[center][h2][color=ed1c24][i][b]Drake “D” Edwards[/b][/i][/color][/h2]
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[hr][center][color=ed1c24][b]Interaction/Mentions: [@Almalthia][@Damo021][@webboysurf][@c3p-0h][/b][/color]   |  [color=ed1c24][b]Location:[/b][/color] Ashford Institute > Danger Room
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	"[color=f7976a]Those aren't...[/color]" Drake's eyes looked upon the ruined pack of cigarettes with mild horror.  'Free' was the last word in his mind, but he decided to leave it unsaid.  Like a child being told to clean its room before it can go play, Drake reluctantly trudged back toward the danger room.  Once inside, he found a wall and posted up.

	"[color=f7976a]We didn't start the fire,[/color]" he whispered with a bit of a mumble as he looked at his own open hand, his head leaned against the same wall as his shoulder.  "[color=f7976a]It was always burning, since the world's been turning.[/color]"  Slowly, a flame fit for a small candle danced into existence in the middle of his palm.  "[color=f7976a]We duh duh duh duh fire.  No we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it..[/color]."  His eyes were beginning to glaze over again as he watched the miniature fire continue to sway, spin and twist.  

	The crew had been through a lot in such a short amount of time.  A social outing turned into a nightmare of hellish proportions rather quickly and now they were back in school, business as usual to be expected, with new fresh faces to boot who were undoubtedly being trained up to face the world's ugliness, too.  Hopefully the new folks would get some time to learn to paddle before they're dunked into the deep end, but that's seldom how it works.  He caught of glimpse of the more familiar faces, too.  Cleo was no stranger, but it had been a while since he had really talked to Aya.  And, of course, he was always content with seeing his roommate.

	"[color=f9ad81]So,[/color]" he finally said in a volume loud enough to address the room, without really adjusting from his current melancholy lean, his hand still a platform for his fiery summon.  "[color=f7976a]You all ready to get back out there and fight some more monsters, or are we doing something different today?[/color]"