[ ORP ] The Rumour - FIN pg 13

[Zoobey]

The school office door slammed shut angrily as two figures stomped out, one set of footsteps slightly more punctuated than the other. Papers flew left and right as the Amityville school secretary struggled to match pace with the Gymnasium professor, both of them with equally dour - if not more dour than usual- expressions.

"Red-" Arel was struggling in keeping his voice anything beyond a loud whisper, boots shuffling down the the hallway beside the taller professor. "-Don't just walk away from this, you owe me an explanation for-" He paused as he was temporarily blocked by a rather raucous gang of second years returning back from Basebat practice, looking around guiltily at the overcrowded hallway for a second before lowering his voice so that it was just barely audible -"Are you seriously sure?"

((OOC:

- This is an event ORP that is happening in the main school hallway (next to the office), one of the busiest places in Amityville! It is up to you whether or not your student chanced to hear them.
- IF your student did indeed stumble upon their conversation, they are free to follow the two staff members, if they so wish, but make sure they are not spotted! For now, even if they want to interact with each other, make sure that their roleplays are very inconspicuous as not to arouse any suspensions from the professors!
- You can post your RP at any point in time, but remember that creating unnecessary attention upon your characters might attract the staff at any point in time!))  

[Dragain]

The last time she had "followed" Arel and Red, it was into the forbidden woods behind Breck's shed, and it led her to a million and one questions - ah yes, as well as a world of pain. Obviously, she should ignore what she had just heard and continue on her merry way, right?

Apparently not.

Taking out her eyephone, she looked like she just received a message, and switched directions, oh-so-conveniently heading in the same direction as the two staff member.  

[kuropeco]

Ren had, for the most part, not been paying the slightest bit of attention to where he had been walking.

For a better portion of the morning he had been studiously ignoring the blaring phone calls and postal letters from his parents, demanding he return home at once and instead had gone to see LW. Ren had yet to actually tell his parents that he was dating the same girl they had been so horrified over before, though he did really look forward to smearing it in their faces when the time came.

Now, however, he was completely lost in thought, his mind working to figure out a particularly difficult puzzle he had been asked on his Groanspring the other day. He was not entirely certain where it had come from, exactly, but Gabrian had refused to tell him the answer when he had tried to weasel it out of him, leaving Ren to try and solve it on his own.

Which was why he did not really see the two professors up ahead until he was several feet away from them.

"...are you seriously sure?"

One of Ren's ears perked up, swiveling towards the voice. Unless he was mistaken, it belonged to the school secretary, Arel; a fact made true when he saw a familiar flash of pale blue hair just up ahead. The secretary's usually dry, bored sounding voice now held a tone of anxiety to it. And the woman next to him was none other than Professor Red, their somewhat...er, unorthodox gym teacher.

...that's strange, Ren thought curiously, discretely moving to the side so that he could surreptitiously listen to the conversation, looking down at the puzzle on his skellyphone screen (his mind was miles away from it, however). It was probably not a very nice thing to do, eavesdrop, but he had never actually heard Arel speak that way before.

What is he asking about? Sure about what?  

[Inu-Mitsu]

Mitsu had been on her way to the office, she was trying to find the Professor Lizzy had told her about. The teacher who was also supposed to be a werewolf. To say Mitsu was nervous to meet her was an understatement but Lizzy always gave good advice. Surely Professor Red would be able to give her some tips on how to better herself.

The door slamming just ahead of Mitsu caught her attention, ears perking at the top of her head as she looked toward the office that wasn't far off now. Two Professors were leaving but she really wasn't sure who they were. She had yet to meet Arel or Red. It wasn't until the one spoke out that Mitsu realized the Professor she needed to talk to was walking away.

She wanted to sprint ahead catch up with the teacher but Mitsu wasn't alone. "I..I need to talk with Professor Red." She explained softly trying to pick up her pace. Sadly though there was students filling the halls. It was going to slow down her pace.  

