Reim Empire

[Apollymi]

A smile crossed Shadiya's face as she was quite happy to know that her new friend wouldn't hold the actions of her old one against her. With this in mind, she seemed to relax a bit. But hearing that Samiya had answered her question her eyes went wide. "Oh? You chose the Queen of Artemyra... that's so cool." said Shadiya. She always found the choices of Magi not her own to be rather interesting. Moving right along a few seconds of silence would come from the girl as she tried to properly think of why her friend and follower could be upset. While she watched the purple haired girl think, the redheaded Magi addressed the young boy from Artemyra looking at him strangely as she did, like she was seeing something unusual but she didn't remark on that. "Yes I did. And no need to apologize. It's good to see you as well, I suppose the rest of your sisters aren't cut out for diplomacy as much as Myrina and she has a lot of faith in you as well, though your skills speak for themselves." she said with a smile. She had much enjoyed this young boy's company while she'd stayed in Artemyra, and found him to be rather interesting given the way the people from there seemed to behave. After she spoke Shadiya took a second to also answer his question. "Shaka might be feeling a bit neglected. He was my only friend for quite a while. We came to be part of this group under odd circumstances and because of this he hasn't really wanted to be part of the group activities or anything. So he might think we've been leaving him out on purpose, though that isn't the case at all... I don't really know, so I guess I'll have to ask. I will talk to him after he's calmed down a bit." said the girl, who was content to give the other young man a manicure and find out what was actually wrong with him. She seemed to think nothing odd of the apparent bad mood that the other blonde haired male was in. Beyond this point... Samiya seemed to look over her shoulder in the direction Shaka had walked off in a serious look crossing her face as she thought over potential outcomes of this situation.

Yasmin smiled as the young man took her hand and pulled himself out of the window and since he was now standing, she took some initiative and pulled him towards the door headed outside. "Yes, definitely at least the bottom people should be easily handled. Assuming we actually have to..." the girl said with a bit of a smile. She was beginning to think about this in a different way, with a bit of deviousness, but she intended to fully flesh out her plan before she said anything else about it.

[Bloodedge]

"You flatter me," was the blonde's reply to Samiya. When he found out more details about the boy named Shaka, he was left with more understanding, and yet, more confusion at the same time. Before he could open his mouth to speak more on the matter, though, there was a rather sudden distraction taking place. From the old colosseum, what seemed to be a giant pillar of white flames rose into the sky. These flames continued climbing upward until they tore a hole through the clouds, leaving the boy from Artemyra quite awe-stricken. "Wh-... what was that?"

"I think we will have to. I don't like it, but I've been gradually accepting the necessity of violence in situations like this. In that case, though, I believe we can handle anything short of that Magi at full power..." As he was being dragged about by Yasmin, Fudo took note of the white flames as well. "White fire?"

[Apollymi]

"Not at all and you've grown up quite a bit." she said to the young boy, it seemed that Samiya was kind enough to pay compliments to this young man. Though as the question of white flames came into play Samiya looked over towards the Colosseum. A smirk came to her face as she felt the Rukh and understood who it must be. The question though wouldn't just be asked by Aiolia, Fudo also seemed to question this after seeing the flames as Yasmin dragged him out by the hand to meet their new friend.

"Yes, sometimes, we are going to have to fight people, but... I have a plan to limit the amount of that not related to training we have..." she paused also looking at the white flames. Surprisingly enough it would be Shadiya who looked and then commented. "That is probably Malik." she said with a nod. Such information caused Yasmin's eyes to go wide as she didn't know that her cousin had such abilities, then again, she'd only known him for a day, and knew nothing about his Djinn. "Somehow that is both surprising and yet utterly possible." Yasmin mentioned, but soon enough, Shadiya would be speaking again, this time to the pair who'd so recently joined them. "Yas, Fudo... this is Aiolia." she said making an introduction between them.

[Bloodedge]

"Is that so? Well, I'd love to hear such a plan," he said. Fudo was quite surprised to hear Shadiya say that the white flames were likely coming from none other than Malik. "Malik? I see... so that's what the old master meant." What he was seeing was just shy of unfathomable, yet just within the realm of reason. Either way, it was quite impressive. A bow was soon given to the representative of Artemyra, and with it came Fudo's introduction. "Fudo Shakir. Pleasure to meet you," he said. This prompted a bow in return from the blonde male. "Aiolia Angelis."

[Apollymi]

"Yeah, I'm getting to it now." said Yasmin about her plan. Of course, the speech between the pair of dungeon capturers caught the attention of the Magi Samiya which was all but expected given how invested she was in the developments of the pair of them. "Plan? Are you two up to trouble again?" she asked of the pair to which the smile on Yasmin's face would seem only angelic. "No, not at all, actually... I have a small favor to ask of you... part of my plan to keep us out of combat for as long as possible." she said to the woman. This, of course made the Magi's eyes widen and Shadiya look interested as well.

