Ryo

Lowenthal chuckled. "Don't worry about it. You're not horribly late." He said, reassuring the lad. "But do try to be early. Sure, some people might find it annoying. But those that matter will like it a lot. Nail you a real solid job like that." Lowenthal said, giving a small bit of insider knowledge of the part time employment world. Some days he actually missed working at that little lemonade stand. Lowenthal chuckled as the small animal reached up and nuzzled against his chin. "And it's good to see you again Sutechi. Hey, make sure that you wake him up on time." He said to the creature with a small chuckle before letting it crawl off of him.

Lowenthal nodded, and motioned for Hikoru to follow him. "So, going to go over the mission one more time to make sure we got it." He said, as he recalled information. "We're to infiltrate a military compound undetected, and search for information about a possible terrorist attack on the elf people here. Main suspect that we're to check out is none other than the head honcho of the compound. General A'Lan. If there is information, we're to obtain it and bring it back to his superior. We are not to engage into combat with the soldiers stationed. But if everything goes to plan, it'll be an easy grab." Lowenthal said shrugging his shoulders. "So Hikoru. What should be our first step in this operation?" Lowenthal asked, testing his student.
 

@Hikoru

Ryo rubbed the back of his head as the Warhammer bounced off his head. "Yeah, it's me ya' dingus." He said, chuckling at the man. He looked down at the creature held captive beneath Teion. "Now, to deal with this carbon copy of mysel-" But Ryo was cut off as the shrill shriek pierced the otherwise silent nightscape. Ryo jammed his blade into the ground where the shadow was, but it was too late. The shadow turned into a black tendril like mist and fled towards the mansion.

Ryo dived after the shadow, it's tendrils slipping through his gloved hand as Ryo slid into the loose dirt kicking it up around him. "Dammit, it got away." He stood up, and dusted himself off looking towards the mansion. "I Don't think we're quite out of the woods yet." He said sheathing his katana. "Spencer, Darling. Let's find the others." He said, making his way towards the mansion.

@Teion @Spencer

Ryo let the gentle waves wash over his boots as he stared off into the horizon. The endless sea stretched before him, claiming everything in his vision. Why did he come here again? To remind himself of his past sins? To hope that he would forgive himself of all the pain he's caused? That he was somehow deserving of the love he had found with Teion? He placed a hand onto his face, rubbing the bridge of his nose. He needed to clear his head, to stop thinking of the past. Of his past. He pulled himself away from the calming waves of the ocean and looked back at the ramshackle building that was Lowenthal's beach shop. Stepping inside he could see that it was ransacked some time ago. The shelves were bare, dust riddled the floor, a few cosmetic swimsuits littered the floor. Ryo ignored all of the, skimpy looking, swimwear and moved to the back.

Behind the counter was a small box, broken open and left empty for anyone to find. Ryo sighed and moved to the back room. The curtain made of wooden beads clattered against one another gently as he moved them aside and entered. Inside was a hammock, riddled with holes and enough space for about two or three more people. Ryo looked underneath the hammock and spotted something glimmering in the shadows. Reaching out, he found that he had discovered a small pin. The pin was intricate, and most likely made of ivory. It was also in the shape of a chess piece. Ryo let out a sigh as he pocketed the small memento.

Standing, and leaving the shop Ryo made his way home to his mansion.

"Good evening, sir." Pennyworth, his butler, said greeting the man.

"Yo." Ryo said, giving the elderly NPC a wave. "Teion upstairs already?"

"I believe Lady Teion stated that she was quite tired after the daily grind and retired early for the evening, Lord Ryo."

Ryo nodded. "Makes sense. I think I'll follow suit." He said making his way up the stairs. He entered his room to see that the lights were already dimmed, and a sleeping Teion resided in his bed. Ryo gave a small grin as he changed into sleepwear and lied down beside his love. He reached over to his lantern, turning it off completely, letting the pin he had found sit on the nightstand. Ryo then drifted to sleep

Lowenthal had been awake for some time now and had already made great headway into the day. "Let's see, Hikoru should be here by now." He said to himself, his white jacket blowing gently in the breeze. Hikoru wasn't late, but it was getting close to the meet up time that they had agreed on. He was on the third floor, the elven forest where a solider had appeared and was desperate of help. If either of the player didn't have a unique skill, then perhaps they would've been ignored. But that wasn't the case. The solider had approached them, and nearly pleaded for their help.

"Please adventurers. Lend the king your aid." The Elvish solider asked.

