<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Jace:</span></span><br/><br/>“60…61…62…63…”<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">BEEP BEEP BEEP</span>The shrill noise resounded through the mostly empty room, forcing Jace to stop his set to silence the stopwatch on the floor next to him. Jace pushed himself to his feet; long fingers reached out and grabbed the notebook sitting on his desk. “Set three: 63. Goal for tomorrow: 65.” He spoke aloud as he scribbled the note under his other workout records. Jace tossed the notebook back onto his desk and headed for his bathroom, stripping his clothes off as he did.<br/><br/>One of the things Jace regularly enjoyed was the instant availability of hot water; he remembered exactly how long it had taken his shower to heat up with his foster family. Jace stepped under the spray and rolled his shoulders back, allowing the heat to sooth sore muscles, he sighed contently and started to wash off.<br/><br/>“Jace. Message for you.” Xavier’s voice broke Jace out of the unhurried state he’d been in. He reached out and shut the water off, savoring the residual warmth while it lasted.<br/><br/>“Who’s it from?” He called back wrapping a towel around his waist and walking out to see the large jungle cat stretched out on his bed. The cat shrugged and managed to look uninterested, Jace rolled his eyes and touched the small ball.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Your presence is required immediately in the Headmistress's office. There are no exceptions, and anyone that does not appear in the next ten minutes will be given to the Cattery Keepers for the next week to clean the Battle Cats' stalls. This will run alongside your lessons and other duties.<br/><br/>Sincerely, Headmistress Ray.</span></span><br/><br/>Jace blinked and lifted an eyebrow at the message. “An after-hours summon to the head mistresses office.”<br/><br/>“You’re in trouble? What did you do now?” Xavier somehow managed to sound amused and chiding at the same time.<br/><br/>“I didn’t do anything believe it or not. From the way this is worded I’m not the only one who has been called. Wonder what it’s about.” Jace frowned thoughtfully blue eyes flicking to Xaviers gold ones. The jungle cat slipped off his bed and looked over the message.<br/><br/>“Whatever it is you better hurry. 10 minutes is barely enough time to get there.” Jace nodded his agreement and grabbed a shirt from his dresser, and yanked it over his head. The flat black shirt was lose on his frame the short sleeves covered most of the tattoos on his left arm. Once he had his jeans on he pulled his boots on, and headed out the door Xavier on his heels.<br/><br/>The bright light meant he had to wear his ever present sun glasses. Bright light had a tendency to screw up his eyesight and make him generally uncomfortable, so he wore sunglasses to prevent the irritation. The dark lenses also helped him hide where he was looking so he could zone out easier.<br/><br/>Cool air ran through his short hair like fingers, ruffling the wet strands and making him look more careless then he already did. Jace knew better than to attempt to fix it, he’d only make it worse.<br/><br/>Less than 5 minutes later Jace was leaning against the wall close to the headmistress's office, staring distractedly out a nearby window. No way was he getting stuck with extra duties. Been there, done that. Xavier sat next to him, the jungle cat's eyes watched the door for newcomers curiously.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Kara:	</span></span><br/><br/>Long brown hair spilled over the pages of the textbook Kara had fallen asleep reading. She really had given a solid attempt to get her homework knocked out early… however, the topic hadn’t held her interest long enough to keep her awake. Twenty minutes into her nap Kara felt an insistent tapping on her arm. She groaned and came awake slowly, looking around to see what had woken her. The small message orb glowed in the dim light of her room. “The hell…?” She muttered and tapped the small orb, watching the message unfold.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Your presence is required immediately in the Headmistress's office. There are no exceptions, and anyone that does not appear in the next ten minutes will be given to the Cattery Keepers for the next week to clean the Battle Cats' stalls. This will run alongside your lessons and other duties.<br/><br/>Sincerely, Headmistress Ray.</span></span><br/><br/>Kara jumped to her feet with a curse and yanked on her jacket. “Come on Seria!” She shouted at the feline sleeping in the corner. Seria stood and stretched.<br/><br/>“Why the sudden hurry?” She demanded look up at Kara with annoyance.<br/><br/>“Because I don’t want to be pulling extra duty for missing an appointment with the head mistress. Come on!” She pulled her tennis shoes on and darted out the door, the Iriomote Wildcat followed lazily at her own pace.<br/><br/>There were still people milling around the grounds and Kara found herself darting around them and weaving between their groups. The headmistress wasn’t known for her forgiving nature when it came to tardiness, and Kara wasn’t willing to draw that sort of attention to herself when she’d managed to stay mostly under the radar.<br/><br/>Kara darted into the building and took a deep breath, her fingers reaching up to tuck away stray strands of hair. She pulled at her t-shirt trying to get rid of some of the wrinkles, to no avail. Oh well… what did the headmistress expect summon people with so little notice? Surely she wasn’t expected to be immaculate. Her eyes swept over the area only spotting Jace and his cat. Good, she wasn't late.<br/><br/>"Is it just us?" She asked him, even though his cat was the only one who had seemed to take notice of her.<br/><br/>"Who knows? The message didn't give specifics." Jace shrugged looking at her for a moment. Kara was generally a good student, if she had been summoned there as well then it must mean they weren't in trouble.