Chapter5: Final Pitstop

[waterlily43]

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"Oh?" Rayden raised an eyebrow at Stella's question, searching hard for a witty comeback. He just knew if he wanted to impress this girl a simple yes or no wouldn't be enough. And whether it was deliberate or simply bad timing, Hadrian chose to interrupt them at that point with blatant lies. Rayden could only made a shooing motion at the red-haired guy, being too pre-occupied by the churnings of his brain.

As an answer formed in his mind, a lazy grin started spreading across his mouth.

"Why, I'd be delighted." He drawled, sounding as if he was truly pleased. "As you know... that means you'd have to let me into your precious sanctuary. How can a real man say no to that?"

[Stella]

Stella stared after Hadrian for a moment wondering if any of what he was saying was truth. She shrugged a little and looked back at Rayden as he started talking.

"Well then, do feel free to stop my dorm any time Rayden" Stella replied with a little wink and a wicked grin. She might have been kidding at first but after an answer like that she just might really make him clean her toilet.

It was just then that she reached the front of the line, giving the cafeteria lady a little smile. The Lady was too busy eying Rayden in horror to notice.

"I'll have a Cesar salad and an ice tea... to go please" Stella requested softly. The cafeteria lady moved off to get her order and Stella took the time to study Rayden out of the corner of her eye. He was quite cute beneath that cocky attitude. She was just about to say something else to him when the Lady returned with her food.

Stella picked up the white to-go bag and paid the lady before turning back to Rayden.

"See you around, Rayden" she said with a wink before she turned and strutted away making her way back to her dorm room.

[Polaris Lyn]

Polaris stood in the middle of her dormitory, and looked helplessly around.

Her bed was already turned down; she hadn't expected company and was originally planning to go straight to bed after brushing her teeth, < but that plan's a bust, > she thought ruefully, moving the plush pillows around and covering them with the blanket. Her pillows were stuffed with soft feathers and her sheets were 1000-count threads---comfortable sheets and pillows were a luxury she could never do without. She had just finished dusting her hardwood floor, although it didn't need it---she had already scrubbed and polished it two days before she rejoined the team. Her drawers were dusted and her pictures rearranged in their right places...and now, as she looked around, Polaris wondered for probably the twelfth time what the hell a slumber party really was.

"Ah, I don't care anymore," she muttered, throwing up her hands. She took off her ballet flats, placing them in the shoe rack she kept in her closet, and slipped on a pair of soft white slippers. She changed in her room, folding her jeans and her shirt before donning a comfortable pair of black cotton pajama pants and a white spaghetti-strapped tank top embellished with a red Fire Cross on the front. She thought for a moment, then reached up to one of the higher shelves in her closet and grabbed a pair of sleeping bags. She always kept two in case she lost one...somehow. She unzipped the bags and laid them out on the empty space of floor beside her bed, grabbing a few extra pillows from her bed and throwing them upon the sleeping bags.

She sighed, her breath making a small curl in front of her mouth flutter, and placed her hands on her hips. She looked around again.

< That looks a bit nicer for guests, right? >

< You're asking your Guardian Force? > Obsidian demanded in disbelief. < Whaddaya think, I regularly invite other GFs into your brain to spend the night or something? >

Polaris frowned at nothing in particular. "You could at least just state your opinion," she grumbled, before unjunctioning the offensive creature.

She sat on her bed, and waited. < Nothing else to do but see if anyone comes. >

[vanesse]

Vanesse was delighted when she found out that even Jun and Gemma would come. This was way better than she had expected. The boys seemed to be planning the same. Deo would probably appreciate that. She smirked.

Dormitory 817, right?

"All right!" She stood up straight and brought up her fist. "We'll bring all the pillows we can bring--plus some candies--then we'll have our bonding time!" She nodded. "I'm guessing we definitely won't have a lot of it, so we better take advantage of it." This should be a great way to simmer any emotional distress she had inside. "Tonight is ladies' night!" She pumped her fist. "But first..." She sat down and stuffed pasta on her mouth. She hadn't touched her food yet. "I'mwa finisch thisch." She chewed and gulped. "Girls, don't leave without me, okay??" She pointed to Blaze and Gemma and started eating again.


