Chapter 2: Our lovely "café" and the great hospital break in
A/N:
So the first time I uploaded the breaks weren't properly used and it was structured awkwardly as a result. I reformatted it to fit better. 6/30
Thanks to all of the reviewers:
Dragon of the Western Winds: Thanks for the review, hopefully you'll enjoy it more!
Zero Slash One: Also thanks! I loved the in-depth analysis and I'll try to manage my tenses better, still new to writing fiction in general! As for the characters not being fully realized in a separate universe, I agree. I feel like I'm in a bit of a Catch-22 when using any characters that aren't your own. Pokemon Special has fleshed out a unique cast and it's difficult to have them stray from the norm while keeping the integrity of the source material. You stray too far and people shout that it's too "out of character," yet if they're too similar, like you said it can give your own world a disservice. I have a few background stories that will explain Ruby and Sapphire's personalities however (with Sapphire, in this universe she was always a bit of a tomboy, some of it will be explained soon), while Ruby's will be described later. This chapter does a little more of the same at the beginning (such as some characters knowing others as I wrote it a few months back) but I hope you can end up enjoying the chapter even if it's just the latter half!
Totally not Adex: Thanks for getting to this story! And I'll try working a bit harder in future chapters to not rely so heavily on exposition(this chapter was written a couple of months ago but I have changed it a little). With this fic I've noticed for each chapter I rely heavily on it for the first two paragraphs, because I enjoy setting up the scene. I feel as if the setting is often a character within itself (this fic's setting in particular is based around a mixture of my university and the film Slacker) which is why I went to great length describing each area. However I'll definitely see how I can employ different narrative devices(especially stream of consciousness into the fic effectively). I understand that a character isn't always supposed to show how they feel and the fic will be a little dialogue heavy but I hope some more of the characters personalities show a little bit.
Tangie's Cafe is located directly across the street from the campus' sports stadium, northwest of the main academic complexes, situated within the Sky Arrow student apartment village center. The restaurant, bar, and grill, (despite its name it wasn't really a "café") was known for its fairly priced beer, food and eclectic atmosphere. While its lighting and decorations were similar to a sports bar; with its many beer advertisements, local team jerseys and flags, it was still able to maintain a relaxed feel.
On a special day Tangies would host a multitude of events including student socials, poetry slams and readings, open-mic nights, drag shows and just about anything for the college community. Hipsters, artists, engineers, med-students, professors, the Greek community (frat boys and sorority girls), student athletes, the gaming, cosplay and anime clubs and a multitude of others frequented Tangie's for this reason.
Yet, on a typical afternoon, much like this day, Tangies was also a place for anyone on campus to just come down and unwind. On any day you could see a few students frequenting the establishment, with either a pitcher on the table or at least a food order; yet there is almost always a group in conversation.
"Triple IPA on a Monday?" Red asked Blue, who was approaching their table with a pitcher of beer and three glasses. Situated next to the glasses was an assortment of food orders, with Green's burger and fries, Blue's specialty steak sandwich and Red's tuna sandwich.
"It was the same price as the other imports, and it's happy hour, so why not?" she replied sitting back down. They were located in a table near the back of the bar, left of the entrance. "Also don't worry this ones on me, think of it as me paying you guys back from all the things I've taken from you guys since we've met."
"If I had a dollar for everything little thing you've stolen from us I'd have enough money to pay for a semester's worth of tuition," Green replied rolling his eyes, before pouring himself a drink.
"Well you're just lucky they're small things then," Blue replied taking one of Green's fries.
Pouring himself a glass, Red looked directly at Blue's phone across from him which seemed to be buzzing off every other second. "So you're absolutely sure nothing else needs your attention right now?" he asked.
"Yep… 100 percent sure, you know me why would I ever lie Red?" Blue smiled slyly covering up her phone before sliding it in her direction. "Plus this meeting is an absolute emergency anyway."
"Really, then why did you say you'd 'maybe' come earlier," Green interjected.
"Also, what makes this an 'absolute emergency," Red added, raising an eyebrow before a glass cup touched his lip.
"It's a meeting to keep my sanity intact. You see if we haven't met, I would've flown off the handle due to all this stress and shoved this phone down Green's throat or up Gold's ass, depending on who was closer," she explained between taking a gulp from her glass. "But then again, knowing Gold he'd might actually enjoy it so…"
"You should cut him some slack, I mean he's not as bad as everybody makes him out to be," Red defended the younger male.
