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So the last time he was seen really was at that time.

"Oh. Joy," he sighed, "All death leads jerks?"

Deryk didn't know who he preferred. But either way he was going to need to give Wilson and a few others the headsup. If he hadn't heard anything there was a good chance the rest of the death division didn't either.

Whyyyyyy did she open her mouth again?

Even if Dr. H's response was quite civil, having him stand behind her made the little child in her want to go crawl under the porch and die or something. Just keep your eyes on something.. something uh.. anything there's

dead body

and uhm... dead body. Maybe the dead body laying in the dead body, dead body. It was futile but thankfully the doctor left just about as soon as he'd arrived... and there was Clarice again! Well that made more sense than not she supposed. Truthfully she'd been unaware of her golem form in the trials it was too surreal to even comprehend at the time. Luckily Mercedes still had a chance to maybe find Clarice on a not busy day and talk fashion.

Out of the three leads that had spoken to her in the snowball of events, Clarice was the most tolerable. "Another that holds a bond? Are we sharing bonds with another in- I mean another person?" Her question however was more directed to Candace after Clarice had finished speaking.

Ah, H. Always true to form and never hesitating to point out idiocy. She watched him approach Mercedes with a soft chuckle. She got his attention, good job. Though she perked up considerably as he approached her.

..Goddamnit, Clarice! This was the second time you'd cockblocked her! Er. Wait. What? I mean. No. Haha. How silly. She couldn't do anything with H here in front of everyone.

Sigh.

"Sun leads..?" Candace blinked, looking around for Jerry. He and the other Suns were finally going to get to meet their leader? That was great! Now the Moons just needed someone not..Julie. Julie was sweet and all but she was also <******** crazy. She waved goodbye as the good doctor left and looked Clarice's way, watching her nudge at her golem. She was quiet for the explanation, giving a nod when she informed them to find one of the trainees instead of a leader. Oh yes, a very good idea. Except she would most assuredly try to get them all to meet and trust Aria.

Once the lecture was over Candace stood. "It's weird seeing a golem with a human face..I didn't know there were golems that looked like us." Candace looked down at the golem one last time, shivering. That was creepy. She'd hate to see someone kill a golem with her face. "You look like you could use some quiet time, Clarice." She would have offered a few suggestions but Mercedes got her attention with a very good question.

"Hmm? Oh~! No, no. Not a person." Candace held out her hands, showing off the two glowing rings with purple gems that resembled a pair of eyes. "Meet Atropos. All of us have a weapon converted from a creature that bonds with us. Watch," The rings glowed brighter until the purple shifted down to her feet. Atropos crackled to life, purple cracks in her blades flaring with a bright light.

Atropos was showing off.

"All weapons are different. And there's a soul inside them, so be ready to have a voice in your head for the rest of your life. They're your eternal companion, basically. How did he say..ah! Right! It's...someone who will accept you for what you are and what you are not." She'd always liked how H put that. "It's yours and yours alone." She allowed Atropos to return to her unsummoned form, rubbing the rings with her thumbs with a fond smile. She loved her Atropos; so far she was the only thing Candace could say she loved without experiencing a panic attack. "I can show you where you need to go to get your weapon, if you like."

Now that she knew that she had been right, Syd's eyes were glued to the golem on the ground. It was so realistic. She glanced at the woman it had been based on, then back to the golem. How had they created it? With that magic he'd mentioned?

It was... fascinating, she admitted, glancing up as Candace offered to show the way to where the weapons were. "I would like to go, as well, if I could?" she said quietly, standing. It was a relief to be out of that chair.

"Remember the guy at the beginning of the lecture? Said he was being the temp lead," Deryk said to Gale.

Catching a purple glint out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Candace showing off her shoe-blades.

What was the official name for that type of weapon anyway? He'd have to ask later on.

"Oh. Food and water. Yes. Can show where cafeteria is, if you aren't planning on following Candace right away," he offered to the lambs.

"Mm, yes," said Gale - which was teenage boy speak for "Oh right I forgot that part," with a nod to Deryk. He needed to research this "Stacey" now - figure out what he was like, what sort of leader he would be. It would be strange without Caelius, but whether Stacey would be better or worse remained to be seen.

Since it seemed as if Candace, Deryk and Robert had things under control, Gale pushed his hair away from his face and lifted his chin.

"If anyone needs help with anything, feel free to find me in Room 112," he said lightly, and then slipped from the room, off to do a little research of his own.

[ exit ]

MMmn.. not exactly what she'd wanted to hear. Mercedes let out a faint sigh and pushed herself up from her desk. "Well then, I guess this will be an eye-opening experience," she smiled to Candace and waited along side her for the others too.

"Whenever you're ready~"

((exiting technically))