[AQ] And there was a storm [Felix/Yasuko.K]

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

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Stormy Panic
+ Description: A storm has knocked out the power in the school building shortly after classes have ended for the day; it seems to nasty outside to leave, though the building is pretty deserted, save for one or two other people who got stuck.
+ Stay put, wait out the storm: -1 Guardians, +2 Faberge
+ Venture out to try to get the power back on: +1 Guardians, +1 Faberge
+ Sneak into the staff room while no one’s around: -2 Guardians, +1 Roost
+ Look for someone else who may be stuck: +2 Guardians, -1 Roost
+ Requirements: None
+ Submitted by Hatta

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She stared at the dark clouds outside the window.

Lightning flashed and thunder boomed across the sky, lighting up the area as rain continuously pelt hard against the glass. With how heavy the rain was, there was what seemed to be a fog covering the distant parts of the place, making it hard for her to see what was beyond the school campus. 

She sighed. She was caught in a storm. Again. And the power went out in school. Again.

This was terrific honestly.

"Oh my gosh Yasuko!" Calli cried, her tiny hands pressed against the window. The glass felt cold to her touch, making her giggle at the feeling. "I have never been caught in a storm before!" the tiny Guardian Character beamed at her owner. She didn't know rain could potentially be this heavy, to the point where there would even be thunder and lightning! Even the window was cold! This was so cool! Not to mention that the power went out! Well, maybe that wasn't something to be happy about, but the classroom looked so different in the dark! The way the light seemed so blue and the way it fell onto the objects in their classroom was so interesting to watch! Especially when the shadows of the rain superimposed on them! 

Her hand traced a droplet of rain as it rolled down the glass window. Even the images in that droplet looked so different! "Yasuko Yasuko, do you see this? This is so awesome to watch!" she said back at the first-year. 

Yasuko sighed. 

"I really don't think this is something you should be excited about," the girl said exasperatedly, clasping her bag close. Really, all she had wanted to do was to grab a book from the library. To research a little bit on China history and their relationship with the Japanese. And she was searching in her desk about a related worksheet that their teacher had gave them before the lights went out. Honestly, this was too early in the day for this.

"But Yasuko, I've never been in a storm before!"

"Yeah, well, I have and I'm not the least bit interested in staying back here again." Swinging her bag straight onto her back, she pulled the straps on tight. She might as well browse the library as she had originally intended - especially since with how heavy the rain was, it didn't seem likely to let up. Stepping out of the classroom, she looked left and right. There didn't seem to be anybody around. Oh well.

Calli followed right behind her as she closed the door to the classroom.

[Felix]

    Felix had seen this on T.V. before, people getting stuck in the rain and having to wait it out. He never even watched the T.V. very often but somehow managed to come across scenes like that in the past. He recalled it well but he was definitely not calm this time around as he was when he watched it previously. Nobody had told him how scary it was or how scary it could be; but unfortunately he was going to have to live with it.

    His breath was shaking, his body tense, he had only wanted to stay to get some extra work done for the school but then this happened to him, "I-Issy... you're there, right?" It was pretty clear he was nervous, sweat forming at his brow as the brunette turned a hallway with extreme caution, "My name is Isaac, Mr.White. The flashes of lighting and the fact that it is not pitch black show that you can still see me even if you didn't try, you moron." Isaac, again, was not happy with Felix's response to the surprising turn of events the weather had laid upon them.

    The fit little guardian had deduced that it was not the heavy rain or dark that frightened his pathetic student, but the quick flashes of light and rumbling in the sky that made him so fearful, "P-Please don't remind me..." Felix nervously clutched onto his trusty book-bag strap as the calming sound of the storms rain crashed against the glass. Before walking some more, he looked both ways in the hall and sloooowly but carefully made his way down it, wincing at the lightening when it appeared and tightening his breath when the following boom shook the atmosphere,

    "You are so tiring to watch, Mr.White, it is a storm, there is no murderer." Isaac flicked his glasses with confidence, obviously undeterred by the weather, "W-Well!-- you're mean!" Felix remarked childishly before his eyes spotted a girl approaching the brunette and his guardian. Instead of his normal feeling of embarrassment and unease around others, he was extremely relieved to find another person around at this as his time of need, even if they didn't want anything to do with him; he figured he would at least ask them for directions,

    "Excuse me... ! D-Do you think you could help me...?" He hoped he wasn't too out of the blue, he did just turn a corner so he hoped she maybe had seen him a little bit so she didn't get shocked by him.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Walking purposefully down the corridor, Yasuko shifted the bag on her back so as to get more comfortable. Having been her second time caught in the storm, the loud crashes of thunder and flashes of lightning no longer bothered her greatly, and she managed to ignore them by focusing on a single goal - to get to the library. Calli, on the other hand, was having the time of her life just watching the lightning flash across the corridor, lighting things up in ways that she never thought they would. She was squealing and spazzing; just like a little kid at a party.

