Seireitei Gardens

Shiro watches Loki and Cora as well, "yes... I haven't seen Cora do this with anyone besides me." he smiles, "Cora seems to be able to like anyone."

She smiles softly,"It's because she's still a child and haven't lost that spark of innocence." Watching them play she chuckles,"Though I suppose Loki's still a child himself in some ways..hm,you know..this really reminds me of the past." Getting a melancholic expression she seems lost in a memory before suddenly looking at Shiro mischievously with a spark in her eyes,a playful smile appearing on her lips.Reaching out with one arm she taps his shoulder,"Tag,you're it!Try and catch me slowpoke!" With a laugh and whirl of silver hair Altria takes off in a flash of shunpo.

shin just amusely watches them and also suprise by cora's speed.

Loki tries skidding to a halt when Cora stops suddenly.When she turns around and dashes past he tries to turn as well.But having gained too much speed and momentum he only succeeds in being jerked forward,barreling in a roll into a tree."Owah..." Recovering quickly he peels away from it,spitting out a piece of bark."Blerg,why something always has to get into my mouth..gross." Pinpointing Cora he dashes off after her again,almost catching up.

Cora looks back to see loki catching up, and she stops again and instead of running she jumps straight up into the air and lands behind loki. she starts running off again.

About to crash into another tree Loki uses it instead to swing around.With boosted speed from the swing he dashes after Cora without seeing Altria going same way.Flash stepping to the same spot he crashes into her,they go down in a tumble.

Altria doesn't notice Loki until he crashes into her,sending them both to the ground.Staring at the sky disoriented she tries to get back the breath that was knocked out of her.Regaining her senses she rubs her head where it smacked against the ground,looking at Loki with annoyance written on her face." That bloody hurt.Don't you ever look where you're going?And get off,will you."

Shiro facepalms himself, he has an embarrassed look on his face. "... oi oi..."

Cora comes running back and bumps into Shiro, she falls on her back then gets up and smiles, "Niiiiiiiichaaaaaaaaaaan!" ^^ She crawls up onto Shiro's shoulders and peeks over at loki and altria. "aww.... Roki tired?" she snickers.

It takes Loki couple minutes to comprehend what happened.Did I just run smack into her?Yep.You're sprawled on top too.Coloring red with embarrassment he hastily scrambles up."Sorry,sorry,I'm sorry." Taking Altria's arm he pulls her to her feet,wishing the earth would open up and swallow him up right then.At Cora's words his desire to disappear intensifies.

Landing a light whack on Loki's head she starts dusting off her clothes. "Honestly.It's enough that you run people over on that nefarious machine of yours..what was it called again?..vespa?..But you have to do it on foot too. Are you trying to become a natural hazard or something?"

Loki rubs his head."It's vespa scooter..and I'm sorry,ok.It's a little hard to stop at that speed.I haven't shunpo-ed without weights in ages.Oh!!" Looking around he goes to pick his weights up,plunking down and strapping them back on again."There." Standing up he does a few jumps to get used to the new weight again,explaining."Always feels weird putting them back on,like I'm suddenly fifty pounds heavier."

"That's probably because you are?" Shiro snickers pleasantly.

Laughing Loki scratches his head."Aha ha ha,yeah,that's true."

She shakes her head,"Honestly...Why do you wear them all the time anyway? It's a wonder you can move at all."

"Cause,it's training.It was actually Yueh-niisan who recommended it when I came to him asking how I could train my speed up to be as fast as his.He used this method too,you know.Back when he was in the academy." Grinning,Loki laughs."I really could barely move back when I started,at that was just five lbs on each leg.But when I take them off now my speed almost triples.Not only a way to train but a nice ace to have for a tricky fight,eh."

Altria looks interested."Really?I didn't know he did that." Her gaze becomes distant and unfocused as she remembers some of the past,particularly the training regime.Filing the memories away with a sigh she looks saddened by them,smiling cheerfully as a cover."It is a good back up,that is if you can get those things off in time."

"Yeah." His countenance turning serious Loki figures now would be as good time as any."I really wanted to ask you something Altria..It's like this,I was planning to,planning to transfer..to..to.." Pulling out his words he shuts his eyes and just plunges in."To 12th!I know you hate them.If I transfer..you wont..you wont.." Unable to continue Loki abruptly goes quiet.Waiting the verdict he looks all tense,keeping eyes tightly shut.

Startled at his words,not being expecting such a thing at all,she quietly studies him, taking note of the plainly visible tension.'I wont what?Mind it?Or..hate him?Really..he's still a kid..' Letting out a sigh she steps forward with a rustle of clothes,placing a hand on his shoulders and pulling him close."Don't be silly,Loki-kun. Why would I let something so trivial come between us?It would be very foolish.If you want to transfer to 12th then please do so."

Just wondering, humming, walking in the garden.

"I wonder what do we have here?"

Loki smiles happily."Thanks." Seeing another shinigami he looks at her curiously,coming over for a greeting."Hey there.I don't think we have met.I'm Loki."