Dayshift 42: Morning - Magus Park

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Senna stepped off the bus to wind blowing through the clothes she was given. A sad face at one of the nurses allowed her a long red scarf as well, and once she had draped it around her neck and let it hang down her back, she had trotted off.

The park she had saw last time seemed a good place to be on the look-out for the chicks from last night. It was close to the buses, and a big enough place that if they remembered that they had a race date, it would suit its purpose. The girl ran to a place in the middle of the field and waited there, shifting her weight from side to side. After a while, this wasn't enough, and Senna traded back and forth between jogging in place and acrobatics--the easy flips and cartwheels keeping her warm.

Her mind had changed in the night before. She had gotten a taste of what leadership entailed, and she wasn't sure she had rose to the occasion or not. She knew she had tried her best, and had been willing to give as much as she had, but it hadn't been enough. She knew this. Hokuto, at least, had gotten hurt, and in the end, they still hadn't explored more than the schoolhouse. They really needed a different approach with that place.

She went back and forth internally, body going through the motions and reflexes of her movements.

[for... Falis, Hokuto, Meche, and Soma?--and down to here]

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Haku had managed to lose Artemis in the sudden rush of people, in part because his nurse had seen fit to drag him away from his friend. After a minor scolding of how he needed a 'nice, warm coat' because he didn't want to 'freeze to death', Haku finally spotted Artemis.

And the infamous 'Captain'.

He walked over, sedately at first, as he observed their reactions to each other, then stepped up behind Artemis and ghosted his fingers along the other boy's back before coming to rest on his shoulder.

"There you are," he said with a smile. To anyone that did not know Haku (and there were not many), he was simply being friendly and warm. He was just barely restraining himself however, from ripping the white-haired boy's face clean off.

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Artemis was about to open his mouth and explain that he hadn't been certain what their relationship to one another was (and the thought was possibly the unkindest cut of all), when he felt cool fingers on his back.

For some reason, he felt both incredibly relieved, and incredibly guilty. As though he had been cheating on Haku with the memory of someone who was gone. The hand on his shoulder was comforting, but it also gave rise to a feeling of desperately wanting to move away from the source of his upset.

"Haku," Artemis said quietly, turning to catch Haku's eyes. He hoped that Haku would see the silent desire to leave in his expression--but only for a moment. No doubt Haku had come to take him away, no doubt at all.

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Hitsugaya saw the level of intimacy between Artemis and Haku, and decided it was time for him to leave. Also, despite Hitsugaya's efforts, his presence also seemed to be having an adverse effect on Fowl.

"Excuse me. I need to continue my search," he said, then calmly walked away, blending into the crowd.

Meeting with Hughes was more important than smoothing over feelings with a stranger. It might have been a cruel way of looking at things, but Hitsugaya's position demanded that he focused on the bigger picture.