Yasuko rolled her eyes. Sometimes, she didn't understand why Calli was the interpretation of her wish. Or actually, what kind of wish did she make that created a personality like Calli? Then again, it wasn't like terrible things did happen with her Guardian Character around...but she was sure that a preppy, excitable personality would be something that would create conflict with her, not help her.

But really this wasn't the time to be thinking about this. She should just browse the library and grab a book and research until the storm blows over. That was her plan.

So she hadn't counted on someone rounding the corner all of a sudden. "Whoa!" she cried, before she managed to side-step around him. She would have been rather smug about such a fast reflex, if it weren't for the fact that she wasn't great at balancing herself to begin with and so promptly tripped over her feet instead. Again. And fell onto her rear end. Again. "Ow...!" She cried.

This day was going so well.

[Felix]

    Even though the boy knew she was coming, Felix couldn't help but let out a small shocked gasp when she almost bumped straight into him. The brunette released his grasp on his book-bag strap to try to catch her before she fell, but he was much too late and just stumbled back to hit his back against the wall instead, "Guh--!" Felix had fallen back a little heavy so it was not very pleasant for him, "I-Im sorry! I didn't mean to uhh.. surprise you any..." The boy spoke with some constriction, the pain was obvious but he managed through it and pulled himself from the wall with some force.

    After quickly gaining his balance back and adjusting a bit, he immediately crouched on front of the girl and looked her over to see if she was okay first of all. Felix was obviously mindful of not looking anywhere he shouldn't have and faced her with a nervous but worried look in his eyes, "Are you alright? You're not hurt anywhere?" The least the brunette wanted to do was inconvenience her but it was pretty obvious he already had. Rubbing his sore back a little bit he started getting more tense about the situation.

    Felix's thoughts were instantly filled with regret after that. Instead of staying, he almost felt like just running away on the spot; she probably didn't see his face and he would not have to worry about making her think badly of him. Felix swallowed hard. Despite feeling so bad, he still had a sliver of hope this could end well for him so he stuck around, embarrassed and smiling, holding out his hand for the lady.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Ughhh..." Yasuko rubbed her back. Hitting the floor was not on her to-do list today. Well actually getting caught in school after another storm was simply not what she had expected out of today either. But goddammit! It wasn't her fault that she accidentally ended up here after the weather decided to go havoc! And it totally wasn't her fault that she tripped and fell! It was all because someone appeared out of nowhere from the end of the corridor! If she was more humourous, she would probably have laughed at the fact that it was almost like a high school novel, but she wasn't in the mood for jokes.

"Honestly, what the hell were you doing?!" The words were out of her mouth, before she took a look up at the 'so-called' offender in her eyes. Only then did she notice the hand being held out to her. She blinked; she didn't expect that - and simply stared the hand in front of her. She was still a little irritated sure, but the hand surprised her enough to be unsure of what to do next. Well, he did apologise...

"I'm fine," she quickly said, before taking the hand offered. Might as well be polite as any...

Meanwhile Calli peeked over from Yasuko's shoulder, tilting her head at the boy in question. She was sure this boy had an Egg! With how accustomed Yasuko was becoming to the eggs, they have been able to sense them now! She wanted to talk to them! To greet them! But she didnt want to ruin this whole exchange between Yasuko and the new student! So she waited, hiding behind Yasuko's shoulder, staring at the boy tentatively.

[Felix]

    He squinted and almost retracted his hand at the yelling the small girl did but managed to hold up strong and keep it there, he thought he deserved at least that much, "A-Ah.. Im sorry, again.." Felix was pretty nervous and practically whispered his repeated apology, hoping to not get yelled at any more then she did already; it was obvious to him that she was not really in a good mood but he wanted to help her still, it was the least he could do. With her short words of assurance and the grab of his hand he stood up and gave a predictable, yet strong tug so she could stand properly.

