The Morning Assembly [Morning Event]

Hmph. As expected.

Haru would not bat an eye at being ignored as the moody one decided to storm away instead of chat. He would let the other go watching his path with an unreadable expression for a few seconds before pushing whatever thoughts he had away as he refocused on the more inviting pair. He would relax slightly as the chat began and the pair actually humored him. When the other two arrived, he would hear their chatter, but pay it no mind for moment. He would only acknowledge them when he moved to let the pair into the conversation. It was not sudden impulse that caused this, but rather politeness.

While he could be cold at times and maybe even a brat if he really tried, he had enough sense to know when not to hog a spotlight. Besides, he was quite sure if they had approached, then perhaps they too wanted to chat with the cadets or had questions of their own. Besides it wasn’t like he was trying to dominate the conversation with his questions anyway. On top of that, this was a public space no? Why wouldn’t he allow them to talk?

In any case, he had gotten names. While the girl’s didn’t ring any bells, the other’s did. Ah yes. He remembered now. So this was indeed the same one from back then. Interesting, but for the moment not something the young man would focus on as he instead kept himself in the current conservation. He could play with wandering thoughts a bit later if time permitted it.

“Is that so?” he would say as he found his eyes drifting towards the royals siblings once more. So they each had gone through something different as far as gaining their powers? Was that what he was suggesting? Hmm… Maybe he would inquiry about that at later time if he got a chance like that before night time fell.  

In any case, his eyes would return back to Chris as he answered he answered his question regarding the woman. To his wording and reaction, Haru would raise an eye brow in mild wonder. “Well now, I’ll make sure to not leave that note out of my report then,” he would say. He honestly wanted to know what it was that made Chris speak the way he did about the woman, but at the same time he wasn’t sure if he really wanted the answer. He wasn’t sure, but did he hear a bit of fear under that statement? Hmmm…that was strange if that was true. While he didn’t expect everyone to get along all the time, he did not expect fear to play into any that worked for the Queen. How curious.

As for his other question, Haru would give the other a small pout. It was disappointing, but perhaps at the same time expected. Even if he was curious of the workings of the cadets, he suppose in the end their business was classified. He would make a note of that in the back of his head as he gave the young woman followed the pout up with what sounded like disappointment to the untrained ear.

“I suppose that will do then,” he would say his voice and body language seeming defeated, but his eyes were holding a slight bit of mischief if one was quick enough to actually read his subtleties. A small bit of play then? It was hard to say and quite frankly, the young man wouldn’t clarify anything as he let others interpret the action as they would.

The action was short lived for just as suddenly as it cropped up, it would vanish as the young man refocused on the information being passed around. He would note the name given and the fact that said grumpy one was actually their leader.

“Ah, so that was the problem. I suppose I can follow that logic somewhat,” Haru would say with a light nod. He could understand the threat of new faces potentially upsetting tight bonds and he suppose if there were many getting in the way of perhaps himself and Lisa he would feel the same way. Understandable when explained. “I’ll try to be more patient with him if we should cross paths again down the road,” Haru would say for now holding back judgement on the other for his earlier rudeness. From here, Haru fell quiet for a moment seeming to mull over some things for now as he let the other two take over if they wished.

When Chris spoke about the woman Athena had to fight the urge to look for her in the crowd. What was she and how was she connected with the Queen? To Athena she appeared more similar to that demon she had encounter that night almost five years ago than an actual human, then again Athena wasn't exactly a brave warrior, perhaps the intimidating aura of the woman was a skill she had developed in order to rise. "Was that woman a cadet once?" She finally asked. "I'm not an expert but she doesn't look like an ordinary human." At that point she met the male's eyes. "You one the other hand" She added in a rather convincing coy manner. "You're much easier to talk to. I was so nervous when I decided to join the cadets and so it's a nice to receive such a friendly welcome."

Athena continued her attempt to charm the two cadets by moving on Claire shortly after she paid a compliment to Chris. "Does the prince often leads the cadet operations? If so it's brave of him, I can only imagine that the terrorist would want him dead in order to hurt the Queen." She made sure to sound aggressive when she talked about the terrorists, they were the primary opponents of the cadets, she couldn't afford to be sympathetic of their cause if she desired to rise even higher.

When the young man made it clear he didn't want to chat in a very curt an abrupt way. Achelle couldn't help but smirk at his abrupt dismissal.

She was about to say something else, when another person, Liam, she believed his name was, practically taunt the Cadet before the two of them. 'My, my," she thought as she raised a hand to her glasses and adjusted them by the arm, as she cupped her elbow in her other hand while quietly actually moving out of Alex's way as she watched what events unfold from this with a bemused smile.

A woman who worked for the Queen and yet the Cadets did not get to know her name? How strange and here he thought if anyone knew anything about anything in the city, the government’s best would be the ones to turn to. It was a curious turn of events to say for certain, but for the time being Haru didn’t question the matter as he simply absorbed what was being said.

While most was informative, he had to admit he did not approve of the rather…what was it called? Kiss up style? Hmm..Perhaps….

In any case, the way the girl called Athena acted towards the cadets was a little off putting considering the young man did not believe in doing such a thing. If you wanted favor and respect, you worked for it. Kissing up and acting charm had little meaning to the young man who would meet such behavior with ice should it ever be used on him.

Despite how the behavior rubbed him the wrong way, the young man’s face would remain calm as he continued to be quiet and absorb the information given and when farewells came about, he would let the two cadets go not really phased by where their attention had ended.

As the cadets left, mismatched eyes would drift to Noah as he spoke. To his words, the young man would actually smirk a bit.

“Hmph. Free time…what a strange concept,” he would say somewhat amused before shaking his head slightly to clear away that thought. [color=#ff0066“Well then. Until next time perhaps,”[/color] he would say to Noah giving the wave a nod before he watched the other go. Once he was gone, Haru would look towards Athena and give her a polite bow.

“My lady,” he would say and then straightening up again, he would move pass her and back into the crowds that seemed to part a bit in his wake. It seemed had much to do before night fall.

Haru has exited the thread…unless stopped.

Athena smiled as she watched the cadets leaving. Her eyes wandered to the direction of the royal family, they were talking to a familiar woman... was she also an idol like Faces? She knew that the idol Kyotsu-Shi also attended the academy but she wasn't certain if that was her, after all Athena had no interest in her, once she joined the cadets she would have more chances to get close to the royal family and through them to the Queen. "I'm eager to see you all again during night. I'm certain the daily life of a cadet must be rough but in the end protecting our city is it's own reward." Even though it wasn't the way Athena truly felt she considered her charade to be rather convincing.

One by one the students began leaving the gym to carry on with their lives, Noah was the first one to say his farewells. "Goodbye, Noah." she said "I have the feeling we'll be spending a lot of time together now that we're going to be cadets." Athena purposely avoid mentioned the chance of not surviving the test, it was something she tried to cast out of her thoughts since the moment she heard of it. Once Noah was gone Faces took his turn "Charmed" was the only thing the girl said to him as she made a small curtsy in acknowledgment of his bow.

Even with the two males gone Athena lingered a bit longer in the room. She chatted with a few other students trying to determinate who were going to show up for the test and who would chicken out. When she was pleased with the info she had gathered the young model took her leave.

[Exiting the thread]

The cadet quickly made his escape through the opening Achelle gave him and the young woman waved to him as he retreated. She glanced at the other young man, who thought teasing and taunting Cadets was fun.

"Well, you must never have met my father then." She said as she pushed her glasses up by their bridge, as she decided that the assembly must be dying down now, so she decided to seek her own egress from the gym.


~Exit~