[Pepzilla]

On her normal rounds of suspicious creeping around in the hallways Pepin caught the sight of two teachers storming out of a secluded room. Though unaware of Red's position, she at least recognized the Secretary having passed his office a number of times. Something about the air around the two of them was highly invigorating and the gossip whore had no other choice but to watch them pace down the hall.

hmmmmmmmMMMmnnn.... Pepin sneered to herself and flickered behind a group of ghouls nose deep in their texting world. Fighting teachers.. this is too good to miss. It suddenly occurred to her that if she were to start her student newspaper she had proposed a few weeks prior, she needed a good hook of a story that would really reel in the readers.

"Pardon me..." she whispered to a ghoul as she slipped the eyephone out of her purse and started fiddling with the controls. The unsuspecting ghoul didn't notice the item plucked from her purse as the group carried on down the hall. Pepin looked into the device and searched for the recording application and held it at knee's height to get a shot of them at least walking.

Juicy juicy juicccyyyyyy The glitch had to resist the urge to giggle out loud as she hovered about in the crowd. Could really use a computer lab right now..  

[Kaiyumi]

Something was wrong. At least, that was what Xiu's first thought was when she accidentally overhead the two staff members conversing to one another. From the looks of things--and the fact that Arel was making an obvious effort to keep his voice low--whatever they was discussing was probably some kind of secret business.

Upon realizing this, the Baku was about to continue on her way when she caught a flash of pink hair. Curiously, she watched as Lizzy pulled out her phone and changed direction, now moving in the way that Arel and Red were heading in. Hmmm...was she following them? Secret business, sneaking around...

Oh ho! Was Lizzy doing some stealth training for the love squad? Perking up, Xiu hurried after her friend, keeping her steps as light and quiet as she could manage. Once she caught up, she smiled and gave a little wave in greeting. What are you doing? The Baku mouthed, eyes wide. If it was training, would it be okay if she joined?  

[Sexy Cocaine]

Riyo, who had been walking with Mitsu due to their paths intersecting a few moments prior, looked towards the wolf ghoul and then up to the professor who... Seemed to be storming away from the man in a scarf. Ah, she was so bad with names but who the hell cared if she wasn't going to have classes with either?

"Uh, Mitsu. I don't know if now would be a good time to bother her..." The ghoul said in a low tone, her ears perking to try and catch snippets of their conversation. Curiosity. Ohhhh, it would be the end of her just like that stupid old proverb said.  

[Blade Kuroda]

Having not much else to do for the time being, Shun was just tagging along with Mitsu while she made her way towards the office. He wasn't paying a great deal of attention to what was going on, or to the feline demon that happened to be with them, but he did catch sight of the two professors up ahead for a moment or so. His attention didn't stay there for long as he glanced over to Mitsu.

"..Isn't that the gym teacher?" he asked quietly. The Reaper didn't know too much about the professors at the school in general, so he wasn't really sure what business she had with Red. If it was for exercising, they had Fitness Club and its room.  

[demon_pachabel]

Shehk didn't exactly have a way to be inconspicuous in this hall. She didn't have anybody to text. She didn't have someone to chat up..and frankly, she wasn't sure what all in the hallway she could be distracted by.

However, it hadn't actually been her intention to stalk the pair. No, she'd simply been on her way to the office for some form or purpose..just to find the pair of faculty members walking away. She folded her arms and watched for a while. Should she have waited, should she have followed? Frankly, as her eyes darted between other students who were tailing the pair, she grinned a bit, walking along as inconspicuously as possible to follow along.

She'd pick a buddy to chat up along the way before she was spotted.

Hopefully.  

[Bittiface]

Guh, what a crowd. Mot huffed to himself as he tried to slip past those around him. He was in no hurry to be anywhere, but being stuck behind those much slower was a little bit irritating.

However, this slowed pace meant he overheard something juicy. Two professors looking mighty secretive.

