Yuuki walked out of the Orchidia station with Yumi sitting in her usual spot on his left shoulder, the tiny little pixie was practically vibrating with excitement, as this was both hers and Yuuki's first time in Orchidia Yuuki cocked his head to look at Yumi "So what do you wanna do first?" he asked the excited pixie in a curious manner, it only took Yumi about three seconds to exclaim "FOOD!, feed me ." she said excitedly as Yuuki smirked ever so slightly "Alright what kind of food?" he asked her as he departed the station and made his way into the hustle and bustle of the lively city.

Yumi sat on his should quietly pondering what kind of food she wanted but she couldn't quite narrow it down "I don't know." she whined "But just feed me." she whined further "Alright, alright ill pick then." He said as he playfully reached up and poked her left cheek with a finger on his right hand playfully. Yuuki leisurely made his way down the bustling city streets, as Yuuki was not even sure what he wanted to eat and with so many potentially new options he was sorta stumped, but he did know one thing; where ever it was there would be alcohol involved and lots of it.

Yuuki found a empty bench along the street and planted his behind on it while he decided what deliciousness he wanted to grace his belly with and potentially throw back up later depending on how drunk he got. Yuuki's stomach growled informing him he better make up his mind quickly, Yuuki sat there a few minutes longer weighting his options until he finally decided he wanted steak and sake "Steak sound good to you Yumi?" he asked softly as he looked up at her to catch her honey colored orbs come alight at the mere mention of steak as she emphatically nodded her approval of the choice.

Yuuki stood and walked over to a vendors stall asking if there were any nearby pubs that served steak, the vendor nodded and gave him directions in turn Yuuki handed the vendor a single jewel for the information and at a leisurely pace he began walking taking in the sights and sounds of the night life of Orchidia. As Yuuki walked he reflected on the very strange meeting with that odd woman who seemed to have a hatred for anything living, it was so strange to him that someone so young would have that much hatred for the inhabitants of the world, though to be fair Yuuki did not know her story for she never told him she just stood there quietly so he left "Thinking about that just makes me depressed, and now I definitely need a drink." he exclaimed slightly startling Yumi.

Yuuki could smell the pub before he even seen it as the fine aroma of seasoned meat cooking wafted in the air around the place, enough so that he started to salivate to the point that a leisurely pace was no longer acceptable as he briskly walked the hundred or so yards of street remaining before arriving at the door to the pub. Yuuki reached down and opened the door and entered, closing it behind him as he guided his massive frame over to a empty seat at the bar though there were many empty seats as it was not so late that most people would be out drinking, in fact there were two empty seats on either side of him.

The bartender made his way over with a menu and asked Yuuki if he could get him a drink to get him started, to which Yuuki asked if they had Sake, to which the bartender nodded asking if he wanted Sakura blossom sake or plum, Yuuki chose the former, also asking for two glasses of water one for him and one for Yumi while he perused the menu. Yuuki likely looked so out of place being as huge as he was and in his usually teal garb with the koi patterns faintly visible and the giant golden crest on the back of his haori and raven black hair reaching down to just below his shoulders.

The barkeep returned shortly with their drinks and to take his and Yumis order, Yuuki ordered the biggest steak they had with rice, Yumi ordered the smallest steak they had and a piece of cake, the barkeep wrote this all down and went to go submit the order with the cooks, Yuuki poured himself a saucer of sake and he sipped it quietly while Yumi sipped her small glass of water.

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She felt the ache of bloodlust be washed away from the filth that she had spent her time hunting; she felt the tired nature that came from satisfaction roll through her body and out of her mouth. She felt that sigh tumble along her tongue and the hunger that came with it push it’s way into her thoughts. She had done well these last few weeks, slain a few people responsible for dragging her family through the mud. Acquired something new, a blade that spoke to her mind. But that sort of thing often pushed her to want to grab a drink from how it pushed against it.

Fen felt the mud beneath her feet; trying to suck her limbs into place each time she took a step. The outer ring of Orchidia was well taken care of but she preferred to take much less traveled roads; grabbing attention wasn’t always the best thing and with her new form she had a lot to get used to. She knew that she looked strange when she transformed but thanks to lumikki she looked even weirder now to her. Rather than the pale white hair that had covered her body head to toe and a rather athletic form she was well… still athletic but certainly more like a woman than some distant strange creature with a lack of a face. A large multicolored mane trailed down even past where her long fluffy tail started. Much to her annoyance she had a hard time of telling where one started and the other began.

Violet eyes swept along the town and she looked puzzled; there wasn’t panic when she set foot in here. You’d think the appearance of a werewolf even in her stature would drive people to at least run away now that there was a second of ehr kind [even if she was the first] to run. But that wasn’t the case. THings were still peaceful and she had to remind herself.

