A'ine shrugged. "No one really." She said honestly. She giggled a little of the thought of the plans Alderic might try and do to make Mitch and Ember be a couple.

Alderic nodded. "Ya think? I bet the only one who doesn't think it is Jora." He said poking Orion in the arm.

Phinesa nodded still chewing. "The worse case I can see happening is him being married with kids, but then at least Saquia will have some closure." She said sitting with Saffy.

"What are you laughing at?" Ember asked, crossing her arms and doing her best to look serious, but A'ine's giggles were rather contagious so she ended up with a weird smirkish thing on her face.

"It's like all those cheesy soap operas," Orion said, hitting Alderic with his pillow as he talked.

"He probably won't be married yet, especially since it sounds like he likes you sister a lot. Do you know anyone who could tell you where he is?" Saffy asked between bites.

A'ine grinned broadly. "Well, you know that thing that Alderic had planned in the hall with us?" She asked hinting.

Alderic laughed louder. "You better believe it! The only thing that'd make it even more like that was if she was some secret rich kid or something!" He joked.

Phinesa sighed, "Nope... But Saquia might!" She said excitedly as she ate the last of the rice and moved to the dumplings.

Ember looked at A'ine in confusion, before understanding dawned on her face. "No. Don't you dare!" she said, horrified. She didn't want to be embarrassed.

"Or if our families were in a feud," Orion added laughing. 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right?' he reasoned.

"Now we just have to convince her to tell us or go look for him," Saffy said, chewing on the end of her chopstick thoughtfully. "I'm guessing that will be easier said then done?"

A'ine laughed harder. "I wouldn't but you might want to keep tabs on Alderic or try and distract him with Jora, Orion related plans." She said as she covered her mouth with the tips of her fingers.

Alderic shook his head. "That never ends well." He said then desided to change the subject. "So..you said your sister likes blacksmithing, what kind does she do?" He asked settling on the sister subject.

Phinesa tapped the end of her horn again. "Not necessarily... If we got someone to dig up a couple of clues we might make her want to go..." She said still tapping her horns as she zoned out.

Ember looked at A'ine out of the corner of her eye. "I hope he gets them together," she said, glad for a change of topic.

"Weapons mostly, and tools," Orion said. "She's really good at it," he said, unsheathing his sword and showing it to Alderic. "She made this."

"Yes! Maybe if we find out if he is still looking for her, we could convince her..." Saffy said, shoving chow mein in her mouth.

A'ine shook her head smiling. "So, are you hungry?" She asked ruffling her hair again. (*Stares sadly at crushed ax*)

Alderic looked at the sword carefully. "She is really good..." He said as he almost dived for under his bed. He pulled out an old looking case and opened it reviling his ninja regiment. He pulled out his own sword and unsheathed the dark red blade that was almost black. "Are you any good at using the sword?" He asked showing his to Orion.

Phinesa blotted up in her chair. "I know!" She yelled grabbing a dumpling shoving it into her mouth. "I know who might be able to find him for us..." She said around her food.

Mitch walked down the stairs with his guitar on his back. He started walking over to the main castle ruffling his slightly wet hair. He wondered if anyone else was done yet.

"Yes, I suppose," Ember said, putting her book on the dresser. She pulled the sleeves of her hoodies back down to her wrists from their bunched up position on her elbows.

"Yes, I'm pretty good," Orion said, standing up, with his sword in his hand.

"Who?!" asked Saffy. She snatched a dumpling off Phinesa's plate and stuffed it in her mouth.

(Join the club... *tries to glue ax together*)

(What have I told you? Glue don't work! *Pulls out ultra strong ducttape* This is the only stuff that might work! *Serious face as starts to try and ducttape ax together*)

A'ine smiled and opened the door for Ember after grabbing her backpack that she had filled with fun games, blankets and a couple other things. "Well then let's go."

Alderic grinned. "Well, that's a relief, humanoid and equine had cobat together today and I got put up against this crazy chick with dao swords... And there weren't any with katanas besides A'eda'n!" He said sadly. "What to practice tomorrow before class?" He asked hopeful.

Phinesa smiled broadly. "The humanoid teacher! She seems to like Saquia and respect her a lot as a fighter... She actually beat her today." She said excitedly as she burst out laughing seeing that Saffy had swiped a dumpling.

Mitch walked in and saw that no one else was there so he sat down on a bench in the hallway taking out his guitar to tune it while he waited. He strummed a couple of times before being satisfied with it and he started plucking a simple melody.

(See!? The ducttape worked!!! XD)

Ember followed A'ine out the door, while trying to convince herself that she was not looking forward to seeing Mitch in the slightest. Nope. Not at all.

Orion grinned. "It'd be my pleasure!" he said. "Do you want me to dull the swords so we don't cut each other on accident?" he asked. Artemis and him had used water to create a thin protective sheen over their swords when they sparred. He crouched into his ready position, waiting for Alderic's answer to start.

Saffy tried to best to look innocent as she stuffed the rest of the dumpling into her mouth. "Why don't we talk to her after dinner?" she said, or as best as should could with a dumpling in her mouth. She finished the dumpling and began to chew on the sesame seed ball, eating slowly to savor the flavors.

(Duct. Tape. Is. MAGICAL!!)