Development Class

Brume Astruga AKA Mist, the Surfer Hero
Arramon Astruga AKA Aero, the Fog Support Hero
Fujo Tensai AKA Rubbermaid, the Rated R Heroine
Sawa Namikaze AKA Quake, the Rock-Your-World Heroine


In all the world, Brume Astruga maintained, in all of its wondrous splender, in its offerings and its bounty, there were, in the end, three great joys in life.

The first, was the beach. The smell of salt spray in the air, the sound of of waves crashing on the shore. The feel of hot sand underneath you, or the kiss of cool wind from the water. The taste of freshly caught fish roasted on high bonfires, the laughter of those attendees, surfing along those great waves or playing volleyball wih close friends. It was a location that called to the heart.

It was also, sadly, absent save for the earphones that played 'Sounds of the Sea' on repeat. Too distant, unlikely to be found outside of a vacation or event. While worth the trip, it was just too far to be readily partaken of.

Another great joy was a perfect day.One spent laying out in a covenient yard or hilly slope. Freshly cut grass kissing the air, staring into the heavens. By day you see an endless expanse of blue, with thick puffy clouds, by night the endless sea of stars. Maybe listening to music, or talking with anyone that cared to join you, conversations as lazy as the stars and clouds path through the sky.

It was also, sadly, impossible to reach. Closer than the beach, the far window only gave the merest glimpse of such a lazy perfect day. But sadly, it was lunch break, and not /nearly/ enough time to go out and enjoy the fully lazy day expereince.

Of course, there was the third great joy. The joy found in family. Of sharing a bond that only true brothers had between them. Of getting to be there for your brother through thick in thin. In sharing in their adversities and trials, in supporting one another...

Which was all a very fancy way of saying you got to be there to witness when your brother got to make a complete fool of himself, struggling to retain sniggers at his expense. And unlike those other great joys, it had the pleasure of happening nearby, and with great frequency.

Such as right now.

Arramon was standing on his workstation-so despite his rather short height (something Brume would never tease him about. Directly.) he currently loomed over everyone else in the Development Center.

"As I should have expected from a splendid rival! You have come here on your lunch break in order to begin your project early! Your dedication impresses!"

Said rival, Fujo Tensai, just gave a sigh at this proclomation. "Hello Astruga-san." She took her own seat, her food sitting open as she barely looked at the tall figure. "I am not starting early. I just thought I'd eat here and save myself the trip to the lunch room."

Arramon for his part wavered, but didn't stop, Brume having to move his gaze to look out the window to hide his growing smirk. "Oh. Well. Clearly then you are saving energy as we embark on our contest! Let it be known that I can fulfill any task in an instant!"

Tensai chuckled, her tone warm and mocking. "Really? That must have been annoying for your last girlfriend."

Oh, oh that rough. Brume's smirk had almost been wrestled under control, only to hear Arramon sputter and try to reclaim gravitas. When he /finally/ composed himself he looked over to notice Tensai's eyes on him. Oh, probably wondering why he was here at all. He gave a friendly wave. "Just here for lunch and letting Arramon get my measurements. He's adjusting the board." Eyes lifted up to said brother, who was flushing and looking wordless after Tensai's quip. "What contest is this?"

Tensai looked away with a jump, eyes going into her food. "Oh, just, um.... a lot of students are submitting their initial alteration requests. While full costumes are usually designed by companies and then shipped here, we do all alterations in house. Your brother is just claiming that there should be a competition about who gets the most alterations done is all." She continued to work at her food, fork poking and moving rice and beans around, but not seeming to eat as she continued to not look at Brume.

Weird. Shy about eating? Brume shrugged, writing that off as he looked at his brother, and gave him a grin. "Hey, bro, you really should sit down, you're kinda looking ridiculous standing on your desk like that." Arramon just gave him a glare, before finally settling into his seat. "There is already a prize offered! I just thought that given we were in the same class it'd be more epic to have a personal challenge with our fellows!"

As though on cue the door opened, with Namikaze stepping inside. Brume took a moment to look at the collar the student wore... oh, he. Weird. Thought it was she this morning. Must've changed it. Already his attention was drifting though back towards the window, just half paying attention to the conversation behind him.

"Ugh, /both/ of you are here? You two aren't trying to get a head start on that contest, are you?" Tensai groaned, and Brume was glad to be looking away to better hide the smirk as Arramon clamored back onto his desk to pose again. "Never! We're in noble challenge!"

Brume's shoulders shook with soft amusement, drumming his fingers on the desk. He was glad his brother was having fun with this, even if he looked absolutely ridiculous posing have the time. Before the hero school he'd been bored, complaining of how no one appreciated what it took to be a teen hero making everything yourself when everyone else got powers. Finding out that three other students in his class had done the same thing had fired him up, only to make him just... absolutely hilarious to be around.

"Well, if you are going to make a challenge, we gotta have stakes, right? Something riding on the line, right?"

"Oh. Please don't encourage him Namikaze." Tensai pouted at her fellow student. "They have a class reward, we should just leave at that instead of trying to make some class 1-C thing."

The three continued to chatter, but since Arramon had stopped making proclamations Brume stopped paying attention, listening more to the relaxing sounds from the sole earbud, watching a pair of clouds that if you tilted your head just right looked like a dead tree surrounded by a pile of clams.

He glanced back, only to notice Tensai's eyes on him again. Oh, right, he probably shouldn't just zone out in the middle of visiting someone's class. Eyes went to the clock, and he stood up, pulling his bag with him. "I should get going. Lunch break isn't really long enough for much more then a quickie visit anyway."

A beat passed, and Namikaze nudged Tensai whose eyes had gone back to her food. "What, you just going to let that slide?" The other inventor just gave a noise and a shove at her friend.

"Hey! I don't... I don't do that at /every/ opportunity!" She protested, only to have both Arramon and Namikaze eye her at that.

"Sure you don't, and I definitely am not stealing a stab of Astruga-sans food." Namikaze retorted reaching over and stabbing a bit of the fish from Arramons desk over the boys ignored protest. "I don't know how you always have the /best/ meals but thank you for sharing~"

"Hey!" Arramon all but pouted, grabbing his food and tugging it closer. "My brother makes it." He scowls, taking a bite of his own meal, muttering to himself. "At least you aren't stealing the duck this time..."

"Really?" With that Namikaze turned his gaze towards Brume, eyes fluttering-faster then they really should be able to, the boys quirk at work. "And what terrible terrible things would I have to do in order to get you to cook something for me?"

Brume laughed, and gave a lazy shrug. "I dunno." A glance back at his brother, and well... alright, a bit of mercy egged at him. He /had/ been kinda ignored for most of this, better to give him a bone. "Eh, let that be the prize for the contest. Beat my brother and I'll cook the winners request for them."

Arramon blinked, and hey'd! "You do that for me anyway, thats not much of a-"

"I'm in." Two voices echoed-Namikaze's of course, but more surprisingly Tensai's. Oh wow, did she steal from Arramon too? He'd best start packing extra for the poor kid if everyone kept stealing from his lunch. Arramon for his part just lit up as he realized his challenge was being answered. "Excellent! IN that case I'm going to start with-"

The rest of the boasting was lost as Brume shut the door behind him, walking away, pulling the second earbud up to lose himself in the sounds of water. It was quite a walk till his next class after all, no reason not to relax for the walk.