A Beginning. (Aly and Sei)

Alyia didn't know what exacctly she was doing in Oak Town, maybe it was the fact that she had an item that she didn't know what is was. Yeah, that was probably it. She had decided to spend the entire day in the library trying to figure out what it was and what it did. When she first arrived on foot the blonde first found a place that had food. Her over stimulated matabilizm was kicking in and Alyia was startving. She did eventually find one. It was a small place and was more of a cafe. Sitting down a at metal backed seat the blonde picked up her mwnu and looked at what there was. Her eyes scanning back and forth up and down the blonde finally chose what she wanted. A choclate sundae and a ceasar salad. It was satisfying to her human body and tonher chocoholic cravings. Eventually a waiter came over to her. She told him exactly what she wanted and she game him her menu. With the waiter gone the blomde angel looked outside at the passing people. It was going to be a long, but informational day.

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Takeru goes by this strange blonde angel looking girl and pats her on the head. He then exclaims: "KNEEL!"

Ayato paced around Oak Town, trying to find a settlement in the area. He had a map of Fiore in his hands, with all of the Legal Guilds labelled on various parts of the sheet. Ayato was a traveller, and so he wished to establish a home in between his guild and another; all so he could have a safe trip to that guild, and short trip back. Ayato also wanted to assure himself good compatibility with all Legal Guilds. Eventually, he would have to investigate a Dark Guild, though he was currently too weak to handle potential threats in those sectors.

While he paced around Oak Town, his stomach growled suddenly, conveniently before a restaurant that only one person had attended to, during this time. He looked over to the occupied table, and saw that there was a cute young girl seated in what seemed to be the best table of them all. Ayato sighed happily as this reminded him of playing hide-and-go-seek as a child. Ayato would always cheat and travel out of bounds pertaining to wherever the game commenced. This was due to his past self being a practical joker, though nowadays, he felt much more mature. "I see you're the only one here." Ayato began, "My name is Seitenshi Ayato from Blue Pegasus. Mind if I sit with you?" By the look on his face, Ayato did seem slightly desperate for some company. He even gave the female his official profile written in an ancient book to clarify his identity. It was just recently that he had come across some frauds, after all.

*The atmosphere becomes heavy... and the air becomes cold.... you both start to hallucinate and go drowsy*

DREAM PANDA APPEARS!

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Dream Panda: Greetings Alyia and Seitenshi! I have come to tell you that you both have mysteriously gained 5 Cosmic Coins...

Alyia sat in her seat until a person went by her and patted her on the head. Turning to look at the person in confusion she did not expect them to suddenly shout kneel. Alyia gave them a weird look and shook her head. Why did she have to kneel for a person she didn't even know. "Uhhh... thank you but I am good." She turned back around and looked forwards and away from the person she turned back to them though and opened her mouth to say something, "You are strange but I am sure someone will bow someday." She smiled quickly and waved. She then looked away only to find another person. He was slightly tall and talking to her. Talking to her... 'Crap!' Alyia though she tuned into what the male was saying and luckily caught most of what he had said. "Sure you can sit here. It is very nice to mert you. My name is Alyia I am the Omen Angel of Eclipse Soul." The blonde flashed another smile. She was about to say something else when suddenly the air around her became heavy her head started to spin and feel dizzy. A sudden thud came from the table where Alyia's head had fallen and made contact with it.

Alyia looked around and say but only a strange looking pandas. She had always thought that pandas were soft cute ans cuddly, but this panda looked much wierder. "Greetings Alyia and Seitenshi! I have come to tell you that you both have mysteriously gained 5 Cosmic Coins..." The voice from the panda said. It was in a much lower voice than she had expexted of a panda, but she supposed it was not an ordinary panda. Alyia suddenly felt her hand get heavy and she looked down into her hand to see the five coins that now resided there.

The blonde snapped her head up and sge looked right at the male who was sitting in front of her, "What the..." Alyia started to move her hand but she found that is was much heavier than usual. Opeing up her palm she saw the coins that the strange panda had given her.The angel's eyes widened and she shook her head in disbeleif. "So many strande things have been happening today." It was at this moment the waiter came over with the food and placed it in front of her.

