Nastasya sat at an empty corner in the Swineherd Pub. She wasn't sure if Odin would be around but she actually wasn't waiting for him, which was something new for her actually. But she wouldn't admit that out loud. She was actually waiting for Yumi to appear. She had sent Victoire to find Yumi, which was a tough job as the fox had seen Yumi only one time and that was when she left soon after. She hoped the fox would remember Venom and that she would be able to find the elderly lady.

Nastasya was looking at her nails. Since she had become a vampire, she was starting to carry herself differently and dress differently. She was now wearing a dark purple pencil skirt with a black top and simply a leather jacket, which she had not taken off yet. With her undead body, she wasn't influenced by warmth or cold. So that wasn't a problem. It was just something that happened. She yawned behind her hand. It was at the end of the afternoon and she was trying out the virtue that was called patience. She wasn't really good at that but there were things to learn and she was doing that gratefully. There were many reasons that she wanted to speak to Yumi and she needed her advice. She had once had a long conversation with Yumi and learned quite a lot, which was why she considered Yumi her best bet to get out of difficult situations.

Yumi had been relaxing in the oak streets sitting down upon a bench. She was sucking on a candy ball, strawberry flavour. She was happily sucking on the candy treat as she watched crowds walk past her. Her familiar Venom was sitting down on her right on a bench. In front of him was a two-litre soda cup. A straw was flowing out of the top and under his mask to his mouth where he was sipping away on his high sugar drink. Yumi rolled the candy ball around in her mouth with her tongue to extract the flavour before stopping as a familiar white fox with six tails appeared before her. The fox was staring at her familiar before looking back at her with an inquisitive gaze before it yipped at the familiar and ran off.

Yumi raised an eyebrow as the fox stopped five meters away and looked back as if it was trying to direct them. If she recalled she had seen a similar fox with Nastasya, her fellow Guild Member. Perhaps her guildmate wished to meet with her, no doubt she would be in for a surprise when she met the old woman in her new form. Her mischevious side began to rise, one she had obtained with her new youth, perhaps she would have a little fun with Nastasya before revealing just who she was.

Yumi rose from the bench seat and gave orders for Venom to return home. The familiar grabbed his soda cup and floated off heading back to the Inn. The lolita would the follow after the fox being led to the Swineheard Pub, Yumi stopped outside and would wave the fox off to head back inside to its master. Yumi would move away from the pub waiting outside momentarily, she did not want to walk in right away and ruin the surprise. Once enough time had passed, twenty minutes since the foxes entry she would follow after.

Yumi would push the doors o the pub open and survey the crowds, spotting Nastasya in the distance, her fox at her heel. Yumi approached the bar ordering herself a chocolate milkshake, receiving an odd look from the bartender but she received her shake. Yumi took a sip off the chocolate drink before turning around to survey the pub again. Contemplating just how to approach Nastasya.

Yumi pushed off the bar and approached the table placing a delicate left hand upon the back of an empty chair, while holding her shake with her right hand. Her crimson hues shimmered as she offered a soft flirty smile, "What brings a beautiful shadow such as ye here?" questioned the gothic lolita.

Nastasya looked up from her drink, she had to pretend to be normal or well that's what she had decided and no matter what Odin said, she wouldn't give up on that. She only grumbled at herself for sitting in his bar, she could hear his words clearly in the back of her mind and that annoyed her to the bone.

Victoire had arrived back at her and she scratched the little fox behind her ear. She wasn't sure why the fox was alone and looked up and left and right to see Yumi, but the elder woman wasn't here and neither Venom. She sighed loudly and stared with a questioned look at Victoire, well apparently not that smart but the fox noticed the problem and started to look around too, not using her sense of smell for she looked just as lost as Nastasya felt.

She noticed a girl was coming her way and looked at her, that was the moment Victoire jumped on her lap. As if the whole problem was done, which wasn't. This was a girl, although Nastasya her eyes narrowed as the girl called her a beautiful shadow. She must be a Grimoire mage if she knew the nickname that Nastasya still carried, for she didn't speak to Icarus about it. For a second she thought it could be Yumi, since Victoire relaxed but that was bullshit. "I'm waiting for someone." she said a bit short but she didn't feel like conversations that would probably offend her again, "Do I know you?" Maybe she was the girl she met with Erebus, she couldn't remember her face and she hadn't said her name. Or was this Irony?

