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Rufus found that the myriad distractions occupying Dana's attention had passed, and the dumpster diving girl was finally ready to dig into the treats he had brought for her. They'd been lost and damaged in places from the red herrings and empty trash cans he'd encountered up to now, but it was finally time to offer unto Dana the confectionaries she hungered for. 

It was around this time that students came screaming out of the auditorium in a stampede of technophiles down the fair grounds. He quirked his head from the crouching shark and wondered if that approaching mob had any intention of going around them in their escape. [color=royalblue]"Dana, did you have any amusements planned for the auditorium?"[/color]

[color=f7941d]"Um....does clogging all the public toilets count?"[/color] the shark-toothed girl asked, tapping the side of her trash can impatiently. She wanted those cupcakes. No screaming crowd was going to keep her from what she wanted. But as most mobs of panic tend to do, their sense of common sense had evaded them, espcially in this instance. In some efforts to get back to the dorms or their homes as quickly as possible, some chose to take what was in their minds a shortcut. This only translated to running right for the pair with no intention or possibility of stopping their acceleration.

[color=royalblue]"As amusing as that may be, I doubt lavatories are the cause of this. Here, have these while I get to the root of this."[/color] The bishi maid said, hands moving in a blur to deposit the cupcakes into Dana's arms in a manner slightly more dignified then dumping the tray upon her head. The tray was tossed aside to free up his hands so Rufus could take Dana's trash can by the handles and lift it to his chest. [color=royalblue]"Care to see what has them fleeing?"[/color]

[color=f7941d]"We can if you want,"[/color] Dana said, though the words would come out garbled due to the three cupcakes being shoved into her maw. As quick as Rufus deposited them, Dana was equally as fast in consuming them. But it sure did beat walking about. [color=f7941d]"Onwards and let the Trash Mobile discover the heart of this dark mystery, oh ho! Mush! Mush!"[/color] If anything, it probably had to do with Rufus' Guild since their leader was a bit more on the nutty side.

Rufus took to his chauffeur role as quickly as he had the maid café, and hefted the Trash Mobile with vigor belying his frame. They darted between stands to avoid the outpouring of students and passed through the least populated aisles on a course for the auditorium. Considering the mob rule that drove the students, it was safe to say they hadn't spread themselves out, so Rufus had no trouble approaching the main doors they poured from at a side ways approach. He paused at the doorway with the can close to his chest, eyes scanning the thinning number of students still leaving till the opportunity came to slip inside the darkened room and sidle up against the wall. 

[color=royalblue]"Huh, I don't remember this being the in weekly White Mask newsletter."[/color]

[color=f7941d]"I thought you didn't check your subscriptions,"[/color] Dana commented between munches of cupcake. Even so, the rampaging chaos seemed to confirm Rufus' suspicions. This was way more frantic than something caused by a little leaky faucet in the bathrooms. The good thing was that no one seemed ot question the girl riding around in her trash throne and they were able to slip by relatively easy. [color=f7941d]"Yeeeeah, this has your leader's name written all over it. And not just because she blared out her plan on the intercom a minute ago,"[/color] Dana said.

[color=royalblue]"I don't respond to my subscriptions. There's a difference, though I have to admit this does look like White Sun's handiwork."[/color] And that assessment had nothing to do with the announcement or Chiyo's prominent position on stage in the center of the chaos. Before them was a scene of near indiscriminate violence that looked more fitting for DGO then the physical academy, with faces he vaguely recognized to be White guild members being the predominant aggressor in the attacks. [color=royalblue]"If its bad here, I can't imagine how chaotic it is on DGO. Theatrics like this would be rather pointless as anything but a ruse."[/color] At least, Rufus couldn't see any sensible reason to risk expulsion and arrest unless it served a greater purpose.

[color=royalblue]"Hmm, Dana, you mentioned the toilets being clogged. Which restroom was that? I believe that would be a secluded place to log in and see what White Sun has done this time."[/color] 

[color=f7941d]"Oh ho! Are you implying you're gonna try and stop them if you see something you don't like?"[/color] Dana questioned with a manic grin. [color=f7941d]"And here I thought you had soooome loyalty to your Guild. But I guess there are some things even you wouldn't dare to do, right, right? But sure, the restroom is that way?"[/color] she said further with a snicker. A motion of her head revealed it to be a girl's restroom; not that she doubted Rufus would have a problem given his last cross-dressing attempt. The area around it was empty and abandoned, no doubt the other students having already moved out of the way.

[color=royalblue]"Stop them? Maybe."[/color] Rufus said with a questioning look at the shark toothed girl he ferried around. [color=royalblue]"I'm as loyal to the White Suns as I am to the Library that issues me a library card. You know anyone can be snatched up by a guild recruiter and inducted into a colored guild? There's only 6 if you count the Sweeper's and they all want cannon fodder. Why would I deny the perks of a factions facilities when all I need to do is wear their colors when its convenient?"[/color]

[color=f7941d]"Heh, that's some fine words coming from you. A deserter at heart,"[/color] Dana snickered in response.

Dana was right in assuming that Rufus wouldn't bat an eye at the woman's restroom and pressed inside to find the floors were wet from the overflowing waters which poured into the lavatory's central drain. He set the Trash Mobile down as far from the bathroom stalls and their clogged toilets as he could before sitting down on the sink beside her. [color=royalblue]"Besides, not like we have anything better to do now that Chiyo upstaged us. Anything else here would just be playing second fiddle, so may as well see is going on Online. Want to party up?"[/color]

At that, Dana hesitated. It was rare of her to do so but she took pause as if slowly thinking over the offer. [color=f7941d]"Maaaaaybe. I think it'd just be better if I stayed here and...ahah, guard your body! Yeah, don't want any weird girls molesting it without my supervision. Yep, yep, yep! I'll even steal one of the cheerleader uniforms to root you on back here. And you'll get to see something special when you return, oh ho~"[/color[

He seemed non-plused at her refusal to join him, but didn't push the matter any further. In the week they'd been running roughshod over Purple Crown and the city, he hadn't heard a peep about DGO from Dana, so he wasn't surprised when she didn't break the trend now. [color=royalblue]"It's for the best then, though I wish you luck in guarding me. There are many deviants who wouldn't pass up the opportunity to molest a slumbering maid ."[/color]

Unconcerned with the theft of cheerleading outfits, Rufus leaned back against the bathroom mirror and booted up the chip for DGO with a nagging feeling he'd either wake up in the Trash Mobile or with a pompom shoved in his face. Contemplating the perpetrator had him drifting off into his digital avatar with a smirk on his face. Needless to say, he wasn't too wrong. Only that Dana had decided to casually move his body over to one of the toilets-clean, she swore!-and set his face in the water. Oh sure, the risk of drowning him was a concern but Dana was certain she would move him out. When his body start to twitch for air of course.



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