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Macro was still close to Anna, but not introducing himself to anybody else. That place certainly had a different atmosphere, but he was willing to adapt to anything.

Shocked, Anna slowly leaned closer to the being beside her. "Yes?" She asked, wondering what he wanted.

Anna smiled, somewhat amused. I suppose I better get used to such inquiries, she thought to herself, realizing she was embarking on a quest where not only did no one know each other, but most had no idea what the others were. It was an odd thing to wrap her head around, as she'd never been on such a quest before.

"I'm an Elf," she replied. "And what are you?"

Marco was about to answer that himself, but the world was so full of strange creatures that he didn't want to go though the embarrassment of getting it wrong. He thought Anna was a tall goblin with long ears, but he was so wrong. He didn't want to go through that again, so he proceeded with his long silence.
But, he could feel Kira waking up, making Marco very nervous. She had the tendency to annoy those she didn't like.

With a grunt, the rhino stopped hammering at the metal and looked up at the black dragon that had approached the shop. "That'd be me." He said in a low, gruff voice. "So what'cha need? What'd you stop by for?"

Firefly looked to the others in the group. "If you guys need anything, be sure to let him know. Just don't crowd the blacksmith or try to rush him."

Ariolus turned her gaze to Icestorm. "This is Anguis. I personally summoned you here for an important task. This world is in need of your help. However, you will not be alone in your quest. Others have been brought here for this same reason."

The doors of the library swung open and in walked Omen. He paused near the entrance and glanced behind him. A tall, adult dragon stepped inside. Although the dragon was tall, they were quite slim, with light muscles. Their scales were a jade green, with a forest green leopard pattern. The dragon had a long, scraggly, forest green mane from the top of the head down to the tip of their tail. Their mane nearly covered their emerald green eyes. The dragon had two chestnut brown horns that appeared to look more like deer antlers. They had a brown leather satchel that was strapped to their hind leg.

Omen and the dragon walked over to the others. "I have brought the healer, ma'am." The gryphon gave a slight bow to Ariolus.

The purple dragon gave a slight nod to him. "Thank you, Omen." She then turned her attention to the green dragon. "Welcome, Silva. Thank you for coming. My guest here could use your help."

Silva turned her gaze to the injured Kaiju. "Oh, yes, I see. The poor dear. I will get to work right away. Step aside please everyone." She said as she stepped closer to Icestorm. She reached into her satchel to grab supplies she would need.

Omen backed up and started heading back towards the entrance. He knew he was no longer needed and just decided to stay out of the way. Ariolus backed up to give the healer room to work but still stayed close enough to keep an eye on things.

Abby and Nadia were still wandering through the marketplace with the map in hand. They paused at a crossroads to argue a bit over which way to go. Nadia thought it would be faster to go by some of the equipment shops, while Abby thought going by the food stands would be better. In the end, Abby won the argument by pointing out that it would be a good idea to pick up some food as well. Nadia was starting to get hungry, and wasn't going to argue against food on an empty stomach. So with that settled, they continued on their way to the potions shop.

Marco went through all with a lowered head. He felt so lost in that strange place, and he didn't knew what was the battle that was such a heated topic there.

Omen gave a slight nod to Icestorm but said nothing. He didn't feel he did anything special to deserve thanks. All he really did was fetch the healer and bring her here. Anyone could have done that.

Ariolus directed her attention to Marco. He was so quiet. Perhaps there was something on his mind. "Does something trouble you?" She asked him.

The healer pulled a vial out of her satchel. The vial was filled with some strange, light green substance. As she poured some out onto her paw, it acted as though it were some kind of liquid gel. She gently started to rub it on Icestorm's wounds. It was cool to the touch and it immediately felt as though the gel was starting to work. "This medicine will need to stay on you overnight to fully heal your wounds. By morning, you should be good as new. In the meantime, I suggest you get some rest. I will check back on you later to make sure you're doing alright."

"You did, eh?" The blacksmith asked. "Well then, what kind of special armor are you looking for exactly?"

While the two sisters and their two traveling companions walked through the marketplace, a rather large creature started heading toward them from the other direction. It was a big, red dragon. The beast didn't seem to notice any smaller creatures in their path as they went on their merry way, minding their own business.

