╔╗╚╝K&K analyzed and comprised information in their own respects and manner. Kyo was barely able to keep herself fastened within her seat, at this point her hands were gripping onto the table with unfathomable enthusiasm and stood firmly on the cushion. It was as if she was about to leap onto the countertop and barrel her way towards another duo just to get a closer look. Meanwhile, Kon was lazily slumped back in his seat, with eyes traversing from person to person with the speed of a snail covered in a pound of salt. His ears only picked up the high-pitched exclamations of his partner, a mixture of cries of surprise and envy,
”There’s even a kitty! I want to pet it so bad!” The girl childishly bellowed into the side of his head, causing an expression of minor irritation to take form,
”Well, depends on if it's alright with hounds. Who knows, might be your arch-nemesis from another life?” He offered to spite the young golem, but instead unconsciously shattered her dreams of running her hands through feline fur. She fell back into her seat with a flump and bore an empty gaze, hope and joy had disembarked from her heat,
”...Possibilities. Not probabilities. No way my advisor can so easily lose faith.” The girl instantly shot back up and nodded ebulliently, her wagging tail had transformed into a nigh blur. The sudden back and forth sway in her morale made the boy sigh, but this was just the way she acted when she wasn’t on a task. Before they could indulge themselves further with making mental notes of their comrades, a scraggly old man appeared from one of the room’s
intact doorways.
The man was a walking skeleton, a shifty character nonetheless, but a certain disconcerting aura followed him on an invisible leash. It was there, surrounding him, and slowly expanded until it filled the entirety of the room with its intangible presence.
”Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, my trust for this man just got flung out of the nonexistent window.” Kon rested his chin on the palm of his hand, not exactly feeling entranced by the man’s presence, just merely intrigued in seeing the direction of the upcoming conversation. He stalked his way to the head of the table and leisurely sat himself down in his seat. After his introduction, the snake of a man continued on with a self-ridiculing session, innocently brushing upon the slaughtering of their siblings. This only made Kon narrow his eyes slightly, yet it was obvious he had his a few of the other Spera close to home base.
”Now said trust just fell from a ten story fall, and is being forced into a super-powered vacuum, the contents of which will be later disposed of in an incinerator.” Though the argument could be made that his actions were inhumane, they did indeed render feasible results.
With a quick glance over to his side, Kon noticed that Kyo was listening intuitively as well, her eyes focused with a deadlock upon the professor. They were both instinctively awaiting the portion of the briefing they truly cared about, granted the history lesson and the gratitude to their fallen relatives were nice additions, they were surpassed by the main course of the event; their mission. Kyo leaned forward marginally, hanging onto the man’s every word until he finally reached the pinnacle of this whole shebang. A minute grin of appeasement appeared on the golem’s face when Elbar finally got around to elaborating on their orders. In conclusion, they were succinct and direct. Find and kill Hatchi’s manifestation; Vengeance. Both Kon and her training had let up to this chapter in their story. They could affirm that their existence wasn’t meaningless. They were humanity’s last hope, the product of an insurmountable amount of currency flow and sacrifice. What she wasn’t expecting was the new form of training they were compelled to do, a partner-based system. Another factor she managed to pick up on was how they were paired. Albeit she wasn’t entirely sure who was who, from the snippets of chatter she had listened in on prior to Elbar’s debriefing, partnered Spera appeared to be polar opposites of eachother.
”Wouldn’t it be more effective if they paired them up on a like-on-like basis, to optimize cohesiveness and similar mindsets?” She cocked her head with a quizzical expression painted on her face, unable to narrow down Elbar’s reasoning.
”Well, that was pretty interesting, right Kon? Wonder who this Keiga character i-” She spun around to face her partner, expecting a friend with as many questions as she, but was instead faced with a resting slacker.
”WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING?” The girl screamed as she stood up in her chair and sent a limb flying in Kon’s direction. Without even opening his eyes a sliver, he managed to catch the finely shined shoe in the palm of his hand,
”That man’s voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard, I couldn’t get a wink of sleep.” He complained with a drawn out yawn. Unlike Kyo, who appeared to have an array of internal emotions running amok, Kon appeared blissfully calm.
”At least we got our mission. Aren’t you phased by the slightest about your deceased siblings? Technically, he is the one who killed all of them.” Kyo stated nothing but the truth, rather than overreacting, Kon retained his stoic complexion,
”Of course I’m not happy with the fact that he slaughtered 7,994 children, but I’d rather not waste the time nor the energy lamenting it. As they say, no need to cry over spilled milk.” He pushed himself out of his chair and stretched out his sore physique.
The golem had her fingers clamped onto the crest of her chair, with only the upper half of her face elevated over the woodwork.
”Look at it this way, we’re not pawns, but neither are we kings and queens…” His eyes quickly ran across the figures of the rest of the Spera,
”We’re just the middle echelon, consisting of bishops, knights, and rooks, each of which with our own unique abilities.” The boy let out a sigh as he pulled out Kyo’s chair, then looked down at the golem.
”Hey, your tail’s wagging.” Kyo rose an eyebrow then glanced at her back, finally realizing the unconscious subtle movements from beneath her robe. Her face instantly grew a bright shade of red, in addition her arms flew into the air frantically out of embarrassment.
”Come on, you’re taking a million years to get out of that seat. Might as well see who our new partner is. Who knows, maybe they can make sweet food for you?” Kon nonchalantly chirped as he began to pace his way ahead, a sliver of a grin across his face.
”Usually I’m the one leading him around…” She puffed her cheeks in flustered thought, then lunged out of the chair. He was soon followed by his energetic companion.
”Koooooooooooon, wait uuuuuuuup!” The two followed suit of their relatives and proceeded to the new portion of the institution.
"I wished those days continued forever. I can’t stress that enough.”
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