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[quote=@Pseudo Stygian]
Lyra registered the rest of the scene a moment later. "Oh, oh! Are you two having a moment?" she half-whispered. "And is that Mr... err-" He looked familiar. Must be one of those she saw during the speech? The name, inexplicably, came to her. "Mr. Manilow? Ooh."

"Do you think the other teachers know about this?" she whispered, quiet enough that only ShiZen could hear her. "Do you think... hey wait!" 

They were here to find whoever had been shooting water at them, right? Okay, but it can't be either of these teachers! Ms. Hargreaves' a wind elementalist. Mr. Manilow's an earth elementalist. And there's no water gun anywhere! No, it can't be them.

She told ShiZhen this reasoning. "And I'm not letting those water squirters go. Come on, let's look for [i]them[/i]." Before she walked off further into the fog, she called out to the pair of teachers up in the tree, like an afterthought, "Sorry for the interruption, Ma'am! Sir!"      

The blackmail materials had already wobbled off her mind.
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When Jordan winced, Catherine looked back at him with sudden concern in her eyes. He had told her once, in a moment of vulnerable intimacy, of his pains. She wondered if she went too far when giving him 'CPR' earlier in the day. She wanted to say something, but the words couldn't come. They always took things too far, they had gotten too close, too quickly, exposed their weaknesses and ugliness, like they were trying to make up for lost time, like they were both running from something. If love was a choice, then is it no longer 'love' when it became a 'need'? Before she could say anything, Jordan stalked off into the darkness. Hearing a familiar voice call out and begin asking questions, Catherine balled up her fist in regret, and turned to address the student. Though Lyra's question seemed biting and pointed, having met her previously, Catherine had a hunch that the girl with the violin was merely harmlessly curious. [color=f49ac2]"Just a pleasant, late night stroll between two colleaugues, think nothing of it,"[/color] Catherine pleasantly reassured Lyra, who seemed to be lost in thought anyways. [color=f49ac2]"Good luck,"[/color] she wished the pair of students as they continued through the forest. As they disappeared among the trees, Catherine tugged absently at the noose around her neck and closed her eyes tightly. Weightlessly, she lifted off the ground and flew towards the main building; she had had enough 'fun' for one night.

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[color=a187be]"Uh...eh...umm..."[/color] ShiZhen was still trying to process Lyra's question, when Catherine answered. [color=a187be]"Y-yeah, i-it's probably not...[i]that[/i]..."[/color] ShiZhen said, blushing in the dark. Suddenly Lyra went searching for the source of the water, so ShiZhen automatically followed, though she offered Catherine a respectful bow. [color=a187be]"W-wait for me!"[/color] ShiZhen called, [color=a187be]"I-I don't think we should go looking for trouble!"[/color]