Picnic in the Park

@"hyperhurricane" @"Paradox" @"Bolt"
Eph & Emman > Allan, Adelene, Leon

Emman stared at Allan straight with a serious, almost bemused expression set on his face. "Tanga ka ba? Lambanog sabi, hindi basi eh..." With a swig from his glass, Emman leaned in a bit closer to Adelene and pointed accusingly at Allan. "Don't listen to him. This is coconut wine. And this" - his finger shook - "is an idiot. Medyo seloso pa nga ata eh. You is - should I say it? Is obvious!"

As Emman drank again and clapped Allan on the back, Eph ignored the raucous laughter that followed and turned her attention to Leon. The sword caught her attention though it was most likely an actual sword. Prop swords were for some reason rare in Manta Carlos, which was annoying.

"Oh. Wow. Can I look at your sword - oh god, wording, wording... it's not like that. I just like swords. Real swords. You know, with blades and stuff. Because, uh, reasons. Anyway, is your face okay?" she blabbered, annoyed at her own lack of focus. It happened a lot when faced with real swords.

In response to her blithering she quickly reached out for a bowl of coconut wine and downed it, twitching as she did so. "That's... actually not bad."

"Wha?!? Owwwww."

Once more he was friends with Mr. Dirt but least this time it wasn't his face. When Adelene yanked him off his sword it disappeared from where it was was. Leon's body registered the elbow but Leon shrugged it off. He'd felt harder but he knew the point she was trying to make with it. Letting out an apologetic laugh Leon scratched the back of his head, noticing Adelene was still holding onto his sleeve. Guess he wasn't doing anything fun without taking her for a ride.

"Fun sucker. Naaa if I hurt myself it would have been my own stupidity. I'll behave now Adelene, don't need to worry about that."

Leon looked over at Eph when she spoke to him. She wanted to see his sword? Well he wasn't one to deny the request of a lady so he held out his hand and summoned a white sheath and gripped it, holding it out for Eph to take.

"Sure go ahead. And my face is fine. I've been hit by worse. Ice balls hurt ya know. So do fists...And Mr. Earth. Just be careful because it is pretty sharp. Don't want you getting hurt. Also if you want to see more I can make....I think up to nine of them. Can't remember without going through them. Anyway.....Glad to see you're enjoying yourself Adelene."

Leon at the mention of coconut wine gave a puzzled look. Well that was something he hadn't heard of before. Well he wasn't a big drinker either so he hadn't heard of much. Still if they wanted to drink he wasn't going to ruin their fun.

"That's an interesting choice of drink. Think I'll stick to simple stuff though. Simple stuff for a simple guy. Now if that was sake then I might arm wrestle you for a glass."

[Adelene]

"Lambanog..?" Adelene repeated the coconut wine's name with her western accent, and for some reason she thought it wasn't right. She had to harden up her tongue and try saying it again, with a more umph at the consonants. She smiled with content when she thought she was able to get the right pronunciation. "Lambanog... I think I've heard it before," she grinned.

"Alright. Sir, you know I don't understand what you're saying in that Filipino language, I hope you're not saying bad things while thinking you could get away with it." She glanced at Allan, giving him a 'could you translate' look, before turning to Eph and Leon. "I don't know much about this drink, Leon, but I don't think it's a complicated fancy drink. Hm." She eyed the liquor and pointed at it. "Can I have some? I wanna know how it tastes like."

@"hyperhurricane"

Blinking a few times at Tuckers greeting she smiled gently. It was a pleasant greeting to say the least and she rather enjoyed the warmth of it. "Et es pleaseing to meit you." Evelyn responded warmly to in return before looking back at Tameras gadget to give a proper response.

"Et es good dat you enjoyed youer teime in Russia.." At re-reading the second part of it she grinned and nodded. "Eye havey not been ere long but Eye do enjoy de event et looks liek et willbe a good tieme for everyboddy."

Evelyn felt herself relaxing to a small degree as she looked around curiously to the other groups. "Howe longe haveb you been et ze school?" She asked only as her gaze returned back to Tamara once more.

==> #5946789687
@"Silver" @"Poptart"

Coral carefully held the notebook Argya had handed to her, gently turning its pages. Coral knew a little about music, notes and all but she had never tried putting a piece together on her own and actually seeing the works-in-progress in Argya's notes made her happy. "Ah~ I'm so jealous. I wish I could do this too," she said, not taking her eyes off the notes as she read through some of the lyrics. She wasn't that good of a writer either--it always amazed her how people could just put things into words so clearly.



