[center][h3][color=fff79a]Lambda Lazuli[/color] / [color=bc8dbf]Kurogane Ookami[/color][/h3][/center] [i]Location:[/i] The Grand Library [i]Interactions:[/i] None [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxpg9_2on3I]3:03 PM by しゃろう[/url] [i]Lambda and Kurogane were reading some books to pass the time. While Lambda had a stack of gardening technique books and was making annotations, Kurogane had to settle with an action storybook since the second floor wasn't housing the comic section.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Oi, whatcha takin' notes for?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked him.[/i] [color=fff79a]"These are some gardening techniques that I'm collecting. I want to put them to good use when I go back to school."[/color] [i]Lambda answered.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Flowers, eh? Figures. This hobby fits a Laurel pauper like ya."[/color] [i]Kurogane said.[/i] [color=fff79a]"I've always liked gardening since I was a little kid. I took care of the orphanage's garden and then at my home too."[/color] [i]Lambda explained.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Orphanage? Wait, ya adopted?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked.[/i] [color=fff79a]"Yes, I'm not blood-related to my father or to my family. He took me in some years ago as his son."[/color] [i]Lambda answered.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Huh... who woulda thought?"[/color] [i]Kurogane commented.[/i] [color=fff79a]"Hehe. I guess it's pretty surprising once I speak it out loud like this."[/color] [i]Lambda laughed a little.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"It's just that I kinda get it. I'm not my Master's son, either."[/color] [i]Kurogane said.[/i] [color=fff79a]"By 'Master', do you mean your father? Are you adopted too?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"It's a... long story. Way too long. But no, I ain't that bastard's son, just his disciple."[/color] [i]Kurogane answered while avoiding details.[/i] [color=fff79a]"I see. Well, he seems like a kindhearted person."[/color] [i]Lambda said, smiling.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"There aren't many things I'm proud of in my life, but meeting him certainly was."[/color] [i]Kurogane spoke, proud.[/i] [color=fff79a]"I'm happy for you Kuro. I don't know what you went through but I'm glad things are working out for you as well."[/color] [i]Lambda smiled even more.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"O-O-Oh, uh... thanks. I-I'm happy for ya too, Lamb..."[/color] [i]Kurogane thanked him, while looking away.[/i] [i]Kurogane felt his temperature rise and his face get hot. To avoid being seen fully red, he turned his face away, avoiding eye contact with Lambda.[/i] [color=bc8dbf](Fuck, this kid's just too cute for his own good! And bein' happy for me while not knowing me that much doesn't help!)[/color] [i]Kurogane thought, being caught by his weakness.[/i] [color=fff79a](Did I say something out of turn? Perhaps I shouldn't have been too happy about him, especially since I barely know him. Maybe I should just apologize...)[/color] [i]Lambda thought.[/i] [b][i]*BGM fades away*[/i][/b] [i]But just when Lambda was about to apologize, something happened...[/i] [quote=@AtomicNut] [color=aba000][h2]"HELP ME, A PERVERT! HE IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO ME!"[/h2][/color] She yelled at the top of her lungs, catching attention on all the library staff and students alight. [/quote] [i]The sudden scream reached even the second floor, getting the attention of all who were there. Lambda, Kurogane and the other students ran to the balcony to catch a glimpse of what exactly was happening, each of them with their own intentions.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Yikes, there's an unlucky bastard. Seems like he's messing with a girl from Laurel's."[/color] [i]Kurogane snickered.[/i] [color=fff79a]"That's... I don't know her personally, but I think that's one of my seniors. I've heard about her."[/color] [i]Lambda said.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Oh, so she's famous around yer grounds?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked him.[/i] [color=fff79a]"If I'm not wrong, that is Darla Drake. She's a 3rd-year at Laurel's, known to be a genius with machines and technology. Some classmates said she can create, fix, modify and enhance whatever she wants without too much trouble."[/color] [i]Lambda answered.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Yeah, gotta say... she fixes more than just machines..."[/color] [i]Kurogane commented.[/i] [color=fff79a]"What do you mean?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Jus' look at her face."[/color] [i]Kurogane pointed it out.[/i] [quote=@AtomicNut] [color=aba000]"Somebody! Help! I will give [b]two Million[/b] to the person who rescues me!"[/color] She added, sweetening the pot and stirring the nest as she pointed at Mav, her hands trembling with fake fear. [/quote] [color=bc8dbf]"That's the biggest bluff I've heard today."[/color] [i]Kurogane said, nonchalant.[/i] [color=fff79a]"Maybe we should go and help her."[/color] [i]Lambda said, ready to go down. However, Kurogane held him back.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Dude, she's jus' doin' a show. She doesn't need help, it's written on her forehead."[/color] [i]Kurogane explained.[/i] [color=fff79a]"How can you be so sure about that?"[/color] [i]Lambda asked.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Hand's shaking too much, she's snickerin' left an' right, and ain't no one just gonna offer two million grand just to stop a perv. That's bait to see if some sucker comes up and beats the guy's ass."[/color] [i]Kurogane answered.[/i] [color=fff79a]"E-Even if that were to be the case, I still believe we should go and help her."[/color] [i]Lambda said once again, trying to leave. However, Kurogane still held him back.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Before ya play martyr, why don't ya pay attention to the scene and take yer conclusions afterward?"[/color] [i]Kurogane asked.[/i] [color=fff79a]"Kurogane, please..."[/color] [i]Lambda pleaded.[/i] [color=bc8dbf]"Trust me just this once, Lamb."[/color] [i]Kurogane spoke.[/i]