Snippet #1960064

Adrian watched as the students poured into the courtyard, seemingly thankful for the tall walls that shielded them from the harshest winds, and the heaviest of the storm. He, himself couldn't help but to feel much better now when he wasn't afraid that the wind might pick up, and hurl him off the mountain. He listened as several teachers attempted to give the students a message, despite the howling wind making it difficult to hear most of it. Eventually, the message made it through the ranks of people, and he was told what they were supposed to do. He thought about the words as he followed the stream towards the gates leading inside, and shuddered as he once more was within the castle.

"Leave the equipment you've been given in the main hall. Take a warm bath, change clothes, do whatever you have to do to get warm. Hot food will be served in the cafeteria in an hour."

The thought of warm food was a bright spot in his mind, and something he couldn't really stop thinking about as he found a place to leave the things he'd been told to leave in the main hall. He was struggling with the pots and pans when he received some very welcome help from Callen. "Oop, looks like ya need a hand." She said, as she shot him a quick smile, before she helped him to get the backpack off. Truthfully, she hadn't been wrong when assuming that he needed help, for in a moment of very bad judgement, he'd managed to pull a wrong strap, and then it all escalated, and he had ended up stuck, still with the backpack on, and unable to move his arms.

"Thanks, you seem to always be around when you're needed." He said, returning the smile, happy that she seemed to be in a better mood.

"You know, I think it's because you're bloody helpless sometimes. Like a puppy." Callen told him, her tone telling him that she was being mildly sarcastic, and that there perhaps was a friendly insult hidden somewhere in her words.

"Well, I think it's part of my charm, really." He answered, only to have Callen look at him as if he had said something incredibly stupid. She looked as if she thought it to be a very lame pun.

"Kiddo," She started, before sighing. She looked like she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and so she ended up just putting her hand on his shoulder, with a slightly agonised smile. "Don't try to charm me. I'm just too much man for ya."

With those words she left him, to go to her own room to take that shower. Adrian was just standing there, wondering what the hell the point of their conversation had been. In the end, he decided that she'd just been trying to get a laugh out of him. He chuckled to himself, thinking that there were more important things to think about than Callen.

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Anna hadn't been able to answer Viktor's question, simply because she wasn't sure what her next step should be. In the end, they had parted ways without deciding anything, although she'd had a very clear feeling that she'd found the right person to be her ally. Callen was too emotinal, the same for Zach. Viktor had a logical way of thinking, so she was fairly sure that he wouldn't just blabber out and tell people that she was the threat they were running from. For now, she kept her cover and simply watched as the students walked inside what was home to the vast majority of them. How was she going to explain anything to her father?