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Ayato found that while he was approaching Alyia, someone interfered, unintentionally. This person impolitely patted Alyia on the head, it seemed, then asked her to kneel before him. Ayato stood away from a short distance to watch the scene go down. He laughed silently while the man was rejected, then send himself off to find someone else. This was when Ayato initially made his approach, and to his liking, was accepted by Alyia to sit down with her. It was interesting to hear the introduction Alyia gave to him while Ayato seated himself. "An Omen Angel, huh?" Ayato's book spoke to him telepathically once he confirmed what Alyia said. It identified her just as it did with anyone else. "People like you are so interesting to encounter, you know?" Ayato commented, "While I believe myself to be a skillful swordsman, I am nothing more than a Mage who specializes with such items. You, on the other hand, seem to come from a different world." Ayato rested his arms on the chair, then watched as a waiter passed by and handed him a menu.

"I'm going to have the lasagna, and some Caesar salad." Ayato requested before he handed the waiter his menu. He stumbled upon his actions, however, which caused him to quickly ask for a cappuccino, as well. Once this was done, a strange Panda came across the two, and gave them Cosmic Coins. Ayato felt like he was in a different dimension during this time while he received the coins. Five were handed to him, which caused his image of success to appear, for the first time. Since such imagery filled his mind, Ayato assumed these coins could give him good luck, which is why he slipped them inside of his jacket. He looked at Alyia, and saw that while this moment occurred, her food had arrived, and so did his. It seemed this moment held a great impact on time, itself, and left no wait for the two to eat. "While we eat, why don't we tell each other about our guilds?" Ayato suggested, "It is one of the reasons I joined you, anyway. I like meeting new faces!" Ayato took the first bite of his lasagna, and entitled it as the best lasagna he had ever eaten. He hoped Alyia wouldn't mind him making suggestions while the two were at this restaurant. He just felt that a conversation like this would help her get over those two random events.

Alyia looked down at her food and picked up her spoon as she listened to Ayato talk and ask her questions and dipped it into her sundae. She lifted it to her lips and popped it into her mouth. Swallowing the frozen treat she nodded. "I see. Well, it is nice every once in a while. I am from the guild Eclipse Soul. It is the guild of redemption. It is filled of... interesting people." The blonde tried to find the word that fitted the people of the guild the best. They were a bunch of weird people that were piled into a guild. There were the overly friendly, the distant ones, the ones who didn't care mush about others, and the ones who didn't care of what others thought. "There are a mix of different people in our guild."

Alyia smiled to herself as she spoke of her guild mates and then looked at Ayato, "How about you? With your question of my guild mates I would think that you were in a guild." Alyia took another bite of her chocolate sundae and then sets down her spoon and then picks up the fork and takes a bite of the salad. Feeling the vegetation in her mouth Alyia slightly cringed. She didn't like lettuces, or any kind of vegetables. She had to eat them though if she were to keep her human body healthy that was. She didn't want to get a new human body it was too much of a risk that she was not willing to take.

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Ayato stared at Alyia briefly while she took in the delicious treat he caught sight of. He smiled warmly after he saw Alyia take that bite, and laughed slightly. "It seems you're really enjoying yourself!" Ayato commented, "Well...I am too!" Ayato took some more bites of his lasagna until the story of Alyia's guild popped up. Eclipse Soul: the guild of redemption. "I've heard about it." Ayato replied, "Apparently it accepts Mages of all kinds, and has a purifying image, allowing anyone to confess their sins. Is that true?" Ayato looked at Alyia curiously, wondering what role she played in her guild. It seemed interesting, of course, though Ayato obviously found his guild much more superior. It was selfish to think, though reasonable as the guild befitted him most.

A few minutes passed, and Ayato had to take the stand. Since Alyia had generously given information on her guild, it was time for Ayato to discuss his own guild. "Well, as you may have heard before, I am a member of Blue Pegasus." Ayato began, "We are a guild of hard work, determination, companionship and pride. We enforce what it means to enjoy life, and try our best to achieve success. We have the most fun we can while we have spare time, and attain victory whenever in battle. That is what Blue Pegasus is all about." Ayato blushed a bit, though his smile grew wider after he gave that speech. It was clear that the guild had a major impact on his soul, and helped him become a better person. Ayato hoped that Eclipse Soul did the same for Alyia. She was the Omen Angel, however, which made Ayato figure that everything would be alright. He figured that Alyia also purchased her salad to keep herself fit, while Ayato, on the other hand, required food such as lasagna simply to grow. He was getting more muscular, lately, though he also needed to grow in height. Despite all of this, the two were having a good time, which Ayato couldn't help but feel happy towards. "How about we take a look around town after we finish eating?" Ayato suggested.