Yumi slid the chair back and sat her rump down in it. She would slide herself under the table, crossing her right leg up over her left, milkshake down on the table, only after taking a sip from it. She hadn't been invited to sit, but the lolita didn't seem to care about that. Once she was seated properly Yumi would turn her focus back to Nastasya, known as Shadow amongst the organisation that was Grimoire Heart. Of course, Nastasya did not know that Yumi was Carnage, as she didn't recognise her. It was to be expected as Yumi had only revealed what she looked like in her youth to Caius with an old photo.

Yumi brushed a strand of hair behind her right ear, flashy a soft, gentle smile towards Nastasya, briefly eying the fox with her glistening red hues. "Who are you waiting on? Perhaps I have seen them or could be of assistance." Addressed Yumi as she raised her right hand to her hair and began to twirl a strand of long black hair around her right index finger, playing with it in a flirty manner.

Yumi's familiar Venom was still outside, of course, having been told to wait before it entered. The familiar floated back and forth outside waiting patiently. The actions of the creature drew looks from the citizens outside the bar.

This girl did dare of course the girl didn't know who Nastasya was so she wasn't afraid or anything but damn that guts. It did piss her off. She kept petting Victoire to avoid her own thoughts to say something that would focus the attention of the bar on her. Victoire however didn't seem to be bothered, even though the vampire had ordered her to go and get Yumi, who still wasn't here! What kind of pet was that if she couldn't even find her colleague.

As if she was going to tell this kid she was waiting for an old lady called Carnage that wouldn't mind to have her pretty little face on the throne of skulls, "I'm waiting for a dear colleague of mine called Yuni. I doubt you have met her." It was a bit of a shame how full Nastasya was of her own thoughts, that she was sure that this kid didn't know the great Yumi. She was bored of waiting, she had so much to ask and tell that it took her quite a power to remain seated like she was now. She drank from her own beverage and watched the girl with her purple eyes, she had narrowed her eyes and looked the girl up and down. What was it about her?

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Yumi twirled her hair with an amused smile in place. Her rosy pink lips began to change in colour turning purple as her tongue ran across the top of her lip. Of course Yumi was fully aware of who Nastasya was waiting for, after all Yuni was Yumi and Yumi was the gothic lolita sitting opposite the young woman who seemed to be the eldest amongst the two of them, but in truth she was the eldest of the two. "Yuni she wouldn't happen to be a very Old woman standing four foot nine, dressed in kimono, hair done up in a double bun held by a needle nicknamed Carnage." Replied Yumi in kind with a mischevious grin forming in place on her creamy white features.

Yumi raised her milkshakes straw to her lips, allowing her lips to be placed around the end. She took a long slow sip enjoying its texture before releasing her lips with a small pop. Her grin had yet to leave its spot on her cute little features as her red eyes twinkled with mirth. "Don't be so quick to assume, my dear shadow." Teased the lolita as she raised her shake and swirled it around with her right hand, amusement twinkling within her crimson eyes.

Nastasya grew far impatience and not only because this little thing was sitting opposite her teasing her like hell with that smile and the milkshake but also because Victoire didn't seem to be worried about anything. She was so close to pushing the fox of her lap because it hand't done the job it should have. She didn't understand how the fox was so calm looking at this small child as if her job was.. That's when the girl started to describe Yumi. She even knew about Carnage. Her mouth was open to reply but words simply didn't come out. What was going on? Her mind seemed so foggy but she was trying to put one and two together. Victoire was relaxed since the girl came in, the girl described Yumi perfectly, "You got to be kidding me."

Nah this was just a joke, but that's when the girl said she shouldn't assume so quickly and she even mentioned her own code name. Shadow, "How could I know, many people go older not younger." She said when everything in her brain made a short cut to understand what was happening, which made Victoire relax a little bit more. This was so weird, "And here I thought I had changed."