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Hahah someone just take all the girls to Pol's dorm in the next post XP

[ST]

Polaris

You didn't have to wait very long before the doorbell rings, announcing the arrival of your expected "guests". As you open the door, you see the girls carrying a bunch of pillows, candies, snacks and assorted stuff. Behind the crowd, Jun had just finished dragging Stardust to join the group.

"Hey Polaris!" Jaime chirps brightly, waving her pillow enthusiastically. "The slumber party committee is here!!"


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Okay guys XD You're free to run the show!!

And Haha Ani sorry I made Jun drag Stardie along. If she really doesn't want she can just walk away XD

Jun: Awwww then it'd be no fun I wanna see how Stardie handles pillow fights, especially with Blaze there muahahahha

[Polaris Lyn]

"Hey Polaris! The slumber party committee is here!!" Jaime announced with enthusiasm, wielding a pillow. Jun stepped into the room, dragging Stardust behind her, who looked about as excited about the slumber party as Polaris felt. Polaris completely understood what the pinkhead was thinking.

< We're SeeDs, dammit. We're killers, not socializers. >

Sighing inwardly, Polaris closed the door behind her and mustered up one of her small smiles, but it faded quickly when she saw the bright bags of candies and the unnatural amount of pillows carried by everyone. She pointed at their things.

"What are the pillows and candies for?"

[stardust]

Stardust was just about to enter the dormitory hall when Jun dragged her to another room. She was saying something about a party. The next thing she knew, she was in Polaris's room, with Blaze, Gemma, and the Opps.

Hey...what the... Stardust's mouth partly dropped. Something didn't look right here.

"What are the pillows and candies for?" Polaris pointed at the "stuffs" Vanesse, Jaime, and Jun were carrying when they got here. Candies? Stardust stood there looking confused. Glancing at Jun beside her, she pulled her out of earshot and whispered harshly. "Jun, you...Of all the places, why here? Are you out of your mind!?" Stardust's forehead creased. This was Polaris's--and even--Blaze's haven--the ridiculous tagteam duo of the century. If just a tiny spark flickered between them, this room would explode. There was nothing but trouble here.

/Tsk tsk, look at that, Stardust you are growing up. Thinking about consequences like a mature adult and whatnot./ Stardust didn't know if Diwata was being sarcastic, but the fairy sounded serious. /You make me proud./ Stardust told her to shut up. She just didn't want to cause any trouble tonight.

[vanesse]

"What are the pillows and candies for?" Polaris pointed at the pillows and candies. Vanesse crouched to pick them, proceeding to assemble their sleeping bags on the floor like it was her own room.

"Duh! We're sleeping over, of course we need glucose for our systems," Vanesse laughed, sitting on Polaris's bed. "Wow..." She looked around. "Is this how they treat the SeeDs? This room is exquisite." She stared googly-eyed at the wooden stuffs Polaris had in her room. Wood was something that's rarely used nowadays. "I like it..." She picked up one of the bag of candies and popped an orange candy in her mouth. "Here you go, make it last!" She handed the bag to Polaris and smiled.

[Hadrian D'arcell]

YAY XD Random post ^.^
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Hadrian brushed back his newly showered hair and sat on a stool inside a bedroom. The room had a lush flowery wallpaper, various insignias from Balamb Garden and Trabia Garden hung on the wall. There were pictures here and there, and a cool breeze was blowing on the open glass window. There was a corner in the room that was dedicated to gadgetry--kind of like a shrine almost. The area was filled with gadgets, wires, there were computers on top of computers, old model CPUs, keyboard, and one flat screened computer on a tidy table.

Hadrian looked down at the scanner he was clutching. He shook it and the water bubbles danced inside. This was one of his coolest creation--technically atleast. He upgraded it. He sure wouldn't let it stay like this.

"Oh Hades, sorry for waiting." A girl clothed in a bathrobe came out of the bathroom, wiping her damp crimson hair with towel. "So, did you come here for the parts?"

"Yeah..." Hadrian stood up and walked towards her, showing her the ruined gadget. "I can't get the scanner up without some of those microchips we have from Trabia."

The girl giggled and stared at him weird. "For the last time genius, it's not just a scanner, it's an electrosensory proprioceptic processing device."

