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Index looked up from his book, seemingly a bit scandalised that anyone had decided to talk to him when he'd so carefully been trying to radiate an aura of unapproachable hostility. The other boy at the very least didn't look too loud or irritating, hell if colours could be polite he would be positively welcoming.

Still, here he was, speaking to him and forcing him into a conversation and that was only barely forgivable.

"No." he said. "I wasn't." And with a sigh of exasperation and an extended hand he added "I am Index. I suppose you are sitting here."

Patches smiles grew brighter when she saw Mahuyah climb onto the bus, she had been a little bit worried that her friend would get lost or side tracked by her shyness. She would be terrified if she ended up being alone on the trip. Her tail wagged happily, hitting her Nixie friend a couple of times as she stood up to make room for her friend to pass by her. "Sorry, sorry. That things a little hard to control." At least once she was seated again she couldn't wag it as much.

Once they were both settled in their seats again Patches dug around in her bag for her little camera. She had been a little nervous to bring it along at first, but hopefully nothing would happen to it. It even had a little front faces display so that she could easily take selfies with it. She threw one of her arms around her friend, pulling her close, and held her other arm out with the camera. "Alright, we're documenting this! Just getting started, say cheese!" Patches smiled wide and waited for Mahuyah to get at least a shy little smile in there before clicking the button. No flash, there was plenty of sunlight in Above apparently.

She flipped the camera around so she could show Mahuyah the bigger picture. They were too adorable! She had snapped a few pictures of some of the other sights before getting on the bus, but they were a little sloppier since she was also carrying her duffel bag at the same time. "Mahuyah you're too cuuuute~" Patches smiles and stowed her camera away again. She turned her attention to the tour guide and the other Grimm again. She noticed that someone else had joined the young Grimm and they had also pulled out a camera. She waved from the seat across from them.

"Hey! If you'd like, I could get a picture of you two together!" The most important part about trips like this was taking pictures of the memories. She's be more than happy to help with that!


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Bridgette bit the inside of her cheek. Maybe she had said too much and offend Tambre. She hadn't meant to do that but then again she never meant to upset people and almost always seemed to do just that. She didn't know what to say anymore to that I guess so and just shrugged her shoulders back. She probably should have just said than you and let the comments be without commenting on the comments. She sighed and looked out the window for a few moments as she thought.

She flicked her eyes back to the other whens he started to speak again. She nodded. "I suppose you are right. That's a very good point and one I hadn't thought about. Yeah getting to know everyone is probably going to end up happening since we don't know what's in store for us." She looked around at all the little groups that were forming and wasn't so sure she would be able to get to know anyone other than Tambre here. She frowned now worried about all the cliques she could see forming. She grinned whens he heard the chuckle and shook her head. "No. I don't think I will regret it. I'm pretty sure that I'll enjoy the blunt truth. I'm not sweet little angel so don't worry about it. Don't sell yourself short either." She frowned and shook her head. "No I just don't like seeing people be hurt or bullied. I don't really know what I want to do. I'm still trying to figure it all out. I would like to help people with whatever I do figure out. But I admire anyone in law enforcement or any profession like that."

Claire had, by this point, began driving, only hearing Zahneel's question a bit later. Once they had pulled out of their spot and kicked the bus onto their path they finally gave an answer, although it was a distracted one as they realized the map had fallen over during the movement.

"Well, we aren't accepting interns at the moment." They used a foot to try and kick the map up, failing horribly. Sighing in exasperation, the demon muttered something under their breath, causing the map to glow a faint purple and float, unevenly, into their hand. Drained, Claire placed it back on the dash, finally addressing the grimm again.

"But, remind me after the trip that you're interested and I can give a good word in for when we do. If you're just interested in the tour, I'll give you our card!" With this, they returned to their task, tail flicking gently behind them.

OOC:// The bus is moving!

Looking out the window as they began to move, Coralie was excited for the trip to come. There was so many people here, how couldn't one get excited? However, she was starting to get bored here on this trip, looking for someone to talk to. Huh, no one she recognized off the top of her head. That was a little dishearting, but no matter! She could just find someone to talk to, but everyone looked busy already.

With no one seemingly close to her who wasn't talking to someone else, she reached into her bag and took out a journal she had gotten for this trip. After the last journey she had done, she wanted to start writing down all of what happened to her when she went on adventures like this. After all, it would help her later on in her years to think upon all that had happened.

Also in her bag was all the clothing she would need, a canteen with water, a whole lot of snack bars, a medical kit, a compass, rope, a flashlight, batteries, fire starting kit, all the salves she could ever need (she was a nixie after all), a picture of her family, a school assignment she needed to get done before she got back, some magic guides for survival, and a device to purify water. She was sure there was something else she forgot, but she was sure someone else would of brought it.

Cal first turned to the fallen man he sat next to as he spoke up. The corners of his lips turned up in a rare smile when he agreed to have his picture taken. He nodded as a very excited pink woman asked for a picture, volunteering the hybrid next to her in the process. He chuckled softly, almost caught in her excess of energy.

He lifted his camera and quickly adjusted the f-stops to the correct settings for the light. "Aaaand smile." He said once he was satisfied and snapped off a few pictures of each of them in turn. "Ah, I won't be able to develop them until I get back home. I'll have to get a way to send them to you. Ah, umm, I am Callitus. If anyone wanted to know."

"It's...a family name."

Fidel looked completely devastated as Index pointed out how dull his colors were. He knew. He pulled his wings even more closely to himself, and his antenna drooped.

"Yes," he said, trying to recover, "School isn't a place to...attract that kind of attention anyway. It...distracts. From the learning environment."

But even outside of the school, his colors were the same.

They'd always be the same.

"I...thought it would be an appropriate extracurricular activity," he said, clutching his cloak miserably. He was too caught up in a vortex of insecurity to notice any seat-hogging.