"Where has she been?" I asked myself as me, Einervaene and Vadei walk through Mechanical House. Liadanann had been busy with something and we only just figured out she was going here. Which is why I was hauling Vadei about so we could find her.
"Can we hurry up!" our captive demanded as she faked throwing up while covering up her nose.
"Sure, just sniff her out." I told her while Einervaene smiled at my words. But, she was also covering her nose. I, however, felt a little at home. These were smells I was very familiar with.
"My nose is going to be broken by then, blegh!" Vadei choked out before a trembling finger directed us around the corner. And, I quite liked walking through this part of the academy. Barely anyone was outside so I had no comments to be mindful of. Even then, everyone seemed to keep to themselves here.
"It's very quiet for an industrial park." I comment as I looked across a rare, open expanse.
"They're probably all working on the arena for the Inter-House." Einervaene points out to me. Which, I found to be quite interesting. Apparently, Mechanical House built the arena each time from scratch while the other houses punched each other in it.
"You sure know a lot about it, Einey-Whiny." I say with a sly grin. Having found out about her joining up with us in the event.
"Don't call me that!" Einervaene whined as she tried to look intimidating.
"Well, if you had actually gone off to do what you needed, I wouldn't have to." I say to her.
"You didn't have to say anything like that..." the copper-haired beauty corrected with a pout.
"Oh, we both know I did." I snickered out to her as a blush came across her face.
"He has a point." Vadei gently laughed with a strange voice. And, when I saw her crushed nose, I understood why.
"Fine, then, maybe I will go do what I came here to do..." Einervaene tells us with crossed arms. Yet, she did not, in fact, go and do what she said she would.
"I think she likes us too much to leave."
"Well, she certainly likes you too much." Vadei says to me with a shake of her head and roll of the eyes.
"There's no problem with me liking Nin the way I do." Einervaene retorts defensively as she hugs my arm.
"Pair of you haven't even shared a kiss and yet you want me to believe you ain't overdoing it? Yeah right." Vadei snorts which makes Einervaene hug my arm tighter.
"Try not to shock me." I tell the woman on my limb as I see sparks of agitation come off of her.
"Sorry..." she quickly mumbles before her fingers press against each other.
"Don't worry about it, I think Vadei is just jealous I let you have all the fun."
"Get jealous!? Don't kid yourself." Vadei tells me before her tail starts to linger near my free claw.
"Well, I guess you won't mind this, then." I say before I pick up Einervaene and carry her as if she was my bride. This resulted in two reactions, a growl from Vadei and a series of stutters and a bright blush from Einervaene. It made me laugh and I enjoyed every moment of it.
"And if you want me to keep guiding you to your daily boob massage, I suggest you stop it." Vadei tells me with a confident huff. Did she really think that would make me stop taking the piss? Well, I planned on proving her wrong so I just yanked her up into my other arm.
"Have fun walking away now." I laugh out nervously as I realise I ended up picking her up by the aft.
"You don't have to be so light-handed, you know." Vadei comments very quietly before she snuggles up against me.
"C-Can I just walk?" Einervaene asks as she struggles against my hand being near her rear.
"Cool, more for me." Vadei says as she tries to clear her nose out with my stench.
"You still only get that arm." Einervaene snorts once she is walking again. But, soon, I turned my attention away from teasing the pair as we came to a building. A very big one that seemed to be in use if we went by the noise. And I had stopped because Vadei's nose was pointing at it.
"So Liada is in here?" I asked as I put Vadei down so I could properly open the door. And, well, not knowing about the machines in here, I did not want an accident to happen. Nor did I want my messing about to be the cause of it.
"That is where the nose says, so, I guess?" Vadei shrugs before she tries to block her nose again.
"Well, look at you." I end up commenting to Liada once I saw her. But, when you took into account the slams of her hammer and the banging of metal. It was no surprise that she did not hear me. So I just waited for her to be done.
Completely content with watching her hammer away at a piece of reddish metal. Then, a steamy sizzle when she plunged it into a barrel of something. Yet, I could not figure out if she was quenching in oil or some kind of magic chemical. There was a lot of fancy stuff in here, after all.
But, I was baffled as to why there were so many sheets of cloth in the middle of the building. I guess Liada was practising with them or were they always there? Seemed very out of place regardless, I had to admit. But, what was I to say when so much of this stuff was foreign to me.
"So, how long do I have left?" Liada then asked us when she slammed a helmet onto the anvil she was working on. A prideful smirk all over her face before her gaze gestured to a suit of armour. And, within it, she had placed her necklace that had dripped out of my bracelet.
"Do you need more time?" I asked her, quite impressed by the fancy suit of armour she had made. And, I was going to assume it was based on something from her home.
"To practise fighting in it, maybe." she pridefully told me as she moved up to us. The helmet in her arms and sweat all over her brow.