Re: Transform, and Roll Out [Makoto, Elyss, Julian]

Mon May 10, 2021 12:30 am

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Elyss Kishimoto | Red

Rolling her arm, Elyss understood Makoto’s groan. This thing does feel a bit stuffy, like she’s having to squeeze through a tight corridor. Guess that’s just how it has to be for now. Can’t have her energy leaking out and all that. You know? Makoto doesn’t look half bad with her hair down. There’s a relaxed feeling about it, but one look at the woman’s serioux expression fixed Elyss’ small fantasy.

“Alright. You’re the boss lady, for now.”

She said that with a sly grin as she threw her hair into the blowing breeze. The implications of what she just said are there, but there’s not much surety of Elyss disobeying anything Makoto wants to do. She just knows it’ll irk her companion a bit to have to think of Elyss doing something that could potentially ruin the mission. Come on. Things would be a bit too boring if there isn’t just a bit of discord to keep their spirits up.

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Mon May 10, 2021 12:38 am

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MAKOTO ARIMA

It was hard to figure out how she should respond to Elyss' remark. Did she just accept the authority proper? No, she'd just continue as they were rather than getting wrapped up in the discussion of power dynamics here, it was something that would just end up being a headache or something.

"Alright. We're getting close.. I think."

Once they got into town she walked around, a little aimlessly and without sense of direction until she found some maps to go off. Then find a hotel. Then establish their situation for this town until they went somewhere else.

Until Abalia's missing fragment was found.

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Mon May 10, 2021 12:45 am

Elyss Kishimoto | Red

Ah. No comment. Well, guess that’s fair, but that means things are about to get boring. What else is there to do here besides walk around and stare at buildings? Elyss is going to let Makoto take the lead, not like she had tried to lead anyone anyway. Wandering around lost was fun for a bit until they actually found a map and started to go places purposefully. From hotels to stores, they just kept on walking, scouting the place for anything they need.

“Wonder how much longer Julian’s going to be?” She muttered to herself, but Makoto can respond if she wants. It was mostly to hopefully get something out of the woman anyway. A bit of small talk could help improve this part of their adventure, but it’s unlikely anything will come of that.

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Mon May 10, 2021 12:54 am

MAKOTO ARIMA

"As long as he needs to be, I'm sure he'll join us when he's done."

It was typical Makoto to not give much except the raw information when asked a question, there wasn't much point in flowering it up. She gave the streets a quick look, a couple of people were around and so she opted to engage in people watching while she wandered about with Elyss in tow.

"You're very quiet. Have you noticed anything, I was hoping we'd find a map by now."

What a bother. She just wanted to get an idea of where they were but felt like she was only getting more disorientated a bit. The last time she had been to the living realm had been entirely for war reasons. Nothing in the sense of getting a good grasp of it.

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Mon May 10, 2021 1:03 am

Elyss Kishimoto | Red

Oh. She’s being asked to help? Well, she was content on just following. She’s picked up a bit on the layout just from looking around, but if she has to do a bit more, she shall. So, with that in mind, Elyss just walked away from Makoto to one of the locals, quickly having a conversation with the person before the dude pointed down the street. When Elyss returned, she shrugged her shoulders and nudged her head towards where she was directed.

“Dude said we can find a map at the town center by going down that street for three blocks and making a left. It’ll be the building with the white steps.”

She made that look easy, didn’t she. Hopefully, Julian returns soon with some valuable information. As much as she likes being out in the field, they’re chasing a moving target. The faster they get on the right trail, the better. Though, anyway, Elyss would leave Makoto behind and take the lead just because she’s the one who was told the correct directions.

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Mon May 10, 2021 1:17 am

MAKOTO ARIMA

What was she going to do? Use a kido spell? Try and use her reikaku? Did she have her denreishinki and plan to use it perhaps? No. Nothing quite so complex or overthought, instead Elyss just walked over to someone and asked for directions. That was a little embarrassing that the last thing she considered was to use the locals' understanding for their benefit.

"Oh. Right."

She fell into walking behind Elyss, still quite and introspective while contemplating the situation she just witnessed. Maybe Elyss would be helpful for the sake of the mission and she was a bit too quick to judge. Whatever, it's not like she needed to praise her for it. It was just the right course of action in the end.

"Alright. Where's the hotel."

Makoto regretted not polishing up on her written English. She could speak it fine but trying to read this map was making her think a bit. Pulling out her phone-like denreishinki and beginning to try and translate to the side, Makoto silently got to work unless Elyss was any better at it.

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Mon May 10, 2021 2:23 am

Elyss Kishimoto | Red

It’s not like Elyss is an idiot or anything, come on. It also wouldn’t hurt Makoto to at least give her a pat on the back or something. It would seem that Elyss’ partner had felt a bit silly. Well, it’s hard to tell. Makoto is always quiet and all that unless talking about the mission. You’d think getting directions would warrant something besides silence. Whatever. It doesn’t take them long to reach the town center, and Elyss went in and grabbed a map. Now, here comes the fun part: reading it.

Elyss knows how to speak and read English. Well, she probably shouldn’t know how since you’re supposed to lose your memories and stuff after dying and coming back as a Plus, but since she has those memories, the time when she learned the language because of the global competitions she was a part of is paying off. Still, she’s not perfect. Some of the more dubious words are proving a bit hard, but Elyss can understand the spots that are clearly places for tourists, like hotels.

“Uh… There are a few, but this one has 5 stars if you want to check it first. That or these with 4 and 3 stars.”

She pointed at a few spots as she held the map for Makoto.

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Mon May 10, 2021 3:34 am

MAKOTO ARIMA

"Nothing too overrated. I'm not trying to blow budgets on living arrangements here, also remember to look for ones around the outskirts and everything. Just whatever one is the most convenient, you know with facilities close and all that."

Makoto gave up trying to translate it herself and relied on Elyss' ability to read and interpret. Well, she could speak it well enough at least but these words might as well be jibberish to her. If Elyss took a bit too long to decide then Makoto would just pick one of the more mediocre ones Elyss had pointed out even if she couldn't read it entirely.

"Let's go investigate this one."

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Mon May 10, 2021 3:49 am

Elyss Kishimoto | Red

This is a bit difficult. Since this area is specifically known for tourism, there are so many hotels, all of them hosting a lot of the same stuff. Without Julian here, Elyss doesn’t know which would prove the best for them. It’d be weird to pick a place that is on the other side of the town from where they need to be. She’s somewhat grateful when Makoto picked one for her, a 3.5-star hotel that’s near the edge of the city for those who wish to have an easy time switching from the town and wildlife.

“Alright. Let’s go. It’s a bit far, but we are nearing the center of this place.”

With confidence, she absently took Makoto by the wrist and took off.

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Mon May 10, 2021 3:54 am

MAKOTO ARIMA

She was unprepared for what came next, being grabbed by the wrist and just dragged along? It kind of surprised her enough that she was dumbstruck for a bit of the walk and just let Elyss lead her for a bit before she got over the initial surprise and her insistent silence which had followed it. She should address it but she'll ket it slide this once, her hand was breaking the grip on her wrist though.

"Alright. I can't really say I know much about the living world. Is there anything in particular I should be aware of? It is far different when it's not a warzone."

Might as well get a greater understanding of the situation while she was here. The last time she was in the living realm was in the Middle East with her teacher watching slaughter. She didn't need to pass that information onto Elyss though, that was just for her.

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