai took Aurora’s offered hand and bowed over it raising it to her lips. “A pleasure Miss Von-Drake.” She grinned, totally ignoring the teacher. “If your friend always that. Impulsive?”

<Aurora> Aurora mainly kept her focus on Ai, but she couldn't help glance over at Faith once in a while just out of curiosity. Though the girl blinked when Ai went to kiss her hand. From another woman? That was quite unique. Aurora's smile widened before it turned into a soft smirk, "Yes, yes she is. And that is a good way of putting it. She is a good friend though. I just hope she'll be ok."

<Reiko> Hearing the ass comment, he growled and went straight for Faith as she stuck her tongue out at him. This was no laughing matter, and he felt like being a bastard and punishing her...rather with his fist. He dimly heard the order that he come with them, and willingly. Well… unfortunately for the officer, he'd interfered at a bad time, and had caught Reiko with his pants down, so to speak. He was far too gone into his rage, and the officers should've recognized it, but with their apparent stupidity level, they had not. Officers these days...they didn't seem to have the right training now to recognize when a man was far too pissed off to listen to an order. He ran at Faith, then jumping, letting his foot guide the way for him, intending to kick Faith squarely in the chest.

<Faithy> Apparently Reiko was really pissed off. She should have seen it coming, but she was a bit busy with the guards and the two boys from earlier. It didn't matter anymore because they were hauling the two of them; Reiko and herself; down to some cell to talk to them. Rolling her eyes, Faith smirked over at Aurora, noticing her with the other chick person. At least her roommate was safe and not in the middle of this mess. Glancing back at Reiko, Blade arched a brow as his foot was spotted soaring towards her chest. Growling as she yanked the guard on the left in front of her in order to let him take the blow, the pissed off teen yanked her arm free before grabbing a hold of the guard on her right. Lifting the poor yet chunky sap off the ground, Faith literally threw him at Reiko, well tossed as well as possible since he was a big boy. Not pausing at all, she rushed at Reiko, intending on leaping on him and the guard if necessary, punching the first guard in the face on the way towards Reiko. "You fucking asshole!"

<Reiko> Hearing the growl, he grinned maniacally. The poor fuck that got in his way had himself knocked down. Once the poor fuck was down, and the other poor fuck was thrown at him as best as she could...he'd move to the right of the poor fuck and move towards her, sending his fist towards her stomach just as she rushed at him, both of them clearly intent on messing each others' face up.

<Faithy> Sliding off to the right side of his fist, Faith slammed her elbow towards his jaw, ignoring all of the other officers yelling at them to stand down. As she swung her elbow towards him, she used her other hand to wrap around his wrist, the idea was to fling him over her shoulder and on into a wall. "You realize we're both screwed, right?"

<Reiko> As she slammed her fist into his jaw, he knew that his jaw was going to hurt like hell later on. Disoriented, he felt her catch his hand and flip him over her shoulder, then slammed into the wall. With a Oof!, he heard Faith say this, and glared at her. Yes, I am quite aware of this." Then he pushed her away from him, growling.

<Faithy> Snarls, stepping forward in order to bring up her right knee towards the center of his stomach, directly below his sternum, but high enough to keep his family jewels safe, for the moment. Something told her that he wasn’t about to stop, so she was going to take it upon herself to either knock him out or make him beg for mercy, whichever came first. "Then back off, boyo."

<Reiko> He raised an eyebrow as he was called boyo. She seemed to like calling him names, seemed to like belittling him. He ignored the officers yet again, and as she raised her knee, he growled, low and deep, using his left hand to sweep her knee aside, knowing that the force of his blow would cause her to move some to the right, and when that happened, he forcibly turned her around and pushed her towards the center of the corridor, hating it when he got trapped...and went at her again.

<Faith> "You like pushing me around, don'tcha?! Is that how you get your kicks? Huh?" Stumbling forward as her knee was pushed off to the side, Faith quickly caught her balance just in time to be shoved into the center of the corridor they happened to be in. How they got there wasn't clear to her, but it happened. Spinning around on her heel in order to face her opponent, Faith smirked coldy. He was pissed at the name calling; she could tell. Rushing towards him, Blade leapt over to the left side and grabbed a hold of his hair, jerking back his head before smashing her elbow up into his jaw. The next area she aimed for was his groin with her knee. "You aren't going to push me around! The government does that enough as it is! You hear me, Reiko? I'm not being bossed around anymore!"

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<Reiko> When Faithy said that he liked pushing her around, he well and truly lost it. He had no intentions of pushing her around. He would growl, then twist around as she pulled back his hair painfully, and risked breaking his neck to break the hold, then catch HER hair, and pull her towards his room, moving rapidly and not giving her a chance to react till he was in his room, and forced her into it and locked anyone else out, then threw the damn woman across the room as best as he could. "Fucking goddamn it, you motherfucking bitch!” He didn't particularly care what he called her now, he was too pissed, and went at her again. "I had NO intentions of pushing you around!" He would try to catch her, then slap her around. "And...I don't need to control your fucking ass! All I'm here for is to protect your fucking ass and keep you out of out of trouble, bitch!"

<Faithy> Well, her plan didn't exactly work and it appeared that no matter what was said, his boxers or briefs seemed to get tighter and tighter into a knot and then shoved further up his ass. Growling as he grabbed a hold of her hair and pulled her to his room, wherever that was, Faith snapped. Earlier, she had been trying to stop the fight, but now all bets were off. Once she was thrown across the room, Faith flipped onto her hands before righting herself. Snapping her attention towards him as he rushed towards her, she slid backwards a few paces before stepping to the side. Reaching down, she grabbed his chair, holding it tightly in her hands. As he went to slap her, the pissed off fighter slammed the chair hard into his ribs. Dropping it down to the ground, she jumped over it, shoving him roughly against the now exposed desk. "Who says I want to be kept out of trouble! They'll expel me and then I can go back where I belong! I don't belong here! I just want to fight and kill! That's it!"

<Reiko> When the metal chair struck him upon the ribs, he was in one of the most intense pain as he felt one of his ribs crack, perhaps two. Maybe more. As she shoved him roughly up against the wall, he groaned as he felt the rib bones grate against each other. "Woman..." She'd finally succeeded in cooling his anger down. He was now in too much pain. He tried to breathe, but her shoving him up against the wall wasn't helping, and a gasp of pain came. "Sonuvabitch. Woman....you're here, because of the chemicals in your brain or spine...I don't know the technology, apparently it helps people who pilot Gundams, do it better. Or something like that. THAT is why you are here. We warned them about you. They did not listen." He tried to shrug, but had to groan again. "NOW do you know why I wasn't trying to push you around?"

<Faithy> The answer given wasn't what she was expecting, not one bit. In fact, she was so shocked about having some type of chemical in her brain or spine that she back peddled away from the man. What did he mean; she could pilot gundams better because she had something in her? No, he was full of shit. There wasn't anything her like that. He was just playing her to get her to stop beating the hell out of him. Growling, Faith grabbed a hold of his arm, throwing him up into the air, towards his bed. "You are a fucking liar. There is nothing in me that makes me any different than the rest of these jerks except I'm more violent. The government is stupid and I am going to make them pay for their crimes eventually. You aren't pushing me around because you know I can kick your ass, which has just been proven."

<Reiko> He cried out as he was thrown to the bed and landed on his cracked rib side. He muttered some oaths as she said that she had just proved that she could own his ass. "Bullshit. Ask Victor. He knows about it, you goddamned woman. Go ask the fucker." He groaned, as he shifted over onto his back. "I think I have some broken ribs." He glared at her as she calld him a liar. "Fine. In the safe beneath me, there is a document with your profile and your medical tests. You recall being tested back on Earth, right?" He knew it was standard Operating Procedure, or SOP. Then he muttered. "Combination's 289430." He'd change the combination later, when she was out of his room. "It's on the first shelf." The rest of the stuff that he had with him didn't seem to be there...though it would look like as if it was just her file that was there.

<Faithy> Growling, Faith paced back and forth in his room. He was lying, he had to be. Or did they pump her full of shit each time she went to the doctor? It was about that time that she realized that hitting him with a chair wasn't the brightest thing to do. Still, she kicked his ass and that was all that mattered at the moment. Or it did until he mentioned Victor's name. So, the ass did have another reason for doing what he did. She'd take care of him later after telling Aurora everything that had happened. Walking over to his bed, she knelt down and pulled out the safe, opening it up with the combination. Kneeling while looking through the file, Faith suddenly felt sick to her stomach. The file had everything on her, including the death of her family. Skipping to the medical tests, Faith read the results. "...How? I don't understand. Did they do this to me? I..." Throwing the file at him, Faith narrowed her eyes. The government had fucked her over even as she fucked them over. It became suddenly clear to her that she was going to have to kill them all, starting with Reiko.

<Reiko> He shrugged. He had no idea how. "No, I don't think they did that to you. As far as I understand it, it's YOUR body that makes the formula, or whatever the fuck it is." He eyed her, as she threw it at him. "I saw nothing that indicated that they did it to you." He sighed softly and shook his head yet again. "I think it was because the government wanted to know everything about you as much as possible. However we have the same motive to know everything about you...me, in particular, so I can at least help you survive and be able to be your own deadly tool and well...” He let her run with the idea, if she wanted.

<Faithy> "No. I have survived 12 years on my OWN! I do not need help! I also am not going to let the government fuck me over anymore!" Leaping onto the bed, Faith made it clear that she was going to finish it once and for all. The government was going to regret making her come to the academy and stealing her family away from her; her gang family that is. They were going to pay for making her conform to the laws and regulations and for shoving her into an orphanage that only fed her once a week. No, she was finished being someone's tool, which was all she truly was to the government. Wrapping her hands around his throat, she narrowed her eyes. "I'm sorry, but I have to stop this."

<Reiko> He muttered and when she commented, he'd reply "Of course you did it on your own. The government didn't interfere with you. They had no reason to, only to watch over you and clean up your mess." When she wrapped her hands around his throat, his eyes seemed to deepen, to become more larger. He resisted, for that was the spark of life that fought to not be killed, yet in his eyes, there was acceptance of Death. He was actually prepared to go, answering Lady Death's tempting and arousing call. "Tis not I that did this to you, Faith..." He whispered as he fought, pushing his hands against her, hampered by the broken ribs.

<Faithy> "You are weak. The weak must die..." Tightening her grasp, she leaned forward, putting weight on her shoulders while staring back into his eyes. It didn't escape her that his eyes held the same expression hers did the night her parents were killed. Why did things have to be so difficult? The government had the power to do something, yet they let her and her gang suffer. She lost so many people because they were not strong enough...not equipped enough to fight in a gang war. How many times did she have to hold one of her charges in her arms as he died painfully... and yet the government did nothing. Until the swooped in and separated everyone. Sure, they were sent to nice homes… but she, their provider... their protector was sent to an abusive orphanage. No... fuck it. Emotions weren't apart of her anymore. If he wanted to live, then he was going to fight for his life, like she had to do for the last twelve years.

<Reiko> He raised an eyebrow. "Weak? Woman, you MADE me weak. You smashed that damn chair into me. That chair is METAL." He growled and fought harder, trying to break the grip on his throat. He could feel his vision begin to slowly blacken, as sparks of lights spun about his head. With an effort, he began to move his leg, so that he could shove it up into her crotch, and hopefully get her to be surprised just enough to loosen her grip on him...then he'd try knocking her off if he succeeded.

<Faithy> "You were weak before that. I was kicking your ass left and right, pansy boy. That chair was just an added pleasure. I use my environment." Squeaking, Faith peered down at his leg, noting exactly where it was at. Growling, she attempted to shift, unable to find a place to move to that didn't have his knee. In order to move, she had to move her hands on his neck, this forcing her grip to lighten slightly. "You're just jealous you didn't think of it first."

<Reiko> Feeling the grip loosen just enough...he slammed his knee harder into her, then used as much strength he had left to knock the damn woman off of him. "Yeah, because in the hallways there's nothing but us and officers." He growled and attempted to get up if he'd succeeded in knocking her off. He hoped he did, for if she reestablished her hold, he wasn't too sure if he'd survive another round of chokeholds.

<Faithy> Drops backwards off the bed, blinking in shock. Sliding up to her feet, she smirked before walking back towards the bed and him. "Oh, I didn't have any problems fighting with the officers there. I just think you're a sissy boy and can't handle being beaten by a woman. So what if your ribs are broken or cracked. I've had to fight an entire gang with a bullet stuck in my ribcage and it didn't stop me. You are WEAK."

<Reiko> That insult really pissed him off. He got up, and came at her, intending to knock her down, then sit on her hips and start messing up her face. He was going to, one way or the other. Moments before she'd seemed ready to back down. He growled again, then continued to work on her, taking his anger out on her.

<Faithy> "Don't make me use the chair again. Just admit you are weak and I will be satisfied. I might even let you win." Leaping over the chair that was now between the two, Faith couldn't help but smirk yet again. He was easy to piss off, which hadn't been her intention at first, but now she couldn't help it. Stepping away from him again, dodging his attempts at knocking her down, she glanced down at the chair, debating on hitting him with it again.

<Reiko> He saw her look down at the chair and went after the chair, then picked it up in one smooth motion, and threw it hard in her direction, hoping that his feint towards her would convince her that he was going after her first then the chair second, intending to strike the damn woman in the head with the chair.

<Faithy> As he came at her again, she slid off to the side only to see the chair flying at her head. Doing the only thing she could thing of, Faith dropped down to the ground beneath the chair, letting it crash into the closet behind her. Now that it was on her side again, she slid back up to her feet with a snarl. He actually tried to hit her! Turning slightly, she grabbed a hold of the chair, walking towards him with a deadly expression in her eyes. Smash him over and over with the chair; yep, that would be just fine.

<Reiko> He saw the deadly expression in her eyes and could not help but grin, the pain all but forgotten as the adrenaline finally kicked in. He rushed her, intending to not give her a chance to react, and when he got within range of the chair, he'd catch it, then slam it back towards her, knowing that she probably thought that he might remove it from her hands, not slam it towards her...but one never really knew til it happened.

<Faithy> He finally did something sneaky! While she was focusing on slamming his weak body with the chair over and over again, he rushed towards her. Whatever pain Reiko had been feeling previously was obviously gone because he moved like he was a healthy ox. Growling at him as he grabbed a hold of the chair, Faith prepared to back step away from him. What she wasn't expecting however was … him to shove it back against her. Yelping and dropping the chair, she could feel the sting from the metal pulsating through her mid-section through her breasts. Growling, she lunged forward, intending on grabbing the chair, her body at a slight angle so that mainly her left side was exposed; she didn't want her boobs to get hit again.

<Reiko> He pounced on her with the chair the moment she released it, and slammed it as hard as possible into her left side, intending to snap her ribs and give her a taste of her own fucking medicine. Then once he did manage to succeed, he had a murderous look in his eyes, and hoped that she didn't manage to block it. But if she DID manage to block it...he could either pull it back, or attempt to hurt her anyway.

<Faithy> Yelping in pain, Faith stumbled backwards from the blow of the chair. Wow, karma sure was a bitch. Grabbing a hold of the chair, she struggled t get it away from him, her ribs searing with pain. If that fucker thought he was going to get the best of her, then he was sorely mistaken. She wouldn't quit until he was no longer standing.

<Reiko> He grinned, as he saw her come for him again. He threw the chair aside as he suddenly recalled something. He remembered her reactions in the hospital, and then grinned maliciously. "I have you now, Faith." He cackled maniacally. When she reached him, he'd catch her hands and force them to her hips. Then he'd lean in close and narrow his eyes as he looked at her. "You pretty much put both of us into the hospital...me with you breaking my ribs...me with breaking YOUR ribs."

<Faithy> Slams her forehead against his, snarling under her breath. If he thought playing on her fears was going to get her to back down, he was sadly mistaken. She wasn't planning on going to the infirmary. Nope, she would let Aurora take care of her wounds or would take care of them herself. She had dealt with enough broken ribs to know exactly what to do. Shoving him backwards, she grabbed for the chair, intending on slamming it against his face a few times.

