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Rivera made a wry grin. "I hate to say it, Kira, but your knight in shining armor act really opposes practicality. You need your wings, first of all, and second of all, I can replace mine. You have to learn to be somewhat practical if you're going to be an assassin." She made a face, "You know, I'll making you do this so you can learn that you must do what must be done, no matter how inconvenient it'll be. I'm going easy on you, because this is going to substitute your final lesson. If you're not going you let me use my feathers as part of the sword's core, then you'll have to suffer through a very painful lesson with me." Her eyes weren't teasing, but they were still a cheerful yellow-green color. She continued to hold his hand, even though it was no longer in contact with her chest. The bind had been made. She had already given herself to him the moment their souls confessed to each other. This was the Atlantean way.

Rivera's eyes laughed a little. "Kira... you have to learn to stay calm... that's how an assassin keeps his head. I don't want to give you a lesson on that too!" She looked into the dark sky, her eyes scanning the night's overcast. "You don't want to know what would've happened. I'm trying to be easy on you... Because to defeat Kleptos, you'll need everything in your possession. You cannot lose power, nor ability. Anything and everything is necessary to success in this undertaking..." She began to walk towards her dorm, her flowing whispers becoming more casual. "Well, I suggest you think of a name for your sword. Make sure it means something important to you. It might not seem to take very long... but chances are we won't be done until noon tomorrow."

She suddenly stopped walking and took the teleportation spellroll out of her pocket. "You know what, this is faster." Rivera walked back towards Kira and placed a hand on his elbow. "Before we go, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry... I haven't been... well... not as loving as I want to be to you... but with Kleptos drawing more problems out for us, I find it hard to just relax... I'm very sorry..."

Rivera tossed the spell out in a circle around them. The violet alchemy ring appeared beneath their feet as wind and light rose from it. "Taransphere destricate. Inciato!" She said the spell to take them directly to the catacombs of her dormitory.

Amontale needed to get away. From her sister, her sister's friend, from...well, everything. She walked around the ground in the numbing air until her feet led her here. Hardly a place for a girl like here, but she figured anywhere away from her sister was good.
Walking to the changing rooms, the steam from the springs warmed her spirits a bit. When she entered the room, it was heated too, which she thought was a nice touch. However, she didn't quite have a swimsuit on her... she looked around. There was a blue Speedo laying on a bench, but she could see why its owner had abbandonned it.
Of course, her sister Kia had already been here, she realized, and located her locker quickly. It was the only one with a big pink flower sticker on the front. She opened it up, Kia always used the same combinations...and passwords... and looked at her choices. There were a couple suits thrown in there, and sighing, she chose a black bikini. Not that there was a choice. Blue bikini with flowers, pink binkini with suns or plain black bikini. None of which she would have bought herself.
Being older than her sister, they were still remarkably the same size....well, not particularly, but if she tied it up alot tighter than her younger sister, it fits fine.
Amontale, Ami to friends, is skinnier, taller than the shorter, heavier-built Kia. Her hair looks nice with the bathing suit.
Ami leaves the changing room, slipping into the middle section of the hot springs, the co-ed part, but if she had known, she probably woul dhave sat in the all girls side. The warm water relaxed her as she sat up to her chest in the waters. She took a deep breath and turned her head to the grey sky. This was better....quiter.... and better.

Ashley walked slowly towards the hotsprings, already changed into her suit. She wore her baggy black pants over top of it, and a large black t-shirt as well. She didn't much like the idea of changing in a room, in front of others, so she'd changed in her room instead. Now she was heading to meet Rekyi, her face turning red at the mere thought. What was she going to do? She was so ugly! And she'd never been to the hot springs before. Turn around, just turn around... she mumbled to herself, but then sighed. She couldn't do that. She'd told him she would go, so now she refused to back out.

