knock knock
Emelie stood in front of the principal's office and waited for a response.
"I'm busy." A voice called from inside.
"Principal Valentine, this is Emelie Herst. 3rd year student and representative for the upcoming tournament. I have something to give you."
"... Come in."
Receiving permission, she entered the office and waited at her desk.
Diana was swapped in paperwork and her secretary Mia could be found drowned in the corner of papers as well.
"If it's not anything important. Pass it over to Mia." She waved her hand in Mia's direction without looking up.
"What! Prinicpaaaal…. I'm busy too. And I'm tired~" She nagged.
"Quit whining and work faster. I want to sleep in my own bed tonight." She mumbled the second part.
'I'm sure glad I'm not any of these two. This is way too much.' Emelie thought as she looked at them with pity.
She then reached into her pocket and grabbed the box she got from Kurt.
"These are the version two display tags that were ordered."
Putting the box on Diana's desk. She finally looked up from her work.
"Why do you have it and not Amy? Didn't she go get it when the deliverers came?"
"That's the thing. You see Amy was so excited about them that she went straight to the docks to collect it but there was an incident."
"An incident? What happened? Is she ok?" A look of worry flashed her face.
"She's fine, yes. The incident was nothing major. I handled it. That's why I had those and came to drop them off."
"I see. If there are no problems then all's well. Good work Emelie."
The worry immediately left her and she resumed working, "If that's everything, then you're dismissed. I'm sure you're busy preparing for the tournament too."
"Thank you, Principal." She bowed.
When walking to the exit, she saw Mia crying in her corner as she mouthed the words 'save me' to Emelie. She ignored this though and made her way out.
Arriving at the dorms, she saw Amy in the distance waving her arms up in the air and shouting her name.
"Emelie! Emelie!"
"Yes yes, I'm coming." She spoke under her breath.
"Emelie, you're finally back!" She ran up to her after getting impatient. "What took you so long? I thought you'd be here when I got back."
"I took my time walking back. Thought it'd be a nice change of pace from all the training."
"Really? Then we should've at least bumped into each other on the way."
"I took a different route. No need to overthink things."
"Well… If you say so." Amy shrugged. "Anyway here's that soda you wanted."
"Thanks." She cracked it open and took a sip. "Though I prefer grape flavour, I'll let you off this time."
"Your generosity knows no bounds your majesty, hehe"
"Let's just go inside. Curfews about to hit and I'm not trying to deal with the dorm mother."
"Yes ma'am!" She saluted and walked through the door with Emelie beside her.
"By the way I think I might've messed up my chances with Kurt…"
"Like you had any."
shut
Back in the principals office, Diana and Mia continued working in silence. From important documents and letters all the way down to the most menial of complaints, rest was something of an oasis in the desert.
"Arrrrgh I can't take this any more!" Mia threw her arms back and slouched down her chair.
"It's nearly eleven o clock and we're still not done yet…"
"We're half way done Mia. Hang in there."
"But Diana~"
"I told you not to call me that."
"Oh psht! Nobody's around anyway."
"Doesn't matter."
"But Diana~"
"Haaa…" She sighed dramatically and put her pen down. "Fine you win. We can stop here for today."
"Yaay!" She sprang up from her seat.
"You act like such a child at times."
"It only happens when my brain gives up and needs to take a break."
"You should probably see a doctor for that." Diana gathered her things and prepared to teleport home.
"Let's go out for a drink!" Mia suggested.
Diana stopped and stared at her as if contemplating whether to take her up on the offer and against her better judgement, "Sure." She agreed.
"Yesss!" Mia pumped her fist inward.
She pitter-pattered up to Diana after gathering her own things and grabbed her shoulder.
"To the bar!"
'I'm going to regret this aren't I?.'
SHWOOSH
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tweet tweet
Birds sung as the morning light shined its way through the curtain panel of Kurts room.
"Hmm just five more minutes little birdies…" he mumbled lazily.
tweet tweet
'.....Some things never change.'
