Chapter 146 - Uniforms

"Here we are, let's get our uniform trench coats under the stairs and let's get going," Venedette said in a jiffy after reaching the end of the baby ice bullet shower (Hail storm) and parking the Levi-yacht just behind it.

"Wow, never thought I'd miss the sun this much," Gem said with narrowed eyes as the setting sun's shine showered the insides of their Levi-yacht with warmth.

"Come on Gem!" Fily said from the door which she was holding open after Venedette passed through it just seconds ago.

"Oh, alright! Goodbye sunlight!" Gem said to Fily and turned around to say the last words to the sun before grabbing Petunia from the table and tip-toeing to the door to get there faster while Fily was still holding the door open for them.

"Thanks," Von said without even looking at Fily and his hands in his pocket while walking through while Lei, on the other hand, paused to hold the door for the girls and nodded to Fily to tell her to go with them now.

"Thank you," Fily said without looking at Lei and glancing at Gem and Petunia behind her who was now smiling at Lei for his gentleman moves.

"Come on," Fily put her arms around Gem's shoulders and glanced at Lei one last time before proceeding to the living room where the stairs were located just beside the kitchen.

"Here we go," Venedette greeted them with a dark pink colored robe with gold linings like a marble design hanging from her hands-on display as if measuring to see if they would fit Gem..

Similarly, Von could be seen holding a similar robe in a more orange-red color which Gem thought was similar to Halma's fox-colored dress and fox fur scarf behind Venedette which gave them the guess that this was the 'uniform' that Venedette was talking about earlier.

"I think this will suit you well with silver-white hair," Venedette said to Gem while she placed Petunia on top of the table and turned around to let Venedette put the sleeveless long robe on her.

Gem followed Venedette's suggestion and sported a snowy-white hair, brows, and lashes paired with a deep pink eye color to match the color of her robe over a white shirt and shorts that served as their bodysuit that Venedette also made them wear in advance as the more basic part of their uniform with more protection than the sleeveless robes for girls.

Von's robe had the same design as Lei that resembled a tuxedo on the sleeves and skirted lower parts paired with pants with an opening to the knees. Although the color in Lei's robe and base pieces were black and darker in contrast to Von's white base pieces paired with bright orange-red long sleeves robes, the harmony was still noticeable between the two.

Among the girls, Fily was the only one wearing dark base pieces which Gem understood as her choice because the color of her robe and dark bases resembled her old clothes so much. With that traditional red and black lines, Fily could easily be recognized as a Maharlikan by strangers which made so much sense for Gem who was closely watching each and every one of them in their uniforms.

Venedette had a more pastel and muted pink that matched her hair and purple eyes so much that Gem just didn't have any words to say to the creative choice of their uniforms.

Lastly, Petunia was given a black and purple witch hat and coat which suited her very well.

"And for the last part of our uniform, here," Venedette said while hiding something behind her and urging Gem to give her her right hand.

"Hmm?" Gem raised her eyebrows but gave her right hand to Venedette anyway, which Venedette excitedly grabbed and wrapped on thin white gloves with the fingers cut out, completing the look with a very unique finish with Venedette having the other pair of the white gloves.

"We look like magical fighters," Fily remarked while checking out their first-ever uniform aside from the swimsuits and beach dresses that they wore last week.

"Okay, let's go," Venedette said while opening the door to the exit.

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"Ah! Running really made my back hurt! What's with that gravity?!" Von complained while landing on the snow with Gem in his arms like a bride in white and pink while carrying a fluffy ball of white bouquet wrapped in black cloth on her stomach which was actually Petunia.

Von and Venedette, who was carrying both Lei and Fily on the other hand, landed at the same time on top of the highest point of the mountain that they could find to minimize the risk of falling and getting injured during the flight.

"Okay, touchdown!" Venedette said after confirming their safe descent, "Now where's that checkpoint… Oh! There it is!" 

Everybody looked in the direction which Venedette pointed at and saw a very long wall made of ice with a lot of people lined at both sides and at different sections.

"Aren't you cold?" Lei suddenly asked Gem after standing beside her.

"Not really," Gem replied with a smile and shrugged while feeling her arms that were exposed by the sleeveless coat but were still comfortably warm to touch.

"Gem!!" Fily suddenly shouted and walked towards her across the thick snow beneath their feet, "Let's go?" Fily added in excitement after linking arms with Gem.

"Okay," Gem said with a similar smile after finally seeing a snowy landscape for the first time in her life.

"This is going to be a long wait," Venedette said while looking at the lines of people in front of the checkpoint and shook her head for a moment before looking back to her group to lead them down the snowy slope, "Von, let's go," she called when she realized that Von was just staring blankly at the storm in front of them, although they were not inside the storm border anymore, the ice bullets were still visible from their position which seemingly captivated Von's full attention and craving to see the action for himself.

"Von!" Venedette called again which was then followed by Lei's calling.

"Von, let's go," he said while wrapping his shoulders around his best friend and started dragging him down with them since he was fully distracted.