Tea, Biscuits, and Games

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Hiro woke up that morning, bathed, and then headed outside. A lot had been happening over the past week or so, and it was nice to get out of the city once in a while. He had done a lot of adventuring over the course of recent times, and he felt like spending a few days relaxing at his home in Moon Dance Forest might have been the best thing for him to do for now. What with all the recent mentor threads, the Celestial Arms questlines, all of the guild-related things he's had to do, and research he's made on projects he's been working on, he felt like he hadn't really taken enough time to just sit down, relax, and let time flow by while he took a load off. His idea of getting away from everything meant heading here to his personal house, Kaichou, as named by the people of Moon Dance Forest, for a few days to a week. Letting the essence of nature and serenity float freely throughout himself, letting his body fully relax, and head over to the nearby village for a short stop, to grab groceries or something like that. He enjoyed the simplicity of life, whenever he had the chance.

After having finished his bath and had something to eat, Hiro decided to walk outside for just a few minutes. Taking a few steps out, he turned around and looked at the building. It was a nice Japanese-styled house, with a pagoda-like roof, and had two floors. Since it didn't usually get too cold here, having the baths outside like some kind of hot spring was nice, especially when things were getting a bit chillier. The bonsai and cherry blossom trees all around the house gave it a very nice feeling, and the outdoor shrine was surrounded by these, deciding he might as well walk over and pray for just a moment. It wasn't a very big shrine, though it was one that had a small pavilion built around it, so the shrine itself wouldn't be disrupted by nature, if it rained heavily, or even snowed. Kneeling down before it, Hiro closed his eyes and put his hands together. He thought back to those whom he had seen die before him. Hope, the Warrior Lander whom he had just been gifted with the memories of, and the Amaterasu spirit, which had given its life to protect others of its kin, as well as Hiro himself. A smile found its way onto his face, as the memory of both made him feel warm.

After a minute, Hiro clapped his hands a few times, before standing back up and moving to head back inside. He was expecting a visitor today, one whom he had just recently finished a segment of the Celestial Arms questline with. Sayha, an Assassin whom Hiro had befriended not too long ago, still was owed a drink and another round of Hide and Seek with Hiro, so he figured he might as well have extended the invitation to his personal home for a little while. It would serve well to give the girl a bit of time outside of the city as well, if only for a few hours or so, and it would be nice to talk a bit more, like the day that they had first played Hide and Seek. Hiro remembered the first time that he ever played the game in this world with another Assassin/Tracker combination, with Shizu. He wondered what he girl was off doing now, since the last time he saw her was when she had accidentally shifted her body size down to that of a much younger child. He chuckled at the thought, as he began to prepare some tea for Sayha, whenever she arrived. Hiro woke up a bit late, but still with enough time to go. The time was about 10 in the morning now, but he didn't know exactly when the Assassin would show up. Just in case, though, he had wanted to get the tea going, for whenever she did.

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♫: Ohtoku City
✏: Welcome to his house. o/
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	Sayha had been surprised when Hiro invited her over to his home for tea. When it came to invitations, she had mostly been invited to public places like a café or restaurant which is what she had been expecting since he did owe her. Sayha met Hiro not too long ago, but she considered him her friend which made him her first friend since the Catastrophe, or the Apocalypse. Actually to be completely honest, he was her first friend since she moved to England which was three years ago, though she didn’t like to think about that. Originally, Sayha had run into him while she was shopping in Londinium. A brief conversation had started a short game of Hide and Seek to help her level her tracking. However, their game had ended when Hiro had been called by a guild member. Sayha still found it hard to believe that he was a guild leader; he certainly didn’t act like any that she had previously met before. However, that wasn’t a bad thing. His attitude and aura was aloof and was near opposite of her own, and he didn’t seem to mind her bluntness which made him one of the few people that could tolerate her. She had briefly thought about joining his guild but decided that being solo for a bit longer wouldn’t be a bad thing. After all, she hadn’t even met any of the other guild members who quite possibly might not like her. After the Hide and Seek game though they ran into each other while helping the Messier Sages in what was called the Celestial Arms questline, if you wanted to call it helping them. Of course, she wasn’t too fond of part of the journey she had gone on with Hiro as it involved a floating jack-o-lantern humanoid thing to take a liking to her. Then again, she would have probably been even more creeped out had she gone there alone. Brushing those thoughts aside, she had left Londinium at about 9 in the morning since she wasn’t exactly sure where she was going. Hiro’s home was in the Moon Dance Forest which was an area that she hadn’t made her way to yet. The Moon Dance Forest was an area inside the Sarum region past the Windsor Greatwoods. She had heard about the Moon Dance Forest before; one of her future skills she wanted to acquire originated from there: <Swift Sakura Slash>. She also knew that it was very oriental with Cherry Trees and building design. When she arrived in Sarum and could see the forest in the distance, her clock read just after 10 which she thought was pretty good time. After she made the rest of the journey to the Forest, she walked around for a while, trying to find the place labeled “Kaichou” which was the name of Hiro’s home. After asking one of the Landers where to go, she got their fairly quickly. She was kind of in awe of the place. She had been living out of the inns in Londinium, and the thought of buying a place was way outside the spectrum she was currently looking at. After all, she wasn’t even level 90 yet. After a moment, she went up to the door and knocked three times, a bit on the quiet side.
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A little while after Hiro had started making the tea for his friend who would be showing up soon enough, he heard a few knocks on the door. Turning to face the door, Hiro stood up and began to walk to it. Upon reaching the room just before the door, he stepped down. He had fashioned the build to look just like a modern Japanese house, so there was a place for shoes and boots to be taken off and left at the door. Hiro's shoes were already at the small landing, which was easy enough to see off on the side. He wasn't going to be a stickler about the no shoes indoors thing, though, since that was likely just a stupid thing that he felt he wanted to carry over to this world, too. Granted, the rest of the villagers in Moon Dance Forest had done the same things, but that was beside the point. Hiro figured that Sayha hadn't been to the forest much yet, so she may not have had a lot of time to get used to the culture of these people. But, this was how the house was formatted, and he was given it to purchase, so he would absolutely not complain about any such things.

