Welcome to Gaia! ::

Reina allows Drago to cradle her and remove her mask though she preferred to have it on. Her tears were gone. Made vanish through magic. She smiles at Drago and plays the strong girl role. “Tch. Of course. He’ll be fine. He’s strong… always has been. I’m just a little sleepy from the trip is all,” murmurs Reina with a sniffle as she gazes at the door then at Anthro whose hair was covered in snow. That was right, it had been snowing. She left her cloak for Akou to wear. Since she was safe inside there was little need for her to have it. “Reina,” states Anthro and she looks over at him. They didn’t need to speak to know someone was coming to see them. Yelling could be heard from outside. Reina flashes over to the window near the bed and gazes out. She never had the best eyesight in the group but she could see as fine as a normal human could. She watches as Tybalt, carrying the unconscious Sai and guarding Nimen, is confronted by soldiers. Reina couldn’t leave once she’d entered the building. No. She had to stay. She would have to hope that Tybalt could talk his way out of the situation. ‘He was unconscious when I got here.’ Or maybe ‘I found him like this and was wondering if you could help him?’ Reina wondered how he’d get out of that situation.

Tybalt stands in silence as the soldiers surround him. “I know this isn’t the proper time to enter your village carrying an unconscious male but we have come in search of Reina Rose. This man needs her help,” he states as people begin questioning his reasoning. “Need help stashing the body?” “What magic does she possess to help that man?” “Who are you anyway?” “What a fine woman.” Nimen hisses at the last remark. Sure it was complimentary but she hardly liked those forms of comments. The same man as before road up on his horse and examined them. “They pose little threat compared to the group, Sir Eluamous allowed entry. They seem to be civilized. We shall allow them entry so long as they are not permitted to leave the Inn like the previous group. They shall all share a room.” The soldiers agreed despite their disposition and did as the man said. They would do as Eluamous would have wished in his absence.

Tybalt and Nimen enter the room and without thinking Reina flashed in front of them. She looks over Sai that was slung over Tybalt’s shoulder and then Tybalt. “What happened?” Tybalt motions inside and lays Sai on the floor as Nimen motions to Reina’s side. The door closes and the group is left alone… or close to alone. They were certainly being monitored. “It’s hard to explain, Reina,” replies Tybalt finally. “Something about being far away from Ella… and reverting back to his starting form… a leaf.” Reina looks at Nimen in confusion. Reina holds up a finger to Tybalt who attempted to explain and begins thinking. “Him being away from Ella isn’t good, basically.” “Yes.” Reina looks at Tybalt. “It has something to do with mates, right?” “Yes.” Reina begins pacing a while before she kneels beside Sai. She touches his forehead and then places both hands on her lap. This was posing as a nice distraction from the Akou thing. “Give me the necklace Ella modified for you, Nimen.” Nimen jumps and unties a red diamond necklace from her wrist and tosses it to Reina. “Ella placed a portion of her own soul into this one in order to help you better use this necklace. It is her specialty after all. It should prove as a suitable substitute for Ella.” Reina catches the necklace and ties it around Sai’s neck. “It’s not the real thing but it should have some effect. If he regains his strength and awakens then this will do for a while but if not then we need to find Ella.” “But she’s in a fight.” “That doesn’t matter,” replies Reina to Nimen. “Leave him on the floor. I’m going to get freshened up. Hopefully there are enough towels.” Reina treated the whole situation so lightly. Between the two gathered groups was a gap. Neither knew what was going on in the other group and without Sai probably wouldn’t know. “Ugh,” grunts Reina opening the bathroom door slightly and letting two pairs of gloves out. THE AKOU GLOVES! Reina kept the gloves made from the hands of Akou when he was an Ichazuki. They would prove helpful.

Long story short: Sai and Ella were traveling around when they stopped at Double Helix. Soon talk of betrayal was aroused and Sai left to chase after Crius Akasun. Ella stayed and fought Yuan Shisho. Eventually Sai got into a fight with Crius and gave up. They left for Mist and there was when things about the mates and weakening came to light. A homunculi named Pixie experienced the same thing but was fine when reunited with her mate homunculi named Sonnet. Then they all ventured to Hidden Federation: Mythology to find Reina to help figure things out and help Sai without pulling Ella from her battle.

Reina emerges from the bathroom a time later and flashes over to Drago on the bed. Her rosy scent infused with the smell of irises was intoxicating to say the least. She sits beside him on the bed and watches Tybalt and Anthro chat while the plush cat and tiny pixie speak to Nimen about the difference between a cat –which the plush cat was not- and a dog. The cat believed it to be a dog and backed up his reasoning with the fact that he was the companion of a Inuzuka. The gloves, that had transferred information to them all floated around bored.

Meanwhile, Akou simply enters into the castle and awaits testing. He sucks on his thumb and tinkers with either mask strapped to his back and chest. The masks were small and fit him on his face and his body. The cloak Reina gave him was tied around his waist and his har was a little wet but was quickly drying. The snow was beginning to get thicker but nothing really to worry over.