"With what, if I may ask?" Lowenthal inquired.

"A bit of spy work. We believe a man by the name of A'Lan is working against the crown and is planning a terrorist attack against our people." The soldier said. "Please, sneak into his room and find evidence of his crimes and deliver it to me so that they crown may thwart this attack." Lowenthal rubbed his chin. Perhaps this was up their ally. After all, they were the 'Master of Shadows'. This stealth mission seemed right up their ally. "Alright. Done." Ryo said, accepting the mission.

"C'mon Hikoru, I'm starting to get bored." Lowe said to himself again, his foot tapping. He drew his kunai, and spun it on one finger. "And also kinda hungry." He whined, his stomach making an audible groan. "You hush." Lowe said, re sheathing his dagger. Looking up he could see a tuft of dark hair atop of darker clothing bounding his way. "Haha! There's the man of the hour!" Lowenthal said, beaming from ear to ear. "About time you showed up. Ready for your first stealth mission as the new Master of Shadows?" Lowenthal said, giving the boy a light tease.

Ryo laughed aloud. "Ha ha, gnomes. The creepiest of lawn decorations. No idea why Pennyworth wants to have one so badly either." Ryo said going from carefree to just confused in a matter of mere seconds. "No matter. Let's go spelunking." Ryo said shaking the odd thought from his mind. The cave was lit dimly, not enough to trigger the negative to his accuracy but enough to just be annoying. Ryo's foot caught a slick portion of the cave, and slid out from under him. Reacting quickly, Ryo was able catch himself and not fall over. "Careful, it's pretty slick here. With your armor I can only imagine how hard it is to move around." He said, laughing nervously at his near fall.

Deep into the cave, the small flicker of fire could be seen. Upon closer inspection Ryo could make out about four shapes within its light. Ryo crouched down, and assed the situation. "Looks like goblins. Just our luck, some more easy kills." Ryo said, relaying information to Hestia. "On your move." Ryo said, waiting behind for Hestia to gather some agro before striking.

[2/3] for energy recovery.

-rolling-

+6 Exp
ID: 110518 LD: 4 [failure] 
ID: 110519 LD: 11 [rare]
 

Name: Ryo
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: 1
Roll ID: 110519
Roll Result: 11
Item Type: Snack
Tier: 1
Quality: Rare
Enhancements: Vitality|Vitality (recovers +4 Energy)
Description: A small cup of black coffee, made to wake you up and energize you for your day.
Post Link: link

Ryo put his hands behind his head, and cocked his body to the side. "Oh yeah that date was nice. We missed the dance thou, but it was still pretty romantic." Ryo said giving a grin. "Thanks for being a wingman." He said, giving a chuckle. Ryo changed poses again, the fight still fresh on his mind. He knew the fight was going to be easy, but one hit KO easy? That wasn't going to fly. Not with Ryo wanting to make his way into the front lines as quickly as he could.

"So, since that was a literal breeze. How about we do one of," Ryo said as he fumbled through his inventory and pulling out a rolled piece of parchment paper. "a dungeon." He said grinning. But another thought crossed his mind. "How about we go further up and do this on like, floor twenty one?" Ryo suggested not knowing what the proper dungeon balance was. Anything that brought more experience his way, the better.

-Entering Floor 21-

After some talking Ryo made his way to floor twenty one. Stepping out of the teleportation gate Ryo looked around. "Heh, half expected Tartarus with how this floor looks." He said half joking, referencing the tenth floor. He took the dungeon map and opened it.

-Beginner Dungeon Map used-

The map lead the two to a large mouthed cave, it dripping from the moisture in the air droplets dripping from the stalagmites that hung from the ceiling. Ryo gave out a whistle. "Kinda big ain't it. What you suppose is in there?" Ryo questioned his friend.

@Hestia
1/3 posts for full energy

Ryo leapt back as the door splintered even further. His hand dashed to his blade. The door blew open, splinters bouncing off the floor as the door hung off of one hinge. Ryo drew his blade, it's blade shining silver from the pale moonlight. He didn't look up as teion called out to him. "Nawh love, still here. About to kill you though, so that's a shame." He said readying an attack for the doppelganger that stood before him. "Alright dear, have fun. Play safe. [censored] me up." Ryo said calmly as he rushed at the creature.

