A certain old coot was peacefully writing a few things down... Slowly... On a document. His movements were sluggish, eyesight was not the greatest and the wheelchair... Actually pretty comfortable. His nurse was watching over the shoulder, pretty interested in the things the principal was writing down. Whatever it was though, would have to wait. A knock came from the other end of his room, at the door that lead straight to the elevator. It was a beautiful two-piece mahogany door, with silver handles and a flower pattern carved across. "Visitors...?" the creaky voice of the old man rang, a senile smile crossing across his face. "Jay, if you'd please?" he asked the nurse, who nodded in reply and walked on over. Placing both her hands on the handles and pulling, the door slowly opened and illuminated the rather dim hall three of the students found themselves in. Ignia and Leander were in plain sight, though Brad chose to hide himself behind a wall for some reason. Jay could see him, just not the principal.
The actual office itself was... Grandiose. The walls, floor and even roof were perfectly polished with a huge glass wall behind the principal. It was at least a third the entire length of the circular wall. A fine aged wooden desk was where the old man was sitting at, with various documents resting atop alongside a quill pen and an inkt pot, naturally. Fine sculptures adorned the wall, alongside two potted plants on the opposite ends of the room. Here, too, was the DA logo emblazoned on it's floor. A luxurious fan was hanging from the roof, painted in a sweet pink and red pattern. "Principal? It seems to be a few students." Jay informed, turning her head to share the message.
"Good, Good!" his oldness answered with joy, clearly happy at the thought of the dull monotone being broken. "Enter, students!" he beckoned, Jay following up by stepping aside to let the three of them through. The principal put away the documents on his desk into one of the many drawers it held, then rolled forward a bit to come closer to it. His back was a little bent due to the age, but the principal still did his best to sit upright with hands folded beneath his nose. "I hope you've been well at our academy? You didn't run into trouble, did you?" the old man playfully opened up, having a rather hoarse voice. "So, tell me why you chose to visit if you'd please!"
Hayato wouldn't have much trouble REACHING the old building, but something... Unexpected was waiting for them when they arrived. They could catch a glimpse of a certain silver haired individual vanishing into the shadows, but before they could give chase, a cry from above could be heard. Shinrei's company shouldn't have been able to, with their talk and all, but Hayato sure should. Looking up would reveal three shadows circling the sun, with spots of red being covered by black feathers. They seemed to be quite meager, too, barely having any flesh on their bones. Vultures. Things could get really bad for Hayato really fast if he decided to stick around the area. A bit more into the building there was also a bit of hissing... A very faint hiss, mind you, but a hiss nonetheless. A light brown figure could be seen shifting in the sands around Shinrei & Co, but they didn't quite crawl onto the floor just yet. They seemed to be busy hiding in the sand, biding their time... To bite. It seemed a venomous snake was looking for a little lunch.
Haas was also just munching a little too silently on his flake mix, darting their eyes around both of the people seated at the table. Nathan'd gone quiet, and Tsukiko wasn't saying much either. Maybe the boy should say something himself? He pondered for a little bit, thinking up of... Pretty much anything to talk about. Maybe classes? Nah, they didn't have the schedule yet... Yesterday? Nah, too cliché... It was a real dilemma, trying to start a convo. He'd chowed through half the bowl already, and still nobody said a word. Haas kicked back into his chair a little, about to start whistling to pass the time, when Tsukiko gave him a flash of inspiration. Her pulling out a card gave them an idea!
"Oh, hey! What kind of a deck does everyone run?" Haas asked out of the blue, suddenly excited. "A deck says a lot about the person, right?" he continued, flinging open his deck box and pulling out a card. It was the first monster Haas played, Wind-Up Soldier. He revealed it to both his companions. "I think Tsukiko knows already, but I'm playing Wind-Ups! They kinda remind me of home, and they're really fun!" Haas grinned like an idiot, not really understanding his deck completely but finding it fitting the toymaker's son had a toy deck.
He wouldn't get much of a reply from Tsukiko, though. Not because the girl was going to refuse to answer, although it was likely, but because someone else decided to walk up to the not-so merry band. "Oh, hey Hayate!" He greeted, blinking in surprise when she decided to show. The ray twin quickly got to the point though, spouting out "Mind if i borrow her for a second?" relatively quickly. Haas didn't really know how to reply to that. "Err... She's not really an object, but if Tuskiko is fine with-" the boy started, but couldn't finish his sentence. Before they knew it, Hayate suddenly dragged Tsukiko out of her chair and away. Haas let out a cry of "H-Huh? Wait!" but it didn't seem to be of much avail. Afterwards the boy was left pretty... Confused, honestly. What would cause Hayate to grab the silver-haired girl so suddenly?
Ethel nearly groaned when she heard Venwyn's quite frankly stupid reply. Training? Really? She didn't really understand, considering she had no knowledge Venwyn is a ninja. "You've got to be joking!" she complained, suddenly considering the shove as a viable option again. Even the clarification Ethel got wasn't satisfactory. If he wanted to test his balance so bad, why not do it in his room?
"Stop flaunting! It's unsightly for a duelist of your caliber." Ethel threw in Venwyn's direction, an actual frown forming on her brow. "And here I thought you had some decency..." she mumbled under her breath, before walking away. The girl'd seen enough of this nonsense show, already thinking of Venwyn as little more than a showoff. She spotted a lone figure and a not-so-lone figure. Ben and Andre. One was the brother who flaunted his skills, then gave an unsatisfactory performance. The other the younger one, Andre, sitting there alone and looking to be left that way. Figuring the embarrassment from yesterday wasn't yet resolved, Ethel was deciding against sitting with them. Then again, Ben had amassed a crowd of people around him... And she didn't really like crowds. The bluenette considered her options, there weren't many other free tables... And the only other one she spotted had freaking Angelo sitting at it, who wasn't exactly pleasant company.
She decided on sitting with Ben in the end, but only because of what happened yesterday with Andre. She took a free spot in between the crowd of students, elegantly sitting down and brushing away some hair that'd get in the way. She wasn't really looking to talk, but with this many people... Well, she might have to. Ethel took the spoon off of her tray and started bringing small bites of cereal towards her mouth, not even bothering to make eye contact with anyone at the table.
Member
RPM,
Joshua Tamashii,
xVampire3go,
AtomicNut,
Antlers,
O O,
adncod,
Birdboy