Birth of the Blue Berets

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A few days passed since Jake left his hometown of Micqueot on a small sail boat starting his adventure. The sailing through the sea is calm; there is no rain, wind, or even a cloud in sight. The sky is completely blue with no white spots on it and the sun is completely exposed during the day.

Jake’s eyes became stars upon first setting sight on Nuovo Romano. He is amazed at all the technology visible to him from the port where he docked. One medium size merchant ship has steam pouring from the roof. This is something not seen everywhere, surely this would not be a bad place to get a ship, but unfortunate for him he has no money to buy a ship. Besides seeing this steamship and about one or two more, he also sees a fish stand that has portable doors with fish inside them. One more thing catches his attention; it is a movable cart being pushed by the power of steam. That movable cart appears to have some sort of engine that allows it to move by pushing some buttons. These things are certainly amazing. Having seen all these things, makes Jake even more excited on what else could be lurking in the island.

With a smile upon his face, Jake explored the island further. He walks into a store that sells weapons. Some weapons are regular weapons, but some look more complex than others. Some of the guns seem to have a more complex system when it comes to loading the bullets and shooting. There are also some battle axes that have a mini cannon within them, this really shocked Jake. However, he leaves without buying anything since his fighting style does not revolve around weapons. In addition, another store visited by Jake has a frame that is able to hold up to thirty pictures that slides from one picture to another.

His stomach growled for a decent meal since he has been eating fruit after fruit for the past two to three days. A restaurant is nearby the last store he visited, which is where he heads to. In the restaurant he orders a steak with rice and sake to fill up his stomach. The large roar from his stomach seized after eating a delicious meal. While at the restaurant he meets a strange person wearing armor who stands out from all of the other customers due to the aroma. He approaches the stranger and introduces himself by saying, “Hello, my name is Jake Austin, what is your name?”

[thegraycavalry]

The white-haired woman sighed underneath her armor, peering through the slits in the helmet. She walked off the ship, dragging her armored feet wearily. This definitely wasn't the place she wanted to be in, but as long as she was okay, it didn't matter. Salem recalled the journey to this town, the peril, the danger. Well, she was unconscious for most of it. It so happened that the armor-clad woman was asleep when they passed by Loguetown, where she had wanted to go. No one had woken her up, and so, once the sailors came back aboard the ship, they had left towards their next destination. After that, Salem had woken up a few times, rather frustrated with herself and the crew of the ship, but no matter how much she begged, the captain would not turn around. So, she isolated herself from the rest of the crew by shutting herself in her room. Somehow, during the time she was below deck, a storm and several Seakings popped out of the ocean blue and somehow got them off course. The result? Here they were, Nuovo Romano, North Blue.

In all honesty, Salem was more hungry rather than tired. She had slept enough in that journey, and didn't want to miss anything else. She headed towards the nearest restaurant, attracting several strange looks. It didn't really matter to her, for at the moment, her stomach dominated her mind. It was a rarity to see her being led by such a primitive instinct, but she simply couldn't help it. Plenty of time on the sea eating only biscuits did things to a woman.

As Salem sat down at her table, the waiter timidly approached. She ordered. The whole time, the scrawny man called her mister, which she didn't exactly mind. It was impossible to tell whether she was a man or woman in her armor. It covered her from head to toe. About thirty minutes later, there was an empty plate on the table, and a very satisfied Salem. People pointed and stared at the odd person in armor. To eat, Salem had simply lifted her helmet a bit, only revealing her lips, therefore, they still didn't realize her gender. Still, Salem didn't care.

The armor-clad woman got up to leave, leaving the owed money on the table. It was just then that a tall boy with a blue beret approached her.

"Hello, my name is Jake Austin, what is your name?"

Salem blinked a few times, her face hidden in the shadows of her helmet. This was certainly a strange one. Was it customary to introduce yourself to a random stranger right after they had finished eating?

