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"That sounds lovely. I do believe he'll be quite docile now..." Sey said, smiling brightly; cheeks still flushed from the fight.

"Cail, we're going to have to talk later..."

Merielle had gotten more then a little annoyed at her charges, and had only managed a few minutes respite in the room she had commandeered on the second floor before deciding to look in on the young Miss Seyumi and Cail. Only then, she had found off they had taken off.

With more then a snort of annoyance, she had left the temple only lightly armed, her tunic still dusty from the road...if only in her mind. The dirt never really touched her, the holy aura just pure enough to have the dust flitter away as if she were but a ghost herself.

And so it was here she had tracked her mischievous young charges. Her long platinum hair flowed past her knees as it rippled over the glistening white tunic with blue and silver trim. The black hardened leather boots moved easily, the woman's grace hard to not make note of. This wasn't a woman easily forgotten. Meri also had the presence of someone used to being in charge.

"A to E?" She got the reference but not exactly why the building was as it was. Puzzled blue eyes glanced about before pushing open the lobby's doors, only to spot her two young charges...

"Seyumi Kaikou!

Cassiel Dorian!"

Her eyes glaring down at both of them, her look one of retribution that would have most children cowering in fear. XP

Cail jumped to his feet as Sey had brushing off his pants.

"Merielle!" he said with a startled tone.

"W-What are you doing here?"

Sey looked like a deer in headlights and immediately stared at Cail, wondering the same; but not before she gave Merielle a sort of "He started it!" look.

Merielle glanced around the lobby, her expression not changing once before looking down at her two charges.

"..well, at least you are FINALLY being more honest about your feelings about her." She walked over and moved the boy's chin up with her fist, making him look her in the eyes.

"...however..." She then whacked him upside the head with the side of her hand. "...that was completely graceless attempt if you meant to sweep her off her feet."

She then stepped over to Seyumi and smiled down at the young girl she remembered so fondly. " ...her first kiss should not be like that..." Meri then forced the girl to face her, both of her hands on the girls cheeks. "..Since it had better have been her first kiss..." Staring intently into the young Easterners face. Her own mind going back to the young man that Seyumi had seemed so upset about back at the temple.

"...Right, Seyumi?"

A look of a long suffering crossed her face before quickly disappearing. "I see..." Her hands would suddently feel cold to Sey right before they dropped them and Merielle turned around. She didn't look at Seyumi but back to Cassiel.

"From the way you handled it that kiss, I think I can safely assume that it wasn't you that she's kissed previously. Her hair flipped over the shoulder, casually with one hand before looking back at the young white mage.

"I'm going outside, you two can figure out what story you are going to tell me about what's happened in the last five years, including why Sey's spears of light helped destroy this room. Falis help you if I find out otherwise."

She then said nothing more but walked out the door. Getting drunk seemed like a very tempting idea right now.

Sey looked at Cail's feet, still blushing.

"Lobby damages are easilly managable. The outpouring of support by the citizens of Barton Town after the battle against Samael is more then enough to support us. I originally came here to give Joseph Brown a proposition about outfitting the Temple with various things..."

"..."

Sey didn't really have an answer to that. She didn't... No, she couldn't really find an answer for his question.

Walking over to the desk with the scared shitless secretaries, Sey peered over and looked at one of them with a smile.