The Hidden Door-A Role Play (AKA The Most Dangerous Coffee Shop II)

[Rose Quartz]

“How can you do that?” she asked, interested in his offer.

"Hmmm." A mischievous glint caught in his eye, as he slowly lifted himself from his seat. "Hey! Tobar!" He yelled, grinning at a tall heavyset boy, who locked on to him with an intense stare. "Isn't the food par-tic-u-lar-ly good today?" He asked cheerfully.

Tobar, sneered at Grafe, his seat squealing on the floor, as it was shoved back. He threw himself up on to his feet smashing a fist on the table. "The food is GARBAGE! The food is ALWAYS GARBAGE and you know it!" He bellowed, grabbing his bowl of soup and throwing it Grafe's direction.

Grafe ducked under the edge of the table chuckling to himself. He hadn't riled up Tobar in a while. It was quite a bit of fun to see him trash the place. A loud crash followed by angry yells told him that Tobar had done exactly what he'd been expecting, tipping the entire table over soaking half the occupants with soup and spilling the supper of all of the people sitting at that table. It wasn't long before the entire room was filled with arguing and flying bowls of soup.

"See? Good old Tobar. He's so predictable. Always ready to start something."

 

[ladybugchickenfarms]

"Hmmm." A mischievous glint caught in his eye, as he slowly lifted himself from his seat. "Hey! Tobar!" He yelled, grinning at a tall heavyset boy, who locked on to him with an intense stare. "Isn't the food par-tic-u-lar-ly good today?" He asked cheerfully.

Tobar, sneered at Grafe, his seat squealing on the floor, as it was shoved back. He threw himself up on to his feet smashing a fist on the table. "The food is GARBAGE! The food is ALWAYS GARBAGE and you know it!" He bellowed, grabbing his bowl of soup and throwing it Grafe's direction.

Grafe ducked under the edge of the table chuckling to himself. He hadn't riled up Tobar in a while. It was quite a bit of fun to see him trash the place. A loud crash followed by angry yells told him that Tobar had done exactly what he'd been expecting, tipping the entire table over soaking half the occupants with soup and spilling the supper of all of the people sitting at that table. It wasn't long before the entire room was filled with arguing and flying bowls of soup.

"See? Good old Tobar. He's so predictable. Always ready to start something."

“Think you might want to warn me next time?” she asked, smirking. “And yeah, hiding under a table while someone throws a temper tantrum will definitely help us blend in. Now what do we do?”

 

[Rose Quartz]

“Think you might want to warn me next time?” she asked, smirking. “And yeah, hiding under a table while someone throws a temper tantrum will definitely help us blend in. Now what do we do?”

He shook his head grinning. "Where's the fun in that? Don't worry about blending in. Now there's a bunch of people who are soaked just like you. Come on." Grafe took her hand, pulling her up, and led her through the fighting gathering a few others with a firm slap on their shoulder and a nod. Eventually they made their way to the tall bearded man from earlier that morning. "Jarran." He said poking his ribs. "Time to go!" This had been one of their plans, but it was a bit higher risk then they had wanted to attempt. There were going to be guards swarming the place any moment.

"I thought we weren't doing a Tobar." Jarran growled standing to inspect the group that had gathered, and frizbeeing his bowl into the growing mob of yelling youngsters. "Where's Seina?"

 

[ladybugchickenfarms]

He shook his head grinning. "Where's the fun in that? Don't worry about blending in. Now there's a bunch of people who are soaked just like you. Come on." Grafe took her hand, pulling her up, and led her through the fighting gathering a few others with a firm slap on their shoulder and a nod. Eventually they made their way to the tall bearded man from earlier that morning. "Jarran." He said poking his ribs. "Time to go!" This had been one of their plans, but it was a bit higher risk then they had wanted to attempt. There were going to be guards swarming the place any moment.

"I thought we weren't doing a Tobar." Jarran growled standing to inspect the group that had gathered, and frizbeeing his bowl into the growing mob of yelling youngsters. "Where's Seina?"

“I got her out already. Let’s go! Are we using the tunnel?”

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

Noah nodded solemnly at the tree, though the fire had already gone out in a puff of smoke in the torrents of rain.
He stood behind Fred. Fred looked funny, but he was smart.

“Come on guys” Fred started making his way down the hill

 

[Rose Quartz]

“I got her out already. Let’s go! Are we using the tunnel?”

Jarran raised one thick eyebrow at her, not recalling her face from earlier in the day. "Tunnel? Everything's a tunnel round here." He grumbled, picking up the whip he'd set down next to his seat. "Would you like to lead the way then? I'm assuming you know where Seina is. We'd like to be with her if it's at all possible."

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

“Cameron. And your name is... Maya I think?” Cam knew it was something like that. Kyle had made a point to pester everyone into telling him their name, so he could remember them. And then Cam made a point to pester him into telling her all the ones she didn’t know. Apparently ninja lady and fire girl hadn’t given him theirs.