She decided to humor him. As she spoke, the helmet turned her calming, high voice into a low, deep baritone, revealing her gender to none. "...Good day... My name is Salem..."

OOC: Heyo Oblivion~ Nice to be threading with you~. I'm sure you could already tell this by the time you've finished reading this post that Salem has her armor on, and you can't tell if she's a woman or not when she has it on. The helmet somehow makes her voice deeper, as well. She rarely takes the armor off. Well, here we are~ The formation of the Blue Beret Pirates~ Soon! ^.^

-Cav

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(OOC: Yeah I can see that she has her armor on, so I edited my previous post to fit that.)

The stranger in armor seemed shy. Of course Jake could not be sure of this because he cannot see the strangers face. He thinks that the stranger is shy because of the way the stranger replied. “…Good day…My name is Salem…” The pauses in between the words is what makes him think that the stranger is shy. Then again, he is greeting a person who does not know him, which might make things weird and could have also caught this person off guard.

Even though the strange person did not say much, Jake responded to the stranger, “Nice to meet you, I don’t know why but I get the feeling that you are shy, if you are don’t be. I am simply talking to you because you seem interesting.” Jake is trying to talk with this armor person because he wants to see if the person has a good heart so he or she can join his pirate crew. One thing that definitely intrigues Jake is seeing unique people, or things. Obviously this stranger is unique since he or she is wearing armor, which is not something that a person sees every day.

As Jake is trying to converse with the stranger in the armor, three guys walk in the restaurant looking high and mighty. All three of them are wearing a suit with a coat being used as a cape. Jake gets the feeling of trouble heading towards him since they start approaching him and the stranger. However, the guys simply go past him and the stranger as they head toward the floor manager.

Jake tries to pay attention to what is going, but at the same time he does not want to make it obvious so he cannot get a good hear on what is said between the floor manager of the restaurant and the three man that just walked in. However, something did make it to his nosy ears, “Where is she?” These words are the ones that he hears throughout the conversation that took place. Questions starting to pop in his head, wondering what could be going on and who this person is. At one moment he thinks that it could be the stranger in front of him. After all, he yet does not know if this person is a woman or man, and this person could be using the suit to hide their face from those three guys. Even as this thought goes through his mind, Jake ignores it and focuses his attention back on the stranger as the three man walk out of the restaurant.

[thegraycavalry]

“Nice to meet you, I don’t know why but I get the feeling that you are shy, if you are don’t be. I am simply talking to you because you seem interesting.”

What? Salem tilted her head to the side. "Is it normal for people to point out other's flaws and call them interesting?" It was a legitimate question, for she hadn't gone out enough as a child to know. Salem had certainly found the antics of the people around her to be rather odd. In fact, she had once seen a man talking to a shell, and then putting his ear up to it, as if listening. It was something Salem definitely hadn't seen before.

Out of the corner of her eye, Salem spotted a rather shady looking group of men. Being as she was, as soon as she took note of them, her attention reverted back to the boy in front of her. Those three didn't seem all that interesting to her, or seemed like they would benefit her in any way. Still, it seemed like the person in front of her seemed rather interesting, as unobvious as he tried to make it seem. Again, Salem payed it no mind and waited for what the stranger was going to say next.

OOC: o.o Sorry. Late. Damn project. I'll be posting just fine now though. ^.^ And sorry for short post. Nothing much Salem can do without rambling and rambling.

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[Memvis Tolstoy]

Lorelei

The older woman sat in a distant corner of the restaurant as the three men from Ronan's gang walked into the room. They were getting more and more desperate to find her. She had been in hiding for a number of days, moving from place to place, and taking refuge in the houses of those whom she'd helped over the course of her years in Nuovo Romano. The aging scientist wore a hood over her darkly dyed hair. Naturally it would have been graying, but she had needed to wear a disguise during these past few weeks to avoid the watchers positioned throughout the city looking for her. The dress she wore was plain, black and very inconspicuous. Her face was skillfully painted in order to make her skin look smoother, darker. Even to those who knew her would be hard pressed to recognize her with her head bowed slightly so that the shadowed hood revealed only her rouge colored lips and a small black lip piercing.

