[center][b]Summary:[/b] The Three Musketeers (a name coined by Crash in this very post) join the ranged dojo group, which allows the conversing to increase at an exponential rate. This is something the scene desperately needed.[/center]

[i][u] - Crash - [/i][/u]
Crash had screwed his eyes shut as soon as he realized his mistake, his face practically flooding with color as he gripped the final creature in his arms, he was just about to make the situation twice as bad as it already was by desperately trying to escape when he heard Carmen speak to him. “N-no I mean its-n-not a bad-Not that I was-My eyes are closed!” Crash stuttered as Carmen indignantly stepped aside, he felt her dress slide over and off of his head, his face was undeniably the same color as his eye and his eyes were indeed screwed shut. [i]Strike me down now...be quick and aim for the heart[/i] Talk about over-dramatic...He cracked one eye open to glance up at Carmen awaiting either a trumpet blow to the head or a harsh battering with words. He physically flinched as she reached down to yank the string from the final dummy gripped between his arms, he swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat rather wishing he could melt into the ground at this moment. The dummy fluttered to the floor wriggling helplessly at her feet, if it was possible Crash shrunk back further from Carmen, he opened his mouth to say something when she stepped onto the last dummy adopting a Captain Morgan like pose. “I’m so sorry, I-I didn’t think” He murmured to Carmen, his hand seeking out the back of his neck as he sheepishly avoided Carmen’s eye he could hear Yutaka’s hysterical laughter. As if to make matters worse he heard a small cough behind him, becoming acutely aware Kathy would have seen that whole escapade. The young shapeshifter had really put his foot in it this time, he glanced over his shoulder at Kathy noting the slight blush to her cheeks and that she was focused on Yutaka, he shifted his gaze to the teacher as well. His face flushing a darker color as the man seemed to be one step away from rolling around the ground whilst laughing.

[i][u] - Carmen - [/i][/u]
Carmen could hardly remain what little upset she was for long with the spectacle of their teacher laughing uncontrollably and Crash beet red and clearly ashamed. Carmen stepped down from the stricken dummy and put her hands on his shoulders. "Don't worry about it," she said, with a hint of a smile. "I can always gain consolation that whatever you do, you are rewarded exactly in suitable embarrassment," she said, poking his red cheek. "Just...try to be a little more aware where you're sticking your head next time?" she opined. "At any rate, I will never tire of seeing your face being the same color as your hair," she finished playfully as she turned to see Kathy a little red herself. Stepping over, she had to ask. "Now why are [i]you[/i] redlined?" she asked. "If you got embarrassed for Crash, then you know what I''ll say," she said with a playful smile, her eyes gleaming of mischief.

[i][u] - Kathy - [/u][/i]
"My hair's purple right now, so I'd hope my face isn't he same colour as my hair." Kathy smiled, replying back to Carmen as the blush began to fade off. Carmen seemed quite good at reassuring people so she was glad she decided to help Crash out instead of fueling his embarrassment but... [i]'No no no, definitely not going there Kathy. You promised not to think about those sort of things...'[/i] She thought to herself, trying to ignore the slight tinge of irritation she felt watching the two of them. She already considered Carmen to be a friend of hers, and there was no reason why she couldn't be friends with Crash either. [i]'A little skinship between friends is normal... Otherwise I'd be in trouble too.'[/i] Sighing, she shook her head and just looked back at their instructor, hoping he had more to say to them about the training beyond just hysterical laughter.

[i][u] - Yutaka - [/u][/i]
Taking a couple of deep breaths with the mask off, Yutaka decided it was probably time to act more his age and give the deeply embarrassed student (Crash) a break. He fixed the gas mask back onto its proper position on his face before he walked over to where they were. He gave them a small clap of his hands and told them, "First of all, I'd like to mention that the three of you did a lot better than I had expected for your first experience at facing a large number of opponents. Once again, great job."

