(GS3) Field: Hoshiko High School

[Cece Lockhart]

Hana got a glimpse of Noel when they were kids at one of those boring business meetings? That fact seemed plausible since they were quite a few kids in those meeting with their parents to learn the family business. The Espoir family sounds very familiar.

"Espoir... Espoir... I remember father working with your family... I think... very close to Esper. I believe they met several times discussing their technology nonsense that I didn't and still don't know about. I remember them talking about life-like holograms and other type of devices for the future...." Since none of those things ever mattered to her much since she hated those meetings, Noel tried her best remembering and was able to faintly recall certain events like that.

"I really don't like being alone... I want to be with people that I can trust and can trust me. Everyone who learns my last name always run away without giving me a chance to explain how I can be...."

[RosaliaIzanami]

Rosalia tilted her head, thinking about her own contact number. She had her parents still, even if she wasn't living with them, so she wondered what exactly Darren's situation was. She didn't pester though, finding it worse than her constantly checking her phone. "That's true. I doubt anything bad will happen. I can't wait to see what we end up doing, though I'm kind of worried as to what Hana plans on doing for 'applications of Vanguard in real life situations'," she pointed out, remembering the flier notes. "Maybe we'll do more Cardfighting than camping?... Guess we'll just have to hope for the best~ And hope that the other clubs don't seem to think we're weird..."

[Cipher Izanagi]

A familiar brunette made his way finally into the room, rubbing the back of his head and yawning. He looked really tired as he sat his bag down next to Rosalia's, sitting down himself and laying his head on the table. "Sorry I'm late... A bunch of teachers asked me to stay behind and help out. It was all extra credit to so I figured I could pad my grades a bit with it..." he gave a rather exhausted sigh though as he shut his eyes and started breathing slowly.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren gave her a confused look for a moment, then looked up at the ceiling and said, "You noticed that too? So it wasn't just me. It was a weird thing to put on the flyer but it makes me curious. Whatever it is, we just have to do our best, right?" He hadn't realized that Hana was the one who marked that, believing at first that it had something to do with plans the school had. He wondered for a moment if the 'War of Liberation' thing she mentioned had anything to do with it. He wondered if maybe he should find a way to ask a question or two about it since it seemed to come up whenever he spoke to Hana.

That was when the guy from yesterday appeared again. He was late like before, but he said he was helping teachers. It seemed strange that it took so long for him to arrive, but then he remembered him leaving with Hana and another boy yesterday. I guess that meant he was a friend of hers. "Hey there!" he called out to the new face.

[Jello]

Espoir and Kusanagi, family tycoons with immense power over the technological era here in Japan. It only made sense that people were afraid of Noel, being born into a powerful family meant that power could easily be abused if she wanted to... Except Haruka is kind of dumb and that never crossed his mind. The only time he realized that sort of thing happened was a lot more physical than political, and it happened to do with a part-lion, part-man...

"Step down, private." Haruka was faking a military general, asking Hana to tone it down. He really wasn't okay with the way the conversation seemed to be going. The girl apparently had yet to make many, if any friends at this school. Maybe Rosalia, since they know each other. Plausible, sure. But what about friends FROM school? She probably had none, and that made Haruka very. Very. Angry. Friends were his life after all, without those supporting him he'd be a shell for a ghost to take over at this point.

What was he going to say to her though? He can't just, well, demand friendship. Maybe... Well, that was always one way to go about it.

"Hey Noel, uhm, if you're up for it, want to have a fight?" Haruka pointed over to the table to the left. He pulled out his deck, with a grin.

"I mean, if you want to explain how you can be, show me what you came here to do then. Would you do me that honor?"

Oh, brother alert. Seifer is in the house.

"Afternoon, Seifer. Glad you could finally make it."

15 minutes before shift starts. Better make this fight quick if she accepts.

[Hope]

Alone... alone. She just decided to speak her mind.

"A year ago I did feel that way, I mean I didn't have anyone besides um..." -Miyuki- "this one person who was my best friend. Even Haruka-kun here was too busy making googly eyes at my sister to notice me and since I even looked like a kid, not one really took my problems seriously" she shrugged for a moment trying to gather her thoughts to speak again, "Well it was through just staying positive and living with what I had that I was able to make friends. More or less, as much as it hurt, I lived with it for awhile. I played Vanguard even though at the time it was really rough, and I just kept going despite my suffering in order to reach my goals. Well imagine that, an idol that was always alone? Yeah it was rough, but hey."

She offered her hand to Noel, "I'll be your friend, and I'll make sure everyone treats you well here, no problem."

Haruka-kun was misunderstanding what she was trying to do here, though she just tried to ignore it. He usually does things with good intentions. Next up was a challenge to a fight which was cool too. Isabella decided to step back and watch for this one.

[RosaliaIzanami]

As soon as Seifer entered the room, Rosalia brightened up, putting her phone away and giving the brunette a tight hug, even as he laid his head down. "You're too nice, but I guess for a teacher or two, you get brownie points. Glad you could make it~" she said happily, then started playing with Seifer's hair. "You look really tired though... Did you sleep okay last night? Or do you wanna just go home and nap or something?" She wasn't necessarily a different person with him around, but she definitely seemed more social. She was just happy, and rested her head against Seifer's shoulder as she clung to his arm. It was clear what was going on, the female giggling softly at just their closeness.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer waved as best as he could at Haruka, relaxing more and almost falling asleep as he felt a certain someone's fingers in his hair. "Afternoon everyone. Like I said sorry I'm late. And I slept okay last night, just had to do a lot of running around before making it here." he replied to the red head clinging to his arm. He finally worked up enough energy to sit up just enough to look at everyone in the room, rubbing his eyes on his wrist. He really needed a coffee or something.

