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Jerry blinked at the bickering phoenixes, his face flushing a bit. There was... definitely some tension going on, and more than likely none of his business.

Instead, he flopped into the seat beside Candace, propping his feet up on the seat ahead of him as he undid his scarf with a weary sigh, "WELP! That mission went well, I think? I mean... it wasn't horribly traumatic, so that must have been a good thing! Shame all that trapping seemed to be for naught, though."

"Jeremy," she repeated, thoughtfully. "There's Eva, and Otto- and Jordan, over there."

He'd asked about friends, hadn't he? Reine fidgeted a little, so the position was more comfortable; she shifted to accommodate Jeremy's chin resting on her shoulder, poking at the arm around her; this was an armchair, wasn't it, not a baby seat?

Alynthe, though, might have felt some thrill when a figure entered; like a blast of cold wind hitting Reine in the face.

Oh... snap.

The Petra in her mind had stayed an eight-year-old girl; one who shoved her behind, protecting her, when they were herding the horses- or telling her funny stories to cheer her up. This Petra she would never dream of snuggling up to in the dark, whimpering about the shadows; this Petra... was not someone she wanted to recognise as her Petra.

Pressing her face against Jeremy's cheek, she clung to the arm around her waist, fingernails digging into his skin. Robert she could deal with. Not Stranger-Petra.

"pleasedon'tletgo," she whimpered pathetically in Jeremy's ear.

Oh look, Drama!

Cass coughed and looked to Aleister, purposely ignoring the fiasco going down. "Well, get some rest tonight and I'll hit you up in the morning for a battle to get your gears turning. Kinda takes being tossed into it to really figure things out, mmmmkay?" she offered, punching his shoulder lightly.

She paused, looking between the two boys she was sat between, sitting up straight. "Oh! Where are my manners!

Aleister, this is Davey. He's awesome." Cass motioned from Aleister to the moon hunter sitting on the other side of her, "Davey, Aleister. He was my newbie, and he is also awesome."

She was the master of introductions.

It stung, but no one would see a flicker of anything change in Petra's expression as she noticed 'Reine' lean away from her, burrowing instead into the arm of one of the other trainees she almost-but-didn't-quite recognize. She didn't know what she had been expecting -- possibly a snappy comeback, maybe even physical violence -- but she had been ready for it, steeling herself before she'd even walked in the door. Instead, there was ... this. Avoidance. Like she wasn't worth a response. Like she was interrupting her cuddle time with whoever-that-was. She'd only just woken up, and she would prefer to snuggle up with her new boytoy instead.

Perhaps she should have expected it, considering what Robert had told her. She just... hadn't really accepted that Reine actually didn't want to talk to her.

For a second, it looked like the moon hunter might actually consider pressing the matter further, watching the newly-awoken life hunter with an intense, albeit emotionless expression. Instead, after a moment or two she let things settle, the tension draining from the air as she decided to be just as dismissive, turning her attention elsewhere. Robert would be disappointed in her, but there was nothing to be done about that. Coming up to stand by her fiance's side, she gave him a brief look before speaking, her voice flat but lighter than it had been, far better-natured than the sour snap to her tone before.

"I thought you said she was a lesbian."

For once, Petra was actually wrong. Despite all the attempts Robert had tried to convince her to talk to her sister, Robert really didn't want Petra anywhere near Roberta right now. They were in public, and Roberta was acting like.. well, kind of like a slut. It just wasn't the right time.

As soon as Petra was within arms length of him, Robert took no time in collecting the girl, and sliding her onto his knee. He brushed Petra's hair away from her neck, and bent in to leave a kiss there, before letting her settle comfortably.

"Yeah. I guess she goes both ways now. Just like Roberta to never stay consistent." He whispered in a surprisingly harsh hiss. He was extremely mad at the girl in Jeremy's arms right now, but despite it all, he didn't seem mad at Jeremy.

Seem was the key word.

"Jeremy already knows us." Robert's voice boomed out, quite obnoxiously. "Dont'cha? That lap warmer you've got there, that's Petra's sister."

His eyes fell cold on Reine, angry as all hell at the way she reacted to Petra. "What a peach."

(( arriving back ))

"That was pretty badass, huh guys?" were the first words out of Tedan's mouth as he returned to the place they'd all been before. His first (well really second but who was counting that silly test??) ride in a golem had gone well. And from what he could tell, they'd won.

Captured all the students and he supposed Caelius had gotten what he'd been there for. The Horsemen ... there was a faint shudder at that. How had the Death Hunter subdued them?? Geez. But he'd definitely gotten the better of that punk rocker kid. Roch or whatever ... heh.

"Yup, met Jordan." He said around the hoody string that was between his teeth. Well, he sort of met Jordan. Maybe not entirely face to face, but it was hard to avoid people on this island. But Eva and Otto were new, and both received a brief nod; he'd have to meet them later, in a better place than the meeting room class. The poking finger was swatted at, and he had no idea that Petra was addressing Reine, even as the girl latched onto him.

"What--" Honestly baffled, Jeremy turned his golden eyes to look at her, unable to turn his head due to their position. Wow, something really spooked her! He had to wonder what that was about, and yet... "Wouldn't dream of it, lovely~" He assured her quietly, still holding her on his lap. A moment later he felt free to lift his head from hers, looking at both Petra and Robert. Lesbian? Why were they looking at Reine? Who the hell is Roberta?

"Hey, are they talking about y---" Robert's little introduction took him by surprise. "Uhh yeah, for the most part." He conceeded; he knew their names, not really them. But s**t, what was he getting himself into? Part of him, but only a small part, was regretting this whole getting involved thing.

"Sister? Well, that's interesting." Jeremy flinched; so there were siblings here? Why did they get to have their sibling, when he couldn't? That wasn't fair. "To be honest? I quite frankly don't care, I mean, must be nice to have family around, but I'd still at least hope ya'll can be civil and work together." He said cheerfully, never skipping a beat after that initial flinch. They could die any day, and they needed to trust each other. His arms tightened in a brief squeeze around Reine; he'd have a talk with her later about this, but he honestly couldn't remember the last time he wanted to see a Division Leader so badly.