Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-27825329-20131009230504/@comment-27825329-20131010170744

Spectral noticed the girl looking her direction, but thought nothing of it except for a brief thought that the girl was mildly pretty. Valiant, of course, wasn't paying attention to anything but his book. She watched his expression change, more intense with focus. Ohhh, brother, you should know better than to read your beloved romance novels outside the dorm room... Spectral giggled -- more of a quiet cackle, really -- and looked away, laughing again when she heard Valiant's sound of annoyance.

The heiress tensed, however, upon seeing the technologically... equipped young man across the way. What a coincidence. Edgris family, it looked like, owners of a dust-powered machine developing company. They were a bit more specialized than the Kaiser Conglomerate, only dealing with robotics and the like, while Kaiser worked mainly with weaponry, but they dealed in dust-powered transport as well. Edgris was a minor competitor, but still a competitor and it was always the little ones that tried to circumvent the system and topple the big ones. To Spectral's knowledge, there were no attempts by that family to hone in on Kaiser's markets, but yet, this guy was looking at her.

She tapped her fingers on the wooden table in front of her, deciding whether or not to approach him and call him out on being a creep. Just as she sensed Valiant getting annoyed with her, she stood and walked over to the student who seemed a little too curious for his own good.

Valiant scowled. Whatever, Spectral, do what you want, he thought as she walked away, at least she's out of my hair now and I can concentrate. He returned to his novel and tried not to bite his lip. The kind and gentle rogue had invited the wealthy lady to dinner and things were getting steamy... He figured if anyone knew what he was reading, though, he'd be a laughingstock, no longer the feared Kaiser heir that he was. Without Spectral sitting near him, it was more likely that someone would walk by and see what he was reading. That itself almost made him put down his book and leave.

No...! Anselm Valiant Kaiser did not bow in the face of potential embarrassment! Never! He continued with his book, his face more intense than it had been before.