"Now... A few things to note from what I saw." He took the time to study all of their faces to make sure they were all listening. "Carmen, though it was effective this time around, try not to make your swings too wide with multiple opponents. You risk getting your weapon grabbed or knocked out of your hands if any one of them are paying enough attention to know that seems to be the main focus of your attack and defense." Turning to Kathy he told her, "Kathy, you're not being aggressive enough. It's good to help your teammates and try to keep a broad view of things, but you could've taken out a lot more dummies if you just attacked more. Also, you [i]may[/i] want to make sure you don't accidentally hinder your teammates during a real battle." He added, referring to how she had pulled the sheet from under the male student's (Crash) foot. Finally turning to the beet-red student (Crash) he commented, "I probably should've gotten your name too before we started. At any rate, you need to watch your endurance. From what I can tell, you're going at full power from the beginning so if I decided to just make the dummies back off every so often and extended the battle for another 10-15 minutes, you would have run out of energy. Watch for that, and... Your surroundings." He glanced briefly in Carmen's direction with his last couple of words, smiling under his mask. [i]'He's a good kid.'[/i] Yutaka thought to himself, noting that the student (Crash) hadn't even thought to blame the teacher for making the dummy go up Carmen's skirt in the first place.

Yutaka admitted to the three of them, "Now I don't really have anything else planned, so I'll be here to supervise if you want to train with something else. Otherwise, feel free to go to any of the other instructors here or in other dojos. Best of luck!"

[i][u] - Darwin - [/i][/u]
Darwin chuckled at Mercy, maybe it was better to leave the love birds alone...or maybe they were plotting something, that was actually highly likely...oh god, were they super-villains? Man, that would've been really cool if he had talked to a pair of loving super-villains. 
When Mercy asked about the skittles he had to think. "Well all the writing on the packet was in Russian, so I'm not really sure.....I could taste some cyanide though I hope you're not allergic to it, I heard it was a good part of any healthy diet." He said all of this without another thought about what he was saying. "Oh yeah! We should probably do that......" He said confused for a second. "So um...what do you want to know Mercy? About them or my awesome archery skills?" With that he fired an arrow into the ceiling by accident.

[i][u] - Crash - [/i][/u]
Crash visibly relaxed as Carmen kindly reassured him that she wasn't upset...well she didn't look upset with him, he returned her smile relief apparent in his features. He touched the back of his neck again, luckily his face was so red already he physically could not blush any harder at her words, a grin spreading across his face as she poked his cheek. He adopted a sheepish expression and nodded in agreement "I will definitely work on that" He murmured, raising an eyebrow at her next comment chuckling despite himself. "I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not" He admitted to her, a grin still plastered on his face, He was beyond relieved by Carmen's reaction to his...intrusive accident, he wasn't particularly good at making friends so the last thing he wanted was to lose one. He glanced at Kathy as Carmen moved over to her, still grinning like an idiot as he watched their exchange shuffling in discomfort as the adrenaline left his system leaving him feeling rather worn out and reminding him of his previous training with Tora...which he had abandoned. He felt a slight twinge of guilt at this fact but what could he do about it now? Besides the teacher looked like he hadn't moved since he'd given Crash his instructions. He heard Kathy sigh and cast a glance at her frowning as she shook her head and focused on Yutaka, he felt shame creep into his expression. [i]Mad at me perhaps? Is she wearing two shoes...[/i] He subtly glanced down at her feet, yup two shoes. [i]Doesn't mean anything there are plenty of other things to use...apologize now before-[/i] He looked over at Yutaka as he approached them, clapping his hands before he kind of congratulated them. 

He felt a glimmer of pride at being told they had done a better job than the mask wearing man had expected them to, though it slid away as he heard the words 'Now' and 'A few things to note' hopefully constructive criticism...He listened to what the teacher had to say about both of his female companions unable t
o stop himself jumping to Kathy's defence, even if it wasn't necessary. "It wasn't really her fault though, I'm just clumsy like that I'm pretty sure I should have been paying better attention to what I was standing on" He blurted out before he turned towards him. Luckily his face was slowly starting to return to a more human color as Yutaka glanced at him, he was a little bit nervous as to what was going to be said a part of him wanted to believe he'd been at least a little bit useful during that fight. "It's Crash" He smiled at Yutaka after listening to the teacher's analyse, his cheeks had instantly flushed again as he mentioned that he should 'watch his surroundings' whilst glancing in Carmen's direction. [i]I wasn't expecting that...turn off full power? Damn, how do I do that...sedatives maybe?[/i] "I'll try and work on that..." He grinned at Yutaka, referring to all of what he had said. "Thank you" He added nodding his head at Yutaka , thanking him for the training he hadn't actually considered that his embarrassment was in part Yutaka's fault. He turned to Kathy and Carmen when Yutaka had finished talking, tilting his head to the side he still looked a little flushed but he was visibly calming down again now. "I personally can't take anymore hits today, did you two fancy heading over to another dojo or are you going back to sparring?" He asked them curiously, hoping he would still be invited along even after what had happened.