After, begrudgingly, opening his eyes he turned over and lied on his back,
"An unfamiliar ceiling... pfft, that was cringe."
He tossed his legs over the bed and sat up as the blankets fell off him.
*Yawn* "That was the best sleep I've had in ages. Thank you fluffy bed."
Without it even registering in his brain, he walked to the window panel and stepped out on the balcony… naked.
"Oh my~"
"Nice cojones daddy!"
"Put that away!"
"Oh crap!" He hurried back to his room while covering his morning wood.
'Note to self: Always make sure to wear off the grogginess before getting some fresh air.'
After taking a quick bath, he put on his suit, grabbed his coins and left the hotel.
While standing outside he looked at his phone to check the time. '30%? The phones gonna die pretty soon. And it's still 8am. I take it the bank's not open yet so I might as well go grab a bite to eat.' He slid the phone in his pocket and left for Sophie's Diner.
ring ring
"Welcome! Oh, it's you from yesterday." The waitress blushed. "Would you like the same seat you were at?"
"No, I'll take the front seat this time. Preferably by the window."
"Of course, sir. Follow me."
The waitress guided him to a front seat that had a clear view of the street and handed him the menu.
"Is there anything you'd like to drink while deciding what to eat?"
"There's no need to wait. I'll have whatever breakfast special you've got going on. As for the drink, a large orange juice"
"Right away, dear customer!" She took back the menu and left to place the order.
15 minutes passed and instead of the waitress bringing the food it was Sophie.
"Here you go. One breakfast special." She put his food down and sat opposite him.
"Why'd you bring the food? Aren't you supposed to be in the kitchen- As the CHEF I mean."
"No need to worry handsome I knew what you meant. And no, business is awfully quiet in the mornings. Quite frankly you're the one of the only customers to show up in the morning. Other than Diana."
"Diana?"
"The woman who left your mouth hanging for flies to enter. Her name is Diana Valentine."
"Diana Valentine…. What a wonderful name…. Wait, why are you telling me this? Don't get me wrong I appreciate it but I would've liked to learn it from her."
"Think of it as a bonus for actually keeping your word and showing up. Because you did, now I've got a good feeling about you."
"Is there…. anything else I should know? Like her favourite colour? Favourite food? Her hobbies? Oh! What about-"
"Whoa whoa whoa! Slow down there handsome. Don't make me change my perception of you now. Besides, didn't you just say that you'd like to find those things out for yourself from her?"
".... You're right. I got a little too excited there. It's just I've never felt like this from a woman before."
"Really? You've never been in love? Colour me surprised."
"Nope. Too busy with work." He said as he plucked an egg with the fork.
"Understandable. By the way…" She looked carefully at Kurt while he was eating. "You're wearing the same clothes as yesterday. Couldn't you change into something else? Don't have any other clothes?"
"...No. I told you yesterday, didn't I? I'm not from around here. I do have money though so if you know of any shops, I trust you will recommend a good place."
"Who me? What do I know about men's fashion? Just go to the commercial district, I'm sure there are plenty of men's clothing shops."
"Coincidently is the bank there too?"
"Yes."
"Perfect. Two birds, one stone."
The two spent the rest of morning eating and talking about random topics that informed Kurt about the way people lived their life in Eldoria.
But of course seeing is believing so when the time hit twelve, Kurt paid for his food, greeted Sophie and the waitress, who he came to learn as Cindy, and left for the commercial district.
'Now lets see,' he took out the map that Darwin drew up. 'If I start at the hotel… I take a right… then left…then turn around the corner to the main road then walk straight down until I find it. Not too bad.'
When he made it to the main road, he noticed a crowd forming by a man standing on a box. As he got closer to look, he saw that the man was wearing black and white robes and held a book that looked suspiciously like a bible.
'No creepy robes or hood. Is he an actual priest? Or is he-'
"Listen to me, people of Eldoria!" the priest warned. "Do not trust the church!"