Nadia gave a yawn, quickly growing bored of just walking around. She wanted something to happen. She wasn't sure what, but just something... Exciting. Although bored, she didn't take notice of how close that dragon actually was. Abby had noticed it, however, and was keeping an eye on the creature. As their paths crossed, the dragon carelessly walked on by, not even paying attention to where he was stepping. Abby had narrowly dodged being trampled. Her companions, however, were not so fortunate.

Nadia gave a groan as she lay on the ground for a moment. It felt like she had just been run over by a bus or something. Wait. There were no buses here, were there? Nadia sat up and looked around to see what the heck had just hit her. She then spotted the large dragon walking away from them. Nadia growled and jumped to her feet. She quickly unsheathed her sword and rushed at the dragon.

Abby turned around just in time to see Nadia swing her sword at the dragon's ankles. However, no matter how hard she tried, her sword couldn't even scratch the dragon's scales. Growing more and more frustrated, she started shouting for the cowardly beast to turn and face her. Meanwhile, Abby started yelling at her for being foolish and trying to start meaningless fights.

The red dragon felt no attempts of an attack, but they could have swore they heard yelling. Curious, they stopped and looked around. As they turned around to survey the area, they finally spotted the poor creatures they had stepped on. However, only seeing how one clearly had their sword drawn for combat, they took that as a foolish threat.

"You dare challenge me, pest? Do you not know the true power of a dragon?" He snarled in a deep voice.

Marco turned his head to answer Ariolus. He was usually too shy and withdrawing to talk to anyone he's never met before, but he simply needed to get the feeling out.
"It's just... being dragged into a place against your will... all this talk about a war or something. I have lived my entire life in that swamp, but appearing so suddenly in a place like this..." he replied, but couldn't continue. He felt forced to participate in whatever war or battle everybody kept mentioning, and he valued freedom too much for him to agree.

Ariolus was quiet for a moment, but she gave a slight nod. "I understand. It would not be easy to suddenly be pulled away from everything you know to go off and fight some war in an unknown world. But just keep this in mind, you were all called here for a reason. You weren't just called simply because we need your help. I had reached out to heroes who would help our cause. I reached out to those who would not be hasty in attacking innocent victims. I needed warriors with pure hearts, who would find the true enemy and stop them from threatening our world. You would not be here, if you could not be what I needed."

The healer, Silva, smiled. "No thanks are needed. It is my job. You just focus on getting some rest. But while I'm here, is there anything else you need?"

"Hmm. I see." The blacksmith grunted. "Steel dragon scales is some of the toughest armor we got 'round here. Their scales are stronger than any ol' stone you'll find. Normally, they're made into heavy armor, but I know how to make 'em light, and make 'em to where they're comfy and warm. I got some in the back of the shop. I should have some your size. Of course, you're allowed to try 'em on first. Interested?"

The red dragon paused momentarily to listen to their claims. He scoffed, breathing out a puff of smoke. "If you didn't want trouble, then you shouldn't have raised your weapon against me. And don't call me stupid, pest! You're the one dumb enough to pick a fight with a dragon!" He growled. "Don't you have any idea how powerful I am? I could kill you where you stand with hardly any effort. You're lucky I haven't decided to do that."

"I don't care how powerful you are, you're nothing but an overgrown lizard with an ego to match!" Nadia growled. "If you don't got the sense to apologize for what you did or watch where you step, then you ain't got a right to be walking the streets with things smaller than you!"

"Shut your trap, pest!" The dragon growled, blowing another puff of smoke. "You have no right to speak to me that way! You're no threat to a dragon. In fact, I am pretty much your superior, since dragons are the dominant species here. I have a right to do as I please."

"I've heard enough of your bullcrap!" Nadia roared. She swung her sword back and prepared for another attack, but as she did, someone gently placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Abby giving her a pleading look.

"Just stop. You'll only make things worse for all of us." She said quietly. Her gaze narrowed into a more stern expression and she crossed her arms. "Now put that sword away before someone gets hurt. You shouldn't be acting so foolish." She scolded.

"But, Abby--"

"Nadia." She hissed quietly. "You know I'm right. So keep quiet and put the sword away."