Ryo slid to a stop and quickly brought his blade up, then down for a crossing slash but his blade was caught by the beast and he was tossed aside. Ryo rolled backwards onto his feet, and stood up proudly. He rotated his sheathe and put away his katana and waited. The fake Teion took a step forward and lunged, a hand becoming a large mass of black oozing tendrils. Ryo reacted and drew his blade with blinding speed, throwing the incoming blow backwards. With fake Teion's arms in the air, Ryo turned and jabbed his blade backwards. A solid thunk, followed by a squish was drowned out by the cascading scream that echoed in the empty attic.

Ryo turned, and flicked his blade cleaning it of any goop that was still on it. He turned around to look at the creature he had slain. It's body decomposed rapidly, turning into a bubbling black mush before evaporating entirely leaving no trace. Ryo said nothing, but quickly gave the ground where the corpse was a spit as he sheathed his blade and ran to the window.

Climbing up to the roof, Teion was nowhere to be seen. Looking around, he could see the familiar outline of Teion attacking a shadow copy of himself. She had that covered, Noot and Spencer were safe. His eyes scanned for anyone else from his troop. No one, he found no one. Ryo leapt down from the roof, landing with a solid thud and rolling to a kneeling position. "Hey love, miss me?" Ryo said, out of breath from the exhilaration that was the leap from the roof. Ryo turned to Spencer, and studied him closely to make sure it was the real Spencer. "Yo, it's me. Where the rest?" Ryo asked, wanting to know where everyone else was at.

Killing a murderer only births another murderer. Words to live by, wise ones. But they were wrong. Killing a murderer stopped more grief, it stopped other potential murder. Ryo bit his tongue, to prevent himself from misspeaking as he tried to collect words from thoughts. "I did worse things than murder." Ryo said. "I've gained trust, only to sell it to the highest bidder. You remember when Lowenthal and Jomei assaulted that slave ring to save Piera and Lee?" Ryo asked rhetorically. "Who do you think sold those two to them in the first place?" Ryo said, admitting his guilt. "The same guild of slavers as murderers that targeted Lowenthal, only Ariel beat them to it." Ryo nearly spat out.

"I don't plan on dying. At least not yet. I want to repent, and I want vengeance." Ryo said looking down at a clenched fist, trembling with untold hatred. "That guild needs to be wiped from the face of Aincrad, those players freed, Lowenthal avenged. Everyone who's ever suffered at their hands needs vengeance. And no one else is going to deliver it." Ryo said, looking back up at Clarence. "You're right. If you kill a killer, the number remains the same. But if you kill a hundred killers, it goes down by ninety-nine." Ryo said, looking determined.

Ryo looked behind him and saw that instead of trying to sneak up on the beast, Hestia instead opted in to instantly gain some hate. At first, he was confused. Unsure of why hestia didn't try to stealth as well. But then he noticed that she was on the opposite side of him, giving the flanking position an easy target for Ryo. Ingenious really, now that he had thought about it. Ryo smirked. "Alright, so we're doing this." He said to himself, gripping the wrapped handle of his blade and charging in.

Sliding to a halt, his momentum carried into his blade and Ryo quick drew out his blade. Wind circled around him, blowing ash around him in a light breeze as a single line cut through Byakko with ease. Ryo turned, and took a single step away before sheathing his blade. As the guard contacted it's sheathe the beast exploded into multiple pieces of light. Ryo turned back around to Hestia. "So yeah, dating Teion is really nice. She's moved in now." Ryo said, nonchalantly continuing conversation.

ID: 110500 BD:11(8+3)[charge used+2 base][San Ge used -15 Energy]
14 base + 2 Charge = 16*15 San Ge = 240 - 40 mitigation = 200 damage dealt

Byakko~
HP: 0/150
Dmg: 60(Treated as Burn damage on a 9-10) | MIT: 40

[H:5] Hestia~
HP: 1625/1625 | Energy: 150/158
DMG:16 | MIT:151 | Thorns: 54 | Eva: -1 | BH: 80 | Heavy Momentum: 2 (+6DMG) | Rec: CD:6+ (+6 ENG) | Stonewall: 25% DoT reduction

[H:0] Ryo~
HP: 600/600 | Energy: 45/60
DMG: 14 | EVA: 2 | ACC: 3 | MIT: 8 | BH: 12 | Charge:+2 DMG(once)
BRI: 5x Healing Potions(+50hp) | empty | empty | empty | empty |

Ryo made it to the spot where had agreed to meet up with @Hestia. He got a new blade, a new familiar, and some new determination to better himself. If he wanted to go onto the front lines, he was going to need experience. And in more than one form of it as well. Hestia was an avid front liner, and pretty damn strong to boot. And on top of that she was a good friend, it made her the perfect candidate for some training. He tapped his foot, he paced back and forth as he waited. What was taking her so long? She was normally so on point, and punctual. Maybe it was because Ryo lived closer than Hestia did. Speaking of that, where did hestia live? He shrugged at the thought, thinking it weird for himself to think so deeply into the personal life of a friend.

