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Victoria heard the voices of her fellow bishops, Jin and Rhys. "Well, fancy meeting you here, isn't it? And as you know... the 'cavalier' is without a horse, so that makes him an armored axefighter. It's very interesting to watch... especially when I know both of them will need healing afterwards." ♫ That last part, she was especially joyful to say. "They're both very prideful fighters, the two of them. I'd say it's the first match in the arena that was even... then again..." she motioned to Steely Dan, her new acquaintance. "He's been the challenger all this time so..."

Leon was pleased. He drew the sniper out in the open, where he'd have nowhere to hide. He'd be able to aim and swing effortlessly. Now if only he could shrug off the horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach... If I end this quickly, that won't matter.

He made a charge toward Arashe, acting like he was gonna swing left, but he swung his axe right at just the last minute.

Durbans looked around again. There was too much happening at once. it was like war, but it was not. He turned to leave once again. Stepping a bit of a distance away to watch the others and look for possible fighters when he saw the Arena. A place where battle is welcome... He began giant strides towards it, hefting his Axe on his shoulder. This was the place hy sought. It was a place where warriors always came to fight. He entered the Arena and toook a look around the colloseum-like structure. Entering his fee.

Ganon opened his mouth to reply to Izzy, then sharply turned his head at the horrible noise Ed was making. His eye widened, and he moved much faster than anything as large as he was should, lifting her with both arms and his tail for support, holding her up near his shoulders so he could lean his head down to whisper. "Shhh, Ed... relax... Calm down," the hgi-val murmured, already walking briskly to get her out of the street. Anyone around him would likely need to run or jog to keep up with his long legs as he rounded a corner, ducking into a side street.

He found a sturdy-looking discarded crate and carefully laid his friend out on it, kneeling beside her and dragging her shirt up under her breasts to expose her stomach, to see if he could find anything visibly wrong.

His eye widened further as he stared into the intricate magic circle inked around her navel. His eye seemed stuck in a loop, forced to trace along the lines over and over, until he finally wrenched himself away and reached up to feel her forehead and cheek. "Ed... what the hell is going on...?"

Before she could hear Ganon's reply, a terrible scream pierced her ears. Looking around to see who was in danger, she noticed that it was Ed kneeling down.

"Ed!!!" Isadora cried as she went to Ed. What had happened? She didn't know. What matter was Ed's condition. Seeing Ganon lifted the girl up and carried her to a different location, Isadora followed him. She somehow wished that she had brought her horse with her as she tried to catch up to the entertainer.

Once Ganon secured Ed at the discarded crate, the paladin went to take a closer look to see if there were any physical injuries. So far, there were no weapon wounds nor blood. But what made Ed scream so painfully?

When the bard pulled the girl's shirt to expose her stomack, a gasp came out of her. There laying on Ed's stomack was a symbolic circle. She wasn't sure what it was nor how did Ed have it. But whatever causing the pain was not a good sign.

Can it be?....Isadora thought of the red shooting star. Can it be that the bad omen from Elibe is the same in Learania? As much as she wished that it couldn't be true, she knew that in the pit of her stomach that it was about to happen.

Wondering whether Ed was okay or not, Isadora questioned softly. "Is she going to be okay?"

Rhys slipped out of the crowd at last, Jin close behind. While the newcomers certainly didn't look like your average travelers, Rhys paid it no mind--he'd travelled plenty of times with unusual people himself, so who was he to judge?

Jin, however...

A gorgeous dancer, a gigantic warrior, and a woman sitting on his shoulder? How strange. They can't be from around here, can they? I'd think somebody would've mentioned someone THAT big, or that beautiful...

But he decided these thoughts were best brought up another time.

"Hello there," Rhys said, giving a vague wave to the group at large as the Bishop and Priest approached. He said nothing more, since the blonde woman (who wasn't Amelia) had just addressed Sue, and he'd rather not interrupt a conversation.

((Eats a large ice cream cone fast for a little girl XD!!! ))

The three of them slowly strolled down the streets, observing the games they missed, the restaurants and a bunch more other stuff that he didn't know. Ephraim looked down at Amara and noticed that the ice cream was down to the tip of the cone and by then, her face and mouth were sticky from the ice cream. He cracked up and walked over to a well, reaching into his pocket as he pulled out a small hanker chief and dipped it in the water before turning to return to the sugar coated girl.

"Hands" he demanded and Amara held them out. Ephraim knelt down in front of her and took the wet piece of cloth, wiping down both hands till the grime of the sugar was wiped off. After that was done, he flipped the folded cloth over and used the otherside to wipe down her face. "almost...doooonee....there" he finished wiping up the last grime that stuck to Amara's face and stood up, tucking the hanky in the back of his pouch.

Nino came out of her thoughts to Ed making terrible noises. She hurried around a corner and watched as Ganon carried her off. She wondered what was going on, but trusted that Ganon could take care of her. It was at this point that she saw the newcomers. She began to walk closer.
Who are they? She thought to herself. Did they just come through the door?

Nino walked up next to Amelia and gave the dancer a smile. "Hi! I'm kind of.... kind of in charge. A bit. My name is Nino. Is there anything I can help you with?"