Concrete Playground [Mentor]

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((OOC: Caution. The song clip linked below may be loud. Keep this in mind.))

Hiro felt a little cheeky, as Sayha mentioned that she didn't do well in crowds. He gave her a grin, wanting to make a joke about the fact that she had mentioned that she didn't do well in crowds. Rather, though, he decided that he might as well make the next starting point from where he shouted be somewhere in a crowd. When in combat or in situations that required one to be sneaky and clever, then they had to be able to make due, eve with things that they didn't appreciate all that much. "Well, I suppose I'll start moving, then, if you want me to just start here." He had offered to go back to the plaza to start off, and then move from there. However, she seemed more willing to just start from right where they stood. "But, keep in mind." Hiro began after a few seconds, closing his eyes. "This time'll be a bit more difficult." Taking a few steps back away from the cart and the girl, he took in a deep breath from there. Suddenly, flames began to circle around his body, reforming his image into a burning outline of white, red, and yellow fire. His eyes shot back open, revealing orange, cat-like eyes.

Giving her a salute really quickly, before he turned around and sprinted much more quickly off in a different direction. Thanks to the skills he had activated, Eye of the Tiger and Hellfire Drive, his movement speed had dramatically increased, almost to the point of instantaneous teleportation. Hiro jumped up onto the rooftops, running along them, as he began to return to the plaza where they had first started. From there, he continued along until he got to one of the more populated plazas, and decided to keep going, to see if he could find anywhere even more populated. Not a smart move, telling him that she doesn't do well in populated areas. This only made him want to head to a busy section of the city even more, to the point of actually going to one of the busiest shopping districts in London.

Deactivating both the skills that he had turned on, he slowed himself down to a halt on top of one of the nearby buildings. Looking down from the high rooftops, Hiro could see a massive gathering of people, with plenty of stores and such scattered all around. It looked like a classic strip mall, with a large food eating court in the middle. Some small bands were playing, just to provide entertainment for those who were shopping, eating, or just hanging out. He knew this place quite well, as he had been here a lot in the past. He looked up at the Tower of London, just before the giant plaza, and decided that he would go up on top of there. As he reached the top, Hiro pulled out a flute that he had been given by a friend a long time ago, and put it up to his mouth. He hadn't used this thing in a while, yet a small fragment of a song played from the instrument. The flute was enchanted so that the sound it made carried over a long way. Yet another song that his sister had played from time to time, though she could never play anything further from the song. Such a thing engraved itself into his memory. After he had played the tune, he began to hop down and head into the sea of people, waiting to see if he could see Sayha has she arrived.

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∝: 598
♫: Steal a March
✏: Some real Hide and Seek.
@: @shadowsaiph

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	Sayha waited as Hiro agreed that the starting point would be where they were and stated that it would be harder. She was happy he agreed and had expected it to be harder. However, she didn’t expect Hiro to activate some of his skills then bound off. After he saluted her, she barely saw that he bounded to the top of a building heading off north… or at least she thought it was north. “Well then…” Sayha sighed, “If he’s going to play that way, then I may have to pick up the pace… stupid debuff.” At that point, she toggled <Silent Move> off so she could move around more easily, at least at first. He probably got a decent amount of way so she wouldn’t have to worry too much on the sneaking at the beginning. After a while, she heard a song on the wind. Pretty literally. It wasn’t singing but rather a flute or something like a flute so it threw her off, but she had a good feeling that it was Hiro. Unfortunately, it was really distant and muffled so she couldn’t get a good pin on where to go. So instead, she went with her original thought on Hiro heading north. However instead of staying on the street, Sayha found a small jumping area that allowed her to get to the top of one of the nearby buildings. He wasn’t in site at all, but that didn’t matter at that point. Using her speed and her own power, she was able to jump from building to building as long as they were close enough together. She headed north, but wasn’t able to get very far via building jumping so she jumped down into an empty alley. After, she made her way onto a main street which she recognized as the shopping area she had been in earlier that day. “He’s going to be in a crowd, isn’t he…” Sayha groaned, “He deserves a troll badge after this.” Instead of going off in a random direction, Sayha paused and waited for Hiro’s next song.
Coding by Sayha of ET	Word Count: 348 | Total Count: 4076 | Hirosame

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Hiro decided that he would probably just hang around in this square for a while, since he likely didn't need to move anytime soon. He kept his eyes open on the south/southwest portion of the square, to see if he could find Sayha bounding across the rooftops to find him. Then again, he likely wouldn't find anybody or anything like that, since the impressive amount of speed he had used in order to get here would have clearly outclassed many other classes, even if the burst of speed from Hellfire Drive died off rather quickly in the end of it all. Since he had found a good enough place to hang out and enjoy his time in, he figured he'd walk around a little bit, seeing all there was to see in this place. He hadn't been here in a little while, so he wanted to see what there was to see. Walking around, he managed to find a small group of people from Moon Dance Forest, a place that he was fairly well acclimated with at this point. The Landers looked over at him in surprise, some of them being children. They ran over to Hiro, and began to quickly speak to him.