When Hestia did arrive Ryo greeted her with open arms. "There you are!" He exclaimed. "I was starting to get worried. You did get my message about wanting to get stronger for the front lines, yeah?" Ryo questioned. Not that he didn't know, of course she did. "Anyway, got a few quests lined up and since this one was easier and closer to home I can do this one first." Ryo said, explaining himself. Ryo opened his menu, and pulled out a small notebook. "With the people I've asked around for numbers on the boss for it, it seems like I could do it solo but things are always more fun with friends. Right?" Ryo said, putting the notebook away.

Making his way through the forest, as Ryo had already acquired the quest from the amazons, he smelled a stench in the air. The smell of burning wood. Ryo crouched down, and motioned for Hestia to do the same. Ryo crouched down, and hastily made his way around the forest, his katana bumping into branches and the brush. Around the bend Ryo spotted a large burnt circle in the forest, and in the center a now awake Byakko.

ID: 110498 LD: 6
Stealth: 6

Stats for this Thread
Ryo~
HP: 600/600 | Energy: 30/30
DMG: 14 | EVA: 2 | ACC: 3 | MIT: 8 | BH: 12 | Charge:+2 DMG(once)
BRI: 5x Healing Potions(+50hp) | empty | empty | empty | empty |

Using 1 essence of steel found here.

For Spirit found here. And obtained here.

Giving Spirit one slot of Paralyze.

Ryo chuckled. "Yeah, and now Pennyworth will have to clean up her webbings. Gives him something to do around the house beside endless dusting." Ryo said, hiding the spider into his jacket as he stood. He opened his menu to check Yuki's stats and sure enough, she was an physical damage dealing type. But she was level one it seemed. Of course SAO didn't properly scale familiars to the owners level. "Yeah, she's a combat familiar. But damn, she needs some experience." Ryo confirming that she needed levels. Then Teion mentioned a quest chain of sorts. Ryo thought about it for a moment. There was only a few quest chains that existed, some of the better ones in his opinion. "Which one did you have in mind darling?" Ryo said, smiling at her. It was kind of obvious that Teion wanted to step up the questing some, and actually murder some things together. He couldn't blame her at least. He wanted to as well.

For those who own a copy of Dead by Daylight there is myself, @Teion, @Spencer, @Hestia, and @Kimi who all own it and play regularly if anyone wants to play with.

The spider traveled along Ryo, small strings of webbing covering his body. Nothing to restrain him, most likely from the spider being excited. Ryo let the spider crawl over him, letting it rest on top of shoulder after it had explored his body. Brushing away the few strands of webbing, Ryo answered. "Can't say. Never had a spider before. But my science class had a tarantula, back in like middle school." Ryo said, trying to follow the spider's movements on his body. "Cute little girl though. She seems so curious." Ryo said, giggling slightly as the spider tucked itself away into the inside of his jacket. Ryo thought for a moment. "I think, home would suffice for now at least. Gotta give her a name." RYo said, thinking for a moment. "How about, Yuki? It means snow I think. Best I can explain with the language filter on." Ryo said, chuckling at his new pet.

Before Ryo could adjust himself, more and more people had shown up. A cloaked PK'er, masquerading as an Info Broker. Another masked individual, who was polite enough to remove it. A white haired woman. And finally Kiari of all people. He was about to inquire within about the aforementioned goods, but then tensions rose. Ryo scoffed slightly and interjected. "Look, sorry to interrupt. But I don't care about some feud you two have, or who is more honorable than who. Like everyone else here," Ryo motioned past the now armorless player to Zandra.

"I'm just here for the handout. And then I'll be on my way." Talking to Zandra now would be pointless, especially since she's keen to starting fights and was significantly stronger than Ryo was now. A wrong word about Ariel or Jomei could trigger something in her to snap. Either way, best to tread carefully for now. "I'll take this one." Ryo said, selecting the item. Ryo took the item and stepped aside. "Alrighty. I'm just gonna, leave now." And began to slowly inched his way away. 

