Reunion Can Happen Anytime, anywhere, anyhow.

[Hyades]

Hyades now found himself nearby the entrances of Iron-Maw, which is one of the place where he usually stays due to less people located around here. He however dislike getting inside the mine, but rather stay outside the entrances. Not that he is scared of the dark or what's inside, he just felt anxious, in a small, cave-like places. Despite knowing Iron-Maw is a big mine, he still felt anxious, perhaps due to the cave-like interiors.

It has been a month since the last time Hyades hides a fact regarding of his so call 'on-going' task. He gets rather anxious as he never actually keep a secret that long. Luck on his side however, because due to recent event, all of assassins are to be put on hold of their task. This gives Hyades more time to think of what to do, but thinking is always his weak point, and thus still failing to figure out what to do regarding of that person that never gets out of his head. It is regarding of Ria, the girl that he had given task to kill but he choose not to. He felt that she somewhat, special.

'What should I do...? Can I even fake a kill? I can't even fake my expression!' Hyades sighed as he walked around the entrances of the big mine. He know that he don't want to kill Ria because he finds that it is not a good idea to do that. Now that he think carefully, it is the first time when he tries to find reasons to who and why he tries to kills. He knew the policy running in his organization, and he clearly see that Ria is not an evil entity or person. So he now wonders why Victor sent him to kill her. Is it because she had done something bad? or something that Victor found it bad? He has the right to ask, but he did not ask, so it is his own fault, thus making him facepalm himself.

As he tries to figure out what he is going to do, his keen hearing sense a commotion not far from where he is. Since he didn't have anything else to do apart from thinking, which he hates. He dash towards the area and hide somewhere where they can't see him, and he too can't see them. He simply wanted to hear the conversation, to know what's going on. It din't last long tho, as he can only hear male voices, which he assume to be bandits and are about to attack someone, probably the victim. He did not know the bandits are angry, but Hyades originally being a kind/good guy, springs to action in order to save that someone.

He swiftly dash out of his hiding, with his bow readied, he shoots multiple arrow towards multiple target, aiming only those that he 'assumed' to be the bandit. Hyades are well trained in making quick decision and aiming the right target, so he highly believe that he wont hit the wrong person. That doesn't mean he can quickly recognize the persons, but as soon as the arrows are sent flying, he finally see a face that he recognized before his jaw dropped.

'R-Ria!?' as his thought screams, he can somewhat prepared to see his arrows turned to dust again. 'Great, here we go again...'

[Tagged : Ria and related chars]

[Ria]

Ria had been wandering for hours since she left Alamo Inn in Sougen after breakfast. She wasn't sure where exactly she was hoping to get to, she just didn't expect to end up becoming so lost. She had left almost everything she had for her travels, save for a small amount of money, in the room she was renting at the Inn.

As she was nearing what appeared to her to be a giant cave entrance, Ria was surprised to suddenly be surrounded by a group of men. She heard footsteps as they launched out at her from their hiding spots near the entrance and circled around her. They all appeared to be carrying some form of weapon similar to things she had seen in the past. Ria watched them for a moment as they greeted her crudely and told her she ought to fork over her money and valuables if she wanted to escape with her life. Many of the other men laughed at the comment, though Ria wasn't sure what their laughter meant.

After acknowledging her situation, Ria simply smiled sweetly at the man who demanded her money. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the small amount she had on her, then stretched her arm out to hand the money over to him. If that was enough to make the men happy and let her pass, she thought, there was no need to resist.

The man roughly grabbed the money out of her hand and questioned angrily if that was all. She continued to smile sweetly and nodded. Anything else she possessed that was of monetary value was back at the Inn and she still wasn't sure how to find her way back there. The man angrily shoved the money into his pocket and stated that Ria's smile was starting to piss him off. Again, he demanded she hand over anything she had left and began to approach her.

As the man approached Ria, a familiar sound caught her attention. She looked in the direction of the sound to see a number of objects flying towards them. Ria's eyes widened and she quickly raised her right hand in that direction in a panic. A large shield appeared between the bandits and the arrows, saving the bandits and disintegrating the arrows. She wasn't as fast as she'd hoped, however, because one of the arrows had managed to hit its target a split second before the shield was up, causing one of the bandits to fall down.

On reflex of Ria's arm shooting forward, the bandit who had been approaching her grabbed her wrist. He held her by the wrist as he pulled her towards him, facing her away from him and in the direction of the bandit that fell from the arrow wound with a knife to her throat. The blade of his knife rested against Ria's neck. Ria didn't seem to be worried about the state she was in and instead was looking in the direction the arrows came from. Her eyes widened when she spotted a familiar face. She then smiled at him as the shield expanded to surround all of the bandits, protecting them from Hyades.

