[Kaliko]

So a little while later, Missy and Nic went to see what had happened.

[Rinrou]

Nic and Missy walked up to this conversation.

Rosen was yawning, "Damn, Frei... flying with you is exhausting. Why'd you turn the ship off like that? You nearly gave me a heart attack."

Frei gave him a blank stare, "There was a tracker aboard, hooked up in our system. We didn't have time to locate it so I flew straight here and ran out of fuel over North Dakota like a knew I would... I turned the Juttle off and coasted the rest of the way here."

Laurel looked rather confused.

Rosen stared at Frei with a slightly annoyed expression, "Frei... this is Washington... How the terra did you coast from North Dakota to Washington?!" he demanded.

Frei snorted ever so lightly, "We were nearly out of the atmosphere over North Dakota." she said simply. Suddenly Rosen didn't look so good.

"Juttles can go that high?" Laurel's rather faint voice asked.

[Kaliko]

"... I like this girl..." Missy muttered quietly to herself. Nic didn't say anything like usual.

[Rinrou]

Frei didn't look at Missy, eyes focusing right on Nic as she promptly held out a small envelope made of some plastic like substance. "This is the hair of the man who attacked Kale and Blaze, almost killing Kale. Figure out who he is and who he's working for." she stated in a stark voice. "Yue wanted to come herself but Wolfe decided it wasn't safe until we know who's behind the attack."

"The guy had a dragon tattoo on his arm." Rosen added before yawning again and messing up his hair with his hand.

It was Laurel's turn to not looks so good as she turned and started blankly at Rosen.

[Kaliko]

Nic took the hair, examining it. Missy got closer to Nic, looking at it as well. "... I'm assuming he's dead," Nic noted. "How long ago?"

[Rinrou]

"He was killed by his own people..." Frei paused, "Eleven hours and thirty-seven minutes ago. We got here as fast as we could."

Laurel suddenly turned and walked away down the hall. Rosen watched her go before turning back to Frei, "Well, I don't know how you're still standing, but I'm going to bed." he stated, stepping around Frei as he also walked off down the hall.

[Kaliko]

"... Can you do it?" Nic asked Missy, turning to her.

"Tch, it ain't even 24 hours old yet," Missy replied. But then she frowned and cussed a little. "I didn't even get to try out the pool yet..."

"Construct the database," Nic instructed Missy. "I'll handle the decryption."

"Whatever," Missy replied before walking away.

Nic stuck around for another minute. "... Yue wanted to come?" Nic clarified with Frei quietly.

[Rinrou]

Frei nodded slightly, "She said she felt useless there and that she knew the Yin Long better than you. She looked rather torn according to Wolfe. If the man isn't from the Yin Long, she might come later." Frei informed him in the same blank tone.

[Kaliko]

"... Maybe she's finally willing to listen," Nic mused quietly before walking away.

[Rinrou]

After about an hour there was a knock on Nic's door.

--

There was a knock on Yue's door.

[Kaliko]

There was a grunt from inside Nic's room. Presumable that was a "come in."

--

There was a long moment before Yue replied, "Yeah?"

[Rinrou]

So Laurel came in. She pulled a small cart in behind her that had a few trays with lids on it. Something smelled really good.

--

James stepped into Yue's room, he looked slightly uncomfortable but nodded to her as he shut the door behind him.

[Kaliko]

After a moment, Nic glanced over, blinking at the cart.

--

Yue was surprised to see him. It looked like she had been working on something on her tablet. She waited for him to speak first.

[Rinrou]

Laurel glanced around and seemed a little surprised to see only Nic. Then she shrugged and brought the cart over to the small table where Nic was seated. She took the top tray off and set it nearer to Nic but not close enough to be any danger to his laptop. She quickly removed the lid and inside was a variety of foods that Nic either liked or at least had eaten before made in fingerfood style. She placed the other tray on top of the cart and removed the lid as well. It was also filled with different fingerfoods but this tray seemed to be a bit random.

"I thought Missy would be here." she explained quietly, which explained the random tray, before pushing that cart within reach of Nic's arm as well.

The smells, while of course smelling good, had no strong or overpowering odors that might distract Nic from his work. It seemed like Laurel had thought this through almost perfectly. She even had two small plates with napkins.

"You get too absorbed, remember to eat." Laurel stated with not so much a fussing voice as acceptance on the matter.

--

James stood there for a long moment and for a while it seemed like he wouldn't speak at all. Then suddenly, "Have you really forgiven me that quickly?" he asked.

[Kaliko]

Nic was silent for awhile looking at the food. He was distracted for a brief moment as his computer started to complain, but after a few clicks it felt better. Then he looked back at Laurel. "... Thanks," he told her quietly.

--

Yue blinked, clearly a little confused by the question. After a moment, she swallowed. She opened her mouth briefly to speak, but nothing came out before she closed it again.

[Rinrou]

Laurel's face was a bit unreadable as a few emotions swept across her face too quickly to be deciphered. But after a minute she broke eye-contact with him. "Anytime." she barely whispered before clearing her throat, "These all will taste just as good cold." she stated with a confirming nod, "So don't feel pressured to eat it while it's hot." She looked at the food for a moment, "Well... I guess I'll stop bothering you now, I'm sure you have lots to do." and she turned to leave.

--

James frowned a little, "I don't understand." he murmured, "You screamed practically all night because of me and then the next time you see me... you're perky."