At The Sound Of Her Name Being Spoken, The Princess Froze In Her Movements, Body Going Tense Before Sheepishly

At the sound of her name being spoken, the princess froze in her movements, body going tense before sheepishly turning to Bi-Han. There goes her plan of flying under the radar. Up in smoke.

“Well, I was woken up by a strange energetic man at the asscrack of dawn. Then when I was escap-I MEAN-going to the bathroom, SOMEONE decided to be an asshole and opened a portal that teleported me from the hallway to here. Soooooo.....Honestly, not too bad.”

Lucette had to be honest. Despite dealing with a weird specter with prankster tendencies and being alone in the middle of an icy desert, it wasn’t too bad here.

“Though, I still don’t see the point in doing this training. Hand to hand combat isn’t the training I need. Its my pyromancy.”

‘Girl. You never told him you had pyromancy. Remember?’

Lucette didn’t need to see her to know that the voice was rolling its eyes at her forgetfulness, exasperated. Rolling her eyes, Lucette held out a hand and summoned a minor fireball.

“I need to learn how to control this. And from what I’ve seen, this isn’t quite your area of expertise.”

Surely there were other pyromancers on this world that could teach her. Even if it would be different than Maria’s teachings. But hey, what can a girl do but to follow through?

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As Lucette imitated the moves of the other recruits, she felt the hair on the back of her neck stand, that familiar tingle tapping on the back of her mind before bolting down her spine.

‘He’s watching you.’

“Yeah, kinda figured.” She hissed under her breath, trying everything in her power to not look back at Bi-Han. Because she knew that if she even gave off the hint of her knowing he’s watching, he’s gonna single her out for something stupid. She just knows it. She feels it in her gut. Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him. If I don’t pay attention to him, he’ll leave her alone. Hopefully.

‘He’s not a T-Rex, girl. You don’t disappear from his sight as soon as you freeze.’ Lucette didn’t need to see her to know she’s rolling her eyes.

“As long as I blend in, there’s nothing to worry about.”

‘Unless the shadow tells him.’

Lucette froze, realization hitting her square on the head. Fucking hell, she didn’t think of that! He probably did!

“Well, he hasn’t said anything yet nor done anything yet, so maybe he’s willing to let it slide this once?”

‘We both know you don’t believe that for a second.’ She’s right, Lucette doesn’t buy that excuse. He’s probably waiting for the proper moment to strike and humiliate her. Probably to teach her a lesson or whatever.

“Well now, Lucette, how are you adjusting to life here so far?”

Bi-Han glances over his shoulder. His lower lip twitches, a smirk almost, almost emerging: Saibot echoed the sentiment in the back of his head, smug attitude dripping from his presence (hard to describe, their bond is finicky and literally would take hours for him to properly explain it, makes his head hurt just even entertaining the thought).

Jokes aside, though, there was some potential within her, one that could possibly make her a very valuable recruit to the Lin Kuei cause if she ever fails to figure out a way to get back to wherever she had came from. There was certainly something that lingered, like an itch that he could not quite really scratch, about her that seemed so familiar -

Hanzo Hasashi. He stiffens at the thought, half glaring at the shadow through their link. She carries fire like Hasashi did, though without it being hellfire, but fire nonetheless. So that was why he’d sensed something so similar from her aura -

‘It took you that damn long to figure it out?’ Saibot might as well facepalmed. Bi-Han sighed out loud: there were times for Saibot’s antics - ‘I sensed it coming off of her when we first met. Though… Granted, I did not expect for her to be staying with us for so long and for you to consider potentially adding her to the ranks of the Lin Kuei.’ Tell her that he knew? No, if she didn’t mention it, then there was a reason for it.

His mind focuses upon the rank and file of his recruits, though only with one eye. This is about to get interesting.

Idmaer: Leofred isn’t answering their phone Teodora: I’ll call Idmaer: Aiyla and I have both tried six times each, what makes you thi- Leofred: Hello?

Leofred: Can you please be serious for five minutes? Idmaer: My record is four, but I think I can do it.

A concept: Little Lucette walking up to Ornstein, shyly giving him a flower crown of roses and then running away

Glazed over blue eyes blinked open, only to squeeze back shut again at the bright lights blaring down at her. Her head felt like she’s been ran over by a semi and her legs feel like jello. It took a few minutes for her full awaken, one hand rising to rub her head as she tried to comprehend whatever the stranger told her.

“DenLiner? Time? Ryuutaros?” She mumbled, the strange words bouncing around her brain before remembering that she should probably thank the guy first before interrogating him.

“Uh, Thanks for helping me, I guess. Some assholes jumped.......me....” 

Lucette started to explain what happened to her, opening her eyes to look at her sorta savior, only to trail off as she finally saw what was speaking to her, gaping in shock and bewilderment. Because It certainly wasn’t a human. 

“Uhm.....is that....a costume?”

“Hey! How did you end up there? I found you out there on the streets, unconscious, so I figured I’ll bring you in here where it’s safer.” 

Orange eyes regard with a twinkling curiosity. Ryuutaros twirls his lilac braid around a single white finger, peering up from the sketch that he had been working on just a few minutes ago. Aside from him, the dining car was mostly empty for the moment: everyone else had gone off to their own evening activities. 

He sets the pencil down: “Oh, and before I forget! I’m Ryuutaros, you’re here aboard the DenLiner, a train that travels across the plains of time itself. Pretty neat, just try not to ask how it works.” In all honesty, he didn’t know either, chances are Owner wouldn’t explain it too. 

I’m back home and I’m EXHAUSTED!

but, now that I’m home and no longer on vacation, time to jump back into rping.