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Reap quietly wanted to show Iron his song, the song he'd been allowed to keep, if it still lingered in this place - though he wasn't hopeful that it did - so had convinced the other guy to come with him. It didn't make much difference really, they left a trail of the dead wherever they wandered in the ruins, what did it hurt to stop by somewhere with a little seating for a bit?

The slightly creepy guy who asked them to sit at the booth seemed like a waiter. He hadn't been there before. Reap gave him a funny look and then with a shrug figured why the ******** not?

"Want to go sit?" he asked Iron, casting a sidelong glance at the jukebox.

Iron stayed close, wary, but trusting Reap even if the pizza place had meant - safety, security -no, something else...

"Sure," he answered, sliding into the other side of the booth from Marati, and leaving room for Reap to get in. He folded his hands on top of the table.

He tried not to look very hard at the goddess, who made him nervous.

He cleared his throat.

"So. Still raining."

In between carrying out tasks and beating things up, Ixyguin had taken to wandering around and exploring. After dropping by the Spire, it only seemed natural for her to show up in the Ruins next--after all, this was where it had all begun for her.

She hadn't bothered exploring this place in too much detail before, but it honestly amazed her that she had neglected to notice such a brightly glowing sign. Rico's Pizza, huh? It seemed just as abandoned as everywhere else, but she supposed it wouldn't hurt to just take a small peek inside. It wasn't as if she had anything else to do in particular, and--

--what. The girl stared blankly at the coin that had suddenly been dropped into the palm of her hand as she stepped through the doors, brows furrowing. Tilting her head back--it was times like this that she wished she wasn't so short--she stared up at the tall figure who had given her said item. "Er," She started uncertainly, her brows creasing even further as she tilted her head to the side, "Thank...you...?"

Ixy wasn't entirely sure what was going on, but it seemed clear enough that he wanted her to sit at the same red booth as he and another three figures had slid into. Although she found it unusual, the request seemed harmless enough, so she moved forward and sat down beside Marati.

"Hi." The quiet greeting and a faint smile was all that she offered before she fell silent, eyes round as she stared at everyone awkwardly.

The rain was spattering down again, on and off, and Rojand didn't feel like enduring the stinging liquid. He ducked into the doorway marked by red neon as Rico's Pizza, and stopped short as he saw that there was a group gathering. The Goddess was still there too, and Rojand considered just turning around and leaving again, finding some other place to hole up out of the weather. But that would look bad.

Instead, he padded over to the table, looking as casual as he could manage, and slid into the booth. "Hey, guys," he said to the table at large.

"Hi." Marati murmured to the girl who sat down beside her, giving her a brief look-over before turning her head to do the same to the ones who sat across the table. She recognized them, however barely, and the whispered words from the back of her mind made no sense.

The door opened again, and she was relieved to find a familiar and friendly face who was...being snarked at? Well, that just wouldn't do. "Hey, you." She called out to Roj, casting a glance at the Goddess before waving sheepishly. "Welcome to the Party. Err. Pizza Party."

Then, she turned a defiant look to the snarky one. "There, I just did."

Acerola heard more noise than she normally did when she normally passed by this area in the Ruins....except for when battles were going on, of course. Something must be going on. She walked steadily towards the voices. Acerola saw a large number of grey humanoid figures walking into Rico's Pizza. Although she hated large crowds, her curiosity led her inside.

The place was the same as the last time she had dropped by, but now it was filled with at least twice the number of people as before. Had the Goddess gathered them here? She didn't know. Everyone was gathered at one table, chatting, and there seemed to be even more people arriving. Acerola awkwardly sat the the booth next to one filled with people, positioning herself so that she could watch what was going on.

This place still lacked familiarity - well, everything did, to be fair - so Key continued to waste his precious time by exploring everything he could possibly cover. He'd been doing this for quite some time now, blissfully ignoring all other responsibilities, finding nothing particularly worth lingering on.

Until he found the Ruins. He could feel so many others here, and he wanted to be around them, wanted to spend his time with them instead. Maybe they could tell him all about their adventures! And he could follow them around and find more! Yeah, this was like...the best plan. Ever.

Or the best plan since he was aware of his existence, which really wasn't saying much.

The echo of a teenage boy that came bounding into Rico's Pizza was slim and admittedly somewhat feminine in appearance with a faintly glowing heart of blue. Noticing any of that before he reached them might have required some refined observational skills, because he darted part anything that he should have observed in favor of reaching the gathered group.

He barely avoided crashing into the booth, though some sitting closer to the outside weren't quite so lucky: he cheerfully crawled over them like a child on a playground before finally settling into Reap's lap. If the beaming smile he gave everyone who looked at him was any indication, it didn't look like he had any intention of moving from his comfortable new spot.