The weretiger let out a frustrated sigh. She grumbled under her breath as she sheathed her sword. She then crossed her arms with a huff.

Abby unfolded her arms and let them rest at her side. Then she stepped up to the dragon. "Please forgive her actions. They were hasty and foolish. However, you, sir, are in fact in the wrong. You may be dominant and powerful, but you're also heavily responsible for that power. Your careless behavior could really hurt someone."

Before the red dragon could reply, another dragon started walking over to the group. This dragon had smooth, shiny, silver scales. They seemed to lack horns, spikes, or really any other distinguishable features. However, what they did have was massive size and muscular bulk. They even out sized the red dragon.

"Pyral, are you causing trouble again?" The silver dragon asked in a deep, commanding tone.

"Uh, no, sir. Just minding my own business." He replied, a nervous tone to his voice.

The silver dragon noticed the small group of four and saw how some appeared wounded. "Did you step on these innocent creatures?"

"Wha--no! O--of course not!"

"Pyral." He snarled. "I didn't hatch yesterday. Now apologize."

Pyral sighed and lowered his head in shame. "I--I'm.... Sorry..." He muttered.

"There now that's better. As you were." He said. Pyral then hurried off down the street before he could get in more trouble. The silver dragon turned his attention to the group. "I apologize for that. Pyral has no manners. If you would like, I could escort you safely to your destination."

Marco understood, and was glad that she understood. He didn't answer Ariolus, but noodled, rising his chest with a lot of confidence, agreeing to help. He didn't expressed it, but it really felt nice to be needed.

Kira was not as amused. She pretended to still be asleep, but she was actually hearing the whole conversation. She was so possessive of Marco that the thought of so many talking to him and being nice to him irritated her. She wished she could have been bigger and far more threatening to face them, but yet again, if she was all that, she wouldn't need Marco in the first place. She stayed put, knowing she couldn't do anything about it, but still showed her distress.

The blacksmith huffed. "A test flight, eh?" He asked in a more suspicious tone. "Don't quite like the way you're smirking there. Better not be thinking of stealing any of my merchandise if you know what's good for you." He then sighed. "But I'll give you the benefit of a doubt and let you try 'em out. Wait here." The rhino then headed inside the shop the retrieve the armor.

It took more than one trip to gather up all the armor pieces, but the blacksmith had finally gathered up the whole set. The exterior of the armor was smoothed out and melted down to the point where you could no longer tell they were scales. The interior had a leather lining to provide comfort and warmth. "Alright, there you are. That's the whole set. You just try on what you like."

The silver dragon nodded. "Well, of course. I'm willing to help in any way that I can." He laid down on the side of the street, trying to get out of the way of anyone passing by as much as he could. He extended his wing out a bit, making it into a bit of a ramp that the others could climb up on. "Go ahead and climb on. Don't even worry about my wing, you can stomp all over it and it won't bother me."

Nadia scoffed. "I can walk just fine. I don't need to be carried by some lizard." She crossed her arms with a huff.

Abby raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? So you weren't just stepped on? You feel well enough to walk who knows how far, while keeping up with a dragon?"

"Oh, that was nothing. Besides, I can handle just walking somewhere. I don't need a ride."

"Nothing, huh?" Abby poked her sister's side to see how she would react.

Nadia groaned when poked and then quietly hissed at her sister. "What was that for?!"

"You're clearly sore, and I don't just mean you're temper. Just accept the ride. Now we really need medical supplies, and the sooner we get them, the better. So hop on that dragon."

Nadia groaned in frustration. She started walking up the dragon's wing to get on his back, grumbling under her breath the whole way. Abby was right behind her, making sure that her sister actually climbed all the way up and didn't try to back out.

The slope of the wing started getting steeper closer to the dragon's back, and by then they had to actually climb up onto him. It wasn't easy, since his scales were so smooth. There wasn't really anything to grab onto, so you just had to get your footing right and hope you didn't slip and slide all the way back down.

Luckily, Nadia had good traction on her boots and wasn't going to be sliding anywhere. Abby was an expert climber, being a werecat, but still liked to hold onto Nadia to make sure she didn't slide.

