Chapter 69 - Slumber Party (1/2)
Gray knocked on Caleb's door and then opened it up and walked in with Yurika. Upon entering, everyone stared at Gray and finally Geoff said. "Gray, how'd you get that black eye? I thought you and Yurika were fighting in the simulators!"
"What?!?" Gray said shocked, he then looked for something shiny to see it for himself while Yurika chimed in.
"He tried to force his way on me and I just reminded him of what happens!" Yurika said while sticking her tongue out at Gray.
Gray just rolled his eyes at her as Stacia said "No, I'm pretty sure you'd be the one forcing anything... Let me help you Gray."
Everyone nodded in agreement with Stacia, then Stacia got up and pulled out a bandana she had on her, placed some ice in it, then tied it up to make a small sack of ice which she gently put on Gray's swollen eye and said "Keep this ice on it to try and reduce the swelling."
Out of everyone, Gray believed that Stacia was the nicest in the group.
Paul decided to kill the mood by saying "Wife material…" which prompted Stacia to blush while Yurika was looking jealous for some reason which Gray was too dense to figure out.
"Ahem!" Gray cleared his throat "Ok, so let's get on topic, I know it's late so let's make it quick."
"What's up Gray?" Geoff asked.
"First, thanks Caleb for sweeping your room this afternoon while the rest of us were umm… 'Busy'." Gray said. "How'd the search go?"
"Surprisingly numerous, it actually felt like I was being specifically targeted. I checked everyone else's rooms and nobody had more than 1 or 2 except Gray that had 4, but my room had over a dozen." Caleb reported.
Gray thought about that for a moment and said "Huh, I wonder why you have so many more, maybe because of your profession from the virtual world?"
"No idea, regardless, I did not simply destroy them, instead I moved most of them into Geoff and Xyra's rooms, and the rest I merely moved to the hallway."
"Hey! Why did you put some in my room!?!" Geoff exclaimed
"I deduced that it was necessary to keep them in at least one male and female room of our group, I suspect that every room has them anyways so it would be odd if suddenly over a dozen went silent. Plus you're the least likely to have any important information." Caleb explained.
Geoff got a smug grin on his face "Well, what if I get lucky? Wouldn't that be bad if they heard that?"
"I took that in to consideration as well, I believed no woman would willingly enter your quarters so leaving the bugs active in your room would also act as a safety device for them." said Caleb with a completely straight face.
Gray, Paul, and Yurika burst out laughing, even Stacia and Xyra chuckled a bit as Geoff wanted to cry at the moment from Caleb's completely analytical and open slandering of his character.
"Funny guys! I get it! Laugh it up jerks! So why Xyra then?"
"…I'm quiet…" Xyra whispered
"What'd she say?" Geoff asked
"I think Xyra is self-explanatory." Gray added
Everyone, even Geoff, agreed with Gray on that.
"We're getting off topic again… swear we all are scatter-brained." Gray said "So I want to ask a hypothetical question: What do we do if the Alliance loses?"
"I don't think it matters, we don't have any stuff with either the Alliance or Hegemony so whichever one is in charge leaves us with nothing." Geoff said.
"Good point, but I meant that as a hypothetical question, not a direct one." Gray said.
"Yeah, but I'm also guessing you have an idea since you brought us all here instead of just asking us that privately alone" Geoff said.
"Fair point. First, I'm sure you can agree with me Caleb that the war itself doesn't make sense. Why are we waiting until September 1st 2121?" Gray asked.
"The Eurasian Treaty signed 70 years ago was a peace agreement that stopped the war for fear of damaging the planet even more." Paul said.
"Yes, but who is the arbitrator of said treaty?" Caleb asked