[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/uqjbGm9.png[/img] [h3][color=ffdd99]Maeda Hitomi[/color][/h3][/center] [color=ffdd99]"Sure,"[/color] Hitomi replied, smiling at nodding at Tomoe. [color=ffdd99]"Let's head back to the room. If they are planning anything, there's not much I can do right now. I'll always be able to step in later, when there's more concrete evidence to use. But for now, let's go back and chill."[/color] As the two were making their way back to the room, with Hitomi draping one arm over Tomoe's shoulder like a big sister, Action landed in front of them in a striking, bad-ass pose. Tomoe would notice Hitomi blushing a little and muttering [color=ffdd99]"He's so cool..."[/color] to herself. Oh dear. She's got it bad. [color=ffdd99]"Well,"[/color] replied Hitomi, impressively keeping her cool in regards to outward appearence, [color=ffdd99]"There's a little sort of competition to determine the fate of an idea called 'The Komei Collective'. It's basically like a practice agency, with students from all the different classes playing the roles that they'd be likely to play in a real agency when they graduate. It's a fantastic idea in theory, but...I'm worried that the class 1B clique are going to try and use it as a power grab and I don't want this idea to become a political tactic. Enough about that. What have you been up to?"[/color] [@liferusher][@Conscripts] [hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/AkrlPlR.png[/img] [h3][color=844E7A]Mako Akane[/color][/h3][/center] Mako began to listen to Jean's story with interest. This was her first glimpses into who this man actually was, that she'd ever heard before. When he mentioned that he got married, she started to feel a new, strong surge of regret that she ran away all those years ago, but that feeling dulled when Jean didn't go into detail about what happened next. He didn't have to. As she read his eyes and his mannerisms, his silence told her all she needed to know. She did want to know what his connection to Miss Beaumont was, but she wasn't going to pry. He hadn't gone into detail for a reason. Now that she knew a bit more, she wanted to swing it back around to flirting. She was much more comfortable being coy than she was being honest and open. Not that she had any qualms about spilling her guts, but the more Jean did not, the more curious she became, and it was rather torturous. [color=844E7A]"You know, I'd like to have kids one day. But I'm thirty-eight,"[/color] Mako sighed with a sly smile. [color=844E7A]"The clock's ticking."[/color] Mako's buzzer chose this perfectly ironic moment to then start going off, causaing Mako to stiffen, blush and visibly die inside. [color=844E7A]"Ah...that's my time up. I need to head back to the Academy now..."[/color] [@Heartfillia]