Marco was doing some training for the battle ahead, but as he was watching most with armors, he was having second thoughts about wether to have one himself or not. It was true that you couldn't have much freedom, but at least it protects you.

Walking up to the Kaiju, Darin looked up at Icestorm's huge from. "It's no wonder dragons have survived-- and even thrived in your worlds.," Darin said surprised at just how massive Icestorm was. Up to then, he had said very little about himself or his world.

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Meanwhile, Bikil was looking around the blacksmith's shop. He was merely keeping busy while Shade tried on the armor.

Caelan was nervously waiting, letting the others go first and rubbing his shoulder. It was the same shoulder where his armor was badly damaged and it seemed to bother him.

"I'm.. I'm sorry. I didn't realise.," Darin said sympathetically. He couldn't imagine what that felt like.

"Yes, I saw.," Darin replied with a nod. "Whatever happened, it didn't look good.," he then said.

"I'm sorry to hear that. To lose a whole planet like that...," Darin said looking down. "It's a good thing you managed to come here. At least.. at least you are alive. At least you made it.," the gryphon then said looking up again.

Omen overheard a little bit of what Icestorm and Darin were saying. He wondered what kind of world Darin must have come from for him to say such a comment. Apparently, something must have happened to the dragons in his world. At the same time, he felt bad for Icestorm. He saw all the flames coming out of the portal. Something terrible obviously happened on the other side. To not even know what happened to your world or your kind... He couldn't imagine how upsetting that would be. And on top of that, they were called here to fight an unknown enemy and help a world hat isn't even theirs. Omen was starting to feel selfish. These people had their own problems and their own worlds, and yet they were dragged here.

The blacksmith grinned. "Alright then, glad you like it. Now about the payment--"

Firefly overheard the conversation and began walking over as she reached into her satchel for something. As she approached the blacksmith, she pulled out a small pouch. She handed it to the him. "That should be enough for the whole set. Feel free to count it."

The blacksmith opened up the pouch and peeked inside. He saw it was full of silver coins. He smiled. "Thanks. Pleasure doing business with you." He closed up the pouch and placed it inside his own satchel.

He then looked around at the group. "Now do any of your friends need anything? Weapons? Armor?" The blacksmith's eyes settled on Caelan, as he noticed he was rubbing his shoulder. The badly damaged armor caught his attention. "You there. You look like you're in need of some new armor, or at least some repairs."

The silver dragon didn't even seem to notice that Umbrius had dug his claws into his wing. He didn't react to it at all. He definitely didn't seem hurt by it. Once he noticed the four of them had settled down on his back, he gave a small smile. "Now then, where is it would you all like to go?"

Abby held up the map she had been given. "Well, sir, we need to get a few things. We were going to pick up some food and medical supplies. We'll be heading off on a journey pretty soon, and we need to be prepared."

"Ah, I see. I can certainly help you gather up anything you need. Safety comes first on any sort of journey. So what is it that you would consider to be most important? We can start there."

"I would say medical supplies. I can't do my job without them."

"Your job? So you must be a healer then?"

"Yes, sir, I am." She smiled.

Nadia gave a light scoff. "She's not just a healer. And when it comes to healing, she's the best."

The silver dragon smiled and gave a slight nod. "Well, a fine healer needs fine materials to do their job correctly, and I know just the place to get them. Now then, just hold on and let me do the rest."

Nadia raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Hold on to what exactly?"

He gave a light chuckle. Then small spikes that were hardly any bigger than them seemed to rise up from his scales in front of each of them. These spikes didn't seem to appear anywhere else, though.

Their eyes widened and they both stared at the scales for a moment. Nadia pulled Abby back away from the spikes and held her close. "What the heck?! What are you trying to do, kill us?!"

"No. Now just take a deep breath and relax. I have no reason to hurt you. I just gave you something to hold onto."

"How can I relax when you can apparently make spikes out of nowhere?! How do I know you won't suddenly decide to chop us up into little, tiny pieces?!"

"I have no intention of doing so. If I wanted to hurt you, I could have done so already. I just wanted you to not fall off, so I gave you something to grab. As a Steel dragon, I have the ability to essentially morph my scales into a slightly new shape. Like those spikes, I can make several more of those and do other things with my scales."

