[right][img]https://i.imgur.com/1L1xq1m.png[/img][/right][hr]
[indent][color=firebrick]"...spent the rest of my morning asking around to see if anybody has heard about [color=yellow]Yellow Plague[/color].”[/color]

For all his internal posturing about revealing nothing, Laki's face tightened. Did he know? Did he notice Laki's discomfort? He tried to rearrange his features into something of a neutral expression.

[color=#9CB795][i]Breathing is fun. I like to breathe. Just think about breathing.[/i][/color]

Seiho seemed to continue on without a care in the world for how Laki reacted. He probably didn't know. He was just making small talk. He was definitely making small talk. No doubt about it.

[color=firebrick][b]”So your turn Hirata, ya hear anything interesting lately?"[/b][/color]

Did he mean about the [color=yellow]Plague[/color]?

[color=#9CB795][i]Small talk, Laki. Small talk... Nothing else.[/i][/color]

[color=#9CB795]"Nothing in particular. I've been sequestered at home all summer–haven't gotten a chance to really chat with anyone."[/color] The statement was at least [i]partially[/i] true. Laki certainly hadn't talked with any of his classmates all summer, save for a few close run-ins with them near the construction site where he worked. He had to steer the conversation away from any dangerous territory.

[color=#9CB795]"How about you? What'd you get up to over the summer? Do anything with the club?"[/color] 

[@Sarcelle Renard]
[/indent]