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"Actually," you finally say, "Never mind. It's probably not a good idea to talk about this right now."

"O-o-okay," Artie replies, looking down at the ground but still walking alongside of you until you reach Wyvern House and see Amelia and Viki doing some kind of housecleaning work on the porch.

A couple of throw rugs and the front doormat are hanging up on a clothesline, which Amelia is pointing her wand at and using what is presumably some of her Earth elemental powers to pull the sand and dirt out from them, where it starts falling like a miniature waterfall of dust but stops just before it hits the ground. It does this because of a line of scotch tape on the deck with runes for wind magic drawn on them that glow and you can hear a small sucking sound of air moving as it pulls the dust along to the edge and over the side into a currently unused flower pot. The runes glow in time with the tip of Viki's wand and you realize this is the first time you are seeing the black-and-purple haired girl's powers at work.

"Hey," Amelia says as she looks over from her work and Viki looks up from hers, their eyes both darting to your companion for a moment.

"Hey," you reply, noticing both of their quick glance, "What's up?"

"Professor Aspecta came by saying the Dean and Headmaster were going to be dropping in on school business so we should make the commons area 'look presentable'," Amelia replies, returning the bulk of her attention to her work, "Who's your new friend?"

"This is Artie," you say, "he's from Pegasus. He's friends with our blonde partners from Magical Self-Defense."

"H-H-Hello," Artie says with a shy smile and nod of his head.

Amelia takes a moment to give him a friendly smile in return but Viki grunts as she looks more closely at your emaciated wingman. "He's that guy who was getting beat up in class that I told you about, Amelia," she says flatly.

Artie clutches his arm again and his eyes narrow back at Viki as he says, "A-A-And you're th-th-the girl who h-h-hurt herself d-d-d-doing pu-pu-push-ups."

"How are you feeling, by the way?" you interject, seeing Viki's eyebrow twitch and hoping you can cut-off the argument that seems to be brewing.

Turning her attention to you, Viki shrugs and replies, "Still aches but I can walk."

"I'm nursing her back to health with some TLC," Amelia adds with a wink that causes Viki to blush.

"W-W-Well," Artie says after an awkward pause, "Y-Y-Y-Y-You're b-b-back h-h-home, so I-I-I'll s-s-see you l-later. I-I h-h-h-h-hope."

After a brief look in Viki's direction again, Artie turns and darts off.

"He's weird," Viki comments once he is out of earshot.

"I dunno, he seems nice enough," Amelia says, "Gotta be hard to make friends with that speech impediment."

"He's... also the guy I was telling you about before, Viki," you say, "So if you don't feel like he's someone you want to help..."

Viki grunts and makes a thoughtful frown. "I'll still think about it," she says... and then looks away, "because I'm curious if it could work anyway."

In an almost inaudible volume, you are pretty sure you hear her add, "And because it's for you too."

Amelia raises an eyebrow again, looking between the two of you. "You two sound like you're scheming something," she says, "Can I help?"

"Maybe," you say, "but I don't really have time to talk about it right now."

She pouts and replies, "Awwwww."

You lean over and give her a quick peck on the cheek. "Promise I'll explain later," you say, "but I need to get inside."

Amelia smiles and actually blushes slightly at the kiss. "I guess we could use more hands to get the cleaning done before the head honchos get here," she says.

"Actually... I'm probably going to have to stay in my room," you say, "Since the 'head honchos' are coming to see me."

Both Amelia and Viki stare at you in surprise, the former suddenly getting a sour look on her face as she exclaims, "I KNEW I had a funny feeling that something was happening. Are you okay?"

"I think so," you reply, "but... I can't really talk about that right now either."

The two girls share a look and nod at each other before Amelia looks back at you again and says, "Okay but... we'll be here for you if you need some... comfort... afterwards."

You smile a little. Despite the situation, the encounter with Parisa has left you with a bit of a hard on and a case of semi-blue balls. You will just have to see how the meeting goes to see if you still feel that way afterwards.