Tea and crumpets and very feminine men

[abunodisceomnes]

It's a Demand. But a rather different Demand, perhaps, than people might be used to. For starters, there is no black moon !?. For seconds, he's wearing a t-shirt and jeans (not pictured). And thirdly...he's smirking as women eye him curiously, stare at him, smile and wave. He seems to actually understand there's more than one woman in the universe

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[waterfell]

Mizuno Ami is always up for education. This, however, is the wrong place. This is not the university where she attends lectures and practicals on those occasions when other business is actually not getting in the way. (The rest of the time, she relies on her exam scores and being very careful to get anything crucial done no matter what.)

When she spots Demando, she pauses. Has he ever had that feeling of being watched before?

[abunodisceomnes]

Oh, indeed he has. Just look around. Everyone is watching him. Nearly everyone knows who he is, and he-

Huh. A new person. He walks over to Ami. courtesy personified.

"Hullo," he says, a strange -Japanese-British accent on his tongue. "You must be new. Welcome to King's College."

[waterfell]

She knows who he is, too. He's Prince Demando of the Black Moon clan, fools who would have let Wiseman destroy the planet in some worlds and a worse fool who went against Kunzite and the shitennou and would have let Metalia destroy it in the past life of another.

"Thank you!" she says a bit too cheerfully. "Want to show me around the campus?" Why, yes, she sees nothing wrong in commandeering the prince.

[abunodisceomnes]

Oh, Ami, he's a prince, all right. The prince of the campus. What is this Black Moon you speak of?...No really, what is this Black Moon you speak of.

"How thoughtless that no one else has seen fit to do so beforehand," he replies smoothly, ignoring the possible insincerity. After all, it wasn't as if she would be the first. "It would be a pleasure to show a flower the garden which she is to grow in."

The little prose gets some of the girls (and a few of the boys) looking at Ami with icy jealousy. Demand, show her around! How lucky!

[tuning_venus]

Being back home was not the first thing Venus expected upon leaving the hospital. However, it's a welcome sight. King's College, one of the fronts for the organization hunting the Viral Notes. Stepping into the hallways, a stylish outfit on her body instead of her Tuner's uniform, Venus at first doesn't notice the man with the white hair.

[abunodisceomnes]

"Hello." Almost instantly Demand is next to her, a smile on his face. "Welcome to King's College."

[tuning_venus]

Zoisite? No - different; the white hair threw her off. Perhaps just an eager student, or a flirt. Normally, she would greet him and keep walking, but she's in unusually good humor today, and stops. "Thank you," she replied with a smile, "Though I've been here before."

[abunodisceomnes]

"Intriguing," Demand replies. "Then, you are a returning student, perhaps?"

you awful awful person

[abunodisceomnes]

He stops at the voice, and turns around. However, instead of surprise and happiness, there is...suspicion, a hint of anger?

"I'm sorry." He speaks, but it is hardly in a welcoming tone. "Do I know you?"

Yes :)

[abunodisceomnes]

"...You called me brother." The response is brusque. "That is an impossibility. My brother is dead."

[devils_promise]

A university...

Usagi gazed up at the school, her head tilting as her red eyes blinked. She thinks that her parents considered sending her to one at one point; she can't remember. Her human memories had been fuzzy ever since she became a demon, and some days were worse than others. She stood on a step in a white sundress and bare feet, ignoring the stares of passing students.

[abunodisceomnes]

What...what was she...

Impossible. She's here? She's really here? Right into his hands?...no, no, he could not show too much. He had to make sure he was not dreaming. That the girl in front of him really was-

"Hello," he manages to get out without showing his true emotions. "I do not suppose I could ask you to put shoes on? They will not allow you into class otherwise."

[devils_promise]

Red eyes turned to focus on the man. Oh; him again. But he was different, wasn't he?

"I'm not a student," she replies simply.

[abunodisceomnes]

"I know."

Red eyes? Unusual...not impossible, but...

[darkwater_sis]

"Demando-sama?" Berthier walks confidently towards Demando, though she stops a respectful distance away. She doesn't look too impressed with the campus. "Is this one of the crystal points?" Why else would Demando-sama bother with it?

[abunodisceomnes]

Well, at least she's got her heart in the right place. Let's face it, all the girls and many of the boys agree that Demand is kind of god-like, isn't he?

...Anyhow.

"I'm sorry?" Another new lady...who makes no sense. "Crystal point?"

[darkwater_sis]

Eep. He doesn't know? It must be an alternate. (Or is someone around to overhear them? No, she's sure it's not that.)

"Ah, it's nothing," Berthier flashes Demando her best smile.

[abunodisceomnes]

"I see." Winning smiles make everything better. "I do apologize. But I must know, how did you know my name?"