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Koni was awake and wandering through Homegrounds, not really caring about the time in the least. Though, his charge was currently asleep within the folds of the hood of his cloak. The girl had taken to only dancing or just learning how to sew up her costumes. And yes, it pissed him off greatly to know why she wasn't happy anymore, but sooner or later, he figured she would snap out of it and be happy once more.

Moving quietly, so he didn't wake her up, he was passing from behind the couple before he noticed them, his ears shifting at the sounds of their voices. "Lady Hayaharu..." His voice was soft but he stopped and turned to face her and Aversham fully. "Can I help ye with anything?"

The tall being looked at her oddly, his eyes looking her over carefully. My my, she was definitely in a good morning today, for whatever reason. But for whatever reason himself, he was looking much more relaxed at the moment. THis hair was even tied up or fashioned in any sort of way. Rather it was allowed to hang about his face as it wished, softening his entire outlook. It was only in the gardens and serenity of Homegrounds that he didn't bother trying to hide himself and it was obvious he had finally found a balance there. He looked relaxed, almost happy.

Thankful she had shut that stupid bird's beak before it spoke to him, he foced his intense gaze on her as she spoke. But his brows jacked up when she said they were going to Shoichi, and judging by how happy she was, this was no joke, he couldn't help the grin that appeared on his face. "And when do we leave, milady?"

His grin was one of pleasure, yes, but he was thankful they could finally go. It had taken a lot to be able to manage to get there. Before, there had been people whom he would have taken but he wasn't sure if he should have or not. "Then get ready to leave soon. It won't take us that long to get ready." Since he had slowly but surely gotten ready to leave when they had first gotten the papers from before. All it would take is some finishing touches really.

As he turned to head towards his home, there was a faint shift and Reika's head poked out from the edge of the hoodie groggily, her eyes barely opened as she tried to figure out what was going on. But since all she could currently see was blurrily color, she yawned and ducked back down again. Nothing interesting, she supposed. But then again, not much interested her anymore. But she jerked as Koni suddenly stopped, causing her to bump against his back.

"Would ye care for tea, Lady Hayaharu? Croutons for the bird?" His lips shifted into a smirk, though his ears flicked sa he heard a soft gasp and felt Reika try to cover herself with extra fabric. So, she was awake now.

The light expression he wore faded as he glared fully at Aversham, rathe rliking the thought he was entertaining of spitting and roasting his useless a**! The colorful feathers would make the perfect decoration. His fingers curled into a fist before he took a breath and released it, focusing on Hayaharu again. Better her than that thing. "As ye wish. Tis glad I am to hear ye've eaten well. Please excuse me a moment. T'wil only take a moment."

With that, he disappeared inside his home for some time, changing and taking Reika out of the hood. The small girl's face was unexpressive as she looked at him and then away. Since she had been asleep, he told her what was going on into her ear and though some interest appeared in her eyes, she nodded and allowed herself to be set down. In her way, she had to prepare, whistling in order to get her familiars with her. She could only take one with her and in the end, the moomba was chosen and she bade the rest to look after the house while they were gone. Kissing their foreheads, she headed towards her little closet and found something to wear. Something that covered her up. Maybe it was cowardly, but she couldn't even fathom talking to Aversham at the moment.

Once she was ready, her headdress firmly in place, she was picked back up by Koni and placed into the huge pocket of his new cloak. He had made it big enough to comfortably hold her so she wasn't always trapped in her glass travel case, though he brought that along as well. Once it was alls et up, he headed back outside. Though he didn't seem overly surprised to see a groggy Akiya come stumbling out of his house, his wings out, as they always were when he first woke up. Despite his lazy wishes, his body woke him up early in the morning to exercise and run about before he had to do some work. "Akiya!" He had to shout to reach the not alert mind of the angel, but when he turned to look at him, he smirked. "Tis time. Get ready."

"Huh?" Scratching his head, Akiya focused on who was there.. not tin the least bothered he was half naked. "Time?" ... where did he have to go again?

Watching groggily as Koni came over to him, he yawned into his hands as he knelt down to listen to what he had to say. Nodding every noe and then, any traces of sleep fully disappeared from his face as he understood what was going on and dashed back inside. He did have some things he should bring, in case anyont got hurt or the like. Ten minutes, he returned fully dressed and with a long knapsack slung over his shoulder. Clothing wasn't a problem for him since his clothing was already enchanted to change to fit his settings, so that was something he never worried about. "Sorry about that." Now more awake, he looked down to where Reika was hiding and then at Koni, who only roughly shook his head. Still no good, huh?

Looking over at Hayaharu, he bowed deeply. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm akiya, if Koni has never mentioned me really." Since their meetings were few and far between, he felt he should introduce himself again. "I'm set, so all that is needed is to pick up Koni and Reika's things so we can be off. I would hate to keep you away from home any longer than needed."

"Even so, I am grateful for your patience with my bubbling self." Grinning softly, he rubbed the back of his head before he smiled down at her. Contrary to what he had heard from Koni's grumbling, he was curious and Lady Hayaharu.. and about what Koni got so extremely ruffled around her. He knew part of it was due to his having no social skills, let alone how to talk to a girl, but he was amused by how he acted around her. Once his eyes caught Aversham, however, he smiled more and then bowed before him as well. "Good to see you in good health, Aversham."

Nodding and agreeing about getting Koni and Reika's gear, he headed over to the house and looked over it all. It wasn't honestly too much, he supposed. Grabbed several of the bags, he slung them over his shoulders, shifting them a bit so he was comfortable with them. All together, it was quite a bit of weight and he knew his steps would be a bit lagging. But it was easier this way. "Then we shall continue forward then. I would hate to miss the train heh." A softer smile showed at her concern and he shook his head. "Thank you, I'll be awake enough to make it to the train. Napping once there, though, I won't complain about doing hehe."

Akiya was quiet a moment as he looked at him. "You're not the only in bad spirits. I can only hope that you two can work out your issues with each other.. and so a lighter mood is created." Shifting the bags a bit more, he had no problems taking up the rear of the line that headed towards the train station. He knew why Ave wasn't in a pleased mood. It's bad enough to have issues with Koni. That was typical, in his opinion. But to also be at odds with Reika had to make this a bit mroe difficult. His eyes looked down towards where he knew the little girl would be sitting, probably twining her hair around her fingers so much they got knotted, something she had taken up to doing lately. Talking to her about her and Aversham caused her to tense and become snappish, a very rare thing indeed. He knew it was nothing mroe than a misunderstanding, but those two needed to talk things out for themselves. "Ah good! I'm afraid long trips of any kind have me napping for the majority.. though I'll do my best to stay awake."

Koni was quiet, only scratching at his cheek every now and again. Long train ride? He never had to worry over such things before so it was definately a new thing for him. But it should prove to be interesting... he hoped. "I can't think of any questions about the train.. as of yet... tis safe, aye?" His brow jacked up a bit nd he glared at Akiya's snicker. "Tis Reika's first train ride as well.. she's nervous about it all..."