Likely the Storm of the Century [completed]

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Character(s): Hayate, Awayuki Himeno and Soma Cruz (as well as mentions of Paixaoan citizens and the hotel staff)
Content:Strong gusts of wind and a well-concentrated thunderstorm (followed closely by a snowstorm) make for some very drenched and cold clients arriving at the Actua Are in Joutenheim. Hayate rescues a weak Soma, thinking he's someone else. Then it is morning and after a brief moment of panic for both Hayate and Soma, Himeno comes to join the guys and then they have breakfast.
Setting: Actua Are [N9]
Time: evening, following morning
Warnings: not much, other than Soma fighting his own inner demons ;)


Hayate hadn’t expected the sudden downpour of the storm, or the amount of wind, lightning and thunder that the clouds had unleashed on the city. After maybe a half-mile or so of stumbling, Hayate stopped, tucking the Pretear under the arm she was clinging to and held her tightly, as if he were carrying a parcel and ran, surprisingly using only a minimal amount of Leafe to assist with the trip. (The storm itself providing enough of a push to keep him moving.)

Finally, some time later, they arrived at the hotel. Hayate opened the door and knelt down so that Himeno could stand up and resume clinging if she had to. Looking around, it seemed that even some of the blonde citizens had managed to get drenched in the unexpected storm.

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Hayate looked at all the items Soma piled up on the table, staring hard at them, as he lifted the overcoat to hang it on the back of the chair, "...Interesting array of items." It was actually a disguised, 'what the hell is most of this stuff for?' He shook his head slightly, walking around the chair to face Soma, "There's no need. I told you, this is duty for me; it's a part of my job. The fact that you're alive is enough for me." It was true enough. The Leafe Knights were supposed to protect life at whatever cost. It was rare someone thanked them verbally and most of the time, they overlooked the lack of thanks they received. And anyway, the Knight of Wind feared being to blame for another loss of life; he hadn't stopped blaming himself for the last mistake he had made in rejecting Takako's love for him.

The wind knight glanced out the window at the snow, moving to another table and locating a pen and some paper as well as his journal. He wrote a note for Himeno about the fact that they had company and copied the same as a private piece on his journal, along with a concise summary of the day's work. Undoing the locks on the door that he had assumed attached to Himeno's room, he finally opened it, gave the room a quick survey, and then placed the note down on a table before returning to his own room and Soma, shutting and locking the door behind him.

From behind Soma, the knight addressed the next order of business, "Do you want the bed or the couch?" He hadn't claimed any particular place for himself and it didn't matter to him, either. Anything was better than sleeping on the floor.

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It was perhaps best that nature had already taken its course in that regard; Soma was sound asleep in the chair, head tilted to one side, mouth slightly open. If Hayate were observant enough, he might have noted a slight elongation of Soma's canine teeth, but that was quickly receding. The biggest surprise would wait for morning, when Soma's eyes would return to their normal color.

For now though, Soma was dead to the world, and breathing normally.

From the pile of items glinted a small, ornately carved necklace. Wrought of jade with a gem of sapphire at its center, the pendant had a soothing effect for anyone who chose to look at it; even moreso for someone who chose to wear it, for it had been blessed at the very shrine where he had first been sucked into Hell.

With a bright keening sound, that pendant shattered, releasing whatever hold it had on Soma...