As the men walked by her table, she felt one of the criminal's eyes fall upon her, and linger for the briefest moment. Part of her felt that the man suspected who the hooded woman really was, but a larger part felt that she was giving the buffoon too much credit. Ronan's men were not the smartest people around. That much was clear due to the fact that it took them so long to realize that Lorelei had been more or less stealing their money for over a year. In a way, she was doing the community a service, even if she had supplied the man with weapons. The dents she had made in the Gang's funds had probably set them back considerably. This more than anything was probably what had alerted them to Lorelei's actions.

After a few tense moments, the men passed and asked the restaurant manager whether he had seen her. Luckily, she was on good terms with the manager after giving him a prosthetic limb following a workplace accident. The man owed her a debt. As she had expected, he told them nothing of her whereabouts and seconds later, the men left. She couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Standing up, she flattened the front of her dress and walked up to the manager to thank him quietly. The man smiled and said it was no trouble before wishing her well and going back to work. Waiting a few more minutes, she made her way out of the Restaurant.

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(OOC: Lol, don’t worry about it, since you had a school project its fine. Also, you posted two days after I posted, so that is not late either lol. And I apologize for not giving you much to work with.)

“Is it normal for people to point out other’s flaws and call them interesting?”

“I guess not,” said Jake as he smiled about it. However, he still wonders why this person is covered with an armor suit. Is it for protection, or to hide their face from someone who is looking for them, like those three guys. Of course Jake does not want to impose, so he does feel that it is wrong to ask the stranger about why he/she has the armor on. At the same time, Jake does want to ask the question because he wants to get more information out of the stranger which would help him know what type of person he/she is. If he/she is a good person, then he would like to offer an invitation to the stranger about joining his crew.

Jake adjusts his blue beret since he felt it loose on his head. After adjusting his beret, Jake crosses his arms across his chest and clears his throat. The adjusting of the beret and the crossing of the arms are signs of him getting serious. Whether he imposes or not does not matter anymore, it is time for him to find out if this person can join his crew, or if the stranger is just a waste of time.

“I do not mean to impose, but can you tell me why you wear this armor? Also, are you hiding your face because those three guys from before are looking for you? Furthermore, how would you describe yourself, like personality wise?” Jake hoped for the answers to be around the lines of what he is looking for. Even though he does not know any information about the stranger, he does get the sense that he/she is an extremely good person deep down.

In addition, if he could see the eyes of the stranger it would be easier for him to find out whether the stranger is a good person, or an evil one. Due to this, Jake opens his mouth once more to say, “can you please remove your helmet so I can see your face.” Jake wonders if the person would indeed end up removing their helmet to expose his/her face to him. If his request is meet, then most likely than not, the stranger feels secure around him and trusts him, which is obviously a good sign.

Jake waits for Salem to respond. While he is waiting, a woman gets up from one of the tables and leaves the restaurant a few minutes after the three men had walked out. It is rather strange that a woman leaves right after three guys came in looking for one. Of course, Jake does not mind it much since he knows how to mind his own business.

[thegraycavalry]

“I guess not.”

He smiled. Smiled. Salem couldn't help but feel rather puzzled. Why smile at a random stranger you just met? Aren't you supposed to smile only when you can trust someone? She had heard from many that the world was a terrible, cruel place, and that you shouldn't trust a single person out there, but this person didn't seem that bad. His smile certainly didn't seem devious, unlike the smiles of the muggers lurking around the corner of an alleyway. It was certainly rare for her to see such a smile, but somehow, it made her like this Jake all the more.

Still, the next three questions took her completely by surprise.

