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Akira smiled slightly at this sight. This girl was a little goofy, but that was kind of charming to him. He picked up a piece of chicken katsu and bit into it. He swallowed it and turned to the others with him. "So what classes are you guys taking?" he asked them, "I might have one with you. I'm taking a couple to work on my magic but I'm going to try and sign up for some class at the church."

He picked up a couple of noodles with his chopsticks and slurped them down without even chewing. Ramen had always been one of his favorite meals no matter how it was served. He would usually buy a whole basket of the instant cups whenever he would go to the market. Of course it was better when it was made like this though.

Akira finished off the rest of his chicken katsu and went back to his Ramen, which was now about half-way finished. "It is good, isn't it?" he asked rhetorically while smiling, "Honestly, I'd eat this everyday if I could." He was telling the truth about that too. His foster parents would have scolded him about that though. He began to stare off into the distance as he thought about them.

He shook his head and picked up a few more noodles, which he again gulped down quickly. He set his chopsticks down for a second as he noticed a soy sauce bottle. An idea came into his mind for another trick. He got the urge to loosen the top just enough so that when some unfortunate soul tried to pour it on something, the whole bottle would spill on their food. It was pretty mean, but he usually didn't care if it was or not. For some reason, he decided not to do it though.

Ashley and Rekyi were deep in what seemed to Razzer like a conversation of thoughts - no doubt Ashley was working on her telepathic abilities. The mage left a tip on the table for Eiji, and stood up.

"It was nice eating with you guys." he said to the two of, mock-bowing. "I have some business to attend to so if you don't mind, I'll take my leave." Razzer uttered a quick thank-you to Eiji for the delicious suicide ramen, and headed for the Gates of Ria. He hoped to track down Rin - he had overheard a student in the Dining Hall speaking of a temple of some sort being discovered somewhere nearby. With any luck, what he needed could be there. And since Rin was the only one who could help him, he needed her to come along.

Ashley blinked, looking up at Razzer as he spoke aloud to the two of them. Then she smiled, nodding her head. "Ok, see ya," she said quietly, before glancing back at Rekyi. She tilted her head slightly, dark brown ponytail falling lopsided against her pale neck. She blinked again as he took another bite, wincing so badly she actually closed her eyes as his next thought echoed around her head louder and longer than normal. She clutched her head with one hand until it passed, and then slowly looked back at him. His next thoughts that hit him were more quiet, but they still pounded with her headache. She sighed quietly, looking back to her bowl as she played with the noodles with her chopsticks. Actually, it... was during class one day, less than a year ago. She spoke quietly, frowning to herself. I just suddenly heard something, but at first I ignored it. Then everyone's thoughts suddenly hit me at once. It wasn't very... fun.

Ashley paused, a bite raised halfway to her mouth. She blinked, watching as it slipped from the chopsticks and landed back in the bowl. Then she turned and glanced back at Rekyi, tilting her head slightly. "....I am getting a headache," she mumbled quietly, looking back at the bowl. "But it's not really because of you. The first time I had no idea.. and I suddenly heard the whole class at once, since I was at school, and it was really... scary because.. I didn't know what was happening..." She trailed off, poking at the noodles and randomly stirring them around the bowl. She blinked again, watching him out of the corner of her eye. Then she sighed, bowing her head slightly. "I'm honestly not sure... Just concentrate, or mumble something over and over again so I won't want to listen anymore. Though... On second thought, please don't because I don't know how to block you out yet..."

Ashley continued eating after he'd first spoken, distracting herself with random thoughts of her own since she knew it was probably making him uncomfortable that she could hear everything he thought about. Honestly, she didn't want to hear. She'd much rather everything remain a surprise. But then again, if she hadn't suddenly come across this power, she wouldn't be here eating such wonderful ramen in this place crawling with ghosts and vampires. She shivered suddenly, eyes darting around as she was again tempted to pull up her hood, just in case a vampire wandered by and decided they were hungry. Nope! It's not gonna happen, she assured herself quickly, keeping her thoughts to herself so Rekyi couldn't hear, and then popped another bite of noodles into her mouth.

She chewed slowly, almost done, and feeling pretty full as well. Finally she set the chopsticks down in the bowl, and smiled to the chef. "Thank you very much. It was wonderful," she said quietly, always becoming nervous when talking to people she didn't know so well. Then she looked back at Rekyi, blinking at the hot springs suggestion. Her face flushed red too as she stared at him for a couple seconds. "The... hot springs?" she began after a moment, voice rather faint. "I've never.. been before.." She frowned to herself, staring at the counter again. She was also embarrassed about wearing a swimsuit... Not just in front of him, but in front of everyone.

"Yes, of course," Reyki said to the chef, "Most delicious." His plate was cleared away for him and he turned to face Ashley. Was it just him or were cheeks becoming a little bit pink? He smiled, "Or, of course, we could go wherever. I'm cool with anything. I don't have any classes or anything today, and quite frankly, I don't want to be bored!" He smiled to her, running his hands through his hair absent-mindedly. He hoped she'd say yes, they could go somewhere, but yet knew he could deal with it if she said no. He kept these thoughts in the back of his mind, in a "safe" spot where he knew she couldn't hear them unless she tired really, really hard.