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Rein'la nodded as she began stretching a bit, soon she cast aside her green coat, placing on her sports goggles and gloves, Rein'la was ready for tryouts. Back in her home, even as a small child, Rein'la had always enjoyed football and often cheered on the German teams as they played. Though the recent outcome of one specific World Cup had not been too stellar, she had taken notes and knew where she preferred playing, Goaltender. After a little wait she had gotten her turn as Goalie, she heard her name called by the blonde, Chiyoko, if she recalled right, and soon stepped upon the goal line to protect the goal from footballs. Getting in her stance and soon watching an actual player basically practice with Penalty Kicks, Rein'la was good at them since she generally could guess by movements. Though surprisingly the first two shots had passed by her without any interference...

And Rein'la smiled.

With a confident smile Rein'la looked at the player, thinking to herself, 'If I'm right, she's going for mainly speed, to try and fluster me in the first few shots with it. Well. I think she'd be more precise.' Rein'la nodded, to signal she was ready, and soon the kick was already flying towards the side Rein'la had guessed, and with her left knee brace expanding from muscles moving in her thigh and calf, she launched herself to knock the ball away with the use of her strong and seemingly firm hands, and soon the ball veered too far to the left and away from the goal. Of course Rein'la had landed hard, but nothing abnormal about that. The shots continued to launch for quite some time. Though eventually the time was up for her try-out and with six successful saves, Rein'la felt she did well. Of course she commanded in German during a full team practice game, which kinda fell on deaf ears, since her classmates didn't understand German. Though soon the full try-out day had ended and Rein'la went to the locker room and began to change a bit, she yawned as she did so. Now realizing how tired she was, she figured that she'd get food from the convenience store and sleep after eating.

As she was walking to the door, Rein'la was still thinking in her own plans, which those thoughts quickly dispersed as the cute blonde had walked back up, 'Choyoko was it? Chocolat?' she thought, fearing that she had forgotten Chiyoko's name, though she had a gentle smile as she took the girl's hand in a gentler grip, the last thing she wanted was to break someone's hand, been there, done that, ain't pretty. Yet Chiyoko had said something which was kinda heard, Rein'la had been a little too flustered about the name internally to hear it all, but it had to do with food, which Rein'la would always accept,

"U-um sure, I'm fine with getting food, um... Chocolat was it....? I'm sorry... I don't quite recall your name." she replied, calling what she had guessed would be an appropriate name, of course it was French, but Rein'la learned Canadian French as well. Though to be honest, she more was hoping that was the right name.

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Dialogue Color || #78AB46
Thought Color || #577A3A

We were the King and Queen of promise. We fell victim to ourselves.

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Alice was so relieved that it was actually him and not one of the chefs. She felt a bit more at ease when the boss, manager, and chef weren't here to yell at her to pick up the pace or clicking their tongues due to the fact that she had broken another dish. "No, I'm alright," Alice replied to his first question. "I just-" she hesitated at his last question. He seemed to forget all about the earlier accident, or so it seemed. Should she really bring it up? "I wanted to apologize," Alice bowed quickly, the maid training she had gone through drilled to her very core. "I'm sorry if I seemed ungrateful for your assistance." She straightened, smiling shyly. "The manager gives every maid a character and we have to stick to it like a script, so I didn't want to get in trouble by breaking character." Alice wasn't sure if he had already been informed of this, but she decided to tell him just in case. She also hoped it didn't come off as some sort of lame excuse.

"Actually, I think I'll take you up on that offer. If it isn't too much trouble," she didn't like walking home alone after dark, especially after some of the stories she had heard from her classmates and fellow maids. Girls disappearing in the night, perverts waiting on street corners to snatch up whatever unsuspecting soul came their way. There was a nagging in the back of her mind, telling her she shouldn't trust someone she had just met but for some reason Alice felt as though she already knew Dai, as if she had known him forever despite the fact that she had only noticed him for the first time today in homeroom.

Another question rose in the back of her mind. Did she really want him seeing where she lived? The dump of an apartment building that she resided in with her mother and no-show father. Dai was one of the popular boys in school, if he told anyone, no doubt the other popular girls would give her more grief. Thankfully Pen managed to keep them at bay most of the time, but who knew what rumors could spur from such an event. "Do you need any help with those?" Alice asked, disembarking the train of thought and gesturing to the pile of wet dishes.