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Hanna was passing by the Life training center after going for a run. Sweat beaded on the fine red hairs at the nape of her neck, and her skin was coated in a fine sheen. Since waking back up from the pods, Hanna had made conditioning a huge part of her daily schedule, and it was finally starting to pay off. Shades of definition were visible in her legs, at least. That was a Big Deal.

A quasi-familiar face stood near the portal, eyeballing every single person in the vicinity. Which, for now, was Hanna. She gave him a dead-eyed stare and then glanced over her shoulder to check if anyone else was behind her.

Roland locked eyes with Hanna, staring quietly for a moment before slowing raising a finger to point at her. "You. You're kinda new right?" He wiggled a finger for her to come closer, suddenly Shu arrived bouncing along like the bubbly little ball of happy she always seemed to be.

"Yes we'll be running Jenga today, the wooden blocks but its ummm rather different then normal Jenga?" He nodded to Hanna again, "It's better with more people so... if you want access to more runic weapons its worth joining in."

"Different? Less boring than playing alone, you say?" She giggled and imagined there would be like another dungeon, oh she was so excited. "Runic weapon! I want to get maybe dagger or bandages, I plan to at least." She grinned at Roland.

Hanna's answer somehow made Shu guilty. "Oh my! Sorry - I mean I do recognize you - you are friend of Cami. Yes, I saw you on twitter and the sahara mission....but we haven't talk face-to-face before - so - yup nice to meet you face-to-face, you can call me Shu like the others did, I can just call you Hanna will do?" As a girl grew up in a tradition chinese family, saluation is very important, that was why she had been called people Miss or Mr. "I hope we will have chance to do duties together later, Death division pride!" The girl wanted to make it up by taking the girl's hands sincerely, she was observant enough to sense the unhappiness just like when Kostya didn't remember her at all. "A candy for a new friend, as sweet as you do I am sure~" She shoved a peach gummy in Hanna's hand, it might tell them why they could sniff a weak peach scent around her.

"Do you want one as well?" She asked Roland with a cheerful smile. "I am sure this will be fun and meaning!" She announced happily, getting into the space between the two hunters easily, merit of a shortie, don't jealous.

Shu was a fountain of words, and before long, she was shoving a peach gummy into Hanna's hand. The girl looked down at it, raised an eyebrow, but decided to swallow it down. Why not? "Thanks," she said, offering a smile to the girl. "Though "death pride" will always sound a bit off to me." It didn't mean she didn't love her division.

Shifting her weight, Hanna nodded in Roland direction. "Yeah, Twitter can be overwhelming. I do a lot of spectating, less narrating." Then he said something about trust, which led Hanna to shrug because shrug trust wasn't her strong suit. It was much easier to just follow Roland's lead and jump through the portal, eyes falling on the course.

"Well, this is different," Hanna said. "Where do we start?"

"Spectating is indeed the best way to handle twitter, unless you have very thick skin or high hopes for people." He lacked this on two fronts sometimes, but that was personal issues.

Of course Shu was ever excited to get started, if only she knew just how miserable Jenga ended up being most of the time. Heaven forbid you did it alone, you'd end up in far worse situations then what most people did to each other before giving up and leaving as a group.

"Only for Hannah, we've never met so we have no reason to entirely trust each other not to be mean when it comes to the other half of this game." Suddenly Shu was clinging to him, inquring about the fish below. This was not entirely unexpected, but the shaking of the small girl confirmed this would likely be a bad day for Jenga.

"The fish are... not fed as far as I know. And those lasers are snipers." He moved closer to the table, practically tugging Shu along. "It's a series of Life agents with tranquil darts. If the pressure of jenga causes you to make a mistake and knock over the tower, one of the snipers will knock you out as punishment. Trust is the part where you really hope the people you came in here with don't mess with you." Hence the multi colored sharpies tucked in his jacket.

"I'll let you two go first since it's your first time. Shouldn't be to hard to start right? And the tower has a nifty mechanic where you just need to say the catchphrase to rebuild the tower if you knock it down."

Shu might know the playful side of Roland, but definitely not about the markers. Thus when she heard that the fishes were not fed, she gave Roland a "The Scream" face, only less terrible than the painting and clutch-release her necklace once, thinking whether she can swing them off if they really jumped up. The petite girl gazed at the water, or the swimming piranha like a cat, minus the butt wiggle.

The two sat down, Shu's knees were touching each other while her feet slid out, shaking. She nervously looked around but found Hanna was standing at the sealed door. "H-Hanna? Are you o-okay? If you want, I-I can start first?" Her words stumbled at weird timing. Then, the girl mustered up with a deep breathe, minimized her shake when she reached out to pull a block from the tower.

She didn't breathe out so her face was a bit red when she was done. "See....It-It is not so difficult. C-Come, Hanna, I-I will guard your body if you black out, and please do the same for me?" Shu attempted a warm smile while she offered the girl far away a hand. "Roland will guard ours if we both black out, no worries." She quickly glanced at the Life hunter before returning her attention to Hanna.

At the door, Hanna had her arms crossed, contemplating if there was a punishment for not participating once the game began. Knowing Deus, there probably was. Shu had already made her move, Roland too, leaving Hanna at the door. With a sigh, the Death Hunter stalked over to the table, gingerly taking a seat. "All right," she muttered, but shot Shu a slight smile. "It's a deal, body protection guaranteed." Or was Shu part of it? Was she just playing the roll of lovable anime girl? It made Hanna's head hurt to think about it.

Instead, she would just have to play some Jenga and stop being so paranoid.

Carefully, Hanna selected a piece and pulled it free, feeling immediately better when the was no explosion or alarm or anything else that might signal something bad ahead. Golden eyes strayed to Roland. "Just being cautious, you never know," she said, the closest she would likely get to apologizing. "So... this is it? Play Jenga until the tower falls? Then we get darted as punishment. That's it, really?" It seemed like there had to be more to it than that.