<Reiko> He groaned when she'd slammed into his head, then he released her hands suddenly, letting his hands flash towards her chin and cheeks, intending to either A)Try to break her teeth, or B)Her jaw. He growled as he tried again, and spoke again "Woman, sooner or later the fucking officers will hack past my security and have either docs or med students drug us. Do you WANT us in the fucking hospital?!"

<Faithy> Snorts as she grabs a hold of the chair, glancing up at him just as he slammed his hands towards her jaw. Jerking back seconds before he was able to snap her jaw, Faith stood back up. Bringing it up between the two, mainly to keep him away from her face, she narrowed her eyes again. "They'll be carrying you out in a body bag. I however, will saunter out of here free and clear."

<Reiko> When she picked up the chair, he sighed and moved back to his bed, grabbing the pair of black steel-toed boots that had been sitting next to the safe...he turned and looked back at her quickly so that she would not sneak up on him and knock his ass out.

<Faithy> "You're not thinking of running are you?" Moving towards him, slowly and carefully, Faith grinned a little bit. It appeared that he wasn't expecting her to retaliate for so long. Maybe he should have read her file a bit more to realize just what it was he was getting himself into. Swinging the chair towards his head, she growled for what had to be the millionth time in an hour.

<Reiko> He shook his head, then ducked, and went under the chair at her, raising one boot so that the steel toe was facing her direction and aimed it towards her chin, knowing for sure that it'd either A)Shatter her teeth, or B)Break her jaw, since her hands were already occupied with the chair.

<Faithy> Of course, per usual she rushed head first into a situation and didn't realize he still had shoes on. Therefore, he wasn't going to be taking the time to put on the damn boots. No, he wanted something to fight her with since she had the huge chair. Before she had a chance to do anything, her motion already set, Faith watched him ducking under the chair and with a gasp and wide eyes, felt the boot slamming into her chin, breaking her jaw. Stumbling backwards, she brought the chair down, intending on dropping it up him as he remained like a duck.

<Reiko> Then as the chair was dropped onto his back, he shrugged it off and watched her. "I think that's enough...you wouldn't be able to eat solid food now. And...you'd be forced to either drink melted jello, or some other nasty soft food that they can dream up of."

<Faithy> Clenching her jaw to help deaden the pain or make it worse, she wasn't sure which yet, she grabbed for the chair once again. The side he broke was the same side that Fujii hit with the bokken, which made things even worse. Bringing back the chair, she glared at his head, aiming to crack open his skull as she swung the metal object forward, while speaking very carefully. "Fuck... you."

<Reiko> He kicked the chair out of her hands since he was standing just before her with some clearance, just enough to kick, actually, since she'd stumbled back. He hoped that the force of the kick would be enough to knock it out of her hands, even as he heard the dim shouting on the other side of the door.

<Faithy> Wincing in pain, the movement causing her to pull on her broken ribs, Faith dropped the chair. Opting to use her hands to finish off the job, Blade crouched down slightly before springing forward towards him. Her objective was simple. Slam him down to the ground and then rip out his trachea.

<Reiko> Again, he caught her foot, since she'd crouched, telegraphing her move to him. Then he twisted it to the left, intending to twist and break her ankle. Then once he'd broken the ankle, he'd drop it, and then stand upon the broken ankle. "Give in, Faith."

<Faithy> Refusing to cry out in pain as her ankle was broken, Faith grabbed one of the boots that had falling, slamming it into his shin with a ton of strength behind it. Her intention was to shatter the bone and cause a lot of pain, like he was causing her. Her second mission was to yank her ankle from beneath his foot, which she did with much pain and an intense sick feeling. She didn't give up, she couldn't quit. It wasn't that she was far too stubborn; it was that she didn't know how. Being on the streets didn't teach one how to quit a battle because out there, if you quit... you were dead.

<Reiko> Pulls the boots out of her grabbing range, and shook his head as he kicked at the foot that had her ankle broken. "Woman, you're stubborn." He knew that already, then growled as he threw the damn boot at her head, hoping it'd strike her in the head, then knock her out by the force of the blow.

<Faithy> Dropping back onto her back to dodge the boot, Faith suddenly felt extremely sick. Rolling over onto her side that wasn't broken, she started to throw up on his floor. It wasn't intentional, but she couldn't exactly move to a different location. Even as she expelled whatever food she had eaten all over his stuff, she snapped back her non-broken ankle, slamming it hard into his kneecap, pushing it backwards with a sickening snap or at least that was her intention.

<Reiko> He stepped away from her the moment she began vomiting on his damn floor. "Aw, Faith..." He muttered then moved towards the door to unlock it, but make it so that he had a 120 second delay before they came in...and came back to the bed and stuffed the file back into the safe and moved out of range of the dangerous Faith. "We're done...I hope I proved to you that I did not want to control you."

<Faithy> It took all she had to keep from crying. Her ribs were killing her along with her jaw and ankle. It was like all of a sudden the fun went away and left her with a broken balloon and a missing teddy bear. Ignoring Reiko for a moment, she fought to gain control of her stomach; forcing whatever was making her throw up back into whatever hole it came from. Glancing over at Reiko while pulling a t-shirt of his off the ground, she wiped her face on it. "I... I'm sorry... I just... when I found out the government could have stepped in to help my family... I just lost it... Did I break anything other than your ribs?" Her change wasn't a trick, she was being sincere. She was walking down a dangerous path, one that she didn't know how to get away from and her past was slowly drowning her in a sea of rage.

<Reiko> He sighed, and shook his head. "That's the way the government works. They LOVE to have ways of fucking your ass over. They ass-raped you and you enjoyed it all these years.” He would then sigh and shake his head. "No, you just broke my ribs only. Unfortunately...you're in worse shape than I."

<Faithy> "I didn't enjoy any of it... Do you honestly I enjoyed watching my friends... my family.. my ... lover get killed in front of me? I would give anything to change it all. I'm not normal... I am a violent killer... who probably is incapable of having a real relationship except for someone that I already know such as Aurora. I ... I..." Frowning, Faith stared at the floor before moving away from the vomit. Tears threatened to spill, but she ensured that they didn't. No, she wouldn't cry in front of him. No matter how much her body heart and how broken hearted she was... she wouldn't cry.

<Reiko> He knew she didn't. "No one likes seeing their friends or family killed. Or, for that matter, their lover." He watched her, much more closely, and could see that she was fighting herself to not cry and shook his head as he looked at the door, watching it open suddenly and idiotic officers rushing in, screaming and med students coming in from behind them, ready to stab both of them with a needle. "Don't you dare stick those damn needles in us. We're done. We'll go willingly. Now, shut the fuck up!"

<Faithy> Frowns at the ground, ignoring the officers and med students, It was as if a part of her snapped and broke. She wouldn't let them see her cry, but she couldn't stop the blank expression slowly washing across her face. "We were both shot during the annual dance Club Heaven and Hell held... he died in my arms ... I didn't die and I took out everyone that was involved... I... ...that's why I freaked out at the dance... the songs that were playing were our songs... I just... snapped. Today... I.. I don't know."

<Reiko> He heard what she said then roared..."OUT, OUT OUT OUT!" He would threaten with the boots, knowing that some of the officers were laughing at the sight of him threatening...but little did the fuckers know that those were steel-toed boots. When one of the med students came close enough to stab...he smacked it out of his hand with the boot, grinning with pleasure as he heard the med student yelp with pain at the suddenly powerful hit from him. "What'd I say? OUT!"

<Faithy> Even as they were ushered out, Faith continued to sit on the floor, staring at a spec of dirt. She wasn't even sure what she was saying or doing anymore and the moment the door was closed again, the dam broke. Before she could stop it, her hands were pressed against her face and tears began to stream down her face.

<Reiko> He looked back at her once the idiots were out, and sighed, wondering what to do, since he wasn't exactly a fond guy by her reactions. He wondered if she'd try to break his balls if he were to gather her into his arms.

<Faithy> Leaning forward a little, she muffled a sob before finally crying, as well as one could with a broken jaw and broken ribs. Her body ached, but not in a physical way... not at the moment. No, this pain was emotional and something that had been bottled up ever since that fateful night.

<Reiko> He continued to watch Faith, then began to get to work on cleaning up her mess, using extremely powerful stuff to remove the damn vomit and the vomit smell. Fortunately, technology had gotten to the point that it could remove the vomit smell...thank the heavens for that. "Anything I can do, Faith?"

<Faithy> Glancing at Reiko with a tear streaked face, she could only sob. How could she ask someone else to help her when she didn't even know how to help herself. She couldn't even begin to determine what it was she needed. It puzzled her why he wanted to help her considering she nearly choked him to death. It was obvious she misjudged him, but there was no way she would ever be able to make it up to him. Shaking her head, she looked back down at the floor, crying harder.

<Reiko> He was curious, a shot in the dark. "How about calling Aurora?" He sighed and shook his head. He hated having women who cried on his hands... but he had no choice, really, since this was, at least, practice.

<Faithy> ” ...no.. she.. I won't... I won't let her see me broken like this... not again.”

<Reiko> He nodded and tilted his head, pondering. "Well, didn't you two go through lots together?" He was curious, and wondered if Aurora had helped her get herself together.

<Faithy> “...yes... She saved me from myself... from the monster I almost became, but... I can't put her through that anymore....”

<Reiko> He moved over to her and knelt besides her, then touched her upon the shoulder, and spoke. "I think you should have Aurora here..." He pulled out the little itty bitty computer, then searched for the student directory and found it a few moments later, then got Aurora's number and silently texted her.

<Faithy> "I... ........I don't know." Shifting her gaze from the piece of lint on the floor to his wall, Faith struggled to keep from falling into the dark abyss. Moments later, she was sobbing again, her body now wracked with emotional and physical pain; something she hadn't dealt with in a while.

<Reiko> He hugged her, and held her like a friend would, since he wasn't entirely too sure she'd not take his head off...and knew that despite her need of support, that it would probably be a wee bit risky to get a little more closer.


<Faithy> The feeling of him startled her, but there wasn't an ounce of anger that welled up in her. Leaning back gently, Faith let him hold her, knowing that if the chips were down... he was going to be a good friend; a friend only. Rubbing her eyes, she leaned forward again, the pain from her ribs too intense to keep leaning back. "...thank you..."

<Reiko> He nodded as she thanked him. "You're welcome." He sighed as he winced, feeling the pain in his ribs as well.

Layne felt eyes on her, hoping it was the one with the delightfully colored hair; she looked up and found it was. Why she favored this shade so much... well, she wasn’t quite sure herself. But nonetheless, she gave him something like a shy but friendly smile when she realized their eyes met. She couldn’t get over that hair, baffling her how much it made her grin.
Half-listening to the lecture, now, she turned her eyes back to the instructor. Before she set full attention back on the lesson, Layne noticed a PDA about to drop from the pocket of the green-haired boy. Waiting for the teacher to turn his back to the class, she cupped her mouth to whisper quickly to the boy, “It’s ‘bout t’fall out yer’pocket.” Layne waited briefly a second time for the instructor to turn to add with a slight but quiet giggle, “...And I really like your hair.”

VaePacing the corridors, Vae noticed that she had a little bit of extra time to swing by Reiko’s room and retrieve her underwear that she left in the corners of his bathroom. His room wasn’t too far off from where the Simulation classes were. Rounding the corner to room 602, Vae came to a halt as what seemed to be a mass of officials and medical students blockaded Reiko’s doorway. Catching a medical student that seemed to be standing on the sidelines, Vae approaches him. “I beg your pardon,” she starts. The medical student saluted her, “Captain.” Replying she adds, “What’s going on here?” The student was quick to answer, “Corporal Reiko Ituralde brought Private Faith Blade into his room. They seemed to be fighting. I only came in during the middle of it Captain, but it seems like they were making quite a bit of noise in there.” Vae raised an eyebrow, trying to make sense of it all. “He moves quick, doesn’t he?” whispered Vae under her breath. “Hmm?” answered the medical student. “Oh nothing, thank you,” she replied, dismissing the student. With a bit of an irritated look to her face, she shrugged it off. Vae knew better than to let thoughts of a boy plague her mind. She had to admit, though, it did bother her just a bit. She had a hard look about her face, trying to conceal her emotions. It wasn’t professional, she thought, to allow emotions interfere with the military.

AelynEyes fluttered open. Bright light filled the vision of the young woman's pale eyes, which had been closed for over a week now. She moved to stretch out, but her arms would not obey. She began to panic for a moment, then stopped, taking a couple of breaths before trying to work out in her mind what exactly was going on. 'Why am I here?' she thought... but there was no answer. 'What is going on?' another question loomed in her mind, again remaining unanswered. Finally, she struggled with the thought 'What is the last thing that I remember?' Her lip began to tremble as she realized that she couldn't. Nothing was in her mind... no memories, no regrets, no happy times... Just a blank abyss where thoughts ususally belonged. She squeezed her eyes closed as tears began to pour out, her body racking with sobs as she lay there encased in her own oblivion, not knowing where-or even who- she was.

ReikoSighing, he finally got up and walked out of the room, only to yell and curse at the officers and med students surrounding his door. "Med students...don't even fucking try to drug me, or by god, I'll make sure your lives are miserable!" He winced then, as he placed his hand on his chest, where three broken ribs resided. But he looked ready to take on the med-students, knowing they would be the first to take him out. "The situation's under control. Now...unless you want to end up with broken arms, I suggest you back off...like right the fuck now." Again, his voice had a steely tone, intending to make damn sure that he had the space. "You two, I don't care what your name is. Go get a fucking stretcher, then come back here. Mind you, don't try bringing in drugs. Got it?!"

WilliamWilliam laid in a bed, still waiting for the swelling to go down. They said he could leave then. He looked over to the girl next to him. She was in some state of confusion, or that's what he guessed. He thought about trying to talk to her, however, that had not worked for him thus far, based on the bruised tissue inbetween his legs. I hope I can befriend her, it would be a lot better than being her enemy he thought as he remembered the girl kicking him. He finally turned to the girl. "Hey, are you okay?" to the girl next to him, who was Aelyn.

VaeAs the doors to Reiko’s room burst opened, Vae was surprised to see a bruised and bloodied up Reiko. She was completely confused now and didn’t know what to think She surveyed him from the top down and saw that he took a severe blow to his midsection. Putting all of her thoughts aside for the time being Vae approached Reiko attempting to conceal her slight anger, “Stand down, Corporal.” She looked past Reiko and noticed Faith on the floor of his room. His room was nearly ransacked. Turning with her back to him now she speaks to an official, “Get them to the infirmary. They need to be treated immediately.” As she spoke, the stretchers made their way over. The medical units wondered if they should lift Reiko onto the stretcher, or just have him lay down on it. Noticing the confusion Vae turned back to Reiko, “I think that one’s yours.”

ReikoHe noticed Vae surveying him, and saluted her when he heard her order him to step down. When she told him that one of the stretchers were his, he snorted. "I'm fine. I can walk...it's Faith that needs help. And one of you stabs me with a fucking needle, I'll remove your nuts and tool and shove it down your throats." He was not kidding, either, for he was not about to let any med student near him, at least, not til he was ready.

Aelyn"I... I dont know if I'm allright or not.." She said, her voice sounding alien to herself, as she could not remember ever using it before. "I.. I dont know where I am.. Or who I am.. Why am I here? Who are you? What happened to me?!" She spoke, each question getting louder, and then she dissolved into tears again. But a voice from down the hallway pulled her attention. A male voice, talking about needles and nuts and throats. It gave her comfort. "Who.. Who's talking?" She asked the man next to her. "I recognize his voice. Who is he?" But as she asked, a group of people entered the room and the bustle of activity surrounded them. She closed her violet eyes, wishing that she could move enough to wipe her silver hair from her damp cheeks...

WilliamWilliam didn't really have too many answers for the girl. He was close enought to reach her bed, so he grabbed the clipboard over her. "My name's William, I'm a med student...lets see...." He froze reading it, almost unable to tell her. His emtional side said to get up and comfort her, but his pain was too much to stand. "It...it say's you we're in a crash......you were the only survivor." He began to cry himself. I mean, she looked like she was only 15.