Despite understanding Blue's discontent toward Gold, Red typically believed of the best in people, especially those that hung around in similar circles.
"Slapping my ass, cat calling and harassing most of the women on this campus isn't-," she paused her rant, before stating "Son of a bitch."
As if on cue, she noticed Gold enter the room, however he took no notice of her, instead appearing as if he was looking for someone else. After a few moments, he found who he was looking for, a blonde waitress who seemed immediately repulsed by his presence.
"Hey baby glad to see me again?" Gold said. Once he opened his mouth she began moving away from him, however he followed her closely.
"C'mon you don't have to be like that I just want to..." he tried to finish before being cut off
"Phil! We have another guy for you!" the waitress cried out. Phil was one of the custodians in the restaurant, typically known for his friendly demeanor, but also his dominating size: standing at approximately 2 meters and weighing over 115 kilos. He was often called upon to deal with rowdy customers and the drunks.
"You see what I mean now," Blue interrupted the silence at the table as the scene was unfolding.
"Goddammit," Red said, before going off toward the front of the bar and grabbing Gold before he stirred up more trouble. Upon reaching the waitress and Gold, he grabbed the younger male and stepped in front of him.
"I'm so sorry for my friend's behavior," Red began. "He won't cause any trouble, he was actually just here to visit us, he'll be on his way out soon."
"Fine 5 minutes… I like you Red, you're a good kid, but you need to be careful of who you hang out with," Phil replied. "This kid seems like he'll get you into trouble, better teach him to wise up soon."
"Fair enough, c'mon Gold we're over here," Red said, before rejoining the rest of the group at their table.
"Pity, I was expecting more of a show, guess I'll go back to checking the game," Green jokingly replied once Gold sat down at the table.
"Haha… since when do you have a sense of humor anyway?" Gold retorted.
"Since when did I say I was joking," Green answered. "Oh looks like the Skarmories are up 12-7 against the Ursarings."
"Whatever," Gold replied before turning to Blue. "How are you sexy, looking good as alw-."
"One more word and I'll be the one having Phil escort you out," Blue interjected, waving hi to the aforementioned custodian while smiling. "And he won't let you stay any longer if he has to come back."
"So how's Silver? I haven't seen him in a while," Red asked, trying to change the conversation.
"Yeah, isn't he usually the one to save your ass from these things? I did tell him to meet us here," Blue added.
"He didn't respond to my text when I told him I was coming here," Gold stated. "But I didn't know you guys were coming either."
"Ah, he probably thought we were going to do a large meet-up," she sighed, knowing that the red-head preferred smaller company.
"I also haven't been contacting him that much either," she concluded with some guilt in her voice. Silver and Blue met each other when they shared a home as foster care siblings. Due to the abusive nature of the household, they formed a strong bond and often felt as they were the only real family each other had. Eventually Silver's father was released from prison, while Blue was adopted by a family in the Sevii Islands.
"It's ok, I'm pretty sure he just wanted you and I to have some alone time and get to know each other," Gold said before winking at her. The younger male originally met the group through Silver, , yet his presence wasn't always the most welcome.
"Aren't your 5 minutes up?" she asked. "Lemme ask Phi-"
"I was actually on my way out right now, thanks for helping me out there Red," Gold quickly stated getting up.
"No problem," he replied.
"Nice seeing you I guess Green."
"Wish I could say the same," he coldly stated.
"And Blue lovely as-"
"What happened to being on your way out?" she exclaimed. "Now go!"
"Fine, fine, yeesh," Gold replied while making his way to the exit.
"So what was I saying?" Blue asked the smaller group after the younger male left.
"I don't know but this game is still pretty tight 22-20 now," Green said in an aloof manner as Blue glared at him.
"Why are we friends?" she sarcastically asked, taking another sip from her glass.
"Don't flatter yourself," Green responded after swallowing a bite from his burger. "I'm just here because Mr. Basketball champ would've probably been arrested by now after you've taken everything he owned and fled the country if I wasn't here with him."
"I thought I was the dramatic one?" Blue opined.
"Must've rubbed off on me, oh well," Green rolled his eyes.
"You'd think that he'd be smarter by now if that was true," Blue joked pointing at Red.
"Ouch, why'd I get dragged into this?" Red asked slightly dejected whilst he was finishing the last bits of his sandwich.
"That's for questioning this emergency meeting and bringing Gold to the table," she smiled. "Also honey, you don't always have the quickest wit outside the basketball course."