Yumi began to chuckle softly, it seemed Nastasya had finally clued in as the clogs in her head started moving. Yumi continued a soft chuckle that escaped her delicate pink lips, having returned to their original colour. Yumi tucked a strand of black hair behind her right ear. As she did something floated in from outside, her companion Duskull. The grim reaper-like creature floated on in where it floated up to Yumi where it stopped beside her. The creature looked around before it floated down into its masters' lap seeming to smile, its eyes floating back and forth between the sockets this was the sign of Venoms happiness.

Yumi placed a hand atop the creatures had, gently patting him. "There's many mysterious in this world. You've yet to experience them, kit." Spoke Yumi as she ran her tongue across her upper lip. A slow dark aura began to flow from her body surrounding her. Mana flowed off in the form of black flames as a pressure slammed down throughout the pub sending many into a frightened frenzy. Yumi's eyes glowed blood red as her lips turned purple once more. "Even at my age, you still continue to learn of the mysterious this world has." Yumi placed her lips around the straw again and sipped.

Nastasya felt pretty stupid mainly because she hadn't trusted Victoire herself and now here was the answer, it wasn't as stupid as she thought. She sighed softly but didn't even try to hid it for Yumi, "I noticed that." she said as she watched Yumi from top to toes because damn that was a change, "And here I was planning to tell you that I happened to become a vampire." She wasn't going to say it in the way she did to Odin. One lecture had been enough. She took a sip of her own drink and still couldn't really phantom the idea of Yumi being so young. It did look good and she could also feel the magical energy that the woman still possessed, didn't change at all.

It was maybe a long shot but maybe Nastasya did possess the same amount of magical energy now as Yumi did but she didn't plan to try that one out and possibly annoy her senpai, "I also invited you here to talk about the sort of task you had given me. Which is not entirely working." The last part she said with a growl, she didn't know if Yumi would remember or was interested but sure as hell Nasty was interested in her but she was sure Yumi wouldn't simply tell her what happened.

yumi didn't show any reaction when Nastasya alerted the lolita to the fact she was now a vampire. The turn of events that Nastasya was a vampire was a bit of a surprise to the freshly turned demon. Yumi had suspected from her last meeting with Nastasya that the young lady had changed, but she wasn't sure how. In the end turns out she had become a Vampire. Yumi brushed a strand of hair behind her left ear, "Seems we both have changed. You a vampire, while I become a demon." Spoke Yumi without a care as she gave an offhanded wave of her right hand, acting nonchalant about the fact she was a demon, as if it didn't matter that she had become a being of destruction.

Yumi stopped patting her familiar as the creature snuggled into his master's warmth. Unlike Yumi it seemed the newly crowned Vampire was struggling in certain area's, specifically the advice Yumi had given as an old woman on how to develop one's poker face and gain a better control of ones emotional state. "All that you require is practice, in order to prefect the art" Commented the lolita as she extended her right hand across the table, allowing her finger tips to softly and gently caressed the side of Nastasya's left cheek. A sweet seductive smile on the lolita's lips.

Nastasya knew that Yumi was right on the first thing as well as the second. The art wasn't yet perfect, she knew that because of her anger after that sort of accident with Kenny. She had to refuse herself from showing that and she was working on it so well when she became a vampire only to ruin it again, "Well that's interesting." A demon that was probably better than a vampire, she wanted to ask the details about it but she doubt Yumi would tell her, not the way she simply told Odin.

She got the shivers though when Yumi stroked her cheek, "You are right. I shouldn't be so upset when it doesn't work the first time. I will try again." She talked a bit more with Yumi but not about very interesting things. She knew that they were both very busy with preparations because of the new task. Nasty wouldn't keep Yumi her precious time too long, she thanked Yumi and said she would see her again soon.

Yumi bit her lower lip with a cheeky smile watching as Nastasya walked off after her final goodbyes. Yumi placed her lips around the straw of her milkshake. SHe began to finish it off thinking to herself. She felt like it was soon time to travel again but just where would she travel to. She had been in Oak for so long, so perhaps it was time to visit Era to see what the town of the RUne KNights was. It had been sometime since she had been to Era. The lolita stood up and beckoned her familiar. Without a word Yumi left the pub heading back to the inn to back for travels.

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