“I do not mean to impose, but can you tell me why you wear this armor? Also, are you hiding your face because those three guys from before are looking for you? Furthermore, do how would you describe yourself, like personality wise?” Then he added, "Can you please remove your helmet so I can see your face?”

Salem blinked once, and then twice, letting the questions process. "Uh-uhm..." Exactly why did this guy want to know about her armor? Was he testing her in some way, or was he just about to grab her and drag her off somewhere? Then Salem took one look at him. He definitely didn't seem like the type of person to do such a thing... She sighed, composing herself. Her voice came out soft, barely audible. "I wear this armor for the sake of a dream..." Salem kept it as vague as possible, her usual distrusting self coming up to rise, but then fading out again. She answered the rest of the questions, this time louder. "No... I don't know anyone here... I'm simply here by chance. There'd be no one looking for me... And my personality? I-I....I'm just me." Uncertainty creeped up in her voice, for she really didn't know how to answer that question. It was hard to describe herself, and something she hadn't done before.

Sighing once more, she opened her mouth to answer the last question, but something caught her eye. The three men who entered earlier left, and not too long after, a woman left. Salem found her herself staring at the doorway, where the woman had walked out. Something seemed off... but being as she was, simply ignored the feeling and spoke to the stranger.

"I-I..." Something inside of her told her to do it, while the other half told her not to. This person reminded her of family... Somehow... And against all odds, rather than just saying straight out no, Salem said, "...Not here... There's too many people..." She was uncomfortable with exposing herself in front of people. The armor somehow made her feel safe and at home, but all in all, she really hoped she hadn't disappointed Jake.

OOC: Lolol. It's alright. Thank you~

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OOC: Cav, look at your pm before posting.

“I wear this armor for the sake of a dream”

These words struck Jake deep. A dream is something huge from his perspective. Everyone should definitely try to live for their dream. Hearing these words made Jake admire the stranger more, but it also made him more curious about Salem. More questions started to pop into his head. However, before he could ask them, Salem responded to the questions he had asked before.

“No… I don’t know anyone here… I’m simply here by chance. There’d be no one looking for me… And my personality? I-I…. I’m just me.”

He felt sincerity coming from Salem as he/she responded to his previous questions. Deep down Jake does believe that Salem has nothing to do with those three mysterious guys. In addition, hearing Salem talk right now definitely makes Jake think that he/she is shy and/or not comfortable around people. This is okay with him though, after all, both of them just meet and through time Salem might be more open if he/she does end up joining his crew.

When asking for Salem’s personality, Jake expected to hear about what the stranger feels that is right and wrong, as well as what he/she would do. The answer that he got out of Salem definitely disappointed him and made him question Salem again about his/her personality. “Maybe you misunderstood me Salem. I would like to know specifically how you are. For example, are you the type of person that kills people, do you enjoy hanging around other people, and having adventures?” Jake really hoped that the responds by Salem follows the trait of a good person.

Before Salem answered his new questions, he/she replied to one of his previous statements. “…Not here… There’s too many people…”

Jake understood completely why Salem did not want to reveal his/her face to him. Some of Salem’s personality has become cleared to him from this response. From what he can see, Salem is definitely a shy person and apparently a careful one.

“Why don’t we leave the restaurant and head toward an alley so we can talk privately?” Jake extended this offer to Salem, if the offer is accepted it means that Salem is interested in finding out more about him and could really be a potential crew member. If Salem says no, then it means he/she does not want to talk to him anymore and is probably annoyed by his presence. However, he does get the feeling that Salem will say yes to his request, at least he hoped for it.

[thegraycavalry]

“Maybe you misunderstood me Salem. I would like to know specifically how you are. For example, are you the type of person that kills people, do you enjoy hanging around other people, and having adventures?” Oh. That's what he meant. Well, that was easy, now wasn't it?

After she answered his previous questions, Salem heard him speak again.

“Why don’t we leave the restaurant and head toward an alley so we can talk privately?”

