"Anyway I am Amber Samuel , you can call me Amber I have been here for about a year, so that would make me your senior." Amber let out an amiable smile, some of the male students at the side sighed in their hearts, even Richie couldn't help but sigh…
'Why does this always happen? Am I not handsome enough? And she's so cute too.' That day he vowed in his heart that he would make Lionel regret stealing the limelight.
'Is someone talking behind my back?' Lionel felt sudden tickles on his ears."Yes Amber, thank you for your assistance."
"I will rip out thine soul…"
"What was that Richie?" Lionel thought he overheard something so he asked.
"Nothing, I think you misheard."
"Hmm? Okay. " Lionel smirked but quickly hid it. 'Let's see if you dare to be so arrogant in the future.'
Sakura watched the two of them fight and thought to herself, 'Wow boys are so petty.'
Amber on the other hand was fully focused on Lionel and didnt notice the fly in the background.
The wind was rather cold that day… A slight breeze blowing as a man held a stern face trying to salvage his pride.
...
"I'll familiarize you all with the process." Amber led them down the hallways of a basically interstellar warship of a campus. The halls wide and vast filled to the brim with vases, trophies or paintings of heroes long past.
The walls were were a metallic gray, looking very high class, well at least the interior wall. The one facing outwards was glass, well more like an advanced metal or material with the same properties as it.
Amber let them take in the scene for a while before she started her procedure. "First off, is the registrations, written exam and clear time."
"The registration and written exam go hand in hand, so don't be surprised when you take it immediately after the registration.
"Oh and questions differ for every student so don't worry or rather give up on cheating." She cast a glance towards Richie.
Richie who had his had up now had an embarrassed look on his face as he slowly put it down, 'I definitely wasn't going to cheat. I mean look at how handsome I am.' He slowly assured himself.
"After that will come the limited use of the library card. Depending on clear time one can be let into the library for a set amount of time."
"Of course the library has different level. 3 in total. 1 hour on the 1st floor is 10 minutes in the 2nd and or 1 minute on the third floor.
"I am sure you have the rest figured out. So Ill skip on that."
At this point Fukuro who had been quiet all this while finally spoke up. "Say my clear was 10 minutes
what would I get."
Fukuro didn't see a reason to include Sakura in his narrative since he considered that most of the work was done by him.
"Boo-who... I helped too." Sakura complained and murmured a little.
Lionel and Richie had dark faces… Were they really idiots? 10 minutes? Then what were those hours walking in circles for?
Then Lionel realized that most of the time they weren't even doing anything, he even recalled that they
sat down to play a little bit of cards once.
Thinking back to it now, he did feel that there was something odd about a peculiar
corner they stopped to rest, but sometimes... Uno can be a very interesting game.
"Wait how did you know what your clear time is?" Richie asked from behind. It was a bit odd, since Lionel and he had no idea what theirs was.
"Did you guys even bother to check out the features of the bracelet you were given?" As soon as Fukuro said these words he tapped the top of his bracelet which released a dull gray hologram with his
clear time on it.
"Oh, let me see what ours says. 2 hours….10 minutes…" When Richie read out the words Lionel's
expression had already darkened.
He turned to gaze towards Richie.
"Let's play games you said. It will only take a few minutes you said." He slowly approached.
"Wait Lionel! Think about this man. LIONEL!"
'The sunrays signaled his salvation. Farewell Richie.' All those watching saluted him in their heart. For he
would never be the same anymore.
…
They had entered a park section as they walked towards the dorm building. Richie holding his black eye. He would heal it, but he didn't really have masochistic desires.
The park was calming and serene. Many food stands being located in this section as well as other buildings and entrances into the main building.
They used the elevator to access the third level which was where their dorm was located. The elevator was simply a wide platform, incased in a glass box, that used magnetics to move, which was sent up by commands using the bracelet.
When they finally found their way towards the room Amber spoke, "Anyway this is your dorm Suite for four." She stopped at a door that said '404' up on it.
She told them that they'll be staying here but will only have permanent access after registration.
Everyone walked into the room, only to have a pleasant surprise of how neat was.
A little dusty but not something that would take a long time.
"Thank you senior Amber." As if decided before and all of them slightly bowed their heads in thanks, causing her to blush.
Even Sakura begrudgingly did the same.
She quickly waved her hands saying something about coming to get them in an hour then ran out the
door.
Lionel let out a little chuckle. "So I think we should pick rooms and start getting comfortable
right?" He was gonna make sure they cleaned this place to the barest bottom.
They all got to work. There were two bathrooms within the suite, both of which Sakura and Fukuro were forced to clean due to Lionel.
Richie excluded of course. He took up the living room and kitchen, just like Lionel he was a clean freak.
Lionel cleaned all the rooms.
Sure they were clean but he would feel much more comfortable if it was done by him.
The others though were forced to clean their places 2-3 times because Lionel found it inadequate.
But looking at him now he really was as neat as one could be in what he wore. Except his extremely dark
brown hair, which could be easily mistaken for black, and was naturally curly. But that all had its own charm to it.
When they were done cleaning, they all got changed into new cloths which were within their rings.
Lionel wore black jeans and a white hoodie, Sakura wore a tight fit body suit which really brought out her charm, she looked adorable. Fukuro wore a plain purple tracksuit along with a pair of glasses and Richie had put on a jean shirt that which was left open with a white shirt worn inside and white joggers as pants. His hair was also now tied up in a bun.
Everyone looked towards him but said nothing.
"What? This is how I dress..." Richie felt like crying, why did it always feel like they were mocking him. In the past he only had to deal with Lionel but this was too much.
All the rooms had transformed already looking different from how they started out.
Sakura unsurprisingly turned hers pink. The wall was made of a special material that could change to a certain color when the conditions were met.
Lionel's was deep gray, Richie took blue and Fukuro's was black and white.
The cupboards were black and white but anything else like the lamps and such were a different color depending on what they were. Such was the
theme for all the rooms actually just different shades of the colors they picked.
Maybe except Sakura's. She really seemed to like pink.
At that moment the door-bell rang out. Fukuro who was closest to the door went to open it. There would be more functionality when they linked up their bracelets but for now this would do.
"Oh? Amber. Come in." Fukuro was rather polite as he gestured for her to enter.
"Thank you Fukuro." Amber let out a slight smile, leaving Fukuro stunned but calmed himself.
'I guess even the nerd isn't an ice block.' Lionel had a scornful look in his eyes. She probably had a favourable impression on Fukuro due to how handsome he was.
After all they looked quite similar.
"Has a hour passed already?" Sakura who had been jumping on the bed came out with a sigh.
Amber walked up to her and pat her head. "Don't worry you will have time to place afterwards." A
strange glint appeared in her eyes after which Sakura nodded like a child.
Fukuro narrowed his gaze.
Amber continued for a while, she felt something strange with Sakura… 'How did someone her age even get an invitation letter to join?'
One had to remember she was 16 most only tried to get in when they were 18. In fact the whole group was weird.
One was 21 the others 18 and 17, yet they all seemed to be monstrously talented all the same. As if not one could out do the other. Or at least that would be the case if Lionel was taken out of view.
'Why is he the point of attraction?'
She moved to the door placing her hands on her hips in a superman stance.
"Shall we?"
They walked out the door and were on their way towards the registration center, but Fukuro remained a bit vigilant...
[Author's Note: Okay so If you feel Lionel isn't living up to the main character yet, that's on purpose. They all genius and I haven't revealed any of his cards yet. Don't forget the rings.]
[Due to power issues I will not be releasing this morning but, if all goes well it'll be out tonight. sorry for the inconveniences]