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Seph nodded flapping her wings against the couch "I am not a gria so I will still stick out, just not to the extent you will. But maybe... you going out with a fellow winged creature will boost your street cred and popularity with these guys" she joked running her fingers through Itaka's hair.

Hebal laughed nodding her head at Mari "I would like to think I smell quite nice but maybe you just cant smell viera with your human nose and when you were one you didn't know what the smell was" she guessed peeking out one of the unoccupied windows "You smell quite nice too when not hot and sweaty from battle but the last bit is what everyone in like after lots of exercise"

Alpha smiled and nodded his head in agreement "Yeah it's lovely and bright up here and the amount of sunshine is really good too but at the same time it's kinda... boring. Lots of crazy weather changes and conditions can be surprisingly entertaining. Even rain to an extent" he rambled.

Oassu gripped Felina's hand giving it a reassuring squeeze seeing her jump "We can hear you don't worry," he said waving to the Gria "He's just this way follow us" he said glancing up at the different levels before opening the door to the cockpit.

Jenna raised an eyebrow "Why would a tourist get to set off the big fireworks? Seems like an officials job and what do you mean the 'pro side'?" she asked.

Itaka chuckled "You think? Well maybe they'll think I'm into that kinda thing and hit on me a bit, a town lacking men makes guys like me in pretty high demand you know" he said letting Seph play with his hair.

Mari giggled "I actually find that smell quite satisfying, means you've worked hard but I suppose it'd be horrible for a Viera like you" she said jumping a little as the Gria shouted from behind them "Who was that being so noisy here?" she asked turning around to see.

Barbaros raised an eyebrow "Rain? I'd think you'd hate it but meh I suppose they'd get bored, this place is looking like a good holiday destination besides maybe they can control the city so it drops beneath the clouds when they need rain?" he suggested.

The gria smiled spotting Alpha by the steering wheel and flew across to him "You follow my directions to parking space. Turn left past big viewing tower" she instructed pulling out several sheets of paper from her shoulder bag "I also need to know how many of you are taking part in the tournament. Tournament started today and arena busy so you fill form in and hand in by sundown and arena staff take you to the fighters beds" she added waving the paper in the air.

Felina smiled at the gria before sitting down on one of the spare stools "You speak good Agralian" she complimented her settling Cid down on the table "She really does it's a hard language to learn. But stick with me and the levels won't be a problem since I can float us up and down" she told Oassu trying not to stare at the strangers wings.

Hayate scratched his head looking up at the papers "Well lets see... I think we need about 5 of those slips but give us a couple of spares in case a couple of people change their minds" he told the gria before turning back to Jenna "You know it would be one of the good points to being a gria thief around here and your right it is an officials job but it's still fun to do it yourself"

Seph shrugged glancing out the window now that Sophia had moved right out the way "If they don't get a shared dorm then its their own fault for being in their room for such along time... pretty much the whole journey" she concluded rolling over so her wings stopped bashing against the couch "So where do we go or what do we do to make requests like that?"

Hebal shook her head letting go of her ears so they pinged upwards "Aww I can't do that. That gria looks all serious and official which is totally not my type. But I wouldn't ask to touch her wings or she will think your a little strange... by the way your not that weird your lovely" she chirped giving Mari a big suffocating hug.

Alpha nodded in agreement but steered the airship away from the queue as instructed by the gria "Ok So where do we go after this? Also my friend is right it does seem odd that we are being picked out, why is that?" he asked her gesturing for Zadina to come join him by the steering wheel.

Oassu shrugged "Oh well we don't need to explore the entire city anyway but we'll have great fun you wait an see." he said sighing as Sophia dropped her arms sadly before waddling over to Mari.

Jenna nodded "He can jump quite high all chocobo's can you know" she said "Might be able to get to quite a few places you know" she said happily "But of course I've not been caught by the police I can get outta anything." she smirked

Itaka nodded "Go ask the Gria then, it'd be a shame if you had to share a bunk with some horny random greenhorn warrior" he grunted "And I hope the warriors residence is quite luxurious" he added directing the question to the Gria.

Mari gasped picking up her sad tonberry and snuggling her "Sophia is a lovely dingleberry, she wouldn't hurt anyone intentionally" she scolded the Gria letting Sophia snuggle into her "And I won't enter the tournament if you don't let me take Sophia along with me!" she insisted before being glomped by Hebal.

Barbaros chuckled "Mari can be pretty insistant still Sophia does need someone to look after her during the tournament, maybe it'd be best not to let Sophia watch her fights either" he pondered nodding at Zadina as he joined Alpha at the wheel.

"Who is the winged girl Alpha?" he whispered "Is she another demon like Seph?" he asked even quieter.

Felina glanced down at Cid on her lap trying to avoid watching Sophia's sad expression "I bet we will have all kinds of fun and like I said, if we have to then we can go travelling around from place to place in a float bubble. Still do you mind if we do have to spend the nights in the airship" she suddenly remembered noticing an inn with a sign saying "Full" on from outside the window.

Hayate chuckled nervously, hoping Sophia had no intention of releasing a nasty spell on the airship "Have you not even been stopped you restrained by them before? Loads do but apparently its quite easy for a good thief to trick the police into letting them go. I never thought chocobos could jump more than a few feet though and most of these levels seem to have at least a 7 feet height difference from what I can see"

The gria paused unsure what to say to Mari but soon shrugged her words off "Talk to Mei when handing in your slips. She's in charge of looking after competing people. We're weary of all creatures since sometimes they are used to hurt other players or do massive damage to opponants when thinking the master is hurt" she explained with a yawn.

Seph nodded pulling Itaka forward with her tail "I wouldn't do that unless you do something really annoying before training but your forgetting I have two wings now" she pointed out patting her newer wing. "Still I am better than the gria people, my horns are bigger and I have a nice tail... my wings are bigger too looking at that one" she whispered.

Hebal smiled watching over Sophia wondering if she would go to sleep "I dunno... I think she just said she would be at the arena but if there are problems with having Sophia around in the tournament then I could always look after her for you. Take her on some airship rides and stuff" she offered.

Alpha snickered picturing Seph and Itaka having to babysit Sophia throughout the tournament "Seph would hate looking after her for so long though I must admit she is doing better than I thought. Am I still going the right way still by the way?" he added to the gria now he had past the viewing tower. "Zadina you need to be a little more subtle when scanninning, some creatures particulaly bangaa would get annoyed if you scanned without asking. But in general you are quite shy" he explained patting his shoulder.

Oassu smiled "You could say that, just gotta sneak into an inn change the register a bit boom we're in for free, but it's probably best if Jenna does it since my arm is outta commision" he said

Jenna chuckled "Sure whatever you say, I didn't think you were really into thievery, I thought you shunned that part of the family." she said.

Itaka smiled "Your right but I'm not turned on by wing sizes or tail lengths and horns if your worried about that" he said kissing her horns "Just when they all combine to make you" he said snuggling her.

Mari nodded nuzzling a now quietly snoozing Sophia and giggling as she noticed Ivy dancing around the flower field in Alpha's hair "Yeah that would be nice if you'd look after her for me, she'll have a great time with mummy Hebal" she chuckled taking the refilled bottle of milk and putting it in Sophia's paw.

Barbaros nodded "Yeah they were alright before, I'd never seen a tonberry so energised...but I've not seen many tonberries before, only in books" he said.

Zadina nodded bowing to the Gria "Sorry Miss Gria, I'll ask in future" he said quietly "I wanna be less shy and braver like Sir Gil and you Cap'n Alpha" he said.