Shifting Waters

[Lubbock]

Lubbock froze in place as he was turned down by the girl in the mech, stating she 'didn't want to team up'. Sure, the phrase was nothing short of ordinary, but the way she had said it had just sounded... not so ordinary. The assassin was left with his goofy grin still on his lips, struggling to keep it from falling as he watched the mech stride off. Once a desirable distance between them was made, Lubbock slouched over in agonizing shame. "Ugh... well, that went well." He mumbled, before feeling a hand thump his shoulder.

"You did your best. You'll get there one day." Teal teased, and Lubbock was scared by the fact that he couldn't tell if a smile was splitting the girl's lips or not. Throwing an awry grin, he turned back around and set his emerald gaze back upon the retreating pink machine. "I guess it's just you an-"

He halted. His mouth was left hanging wide-open, like a fishing net as it swooped through the ocean. He narrowed verdant orbs at the speck in the distance, towards the Fountain, which, in the short time it had been since breaking off from Rose, had shifted to a highly familiar sword. He couldn't be sure, but there was something- no, someone across the ivory expanse of the Nexus, and said someone carried a familiar aura.

Lubbock silently spun to face Teal. "Teal, we may have company... company from my world, in fact." He explained, jerking a thumb over his shoulder. The blue-garbed kunoichi raised an eyebrow out of curiosity and bent around Lubbock to take a look at the approaching figure. It seemed aimless, as if figuring out where it actually wanted to go, and undoubtedly the silhouette couldn't spot the duo across the distance that separated them. It certainly wasn't Esdeath; she'd already have her sights set on a particular gate to visit and possibly ravage the world within.

Lubbock threw a tentative look over his shoulder. As close as they were to the Camelot gate, his original destination, he had to meet whoever it was who had spontaneously arrived from his home. He turned his vision back, before raising his thumb and middle finger to his lips. A sharp whistle pierced the air from the gap in his fingers, his digits caressing the tone to a high pitch. In little time, the steed he had left nearby zoomed to his side, standing galliantly. "Alright, Teal..." Lubbock placed his left foot in the stirrup and swung himself into the saddle, before extending his hand down to the ninja. "Hop on!"

"I can get on myself." Teal responded coldly, making her way to the beast and hoisting herself into the saddle. Seriously, one minute she's teasing, next she give me the cold shoulder?! Lubbock whined inwardly. "Welcome to the realm of women, Lubbock." Syura teased, followed by a low grumbling from the assassin.

With a sigh, Lubbock kicked into his mount's flanks, and the legs of the animal surged forwards, bolting across the Nexus towards the centre of the Nexus with the large blade impaled into it. Lubbock felt Teal's hands timidly grab his sides as they rushed across the gleaming floor. She was beyond a doubt far from touchy, apart from times of jest or greeting. However, it also seemed to be a safety thing she may make contact for, as her arms wrapped around Lubbock's midsection. Not tightly as someone more friendly would, but enough to keep her from falling off.

"Scared you'll fall?" Lubbock teased over his shoulder, and Teal only huffed. "There's nothing wrong with being too safe, you should know that." Teal elicited a grin from Lubbock. "Guess you're right." He agreed, nodding. "Lubbock, I'm terribly sorry to inform you that you catastrophically failed that." Syura shunned the assassin, but he simply shrugged it off. "Syura, I'm terribly sorry to inform you that you have no chance at picking up a girl whatsoever." He retorted with a silver tongue, but hung his head into his steed's ebony mane with Syura's response;

"Whoever said I was interested in girls?"