Hiro stepped down and opened the door, sliding it to the side. He saw the Assassin, Sayha, standing there, and a smile found its way very quickly onto his face. "Hey, welcome!" Hiro said, stepping aside to allow her to step inside. "Come on in." He waited until she was presumably in the door, until he closed the door behind her. "Don't worry about keeping your shoes on, but if you feel like it, you can take them off and leave them here." He started to walk into the house a bit further. "I'm not a jackass, so you can keep them on, if you'd like." Hiro walked over to one of the doors on the left-hand side, heading into the kitchen. He stopped where he was, though, and leaned back out into the hallway. "Tea's almost ready, if you'd like some." He walked back into the Kitchen, still talking. "I know it's not too cold today, but doesn't hurt to keep warm, y'know?" He began to tend to the tea some more, almost ready to finish it up, when he called back out to Sayha once more. "Go ahead and take a look around, if you'd like! Should be another minute or two until it's done!" He thought about possibly giving her the grand tour of the entire place, but felt that that wouldn't be necessary. It was a small enough house that one could just as easily wander through and find everything. The furniture was all in the theme of old Japanese-style housing, as most of the furniture and such were gifts and things he had bought from the people of Moon Dance Forest. Hiro would call for Sayha whenever the tea was done, hopefully after she had gotten a chance to look around.

Floor Plan:
First Floor
Second Floor

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♫: The Final Blow
✏: House plans. \o/
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	Sayha returned Hiro’s smile when he greeted her at the door. “Thanks for inviting me over,” Sayha said as she stepped through the door. After Hiro closed the door behind her, he stepped up into the hallway, stating that the tea was almost ready and to look around. Sayha was aware of the custom of taking shoes off in the house in Japanese houses, though Hiro wasn’t a stickler about it. However, Sayha did go ahead and take off her boots and set them off to the side. She also pulled her katanas in their sheaths off of her belt and set them on the floor next to her boots. She pulled her socks on higher since they were kind of loose after taking her boots off. Once she was done, she stepped up into the main portion of the house and looked around. The kitchen, where Hiro was, was immediately to the left. Directly across the hallway opposite of the kitchen was a closet from how Sayha saw it. Going further in was a decent sized dining room, though she guessed it wasn’t used too often since Hiro lived out her by himself. Turning left in the dining room was an opening to kind of an extra room like a sun room and there was another door leading to outside. She turned right to see the stairs on her left which probably lead to the bedrooms by what she saw of the floorplan so far. Past the stairs was the living room. To the right of the living room looked like a bath area and through the living room on the left was a slightly strange room that she wasn’t quite sure what it was. The entirety of the house was very oriental with traditional Japanese furniture and decorations which reminded her of what Hiro had originally said about him being from Japan. It made sense that he would want a more traditional look, and it was actually a really nice place. Sayha made her way back through the house to where Hiro was. “You have a very nice place,” she said to him, “Though I’m kind of surprised it doesn’t have a dojo attached to it. I would have thought you had one. Of course that’s assuming you did any kind of martial arts practice which I thought you would have since you’re a Monk.”
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Hiro hoped that Sayha would find herself comfortable in the house, despite it being somewhere where she likely never traveled before. He heard her footsteps as she walked around, looking at the first floor, or as much of the first floor there was to see. She walked back, soon enough, though, and mentioned that his house was rather nice. Hiro was about to thank her, when she mentioned that she thought that he would have had some kind of a dojo attached to it. He chuckled a bit at that remark, finding it to be kind of funny. "No, no." Hiro said, returning to his normal way of being. He was still tending to the tea, and walked over to the cabinets nearby to grab a few cups. "Nah, I don't need to have one here. There's a dojo in the village, that's where I go from time to time." He brought the cups over to where he was preparing the tea, and continued. "I've learned about as much as I can in the way of new skills, having mostly capped out on everything for now, but I've been learning a new style lately. The style that the locals use for their own martial arts." He finished up his thought, just as the tea water finished up.

"Tea's ready." He said, turning around to face Sayha. "Head on into the dining room for a sec, I'll bring it right in." Telling someone else what to do wasn't really what he liked, but he figured they might as well sit and talk. He had turned back around, and started to grab a tray to hold everything on. "Have a seat wherever you like. Sorry that they're only wooden chairs with tiny pillows for cushions." He joked a bit, as he began to finalize everything. Bringing out the tray with the cups, small plates, and the tea kettle in his hands, he placed the tray on the table. Bringing the tea kettle over to the cups, which he put for where Sayha sat and where Hiro would sit, he began to pour out the tea for them. Hiro was much more partial to Soda, but since they didn't have that in this world, he might as well just drink what he can. Besides, tea like this was actually quite delicious. Hiro had set himself up across from wherever Sayha sat down, and went to sit himself.