VaeAfter hearing another outburst from Reiko, Vae replied, “Oh for Christ sake Reiko--” With a swift flick of her wrist, Vae used a technique taught in Advanced Martial Arts II to hit a pressure point at his neck as her other hand instinctively in a defensive manner was balled up in front of her chest. She meant to knock him out so the medical students could tend to him without having to fight him. Vae’s specialization in combat was melee including hand to hand. She can’t shoot or aim for the life of her, but in close proximity she was masterful in most forms of martial arts.

ReikoHe growled as he instinctively threw his left hand up to block the right hand coming at him, and when her hand encountered his, he would slap it upwards, then back towards her as fast as he could, then he stepped back. "I can walk to the damn med bay. I just probably have a few broken ribs. You mind letting me through?" He eyed the med students. "I'm watching you." Not only was he watching them, but he was watching Vae, wanting to move unsolicited to the med bay...for he could move on his own.

Aelyn nodded as the man introduced himself. A doctor in the works. She watched his face as he read her chart, a look of near-horror and intense dispair covered his expression. She felt a lump grow in her throat as he told her the little that he knew. For some reason she felt suddenly alone. Something important to her.. or someone... was on that ship. They were gone now. And as for herself... She was as good as gone now as well, seeing as she didn't even know her own name. "Does it say what my name is on there?" She looked up and noticed now that the man was not the only one crying. Her eyes had filled with tears again. Her cheeks were damp, and she had not even noticed.

VaeShe didn’t let him get too far. As he moved to block her oncoming hand and slap her wrist away, she rotated her wrist to grab his own. Her next move would’ve brought him down. So as not to hurt him any further she gave a firm yet gentle squeeze. There was a worried look about her eyes as she tugged a bit on his wrist for him to face her. Without a word to him, Vae freed her grasp from his wrist – she figured that if he was well enough to deflect her move than he was well enough to get himself to the infirmary. With a nod, she turned her back to him and shrugged. “Jerk,” she whispered under her breath as she knew she was out of earshot.

ReikoHe felt her catch his wrist, and just as she caught his wrist, his eyes snapped to her, catching the worried look, as she tugged upon his wrist just a bit. He nodded, seeing that she'd realized that he was well enough to move, though he was breathing shallowly due to the broken ribs. Then he eyed the med students, walking past them, towards the med bay. "And do be goddamned careful with Faith. Or you will be hearing from me....rather soon." He'd walk to the med bay, trusting Vae to not take him out from behind, though he suspected that was a tempting prospect.

Aelynturned her attention to the door. She heard his voice again... The only familiar sound so far. Maybe he would know her name. Who she was. Where she had come from. She forced her head to turn, muscles that had grown weak from lack of use screamed in protest, but she did it anyways. Now watching the doorway, incase he was not coming into the room, she waited. He was closer now... still talking...Aelyn ...suddenly she remembered. "REIKO!!" She called out, her whole self grasping onto that one peice of information... that one name that she suddenly knew belonged to him.

VaeHearing someone call out his name, Vae stopped for a moment to turn back only to find a pretty and petite pale skinned girl in the med-bay. Vae was done. She decided to rid herself of thoughts of Reiko altogether. A note to herself, she reminded herself to tell Bato that if Reiko ever came close to the room, that he has her complete go-ahead to take him down. Biting her bottom lip, Vae made her way to her instructing class, Basic Mechanics.

ReikoHe would hear the voice of Aelyn that called to him. "Hmm?" He came into the med bay. "Oh! Aelyn!" He smiled, seeing that she was awake. "Good to see you're awake again!" He smiled again then came over to her bed, glaring at the students that dared come near him with anything that even remotely looked like it could take him out. "I hope you and I will get to talk more a little later...at least, not when I'm so banged up as I am now." He winced as his ribs reminded him yet again that he had a few broken ribs.

AelynRecognized the name as well. "Aelyn?" She asked..."That's my name isn't it?" She paused. "And you're the one who pulled me from the wreck. You told me that your name was Reiko and that you were going to make sure that I lived." She stopped, wondering if she should go on. "Thank you... Thank you for saving me."

WilliamWilliam finally stood up, the swelling down. He was given an icecooler this time. He was walking quite funny, but they said he would be fine by tomorrow. HIs head would take a little longer. He walked around, until seeing a female Captain. "H-He-Hello ma'am....could you ...tell me where my....next class is." He was quite a sight, bloody, battered, and walking quite comically.

ReikoHe nodded when she asked him the questions. He sat down next to the nearest bed to her. "Yes, that is indeed your name, and yes, I'm the one who pulled you out from that wreck." He sighed wearily, and looked around sharply, intending to keep an eye out for the students and docs that tried to drug him against his will. "Yes...I promised that you would live and you are." He smiled as she thanked him. "You're welcome...Aelyn."

AelynNPC: She looked at the bruised and blooded student and grimaced. "Here. Find it yourself." She said as she handed him a small map of the school. On the right side of it was a list of all the classes and their room numbers.

Aelynfelt the tears coming back again. This man was so kind, yet she could sense a distinct ferocity within him. "You should probibally get those wounds checked, sir..." She quietly commented, keeping her violet eyes away from his. "But before you do... could you help me sit up? My muscles are not quite what they were before...before I came here." she couldn't look at him for fear the tears that were threatening to spill out would overcome her will to not cry.

ReikoHe nodded and eyed the med students. "Remember what I said!" Then he leaned over her and carefully slipped his hands beneath her, under her back to wrap around her form and hold her in a hug, before gently moving her to help her up to a sitting position, being forced to use this way rather than the other way, which was to slip his hand beneath her lower and upper back then moving her just a bit then shifting his hand to her shoulders to help guide her up into her new position.

Aelynwinced in pain as he moved her. All over she ached, and now that she could see, she felt panic grip her again. She was covered in bruises, had two I.V. drips going, and her right ankle was in a wrap. "How bad was the crash?"

ReikoOnce she was done being moved, he carefully settled himself back onto the seat then looked at her as he answered her questions. "It was bad. You were the only survivor, Aelyn." He watched her, wondering where her family was.

Aelynshivered, though she was not cold. "Only... survivor?" She closed her eyes. "How big was the ship? How many passengers could it hold?"

<Aurora> The whole scene with Faith, and Reiko left Aurora a little shook up. Honestly when the whole attack happened the girl had no idea what she should do for her friend and for herself. Conflict there. Not that Aurora would really care about getting into trouble, it was just that if leaked it would be everywhere on the news media how Miss Von-Drake is a reckless rich girl. Hell, she was sure some freaking kid had gotten a picture of her changing in the other class room. So, for once she stayed out of the fight, and near Ai. She found the girl not only charming, but interesting as well. She enjoyed interesting people like Faith and yes even Victor. Now they were almost to the infirmary, not like she hadn't been here before. The girl couldn't help the mental eye roll. Shifting her large duffle bag over her shoulder the purple hair girl looked over at Ai, "So...who teaches the first aid anyways?" She smirked, "Heard anything about that teacher? Another perv?"

<Victor> The note from Shaw was lengthy and rambling like the man tended to be in writing. It would seem that a First Aid class was to commence and since Victor was, by all accounts his bright shining jewel in the metallic baubles of the ilk, he would be teaching it. Bully, Victor thought. Less than eight minutes to set up a workable class arrangement. Next to the note Shaw had left a ledger with a reasonable class plan however it was far too advanced for the poor sots that would trickle in at any moment. Shit. He wondered if he could just skate by and wing it, for he had far more pressing matters than attending to the intellectually dilapidated cabal he was to baby-sit. He sighed and wondered how he should start when they come in. “From the beginning of course.” He said out loud. When the first trickle of eager minds crossed the threshold he would be more than a asshole, if there was such a word or even conception to the level of his wonton dickery.

<Ai> Well. At least the awkward class was over. Ai was glad when she found that Aurora and herself were both heading towards the Infirmary. At least now she wouldn’t be completely bored in this class. She cracked her neck and ran a hand through her hair considering Aurora’s questions. “I don’t know. They change the teachers for the Infirmary very frequently, so it could be just about anyone.” She grinned fully and leaned to hold the door open for Aurora. “So I cant say what they are like yet. Although I’m already prepared to be bored. You would think I would have taken these basic courses already.” She shook her head and looked out at the classroom. “Where do you want to sit Princess?”

<Bato> Bato was mumbling to himself as he left the locker room for his Advance Martial arts classroom and headed to the infirmary. There were two things that Bato really didn’t like, one of which was not having a decent opponent and the second was required classes, like this one. He and everyone else knew that he wasn’t ever going to be able to perform anything beyond basic CPR and maybe setting a bone, both of which he already knew how to do. Bato walked in and took a seat as far in the back as he possibly cold and promptly put his feet up on the desk in front of him. As he usually did, Bato pulled out a tape recorder from his pocket, hit the record button and set the thing down on the desk. He’d listen to it again later and take down any notes that he felt were important which, from a class like this, there usually weren’t.

<William> William was feeling better, but he was still waking rather slow. He was given some "medicine" by one of the doctors. He was back to normal as far as mind state goes. William passed through the doorway into another class that he was sure something bad would happen to him. The first people William noticed were two of the girls from before. Hmmm....should I even bother, I mean, they seem to be angry at me? he thought. He slowly walked up to them. "Hi...sorry for any trouble I've brought your way."

<Aurora> Looking in the class room Aurora was about to pick a spot when, “Victor?” He was sitting in front of the class room. You had to be kidding! “This will be interesting.” She started to walk into the room, but then a guy moved passed the girl going to sit in the back of class. Well, that was sort of rude. “How about in the third row? Center?” It was then that William spoke to them. Had he caused any trouble? “No...we're fine. Just-” She paused. “I won't bug Faith for a week though.” She turned to look at Ai, “I guess I don’t really care where we sit.”

<Victor> Victor nodded at Aurora and some guy she walked in with. He figured enough people had showed up and would interject stragglers into the proceedings as needed. “Hello boys and girls, I’m Angel Captain Victor Kreuzmayr. Those of you that know me, know me a sort of prick and for this class period you will be sad because I will teach in a forceful way, maybe you are not used to such methods. You will be, I think the best nomenclature would be ‘mentally molested’ in the time we have. I give it to you raw and uncut, I will use large, frightening words that mayhap some of you do not know. I will not explain them, nor will I slow down. Bite your pillows gentlepeople, because I’m going in dry. First let me say that First aid is a moot practice, what you need to grasp and understand is the concept of triage. When your friend is burned, crushed or lacerated into fillets and I’m not there to help them You might have to dirty you pristine pilot’s digits and do something to prevent you cohort from dying an awful sort of death. What is there to do? Pray? Oh my no, two hands working is always better than a thousand hands praying kiddies. So what is there to do? Anyone? Hands?” Goddamn how he despised them.

<Ai> Ai turned towards the kid that Faith had beat up, recognizing him. “S’okay kid. Try to stay away from the mentally unstable. Should you even be standing?” Her eyes followed the direction Aurora was looking and she heard her say their teacher’s name. Oh, so she knew the guy? Ai was about to try some closer inspection, but a huge body loomed into her view and her mind went offline for a minute. She watched Bato go and sit down without so much as a hello in her direction. Ai didn’t know why, but that seriously pissed her off. Her eyebrow twitched and her grabbed both Aurora and Will’s hands and dragged them up so she was sitting in front of the area Bato was, purposefully not looking at him and totally ignoring most of what the Angel Captain guy was saying. She sat down and leaned forward, one hand tugging on the silver cross she wore around her neck, the other still holding onto Aurora’s hand from lack of thinking clearly. Finally, she looked up and raised her hand lazily. Something she did not often do. "Filch the loot off of their dying bodies and sell it off ebay."

<Bato> Bato didn’t even flinch as three people sat down in front of him . With a yawn Bato closed his eyes and started to drift off into sleep. He was almost there when he heard a familiar voice come from directly in front of him say something about selling bodies on e-bay or something. Bato opened his eyes to see the back of Ai’s head. ”Oh, hey Ai, when’d you get in here. And uh, who are these two?” Bato looked from Aurora to William, then back to Ai.

<William> William was confused. "They why did she get so angry at me, I did nothing wrong...." He felt Ai's hand grab his. His face turned red as she pulled him to a seat. He couldn't manage saying anything, but rather started to be more confused by the second.> He heard the asshole begin to speak of how First Aid was or something. Ai's comment scared him, but as a joker, he got it. "Sir, to follow procedures, check patient and administer treatment for the problem. .If all else fails, hand them a cigarette, give them a prayer, and if you're the opposite sex, a last "request".

<Aurora> Aurora raised a brow at Victor's little introduction to the class speech. God, way to scare his students. She just smirked to herself but then she was being lead to a sit by Ai with William. Aurora looked over at the girl tilting her head to the side, something was wrong. When they sat down the girl was about to ask Ai, but then a hand was raised. And the words that came out of Ai's mouth! Ha! She couldn't help, but grin since Aurora was thinking the same thing. She wasn't sure about saying it aloud though. The girl was thinking of a say to help Ai out, but then some guy from behind them spoke. Besides' William was answering Victor, so Aurora looked back at Bato instantly knowing why Ai was so tense. Well, of course Aurora wasn't sure, but from one scorned woman to another Aurora had an idea. Besides, Ai was still holding her hand. Smiling sweetly at Bato Aurora moved closer to Ai, leaning her shoulder against the girl's back, “Aurora Von Drake....and you?” With that she went to intertwine Ai's fingers with her own in a playful manner.

<Victor> Ah wonderful it seems everyone knows each other. Super how great for them. Yes, he knew people would not take things seriously and people would get up, talk, and carry on. Really was it his responsibility to tend these people. He did think that some of them might retain some information he spewed. He nodded at the boy raising his hand next to Aurora. “Very good, what is your name? Your careless comment is actually a form of triage. If there is a lost cause that is, some guy has shat out his respective retroperitoneal organs or is blown into three large pieces, then yes by all means scalp their equipment because dear people they cannot take it with them to great bye-bye. Good answer lad.” Victor sighed. “Anyone else want at proverbial crack before I move on?” The puffy looking kid seated next to Aurora chimed in. “Urm yes that is vague, but more or less right, mister?” Victor only really knew Aurora but he thought he could maybe show some sign of getting to know those he did not. “I want now everyone to give their neighbor a trauma scenario. That is easy enough and then get together on how to solve it. Break up into pairs and have at it.”

<Tyler> He was late. No, late wouldn't even cover it. Jogging throughout the corridor, Tyler had to shift through a bunch of officers and other students. Winking at one of the female officers as he slid past, the nineteen year old pinched her ass, leaning in to whisper his phone number to her. Continuing on, the young boy made his way to the infirmary where class was being held. Stopping outside the classroom to talk to a female student, Tyler flirted with her, kissing her a couple of times while copping up a feel. The women loved him and he they. Realizing he better get into class, he opened up the door and stepped inside. His short brown hair blew slightly in the wind from the opening door and his Prussian eyes flashed in the light. To say he was gorgeous was putting it lightly; he was a hunk and had one of the best bodies in the whole academy. Stepping inside, he made his way to a seat and sat down, his muscles flashing against his green tank. "The name is Tyler. Sorry I'm late, but I couldn't get my tongue out of a hot girl's mouth."

<Ai> Ai yawned and stared lazily at the Angel Captain guy when he responded to her. "Lieutenant Knight.” She half turned towards Bato’s voice when she saw Aurora edge closer and lace their fingers together. She caught the other girls eye and grinned. This girl was going to be a riot. Ai brought their hands to cheek and look at Bato over them raising her pale eyebrow. ”Oh, hello there Bato. I didn’t see you -- despite the fact you are probably twice the size of everyone in the room” Her eyes narrowed somewhat as a fake smile graced her lips. “Sleep well?” Ai turned her head towards Will and Aurora. “You two would be interested to know how heavy a sleeper Bato is.” She lowered her voice to a mock whisper. “In fact, I’ve heard he’s a cuddler.” She lifted up Aurora’s chin and winked at her. “Although, not as cute a cuddler as you are.”

<Bato> Even Bato wasn’t slow enough to miss the references that Ai was making, though he hoped that no one else knew what she was talking about. Bato decided to let the first part slide by, as she was obviously annoyed by something. “Yes Ai, I did sleep well. How about you? Nothing woke you up in a weird state of mind did it? And yeah, I guess I am a heavy sleeper, what of it?” Bato’s face flushed as Ai made the comment about him being a cuddler, mostly due to the fact that in the short amount of time that he has know Ai, she’d been someone that was apparently not afraid or intimidated by Bato and had said several things that Bato had never expected to hear. Bato was getting ready to make a remark when Ai lifted up Aurora’s chin and winked. Bato wasn’t sure what Ai was planning, but it was pretty obvious what she was insinuating.