[i][u] - Carmen - [/i][/u]
Carmen took note of the suggestions the teacher made to her and the other two, thanking him for his time and his compliments. She couldn't help but audibly chuckle when Crash rushed to Kathy's defense. The two complimented each other quite nicely and humorously. Turning to Crash when he asked what she and Kathy had planned, she responded "I quite fancy going to another dojo," looking at Kathy to hear her opinion. "Either magic or firearms...though, there was another teacher that walked outside a while ago. I wonder what he teaches. I'd be happy going anywhere though. The three of us might as well stick together, right?" she finished, smiling at the two.

[i][u] - Kathy - [/u][/i]
Kathy smiled, looking gratefully at Crash when he jumped in to defend her. It really had been her own lack of attentiveness, but she didn't want to interrupt the instructor anymore and decided to keep silent until he finished giving out his last thoughts. "Thank you very much." She told Yutaka, then turned her attention back to her teammates. "I'm good to go to another dojo as well." Kathy nodded in agreement with them. "I was thinking of going to firearms practice next. Come with me please?" She added, smiling at the two of them invitingly. It seemed that Carmen had also considered it as well so she was quite confident that the trumpet player would join her, but she was a little worried that Crash might be a little apprehensive about going to a place full of dangerous equipment.

[i][u] - Crash - [/i][/u]
Crash grinned at Kathy giving her a quick wink in response to her grateful look. He looked from Carmen to Kathy and back again a few times as they spoke, he definitely liked the idea of moving to a new dojo, he wasn't even overly bothered which one they went to. He chewed his lip and lifted his hand to the back of his neck as Kathy suggested firearms practice next, he desperately wanted to go there but...[i]Ah, desist from current train of thought. In for a penny, in for a pound[/i] He noticed both girls were smiling at him and each other in turn. "I'm feeling Musketeers stick together, so count me in." He grinned at the pair of them. He'd be fine...right? "What's the worst that could happen" He shrugged, before turning and beckoning them to come with him as he headed for the doors throwing a wave at Tora. He could apologize to the teacher later...maybe by then he'd have recovered enough. He jogged over to the door, demonstrating he still had [i]some[/i] energy left, he pushed it open and held it so until both Carmen and Kathy had passed through it, whether that meant waiting for a while or not. 

[i][u] - Little Feather & Lion - [/i][/u]
Little Feather listened to Ara's answers to her questions she smiled at the other woman. "Erm well hopefully by the time you do get to see the campus it'll be more presentable" She grinned. Lion was toying with the idea of saying something as well...unfortunately around this time a gun went off in the shooting range, the large cat literally hit the deck, folding his paws over his head. Little Feather jumped violently and a hand instantly fluttered to her chest, eyes wide in apprehension she was breathing pretty heavily and was slightly pale beneath her face paint as she looked at Ara. "F-firearms?" She queried just after Garden already had. [i]Argh I think I just brought up my lunch[/i] Lion grumbled to the Lakota woman at his side, she grimaced and moved away from the beast taking a deep breath she had to make a decision, walk through that door and deal with this irrational fear or run for it. "Lets go and ask?" She suggested in answer to Ara's question, blinking as she realized Lion was crawling on his belly towards the building. She swallowed the lump in her throat and walked through the door and into the dojo ignoring Lion's mewl of protest.

[i][u] - Mercy - [/i][/u] 
"Cyanide?!" Mercy squeaked, she had heard the rest of his explanation but that word surprisingly stood out. [i]I feel like I'm about to lose at Russian Roulette...[/i] She had been wondering what that strange after taste had been. "Ok...moving on from that" She grinned at the unicorn. "Lets go with both...so would I be correct in thinking love is in the air?" She murmured to Darwin cocking her head to the side curiously before she glanced at Matt and Lily briefly, looking back at Darwin just in time to watch him fire an arrow into the ceiling by accident, She looked up at it, her mouth quivered with the effort not to laugh at the mishap, it would have been most unkind...but she felt herself smile at him. "Nice shot all the same" She complimented him, well the arrow had stuck up there and it was perfectly straight. "I expect a bullseye on the next one though" She challenged him with a devious smile and a wink to accompany it.