Alyia though for a moment at Ayato's question and then nodded. It was true. She had entered that guild because she though it would be fun getting into fights and playing pranks on people, but over the time that she had spent at the guild she found that she had become much softer and she had started to like the people in her guild. Then again she had died and come back as an angel. But, she had started to grow soft a short time before that. Eclipse Soul had not only affected her but most of the other people in it, the outcasts, the people who had a dark side but wanted to be good and help others.

Alyia listened to what Ayato had to say about his guild. He was apart of the guild Blue Pegasus and by what he had to say about the guild he loved it very much and it had a great impact on his life. A smile grew on the blonde's face as she looked at Ayato. She once again picked up her spoon and dug it into the ice-cream that she had ordered. Lifting the spoon up to her mouth she popped it in and slipped it back out through her lips clean. She dipped it back into the ice-cream and took another bite of it. With the sencond bite of her ice-cream she put down her fork and started to eat the salad. She took bite after bite and didn't stop until it was gone. Might as well get the gross tasting things out of the way right? She did finish her salad and from that point she looked up at Ayato as he asked her his question. She picked up her spoon once more, this time she had no plan on putting it down. "Alright. It should only take me a couple minutes." She slid a spoonful of chocolate ice-cream into her mouth. "But, what should we do. I was going to go the library and find  out more information about an item I got on a mission. But, you can chose someplace that you would like to go."

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Ayato ate his lasagna some more once he finished his little speech about Blue Pegasus. It was amazing to see how some fast friends could feel so free to share information so quickly. He also watched Alyia eat her ice cream, leaving aside that salad that she seemed to hate. Ayato used to feel the same. He never believed in nutritious meals as a kid, and so he ate whatever he liked. However, while he chose to walk down this path, Ayato could remember almost exceeding his average weight, and so he would have to visit the Clover Town Gym to burn the calories in his body, and make himself fit. It surprised him, however, to see that Alyia was so committed to both meals, though it was clear she still despised the salad by taking it down so quickly. Ayato laughed in response.

Soon after, the table was peaceful again as Ayato's lasagna was completely finished. He was glad she agreed to his suggestion, and planned to travel around Oak Town with him. The two were acting really friendly towards each other, and Ayato appreciated every minute of it. He heard how Alyia wanted to visit the library, which made him sigh jokingly. He didn't really like libraries due to the silent atmosphere, though he supposed it would be much better if a friend tagged along with him. "Let's go check out the library then." Ayato replied, "After that, we can just take a walk around this town and see if we pass anything appealing." Truthfully, Ayato didn't know much about Oak Town, though he was confident there was much more to the town than this restaurant. He was excited to see the rest of it, in fact, and hoped that Alyia felt the same way.

Alyia smiled at Ayato and took the last bite of her ice-cream. Setting her spoon down in her bowl with a light clink she grabbed her napkin and lifted that to her mouth wiping around her mouth to get any ice-cream that she had failed to get into her mouth. Feeling cleaned the angel stood up and nodded at Ayato, "Sounds like a plan." She stepped away from the table and pushed in her chair before walking to the front counter and paying for both of their meals. Coming back with the receipt in hand the blonde and folded it and stuck it away in her wallet. Reaching the table Alyia looked right at Ayato and smiled again. "Paid for and ready to go."

Alyia didn't know much about Oak Town, in the past she had had full intention of visiting, but it had just never happened for her. So when Ayato said to just walk around, she was pleased that he didn't know much of the town either. It was just a really good idea for her to just walk around and see what was in the town. One could most definitely say that she was excited to be here and excited to just go and explore the town. But, what made if better for her was that Ayato was going to come with her. She needed a friend to join her, something had just been nagging in the back of her head for the last couple days. Something back was going to happen, so she was glad to have met Ayato before it had occurred.

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Ayato nodded when Alyia agreed with his plan. He did exactly as Alyia once did, herself, and wiped his face with his napkin before pushing in his chair and walking to the front counter. He was about to pay for the food, but was beaten by Alyia. "You know the man is supposed to do that for the woman, right?" Ayato joked, "How about we make it even by buying something for you later?" Ayato felt in debt, and didn't want things to be like this, though his expression made him feel happy, otherwise. It was still good to know there was something as generous as Alyia. She was truly a kind person; someone Ayato would never forget, despite the short amount of time they had been together. Again, Ayato nodded once Alyia gave the clear to leave the restaurant.

