Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
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Post by Ripple on Dec 15, 2008 21:18:31 GMT -5
Lian smiled when Colossus opened the door for her; there weren't any gentlemen in the world anymore especially in her generation. "Thanks big man," she said warmly. She liked Colossus and his funny but cute Russian accent made him seem like a big buff teddy bear. When it came to Nightcrawler, Lian liked him too, but he wasn't any teddy bear.
Seeing the sign, Lian snickered. Where are we the airport? she thought. Even though she would look retarded in her opinion, it wasn't a big deal. She took the sign willingly and held it with her right hand rather lazily, making sure the name Alejandro Rivera was visible to those facing her.
Following the Acolyte leader into the diner, Lian looked around and spotted her teammate Katana once Colossus noticed her too. "Hey Leah," she said raising an eyebrow. What are they doing here?. She walked forward more to see whom she was with if not alone. That was when a Hispanic looking boy asked Colossus if he was Cyclops. "Guess we found Alejjjjjjjjjjjandro," she commented putting way too much emphasis on the J. She liked to be funny even if others didn't consider her humor to be so.
She then looked to where Katana was and noticed Jumper and FreezeFrame. Walking over, or skipping rather, Lian smiled and said "Hey guys! Why wasn't I told about this Paragon meeting?" She wasn't stupid, for she knew being way from the school grounds was definitely NOT allowed. "Ohhohohoh, you guys are in trouble," she said like a five year old tattle tale. Shaking her head, she looked back to Colossus, waiting to see his response.
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Post by FreezeFrame on Dec 15, 2008 21:50:22 GMT -5
"-oh shit-" Chase said as he saw the big russian teacher from the school come in and he nudged Kyle to rouse him. "Dude, we are so busted." he said under his breath. He quickly reached over and grabbed his bag, unzipping it and placing the bottle of Jack Daniels on the floor between his feet.
As the big man and the girl who came in with him looked and spotted them Chase closed his eyes and slumped down in his seat placing his hand across his face. "I told you two assholes we shoulda took a car last night." He said it just before Ripple came up to the table. He didn't know her exactly but she seemed to know Katana and Kyle and she was carrying a sign with Alejandro's name on it.
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Katana
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Leah Okami
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Post by Katana on Dec 17, 2008 1:15:09 GMT -5
"Shh, Chase." Katana said. Then she turned to Colossus and said boldly, "We're leaving. We're not prisoners at that school of yours. Well, more accurately that slaughterhouse of yours. We won't fight your war for you. I never signed up for any war. I'm a child, not a soldier. There's no difference between you X-Men and Magneto...you each have an agenda, you want power, wealth, and control. Where's the so called school get all its fancy military equipment, its expensive cars, and all that stuff? Huh. You get it by having your little foot soldier children take the hits for you and scare people into giving you what you want. Well f*ck that. And don't give me some bullsh*t story about how much you care. My roommate, Elixir, disappeared for a couple days but nobody cared. You send kids into some hell dimension to die for you. Well, you can go to that hell and stay. I'm leaving. We're leaving. And you can't stop us. There's a room full of people. You try anything and the cops will be here. I'll tell every authority, every enemy you've got all about your little base. So just back slowly away. We're going."
By the end of her speech Katana was practically screaming, with tears running down her face. She was angry, scared, and just wanted to curl up into a ball, close her eyes, and forget the world. All she knew was that she was not going back to that school. She just hoped that Jumper would come with her.
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Post by Colossus on Dec 17, 2008 18:57:57 GMT -5
Colossus smiled at the young boy pleasantly. "Scott Summers was unable to come get you because of other matters, but I am here instead. I am Piotr Rasputin, or Colossus if you prefer. I am here to take you to your new home, where you'll be safe," he said gently just before Katana went off in a screaming rant making the entire diner look their way. This was not good, the town was quite hostel towards mutants and the mention of military weapons will surely cause a riot.
Colossus gave Katana a hard and disappointed look. "Is that what you think the school is there for? To make you fight a war you don't belong in? Katana whether you like it or not you are a mutant. As a mutant there will always be a war to fight. There is a war between mutants and the people that hate us. A war between the mutants themselves, those who believe mutants should be feared and those who believe mutants should work to make the world better as a whole. Xavier started his school not to make soldiers, but to allow mutants like yourself and your peers to have a safe place where they won't be ridiculed or hunted because they were born with an extra gene. He made them a place where they could learn how to be a better person, how to use this wonderful gift they were given. He gave them a place to call home, where there will always be people who are there to welcome you with open arms," he said to the table quietly while keeping an eye on the others in the diner that were looking at them fearfully.