She looked up, green eyes widening as she saw she'd arrived. She froze in place, took a deep breath, and then inched her way forward. Ashley made her way into the changing room, eyes upon the floor as she approached an empty locker and very reluctantly pulled off her t-shirt and pants. She shoved them into her locker, and quickly wrapped a towel around herself. Her face was bright red, and she hadn't even met him yet! She was wearing a simple one piece swimsuit, that was orange on the shoulders. Once it reached her chest it switched to pink, then blue, then dark blue, and finally dark purple at the bottom. She was wearing short, dark blue shorts as well, and now it was revealed just how extremely pale she was. She sighed heavily and slowly trudged towards the female's side, then remembered at the last second and switched to co-ed. She stood awkwardly by the entrance, towel hugged around herself, as she waited for Rekyi.

Ashley shifted slightly in place, staring at the ground. She hugged the towel more tightly around herself, partly because it was cold, but mostly because she was wearing a swimsuit. Her hair was still in the same ponytail and she lifted one pale hand to brush a strand of hair behind her ear.

When she suddenly heard him speak, she spun around to face him, eyes slightly wide. But then she smiled faintly and nodded her head once. "Hey..." she mumbled quietly, shifting the towel more to cover everything. She was embarassed so she wore shorts, but that almost made her feel even stranger.

Her face flushed red at his last words and she shook her head this time. No I don't, she protested mentally. I don't, I don't, I don't. But she didn't allow him to hear, and then slowly turned to face the water. "Shall we...?" she asked quietly, starting to walk towards the springs, very slowly, with her eyes upon the floor.

Ashley stood awkwardly in place, staring fixedly at the water, her face still red. She blinked a couple times as she caught his thought and frowned slightly to herself before starting to walk forward. "I'm a little cold," she mumbled, and then crouched at the water's edge, dipping her fingers into it. She stared at it a moment longer and then sighed to herself before finally letting the towel fall away, very slowly, and dropping it just behind herself. Then she sat down, letting her legs hang in the water as she remained on the edge, arms crossed self consciously over her stomach.

Fleurette d'Allemagne sat off to the edge of the hot springs, legs dipped into the steaming water.She hadn't bothered to change since she wasn't going to swim, instead she had just searched through the women's' changing room.Etty had curiosly peeked into people's lockers, fiddled with some towels, and looked for something to do.

She had found a stack of magazines and was now flipping through one boredly.She had taken the time to pull her hair up, so not to let it flow into the water and soak it.Swishing her feet slightly, Etty turned her head to see Matt walking out of the changing rooms.Her eyes looked from his black hair, to his now bare feet.

Turning her head back down to the pages of the book, Etty clicked her tongue for no reason."So not fair...."She mumbled to herself.She was talking about Matt of course.She always figured people's personality should match their appearance.Yet somehow Matt got to be a jerk and still look like he did.She would never admit she found him attractive, though that really wasn't a big deal since she found most guys attractive.

Watching him, Etty was trying to convince herself he was ugly.Maybe if she tried hard enough, he soon would be too her.It didn't work.In fact it backfired completly.Etty quickly looked back at her magazine, flipping through it for the fifth time.

Etty glared up from her magizine, annoyed by his perfection.For some reason he always annoyed her.There was no particular reason Etty should hate Matt, be annoyed by him, or even disapprove of his actions...still, Etty couldn't help rolling her eyes.Turning her body and sliding her legs out of the water.Her body was now parellel with the edge.Fleurette stretched her legs out and layed back, her arms up holding the magizine as she pretended to read it.Her hair flowed out behind her as the tip seemed to dangle over the edge, just above the water."La natación? ...Not probable..."Etty smirked as she rubbed her feet on the stone floor, trying to cool her feet down from the steaming water.

Looking over at Matt once again, she arched an eyebrow as about his expression.For no reason he had thrown out this very strange look, it confused her greatly."What...?"Fleurette growled as she looked away.Setting her magazine down, Etty fished through her pocket.Pulling her compass out once again, she fiddled with it out of boredness.Giving a sigh she immediately jammed it back into her pocket and sat up.Hands behind her, Etty looked up, watching the clouds roll by, causing the area to darken slightly then become light again.As the sun's rays streaked down on her virtually flawless face, her sharp green eyes narrowed over to Matt.