While the two were outside the restaurant, Ayato could see Alyia was excited to just walk around Oak Town, trying to find something appealing. "Having fun?" Ayato asked suddenly, a warm smile on his face, "I am." Of course, the two wanted to find the library first, but if there was something that could make Alyia feel even more excited than she was at this point, Ayato wouldn't mind visiting that spot, at all. From this point onwards, it was official. Ayato had a new friend to accompany him; a true friend, in that matter. Both wanted to accompany each other in their small travels around this town, and just wanted to enjoy what they could with a friend. Even Ayato's sword and book kept themselves completely silent as they really could not compare or comment on Ayato's happiness.

The blonde shrugged, she didn't know much about how things worked in habituated places, she had only lived her for a few months. She had only lived in cities with people for a few months, she didn't know all that there was to know. After hearing him offer something later the blonde smiled and nodded, he seemed like he wanted to pay for this one and was determined to do so this time and not let her pay for it. She followed Ayato out of the restaurant and took in a deep breath of fresh air. With the smile still on her face the blonde nodded at Ayato's question and smiled at him when he had said that he had felt the same way. Looking up at the sky she took a step down the street. Her eyes shifted down so that she looked at the street ahead. "Well, let's go. We can stop at random places along the way.There might be some good places and book shops to stop at on the way to the library." Alyia looked right at Ayato and smiled.

She walked out onto the side walked and looked up at the buildings as she passed each one. "This is amazing, the buildings had an olden feeling to them. They are beautiful." She continued to smile as she looked up at the buildings. Each one was different and each one had it's own sense of elegancy. Alyia continued to walk very excited about the trip. She looked from the buildings to Ayato smiling widely at him. This was better than she had hoped for. Walking past more of the olden buildings the blonde and her new friend had eventually reached the library. Alyia stood there amazed. It was beautiful. But, that could not describe the buildings beauty accurately. "Well, we didn't stop anywhere on our way here. But we can most definitely afterwords."

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When the two stopped at the library, Ayato gestured Alyia to walk inside with him. "We can go wherever you want to go after this." Ayato added. He looked around while he was inside the library, and saw that it was much more massive than any other library he had seen before. Every possible genre of books possible to read could be seen in labels hanging from the ceiling upon large signs. The library, itself, looked luxurious with all of its expensive furniture and decorations. Ayato searched the library for his favourite genre of books: manga (assuming Alyia is with him already). He wandered towards the respective aisle in the library, and searched for the best manga he could find: C.

When he found the manga, Ayato began to read through it. This manga was about an ultimate dimension known as the Financial District that controls all of Earth's economic value, combined, though none of the Earth's citizens understand or even know about the Financial District, itself- only a select few. The Financial District is also the godly force that controls the balance of the world, itself, literally making one's future collateral. In this universe, should the Financial District shutdown, the future on Earth will cease to exist, hence why only the greatest victims of economics were hired to serve under this glorious establishment. Those who worked for the Financial District received an extraordinary amount of yen each day. However, with such an incredible amount of credit earned in one's account came a new mindset. Everyone in the Financial District became dangerous, extremely eager to collect more money, and so warfare began. Their assets became their guardians, while their liabilities became the guardian's soul. Everyone literally fought with their assets, and those who lost a fight became bankrupt on Earth, ceasing to exist in the Financial District. Under such circumstances, the rulers of the Financial District gave up, and released a black card known as Control: the almighty power to determine what happens on Earth.

Ayato closed the book shortly after reading a few pages, looking around as the manga really had an impact on his soul. Something in this world was controlling humanity, whether it'd be a god or science. Despite what a person thought, the world operated based on how science functioned or what a god determined. Should these functions or determinations ever come to an end, there would eventually be no future, and this world would cease to exist. Since Ayato had read this book, he held much more fortunate about living in this world, yet much more aware of his surroundings, as well. Fate truly existed, and this book explained it well; despite being fictional. While Ayato had the jewels to pay for the entire series, he did. In fact, he used the library to order the entire series- every issue and volume from a nearby book store. Ayato wanted to know how the mind's of others worked, and how a single action would affect life, itself. This is why the purchase of this series seemed worthwhile to him.