"It's not that bad," Red responded. "I mean, yeah a few times I may have had a few missteps, but not often…"
"Like when Misty messaged you for a late night study session at 2:30 a.m., for a midterm that was three weeks away," Blue was not going to let that memory slip by. "And you actually brought your books over to study…"
"Well, okay with that one I may have…" Red tried to defend himself
"Or when she invited you over for a 'slumber party,' and you actually brought your pajamas, sleeping bag and teddy bear, then asked where everyone else was?" Blue recalled, failing to hold back her laughter, at this point she had finished her third glass of IPA while bantering.
"Alright that's enough, we get it Blue," Green said, trying to end the discussion after he noticed that Red became flustered. "To be fair his mind was probably steering him away from that shipwreck in the first place."
"Ummmm, we've kinda been talking to each other again…" Red sheepishly replied.
"What?!" Blue and Green both exclaimed.
"You see, I knew it was an emergency meeting," Blue said. "Green, get the next round."
"Ugh, fine, pesky woman," Green said leaving to go grab another pitcher.
"Hey it's been a while since he's said that," Red stated trying to avoid the conversation.
"Don't worry it'll probably be the last time," Blue replied. "It's not like this is some cheesy story in which he'll say that outdated that line in almost every chapter."
"That'd be absurd," Red added.
"You talking to Misty again is absurd," Green said, appearing quickly out of nowhere, whilst bringing the pitcher back to the table and pouring himself a glass. "This is going to be a long night."
"I'll call Yellow to take us back home in my car, did you guys drive here?" she asked.
"No, I walked," Red stated. "Early morning warm up before practice."
"I drove, but I can leave the car overnight," Green stated. "Are you sure Yellow is ok with driving your car back?"
"She owes me a favor for earlier today," Blue replied. "I'll get Silver to take your car for you if you want."
"That pothead?" Green responded.
"He's not that bad," she defended.
"I'll pass," he emphasized. He recalled Blue's stories with Silver in the past. While he was beginning to trust Blue a bit more, Silver still had a long way to go in his eyes
"Fine, suit yourself," Blue said while texting her blonde housemate. "I told her to meet us here in a couple hours."
"Come to think of it I haven't seen her around a lot recently," Red tried to divert the conversation again. "What has she been up to?"
"Working at the hospital, chasing her dreams, right now's not the time to play catch-up, so don't worry about it," Blue answered. "Right now we gotta talk some sense into you… again."
A couple of hours before Blue sent her message notifying Yellow to pick up her car, the petite blonde entered the Sitrus general hospital carrying Wally's belongings and a bouquet of flowers as an apology and get-well gift. Despite not knowing his last name, Yellow volunteered at the hospital and knew many of the workers who could help lead her to the right hospital room. As she walked up to the front desk to ask to see him, however, she realized that she didn't know who the current receptionist was, which made getting inside to visit more difficult.
"Hello," Yellow began. "I'm here to see if you have a patient named Wally here?"
"Would you happen to have a last name?" the receptionist asked.
"No… um that's it unfortunately," she shyly replied.
"I'm sorry, but I need to have a last name if you're here as a visitor," the receptionist replied noticing the flowers and bags in Yellow's hands. "It also seems pretty weird that you don't know the last name of someone you're close to."
"Um… actually we're not close at all," Yellow replied blushing." I'm kind of the reason he ended up here."
"Wait let me get this straight," the receptionist told her." You're trying to visit someone you injured? How do I know you're not going to hurt him more? "
"No it's not like that!" Yellow exclaimed. "What happened was that he had a severe allergic reaction after my dog licked his face, so I called the paramedics to help him."
"Okay then, so I guess that explains the flowers then, but I can't even find the patient, much less let you see him" the receptionist replied after inspecting Yellow. The blonde's short stature, with her nervous posture; clutching onto the flowers and belongings like a life raft, displayed her as a worried, yet caring individual.
Slightly dejected the blonde walked back to the lobby and took a seat. A few moments later, she struck up an idea. Grabbing her phone she texted Blue hoping that brunette would answer back. After a couple of minutes she received a response.
Blue: You need you duffle bag? I thought you didn't work today? Received 4:47
Yellow: It's a long story, I just really need it right soon, it's an emergency! It's in my room, right next to the door on the left, I know you know how to get in… Read 4:49 p.m.
Blue: Fine I'll drop it off in 15 minutes. Received 4:50 p.m.