[i][u] - Carmen - [/i][/u]
Carmen was pleased to see the other two interested in going to another dojo as well. It seemed the firearms dojo was the pick of the bunch, and the three began to walk over to it. On her way out, Carmen collected her hat from the corner the teacher had set it in, thanking him as she did so and rejoining Crash and Kathy with the hat now back on her head. Smiling at Crash as thanks for his chivalrous door holding for her and Kathy, Carmen ended up leading the trio into the firearms dojo. Stopping once she walked through the entrance, she saw a number of people already there, some she recognized. [i]Well, this'll be interesting,[/i] she thought. Surveying the crowd, she noticed Lily, the girl she had briefly met earlier and wanted to talk to more eventually, several others she recognized from the Academy, and a girl with them she didn't recognize [Ara B]. Soon she spotted the megaphone lady from earlier who had coordinated the Beach Olympics and glanced at her in the bar. It was about time she met her, so she decided to walk over to her first for instruction, with Crash and Kathy in tow. Walking up to her with a bright smile, she began. "Hello! My name is Carmen. This is Crash and Kathy...have you met before?" she asked, looking at all three of them. "Anyway, we're interested in firearms training...do you have any open slots for us?"

[i][u] - Andromeda - [/i][/u]
Andromeda felt bad, Zivon looked so flustered, she wondered if it was her fault or leroy's, or a mix of the 2. she blushed when Leroy called her name beautiful and stammered "th...thank y...you". she was surprised when he asked to touch her snakes, no one ever asked before, and the only people who had been brave enough to touch them was her parents "i ... well i ... um ... i suppose ... and uh ... they're snakes," she cleared her throat 'i'm doing alright, thank you" 
there seemed to be something off between the interaction between Zivon and Leroy, like Zivon was scared, more like terrified of him, then he tripped "Oh! Zivon are you ok?"

[i][u] - Leroy - [/u][/i]
Leroy smiled, watching Andromeda's blush with a hint of amusement. Apparently she liked flattery, which was always a good sign for him. It was easier to get along with people that didn't mind hearing compliments after all. "Not poisonous are they?" He asked, showing the first sign of caution he had towards the reptiles on Andromeda's head as he reached a hand out towards them, though not touching them since he hadn't exactly gotten permission to do so. [i]'Woah, clumsy.'[/i] Leroy thought, watching Zivon suddenly face-plant onto the floor. Now he didn't have anything against Zivon, in fact he would've very much liked to see what other reaction he could elicit from the boy with his abilities, but he was also cautious to see if the guy had actually figured out what made him act so 'drunk' back at the auditorium. The less people knew about the actual nature abilities, the better. He held his hand out to Zivon to help him up. "You alright there?" He asked, putting on a friendly smile, seeming to just wave off Zivon's embarrassment.

[i][u] - Andromeda - [/i][/u]
Andromeda reached up and shook a few snakes to wake them up "not really, not unless they don't like you" she laughed a little awkwardly, she felt the few snakes turn towards Leroy with the slightest bit of hostility "you'll want to be careful, they can't really hurt you but it'll sting if the bite you" she drop her hand. 
something in Leroy's voice when he spoke to Zivon bothered her a bit, but she wasn't sure why so she didn't say anything.

[u][i] - Ara (B) - [/i][/u]
"Firearms? Basically guns. Weapons that shoot out iron death by using gunpowder. And yes, firearms would be the source of those loud noises." There were several things wrong with Ara's description of firearms as she explained what they were to Garden and Little Feather, but she wasn't exactly one to be focused on details and accuracy of real definitions. Then, with a slightly delayed reaction, she stopped to think for a moment before asking, "[i]Lady[/i] Ara?" Now that had been a first. "Hm, I like that." She finally said, smiling at Garden. [i]'A won't, but that's none of my concern.'[/i] She thought, chuckling to herself. Turning back to Little Feather she asked, "Presentable? What exactly happened at the academy anyway? I didn't get too many details about why everything was moved here." Nodding to Little Feather's suggestion to ask for the answer to her own question, she followed them onward inside the dojo. She couldn't help but laugh at Lion's interesting approach towards the building, but supposed even the king of beasts would be scared of gunfire.

Hearing the door to the dojo open behind them (during a short pause between the sound of guns firing), she turned around to see who else was coming in. To her mild surprise and [i]great[/i] amusement, she recognized the faces this time around. [i]'Wonderful. Just wonderful.'[/i] Ara chuckled to herself, rubbing her hands together in anticipation. She would let Carmen know who she was right away, but she was still considering her approach for Crash and Kathy. [i]'Do I play it strategically and pretend to be someone else? Or do I go with the head-on approach and see how they take it? Decisions, decisions...'[/i] Looking at the group she had joined, she gave them a brief wave and told them, "I'll be right back. Just want to greet a few people."