"Oh yeah, I feel a lot better now that I know I'm riding a freaking shape shifting giant lizard thing! Thanks for the explanation! Now I can imagine you changing into some sort of giant weapon!"

Abby sighed. "You're being ridiculous." She whispered to her sister. "He didn't actually attack us. Just calm down."

"I'll calm down when we're back home and away from all these freaking giant monster lizards!"

Finally deciding what to do, Marco went to the blacksmith and asked for an armor. It wasn't a decision he was particularly fond of, but safety was important now.

OOC: "Bikil" is now Raclaw after being re-invented. All most of you need to know is that he is no longer telepathy-blocked.

"Probably a bit of both.," Caelan replied referring to more then just the armor. As he walked up to the blacksmith, more details of the damage could be seen. Most of it seemed to centered around his left shoulder, where something had seemingly penetrated his armor. Bandages could possibly be seen under the armor and he seemed to be at least slightly effected by it. "Could possibly use something better, stronger.," he said seeming hesitant to ask.

Raclaw glanced at Shade's new armor, seemingly impressed.

OOC: Sorry for my absence. Holidays had me busy, and then other RL stuff. Should be slowed down now, though.

Anna watched as the Kaiju stood up, glad he was alright. Where she had seen dragons before, Kaiju's she had not, and he was huge! She had to admit, she was impressed. She listened as he talked to the gryphon, Darin, if she remembered his name correctly. A sadness settled on her as she overheard the Kaiju's story. She glanced to Oman, noticing that his mood seemed to have darkened, too.

"I suppose that's why we're here. So the same thing doesn't happen to this world." She said aloud, to no one in particular, as the realization suddenly dawned on her. All she'd wanted to do since she'd arrived was make sure this threat didn't affect her home world. To learn more about it, and then go home when she was sure it was contained here. But now, she realized her mistake. It wasn't just her home that mattered. It was everyone's. Whether she knew them or not, she should help them. If she didn't, they'd all end up in a very broken world, similar to what she'd spent half of her life living in. That was something she wouldn't wish on anyone, whether they deserved it or not, or whether she could trust them or not.

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Thomas watched as the young man the blacksmith had just referred to stepped forward, taking in his injuries. They looked serious, and the young man seemed very down. Thomas couldn't help but wonder what had happened.

Marco entered the blacksmith's place.
"Hey, um, is this the place where I can get an armor?" he asked shyly.

//Sorry for my absence aswell :S//

After a bit of journeying throughout the land that was very new to the Shadow Being, Umbra had finally found himself upon the Marketplace. Though not particularly huge it seemed to be quite the successful little shopping area. Creatures of all sorts were gathered around the shops buying supplies for themselves and it seemed that everyone was very happy despite the impending doom that was ahead of them. Maybe I should've gone with someone... The thought was accompanied by an audible sigh that was unmistakably that of annoyance and regret. Umbra hadn't even made an effort to get along with anyone back at the library and as much as he hated to admit it he knew that being rude would get him nowhere.

"Not like anyone would wanna travel with me anyways..." He mumbled to himself, an activity he wasn't new to. Back in his home world he had resorted to talking to himself quite a lot as when oneself is exiled there isn't really much else to do and the other exiles aren't weren't exactly great people either. Umbra continued walking throughout the Marketplace, he wasn't even completely sure what he was looking for, in all honesty the reason he had gone off on his own was to prove he didn't need anyone else which was a bit of a ridiculous feat considering no one in this new realm knew who he was so their judgment on him wouldn't have been so harsh if he hadn't made it so.

Umbra was just about to turn around and head back to the library when he heard something, the footsteps of a very large creature. Umbra hustled over to the stone brick road where Flame, Umbrius, Nadia and Abby stood and he also saw the Dragon that threatened their safety heading right towards them. He had witnessed the whole thing and done nothing to help, something he felt terrible for. It was odd how different he was on the inside considering on the outside he was incredulously rude and sarcastic, though on the inside all he wanted was to be seen for who he truly was, but the outside didn't show that well, he had just been so broken from his days as a Royal and the whole failed rebellion. He didn't know why he didn't help, maybe he felt like he would fail just like he did in his home world, after all he was the reason so many Shadow Beings were exiled fro their homes and families.

