Reflection and Contemplation (SFF Meeting)

[Kyerin]

It had been a week since the Winter Dance had occurred, and by now, most of the school had calmed back down after the calamities that had befallen the event. Still, even though they were mostly gone, there were still some whispers about how it was obvious who the culprits were behind the disaster (though Nicolette did quite well in helping counterattack what happened). He knew it too, not only from what he heard and thought, but from the glances he would get when people thought he wasn't paying attention.

It had to be the SFF.

And it had been. However, considering that the entire dance was handled only by three members, he was curious what the other members thought. Besides, they would probably start getting antsy and take aggressive measures if he didn't talk to some of them. And since they had sat around all of January, they needed to have some more plans.

That's why he called this metting today. The office had been filled with chairs, though he still sat behind the desk that was placed in this office for the leader. He had sent out an e-mail and called the members he had phone numbers for this morning to make sure that they were here, and then took his lunch in the office to avoid being late. He even tinkered with the lights so that they were dimmer than usual, making the ambiance even more interesting. So now he would wait for everyone to show up... or whoever was going to come.

[Nicolette]

She had been on her laptop early that morning, hacking into the school system and taking notes on the members of Student Council. She had been at this project for a couple of days, now, trying her hardest to come up with the perfect database to present to Kyerin.

Kyerin Saito...

They had joined the Student Freedom Force around the same time. She had had more experience with the organization, especially with her connection to Natasha, though Kyerin had risen and became the new leader. She had known him for quite some time and she knew almost everything about him (mainly though looking through his files), though she hadn't exactly talked to him much until he became the new leader.

How did she exactly feel about her leader? She admired him, yes... And she was slightly envious of him, yes... But there was something about him that drew her closer. She wanted to know him better. She wanted to be closer to him... Could she possibly even have a crush on him?

But, at the same time... There was also Rai Aikaryu. Rai had opened up to her the minute they met. They were exact opposites, but at the same time... They completed each other, when it came to their personalities. Though Rai was relatively new to the organization, he had been her partner for their first mission and she had a feeling that they would be partners for future missions as well as research opportunities.

She knew she felt something for her partner. He cared for her (and made sure to let her know as much as he could) and he loved spending time with her.

But either situation, she knew it was pointless to fall in love with either boy. She was too secluded to herself... She had much too much to worry about. She had to focus on school in order to be accepted to the Kanazawa Institute of Technology. It also didn't help that every time she went home, she was forced to face her mentally ill mother...

Haruka Amagi was torn from her thoughts when her computer made a noise. An email? She opened it up and found it was a forward from Kyerin. It mentioned a meeting of the SFF that would be happening at lunch. She took the mental note and went on with her work, though it was interrupted again when her cell phone rang, causing her to jump. Again, it was Kyerin, reminding her of the meeting. She told him she would be going.

And now, it was lunch time.

The hacker walked through the halls, ignoring the people aroud her as she made her way toward the hall that held the Student Freedom Force office. She had skipped lunch, which had become something normal to her, and started directly for the office.

She opened the door and walked inside, gripping her briefcase in her hand. She set the briefcase on the table and sat in the seat in front of where her briefcase was set. Her eyes gazed through her glasses to look at the male at his desk.

"Good afternoon, Saito-san." She said in English, though she still added the honorific to his last name, knowing he'd understand it.

[Faye]

Kyerin, leader of the Student Freedom Force had called up an important meeting which all members were expected to attend. Of course Rai Aikaryu was going to turn up, Haru-chan was going to be there, plus he felt he had earned his place in the group since the Winter Dance incident.

Despite his lack of respect for Kyerin and also dislike towards him, Rai tried to be on his best behaviour, there would be no smart remarks today, no glaring... Definitely no getting jealous of Kyerin and Haruka's closeness at times. It ate him up inside considering he felt something for Haruka but she didn't want to return it. He kept trying no matter what, always showing that he cared so vividly.

As he sat in his classroom, waiting for the lunch bell to ring, his mind reflected onto the Winter Dance, when they left for the power box to complete their mission. They had pretended to get close and appear to want to go make out somewhere. However they had slipped into the power room and disturbed the power circuits so on the push of a button it would switch off, causing havoc. A few other things happened in that room, as well... Things that made Rai's heart flutter and spazz out in his chest.

His thoughts were torn apart by the sound of a bell ringing. Rai casually stood up and exited the room once he had packed his things back into his school bag. He ran a hand through his hair and tried to fix up his uniform so he looked at least half decent in front of his 'friends' down at the SFF Office.