Right after receiving the text, Yellow walked outside the hospital lobby and waited by the entrance for her housemate. Twenty-two minutes later, Blue arrived at the front of the hospital with Yellow's belongings, however, the smaller blonde entered the vehicle.
"What are you doing?" Blue asked while Yellow hopped in the backseat with the bag.
"Just park somewhere secluded I need to change!" Yellow shouted.
"Why can't you just change in the bathroom?" Blue asked in an annoyed manner.
"Ok, I need to sneak into the hospital since the receptionist won't let me in," Yellow replied realizing Blue wouldn't let her out of this situation without at least a small explanation. "I'll fill you in on the rest of the details later."
"If you just told me it was for a break in, I would've came down earlier," Blue stated while parking her car toward the back of the parking lot. "You going to need back up?"
"No Blue, really, it's fine, like I said I'll explain it all tonight," Yellow concluded.
Once the car was parked and the area looked vacant Yellow began dressing. She finished by placing a medical mask over her face, a hairnet over her head, to hide her face and gender, after she finished changing into the medical scrubs she normally volunteered with. Once she was dressed she stuffed the flowers and Wally's belongings into her bag, which she placed over her shoulder.
"Thanks Blue I owe you one," Yellow said exiting the vehicle.
"I know, anyway have a good one, if you're done early I'll be at Tangies, let me know if you're coming down!" Blue responded before driving off, away from the hospital.
Yellow walked toward the entrance of the emergency room lobby once again, walking past the receptionist into the patient's quarters in her disguise. Unfortunately there were many patient rooms in the hospital, meaning it could take up to two hours for her to possibly explore every patient room in the building. Suddenly, Yellow came up with an idea. Walking toward a westward corridor, she approached one of the lounges, where the paramedics typically frequented.
The lounge hosted numerous chairs, tables, a fridge, a microwave, stove, toaster, sink, a few couches and a couple of televisions for the paramedics to congregate while waiting for an assignment. While it looked the comfortable the lounge was very tidy and a bit bland, due to its place inside the hospital.
Upon reaching the lounge, Yellow noticed one of the paramedics from the ambulance, who placed the oxygen mask over Wally's face, sitting at one of the tables eating a sandwich. Walking up to the man in his mid-twenties, she began to mask her voice in a masculine tone and asked, "Do you happen to know where that patient who came in because of an allergic reaction, I believe his name was Wally?"
"The name sounds familiar, but I wouldn't know where he's at currently," the paramedic responded. "Do you have a last name or anything else, I can probably tell you the nurse who is assigned to him."
"Ummm he has green hair?" Yellow said nervously, trying hard to mask her own voice.
"I do remember then, yeah he was sent to nurse Joy," he replied. "I can page her so you can get the room number he's in."
"That'd be perfect thanks!" Yellow replied, with her disguised voice fading.
"Room 503, what do you need to see him for anyways?" the paramedic asked.
"Ohhh uhhh," Yellow said thinking quickly. "Someone dropped off his school supplies and he needs them returned to him." After a while, noticing her charade was falling apart she belted out, "Thanks for the info, I gotta go on my way now, bye!"
"Ok that was weird," he said to himself before returning to his food.
Yellow hurried over to the elevators, which were east of the lounge. Entering an elevator on the right, she pressed a button for the fifth floor, before pushing a button to close the elevator doors. Upon reaching the fifth floor, she exited the elevator and walked toward the third room to the left of her, and found Wally, lying down on his hospital bed talking to a short blonde haired boy.
"I'm about ready to go right now, so I don't think I need extra attention," Wally began.
"Actually I'm not a nurse here to see you," Yellow said taking off the hairnet and mask revealing herself.
"You're the girl from earlier!" Wally exclaimed. "Why are you dressed like a nurse?"
"Um, well I sort of volunteer here, but I don't work today," Yellow explained nervously. "I wanted to see you to give you back your things, but the receptionist wouldn't let me through since I didn't know your last name so I snuck in and asked around to find your room."
"That sounds like an adventure," Emerald, the blonde boy said turning his head slightly. "So you're the girl with the dog?"
"Yeah, sorry about that I didn't mean for ChuChu to get loose!" Yellow replied taking out Wally's belongings and the flowers while handing them over.
"It's fine, Wally here is allergic to almost everything," Emerald explained. "He wouldn't expect a total stranger to know."