"Hey, hey, Mister Hiro guy! We made it to the city!" One of them shouted.

"Are you here to do some shopping, too? We came with the caravan to sell some goods." The other said. It was a combination of a young boy and a teenage girl, whom he supposed was here with their father. Looking up, he saw one of the men from the tribe, smiling at his children, and setting up a small stall, filled with good from their home village.

Hiro smiled as he saw this, and he felt a tug on the leg of his pants. The boy looked up at him. "Some of us are going to play a song that we brought over from the village, which we came up with on our own back in the village! Do you remember it?" The boy was ecstatic as he asked.

Hiro knelt down. He knew the song they were talking about, as he had spent enough time in the village to learn it well enough. "I sure do. And..." Hiro pulled the flute out. "I even have this along, so if you would like, I could help out." The kids began jumping for joy, as they ran over to their father, whom they told. The man looked over, smiled, and nodded. Hiro walked on over, and joined up with the rest of the people that were going to play, bringing the flute up to his lips. Closing his eyes, he waited for the drum queue, to begin playing the song that they had made in the village. It was one of joy, using just one word. Can't blame them for only using one word, though, since many hadn't come up with songs before. The drums played, and Hiro followed up with the flute, playing all the while. Hiro had had experience with playing the song enough times that he could play it fairly well on his own. As much as he wanted to do this for the joy of the children, and to help bring people over to the stand, he also figured it would be a good use of time, to give Sayha a nice hint as to where he was at.

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∝: 573
♫: Haku
✏: I like the song, wanted to use it. XD
@: @shadowsaiph

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	Sayha didn’t have to wait long to hear Hiro’s next song which made her slightly thankful. Once again, the song was on a flute and not vocal, but she could tell it was closer than it had been before. It came from the north direction still, which slightly puzzled her. “He’s staying in the same spot?” Sayha questioned under her breath. Preferring to be safe than sorry, she whispered again, “<Silent Move>.” Sayha made her way through the crowd. Once again, Sayha decided to skirt the large groups of people by staying along the side of the roads. This time, it wasn’t too difficult since the road wasn’t nearly as congested as it had been before. After a while, Sayha found herself at the entrance to a large plaza. Rather than just walk in, she stayed off to the side of the main entrance and looked around, trying to see if Hiro was there. However, there were just too many people for Sayha to get a clear sight. Rather than walk around and possibly be spotted, Sayha waited outside the entrance and studied the crowd. There were a lot more Landers in this plaza than there had been in the previous one, and they all seemed to be talking to either the people manning the stalls or to each other; however, there were some talking to adventurers, possibly giving them quests. Sayha thought she had seen Hiro talk to a small group of Landers, but she wasn’t entirely sure. Instead of walking in the main entrance, she saw that there were ways in via small alleyways. Sayha backtracked and went down a small alleyway, being sure to stay out of sight. It was time to wait and see if she was right.
Coding by Sayha of ET	Word Count: 292 | Total Count: 4368 | Hirosame

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Hiro had just finished playing the music with the small group of Moon Dance Landers, putting the flute away. The shop had garnered a good amount of attention, thanks to the music. A small applause was heard as soon as the people had stopped playing. Hiro nodded over to the people from Moon Dance Forest, and he began to walk away from the people. He waved goodbye to them all as he moved away, looking ahead at the place all around him. As he had begun to move away, he started to look around to see if the Assassin that he had begun this game with was close to him at the moment. While he wanted to make sure that he wasn't followed so quickly, he also still felt like being a jerk and staying nearby the large crowd. Once again, Sayha had made a mistake in telling Hiro that she didn't do well around large numbers of people. Then again, given that the flute was enchanted and carried a long distance, she probably was at least on her way over to the square by now.

Deciding that he might as well try and make this more difficult, Hiro moved toward the center of the square, as the rich smell of fresh cooked food began to circle all around him. If Sayha had registered his scent anywhere in her memory, as creepy as that sounds, he would likely not be able to smell him from here. As much as he laughed at the thought, it would have been a little strange to see someone walking around, sniffing around in the air, trying to find him. It would also be quite funny, though, the more he thought about it. While he entertained this thought, he grew closer to the center of the square, as more and more people started to circle all around. He thought another thing, while he moved, though, and that was to not give her any more hints for a little while, make her wonder where exactly he was. Maybe he would have moved further north? Maybe he moved further south? East? West? Doesn't matter, really, as he laughed a bit at either forcing her hand to enter the densely populated square, or make her think he ran off.

He shook his head slightly, thinking that that would be too rude of a thing to do. While he would have enjoyed it, he figured that it wouldn't be a nice thing to do, especially since Sayha might not have had as much experience in this city as he did. Hiro knew a majority of the city like the back of his hand, and, as such, was able to traverse it quite well. Instead, he began to think of a song to sing, but the only thing that came to mind was a type of chill-jazz rap that he'd heard a long time ago, from a composer who had died long before his time should have come. Hiro began to let out the lyrics, as he walked his way through the crowds. Some people turned to look at him, but most payed not mind to him. When he made his way through to the center, though, he stopped for a second, busting out the lyrics even more so, despite the song having a rather risque word to use. He didn't care, though, since it was just a song. He channeled the song for a little while, standing in the center of the square.