Mot raised an unseen brow. Something inside him felt like this was more than it seemed. This sin't feel like a fight over a missing stapler.
The reaper wished to tail them...
He bent down in the middle of the crowd, eyeing the fleeing teachers through the legs of other students. He slipped out of his spur clad boots so as not to make a noise while trailing them.

With his noisy boots off his feet, Mot tip toed out of the crowd and smoothly began to tail the pair of suspicious faculty members.  

[Shia bean]

SNAP

The sound barely carried along the busy halls she leaned against, the thrust of air which followed fixing a smile to her lips and a slight lift to her shoulders. The evergreen book that was quickly shut, was then slipped from pale white hands into the black satchel at her side and pat once before the monster began to move...

Orange eyes opened wide as a familiar face passed her by, the scented trail he left behind sending her off the wall and headed in his direction. How long had it been? Really? Would he still be sore about it? Would things still be different? Natalia's long legs took unusually short steps as she followed along the path he made within the crowds...just like him to part the way, cooly, confidently.

She didn't know where he was going...or where several of the students seemed to be headed. She hadn't overheard anything in particular-- only interested in what the gryphon boil thought after all this time. What he would say when he saw her...White ears twitched as conversations were fed through one and out the other, and it was only when she reached out to tap his shoulder that her pale, plump lips moved to speak over the rest.

"Renaissance!"  

[Inu-Mitsu]

Mitsu looked to Riyo as she mentioned it might not be a good idea. "But Lizzy suggested I talk to her." And she had yet to see Red outside of this moment in time. Now was as good as any to catch up with the Professor to have a chat. If only there weren't so many students. It was hard to see over everyone but at least Mitsu's hearing was acute. She could pick up conversation where needed to follow them.

"Y..yes I think Lizzy said she was." That had been what the spider demon said right? Speaking of, was that a familiar glint of pink hair ahead of them? "I...I think I see Lizzy now."  

[kuropeco]

The voice that called out to him was familiar, though Ren's focus had been entirely on the matter at hand - following the two suspicious teachers. However, he turned anyway to see who he had thought it was.

Natalia.

He did not know what to say to her. Their last meeting had been...well, not exactly what it was supposed to have been, and Ren's cheeks coloured as he tried to shove away the memory of that unpleasant evening. They had both acted stupidly, their fight, their stinging words, the mutual anger in their voices, and the fact that they had been so completely at odds with one another for so long. Not to mention what had happened after that, of which the memory was tainted. It was fortunate that Gabrian had been there, at the right time and place, letting Ren have an escape route when he had so desperately needed one.

And now, seeing her here, after several months of not talking, followed by their summer break, made him not entirely sure where either of them stood. But he did not want to feel the way he did anymore.

"...hey," he said finally, and though he kept walking, his eyes flickering towards the two teachers ahead, Ren gave her the smallest of smiles, hardly visible. He inclined his head towards Red and Arel, putting a finger to his lips, his voice barely above a whisper. His steps were normal, his stride casual, but he could not take the chance of the two noticing they were being followed - especially since, glancing around, Ren could see he was not alone.

"Keep quiet."  

[Blade Kuroda]

"Why do you need to see her?" asked Shun. He was even more curious now that apparently Lizzy had recommended that she meet with her. Speaking of the spider demon... when Mitsu mentioned her, he spotted the pink haired girl not too far off. It was a little hard to see in the crowded hallway but it looked as if Pepin might have been with her?  

[Sexy Cocaine]

"Y-yeah but... Would you stick your hand into a swarm of bees just because you want honey right then and there?" It was really the last tidbit of advice Riyo was willing to give, more interested in the conversation the two were having than stopping Mitsu from making a stupid mistake. The feline had to watch out for stupid mistakes of her own, after all.

Pulling out her eyephone, the ghoul pretended to text somebody as she kept her eyes moving from screen to floor, making sure she didn't trip and crash. The game would be over then.