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Even though the discussions in the room kept advancing, Snow didn’t seem to care for much of it anymore. She was still listening to everything, but her participation had ground to a halt. When Ginshi mentioned murder, Snow could only be seen staring at the empty cup of milk in front of her, only occasionally sighing with a frightened undertone. Whatever was in that milk really got her down for some reason, or maybe she was still feeling the effects of waking up poorly.

However, one word Ginshi uttered caused a response from Snow. [i]‘Grateful’[/i] he said, and Snow responded by shouting a single word. [color=999cc8]“[i]Grateful[/i]!?”[/color]
But when Ginshi continued his depressing sentence, Snow backed out even more. She didn’t even acknowledge Izo’s introduction, as she knew that everyone already knew everyone through the handbooks anyway.

Meanwhile, in a different corner of the mess hall, Flare was attentively listening to Maiya. To her, it was another person that sounded in need of protection; which set the number to two now.

[color=fbd178]“I’m right there with you.”[/color] She responded to Maiya, [color=fbd178]“This kidnapping is [i]out[/i] of control, but...To be honest, I’ve seen worse, so don’t worry; we’ll be fine.”[/color]
As Maiya proposed to get some tea, Flare stood up from her chair to interrupt Maiya, [color=fbd178]“Hey, I’ll get the cups; you get the tea.”[/color] She said as she extended her hand to the tinkerer.

Before walking towards the cup counter though, she overheard Momoe talking to Hiroki. That lady kinda bothered Flare, as she seemed so pessimistic about everything. Even when the pirate girl insulted Snow, she kept up the pessimist persona. Turning her attention to the insulted, Flare instantly noticed how worn down Snow looked; it was a bubble about to burst, and she was about to prevent it from bursting when Chikako suddenly grabbed her attention again...with a terrible idea. [color=fbd178]“Gods, she really is hopeless.”[/color] she whispered to herself.

[color=999cc8]“Lich Queen…”[/color] was another whisper by a different girl. The bubble kept expanding, but the walls wouldn’t be able to contain it for much longer.

[color=999cc8]“Lich queen...lich....lich queen...lich queen…”[/color] she continued to whisper, almost chanting; until a sudden loud noise filled the room as Snow’s chair violently hit the floor.

[color=999cc8]“LICH QUEE-!? How [i]dare[/i] you insult me! ”[/color] Snow was physically cringing in anger and disgust towards Momoe. [color=999cc8]“You’ve only been stuck here for [i]ONE[/i] day, but already, [i]all[/i] you do is antagonize [i]everyone[/i] at [i]every[/i] opportunity you get! It’s barbaric, though you totally [i]look[/i] the part of the caveman.”[/color] Snow’s face was still furiously contorted; she was madly waving her arms around, stomping her feet on the ground, and there seemed to be no sign of stopping. 

[color=999cc8]“[i]GOD[/i], you are all so stupidly incompetent!”[/color] she now addressed everyone, [color=999cc8]“the [i]first[/i] thing you did when we all met yesterday was getting [i]SHOT[/i]! And while [i]those[/i] idiots were badly hurt, the [i]rest[/i] of you all decided to aimlessly squabble and throw insults at each other with no end in sight! And even when you [i]finally[/i] decided to help those suicidal morons, the rest just buggered off to do god knows what! leaving me and a few stragglers to find a way [i]out[/i] of here!”[/color]

She then turned to Momo once more, stepping into her personal space and looking her in the one eye with with fury...and a hint of desperation. [color=999cc8]“And then [i]you[/i] off all people, have the nerve to call my idea dumb...A scummy smuggler who breaks the rules shouldn’t have [i]any[/i] problem breaking those of the scum that kidnapped us, and we have a hacker!”[/color] She then poked her finger onto momo’s shoulder before uttering. [color=999cc8]“[i]You’re[/i] the one [i]screwing[/i] around if you’re gonna listen to that [i]stupid[/i] bear’s rules…”[/color]