Many of the bandits seemed a bit shaken by the sudden bright light that appeared, apparently protecting all but one of them from a flurry of arrows. Some of them even seemed to grow a bit anxious as the light began to fully surround their group.

After feeling that her shield had fully surrounded them, Ria looked towards the bandit that she hadn't managed to save. Her expression turned to worry and sadness. The arrow was in the bandit's heart. She wondered if it was still possible to save him or not. Her right hand had also been seized, so she would have to rely on her left hand to write in the air despite the fact that it was much harder to write with that hand. As Ria began to lift her left hand to write, however, another bandit grabbed her left wrist to stop her, telling her not to try anything else. Ria looked back at the dying man with a concerned expression, not sure how else to communicate that she could try to save him since both her hands were held down and there was a knife against her throat.

As Ria worried about the dying man, the bandit that held a knife to her throat loudly addressed Hyades. He ordered the bowman to drop his weapon and flee if he didn't want the girl to be killed. When it registered to Ria what this man had just said to Hyades, she looked back up at Hyades with a surprised expression. She wondered for a moment which option he would choose or if he would choose a possible third option. Ria wasn't afraid, however, and to prove to Hyades that the bandit's blade didn't frighten her, she smiled gently at him. Ria had no intention of dying by a bandit's hand in front of the man who had previously decided to spare her life.

[Hyades]

Hyades actually face-palming himself. 'So she really are 'protecting everyone'' he sighed before he actually grins. It is something that impressed Hyades about Ria's stubbornness and her will to protect. He noticed that Ria is looking at the bandits that he manages to shoot with sad and worry face. 'My my, do you wish to help that person?'. Squinting his eyes when bandits loud voice in telling him to drop his weapon and making Ria as a hostages. He sighed again, thinking that this is troublesome. But then again, he don't want these bandits to harm the innocent girl further.

Hyades tries to think of a way, but he is concerned of Ria's safety. He then notice how Ria confidently show her smile to him, which reminds him how she confidently smile back then when she are confident that her shield won't be taking down. 'So you are perfectly safe and what so ever? Then again, I never seen your magic to its best of abilities, I'll trust on that uncertainties then' he fixed his standing posture before he suddenly laugh. He got a plan.

"You bandits shows no manner to a young lady, but then again, you are bandits," Hyades smile as he casually walks closer to the group. This obviously makes the bandits agitated and warned him again about hurting Ria. Hyades, smile widely as he starts to speak again. "Do you even know who she is? Don't think of me as a bounty hunter that are aiming you people, but I am aiming for her," Hyades points his finger at Ria before he revealed the armband logo of his. "She is the prey of the 7DW, and even low-bandits like you should already know what are 'We' capable of..." Hyades gave a sharp tone when mentioning 'We'.

It is true that 7DW are well-known throughout the Veyyard. The name itself would scare anyone that knew the existences of such fearsome assassin organization. Hyades is simply using that name to instill fear among the bandits, so he may make them to unhand Ria. "Would you mind? I have no business with you people. If you hurt her, her powerful shield would cut off. Maybe I'm interested to have few more target practices?" Hyades gives his innocent smile as he readies his bows.

"Then again, go on and kill her, makes my jobs and killing you lots easier," Hyades grins menacingly. He again, makes a bet.

[Ria]

Ria's eyes widened slightly as she saw Hyades appearing to laugh. When Hyades walked closer, she could feel her right arm being tugged behind herself a bit more and the cold steel of the blade scratched at her throat a bit due to the bandit's agitation. Ria's expression began turning to confusion as Hyades continued to speak, wondering what he was planning with the things he was saying.

Ria noticed the sudden nervousness of some of the bandits nearby just from Hyades telling them the group he's from. She glanced at them curiously, wondered if his group really did have such a terrifying reputation. Ria looked at Hyades with a concerned expression then as he threatened to use the bandits as target practice if they hurt her.

Ria could feel the man who was holding her still begin to shake a bit. His grip on her arm tightened a bit. The bandit on her left released her left hand and backed away. The bandit with the knife to her throat was glaring Hyades down despite shaking in fear. After a long moment of contemplation on his part, he moved the knife away and pushed Ria forward to the ground before backing up with the rest of the bandits.

