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[center][i]~"As the tears ran down my cheeks, I managed to release one last smile, just one. Only latter on did I realize I had been holding that smile for so long, just for him"~[/i][/center] 

Alicia had done her checks on the local area and aside from a few rather strange looking characters, everything appeared to be fine. Not that she'd really know what fine looked like in a place such as this; some of the things here pushed way beyond her imagination already. She sighed a small breath as she walked out from an alleyway which ran down the side of the tavern, walking out into the street where the breeze gently caught her hair and the strands of her skirt, the air cooling the parts of her thighs not concealed by her sapphire thigh socks which served only to complete her outfit. Eventually she pushed back into the tavern, taking up a spot beside Ray as she continued to observe the interactions between her new found friends, smiling at some of their more endearing traits and habits. 

It wasn't until the gentlemen who spoke to them, [i]'Shouta'[/i] she thought she heard him say, mentioned about being impossible to kill. She only picked up a little of the conversation but it certainly intrigued her interests. Alicia was always searching for a challenge, a swordsman who could potentially give her a reason to improve her skills to a greater power, a goal and a purpose to strive for once again. For probably the first time in a while, Alicia spoke, her tone soft with an air of complete serenity but punctuated by the edge of her refined demeanor. "I have met many along my travels who claim to be so skilled; each one I have tested and seen fall either by the will of my own resolve or the skill of another who would become his better. If what you say is true then I would ask you pass judgement on me, and receive mine in return". Her words were directed solely at Shouta, her eyes observing him with reserved interest.