She was part of paradise dawn now, she was under lumikki’s watchful gaze… and she was no longer looking like an icy apparition. Blowing out a breath of air through her fangs she’d continue her merry way towards a pub. The annoyance of hers skyrocketed as she realized she’d have to duck down; who doesn’t make their doors large enough… Well. That was the answer to her question as she snatched a glance this way or that. Nobody apparently. Snorting to herself she’d push her way in; the chatter didn’t stop but she felt a good chunk of eyes swap to her from the teal clad garb. Her eyes slowly locked to him as she realized some of the attention was still on him.

...Don’t recognize him.

It was a good sign; if a hunter type person recognized you there was a pretty bad reason for it. Shooting some glares at the people looking her way they’d quickly get to minding their own damn business. Floorboards creaked as she walked and her footfalls were as heavy as them came. With one of the seats next to this stranger open she’d take it, though with the size of her frame she’d scoot slightly so that both of the empty seats were helping her sit while she faced away from the bar. Throwing some jewels on the counter in a small bag before ordering.

”Give me your largest. Local special.”

She’d stare back out towards the floor, glaring down the people that were staring at either her or the stranger next to her and the little pixie looking thing with him. Her ears would flick and her annoyance sort of leapt up in bounds. She wanted to ask a dozen different things but she wasn’t much of a conversationalist. So she’d just spit it out.

”You new in town?”

She hoped the answer was yes, if it was no then she’d have to go and find someone just as clueless as her that she could maybe hear about somewhere else than the north. Somewhere that she could maybe… Well maybe she could find out more about whatever was going on in the world. Realizing her sword was still on her back she’d huff and set the monstrous blade to the side, it’s sickening red edge catching the light in all the wrong hungry ways. She paused after a moment and turned her head to talk to the barkeep.

”Some meat too, sear it, cook it, or don’t. Doesn’t matter to me.”

She was hungry and no matter what she’d find herself well fed. She was just annoyed; her eyes flicking down to the steak on rice. Furrowing her brows she’d look back to the barkeep and thumb over to what Yuuki was having. She wasn’t picky clearly and was glad that she sat down next to someone that was enjoying something already.

”Three of those actually.”

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Yuuki took a sip of his drink when and unfamiliar female voice behind him spoke asking if there was  a special on steak or if they were just celebrating at the counter. Yuuki cocked his head to the left to see an unfamiliar but attractive young woman who apparently had no problem showing off that much skin with as much leg as she was exposing "I don't know about specials but you could say we were celebrating something." Yuuki said warmly when he felt a tug on his left ear "Yuuki, The spell." the small pixie whined as she floated down from his shoulder to the floor behind him "Oh right, my bad Yumi." he said sheepishly having forgotten to cast the metamorphose spell which allowed Yumi to take human-esque form which Yuuki cast at that moment causing Yumi to transform into a tall female with light pink hair in a messy bun, with green eyes wearing a black turtle neck, with a teal skirt and a brown belt with black leggings and brown boots with straps that came to a few inches below her knee.

"Much better!" she said in a bubbly voice before taking the open seat on the other side of Yuuki before giving him a playful peck on the cheek causing Yuuki to blush slightly as the stranger on the other side of him spoke seemingly apologizing for butting but also seeming to asking permission at the same time before giving the bartender her own drink order and paying "it's u-uh e-er fine." Yuuki said shyly as he was still not used to public displays of affection from Yumi as he noticed out of the corner of his eye Yumi had a smug look on her face.

Yuuki regained a bit of his composure before asking the stranger a question of his own "So,uh you got a name? I'm Yuuki by the way and this is Yumi." he said in a warm and still slightly embarrassed manner as Yumi gave the stranger a wave "Hello." She said with a giggle before sipping on her own drink. Yuuki was sipping on his drink when the stranger either by lucky guess or some other unknown factor but the stranger some how knew he was from Joya as she had mentioned as much in her last comment while also asking what inspired the visit while also remarking on the lack of things to do in Orchidia outside the night life "Heh Joya." Yuuki said in a slightly sarcastic tone " But you're not wrong not that I claim much attachment to that nation. As for the visit just out traveling and seeing the world." he said in as warm of a manner as he could with Joya being mentioned as he had not wished to be rude to the stranger for they did not know his issues with Joya and it was not their burden to bear.

