A lot more people had noticed Serah's headache than she thought. First Minerva asked if something was on her mind, and before she could even respond, Bug had already asked Stella to take care of her. The Lilim quickly patted her down with some cloth, and the girl protested with a sheepish [color=00aeef]"Thank you, but I'm fine, really!"[/color]

Then, the boy who's gaze she matched from earlier slid over a lollipop. [color=7bcdc8][b]"Strawberry~. Sweet things to keep the bad thoughts away"[/b][/color] he'd tell her.

[color=00aeef]"Oh! Um... thanks?"[/color] she'd tell him, slightly confused, but accepting the gesture nonetheless. The team still had some time before the simulation, so she fumbled with the wrapper a bit and popped it into her mouth. No reason to refuse his kindness and she did like sweets.

From there, the discussion progressed. Minerva laid out her plan, then Bug built upon it. The sweets-loving boy didn't seem to like it, though, siding with Minerva instead. Then Ava inserted herself with a third plan, proposing to split the squad in several different tasks. With so many different voices throwing their thoughts into the mix, things were bound to get muddled... and its not like they had that much time to think.

[color=00aeef]"Timeout!"[/color] Serah suddenly spoke up, hand raised in the air. Without thinking about it, she jumped right on top of the table and addressed everyone like she was on a podium. [color=00aeef]"We're totally gonna lose if we all have different ideas. So... I think we should leave it at three plans for now. There's seven of us, so if we all vote on an idea, I think we'll find the strategy to go with! ...I think."[/color]

She realised what she'd done by jumping on the table, hand still in the air like a dork, and she gave an awkward little laugh as she scratched her cheek. [color=00aeef]"Uhm... so, Minerva wants to split into a frontline team and a mobile stealth team. Bug wants to start as two teams while he goes off alone, and have me break off to try and find Logic Driver when we've advanced enough. Ava wants to split us all into pairs; Stella and Zel-Ghin advancing on the front, Sparks supporting from behind, Minerva causing a distraction to let Ava herself sneak in, then me and Bug picking up any stray targets we find. That's everyone's ideas, right?"[/color]

Serah gave everyone a moment to get their thoughts, corrections and misgivings in so she could climb off the table and take a look around. She took the opportunity in order to find some conveniently left behind papers and a pen to scribble on them with. She wrote down the names of the three people who'd proposed something, then held up the paper for everyone to see. [color=00aeef]"So... mark your vote or forever hold your piece!"[/color]