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Sasha arrived and Candace felt another swell of relief in her chest. Oh, Sasha. Sweet Sasha. She was okay. "Except for a little wear and tear, I think everyone is relatively okay." She answered the girl, rubbing soothing circles against Gale's back and just waiting for him to answer her.

"Good, I'm glad..it's too early to be tired though, Chipmunk. C'mere." Candace pat her lap, tugging the boy to coax him to lay down with his head on her lap. "I'm fine. I feel gross, and probably could use a shower. Do I stink already? God I hope not." She sniffed at her sleeve, completely oblivious to any anger Harrison was feeling until he turned on ******** eyes widened as she turned her head to just stare at Harrison. He...he'd never..! What the hell?! "Wha..Harrison you know I'd never...what?" What the hell was wrong with him?! All she'd done was let him know she was there for him if he needed her! Now she was hurt. "I'll be right back, Gale." She said gently, getting up off the cot to walk over to Harrison just as he turned to Rep.

Now, Candace didn't like Rep.

Not even slightly.

But now was not the time to be turning on each other, especially with so many senior Hunters around. "Guys. Quit it." She said, stepping between the two men without letting herself have her back to either of them. Rep snapped at Candace and she glared at him. "Quit it before I knock both of you unconscious. Goddamn. This is seriously the wrong time for s**t like this. Both of you know better." She knew Harrison did. Did Rep?

Singing? Who was singi--oh, Jerry! He was okay! Thank god!

CRASH. BANG.

Supplies went flying left and right as Julie practically dropped everything she was holding and stared at Harrison and Rep with well, shock. Her expression hardened, she rolled up her sleeves of her coat, stepped daintily over the mountain of supplies she just dropped and walked over, standing right in between the two.

"Now- now see here!" She pulled out a spatula she just happened to have in her apron at the two. "We are on a mission, and we will probably... probably be stuck here together for a very long time, so for now, please do get along!" Another pause. "If you don't I'll- I'll- I'll yell really loud for help!"

Because the trainees really needed more hunters to be attracted to the little fiasco they just created: a few Hunters resting in the infirmary were already giving them looks as if to ask if they were for real. They were in the middle of a war zone and they were fighting with each other already?

Doomed.

He gave Candace a wan smile, barely a twist of his lips upwards. "It's never too early to be tired, unfortunately," he said, and shook his head, leaning his forehead against her arm briefly. Somehow, even with the chaotic mess around him, she still made him feel relaxed.

He shook his head, another faint smile on his face. "You don't smell bad, I - "

"Why the ******** would I need you for that?"

Even Gale knew of the closeness between Candace and Harrison - their friendship was obvious to most, after all. So when he heard the open, blatant hostility in Harrison's voice, his own head snapped around abruptly, his lips pressing together. The blonde man was standing near the entrance of the tent, arguing loudly - and angrily - at Rep, who looked just as thunderous. Candace herself looked startled, her eyes wide.

Gale's fingers closed around hers giving them a small squeeze as she stood up. He watched her cross the room, and after a moment he pushed himself up as well, following in her steps. Unlike Candace, however, he did not stop to talk to anyone, or try and break up the fight. Instead, he slipped silently past them, past the anger and the frustration and back outside into the desert.

Distantly, he could hear a familiar voice and a loud clang - Julie's voice, sounding higher than normal, but Gale did not linger to hear what she had to say.


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Jerry wobbled, looking vaguely relieved by Julie's interference. He made a mental note to write a valiant song about her. What rhymed the spatula? Tarantula? Gargantula? Was that a real word...? And oh, someone was beside him, oh it was Sasha! "Hello Sasha! What rhymes with Spatula?"

Something rumbled in the back of his head, and it took several moments, and heavy blinks and a furrowed brow before he registered as Roar's outraged voice.

-shooting everywhere but AT the jackdamn things!!

Oh, bother. The weapon suddenly dematerialized and he shook his head.

Suddenly there was people everywhere. Candace patronising him and scolding him. And then the much more immediate threat of Julie. Her threat might have been frivolous but he knew better than to push the Moon assistant.

Not that he had any real fight in him at the moment anyway.

He just eyed the other man in mingled hurt and confusion. He had thought he was his ******** /bro/.

"Sorry." he stated to Julie, Candace, Harrison, whoever it'd satisfy.

And he stepped out of the other man's way, though couldn't help but involuntarily tense if or when he passed, just in case he got caught off guard again.

Cass looked towards Julie when she pipped up, frowning a bit before checking herself over for wounds again. None.

She was fine.

Still, she couldn't help but feel the need to go do something...more productive. Something to keep her from worrying all over. Cass started to make rounds with her runic bandages to start patching up people where she could. She needed to focus on that. Let the other's patrol, she could pick that up later.

At the loud crashing Candace flinched, almost expecting something to come flying her way. Nothing happened, just an upset Julie coming at them with a spatula. Oh, Julie. An angry you was like an angry kitten. It was adorable, but Candace did nothing to provoke any reaction toward herself. A movement caught her eye and she watched Sasha guide Jerry to a cot, biting down anxiously on her lip. She knew that look. Damnit Jerry. And there went Gale escaping out of the tent.

You had to be kiddiiiiiiing. ********. Harrison was leaving she had no time to--goddamn! Ugh! BOYS! Candace had to be quick. "It's fine." Candace told Rep, though it was a lie. It wasn't okay but there was no use making more trouble. She hurried to Sasha and Jerry, giving each of them a kiss on the cheek. "Try singing to him, Sasha. That tends to get him out of this state of mind he's in." Roar wasn't summoned anymore so they were in the clear. Progress. She paused, giving Sasha one more kiss against her temple before hurrying out after Harrison.

"Harrison? Thirteen?" She called out as she left the tent.

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Sasha made a distressed sound, turning back to brush a few bits of hair from Jerry's face. Sing? Augh. She didn't really feel like singing but she didn't really feel like seeing Jerry all a mess.

So in a little, tired voice, Sasha sang.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the ...

Jerry, p-please snap out o-of it."

She gave him a few pats on the cheek before leaning in close, worry etched on her face. Sasha really didn't feel like singing.