As Clarence threw himself from the chair Ryo acted, his hands moving in third own. As a dagger was pointed at him, the edge of a katana was now placed at Clarences neck. "You know NOTHING!" Ryo shouted back at the man. "You think you're the only one who's experienced loss? Experienced this hurt, this pain? You were at least a nice person." Ryo said, keeping his katana pressed against Clarence. "Lowenthal was a great man!" Ryo said. "But I'm not him." Ryo said, his hands shaking. "Lowe never lied. He never won the trust of people to turn it against them. He never killed innocents, he's not guilty for the things I've done." Ryo said, finally removing his katana from Spencer.

"You asked if I believe that those kind of people deserve death. They do." Ryo said. "Ariel is guilty of one murder. And I'm guilty of many." Ryo said, stowing his blade. "Killing her solves nothing. Wrong. It takes a murderer off the streets of aincrad. It doesn't bring him back, nothing will. Nor will it bring me peace of mind. Nothing will." Ryo said walking over and picking up the chair and setting back upright.

Ryo rolled to his feet, crouching down. He quickly answered Teion. "Yeah no I'm fine. Sorry." He said, apologizing for sprinting off. Looking over at the large spider across the way he stared at it, and it back. It stood there, it's mandibles twitching slightly as Ryo got to his feet. "Uhm,  you think that's it?" Ryo asked, motiong to the spider. A dumb thought crossed his mind, as he removed a small twig from his hair and tossed it aside. Ryo knelt down, and inched his way towards it.

"Hey there little guy." Ryo said, holding out an extended hand. The spider flinched, and waved it's head at Ryo. "Alright, girl then. I guess. I dunno." He said, still surprised from the initial leap onto the side of his face. Inching closer still he spoke calmly, and soothingly. "Relax. We're not going to hurt you. Okay. We're friendly." He said, getting just out of reach of the spider. The monster looked at it, Ryo's face reflecting in the many pools that were its eyes. 

The spider shifted, before thrusting itself into Ryo's open palm. The spider let out, a chirp or something close to it. An audible noise of sorts that was high pitched, yet low at the same time. Ryo instinvely began to pet the spider. "Hey, I think this is it." Ryo said over his shoulder to Teion. The spider crawled up his sleeve, and rested onto his shoulder. Bright white, with blue eyes, spindle legs. "I think I'm gonna name her 'Yuki'." Ryo said, running a finger over the fur of his new spider.

@Teion

The grip on Ryo's gloved hands grew tighter as Clarence said that he would spare the person who killed Lowenthal. "Let them, live?" Ryo said, unable to look at the man. He was right, Clarence was a coward. Unable to do the right thing. Not man enough to call upon a greater need. "And just let them go unpunished? Let them go free?" Ryo said, not quite yelling but still his voice raising. "Lowenthal was a good man, better than both of us. His killer, should die." Ryo said, his voice calming.

"She should die." Ryo said again. He ignored Clarence's offer of tales of Lowenthal. He offered nothing he already didn't learn from the man himself nor anything new. But, something clicked inside of his head, a feeling. Anger, the lust for revenge, a need to just hit something came from nowhere. Perhaps it was Clarence's choice of words, or perhaps it was something else. "One more question." Ryo said, relaxing his body. "Before Velvet Room there was another guild. Absolute Pin. It's records are lost to me, but you're smart." He said, wanting answers. "Tell me, who was its leader? Where can I find them?" Ryo asked multiple questions, a fisherman casting many lines hoping one was to be caught.

@Clarence

Ryo nodded as he leaned back into the chair, it creaking slightly as he did. His eyes were fixated on the ground more than anything else as he absorbed the information. The man mad mention that He and Lowenthal built him into what he was, and vice versa. How they built off each other. But the part where Clarence made mention that it was the people surrounding him that shaped him into the man he was. Thought over ran Ryo's mind. The people that Lowenthal surrounded himself in were front liners. Jomei, Hikoru, Zandra, Ssendom, Zelrius. Most of them were all on the front lines. Ryo looked back up the man across from him. "That makes sense. But may I ask," He began. "What kind of man are you?" Ryo asked.

Ryo wanted to tell him the truth. About Clarence's cowardice, that he ran away from every problem that had arised. That if he really did care about Lowe, he wouldn't have ran away abandoning everything that he knew or cared about in the process. But a realization kicked in before he could speak. Ryo did exactly that. When Kayaba flipped the kill switch and locked everyone into the game, the first thing that Ryo did was throw his concious to the curb and began to kidnap, extort, lie, and sell people.