<William> William was about to fall backwards in his seat. He tried to think of what to say to the acts happening in front of him. Girls like humor, right? Ahhh...... "Would you say three's a crowd?" He said rather quickly as he tapped both of the girls on the shoulder. He looked back at the boy behind him. "My name's William. I would stand and shake your hand, but I had a little accident with Faith preventing me."

<Aurora> “Awww Darling. You’re much better than I am.” A playful giggle emitted from her lips as she leaned her chin into Ai's hand while moving closer to him. Feeling William tap her on the back Aurora glanced over at him with a raised brow and smirked slightly at his comment before stealing a glance at Tyler. Oh, he was the looker wasn't he? Most likely a man whore, but a looker none the less. She half smiled at him before looking at Bato with a devilish grin, “Interesting how everyone knows about your sleeping habits.” The girl looked back Ai reaching up to play with her hair, “Well darling since we are a lovely pair...lets start on the assignment before Professor scolds us.” Aurora made sure to speak loudly so Victor could over hear. “What type of trauma you like love?”

<Victor> A brash sort of guy waltzed in like he owned the place. Victor had to acknowledge his panache, he was reminded of a guy he used to know named Kyle who was every bit a prick physically as Victor was mentally. Together the two were unstoppable. During a summer they chewed through just about every superficial piece of trim they could. Ah, how he loved the summers of the young. “Welcome Tyler, oh yea was it a little brown skinned girl? Carmen? Nice, have a seat anywhere.” Hmm, perhaps he missed his youth too much, he could not become distracted with making sexual acquaintanceships with the skirts on the ship he had work to consider and refine. “Ok well folks huh, lets stop the playing house and dollies and what have you, break into pairs and make up a fun story or it could be scary who cares? Not me! Just do it. Or I can blather up here for years about boring ass shit you would want to pull out you spine over.” Victor grimaced. “Maybe a taste? To show my conviction? Each area of the torso has anatomical boundaries as you well know. The thoracoabdominal area, which is the nipples to the twelfth rib, between anterior axillary lines. The Abdomen which is from the tits to the ass, of course between the anterior axillary lines.” He paused and took a drink of cold coffee that was on a small table and continued. ”We next have the flank, like a cut of meat which is the section between the ipsilateral anterior and posterior axillary lines. Rounding out the quartet there is the back which is below the tip of the scapula and between the posterior axillary lines. Easy huh? I trust you are taking notes, this will be on the test. How is that trauma Aurora?

<Tyler> Tyler couldn't help but wink as one of the luscious females glanced back at him. Hell, as each looked at him, they got a special look. Returning his attention to see who he had sat down beside, Tyler couldn't help but snort. The man was like the green giant. Maybe he had broccoli in his pockets for snacking on later. It didn't really matter because the teen didn't swing that way. However, he couldn't help but focus on the two girls quite cozy with each other and a smirk appeared across his face. They reminded him on Charisma and Cassie; two babes from his last school. They were always getting busted for making out during glass and even invited him to assist them a few times. The teacher knew exactly which woman he had been referring to, which was interesting to say the least. Blocking out the useless medical dribble, he instead leaned back to the two girls and leaned on their desks. “The name is Tyler." Winking at the both of them, he leaned forward and kissed each of them on the cheek while sliding the his room and phone number.

<William> William laughed. This guy is a regular lady-killer. Great. William kept his thought, wishing he had as much fun as Tyler. "How..is it..that he can kiss you....and get away with it.....but I merely introduce myself and become public enemy to girls?" He realized he was thinking aloud, and shut up.

<Aurora> Aurora blinked when Victor spoke directly to her. Rolling her head in his direction the girl just paused as blue eyes danced over him. She paused before looking directly into the man's eyes with a smirk, “Sorry...I wasn't listening. What-” She paused when that good looking boy leaned over kissing her and Ai on the cheek. The girl blinked tilting her head towards Tyler with a slight smirk. “Um...what was the question?” Alright, so she had clearly heard the man. Anyone listening to her could tell, but Aurora just had to play with Victor a little bit. “Or are you going to make me sit in the corner Professor?” All the while she kept playing with Ai's hair.

<Victor> ”Hmm, oh no question at all continue doing what you will. I know how boring all this junk is I do. I mean do you, do any of you really think I want to teach a class that has no merit to learn? Fuck no! Look at me I know this all of it. So talk about boys, skateboards and ice-lollies it makes no never mind to me. How’s about I just sit over there and read quietly until the time is up? I mean you don’t want to be here really any more that I want you here so now that we’ve reached an accord you guys can do as you please.” Victor closed the planner and walked over to his desk sitting down with a audible thud. He opened the book and started the fifth chapter: The Intraperitoneal Abdominal Organs.

<Tyler> Glancing towards the boy who had spoken about him being able to kiss whoever he wanted to, Tyler had to comment. Leaning over a little bit, the boy glanced at the other. "For your information, I tried to kiss a girl and had my ass handed to me by her. Apparently she's quite feisty. Hope you never have to run into her. I'm sure you can be a ladies man if you just get some self-confidence." Turning back to Aurora as she obviously mocked the teacher, he grinned widely. The expression grew even more as the teacher indicated that they could do whatever they wanted. "Great, I have several things that I would love to do in mind. How about you, miss?”

<William> William was surprised by the boys words. "Really.......I don't know exactly how I would do that......" He slumped back in his chair. " Ass slap huh. I was kicked in the groin for questioning a girl, after she said I deserved to be hurt for whatever reason." Confidence.....There's no way that is possible for me. "Tell me then...how ...how do I get some?"

<Aurora> The girl blinked at Victor's reaction. She thought for sure he would do something and well was slightly disappointed that she didn't get into trouble. It would have been rather fun, and would have made her look even better to the students and well would have even been better for Ai. Tyler's comment thought distracted the girl from Victor as she turned to face him. What did she want to do? And then-Williams question. Her eyes went wide, “You wha-” Aurora couldn't listen to that, and nor could she bear to listen to whatever else the students were saying. Sigh, she hated feeling like she needed to be level headed. With that Aurora looked over at William, “There is a clear difference between getting some and having something meaningful. If you really want to get some the easiest way to go about it is to grab cash and go to a red light district.” Next the girl looked over at Tyler, “Your hot, but that doesn't make me a slut dear.”

<Victor> Victor was reading his book, trying to tune out the adolescent din from the excited class when the phone rang in that awful bi-tonal alert. He scooted over to it and reached up popping it up and into his hands. “Infirmary, Angel Captain Kreuzmayr.” It was a woman sounding very distressed and asking for Doctor Shaw. “He is not in may I help you?” She hung up without a word. Hmm that was odd but then again on a military ship odd things happen. It would seem our young Tyler was trying to wrangle some ass from Aurora and that other guy was hanging around like a remora, looking for the tiny scraps of wisdom Tyler might dislodge when feeding. Victor had to smile at Aurora’s reserve.

<Tyler> Shaking his head, Tyler was shocked that someone was asking him for advice. He didn't get advice out all that often and wasn't sure how to tell him. He could tell the girl was upset by what he said, which wasn't his point. Running a few fingers through his hair, the teen grinned widely. "Hey man, you are being confident right now, talking to this girl. That's always the first step. Miss, I didn't mean to irritate you or say you were a slut. I'm just trying to find that one girl that's for me and the only way to do that is to kiss them. See, I have this notion that the moment I kiss the perfect girl on the lips, fireworks will explode between us. That hasn't happened yet." Leaning back, he glanced up at the ceiling, closing his eyes for a moment or two.

<William> William's face became as red as an apple. "I....I didn't mean....\that/..... I meant confidence." He was looking right at her, and to anyone else around him, his face was ripe with embarrassment. He listened to the advice given to him...."I..I..have no idea what you... mean by that.."

<Aurora> Aurora watched the boy with her head tilted before glancing at Ai with a raised brow. “I wasn't irritated...most boys get the wrong impression.” Her eyes looked over at William, “I meant pay for a hooker for one night.” Hmm. So William didn't know much about girls hmm. And this Tyler. “Well, a lot of the times it’s the location that helps the fireworks.” Dropping her hand from Ai's hair she looked over at Victor who was sitting at his desk thinking for a long moment as she watched the other students all gathering together and conversing. With heavy sigh the girl went to stand up looking over at Ai, “I'll be right back love.” With that she headed over to the desk not bothering to look over at the other students.

<Victor> Victor saw Aurora coming over out of the corner of his eye. Oh now here we go she will think he is being a hurt pussy. He really did have things to do, so much to do and time was getting scarce. He could put them on hold for her; he did like her, in a caged animal sort of way. How kids would scream to pet the animals in the zoo, he saw that in her. She was out of her environment, a bird with too small an aviary. “Hello Aurora come to talk to the damned?”

<Aurora> Aurora felt a little bad for just walking away from Ai, but well she needed to address Victor. Why? The girl had a few reasons, but none of them very good. For some reason she was drawn to him, and wanted to figure him out. Part of it of course was because both of them came from the same type of background of course, so maybe he could really understand her. The other part was perhaps because she didn't have to feel guilty for her shallowness around him, though she rarely let the feeling arise in her any more. A slow smirk came across her face, “And so now you are damned?” Aurora couldn't help the slight mocking tone that was in her voice as she stood next to his desk. Shifting her weight so that her she was leaning just on her left leg the girl looked over Victor, “I was trying to help us both out you know. You were suppose to make an example out of me.”

<Tyler> He watched everyone talking quietly with one another. The girls were like little buzzing insects, gossiping about everything under the moon. Tilting his head as Aurora walked up to the teacher's desk; he couldn't help but study her fine ass. He had a knack at making it look like he was looking elsewhere instead of a woman's rear. Of course, he had been working on that for a long and was most definitely a pro. He was taught by the best, his baby brother. Yes, it was embarrassing to know that his younger brother had been the better of the two, but things like that happened.

<Victor> He had to smile. “Was I now? Ah to gain back the favor of the underlings was it? No, I’m sorry I don’t cater Aurora. Whether I teach or not there will still be a test and so therein lies the problem whatever will those little piss ants do?” Victor grabbed the second wheeled chair from next to him and scooted it over. “Have a seat, if you would. People standing over me makes me nervous. So what class do you have next? Something riveting or boring, I assume I have something boring. This whole goddamn ship is boring. Except the research lab, that place is far from mundane.”

<Aurora> Aurora raised a slender brow looking from Victor to the chair debating. “You were suppose the scare the shit out of them and give me something to piss my parents off.” The girl muttered matter a fact before going to sit down. “Mechanics I believe.” Her blue eyes glanced back at Ai with a light wink trying to flirt with her from afar. “The whole ship is boring? Well, why don't you leave then? If you leave is daddy going to take away boring? Well, why don't you leave then? If you leave is daddy going to take away his blessing and his wallet?”

<Tyler> Blinking slowly, Tyler realized that he knew Aurora from somewhere. Thinking on it a few minutes, he widened his eyes when he figured it out. She was in West Port City at the same time as he was, although they never really spoke. Figuring she didn't remember him, he opted to keep on the down low. Leaning back in his chair, he stared at the girl for a minute before shifting his attention elsewhere. "Hmm..."

<Victor> ”No Aurora, I say the ship is boring as a matter of fact. It will change I’ll see to that, for me at least,” Victor trailed off and seemed distracted. “Er, no my father hates that I am here as a someone in an Angel Regiment. You recall that he is large mister brass pants who was a military juggernaut and for him to even have a son not a carbon copy of him is enough travesty.” He closed his book and smiled at the girl. “You know Aurora you are very special, all bullshit aside you do know that right? I mean aside from sycophants and Faith Treating you like a wet-nurse you have people you can turn to I assume? No matter I just wanted to tell you that before the coming unpleasantness.” Victor went to touch her face like he did at the dance and stopped making his hand into a fist and taking it away. He had a lot to think about and very little time. That book in his room was still weeks away from a reasonable translation and even that he had to find a leg into the Research Division of this place.

<Aurora> Her long eyelashes flapped several times as the girl blinked. She just stared at Victor in shock. It wasn't that no one had told her she was special before, people told her that all the time. And then what he said about Faith, a wet nurse? For once the usually clever girl was a bit speechless. She didn't know if he was trying to be nice or actually trying to hurt her feelings. The girl could take it either way, and well she didn't know what one to chose. Still keeping her posture completely perfect, and holding her head high the girl's eyes watched his hand carefully. Seeing him pull it back she couldn't help the bitter smirk, “Faith is my friend, in fact my best friend.” The girl swallowed hard looking away from him. “She is just going through a tough time.” Well Faith's whole life had been a tough time, but Victor didn't need to know that. Aurora owed it to Faith to be there for the girl and she knew Faith would be there for her. And even more if the young rich girl let her room mate in one more of her secrets. The girl's mind started to unravel back to the past as emotions were starting to rise, but then a mental “No,” stopped all of that. Letting them sink back into the emotional depths that no one saw the girl looked back at Victor, “Unpleasantness?” She raised a brow, “Are you going to fail me in the class?” Aurora paused watching the man. “I am getting the feeling there is something more than that, because honestly me failing one class...would hardly upset me.” She clearly decided to avoid the special comment all together, at least for now.

<Tyler> Wishing he was sitting closer, Tyler tried to pick up on the conversation that Aurora and the teacher happened to be having. Shrugging it off, he pulled out his notebook, doodling all over one of the pages. He was beyond bored and although all the girls were trying to flirt with him, he suddenly didn't have the patience to deal with them anymore. Flipping to another page, he found himself staring down at a extremely well done drawn picture of Faith, Matty, Aurora, and Caleb. "Damn.."

<Victor> Victor nodded as the girl spoke. “Of course she is your friend I never doubted that but as with older friends, we’ll say cohorts with time served, they tend to take for granted that bond and why shouldn’t they? What is a chided remark or dismissal to a friendship lasting years? I mean nothing by it you see, just talking.” Victor wondered if what he said struck a nerve. It sure looked like it did but then it was no parlor trick of manipulation but truly and genuine heartfelt. He laughed. “Fail you my god no, I had planned to pass everyone with mid-grades. I’ll treat this like a study hall. For me and the kiddies to just kick back and do what people do with free time. Yes, I’m sorry I was being vague, intensely I’m afraid. I’ll let you in on a little secret, I’m working on something very big, bigger than when I started. It will revolutionize battlefields and the cost of human life will dwindle. It’s something I really can’t say, and frankly you wouldn’t understand if.I,did.” Victor rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he trailed off. “Aurora why does that, shit, what was his name, Titus, keep looking at you like you and he are lost best friends. It’s not look at the famous girl it something more substantial. Do you know him, not biblically of course.”

<Aurora> Aurora looked from Victor back to the kid, “Tyler...and I doubt I know him. I would think I would remember his good looks and well odd charm.” She looked at the boy more curious as slowly he started to get more familiar to her. Wait-maybe he did know her. Aurora had listened to what he said very carefully about his plans. And she wouldn't understand? Pfft. “I happen to be very intelligent.” She tilted her head looking over at Victor, “How would you saving human lives be unpleasant towards me?” It was then something hit her like a brick. Instantly the girl's eyes flashed back to Tyler. Tyler, she knew the name. Fuck! “Victor darling I assume you have a class list? Can you tell me if there is a Tyler Harris in the class?” Alright, so she was using the whole darling thing to get her way, but well she needed it to work right now.

<Tyler> Upon realizing that his staring at been noticed, Tyler returned his full attention to his drawing. He wasn't sure if he wanted Aurora to know who he was yet and so, he tucked down his head and concentrated on the picture. He had been working on it for several years and kept redoing it in order to make it absolutely perfect. Pulling out a photograph, he studied it for a few minutes before tucking it back into the notebook.

