Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25169271-20160320185624/@comment-25169271-20170822024500

As Helena put the aircraft down Darian carefully made his way back into the cargo area and gently shook Alice's shoulder to wake her up. The woman awoke with a start, her eyes darting around the interior of the aircraft rapidly. "You okay?" Darian asked, keeping his hand gently on the woman's shoulder.

Alice nodded as she regained her senses. "I was having a nightmare...I think," the woman mused, the actual memories of what she had been dreaming about gone, but the feelings lingering.

"About...that place or something else?" he questioned, doing his best not to push. The last thing he wanted was to send her into another panic attack.

Alice tried to remember for a moment, but was unable to call up any details about what had just been haunting her dreams. "Can't say, but it's gone now. No need to worry," she said with a bright smile as she unstrapped herself from the seat and stood up, stretching her stiff muscles.

Darian nodded, deciding not to pry any further, and walked over to Merel. He gave her a brief but firm shake on the shouler to wake the first year student as the cargo hatch began to lower. The man was glad to see that his car hadn't fallen off during the trip. Beyond the car Darian could see the old concrete buildings of his former school.

"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" Alice asked as she stepped off of the end of the gate, taking a deep breath to clear her mind of the lingering feelings from the nightmare.

Darian opened his mouth to respond, but was interrupted by a feminine voice calling out from near the buildings, "Alice, Darian, it's about time you two showed up." The voice belonged to a woman of striking beauty. She had silky black hair pulled up into a loose bun at the top of her head and scarlet red eyes, with flawless fair skin. "I have been waiting for quite some time for you two to show up," she chastized, the wind whipping her doctors coat back from her body.

"Sorry Nurse Valentine," Darian grumbled, his ears laying flat against his head as he hunched over, trying to avoid direct eye contact with her.

"Nurse Valentine, how have you been?" Alice asked brightly, beaming a smile towards the woman.

"Oh, you know dear," Nurse Valentine mused as she walked over to the entrance ramp of the aircraft. "Healing the injured, tending the broken..."

"Harassing the male students," Darian muttered out loud, still avoinding the woman's gaze.

"Oh please Darian," the woman teased playfully as she walked up next to him and put her mouth right next to his ear. "I know you never minded the extra attention."

Darian went ram-rod straight at her comment, every hair on the back of his neck standing on end.

Nurse Valentine laughed as she took a step back from the faunus. "Darian, you're as much fun to tease now as Sergeant Dartmouth," she mused, with an evil gleam catching in her eye.