Violet stands outside of the door and waves over to them just as another car pulls up. Cage steps out, yawning and stretching. He's only wearing a T-shirt, skinny jeans and a beanie. He smiles and waves to Violet and starts off towards her.
"This is the place right? Sorry we might be a little late."
Ryuu says with a gentle smile as he steps towards them, Seo Hyeon clasping onto Ryuus hand as they did. She never knew he liked her, as far as she knew he just thought of her as a good friend, as she did to him. So holding his hand and hugging each other was fine with her. As long as neither of them let her brother see. He would stab Ryuus eyes out of his skull before he would let that. Though little did he know. It had become a game between the two. Highly risky and Seo Hyeon only thought it was funny at first, but Ryuu came to have fun with it as well.
(Ben is inside btw)
Violet smiles. "Oh no, Love. You're just on time." She opens the door. "Ryuu, Seo Hyeon and Min, Right?"
"It's Min-Hyuk. Don't call me Min."
Min-Hyuk says as he barges into the room.
"Oh golly, I'm so sorry! Yeah that's us. And I wouldn't talk to my brother, he's……on the edge right now"
SEO Hyeon smiles at her sweetly, her voice soft like honey. With that, the two walked in following Min.
Violet nods. "Yes, of course. I apologize."
Goodness gracious. Are we not even trying to have manners?
Cage jogs over to Violet, grinning. "Heeeeey."
She gives him a side hug. "Good to see you, Cage. Did you bring anyone with you?"
He shakes his head, looking over Seo as she walks inside (cause I'm assuming that;s what she's doing).
"Woooooah." He whispers. "I thought none of the kids with wings could show. You know, because of security issues?"
Violet leans in. "Don't mention it. Ben will probably stress and I have a feeling they wouldn't be very happy about it either." She whispers.
He nods again. "Got it." He gives her a thumbs up and heads inside.
Walking in, Min-Hyuk had already found his corner and was already standing in solitude there. That's how he liked it though.
SEO Hyeon looked over at the big tall guy. Dark features which made him look a little…..intimidating.
Squeezing Ryuus hand a little and looking at him as he scanned the room. It wasn't what he preferred, but it would have to do. He was pretty sure nobody preferred this.
Ben glares over the newcomers, a cup of coffee in his hands as he leans backward on a table behind him. The table is spread with notebooks and papers.
Cage jogs in, making his way to Ben, and hugs him, almost spilling his coffee. “Hi!!!”
Holding in a gasp as he steadies his coffee and quickly shoving Cage off, he glares. “Why do you always do this?” He growls under his breath.
Cage smiles.
Ryuu held in a slight laugh as he pulls Seo Hyeon to the side.
"Please stay away from him."
He says looking down at her, catching a death glare from Min-Hyuk in the corner.
"Why?! He seems plenty……okay."
She says with a smile, though questioning whether she should or not.
"Okay Ill think about."
Obviously irritated by the skippy Korean kid, Ben mumbles in Russian before taking another gulp of his coffee. Violet stands in the open doorway and smiles, looking towards Ben and raising her eyebrows, trying to give him a cue to actually speak to the group.
Sauka pulls her motorcycle up, taking off her helmet and frowning over the building.
"A little underwhelming, but I don't know what I was expecting." She shrugs and climbs off her bike,tucking her helmet under her arm and heading towards the building. Violet spots her and turns to smile.
"Sauka Nimn, right?"
Sauk nods. "Yep. And I'm guessing you're Violet, not Benjamin, correct."
Violet holds in a giggle. "Yes ma'am. You can join the group inside if you'd like. Thank you for showing up."
Sauk peeks her head inside, but stays by the door with Violet. "Not many kids here, ey?"
"Most were probably suspicious. I don't blame them." Vi states with a slight shrug.
Levi had just got done mopping his small cheap, yet clean house, then dusting then sweeping once more for the third time and mopping for the fifth. Setting down a cloth inside the washer along with about twenty more washcloths, two towels, and a few hand towels. He had stayed up ever since three in the morning cleaning. Looking at the silver watch on his wrist, 6:32.
He was late, but that's exactly how he liked it. Fashionably late was just perfect. He had to be there at exactly 6:45 if we were going by the time Levi had wanted to be there. 6:20 was when everyone else was supposed to be there.
Folding a tiny white cloth in his rather big hands and tucking it into his back pocket along with his phone in the same pocket.
Opening the newly cleaned door by the unnecessarily clean doorknob and stepping onto his white porch.
Cursing to himself under his breath as he realized some of the paint had chipped off overnight. He hopped in his car.
"now where even is this place? A coffee shop would be nice."
He says sipping his steaming hot chamomile Russian peach tea as he drove with one hand.
(…. Thinking of what to dooos)
Cage waves to Ryuu. "Heyyyyy! How are things?" He smiles, walking towards him.
Ben scowls and looks to Violet and Sauk in the doorway.
Ay, another has arrived. Thank goodness.
"Oh! Uhm….good I guess? Are you okay?"
He asks him awkwardly trying to see if his face was red from a fever or something or if he was just like this. Who would be happy at this time?
It probably confused him more than it should be.