Ria was surprised to suddenly be shoved to the ground, but she was free now. She smiled slightly as she lifted her left hand to her throat, healing the scratch she had felt earlier from the blade. She then looked up, remembering the bandit who had been injured, and stood up to make her way over to him. The bandits were in a group on the other side of the shield, waiting for her to let them out. As they saw her kneeling by the fallen bandit, one of them restlessly shouted at her to let them out.

Ria looked at the fallen bandit as she knelt beside him. She touched his neck with her left hand to feel for any sign of a pulse as she reached her right hand towards the arrow in his chest. Feeling nothing, she moved her left hand to the arrow as well and, with one hand on the arrow and the other on his chest, Ria gently but firmly pulled the arrow out. She immediately covered the bleeding wound with her hands that had begun to glow and closed her eyes. Please don't be too late, she thought to herself as she attempted to heal the tissue.

Ria pressed down on the man's chest a little more firmly as her hands seemed to glow a bit brighter. She could tell the wound had caused a lot of damage to the bandit's heart, but she managed to slowly heal the wound. Whether the bandit would survive or not was still up in the air, but the wound was finally healed. Ria tried to force the heart to continue pumping blood in hopes of revitalizing the bandit, but his heart was struggling to do so. The bandit wasn't breathing either. Ria looked at the bandit with a concerned expression. One of her glowing hands remained on his chest to forcefully make his heart pump blood and the other hand moved towards his lungs, trying to force them to take in air. She could feel tears begin to well up in her eyes as she struggled to save this person's life, but it was too late. His heart wasn't pumping enough blood on its own and his lungs just weakly collapsed when she wasn't forcing them to draw in air.

After a moment of hesitation upon realizing his body wasn't taking to the healing, Ria's hands slowly stopped glowing and she began to relax, sitting back on her heels. She wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands then turned to look at the bandits who had been watching her with suspicion. Ria raised her right hand and wrote to them to "TAKE HIM HOME." She assumed the bandit may have some family that would want his body returned to them for whatever cremation or burial process his family chose.

The bandits, however, were less than enthusiastic about this request. They appeared angry and said that he's animal food now and demanded she let them go. Ria looked at the bandits with a surprised expression. Wasn't he their friend? Do they really intend to just leave him like that? Ria looked at the bandits sadly as they demanded again for her to let them go, that they didn't need useless dead weight and they didn't want to get caught up anymore in the 7DW's business. Ria's sad expression looked down now at her bloody hands that she had rested on her knees. She tensed up slightly as she opened the shield up on the bandit's end so they could go free and slowly minimized the shield to only cover herself and the dead man next to her. She gripped her pant legs as she glanced up and watched the bandits running away in a group, then looked sadly back at the dead man beside her.

[Hyades]

Hyades can see that his bait is working. The thieves are scared now, and just in the matter of time they let go of Ria, by pushing her away of course, making Hyades twitched his eye to see it. Hyades tilts his head to see Ria are smiling even after she was pushed down, is she's an angel incarnation or something? He then readies his bow, to intimidate the scared bandits, that demands Ria to release the shield. Hyades however noticed something crucial to one of Ria's power. She can heal, which is something new to Hyades as she noticed the slight cut on her neck done by the bandit are now healed.

He now observing how Ria tries to saved the bandit he shot, this act of kindness that knows no bound, simply never failed to amaze Hyades. He wonder why Ria tries so hard to save every person she met, even a person such as the bandits that tries to harm her. It is seems that she somewhat unable to save the bandit as Hyades notice tears starting to build up in Ria's eyes. Hyades actually felt guilty, for the first time after so many year living as an assassin. This pure heart of Ria, would tear up for someone like these bandits.

Hyades actually predicted that these bandits would only cares for themselves, he however felt more and more bad seeing Ria looks down like this. It's kinda his fault for actually killing this bandit, but his original intention was to save Ria, even if she is not Ria. Perhaps his method are just too deadly. Perhaps, there's need a change of phase. He is changing since the day he met Ria. Tho it may be not an overall changes, but he believe it is a good changes that allows him to return to whom he was. Thus, he plans to do something about this.

Hyades quickly shoot at the running bandits, not hitting them but the nearby tree, which froze the bandits on the spot. "Hold it," Hyades suddenly spoke up. "I hate to do the clean up duty, do you mind to take this body with you?" Hyades grin as he casually walks closer to the shield where Ria's are. "In fact, I am ordering you guys to actually bury this person back at his hometown, so that his death are known to the public," Hyades rubs his head as it is something of a hassle to him as he continues. "'Else, I would had to silence all of you to cover this up, would you not agree?" he said that with a evil grin, an act which is to scares off the bandits.