It didn't take him that long to get down there, he slowly opened the door, noticing that only Haruka and Kyerin were in there. A weird feeling welled up in the pit of his stomach and he cursed lightly under his breath but shifted inside, taking a seat beside Haruka out of habit. "Afternoon, Kyerin," He provided Kyerin with no honourifics and no respect for his slight authority within the organisation.

[Sasque]

She is the newest addition to the Student Freedom Force. Well, Teodora didn't pay much attention to council and SFF, as she was too busy with getting used on using English constantly. Finally, this year she has decided to join one of two sides. Guess which one she joined?

It's been around a month now since her joining, but the girl still didn't feel useful to them. Teodora didn't know if they thought differently, but to her it seemed that she's more in the way than helping.

Well, at least they haven't decided that she has to go. Not yet. Whatsoever, she even got the mail with the 'invitation' for today's meeting. And she planned to come... well, she did until the lunchtime.

At that moment, she decided. And here she was, in front of the doors to the SFF office. Teodora breathed in, calming herself. She was not the one to panic, but now... it was some sort of excitement. The sort she always got before her drama classes.

Placing a smile at her face, Teodora opened the door and entered the room used as SFF's office. It was mostly empty, only few of the members here.

"Hi," she simply murmured, not saying that to anyone specifically, but rather just to show them that she's present from this moment on.

[Kyerin]

Kyerin mused and waited, thinking about what would happen in this meeting. Well, for one, he was sure he wouldn't have to wait too long; he had gone through the list of members this morning and found it to be quite short... which was why the office was a perfect place for the meeting. Besides, the doors on both the SFF office and the Student Council office were made to be soundproof to avoid anyone listening in on private meetings, so they could meet and talk without worry.

The young man nodded first to Haruka as she came in, then to Rai, and then to the rest of the people. He had overestimated the tenacity of deliquents; apparently, more of them had quit since he became leader than he thought. Well, that was of no matter; it was better this way, considering that the people who remained weren't complete violent nitwits. That would make this year a lot easier... a restructuring of the SFF, one that is more focused and precise instead of wild and destructive.

After the last person came in and shut the door, Kyerin dimmed the lights even more, and, with the press of a button, turned on a projector which had a slideshow of the Winter Dance. "If you were here, you'd remember what happened. And yes, that was us," he said, keeping things concise and to the point; some students were using their lunch hour between classes for this. "Any comments on what happened, or suggestions for what we could have done?"

[Nicolette]

The tenth year sat quietly as the other members joined them in the office. She noticed how a lot of members had seemed to have disappeared within the past two months. It was rather unfortunate that the SFF numbers had been dropping. She was sure that there were more Student Council members than their were SFF members these days...

She gave a faint smile to Rai when he took a seat next to her, though she noticed the brief, dark look in the male's eye when he had arrived. She gave him a curious look, though turned her attention to Kyerin as the lights started to dim more than it already had. He had begun to speak and she listened intently.

She stood when the conversation was open to comments. She brought her hand up to push her glasses up and she turned to address the organization and its leader.

"While we made an impact on the Winter Dance, I will have to say I am a little disappointed in the participation of the other members of the Student Freedom Force." She spoke, her voice monotone and bored. She looked at the other members and pushed her glasses up again. "Only three members actively participated in the sabotage of the dance. Two members to cause the power outage, one student to spike the punch."

She swept some bangs from her eyes and gave a glance at Rai before turning her eyes to Kyerin. "For a newer member, I believe Rai Aikaryu did exceptionally well for his first assignment. He put himself in a position that could get him in quite a lot of trouble. I know of these consequences since this is my third year in the Student Freedom Force. I believe that he deserves some recognition for his actions."

She then turned her eyes to the other members. "You will each receive recognition and praise for your actions if you help us in our cause. Our mission is to take down the Student Council. They think they're better than us and it's up to us to show them that they're nothing but a bunch of power hungry idiots." Her voice became cold and cruel with her last sentence, but as she spoke again, her voice returned to being monotone.

"Though I am not the leader of the Student Freedom Force, I still want to see the fall of the Student Council and the rise of student equality." She turned her attention to Kyerin and she bowed, her hair falling over her shoulders. "I am finished..."

She sat down in her seat, pushing her glasses up again.