"Yes, the battle the other day was a hard one. I have seen students who faced only a small fraction of the danger that we see in a lifetime with their head held high. I saw classmates putting their life on the line to help each other. You were not the only one in that battle Katana, but you three are the only ones who ran away when things got a little hard at the school. The others who are all there stay not because they have to or we force them to, but because they finally have a home and found a family that will care for them and welcome them no matter what and they would do anything to keep that home and that new family. I am for the most part disappointed that you would think we do not care. When I fought out there against the Brotherhood, I was not fighting for myself, I was fighting for you. All the students are very important to me, and I would lay my life for any of you without a second thought as would the rest of the teachers. I wish that none of you had to fight this war or have any part of it, but you do. And that will not change no matter where you are. The most I and the rest of the teachers can do is give you the courage to be proud of who you are and know that fighting for yourself and for your friends so that one day this war will end and hopefully we may all live together in harmony. Right now though, it is not the case," Colossus finished what was perhaps the longest speech in his life to the group of kids at the diner, laying it out for them to hopefully give them a sense of what this world was really about.
"This town you are in, hates our kind and is quite hostile. Now that they know who we are we must leave at once. Katana, if you are so set on leaving, you may talk to Emma when she comes home, but if you leave now, the first place they are going to take you is to an orphanage, or worse. You may not care what the town will do to a mutant but I do. Jumper and Freeze-Frame, their parents signed the over to our schools protective custody and if they wish to leave the school, that is an issue they must take up with Emma and their parents," he said diplomatically and then saw the lady behind the counter pick up the phone and heard mention of the police.
"No time to sit here, let us leave now. Ripple, lead Alejandro to the car. I believe that woman just called the police and we must leave now," he reached out and gently pulled Freeze-Frame and Jumper from their seats keeping his arm around them. He grabbed their bags and used his other arm to pick Katana up. He knew she was scared and overwhelmed with everything so he was a bit sympathetic. "Come Katana, we must leave now. It will be alright," Colossus said in his gentle voice before he heard the customers in the diner shouting.
"Get out of here you freaks! You don't belong here" "Die Freaks DIE!" were only some of the cries heard from the angry folk in the diner. "Quickly everyone, grab your things and let's get out of here!" Colossus called and led the children out of the room and towards the car, with Katana tightly in his arm. He ran with Ripple leading the way to the SUV. "Everybody inside hurry!" Colossus called and put Katana inside the car as people started getting out of the diner. We cannot afford another fight in the town, we must leave as quickly as possible, he thought as he ushered the kids into the car.
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Chupacabra
New Mutants
Alejandro Rivera
And from my tortured shape No comfort, no escape
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Post by Chupacabra on Dec 17, 2008 23:33:26 GMT -5
Alex Looked up at the Man who was at least half a foot taller than he was. The man said, "Scott Summers was unable to come get you because of other matters, but I am here instead. I am Piotr Rasputin, or Colossus if you prefer. I am here to take you to your new home, where you'll be safe"
Colossus Alex thought A very well placed name. Home. Safe. Alex looked up at Colossus and gave him a slight bow. That's when the girl holding the sign came up said Alejandro in a funny way and Alex couldn't help but give a short laugh. Then she turned to Leah and her friends and began to act like a little kid who got some dirt on her older siblings. It was quite entertaining to Alex.
After that, Leah exploded at Colossus. The things she said made Alex wince a couple of times and he thought to himself What the hell did I get myself into. X-men? Magneto? Power struggle? Military Equipment? Hell Dimension? Is this even real? I think I might have hit my head too hard He began to rub where he hit the floor and a bump began to form.
When Leah was done she looked like she poured her whole soul into that tantrum. Her face was wet from all the tears. Alex Looked up to Colossus and his face was stern but he looked looked like what she said had hit him under his skin. He began to speak and it was fluid. His words were firm and made much sense to Alex. It helped Alex understand better what he was getting himself into and that it was worth the risk. His view on the world and the wars mutants as himself made complete sense. Alex felt like going with Colossus would be the best decision he could make.....even if he had another choice.