It worked. The bandit actually begs him to spare them and promised to do what he told them to. Hyades look at Ria whom he believed to be confused now. He then give a quick blink as he smiles to her, assuring her that he won't do any more harm. He sure hopes that Ria understand this, as her shield will not allowed the bandits to take the body away from here. Continuing his act, he must make sure to play his role as trying to take Ria's head in front of this bandit. "I believe you should undo your shield so that they can take this body away from here. It's a win-win situation, for you and I, wouldn't?" Hyades gave a gentle smile to Ria.

He felt relief that Ria actually undo her shield, at least to only shield herself. It is better that way for the acting to go along. Just as the shield were out of the way, the bandits quickly recovers the body as they quickly work together to lift the body away from here, as quick as possible. Despite being the bandits, it appears that they are willing to cooperate as long as their life is spared. It is something that amuses Hyades in a way, as he sees desperation would make someone do the things they don't want to do.

Now that the bandits are gone, Hyades stares at Ria for a bit before he unsheathed his bow to his back as he sits besides her, not too close as to avoid the shield's dangerous nature. He just sat there, being quiet as he observe the scenery from there. He was actually giving some space for Ria after the things that happened just now as well as thinking what he should say to her. It is not planned, tho he did plan to meet her in the future. Just not this soon.

"I apologize for that," Hyades suddenly speaks out. "I believe that you understand that I was trying to protect you from the bandits, despite I did not know it was you when I shoot my arrows," Hyades look at Ria with concerned face, wondering she actually still think of him as her enemy. It is not her fault if she does think like that. "I hope that I manage to ease you a bit after convincing them to take the body away from here?" Hyades look at Ria with his only eye, fill with curiosity. He do not want to somewhat hated by this Ria for his doing. He wanted to learn more about her, her reasons to be this kind and her will to protect. He also wanted a change of phase of his life. He believe, getting his life with this girl, would be the key for that. It may not be safe for the both of them, but he is willing to give his effort.

[Ria]

Ria was kneeling beside the dead bandit, looking at him sadly in mourning for a life lost. She was late to react to the sound of arrows this time and, when she noticed, she looked up in horror to see them flying towards the bandits. She feared gauging the distance to be a problem since Ria wasn't confident in her ability to stop only the arrows without harming the bandits. She was about to stand up to run over to them to heal them instead but stopped with one foot on the ground as she saw the arrows hit a tree instead.

Ria stared at the arrows in the tree in surprise for a moment. As Hyades spoke, asking the bandits to take the body with them, Ria finally turned her head to look at Hyades. Her face held the surprised expression a moment longer before finally relaxing into a gentle smile. Ria smiled a bit brighter in response to Hyades' smile. She nodded her head then faced the dead bandit again and pushed herself away from him a bit. When there was enough space between herself and the dead bandit, she altered her shield once more to leave the bandit on the outside while keeping herself inside.

Ria settled herself on her knees, her bloodied hands resting on her bloodied pants. She smiled gently at the bandits as they came to grab their dead comrade and left as quickly as they could with him. She was relieved he would at least be taken home, though still sad he died. As the bandits were far in the distance, Ria's expression returned to sadness as she looked down at the blood on her hands and pants from trying to heal him. The blood didn't bother her, she was just sad that she wasn't able to save him in time.

Ria had actually forgotten for a moment that her shield was still up and Hyades was near her until she heard him speak again. She instantly looked up and over at him with a slightly surprised expression. As Hyades continued to speak, Ria's expression relaxed back into a gentle smile as she shifted her body to face him properly. When he finished speaking, Ria finally lowered her shield, raised her right hand, and wrote in the air. "THANK YOU"

[Hyades]

Hyades thought he gain some negative remark from Ria after what he did to the bandits in front of her. Ria however seems to not blame him nor show any kind of retaliation. She don't even frown at him. Instead, she faces him as she took down her seemingly impenetrable shield of with a gentle smile of her. She then write something on the air. He did not think something like that possible, but then again he rarely face any kind of magicians as of late. Magic sure can do many amazing things. With such amazement and ease feeling in his heart, Hyades can't helped but to pat half of his face as he blushed a bit by that. He felt happy. He just never felt that happy before for a long time. He slowly starting to felt like protecting Ria is now a choice that he must made as he wanted to protect this girls kindness in the reality's cruel nature.