"Example." Ryo said, instead coming up with a different test. "Say that I has his killer with me. That I have them tied up and restrained. They would walk free, should I let them go. Nor would they give anyone the decency of an answer when asked a question." Ryo said, continuing. "What would you do then, if violence was proposed?" Ryo asked, crossing his fingers and leaning his elbows onto his knees.

@Clarence

Ryo threw his scarf around his neck. Talking to Clarence opened his mind some, but there were questions and questions galore. His feet crunched the snow beneath them, making an audible squeak as the moisture vaccumed around his boots.

Stepping out into the cold was never any fun. He disliked cold, no. He hated the cold. It was unbearable. No amount of clothing warmed him, and no matter how hard he tried he knew that they were on this floor, and that at any moment they could-

A message.

He panicked for a moment. Surely it couldn't be them, wouldn't be them but he checked anyway. An audible groan was heard from the man as an @everyone message was placed.

But still he read it, and as he did it was looking to good to be true. He was about to ignore the obvious trap to lure stupid players, that was until he read the name. "Zandra." He spoke to himself. He knew that name, she was one of the original members of Velvet Room back when Lowenthal was alive. More recently she had been known to be buddy buddy with Lowe's killer, Ariel. This was all to good to be true. First Clarence and now Zandra? Two back to back rarities of Lowenthal information. And with no time to lose, he made his way to her.

Ryo made it there, only to see three people huddled around. A man who looked like he belonged in a movie about shonin, obviously not Zandra. A smaller red headed girl with pigtails. And another, woman? It was hard to tell from her armor, but her face gave it away. Swallowing the awkward fear Ryo marched up, keeping a hand loosely sat on his katana hilt to rest it and quickly grab it if need be.

"Ohayo." He said, greeting the players keeping a Keen eye on them and the surrounding area. "Heard something about, demonics being handed out. Came to see what that was about." He said once more trying to scan the area.

ID: 110007

LD: 3

@Zandra

Ryo shoved hands back into his pocket, a desperate attempt to keep them warm as they walked and talked. Clarence then raised a question about Jomei. "Jomei? I believe he's engaged now." Ryo said, recalling information. Ryo said, trying to keep himself warm from the biting chill of the wind. Clarence then wanted to be silent for the walk to, wherever. It didn't matter, wherever he went it was bound to be much more comfortable than here.

An empty cafe was his choice. Seemed reasonable. Entering the establishment, Ryo immediately bolted for a spot next to the fireplace. "Jeez this floor is something." He muttered to himself, not happy with the cold. Spencer took his seat, and began to explain Lowenthal's motivations.

"Always going to be there for someone." Ryo repeated to himself. "But he wasn't always there." Ryo said, recalling conflicting moments. "He abandoned his guild, Velvet Room behind. He left his friends behind to go join up arms with Zelrius guild." Ryo said. He was a bit confused. I he was there for everyone, and never abandoned anyone. Why did he leave Clarence behind? Why did he leave Jomei, his best friend behind? Ryo's brows furrowed. "But, what else was there? A goodwill alone doesn't make a hero." Ryo said, still conversing with Clarence.

@Clarence

Ryo chuckled. "Sorry I haven't been keeping in touch. Been busy at the mansion with Teion." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Getting her moved in and settled." He said, giving a small chuckle again. It was also kind of weird to hear that Hestia didn't have the confidence in something for once. It was almost like she was a normal girl for once. Ryo smiled back at her. "And you're sure with me not paying? I don't want to be that kinda friend." He said wanting to pay. But he knew Hestia was the type of girl who'd make up her mind, and good luck on making her change it. "Alright fine. But only because it's from a future idol." Ryo said, giving her a smirk. "I'll keep in touch." He said giving her a wave before pulling up his scarf and headed back into the wintery wastes.

-Ryo accepts the item-

@Hestia

Ryo stepped into shop nestled into a small cave on the fourth floor. Shaking the snow from his boots and removing the scarf from around his mouth so he could properly speak, Ryo spoke. "Hello, Hestia I'm here." He announced, as he made his way deeper into the store. The lit fire pit in the center of the room made it warmer and much more comfortable then the snowy wasteland it was outside. "Ah, Hestia." Ryo said, finally seeing the woman. "I've got some spare col, and I'd like to purchase one of your songs. Namely, one for the familiar quest." Ryo said, warming his hands by the fire. "Frankly, I don't think I ever knew that you were a performer." Ryo said, taking in the room around him.

OH it's on now! @Vigilon

Ryo and @Teion will join on the couples show. Gotta show them what a real power couple is! >:D