After a long while of standing frozen Umbra finally made his way over to where they sat upon the large Dragon. "Hey, Hey, Hey! If it isn't the wonder twins and....You guys of which I didn't care much to get the names of." He knew it would be hard considering how he'd shut himself off so much from everyone else recently but he decided he would at least TRY to be nicer from now on. "where we headed to, huh?"

ooc: I'm going to start organizing my posts so that it should be easier for you guys to find which part you should reply to.

@Redwes: "Hmm..." The blacksmith thought as he rubbed his chin with his hand. He could see where something might have penetrated Caelan's armor on the left shoulder. He thought he saw a glimpse of bandages underneath the armor, but he couldn't get a good enough view to tell for sure.

"Looks like something got you pretty good, boy. Still, it's fixable. I can repair the damages, if you like, but that'll take more time than just buying something new. Besides, looks like you could use an upgrade. I could get you armor made from Steel dragon scales. Finest stuff there is. Ain't nothing going to penetrate that but a dragon itself."

@Felines: Firefly noticed Marco approach the Blacksmith's shop. That's odd, she could have sworn he wasn't part of her group earlier. "Oh, hi. Er, yes, you can get armor here. But, uh, I thought you were still back at the library?" She asked in confusion.

@RumpleLover, Red, SC:Omen looked to Anna as she spoke. He quietly gave a nod. Yes, that was the reason they were all summoned, even if it was against their will. Perhaps it was rude and selfish to force them to be here, but there were still good intentions behind those actions. They had to work together to protect all of their worlds from this threat, not just his own. He was glad that someone understood that.

The gryphon sighed. He had realized something as well. Perhaps he had kept his group waiting long enough. Firefly had already left with the others, but his group was left idly waiting. They weren't going to be of any help just sitting around in the library all day. It was time to get moving. So Omen cleared his throat and stepped towards the others.

"Speaking of why we're here, you weren't called here to sit around in a library. You're probably all bored and anxious to get going. Well then, I suppose it's time we set off to prepare as well. Our first stop is to gather food for our group." He cleared his throat again.

"So... Let's go then." He muttered a bit. Omen turned away from them and headed for the door. He pushed the door open and stepped outside. He stopped there to wait.

@Lunarz, AB: Nadia heard a familiar voice and turned to see Umbra approaching the group. She let out a heavy sigh. "Oh, great. It's my favorite annoying person. You've got some timing, 'cause I was just looking for a headache." She grumbled sarcastically.

Abby gave her sister a stern look and elbowed her in the gut. "Nadia." She hissed quietly.

"What?"

She sighed and folded her arms. "You know what."

The silver dragon just quietly glanced between them. "Is he a friend of yours?"

Nadia scoffed. "Hardly."

Abby sighed and placed her hands in her lap. "She doesn't make friends easily." She then turned her attention to Umbra and smiled. "Anyway, we were headed to get some medical supplies. This kind dragon was going to take us there safely. Would you want to join us?"

Nadia's eyes widened. "Wait, what?"

Abby glanced at her. "Well, it's not like there isn't enough room up here. Besides, we'll all have to work together eventually." She then looked at the silver dragon. "That's okay, right?"

"Oh, sure. No problem at all." He smiled.

Nadia huffed and folded her arms. "Well, I have a problem with it." She grumbled.

"I didn't ask you. I already know you don't approve." She then glanced at Flame and Umbrius. "You don't mind him joining us, do you?"

"Yes, well... I turned around and went here. Maybe an armor is not such a bad idea with times like these." Marco answered, not looking forward to a heavy suit like that, but still knowing that it's better if he has some extra protection.

"Yes.. that sounds good. I'll take the steel dragon scale then.," Caelan replied to the blacksmith. He only wished he had something like that before.

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Darin followed Icestorm and Omen out the door, feeling sorry for the Kaiju. His world had its problems, but at least he knew it would still be there.

Umbra found the annoyance that Nadia conveyed and the fact she was always bickering with everyone to be a large turn-off in terms of travelling with her, he was indeed annoying and rude aswell but never so much as to treat a sibling as such. The thought of his own siblings pretty much tore him apart, it was a subject he'd much rather keep to himself than talk about with anyone.

