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Right. Fine. So, she was going to give this whole patroling thing a shot. How bad could it be, right? All she had to do was spend part of the night walking around DC in her new get-up and keep people safe. Not a problem. She could handle that, ya know, if she knew how to properly fight. Still, Gwen had made the decision to give the whole Knight business a shot.

Powered up, Hy-Brasil made her way around the city. She has originally planned to stay on the ground but found that getting around the city, and not being seen, was near impossible that way. With some trepidation she took tot he rooftops and, surprisingly, found hopping from building to building to be quite exhilarating. There was something about defying death that was giving her quite the adrenaline rush. Still, she kept her wits about her. After all, if she jumped and missed or jumped where there wasn't anywhere to land she'd be in a load of trouble.

She meandered on the rooftops, glancing down alley ways and what-not to see if there was anything going on. She found nothing and she wasn't sure how she felt about that. On one hand, she was glad she didn't have to try and protect anyone since she wasn't sure she could, on the other hand, she felt like she was wasting her time.

It wasn't until she made her way towards the park that she caught sight of anyone and what perked her interest was the fact that said person was also utilizing rooftops to get around. Throwing caution to the wind and still not being very good at signatures, Hy-Brasil made her way to the other person. "Hey!" She waved as she got closer. "So, is it always quiet and boring on these patrols?" She questioned as she got within ear shot, assuming the other girl was more experienced at this whole patrol thing.

Hy-Brasil frowned a bit and sighed. "Well, it figures that two newbies run into each other." Standing next to the other girl now, Brasil noted that the purple haired girl was dressed in clothes that were a bit more on the normal side. Well, more normal than her own outfit that looked like she had just stepped out of a renaissance festival or something; Somehow, she found it a bit unfair, though the bone was odd. At least her own weapon, an incense stick, which was currently grasped in her left hand, was a bit more subtle. "Sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound rude. I just find it oddly amusing that the only other person I run into tonight is also on her first patrol."

"I am Hy-Brasil." She smiled, holding out her hand to the other girl. "Page of Earth."

"If you don't mind, maybe we can patrol together? We can try and figure some of this stuff out for ourselves. I don't know about you, but I've run into one of those youma things once already and I don't particularly want to possibly deal with one on my own yet." She winked with a chuckle. "Safety in numbers, right?"

Gwen blinked at the other Pages title. There was no way she was going to remember that whole thing let alone say it. "That's quite a mouthful of a name. Um, is it alright if I just call you Sima? Otherwise I'll probably just butcher it every time and you'll be wondering who the hell I am even talking to." Gwen smiled and shrugged apologetically. At least she wasn't lying to the girl and taking the opportunity to find out if a shortened version was alright. Some people could be terribly finicky about that sort of thing.

"I can honestly tell you I am not too sure about all of this either." She ran a hand through her hair, the other moving to her hip as she sighed. "Really it is all very surreal yet, but I've promised myself that I would at least give it a good, legitimate chance. Still, this whole secret war thing, and people being picked randomly, or so it seems, to be a part of it is just crazy to me."

The more Gwen thought on the whole topic it just seemed more and more absurd. Hence why she was trying not to let herself fester too much over the logistics of everything. Not yet anyway. There was a lot she had to learn and hopefully the puzzle pieces would start to click in place. Right now though she felt like she was playing with less than half the pieces at her disposal.

"Youmas are...not fun. At all. Not to mention ugly. The one I saw was like a giant rat but had these tentacles and..."A shiver ran up her spine thinking about it. "It just wasn't pretty. Mind, that was what triggered me to awaken though so when I first ran into it I didn't know what I was even looking at."

"As for the Negaverse people, I've not run into one yet. Truthfully, I don't know what I'll do when I do. Maybe they'll be willing to just walk away, or talk. I really don't know how aggressive they are. But I know what you mean about the feeling of being watched and followed. I am always looking around to see if anyone is following me cause the last thing I want is to be surprised."

"Well youma aren't so bad when they're killed. I mean, they kind just....turn into dust, BUT it can get all over." She thought back to the horrible dust that clung to her when Camelot had pretty much crunched the youma underneath him. It hadn't been at all pleasant. "But, I am certainly going to try and not kill anything. Especially another person. I mean...I really don't think I could do it, war or not."