"Yep, it's true," Wally added grabbing his bag that was left behind. "It's been getting better since I came out to Sitrus though, with medication I can handle being around animals and the outdoors a lot better, it was my fault for forgetting to take the right pill this morning."
"No, I should've been more vigilant," Yellow responded as she hated putting people in harms way.
"You helped me out though," Wally replied smiling" Thank you for that, oh shoot the laptop!"
"I returned it. I didn't want you to have to worry about anything else, especially after what you went through today," Yellow answered.
"Thanks so much! I was worried there for a second," Wally said. "Well I'm just waiting to get checked out by the doctor, thanks for all the help, er.. uh sorry, I don't think I got you name"
"It's Yellow and you're welcome," Yellow responded smiling.
"Well you already know me," Wally said briefly chuckling." But this is my roommate Emerald."
"Nice to meet you," Yellow replied sticking out her hand.
"Same," Emerald replied shaking it.
"Well I guess I'll be on my way out I need to catch a bus back home," Yellow stated.
"Where do you live?" Wally asked.
"On Oddish trail, off of Pallet Creek," Yellow said.
"That's not too far from where our apartment, do you need a ride?" Wally offered. "My roommate is coming to pick us up soon, I'm sure he can take you back there."
"Where is pretty boy anyway? He said he'd be here over an hour ago," Emerald commented a bit annoyed at their friend's tardiness.
"Oh no, it's fine I couldn't add that burden on you guys," Yellow shyly replied. "I'll gladly escort you on your way out though!"
"I mean you went through all of this trouble to get here, I think we owe you that," Wally explained as Yellow shrugged her shoulders in response. Right after, Wally turned to Emerald and replied, "I think he said he'd meet us in the lobby. Something about hospital rooms being filled with sick people bothered him."
"Of course he is," Emerald rolled his eyes as. "Why would he bother to visit his friend if it inconveniences him? I mean I'm not exactly a fan of going out, but I still came."
Before Wally could reply, one of the nurses then entered the room, to discharge Wally. After filling out paperwork, Wally thanked the nurse, got off the hospital bed and collected his things as the nurse left. Upon this the three of them exited the hospital room and began to talk while walking toward the lobby.
"So what are your guy's majors," Yellow asked to start up a conversation.
"Mechanical engineering," Emerald quickly replied.
"Cell biology," Wally followed right after. "You're studying pre-nursing right? That's why you have all those scrubs?"
"Yep! But my major is technically anatomy," Yellow cheerfully stated as they entered the elevator. "I really felt that being a nurse is the best way to help people so I'm hoping to become one soon. Why did you guys choose your majors?"
"Well, I either want to be a doctor or a pharmacist," Wally replied as he pushed the button to go to the lobby. "Like Rald said you earlier, I wasn't exactly born the healthiest kid, so I want to do my best to learn about my condition and also help others like it."
"I dunno, I guess I'm good at building different things," Emerald shrugged. "I guess I'm good at it too. Math is pretty easy to me and I find the labs and projects I can work on to be pretty interesting."
"That and he always seems to be tinkering with a different gadget," Wally chuckled as Emerald awkwardly avoided the comment.
"Oh cool, so you're both sciencey-type guys," Yellow smiled. "Is your roommate also a science or engineering major?"
"No not at all, "Wally awkwardly chuckled. "He's a fashion design and art major."
"Yeah, he finds science and engineering 'horrifically boring and lifeless,' or something like that, he's pretty overdramatic," Emerald added. "To his credit though, he is pretty good at what he does according to a few people on campus. Normally I think those majors are pretty, eh, insignificant but if anyone can be successful at it, it's him I guess."
"Agreed, surprised that came from you though Rald," Wally smirked as the elevator doors opened.
"Don't get used to it," Emerald rolled his eyes. "I'm just eager to go back home so we can eat."
Upon entering the lobby Wally was immediately approached by a dark haired male in a white cap who grabbed his shoulders and inspected him.
"Are you ok Wally?!" Ruby, who was wearing his signature cap shrieked. "Were you dying?! Actually are you contagious?" He added brushing himself off dramatically.
"He's fine princess," Emerald quipped. "And if you cared that much why didn't you come up to visit?"
"You see, I tried," Ruby said flailing his hands. "But I couldn't possibly handle the stress of possibly getting sick after the oh-so unfortunate events of the day."
"Whatever you say Ruby," Wally said trying to divert the conversation. "Anyways this is Yellow, she called the paramedics earlier and helped me recover earlier during my asthma attack. Not to mention she helped bring back my stuff."
