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Chapter 9

No one really spoke of the moving incident, after it was all fixed. It became a topic of some minor joking, but almost everyone was far too embarrassed about just how easily they were defeated in the situation to keep conversations about it going on for very long.

As the moving day came closer, everyone around the Order seemed to grow more excited. The entire place was practically buzzing with excitement and activity.

"I wonder what the new headquarters will be like," Miranda thought aloud. It seemed like this was the first time since the Level Four's attack that she had been able to have a completely peaceful, fairly calm day. So far there had been no unfortunate incidents and Miranda was grateful for that.

"I don't know. For Kanda's sake I hope it has a forest nearby he can train in," Marie answered, "It would be nice if there weren't as many stairs, too."

"Yes, that would be nice. Stairs can be very troublesome," Miranda agreed. She wasn't even going to begin to think about how many times she had fallen down the stairs of the current headquarters. She always seemed to trip when she was going up or down stairs, as such they had become rather dreadful obstacles.

"I heard that the building isn't nearly as tall as this one, and it's far more spread out, from what I heard some of the finders who were sent to look at it say," Marie said.

"I'm kind of excited for the move," Miranda smiled, "A small change in surroundings will be interesting."

"It certainly will," Marie agreed. He was secretly dreading the move, it would be similar to times when people had rearranged the furniture around the Order without telling him. He didn't want to bother anyone when they got there, but he knew he would have trouble getting around at first. He just hoped he wouldn't run into too many doors, as he had the times he had been in unfamiliar buildings.

"Marie, I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but will you be alright at the new headquarters? I mean, not that I'm saying you can't tale care of yourself, but will you be able to find your way around without running into things?" Miranda asked. She was more than willing to help Marie if he would need it, but she was afraid she had come off as inconsiderate or rude.

"I will probably be a little lost at first, but I should be fine. I just hope that there is as little furniture there as there is here so I won't have to worry about that," Marie answered in good humor, "And don't worry, you weren't being rude."

"I'd always be more than happy to help you around, though I can't guarantee we won't end up on the other side of the building than where we're trying to go," Miranda offered.

"That would be very helpful. And don't worry, that will happen anyways at first," Marie laughed at her comment about getting lost, "And I'm sure everyone else will be getting lost on and off for awhile."

"Really? Everyone else seems so good with directions though," Miranda sounded rather skeptical about the comment.

"Yes, but they take awhile to get used to new environments. This means that they don't usually get used to where things are for a few days," Marie explained.

"I guess that makes sense," Miranda said as she thought about it. She knew that Allen was terrible with directions, but she had never known any of the others to get lost.

"Would it be alright if I sat here?" Krory, who had only recently been released from the infirmary, motioned to the empty chair across from the two of them.

"Of course," Miranda smiled.

"It's good to know you're out of the infirmary. How are you doing?" Marie asked.

"For having just got out of the infirmary, very well," Krory responded happily. With most of the other members of the Order being too busy with the move to talk he had been rather lonely; finding people to talk to was a very pleasant surprise for him.

"That's nice to hear," Miranda smiled. She didn't know Krory very well, but she was always more than happy to hear a comrade was well. As the conversation died down the table fell into a half awkward and half content silence. It wasn't very often that other people asked to sit with the two, so conversations usually stopped for awhile when someone did. The silence was only broken when Miranda decided to continue the conversation, "Are you excited about going to the new headquarters, Krory?"

After that the conversation picked back up and the three stayed in the cafeteria long after they had finished eating.


A/N: Hey, sorry for the short chapter. I felt it would be best to leave this one here, because the story picks up pace again after this(well, it was supposed to but looking at what I've done for the next chapter it doesn't really, oh well *shrug*). Think of this as a filler chapter.