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Carminer Post 4

Carminer, having grown bored of the competition, made way out to the food stands. With so many people focused on fights, he had the room to wander about without any stress, and so he made way to evaluate the current drinks int he area. He was quite optimistic as he moved, seeing not too many variances. It would be tough to get his wine on their radar, but as soon as he did he knew that they would purchase his wine.

As he walked, he caught sight of a pretty Matori, and so he approached and took a chance,

"Hello there, dear. See anything interesting around here?"

Ashta Post 4

The young man looked to Sriina feeling the awkwardness abate with the absence of his brother only to edge back in. To be honest it had been awhile since they had been alone, every other time it was him playing escort and it was eating away at him. When Sriina asked how he had been doing lately he realized....this was only going to get more awkward. What was he going to talk about? Training, keeping his brother away from drugs and the young man they were in charge of guarding?

"Lets not talk about that, it isn't very interesting. " Ashta spoke rather brashly, realizing his tone he side and tried to smile,

"Come on, we may as well attempt to see what is so enjoyable about a tournament set in the homeland of our once oppressors. " Ashta managed rubbing a hand through his spiky hair before offering Sriina his arm to hold on to. The crowds were packed, and he didn't want her sneaking or or getting lost. "I heard there is good food to eat. Perhaps we should try and sample some?" He offered as he would much rather do anything else than just stand around and talk, he was awful at conversation.

Naevius .|. Post 5

"That's understandable. I'm an only child myself but even then we didn't do too much traveling when I was younger. Definitely not to a whole other nation. I don't have any kind of anything to write down directions for you now but I can get that information to you before you leave I'm sure." Nae smiled. Sure she didn't know a lot about this shifter and her family. But so far, all the interactions they've had have been pleasant. Inviting Lasarra and her family would hopefully help ease some relations with the Tendajians and hopefully help move towards even more peace and coexisting between all the lands. That was Nae's hope, at least. One step at a time.

SRIINA (post 5)

Ashta's tone had her turning her head back to look at him, tilting it slightly to the side. It seemed like she wasn't the only one trying to avoid a topic. The idea had her smirking before he offered her his arm. She took it without thinking and let him lead the way. Food was sounding good, and the smells all around them where making her stomach turn over.

"It would be a waste to come out all this way and not try a little bit of everything." She smiled brightly up to him, their height difference pretty obvious now that she was so much closer to him. "What should we do first?" She felt much more comfortable not having to talk about anything meaningful. Keep it to food and the tournament and everything would be fine.

Dris'rynne
Post: 3

"I know they aren't all bad, I work with a few, but I still don't like them." Her smile was rueful, with a touch of mischievous stubbornness. They were good, decent folk who didn't mind being led by a foreigner. It made her adjustment to actually staying in Oba easier now that she had a sort of pseudo family, but the entirety of Oba itself could kiss her posterior. Too many nasty, lying, cheaters for her tastes.

She found herself subconsciously leaning against Tes, eyes now drifting almost lazily towards the arena. Another fight, another round of obnoxiously loud cheering, but since it was no one she knew she was able to tune it all out. "You can take her. Your skills still have room for improvement....a lot of room, but you're a survivor. That makes you hard to take down." Skills alone couldn't win a battle; you had to have the drive to see it through. One's mind had to be enraptured with the fight itself to bring out a victory, and Tes was the sort to do it.

"Would it help if I snagged a front row seat, and yelled nasty things at your opponent? I've heard some dandies today so I've got plenty of material."

Nuri (srry Kana lost count)

Nuri frowned again, getting the feeling he had found a dead end. He heard the call for fighters, so he moved around to stand high up. At the moment, he wasn't set to fight thanks to his ranking. They wanted to save his fights for when there was a bigger crowd, and warm up with the lesser known warriors.

"The Red Amaryllis is a local entertainment establishment...well known for its dancers and musicians alike...I am sorry, I just assumed you may have heard of it considering..." He gestured toward her flute, pausing a long moment before shaking his head, "My wife, Aseara, is pale skinned with blonde hair, but she is most noted for how she dresses...she...is quite fancy and likes Oban coloring despite being from Sauti..."

As he glanced about, the loud cheering of the crowd caused him to shake his head, "I probably shouldn't worry about finding her...she'd have better luck finding me once I start fighting..."

Neryssa
post 4

The roaring of the crowds and the lanes becoming less crowded, but still held a majority of people. Neryssa looked towards the stadium as people started flooding that direction. Fighting all well and good if it was for fun, she had to agree with that. Neryssa and her brothers had been born after the war times and never really asked about it. Her mother never wanting to really talk about it.

"Certainly sounds like it. I wonder how many are competing in all this. From the size of the crowd, quite a few." Neryssa said tilting her head to one side in curiosity, Snapping back she looked back to the Wind woman with a smile.

"Oh! My brother should be here somewhere. He has a lot of stuff from Matori, but I don't remember where he was set up." She peered around to see if they were close, but she had wandered a grand distance in search of music. "Is there anything you are really looking for?" She kinda bounced from foot to foot, wanting to move, this ever standing still was making her anxious,

Shesha Post 6

Shesha gave a bit of a smirk as he said, "Oh believe me, my teacher has already told me that I am doing maneuvers he's never seen another student do." Of course that mostly involved Shesha using the magical staff he'd been given as a conduit for his powers to hit the man with. It was his own fault for constantly doing things to irritate the mage in training, as though getting him all riled up was amusing somehow to the 'old man'. Aqio didn't have to know about that though as it allowed him to brag about his accomplishments as though they were a very impressive feat as opposed to what boiled down to Shesha hitting someone with a stick. Embellishment was a wonderful thing he thought to himself.

The red head turned to look toward Aqio, giving a visible flinch at the mention of how he had to look for a mark for 'petty pick pocketing', something that had him starring at him long and hard before he said, "I will not risk everything I have done for a thief, little fish. If you get caught I will pretend that not only do I not know you but tell a sad story about how you were likely trying to steal from me as well." Associating with an assassin was one thing, a lot of higher ups did that, but petty theft? That would just make him look like an accomplice which would be a blow to the reputation he was creating for himself. He'd be damned if he let anyone screw it up for him.

Giving a little huff he looked forward again, "You better hope your 'Caretaker' taught you well. Stealing things in that manner will get you in a lot of trouble, especially given you're Matorian." Something Aqio should keep in mind, that until a short time ago the Water Tribe served the Obans. His punishment for theft was sure to be more severe then if another member of the Fire Tribe pulled the same stunt.