"Electrosensual thing-a-majigger device," Hadrian placed it on her table. "Forget that, can you just help me with this?"

She poked his cheek. "Go help yourself." Smiling, she threw open some of the cabinets on her table. She probably had thousand of mother chips in her stacks. Hadrian didn't want to know where she got all that. Digging her hands under the bed of chips, she managed to bring out some weird looking microchips. He was sure one of those would be from Trabia.

Hadrian looked at her as she scanned the chips one by one.

"I think it's this one." They both said at the same time, pointing to the very same chip. The girl laughed at the coincidence, while Hadrian grinned. "Can't even figure out a chip from your home Garden," he said, and was going to add something more when the phone rang. The girl returned his grin and went to pick up the phone.

"Hello? Oh, it's you!" The girl seemed to have gotten even brighter. "Uh huh...You and your sweet talks haha..."

Hadrian sat down and stared at his scanner for the umpteenth time. He always thought Lo was cool...and hot. He wouldn't go out with her once if he didn't think so. Thinking that he probaly wouldn't see her anymore, it turned out that she was one of the Trabia SeeDs that would be transferred with him here. In a way, maybe it was convenient. He picked up the chip and looked at it with one eye.

"Be careful out there, okay?" Lo's voice had that childish tone in it. "Watch out for Marlboros." She chuckled and paused. Hadrian threw a glance her way. She looked so happy, no sappy, sitting at the edge of her bed as she touched the phone. It was almost a ridiculous sight.

"....Miss you. Luvlots," she said softly, and hung up. A small smile was on her face. Hadrian turned away and went back to minding his scanner. He could hear her footsteps coming towards her.

"So Kei's on a mission?" Hadrian asked. Lo nodded. Standing up he towered over her and flicked her red curls. "Thanks for the chip, Miss Lo," he said with a smirk, placing the thing on his pocket. Spotting a lone permanent marker on her table, he reached for it. "Can I have this?"

"I don't care." Lo winked at him and went back to arranging her stuffs. "I'll see ya."

Hadrian walked towards the door and nodded. "Thanks. Yeah..." The automatic door closed behind him and Hadrian found himself on the corridor of the dorm once again. He heaved a sigh.

Relationships are too nonsensical to last anyway, he thought nonchalantly, and walked along the hallway to get to his room.

/Love hater?/ The sound of CQ's voice was unmistakable.

Huh...? Whatcha saying? I love, love. Hadrian smirked. It comes monthly. Like computer magazines. That was true.

[Polaris Lyn]

This was Polaris's--and even--Blaze's haven--the ridiculous tagteam duo of the century. If just a tiny spark flickered between them, this room would explode. There was nothing but trouble here.

OMG XD *ROLLS* I love this. This is beautiful. Stardie, I loffs you.

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"Make...what? Excuse me?" Polaris stared down at the heavy bag of sweets in her arms. She turned it over and scanned the bag for the ingredients.

< Let's see, glucose, margarine...uh huh...sodium benzoate?! What the hell is that? > Polaris stared in disbelief. There were ingredients used in the candies that she couldn't even pronounce!

"Ah...I...no thank you." Polaris shoved the bag back towards Vanesse. "Those things are full of...Hyne knows what."

She glanced around. Blaze, as usual, was already looking like she was at home. Vanesse was on her bed, and Jun and Stardust seemed to be having a little argument in one corner. It was...weird. Her room had people in it.

< ...Oh hell. >

"If you'll excuse me..." Polaris muttered, "I think I need a moment..."

She made her way past the women who were around her room and managed to make it outside. Closing the door behind her, Polaris leaned against the wall and sighed. Then she bowed her head.

"In the name of Holy Hyne..."

< Strike me with a stray Thundaga spell or something, but DON'T let me go back in there. > The room was so full of estrogen and...and females. Girly females. Girly slumber party-loving females. Polaris wasn't sure if she could handle it.

It was then she heard footsteps. Polaris glanced up.

< Oh, dammit. >

Red hair, tall build...it was Hadrian D'arcell. Still irked at the hacker for his stupid, hurtful comments at the beach, Polaris whirled around to get back into her room.