    Isaac on the other hand sat proudly on Felix's shoulder. He was unmoving yet seeming to study the female student and the guardian he noticed that obviously Felix was too stupid to see at the moment. Felix was still frazzled about the situation, but he was sure that the brunette would freak out as soon as he did notice; he couldn't feel the eggs nearby like Calli could so it might take him a bit to even see her. Isaac was just lucky to be as observant as he was and continued to stay in rather obvious sight, despite the dark hall and flashes of booming light,

    "Ahh gosh... I-I'm honestly so sorry! I wasn't expecting you to not see me turn the corner..." Felix by now had said sorry at least five different ways, "I didn't think anybody would be here after-hours like me and I got really excited to see somebody else... To be honest I'm... a little bad with navigating in the dark and made it here by accident..." Felix had lied a little bit but it wasn't much of one. It was true he wasn't the greatest at travelling in the dark but the real reason is that he did not want to be alone, despite having his guardian.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

The boy's stuttering and nervousness made the first-year glance at him briefly to look at him questionably, before looking down to brush dust and first off of her clothes. Was he...one of those nervous kinds? The kind that found it difficult to socialise or something? Scared of everything or something? Honestly, she wanted to sigh in defeat. She didn't have anything against people like that, but she found it so hard to be around them! Their nervousness annoy her more than anything. Yasuko simply didn't understand why it was so difficult for people to just be confident. The fact that boy was taller than her even ticked her off. Make use of that height! At least you aren't so short that everyone thinks you're a child!

Brushing - the now perhaps - imaginary dust off of her skirt, Yasuko had been so fixated on doing so that she too hadn't realised that there was a Guardian Character sitting plainly out in the open. And honestly she was getting so easily distracted by the constant apologising the boy was continuously doing that she would have likely just focused on that only and nothing else. Geez, he didn't need to apologise so much. "Uh-huh," she replied rather dismissively, seemingly not at all interested. Judging from how nervous the boy was, the first-year had immediately wondered if he too was potentially scared of the dark. Great. Taking care of a scaredy-cat was not on her list.

However, her Guardian Character did not share the same thoughts. Instead, Calli's eyes sparkled as she watched the boy's behaviour. She hadn't met anyone that was so nervous before! And even did the whole apologising and everything! And he had a really pretty hair colour! And he even wore hairclips in his hair! And oh my gosh, was that the male's Guardian Character?! He had a suit! And glasses! And looked so smart and confident and everything! Ahhhh that was so cool! Was he trying to be businessman? Or a butler? Or did he just like wearing suits in general? She wanted to ask so much! But! But! BUT! Would she freak the male out? He seemed so nervous that he might actually react badly to her! But but but BUT.

She knew Yasuko wouldn't take to this boy. And that meant a lost of an opportunity to talk to him. Forever.

The first-year looked back at the boy, an eyebrow raised at his face. "Right. Okay. Well, I'm off to the library now and I'm not the least bit interested in taking care of a nervous looking person like you. So goodbye." That was really rude honestly, but it was clear Yasuko didn't quite care. She was in a bad mood and he made it worse, apology or not. In fact, the constant apologies made her mood even worse. One apology was good enough, not five. And she made a move as if to leave-

Until Calli tugged hard on her free lock of hair, forcing her to stop.

"No!" the Guardian Character cried out, pouting as she continued to pull on that long free lock of hair that Yasuko always left hanging. "That was rude Yasuko! And we're not leaving him!"

[Felix]

oh my GOD S A V A G E// that let down tho, yasuko takes no shits

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    Felix's heart tightened painfully at the words; it wasn't like he was nervous all the time but new people always freaked him out, I mean he wasn't always the kindest himself. Being called a nervous person by a stranger struck him a little deeper then it should have, though; he felt he should have been ready to cry at that point but if he had to be honest he was actually just plain angry. The brunette said sorry and acted like a normal human being and she just struck him down like dirt on the side-walk! She didn't even thank him for pulling her up-- even if he was the one that caused her to fall down in the first place. Honestly, maybe he should have just ran when he had the time-

    "If this how you always are with strangers? How upsetting." With a small poof and a confident laugh from Felix, his character change had firmly set in place. The seemly new Felix pushed up his new yellow glasses, reflecting the perfectly timed lightening that flashed the hallway with bright light, "I apologise and help you up from the floor from an innocent accident and receive this troublesome response? I made it clear I was looking hoping for directions not to be taken care of." His voice was silky smooth and strong like he knew what he was doing, but not angry in the least. The brunette didn't want to come off as a bad person after that but he was almost happy that Isaac did that for him.

    "I also regret to inform you that the library is in another building so you would have to go in the storm to reach it, unless you want to go out in the rain of course." It was cue to change back but it seemed that Isaac still wanted a word in after all this. At this time, Felix noticed the other person's guardian character and gasped even though it was not quite heard by anybody but Isaac.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

_{I APOLOGISE HEAVILY FOR HER BEHAVIOUR SHE'S A TERRIBLE PERSON;;
FELIX IS SO PRECIOUS JFLDSJFLKDSJF
ISSAC YOUR COMEBACK IS SO GOOD AHHHH - plsdontholdback}

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What the-?! What in the world happened? Suddenly, this boy - whom she had seen as someone rather nervous and weak-willed - became a person with a confidence she never knew he had. She couldn't even believe it herself! And - was that glasses? Yasuko was sure the stranger didn't have one earlier. Maybe she wasn't paying attention.

