Chapter: Game over

~ Uuuund action! XD
It's long, full of philosophical stuff, and confused ... I hope you like it anyway ^ v ^ ~

Dinner in the house of the Bladebreakers: Loud, turbulent, confusing and stressful.
At least for those who value peace and quiet.
Kai, Leylan and Tala crouched more or less listlessly on their chairs, poking around annoyed at the food and all thinking about the same thing.
Leylan:> Earmuffs- I knew I had forgotten something ... <
Tala:> I should have been a director; a documentary with the title: "When nature strikes back - failed evolution, they live among us!" <
Kai:> What the hell am I the leader for if nobody listens to me anyway?
For every further word outside of the normal volume there is an extra round, let's see ... ten, eleven, twelve ... <
The rest of the group didn’t notice these less flattering thoughts and so they continued to laugh, yell, push and shovel. Mariah seemed to have the role of the trainer, again and again she reached across the table and saved one or the other bowl from falling into the depths, as Tyson was not only loud but also very gestural. When it was crowed for 'more' it was also Mariah who distributed impressive portions and at the same time prevented Hilary and Tyson from eating a competition.

Eve seemed rather unimpressed by all of this and ate her food calmly, as if she were all alone in the room. Only now and then did she give Tala a loving look, now in a very bad mood, and stroke his red hair.
> How can you stay so calm? While my eardrum is likely to be irreparably damaged, it stays completely cool. <, Leylan thought, looking impressed at Eve.
> She looks at me ... what do you think Leylan? What do you see in me <
Azure blue met night black, her lips twisted in an ironic smile, Eve Leylan's gaze returned unmoved, her eyes narrowed slightly, she waited for the reaction of the black-haired Bladerin.> Oops, what's going on? <
Leylan found it hard to hide her surprise, she couldn't really make out of Eve's behavior. On a sudden impulse, she tried a tentative smile, a little shy and insecure, which made Eve's grin even more mocking. Leylan's friendliness bounced off Eve unmoved, without batting an eyelid, the blonde woman sent another scornful look across the table and then slowly lowered her head. There was amusement on her otherwise gentle features, Leylans
Speechlessness gave her enormous pleasure.

> Well Leylan, I thought you were powerful and have a sharp tongue ... it was probably just hot air. <, Eve smiled to herself and devoted herself to her meal again full of serenity. Leylan, on the other hand, was anything but relaxed. At first she was speechless and irritated, but now anger and a clear antipathy towards Eve reported. She thrust her fork hard into the leek dumplings on her plate, her lips pressed tightly together and her brows drawn into a straight line.
> What-a-bitch! <, Leylan indignantly, his gaze fixed on her plate. She didn't understand Eve's sudden hostility in any way, felt attacked for no reason.

"I won't let that sit on me, you fake snake. Not with me.", The young woman hissed to her dumplings. Tala, who was sitting next to her, raised his head in amazement, the lousy expression on his face disappeared for a brief moment. Meanwhile the volume hit him so badly on his stomach that he let his dumplings get cold on the plate, untouched. He turned his head to the right and watched Leylan stare at her plate with a tight expression on her face, her hands clenched in fists under the table. A quick look around told him that no one else had noticed. As inconspicuously as possible, he gently touched her shoulder and mumbled: "Everything ok?You look a little ... tense. "
It took a moment until she raised her head, her lips twisted into a forced smile, and replied in a lowered voice: "No, all right. I'm fine. Somehow I'm not hungry today, I think I'll go upstairs."
Although Tala didn't believe a word she said, the smile didn't reach her eyes, he nodded curtly and listlessly shoved half of the dumpling into his mouth. On the other side of the table, where Tyson and Co. were having a noisy meal orgy, no one noticed Leylan's untimely departure. Kai looked up briefly and then, apparently indifferent, turned to his food again, but when Tala's gaze fell on Eve, he noticed a restrained smile, which however immediately disappeared again when she was aware of his gaze.
Her chin resting on her palms, she gave him a flirtatious look, then turned away. Tala's gaze lingered on his blonde friend, smiling innocently.
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"Arrrgh, Leylan! What's that supposed to be ?! We want to train and not scrap our blades!" Max yelled angrily. He stood in anger on one side of the arena and had his love of hardship and hardship to bring Draciel to safety from Clover's aggressive attacks. "Leylan! Are you even listening to me?"
Only now did the black-haired woman look up and although she looked Max in the eye, she seemed to penetrate him as if he were air. Clover stopped chasing Draciel and stood there- Leylan seemed to be on the subject with poor concentration. And yet concentrated enough to chase Max continuously through the ring for almost ten minutes, one attack more violent than the other. Max had been moaning the whole time without Leylan being particularly interested, but his angry roar had startled her. Absent-mindedly, she ran her hair through her tied up and looked at Max apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Max. Clover- over here."
Clover whirred and landed in her outstretched hand, which gently closed around him."Shall we break up? Somehow this is hardly efficient.", Suggested Leylan, thinking elsewhere again.
Max frowned at her, finally nodded doubtfully and walked quickly around the arena. He stopped in front of Leylan and took her by the shoulders: "Is what? You're not at it at all ... first you chase me through the arena and want to knock Draciel down and suddenly you seem like it's with you Air out. "
There was real worry in his eyes, which made Leylan smile - he was completely wrong, but she couldn't possibly confide the truth to him.
Patting him gently on the head, Leylan tried to convince him with a firm voice: "Everything is fine with me, ok? Don't worry about it, I just feel a little ... exhausted, yes ... maybe I just need to No break. I'll just sign off and then the training for today is over. "

