HereComesTheSnow

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@Crimmy

Monday, Early O'Clock

"Somehow."

Her ebon-colored gaze was unabashedly fixated upon the hereditary and completely normal ahoge again.

My eyes are down here, ma'am. I know your fixation on hair has only been strengthened by seeing an Atlesian with glowing tips, but I honestly feel like this objectification is going way too far. There's a person attached to these locks, you know. Focusing way too much on certain physical features of somebody and borders upon fetishization, y'know. Don't put acknowledging me as a person in second place to my cowlick!

Yeah, you heard it here first, folks. A squeaky-clean and innocent boy like me is subject to the depraved harassment of Gratia "That Glacier Needs to Simmer Down" Mindaro.

I cracked myself up with these bits, honestly. Could totally do stand-up, but as things happen I'm done standing up.

I sat down, and bit into a piece of the toast. A bit chewy, had it set too low for my taste.

Welp. Better luck next time.

Where was I?

"I guess crashing right as we get here'll do that. So,"

I picked at my eggs. At least these turned out well. Nice and creamy.

"Your family planning on doing any of the events?"

Unlike me, Gratia made sure that her family actually knew that she'd gotten in last night. Despite her blase appearance and frigid demeanor, she actually was a pretty responsible person.

There are things besides applied physics that I could learn from her.

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Monday, Early O'Clock

One of the things they don't tell you about this place is that there's a little miniature kitchenette in the cafeteria, open to students who wanted to take their culinary pursuits into their own hands. As an early morning mind-waking exercise, I normally wouldn't recommend cooking, but... Well, that was just how it came to be. Maybe I wanted to do things my way after eating food prepared for me by others for weeks on end.

Well, that sounds pretentious, but what I mean to say is I must have just had the urge to take back control of something for a change. Get my hands behind the wheels instead of someone or something else's, you know?

I just need to go through motions.

Two strips of bacon.

No, three. Need energy. Haven't told family I'm here yet.

While they render in their own fat, crack three eggs into a bowl and add some milk before whisking.

They'd have probably appreciated if I did, but that didn't end up having the energy or wherewithal to make that happen after we trudged back into our dorm coming off the flight and end of the cruise.

Flip bacon, toast up some whole wheat bread slices.

So as far as they knew, I was still somewhere in the water between Vale and Mistral.

Which meant that they were coming with the intent to wander around and wait on me.

That was...

Well, it was free time, if you looked at things from an especially hardened and mercenary perspective, but even at my lowest I wasn't a very heartless guy, so...

Remove bacon, add eggs and scramble.

So I wasn't going to treat it as such and blow everyone off simply because I could get away with it. I'd have to put a hold on picking my own brain and just enjoy the company of the people I hadn't seen in a while after growing up for 18 years with.

Tansfer eggs, toast, and bacon to plate. Quickly wash every utensil and tool used in creation of breakfast.

Picking my own brain would be on hold, yeah...

As I walked into the cafeteria hall proper, I quickly came upon a now-familiar head of dark, long hair occupying a lonesome table.

But, maybe not someone else's.

"Hey."

@Crimmy

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senpai is a guy
senpai is a guy
senpai is a guy

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<Snipped quote by HereComesTheSnow>

@Crimmy

why is this cute girl pouting at me?

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@NarayanK

みんな、見ていてくれ!

@Crimmy

what if i don't want to

Symphogear

oh no

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benny boy you gotta get those traps goin

do some shrugs and deads my guy

mirin though, could just be the angle

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putting out a wanted ad for one lucas schwarz

resurrection needed

@Krayzikk

same day shipping?

Ignite Heart! A Magical Girl RP

good old winter cold

I'm cool with a timeskip

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May the Schwarzes be with you

@Crimmy@NarayanK@Suku

Monday

"Of course!" the yellowjacketed girl replied with a thumbs-up. "How'd you get it, if you don't mind my asking?"

Over about three feet to her right, the more tactful of the two sisters met Cian's question with an airy laugh. "Ahaha, there isn't really that much of a story thus far. We just got up here to see our brother, whenever he manages to get back today, and to take a bit of time off from combat school."

"Hey, hey, we got permission!" April hastily chimed in. "It's not like we're playing hooky or something!"

Dawn may have had the leveler head most of the time, but April knew, through pure experience, far better than to trust that their hard-nosed instructors wouldn't take umbrage with the idea of family day being used as a vacation.

W-Which it wasn't!

She loved a challenge when learning, not a death sentence!

Although, if Sareta-sensei challenged her, most people looked at it as a death sentence for most anyone else...

Still, though!

"Well, yeah." came her precocious younger sister's easygoing reply. "I mean, it's like a break in the same way as a field trip is. We even have a report on the weapons we see to do, right?"

W h e w

"That's right! I was worried you'd forgotten, my dear sister, but thankfully, you aren't nii-chan."

If one was paying attention, they might have heard a nearby bush snickering.

"He probably would forget, wouldn't he... Well, thankfully he's got everyone here to take care of him."

She didn't know how right she was in her assessment.

"But on that subject, would either of you who have weapons mind showing them to us?" she asked the two that were currently enrolled students.

"We promise we'll be quick!" added the girl whose biggest selling point was her quickness.