[Cece Lockhart]

Hearing Hana, she can't believe she found someone else in the same school in the same city who plays the same card game with the same past as her. Well, similar. It was still unbelievable which makes this city even more interesting because of the people and places in it. Noel would have never thought to meet with the heir of the family whom her own family worked with in the technological industry. This was the first time someone like her offered a genuine friendship like this. She has her own acquaintances and other self-proclaimed friends and rivals but never an actual friend who she can relate to. The offer of being treated well sounded like a miracle and with a big, warm smile, Noel took Hana's hand.

"Thank you... Hana..."

She then turned to Haruka who challenged Noel to a cardfight. She took out her white and gold deck box and had a serious but competitive grin. "No, the honor is mine. I will show you what a Kusanagi can do!" Noel approached the nearby fight table and set up her deck and hand

[Beryl]

Hey, Hana, are you busy today? It's been a while.

Satoshi typed out a quick message as he stared over at Hoshiko High School's campus. He was never one to be at public school, so it was hard to tell when classes were out. They seemed to be, but not as many kids as he expected had left for the day.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren blinked as Rose rushed at the male so fast that he almost fell over. From what she said, he must have been her roommate. A female with a male roommate was odd but it wasn't difficult to see what they were to one another considering he just saw Hana and Haruka doing the same thing.

He then overheard that Haruka wanted to fight against Noel. This caught his attention. He had saw Haruka fight already and his friend, Noel, was going to battle him after Darren himself had battled his opponent. "Do your best, Noel!" he called out to her with a smile. He wasn't one to say good luck very often because it was like a jinx to most people.

[RosaliaIzanami]

Rosalia continued to relax with her companion, humming softly even as he sat up to look around. He looked beat, the female thinking what she could do to help. "Isn't there a vending machine just down the hall? Does it have coffee? Or really any sort of energy drink?" she suggested to Seifer, letting go of his arm for now. "If you want, I can go look for you or get you something? That way you can watch Noel's fight?" The redhead was already on her feet at this point, smiling as she held her necklace again. "Oh, and I got commented on my necklace today in class~ It's really pretty; I don't ever wanna take it off.."

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer smiled, glad that she liked the gift, and was still very thankful to Hana for helping him out with it. In any case he nodded to the idea of getting him Coffee from a vending machine. "If you would please yeah... I'm really tired and don't really feel like getting up right now..." he gave a rather sheepish laugh scratching the back of his head before looking up at the female since she was standing. "Anything with caramel if you can, if not cookies and cream. I think I remembered seeing one of them... And be safe okay?" he knew it wasn't that far away but he still said it.

[RosaliaIzanami]

"It's not like I'm going far. I'll be right back~" Rosalia paused, glancing around the room to see (hopefully) everyone watching the fight. Using the distraction, she gave Seifer a light kiss on the cheek before grabbing her school bag and heading out the door. She hummed to herself as she walked, the warmth in her cheeks proof she was happy as could be. Camping, First Chair, moon necklace, and Seifer~~ And to think if we never met on that random day at the cafe, then none of this would be happening... She stopped in front of the vending machine, easily picking out the change from her purse before clicking the buttons. A can rolled into the slot below, Rosalia double checking that she got the caramel kind, then started on her way back. "Here ya go. I never liked coffee, but I guess if it keeps you awake, it can't be all bad," she mused, handing over the can to her companion.

[Jello]

The fight went up in flames right from the start. A lot of intense trigger checks came from Noel's side, but Haruka was able to answer with DOTE pressure... Well, sort of. He never actually got to break ride that game, same as Noel, but she at least had a critical limit break backing her up on each turn. Haruka was... on a vanilla 11,000 Power Vanguard, with no skill to use. However luck seemed to strike his side more often than not with lucky heals and critical hits sneaking through the cracks of Noel's defense.

By the end of the game, Kagero had torn down the Jewel Knights formation, only for it to rebuild the next turn and be torn down again. Destroy. Rebuild. Destroy.

Haruka was almost toast when he got hit with a triple critical at three damage, but the based Genjo heal he needed showed up. So did a copy of DOTE and that made Haruka a little upset.

But the fight went well over well. Noel played a bit better than Haruka thought she would. He had a tendency to underestimate people, so he felt bad when he realized she actually was a good Royal Paladin player.

Haruka came out victorious off of vanilla checking triggers, leaving his final push on Berserk Dragon to do the job.

"Ahh... Noel, nice fight. That was a bit painful to go through though. I never thought I'd be nearly taken from three to six damage in one hit. Heal triggers are a godsend.

Haruka fake prayed as he laughed a bit. He was actually really happy that he got one more fight in. Except now he was very late for work, twenty-three minutes to precise. That took a lot longer than he thought it would.

"It was nice meeting you Noel, and Hana, err, sorry I took what you said the wrong way a bit ago." He pet Hana on the head for a moment leaving her with a gentle kiss. He sort of pouted, realizing how dumb he was thinking that Hana was being rude to Noel when it was in fact the opposite.

Dummy.