Salem couldn't help but sigh, for she knew this was coming. Exactly what did Jake want with her, and why? Why did he want to learn so much about her? In the end, Salem couldn't bring herself to say no. Normally, she'd be blunt about it, giving not a single care in the world, but this person struck her different from all the rest. More kind, and generous.

She softly said, "Alright then, Mr. Jake. If you really want to see..." The armored woman headed out the door, expecting Jake to follow, and answered his most recent set of questions. "As you can tell, yes... I'm not exactly the most trusting or friendly person... No, I don't enjoy killing people, but if it absolutely, I will not hesitate... As for adventures... Well, I've never had one, therefore I cannot say whether I like them or not. I am simply a person who likes peace... Does that answer all of your questions?" As Salem headed into the nearest alleyway, she couldn't help but feel she gave too much away. She walked stiffly, chastising herself inside for giving out too much. Did interacting with people give this much trouble? If so, then she certainly lived in an odd society. Everyday, she found out something new, odd, and surprising about the world around her, the world she had rarely cast a glance at.

Now that she looked at it, the world was a rather beautiful place. Salem tilted her head up, looking at the sky through limited vision. It was honestly a rather cloudy day, although patches of vibrant blue occasionally shone through the dark masses. The sky was something she definitely hadn't payed any mind to during her time at home, but now that she actually had the free time to look at it, it was something the woman enjoyed watching.

Reminding herself where she was, and what she was doing, Salem looked back at Jake.

OOC: Lul The weather.

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Jake headed out the door of the restaurant along with Salem. As Jake walked with Salem side by side, he heard the stranger answering his most recent set of questions. "As you can tell, yes... I'm not exactly the most trusting or friendly person... No, I don't enjoy killing people, but if itabsolutely, I will not hesitate... As for adventures... Well, I've never had one, therefore I cannot say whether I like them or not. I am simply a person who likes peace... Does that answer all of your questions?"

A smile felled upon the face of Jake after hearing the answers out of the mouth of Salem. “Thank you for answering my questions Salem. Yes, that will be all; I no longer need to find out anything, I can already tell that you are a good person.” By now Jake decided that he would have Salem join his crew. All he needs is to see his/her face to learn the true identity of the armor person.

The alleyway appears and Jake went in it along with Salem. Right before he spoke to Salem, he noticed that the stranger became distracted by the sky, which is why he says, “The sky sure is beautiful, even when it is cloudy.” Grabbing Salem’s attention he asks him/her, “now that we are alone, can you reveal your face to me.” Jake eagerly waited for this moment; the time has come to see the face of a future crew member.

While he stood there waiting for Salem to reveal his/her face, Jake heard some yelling coming from somewhere around the alley. He cannot tell what it is being said, since the yellow stone walls around him block most of the noise. However, the voice of a woman reaches his ear. This made him wonder if this woman could be the one that those three guys from the restaurant where looking for. Yes, it is still on his mind, and it will not leave it until he finds out who this woman is and why she is being looked for.

“Salem, lets head in that direction where the yelling came from, I want to see something real quick.”

[thegraycavalry]

“Thank you for answering my questions Salem. Yes, that will be all; I no longer need to find out anything, I can already tell that you are a good person.”

Salem was rather puzzled by his words. Her? A good person? She was as far from that as she could get. In fact, she believed herself to be one of the more terrible people of the world, seeing as what she had done to her poor brother. If Salem had been a better person, she might not even be there. The woman could've been happy at home, sipping her father's delicious soup. At the thought of home, a sharp pain stabbed her chest.

Ignoring it, Salem nodded at Jake.

“The sky sure is beautiful, even when it is cloudy.” Yes, yes they were. The armored woman was glad that he appreciated the sky like she did. Most went through their lives without giving a single moment to appreciate the clouds, ignoring the beauty above.

