[Episode Three] Going the Extra Magic Mile

[Kai]

At the loud noise, Miyuki jumped in her seat at the noise, but found herself unable to do much as a flurry of movement caused by Percy distracted her, knocking over her drink and causing a lot of horrible noises and banging, before suddenly-

Miyuki screamed- not one of pain, or terror, but of sheer embarrassment. The moment Percy backed up, Miyuki began kicking, now screaming in some kind of horror as she felt quite violated, though the kicking led to her losing her own balance and slipping backwards off the bench, her legs flinging up and a foot clocking the welshboy in the chin, smacking the back of his head once again on the underside of the bench.

Before anybody had a chance to see much, Miyuki had managed to flop her skirt back forward as she lay on her back on the ground, blushing profusely and looking rather more like a beet than anything else, her eyes welling up with tears- she was about to cry, and she would have run away to hide if she wasn't lying on the ground stuck between a bench and a group of people.

[Kokuten]

Just as the pain was thought to stop, it only began again. Percival's face was flushed hot with embarrassment, though not all the redness was due to his unfortunate accident with Miyuki. Though, it was made more red because of it. The young boy's head was kicked back into the bottom of the table, nearly knocking him unconscious. In that moment, Percival discovered that Miyuki's smooth, but firm thighs were that way because of her athleticism. The kick was so strong that it knocked his head into the other bench across the table, knocking his lights out, and leaving him immobile under the table.

[Kalshion]

Sakura landed in a crouch on the nearby school roof, at first she assumed that everyone had been spooked but then she heard the galloping feet of a horse below her and listened for a few moments. "Ahh... must've been spooked by the noises, at least whoever owned that horse will have to go after it," she grinned slightly evilly before taking another arrow out of her coat and priming it. "Time to see who-else I can prank," she stood back up and tightened the belt on her coat then started walking toward the edge of the roof-top to look around and see who else she could fool, though keeping in mind not to be 'too' close to the edge or else someone 'could' spot her.

[CadetNewb]

"Huh? Did she just..." asked one girl.

"No, that' can't be right," said another, rubbing her eyes.

"Man, I wish I was on a horse," a boy lamented before going back to his food.

With a lot of grumbling, sniffing and a few tears, Duncan had pulled the arrow out of his rear end and pressed a napkin to his bum before wiping his face. As the American boy looked up from the ground It was rather obvious now; more and more eyes were starting to wander towards Jane and her Steed. "Guys, keep it on the down low!" He weakly called out to the panicking group around him. Looking down at the cowgirl speeding away, he mustered up the strength to yell at her. "Jane! Stop galloping! Trot! Just trot! They're all looking at you!" Like projections of a dreaming mind being prodded and poked too hard and fast, more and more people were becoming vaguely aware that something was wrong. They were beginning to all look at Jane and the group. They're idiots! Every single one of them! And there's no way this is Caoránach! It's gotta be some amateur that doesn't even know the rules!

"And you two, please stop doing whatever it is you're do - " As Duncan sat up, he saw something that made his face turn beet red to mirror Miyuki's before quickly turning away as though seeing something indecent. Stay in character, stay in character! Don't explode on them for being stupid, just keep cool, keep calm, just - Duncan opted merely bury his face in both his hands to try and conceal his rage at their ineptitude. He'd done a good job of playing dualities, but right now, this was just inexcusable. Cooling down and finally looking back up, he and the others could likely see a glimpse of another arrow. Sighing, Duncan did the only thing that he could and took the lead, walking, partly limping towards the building. The perp had the initiative, being able to do whatever he wanted while they had to keep discreet or risk escalating this into completely blowing their magical cover!

It was a game of cat and mouse, and the cat felt like toying with them!

[Kalshion]

Glancing from atop the roof, Sakura was having issues finding good targets, or perhaps targets that weren't within sight or earshot of the group she had just attacked. However, as she scanned the school she realized that perhaps the best people to continue tricking were the same one's she had just attacked a few moments ago and glanced down and to her left to see the horse that was on the move. She rubbed her chin curiously for a moment, then looked a bit behind to see the rest of the group - they still appeared dazed to her but she couldn't really tell from this distance very well.