"Yeah." Maya said, "You have any, uh, powers? Most of the people in this group have them. I don't."

Chion, being the only one of the younger kids who understood Seina leaned over he edge looking for any easier path. Not seeing one, she stepped over the edge carefully, bending all four of her knees as she slid down the gravelly slope. Dust plumes stirred up behind her, and loosened stones hissed as they skittered down the hill. As the ground flattened out she hopped to keep her footing, Awkwardly coming to a stop before the next drop off. Thankfully neither of her two passengers had fallen off.





"Yeah, we are." Kipp answered his voice quiet and calm.




"We have to get out of sight first. There might be a place to hide further down hill." He said answering both Ashira, and Noah. It would have been nice to stop right now, but there was no way standing just outside the door was going to be safe. Even with Take inside the likelihood of him being able to hold off everyone who came was extremely low.


Kipp didn't know that there was a kid who was able to pull water from the air, so he stepped closer to Fred. "You can hang on to me." He said, holding his one arm up. "Maybe you should hold on to the sword though." He was too tired to care that the two of them weren't getting along. The only thing in his mind was that they had to get out of there, as quickly and safely as they could, together.

"Yaaaaa!" Alex yelled as they slid down the rocky slope. "Those losers can't catch us!" He exclaimed, then promptly got a mouthful of dust.

"We have to keep going." She said quietly, she was tired, and the rain was starting to come down heavier now, but they couldn't stay here any longer. Seina climbed to her feet ducking under the low over hanging rocks. "We can't wait for them forever."

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Chion jumped up awkwardly onto her four feet, unused to legs and arms that were the same length, and nudged Torin and Alex with her nose. Doing a strange head bob to try to communicate that it was time to go. She didn't like that they were leaving without Fred, but she knew the other girl was right. They had to keep going or risk getting caught.
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"Come on, I'll carry you." Seina said holding her arms out to Elon. She gave the lumbering creature a small frown of curiosity, when it hopped up and tried to get the other two kids on its back. Either it could understand what she was saying or it was trained very well.

Alex drowsily hopped onto Chion. "Why can't we sleep more?" He complained, rubbing the dust out of his eyes.

 

[Rose Quartz]

“Come on guys” Fred started making his way down the hill

Kipp took both Noah's and Emma's hand, and led them to the edge of the hill. There didn't seem to be much in the way of a path. Mostly the foot holds looked to be lumps of grass sticking out of slimy mud, barely hanging on to the earth they grew from.

"Slide?" He suggested to the two kids. He was already filthy and soaked, sliding down a muddy hill wasn't going to make it any worse.

 

[Rose Quartz]

"Yeah." Maya said, "You have any, uh, powers? Most of the people in this group have them. I don't."

"Yaaaaa!" Alex yelled as they slid down the rocky slope. "Those losers can't catch us!" He exclaimed, then promptly got a mouthful of dust.

Alex drowsily hopped onto Chion. "Why can't we sleep more?" He complained, rubbing the dust out of his eyes.

Chion didn't know what the young boy said, but from the sound of his voice she could tell he was tired. She butted her giant head gently into his knee to cheer him up, bending around awkwardly. Normally she would have given him a hug, or a pat on the shoulder. But it wasn't possible with her current shape.

Being a non-humanoid was getting annoying. But she had to find something she could wear before she could change back. The likelihood of that happening anytime soon though was slim to none.

Chion followed the other girl out into the rain loping along behind her. Unconcerned about any guards following them, they'd probably just think she was one of the pack mules and she wouldn't even get in trouble for being out there if they got caught.

They ran from rock pile to rock pile, stopping for a couple of minutes at each. Until they had made their way down the gently sloping grass hill. Coming to the edge of an extremely steep rocky cliff.

She peered over the edge looking for a way down. There were a few trees growing out sideways from the rock wall, but they looked like they were barely hanging on as it was. And jumping out to the just seemed like a really bad idea.

The gathering rain waters had made a bit of a river that sprayed over the edge, cascading down to the rock strewn sandy ground below to join the larger river that they'd been aiming for.

She didn't know what to do to get them down there.

 

[ladybugchickenfarms]

Jarran raised one thick eyebrow at her, not recalling her face from earlier in the day. "Tunnel? Everything's a tunnel round here." He grumbled, picking up the whip he'd set down next to his seat. "Would you like to lead the way then? I'm assuming you know where Seina is. We'd like to be with her if it's at all possible."

“Sure. And yes, I know where she is. Or, at least, I have a good idea. She got ahead with some of the others from my group, but I still know the area she’s in. It shouldn’t be too hard to track them.” Conversation came so much more easily when her head wasn’t aching from the constant act of high speed translation. When I get back, I’ll ask Kipp to teach me how to speak English, she decided as she led the way. “There’s a hidden tunnel here. It’s unguarded, or it was when I came in. Is there anyone else who’d want to come?” She’d have preferred to bust everyone out at once, but she had to admit that that was probably for a day with a plan that wasn’t so hastily out together.