After...party...?

[diesifkilled]

[SO THAT SURE WAS AN EXECUTION, HUH

Shirou's just been kind of staring off into space, still holding on to Usagi's hand, ever since Kon and Natsume's deaths. Just when it starts to look like he might stay like that all hecking night, he suddenly blinks and looks around.]

I'm going to go get some food.

[And indeed, he disappears off to the lodge and returns a little later with a huge pile of beautifully made sandwiches and other snacks. Did he have them prepared, or did he just make them really fast somehow? Who knows.

Anyway, there are now sandwiches. And the shack might still be on fire. This is fine.]

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[linearcrash]

{ He's bad at talking about things that aren't in front of him. ]

Yeah, there's twelve of us, yo. We're all in Class-0.

[ It's easy to tell that it's a better topic for him. He almost smiles and he seems less tense. ]

[finalguard]

Class-0?

[ Boa engages this happily. It's good to be able to distract Nine for a bit and he definitely doesn't mind learning more about his friend as they go. ]

Like.. a soldier class? I recall you were at war.

[linearcrash]

There's thirteen classes in all. Class-0 is kind of a big deal.

[ That's definitely a smile there. ]

The higher-ups decided to use the cadets in war. They didn't want to sacrifice the defense keeping their asses safe in the capital.

[ Nine.. has opinions about his superiors. ]

[finalguard]

0... Were you the first class to be introduced then?

[linearcrash]

[ He shakes his head. ]

You're usually sorted by your abilities. Class-0 is special. We used to stay off campus at Mother's facility, but we were brought in to kick ass because the crystal jammer didn't work on us.

[finalguard]

Nine, I don't understand half of these terms. Mother? Crystal jammer? You mentioned the crystal before, but what's the jammer?

[ WHY IS YOUR WORLD COMPLICATED... Though Boa guesses this is how everyone feels when he talks about Beyblade. ]

[linearcrash]

[ Whoops. Also Nine is the worst person to try to get clarification from but he'll do his best. ]

Mother. She's in charge of the sorcery division and is one of the Consortium of Eight. She gathered us together when I was eight.

[ Pausing a moment as he tilts his head. ]

At least that's as far back as I can remember, yo.

[ Remember the thing about memories being wiped in association of the dead? Think about what that means if someone has no memories before a certain time in their life.

Boa might not have time though cause Nine is going to barrel through this topic. ]

The Crystal jammer was something those bastards brought to cut people off from their powers. When Milites invaded Rubrum, they made sure no one could actually fight back, yo. We were the only ones it didn't effect because of what Mother did.

[finalguard]

[ That is.. a lot more words that have literally no meaning to Boa, but he can at least somewhat guess what they all mean. ]

... so wait... you're a sorcerer? Or is that just her?

[linearcrash]

I suck at magic, yo. I can do basic spells...

[ Nine looks like he is mixed about something. ]

The Sorcery department studies the crystals and conduct experiments. Mother is pretty badass at magic, so I guess she is a sorcerer. [ Frowning as he crosses his arms. ] The other cadets around school calls us her pet project, yo.

[ That's probably the best way to put it, even if it pisses him off. ]

She did a procedure that makes us special. I'm not supposed to get into the details, but it's why we grew up in the facility. It's why we could still use magic or our abilities when everyone was cut off.

[finalguard]

[ That's more Boa's language and he nods in understanding.]

So you're from a training facility as well. I should have guessed after that talk we had about titles.