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The blonde girl didn't imagine any of the kids would have understood. Even now as Lissy confidently spoke of handicapping the Negaverse Captain by removing his weapon from play was completely ignorant, since his weapon had never been an issue for Iris. It was when he got close and grabbed her, teleporting her to a rooftop before she could react that she had been in trouble. None of the kids could have really saved her at that point, except for Hug-bell apparently.

Lissy's somewhat snide comment about calling on them received a somewhat snappish comment back. "I ain't gonna be able t'call anyone fer a while... cat took away my pen!"

So focused in on the teal-haired child's insults and words, Ellie missed seeing Ridley making her way to her good side. The only moment she noticed it was after she already received a decent jab to her still functional shoulder. Pointedly, her gold eyes found the child's orange ones, narrowing slightly as this kid spouted out her angry words.

As if to continue her thought from before, she answered Lissy's question about her own recovery. "Eight weeks... I am outta' commission fer 8 weeks... possibly longer..." Despite it being Lissy's question, her eyes remained focused on the child who was busy glaring daggers at her.

The curly haired child seemed distraught about the whole ordeal of Ridley punching Ellie's good arm, but with her only available arm she held up her hand to Istas of all people, signaling for her to not interfere with the orange child's rage. Now that the blonde had answered Lissy's question, the injured tomboy then addressed Ridley. "I want ya t'keep punchin' me until yer done bein' angry." It was probably the complete opposite advice of what any responsible adult would tell a child, but Ellie was not your usual adult.

The curly haired child was definitely out of the loop in comparison to the others. So without hesitation, Ellie listed off the rules.

"Rule 1. Do not patrol by yourself. Always have someone with you."

A breath.

"Rule 2. If you are by yourself and encounter any trouble, call for back up first before engaging."

Another breath.

"Rule 3. You do not kill Negaverse Lieutenants, Captains, Generals, or higher ranks. You only kill Youma."

Ellie sucked at saying Rule 3 in a pleasant manner, but Rule 3 was never meant to be pleasant in her mind. No matter how nice ********* was about it.

Getting the okay from Ellie had been pretty surprising, it had happened before but her brother had made her hit a pillow instead of him to get her frustration out but really Ridley still hesitated on punching the older girl in the arm again. Not for the sake of the violent method but for the reasons behind it, and well what they probably figured she was angry for.

It was the simple matter that Ridley herself broke Rule One right after seeing Ellie do it because Ellie had done it and she knew full well that being mad at the blonde for getting herself severely injured over it would probably be hypocritical.

Really she was angry with how possessive their captain had been over the rules, how pointed she had been that they were hers to begin with and for breaking them she nearly died over them. This was all coming down as a horrible realization for Ridley and the best way she could figure to deal with was with violence, so she simply continued to punch the blonde's arm with each rule she listed for Istas and then she was done.

"I'm done," she stated in an unnaturally calm - for her - voice. She looked sulky and with a sigh, pulled herself back and into one of the chairs reserved for visitors.

Ridley's seething anger seemed to calm quicker than expected, which meant that the blonde eventually glanced back to Lissy. "...if I killed ya, I'd be a murderer... I kinda have better things t'go t'jail for than killin' a brat." There was a long list of things she'd be willing to go to jail over, most of them being related to racing her bike or car. She had been lucky up to this point, but she was certain the luck would run out one day.

"Seriously... ya can stop decoratin' this sh*t any time..." With that, the cast began to move as Ellie seemed to attempt to rock it so they couldn't write on it anymore.

The words which the curly haired child offered were somewhat foreign to her though. The Negaverse could be saved? Ellie shook her head, as if trying to straighten out that idea in her head. It couldn't be possible. No, the kid was just spouting out nonsense. So rather than comment about that subject, the subject went "ignored" for now.

Instead, she gave a rather firm answer to the child's rather happy plan of action. "I ain't makin' any promises..." It was already cramping her style to have potentially 7 different people she had to give a damn about, but then to add someone else to the list seemed almost intolerable.

Istas' attitude would have been surprising to Ridley as well, if she weren't distracted from her own thoughts, still flustered and struggling between continuing to seethe or sulk. Ellie probably did deserve more punches. And Istas probably didn't get the gravity of the situation since she wasn't on the team and all.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt the purple haired girl's arms wrap around her. Her orange eyes seemed to finally focus again and she looked at her curly haired friend curiously and frowned. Ridley hated frowning, but in this room she couldn't help it. "I say we drag Ellie on every patrol we do so she gets her own damn rules in her head."

It was the only thing she could think of for the time being. Maybe she could go back to decorating Ellie's cast with more cats just to further piss her off, that could be awesome.

"I f*cked up."

Though Istas was trying to lighten the burden from Ellie's shoulders like a kind person would, the facts still remained. No matter how the child rationalized it, the blonde knew what had happened.

It wasn't meant to be her answer to Lissy's question about *********, and from the coarse language, it shouldn't have been mistaken as such. However, it would still be possible to confuse the statement for her answer. Keeping her eyes away from any of the three other pairs in the room, she clarified what was ********* opinion.

"********* said I don't think." It was paraphrasing, but the kids didn't need to know the exact words the cat said to her. It was something personal, and it wasn't their right to hear it. They were words between herself and the guardian.

A squiggle appeared on the tomboy's upper arm, but the teen didn't say a word. Not to the suggestions of patrolling, nor to the comments about her cast.

The kids were going to do whatever the hell they wanted.

That was, until there was a knock at the door.

As awkward and confusing as Ridley was finding Istas' hug, it wasn't something she was going to push her away from. It felt rather nice and comforting though, which... made at least some sense given what the lilac girl's power was based from as a Sailor Senshi. Huh, she could be comforting even as a regular person.

From Ellie's words, Ridley frowned and stuck out her tongue at the blonde with a small 'no s**t' muttered under her breathe. She still wasn't sure how she mad she should be for the Ellie's actions or the right reactions but the orange haired girl could still feel herself flustered about it. Maybe she needed to think on it later, when she wasn't with everyone here.

Or talk to her dad or something.

There was at least an incoming distraction and her orange gaze drifted to the door from where she sat.

The knocking at the door didn't wait for anybody to say to come in. She had a job to do. Soon enough the door was pushed open by thin middle aged woman who had too many wrinkles on her brow. It was a sign this woman did a lot of frowning.

"Visiting hour is over, girls... it's time to let Ellie get some rest..."

Ellie snorted obstinately. "That's all I ever do 'round 'ere..."

The nurse had heard this before and firmly repeated her usual answer. "It's the doctor's orders!" She drew up close to the tomboy and soon enough saw the mark upon her good arm. "What happened here?"

Rather than tell the truth of how Lissy drew graffiti on that arm against her will, the blonde instead stated "I asked fer a tattoo, and that's what she gave me."

The nurse shook her head. This Ellie Spectre was a pain in the a** when it came to cleanliness. Once more, she glanced to the children. "Do you need assistance walking back to the front desk?"