"Oh...I forgot about her..." Ayato thought aloud after being stuck in his own world for what seemed like hours in his mind, but only a minute, realistically. He walked back towards Alyia with a warm smile on his face, wondering what she wanted to do in the library. He was done with his routine, after all, so nothing was stopping him from dividing his attention towards Alyia and her desires.

Alyia had followed Ayato through the front door of the library. She had followed him as he moved through the library before reminding herself that she was there for a certain purpose. Peeling away from Ayato the blonde made her way to the research section in the library. Walking up and down each row of books the blonde pulled one after another out. Having a good amount of books the blonde went to a table in the far back and placed the books on it. Hearing the books make a thud on the table as she put them down the blonde cringed, this was only a small portion of what she had found. Scanning page after page the blonde flipped through one book after another.

Placing a third book down Alyia sighed, there had been nothing about her small book in any of these books. Reaching for a fourth book the blonde spotted something shinny and a bookshelf across from her. Leaning forwards the blonde saw the silver writing on a book. Becoming curious the blonde stood up from her spot and made her way over to the book on the self. Lifting it from it's spot the examined the book, turning it so that she could see the front cover. 'The Truth About Books'. Alyia widened her eyes and took the book back to the table. Opening it to the first page she set it down on the table and started to read through it. Flipping pages the blonde eventually got up and went to one of the desks and asked for a writing utensil and a note pad or note book. there was so much good information in the book she would have to write it all down.

Papers after papers, notes after notes, random papers began to pile up around her. She at one point had pulled up her hair into a messy bun, some stray hairs escaping and framing her face. Several pens and pencils had collected in her hair and her lip was raw from her biting it as she thought about things. Tapping her pen against her chin as she bit her lip once again the blonde tilted her head to the left. She looked back down at the book and closed it, She had found a lot of different things on the meaning of books hoping that it would help her understand what he new item was. Pulling out a small book the angel looked down at it. She still didn't know what it did. She placed the book down on the table in front of her and sighed, what was the meaning to this book! Letting out a sigh the blonde put the book away and instead picked up her notes, looking through them.

She then looked from her notes to the clock and gasped she had been in her own world and time had passed her by quickly. Startled Alyia looked around to see if Ayato was around. She didn't so she looked back at her papers, should she continue or should she finish up and go find him.

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Ayato looked dumbfounded. He had just found Alyia, yet in the very second he found her, she began to walk away. It only took a minute before Ayato had lost her again, and became worried. He couldn't leave her in a massive library like this, especially one that was completely unfamiliar with her and him, in the first place. Ayato sighed, and began to walk through the aisles slowly. Most of the library was empty at this point, which was good. However, the library was too spacious to even see someone's head nearby; all of the shelves the size of a building. The only way to see another person was to be in the same aisle as them. Ayato became exhausted, going through what seemed like hundreds of sections until he came across the Research section.

Once he was at the Research section, Ayato was about to say something until he saw a librarian giving him a deadly glare. The librarian told him to stay quiet if he wished to stay in the library after purchasing books, already. Ayato nodded, then sighed embarrassingly after the librarian moved elsewhere. He watched over Alyia, who seemed to be investigating many books she had collected. Ayato never knew she was into these sorts of things, but why did she hold such a big quantity? There had to be a dozen books on the table she was working on, reading to herself, apparently. Ayato stood there politely, awaiting Alyia to make her next movement until he saw her fix her hair, and move about. Ayato tried to catch up to Alyia, but again, he had lost her in this maze. It was then Ayato figured he would just proceed to the front of the library, and await Alyia there.

Alyia had placed another pencil into her hair. She had gathered quite a few as she researched and took notes on the books that she had gathered. She let out a hum and flipped through another book skimming over the words. She had had no luck with finding anything on her new book. She swore that there was nothing on this book. She would just have to find out what it did by trial and error. Packing up the books and placing them in a box so that they would be placed back on the shelf the blonde gathered up her papers and placed them in the trash can, what was the point of having them if they did nothing to help her understand the book that she had received from the council. Letting out a sigh the blonde made her way to the front of the library hoping that Ayato would be there.

Reaching the front of the library the blonde looked around trying to spot the dark haired mage that she had come to the library with. Scanning past all of the books and the other people that were arriving she finally spotted him. A small smile appeared on her face as she walked towards him. "Ayato!" She called out to him, only to be shushed by the people in the library. She hunched her shoulder and blushed in embarrassment. She kept moving into his direction quietly and quickly. Soon enough she was standing in front of him. "Hey. I'm done with my research. Sorry I took so long." She smiled and scratched behind her head. "We can go where you would like now."