Yuuki chuckled slightly at the way the stranger ordered her food as she had ordered mashed potatoes and steak with extra gravy and it was the fond manner in which she ordered that he found funny as he knew a certain person on the other side of him who also hand a fondness for meat yuuki looked over at the stranger about to speak when he noticed her eyes and uttered "かわいい(pretty)" with out thinking as she had quite beautiful and unique heterochromatic eyes one was red and fiery like a ruby the other was Icey blue like a sapphire. Realizing he was staring and feeling a certain pair of eyes locked on to him he quickly snapped out of it "So what is one as かわいい(pretty) as yourself doing out alone at this hour?" he asked in a warm but curious manner as he sipped some more sake "Quite dangerous out at night around here im told." he stated in a flat but warm manner.

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Yuuki smirked as the woman responded to his question about her name "Hmm? Name? Ya could call me Red if you’d like but no sense is passing around some nobody’s name." This response made Yuuki wonder if he had been to free and loose with his and Yumi's name as this is the second person he had met who had not preferred to go by some alias or nickname instead of their real one making Yuuki wonder if he should proceed with caution in the near future "Well Red it is then." Yuuki said with a smirk as the woman continued

"You too seem to be a charming pair though. Nice to see couples getting along in places like these, but maybe I could suggest you some better suited places for a date. Matter-a-fact, there’s a nice Fiore restaurant down the street with potato gnocchi that’s to die for. The wine could get a bit expensive, but if you ask me, the cheap stuff hits just as fine." Yuuki smirked at this unsure of how to respond to Red right at that second instead he took a second to think about how much information he should freely give considering the individual did not want to give there name which came off as a little suspicious, especially in a bar setting where friendly and sociable was the norm "I wouldn't so much say a date as we are celebrating something." Yuuki said in a friendly but cautious manner as he observed the friendly but suspicious individual as he took a sip of his drink wondering if he should continue to be sociable with the person who was with holding their name for a reason, whatever that reason was at the moment Yuuki did not know.

Yuuki sipped his drink as he wondered if he should continue socializing when out of the corner of his eye he saw red turn to face him in her stool before letting out Ha which sounded like something popping instead of a laugh causing Yuuki to look slightly in her direction moments before she began speaking "I suppose you were, but as I said before I hold not attachment to that country and likely never will again." he said somewhat evenly clenching his fist before relaxing once again realizing there was no need to get mad at a stranger in a bar and start a fight "As for Hoesenka not really my cup of tea." he said flatly "I will admit the North is a tad bland compared to Hargenon, although I will also admit Hargenon is special in a way due to someone who resides there." he said whistfully a slight smile now on his face as Yumi also gave him a sly grin "Oh really now?" she said playfully knowing full and well what had went down during the campfire as she had been apart of it.

Yuuki was about to ask the bartender where their food was when Red said something that caused him to slightly blush again even though she misinterpreted what he had said hearing say it out loud again and thinking it meant red only made it more embarrassing "Uh... errr.. sure does sound prettier." Yuuki said as convincingly as he could before muttering "やれ やれ(thank god)" under his breath as he took another sip of sake before flagging down the bartender and asking for a status on his food, as he wasn't trying to get drunk and drinking on a empty stomach never lead anywhere good, the bartender told him it would be out shortly, to which you thanked them and went back to his drink.

Yuuki was still suspicious of Red as they seemed to act like they new them from the way they spoke but Yuuki did not recall ever meeting the women before "Not to be rude but, why did ya choose to join us when there were other fine folk in this establishment you could have joined?" Yuuki asked in a curious and genuine manner with no malice behind his voice as his gaze met hers " Just curious is all." he said warmly with a hint of caution gracing his voice.

"You must be a very lucky individual then to never be bothered my criminals or would be thieves." he said in response to her stating no one ever bothers her because shes a local which made a degree of sense was easier to target outsiders, tourists, and people passing through as they were not likely to stay around long enough for a proper investigation to be done so charges could be filed, but he doubted this far north got very many tourists. "Though I suppose theirs a degree of truth to that since tourist are more vulnerable targets." he said in a genuine manner.

Red talked about knowing all the shortcuts and clean routes which made Yuuki wonder if she was apart of said criminal activity the next part she said made Yuuki extremely suspicious as the woman offered to be their tour guide which caused his eyes to narrow a bit in suspicion as he sub consciously reached for the Katana under the bar to assure himself it was there should he need it as the woman continued on stating after the meal they could "Perhaps, Perhaps not really depends on a few factors, trust being one of them, kinda hard to trust someone who gives and alias, knows the safe routes and offers to take you on a tour of the city... at night none the less." he said as his voice dripped with suspicion "How do we know you're not apart of one of them organizations, and aren't gonna lead us into a trap." he said as he narrowed his eyes further as he looked at the woman.

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