[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180612/776815fc55a1011126f416921f5da99f.png[/img][/center][hr][right][color=gray][b]Toukotan Park, The Asterisk[/b]
Spring, SY 3233/UC 233/AY 117[/color][/right][hr][indent][b][color=783639]"Hey... don't I know you from somewhere..."[/color][/b]

The voice coerced Lili to lift her head from behind the safety of the bench, with her eyes meeting a dazed red-haired individual. Whoever the boy was, it seemed he had known Lili from a previous meeting, yet she struggled to match a name to her fellow student. Was it the introduction ceremony?

Probably.

Before Lili had the chance to respond, however, it became clear to her that she wasn't alone. The commotion drew out quite the crowd, including a duo of commentators being rather [i]extra[/i] as they streamed the incident to the authorities. Nevertheless, despite their sarcastic commentary, they weren't the star of the show, if this brute spectacle could even be considered a "show." Maybe it was some kind of mock battle between fighters, but horribly one-sided.

Sensing someone approaching, Lili turned her gaze slightly, having expected one of the delinquents to come finish the job on this poor fool sprawled outwards on the bench. Thankfully, it wasn't, but something about how the regal white-haired girl held herself pushed Lili towards getting out while she still could, merging into the growing crowd.

[b][color=#B70000]"I demand that you cease this nonsense at-"[/color][/b] The girl, haughty as ever, announced in regards to the battle that took place. Before she could finish her sentence, however, the girl found herself cut off by the current victor, as if she was a nuisance.

The concurrent battle had been over in a blink of an eye. Apparently, whatever heat this Sylas fellow was packing, it wasn't enough to defeat the Third Princess Lukarya Ahn-Rysslind fon Zahria Amarant! Still, rather than listen to Lukarya gloat, Lili knew it was best to continue her escape. It was only a matter of time bef-

[i]Whee-woo, whee-woo![/i]

A swarm of the Asterisk's security detail surrounded the scene, having been drawn to the commotion upon the requests for police assistance. Officers and disciplinary committee students alike lept into action, arresting certain individuals and taking a few others in for questioning, but mainly to scatter the crowd that was impeding on their ability to work. Lili would've gotten away too, if it hadn't been for [s]those meddling kids[/s] one small detail.

[color=#cce6ab][b]"What about her, sir?"[/b][/color]

[color=#1f44dd][b]"[i]Her?[/i]"[/b][/color] An officer spoke as he referred to Lili, who was trying to sneak away within the dispersing crowd. [color=#1f44dd][b]"The footage has Pinky in plain sight near the fight. Might as well take her in too."[/b][/color]

The junior officer saluted her commanding officer, and approached Lili with a pair of electromagnetic cuffs. She didn't want to hear any of Lili's complaining; there weren't going to be any ifs, ands, or buts. Lili was being brought to the brig whether she liked it or not.

[color=FFBFBF][i]Damn it.[/i][/color] Lili thought, as she was being carted away to the one place she wanted to avoid the most.[/indent]