Mairead raised her eyebrow at the hooded boy and crossed her arms with a smirk when she saw his arrow. She looked him over and quickly did a few calculations with his height and weight to make sure she could beat him if it came to that. She chuckled once at his demand and put a palm up.

[i]"Friend or foe? There's a hard question ta answer in this school. Most of the time, we jus' start with names.[/i] Her eyes grew hard, like petrified wood, and her voice got a little colder [i]"They call me the Rose's Thorn. Ye must be a firs' year, am I right?"[/i]

Mairead's ears pricked up at a whooshing sound behind her and in an instant she pivoted out of the way and pulled out her concealed daggers, the fire extinguisher barely scraping her left arm. She laughed when she saw Izumi and got into a offensive stance.

[i]"Looks like the ol' Head Director's got another one on me. Hey, Izumi, ya remember last year?"[/i] A devious smile crossed Mairead's face and she rushed at Izumi with her Celtic daggers raised and an almost imperceptible glow coming from her right hand.