"Basically, I would like you to hide our new friend Seras for a while using that odd magic you did a while back." she said to the Magi which caused the redheaded woman's eyes to widen just slightly. She highly doubted anyone had noticed the subtle combination of Heat and Water Magic she'd used a few times during her travel with this group. Of course, she'd only used it for cosmetic purposes, basically to hide herself from the general public while they were crossing through small outposts and desert oasis villages. "Huh... I didn't know you noticed that." said the Magi who was more than a bit stunned. But Yasmin simply shrugged. "It's like a hole in a wall covered by a picture yes? You don't really know it's there if you can't see it, but if you stumble upon it, you figure out what it's for." Yasmin concluded. She realized, of course, that this would only be a temporary fix, but it would at least buy them a bit of time, given the direness of their present situation.

[Bloodedge]

Fudo was very curious as to what Yasmin's plan could be. Upon finding out exactly what she was getting at, his eyes widened. This was followed by a wide grin appearing on his face, as he could certainly see the merits of this idea. "That's an incredible idea! We could avoid some major problems doing that." Soon after he said this, something else rose from the colosseum in the form of a giant pillar of light, much greater in width than the previous flames. Though he had no clue what kind of training was going on between Makarov and Malik, he had to admit he was impressed with the outcome of these abilities, whatever they were. "Is that also the doing of this Malik person?" Aiolia asked.

[Apollymi]

"Oh, it's not that great an idea. It's really only a temporary fix for a long lasting problem... but like I said, part of a plan." she said blushing slightly and waving off the attention. Though even the Magi Samiya had to admit that the idea had merits she hadn't thought about immediately including providing asylum to Aiolia without drawing undue attention to them as a group. "Oh, it's a good idea. Though now I am quite curious about the things that go on in your mind. Aiolia, you may lose visual track of Seras for a little while..." the Magi mentioned as she began work on the spell which would hide Seras. But right before she did a giant pillar of light also toppled the clouds above the Colosseum. Which made Shadiya's eyes widen. At Aiolia's question she could only shake her head.

"No, that wouldn't be Malik. Our master, the Gladiator Makarov Dreyar... that'd be him. For such a small old man he's frightening. It's part of the reason he accepted me, because we use the same type of magic." Shadiya mentioned seeming a bit sullen. After all, she was up for training this afternoon, and if they were getting this into it now, she wasn't sure her body would survive the experience. "That man and his training will be the death of me..." Shadiya said thinking about the afternoon was making her faint.

[Bloodedge]

"Of course it is. It will let us focus on our training longer, and may even prolong the coming war. You've done a lot more than you think, you know?" These words were all Fudo had left to say about the idea of hiding the bird Seras, though he was now a bit worried about the blasts coming from the colosseum. Of course, there was every chance that this was a normal occurrence around the gladiators. It would also apparently be something Shadiya had to deal with soon, whether she looked forward to it or not. With a chuckle, he approached the purple-haired girl and threw an arm over her shoulder; something which seemed to cause Aiolia a bit of distress. "Hey, don't worry too much. The master chose you specifically, and he wouldn't have done that if he didn't think you would excel at his training. Just don't push yourself too hard, yeah? I personally can't wait to see how much stronger you've become when this is all over."

[Apollymi]

"Well, I never said I didn't do a lot, but that point brings me to part two." she said looking towards Aiolia and pausing only briefly to have a chuckle at Shadiya who seemed to think her training would cause her immense problems. She assumed as the girl built up her physical strength she'd have fewer worries about what would happen to her in these sorts of situations. Of course, she'd leave the consoling to Fudo in this moment as she turned to Aiolia to ask him a question. But before she could she noticed the distress in this young man given Fudo's actions. This of course, caused a very easy going smile to cross the girl's face as she approached the male and diverted his attention just a bit. "Minor question, may or may not be very important. Do you have a way of contacting the person who sent you? It'd be kind of bad, if we stopped the war on this end, only to have it start on the other because someone assumes something bad has happened to you." Yasmin said. She figured if they covered those to ends of their bases, then at best they'd paused a serious problem and at worst, they'd have somewhere to potentially flee to, if they needed to leave the Reim Empire in a hurry.

Meanwhile, Shadiya in her sullenness was soon approached by Fudo, who had a bit of advice for the girl as well as a comforting arm strung over her shoulder. This young man had always been particularly welcoming to her, since the day they met, and such a gesture while innately friendly, still caused a blush to appear on her face. "I'll do my best!" she chimed, apparently energized and eager to please.

[Bloodedge]

"I know you will. When your training is over, we'll celebrate. How's that sound?" Fudo asked of the girl as he released her from his grasp. If nothing else, a well-deserved bit of relaxation was the perfect follow-up to harsh training and the like, so he thought the least he could do for the person in their group being forced to go through such hardships, was to make the down-time worthwhile.

When asked if there was any way he had to communicate with the Queen of Artemyra, Aiolia chuckled lightly, pointing at his own head. "None necessary. Myrina immediately knows everything I know, because she used the power of her Djinn on me before I left. She can even speak through me if she feels the need to."

[Apollymi]

"That sounds amazing. Assuming I don't pass out or anything..." she said knowing that she was still rather weak she still sought to have fun with her friends and help get to where they needed to be. She seemed to be a bit more relaxed and since Fudo released her from his grasp she was left to pay attention to the ongoing conversation between Yasmin and Aiolia.

