Who Are We, Really?

To the Core of a Problem

"In my entire two lives, I really never thought I'd get arrested for something like this." 

Alaska and company were still all locked up in their jail cell in a guard station, they were glad they were just being held and not actually going to prison. Sure, what they had done was ultimately self-defense but blowing up a side of a building and Erika's unwarranted assault is what got them here. 

They paid for the wall out of their pocket and now, the guards were just waiting to see what to do with them. The only reason they were probably going to be soon released is because of Alaska's Templar connections and Erika being the princess. 

"I mean, look at how they have Beta tied up." Erika pointed to the bars and the fox was resting like she was waiting for her owner to come out of a store. 

One thing that was noticed was that Alaska and Lisbeth were still able to access some of their powers, these cuffs were designed around the average person, not Elementals. They could easily break out but then they would really be in deep trouble seeing as that would be evading arrest and escaping the cell, it just wasn't worth the risk. 

"We wouldn't be here if little princess Erika could keep her hands to herself..." Lisbeth was still upset at her but the princess didn't learn and quickly zipped up to the gunslinger and hit her on the top of the head. 

"Shut up, would you not punch someone dickhead who keeps berating you for no reason?! You're a prime example of people I like to punch!" 

"There they go again..." Alaska Lightning Dashed over to Ayame as she watched Lisbeth and Erika get into their usual shouting match, "They grow up so well. It almost brings a tear to my eye. I ship them so much." 

"Ship them?" Ayame was confronted with another unfamiliar phrase from the otherworlder. 

"It just means I wish they would get together as a couple." 

"Curious, but do you ship anyone with me?" Ayame's question was out of the left field. 

There was literally only three of them in this group usually, just what could she mean by that? Alaska took that as some sort of confirmation but at the same time, it didn't seem like much of a hint and more of a genuine question. 

"Alaska wait." 

Lena halted the already stopped Alaska. 

"We need to think about this carefully... do we really wanna confess in a jail cell?" 

"She has a point." 

"I know that much, AK." 

Alaska just needed a way to play this off. 

"Maybe? You'll find out soon enough." Alaska looked away from Ayame with a hint of a smile on her face. 

"Perfect!"

Lena even cheered for the save. 

"So, what makes you ship these two anyway? They really don't like each other?" 

"That's the surface! Imagine this, two people claim to hate each other but are constantly near each other, if they really didn't like each other, they would stay away. Simple as that, but Lisbeth, the person who's usually telling us not to do something stupid, is doing something like this. I see this as her coming around." Alaska believed in her logic and Ayame could see where she was coming from. 

But their time here was finished as one of the city officers came into the room with someone from the Order. 

"Templar Alaska, do try to not get arrested again. We're supposed to be citizen helpers, you're a free spirit but we have rules." The Templar before them told the girl as they came out of the cell.