Then came the moment of dread. “now that we are alone, can you reveal your face to me?”

Sighing, Salem reached for her helmet. Slowly, she pulled it up. As she was taking it off, loud yelling resounded through the alleyway. Believing it just another person being mugged, Salem payed no mind to it, but it seemed Jake had other ideas.

“Salem, lets head in that direction where the yelling came from, I want to see something real quick.”

Salem's helmet was mostly off, just barely revealing her stormy gray eyes. At the mention of the yelling, Salem quickly put the helmet back on.

"Roger." Feeling relieved, she started heading toward where the yelling came from.

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OOC: Ambs or Cav, any of you can post, then when Ambs and Cav posted, Memvis you post as the woman.

Jake missed an opportunity to see the face of Salem, but he could not let the scream of a person could unheard. The scream might not be anything, but he just wants to make sure before moving on. Especially, since the scream could be from the woman who the three guys in a suit was looking for. Jake navigates his way through the yellow stone walls of the alley way along with Salem until he reached the origin of the scream.

After arriving at the origin of the scream, he sees a woman surrounded by three guys in black suits with a black top hat. After looking closely at their faces, Jake remembers them from the restaurant where he snacked. It also appears that the three guys have found the woman they were looking for since they have guns pointing at this woman surrounded by them. Jake did not appreciate the scenery and got angered by it because three guys are trying to take on one person who is not even fighting back, she is just trying to run and get help.

“Hey, you guys better leave that woman alone or I’ll kick your as*!!!” Yelled Jake as he tighten his blue beret on his head. The three guys turn around as they told him to get lost. However, Jake does not comply with their demands. He turns around and faces Salem, “I don’t know about you, but I cannot stand by and let this happen.” After saying these words, Jake rushes toward the three guys.

He targets the one to the right of the middle chubby guy. His target is a tall, slim, middle age man with orange hair, and an orange tie with white strips.

Jake lands a roundhouse kick with his left to the left side of the slim man’s face. The kick is strong enough to knock out the man in one blow. Even so, Jake is in trouble because the two other guys turn around and prepare to shoot him on the back. However, two people are able to save his life. Since he sees that the other two men are knocked out. One of them is knocked out by Salem and the other is knocked out by a woman who carries a sword.

[Dr.Ambs]

It wasn't usually the type of weather she liked, the North Blue, it was almost a drastic change from her native sea, the South Blue. However, since she had left her home island almost ten years ago, she wasn't surprised that her travels brought her to the North Blue after searching most of the South Blue to find that man. And come to find out, he was somewhere in the Grand Line.

Yumeko Mazika was no fool when it came to the Grand Line. Unless a person was strong, no one could boldly enter the Grand Line on their own, and Yumeko wasn't strong. Strong enough to defend herself, yes, but to enter the Grand Line? She wasn't stupid to know she wouldn't even last five minutes.

So now at a dead end, she merely walked around this new island, Nuovo Romano, as the map had said, and was trying to find a decent meal for what she had on her, which wasn't much. Sure, on her travels she had taken petty thieves out and gotten a free meal or some change, but she didn't have a large sum of money with her.

When she heard a scream though, her ears picked up. Although she should have stayed out of it, the curiosity in her overruled and she went straight for the sound. When she got to an alley way, she saw six people. Three of them looked to be the culprits, men dressed in suits and black hats, while the woman was back against the wall. The other two, a person clad in armor and a boy that looked about her age seemed to also come to the woman's aid.

Her eye brow raised when the boy gave the middle guy a strong kick, enough to knock him out. Her eyes narrowed a bit, the boy didn't look that strong, was he hiding something? Either way she didn't ponder too much before she saw the two had guns pointed at the boy. She noticed how the person in armor seemed to set for one, while Yumeko rushed in, taking the last one out.

