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'Well, that was unexpected. Convenient, but unexpected.' In truth, he had been planning on going onto some sort of line of inquiry - going along some sort of stereotyping that because Yuuna played Halo, that she would probably be after a rather more feminine girl. Seemed his instincts had been right, after all. That was unmistakably a genuine confession of feelings as far as he could tell. For now, he remained silent, just waiting to see how the events would play themselves out.

If possible, Yuuna seemed to sink even lower into her seat, staring down at the floor beneath the table, thankful to be wearing her hat so that her face could remain hidden. She had known at the outset that Makie wasn't...like her, and that Makie didn't like to hurt people, and that's what she had meant when she said that the whole affair was troubling. "Uhh, no... No, you don't have to give me an answer.." Truth be told, she figured that the odds of getting a positive response was about on par with the odds of surviving a melee encounter with a hammer chieftain with an invincibility powerup. "I shouldn't have said anything, really... Just forget about it. I'm sorr-"

And that's when the room exploded in smoke. Having already been slunk halfway to the ground, the blast caused her to fall the rest of the way out of her seat, landing unceremoniously in a heap on the floor. Thankful for the sudden distraction, gamers' instinct took over and she rolled out from beneath the table, rising up on the other side of it and peering intently into the smog. "HEY! WHAT THE HELL GIVES!?" She was kind of mad, now. Even though her pseudo-on-the-spot confession was going terribly awry, some part of her still held on to the optimistic hope that Makie would have liked her back.

When no figures materialized out of the fog to attack her, Makie, Claude, or Chisame, she immediately realized that there must be some other target. After all, tactical common sense dictates if your enemies are unaware of your presence, you take them out silently rather than give away your location and element of surprise with a smokescreen. That was a common strategy otherwise known as the "Room Full o' Sleeping Grunts" tactic. There had to have been some other target. Finally, dimly, she spotted a hazy figure moving toward the exit.

"Hey, you! Stop!" She was going to pursue, that much was obvious to anyone who knew her. Before she did, though, she turned back toward the table. Chisame-san, Makie-chan, you two go tell somebody that someone just got kidnapped. Claude-san, you seem like you've got your act together, come with me!"

And then she set off into the smoke in pursuit of the mysterious kidnapper and their ever-more-mysterious victim.

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Konoka heard the strange noise and saw the smoke, she looked around then was taken by surpise the had passed out, being carried off by an unknown ememy.
[Exits on the shoulders of the mystery person =O)

Chamo getting knocked off the shoulder of Konoka as she was kidnapped fell to the floor. He quickly got back up to his feet and scrambled towards the hotel room was Negi was.

[Chamo exits to hotel lobby]

[enters from lobby]

Driviline comes slowly walking in, swaying side to side a bit. But he noticed that no one was really here, so he went right up to the counter and ordered alot of food. He then quicly payed the persn behind the counter for the food as he grabbed the tray. He somehow managed to carry the tray full of food to a nearby table. He quickly started eatting the food, and it wasn't too long before it was all gone. "Ah, that hit the spot. I guess Sosuke might start worrying about me if I don't show up in the room soon." He then got up and walked up the stairs to the Hotel hallways.

[Exits to hotel hallways]

[Claude enters from hotel room 3 with Yuuna]

Although the breakfast buffet was quite tempting - he was rather partial to pancakes - Claude simply opted to get the exact same as he had last night - a chocolate bar, crisps, and a bottle of coke. As he paid - giving the cashier plenty extra to cover Yuuna's and Katerine's, he took a seat, pulling an unlit cigarette out and sticking it in his mouth. Even if smoking wasn't banned in the hotel, he knew better than to do it when people were eating. He wasn't quite paying attention to everything, though, being somewhat distracted as he ran his plan through his head over and over. It was quite a long shot, and relied on one or two very key things, but if those went off well, it'd be a hell of a successful plan.

"Per'aps I could offer my plan, first? Before we start forming teams?" Claude said with a confident smile. He coughed, clearing his throat, before continuing. As he spoke, his voice was identical to Yuuna's. It wasn't even slightly off, it was literally as if Yuuna was saying it, but the words were clearly coming from Claude. "You see, I am quite skilled in, shall we say, 'acting'." He cleared his throat again, this time speaking as Nodoka. "S-so, if you can get me a p-p-picture of Konoka-san, and a recording of her v-voice..." He coughed once more - Nodoka's voice was awkward for him, just for the sheer amount of intentional stutters he had to throw in to make it convincing. He put on the voice of the headmaster. "By disguising myself - another thing I'm not too shabby at - We'll make them think they got the wrong girl. I'll carry a tracking device, then, once they kidnap me..." One more clearing of his throat, and he slipped into a voice that he knew the two would definitely recognise, John 117 - also known as 'Master Chief'. "...I fight my way out of there with the girl, thanks to some support from you guys from the front, and then we finish the fight." Yes, that was probably the cheesiest thing he'd said in a while, recycling the old Halo 3 promotional slogan just to get his point across, but it'd definitely make them listen.