Playing it safe while she mulled over her options, Ara approached Carmen with a big smile on her face. "Hey! Fancy seeing you again so soon." She immediately noticed that Carmen still had the gigantic hat on top of her head. "Still being fashionable I see."

[i][u] - Crash & Mercy - [/i][/u]
Crash followed Carmen as they made their way to the next dojo, he glanced sidelong at Kathy at one point. "I'm sorry by the way, don't be mad with me" He murmured to her before they entered the dojo. His eyes skimmed the crowd curiously, he caught sight of a few people he knew and a few he only knew of, the woman with Little Feather, Garden and Dani however was definitely new he hadn't met her before. He noticed Carmen was moving again and dutifully went to follow her, turning to look where she was headed, he instantly groaned upon seeing who she was heading for. [i]Of all the people...why fate thou art a heartless bizzwidge[/i] He thought trying not to drag his feet as he followed the musician over to Mercy. 

Koop shuffled on her shoulder looking around as more students entered the dojo, he reached over and tapped her cheek, pointing over at the other students. She looked in the direction he pointed studying the new arrivals, she was quite surprised she recognized near enough all of them...except for one woman who she was sure she hadn't seen before. "Wow looks like we're about to get busy in here...oh, well would you look at that" She grinned at Darwin as Carmen, Crash and Kathy entered the dojo. Coincidental? When she turned back to see where they were going she was met by Carmen's bright smile which instantly made her smile in return though she could see Crash grow nervous as they approached, he avoided her gaze and once they were standing still he kicked at the floor idly [i]What has he done now? He's got that look about him...like a child waiting to be told off for something[/i] "A pleasure to meet you Carmen, I'm Mercy" She introduced herself inclining her head a little as she did. "We know each other as it stands, great to see you again Kathy" She grinned at Kathy, obviously enjoying Crash's reaction as he looked from one to the other nervously.[i][b]C[/b] Isn't it just?[/i] Crash thought sarcastically. "Crash honey, are you ok you look a little...tense?" Mercy asked the red haired shapeshifter, he merely grumbled at her and refused to answer. Mercy grinned deviously at him before turning to Carmen a softer smile on her face. "Well you've certainly come to the right place, we're going to attempt archery over here if you're interested...otherwise I think Nikola is supervising firearms. I could probably get you set up though if you like, he looks a little swarmed over there" She offered.

[i][u] - Darwin - [/i][/u]
Darwin turned to Mercy with a grin, seemingly unleashed about his little 'mishap'. "oh yes, love is definitely in the air for those two, it actually used to be a love triangle but then Bael disappeared so now it's a love...line?" He chuckled and turned round to see a huge bunch if amazing people strolling over. "CRASH!" He shouted firing an arrow over their heads by 'accident' before proceeding to run up to Crash and squeeze him into a hug. "It's been a while!" He laughed as he let Crash out if his constricting hug and picked up his bow and quiver. "you guys want to see my amazing arrow skillz? I can like hit a bouncing tennis ball from a mike away, I'm that good. I'm like solo from One piece but not green hair, purple hair, amazing hair, btw red hair Crash? Its amazing!" he then noticed Kathy and pulled her into a hug too. "Whew, I must say Kathy, you and Crash make a great couple" Darwin always knew how to destroy awkwardness.

[i][u] - Kathy - [/u][/i]
"The Three Musketeers? I like the sound of that." Kathy laughed, following Crash and Carmen out towards their next destination. She tried [i]not[/i] to think about the actual worst that could happen, though she already had an image of Crash (literally) shooting himself in the foot as soon as he made the rhetorical question. Thanking and saying goodbye to Yutaka, she smiled as she passed by Crash holding the door out for them. He did this quite often, and she was finding these small acts of courtesy of his quite sweet. On the way there though, she was caught off-guard by the sudden apology he made to her. "What?" Kathy asked, confused about what he was talking about. She would've had an inkling if she noticed Crash's intentions back when she sighed after watching Carmen and Crash's exchange, but she had been too focused on keeping her own thoughts in check and trying to look more interested in what Yutaka had to say. At any rate, she knew that he hadn't done anything deserving of an apology so she quickly continued, "Silly Crash, I'm not mad at you at all." She reached up to give him the usual ruffle on the head, but for some reason hesitated. "..." Having lost the timing, she just awkwardly retreated her hand and clasped them together behind her back as they walked to the ranged dojo.

