Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25582638-20151210004452/@comment-5999656-20151211054427

Fen finished skimming the rest of the pages as Platinum walked back in, clad in more comfortable sleepwear.

Fen spun around on the office chair.

"This is some pretty decent stuff you've found. Don't tell me you're actually going after the Dragons?" Platinum's tendency to pursue justice beyond her own capabilities was worrying at times, to say the least.

"Uh, eventually. Big mafia network and all that. But not now. I really need to sleep right now. Goodnight. Morning, I mean." With that Platinum hopped into her bunk and pulled the curtains closed.

Fen crossed her arms, a bit bemused. Of the three involved in the mall incident, Platinum was the only one who seemed to be genuinely focused on finding the source of the issue. And yet, Fen herself had received the tip-off from a total stranger.

Fen closed the page and opened a new one, then typed in "Bluthardt family", and opened the first link that popped up.

She closed her eyes and thought back...

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A few days earlier...

"Yes, professor?" Fen said as she stood before the portly figure of... Professor Port.

"Oho, Ms. Suzhen. The staff at Beacon were notified of some... very heroic actions performed by some of our underclassmen last weekend. Therefore we have taken the liberty of requesting an individual meeting with each of you to ascertain the entirety of the incident.."

"So you want me to tell you what happened?"

"Do your best to describe, please."

Fen recounted her part of the tale as she wondered what everyone else had had to say about the whole mess. As she spoke, she remembered encountering a cold female girl who had, during the situation, never met with the Beaconites after the attackers were taken care of, and realized that this might be an excellent chance to find out her identity, which Fen had wanted to know ever since their meeting.

After finsihing her story, she asked, "Professor, if you don't mind me asking, who else have you approached already?

"Hmm, well, there's Mr. Browning, Ms. Roads, Ms. Reynard, Ms. Amadahy, and Ms. Viridiana. As well as Mr. Chalmar and Ms. Bluthardt. Quite a crowd, I must say."

Fen waited in silence. ''Bluthardt, huh? Aren't they the noble family connected to Black Order Battalion?'' The media outlets had certainly done their research on the involved parties, and she'd been quite excited to see her heroism explored on television and thus watched a lot of TV covering the event in the days following it.

"Yes, quite a crowd indeed. It reminds me of my younger days, when..."

Fen listened intently to Port's story, although she really didn't give a crap. Basic etiquette dictates that one preserve some veneer of respect towards one's elders, especially if they are directly responsible for your grades.

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Later...

Fen walked into the Beacon air docks clad in a simple salmon-colored hoodie and white short shorts. She'd decided to head downtown, partly for want of a better thing to do, but also because she was hoping to solve a few mysteries herself.