After a quick beat Umbra shot a smile towards the two on the dragonback and shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his jeans. He faced Nadia first. "Awe, I'm your favorite? Please! You make me blush!" A snicker sneaking out of his mouth before he turned to face Abby after the offer she'd presented. "Sounds like fun but I wouldn't want to tense up Grumpy over here any more than she already is so maybe it's best if I travel by shadow." He then turned his line of sight to the other two. "Besides you've already got these....Uh....Brave heroes to keep you company."

Anna followed Omen outside, unintentionally glancing at the Kaiju to make sure he was still alright. Outside, she glanced to Omen. "Where to first?" She asked him.

@Felines: "Well, yes, armor would be beneficial, but you don't really have to use it. I mean, I don't really plan on wearing any myself. Although I was thinking of getting an extra set or two, just in case. You never know when you might need it." Firefly gave a shrug.

@redwes: The blacksmith smiled. "Excellent. I'll go get a set that should fit you nicely. Wait right here." He walked off into the back of the shop. After a couple of moments, he came back with a full set of armor and placed all the pieces out on a table. "Alright, here you go. Should fit you okay, but I can get another set if it's too heavy for you or something. Go ahead and try it on."

@red, SC, RL: Omen turned to face the group. He first glanced at Icestorm. "Our world has all kinds of good food, as it caters to all different kinds of creatures. We have various kinds of meat for carnivores; beef, chicken, pork, venison, fish, and other common animals. We also have more exotic meat, like pegasi for example. It happens to be one of my favorites. And we also have eggs from various types of animals. Of course, there's also food for herbivores as well. We have various kinds of plants and fruits here."

He then looked to Anna. "We will be eating first, if all of you are hungry and wanting to eat now. Just tell me what it is you like, and I can find a suitable resuraunt for your tastes."

@Lunarz, AB: Nadia just scoffed. "If I'm grumpy, it's only because I'm stuck here in this strange world with a bunch of crazy people. It's bad enough that I have to deal with idiots back home, but now I have a brand new bunch of idiots that can bother me. The last thing I need is more headaches." She grumbled.

Abby sighed. "Just ignore her. She's going to be tense no matter what you do, so you mine as well just come with us. We all need to prepare ourselves for the journey and get a little more familiar with this world. Better to do that as a group than alone. I mean, we'll all end up working together sooner or later anyway. We have to learn to get along. Just don't worry about Nadia. She'll come around eventually." She smiled.

The silver dragon looked at him. "Well, are you coming along or not? If you're not taking a ride, then I can go ahead and get moving."

"I still want it. And do you have any very small? Marco said in a whisper, signaling his back. He was referring to his little crow friend sitting on his back, wondering how Kira would react if she knew that he was taking decisions for her.

Before trying on the armor, Caelan proceeded to remove his existing armor and the full extent of the his shoulder could be seen for a couple brief moments. For those who were paying attention, bandages could indeed be seen underneath what was his old cracked armor. Dried blood could be seen beneath the bandages, possibly indicating an bite or other animal attack to those who could recognize it. However, it was soon covered up again by the shiny new dragon scale armor. The armor was just a tad heavier then what he what he had before, but he didn't mind the extra weight. "T-Thank-you.," he said as he tried on the armor. He moved his arms, testing it for comfort and inspecting the details of it. It wasn't bad at all and he felt better knowing the protection it would provide. "Yes.. this should work quite nicely.," he said complimenting the armor.

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"Venison should be fine.," Darin commented not being too picky. He was surprised at the variety of this place, especially at the more exotic things that still existed in this world.

Anna thought for a bit. She'd lost her appetite since thinking about why they were there and how important their mission was. Still, she knew she had to eat. The mission wouldn't be a success without everyone at the top of their game. She ate just about everything, and wasn't in a particular mood for anything. "I guess I'll take beef or chicken," she finally decided, knowing that of the meats mentioned, they'd be the few she wouldn't be eating on their journey, as they weren't out in the wilds to be hunted.

While the others were still dealing with the blacksmith, Raclaw was looking around and now greatly considering the possibility of armor. He glanced around, looking at the different types and sizes spread throughout the blacksmith's shop.