Double Trouble! (Intro/open to 2)

”Slow down! You’re running too fast! H-Hey!” The normal sounds or happy children rang about in the wintertime streets of Era. Two in particular raced down through then like bats out of hell, trying to almost race one another it seemed. To others it would look like a chase of cat and mouse and one was much more thrilled to be playing than the other. But that usually varied on the street how close one another were to it. Where one moment it seemed like they were bickering, the next they could be trying to find their way through a maze. Aaand quite frankly their first time alone in Era made them as such; lost. Between the bit of play and the seriousness of their reason to head into Era to begin with, there was a bit of a lack of mindfulness as to what was going on now.

It took some time of asking people who took them seriously about wanting to know where the Rune Knight headquarters were, but with a large amount of persistence, they had gotten the answers they needed to head to the hall. It took some time to get get even with directions as they took a moment to stop by for food. Hunger was a bitch and a half, but they were thankful enough that they still had a guardian who looked out for them. They didn’t really plan for the girls to split and head to the headquarters, but that was the point of the plan. After all, they would never have planned for them to do anything of the sort if she caught wind of it. And knowing that their guardian was a Sylph, it didn’t take them much to discern a scheme when they saw one.

The doors to the hall pushed open, following the sound of light whispers in two different tones of voice. Shutting the door behind them, they moved their way to the counter and looked up, realizing they couldn’t be seen over it for the most part. Both girls looked to one another and one leaned down while the other reached up and grabbed the counters edge. Pushing the former up, she was able to lift her other half over the counter top until she could pull herself up onto it, seating herself onto the counter. "Hi there! My sister and I were looking for someone in charge! Anyone really." The knights at the desk looked puzzled, wondering why the girl would be so bold as to say such a thing. "I don’t have time for this, you know. Maybe I should ask for a manager or something. What do you think, Saph?" The girl in red asked, looking down as a sigh could be heard from the other side of the counter. ”I don’t think that works the way you think it does. Just be nice about asking.” The other voice spoke out, taking a couple of steps back so she could see the knights and vice versa. ”Could you please get a umm... knife, please?”

"Its not a knife, silly!" The first girl spoke up, bouncing off the counter and causing a small crack in the counter top as she did so before daintily landing on her feet. "You’re thinking of a position of power! Like a genital!" An air of silence came over the room. "Wait... is that right?" She wondered, tapping her chin in thought. ”No, you mean- ...No, actually you might be right.”

"I think the word you're looking for is "general", kiddos." Came the voice leading out towards the end of the room. There, Generals Grappa and Jellisha Sinclair would stand while enjoying a hot, steaming up of chocolate. Even if the wintery season was beginning to slip by, it was no occasion to just hang up the mugs. In fact, they had even requested one of the staff go and fetch the mugs from the Christmas closet. They had snowmen decorated around them inside of a flurry, a stark contrast to the contents of the drink itself. The two would step forward to meet the smaller girls, their teenage selves smirking down in amusement. "What can we do for you two today?" Jellisha struck a heroic pose for the two, one that she had seen in many kinds of comics around Earthland. "Or, maybe you two are here to be celebrated as the cutest members of Era?" Jellisha smiled to herself, leaning down by the girl clad in red and gently patting the top of her head.

The two looked around aimlessly, as if they were blind mice sniffing for cheese. They didn’t exactly lock onto the pair of twins that had stopped to pass them by in correcting their mistake on the title of person they were here to find and speak to. "Are you sure? Like really really sure?" The blonde replied, her head tilting in an unassured manner. ”And we aren’t kiddos, Miss.” The other elemental chimed in, facing away from the desk to the other pair attending this conversation. When they indirectly introduced themselves as the ones they were planning to seek out, the two looked to one another and then tried to make their way toward them. Surely if they weren’t who they thought they were than they would have been scrutinized for it by now.

It wasn’t until one of them approached the red clothed twin had been patted on her head. Her cheeks puffed out as she pouted from the childish treatment. "I am not cute! I could be taller than you in the snap of my fingers if I wanted to!" She blurted out, quickly receiving a quick jab to her arm by her longer haired companion. ”Quiet, blabbermouth! We’re not supposed to tell anyone about that yet!” Her tone was slightly whispered as she tried to be secretive about it. That was until she had been pointed out the symbol on the uniform that the girl had worn. "See? This is the same one that was on mom’s uniform at home! That’s why I said something!" She paused, turning away from her sister and then up to the twins. "I’m Amber Ceostra and this is my twin sister Sapphire!" After finishing the introduction, the shorter haired girl giggled happily, smiling gleefully.