[b]"...But you two certainly act as if you were engaged,"[/b] Nikola made a remark about Crash's flustered reaction to the apparent engagement. [b]"If what you said is the case, my apologies. I rarely give out apologies these days..."[/b]

The masked man clicked his tongue as he commanded E.A.R. to go get some fruit loops. E.A.R. came back a few seconds after its disappearance, hovering over to the Nikola's side with a tray holding two bowls of fruit loops (spoons were provided). It seemed happy with the attention it was receiving, as a peaceful sky-blue shined out of its palm. It seemed to tug at Nikola's unarmored shoulder after it placed the tray down.

[b]"...Hm? What about Margaret?"[/b]

The arm tugged at his shoulder again, making a strange whirring noise.

[b]"...I see. She is acting accordingly to my predictions. It's been like that for five days now..."[/b]

Nikola nodded at the arm in acknowledgement before putting the glass he was cleaning down. He quickly took the sunglasses the student who smoked had placed down, carrying it as he entered the kitchen.

It took him at least thirty seconds to come back out. He seemed pleased with whatever he did, though this emotion faded away as soon as he realized that he had to deal with indecisive, scrawny little brats again. With that in mind, he proceeded to go back to work.

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Ryuu shrugged, looking positively(?) unsure. "Maybe he's around here. I did see him around here just now..."

The otaku, in all of his honesty, did not pay enough attention to the kind vice principal when he got off the boat. After all, he was playing "Harvest Moon-In-Real-Life", where melons seemed to thrive for literally no reason at all. Praising the fact that he was finally not staring directly at digital watermelon patches, he seemed to head toward a direction of where he thought Brako would be. As he moved slowly, he asked Andromeda with a curious look,

"So... what's up with the 'eye' business of yours? I mean, you don't need to actually answer it, but it'll be cool if you could let me know."

Ryuu honestly thought that he could take in anything at this point. After all, it had been revealed that freaking [b][u]demons[/u][/b] out of all things were planning on attacking them. At this point, he would probably be able to take in anything.

Probably.

He was still freaked out by the fact that he was not traumatized after getting "pwn'd" after being attacked by many arrows and sword swings.

Then all of a sudden, someone Ryuu knew of fondly popped up. As the student screamed "RYUU-SAN!!!," the otaku felt his eyes widen as he turned to someone he knew of well.

[b]"DARWIN?! WHAT UP, M' MAN?!?[/b] Wait, what do you mean I-"

The student wearing sunglasses raised an eyebrow at what Darwin just said, but nevertheless, he was glad to see Darwin again. He loved [s]Death the Kid[/s] Darwin's presence. It just made him feel like an anime character on crack. [s]Like in that one episode of Samurai Champloo...[/s]

Still, Ryuu wondered whether he got drunk at one point and suddenly dusted his wallet off.

Actually, that would be a good excuse instead of saying "I bought all of the Limited Edition DVDs to [i]Negima[/i]..." The otaku could not help but grin at the hyperactive friend of his, and it was a surprisingly less violent look compared to the emotions he usually expressed.