Before Alex could say anything else Colossus told the girl, Ripple, to lead Alex to the Car. Alex Saw the locals getting hyped up and throwing around insults. When he heard the word "freak" Alex wanted to turn around, transform, and rip the head off of that person but after hearing Colossus' speech he did not want to prove those people right about mutants being monsters. Alex ran and followed what he was told
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Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
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Post by Ripple on Dec 18, 2008 0:37:29 GMT -5
FreezeFrame and Katana's reactions were too priceless. Lian just couldn't believe they were that retarded; which meant Paragon practice was going to be too fun now. Smirking, Lian looked down to FreezeFrame's feet once he grabbed the bottle of liquor and placed it out of Colossus' sight. This made Lian smirk even more. "Now I'm really bummed you didn't invite me to your party," she said sarcastically while pretending to accidentally drop the sign meant for the new arrival to the academy. "Oops," she said and then held the sign to block Colossus' view of the bottle and her gripping it with her fingers while the thumb stood visible. She then placed the bottle in her inner coat pocket and sighed. Skyler and I are going to have a heck of a night, she though blissfully.
Skyler, or Decay as she was known on the Paragon team, was Lian's roommate and they were both good friends. They both loved to smoke, drink and party. Thing was, Skyler was only 14 years old. But Lian believed Skyler to be a laid back, down to earth person who knew how to just have fun without being stupid. This was Lian's kind of friend and having her as her roommate was even better.
Folding her arms, Lian took a step back and made room for Colossus to walk up to the runaways in case he wanted too; that and it was also to get a great view of the entire lecture of embarrassment. If you wanted to run away, you made sure to be smart about it and NOT get caught. That was how Lian saw it and that is how it should have been done. Course not everyone was as bright as her.
Seeing Katana suddenly burn down her "tough girl" exterior was disturbing. She had already done that before at the Paragon practice when Aideen was their team leader. That was a brutal workout however necessary since she agreed she needed to get into shape. Being a smoker and having to work out wasn't a great combination of course but it is possible to understand the struggle of breathing normally while inhaling smoke everyday.
Staring at Katana, Lian's eyes were wide open and she then close her eyes with annoyance when Katana talked about weapons and other things one shouldn't scream out loud in front of other people (mutant or not). We have a freaking genius, she thought bitterly, and was glad she took their bottle of liquor. In a way she did them a favor, however stupid people should not drink irresponsibly right? And she needed, or wanted rather, the drink more than they did.
Opening her eyes again, Lian looked around the restaurant seeing the humans begin to look at them and start to wonder what was going on. This wasn't good and throughout Colossus' lecture that she knew what coming, Lian continued to eventually see the observing human become angry ones. Then she heard Colossus tell her to take Alejandro to the car. Without hesitation she grabbed his wrist and said "Come on." The car door was open of course and she opened the back door to show him that was where he would sit; she came in shotgun and that was how she was going to leave. "Get in," she said firmly looking back to see the rest run out and avoid conflict with the locals.
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Post by FreezeFrame on Dec 18, 2008 23:31:50 GMT -5
Sitting up straight as Katana got her lecture a slight smile crossed his lips. He saw Ripple dive under the booth and felt her reaching to pull the bottle from between his feet where he held it. Good this silly little girl can carry it back for me, wonder how stupid she looks climbing under past Katana on the outside and Kyle in the middle and up to me waaaay on the inside here? If this big teacher busts her with that bottle it's gonna be her ass not mine. Plus I feel kinda sick now, I don't think I want anymore of that shit. He let go of the big squareish 750ml bottle of Tennessee Whiskey and watched her try and discretely tuck it into her jacket hiding the whopping big thing behind the little sign she held.
"Hey thank god. I am worried about Kyle here, I mean I only came along to watch his back, it's obvious this chick is nuttier than a fruitcake and hey he's my roommate what was I supposed to do?" Chase said, and in all honesty too since he did come along only for Kyle and in his eyes Katana was certainly a nutjob. "I mean I think the guy's crashing hard and not just crashing head over heels for this wackadoodle-doo." He said pointing at the girl on the end of the booth seat who had been nothing but a big stupid pain in the ass all night long. "I don't get that bit she ain't even that cute and she's real annoying, but I'm serious LOOK at the guy! He needs help." Chase was sincerely concerned. "I'm sorry I left, but I'm not sorry I came along. Who knows what would have happened if I wasn't here to keep that crazy thing in check. Kyle man can you stand." He shook Jumper by his shoulders and looked up concerned. "He's out!" he said. Hefting Jumper onto his feet he hustled out behind Colossus and hopped up into the SUV, pulling his staggering friend in behind him.
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Katana
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Leah Okami
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Post by Katana on Dec 19, 2008 22:40:42 GMT -5
As Colossus lectured her Katana tried to hold up. Defiant, angry, and self-righteous. Yet the tears kept streaming down her face. The fear behind her bravado breaking and revealing her for what she was, a terrified child who had been abandoned by everybody she had ever trusted before coming to the school, who as a result could not trust others. She always assumed that behind another person's smile or words was a lie as in so assuming she had almost never been wrong in her short life. Crying and sputtering she made weak attempts to resist as Colossus pulled her out of the now angry crowd in the diner and placed her in the car. There slumped over in the back seat she curled into a ball, tucked her head in, and just tried to forget everything, repeating again and again, "Just leave me, just leave me." It was a pathetic display unworthy of her and she would later look back on it with disgust.
