Battle area > Grade System Event Version 2
(GS3) Home Field: Espoir Mansion
Jello:
A week later...
The dreams were incessant. Ever since that day in New York with the nightmares of burning fields and those lithe pale arms wrapping around him, Haruka was still a bit phobic when it came to sleeping. He often just passed out and hoped throughout the night he would just blank through it. That happened about three-out-of-four times. The other fourth, well, Haruka woke up in a sweat, nearly shouting.
That was almost the case this time. He woke up from the fingertips of those arms digging into his sides. Haruka shot up, disheveled hair and half-buttoned sleep shirt. Yukino was still fast asleep on his left apparently. She must have been a heavy sleeper because over the course of the week, Haruka had these dreams three times in a row and all three times she seemed to just doze right through all of it. Lucky.
After a few good minutes of just taking slow, deep breaths and rationalizing, Haruka climbed out of bed, careful to not wake up his beloved from her slumber. Not like she would anyways, she was pretty much a rock this past week when it came to sleeping. He trudged over to the armchair in the corner of the room where he had his outfit for the day laid out. Nothing too complicated, dark blue jeans, red tank top and a green army-styled jacket with combat boots. Haruka had become fond of casual wear again instead of suiting up everyday. It suited his dynamic more anyways; he wasn't very formal to begin with as a person.
Downstairs was the normal cup of coffee prepared as always. Butler-san was getting better at it everyday. He was also a much better Nova Grappler player than Haruka was, for sure. Butler-san often took games off of Haruka in the morning before school. He had no idea if Butler-san was just a better Nova player than Haruka was a Kagero player, or Butler-san was just overall more intuitive to the game of Vanguard. Strange.
Today was a school day, but Haruka ended up skipping due to a recent transition he's been having in his daily routine, as he had been doing late night shifts at work. This means that he would have to sleep and miss the half-days on Saturday. He spent the remaining free-time with Butler-san in the kitchen, usually either waiting for Yukino to wake up and head downstairs herself, or he would get a headstart into the day. That was actually the plan this time, as after he finished his second cup of coffee, he ended up dashing out the door with a wave and a thanks.
Where to today... hmmm?
Lance Korilum:
On his way to the mansion, Cero experienced some unforeseen delays (He had to ride the horse on the walls of buildings instead of the street), causing him to take significantly longer than anticipated. Upon arrival, the horse leaped over the gate into the yard of the Espoirs. Several servants come out to see Cero dismount the horse.
"Stable this horse. Do not do anything else to this horse. Do not touch it directly. Do not approach it with any kind of weapon. Do not look at it wrong. Do nothing that could make it feel even slightly threatened," Cero said before leaving the Espoir mansion behind. The servants weren't exactly certain whether or not to heed the words of the maniac who had just leaped into their master's yard with a horse and left the horse in their care. One of them, luckily, recognized the man and made sure that no one did anything to the magical physics-defying horse.
Cero was now en route to continue the fight against Reverse, likely without allies unless he ran into them on the way.
Cherry:
It's begun.
Yugure had been awoken from a stasis chamber and led back home in a daze. Immediately upon return, reports flooded in, and her phone was showing an enormous amount of missed calls and texts. There was little time to even attend to them with voices ringing in mind. Alfred informed the Chosen Sword about the Liberators being nearly wiped out, yet, she wasn't too surprised about it. More thankful as many as possible came out alive.
"Ugh..." she groaned, hearing about their HQ already being contaminated with that virus. Even worse, Satoshi's prolonged markings were likely out of her control by now. Seifer needed to speak with her too, and she could only hope neither of them were killed or harvested. The paladins seemed alright... for now, but she wasn't aware of further devastation. Making a preemptive inquiry, Dragon Empire's and Zoo's situations were requested. Leopald's rampage was brought to the queen's attention. In addition to that, something happened to Vowing Sword and Gauntlet Buster.
"Look into Dark Zone."
An odd order but Jewel Knights immediately left the hall of her mind to do so. Yugure needed to check on the Umano situation, as nobody was answering her from there. Satoshi and Seifer were more pressing matters, along with Cero's condition if the Training Facility was overrun.
Pushing servants aside and giving them tasks, it was time for the soldier herself to advance. Leaving out of the manor's front doors, she was greeted with the sight of Cero's horse leaping into their yard. It was being left here...?
"Cero!" Yugure shouted, running after him.
Lance Korilum:
Cero turned around just before the gate, looking back at Yugure running after him. He was tempted to simply ignore her and continue on his way to liberate the Training Facility, but decided against it. Her skills and knowledge of the invaders would be valuable, and it would be foolish to rush back in there without a plan. Once she had caught up, he asked simply, "What is it?" The look in his eyes was one filled with determination, defiant of the invaders.
Cherry:
"What happened to the Training Facility?"
There was no wasting time with greetings. That look in his eye and her own focused resolve on seeing humanity survive made the King and Queen get down to business as soon as possible. The reports already told the base was under the control of someone infected, but seeing Cero here instead of there means it's likely worse than stated. It's a miracle to even see him intact as it is.
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