"Hey! Who are you again? I think I saw you at the breakout but I didn't catch your name!"
CC says stepping forward with a slight smile trying to not seem as tired as she actually was.
“I’m fine, thanks!” He smiles so big he closes his eyes, showing three dimples.
He offers his hand to CC, blinking. “I’m Cageually Azil, but you can call me Cage. And I do remember you! Seeeooo… Seo Hyeon?”
"Yeah! Oh, I'm so glad someone remembered!!"
She says with a sigh of relief running her fingers through her unnecessarily long hair. She really needed to cut it.
Though every time she mentioned it Ryuu begged her not to. "I think I remember you" Ryuu spoke up.
Cage goes to say something to Seo- Hyeon But Ryuu speaks up. He turns his gaze to Ryuu, a bit surprised. “Yeah? I didn’t do much honestly. If you ran into me chances are you probably ran into Ben too.” He smiles. “He’s my brother.” He glances over to Ben, but quickly turns back to Ryuu.
"Woah wait….. that's your brother!?" Seo-Hyeon says looking over at Ben, then Cage, then back at Ben.
He was quite handsome to her, but a little scary. She never liked big men. Though she was friends with Ryuu.
She was tempted to talk to him but as she examined him more she didn't feel the urge. Or she was just indecisive.
Cage goes to explain, but Sauka speaks up, clearly growing impatient.
"So we're all just going to sit around and chat, huh? That's what this is? Just a get-together?"
Ben glares her way, setting down a book on the table.
Violet, closing her eyes and taking a breath first, answers, "No, no. Though it is nice to let people mingle and remember one another before starting."
Sauka rolls her eyes.
"And I was stalling for certain late-comers, though they might not show up after all." Ben explains, still glaring. He turns his back to her, rubbing the bridge of his nose and mumbling a few Russian words.
Violet swallows, hoping he'l speak up, but he doesn't.
Agh, Benjamin Stan, one of these days I'm going to be very angry when you make me speak to crowds.
She clears her throat.
"It's more of a serious matter that we might just ease into."
Ben shakes his head, turning around. "When we escaped those years ago, there were over 50 Elementals. Multiple of the older Elementals kept record and track of all of you- eh- younger kids, for safety's sake. However, over the past year Elementals have been going missing. Our number is down to 20 know and surviving."
Violet closes her eyes. Wow. That's definitely what I meant by 'ease into it' Ben/ Definitely.
Levi drove for a little bit before he saw a few vehicles parked around…..
"oh goodness, what is this?" He says with an annoyed sigh. He got out and looked around. Hopefully this wasnt it.
"Please don't let this be it…." He mumbled to himself. He kicked the bottom of the door, not particularly wanting to touch it. He'll have to clean his shoes after being in this place. This place was disgusting! He cursed under his breath. He couldn't bare to imagine how dirty everyone else probably was. "excuse me? Is this the place?" He says kicking the door once more.
(don't take this wrong)(but like none of this can be one-way)(imma need your people talking, asking questions and stuff too.)(Just mentioning because we're probably getting into the more conversation bit of it all and I wanted to say it beforehand :))
(The door isn't closed)
Deep hazel eyes meet Levi's, and Violet purses her lips. "Levi?"
Hmmn. I think I remember him from the fights.
She smiles softly. "Yes, come in."
Cage gulps, not having anticipated the heavy subject and the awkward silence that followed.
Ben raises an eyebrow expectantly.
Sauka rolls her eyes. "Aye, so now we're going to be a bunch of idiots and just stand here and wait for the rest of us to be kidnapped? Do you have information??"
He licks his lips, making eye contact with Min and holding a hard glare. "Not information easily shared."
Her eyes widen as she lets out an irritated huff. "Well then, pick off who you don't trust. I'm not about to just die. Or be experimented on again."
Violet turns her attention from Levi to the conversation. "No, we need to trust each other now."
(AGH IM SO SORRY)
Min-Hyuk returns Bens glare with one of his own.
Levi walks in the room with a distasteful look on his face. Blue eyes flickered across everyone. Making mental notes about everyone.
"Happy annoying girl- white hair-Seo Hyeon. Emo kid- I think his Name is Min…Min-Hyuk Youn. Ginger….starts with a " W" if I remember right. Another Emo kid. More scary though. Dont talk to him unless youre trying to one-up him and be a jerk. Bussiness lady….dont recognize her." He looks over at Suaka "yes, I remember her. Quite annoying now. Just like everyone else" he thought to himself.
Seo Hyeon speaks up after starting at Levi as he walked in. "Um, well are there any more who should be coming?"
( NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE )
Ben closes his eyes in irritation and takes a breath before speaking again. "Vi, I know that we should trust one another, but there's a large possibility somebody from within has been giving information about us away."
She rolls her eyes. "Unlikely and very dramatic."
"But still a chance and we need to be careful."
Violet goes to argue, but Sauka puts her hands up. "Geez, well then we find a way to test people! I agree with Ben. Since there's so many of us missing it's highly probable that someone from within has been giving away addresses and hideouts. Have we checked on our wings yet?"
Ben shakes his head, "no, most of them are already missing and the others aren't easily located."
