(GS3) Field: Destroyed Shopping District

[Hope]

"I'm fine, just a little tired is all... like you probably... haha," it was obvious to Hana that she was tired, mostly because the forest is actually a long walk from the shopping district. Anyone would be tired from that.

Hana put her arms around Mi-hime and pulled her close to support her weight while walking. Also because she was tired too, so may as well. The place that Hana had chosen was actually a very popular diner. Nobody knows what this restaurant is actually themed after, some say its after a legendary Vanguard unit. It was "Gordon's Diner," a massive restaurant with menus burgers, steak, fries, pizza, salads, and everything else in between. Nothing beats their daily Especial! Hana's personal favorite was their "Mild Chicken Wingals," and at times their, "Spice Chicken Wingal Brave." Of course, for the truly daring, was the "Palamedes" meal which is said to be "Explosive Flames" to one's taste buds. Today, Hana wanted to try something different, she wanted to try the "King" sized "Alfred" meal which was usually for adults. Hana would actually usually order the "Alfred Early" meal, which was the same thing, but with portions for kids. She figured she may as well just share with Mi-hime. For desert, the restaurant had a promo "Vanilla Blaster Blade" as well as "Chocolate Blaster Dark," though what Hana will order for her and Mi-hime today will be the combination of both, the "Majesty Lord Banana Split." Yum!

[Crystalia]

They entered the restaurant together, and sat down. Hana had just started to look through the menu when she got a text from Yukino, asking where she was. Hana replied while Miyuki looked through the menu as well. Most of the meals seemed to have 'interesting' names, rather odd ones at that.

Hana finished texting, and said that she was considering sharing the King sized Alfred meal. 'Sure' she said, she didn't really have a preferance, so why not share with Hana.

'Oh yeah, you said you were training today right? Where were you training?' She hadn't seen Hana all day, although she couldn't deny the possibility that she'd walked by her when she was going to the forest, Miyuki hadn't really been paying much attention to where she was going. She sat back, enjoying how comfortable the seats in here were, at least compared to a tree in the forest.

[Hope]

She had placed her order and returned the menu back to the waiter. She sat back a relaxed, and started playing with the salt.

"I trained over with a bunch of other friends," she smiled, holding the "where" back just to keep Mi-hime from worrying. The people in the slums weren't actually bad, they just played Vanguard, sometimes cheated, but they were still lots of fun. They had their weird fights which shock and hurt people, but its not like Hana was ever actually dragged into that. All in all it was a great day, and Hana made her mark there as their princess.

"How about you Mi-hime? You seem rather tired? Where have you been?"

[Crystalia]

'Well, I was walking around the park for a bit, and then had a fight with Cero in the forest. He was a bit down, but luckily he seemed to be 'back to normal after the right'. She noticed that Hana wasn't telling her where exactly she'd been, but she shrugged, and didn't question exactly where. As long as Hana had had fun, it was alright.

They talked a bit more, over random things. Hana got another text from Yukino as well. Then eventually, the food arrived. 'Whoa, this is definetly a big meal' she said. 'Is this meal normally for 2 or?' Apparently Yukino might come over in a bit, that'd be interesting.

[Hope]

"A meal for two?" Hana laughed at the thought, a little bit in fear. "N-no... it's a usual adult meal. It's a lot but dad-san usually has to get like nine of these to become full..."

Hana handed Mi-hime some eating utensils. "Well, I think this is enough for the two of us right?" She smiled, blushing a little over the thought of sharing a meal with Mi-hime. She also pointed at a featured dessert over at the table side advertisements, "We're also getting this dessert, a banana split."

Hana started to dig in and invited Mi-hime to do the same.

[Crystalia]

'Oh so it's just a reasonably large adult meal.' She could indeed see Mr. Espoir downing nine of these thought, the man was like a lion. 'And yeah, I think that this'll be enough for the two of us.' Following Hana's lead, she started to eat. Although she was hardly a food expert, she enjoyed the food a lot. Sharing the meal with Hana had indeed been the right choice however, as she doubted that she could have finished it on her own. Particularly not if Hana also wanted to have dessert after this.

Towards the end of the meal, it suddenly occured to her that Hana must have woken up and seen her not there. 'I'm sorry about this morning by the way, I woke up early, and didn't let you know where I was'. Normally this wouldn't really matter, but with how Hana had been feeling, she felt a little bad for leaving her completely in the dark. 'As long as you had fun practicing though, it's alright I guess'. She took another pause to look at Hana, to check if she was indeed alright, as she had been tired on the way here and might have missed something.

