[h1][color=crimson]Katherine Argall[/color][/h1]

Kathy thought that Crash seemed oddly distracted as she turned her attention back to him but… Seeing the bright smile on his face as he walked over to the door, she wondered if she had imagined it. [color=crimson]“See you two around.”[/color] Giving them a wave, she left the infirmary and waited for Crash to join her before beginning to walk down the hall.

[color=crimson]“Sort of. I took a peek at the map and noticed that they seemed to have kept most of the layout the same as the old buildings. Sorry if I get us lost though.”[/color] She answered with a chuckle. It also helped that she had seen most of the students heading in the same direction so she had a good guess as to where the assembly hall was. In direct contrast to Crash, Kathy was growing more tense and nervous as they walked away from the infirmary. With how empty the place was now, she had just come to the realization that they were alone together. Which… Made it the perfect time to ask what he had been doing the last few years but… [i]‘Would that be probing in too much?’[/i] Normally she would have still searched for a polite way to ask, but the fact that Crash had hesitated to answer her about the eyepatch was still stuck in her mind.

Luckily for her, and ironically enough, it was Crash that ended up providing the opportunity to talk about the past. [color=crimson]“It really has been a while, hasn’t it?”[/color] Fiddling with a lock of her own hair, she continued, [color=crimson]“I’ve been doing fairly well, and did a bit of travelling.”[/color] Actually, there had been quite a few major changes in her life but they were not things she intended to disclose without needing to. [color=crimson]“What about you? Were you… Busy?”[/color] Kathy hesitated a bit with the last sentence as she indirectly tried to probe into why he hadn’t stayed in touch with her.

She smiled when they reached the assembly hall; feeling quite a bit proud and relieved that she had managed to guide them over to the right place. Scooting close to the door, she peeked inside and tried to locate the seats Crash was talking about, but she didn’t actually see them until they stepped into the room. Kathy gave him an appreciate smile and thumbs-up when they finally reached the seats. [i]‘Thank goodness there was space in the back.’[/i] Sitting down, she kept an eye on Crash out the corner of her eyes as he settled down… A part of her actually expecting him to make some sort of last-minute blunder even from just sitting down. The thought made her feel a bit guilty, but she also wondered if that was actually possible when it came to the clumsy shapeshifter.

Her expression brightened greatly when she recognized Criston (though she had missed his introductions) and Carmen at the stage, clapping enthusiastically with the majority of the crowd when the latter transformed from the stellar bird into the familiar form of the friend she had greatly missed. 

((Surprise! Managed to squeeze in 1 post before Saturday. :P))