As he sat, he went to finish what he was saying earlier. "The people of this place have been here for such a long time, and they brought over so much of their culture, including all their ancient fighting techniques. It's really quite impressive." Reaching over and grabbing his cup, he took a small sip out of it. The warm drink flowed through his body rather quickly, feeling a warm rush all over. Placing it back on the table, he spoke some more. "Thanks for coming by, I really did owe you a drink or something, and around 2 of Hide and Seek." Hiro said, a smile on his face. "Granted, it's nowhere near as good as that shop over in the city, but it's nice here either way. At least, I think it is." He leaned back in the chair, stretching a bit. He wasn't quite fully awake yet, though he was definitely getting close to it by now. Finishing his stretch, he let out a satisfied noise, and then looked at Sayha again. "So, how've you been doing?" Casual conversation. "It's been a little bit since the whole Celestial Arms stuff has ended, for now, so I'm just wondering how things have been for you." While it might be weird to ask someone how they're doing, after having just seen them a few days ago, Hiro considered Sayha one of his friends, and someone he enjoyed hanging around with. So, as a result, Hiro liked to just talk with her. He waited for her response, as he took another sip from the tea.

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♫: A Cup of Coffee
✏: Words, words, words.
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	Sayha watched Hiro finish making the tea, and while he was doing that he explained that there was a dojo in the village where he went to practice, and he mentioned that he was learning a new style. When the tea was done, the relocated into the dining room. Sayha chose a see next to the end of the table and thanked him for the tea before taking a sip. She usually drank tea, though she had been stuck drinking only water for the last while since she had been out of Londinium for extended periods of time. After her sip, she set the tea cup down to answer Hiro’s question. “I’ve been doing okay, I guess you could say. I’ve just been staying in Londinium for the time being. I keep meaning to work on my Scribe subclass but I keep putting it off.” Sayha sipped her tea again, thinking back to what Hiro had said about the dojo and martial arts, “Though… I just realized something. I never did tell you I used to take martial arts classes. It’s been a few years though… for reasons outside my control. However, being in this world has brought back a lot of those old instincts.” Her voice saddened slightly when she said it had been a few years. “You know,” Sayha said, thinking back a bit, looking at the tea in her cup, “I met someone in this world that said what happened to us before the Catastrophe doesn’t matter. They said that the only thing that matters is what is happening now. I think they’re wrong.” Sayha looked up at Hiro, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to bring such a melancholy topic up. It’s just the way my brain works.” She smiled a little, “I guess that’s why people prefer to stay away from me. It’s not that I bring up dark topics but rather that I speak my mind instead of being quiet or poking around the bush. You probably know this already, but you’re the first person to put up with me in a while. So thank you.”
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It was nice to know that Sayha was doing alright, at least as far as she said she was doing. He chuckled a bit as she mentioned her crafting subclass, as he had known the pains for that as well. Though, being level 90 had its perks, since he was able to put all of his gained experience into his other classes. But he did like to do some serious research every so often, since it was quite nice to just focus on something for a little while at a time. He nodded in agreement with her sentiment, though, as it was difficult from time to time. He looked up at her with a surprised expression when she had mentioned she had taken some martial arts classes. "Huh, for reals?" He asked, taking another sip of the tea before himself. He was about to continue with his statements but her voice seemed to swap to a more solemn one, as she seemed to be reminiscing over the past. She then began to talk about something she had heard, her eyes having drifted down to the tea cup before her. Hiro felt a little upset, too, since he felt that what came before also mattered.

Sayha's expression had lightened up, though, and she apologized for turning the topic to something more melancholy. She proceeded to explain that she was rather blunt, and most people didn't really like that, so they kept away from her, followed by her thanking him for 'putting up with it.' "Eh?" Hiro made a confused look, a slight blush appearing on his face. He started to scratch the side of his head with one finger, unsure of what to exactly say at the moment. "W-Well, I wouldn't say I 'put up with it,' but more that I enjoy your company. N-nothing to thank me over..." He was mentally fumbling for words, since he didn't really know what to say. "I think that you're a cool person, and conversation just happens to flow to certain topics from time to time, y'know? Just how it works." He started to relax a bit, the blush going away. He didn't usually take well to people thanking him for just talking with them, and hanging out with them. Most people usually don't, since it's a very nice thing to say, and it catches lots of people off guard. He brought his own cup to his mouth, taking another sip of the drink before continuing with his own thoughts on the matter.

"I think that everything's important, whether it happened just today, or thousands of years ago." Great. He was about to go on a spiel. He put his cup down, just in case. "Think about it. If one caveman didn't throw a rock in a certain place, then that place would have been changed forever. I know, that's kind of a dumb analogy, and it probably doesn't make sense, but everything happens for a reason. Maybe that rock, if it was 3 centimeters further to the right, would have crushed a baby bird. It would have stopped that life from happening, and from there, it would have stopped the lives of every baby of that bird, and every baby of that baby!" He threw his arms out to the sides, trying to better convey what he meant. "I mean, that bird, thousands of years ago, has been the cause of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of other baby birds that are in existence today! Birds, all over the world, not just in the same place!" He was getting a bit too far into his little rant, and he started to feel a bit more embarrassed again, bringing his arms back down to where they were, he cleared his throat. Maybe he should be thanking Sayha for dealing with his weirdness, instead.