Inside, she found that there were a lot of people she recognized over there. "Little Feather! Dani!" Smiling, she waved at the familiar faces. There were 2 she didn't recognize (Garden and Ara) and made a mental note to introduce herself to them if she got the chance. Continuing to follow Crash and Carmen though, her eyes opened wide with surprise as she noticed who the 'instructor' was. "Mercy?" Kathy had thought that Mercy was a fellow student, so she was surprised to see her there as an instructor. [i]'Why do I keep assuming people are younger than they are..?'[/i] She wondered, frowning a little. "It's great to see you again as well." Turning back to Crash and Carmen she told them, "I'm good with archery if you guys are."

Kathy let out a laugh as Darwin suddenly pulled her into a friendly hug. "And good to see you too Darwin!" Then hearing his oddly pronounced sentence, she immediately felt her face flush into a bright red, having (unfortunately) understood every word he said. [i]'Is this a spreading rumour? Or maybe the tropical scenery is making people see more couples than there are?'[/i] "N-No, um..." Stuttering, she thought of another topic they could talk about instead. "Uh, I'm enjoying my purple hair a lot more than when it was blue. Th-Thanks Darwin."

[i][u] - Carmen - [/i][/u]
Carmen was brightly greeted by a girl that caused a slight amount of confusion, of course beginning with the one eyebrow raise. The girl looked really familiar, but Carmen couldn't remember why. With a tilt of her head and narrowing of her eyes she responded "Pardon me, but I'm not sure how I know you? I feel like we've met but I can't place it in my head. I do apologize...remind me?"

Turning to the trainer, she smiled at the girl she know knew as Mercy's polite response. "The pleasure is mine," she said, with a small courteous bow. Noting Crash's...interesting...reaction to being led over to Mercy, she was curious of their past. She was fairly certain Mercy, Crash and Kathy had all been at the bar earlier, but had no idea what their previous relations were. At any rate, Kathy's reaction was a little more normal, and just then a very bright boy bounded over and made a hugging attack run. Carmen grinned a little when he dropped the awkward bomb, unashamedly saying to Kathy and Crash "Well look at this, somebody's doing my job for me!"

Finally, Carmen responded to Kathy. "Archery does indeed sound great. I've never tried it," she admitted, turning back to Mercy as she did so. "I haven't tried a lot of things, thanks to this trumpet," she finished.

[u][i] - Zivon - [/u][/i]
Zivon didn’t look back to the two he just stood by himself and continue to hide his face with the book. He wanted to hide but there was really no proper place to hide. He opened the book and just…read it on spot trying to avoid any interactions or maybe future embarrassment he would make in the future. “I-I-I a-a...o-oka-ka…y-y” He stuttered out, using the book to hide his embarrassed face. But sadly enough with fear raising in his body his powers…showed again. The book began to decompose, pages falling off quickly and rotting. Zivon looked at the book and panic even more causing it to age rapidly. He started to breath heavily and he felt really sick. He dropped the book again and looked at the mess he made. Zivon started to pick up the decomposed book and looked around to throw it but he forgot about one other ability or…power? Of his he might actually like. He touched the notebook, eyes turned purple and the book became back to normal, well fixed and not decomposed. He removed his hand from the book and eyes went back to his normal grey. There he stood quiet. 

[u][i] - Leroy - [/i][/u]
"Hmm..." He made a thoughtful sound, retreating his hand completely. Leroy didn't bother to mention that if all they could do was make a few stings they probably wouldn't really affect him in any way. There was already one scared individual in the room feeling cautious towards him, so he decided to restrict the amount of 'suspicious activity' for now.

Leroy kept his friendly smile up, even as Zivon ignored his outstretched hand and got up on his own. He let his empty hand fall back down to his side and commented with a slight tilt of his head, "I didn't really think I did anything all that deserving to be ignored." He knew that Zivon wasn't actually ignoring him, but he wanted to see how far he could get with trying to guilt the boy into being a little more friendly. Watching another book crumble in his hands, Leroy laughed and asked, "Are you sure you like studying? You seem awfully eager to destroy those books." Then watching the book be restored back to normal, the smile on his face grew bigger. [i]'Interesting.'[/i] He thought, though he didn't make another comment out loud.