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Post by Colossus on Dec 20, 2008 21:02:02 GMT -5
Colossus locked the car door and pulled the car out as the people started leaving the diner with angry looks on their faces. "Seat belts on everyone," he yelled putting his own on as they sped out of the parking lot. He turned onto the road and and drove out onto the long road that led to the school. Once they were on that road, he knew they were alright. After a couple of incidents in the past couple of years, the locals rarely came down the road to the school unless it was to pass it and go further.
He let out a deep breath and sat back, sparing a glance at Ripple. "You have very good eyes for spotting that bottle of liquor Ripple," Colossus said with a sidelong glance at the pitiful way she tried to hide the large bottle behind the smaller sign. The girl was helpful and he was not going to have her get in trouble with the rest of them. He drove down the road leisurely and let out a sigh. "You three realize that I will have to inform Emma and Nightcrawler when they return," Colossus said still refusing to say 'if they come back.' He looked back at them and shook his head in disappointment. "I must say I'm very disappointed in you three. Though you are not on my team, you are still my students. When we get back, I want to see you three in the kitchen. Since you cannot be trusted on your own, you will have to be under my or Karma's supervision until Emma and Nightcrawler return," he said to them, looking at Katana for a moment to see her looking quite vulnerable.
"Running away from your problems and when things get a little tough will not make them go away," Colossus said quietly as he turned carefully on the narrow road. They were near the school and Karma would be less than happy when he came back with three extra students that they presumed to be at school.
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Chupacabra
New Mutants
Alejandro Rivera
And from my tortured shape No comfort, no escape
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Post by Chupacabra on Dec 20, 2008 21:46:32 GMT -5
Dragged by his wrists Alex just allowed himself to be guided. Ripple led him to the SUV and showed him where to sit. Alex hopped over the middle row and into the two back seats. He threw his bag to the side of him and looked out the window. He saw Colossus running with the three runaways in his arms. That thought Alex is some serious strength. I wonder how much he could bench.
Colossus threw the kids in the middle row and he got in and barked the order for everyone to put on their seat belts. Alex did what was asked. Though Alex didn't really know the runaways he felt sorry for them because from what Colossus said Axel thought ¡Te jodiste! They must be in shits creek without a paddle.
When Colossus finished speaking Alex leaned up to the kid with the orange hair and asked, "Hey pendejo, so your a mutant too. whats your power?"
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Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
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Post by Ripple on Dec 21, 2008 12:49:06 GMT -5
After getting Alejandro into the car, Lian took the shotgun seat and sighed. The entire "mission" was a bit irritating, but it was good to get out of the house after all the hectic crap that has been happening. Seeing Colossus and the rest of the kids head inside, Lian put on her seat-belt knowing fully well he was going to be strict about it. Heck he was a teacher and made her wear it before on the way over (and that was when they weren't running away from mutant haters). Seeing that it was going to be a fun but crazy get away, Lian readied herself for Colossus to "pump it" and get them all out of there.
Once the car was moving, Lian looked over to the Acolyte leader and couldn't help but smirk. "Thought I could help 'em out big guy, you know... lessen their sentence or something," she replied while taking out the bottle and placing it in the coffee holder between them. "But I get your point. I just felt like being discrete about it was the best way." She shrugged and then looked ahead waiting to see the school appear before them. Would have been nice to have some liquor, she thought. Guess Sky and I will have to settle for Wolverine's beer again.
That was when the corners of Lian's mouth curled into a deep smirk.
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Katana
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Leah Okami
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Post by Katana on Dec 23, 2008 0:55:43 GMT -5
Coming to her senses, Katana sat back up and wiped the last tears away and wiped them on her pants, giving them a murderous look as if they were foul traitors. Head held up high she put on a stern face with a stiff upper lip and tried to reassert the proud bearing she was used to displaying to everybody. "Yes, sir. But it will only happen again unless our concerns are addressed." Now if only she had done that before. If only she had gone to one of the teachers and expressed her worries and issues instead of running, and worse yet leading Jumper with her. "Oh, and thanks Ripple."