<Victor> He crooked his eyebrow at her ‘darling’ and stood walking over to the roster. He folded it and brought it back to where they were sitting. Opening the book he whistled mindlessly looking over the names. “Yea Tyler Harris, right here.” He closed the book. “I know you are smart but when things go bad, as they are sure to do I don’t want you to know anything. Call it protection, oh my now I’ve drummed it too much and you are dying to know. I’ll have to get back to you so I can think of a plausible mistruth. Er” He looked at her and smiled. “I didn’t say that you might be hearing things, if you smell burnt toast that’s a stroke so go talk to your friend and if you are feeling like a pressure in your brain or tingly hands or feet come back and see me!” Yes that went well Victor thought going back to his reading, with all nonchalance.

<Aurora> Aurora coughed, “I don't need protection Victor...” She sighed heavily glancing back at Tyler now knowing who he actually was. Shit. The woman sighed heavily, why the hell did Caleb’s brother have to be here? Not to mention if Faith saw him...well it could be good or bad. “I've met Tyler before.” The girl stated the fact simply now looking at the floor trying to make sure she stayed composed. She pulled her mind back to what he was saying. It was hard to figure out now with the mixed feelings she had. Aurora glanced over at Victor, “Well-” She stopped seeing that he was now reading. Rolling her blue eyes the girl glanced at the door. Thinking about going to back to her find to dig for her cigarettes that she had hidden the night and swore she wouldn't pull out again.

<Tyler> Slamming shut his notebook, Tyler glanced once more at Aurora, now absolutely sure that it was her after all. She looked good, like nothing had happened, but he knew that outer appearances were often deceitful. Grabbing his pens, pencils, and papers he slid to his feet and slowly made his way towards the door. Stopping near Aurora, he glanced at her with a deep sigh. "Aurora Von-Drake? I don't know if you remember me, but let's just say I know of your past. We should talk soon." Leaning down, he kissed her cheek before walking out of the infirmary and into the hallway. Leaning against the wall just outside the door, he closed his eyes in order to calm himself down. To anyone else he would look like he was chillaxing and enjoying himself despite what feelings were slamming through him.

Mathis was taken by surprise when she looked up and smiled at him. Without thinking too much about it he simply smiled back, feeling slightly ashamed for being caught staring. But one things was for sure: her familiar features and friendly gesture had effectively purged the worries that had been gnawing at him. It was as if for that brief moment there was only the two of them; sitting apart yet tied together at the same time, with the promise of pleasant memories over the horizon.

He felt an immediate attraction for this girl, and though it may stem from her similarity with Patuli, subconsciously he understood they were two completely unique individuals. When she whispered that something was about to fall out of his pocket, his first response was to place both hands quickly between his legs, envisioning what could only be described as socks, trousers and cocoons.

His PDA fell to the floor with a sharp clack.

An awkward silence followed; he then casually pushed his chair back and, unable to salvage his dignity, got on all fours in order to reach for the device under his desk - only to bang his head violently against the underside when she complimented his hair. A single, precious teardrop rolled down his left cheek as he bit his tongue to stop from making expressions others might find offensive.

The class was nearing its end anyway, so he decided to just stay squatting under his desk and hope nobody would notice.

I want to die.

Layne immediately huddled into folded up arms, her hands covering her face. She engulfed herself just to keep a loud laugh escaping her body, fearing it would further embarrass him but thank the Heavens – three minutes left of class. Just as quickly as she was grateful for the time left, the instructor concluded the lesson and a flood of chattering followed. Again, she was grateful.
She tried her best to lean over in her seat to poke him with the eraser's end of her mechanical pencil. Layne failed. She failed many times. Giving up, she just tossed it at him to get his attention, “Yew c'n stop hidin', now,” she offered.

<Victor> Victor looked at the clock on the wall and his heart leapt. Yes almost done with these kids, he thought. He stood up and walked to the center of the room. “Ok little bastards and generally unloved, fifteen minutes till bell time and we go about our lives like strangers in the night. Doctor Shaw printed off some literature but you won’t read it so I’ll just throw them away. Maybe next time you come here we can get something accomplished, I mean dicking around is great and all but prattling on about inane shit can be saved till later when you are away from me. Well I won’t say its nice meeting you because it was not. This period was two hours of my life I shall never get back and frankly, my time is precious. Unlike yours my hours of the day are jammed packed not with candies and dollies but actual work, something miscreant saddos would nothing about. Next time you come, you will be taking a test. If Shaw is here, I will be just a student, in caparison to you it would be like the inventor of the Mobile Suit were in a class full of those people who have normal bodies but the heads the size of a terrier. Good day to you all, pick up any trash on the way out, as it will be good practice for you when you all become janitors. Except you Aurora, you’re still awesome.”

<Aurora> So, she felt bad that his brother was dead, and had died painfully. Really, the whole thing that happened was tragic. It screwed up those that survived hard core and it even messed with those who weren't there. But, it wasn't so much what he said that made the girl's anger swirl inside of herself. It was that damn kiss, which ended up being a slap in the face. The fucker was going to black mail her wasn't he! Everyone had their low points, and it really wasn't her fault his brother was dead. Aurora's hands gripped the arms of the chair, digging her nails into the fabric. It was then that Victor seemed to be dismissing class. Good, Aurora needed a cigarette. She started to stand up before, he said she was awesome. Well, that calmed her somewhat down. “Its a gift.” She said matter a fact before walking over to the door of the classroom looking directly at Tyler. “You stay there and wait for me.” Her tone was direct and to the point, as orders were. Then she moved back into the class room looking over at Victor, “Are you going to lunch?”

<William> William looked all around at the happenings. He fell backwards as he saw the kiss.....What a perv......he thought. William heard Aurora tell him to stay, code for your ass is grass he thought. Hmm, I've had enough injuries today, not getting involved. "Hey Ai, you feel like getting lunch?"

<Ai> Ai was not particularly interested in the goings on around her. She thought Aurora was adorable and found the other William boy amusing, but when a random boy came up and swooped down to kiss both her and Aurora’s cheek Ai was not pleased. Immediately following the contact of unwanted attentions, Ai pulled back with a very annoyed aura and in one smooth sulking move, Ai rolled under the table to crouch beside Bato’s chair, obscuring herself from the strange person. This was twice in one day she had been hit on and she didn’t like it. At all. “Ew.” She wiped her cheek, not looking up at Bato. “I officially hate this class.”

<Tyler> Rolling his eyes as Aurora ordered him to stay, Tyler resisted a brash comment. As usual, she was overreacting and probably thought he wanted something financial from the way his comment was made. She would be very mistaken because the only thing he wanted was information about the night in Club Heaven and Hell. He wanted to know exactly what happened the night his brother was shot to death. He hadn't been living in West Port for three months prior to that and was watching his girlfriend's soccer team playing against another team the night it happened. When he found out, he flew into West Port only to find out that everyone had been taken elsewhere. He never found Aurora or Faith and didn't even know they were going to be on the ship. No, he was fulfilling Caleb's dream of being a pilot and just happened to run into Aurora. Sighing, he pushed off the wall and seriously thought about walking away from the class, but decided to wait and see what the girl wanted.

<Bato> Bato looked down as her realized that Ai was down by his thigh, and he couldn’t help but think that probably wasn’t the best place for her to be, with what happened earlier between them. Well then, why don’t we just leave? I don’t know about you, but I’ve covered the health requirement for Dice to graduate. They just stuck me in here because they didn’t want me to have two free periods.”

<Victor> ”Come on you whore of a bell, chime!” He said out loud. He was tired and hungry, maybe even annoyed. Looking out at the dull faces before him he decided indeed, he was annoyed. He hoped Shaw got back soon, and this was not going to be an every time thing. Victor had enough and he only was here for a small out of time. But to him it felt like forever, mountains formed, oceans receded and the lord on high came down with a flaming sword and bronze feet to tell the people of the world that god was a massive otter with the world balanced on his belly like a comically spherical oyster. Ready at any time to bash it in and eat the sweet meats of the center. That scenario he just crafted from a exhausted mind indeed made him hungry. “Its going to be a chicken salad day today.” He said to no one.

<Aurora> Aurora just stopped in her tracks stared at Victor. She was sure he heard her. The girl shifted her hips slightly and started to rapidly tap her foot while just glaring at him. She was sick of being fucking ignored by people. Her blue eyes darted over to the desk seeing the class list was still there. There teach him for ignoring her. With swift movement Aurora leaned over grabbing the list off the desk and holding it close to her while heading towards the back of the room. Ai was gone? But wha-? She quickly walked over to her seat grabbing her duffle back finally seeing Ai there under the table, “Um...” She paused pulling out a card, “I have to run a quick errand, but if you could text me later darling that would be awesome.” With that she leaned forward kissing Ai on the cheek, “Love you darling...” With a wink she turned quickly heading out of the classroom and then out into the hall, “Tyler...lets walk to lunch alright.”

<Ai> Ai popped her head out from the top of the table and surveyed the class, her eyes slowly circling the room’s inhabitants. “I concur. Lets get out of this place. I’m hungry.” Ai’s stomach gurgled in response to her words and she sighed. A sheet of purple hair came into her vision and she saw Aurora leaning down under the table. Ai couldn’t help but smile when the other girl gave her number and kissed her cheek. “I will do so,” she brushed some hair out of her eyes. “Have fun dear, but do be careful.” She added this while looking at the strange guy in an offish manner. Standing quite suddenly, she grabbed Bato’s sleeve and pulled, trying to get him to stand up and follow her. She looked down at the William guy. “Fine then. Lunch call. Follow me then.” Ai didn’t even care the bell hadn’t rung yet. She strode down the side aisle, hands in her pockets and lolled her head to one side to look at the teacher guy person, longish strands of vibrant red framing her eyes eerily. “Oh, as an afterthought. I would love to inform you that in the case of stealing an individual’s belongings that had been a friend’s said materials would have then been manufactured to create a device so sinister in nature even the devil would quake in fear to think of the wrath it would bestow on the person responsible for said death.” With that little tidbit of information, Ai grinned and then strode into the hall. “Well, hell. I hope I get to the Cafeteria first. If they don’t have any of my goulash I will be very irritable.”

<William> William stood as everyone left. He would go with them, but he would have to cover his crotch after the amount of women holding and kissing each other he had seen. These thought's kind of sickened William, and at the same time, entertained him. I'm the Perv I guess. Fuck it, I was alone before, why bother trying to hang out with people anyway. He made his way for lunch after about 5 minutes time, after which point he had taken a shower, and put on clean, unbloody clothes. He walked his way to the Cafe, hoping they had udon, or ramen still.

<Bato> Bato continued to sit there until he was suddenly yanked out of his chair and out of the room. Normally, he’d never be pulled anywhere if he didn’t want to go, but now that he was bored and didn’t really care, Bato allowed Ai to almost literally drag him up and out of the class room. “There’s always something edible in the cafeteria. Even if it is unidentifiable, it fills you up. And if you want to get there quickly.” Bato quickly turned the tables, pulling free from Ai’s grasp, he ducked down and tossed Ai over his shoulder and took off for the cafeteria.

<Tyler> Grinning slightly, Tyler nodded towards Aurora as she suggested or perhaps demanded they walk to lunch. Hoping she knew the way to the cafeteria, the teen held his notebook after shoving the pencils and pens into his back pocket for safe keeping, at least for the moment. Glancing over at Aurora, he decided to speak first and perhaps apologize for whatever he did to piss her off; because it was obvious the girl was upset. "Look, I'm sorry for kissing you and that other girl on the cheek. It was uncalled for and perhaps I wasn't thinking clearly. As for what I said earlier... all I want is some information. Nothing more, nothing less. We can either speak about it in the hallway or in the cafeteria, I don't really care which. It's up to you, Ms. Von-Drake."

<Victor> With the bell ringing like a thousand angels singing a thousand arias, Victor exhaled with relief. He secured his papers and found himself holding an attaché case. Hmm he thought, shuffling the papers in there without a second thought. Walking to the door he slung the book he had been reading into the kid leather bag and made his way to the hall. He was walking with a purpose, heading to his room first to drop off his things and change uniforms, he had worn this one almost six hours and that simply would not do. He passed a kid that reminded him of that boy that got stuck in a well and Victor smiled at the remembrance. The misfortune of others was always amusing to him. Opening his door he dropped the case beside his bed and went to his closet. He browsed the uniforms and picked the last on the left. Stripping out of his old uniform and into the new with precision he saw that his drawer was slightly ajar. He stopped and reached his hand into the darkness. He came up with a note written on both sides, about the size of a playing card. He read the familiar script and frowned. “Yes I already know that Father.” Victor said crumpling the note in his hand and putting it into his mouth, chewing slowly. He tied his boots and made it to the door. He swallowed. How his father loved to stick his nose in things, he thought closing his door and heading towards the cafeteria.

<Aurora> Aurora raised a brow looking over at Tyler, so he didn't want money. That was strange. The girl sighed, “Look...” She sighed again as they continued walking, “I wasn't there either that night.” The girl reached up going to run a hand through her purple hair while thinking about what to say next. “I broke up with Matty a couple days before the attack and was taking a break from the club. Hey you don't happen to have a cig on you Tyler? Or know where to get one?” Damn, she really needed to smoke.

<William> William saw the line in the cafe, and decided to settle for a bowl of beef stew. He sat down at a table in the cafe, actually not caring he was alone for once. Wow, I'm a fucking emo.

<Tyler> Smirking, Tyler pulled out a pack of smokes, tossing them to Aurora. He didn't smoke anymore and brought them simply to trade them for something else, like people do in prison. Shifting the notebook to his other arm, he glanced over at her with a intense frown. She wasn't there either. That did not bode well with him, but it wasn't like he could be pissed about it. "Ah.. you can have the pack, I quit. Do you know where anyone is... that survived that night? I tried looking for Matty, but I was told he moved to a colony to restart his life and his damn bar. They wouldn't tell me which one. I couldn't find out information about anyone else, like Faith."

<Victor> The cafeteria was of course a corral for every sort of bovine gnashing at feed imaginable. He pushed past some line standers muttering his rank and got the ordering. “Hello Doris, today I want some chicken salad, with no mayonnaise, only horseradish. Um I would also take that on sourdough and maybe a pickled onion on the side. Also I need three slices of Swiss cheese, a plate of that macaroni abortion and one of those rolls with all the sesame seeds on them.” He nodded at her as she took a minute to gather his order. “Ah such a wonderful person you are!” He said balancing his food on the slender tray and grabbing a bottle of milk. He scanned the area and saw no one of importance. He shuffled off to a table mid-center and plopped down, denying a seat to boy with braces on his legs. “Taken.” Victor said with a drawl as the kid trundled off, walking his defeated little walk.

<Aurora> Aurora bit at the plastic wrapper on the pack ripping it open. Flipping the lid open the girl out a stick with a happy sigh, “Yeah...I'm quitting too. But, I need a light.” She glanced a head seeing the cafe' up ahead while trying not to think about Matty. “Faith...” She paused thinking for a moment. “I may be able to get you in contact with Faith...your brother died in her arms.” Alright maybe she was being way to blunt about things, but it was the truth. “She would be able to give you the best details, but I will need to talk to her first before I talk to you.” The girl paused thinking about Matty restarting his life, wondering what it all meant. “I will be seeing her later today...its just-life has been harder for her ever since that night. I mean really hard.” By now they were at the entrance.

<William> William saw victor send the injured boy away. He gave up his, he was done quick anyway. He strolled past Victor, saying on his way by. "The poor kids wearing leg braces and you can't let him sit......" He just walked away, and tried to find someone worth hanging around for a while.

<Tyler> He almost stopped walking at the sound of Faith's name. Was he hearing things? Did Aurora really just indicate that she was here? Running a few fingers against his forehead in a circular motion, Tyler sighed softly before catching up with Aurora. The two were entering the cafeteria and standing in the long line. He didn't mind the line and in fact, realized it gave him more time with her. "She's here..? Faith's here? Where? Right, right... of course you can talk to her first, but I must talk to her sometime soon. I had no idea the two of you were here and at first, I didn't even recognize you. I ... I know that life has been hard since. Matty... Matty never got over you by the way. The person I spoke to said that if you were to contact him or if I were to ever find you, and you asked about Matty, we're supposed to tell you that he never got over you and still loves you."

