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Maron tilted her head sideways.

"Wrong idea?" she thought about it. She did look very young for her age. Maybe they thought a hostage or a child slave? But they were super kind to her?

"Oooh, I'm sure they know I'm here on my free will silly" she said slapping his back.

Aoi heard Ki's screams, and was rushing to go to the bedroom, when the young lad came running down the stairs and bumped right into him. The tall man crouched down, placing his right hand on his head and ruffling his hair a bit.

"Easy there." he told Ki in a calm voice. "I'm here...and I see you've found the house keys." he smiled.

The tall man took the keys from the hyperactive youth, and hooked them somewhere within the folds of his cloak.

"Everyone's left, it seems, Sania might have left you cause you were sleeping so soundly." he said as he straightened himself, helping the boy stand on his own feet. "You're from around the city, right?" he said, since he knew Shania and Shania was from the city. "You'd best be on your way as well...I have to look for Inanise...and if you see her, could you lead her to my house and tell her not to leave?"

Aoi started to head for the door, waiting on the boy. "I would appreciate that a lot." He added finally.

Vincent smirked proudly, and looked around at the magestic beauty of nature around them. The stood on the edge of a large circular clearing, surrounded by thck large trees that were only two feet apart and the ground carpetted by clean green grass, a natural trait that was rarely seen without the thick buses and weeds. The clearing itself was made of dirt, somewhat excavated earlier on, and at its center were burnt wood, though it appeared like it had been a long time since there was fire burning upon it. The chirping of birds were constantly to be heard, and insects of every kind crawled on the ground. "While I was searching for a spot for us to portal in, I came across the image of this camp. Quite cozy if you ask me," There was slight disturbance in his voice, as if he wasn't very sure of what he was saying. Nevertheless, he continued on, "It's about 2 miles southeast from the city, and here's the interesting part," he pointed at the edge of the sky, where the peaks of the grey image of mountains were vaguely seen over the nearby treetops, "I sense several caves only a few miles east from here, and they seemed to have been inhabited once before. That kind of reminds me of an experience earlier on my journies throughout the continent. Despite my experiences, I somehow got lost in a forest I was crossing for a shortcut. Guh... That was a really interesting experience alright. Call me naive if you'd like, but I'd have to confess that I ate some very strange things back then. I did not know which plants were safe and were not, and randomly hunted whatever animal I could find! I was actually nervous if I should eat a frog one time..." his voice trailed off at remembering the moment, only to shake off his head in disgust, and made short bursts of nervous laughs before continuing on, "Anyway, only two days passed through that bizarre lace of a jungle when I got SERIOUSLY sick. Heh, I almost thought I'd DIE, if it weren't for some helpful travelers who came across where I was by chance. Fate must have liked me to live back then. They seemed to have been bringing a sickly person just like myself, and before I knew it, they brought me into a well lit cave. I don't remember much about it, since I merely fell asleep from being so dehydrated (I believe the word existed by this time), but I do remember it being very home-like, and a kindly old woman named... er..." he held his head and closed his eyes in pondering upon the name, before finally blaring out the words, "Grandma Kairo. Yeah, that's right, G-Ro as I'd call her! Though she looked like a Nora Aunor to me, except that she doesn't have the mole. Man, does that lady know her stuff! She knows everything about my body like the back of her hand, and in three days time, I was back on track!" He grinned brightly and made a triumphant pose, "The kind strangers led me back out of the forest, and I was finally back on my trail. Maybe that's why I took the desert shortcut when I came to Laista." He pondered for a whilw, noding on his own on the realization of not being hazy after all, that he went through the shortcut to avoid the forest.

(( to fix the post fairly easy enough, just delete all references of you and old Inshi having any contact (I imagine his/her character to be very anti-social, the upbringing of Inanise ...the story of which I wish to reveal later on) with Vincent, and any particular description of any lodging took place in the area.

Basically, if you say that you're in the forested areas around Laista, Inanise should know her way from there. ^^ ))

((LOL OK. School hasn't started in my end yet... We should go erase these OOCs before Patchwork comes back. She'll get mad.))

(( Patch is kewl~ 3nodding ))

Inanise's eyes lit with slight recognition. They weren't the only ones who lived in the forest after all, but she really did not mingle with them.

"I live a bit ways from here." Inanise said in a quiet voice as she surveyed the forest area. It was lovely to be surrounded with trees again. "You must be from outside Laista?" she asked, her curiosity perked a bit.

Now that she was in her element, Inanise felt more at ease. Wishing to take a seat, she deftly climbed a nearby tree, sitting on the first sturdy branch that she came upon. The grey-eyed girl wasn't that high up above Vincent, maybe just a foot or so above his head.

Feeling relaxed, Inanise put her hood down, revealing her pale skin and white hair. Amongst the soft shadows, her whitness glowed somewhat, giving her an ethereal look, like she was a ghost.

Patiently she waited for his reply, breathing in the fresh air.