She could not help but notice his unconscious form on the seat next to her. "Kyle is still out." she said sternly. Then with a little quaver in her voice that betrayed her feelings towards her teammate, "I don't know what happened. You'll have somebody look at him, right? He'll be OK?" She wanted to hold him in her arms and take care of him. But she couldn't right now. It was her fault. Kyle would be OK if she hadn't led them away. It was all her fault. Katana had never felt worse in her life, and that was saying a lot.
She continued, "It is my fault. I convinced them to come with me. I should be the one to get most of the punishment," having gone from thinking about Kyle's condition to thinking about what the teachers might do to him when he came around. She resisted the urge to mention that the liquor was Chase's and not her fault at all.
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Post by FreezeFrame on Dec 23, 2008 2:24:57 GMT -5
Chase had had it with her and wanted to smash her in the face with his elbow. He knew he shouldn't hit a girl, but what the freak!!! This slobbering mass of nasty was hardly a girl in his book and she needed to be put in her place. He turned and got right in her face, her crying weak face, and screamed "SHUT THE freak UP!!!"
"YOU!!! You are the DUMBEST PIECE of SHIT I ever been stuck with! I'm so glad they came and SAVED ME from another GODDAMN freakIN minute with your BULLYING bitchy STUPID ass!!!" spittle and hate flew out of his mouth as he let it all out in her face "Keep lyin to yourself to Leah! Keep thinkin you're some BADASS. You ain't BAD!!! You ain't SHIT!!!!!"
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Post by Colossus on Dec 23, 2008 12:18:16 GMT -5
"Enough! Both of you," Colossus said in a loud voice, the closest he had come to yelling in a good while. "The fighting must stop now and I mean it! Have you not both had enough fighting the past couple of days?" he said in an obviously annoyed and stressed out voice. Colossus sighed as he lessened his grip on the wheel. It was getting harder and harder for him to remain calm, but he must do so for the children's sake. His heart was heavy at the absence of his friends and Kitty. So many times he had come close to losing her, but each time fate smiled at them and they found their way back to each other. He only hoped that they smiled at them again. He didn't know if he could stay here if she never came back. Right now, it wouldn't help him to worry over her or the rest. The children at the school were extremely unstable and he needed to remain strong for them.
Colossus sighed and looked glanced at the back to look at the children. "You three are in enough trouble. You are all capable of making your own choices and you chose to run during a very difficult period for all of us. Your teachers are missing, as are your classmates, one of them being your teammate. While the Rescue team is doing their best to bring them back, we are all doing our best at the school. Karma, Rogue and myself are doing all we can to keep you all safe and comfortable during this difficult period," he said and turned into the fork in the road that led them to the school.
"I am extremely disappointed that you three could not stick with us during this hard period. I have news for all of you, life is not going to get any easier. The only way to get through it is to stick together. And all three of you failed to be there for the others during the trying times," he said in a grave voice. Colossus approached the school and pulled up into the driveway, parking in the back of Dazzler's BMW. "Alright Ripple, please show Alejandro inside. Chase, Leah, you two are coming with me. I will take Jumper. Everyone out then," he said opening the doors for them.
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Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
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Post by Ripple on Dec 24, 2008 0:33:52 GMT -5
Hearing Katana's thank you, Lian have her a salute with her right hand. She didn't really like the girl, however she was still her teammate and deserved Lian's respect. Leaning a bit down in her seat, she continued to look ahead seeing the trees look familiar. They were almost back home and she couldn't wait to see her roommate and best friend Decay.
But then her day got even better, since Katana's mouth got her in trouble again. Lian rose an eyebrow and smirked when the silly Paragon asked for her demands to be met. She couldn't help but release a tiny giggle and looked to Colossus for a response. Then FreezeFrame lashed out, and Lian lost all control. She burst out laughing, glad that someone thought the same thing. It was too funny to NOT laugh since Katana always had that "tough girl" act that even Lian knew was fake during practice. Now she was crying and whining and being just retarded.
Controlling her giggles when Colossus himself became annoyed, Lian sighed (an effect of hardcore laughter). Oh man, she thought to herself. I love this school. Wait still Sky hears about this. Lian's face then turned grave as the Acolyte leader made his points clear and well. He was right in Lian's eyes. The three of them (well since Jumper was knocked out he couldn't listen) deserved the lecture. And even though she appreciated Chase being real with Katana, she didn't understand why he couldn't just say no and stay at the mansion. Whatever, the majority of people are stupid. I'm just gonna have to get use to it.
Finally they arrived at the mansion, and Lian jumped out of the car. She nodded firmly when Colossus told her to escort Alejandro back to the school. "Let's go Jjjjjjjjjjjjjandro," she said seriously but with a smirk. She gestured her hand towards the school and began walking, not looking back to see if he started following her or not.
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