Then she nodded to herself and put the arrow away. "I'll save it, might come in handy later, I'd cause those kids more problems but I'm not here to injure people. Injuring would just get the cops on me, not my intention," she spoke softly as she took her bow and wrote with the tip in the air to form a rune. She then grabbed the rune and smile, before tossing it toward the ground below, just ahead of the horse but she didn't notice that the rune had actually landed a short distance off the track and near a trash can instead. Without this, she just continued onward, running along the top of the roof toward the next building over.

[Straken]

Ruarc had initially become pensive as he observed the dynamics of the group and considered where to add his own input, and he remained pensive right up until the firecrackers turned the mages into a comedy routine. He himself jumped quite a bit and subsequently slammed his elbow, and funny bone, hard against the tree behind him. The druid groaned as he put pressure on his arm.

Looking around to get a measure of the situation, the group was in a rather sorry state of affair. Duncan had taken the hit from the arrow, making Ruarc’s elbow a trivial matter, and Percy and Miyuki were floundering around in embarrassment; and then there was Jane who could probably use some instructions on the concept of discretion. He also caught sight of a small figure making their way across the rooftops.

”Laoise, follow after,” Ruarc started to say out of habit as he began to chase after. Upon realizing his mistake the boy became stern as he focused on the pursuit. Given the public location, the best he could do was to run along the base of the building to try keep the person-of-interest in sight.

Ruarc was still thankful for his remaining passive ability to visually track magic with his right eye, as he saw a glowing haze that indicated magical output. It was the kind of output that he could recognize as the activation of a rune. With his eye he watched the haze descend from the caster down in front of Jane. “Are they laying a trap?” Ruarc thought quickly as he wished he had the ability to tell what type of rune it was.

“Jane, turn! Watch out in front of you!” Ruarc called to the cowgirl as he tried to avert a potentially bad situation.

[Mr. Blackbird Lore]

Jane, do this! Jane, do that! She rolled her eyes, and rose to stand on the saddle. From it, she pounced to a water drain and used it to scale the side of the building. She made it look quite professional, actually. Meanwhile back on the ground her Steed had ground to a halt and trotted away from the trash can. What happened thereafter was of no concern to it, so the horse began to graze.

Having surmounted the rooftop, Jane could now clearly and easily follow the path of the trickster.

[Kalshion]

Despite now having company on the roof, Sakura apparently hadn't noticed this, to confident that no one could follow her - she just continued running along the roof. However, when she glanced downward and noticed that the horse was now dismounted she pondered where the rider had gone. "Huh... maybe she got scared away?" she smiled and then shrugged her shoulders and kept going.

[Kai]

There really wasn't too much Miyuki could do, but with the sudden departure of several members of the group, she found herself an opportunity, and took it; within moments, all could see how obvious Miyuki's athleticism was- she was gone in a second, off into the nearest doorway she could find, and those who saw here from closer than a few feet got the distinct impression that she may just be blubbering in shock and embarrassment.

[Kokuten]

Nurse Watanabe was making her way back from the bread shop in the cafeteria with a fresh snack. She hummed gaily as she made her way, a merrily spring in her step as she passed children going too and fro. There was no doubt that the woman loved her job, considering the energy she put forth to it, and the jovial nature she approached it with. Every day was either relaxing in the office, or helping some child feel better throughout the day. Even though her own child was a little under the weather, she knew her own expertise was making that process better.

The only thing that could have possibly put a damper on her day was her lunch being interpreted. Nurse Watanabe loved to enjoy her lunch period without a bother. Though, it looked like today wouldn't be the case, as she spotted Miyuki, flustered and red faced, hustling inside.

"Kagami-san?" asked Watanabe in her own natural Japanese, a little concern rolling off the tongue as she walked towards the girl, "What's wrong? Are you alright?"