[b][i] – Kathy[/i][/b]

“Me?” Kathy asked, surprised by Crash’s returned praise. Raising a hand to the back of her head she ended up copying his signature gesture of embarrassment or awkwardness. Perhaps it was a result of hanging out with the shapeshifter on such a regular basis. After a small pause to collect her thoughts, she lowered the hand and jested, “Did that shoe give you false memories of heroism that I did not commit?” Unless he counted her volunteering to go scout, only to return pretty much empty-handed. Perhaps he was giving her credit for the effort?

She let out a hearty laugh when she saw Darwin express his endearment for Crash by squeezing the shapeshifter’s body like a tube of toothpaste. “Easy Darwin! He has some bruises from training!” Though her words were ones of concern, she was laughing too much to be taken too seriously. Then hearing Crash’s question she answered, “I want to, but Maria didn’t exactly explain how to play. I hope someone will tell me the rules before it actually starts.” A faint blush returned to her cheeks as she looked at Crash and returned the question in a quieter voice. “You’ll participate too won’t you?”

Then turning to Mercy she also asked, “Will you play the game as well Mercy? From the sound of what the principle said it seems like teachers can join in as well.” As soon as she finished asking Mercy this, Kathy seemed to realize something. “Wait… She couldn’t have possibly called a mandatory meeting for the entire student body for this right…?” She wondered aloud. Glancing back at where the woman had been standing to make an announcement, the feeling that the entire purpose of the meeting really [i]was[/i] to play this game began to grow stronger inside. [i]‘That was possibly the most innocent ‘abuse of authority’ I’ve ever encountered.’[/i]