"What a lovely pleasure to meet you," Ruby said grabbing and kissing her hand. Wally and Emerald awkwardly shuffled. Despite slowly getting used to Ruby's antics over the past year he still managed to surprise them.
"Oh, um thanks?" Yellow said still slightly surprised by him. His flamboyant demeanor came off a bit strong making her a little bit uncomfortable.
"Actually Ruby, she lives right by us, do you think you can give her a ride home?" Wally asked. "She lives on Oddish trail off Pallet."
"Oh no really it's fi-," Yellow tried to say.
"Of course!" Ruby explained. "It's the least I can do, really. Plus I wouldn't want someone such as yourself go through the trouble of the city's filthy public transit system."
"Then why are you so reluctant to give us rides at other times?" Emerald asked sarcastically.
Ignoring him, Ruby grabbed Yellow's bag for her and walked the group out to his car. Upon reaching the vehicle Wally, who was the tallest, entered the passenger seat in the front while Yellow and Emerald sat in the back, while Ruby placed Yellow's bag in the trunk of his car. Once he got in the drivers seat and pulled out of the hospital Emerald spoke to Yellow in a low voice as Ruby began gossiping to Wally.
"Yeah, he's pretty weird," Emerald stated after seeing Yellow slightly dejected. "Trust me I know, I'm still not really used to it."
"It's fine," Yellow sighed, albeit still attempting to keep a cheery demeanor. "I really appreciate him driving me back anyways.
While driving toward Yellows house, the group had a few conversations regarding small talk, and Ruby's major, which she discovered he was quite fond of. She discovered that they all were assigned as roommates their freshman year, and suddenly after some time decided to live together again this year. Wally and Emerald had bonded over their mutual love of videogames(Wally grew up playing many of them due to always being indoors, whereas Emerald was always enamored with technology), while Ruby was able to keep the group together. As a neat-freak and perfectionist, having him around their apartment was beneficial for cleaning, while Wally was a great cook, and Emerald was able to fix any electrical or computer problems the group would have. After some more discussion, Yellow alerted Ruby when the car approached her house, causing him to slow down and eventually place the car in park.
"Thank you guys so much again," Yellow said smiling after she exited the car and grabbed her bag from the trunk. "It was nice to meet you all. Ruby, Emerald, Wally have a nice day!"
"No problem," Emerald said.
"Nice to meet you too," Wally replied.
"Pleasure is all mine," Ruby responded.
Yellow then entered the house and was immediately greeted by her dog ChuChu. "Well you've certainly made me go on an adventure today," the blonde chuckled while picking up the dog. "But it all turned out well, I guess. They were all pretty nice. "
After closing the door Yellow went up stair to her bedroom with ChuChu, then laid on her bed and checked her phone. A message from Blue, the blonde thought to herself.
Blue:
Yea goin to need that favor in a few hours, around 11 lol at Tangies a lil too tipsy, can you take my car and take me and the guys home?
The blonde let out a sigh before replying that she would call her at 10:30. Meanwhile she was going to take a quick nap, the day had already been a bit exhausting and she needed some time to regenerate before riding her foldable bike to Tangies.
A/N: So originally I was going to have a part focusing on the Johto trio and Sapphire, but I really didn't want to spend too much time all in one day, especially since I felt it was unnecessary to focus multiple chapters on just a 24 hour period. It's also really difficult for me to focus the entire cast of characters into one solid chapter unless they're all in the same place/interacting with one another, so that's why I wanted to break it up. Anyways, next chapters shenanigans will involve Sapphire meeting the Johto trio, and I'll be giving some of the characters a break. The conversation between the Kanto trio will be brought up later in flashbacks and conversations later.
I also changed Blue and Silver's origin slightly to try to make it a little more grounded in reality. Giovanni is still Silver's father, but the reason on why he wasn't around early on has changed (I'll reveal why he was in prison later). The kidnapping thing just really didn't work for me, and while it was a great subplot used in the comic/manga, it doesn't really fit this story in my opinion.
I guess I should put their majors so you can keep up, most of these (except Red and Silvers) were mentioned by now:
Blue: Psychology
Red: Kinesiology
Green: Chemistry
Yellow: Anatomy
Gold: Business Marketing
Silver: Forensic Anthropology
Crystal: Chemical Engineering
Ruby: Art/Fashion design
Sapphire: Environmental sciences
Emerald: Mechanical Engineering
Wall: Cell biology
