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Natu wondered what Haku was doing. He grabbed a piece of chalk and wrote, "What are you doing?" on his chalkboard and held it up.
"Yeah, exactly like, in some places....So what have you been doing around here?"
Takato grumbled. Since no one else wanted to talk to him, he might as well try to practice flying again. He got a running start, jumped, spread his wings, and glided to the ground.

Natu nodded. He'd be able to decipher them, if he had enough time, but he let Hake move on. He erased what he had with his sleeve. It was already covered in chalkdust, but he didn't mind, but he couldn't find an eraser anywhere in Riverview. They didn't allow minors to buy these kinds of products.

Ryo's head turned to the sky. He looked around for a moment, before turning his head back to Hikaro. Everett, how long does it take to find Raven? Ryo thought.
"Sometimes, fate wills us to go to places where we don't want to go. You can try to look for a way back, but sometimes, you're just trapped. I'm glad I'll be able to stay here for a few days, I've missed it here"

Natu wrote more on the blackboard and held it up. "Because I forgot my bag that I keep this in at home. I keep a good cloth and a good amount of chalk in it." Ryo shook his head. Natu was forgetting something each and every time they went somewhere. Sometimes it was his board, other times it was some chalk, but usually it was his bag. He hated it when Natu forgot either his board or chalk because he had to resort to sign language then, and it was a headache for everyone else to understand.
"Sounds good."
Ryo's eyes darted up to the sky, where he saw a brown dot in the sky.

Natu wrote down a response and held it up. "Haven't really tried writing it down, but I have left it by the door, hoping that I'll see it on the way down."

Haku put away his book and pulled out his flute. Playing it was a trick he'd learned to help himself relax when he became too full of anxiety, usually over becoming frantic about notes and research. Before he started to play, he peered at Natu "Hang it on the doorknob with a list of the stuff you'll need, because you can't forget it when it's on the door." He said, before piping off an airy melody, well practiced vibrado giving it a quiver to the voice, much like a singer's.

Hikaro soon was humming along to it. With all that they practiced together, each knew the others' songs by heart. That was really how they made money, performing gigs and such like, though with only a floutist and singer, it was fairly small and unknown still.

Hearing Takato singing, Hikaro quickly dropped to melody, letting Haku and Takato shine through with the airy melody that drifted through the winds as easily as the hououza themselves did. A light and happy tune, it was obviously from a happier time long ago, before the insurrection, before any hououza had known life as a feather. Together they sang until eventually the song drew to a close, notes tapering off to a remarkably held out end.

Hikaro smiled, that song always served to lift his spirits, no matter what kind of mood he was in, the emotion associated with the song was a deeply rooted within him as his instinct of flight. Looking up, Hikaro scanned the skies to see if Everett had flown any closer.