Hiro continued with his point, though, in a much more relaxed tone. He spoke with a big smile on his face. "Everything that's happened has shaped every person into who they are, and what they are now. There's no reason to forsake the past, since it's turned us all into who we are today. Whether on a grand scale, or something as tiny as a personality quirk about ourselves." Maybe he spoke a little too much on the subject, and blew it a bit too far out of proportion, but hopefully it would have made her a bit happier about the subject. He took another sip of the drink, before looking to immediately change the subject. Letting a thought like that linger was probably not a good idea, since it was far too heavy of a subject. "So, about that martial arts..." Hiro looked to Sayha with renewed interest in this new topic. "What kinda martial arts did you learn, if you don't mind my asking?" Hiro was curious. He hadn't taken much martial arts back in the day, though he knew his way around the fight. Being in a preppy English private school, he had encountered a few jerks in his time that thought they were tough shit. Of course, they decided to pick on the adopted Japanese kid, but they soon learned a lesson or two. Of course, this was after he had been beaten up a few times, but still! The victors write history, and all that! He waited patiently for her response, trying to push those memories of being beat up back.

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♫: Everyday Life
✏: Flow of Conversation OP.
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	Sayha couldn’t help but smile when she flustered Hiro. She didn’t do it intentionally, of course, but it certainly wasn’t a reaction she had anticipated. He blushed, telling her he enjoyed her company and thought she was cool. After though, he returned to his usual self and was talking about how things just were, or at least that’s what she thought he was talking about. The one thing she did understand though was that he felt the same way as her as their past still impacted them now. Sayha felt slightly embarrassed though about what he first said about not minding being with her, though she did her best not to show it; however, she was pretty sure it showed through at some point. Sayha sipped her tea again as Hiro asked about her martial arts. Her eyes lit up slightly since it was one of her favorite things to talk about. “My main study focus was Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. It focused mostly on hard punches and kicks. However, I also took first and side lessons on basic self-defense, Judo, and Taekwondo though my favorite was my main study,” Sayha explained, “I also learned how to wield swords taking the Kung Fu classes, though learning how to dual wield them has been interesting. I’ve finally gotten a hang of it, I think. Right now, I use two katanas, but I’m thinking about switching to possibly to sabres. Though, I’m not quite sure how I feel about them since I’ve never used them before.” Sayha paused, taking a sip of tea. “You said you were practicing martial arts, right?” Sayha continued, “What styles do you know and which one are you learning?”
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Internally, Hiro let out a sigh. He was glad that the previous topic had been washed over, as soon as he mentioned martial artistry. It seemed that Sayha was rather infatuated with the topic, making him wonder just how far into martial arts she went. But, his question was answered as soon as he had thought it, as she began to explain what she had done. The type she had based off of was something Hiro hadn't really ever heard of before, since he didn't do much back in the other world. Then again, she explained what it was, and what it entailed, so he could understand it a bit more. Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. Sounded like it came straight out of a movie. But, he wasn't going to be a jerk and tell Sayha that. She mentioned how she also worked with Judo and Taekwondo, so he had a distinct feeling that, outside of this game, she would've very clearly kicked his ass. But, then she spoke about changing up her sword styles, from katanas to sabres. It seemed she was rather involved with fighting and all that it entailed, to which Hiro could only smile. It's nice to see someone so passionate about something.

She then reflected the question over to himself, which he raised his eyebrow up as a response. "Oh, I'm not learning a style, per se." Hiro began, leaning back a bit. "At least, not a style from the other world. This one's a style from inside the game, itself. One that I don't think was very well coded, so I could make full use of it." He closed his eyes for just a minute, smiling up into the air. "I've been learning the ancient techniques and the ancient unarmed fighting style of this culture from the elder of the village, Elder Yamamoto. She's been teaching me some very interesting things. About the forest, about its spirits, about its origins, and..." Hiro showed his hand above the table, showing how it was empty. Clenching it, a soft pink glow began to appear for just a moment, before fading away. As he opened his hand back up, three small Cherry Blossom petals sat there in his hand. He returned to a normal sitting posture, placing the petals on the table. "I've learned a few tricks while here." He leaned forward a little bit, taking a sip from the tea before himself. Looking back up at Sayha, he grinned a little. "Did you get a good enough look around, on your way up here?" He asked in a coy fashion.

"In the center of the village, there's two giant spirits that live in harmony with one another. The Great Sakura Tree Spirit, and the Moon Spirit." He pointed to a scroll painting on his wall, just off to the side of the room. It depicted, in classical Japanese painting style, the Moon Spirit and the Sakura Tree Spirit, and their current forms. There stood a massive Sakura Tree, whose branches extended far out above the village, and the moon spirit, which appeared at night to light the village. "There's some real history behind this place, but it's thanks to the Sakura Tree Spirit that all different kinds of things can be manifested within this forest. Like that pretty little light show that made those petals appear. That was some of the power of the Tree Spirit." He leaned back in the chair, finding himself more relaxed. "I've been here a lot, so you could say I've grown a bit accustomed to it. That's why I can use Hellfire Drive outside of this forest, having trained here and mastered the skill." Hiro smiled at Sayha a bit more. "That skill you liked to use, Swift Sakura Slash, when you could use it. You'll have to spend some extended time here, in order to be able to use it, one day."

