[center][h2][color=cyan]Kanbaru Otoko[/color][/h2][/center][hr]

Perhaps it was because she was the only one there to be spared the Magical Girl's glare and thus ignored, or maybe it was her bold declaration that spurred her on, but Kanbaru could not even fathom restraining the peels of derisive laughter that poured past her lips. With an arm wrapped around her gut and the other clutching the desk in a manic grasp, she belted out raucous chuckles as though she heard the greatest joke to grace her ears.

And when it came to a sudden halt she adopted a smile that was chilling in the absence of mania. Painfully sane and fully aware of herself, she stood and loomed over the invalid without a threatening mannerism to be seen. 

[color=cyan]"You've got this backwards. You think [i]we[/i] don't have any hope? That [i]we[/i] flinched and faltered while you carried on fighting the good fight? That's a hoot. From where I'm standing, life is grand. I've got a room full of swell friends, a charismatic leader who understands and inspires us, and every night I can see that my work makes a tangible difference and empowers us all to be even better the next night."[/color]

Kanbaru released her midsection and settled the palm upon a cocked hip while her gaze focused solely upon the Hag's own pupils in an unblinking stare. [color=cyan]"Now look at you. Alone and posturing in front of people who should have nothing but animosity towards you. Who have had their sanctuary intruded upon and been affronted by such open hostility."[/color]

[color=cyan]"But you know, if we justifiable took out our ire on you, we'd be proving all your misconceptions correct in your mind. You think you have the moral high ground, whereas we deny any such place exists, sooooo~"[/color] In the blink of an eye she stepped aside and swept her arm out over the class as though offering it on a platter to the interloper. [color=cyan]"Why don't you join us for our Christmas deliberations. You may call this a time of mourning but we still have a holiday to celebrate and one more mouth won't break our budget. Come on, we won't bite if you don't~"[/color]