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Rein quickly snapped out of her daze and smiled as she looked over at her. Finally, her attention was back to her stomach. It chanted to her, food food food in weird growling noise. "Huh?! Oh Yes! Please!" SHe says as she chuckled nervously, slightly embarressed about the sounds her Stomach and continued to make.

Xue-Lien jumped at the sound of thunder, her eyes growing wider. She clinged onto her mother. 'What that?" She asked. Hisakata sat Xue-Lien at one of the taverns many tables and she sat down next to her. "It's thunder. Thank god we're in under a roof."

Kizzy snuggled her drawing close and Sai smiled down at her. At least she had something to keep her occupied for a little while. The young mother frowned a bit. Kizzy didn't have much to play with, now did she? 'Even I had a favorite little doll when I was little,' Sai remembered. 'She did draw that little picture now didn't she? Perhaps we'll take a trip to the store and buy some paints and things.' Yes, that was the solution, there had to be something there Kizzy could be occupied with. 'Can't just let her play in the soot all day now can I?'

She shook her head and looked up at Kizzy. "Sweetheart, you can't just play with the fireplace all the time. It's messy and can be dangerous if there's a fire in it. So, tomorrow, Mommy was thinking that we could go to Ms. Rosemary's and find something for you to play with. How does that sound?"

Kizzy seemed to take quickly to this idea. "Can I has whatever I wants?" She put the paper out infront of her and started 'walking' it about on the floor like it were a doll.

"We'll see, Kizmo. We'll see." She smiled at the little girl and stood up to walk over by Carol and Paine. "What all are we up to? Working on a dress?" She thought about seamstress' previous proposal. "Do you think you could hem my kimono for me, Carol?" Sai's eyes lit up at the thought of being able to properly fit into her favorite outfit.

Glancing outside, Maren just waited for the owners of the inn to come so she could check in, her deep eyes watching as the rain fell as she tried to see through to the other buildings. Everything around here amazied her, and what got her the most were the children. She had no idea how to take it all in, but as she hovered moreso in the shadows than in the light, she just accepted it with open arms, realizing it must just be an every day occurance. Sighing once more, she leaned against the wall, not sure if she should take the efforts to put herself in the open and talk to others, and slowly she drifted away as she thought about what she needed to do next.

Paine was awakened out of her world of thought when she heard a loud shriek in her ear. "Ow..." she said, sticking her finger into her ear and rubbing. Now, her ears were ringing to the high volume of Carol's voice. "Uh...Okay...what's going on?" she said, looking at a figety Carol. "Um...am I missing something?" she said, looking around for answers. But just searching didn't solve the humongous problem still in her head. WHAT SHOULD SHE DESIGN FOR CAROL?! "Decisions, Decisions..." she thought to herself...

"Room then? Very well." In truth Lita had hoped to stall the new resident a while, so she could consult DS further. Still, she had her instructions, and it would be rude to keep the woman waiting. "Follow me, please."

The shadowy figure headed towards the left of the teahouse, stopping near the wall and changin course. At the rear was a staircase, but she bypassed it, walking through a narrow hallway on the right. There was a door underneath the stairs, but she passed that, as well as the next door. There were only two more visible, and Lita chose the one on the left.

"Under the stairs is my own room. Across the hall is vacant- I think it used to belong to the keeper of the hot springs. The door at the end leads outside, right to the gardening shed and the springs. Upstairs is DS and Linnea, and Hisakata-san the cook and her daughter. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask me."

Lita left after opening the door, which revealed a sparsely furnished room painted a cheery shade of light green. There was a bed, a dresser, a nightstand, a mirror, and little else.

"Mmm this is good bread and water..." Rae murmured before he leaned back on the barstool, "Hum...well..." he leaned forward and pulled his backpack up onto the bartop and opened a few pouches, "Let's see...Vials...check...herbs check...mortar and pestle...check..." he muttered as he ruffled through the thing.

It appeared that he had packed an entire alchemic laboratory into that backpack he had, complete with plenty of ingredients. He then dug deep into the backpack and withdrew a sealed envelope which he stuffed into his shirt, "Introduction letter from the Alchemist's guild...check!"

He promptly resealed his backpack and adjusted his violet lenses so that they were sitting high upon his nose bridge again. "Guess I should wait...OR I could explore the town!" he snapped his fingers and tossed his backpack over his shoulder. He walked out of the inn, one hand with his thumb hooked over his pocketbelt, the other hand held onto one of the backpacks shoulder straps.

"...You know...maybe I should get a pet...Like a falcon...some sort of friendly companion..." Rae murmured to himself as he walked down the main street of Astora, "...Then I wouldn't be all lonely like half the time!...er...He'd probably drink one of my less then healthy combinations and die..."

Rae gets a temporarily depressed, downcast look before banishing it with a smile, "Oh well! I could just hang out with Lori!"

Carol took the dress in her hand and flipped it over a few times checking it over. She then nodded towards sai. "Ill patch up then ill fix up the size for you ms. Sai" After speaking she spilled out the contents of her bag and scooped up some pins, she brought them to her mouth and bite down on them and then one by one she placed them in the dress before she could sew.

At hearing Ayria, however, she turned around. "Mmm" She muttered before taking out the needles and giggling. "No, I dont own a dress shop" She stated "Im a seamstress, but i have yet to talk to lady chiaku, perhaps in the future i might thoguh"