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∝: 584
♫: Feather
✏: Assuming the entrance is south.
@: @shadowsaiph

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	Sayha waited. And waited. And waited. She ended up waiting for a decent amount of time, but she stayed patient and didn’t move. Then, she heard Hiro’s singing again. And it was, indeed, in the center of the square she had found. He was directly north of her. Even though Sayha didn’t like crowds, she decided to use them to her advantage. After taking a few deep breaths, she made her way towards the center of the plaza. It was very uncomfortable for her, and she had to keep reminding herself to breath. After not having any luck right away, Sayha retreated from the congestion off to the side. Off to the side of her, she saw a small group of Lander kids playing some sort of drum, but they didn’t seem to notice her which made her thankful. She closed her eyes, took some deep breaths, and refocused herself. When she opened her eyes, she scanned the crowd. This time, she looked around for people with bright red hair. In the distance, Sayha saw someone with the same hair color as Hiro. “<Silent Move>,” Sayha whispered under her breath, and she started to move. She didn’t feel as congested this time since she was focusing on a target rather than being overwhelmed with everyone around her. After she got to a certain distance, she realized that it was Hiro, but she was approaching from his side rather than from behind. She re-averted her movement so she would be behind him and deactivated <Silent Move>. Just as she caught up to him, she gently grabbed the back of his shirt. “You deserve a troll badge for hiding in the most crowded area by the way,” Sayha said, loud enough for him to hear her over the crowd around him, “However, I know my weakness much better than you do.” ((OOC: My main level is should be hitting over 14 soon so we probably should do only one more round))
Coding by Sayha of ET	Word Count: 309 | Total Count: 4677 | Hirosame

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Just as Hiro finished the song, he heard a ringing in his ear. The telepathic communications had informed him that he had been getting a message from someone back at the guild house. Putting his hand up to his ear, he opened the communication. "Yeah, it's me." The person on the other end, Midori, then began to tell him that there was something going on in Moon Dance Forest, and some kind of hullabaloo was causing a ruckus, which one of the guild members, Saeko, had been asked to handle. Hiro was being requested to come check it out, as it had to do with both a guild relation and something to do with his personal house. Hiro let out an audible sigh, as he responded. "Alright, I'll go check it out in just a bit. Gonna finish up something real quick here, before I go. Thanks for letting me know, Touko." Taking his hand down from his ear, he stretched a bit. He figured that if he stayed in the same spot, Sayha would eventually catch up to him. He didn't necessarily want to get going quite yet, since he still needed to do one last thing, before he left. In a matter of time, he would be found.

A few minutes later, Hiro felt a hand gently grab onto the back of his shirt, causing him to straighten for a second. Hearing the girl's voice, he relaxed a bit. He turned his head just a little, as she finished. "Well, I can honestly say that I do deserve the badge, though you are getting pretty good at sneaking up on me." He let out a little laugh, as the rest of his mind began to relax. She had actually scared him a bit once again, though she was kind enough to not speak loudly like she had last time. Well, she had to be loud in order for him to hear her over the sound of all the people, but it wasn't quite as loud as before, comparatively speaking. Turning around to face her fully, he wore a wry smile, his eyes averting her's. "I have to apologize, some guild duties just came up that I need to attend to." Meeting her eyes by this point, he continued. "I've got a friend in trouble over in the Moon Dance Forest region, and I need to bail them out. Guild Leader's gotta do what a Guild Leader's gotta do, and all that." He reaffirmed himself that he needed to do this, and as such, he opened up his menu, scrolling over to his friends list. He hit the button, to send a request to Sayha.

"I'm sorry I have to go, and that you were slightly cheated out of a full round of Hide and Seek, but maybe sometime we can go and do some more of this?" He closed his menu, looking at the girl with full attention now. "After all, I still owe you that drink. We can cash in on that, whenever you want." Finishing this thought, he felt another ring in his ear, this time seeing that the call was from Saeko herself. Instead of answering the call immediately, Hiro started to back away from Sayha. "Again, I'm really sorry, but I gotta go. I'll talk to you whenever I can, Sayha." He turned around to start running, but turned back again quickly. "It's super nice meeting you! Hope to hang out again soon!" This time, he faced the other way for real, placing his hand up to his ear. "Whatever shit you're in, I'll be there in a bit. Just hold tight, alright?" He took his hand away, cringing a bit as he knew that the female Samurai was about to shout his ears off. Instead of letting that take over his mind, Hiro thought about how he had been spending his day thus far. He was glad that Sayha had decided to come on over and hang out for a bit. He smiled some more, as his legs carried him off to the entrance of the city. He would definitely enjoy running into the Assassin again, hopefully soon.

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∝: 695
♫: Times Fusion
✏: DYNAMIC EXIT!
@: @shadowsaiph

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