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"Alright! Let's walk around the town then." Ayato replied, grabbing Alyia's wrist and walking out of the library. He saw that Alyia had two pencils in her hair. "You must've been working really hard." Ayato assumed, pointing to the pencils, "Are you gonna keep those in there?" Ayato laughed slightly and let go of Alyia's wrist once the two were outside. He was glad he visited a library, ironically, considering he once thought it would be extremely boring, and especially a waste of time. However, everything turned out well for him, and the time there actually became of some significance to him, spiritually.

If recalled what he said properly, there was a good restaurant around here he wanted the two to see, and so he walked down the block, assuming Alyia would follow him. It was a multicultural restaurant, meaning there would be a lot of food the two could select from once they were there. He was excited to have the opportunity of seeing such a place, yet even more proud to have made a close friend in such little time. While the two walked around the town, Ayato noticed how warm the area was. "The weather setting here is much better than at home!" Ayato commented, "Everything is well-established, too!" Ayato began to walk the streets with glee, more hopeful to find what he needed while he strolled around the town. He even looked back at Alyia and gave her quite the warm smile before proceeding to get closer and closer to that restaurant.

Once the two arrived, Ayato approached the front counter. "Are there any available seats?" Ayato asked. The front-desk employee nodded quickly and asked that the two follow him to their table. It was quite the walk, yet once the employee stopped, Ayato found that their location in the restaurant had a great city view. "This seemed worthwhile." Ayato commented, holding up the thick menu for the two to scan through, "Order as much as you like. After helping a few people, I have enough jewels to pay for everything on this menu combined, and still maintain a good amount leftover. Ayato explained, "However, don't explode by the time we're done. I need you alive for what we can do next after our trip here." Ayato laughed slightly after his last comment. Explode? What a childish way of saying 'full'. Also, using a pun to emphasize it? Ayato had never felt so silly in his life, yet he loved it, at the same time. It just proved he felt very fortunate of being able to visit this town with a great friend, and of course, having a great time. He hadn't felt this good in awhile, especially since guild was so scarcely populated, nowadays, whereas his home was in the middle of nowhere, and only had a population of one.

Alyia blushed as she remembered the pencils that she had slowly collected in her hair. She pulled them out and then the hair tie that was keeping her hair up in its bun. Her hair fell down silkily and was now slightly wavy from being up in the bun. She knew that the waves would not last too long . She watched Ayato start to walk away when and she was about to follow when she realized that the pencils that she had used were still in her hands. Spinning on her heel she ran back inside and placed the pencils in a pencil holder on the front desk. She smiled kindly at the librarian before she ran back out of the building, after Ayato. She ran around the corner a small smile on her face. She had cased after someone before, but it was usually to catch up to her partner who rarely showed emotion or to catch up to some monster who was trying to get away. But no matter the were not fun things to run after. It was weird for her to have so much fun catching up to someone and looking forwards to what would happen when she did.

Rounding the next corner she finally spotted Ayato. She sped up a little only to slow down and walk right behind him kicking her legs out in front of her like a toy soldier. She nodded at Ayato's comments. It was a nice day. The sky was clear and the sun was at their backs. There was little to no wind and what little wind there was, was warm. She too was also amazed at the buildings that lined the streets. They each had a great amount of detail from the wood curls and signs to the glass windows that were found on some of the stores. "Mhm," Alyia hummed. She like the outside world of Oak Town better than in the library. It was warm and the smells of food wafted through the air. Compared to the smell of old books it was amazing. Alyia looked up at Ayato and smiled at him as he smiled at her. She then tilted her head, "You seem to be leading us somew here. May I ask as to where we are going?" Alyia's curiosity was starting to grow.

