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Aleecia and Ellie had been exploring around the hospital wing of the second floor when the intercom announcement had gone off. Memories flashed forward to the front of the Dice Master's mind of the first night of carnage that chilled the poor girl down to her bones. Without saying a word to Ellie next to her, Aleecia hurried in the direction she remembered the Diner to be, having formed a map of steps in her mind. 

She may have run her cane into a few walls, but she hadn't hit her head, barely slowing her down as she raced for the dining hall. When she arrived, it didn't seem as though many people were there. Ice had come up to her immediately to try and calm her down, Aleecia was shaking uncontrollably. Once he had gotten her into a seat. He had asked her to stay put while he went to the door to wait and she had agreed after some argument. The girl fiddled with her jeans, pulling at frays in the hem, her nerves a jumbled mess.

Cyrus finally arrived, making Aleecia freeze. The entrance was loud, making the blind girl want to cover her ears, and they came up to her shoulders instinctually. Cyrus's stomps could be heard quite clearly as he moved towards the middle of the room, not too far from where Aleecia was sitting. As he began his announcement, alarm bells continued to ring off in her head.

Krista was in trouble, Nariko had her. But why? Why would she try to cure her [i]now?[/i]

Nariko had explained what 'curing' someone meant and spoke to the blind girl about her anxieties after her past failures. Aleecia had always tried to stop Nariko from thinking that way, but to no avail. The Dice Master knew it was an essential part of her programming and all she could really do was convince Nariko to prolong implementing it. 

His next sentence brought Aleecia's thoughts to a standstill, Nariko wanted [i]her?[/i] But Monokuma and the carnage sisters already had them all captive, why did she have to go to such lengths?! Why would... Something must have happened to Nariko after she had left this morning, why else would she do something like this? The fact she was going so far for her and Krista left her flabbergasted. Why was she doing this to Krista of all people? Aleecia stood up, and starting walking towards Cyrus, forgetting her cane on the table. 

[color=lightblue]"I need to talk some sense into Nariko. I can reason with her enough to let Krista go. I know Nariko, she would never do something to cause trouble for me. You don't need take another action because if I can't reason with her enough to let both Krista and me go..."[/color] Aleecia squeezed her eyes tightly.

[color=lightblue]"She can just take me."[/color]

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Ice had stayed as far away as Faith as possible after walking into the room. Not too many people had arrived yet, and Ice was worried to see that Aleecia wasn't among them. Where could that clumsy girl be?! Ice grabbed a pancake kitchen and started aggressively tearing it into tiny bits as he waited for Cyrus or Allie to arrive. 

Finally she did, followed in by Mumsy. Ice gave a curt nod to the blue-haired woman before hurdling Aleecia towards a chair. The poor girl was shaking from head to toe and Ice was slightly worried he would be stabbed in the foot by her broken cane. Ice muttered reassurances into Aleecia's ear while taking hold of her cane, gently setting it on top of the cane behind her. 

When she had finally calmed down, Ice told her he was going to stand by the door to wait for Cyrus and come back as soon as he could. Allie was doubtful and stubborn at first, but after some argument, Ice went to stand by the door. 

Which might've been the worst spot for him to be, because he was almost smashed into a pancake like the one he had decimated earlier.

Cyrus came in with a bang and started stomping towards the center of the room. He didn't have the irritated mood that he usually wore like a sleeve during trials, but his face was more set in determination. As soon as he started explaining the situation, Ice's mind went to their interaction this morning. Krista had seemed genuinely worried about his wellbeing and his heart started to beat two times too fast.

It was that blasted blood bag robot that Aleecia was always so fascinated by! Ice cursed at himself for not having disposed of it earlier before such a dangerous situation had occurred. If only he had- Regret enveloped his shaking body.

Now she wanted both of them. Not only poor Allie, but the Violinist as well. Not only was it greedy, it was despicable, abhorrent, disgusting, Ice couldn't think of enough negative adjectives. The thought of another death of someone he cared about made him grab for his collar, wishing to anyone listening for sugar to calm him down enough to take action.

Cyrus asked anyone who could to help, which Ice was about to volunteer when Aleecia stood up and started talking about reasoning with the mechanic monster. Ice moved towards her, fear and protectiveness coursing through his veins. Aleecia was only able to get her last line out before Ice put his able arm around her and pulled her back.

[color=orange]"You. Will. Not. Go to her. That sick devil's spawn needs to go back to the hell dimension she came from. I'm in if it means rescuing Krista and dismantling [i]her[/i]. Anything to piss of that hairball whore Davis."[/color]