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[This is in concern only to those who are in service to Suto and because I thought this would be fun to post. ninja ]

A small carrier pideon lands not far from you. Its a rather meek looking little bird but it doesn't seem to be afraid of your presence. In fact there seems to be a note tied to its leg that it wants you to take.

Neko had finally realized the issue as well and stared at Riyo without too much shock at the situation. "So...this is growing up?" Neko looked to Yuki in a questioning manner. True Riyo spoke much better than she had before, much more fluently. But as for her realization of the customs of the world.....that had yet to sink in. Not that Neko minded all that much.

"No no no," Marty tried to protest in a soft voice. "You are very" He swallowed hard his red face becoming even redder. "Lovely." His hands were still clasped tightly over his eyes as to prevent himself for accidentally getting another peek.

As one of the men spoke up Marty slightly turned in his direction daring for a moment to peek through his fingers. Riyo wasn't in direct view so maybe it was safe to look in this direction. "I am traveling." Marty stated lightly as he began to get to his feet. His actions were a bit slow having taken quite the fall for his height. A little off balance as he stood to his full height it only took him a matter of seconds to steady out.

Still a little nervous on where to look Marty turned his gaze skyward trying to avoid any more possible mistakes. "I've been traveling for quite some time now. I was resting just a ways off, I'm on my way to the next village to the west of here."

As Marty spoke Mitsu stared in awe of the giant centaur. He was so much taller than any of them but there was something about his stance. Was he nervous? Looking down at Tobi Mitsu eyed the bag that he had taken from the centaur and took hold of it and stood to her feet. "I...I'm afraid Tobi took this from you."

Marty's ears perked at the sound of a small voice and he turned gingerly toward it trying to avoid looking at the wrong person. There he saw a little white haired girl holding out a small leather bag to him. Then, it dawned on it what it was and he looked in his bag to confirm it was gone. "Well, I'll be." He didn't sound angry by any means, just surprised.

Leaning down he took hold of the bag but paused a moment as he got a better look at Mitsu. He had seen this girl before but from where seemed to elude him as well at the moment. "Thank you." He finally said tucking his wallet back into his bag.

while the group were talking, poke took this oppotunity to disapear from view. slipping into the water, she was gone and reapeared on the opposite bank in just a few seconds. She grabbed her clothes, shoes and backpack, and taking shelter behind a tree she hurridly put on her clothes.

Now modderately dressed, she hurried back to the group to catch the rest of the conversation, picking up her catch on the way.

"wwowwww" she said out loud, noticing how large this guy was. "you're really tall!"

Yuki gave a short laugh. Poke, it seemed, wasn't very hard to impress. First with the dragon, and now this guy. The centaur, at least, didn't seem like he was going to be a threat. Though, Yuki found it a bit strange that something so large and powerful could be so nervous.

"We're going east, toward the next town." Hitsu had replied, and much to the appreciation of Yuki hadn't continued with additional detail.

"We've just seemed to acquire more company as we went..." Yuki murmured.

"Oh I see. Well, there is safety in numbers," Marty nodded. Then as Blade asked him his name he gave a surprised "Oh!" He then looked at everyone and offered a slight bow at the waist. "How rude of me, my name is Martian, but you may call me Marty."

Mitsu gave a bit of a giggle, "Marty. I like it. I'm Mitsu." She then went about putting her outer layer of clothing back on even though she was still quite wet. It didn't seem to bother her though but she was starting to get that odd feeling again. Like her skin was crawling and burning making her feel sick to her stomach. Odd.

"Mitsu.." Marty repeated. Now that name did sound familiar. "I think I've met you before. A few weeks ago, were the forest ends and the desert begins."

"Desert?" Mitsu looked confused as she pulled her skirt up to her waist. Why did all this sound familiar and yet to images were eluding her.

"Neko," Neko offered his name and nothing else directing the attention away from Mitsu at the moment.

"Neko," Marty nodded repeating his name as well.

Riyo had quickly re-dressed herself behind the large rock that she'd tossed her clothes on. Didn't take her long, but she kept her ears open to the conversation all the while.

She reappeared minutes later, her jacket slung over her arm. She was enjoying the breeze, so the jacket could stay off for awhile. "And I am Riyo." She said after everyone finished introducing themselves. She wondered... Was it possible to ride a centaur? It must've been. They had the horse bodies, right? It'd be different if it was a horse head and human body... Hm..

hearing yuki's murmur, poke couldn't help but laugh. "you'll be amazed at the circumstanses we're met each other. I'm still in disbelief myself"

at being asked her name, she was happy to comply. "poke's my name" she nodded and then looked at mitsu at the mention of "Desert". She wasn't aware there was a desert at the end of the forest, and she didn't like the idea of being in one at all. Though, most likey she wouldn't have to worry, as the village seemed to be closer then the desert was.