She growls quietly and leans against the wall. "Of course." She mumbles.
Ben turns his attention to Seo Hyeon, blinking at her.
How is her hair so white??
"Many said they wouldn't be able to make it, and I didn't expect those who didn't reply to come. This is-" He looks around the room with a sigh, "all that we've for sure got."
Seo Hyeon takes a deep, shaky breath before glancing over at everyone. "I mean, this is an alright amount….right?" She says with a little smile, trying to be optimistic about everything as usual. "I mean, i thought it was going to be only three people to be honest"
Levi watched the whole thing not daring to so much as lean again the wall. "And how are we going to find a way?" He asks Suaka, raising his eyebrows for a second as he twirled a Silver pen in his hand.
Violet goes to answer, but Sauka speaks up, snapping back at Levi, who was quickly becoming her least favorite. "Dude, it's not hard to figure out if someones trustworthy most of the time. Anyways, we can't just stand here all day when there is Who Knows How Many men out there hunting for us!"
Ben takes a drink of coffee and closes his eyes.
Ah, I remember why I hate people now. Hmm.
Violet purses her lips, raising her eyebrows being unimpressed by the shouting and drama.
"It's very unlikely we have a traitor. If there was one who was selling information, they're probably be with the people buying information and would stay in the shadows." Her eyes linger on Min for a little to long and Ben looks him over once too.
(Mins innocent!! Or is he?)
Min-Hyuk glares at Ben then returns his gaze to Ryuu and CC, then to.the man who just walked in. Having that "too good for everyone here" look on his face. Min-Hyuk felt the urge to just punch him in the gut but he knew he would probably get pummeled. This guy was HUGE anyway. Well compared to Min-Hyuk.
CC was too busy looking at Violet to notice anyone else around. "shes so gorgeous! How?!" she thought to herself.
" well, I'm saying one thing. I'm not a part of that." Ryuu says rather awkwardly. As always. "Im pretty sure anyone could have guessed that." Min-Hyuk rolled his eyes.
"Though i don't trust the rest of these guys. A " traitor" as we're calling them i guess, " Min-Hyuk says with a sigh. "Might sneak in here to gather information about us. It would almost be a smart move if we were dumb…" He mumbled the last part., blowing a piece of hair from his face.
(We all know he is XD)
Ben's eyes hover on Ryuu for a moment.
Awkward kid. Doesn't really belong. Denies being a spy as soon as the subject comes up. I'll keep my eye on him.
Violet sighs quietly, "Let's just get on with this. I think we all know that nobody in here cannot be trusted."
Sauka glares at Ben for bringing up the subject.
"Alright. Just to jog everyone's memory, let's start with some introductions." She takes a notebook and pen from the table. "I'm Violet Parks." Looking up from her paper she gives a welcoming smile.
CC smiles at the sound of introductions. "Hey! I'm Seo Hyeon Youn! You can call me CC though! Oh and the emo kid back there, yeah that's my brother Min-Hyuk! " she says pointing over to him.
Min-Hyuk rolled his eyes and glared at CC. Though she did do him a favor. Ryuu smiled awkwardly with a little wave, pushing up his big circular glasses, "Wakazashi Ryuu." He says with a slight bow/nod.
Seo Hyeon elbowed Ryuu in the side with a little laugh. "Oh right..yeah okay. Ryuu. Just….just call me Ryuu."
Levi stayed quiet, remembering each of their names and seeing if he got them right the first time.
Cage waves, smiling so big he closes his eyes. "I'm Cageually Azil! But you guys can call me Cage."
Sauka, still glaring, introduces herself, "Sauk. Just call me Sauk."
"Wait like….Sock?" Ryuu asks confused. He wasn't trying to be mean or anything. He eas just trying confused.
"Oh goodness, I sure hope everyone's names aren't like this! Are they all named after an object or something? Well…i guess that would make it a little easier to pronounce and remember."
He thought to himself, getting lost in the depths of his thoughts.
Sauka rolls her eyes. "Sure. whatever."
Violet inhales, trying not to let how unfriendly everyone was to get under her skin. Where are their manners?
"Anyways, we have a safe-house. A place where we can hopefully get to know one another better and maybe even learn how to control our elements."
Ben closes his eyes, tilts his head for a moment and takes a drink of his coffee.
Vi. Vi I know you love people. But please stop.
A huge smile crosses Cage's face, "What, really?"
Ryuu spots Socks' annoyance and immediately felt bad. "Sorry…" He mumbled to himself.
Min-Hyuk stayed silent as a thousand thoughts raced through his head. What if someone's spying on them? One of them are most likely spies. He wouldn't be surprised. Maybe then big emo guy sipping coffee… He looked like he didn't want anything to do with anyone here.
The Korean kid? He highly doubted it, though some people can be pretty good actors. He looked like one of them.
He continued to examine everyone in the room, deciding technically everyone in here could be a spy except for Ryuu and Seo Hyeon. He knew them far too well. He wouldn't dare suspect one of them.
But he had started to dare
Seo Hyeon had smiled at the sound of a safe house. "When will we go there?" She says rather quietly not realizing it.