He stood up again, pouring himself some more tea, and offered to pour more for Sayha if she wanted it. If she did, he would pour her some more. "If you'd like, we can go meet the Elder sometime, and you can get some training here, too." Sitting back down, he sipped from the tea. "But, that's not why we're here today, right?" He chuckled. "Today, we're here to relax a bit, and then you'll be chasing me down again, with another round of Hide and Seek." He shrugged a little. "Maybe this will be all you need to be able to see all the forest has to offer, and it will decide to share with you some of it's power?" He acted a little coy again, thinking that she'd be able to learn something while here. But, that was neither here nor there. "I will say, though, that these little powers and tricks that you'll learn, outside of Swift Sakura Slash, cannot be used elsewhere. Think of it as the magic of this forest." Taking another sip, he paused for a little bit, to let Sayha respond to what he had been saying.

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♫: Carrying You
✏: Those things can be done here.
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	Sayha sipped her tea while listening to Hiro explain about the style, or lack thereof. “So I guess you could consider calling it the Moon Dance style then,” Sayha though aloud after Hiro had finished his explanation about the style, “Some names of martial arts are named after where they originated. For example, Shaolin Kung Fu originated or was at least widely known due to the monks who practiced it at the Shaolin Temple.” Then, she watched curiously as he made the Sakura blossom appear and disappear out of seemingly thin air, but she guessed it was actually a version of mana manipulation much like Void Shuriken was. It was interesting she had to admit, but not necessarily useful unless you were trying to show off. Sayha listened to the lore about Moon Dance Forest and thought it was pretty interesting. It was definitely originally based around Japanese culture but with its own twist. She had planned on coming to Moon Dance Forest once she reached a high enough level to learn it so she could properly learn how to use <Swift Sakura Slash>. Being introduced to the elder at a later date would be good. “I wouldn’t mind meeting the elder at a later time though,” Sayha responded, “Though speaking of Hide and Seek, how do you want to do that this time around?”
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Hiro had purposely kept a few things secret about the tricks that he could perform with the magic surrounding the forest. But, those things would become apparent to Sayha over time. For now, though, he'd leave such things to himself. She did seem to be interested in the lore behind the village, and it would be a good idea to take her to Elder Yamamoto at some point, so she could learn about this place a bit more. She might unlock something within herself that she might not even know she has, like it had for Hiro. But, that would come with time. It was about this time that Sayha had asked about how they were going to go about the Hide and Seek game this time around, to which Hiro sipped his tea a bit. He didn't really think all that much about the game by this point, as he was just trying mostly to be hospitable for the Assassin whenever she would show up today. But, the concept of getting the game going really shouldn't be that hard to do, especially since this was just like the first time he had played the game, to work with other's RP Subclasses. This would be cake.

Putting the tea cup down, Hiro would begin to explain. "Well, as far as I see, it's just about the same thing as normal, what with trying to find me based on sound, and using your Tracker skills to find me, wherever I am. It'll be just like before, where I'll start from a high point, let out a song or something, and then you come and find me. Easy as that." It was basically just like before, and Hiro didn't want to change things much from there. But, since Hiro figured that Sayha had had a bit of extra time to work on her subclass, she might have some more skills, which would make her more perceptive. That being the case, Hiro had planned to try and bring Sayha here to this forest, where Hiro would have a bit of a home-field advantage. He knew these woods quite well by now, and the tricks that he had been saving would come in handy. He wouldn't hold back against Sayha this time, and she probably would prefer it if he didn't. It would be an excellent way for her to get much better at this all, to be forced in a situation where she wasn't aware of everything, but still had a job to do. Ninja in the days of old had to do something similar, anyways, so this was just training.

He decided against going all out, as there was no real need to do that. "I will mention, though." He continued, after thinking for a bit. "I have a bit of a home-field advantage, which I will exploit a little bit of, as I imagine you've probably gotten a fair bit more talented as a Tracker now. I won't make it impossible for you to win, so you don't need to worry about that. The same rules will apply as from earlier. I will not use any skills to boost my own speed after the game has begun, and I will stick to the ground for everything, after I've first broadcast my own location. Those will be the same, and I will not go against those. Everything else will be exactly the same, though with some minor tweaks as to how I go about avoiding you." He stood up, and walked over to the door of the dining room. "We can start whenever you'd like to. If you wanna hang out and chill for a bit longer, then we absolutely can. After this is all done, you have every right to go and hop into one of the baths, if you wanna relax afterward." He turned back to her, smiling. "Little bit of the forest's magic in that, too, as it will remove fatigue from the body once one has soaked for a little while." Proud of this fact, he smiled further, before continuing, pointing to the door that lead out to the shrine. "I'll leave through here, whenever you're good to go." Hiro would then wait for Sayha's decision, if she wanted to start or not, and would go if she was ready.

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∝: 722
♫: Legend of Ashitaka
✏: Ready to go whenever.
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	Sayha listened to Hiro as he explained the game as she finished her tea. The game was essentially the same except Hiro would have an advantage since he did know the forest. However, Sayha had just picked up an ability that would help her counter that advantage, at least a little bit. Sayha set the teacup down and stood up, stretching a bit. “I’m good to start the game now,” Sayha said, “we can talk after the game. Also… we can always step up the game after a quick first round to get back to getting used to it. I mean part of being a tracker is to be able to find someone while they’re running. So maybe each round you can add the number of times you use your speed boosts. For example, on the second round you add one. Third round, you get two, and so on. Yeah you have home-field advantage but that’s fine with me. It will give me a chance to get to know the area better and faster this way too.” Sayha walked over to Hiro, “Of course that’s only if you want to, and we can start the game in the middle of the forest as well if you wish.”
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Hiro raised an eyebrow, impressed by Sayha's confidence. He couldn't help but smirk a bit at the girl, as she seemed to have a trick up her own sleeve. He wanted to know what the trick was, but that would come in due time. He'd just let things ride out for the time being. As much as he wanted to know about why the girl was feeling so confident with this game, he figured he'd find out whenever they began their game for today. Nodding to her, Hiro started to walk over to the front entrance. It might help if the two of them had their footwear on. "We can start in the middle of the forest, if you'd like. Though, it probably won't help that much, for either of us." He admitted, reequipping his shoes. He imagined that Sayha would likely do the same, and he held the door open for her, whenever she would step outside. His curiosity was getting the better of him, though he knew he probably shouldn't ask. His own skills and tricks likely help out a lot more, in the long run. Hiro slid the door back closed, once the two of them were outside. He then began to walk over toward where the center of the forest would be.

