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This is the yard and acres of land around the mansion. People tend to have sparring matches or just enjoy the view of the sky. The terrain of the land shows scars of the past. Battles that have been fought. A few trees litter the edges before you would enter the forest that surrounds the guild area.

Mari had her mask over her face and was peering at the area through the small slits for eyeholes. She was seated on the roof of the mansion and was just minding herself. Mostly what she did since things in her life had calmed down since the war. Her peace was disrupted when a portal was opened and a man walked through. At first she didn't know who it was, but the blue hair had sparked her memory. She had stood up and watched as he looked around. The mask shielding her identity and her face. She was holding a black bow in her left hand that appeared it didn't have a string on it. One was not needed, though. She held it up and waved her right hand by it as if she was loading an arrow into it. An arrow of energy appeared and she let it fly to where it struck into the branch he was sitting on. She waited for the reaction of the man she was sure was Smash.

He came flying at her with a sword drawn. She had then made a string of energy attached to the tip of the bow. As seen, the bow had some spikes and decorative tips that also acted as blades. She waited until he got close and threw the bow at him as if it was a boomerang. It swerved and the energy strand wrapped around the blade and the bow had caused it to catch hold and stay ahold of the sword. She then pulled the string to attempt to pull the sword from his hands.

Mari was open for a clear attack, but she lifted her bow up in defense and the blade clashed against it. The force of it caused her to be knocked towards the ground and skid for a bit on her back. Being she was just wearing a black wrap around her top, she had no shirt to really shield most of her skin, so her shoulders were scratched up. She got up from the ground and looked up at him through the masks slotted eyes.

Mari was standing still. She was going to put up a defense, but noticed he stopped. She took note of his facial expression and it seemed he may have finally realized who she was. She kept her feet planted on the ground and the bow disappeared from her hand in a black mist. She waited for him to make a move. Whether it be attack or careful advance.

He was close enough and with a quick move of her hand she had laid it across his face and smacked him. The mask was still on her face and there was a red mark on his left cheek. She had meant for it to sting. She was angry with him and he was to know it.

Mari decided to finally raise the mask up high enough to where it rested atop of her head, but if she would look down, it would shield her eyes. Her eyes were still gray as they were when he left and she still wore glasses considering her eyes were never in the best condition. Across her forehead was the headband that used to belong to Maris, the person she was named after. Her face had something new, though. Marks across her cheek and her hair was now darker and longer, but that was seen during the fight. She spoke finally, but her voice was quiet. "Why were you hoping I would be here after you left me without so much as a goodbye?" She was hurt, but now she was good at hiding her emotions. She wasn't about to show anything yet.

She closed her eyes and turned her head away. She didn't want to be touched. Not by someone who caused her so much pain without even striking her. "No. No... Don't touch me right now..." She didn't want to cry infront of him. At one point in her life, she wouldn't care, but now was different. She was confused. Had he said that someone took him away? She didn't think she could even believe that.