<Victor> He hadn’t the foggiest who that boy was, but he looked vaguely familiar. Did he fall in a well? He could not recall. Well if he had let that, urm, differently abled boy sit here than more oddities would think that was alright. Some people just did not understand politics or the delicate social strata. People must adhere to a certain echelon. Victor sighed. Eating his sandwich he mindlessly picked at his onion. He wondered where Aurora was and then as if by magic he saw her standing in the line like the common proletariat. He might never understand that girl, although it would be fun to try. ”I remember now!” He exclaimed, startling the two weedy boys behind him into dropping their eats. “He was in my class!” It was fun to recognize someone, Victor thought eating his food with new fervor.

<Fujii> Standing in line for food, this seen was all too familiar, with Fujii staring at the globby translucent pink mountains that were to be called watermelon jello. Today they were in cube shapes, and he took it upon himself to get a small dish of it, along with some juice and a few various fruits. Looking around he didn't see anyone he wanted to be too familiar with, but he was willing to be social so he sat next to the one person that seemed absolutely ignorant of company, William. "Greetings young one, my name is Griffon, Fujii Griffon. Nice to meet you. Enjoying your classes?"

<Aurora> Aurora took a deep breath staring at the ground. Part of her felt like cutting in the line, but well really she didn't mind waiting all that much. The food didn't look all too terrific. The girl held the but of the cig in between her full lips really wishing she could light it. Turning to grab a food tray she turned her head towards Tyler. “I am not sure where Faith is right now she got into some trouble earlier and well I need to find her after lunch.” Aurora paused for a moment wondering why the girl hadn't called her yet, or why anyone hadn't. It was really strange. Aurora just grabbed random things that well looked decent enough to eat. “And thanks...for telling me about Matty.” The girl paused for a moment thinking as she coughed. “He deserves someone better than me though. Someone nicer.” With that she had filled her tray and plate with random food, and went looking for a spot to sit down.

<William> William looked up at the chap in front of him. Arrr. "William Warinai....Classes, oh hell....I don't even want to think about it. I had a concussion before I even entered class, got in a fight with the teacher, and passed out. Some crazy bitc-no, I'm better than to call the misunderstood soul that. This girl wanted to kill me for whatever reason. She ended up turning my testicles into a jello like material, such as what you’re eating. She was strong as hell.....Well, then I had to break the sad news to the patient next to me before leaving. The next class I got to watch chicks hug and kiss, and take advice from some perverted jackas-no once again, I know better. I'm sorry to flood you with my problems....." William looked at himself with disgust. You just cried like a woman to this guy.

<Tyler> He watched her closely, wondering how she was going to take the news. Would she be angry that he still cared for her, or would she be sad about it? Sighing softly as she thanked him, he couldn't help but groan when she told him that Faith had been in trouble earlier. For some reason it didn't surprise him and in fact, brought forth a ton of different questions that he seriously wanted to ask. Grabbing a tray, he filled it with a banana, grilled cheese sandwich, a packet of cookies, and a bottle of cherry Dr. Pepper. Looking back, he also grabbed a bag of crunchy cheetos and another sandwich. Moving behind Aurora, he realized she might not want him to hang around her. "Why am I not surprised Faith is in trouble. I can't believe she's even here. Well... do you want me to bugger off, or can I sit with you?"

<Victor> Victor saw Aurora and waved. He also saw that boy, Timothy. He looked at his plate and took a sip of milk. He would go over after he was eating; he did not have to rush after all. Time waited for him, and those like him. It was both a blessing and a curse. This cheese was something awful, just about to spoil and Victor was going to offer it to the girl sitting in front of him. She smiled and he was greeted by a picket fence of metal dentistry. Christ. Had we, as people, moved past such archaic practice? He shuddered and looked back down at his plate. He had seemed to have lost his appetite. He looked up the culprit “I hope you’re happy.” The girl shrugged. “Yes I’m talking to you, you’ve ruined my lunch and my health is very important to me. SO careless.” He remarked. “What did I do?” the girl said swallowing. “I’m just sitting here eating.” Victor stood therein lies the problem with such an appalling spectacle.” He was done with that and left his remains where they lie, opting instead to walk over to Aurora.

<Fujii> Fujii stared at the young William, "Well it seems that you had the fill of a long day." He then noticed Victor and Aurora out of his peripheral and decided to call out to them. "Aurora, Victor come sit with me now, I require more company or my meal will be wasted with no pleasantries and of less news."

<Aurora> Aurora bit her lip trying to keep thoughts of Matty and well the past away from her mind. Tyler helped somewhat when he spoke to her again. Slowly Aurora turned looking back at him with a weak smile, “Of course you can sit with me. I am not that much of a bitch.” She smirked going to walk forward when she saw Victor approach her. The girl coughed going to walk right past him. If he ignored her then she could very well do the same. Besides it looked like he was done, but then a voice said their names? The girl turned looking over at Fujii who was sitting next to William. Well, there was room by him. Aurora turned to Tyler, “Care if we sit next to them?” She glanced over at Victor now knowing there was no way of ignoring him, “Didn't see you sorry.”

<William> William was surprised by this guy, he must have benn rich or English, or something. "Yeah, I guess I have." He saw Aurora and Tyler come over to where he was sitting. Ack, not manwhore.....Damnit, why is my mouth and mind acting up. "Hi Aurora, Tyler......" His head sunk on the table, where he rested it until he was not whining anymore. He lifted his head, looking at the three around him. "Aurora...when do you think Faith will be okay...and stable....I kind of want to smooth this over."

<Tyler> Tyler smiled softly as she indicated that he could sit with her. He was glad because he really didn't feel like sitting with any of the other girls that attempted to gain his attention. He began to wonder if everyone thought him to be a manwhore, which wasn't what he wanted, not really. Sighing, he followed her over to a table where someone had been calling her name as well as another. Sitting down, he recognized the boy from his class as well as the student teacher. Beginning to eat his sandwich silently, Tyler couldn't help but snap his head up towards the seemingly defeated boy. "Wait, what did you do to Faith? Before you smart off saying I don't have a right to know, let me let you in on something. She was dating my baby brother back in West Port City, California. That's where I know Aurora from as well."

<Victor> ”Hmm didn’t see me eh?” Victor smiled at her and winked. “Well Fujii-san what news do you have for us to slake our appetites? Well I am working on an experiment involving -er.. I have none really to speak of save for the dredges seeming to frequent the place as of late.” Victor nodded in acknowledgment to the boy that told him off. “Well to you my noble squire, I applaud you as most would not even speak to one of my station, let alone in peppery disdain. You were in my class, a very unvocal boy, we should have to change that I should think.” Victor sat down after a backwards glance at that girl with the metal smile, shuddering. It seems you all got horrible sort of slop for eatables, you know they can make whatever you want! Why not take advantage of that instead of eating what the ilk eats I mean as officers” He looked around the table and shut his mouth. He was the only officer and a Captain at that. When he thought about that it really didn’t matter. And if something as imposed rank does not matter to him than why should disabilities. “I’m sorry there are certain things I will not budge on.” He said aloud.

<Fujii> Nodding at all the things that were said to him, and around him Fujii seemed rather absorbed in about three different conversations all at once. "William, look here son, if you think you pissed someone off don't bother apologizing. Show them in your own way you care enough that you offended them, by now I would hope you learned words in this day an age are useless.", turning to Victor he offered a more mundane and useless conversation, "Well my friend I bring good news that I am once again the Ace of my classes so far. Something I expected.", then he turned to Aurora, to which he carried probably the most important conversation, one at least important to him. "Aurora, I don't know you very well, you don't know me very well, but let's say we're about to fix that, you and me are going on a date. We'll meet after the last classes for the day by the assembly hall, we'll go from there. Ok? awesome." He grinned to himself turning back to Victor and William giving in to whatever words of mundane daily action they wish to discuss.

<Aurora> Aurora raised a slender brow watching Victor. Did he even care! The girl huffed again not very pleased that he just walked by her. Sure he winked, but he walked right on by! No nothing. Straightening up a bit the girl walked over to the able going to promptly sit down in the middle of Victor and Tyler. Aurora looked over at Tyler, “Faith beat William up, and Will I haven't heard anything from her. I'm going to go check after class.” The girl put her bag on the ground and then opened it. Taking the class list she had stolen she slide it inside before looking up at all of them just in time to hear Fujii address her. Before she could open her mouth to respond to the fact they didn't know each other the man told her they were going on a date. “Wait wha-” Aurora coughed again in shock at that well he just told her they were going on a date. That wasn't how things worked, but well-maybe it would irritate Victor. Looking over Fujii for a moment Aurora tilted her head to the side, “There are rules to going on a date with me Fujii.” She didn't care if she interrupted their conversation or not.

<William> William let Aurora answer for him. She put it straight and simple to the point. "I never found out why she was angry at me, and I won't probably. But, I still wish to make friends opposed to enemies. Could I come with you, Aurora? If she doesn't want me there, I will leave in a second, and I won't ask her any questions." He was interrupted by Victor, someone he really didn't want to talk to. "Well, I'm a med student, no point to pay attention or help in class unless asked of it." He listened to his next comment before replying. "Well, isn't that great for you officer pricks, special treatment, even though your just higher up for letting people under suffer." He was interrupted again, which was trying his patience. "Really, just continue a pointless fight. Start more problems because you have a grudge. Kill someone innocent for it, to solve problems, that's all that leads to, and others SUFFER FOR IT" Before William knew what he was doing, he threw a right hook at Fujii without even blinking.

<Tyler> Tyler attempted to listen in on the different conversations around him, but was finding it hard to do so. No, his mind kept flipping back to the past, where things were different and everyone was happy. He missed the past, but missed his brother the most. He would have given anything to be there that night at the dance like he was supposed to. Instead, he was stuck at a game with a girl who later cheated on him with three of his best friends. Shaking his head, he tuned back into the conversation just to hear Aurora say William had been beaten up by Faith. Blinking a little, he couldn't help but wonder why and instead finished listening to the conversation. About to interject, the brown-haired boy widened his eyes just as William punched at the only male he hadn't been introduced to; Fujii. "Eh... what was Faith wearing today anyways? Maybe I passed her and didn't realize it, especially since I barely recognized you, Aurora."

<Victor> Victor smiled at the man’s assertiveness. He was man cut from the very same cloth and Victor could not hate him. “Oh my Fujii-san it would seem you have the biggest news! Dating Miss Aurora Van Drake is like touching ones lips to a rose so very rare!” His mirth was bursting. “I should think a procession of seven noble ladies and five gelded boys throw crushed lilacs wherever doth shall tread.” Victor smiled at Aurora patting her hand. “Fujii, I think perhaps at a time less crucial I would have thrown my hat into the ring. Alas I am but a nihilist and narcissist what but heartache could one such as me offer to such a treasure?” He let his smile drain from his face. “So Aurora we did not get to talk much during class I trust you are not too upset. Class was triviality I had hopped to avoid but I am student, much like,” He scanned the room singling out a boy with un-tucked shirt and egg on his trousers. “That hapless fuck over there. To the higher ups he and I are no different. Isn’t that sad?” He looked back at her memorizing her face as he was accustomed to do after a long absence. “You two seem rather chummy, I would have eavesdropped if I cared but I just think histories are neat. So Tyson, how do you know this apple of everyone’s eye? Better not get too close, the boyfriend.” He made prominent air quotations and continued. “Might give you a wallop like he did to Faith after she sundered all those people’s facial structures.” Victor still wondered why people believed Faith had nothing to do with that, which was most assuredly utterly asinine, after all, Victor was there. He heard that boy mumble something like he had a mouth full of marbles then throw a punch at Fujii. For some reason Victor stood. What had come over William?

<Fujii> Fujii was eating his Jello as the conversations went on around him till at some point he dropped jello from his spoon to the floor, which bothered him greatly in the midst of trying to listening to everyone talking to him. Leaning down under the table with a napkin to pick up the jello piece he felt the air move by him quickly, a sudden breeze? he thought to himself. Sitting back up in his seat he hit his head on the table and let out a small yell "OW! God damn it..." Sitting up now rubbing his head, he joined the conversations again. "Rules? well then I don't know about that, when you worry less on rules because you think every jerk in this place wants to take you to his dorm room and screw like animals, we'll go on a date." He knew his tongue wasn't that biting sharp but Victor seemed to be standing up for some reason and everyone looking at him. "Do I have jello on my face?"

<Aurora> Aurora had been about to answer William when he started to get upset and threw a punch at Fujii. Umm...she would get back to him on that once the boy calmed down. She glanced over at Tyler, “She's wearing a red wife beater tank top, blue jeans that are curved in a lovely fashion to show off her frame, and a pair black boots that I bought for her as a 'thinking of you present.'” Aurora glanced back over at Fujii before Victor spoke up. The girl's blue eyes shifted over to him. He had to be joking! He wasn't-he was kidding right? And then when the man put his hand on hers Aurora tensed slightly. Aurora's gaze was just fixed on Victor, staring at him in shock before finally Fujii spoke. She noted that he ducked out of the way of the punch which was good. Aurora didn't feel like being a witness to another fight. “I don't have rules for that reason Fujii darling. I have them because I can't just date anyone. Not because of me being snobbish even it’s just from experience. I had one date steal my silverware and sell them to perverts...” The girl paused. “I just need you to sign an agreement then we can go out. It’s nothing personal, but like I said bad experiences. And it’s so hard to be a good judge of character. I do completely agree with you that we need to get to know each other better.” She glanced over at Victor again thinking, “You do seem rather dark at times...”

<William> William didn't know what he was doing, and jumping with joy on the inside to see Fujii duck. He sat quickly, a guilty nervous look on his face. What did I just do? He was trying to help me, but after being so stressed...and..that line, he heard it before. He remembered years ago, he was young....His dad and several other men had helped the police crack down on the Yakuza. He was kidnapped in the night, and used to get a hold of his father and the other men involved. He remembered that phrase as he prayed for his father's life. "Show you’re sorry by your actions, after all words are useless in this day and age." He remembered his father disagreeing, and being shot in the back, throat, and then head. "I-I - I'm so-rry, dear God, I almost hit you Fujii....."

<Tyler> Glancing at Victor, Tyler snorted. "The name is Tyler. I'm not getting chummy with her. As I said before, we've known each other for a while." Deciding not to say anymore on that subject seeing as it was still quite touchy for Aurora and himself, Tyler instead focused on Fujii leaning down just as the punch came at him, which was great timing and almost humorous. Finishing off his plate of food, Tyler slid it down the table in order to lean against it. Shifting his gaze back to Aurora, he choked on the rest of his Dr. Pepper and nearly sprayed it out of his nose. The girl he tried to kiss earlier was dressed in that very outfit. Thinking on it, he realized that yes that did look like Faith. "Fuck... that girl I was telling you about earlier? The one that I tried to kiss and she kicked my ass? That was Faith..."

<Victor> Good Christ did he just see what he thought he did? He sat down. “You have to mind the quiet ones.” He said taking a drink of his milk. “No Jello Fujii-san, right as rain.” He wondered about Aurora sometimes. He wondered about all of them. “Ah Tyler, ok man, histories are important. So Aurora,” He had become distracted by that very girl he had eye-fucked earlier this week. She was a vision, chestnut eyes, expressive lips. Over all her mouth looked like a great place to visit and stay awhile. “So urm - what? Who was talking?

<Aurora> “You kissed Faith!” Aurora couldn't help the fact that she just blurted the words out in shock. “Wait...you tried? But still...Tyler...that is a little well disgusting...I mean you didn't know, but still its sort of...gross.” The girl glanced over at Victor as he went to sit back down, and said her name. So, she turned wondering what more the man had to say to her when she saw him clearly checking out another woman. Now the girl narrowed her eyes giving Victor a glare that women only give when they want to kill a male or when some bitch takes the last pair of shoes you want in your size even though you were clearly looking at them. Slowly she forced out a smile, “I honestly have no idea what you were going to say Victor.” With that she promptly turned her head looking at Fujii. “You know darling...I can trust you right? Of course I can. I'm sorry for what I said earlier its just previous experience. I can go out with you later just let’s make an hour after classes? I have some errands I need to run, and I would like to look presentable.”

<William> William was again amazed but what happened around him. He was calm again, but his memories made him helpless inside. It was like watching a looped video, his father getting shot over and over again. He need something to take his mind off it. He asked to go with Aurora, but somehow, he knew she would say no. He turned to her. "As I asked...before....., do you think I can come with you?"

