Mystery from Another World

Part 102: Twins infiltrate UA (IC)

Medea was in the hallway. More specifically, she was at an intersection. And trying to remember which way she'd come from.

"I knew I should have downloaded a map or something..." She looked up and down. "Well, probably should just keep going left. That's what they say to do when you're lost...right? Wait, is this left from where I entered? Or left from where I turned? Because then it's actually right... Left is right, right is left... Ergh..." Her eyes started to flame with irritation.

"Excuse me." The red haired girl startled her enough for her almost to set herself on fire. She whirled around, eyes still blazing.

"Whoa..." the shorter guy with dark hair and a headband said.

"Oh...sorry," the red haired girl said, "I didn't mean to startle you. I'm Kendo, by the way. This is Awase, and that jerk there is...well, you know.

Monoma was scowling at her.

"We just wanted to apologize for back there. Monoma has a huge problem with human-ing," Kendo said, smiling nicely.

Medea was weirded out. "Huh? Oh, forget it. I can handle a little attitude."

I can't handle you acting like we're friends now or something, she thought, What is with hero students?

"No, really, we're sorry," Awase said. "Are you lost or something? We could help you. I know this school is huge. I got lost like 5 times in the first week."

Kendo snickered. "Really? I downloaded a map off the student portal website so I could navigate."

"You can do that?"

"Oh, yeah sure," Kendo said.

Medea had a genius idea. "You know, I could use that. Can you download that from...I dunno, the library or the lounge?"

"I think you could. Maybe you could right now. Don't you have your profile set up?"

"Ah, no, I'm new," Medea lied glibly, "Just transferred in... Actually, I was looking for the office anyway to get my schedule. I didn't know there was a website."

"See, told you," Kendo said to Monoma smugly.

"No, you didn't," Monoma shot back.

"We'd be happy to walk you there. We've got time before lunch is over," Awase offered.

"That'd be real cash money of you-- what was it, Awase?" Medea winked.

Awase blushed. "Uh, no big deal. Let's go."

"You're just going to--" Monoma began.

Kendo hit him in the head and he fell over. "Shut up. Give it a rest already." She smiled. "Sorry about him. I think he has brain damage."

Actually, Medea thought to herself, he's just smarter than you. But that works out for me just fine. Dumb people are the best. Especially ones who keep smarter people in check.

She cheerfully followed the students toward the office. Monoma was dragged along by Kendo.

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It took only about 20 minutes, with guides, to get there. Medea made up a bunch more stuff about herself while they walked to answer the questions of the students.

She'd had to lie so many times to get out of situations with Lethe on the road, that she just automatically invented stuff now. And she was fairly good at not contradicting herself either. She just wove a narrative.

She was pretty smug about handling the whole thing. She'd brag to Lethe all about it later, she thought.

Monoma didn't say much more, but he didn't look like he was swallowing all of it the way the other two were. He kept glaring at her.