The two had walked a bit more before they finally came to a stop right outside of a restaurant. Alyia took in a deep breath. Flavor after flavor entered her nose and overwhelmed her senses. She hummed happily and sighed everything smelled so good. She snapped from her thoughts when she and Ayato were being escorted to a table. She followed silently looking around she followed behind them until they came to a table that had a beautiful view of the city. Alyia looked out at the landscape and smiled. She then turned her head to look at Ayato. She smiled happily, "What is this for?" She asked after he had handed her the menu and had told her to order whatever she wanted. She tilted her head curiously and looked from her companion to the menu and scanned it. Shd looked it over once before knowing exactly what she wanted. She placed her menu at the end of the table and rested her elbows on the table and her head in her hands. She wanted to know why Ayato was going to pay for whatever she wanted to eat. Aure she had paid for earlier, but that was because she was already up. Suddenly a waiter came by and filled their glasses with water. Feeling slightly startled the blonde sat up straight and even lean back a little. When fhe waiter was finally gone the blonde let her elbows rest on the table again. This time her arms laying down on the table and crossing. She was still very curious as to why her partner for the day was going to buy her, what was it now? Lunch?

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Ayato and Alyia were seated peacefully at a well-positioned table in the restaurant, quite the nice view from outside the window to their east. However, what startled Ayato was not the sudden, bedazzling view, but rather the immediate curiosity that arose on Alyia's face after water was poured into the glasses set for the two to enjoy. "Is it not okay to eat lunch together?" Ayato replied questionably, "If anything, I am just repaying you with a gentleman-like deed for accompanying me today." A grin appeared on Ayato's face directly towards Alyia while he lifted his glass, and drank some of the water. The two had menus already, which was surprising considering the amount of people inside the restaurant. Ayato was in a careless mood when it came to the food displayed on the menu, prepared to order a random item off the moment the waiter arrived. He wondered what kind of food Alyia was into, and whether it was pricey or not. Albeit, it did not matter to him, whatsoever. Ayato was prepared to order anything off this menu with ease; nothing harmful to his jewel count.

Ayato ran his index finger through the menu, page-after-page, and thankful that the sheets were laminated and covered nicely. Ayato never liked the feeling of paper-cuts, anyway. "I think I'm going to order mozzarella sticks and quiche as an appetizer, then bruschetta bread pizza as an entrée." Ayato commented softly, "What are you thinking of ordering, Alyia?" A light smile appeared on Ayato's face while he conversed with the woman ahead of him. It was nice being in a peaceful atmosphere with a friend, every once and a while. Even the library was louder than this, which made Ayato laugh softly when he thought about. This meeting had really changed him, in a way or two. First of all, he never expected to create such an adventure with a new friend, and secondly, Ayato never knew his once-hateful emotion towards books would become neutral. Change seemed like a great component in life, though Ayato did not want to age, all that much. Sometimes, he just liked moments to stay exactly the way they were, and keep in contact with the people he knew now. Unfortunately, meetings like this could no longer happen, seeing as life was short, so Ayato might as well have fun while it lasted.

Alyia looked up at Ayato and nodded, it was not that she was questioning the man it was just the fact that she had never been treated to something as nice as this. Much less been treated to a meal in general. She smiles back at him as he smiled as her. Picking up the menu that was handed to her the blonde skimmed over the options that she was given. Everything looked good to her, but she knew that she would have to stay healthy if she was going to keep her angelic body functioning. She flipped past all of the fried items and straight to the soups, wraps, and salads. It was not what she was wanting to eat right now, but she had eaten a lot of sweets for the last couple days and she was going to have to pay for it now. With a sigh the blonde scanned over her choices. None of them looked like something that Alyia would want to eat, but she was going to have to eat something green if she was going to keep her human body going. Looking up and down the list one more time the blonde nodded. She knew what she was going to have.

Looking up from the menu the blonde only caught the end of what her partner for the day had said. But is sounded like he was asking her if she knew what she was going to get. "Ah. I am going to get the Cesar salad with the onion soup as a side." She smiled up at Ayato and placed her menu ant the end of the table. Today had been a good day so far. It had been productive for her and it seemed like it was life changing for Ayato. But over all it was good to have a new friend. Someone that she had just randomly bumped into in a cafe. Someone that she didn't know that she would have made friends with.

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Ayato sighed happily the moment Alyia looked up to him with a smile on her face, after she had ordered her food, as well. Earlier, Ayato felt as though he was escalating this friendship too quickly, but he was obviously proven wrong. It seemed both he and Alyia were enjoying their first encounter a lot, and were now eating together as buddies. Once Alyia made her order, Ayato grabbed her menu, along with his, and handed them both to the waiter. When the waiter left, Ayato looked back to Alyia and gave her just a big a smile as she gave him recently. "Let's order drinks later. I feel like drinking and eating at the same time gets you full easily." Ayato commented. He wondered if he had ordered the right thing, now that he thought about it further. Albeit, he knew he was still going to enjoy the meal.

