Walkin' to your Room!

Before starting your Free Time, you need to drop off your Combat class gear back at your Room. The metal suitcase feels extra heavy in your arms after pushing yourself so far, but at least you've had some time to recover, and you don't have to worry about anything else than sleeping after you have a nice break now.

Your **** tiredness is also why you think you're hallucinating at first when you see a woman walking down the hall towards you, covered head-to-toe in shiny, resplendent armour.{if LexiWin == True} Well, mostly head-to-toe.{endif} But as you come closer to the hallucination, doing your best to not look directly at her in case you end up trying to drink sand (you heard about that one time, it's scary!), you can't help but take a few peeks.

Her armour is covered with patterns and iconography, and in general just looks very ornate and pretty.{if LexiWin == True} She's also noticeably missing her chestplate, wearing just her skintight black undersuit in that region, which hugs to her body.{endif} Oh, wait a minute, you recognise that armour -- this is Bridget Sluddsan, the high-ranking Warrior visiting the school who spoke during the lectures last week!

You wrack your tired brain trying to remember specifics. She was trying to find promising third-years to take on a mission to expand the city's walls to the North at the end of the year. And she might be helping out with some Combat classes later, too, that's right!

{if TVSluddsan == True}She also had that disagreement with Lexi that you saw from the vents last week, and there was that compromising tape of her that Lexi put by your TV, but you shouldn't judge her based on a moment of weakness and duress. Besides, all of that's in the past, and you should focus on the present -- which is where you are, with Bridget walking down the hallway right towards you!{else}{if LexiWin == True}There was also something else, you think, but you're pretty tired.... was it something with Lexi? Did they- they had a fight or something, didn't they? Yes, that's right, they did! Lexi won it when you made bird calls. That was a bit weird, but still, you don't know much about why it happened, so maybe it was Lexi doing a joke or something.... anyway, that's in the past, and in the present, Bridget's walking down the hallway right towards you!{elseif SluddsanSeen == True}There was also something else, you think, but you're pretty tired.... was it something with Lexi? Did they- they had a fight or something, didn't they? Yes, that's right, they did! Lexi won it when you made bird calls. That was a bit weird, but still, you don't know much about why it happened, so maybe it was Lexi doing a joke or something.... anyway, that's in the past, and in the present, Bridget's walking down the hallway right towards you!{endif}{endif}

Suddenly you're really nervous. This is a real Warrior! Not only that, a high-ranking one. You've never actually met a Warrior before.... the closest you've come is posters. Should you say hello? Should you ask her for guidance? Maybe if she's got some Free Time, she could even take you on as a protégé or something....

You go up to her and tug on her greave. She turns to you, quizzically. Now that you're this close, her face looks a bit flushed. She must've just had an intense combat training session, that's so awesome.

"H-hello!" You stammer out. "I am- hello, I'm, my name is Debbie!"

You've got one hand out on her greave, and the other is clutching your metal gear suitcase so tight you might leave permanent finger marks in the handle. You are also sweating a lot, but hopefully she won't see it, since you have clothes over most of you.

"Hello." Bridget replies eventually, sounding a bit cautious. And maybe anxious? Probably not anxious, that isn't the right word. You're a bit too out-of-sorts to use your vocabulary to its fullest. Maybe defensive? Younno. "Can I help you?"

"Y-yes!" You reply quickly. Was it too quick? You wait for a while before continuing, just in case, so that it'll even out. "I'm Debbie, and I think Warriors are very cool! I'm looking forward to- that is..... hey, do you need a protégé?"

Bridget's posture relaxes somewhat, and her face shifts into a humoured, motherly expression, with the half-lidded eyes of a mature and confident woman.

"I think Warriors are very cool too, Debbie." She says. "Aspiring Warrior students especially. What year are you in at Coinpilfer?"

You straighten up, pulling your hand away from her leg to salute and adopt a stiff posture.

"My first, ma'am!" You reply.{if@ Weapon == 2} "Also, my weapon is a Sledgeaxe too, just like yours! I saw you with it on the stage last week!"{endif}

Bridget chuckles, and moves to pat you on the head.

"At ease, soldier. Well, once I'm through with teaching the second years, I look forward to teaching your class, Debbie." She says, ruffling your hair a bit. She pauses. "Or maybe sooner."

With that, she turns, and walks off down the hallway she was going before. You drop your salute and watch her all the way until she turns down the hall. She's walking kind of funny, which could only mean she's doing a real super job at putting her all into teaching while she's visiting the school. Eeee!! So cool, you can't wait!!

Rejuvenated, you skip the rest of the way down the hall to your Room, only stopping your happy frolic to wave at Lexi as you pass her leaning on her dorm room's doorframe. You wave at Miranda too, on her way back from somewhere (probably talking to Nurse Riley), heading into her and Lexi's shared room.

"AAARRRGHHHH!!!!" You hear a scream come from inside. You stop your frolic and turn to watch as Miranda rushes out of the room, looking around for Lexi, then huffing angrily when she spots her on the doorframe.

"...What's up?" Lexi asks, chewing some gum.

"How did you already make the room messy AGAIN?" Miranda asks, distraught. "You- how- how did you-- there wasn't even....."

Well, it'd probably be better to let those two sort things out. You don't want to be around for this. For you, for now, you walk the rest of the way to finally drop off your suitcase in your Room, and get yourself ready for some good ol' rest and relaxation!