<Tyler> Tyler noticed Victor becoming distracted by another girl. From the little bit he picked up on, he could have sworn Aurora and Victor were a couple. Shrugging off that thought he turned bright red when Aurora accused him of being disgusting; well his kiss to Faith at least. Frowning a little, he poked at the table a couple of times. He had missed Aurora's eh... charming personality and found it amazing that she agreed to go out with Fujii. Shifting his attention towards William as he again asked to go with her to see Faith, the teen wondered if that was such a good idea. "Hey! I said I didn't know it was her. How do you think I feel now that I know? I realize how disgusting it is, but there's nothing I can do about it! I want to talk to her as soon as you two are finished. We have a lot to discuss... and it's probably going to be hard on her, so Aurora... would you mind being there for emotional support for her?"

<Aurora> Aurora glanced over at William, "Darling...you can only go with me if you listen to every word and I say and don't disobey it alright? Just apologize and then leave...that would be the best thing for you to do at this moment. Then you might slowly gain her favor as she gets to know you. But, don't think a friendship is going to happen over night. Even ask Tyler." Aurora then turned her attention to Tyler with a light smirk, "Us two? Who are you-" She paused. "Never mind...I am going to see her after I get a chance to eat. You can come with as long as your definition of emotional support has nothing to do with groping or sticking your tongue down her throat. And-I suggest you apologize right away for trying to kiss her." The girl paused. "Why the hell do people need my permission to see Faith anyways?"

He waddled out from underneath the desk looking none the worse for wear with her mechanical pencil nestled in the palm of his left hand. Pushing off from his heels he then stood, tossed his hair lightly and paused for a moment to regain his composure. A quick glance at her deep, hazel-brown eyes empowered him with a sort of brash conviction that he mistook for confidence and led him to begin an informal introduction.

"Hello, I'm Mathis Engledew," he said, offering the pencil back to its owner. "I was in a bit of a daze down there. Thanks for shaking me out of my shell. This is yours, I take it?"

His black, thick-rimmed glasses -which were just for show because he could see perfectly fine without them- slid down his nose, giving him a silly kind of appearance.

OfficerReaching the Infirmary, two officials asked to speak with the Doctor and requested the presence of Reiko Ituralde along with Faith Blade. They stood at attention with their ironed and pressed navy blue uniforms with silver linings. Academy badges latched themselves onto the officers’ sleeves while they watched a nurse with an empty wheelchair go to retrieve Faith. The officers also noticed that the Doctor sent another young medical student to fetch Reiko. They wore black hats that were flat on the top, clearly signifying that they weren’t your normal officials. One of them stood slightly taller than the other and a bit more bulky too. He was a darker shade of tan, with thick eyebrows and a hard look about his face. The other was a little leaner and very clean cut. His dark brown hair spiked out of his hat as his face carried a stern look.

ReikoAs he finished showering in one of the showers in the medbay and had his clean uniform set out in the bathroom, he heard a knocking. With a look of irritance, he came over to the door, towel around his waist and completely dry. The only indication that he'd actually taken a shower was the wet hair. Opening it, he heard the med student's directions and nodded, muttering an oath, then "I'll be out in a few minutes. Thank you." Then he closed the door and locked it, returning to his clean uniform and quickly but surely dressing himself in the uniform, then finishing the uniform out with steel-toed boots that were literally brand-new. He glared at the mirror, at himself as he brushed the mid-back length hair down and clean, with quick yet efficient motions before binding it with a hairband of ordinary quality that marred the high-quality uniform he wore before setting atop the hat almost similar to that of the interrogator's, then finally pocketing everything he needed, such as ID card, pen and a PDA that really functioned as a tiny but powerful computer. Then he walked out, and towards the interrogators, glaring at them. But as he reached them, he stiffly came to attention, then saluted them. He had to do this, even though he was ranked higher than they. Interrogators were a pain in the ass, but he dealt with them and finally, after a few second's pause "Corporal Reiko Ituralde reporting as ordered."

FaithyEven as one of the nurses walked over to her and let her know the interrogators were there to see her, Faith didn't bat an eye. No, she allowed the nurse and med students to gently move her from the bed to the wheelchair. Her face remained blank and her hands dropped lightly into her lap. The nurses had removed her i.v. earlier, knowing that she despised them immensely. As she was pushed to the others, she heard Reiko checking in and figured they were about to be ripped into. Normally she would mind, but that wasn't the case anymore. No, her smart ass mouth remained closed and her gaze shifted to her hands, as if she found them absolutely intriguing. Finally, she spoke though her voice was no more than a whisper, "Private Faith Blade of Dice reporting... as ordered."

OfficerThe officials returned the salute to Reiko and judging by the uniform that Reiko presented himself in, they realized that Reiko was their superior. “Corporal Officer Reiko Ituralde, we need to take you in for questioning,” the shorter one stated. “We understand that you’ve been taken into the interrogation room before, so we will not go through interrogation procedures with you,” the taller one said. As the nurse wheeled Faith out, the officers politely tipped their hats to her. “Private Faith Blade, you will be accompanying Corporal Officer Reiko Ituralde in the interrogation room,” the larger of the two officers went ahead and took on the job of wheeling Faith as the other officer led the way down the corridors toward the glass elevators. As the doors of the elevator parted, the smaller officer put is ID card into a card reader in the elevator and hit the ‘G’ button. The glass walls of the elevator revealed the magnificence of the universe before them. It was an old way of architecture to lead prisoners to experience a final view of natural beauty until they were to be executed – in this case students to be interrogated.

ReikoOn the second trip, he was not impressed by the view. "Understood." And he did, because he'd done this a few times. He didn't argue, though it would be clear that he was randomly wincing, as if hurting in a bad way. Obviously they'd know about it. "I suggest you not touch Faith." He wasn't too sure if Faith would let him touch her. He shook his head briefly as he followed, then raised his eyebrow and was sorely tempted to pull out his card and try using it, knowing he'd be granted access instantly. But he didn't, so he stood there in the elevator, looking bored, yet serious.

FaithyAs the officers dipped their hats towards her, Faith stared at her hands. It wasn't that she was being rude, but the urge to look at anyone wasn't exactly high. When the headed towards the glass elevators, she glanced up in order to look around since it was a new part of the ship, but her peering around only lasted a few minutes before she was once again gazing at her hands. Sitting silently in the wheel chair, Faith wondered what they were going to do to her. Were they going to kick her out? Would they throw her into solitary? Or would they chatise the two of them and release them back into the infirmary. She wanted nothing more than to be in her room with Aurora, but that wouldn't be for a while longer. Frowning heavily, she wished that Reiko would at least squeeze her shoulder, but she wasn't going to ask for him to and she was definitely glad the guards <
[02:19:01] <Faithy> were not touching her, although she probably wouldn't do anything anyways. "...'kay..."

OfficerThe doors parted once again, but this time it revealed an upper level walkway that bridged over the dimly lit Gundam hangar. The lean officer led the way while speaking to Faith, “This would be your first time in interrogation?” It was more or a rhetorical question, “We are in the upper level of the Gundam hangar right now. This here would be the only way you could view the Gundams. The interrogation room is just ahead.” He stopped as he had to use his access card once again to open a silver door that was at the end of the walkway that led them through a plain looking hallway. As they finally reached the room, the shorter officer held the door opened for his partner to wheel Faith in. The room was brightly lit with gray walls and had nothing but a table and chairs in it. One of the walls had a horizontal mirror on it which obviously had observers watching from the opposite side.

ReikoFor a brief moment, he placed his hand upon Faith's shoulder and squeezed it. Then he moved his hand to his side. Once he entered the hallway, he ignored the Gundams, and ignored the interrogators. He raised an eyebrow as the guard once again used his card. He shook his head as he entered the interrogation room. The same damned one, in fact. He looked at the mirror with irrtance, then saluted the mirror, knowing there would be officers either of equal rank to him or higher, before turning and taking a seat. "Ask away." His voice was curt, yet clipped.

FaithyUnable to resist it, Faith glanced around at all the gundams. They were beautfiul and she knew immediately that she wanted one. Keeping her attention on a red and black one, the injured teen stared until the door closed and cut off her vision. Shifting her gaze towards Reiko, Faith nodded at the squeezing of her shoulder and prepared to be interrogated. She was tempted to ignore the questions, but realized that it wasn't even worth denying that she had fought against Reiko. Blowing a few strands of blonde hair out of her face, Faith murmured softly, her attention down at her hands once again. "Yes... I have been interrogated before, but... this is my first time here..."

OfficerAs they wheeled Faith to one end of the table, the officers took a seat to the side of her and motioned Reiko to do the same. The smaller of the two then began. “First and foremost, it was reported that there was conflict between the two of you during the first period Martial Arts I class. We need each of you explain the events that took place during the class period”

ReikoAn eyebrow was raised. "To be honest, I don't know. Someone set off a audio noisemaker." He knew who, but he decided not to say who. "I think it was some girl. Or a guy." He shrugged. He'd met some guys that actually looked like girls till they got naked. "And well, I was going to ask the teacher what the hell was going on." He didn't comment on what had made them start fighting, since he knew that was between them and wasn't about to budge on that particular subject. If they were to ask, he'd only say one thing.

FaithyHer expression darkened immensely as they asked what had happened to begin the fight. The emotion remained on her face for only a moment before it disappeared behind her blank visage. Wondering why Reiko didn't spill, Faith wondered what to say. Should she tell them exactly what happened or perhaps make something up. Rubbing her forehead, the battered teen decided it was none of their business and so, she would keep it to herself for now. "...I don't recall. I blanked out while in Reiko's room and I don't remember what happened before or afterwards."

OfficerThe officers turned to look at each other, wondering whether or not they should believe Faith. She looked sincere enough, and she was pretty beaten up so they decided not to press her. The reason why they brought the two into interrogation was to see if Reiko had been right for the job. He was originally hired to keep an eye out for the girl and make sure she stays out of trouble. When word was sent out that the two were at each other’s throats, the chief demanded that the two be taken in for questioning to see if he needed a replacement. The officers decided, from the looks of it, that Reiko and Faith seemed to be just fine with each other. Reiko seemed to be comforting her and she was allowing it. Shifting the subject slightly, the officers pressed on to other matters concerning the safety of the student body, “A first year student was also sent to the infirmary after taking a blow around his…private areas. Do either of you know what happened?”

FaithyThe girl couldn't help it. She couldn't keep back the snicker that slipped out of her lips. For that brief moment, she allowed herself to feel again, though it lasted only a minute. Falling silent again, Faith wondered how to answer that question. Sighing softly, she slid a hand to her ribs, though by looking at her, you wouldn't be able to tell she was in pain. Lifting up her head, she glanced at the officers, her dull eyes staring straight through them as if she were searching for their souls or something deeper perhaps. "I know what happened, yes. However, I do not feel like telling you." Ah, there it was, a touch of her old sarcastic self. Did that mean she was no longer broken? No, but some things never changed.

ReikoWhen he was asked about the poor fuck getting kicked in the nuts, he looked bewildered. He had no idea what the hell they were talking about and said so. "What the fuck are you two talking about?" Then he heard Faith snicker, looking to her. "Oh. Well...whatever happened, I wasn't there till the kid was lying on his back."

OfficialThe Reiko kid was a rude little fucker, wasn’t he? The officials already had an idea about what happened earlier that day in the Martial Arts I room. Turning to Faith they replied to her, “Miss Blade, our job here at the Academy is to keep the students safe. Now we’ve had a few reports about innocent students being sent to the medical wing because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. We ask that you tone it down a bit, so that we can ensure the safety of the students here at the Academy. If another mishap does ensue, we have been ordered to hold yourself as well as Corporal Officer Reiko accountable. Is this understood?” the officer asked both of them the question.

Faithy"I'll pretend I care, 'kay? Will that make you all feel better about your cushy jobs? I am sure you hate having to leave your precious offices and deal with students such as myself. How about I hold the government accountable for fucking with me? They knew what I was capable before they brought me here, so I fail to see how that's my problem." Narrowing her eyes, she growled softly. It seemed these assholes were bringing back the fire that up until this time had been dead. Smirking coldly, she pushed her blonde hair out of her eyes and away from her battered face.

ReikoHe was normally not a rude fucker, but that question had caught him completely by surprise and had responded that way purely out of habit. He listened to them lecture about Faith and him being responsible for her actions. He knew they were right. "Actually, not just my head will roll. Yours will too, if I don't get the support that I need to help her succeed." He snorted, knowing that officials were highly protective of their turfs.

OfficialThe officers knew from recent encounters that their coworkers had with the young lady that that was the most they were going to get out of her. They weren’t about to get into a long discussion about how how the government played into this. The officers also agreed to disagree with Reiko, “We could make this easier for you, but at the same time we could make this very hard for you. In the end it would be you that would get replaced. All we ask is that you steer clear from the innocent, and we will do our best to make sure that all is well on your part.”

Faithy"Perhaps the innocent should steer clear from me? Why should I go out of my way and walk clear around someone just because they can't leave me the fuck alone? Nope, I'm not going to do it and there's nothing you huffy bastards are going to do to get me to change my mind." Dropping her hands back into her lap, Faith shifted her attention from the officers to Reiko and back to her hands. It was signal that she was finished talking with the idiots and that they should be glad she gave them that much attention to begin with. "I'd like to go to my room now and not back to that disgusting infirmary. Make it happen."

ReikoHe stretched casually, then ran his hands over his uniform, as if looking for a pen, then looked in his pocket, happening to just "brush" his hand against his PDA, causing it to activate and start recording after pressing a certain button. "Oh? You're serious about not giving me what I need to help you as well as myself keep our heads on?" He nodded. "So, it is to be this way then. Well..I wonder what would happen if others were to hear about this?" He was actually curious now, and watched the two officers. "After all, we're supposed to work together, not against each other."

OfficialCalmly and without emotion, the officer asked, “Aren’t the students on this ship, as innocent as those that were close to you? Your family…? Your lover…? I’m sure some people in this world did not deserve to die, as well as a lot of the innocent on the ship do not deserve a trip to the infirmary.” The officer knew he went a little over the line with that one, and he also knew that he would have to answer to the chief after all of the questioning. He knew he still wasn’t wasn’t going to get too much from her, but he thought to try to put it all into perspective for her. After the guards were oblivious to the fact that Reiko switched on his voice recorder on his PDA, they turned to him with a smirk. “I wouldn’t be too sure about how the others would react if I were you, kid. And you’re right, if we worked together we could ensure the safety of the students, and at the same time protect Miss Blade here as well.”

FaithyThe fucker said the wrong thing. Even if he didn't mean realize what he was saying was the wrong thing, he still said it. Growling rather loudly, Faith pushed the wheelchair away from the table, standing up in the process. Yes, her ankle was killing her, but at least they put her in a walking type cast. The wheel chair slammed against the wall behind her. Turning around, she grabbed a hold of the arms of it and literally threw it at the at the officer with another growl. Ignoring the pain in her ribs, she moved around to where the officer was at, tackling him to the ground. She was pissed and was about to show them what happened when one brought up her past. "Bite your fucking tongue before I rip it out you cock-sucker!"

ReikoWhen Faith got up to attack, he moved and caught her firmly in his grasp and held her back, and looked at the idiotic guards. "You goddamned idiots! If I get hurt for this, it'll be on YOUR fucking heads for doing this! YOU should know better than to pull this kind of fucking bullshit!" He'd read her files, and while he didn't know everything about her, he tried to make sure that he did learn as much as he could about her.

Officer: Nearly jumping out of their seats when Faith got up to attack, before they could do anything, Reiko was already holding her. The officers were adjusting their uniforms afterwards, turning to Reiko. “You do your job, and we’ll do ours,” the shorter officer replied. His partner went to go retrieve the wheelchair. He noticed that one of the wheels was a bit bent, but it could still somewhat function. Bringing it up beside Reiko and Faith the other officer continued, “That will be all. Corporal Officer Reiko, will you be needing some assistance to get Miss Blade back to her room?” The taller one was already at the door, opening it for the two.