"So what's been on your mind lately?" Ayato asked while the two were waiting. He really wanted to know the backstory to Alyia's adventure recently, and felt like sharing his as well. However, it was polite to ask the lady first, and then proceed with the man's opinion. This was just how life was in a lawful atmosphere. Both of them seemed that way after all. Unfortunately, Ayato did not know how to prolong this encounter, though he would surely think about it later. He had nothing else to do, and assured he would have lots of fun by the end of the day. There was still so much to do- even in a single town. Ayato wondered just how much fun could come out of travelling with the same person, and discovering other things. Perhaps exploring with Alyia would be an even nicer adventure than the one the two were sharing at the moment. Albeit, he still felt content, and felt as though he would never lose the feeling. Recently, his happiness had never changed; even prior to this encounter with Alyia. Ayato felt very fortunate to live a good life such as the one he was embracing, and not have to go through the same life as the poor. Someday, he wanted to devote his life into making the poor just as fortunate as him, even if it meant having to sacrifice a lot of Ayato's time. This was just one duty that Legal Guilds were determined to do, after all. It wasn't just Mages that should feel fortunate in Fiore, but every average human too. Now Ayato was thinking too much into the future. For now, he needed to concentrate on the future, for he was having too much of a great time already.

Alyia only nodded at his earlier comment of people getting too full if they drank and ate at the same time. She listened as his voice rang through the air and to her ears. The question prodding her thoughts. She thought about it for a minute before shrugging. “There hasn’t been much. I got this new book. But I don’t know what it does. Hence the reason I wanted us to go the the library. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything which bummed me out. But, no matter there is always next time.” A smile appeared on her face. “How about yours, you seem as though you want to share something. What have you been up to as of late?” The question slipped from her lips as she tilted her head. She had lifted her elbows up to rest on the table as she threaded her fingers together. Her chin set on her laced fingers as she looked at the man across from her with curiosity.

Her day had been perfect so far, well almost, perfect would have been her finding exactly what she needed from the library. Seeing how that didn’t happen, today could only come close to being perfect. Her food was on the way and she could almost taste it on her tongue. With tentative ears she was ready to listen to the story that Ayato had wanted to share. He had been very courteous asking if she had anything on her mind. Ladies first. He seemed to follow that rule as well. But that was one this that Alyia seemed to have kept through all of her years. The politeness that she had been taught as you kid. Never talk back to your elders, always listed and of course ladies first. Now seeing that she had already talked she was ready to hear what her companion for the day had to say. Seeing how he was anxious to say it.

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Total WC: 3,845

Ayato smirked when he heard Alyia's story. It seemed she was quite the intelligent girl, knowing exactly where to go for various problems. Unfortunately, success was not guaranteed, though the library did help Ayato a bit. He became more comfortable with books, and saw them in a brighter light than usual. A lot had happened since the beginning of this meeting, and Ayato was liking it. He really was going on an adventure, now that he thought about it, which was his goal since joining Blue Pegasus; though this was only one. While he could have been in this state further, he forgot about Alyia being right in front of him, which forced him back into reality. Their appetizers were about to be set on the table by servers, which gave Ayato an even bigger reason to smile. Just the looks of the food alone made Ayato predict that this was going to be a very delicious meal.

Truthfully, Ayato had not tried quiche before, and he only once enjoyed mozzarella sticks prior to this moment. All he knew was the two items seemed appealing to thousands of Fiore citizens in the past. "Something I want to share, huh?" Ayato replied, trying to remember what he was going to say earlier, "Well, someday, I want to go on this big adventure across Fiore and Earthland alike. I want to be accompanied by a friend- a few of them at least- and see the most of this wonderful country. It is beautiful, after all." Ayato was not sure if that was what he was planning to say in the beginning, though it was a great idea. This small meeting was only part one of Ayato's greatest adventure. He still had to go on longer trips with people until there would be a day when that grand new journey would begin. Still, Ayato wondered what he could do while he and Alyia were still in Oak Town. There seemed to be lots of activities surrounding them, and other places they could go to, as well. Ayato figured he should begin eating first, then think later. He stabbed a piece of quiche with his fork, then gently put it in his mouth to enjoy. "Fantastic!" Ayato cheered after swallowing that lovely piece of quiche, "You should try your salad." It was obvious Ayato was having lots of fun, which seemed to be the key of this trip.