But even so, she wasn't dwelling on such issues, because the boy's words made her immediately bristle. "Wha-!" she responded, her head turning so as to face him. Calli had to let go of her hair at this point. Honestly, she was being a total jerk before, but apparently she would rather get angry at his words instead of apologise. What right he had to talk to her like that?! And what was with that sudden change in personality? There was...something rather scary about the whole thing, and a part of her was now confused to who this person was. But she wasn't going to let him say those things to her like that!

"An innocent accident?" she echoed, her hands now going to fold her arms across her chest. "How 'innocent' was it-" she mimed making quotations with her fingers, before switching back to her previous position. "- if clearly you could switch between personalities so easily? You act so nervously before, but now suddenly you have all the manners of a condescending man? Honestly, it makes me wonder if your whole 'accident' as you like to call it, was simply you putting on a nervous act in order to get me to be your guide. Now I don't know who you really are."

"Yasuko!" Calli cried, tugging onto her hair but the girl ignored it, intending only to glare daggers at the boy in front of her. The first-year had never seen a Character Change before and had misunderstood the whole thing. She really should have done something about that earlier, as her Guardian Character. But now things were getting really heated! "Yasuko, stop that!" she pouted, flying in front of the girl, making the first-year reel back.

[Felix]

    Clearly, Isaac was not expecting such an outrageous response to his rather calm explanation of the current situation; he listened to her completely though, to interrupt her while so mad would be an even worse outcome and Felix had been mentally screaming at him already to stop. But no matter how mad she may be, she must understand that this whole thing was rather innocent and not targeted at her. He deduced that this girl was clearly already mad before even encountering Felix and himself.

    "I can assure you that I am not trying to trick or fool you." Isaac started to speak through Felix's mouth, using a more soft tone, trying to get the girl to understand him instead of openly fighting him like he already was, "I had thought that you would understood since you have a Guardian Character of your own but I was mistaken. This is a Character Change that you influenced, please understand." Skillfully, he pushed up his glasses with ease and stood up straight and uniform, "I did not mean to upset you and I apologise for my rudeness." It was rather sincere from the brunettes mouth but if it was Isaac himself, it would have sounded a lot more condescending.

    With a poof, the glasses disappeared on Felix's face and he seemed to gain that nervous glance back in his eyes. He looked a bit more calm now that Isaac attempted to explain how he felt.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko reeled back from her Guardian Character's sudden command, surprised at the fairy pouting at her. It wasn't rare for Calli to be so upfront about it, but it was one which the first-year hardly appreciated and her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. The day was already starting badly and she didn't need her Guardian Character bossing her around! She opened her mouth, already wanting to start an argument with Calli, if not for the male speaking up.

Blinking, she stared back at the other student, surprised first by the change in tone. Considering how openly confrontational she was at the start, to hear the other speak in a soft, non-aggressive tone caught her off-guard. Usually, most conflicts ended badly (which certainly was not helped by her personality), so the fact that someone was calming explaining to her was rather new territory. But soon her brows furrowed; confused she was by the male's words. Character Change...? That she...influenced? What does that mean?

But the apology too caught her off-guard, and she stared back at the male unable to really say anything. It was a strange feeling, to hear the other apologise first, especially with how badly everything had started out. And it sounded...sincere. That was rare to hear. Even though technically, it was Yasuko's fault. Not that she would readily even admit something like that.

Except now that the other had apologised and had explained calmly, she felt rather uncomfortable. Uncomfortable because the other was mature enough to put such confrontation behind them in that way. And that she herself had just let the bad day simply take over her own emotions and let it out on an unsuspecting student.

"I'm sorry!" Calli said, turning around and hastily bowing in apology. Honestly, she felt like a terrible Guardian. She should have explained all of this sooner so that this whole misunderstanding would have been easily cleared up! "I-I should have talked about all of this earlier with her! I'm so sorry that she was being so mean!" Realising that the first-year had been quiet this whole time, Calli flew over to tug at the girl's loose lock of hair. She wasn't the type to say sorry on her own easily. "Come on! You gotta apologise too!"

Yasuko bit her lip and averted her gaze. But Calli was pouting and staring at her with a look that easily said that she wasn't giving up.

Finally, she sighed and with the softest of voices, she said. "...Sorry."