"Oh, give it a rest already," R.D. muttered, rolling his eyes. Ileyna giggled at their bickering.
The two members led them through the white metal hallways for some distance until they were brought to a large doorway. The doors opened to reveal a large, circular room with a deep, mahogany floor and walls, and four sets of desks with terminals set around a central pillar. Emblazoned on the pillar was the thin, angular and green emblem of the Gutsy Geoid Guard, and under it was a wide desk. Another emblem was set into the floor ahead and between the two outer terminal desks. In the back of the room, off to their right, was a mural of a forest; to the left, a wide, curving window pane showing them a vast, underwater view of the waterways around G-Island.
R.D. blinked a couple times as he entered the room. "Nice place," he commented, stopping near the doorway. He could see Taiga and Hyuuma, an aging, eccentric-looking old man of short stature, a large, rotund man and another lanky-looking fellow, and two women--one with shortish red hair, the other with longer, wavy blond hair. Guy was also here, along with a young boy that looked to be around Ileyna's age.
It was this boy that caught Ileyna's attention upon entering, rather than the wide window showing the waterways. Her eyes widened slightly upon seeing him, and for a moment, the Ao-Gem set into her pendant shone briefly.
"Ileyna?" R.D. said, trying to catch her attention, as the girl slowly made her way over towards the boy. He frowned; the girl would usually cower behind him, Matt, or Helena at meeting someone; what's she doing approaching someone of her own accord?
She stopped several feet away from him, looking at him. Suddenly, she spoke, her voice full of shocked wonder.
"You... you're like me, aren't you?"
Edited by RisingDragon on February 9, 2009 at 23:06:02.