Azure: 16
Navy: 15
Penne + Ravioli: 14
Iliad (Ily): 3
"Holy schist, I didn't expect him to actually do it!" Penne yelled from the roof of Dawn Inc., staring wide-eyed at Azure's form on the roof opposite them, that of their malicious competitor, Dusk Co. But there he was, posing dramatically for them on the other side, and Penne was suddenly regretting not bringing her camera, her hand instead clasping a frosty, cookie dough filled milkshake.
"Your dad is going to kill you!" she yelled across, but he just shrugged and yelled back, "Not if he doesn't find out!" and she snickerd and her brother groaned and slapped his face before running back inside because he couldn't watch anymore. The wind was pretty bad up here too, it was probably hurting his ears anyway.
She looked back across at Azure, and was appalled to see the "pondering" look on his face. "Azure, don't do whatever you're about to do!" she yelled over the wind, and he smiled at her.
"Stop sounding like your brother!"
Then she watched in horror, glee, and excitment as he traversed the empty space of the concrete roof over to the door on the far side and slipped inside. All she could do was wait for him to return.
Inside their rival's building, Azure didn't really see that much different from their own. The door from the roof led to a bunch of stairs, the same exact set of stairs he and the twins had used to climb up to the roof in their building. And coming to the same exact emergency door they had encounterd on their way up, the full weight of what he was doing finally hit him.
What was he doing here?!?!
But to Hell with it, because he couldn't stop now, could he? He was already a criminal; this would just add a bit to his statement. That is, if he got caught. Which was the worse-case scenario in this particular situation, one that needed to be avoided at all costs if he didn't want to suffer the wrath of, he shuddered, his father. God only knew what Dad would do to him if he knew where his son was right now...
But! That was something to worry about later, and so flinging the door open and engaging stealth mode, Azure made his way down the 1,134 stairs, knowing that if this company was anything like his, no one would be on the stairs until lunch break, and even then, most smart people used the elevator. So he found no problem sneaking down the 53 staircases and onto the main floor, where he lived most of his life.
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Azure didn't know much about Moon or his company, because Dad wouldn't allow any news of his rival into the company whatsoever, banning certain news stations that focused on his competition. So peeping around the main floor, Azure was shocked to see an almost identical hallway leading into the wing that would have been his living space, if this was Dawn Inc. So scanning the room nervously and cataloging everyone's positions, Azure stuck to the shadows as much as possible, praying that the receptionist would not look up from that very interesting Manga that she was reading.
Slipping into the hallway, Azure had to almost immediately leap behind a potted plant, bashing his fist against his head for being so stupid. Of course there would be staff, why wouldn't there be staff? There were, like, four of them at the end of the hallway, bustling about what looked like a take on a living room. Azure's hopes were raised even higher to see the video games laying sparsely on the shelves, and the remains of wrappers and cardboard pizza boxes strewn over the floor, which the staff was promptly picking up. Azure inwardly cringed, recognizing that that was a habit of his as well...
Before a blur caught his attention and he withheld a bark of surprise as a navy-haired, silver-eyed boy went sprinting around the living room, calling softly, "Ily! Ily, where are you boy?" before getting a better idea, sprinting back off to somewhere (based on the setup of his own wing, Azure guessed the kitchen), returning with a bag of...treats, was that, and shaking it until he heard a faint meow, and a stunning orange somali cat rolled out from underneath the couch. But Azure could hardly focus on the cat, only the boy sighing, stooping down, and wrapping the beautiful cat in his arms. Azure drank in the sight of him like he was water in the desert. He didn't know this boy; but he wanted to. And when the urge was too strong to stand up and blow his cover just to meet that boy, he knew he had to get out of there. And so quickly retreating, his eyes on the boy the whole time, he made his way back up the 1,134 stairs, huffing and puffing by the time he got to the top, the cool breeze from the top of the huge building cooling off everything but his face, which was beyond red for some reason...
He lept over the gap in the ridiculously high buildings and made his way over to Penne, who was sitting on the ground looking like she was pondering the meaning of life. She stood up as soon as she heard his heavy footfalls, took one look at his red cheeks, and asked in a high pitched, giddy voice, "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
But all Azure could spit out was, "Does Moon...by chance...have a...son?"