Yasmin couldn't keep the surprise off her face as Aiolia mentioned that his sister had used her Djinn on him, to be able to keep tabs on him as he travelled. She had to give it to the woman, her ability to think ahead was rather admirable, but beyond that the thought of a Djinn's power allowing such a thing, even as a Dungeon Capturer herself was kind of frightening. "Wow, that is some power to have." she said as if her own exploits if known wouldn't cause the same sort of reaction. "Well, with that out of the way that takes care of two phases of my plans and gives us what I assume will be a bit of breathing room. If she ever has anything to say, we're all ears." she said giving a minor bow. With that bit taken care of a bit of curiosity stemmed from the girl. "Oh yeah, Nasira took the morning training. I wonder how that's going..." she started to ask a question but was soon confronted by a shocking sight.

The black haired girl who was Fudo's companion, was now flying through the side wall of the courtyard and then skidding to a halt on the ground, rather conveniently missing everyone who had been in her line of trajectory through a bit of quick thinking. She bounced off the ground really quickly after, on her toes. "Wooh, this guy is strong!"

[Bloodedge]

"Well, if you do, we'll just have a rain check on that." After Fudo said his last piece to Shadiya, Nasira made a rather astounding entrance which caused his eyes to focus on the black-haired lass. At the point of her recovery, it became obvious that her training session was still ongoing, which was strange when considering the fact that it should have been over long ago.

There would be no opportunity to address the length of Nasira's training session, nor would there be time for Aiolia to figure out who this new person was. This was due to the immediate and swift approach of the blue-haired man named Jellal. He maneuvered his way around the other individuals in the area while approaching Nasira with his right arm pulled back. Once within range, he aimed an open-palm strike at her face which, if avoided, would be followed by a very interesting move. Jellal would delay his movements just long enough to permit the thought that there would be no follow-up attack, before quickly utilizing stored momentum to spin counterclockwise and aim a powerful kick at the girl's torso.

[Apollymi]

A quick nod would follow what the girl had heard Fudo say. She found her new friends very enjoyable and their willingness to accommodate more than she could ever begin to fathom. Even so, they were soon confronted by a shocking sight. That of a flying Nasira and the gladiator who was apparently her trainer for the day. The ensuing bit of a fight was something that Shadiya found herself incapable of following with her eyes.

Nasira on the other hand, was rather busy. The open palm strike which was aimed at her face was dodged with a quick shift of her tiny body to the left and around the young man she was fighting against. And as she watched the individual she was sparring with, she prepared herself for a counter-attack and after a passing amount of time she didn't expect one to come. Such a thing, came with a slightly unconscious untensing of her muscles, and when this occurring she soon found this man swinging himself into her body with a circular momentum which would send her flying back the direction she'd come from originally. Still there was a large smile on the girl's face even as this happened. Once she was gone, Yasmin gave an appreciative whistle. "Nevermind, Nasira is obviously having more fun than all of us." she said seemingly pleased that the girl was enjoying herself. Shadiya blinked twice, "I have no idea what I just saw... but I am not sure how it counts as fun." she mentioned with only pure shock on her face. "Oh, she was smiling, so obviously fun, right?" this was said by Yasmin looked to Fudo for confirmation of her assessment.

[Bloodedge]

"Is this the best a Genshi Ryu has for me?" the blue-haired man asked in rhetoric, merely to illicit some sort of physical reaction to the apparent battering he'd been giving for the past two attacks on Nasira. Following the connection of his kick, he let momentum continue carrying him around until he landed on the ground, facing the girl. From there, he instantly took off again, aiming continuous palm strikes at her face, one after another. "You should have much more fluidity than this at your age."

By the time he was looked to for confirmation, Fudo was already smiling. Indeed, it did seem to be the case that Nasira was having a jolly good time in her training session. He wasn't quite sure what form of Magoi Manipulation she could be learning, but at least she was enjoying it. "Mm. She's always been the lively type. I saw her on the coast kicking at a Rampaging Unicorn once."

[Apollymi]

Nasira was flying and smiling, soon enough she'd be back on her feet at the training ground more than prepared by the time the next barrage of punches were aimed at her face. "That's the second time I've heard that word, and I still don't know what it means." she commented as she dodged the attacks coming her way. She was seeing them all, and having little problem reacting and soon after about five she found a break, in which she'd aim a harder strike directly under this man's chin, obviously not one to continue taking a beating without at least trying to give one back.

"A Rampaging Unicorn? Like the giant sea horse things?!" Yasmin said utterly shocked by this information. Though now that she thought about it, she supposed she could mentally see, Nasira devoting herself to such an activity. Much like she could see Bakura gambling and doing other activities considered unsavory for fun. "Eh, I suppose if we ever have to find the Imuchakk peoples we could probably get her declared a warrior." said the pink haired girl in a rather funny way. This made Shadiya giggle just a bit as she realized why Yasmin would be able to say such a thing. "Finished reading that book I gave you yesterday, huh?" she asked which made Yasmin blush just a little. "Well, I was bored, and I don't sleep much." she said seeming to be embarrassed about it.