It would be a little bit of a walk, for sure, in order to get to where Hiro imagined would be a good spot, so he might as well make some conversation while he goes along. "So," He began. "What kinda stuff have you been up to since the end of the Celestial Arms quests we went on?" Hiro turned to face the girl, putting his arms up behind his head as he asked. They were friends for a little while now, but that didn't mean that they were both up on each other's business at all times. While he would like to have been kept up to date on most of the things his friends were up to, considering having only just recently found out about Capsule's recent escapades into a new body and new lifestyle, he knew that it would be a bit rude to constantly ask people what's going on. However, he hadn't been able to keep in touch with Sayha as much as he was with, say, Midori, the other co-leader of Apocrypha, with whom he lead the guild alongside. Along with all the other guild members, he knew what a good deal of them were up to, because he got to see a few of them at least a few times a week. Some even a few times a day. So it was easier to keep up with some rather than others. His bro, Oxford, kept up with Hiro on a lot of topics, and they had been talking about some guild-related things lately, which would bring their guilds together further. But, those are his own plans. Either way, though, he'd like to keep up on stuff with Sayha, as he had enjoyed talking and hanging out with her. While all this swirled around in his head, he waited for his friend to respond.

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∝: 525
♫: Heaven's Remix
✏: Very focused.
@: @shadowsaiph

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	Hiro raised an eyebrow at Sayha’s proposal, and she wasn’t surprised. It did give him an advantage that she wouldn’t but then again, she too had her own advantage she didn’t plan on revealing in the near future, unlike how she had revealed about her martial arts. That training would help as well, of course, but it wasn’t as significant as the one she just learned. The two walked over to the front door and both put on their footwear. Sayha took a bit longer since hers were tall boots. Once they were one, she stood and reattached her katanas to her belt. Hiro held the door open for her, and once she walked through, he followed and closed the door. Then, he led her towards where the middle of the forest was. Along the way, Hiro turned his head and asked Sayha what she had been up to since they finished the journey through time during the Celestial Arms quests. Sayha recalled the two of them parting ways after they had been returned to the Purple Mirror Mansion. Sayha had returned to Londinium and Hiro had gone… probably to his guild hall or out here to Moon Dance Forest. “I really haven’t been doing much of anything for the time being,” Sayha started, “I went on a short hunting trip through Windsor to get used to some of my new skills that I have since gotten used to. I also found a blacksmith who I put a request in for some new blades since I still have my starter ones. I need to find a Tailor though for some gear. I heard a party will be forming pretty soon to go do Windsor Castle Dungeon, and I signed up for it and I think I saw your name on that as well. I’m looking forward to that.” Sayha paused, thinking back to anything else, “I also heard about some other dungeons that I’ll be looking to lead a party on. I’ve heard back from a Tank/DPS named Nisha, but I’m still looking for a healer and hopefully two more DPS.” “So how have things been going for you?” Sayha asked, “You said that you were the guild leader for a guild, but you never really talked about the guild itself. What all do you guys do?”
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Hiro looked over at Sayha while she spoke about the things she had been doing. She'd said that she hadn't been up to much, but after having listened to everything she listed off, it sounded more like she's been quite busy. He wanted to call her out on it a bit, but figured that that wouldn't really be that good of a thing to ask about. She did mention, though, about the Windsor Castle dungeon group that was starting to get together. He had been asked if he could come help out by another friend of his, Sark, whom he had begun the Celestial Arms quest with, as well as a few other people as well. That group hadn't been together for all that long, before Hiro had to go off and find his own way in order to finish the quest line up in time. There was a bit of a benefit for having completed all of it, before a certain time, which was very nice to have cashed in on. But Hiro did agree to help out with the dungeon, since he still needed to clear through it. He thought back to when he, Scoria, Midori, Kazuko, and Fernweh, way back in the day. It felt like such a long time ago now...

His mind clicked back to reality once Sayha had asked him the same question in reverse. She then began to talk about the guild he was with, and asked what they did, mostly. He gave a wry smile, in defeat. "Can't say we do a whole lot..." He admitted. There wasn't a ton that Apocrypha did as a guild, though it was definitely worth noting how much people liked to hang around the guild house. There weren't lots of people, but there were definitely people there, and it made the place feel rather cozy. "Anyways, you're right about that Windsor Castle dungeon run, as I've signed up for that." He looked up to the sky again. "Aside from that, not much else going on. I've finished work on a project that I've spent a good deal of time working on, which we can check out again once we get back to my house, if you'd be interested. Been training with the Elder, and did some shopping." He turned back to the girl, a big smile on his face. "Thankfully, since all the Celestial Arms stuff is done, my life's not quite as crazy. Finally getting some time to relax." He looked ahead from there, though, thinking more about what else he might have done. He shrugged that off, though.

