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So perhaps the training had not gone as well as he would have liked. Perhaps he was beaten, badly, in his first spar.

Perhaps his first spar had been against a ghoul that had come out leading him on as if she was not sure about fighting him and then proceeded to show just exactly what a warrior was made of in terms of the War Clan. It had just about been humiliating.

So he was ready for a bit of actual exploration now. And at least he was fairly certain that Alexander had been the only one that he knew that had seen how shameful his fight really was. But he also knew what was coming up, and he dreaded it. Dreaded learning how to use a phone. He had just learned how to use groanspring! One step at a time.

On the other hand, to be able to stay in touch with Alexander the next week...well, he would have to learn it. For now though he was just admiring the area, wishing that he could revert to his natural form and just...clamber up and down the trees to his heart's content. And he also wish that he knew if hunting would be acceptable here. The pair found themselves in a rather comfortable looking room, with a large bed, and Yin rather hoped that they were not intruding. Though from the looks of the feathers scattered all over the bed there had been some sort of physical struggle. Plus there were the tell tale scratches in the floor and partially shredded sheets. A fight perhaps?

After the events at the stadium, Yin and Alex had agreed that maybe it was time to do some heavy duty exploration to try and learn as much about the horsemen war clan as possible. Their adventures through the jungle, which was incredibly hard for Alex to navigate through with all of it's pesky undergrowth constantly catching on his feet and throwing him off balance, eventually found them staring up at some canopied wooden structures. Alex had looked down at Yin with eyebrows raised in question. Should they go up?

It appeared that they would, and while Alex struggled along slowly behind the weremantis, eventually they reached the top and found themselves in fairly open room. His backpack was beginning to slip down his shoulders and he shrugged it back up, still somewhat annoyed that he hadn't gotten rid of it someplace yet. His eyes scanned the room, noting the very large and comfortable looking bed. These were, all and all, fairly decent accommodations, and Alex wondered if perhaps the dorms that they would be staying in would be very much like this.

Yin appeared to be having a look around, and Alex moved to join him, when a sudden, piercing shriek rang in his ear. Wincing, his head automatically turned to the source of the sound, and he shuffled over towards one of the open 'windows' to see what might have created such a noise. Looking out, he was greeted with a dozen set of eyes staring back at him in a most unsettling manner. They appeared to be some kind of bird like minipet, and the way they were looking at Alex was almost as though they expected something from him. He was a little freaked out by their staring, however, and hunching his shoulders a bit, backed away from the window, turning only to find that Yin had approached him and he'd nearly ran right in to the other boil.

"Sorry.." He mumbled, giving the other boil a half cocked smile. Since they were alone he didn't think Yin would mind too much if he reached forward and slipped his hand into the much warmer one of the weremantis's, as he stared down at the other boil fondly.

"I'm happy to be here with you as well." But then the thought of how during the next week of classes they would be apart set in, and Alex frowned slightly. "Though I have to say, I'm still pretty unhappy that I won't get to see you next week at all....So, do you want to learn how to use my phone, or not? I'd really like to stay in contact with you, Yin." He thought about using the boils full name in an attempt to win him over, but then changed his mind. The other boil needed to think about it and decide for himself if he though that the pain of learning a new technology was worth it.

Alex's face lit up, even as Yin slumped in defeat. He squeezed the other boils hand gently then lifted his other hand to brush against Yin's cheek and then cup his chin to tilt his head back slightly so that he could look him in the eye and say, very quietly "Thank you."

He then moved the hand away from Yin's chin, resting it instead on the boils shoulder. He didn't think Yin would even know how much he appreciated that he would be willing to learn how to use his phone just so that they could keep in contact. It was touching, really, that the other boil would do something that he was so obviously uncomfortable with, just for Alex. Though it was a little disconcerting to realize that this type of situation happened more often then not, and it made the zomboil feel slightly uneasy. He wasn't always pushing Yin to do things he didn't enjoy, was he? He certainly hoped not, and he also hoped that Yin would tell him so if he was..

Another screeching sound caught his attention, and he couldn't help but glance behind him, back towards those birds and their horrible staring eyes.

"Creepy..." He muttered, before moving further away from the window, pulling Yin along.

"I think somebody mentioned that our phones won't work properly outside of the dorms. Maybe later tonight I can get started showing you? It's really easy Yin, I promise! I'll only show you how to send me messages and that's it. Also, I have some new photo's I took before we left that I think you might like.." He gave the boil a quick wink. "Quite a few pictures, actually. I'll show you how to find them and look at them whenever you want as well."

He darted away to find whatever it was, picking it up and sliding it into his waistband without much thought. Delay. Stall. Whatever he had to do. Just...avoid the eyephone for a bit longer.

((+1 horseman point))

Yin shrugged lightly. "Just an unusual pebble, nothing too important. Did you find anything over there?" He was about to go over there when once again the bed caught his attention. The bed with all the feathers and it just really seemed like something had happened there. It was like no fighting avenue that he had ever seen. But there seemed to be another glint on the floor by some of the scratches so he went to investigate.

Alex glanced at whatever it was Yin picked up with a frown. They were certainly interesting looking, but he couldn't see why they would be important.

It seemed that the room was littered with them, however, as his own gaze finally fell on the bed, and the feathery mess strewn around it, as well as the gouges in the floor. There was a glint as the light reflected off of another pebble-thing and Alex made his way towards it, while still pondering the state of the room.

Either there had been a fight in here or things had gotten a little out of hand in the bedroom department. He might have even made a joke about it if he thought that the mantodae might understand.

Out of hand in the mating process? That was why weremantises existed! But Alexander was correct, it did not meant that Yin had caught on in the least. Though the bed did worry him quite a bit really. It brought up something that he needed to discuss with Alexander. Before they were with the others.

And Alexander wanted to go back now. Back to the dorms and the torture that he wanted to put him through before bed, claiming it was for his own good. But if he was hungry...feed the zomboil. That was one of the first rules. Keep Alexander fed. "If we see a clansmen we shall have to ask," he answered as he moved toward him.

This was important, and he needed to know that he had his attention so he reached out to take his hand, looking up at him intently. "I require your attention Alexander. But just for a moment." That bed...it was as if it was speaking to him. "I...I would like to request that you make me a promise. We do not know what the horsemen may say or do, or if we will be allowed to remain together over these next few days." He hoped they would, but who really knew? "Please promise me that if we are separated that you will remain safe." Yes, because that fight and/or crime scene was really bothering him that much. What if Alexander could be attacked where he rested for the night?

He knew it was an almost worthless promise. Knew that promising to be safe did not mean that Alexander would have a choice in the matter. But perhaps if there was a time where something could go two different ways he would make a choice that would keep him safe rather than take an unnecessary risk. Not that Yin really intended to play by the same rules.