Unfortunately, Hyne chose that time to answer her prayer. You know, the one about not letting Polaris back into the room full of weird, girly, slumber party-loving females?

Yeah, that one.

Her door had locked when she closed it behind her, and without her keycard...

< Oh, fuckity fuck fuck. > Polaris slapped the offending obstacle once, but was unsure of whether anyone inside heard the sound. Garden doors were built tough and thick, reinforced so that an attack on the Garden wouldn't destroy the dormitories completely. They were redone after the Galbadia Garden attack.

< You've got to be kidding me. > Polaris stared at her door. Then she turned back around.

< Crap. > The hacker was only several feet away.

< Maybe he won't notice me? >

She had to mentally kick herself at that. Her white tank had a bright red Fire Cross on it. It was like a target for the eye. She was noticeable, alright.

Polaris shot a quick glare at the ceiling.

< Ha fucking ha, Hyne. Throw me out of the frying pan and into the geekoid fire. >

She crossed her arms and waited for someone in her room to notice that she was not there. She was sure that Hacker wouldn't want to talk to her, anyway. He was busy smirking about something.

[Jun]

Jun was slightly relieved that Stardust didn't just walk away. She had spent a good deal of her energy dragging her pinkheaded teammate here, which would be a shame if the effort was wasted.

"Aww, Stardust. I know this isn't really your thing." Jun began, keeping her voice low to keep the conversation private, or at least as private as it could get. "But...just think of this as tolerance training or bonding with your female teammates. I realise it might not be the highest priority in your list, if it ever is but these are the same people you'll be counting on to cover your back when you're battling with Adel and Dotna. A little socialising doesn't hurt." She paused, waiting for her point to sink in.

"Besides, if you keep yourself busy, it'll take your mind off...things."

[Hadrian D'arcell]

LOL XD Stardie and her weird POV
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As soon as Hadrian looked ahead, he noticed a curly-haired lady hanging out of her room. He almost smiled at her nice figure, but sighed when he realized that it was just Polaris. She was staring up, scowling at the ceiling. It was like she was keeping herself from looking at someone. Of course, who was that someone. And why was she standing outside? Hadrian didn't know. The hacker whistled, slinging his eyes to her, as soon as he passed in front of her.

817... Hadrian saw the number labeled on her door. The lair of Polaris. he thought, still wearing a smug smirk. He couldn't wait till it was curfew. Swerving on the corner, he strode to the third door on the right and opened it with his keycard.

[stardust]

Stardust's chin scrunched up. Take my mind off things... She stared at Jun's good-natured look, she could even see through her good-natured attitude. She knew what she was talking about. Stardust chose to reconsider. It was boring back to her dormitory anyway. Maybe she could waste time here for the time being.

"Fine," Stardust answered after a while. "But if something happens here, I'm holding you responsible." She stood up straight and crossed her arms. A sleep-over on Jun's place would've been more comfortable for her.

Stardust glanced around to look at the girls inside. "Where's Polaris?"

[Polaris Lyn]

Polaris fidgeted when she heard a low whistle. Her gaze dropped just as Hadrian walked past her, still wearing his infuriating smirk. She silently huffed, adjusting her crossed arms, and said nothing. He vanished around the corner and Polaris whirled around, taking a deep breath. She was going to just kick the door open. Not too hard, right?

"Okay." Polaris let out a sigh, then stepped back.

THUNK!

"OWW!"

She stumbled, fell on her butt in the middle of the hall. The heel of her right foot was throbbing.

"Lousy, stupid, reinforced...!"

Polaris had no choice. She yelled. "Somebody let me in, please?!"

Hopefully, someone in her room could hear her.

[Jun]

Jun swept her gaze around the room at Stardust's question; and truly Polaris wasn't in the room at all, unless there was some hidden room in her closet or something. As far as she knew, SeeD dorms never came with such neat attachments.

"Anyone seen our hostess around?" She called out, eyes widening when she heard some muffled sound outside the door.

"You reckon that's her outside?"" She asked Stardust doubtfully, moving past her to open it. Sure enough, a rather disgruntled-looking Polaris was....sitting outside on the hallway.

"Ah there you are. We were wondering about you." Jun held out a hand towards her, itching to ask what had happened.