[Faye]

Rai just sat there in silence (completely rare for him but he was angry-ish) as Kyerin began talking about the dance and its aftermath. Only three had participated in the entire thing from his knowledge. Kyerin spiked the punch and him and Haruka went to the power box to place the device onto the main power source so on their command it went out, covering the entire gymnasium in a blanket of pure darkness..

His thoughts were halted when Haruka began talking, his eyes immediately rose up to her as she was standing and he was still seated. She was so beautiful, elegant yet professional with that hint of seriousness. So perfect. Why wouldn't she look at him the same way as he looked at her? Ah that's why, because he was such a slacker, didn't care much for his appearance and she probably found him annoying for being so upbeat and out there. She seemed to have eyes for Kyerin. He wasn't stupid in that area.

Upon Haruka saying he deserved praise for doing such a good job, Rai blinked in astonishment. He was surprised that he would be noticed like that. He was just doing his job, it wasn't that hard, was it? "A-ah, thank you, Haru-chan," He couldn't help but be so nice to her. "But I really don--" He was cut off when Haruka continued talking but her attention was on the other members of the SFF. He just turned around.

[Sasque]

Were they talking about the dance? Damn, why did she miss it? It seems that it would have been fun. But, hey, she happened to rip her clothes as she transformed into dog just before she headed out of her room...

After the dance, she heard stories of what happened there, but Teodora didn't want to believe them. Mostly because she heard many stories that were completely unbelievable. However, here she was able to learn what really happened there. And what the next action might be...

Whichever it is, she's going to be there... But... She stood up few seconds after... Haruka, was it? After she stopped talking.

"Um, my name's Teodora Lonchar. I'm pretty new here, but I was wondering if we have person 'in council'? Someone who goes to the student council meetings regularly and delivers information to SFF?" the girl asked, her voice steady and full of self-esteem Teodora didn't really feel.

[Kyerin]

As to be expected of Haruka; considering that only three members had taken care of activities there, and that any SFF member who had planned on going probably would have tried to contact them to see what would occur, as to avoid being caught in the crossfire. So, it was rather shameful for the others to not have been to the dance or been involved in the activities that had taken place. But as the girl had pointed out, and now that they had more information, there would be more participation. That was one of the reasons why Haruka was the number two of the SFF.

Kyerin removed his glasses, rubbing his eyes slightly before replacing them on his nose; having been sitting in a dim office for a while was bothering him. He stopped the projector, and turned the lights back up to a regular amount to help everyone else, listening to what the girl in the back said. Teadora... that wasn't a name he was familiar with, so she must be new. However, she made a good point, one that he was surprised hadn't been made before.

"That is a good idea," the boy said, drawing attention back to him. "There are two problems with it. For one, the Student Council gives a lot of its information out publicly, not just to members, so there isn't much of a reason for us to have a plant. There would be a few details not given, such as paticular security and anti-SFF movements, which would be members only... if the president said anything to anyone about them. That's where problem two comes in: the movements of students, from their classes to their clubs to where they are at most times in the days, are easy to find on computers, due to precise databases, and with the security measures set in the school. In case you haven't noticed, there are some cameras around the school, though not in the dorms, the bathrooms, and the Student Council and SFF offices; with these, a plant from either side would easily be spotted."

Kyerin paused for a second, before nodding. "But that's a good idea; I'm glad you mentioned it." He shifted in his chair, leaning forward over the desk. "Any other ideas or suggestions? It doesn't have to be about the Student Council; it can be for possible future activities, information about other students, or even complaints you have about what we did or didn't do at the dance. This is open for any and all suggestions."

[Nicolette]

Haruka listened to Teodora, watching the girl with careful eyes. A new member? Haruka would need to start up a personell file on her immediately after the meeting was over. She could pause in her Student Council information collection for a short while in order to get information on her own people. She took out a small piece of paper and a pen and scribbled down (in rather nice hand writing) Teodora's name from memory of hearing it. She would be sure to find it, even if she had to spend all night guessing the spelling.

She looked up, though, when Kyerin began to speak again. After a few minutes, her mind continued to soak in his words, but she didn't really feel like she heard them. She merely watched him speak, picking up some traits he had while he spoke to the group, how his eyes wandered from person to person, not resting on a single person for more than half a second or so. How his words seemed to just flow off the tongue and give hints of his heritage through certain words and syllables.

She swallowed hard and let her eyes fall to the table when she realized she had still been staring after he had finished speaking. She had little to offer in the ideas department at the moment, so she opt'd to staying quiet.