[Hope]

"Yeah, it's alright...." She turned to Mi-hime.

You're the only person that I don't blame for anything.

She smiled at her and put her arms around her, giving her a hug. "Don't sweat it. You fell asleep first so you obviously woke up first!" She gave Mi-hime a thumbs up and continued eating. "So you fought Cero right?" Hana said with her mouth still full, ""In the woods?...." Hana became a bit worried that he might have tried to hurt Mi-hime. "Did he do anything bad to you?" She asked, "Has he visited the hospital yet?"

[Cherry]

Yukino entered the diner with Satoshi, and lost most of her appetite upon hearing someone bark out an order for something named "Wingal". A quiet groan was released, just baring with it until they leave. Miyuki's simple design of fashion choice was a bit hard to find, but Hana stuck out like hay in a haystack. Maybe it was just a biased viewpoint, she knew her sister. Putting on a smile, the queen and royal guard approached.

"Hey you two", giving greeting to the close friends, sitting down on the opposite side to not disturb their hug.

[Crystalia]

'No, no, he didn't do anything bad to me. I don't think he was capable of doing much in that state anyway.' She thought back to how he was before she challenged him. 'He was just moping around, depressed for some reason. Thankfully he turned back to his loud self after the fight though.'

It was just then that she realised that she had never asked what was wrong with Cero in the first place. People don't usually just become depressed like that for no reason, something must have happened. And she forgot to ask. 'Whoops' she thought. At least Hana seemed to be feeling better as well. She was still slightly worried about Yukino though.

'Oh yeah, I saw Yukino in the forest as well. She arrived just before I fought Cero, and was talking to Satoshi when I left. I wonder why she went to the forest. In fact, the forest was actually semi busy today, Neo was there as well'. With that talk, they finished the meal.

'So you wanted the um 'Majesty Lord Banana split' for dessert?' She was feeling slightly full, but hopefully she'd be able to finish that as well. And just in general, she was happy to be eating with Hana, it made her feel better.

Yukino and Satoshi entered as well, and she greeted them back. They seemed slightly tense together, although it could just have been her imagination.

[Beryl]

Satoshi gave a little wave and sat down, ordering a drink, but saying nothing else. He didn't really have much he could think to without just causing more stress and problems.

He just sat there, sipping at his soda.

[Hope]

Hana had let go of Mi-hime and sat back down upon hearing her answer. She continued eating, seeing Yukinee and New Thirst-kun walk in. She looked at Yukinee, may as well ask her to eat. "Hey, are you hungry?" Hana asked.

It looks like New Thirst-kun ordered a drink. Cool.

Hana then raised her hand and asked for the desert.

[Cherry]

"Nah, looks like you guys were done anyway. Then again, I heard about Miyuki talking about dessert?"

Despite saying she'd join them for a bite, she didn't very much want said bite anymore. "Looks like you're really enjoying yourselves, in fact", Yukino continued. Yet another thing to be jealous over was how Hana seemed to be with Miyuki all the time. Then again, it can't be any better seeing as she herself was with Haruka and Satoshi all the time. Still, the princess was her sister, and the queen didn't want anyone else to be having her more.

[Hope]

"It's banana split," Hana answered, "you can have some if you want, though, nee-san..." Hana became silent, thinking, and considering the following paths and actions to take. What does her heart say is right? Eventually she asked a simple question, "How was your day?"

[Cherry]

"That's alright", Yukino started. "My day was pretty good", continuing on while giving Hana a smile that quickly turned into an inquisitive frown. Hana and Miyuki looked like they were getting along and talking quite a bit, but the princess fell quiet for a moment before asking about the day. The queen felt her heart sinking further, did she upset her...?

"Hana...?" Yugure opened her mouth, trying to ask something. But what? Ask about if she was upset? Ask about how her day was too? It felt like the ground below as lava, and Hana was isolated from the queen on a distant rock. One wrong step toward little sister, and calamity ensues. So she simply said nothing beyond name.

[Hope]

"We have to keep moving forward." Hana sighed. The desert had just arrived, Banana split with vanilla and chocolate ice cream. There were four spoons, one for each of them. She picked one up and started to take bites out of the chocolate ice cream. There wasn't much that Hana expected from her sister, especially in the state that she was in.

"My day went fine too, I guess." She let out a faint smile, "Yeah, we're getting there, Angel Feathers and I. We'll be able to save them."