[@Plank Sinatra] [b]Luke Schwarz - Armory "Hey. [i]Ohayou.[/i]"[/b] I lightly flicked Lorena Negasi between the eyes, not hard enough to hurt, but just enough to get any sister's attention, big or small. Even if she hid her intentions behind the opaque lenses of the BaSTEELs, my experience as an academic washout was too great to not notice the body language of someone else trying to sneak a few minutes, even if they didn't share my former lazy ways. Sorry, but after making me promise all through math that I'd come check out what you were working on, I can't have you sleeping on me. After all, she also already owed me, after coaxing me into admitting that Jericho was a fun opponent in a water fight. For most people, that was just a small, incessant detail from the end of the boat trip, but the ravenous way my surrogate older sister gobbled it up was... Worrying, I'd say it's definitely worrying. For a sapphist, she was awfully spirited about guys and guys... Anyway. I had arrived from Lunch a touch later than normal— trying to get everyone coordinated on the team had proven a bit of a challenge after we were set to split. Jack was in and out of the cafeteria in no time flat, and Bianca had elected to find the highest perch available to have her lunch and be alone with her thoughts, leaving only little old me to help guide and navigate our newest teammate towards Grimm Studies through the throngs of people that had vexed her so much only yesterday. Oh, yeah, Skye had actually ended up being a new transfer into Beacon Academy, and was slotted in with our motley gang of miscreants and misfits. Luckily, I was fairly certain I'd managed to talk "Jumpercable" into "Jumpercables" when the subject of team naming arose, as opposed to "Jubilance"... That would honestly have been too damn facetious, knowing us. Bianca's facade was cracking by the minute, Skye had a literal mask she hid herself behind, Jack was frivolous and flighty beyond the measure of simple happiness, and, well... We all know me. I sighed, folding my arms. I could use a little more hype in my life. [color=a187be]"Neh?"[/color] Lauren jolted up so quickly that it looked like even her chronically-whiplashing neck may have strained itself, pushing a hand through her short black pixie cut with a grin that she must have thought looked attentive. After determining who it was that had flicked her, she slid those BaSTEELs off her face - only to promptly wave them in mine. Okay, okay, Lauren! I asked for hype, not product placement! I get that they're cool and all, but they're not a Golden Ticket... [color=a187be]"Hey there, little bro,"[/color] Lauren greeted me, doing an admirable job of mustering her regular charming swagger within seconds of waking. [color=a187be]"I'm gonna need to steal you a few times today. You need to model for a pair of these, and I want you looking [i]fierce[/i], kay?"[/color] Fierce, she said? [b]"I don't know about fierce, but if you really want me to try, I could copy a few people in here..."[/b] My eyes flicked across the room. Gratia Mindaro, impassively beginning her own project with that same intimidating sangfroid I'd come to expect out of her in nearly any situation. Oswald Connoly, square jaw set in a thin, tight line as he sized the room up in his own right. Jericho Piper, eyes screaming for help under the cold and professional exterior-- wait hold on back up Who on earth could possibly cause that reaction? Bianca was in Grimm Studies right now, and he didn't suspect anyone else of terrorism... Looking to his side, I immediately found my answer in the form of a tall, lithe, and despite her religious upbringing, [i]devilishly[/i] smirking otter girl. Pfft. No water fights with that one, eh, Jericho? No, seriously, she wins. Every single time, she would win. If it was both of us versus her, we would be blown out of the water. Literally. I blinked. [i]Anyway.[/i] [b]"Are they what you were looking to show me, then? I thought you mentioned an axe..."[/b] Who would the extra pair be for, anyway? I was certain that every member of BASL had already gotten theirs...