Reiko`Ituralde: He growled at the assholes. "You just made it a lot more complicated, you fuckers." But he said nothing else, and when he looked at the man besides him while he held Faith, he growled "Get the hell out of here before I lose control of her and she goes after your asses. GO!" He wasn't sure he could hold her for long, for he knew she'd be fighting him. "No, I do not need assistance. What I DO need for you two motherfuckers is to get the fuck outta here and out of my way before she comes after your throats!"

Faithy: Growling as Reiko held her back from being the hell out of another officer, Faith could feel her ribs starting to ache again. Leaning back so that there wasn't any stress placed upon then, she settled for glaring at the jerks. Even as they fixed the wheelchair, she kept her gaze upon the two. If looks could kill, they definitely would have been long dead. Yanking free from Reiko, she walked out of the now open door, ignoring the wheelchair. If it hadn't been for her sheer determination, she wouldn't have attempted to walk because it still hurt like hell, but there was no way she was going to give them the satisfaction that she was weak. As she walked, the teen slowly slipped back into her shell and her expression blanked out into nothing; just a broken body.

Officer: They watched as Faith made it out the door as if she was perfectly fine. Both of them knew that she was probably in a world of pain, though and in that way they respected her will and determination. They also chose to block out the loud expletives that were pouring out of Reiko’s mouth. With a salute to Reiko, the officers stepped out of the door and began to walk the opposite way. Speaking to each other one of the officers said, “Kids these days, have absolutely no respect for their elders.” His partner nodded in full agreement.

Reiko`Ituralde: He snorted. "Fuck you two. I have good reason to not be respectful of you two." He glared at them and walked past, and caught up with Faith. He used his card to get them access to the elevator and wherever that needed the card, got his card again.

Faithy: Faith waited until the officers were out of view and she and Reiko were in the hospital before leaning against the wall letting out a soft groan. Pain pills were going to be a necessity, especially since she planned on going to classes and more importantly, going to get lunch. She was starving and her stomach growled in recognition of this acknowledgement. Stopping in the corridor, Faith glanced over at her 'guardian' and nodded her head. "Thanks, but I can take it from here. I'm going to the mess hall for some much needed grub. I promise I'll be on my best behavior, alright?"

Reiko`Ituralde: He nodded when she said this. "You're welcome." He turned, then left the infirmary, after having been checked over. He'd ignored his pain earlier, and had ignored it again when he'd held Faithy. It was not easy, but he did it. Then he began walking. Walking to, he knew not, for it seemed his mind was on other things.

Faithy: Faithy grins, heading towards the mess hall, excited to be able to eat finally.

<Victor> ”Oh going out for an ambulation are ya? Won’t that be ever so much fun, Aurora!” Victor hated pickled onions he just remembered, why did he take that one he thought. Did he even eat it? He didn’t think so. Bleah, pickled onions.

<Fujii> Smiling Fujii nodded at Aurora. "Glad you agreed to the date." then turning to William he simply replied to him. "By what do you mean a prick? and you tried to attack me? when was this." He didn't let William answer that or explain he already knew what happen just for Fujii it was easier to avoid trivial things like being attacked by someone not entirely in control of their emotions. "Anyway i'll be sure to keep that in mind about my advice, haha." Fujii then decided to avoid William in conversation by turning his attention to the other kids around the table and throwing back and forth jokes with them.

<Tyler> "Of course that won't include me sticking my tongue down her throat. I'm not my brother and I know that. I plan on apologizing for more than just the attempted kiss. I'm asking for your permission because I know it's going to be awkward and hard; seeing Faith and talking to her about the past, ya' know?" Frowning, he leaned back to stretch out his back before glancing over at William in curiosity. The kid appeared to be a few quarts low of something or perhaps his elevator just didn't go all the way to the top. Either way, he had issues and Tyler wasn't sure he wanted him near Faith. At least Aurora would be there to ensure things didn't get out of hand.

<Aurora> Aurora looked over at Victor again narrowing her eyes, “Well, he is the first decent fellow that has asked me on this ship so why not? I am sure I will enjoy myself completely.” With that Aurora went to start eating her food finally listening to the others. Well, Fujii was going to go out with her. It would prove interesting. She glanced over at Tyler, “Yes, I understand.” She paused. “We'll let William speak to her first though.” And then she would send the boy away. There was no reason he needed to know their past as well.

<William> William sat, wishing he had grabbed more when he was up at the front. He felt his nuts in pain again, so he pulled some more of his "medicine" out. Being a med student, this was quite easy to get a hold of. He swallowed the pills whole, and waited for them to kick in. He thought about what to say to Faith, that wouldn't piss her off.

<Faithy> After making her way from the interrogation hell, past the infirmary and towards the mess hall, Faith was pleased that there wasn't a line. Well, that was one good thing about being delayed. Walking up to the front where all the food was, she ignored the whispers since half of the school, if not all heard about her fight with Reiko. Rolling her eyes, she was about to grab some food when she remembered her jaw was wired shut. Narrowing her eyes angrily, she settled for thirteen bowls of jello and a straw in addition to five bottles of water. Glancing around, she looked around for someone she recognized and sighed in relief at the sight of Aurora; ignoring the others that were sitting beside her of course. Walking over to her roommate, Faith slid down, shoving whoever was on the right side of her down a bit before speaking as well as possible considering her jaw. "Yo."

<Aurora> Aurora's eyes went wide when she saw her roommate, "FAITH! What the hell happened to you! Who did this!" Instantly Aurora forgot about everything and moved towards her friend looking her over. "Your jaw-and your leg...did that Reiko!" With out another word the girl went to stand up thinking that she was going to give that man a piece of her mind if not something else.

<Tyler> Gasping, Tyler nearly leapt to his feet at the sight of Faith. As he watched her walk to get her food, he could tell she was in a world of pain, but like the Faith he knew, was playing it off. Watching silently as Aurora rushed over to her, Tyler had a ton of memories flood into his mind. Pushing them out, he wondered who this Reiko was, but decided to wait to ask. His stomach tensed up as she sat down between himself and Aurora, wondering if she realized who he was or if she recognized him from before. Deciding it best to allow Aurora to speak first, he unconsciously bit down on his bottom lip, chewing on it in deep thought.

<William> William knew the pills had kicked in, but at the sight of Faith, they felt as if just kicked. Must be mind over matter he thought. He examined her from across the table, and figured she was beat. "Are you ....okay?" He realized that with her jaw wired shut, she couldn't do much for talking. William looked at the pills in his hand, the rest still in their orange case.....Hmmm.... He slid them across the table. "You might want those, and if you run out, I'm a can get more."

<Faithy> Shaking her head as Aurora met her on the way to the table, Faith knew what was going to come. Waiting until her bud was finished panicking, the teen opened her straw up and swished up the jello to make it nice and runny. Wrinkling up her nose, she first took a sip of her water before turning to Aurora. "Hun, hun... calm down. Reiko and I beat the hell out of each other. We've come to an understanding and we're good now. Don't worry about hurting him... this was bound to happen and I'm glad it did." Smiling a little before realizing it hurt, the blonde sipped the disgusting jello in immense disgust. Shifting her attention towards William, Faith realized that she probably should apologize for attempting to relocate his balls. "Mm.. I'm fine. Sorry for ya' know... readjusting your balls 'n all." Sipping more of her water, Faith pulled out some pain pills, carefully taking them. Luckily they were small enough to slip through her mouth. Glancing at the orange case, she shook her head, indicating that she had her own. Running a few fingers through her hair, realizing that despite the scuffle, it was still in good shape. Finally, she peered over at Tyler, studying him before widening her eyes in disbelief. It was the bastard that attempted to kiss her, but more importantly as she studied him, she realized that he was Caleb's big brother. Why he was here wasn't exactly clear, but from the way he was chewing on his lips, she would probably find out in a few minutes.

<Victor> He put his head down thinking about the manatees. He knew Faith was back, he felt her presence, like slipping your hand in warm goo, Victor felt Faith return. “Super. More fighting for the enjoyment of the plebs.” He mumbled into the ridged plastic table top. What an awful day its been, he thought.

<Aurora> Aurora listened to Faith a bit in disbelief before she sighed heavily going to sit back down at the table. "Faith Darling...seriously...I think you need a yoga class or something." With that the girl ran a hand through her hair trying to become unstressed, "I mean your jaw is wired shut and-" The girl stopped again pushing her food away. Suddenly she wasn't hungry anymore and was starting to feel sick. Inhaling deeply the girl took a deep breath and just tried to let it go. "I'm glad your ok and that you and Reiko came to your understanding I guess." The girl paused glancing over at Victor with a raised brow. He had ignored her earlier comments to him, but couldn't help herself, "It gives you a job so I'd be happy if I were you." With that Aurora broke her normal habit of having perfect posture and leaned her elbows on the table while holding her head. "Faith your sitting next to Tyler Harris by the way..." God, she needed to go smoke now.

<Tyler> He could feel Faith staring at him and tried to focus in on the conversations. However, when Aurora told her exactly who he was, his entire complexion turned white. It wasn't from fear, but from another emotion all togther. He could tell she was broken inside, like everything just snapped, but he wasn't sure why. From what he heard, this is how she was for a few weeks after the killing, but then she returned to her normal self, except her violent nature was a lot worse. Gulping, he inhaled deeply before starting to speak. "Hi there... I had no idea you and Aurora were here. I'm sort of... fulfilling Caleb's dream. I uhh... can we talk sometime? Oh... and I'm really sorry for trying to kiss you. I didn't know it was you." Cutting off, he stared down at the table, half wondering if Faith was going to get pissed off."

<William> William was surprised, a sorry from Faith.....hmm. "What do you mean sorry, I gave you a free shot at me?... I don't hold a grudge about that..... I should be saying sorry,.... I made you angry in the first place... William wanted to help her, she seemed to be injured badly. "You can keep those pills anyway. I'm can always get more, and they have some other uses if I've been paying attention." He joked. He smiled at her. "Look, if you need any help, I'm right down the hall from you..... Well, I better leave, I'm sure you don't want me around while you're relaxing."

<Faithy> Glancing over at Tyler, Faith arched a brow. So, she was right in he assumptions. Putting him on hold a moment, Blade glared at Victor, feeling that something was going on between him and Aurora. Leaning over to her comrade, the teen prodded her in the nose. "Yoga? Yeah... probably should take something like that." She was attempting to joke, but the only thing she really wanted to do was to curl up in a corner and wither away. Perhaps later... Returning her attention first to William, she arched a brow. "You didn't make me angry. You can stay if you want, but Tyler and I have a lot of stuff to discuss that involves our past. So, maybe we should scoot on down or something. Aur, you okay? I didn't mean to stress you out... again. I'm really not being a very good friend, am I? Damn it..." Nearly about to smack her face, she stopped just in time, luckily. Tyler would wait until she knew for sure her bud was alright and something told her, he would understand.

<Victor> He raised his head at the sound of that voice. “Oh Faith! How goes it? You are looking well, you’re alive and that ain’t bad!” Victor cracked his knuckles and sighed. He was desperate to leave now. Aurora was irking him with this feigned fancy towards Fujii and he assumed Tyler and Faith were most likely going to bump ugiles. He did not listen to what they said but, isn’t that what kids do? “Aurora when you are done with Fujii and stringing William along to whatever little thing you happen to be inclined to do, you and I should date, no outwardly of course, that would churn the rumor mill something fierce, and rumors is all these poor souls have to live for.” He half-smiled and cleared his throat. “So how does that sound? I asked you out during the dance for coffee but who remembers that it was such a devilishly long ago, plus with the excitement of the night, well who can remember such trivialities anyway?” He drank the last of his milk and it tasted like copper.

<Aurora> Aurora smiled weakly at Faith, "No Darling...your fine. Its just- I was worried about you that’s all, and I should have done more." She went to prod her friend in the arm thinking about giving Faith a kiss on the cheek, but then decided not to because of the whole jaw thing. "I'll make it up to you, I promise." It was then she glanced over at Victor. Most of her mind was still on needing that cigarette, but then-wait he asked her out. And William? The girl blinked several times. "William and I aren't-he just wanted to talk to Faith and-" She paused seriously trying to remember the dance. "I don't recall you asking-" She paused for a moment thinking. Wait. There was something said about coffee. Shit...he had asked her. Thinking for a moment the girl bit her lip, "Hmm. Is later this evening later or tomorrow later?" It wasn't like she was going to be dating either one of them seriously.

<Tyler> Tyler started to say something, but stopped and nodded. He would wait as long as Faith needed, since this was going to impact her and probably not in a good say. Leaning to the side, resting his elbow on the table and his cheek on his palm, he watched everyone silently. It amazed him how strong Faith's bond with Aurora was, especially since they lost contact with each other. It didn't surprise him one bit that Aurora had two guys trying to win her over, though their intentions were a bit shady, in his eyes. Still, it wasn't any of his business and he definitely wasn't going to but in. "Whenever you're ready, Faith."

<William> William laughed at almost every word he was hearing at this point, too many pills most likely. I have to play this off as I'm just joking, he thought. "No, I won't budge into your history, I have enough memories as it is." He Stood from the table. "Goodbye Faith, Tyler, Victor." He finally turned to Aurora. "See you Aurora, maybe I'll ask you out next, after all, you've got these lover boys falling for you already." Sadly for me, he thought as he walked away, I truly want to. He didn't know why her in particular, then again, he wanted to ask out Faith and Ai too. The fact that he wanted to ask out Faith scared him the most Maybe I'm just a bucket of horemones, I mean, I am a 16 year old boy.

<Faithy> Shifting her attention over to Victor, Faith opted to ignore him. Something was apparently up his ass, though she found it amusing that he asked out Aurora after he learned she was going to go out with Fujii. Or rather, he said he had asked her out previously, but since Faith wasn't around, she couldn't vouch for that. "Eh, yes... it's great to be alive." Arching a slender brow, she sipped more of the jello before shoving the tray away from her. The food tasted disgusting on a normal basis and having to sip melted jello was even worse. Speaking of Fujii; she really needed to talk to him. Hell, she owed him something painful. Glancing at Aurora, Faith frowned as well as one could with a wired shut jaw. It killed her internally that her friend felt bad and wished she could have done more. It made it even worse that she mentioned that she would make it up to Faith. If possible, Blade died a little bit more emotionally right about then, her eyes dulling even more so that the golden specs were barely even noticeable. Tyler... Tyler, why did he have to show up? He just made the already difficult past even worse, though it wasn't his fault... not really. Finally there was William. She nodded towards him as he walked away after asking Aurora on a date. Yep, her roommate was quite the popular person.

<Victor> “Ok well we are going to all have to work out a schedule for seeing Aurora, so I’ll go first tonight and she’ll let you know William. I was thinking just coffee to start say maybe 2000 hours? I think Aurora it should be alright, I mean not too many kiddies dicking around at that time.” Victor stood. “I’m getting some more milk to boost my energy tonight incase I might need it.” He walked over to the cooler and passed that girl with the metal face accents. He still shuddered. “Some people should just stay at home am I right?” He said to a chubby oriental boy taking another helping of macaroni. “Oh you know what I mean.”

<Aurora> "Oh it’s not that easy-" The girl stopped seeing that victor was already gone. Well, turning she wrinkled her nose slightly at the man. He could just make her so mad! The girl sighed looking over at Faith and Tyler, "So maybe we should all go talk huh?" The girl paused glancing over at Victor again, "And then I can finally smoke."

<Tyler> Fighting back a snicker as William asked out Aurora, Tyler couldn't help but be impressed. The girl had something that those three wanted; whether or not they were using her or actually interested in them was yet to be determined. He glanced at Faith, noticing that she had the same expression if not worse than the last time she broke, which was not a good thing. Nodding towards William to bid him a fond farewell, Tyler drank the rest of his soda before tossing the bottle into a nearby trash can. When Aurora indicated that perhaps they should walk, he was relieved and slid to his feet, offering a hand to help Faith up. "I agree... let's get this over with."

<Faithy> Leaving her tray for someone else to pick it up, Faith slid to her feet, using Tyler to steady herself. Her ankle was now nothing more than a dull pain along with her jaw and ribs thanks to the pain pills she took. It didn't make it any easier to walk though because while she was sitting, her body decided to get stiff. Grunting, she forced herself to walk, figuring that they might as well go back to the room. Heading towards the room, Faith wondered when Aurora had started smoking again.