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Arietta ran for all she was worth towards the fields. She had overslept and was now late. Again. She ran until reaching the tree, and once she was there, she promptly slumped against it, out of breath from the sprint. She so wished that she was more physically gifted like Cat and Legretta. She heard and unnatural rustle in the tree's leaves. One not caused by wind. She looked up. "Eeeek!" She screamed at seeing dark black wings. After taking about 5 more seconds to look again, she saw that it wasn't a demon, but, in fact, a Laquri. "Ah! I-I'm sorry! I thought that.. And..." She trailed off, looking down in shame that she had made such a foolish mistake.

((this is the most he's probably ever going to say at one time...))

Adun touched down from the tree and snatched the bow pieces from legretta. "no" was all he said. He turned to Cat and said "she's my apprentice not so much friend, don't mistake it." He motioned for Kiria to follow and turned to Legretta again. "the Alloy is unique, tempered with a pyson's hammer. It's infused with steel for stability and crushed gems give it the channeling power I used it for, not one like it in the world. I personally shaped it", again he obviously read her thoughts. He held the remains of his bow and thought up a use for them, one fitting of their legacy. He glanced over at his apprentice and said "I acquired it very recently. after I ditched you...". He turned his attention to legretta one more and said "let me see those pistols, I want to examine them closely, I've never worked with guns, there's an empty house over there I can use and not be interrupted. Also, Kiria, I want to check something over with you, in private, come with me."

Adun extended an shield around Kiria and glared at Skaro. "Don't even think about it" He said, "she's my apprentice". He made as if to threaten him with his bow then remembered it was in pieces. instead he threw a burst of energy at him as he landed to knock him off balance.

Kiria stared. The blue haired man had executed a perfect illusion. She would have been rather frightened if she hadn't felt a slight pulse about them. Instead she was shocked, and impressed. He was also obviously a friend to her Master. And quite friendly, at that. "That was well done, a perfect illusion!" she said to him. "Oh, I'm sorry about the feather, I didn't mean to. I'm Kiria, by the way. I'm a psyon...in training. I'm coming, Master," she added in response to Adun's call. "Just trying to at least learn people's names."

((You guys need to call each other by name or introduce yourself to Kiria, otherwise I have to keep saying "the blue haired man", "the pink haired girl", etc.!))

It all happened so comical; AA's rush to keep Skaro away from Kiria, Ari's little scare of the girl, the shocked look on Kiria's face when she heard AA had broken his bow... That helped her mood, and she completely forgot about the rain. "I'm Cat. This is Ari and Legret!" She said happily, gesturing at each of the said people in turn. "You're AA's apprentice? Weird. I didn't think he taught." Cat added, glancing at Adun. Then a thought crossed her mind. "Considering that the bow means so much to you that you wouldn't let someone fix it, then why did you break it in the first place?" Cat asked, giving the archer an uneasy stare.

A quick reaction and a steady hand allowed Adun to leap back and poise an arrow at Legretta's heart. Adun had sensed something inside Legretta from the start and finally understood it. As Legretta calmed herself, Adun lowered the arrows composition until it was gone. He sighed and said "I still need to discuss something with you, Kiria, don't run off". With that he turned and walked towards the house, needing some privacy to talk to his apprentice.

Skaro chuckled to himself merrily in a quiet tone and slowly turned round to face Cat.

"So, are there any more Bandits to take down?" He asked expectantly, "So far all I've really done is sat down and chucked shadow-kunai at the newbie!"

With a yawn and a flick of his fingers; Skaro summoned a kunai and struck a small brown bird which had been perched in a large oak tree behind them, all without breaking from his conversation or moving round at all - a perfect blind-hunting shot.

"Then, let's rawk!" Skaro pounced his fist to the air, locking his claws in place, "Should be a laugh,"

Skaro followed behind Cat, pounding the ground as he walked, eager for a fight.