Max gave her another suspicious look, but then nodded and began his individual training. Although she was a little ashamed of lying to the loyal soul Max, she pulled herself together and headed to the other side of the area, where Kai and Dranzer tried to rivet a tree.
She slowed her steps and stepped more carefully, careful not to utter a sound.
"How often do you want to sneak up on you? Get it, it doesn't work for me."
Annoyed, Kai turned around and looked at her with his arms crossed over his chest. Embarrassed to have been discovered so shamefully, Leylan straightened up and replied mockingly: "Do you have a weak heart?"
But Kai just gave her another impatient look and demanded coldly: "Shouldn't you train? If you don't think it's necessary - your problem. Anyway, I would like to continue my training - so say, what do you want?"
In view of this cold and harsh manner, she felt strangely insecure, almost intimidated.Although he had shown this behavior towards her for some time, it still puzzled and affected her. Had she believed their relationship would be on the mend after the joint duet, she now had to admit a serious disappointment - Kai was dismissive and indifferent, if not annoyed, whenever she spoke to him. The vaguely felt closeness when he played ´her´ piece on the piano, she felt now as a deceptive wishful thinking, a farce of her feelings.

> Friends, Leylan. We want to become friends and friends forgive one another. <, it rang in her head, whereupon she pulled herself together and smiled convulsively at Kai.

"I wanted to deregister because ... because I feel uncomfortable. I hardly think that training today still makes sense."
Kai raised an eyebrow in surprise and measured it with a disapproving look - he had obviously expected something else. A leaden silence arose and hung like a heavy cloak over Leylan, confused by Kai's sudden silence, she was all the more frightened when, as if out of nowhere, Dranzer drove a deep track in the sand at her feet, where he missed her by a hair's breadth. Startled, she looked at the spinning blade, then jerked her head and turned to Kai with a horrified expression on her face. He kept his head bowed and seemed to be watching Dranzer's escapade with great interest, as if he had nothing to do with the whole thing. Leylan's pulse gradually calmed down and she waited patiently for Kai's explanation, even if she would have liked to have answered Dranzer's attack with the same from Clover.

Finally Kai broke the long silence, still turned to the ground he said: "You are lying."
They were simple words, but in no way missed their effect. Leylan's eyes narrowed to narrow slits and she was about to let go of a succinct remark when he raised his head and looked her straight in the eye: "As soon as you lied in that ridiculous 'question and answer' game.I have to admit, you really played it extremely convincingly, as it should be for a professional, didn't you? I was beginning to think that you wouldn't let yourself be drawn out of your reserves - if you do, then you play by your own rules. But me, Leylan, you are not fooling me. "
His words hit her again, bored mercilessly into her innermost being, without resistance, without any defense. Time seemed to stand still, the roar of the rest of the Bladebreakers died suddenly and in its place there was a deafening silence. Frozen, unable to move a muscle, Leylan stared into Kai's crimson eyes that had so much hidden in them that she didn't