[u][i] - Garden - [/u][/i]
Garden listened again on what Lady Ara explained on…firearms, they sounded dangerous …iron death. She then walked with her friends inside the ranged dojo there she saw familiar faces. Sir Darwin, Lady Mercy, Lady Carmen and the two she meet earlier at the bar Sir Crash and Lady Kathy? That was their names probably as she remembered. She stood there watching them talk and didn’t feel like ruining the conversation but just waved at them and give a polite greeting. “Hello there Sir Darwin, Lady Mercy, Lady Carmen, and hello to you to Sir Crash and Lady Kathy was it? I am really sorry… I don’t properly remember if that is your true names.” She curtsied to all of them and then looked at Sunflower still quietly sleeping. “Such a lazy kitty…” Garden giggled lightly. 

[i][u] - Crash - [/i][/u]
Crash couldn't hide his relief as she told him she wasn't mad with him, he could stop checking her feet now...that shoe had [i]really[/i] hurt...he grinned at her as she made a motion to reach up and ruffle his hair, though it faded as she hesitated before retracting her hand and clasping them behind her back. He wasn't quite sure why she had hesitated...

He was caught completely off guard as Darwin shouted at him before firing an arrow over the top of them he was so distracted by it, he almost jumped out of his skin as Darwin ran over to him and squeezed him into a hug, he was very confused at the sudden show of affection and in a rather masculine manner looked awkward as hell rigidly stood with Darwin wrapped around him, he patted the unicorns back. "Hey...darwin" He managed to choke out, gasping for air once the purple haired boy had released him, he clutched his bruised stomach for a moment grinning at the other male. [i]Damn that guy is stronger than he looks, I think he cracked a rib...[/i] He grinned at Darwin as he said 'red hair' and 'amazing in the same sentence. He blinked several times before his face flushed with color yet again, as he overheard Darwin's comment to Kathy his hand shot to rest on the back of his neck awkwardly. [i]...oh geeze, here we go again[/i] he mentally sighed, this time he didn't jump straight in to defense mode after all Darwin had directed that comment directly at Kathy. He flinched as she stuttered out her answer, ignoring the strange tingle of disappointment he felt at hearing her answer, it was an inappropriate reaction...and he'd been inappropriate enough for one day. "Archery Sounds good to me" He grinned at his fellow musketeers, figuring wooden arrows were safer then bullets to test him out on first. He raised his eyebrows at Carmen, rolling his eyes at her comment but grinned sheepishly at her all the same offering the girl stood next to her a friendly smile as well about to introduce himself when Garden joined into the conversation as well, he smiled as she curtsied at them. [i] Sir Crash? Heh, bless her[/i] He felt himself want to respond in a similar fashion so he bowed to her before greeting her. "Lady Garden, pleasure to see you again" He smiled in a charming fashion. "Will you be joining us for archery?" He asked her. 

[i][u] - Mercy - [/i][/u]
Mercy raised an eyebrow at Darwin listening to his answer to her question, she had apparently forgotten she was supposed to be a [i]responsible[/i] teacher and really shouldn't be investing this much interest in the students personal affairs...yet again she was a counselor so this was fine right? She glanced at him as he shouted out at Crash, grimacing as he fired another arrow this one shooting over the heads of the group of students in front of them. [i]Oh boy...this is going to get very interesting[/i] She rubbed her temple unable to stop herself from chuckling as she watched one of the T.A's that had offered to help out in here, hop past them with an arrow protruding from his right butt cheek, she grimaced a second time. [i]At least it wasn't his knee,[/i] she thought to herself. "Yes...you look surprised?" Her tone was questioning as she spoke to Kathy. She placed a hand to her mouth to stop a giggle from passing her lips as Darwin in his way dropped an awkward line into his conversation with Kathy, she felt her smile grow at Carmen's comment. [i] Interesting to say the least, seems I'm not needed to embarrass Crash [/i] She looked up as Garden also joined the small group. "Lady Garden!" She grinned happily at the other woman. "Glad you could join us" She winked at her happily before looking around at the other students. "Ok, anyone that is actually interested in giving archery a go, I suggest you grab yourself a bow, a quiver and a bracer from the display cabinets. You want to get a bow that you can draw the string back on and isn't to heavy for you to hold up in one hand...some of them are heavier than they look" She finished with a grin. "Once you've got your equipment come back over...any problems give me a shout I'm here to help after all" She told them.