… Something about her circling around him made Daiko feel a little bashful. It was almost as if she was eyeing him down like a pride of lions were when eyeing down a lone gazelle on the savannah. He could physically feel her gaze etched onto him, and he wasn’t used to any of that! He hoped that he was, at least, presentable enough to be a sort of ambassador for Blue Pegasus – his guild did put emphasis on the essence of presentation.
Coda began circling the harpy that joined their circles too. Four wings was a new concept to Daiko, whose eyes drew towards the harpy in order to confirm what he skimmed a moment ago. Four wings? That person can fly, like, twice as fast as us?! he wondered, quickly pulled back towards the cryo-avian sorceress who expressed her surprise at meeting a Phoenix like himself. “Wait, I… I can transform into a Phoenix, yes, but-“
Funny questions followed up, which had Daiko’s head cranking like old gears in a clock. “I-I… I think? I don’t know, I think my mum gave birth to me normally, but I couldn’t possibly know…” he pondered out loud. Accordingly, the feathered lady herself had hatched from an egg… wait, so it must’ve been the case for Daiko too! She was just like him, so why not? “Oh, in that case – I think I was, too. Especially if- oh, you’re not a Phoenix…” Well, that was a little sad… he swore for a moment that she confirmed to have been another type of Phoenix – thinking as if there were other ‘types’ to begin with, which was a baseless accusation of his.
But… her next revelation left his eyes widened in shock. She blatantly told him that she was a Demon, a race of sentient creatures akin to humans that Daiko obviously knew about, but… whom he didn’t exactly have the best experience with on account of his old guild’s fate. She didn’t look anything like a Demon, though – she was fancy, beautiful, stylish and had wings! Birds weren’t demons…
When her eyes changed hue to a purple and bright pink color, Daiko’s own eyes turned from dark-grey to an amber-gold hue in response. They had many similarities, in the end… but each similarity presented itself differently. However, it ultimately made things run smoothly, and Daiko already felt like he was conversing with an age-old friend. Maybe it was the power of birds, after all…
His hands were… shaking a little bit around when she admitted to not having been the biggest fan of Pyromages, one of which just happened to be him. But that was water under the bridge, so it was no reason to panic, after all. “Phew… thought you were serious for a second,” he relieved, intent on listening on. She referred to Yuurei, the Guildmaster of Paradise Dawn, as the Heartless Angel-
“Wh- …” She knew Brone, too – more than knew, apparently, as Brone – another past member and friend of Blue Pegasus – was her uncle… mhm? Huh? He couldn’t see anything similar to Brone in her appearance, though… but back to Yuurei’s nickname-
“What a cruel name… he’s not heartless at all!” he groaned with crossed arms, watching the corvids scatter from the two. However, if Daiko wished to meet Yuurei, the latter was often to be found in the North – likely, he’d make his appearance here sooner or later, and then Daiko could… well, he initially just wanted a look around, but now he wanted to spar again. Until then, though, Lumikki appeared to have some sort of silly plan in mind – although, her tongue poking out was falsefully interpreted as a musing mockery, to which Daiko angrily poked his tongue at her direction. “Mmmmmmnh! I have time, but if you’re trying to trick me just ‘cause it was Halloween recently, then I’ll trick you back,” he threatened with the weight of a child throwing a tantrum.
… Oh, she looked far more genuine now. He had the feeling that she was up to something – there was something about her body language that made the air feel like trickery, but…
“Ye, I wanna play,” he ultimately replied rather quickly, somersaulting in the air.