She didn't even need to use either her swords or dagger. Instead she came up to his side. In one fluent movement, she kneed the guy in the stomach, before turning suddenly and kicking him in the face. She watched as he fell back, knocked out. "Tch." She muttered, "I didn't even have to use that much force to knock you out." She muttered with dissatisfaction, "You won't get me even a beri." She muttered as her stomach gave a light grumble sound. She looked back at the four, wondering what their next move would be.

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Jake turnaround to see who else saved his life. Before him stood a woman in a black tang top and carrying a sword on her waist. His definitely puzzled as to why she saved his life. On the other hand, Jake is also grateful to her because if she did not intervene his short adventure would have ended in this alley way.

Since he owes the stranger his life, Jake approaches her and introduces himself as well as Salem. “I am grateful for what you did. My name is Jake and this armor person standing next to me is Salem. How come you decided to intervene and save me from death?” Jake asked the woman in black a serious question and made it more obvious by staring right through her eyes. He wondered what could be the reason for this and hoped to get an answer that would drive his questions away.

Hope traveled through Jake’s entire body because he wants a person in his crew that knows how to fight with swords and he sees this stranger with a sword. This means that she is a swordswoman, which would make a very nice addition to his crew. However, he cannot ask her not at this moment because he does not know her and for all he knows she can be an evil person, so he has to find out more information about her before he continues to think of her as a potential crewmember. “Can you please tell me your name? Also, what is your view on people who kill the innocent and rule by fear?”

Afterwards, Jake makes a 180 turn and faces the woman who he saved along with Salem and the stranger. He gets a good clean look at the face of the woman and remembers that this woman is the one that walked out from the restaurant while he talked to Salem.

“Since we saved your life don’t you think you owe us an explanation as to why those guys were surrounding you?” Jake isn’t the type of person to be sticky his nose into other people’s business, unless he sees that they are in need of rescue. He also doesn’t go walking around asking people what is happening. However, this is a special occasion because this is something that has been bothering him since he was at the restaurant.

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“I am grateful for what you did. My name is Jake and this armor person standing next to me is Salem. How come you decided to intervene and save me from death?”

This kid. Jake. He was different. Most people wouldn't even thank her, they'd just look at her and leave. However, this kid introduced himself and even the armor person. Yumeko believed that since the name was Salem, she decided to declare the armor person as a 'she' until proven other wise. However, she placed her hand on one of her swords. "Well, if you have a problem with it, I can always do the job myself... although i probably wouldn't get much for turning a no name kid in." She said, ignoring how blunt her own voice was. Although, Yumeko was a no named kid as well.

She watched him carefully, especially since he was looking at her with this.. intrigued look. However, she could see he was cautious. Good. At least he wasn't some idiot that trusted everyone, that much was certain.

“Can you please tell me your name? Also, what is your view on people who kill the innocent and rule by fear?”

The... What is up with this kid?!? she thought with one eye brow up. That was a really weird and blunt question to ask someone who you barely had met. She glanced at this kid, should she give her name out? Why would she. However.. Those who kill innocent people? She had been down that road. That man. The man that took her mother.. Hatred almost emitted from her. She hated that man.

"Words don't describe my... hatred..." She said, looking at the boy with seriousness, "The only reason I'm traveling is for the sake of my goal, and it's because an very, very innocent woman was killed by a man." She spoke, some venom slipping from her lips. However, as quickly as she had hatred, it left and she regained herself. "Although... Jake... My name is Yumeko. Mazika Yumeko." she paused a moment, "Have you seen a man with three scars over his right eye? His eyes are red." She asked.

When he turned his attention to the other woman, she was quiet as he spoke; “Since we saved your life don’t you think you owe us an explanation as to why those guys were surrounding you?”

That was true. Even Yumeko didn't know what was going on. However, Yumeko didn't care. She needed to find this man. If they didn't know where this person was, then she was going to leave. There was no reason for her to stick around and get attached to anyone. So she stood patiently, waiting for her reply, and found slight curiosity why anyone would be after the woman.