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A glare was cast as Jared when he apologized to her. "You don't just kiss someone. At least give a freakin' warning, god." He didn't even know her name?! Heidi stared at him incredulously. Was he for real?! "Heidi." She glanced Flair's way when he critiqued her current behavior. "I was giving Velda her present from my last mission. And Caelius gets candy too just because...and I already beat him up. If I do it anymore he'll be useless. I doubt the leaders will appreciate that." The last thing she wanted to do was piss them off like Lars had just done to earn himself a beatdown by Ferdinand.

Good show, sir. Good show.

Suddenly there were arms around her from behind and Heidi tensed briefly until she realized who it was. Oh, Em. Em could touch her. That was okay. She sighed and leaned back against the younger woman, tilting her head back to rest it on her shoulder. "Okay, okay." She pouted. "He kissed me and he didn't even know my name." She was somewhat traditional in her views on romancing someone. She relaxed against Em and closed her eyes, even reaching a hand up to hold one of Em's..at least until she felt the girl moving and turned to look back and see--JESUS CHRIST WHERE DID HE COME FROM?!

Em listened patiently to Heidi's ranting - she disagreed with Heidi's philosophy, but that didn't mean she wouldn't respect it. She bent in and kissed Heidi's cheek, grinning broadly. "At least you know my name." She teased, giggling before she was swept away.

Strong arms captured her and dipped her down, and Em didn't even see his face before it was pressed against hers. His lips were warm, and that was all that mattered, so hers parted to let him in, deepening the kiss. It was like some kind of movie, the way he held her bent over his arm as he pressed into her, and she felt flushed from head to toe, while one leg hitched up automatically in response.

That was a good kiss.

Once Mark finally pulled away, she blinked up dazed eyes to look at him, and licked her lips. "Mmmm." She purred. "I'm glad you decided to try it with me."

Doubly glad he didn't decide to try it with Heidi. Poor girl, she had no idea what she was missing out on.

Em reached for his collar and pulled him back down - what could she say? He was a real damn good kisser.

Someone grabbed at her elbow. Aki whipped her head back, and upon seeing Flair's face, she yanked her elbow out of the older woman's grip. She caught Meghan's eye.

"It's so loud, how can I reach him if he can't hear me?"

She scowled. Flair wasn't stupid. But she had this annoying habit of being wrong. Flair had been wrong about Nico before, what was stopping from being wrong again? It wasn't that she minded what they were saying but, but. Aki knew Nico best and she didn't even know where he was. Maybe he wasn't here at all.

Her arm slumped to her side. Aki couldn't remember a time when she fought without Nico. They were partners. They were Sun Hunters. They fought, side by side, back to back. But if Nico wasn't here, if he wasn't here then she would fight alone. It was an unbearably lonely thought. (But if Nico isn't here, if he doesn't go through the portal he will survive right?) Nien does not say anything but Aki does not want to ponder what that means.

"I'm ready. Maybe it's better if Nico isn't here."

She's a hunter. She fights. Even if Nico isn't here, even if she must die, she fights.

For once, Piglet didn't give a s**t if people were looking at him. They could stare until the ******** ball dropped for all he cared. "Hold on." He mumbled to the two men who had surrounded him, pushing himself up and pocketing the Tamagachi and trotting over to the life leader.



You'll see.

Reaching into his other pocket, he took something out that he thought would never leave his side. It was an old, used up D20 that had a vague color of red. The first one he'd ever gotten. Sometimes he attributed the simple shape to living this long. "Uh. Ma'am." He tried to clear his throat as he addressed Velda, holding out the small object towards her. He could explain to her how it wasn't much to look at, or how it didn't really compare to the nice things she'd already received... "Y-you should have some luck, too." But that would have to do.

Mya was brushing off Julien's jacket with her gloved hands, starting at the shoulders and moving to his chest with swift, brisk movements of her hands. She'd have him looking right in no time, though she noticed with some unease that there were still some dirty smudges that just would not be gotten rid of so easily. She kept her back turned on Lucas, refusing to acknowledge him since her initial outburst, feeling that she'd wasted enough breath on him for now.

Suddenly, she stopped, her whole body stiffening at the words that were directed towards her from some woman. Her head snapped towards the source, ready to tear into whoever it was who would dare accuse her of babying her darling Julien. He didn't need anybody to look after him, and she was simply being a good girlfriend and helping, and furthermore!....

Oh. Ohhhh. It was just Remy! Well that explained everything, and honestly didn't bother Mya as much as it would have had it been anybody else. She'd gotten used to this type of treatment from the other woman. It didn't stop her from giving the other female hunter a very stern look, though there was a little warmth in her eyes and her lips twitched as she struggled not to smile. It had really been much too long since she'd seen Remy last! "Remy..." She purred, and then, in a more flat tone, though the look in her eyes had turned more towards pleading "Please just mind your own business, just this once?"

"Fifteen minutes..." the words were like a cold slap to the face, and her eyes got a little wider. That's right, they were on a mission. A very deadly mission that was going to be starting soon. And then...then she would be separated from her dearest Julien and who knew if they would ever see each other again.

No..no! She would not think like that right now. If she let herself think like that, she might falter during some integral part of the mission and it could not only lead to her death, but the death of many others as well. Julien would return, he had to return. And she had to keep herself alive so that he had something to return for.

She barely even noticed when Lucas made his retreat, though she did catch his parting words, and promptly ignored them.

Really not worth my time. She thought to herself.

Double s**t. That was Isaac. If it had just been Zoey, he would have continued to hide -- he was going to be able to talk to her the entire time Adam and Isaac were gone, he could avoid her for a while longer. But if Isaac wanted to see him... He'd assumed the other man would have avoided him completely, at least until he had the time to process everything that had happened, which all things considered he thought would have likely been after he returned. And the brunette would be returning, he told himself a little fiercely.

But he couldn't avoid the FEAR hunter. Not if he was really looking at him.

Straightening up, he pressed his cowboy hat a little firmer on top of his head, taking a slow breath before looking around over the tops of the other Hunters' heads. He located the group easily -- Isaac was pretty tall. Wading through the crowd, he stuffed his hands into his pockets, stopping a few feet away from them with a weak smile.

"Uh... hey." he offered, for once sounding clumsy and awkward.

Zoey both wanted to know and didn't want to know who Adam missed with. Just in case. Crazy exes and stuff, you know. Always good info no matter what.

She could've sworn she heard his curse, the quick duck of a brunet into the crowd. The Hunter huffed a sigh - it was like suddenly Cliff had gone back to kindergarden and was playing hide and seek. "Cliff, I swear to God if we don't get a group hug - !"

It was the best threat she could come up with. Fifteen minutes until go time was not when Zoey felt like playing Momma.

Aaagh. Maybe Adam was right, maybe they should let Isaac go solo to nab him. She let go of both their hands and rubbed her temples, just wishing they hadn't fought at all to begin with.

And then Cliff emerged out of the crowd with that sheepish look like a kid who just got caught with the cookie jar.

"If you hadn't come out, I'dve used the trapping gun on you when I found you," she added to her less-than-threatening threat, pouting in the man's direction. "No lie."

Beat.

"Um . . . Y-You want us to leave you guys alone?"

Damien wasn't moving from his spot, and he had seen the kid walk off to give something to Velda. But his attention was more focused on the other group. Well it was, until some of then started making out, in which he politely looked away, clearing his throat uncomfortably before turning to Clint.

"So..." He started awkwardly. He did not know Clint very well, and the guy looked pretty imposing. "...How are things going."

Yup. Best thing to ask at this point in time.