The silence was broken when a an eagle, a bald eagle flies in a circle, quite low and close towards the both of them. Chuckling from it, Hyades stands up as he raise his left arm before the eagle landed on that arm of his. "Pardon if he spook ya," Hyades look at Ria as he make an introduction gestures of the eagle to her. "Meet Max, my loyal companion," he smile cheerfully. "The reason why I came here because I'm visiting this guy. This is his home after all," Hyades then take something from his pocket and feeds it to the eagle. "Do you like birds? Eagle to be exact," Hyades laugh a bit when the eagle started to rub its head on his face, reacting to the 'bird' he said about it.



"What about you Ria? It is dangerous out here. Are you somehow got lost or something?" Hyades ask curiously. He wonders why she would be here. Does she needs to meet someone? Either way, he will try to help her to get away from Veyyard as quick as possible. It is not a safe place for a kind heart person like her, despite having her reliable shield or not, there are many other ways of evil that will try to use her kindness. He do not want that.

[Ria]

As the words Ria wrote with light in the air lingered for about ten seconds and disappeared, Ria returned her hand to her lap. She maintained a gentle smile as she watched Hyades.

Ria looked up with a surprised expression as an eagle flew close to them. She had only ever seen a picture of one in a book before, so her eyes widened as she saw one in person now. As she watched the eagle, she noticed Hyades stand up and raise his arm. She was surprised again to see the eagle obediently land on his arm. Ria stood up as well at this.

When Hyades introduced the eagle as Max, Ria's surprised expression turned back into a cheerful smile as she watched the beautiful bird. She glanced at Hyades as he stated that his reason for being here was to see Max. She smiled at the eagle again then back to Hyades as he asked if she liked eagles. In response, Ria nodded and raised her right hand and wrote "HE'S BEAUTIFUL" in the air with her light that slowly disappeared after ten seconds.

When Hyades then asked Ria if she was lost, her cheerful smile turned into a sheepish blush. Ria nodded and raised her right hand again. "WHERE ARE WE?" She wondered how far she had actually gotten from the Alamo Inn and if she was even still in Sougen or not.

[Hyades]

Hyades smiles cheerfully after knowing that Ria liked Max and seems to not afraid of him. He then chuckles when reading Ria's reply about mentioning that Max is beautiful. "He is pretty alright," Hyades paused when the eagle rubs again on his face, seemingly understanding its master for teasing it. "I'd wanted to let you pat it, but he is trained to... ya know..." Hyades face turns hesitant as did not continue as he felt like 'kill' would be a word that may hurt Ria's feelings. "Let's just say I don't train him to be all nice to strangers yet. But I'll let you pat him once he learns to be nice to strangers" he then cheerfully smiles back Ria. It does makes him happy for Max too, now that he wanted to stop working as an assassin, he should start to give Max a new friend along the way too.

Hyades faces look disbelief when he reads Ria's text, implying that his assumption are true regarding that she may be lost here. Rubbing his head for a while, he then look at Ria with a worried face. "Ria, we are now at Iron-Maw, a part of a dangerous country called Veyyard," he then lift his hand up in a quick movement to let the eagle flies again just after he said something to it. "There are lot of dangerous and evil people here. My organization itself are very dangerous to begin with. Now that we both may be hunted down by them, it is best to be prepare starting from now," Hyades then scans the area with his one eye quickly before looking back at Ria.

Hyades then pointed up to his eagle with a smile. "In other word, let us have a little chit chat somewhere else, less open than here while Max up there keeping an eye out for us until we are clear to leave. Wha'da ya say?" Hyades unconsciously starts pronouncing his words with more slang. It is his comfortable ways of talk, which he usually use to those that are comfortable with.

[Ria]

As Hyades began a sentence by saying he'd let her pat Max if he wasn't trained to do something, Ria tilted her head to the side a bit in confusion. She held a confused expression as he hesitated to speak then slowly returned her head to center and smiled again as he tried to explain his reasoning. Ria raised her right had and made an "okay" symbol with her hand to say it was okay. Her understanding of the actual situation was very limited but she tended to shrug things off if she didn't understand them and put her trust in others and in herself.

As Hyades explained where they were, Ria looked at him with a confused expression. She wondered how she'd wandered so far that she had actually left Sougen. She also wondered now about the place they're in. She had been many places and met many people but she didn't recall going to or hearing about Veyyard before. She watched the eagle fly away with a somewhat surprised expression then smiled at the bird as it took to the skies.

