[center][img]http://i65.tinypic.com/ppurm.jpg[/img] [color=F0E68C][h1][b]Makoto Kanemaru[/b][/h1][/color][hr][hr][b]• Post 3 •[/b][hr][hr] [/center] This wasn't what Makoto had expected after her awkward exchange with this guy. Her new 'friend', Gil, who had put on an expressionless face until now, had actually broken down in a fit of laughter. [b]"Oh wow. I never thought to check out the drones. I wonder how many tarot cards I just completely passed..."[/b] [color=F0E68C][b] "Jeez, first you were all stoic and stone faced a second ago, and now you're [i]laughing all of a sudden?[/i] Make your mind up dude, I thought you were about to kill me for this card just then."[/b][/color] Although she was trying her best to put her own serious face on, Makoto couldn't help but chuckle along with Gil. It made her feel a bit weird, but she let her emotions do the talking for now. [color=F0E68C][b] "So, what about this card? You gonna take it or…"[/b][/color] [b]"You can keep that card. There's enough time left for me to get another one. If the machines carry some cards then it'll take no time at all to get another. I suppose I'm just gonna keep heading towards the other end of the city. Makes the most sense to me that I'll find more of these robots to beat in that direction. But I guess you've got no reason to not just make a bolt for the exit now, huh." [/b] Well, that was also unexpected. In circumstances like this, Makoto was sure things would've been entirely different. She didn't really know how to respond to it either. [color=F0E68C][b] "Er… Okay then… Uh… thank you I guess?"[/b][/color] That was really all she had to say. All she [i]could[/i] say. However, technically… [color=F0E68C][b]"…it is your card. I mean, you did defeat that drone and there just [i]happened[/i] to be a card inside."[/b][/color] [b]"I don't mind if you want to stick around with me for a bit. If the drones almost got you then perhaps staying with someone like me makes for a pretty easy tour, wouldn't ya say? Besides, I could use another pair of eyes to find another one of these cards. It'd be a little embarrassing if I walked the entire time and didn't end up getting into the Academy. That'd just make me look like an arrogant failure or something."[/b] After breathing out a small sigh, Makoto smiled, glancing up at Gil. [color=F0E68C][b]"Oh well. Your decision, your outcome. Don't blame me for taking your card. And don't blame yourself for letting me do so either. That's gonna cause you a few problems."[/b][/color] Skipping towards a completely different direction with her Queen of Pentacles card, the human lamppost kept her gleaming smile. [color=F0E68C][b]"Why would you feel embarrassed at all, though? If you think about it, I got my ass handed to me by one of those drones yet you managed to defeat one with just one hit. Even if you didn't make it in, you tried, didn't you? What's there to be embarrassed about?"[/b][/color] Makoto's face was now hidden from sight, but it wasn't too hard to figure out that she was grinning like some psychopath after a pleasant torture session. Turning her head once more before disappearing around a corner, Makoto stopped and smiled. [color=F0E68C][b]"What? It's the truth."[/b][/color] Hopping behind a pile of collapsed buildings, the girl vanished. [b][color=F0E68C]"Good luck to you, Gil!"[/color][/b] she shouted from behind. Once she had turned the corner, another unexpected moment occurred at the most unexpected time. Makoto laid her widened headlight eyes on the decorated card lodged in a small crack. Nah, it couldn't have just been lying in such an obvious place, right? Was this some sort of trap? Some sort of illusion? Makoto poked at it to make sure. Then, a triumphant shout could be heard as she held the card in the air. She would definitely be able to pay Gil back this time! If she managed to escaped from the swarm of spherical drones above her, of course. [color=F0E68C][b]"You have [i]got[/i] to be kidding…"[/b][/color] This time, a fearful shout could be heard as she sprinted back into the open and towards Gil. She didn't want this happening to her, she didn't like it happening to her, and she was ultimately very pissed that this was happening to her. Again. [color=F0E68C][b]"These damn robots! C'mon Gil, don't just stand there!"[/b][/color] Grabbing the boy's wrist Makoto pulled Gil forwards into some other place she didn't know off because these were freaking ruins. The drones flew by with shocking speed, catching up to them in an instant. One of them even had the decency to shoot the card out of Makoto's hand, which led to quite a large build up of irritation. [color=F0E68C][b]"You things just don't know when to quit… do you?"[/b][/color] The metal ball zoomed towards Makoto, readying its little laser thing to shoot. She wasn't going to have any of that. [color=F0E68C][b]"I'm not gonna have any of that!"[/b][/color] Once the drone came close enough the girl batted it away with her sheath, sending it flying into a large pillar like structure and shattering both it and the pillar. The two crumbling constructs collapsed on the card, much to Makoto's dismay and astonishment. [color=F0E68C][b]"You have no idea how much shit you and your machine friends have caused me!"[/b][/color] she yelled, beating the drones one by one in a fit of rage. She continued to smash at the swarm into oblivion in a rather comedic fashion, even screaming 'home run' after she got rid of the last one. Grunting in exhaustion, Makoto staggered towards the collapsed stone pillar thing. With another strong swing, she brushed away the stone and made another crater in a nearby wall. Makoto was often mistaken to possess super strength, and this unpredicted event was one of the reasons why. She crouched down and reached for the card, hoping it wasn't too damaged or scratched beyond recognition. Thankfully it wasn't to badly scratched, and like a Makoto in a steaming hot bath, the girl's face bloomed with joy. Stretching her arm out she revealed the card to Gil. [color=F0E68C][b] "Now we're pretty much even, right?"[/b][/color] [@j8cob]