I just realized that coming on here and posting new snippets with such ... horrifying (well, to those who know my usual posting habits) ... regularity has become the high point of my day. How sad is that?
There was something in the air. The teachers felt it, as well as the students. Something beyond just the heavy atmosphere caused by news of war breaking out between Remus and Romulus, and Otome fighting Otome there.
Just about the only person somewhat oblivious to that was Yumemiya Arika, who seemed to be off in a world of her own there and then. Resulting in much chagrin for her partner in makeup class, certainly.
She, on the other hand, was somewhat more ... attentive to changes like that.
And knew they were never anything good.
Though her day passed without any events that would justify her uneasiness occurring, save perhaps for Arika, who also happened to be her roommate, falling unconscious and ending up in the infirmary, Coral Erstin Ho didn't quite manage to put her anxiety aside ...
... not without just cause, as it turned out when she returned to her dorm room.
It should have been empty, with Arika and her other roommate Nina Wong still tied up elsewhere ... well, with Arika it was more a question of being confined to the infirmary for the next few hours, for observation.
It should not have looked like a minor tornado had hit her locker, shelves and closet space. Nor should it have contained an unusually serious looking Juliet Nao Zhang, Pearl Otome and recent member of the Trias - a sort of Student Council equivalent.
"Erstin-chan," the older girl gave something between a grin and a grimace. It was ... not the most comforting of expressions. "Let's ... talk."
"S ... sempai?"
"But ... maybe not here."
The redhead then promptly pulled the blond out of the room, brushing off all protests as if they were little more than an inconvenience. Which, to her, they were.
-Griever
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm
There was something in the air. The teachers felt it, as well as the students. Something beyond just the heavy atmosphere caused by news of war breaking out between Remus and Romulus, and Otome fighting Otome there.
Just about the only person somewhat oblivious to that was Yumemiya Arika, who seemed to be off in a world of her own there and then. Resulting in much chagrin for her partner in makeup class, certainly.
She, on the other hand, was somewhat more ... attentive to changes like that.
And knew they were never anything good.
Though her day passed without any events that would justify her uneasiness occurring, save perhaps for Arika, who also happened to be her roommate, falling unconscious and ending up in the infirmary, Coral Erstin Ho didn't quite manage to put her anxiety aside ...
... not without just cause, as it turned out when she returned to her dorm room.
It should have been empty, with Arika and her other roommate Nina Wong still tied up elsewhere ... well, with Arika it was more a question of being confined to the infirmary for the next few hours, for observation.
It should not have looked like a minor tornado had hit her locker, shelves and closet space. Nor should it have contained an unusually serious looking Juliet Nao Zhang, Pearl Otome and recent member of the Trias - a sort of Student Council equivalent.
"Erstin-chan," the older girl gave something between a grin and a grimace. It was ... not the most comforting of expressions. "Let's ... talk."
"S ... sempai?"
"But ... maybe not here."
The redhead then promptly pulled the blond out of the room, brushing off all protests as if they were little more than an inconvenience. Which, to her, they were.
-Griever
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm