Before the Storm

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Kicking a small pebble around the packed cobblestone ground, Z watched it skip and roll over the uneven surface like a ship bobbing in a choppy sea. He sighed, bringing back his foot. The pebble launched from his kick, shooting out and hitting one of the many skateboarders in the back of the head. Z ducked down instinctively, a half grimace-smile painted on his face.

Ooops! Did he do that? The skateboarder spouted horns from his forehead, growling something in a weird gurgly language. The little bruise that welled up on his head had a greenish hue, and just for a second his eyes looked like frog's eyes, wide and yellow and glaring around the courtyard. Then, it all vanished. The skateboarder was just another kid grumbling about a stray pebble. He continued his skating, and Z poked his head back up from behind the crowd. That was close... He had to be careful who he ****ed off here. They weren't humans any more. Some of these guys were pretty nasty "under the skin" if such a pun could be made.

He decided not to kick any more stones, and instead focused himself on the matter at hand.

He was waiting for his crew to arrive.

Yes, it was that time now. He'd made the ad, he'd set the time (or, Illia had done all that stuff. He just watched) and now, it was the moment of truth. Would anyone show up? They'd agreed to meet in front of the school. That was the plan, then a quick briefing on the mission, and off to raise some hell.

The good kind. It wasn't like this was for fun. They needed answers, and Crane hadn't been helpful, even after they'd fought a vampire army to get to him! Now, he'd forced them to this. Illia thought it was a good idea, and Z couldn't help but agree that breaking into places was fun and effective.

Besides, he had a feeling that this was the only way to get any anywhere. Something fishy was happening, and Z would do whatever he had to to get answers. He was ready to go all the way with this - however that may be interpreted.

Picking his head up, he leaned back on the brick wall of the courtyard, and waited for his army to arrive.

First the meeting, then the hell. This would be fun.
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[Iƪƪia]

Illia trotted casually through the courtyard, looking around at the many students, wondering if any of them were here to answer their ad. Stopping in the center of the yard, Illia smiled as she watched everyone walking past her. She felt different when she woke up this morning. There was no more anger, no more anxiety... All that remained was a gnawing curiosity. One that she was sure would be sated today.

She noticed Z against one of the walls, and cheerfully ambled over to him. She didn't say a word, but rather mimicked his motion, leaning back against the wall. The chimera then produced a watch from her jacket pocket, glancing at the hands. Right on time. She surveyed the crowd, waiting patiently for the first of their "crew" to arrive.

[amber989]

At night, about eight or something. No one is in the courtyard. Shirayuki was practicing her roller-blades on the stone ground. No, more like playing with it. She loved the breeze when she travel fast. Especially at night when the temperature was chilly. She was pretty good. At least she things so. She tried doing weird movements while gliding. She didn't fall. So after some extra ultra weird and dangerous movements, she went back without fail. She have been riding it for two years or more. She can't remember when she started, but she believed it was an interest on a certain anime. She almost slept. But she thought of something. She felt weird as if there is something that needs to be done. She then suddenly remembered about the RAID. She wore a mini jeans that will enable her to move around easily and her usual shirt(her usual picture's shirt). When she was ready to leave, she saw her rollerskates. Maybe she should bring them along? She's lazy to walk anyways. And if it got screwed up, she will break the wheels and make it like a normal shoes. At least, the rollerblades are strong, so it won't break easily. Her rollerblade was given by Rima. A special order product made for military? World is so strange.

Anyways, she ride on it and arrived in the courtyard in no time. She saw Z and Illia. Oh, she forgotten about them. They are the ones who planned this. Weird, but she's curious about Crane. This time she will help. Because she's bored. That's all. But perhaps there are other reasons. Who knows. She glided to the them. "Yo." She said. She's not wearing helmets or anything so she did not look weird. She looked around. Dead. The whole place is dead. Which is good. Now, what are the plans? She will ask them later.

But it changed, to now. "Plan?" She asked bluntly.

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Z noticed a girl approaching. At first, he didn't take much care in looking at her, but then, as she got closer, he recognized the face.

"Ice princess"

The words were stiff and unfriendly. He hadn't forgiven her for what she'd done at the party. But, when she asked about the plan, he realized she must be here responding to the ad. That sparked a bit of forgiveness in him. At least they'd have three, and Shirayuki was pretty good with her powers. They might need her in the raid.

"You'll know about the plan when everyone else comes."

That is, if anyone else decided to show...
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[Elle]

Elle walked slowly through the courtyard, looking through the crowd of people. She had the school paper clutched tightly in her hands. Once again, she opened it and re-read the ad. She was ever curious about this "plan" they were formulating and also about this "handsome reward." However, despite her excitement, she was also terrified by the prospect. Whatever they were going to do would surely be against the rules... Maybe even dangerous.

Looking across the yard, she noticed Illia and Z against the wall. They were joined by that ice-girl from the town. Taking a deep breath, she walked over to them, desperately trying to stop her legs from trembling. Stopping in front of them, she stared at her feet and gestured to the paper she was still holding.

"I... um... The ad."

[Iƪƪia]

Illia frowned when she saw Mizore approach. Sure, she was strong and had the potential to be useful, but still, Illia refused to believe that she'd do anything to help them. Heck, she could turn on them if she decided to go alone. Yeah, and then come running back after she found whatever's in there, Illia thought smugly, turning away from her. It was then she noticed another girl approaching. She stopped apart from them and stuttered something that would have been inaudible to a human.

"Elle!" Illia smiled as she walked over to her, "Good to see you! Just the type of person we need!"

The chimera proceeded to drape her arm over the dragon's shoulders and drag her back toward the small group. This was good. They were three strong now. Four if the ice-girl was serious about helping. Plus, Elle had the perfect personality for the job. Illia had a feeling that this girl would follow whatever orders they gave her without fail. Just like at the party.

"We're gonna explain the mission once everyone else shows up."

[amber989]

A girl approached and she seemed to be someone known as "Elle". By the looks of it, she's Illia's friend. It's getting bored. No one is coming. No, whatever who wants to join came slow. She find her roller skates boring. She wanted to go change it. Instead of running back, she teleported. Thankfully all humans are distracted by their books or sports. If someone saw her, it will be no problem, since this school hiding different species might get out public. She hoped this school is for them, only. Oh well, it can't be helped. She changed back her shoes and teleported back to the Courtyard.

"Tch, they're slow..." She whined unexpectedly. As soon as she realized that, she hoped they did not hear that. She sounded childish.

[kawaii]

Julilette came across the courtyard. She had herd about this "plan" through an ad in the paper. Not like she usually read it. It just caught her eye. Julie could see a few people standing up against the wall, across from where she was. They were probably the ones who put the ad up. One was a dragon, Julie was good at sensing her own race. She smelled watery though. Pity, she thought. She could have been a friend. Juliette didn't like water types, and they didn't like her. It was natural, she was a fire.

[Iƪƪia]

Rolling her eyes at Mizore's childish whining, Illia turned away to scan the courtyard, wondering if anyone else was going to show up. She noticed a girl across the yard eying their group curiously. Perhaps she was here to respond to their ad as well? Then why didn't she come closer? With a look of suspicion on her face, Illia slowly approached the girl.

"Hey... Do you have business with us?" She asked when she had gotten close.

The chimera made sure to word her question carefully. If she wasn't here about the ad it wouldn't do to reveal so much. She could go running to a teacher and blow the whole thing. Well... They did kinda have permission. Although, something told Illia that not all of the teachers were on the same page.

[kawaii]

Julie looked up from the ad to see a girl coming towards her. She stuffed the ad into her pocket and walked over to meet her. "Maybe, depends what the plan is." Julia was refering to the ad she suspected the girl sent out. If it was to dangerous and risky, she might decide not to follow. But if it was adventureous, Julie was in.

Julie looked over to the handful of other kids. They didn't follow the girl across from her. She wondered why. Julie wanted to know what was going on, and now.

[Iƪƪia]

Illia leaned back on her heels, her suspicion still not lessening. So this girl was here for the ad. However, Illia remained guarded. She didn't know this girl and it was possible for her to have ulterior motives. Not probable, but still possible. The chimera cast a weary glance back toward her group. She didn't want to talk about the plan until everyone had gotten here, though something told her that this girl might not want to wait.

"We're going to break into the teacher's lounge," She said simply, "It's a raid."

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[kawaii]

"A raid into the teacher's lounge! Why?" Julie was surprised. These kids didn't look like rebels. They looked normal, or normal for this school. Julie didn't know why anyone would want to do that so early in the school year, why not wait untill the teachers got anoying?

Julie stopped walking towards the group of other kids, she waited for a response instead. It was like Juliette to do crazy, adventureous things, but for a reason. This just seemed odd.

[Iƪƪia]

Illia couldn't help but frown at the girl's reaction. She would have reacted in much the same way had the roles been reversed. Raiding the teachers lounge. It probably sounded dangerous and idiotic to anyone unenlightened about what they'd gone through. Though if this were true, how can they be sure that anyone will actually go through with the plan once they know what it is?

"It's about Professor Crane," She sneered slightly as she said his name, "Perhaps you've heard rumors about him sicking trolls and vampires on the students? He's up to something, and we want to know what that is."

No good. It still sounded crazy, even to Illia, and she'd seen Crane's actions. She'd been attacked by that troll and that town full of vampires. Despite this, it did feel good to explain it to someone else. For some reason, it did lessen the anger she'd been feeling ever since that town incident. Although it probably did little to sway the girl before her.

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[kawaii]

Julia saw the frown that appeared on the girl's face when she reacted about their raid. It didn't look good, either way. "Professor Crane? What wrong about him?" She said before Illia continued. "No, I haven't herd them, I'm fairly new. Even so, they don't sound belivible. Aren't the teachers here to help us? Even if he is up to something, maybe it's for our own good. I don't want part of this for now, untill I know more about Professor Crane and these rumors." Julila just made her mind up, and she didn't want to change it just yet. That was her decision and she would be sticking to it.

[Iƪƪia]

Illia couldn't help but sigh at the girl's response. Who's to say their entire meeting wouldn't go like this? True, they didn't know anything and this mission was insane, not to mention dangerous. However, they had to go through with it for exactly that reason. Illia didn't know anything and she wouldn't stand for it. She was going to find out. Even if she had to go by herself.

"Well... If you say so."

With those words, Illia turned on her heels and sauntered back across the courtyard. When she got back to the group, she didn't say anything, but rather leaned up against the wall and continued to look across the yard for anyone else to respond.