And that right there was one of many reasons she didn't think she was well suited to the position she was now in. Didn't soldiers of war need to have the mindset that there would be casualties no matter what and to just....deal with it? Sure, it was a harsh reality and that reality was not something that Hy-Brasil really wanted to come to terms with.

"Let's...not go too much further down that path. I don't know if I really want to think about the 'what ifs' of this new job that we're in. I am sure there's a lot we don't know and maybe it won't be as bad as we imagine?" That was wishful thinking, but hey, she needed to stay positive right? Staying positive meant she was more likely to pursue more nights running around in her magical form.

"I have to admit though, as troubling as being in a war is, I find being able to hop around roofs with ease to be a lot of fun." She grinned. "It's really exhilerating to me and freeing. I could certainly head out a few nights a week just to enjoy myself. Though I doubt that's any real reason to participate in whatever we are stuck in." She laughed before glancing around.

"I guess we should...move around or something. Do this patrol thing correctly. Was there anywhere you were going or wanted to go? I was just moving around randomly."

"Yea, I mean. If it came down to that..." Though, Hy hoped that it never came down to that point for her. She couldn't imagine what it must be like to have to make a decision between life and death by considering taking someone else's so she could live. That was....well...she just didn't want to really think about.

As they headed off in a random direction, Hy glanced over at the other page. "So, it must be nice having your girlfriend also be a knight. Is she as new as we are?"

Hy was content to leisurely move around the city. She had no real destination in mind and was very clearly just enjoying her time out and about getting to learn the city from a new vantage point. After all, it really wasn't everyone who could bounce around from roof top to roof top and learn the ins and outs of a city like this.

"Yea, the whole signature thing is odd. I am not particularly good at it myself. I mean, I know they're there, but I can't pin point anything and frankly, I forget to look for them too." After all, why bother looking for signatures if you didn't really understand what you were doing with them or how to pinpoint them? I should practice with that more I suppose.

Hy smiled at the nudge and chuckled lightly. "Well there is that old saying that 'practice makes perfect'. It certainly couldn't hurt to work on it." She shrugged slightly and sighed. If Sima had been flirting with the red head, it went over Hy's head completely. Flirting just wasn't something she was use to doing anymore and truthfully she tried to ignore it being directed at her. In this care though, she had not expected nor thought that Sima would direct any attention at her and thus, was oblivious.

"Maybe we'll have to get your girlfriend to help us or another squire or knight? I mean, having someone to explain to us how this all works would probably be better than blindly playing around, right?"

Hy, at this point, was playing it safe. She still didn't understand much of anything at all and was hesitant to jump head first into things. She liked knowing what to expect. So far things weren't exactly what she had expected but they weren't terribly awful either so breaking even wasn't terrible in this case.

At least Sima seemed kind and open enough that this first patrol wasn't all that bad.

Blinking at the question Gwen really had no answer. "Uh...I, don't know. I would assume there's something? I'd hope there is, but I really don't know how to go about using it." With a frown she thought on the matter before shrugging. "I can give you my personal number but I don't have anything to write it down on for you. If nothing else it will work until we find out if there is a better system.

"I'd certainly appreciate your girlfriend helping though if she can. It would definitely shine some light on this whole knight business. If anything, you can ask her about a communication method if nothing else." With a chuckle Gwen glanced out over the city.

"Anyway, if you think you can remember it I'll give you. Unless you have something to write it down on?"

Hy raised a brow. "I'll be really impressed if you remember it." She chuckled but recited the number to the girl carefully and slowly. She even made a point to repeat herself twice so that the girl would have a better chance at remembering the digits. "I wish I could say I could attempt to remember your number but it's a hopeless cause there. I can sit and figure out sales stuff but memorizing numbers was never my forte." She shrugged.

"But feel free to give it to your girlfriend as well. It certainly can't hurt to have more friends out here." With a smile the page sighed and stretched her arms up and over her head. intertwining her finger she stretched her body upwards before sighing happily and dropping her arms.

"The three of us will definitely need to meet up together and see what we can do. I'd appreciate learning from someone who has been at this longer than me. I feel like I am just blindly doing whatever I can but it's probably not very productive in the end."