[Faye]

Rai didn't look at Kyerin as he spoke, but still listened to him (it was a bit hard for him not to hear what he was saying due to his ability). He folded his arms across his middle and slouched back in his chair, his head down, as if he was in thought. Which was true, he was in thought, he was thinking about Kyerin's last question, if anyone else had anymore suggestions or ideas as to what they were to do next.

Teodora had already said something, Haruka remained quiet, though he wished she spoke, he loved the sound of her voice no matter what she might be saying. Kyerin didn't have anything as well... It seemed. His mind flickered onto the dance and what happened, Nicolette was distraught, she had no help whatsoever. That was because her right hand man was out, where did he go? Rai could have sworn he saw him leave with someone not long after people started to get a bit weird and tipsy off the spiked punch.

"Well, instead of putting someone right into the Council, why don't we just spy on them for a bit?" He suggested, not looking up from where his eyes were looking, which was the ground. "During the dance I saw Sven, the Vice-President, leave with some guy, he looked really off his face from the punch, the two looked really close," He was now looking up, and not slouching in his seat so much, to make sure people were actually listening to him. "If we just watch what they do for a while, we can gain more information like that and try and figure out what our next move can be from that information..." He stopped talking and leaned back in his seat, slouching again.

[Sasque]

No, no, no... Spying on them would only get them information about council member private life... Nothing about those information that do not leak out of their meetings... Well, whatever. She won't comment on that.

And... um... what is the next thing organized by council? Or anything that might highly irritate the council... Well, last time she went to the town, she barely managed to get away from all the dogs that followed her. Teodora really wondered what would be the reaction of that council if the dogs followed her into the school building.

But, that wouldn't be good until some big event. Until then...

Teodora's gaze floated back to the leader of the SFF as she waited for him to speak again.

[Kyerin]

Kyerin was a bit disappointed in the lack of suggestions, but that was fine; he couldn't expect them to do everything for him. Besides, he probably hadn't done as much as he should have up to this point, so he really needed to work more on this. Considering that he was pretty intelligent, he should be able to find some way to undermine the poorer ideas of the Student Council while not ruining the students.

At Rai's suggestion (yes, he did know his name; not everyone was just a faceless SFF member), the young man nodded, leaning back in his chair again. "If you are willing to take on the possible risks, I'm behind you all the way on it. Doing it alone, however, wouldn't be smart, so if she's willing, I'd like to recommend you allow Haruka to assist you in this endeavor." They had already proven themselves to be an efficient and well-coordinated team during the dance, and they were the two members that he trusted the most. It would be risky, considering that if they were caught, things wouldn't end well... but if they wanted to do it, he was for it.

[Nicolette]

Haruka listened to the suggestion that Rai gave and she thought it over while the other students sat around in silence, staring at each other as they tried to come up with ideas. She thought of which one was Sven and once she got a face in mind, she began to think of what information she had collected on him. Eleventh year, charasmatic, calm, cool, and collected. Part of the Newspaper, The Student Council. He had a few common classes with Nicolette De la Fontaine, the president...

She tried to think of the dance and if she had seen the man there. Rai had seen them, so she must have at least caught glimpse of them. She replayed the events of the dance in her mind (thanks to her memory) and she paused on a certain survey of the dance area as she faintly remembered someone standing near Sven as he walked back from getting punch. She was sure she and Rai had left before the two boys, but there was a good chance that Rai had seen them just before they turned down the hall.

At Kyerin's suggestion, she was shaken from her thoughts and she looked at him. For a second, she locked eyes with him and there was a moment of silence before she swallowed hard and gave a nod. "I can work with Aikaryu in order to assure that our mission is successful. I will make a report from our discoveries and return it to you once we gain an adequete amount of information."

[Faye]

A light smile slipped onto his lips as Kyerin approved of his idea, he felt proud and a little noticed now that he had suggested something. A spark of confidence flew through him and he felt more in place in the office, like he knew just that little bit more that he wanted to be a part of all this. Besides, if he didn't then he'd never see Haruka as much as he did now... He couldn't give that up, not for anything.

His heart sank as Haruka addressed him with his last name, not even bothering to use his first name or even put an honourific on the end of it. "I'm willing to take the risk," He said, nodding toward Kyerin and not saying anything about what Haruka said. He slouched back in his seat, his right leg stretched out and he folded his arms across his middle, his hair fell over his eyes a bit but he could still see. At least they could get somewhere with knowing what to do next. Yes, that was what was important.