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Coletta moved away from her brother slightly, waving acknolegdment (spelling??) to Hideki, watching as he made his way to the boy's changeroom, and Etty to the courtyard. Her and her brother stood in silence for a time before Matt spoke up, a smug grin swept his face, making him look more of an arrogant jerk then ever. "So ma soeur, you and Hideki sont maintenant les amis?" He let his grin leave his face, but a slight smirk whispered around his facial area. "I see my anti-social Coletta has decided to become a social butterfly, a large change indeed, though knowing you it is probably something else intirely. An advantage in this new school? naw, he's new here aswell, some advantage for you though, if past events are to be trusted."

Cole stiffend. She may be using Hideki to get used to touching and smiling and being happy, but she did value him. It was a simple case of her using him and then throwing him away, it couldn't be! Coletta cursed her brother for making her question herself again and sent a glare his way, astonished to find his mouth twisted in an ugly line.

Matt took his sister by the hand and cautiosly transported Etty's compass to his hank through a chucnk of ice. "This is Etty's, apparently her grandmother gave it to her or some such thing. She doesn't believe me that it's custom made, what can you tell me about it?"

Cole, her anger vanishing, took the beautiful thing into her petite hands, running regularily manicured fingers over it. "I'd say this was custom made for a very fine price. Not simply is everything real rather then a paint job, but even such simple designs take skill. And this one took a lot. The only flaw readily available to sight is this scratch here." Cole fingered a nearly invisible slice of lighter color then the rest. Matt raised his eyebrows in amazement, he had never thought of it as a scratch, had not even noticed it. But his speculation ended sooner then he hoped because his younger sister continued in her slightly hesitant voice filled with awe.

"In actuality, I judge this to be made after the jeweler sold it, probably in the shipment or a small drop. It is very impressive work." At that moment Etty came out and decided to sit down on the edges of the springs. Cole got out of the water, her lower body dripping from the water, though in a way less exotic then the way the water had looked running down her brother's skin, and stood over Etty, throwing the compass in her lap.

"It's quite amazing work. Very expensive it would have been, even though it's a rather simple design, there is no flaw other than a light scratch, which was probably made after the piece had been completed. You should be very proud of it."

Hideki nodded to the two siblings and then disappeared into the male's changing room, pausing uncertainly not to far in. Then his face lit up in realization and he dashed towards a locker, tail wagging happily. He tugged it open and grabbed out a pure black pair of swimming trunks that fell to his knees. Then, glancing around quickly, he stripped down and changed in a matter of seconds. He stuffed his clothing into the locker and then grabbed a towel on the way out to the springs again.

He was smiling slightly to himself, taill wagging briskly behind him. He hadn't been to the springs in a while. He was sort of pale, made a bit more obvious by the black suit, but it wasn't all that obvious. It was apparent he was fit and in shape though. He even had a nice little six pack to show off. Dusty brown hair lightly in his eyes, he looked around after realizing Coletta had moved, and found her again near the girl from before. Etty...? Yes, that was her name. He smiled towards the both of them and walked towards the water, plopping down on the edge and setting his towel behind him. He leaned forward, legs crossed Indian style, and peered into the water silently, but grinning rather broadly.

Fleurette had been watching Coletta and Matt curiosly.She couldn't tell what they were looking at or what they were saying.Eyes narrowed and face twisted in another annoyed expression, Etty watched Coletta move her hand forward and toss something onto her lap.She immediately knew what it was as it flew through the air.Cupping her hands as to catch her precious compass.As it lightly fell into her tanned, soft hands, Etty smirked.

Slipping the compass into the back pocket of her jean-skirt, she pulled out another small object.Standing up, Etty slowly made her way to the edge of the springs.Placing her hand over the water, her finger exposed a key.She released her hands from the key and it slowly started to sink.The key had the locker number that Matt's hat sat in.She didn't bother to tell him that it was in the women's changing room, instead she wanted to see him try to figure it out for himself.

As a chilling breeze flew by, Etty hair shifted, causing her to turn her head.Her sharp green eyes fell upon the fluffy wolf boy.She admitted she forgot his name slightly, but it didn't stop her from walking over.Knealing down beside him, her head tilted."You have a tail, but no ears?"Etty stated simply, her accent sharp and clear.She had been curious why he had a tail, but figured he was a hybrid of some sort.But still, they usually had at least ears and a tail, or..so she thought.Shrugging to herself, Etty scooted away from the edge of the springs, not wanting to go in.

Seth awaited for Celeste to gather her thoughts, he noticed he might have been a bit straightforward with this question, and his smile faded away as he looked into her eyes, awaiting for her to speak. Though just as she opened her mouth, the voice of a child began to speak for her, in a rather blunt, quick and straightforward manner, so much at once.. and yet Joy told this story as if it meant nothing to her, as if she was not at all bothered by this.. it was quite obvious the young girl was not one some would call 'normal', her level of intelligence was clearly not that of a five year old, though Seth never did expect her story to be this.. dramatic, to say the least.

After Joy finished, Seth remained silent for a few moments.. his mouth just slightly opened, almost in disbelief.. closing his mouth and moving his eyes back to Celeste, his eyes were caring and compassionate as he gathered all these thoughts.. as he remembered, just how hard Celeste's life had always been.. yet she still managed to display a smile, hold her daughter in her arms and make everything alright again.. he admired her so much for that.. her strong will.

"I.. I'm sorry.. if my question was.. a bit uncalled for" he said softly, hoping her memories wouldn't begin to trouble her.

Ashley glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and then stared back at the water. "Yeah, odd. I didn't really hang out with people outside of class at all before coming here. This school is really different. I mean, who's ever heard of a school with hotsprings?" She laughed quietly, shaking her head in amusement before settling it on her knees once more. "It'll take some getting used to, I guess..." She pulled one hand from around her legs and trailed her fingertips along the water's surface, watching the ripples that spread from wherever she touched. It really was pretty enjoyable... She blinked once and then looked back at Rekyi. "Are you having fun?" she smiled, a little uncertainly. She knew she was probably really boring, just sitting there silently like she was.

(Ri-chan! ^^)

Mitsuki shrugged uncertainly, "Well, i think we should find a quieter area..." she said blushing quite a bit, due to all the people staring at her. "Or somewhere else." she suggested. She hated it whenever lots of people looked at her oddly.

"What do you suggest?" she asked, as she pushed her fingers together out of embarassment and nervousment.

Ashley continued trailing her fingers through the water, blinking once when she was stopped by a hand. She glanced at it, and then up to Rekyi, almost looking confused as she was pulled from her seat. Her cheeks flushed a little more red as well, but she tired to ignore it. "Um, ok.." she nodded, glancing around and then back to him. Her eyes were widened very slightly, but it was barely noticable, and she really hoped he hadn't seen. She felt pretty lame that she blushed from his simply holding her hand.