==> Allan
@"Paradox" @"Bolt" @"DerLampman"

Emman's response suddenly pulled Allan back into reality in a huff, a light brush of pink coloring his cheeks. "I am not je--" He cut himself off. If he was going to go at this, he was going to do it on even terms, "S-sir, sobra naman yatang sabihin n'yong nagseselos ako." he said. He sounded very different form how he usually talked earlier. Then again, when was the last time he talked in Filipino for more than two words?

He tried to ignore what Emman had said but by the blush he had on his face, it might have been a bit obvious he was now feeling a bit embarrassed. By the looks of it, no one really understood what the instructor said but it still kinda bothered him. Allan turned to Adelene with an awkward smile, "Don't mind anything, Sir Trinidad just said, it was really nothing important, Adelene," he said quickly, trying to dismiss the earlier remark.



==> Tamara & Tucker
@"Evelyn Pierce"

"Ah, so you're from Russia." Tucker nodded, "It's good that you're enjoying yourself. I haven't been here in Manta Carlos for long myself," he added.

Tamara sat down a little to his side before turning to look at Evelyn and lightly tapping the seat next to her, offering the spot for her new friend. "Tamara here on the other hand went ahead and has been here for a few months now," he turned to look at Tamara who nodded in agreement. "Ah, I seemed to have forgotten to introduce ourselves. My name is Tamara. This is my father, Professor Tucker Watanabe. And yourself?"

Evelyn @"hyperhurricane" > Tucker and Tamara

"Mein naime es Ebelyn Piearce. Et is nice to meets you both." Evelyn smiled as she spoke while sitting down. She was beginning to relax and it felt very nice to do so. Today was wonderful and she didnt want it to end. "Eh Yes I was borne en Mosscow." Looking from Tamara to Tucker she nodded her head respectfully.

"Nicest to meet you Proffessier. Vat due you teaches?" Her voice conveyed a deep curiousity, she wanted to know if he was teaching one of her classes so she knew to pay attention and take full opportunity to learn more of him. A gentle breeze played with her hair and she felt herself semi unwinding.

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==> Tamara & Tucker
@"Evelyn Pierce"

Tamara easily got the idea to put down her tablet aside and bring out some of the club sandwiches she had prepared for the picnic, placing it in the middle of them. She also took it to herself to eat the first sandwich.

Tucker let out a chuckle and turned to Evelyn, "We're pleased to meet you, Evelyn," he said, and on behalf of Tamara who has now decided to take the silent party of the conversation. "I teach Magic Studies at the academy. There aren't a lot of students taking it because most of these kids are ability specific--" Tucker paused abruptly, thinking he'd heard something.

Right at that moment, Tucker's gaze flickered to Tamara and noticed that she was staring blankly into space. No, it was more like she was listening in. "Tamara?" he called.

Readily, Tamara pulled up her tablet. Written already were the words, "I heard a really loud roar and I think something huge is coming this way."

[Adelene] @"Bolt" @"DerLampman" @"hyperhurricane"

Adelene pouted when Allan decided that she shouldn't worry about those things said that she didn't understand. How unfair. But then again, Allan seemed and sounded a little offended, whatever Mr. Trinidad said about him. So she decided to let it go with a sigh. "Well, what should we do now? I really want to taste that drink, sir."

And then she heard it, a loud roar from a distance. She flinched and looked around. Seemed like she wasn't the only one who heard it. She then looked at the roar's direction, before unconsciously tugging on Leon's shirt. "Uh... D-Did you hear that? Did anyone else hear that?" She wasn't nervous but she felt like this picnic was going to end soon. "Is it just me, or is something weird coming towards the park?"

[Amaranth->Vieve; sorry it took so long!]

"Demonstrate for other students?" On one hand, she was honored; it wasn't every day that someone thought so highly of her. On the other hand, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to handle all the attention on her, especially if there were little kids.

"Would I have to help you teach," she asked, more than a little nervous. "I would love to demonstrate, but I'm not the best with younger kids, you know?"

"If it were just some teleportation, maybe some spacial construct stairs for show and tell, then I'd be fine. But it'd have to be spread over more than one day, because my stamina is pretty awful."

@"Paradox" @DerLampman @hyperhurricane

The noise caused even Leon to jolt up from being startled. What in the hell was that noise? A roar? And...Music? Was that singing?!? The fuck! Leon wanted to stand up but he could feel Adelene's grip on his sleeve get tighter at the noise. And here he thought this would be a peaceful picnic. Letting out a sigh Leon turned his head to Adelene.

"No one would be stupid enough to cause too big of a scene here. Well, cause any harm to people anyway. Sounds more like someone is causing ruckus with music. Weird, metal like music. Well if they insist on causing trouble then I'm sure someone will deal with it. Never hurts to be on guard though."

Leon wanted to summon his sword right then and there but decided it would be stupid. Nothing dangerous....Yet.