While listening to Hyades explain that there were many dangerous people in Veyyard, Ria looked back at Hyades as her smile faded into a sad expression. She didn't like to identify people as evil because she liked to give them the benefit of the doubt and the chance to prove that there is good in them. She prefers to look for the good in others and focus on that because she believes that if you treat people like they're good people then they're more likely to be good. The idea of being hunted herself didn't bother her much but she worried about Hyades when he included himself in the number of people who will be hunted by his own organization.

When Hyades suggested they go elsewhere to talk, Ria slowly smiled again with a faint glint of sadness still in her eyes. She nodded then raised her right hand to write. "Do you know the Alamo Inn in Sougen?" She wondered if they should go back to where Ria was staying or if he only needed to talk for a short while somewhere a little closer to where they were.

[Hyades]

Hyades can see Ria's sweet expression turns sour when he mentioned about how Veyyard are a place with many evil and dangerous people. He then recalled about Ria's personality that shows no bias to everyone, even the bandits that seeks to harm her nor him when he tries to kill her before. He finds Ria's personality are as of angel, but that makes him worried more now that he knows Ria are very vulnerable to those that seeks to use her unyielding kindness. Taking note to this, he'll make sure to tell her whats running in his mind when they reached to safer place.

He also noticed a faint sign of sadness from Ria in her smiles, he wonders if his word somewhat makes her sad. He ought to ask her what could it be, but he must first prioritize their movement and location first in this dangerous place. "Alamo Inn? Yes, I know that place," he smiles as he lift his bow up and walks a bit closer to Ria. "Max would takes some time to fully scout this area. So until then, we'll wait at my hidden spot," he then proceed to lift Ria's up in a bridal style with a cheerful smile. "Pardon, I find that this is the fastest method to go to my hidden spot in this place," he chuckles. He wonders if Ria are physically fit or are fast to travels, but he believe it is best to lift her to his hidden spot. He don't want her to use her shiny magic, it may attracted some unwanted guest.

"Off we go~" with that said, Hyades sprint into the woods with a fine speed. It is not his full speed, but he don't want to make Ria's uncomfortable, since he knows his ways of running at full speed is not for a 2-person run. As he ran quite a while, he then jumps from trees branches to another with Ria still on his arms. They are now quite high on the trees here before Hyades finally stop as he landed in a somewhat large branches on one of the big tree around here. Not far from them, are a wooden hut. It is a tree house made by Hyades, his hidden spot. Quite high for reaches and concealed by the branches and leaves of the trees. The house are situated on a large tree with large branches as its solid and safe high floor.

"Welcome to my place," he then carefully puts Ria's back on her feet. "I hope that you aren't scared of heights? And hopefully I din't scared ya by lifting you here," Hyades smiles cheerfully as he make sure that Ria din't shows some ill face or something, that would make him feel bad. He then walks closer to the house as he opens the door. "Please come in, my very first guest, and human friend~" he smile cheerfully as he chuckled regarding his words of 'human' since his eagle max are his first friend after he became assassin after all.

[Ria]

Ria smiled a bit brighter when Hyades stated he knew of the Alamo Inn. She felt relieved knowing he could direct her back there. Ria's expression turned a bit confused when Hyades began talking about Max scouting the area and him taking her to his hiding spot for now instead. As Hyades came nearer and actually picked her up, Ria's expression changed to that of surprise. She wasn't expecting to be carried so suddenly, though she didn't object. When Hyades said he thought this would be a faster method, Ria wondered if he maybe had a super speed like a man named Duo she had met a while ago.

His speed and movements were impressive, but not nearly as dizzying as Duo's speed was. Ria smiled slightly as she looked in the direction he was heading. It was even more impressive as Hyades began leaping on and across tree branches, gaining height. She looked up at him curiously, wondering how high up his hiding place was. She then thought of his friend Max again and smiled slightly. A person making a hideout in the trees like a bird has a friend who is a large bird. The thought amused her.

When he finally stopped on a large branch, Ria looked around with a slight and peaceful smile. She immediately noticed the small hut in the tree in front of them. When he finally put her down, Ria was happy to finally be back on her own feet. She smiled cheerfully up at Hyades as he asked if she was scared of heights or of how he suddenly carried her there. She shook her head "no" while smiling at him.

Ria smiled at Hyades as he welcomed her into his tree house. She followed him over and headed inside as requested. She glanced around a moment before looking back at him and smiled again. She raised her right hand and wrote "IT'S NICE." Still smiling, Ria clasped her hands together low in front of herself and tilted her head slightly.