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So that was allowed? Julien relaxed just a little, swinging the light back toward the sweet voice that had called out a hint. He still couldn't spot her at all, but at least now he knew she was within hearing distance, and it soothed a bit of the worry in him. "Marco?" he called out, hesitating over the word but giving it a shot anyway.

Once more utterly confused, Julien paused for a moment, looking back and forth between the two voices and seeing only darkness in either direction. Finally biting his lip, Julien swung the light back toward Kashya's voice, sliding it meticulously over the area starting high.

"I don't actually know how to play those games," he called out, not sure if he was supposed to just talk, or if there were other special responses.

Now he'd heard something, and he knew it. Julien took off after the faint sounds of cracking branches and a child's giggle, ducking into the brush with a faint grunt of annoyance as a particularly wet branch caught him full in the face. The light from the flashlight bobbed up and down as he ran, until he could barely make sense of what was illuminated in the circle at all.

In truth... Julien SUCKED at the game, but was perfectly happy to keep trying. "I'm okay. Just wet," he called out, beginning to question the idea of chasing after Kashya. The girl was sweet and beautiful... and clearly very, very good at the game! Of course, if he didn't catch her, then Julien didn't have to show that he was just as inept at hiding, he chuckled to himself.

Julien continued doggedly running after her as she fled from him, trying to keep from being drenched by various branches full of water. Height had its down side, after all. But as they ran farther and farther, he turned the light to glance back at the house and froze, catching Kurios within the circle of light. It took a few seconds before Julien called out, "Tag!," not even sure he had that correct.

Julien grinned wryly at her, shaking his head. "Probably not," he allowed without shame, stretching for a moment before nodding toward the right. "I'll go this way. Don't stray too far, okay?" he whispered, then ducked off, not wanting to hold her back when she was so good at the game. Between his height and pale coloring, he knew he'd stand out no matter what he did, so he did his best to settle in bushes to one side of the yard, trying to use the leaves to hide the white gleam of hair.

Julien tucked himself deep into the bushes, almost not daring to breathe as he tried to keep from giving himself away in the first few seconds. Despite his blasé attitude toward not being so good at the game, losing so quickly would just be humiliating. So he crouched in the darkness and waited, watching Kurios silently and wondering if Kashya was doing the same.