As for the guild, it might be good to explain all that Apocrypha had done by now. "Well, as for the guild, we don't really do a lot at the moment, though I think we've done a lot in the past." He tilted his head up, thinking about everything. "We discovered the Stonehenge boss monster, attempted to clear through Windsor Castle dungeon before, though we had to back out due to our own problems. Hopefully won't happen again." He tried to make it sound like a joke, though he wasn't sure if that had gotten through. He continued, anyways. "We made a lot of exploration into the Sarum area a long time ago. Though, lately, things have been kinda calm." His eyelids relaxed a bit, forming a very soft look on his face. "It's really nice, though, to have so many people at the guild house at almost all times, though. Everybody's got a place to be now, as a result, y'know?" He turned back, the same look on his face. "If you'd like to come take a look sometime, feel free to stop on by. A friend of mine is a friend of the guild's." After having opened the invitation to Sayha, Hiro fell silent for a little bit, looking back ahead to the path. Maybe one day, she'd accept the offer and come by. That would be fun.

Hiro could hear the sounds of a small coursing river up ahead, and his eyes lit up. "We're just about there." Hiro said, picking up his pace just a bit. After a little bit more time walking, they came into view of a tiny clearing in the middle of the forest, where a small stream was passing through. There was a small Sakura tree in the middle of the clearing, whose branches extended out a little ways. The tree was much smaller than the other trees that surrounded the two, which made it look like it was a younger tree. Hiro smiled a bit, as he began to walk over toward the tree's base. On the other side was a few large rocks, and then the stream where some of the spirits had been getting a drink. 3 small Myobu were drinking from the water, as well as an Amaterasu, Level 40 Elite beast. They all stared at the newcomers, but Hiro only smiled. He spoke softly to Sayha. "Show them that you don't mean harm, and they won't attack." Slowly from there, Hiro began to bow to the spirits, showing them respect. He hoped Sayha would also do the same, as that would give the spirits enough of a sign to relax, and go back to drinking. Hiro stood back up, and turned to the Assassin. "We can start from here, if you'd like." He would then wait for her response.

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∝: 906
♫: Besaid Island
✏: Ignore the beasts around here. XD
@: @shadowsaiph

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	Sayha listened to Hiro and he talked about what he had done. “Sure, that sounds good,” Sayha said in reply to checking out the project he had just finished. She also listened as Hiro explained what his guild had done. From what he said, they were previously active but seemed to have gone down in activity. It wasn’t surprising; Sayha had seen guilds in other MMO’s do the same thing. She personally had not been around when a guild got that inactive since she guild hopped back then when she wasn’t soloing, but she had heard of many of her previous guilds either going inactive or even disbanding. When they arrived at the middle of the forest, it looked rather calm. She had really stared to like the area. However when she saw the level 40 elite nearby, she got slightly apprehensive. Hiro whispered to her to show them that she meant no harm, and he bowed to them, which she found odd. Though, she did follow suit and bowed slight. When she stood up, the elite seemed to continue drinking and paid them no heed. Hiro said that they could start from where they were at. Sayha turned around and looked at her surroundings so she could add them to a mental map. Under her breath though, she whispered, “<Eagle Track>” so that Hiro wouldn’t hear her. When she turned around, she designated Hiro as her target. “That sounds good to me,” Sayha said, nodding to him, “I’m ready to go whenever you are.”
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Hiro was glad to see that the spirits just nearby them weren't going to cause them any harm. Since Hiro had been a close friend of the original Amaterasu spirit in this world, her memories of him shifted over to the others. There were, however, tainted Amaterasu that would attack players without remorse, no matter who or what they are. Thankfully enough, though, this wasn't one of those types of Amaterasu, and the Myobu were also just going to follow their leader. They wouldn't try and attack anybody without an reason. Either way, though, Sayha announced that she was ready to go. Turning back around to face the woman, Hiro thought that she had said something under her breath, though he wasn't sure what it was. He'd probably figure that out in due time, though, since it was probably just a little remark about the place that they were in. Hiro lifted up his arm in a salute to her, before speaking. "I'll be off, then." He said, as he turned around, activating both Hellfire Drive and Eye of the Tiger to give himself the initial burst of speed he wanted. "Good luck!"

Hiro disappeared from the center of the small clearing, knowing that the spirits wouldn't attack Sayha. The probably saw him activate that one skill, which had him cloak himself in the same fire that the Amaterasu could as well. A kindred spirit would spread from there, and would generally make them non-hostile towards other beings, so long as they did not provoke any kind of aggression. Hiro knew that she would be okay, though, and continued to run for a long distance. He would give himself about 3 minutes before he would climb a tree, and start playing some music. He would definitely make use of the flute in this situation, since there's more room for sound to echo off of, which would mean a lesser sound being heard in further distances. The point of this was to make sure that Sayha would know where he was, generally, and then try to find him from there. That's how he'd play this game, and that's the way it shall be done.

Hiro found himself in a small clearing in the forest, and decided that he might as well go ahead and start to play something for Sayha to hear. With that, he would be then able to fully start the game from there, as he began to climb up the nearest tall tree he could find. He figured that Sayha had some kind of super special Tracker secret skill that she had access to, which would have greatly decreased the difficulty of this game for her, but Hiro had his own bag of tricks to make use of. The kind that would seem fairly unfair to everybody else, had he not spent so much time learning the secrets of this forest. Upon reaching the top of the tree, Hiro pulled out his flute, and began to play a soft tune, which would carry over a very long distance. Knowing that Sayha would hear the song very shortly after, he only played for about a minute, before he finished up, and started to hop all along the treeline, making his way back down. There wasn't a rule against him using the trees to get back to the ground, and make some headway, too. He smirked a bit to himself, as he realized that he was kind of cheating by doing this, too, but that as of no concern. Once he reached the ground, he started to jog, having deactivated both of the skills he used prior.

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∝: 607
♫: Follow Fi
✏: You're still a cheater. <3
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	Sayha nodded as Hiro saluted her and took off with high speed, towards the south. Sayha watched him as best she could. <Eagle Track> let her see him through some of the trees for a few meters, but the biggest things she saw now was footprints. Rather than be invisible to the naked eye, they were highlighted in yellow so there was a large contrast between them and the surroundings so they were very easy to see. Because of his speed boost, they were very few and far apart at that point. Sayha planned on using Eagle Track for a bit but did plan on turning it off for some of the next few rounds unless of course Hiro made it really difficult on her, which she had a pretty good feeling he would; then, she would just leave it on. After all, this was round two and he probably had more than one trick of his own up his sleeve. After a while, Sayha heard the flute play, still coming from the southern direction he had dashed off to. This time, though, the flute song was much shorter than she had remembered. It must have been one of the things he planned on changing. Sayha was fine with that. Instead of running through the forest just to find him, Sayha activated her <Silent Move> ability and quietly made her way through the forest, looking around. Hiro had said the beasts around wouldn’t attack her, and she trusted him on that. However, that wasn’t why she was going slowly. She looked around, studying the forest. It really was a beautiful area, and she was slightly in awe of it. The problem for her though was that other than the clearing they had been in, she couldn’t find any distinguishing landmarks yet. If she came back to the Forest at a later date to sketch it out as a map using her Scribe subclass, she might have to have Hiro escort her to make sure she didn’t get lost. At that moment though, she wasn’t too lost. She could still see Hiro’s footsteps easily so she knew she was going in at least the right direction. She turned off <Eagle Track> for the time being and kept her ears open in case Hiro’s song came from a different direction.
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After having jogged for a little while now, he figured that he had made enough of a distance in order to make sure that he had gotten far enough from where he had made that last song play. He made sure to run in one direction, and avoid going too far one way or another, since he was well aware of the diameter of the forest. Compared to most other forests, Moon Dance Forest was not quite as big as others. It was for this reason that he needed to try and get to the outskirts of the forest, to try and avoid the Assassin, who was probably right on his tail by this point. Taking one look behind himself, he looked around to make sure that he wasn't followed quite yet, and after confirming such a thing, he faced ahead once more. He had slowed himself to a walk by this point, and decided to take things rather casually for the time being. He didn't see a real reason to start running right now, since Sayha wasn't on his ass quite yet. He assumed that she would at some point, though, which he would need to keep his senses up and open to. He had made a little deal with the spirits of the forest earlier on, which he had just in case Sayha had gotten too close in too short a time. After a little while, they would no longer help him in that specific method, and would only aid him during other circumstances.

As he walked, he found himself getting closer to a place that he had remembered from a long time past. His pace slowed further, as he had happened upon a very important place in his memory. The same opening that the Amaterasu he had befriended had perished in. The strength of its spirit had lingered even to this day, and still, on the very spot she passed away on, the sun would always shine down upon it. A soft smile appeared on his face, as he began to walk over toward the spot. He knelt down before it, placing his hand on the ground where the sun's rays lay, and felt the warmth. At this moment, he noticed a few of the Amaterasu that were still lingering in the forest appear from other sides of the clearing, a soft hymn could be heard from them. They had no mouths by which they could sing from, so the spirits themselves must have been emanating the song. Soon, other Myobu began to circle around, increasing the volume of the song, as a powerful chorus began to fill the air. Hiro stayed on his knee for a little bit, and listened to the song of the unsent. Hopefully, this was loud enough for Sayha to hear, as it would be rude to play a song over these spirits. He stayed there for a little bit, until they finished, and started to disperse. It had only been a minute or so, but Hiro stood back up, and started to walk ahead further.

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∝: 514
♫: Secret of the Forest
✏: Not Hiro singing, but eh.
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	As Sayha continued walking south, she heard a really soft tune on the wind. It slightly confused her because it made her think that he had gotten farther away, but she wasn’t sure if it was possible. Then again, why would he be playing so quietly? Sayha activated <Eagle Track> again but she also deactivated <Silent Move>. She then found a nearby tree and carefully climbed it. Once she was high enough, she looked around. She could still see steps going south, but the song came from a slight westerly direction. Or at least she thought it did. Taking a deep breath, she studied her surroundings. The trees where she was had mature branches that would be able to hold her weight. Sayha stood and began to jump from branch to branch along the trees, not worrying too much about her sound at that moment. Sayha followed the tracks along the ground until they suddenly appeared in a tree instead of along the ground. He probably did what she was doing now. It was also probably where he had first begun his song. Figuring this out, Sayha remained in the trees until his footsteps appeared on the ground again. Once they were on the ground again, Sayha jumped down, activating <Silent Move>. Thankfully, the debuff for the slow of <Silent Move> was only 40% instead of the 50%. It was still slower than she would want to be in a normal situation, but she would take what she could get. Sayha kept her eyes and ears opening, looking for any other sights of Hiro than just his footprints.
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