Apparently still unfazed with the kitsune's terse manner, Crash grinned at her and inclined his head
"Well then, it's a pleasure to officially meet you Kelly" He decided on quickly saying before continuing on. He chuckled slightly as to him she seemingly attempted to quell his embarrassment
"Ah, now that is something I do not hear very often..." He smiled shaking his head slightly, a part of him wondered what Mizuki really meant by that though for once he had the good sense not to question her on it. Feeling the heat retreat from his cheeks he lowered his hand from his neck and quickly added
"Pleased to know I haven't offended you too deeply...I'll try and keep it that way" He grinned sheepishly, unaware if his comment could be taken in a negative way...in his mind he was referring to the possibility that his clumsy nature would eventually make him put his foot in it...so to speak, though he'd forgotten Mizuki probably didn't know much or really anything about him.
He followed Mizuki and Prometheus down the hallway, looking around with wide eyes and careful not to touch anything as he moved. He daren't lift his hands away from his sides in case he accidentally broke something...As he entered the main room, the shapeshifter noticed the woman sat with some kind of spherical device near her. He didn't really recognise her outright as he hadn't actually seen much of Margaret back when the academy was still standing...no doubt Nikolai had been wise and kept the clumsy red head away from her. As she looked up at them, he offered her a friendly smile and waved his hand in greeting all the same unsure what to make of her fairly neutral expression. He only turned his attention away from Margaret when Prometheus turned his attention to a large screen.
Crash reached up and rubbed his cheek as he looked over the map of Europe, tilting his head to the side as it suddenly zoomed in on London. He listened to Prometheus and watched the screen at the same time, though couldn't stop himself from wrinkling his nose as he heard the British Museum mentioned...it was a place he'd been on his travels a few years back. He couldn't remember exactly what was inside though he recalled it being full of ancient artwork and objects...he wouldn't have pegged it as somewhere to hide a sword, he'd of thought such a thing would have stood out...enough so that he would have remembered seeing it.
"Are you sure its in the British Museum? It sounds more like something you'd find in the Natural History Museum just across the way" He piped up once Prometheus had finished talking and the screen had turned blank.
"And no worries I know the rules...I was there yesterday...haven't forgotten that yet" He murmured the last part before sighing heavily and drooping his shoulders a little.
His slump only lasted half a minute before he stood up straight and pulled a smile onto his face
"Guess that'll make it easier for me to blend in" He grinned at Prometheus before glancing at Mizuki or rather the throng of tails that waved around her.
"...do you have a way of hiding your ears and tails?" He asked her, raising one of his eyebrows as a thoughtful look crossed his face
"I'm only asking because if you don't, I know how to get you something that'll help..." He quickly added lifting his hand to rub the back of his neck as he felt his cheeks color again, embarrassed yet again. He waited a few moments for the kitsunes response before turning back to Prometheus and giving him a hearty thumbs up
"All packed and ready to go, Captain" he told him, before turning to look for the way out...about halfway across the room he turned on his heel and moved back over to Mizuki and Prometheus.
"...where is the harbour again?" He asked, grinning bashfully and rubbing the back of his head.
Rain's ears twitched as she heard Vikki's response, feeling her forehead crease she muttered
"Well that makes two of us..." turning her head back to the surface of the water, the werewolf carefully moved along the rail of the boat to investigate the new creature approaching them. She still heard Vikki's orders though she couldn't bring herself to obey them right away, if she could just figure out what the other creature was saying...
As the snake rushed through the water and rammed into the boat, causing it to heave to one side Rain sprung forward and wrapped her hands around the metal bars of the railing, pulling herself against them. If she hadn't of grabbed them she was sure she'd have flown off of the boat and plummeted into the ocean below them. She closed her eyes against the harsh spray of seawater as it whipped up the sides of the rocking boat and flicked off of the sea creatures giant tail, the spray thoroughly doused her clothes and hair. As the creatures head bobbed above the water, Rain lifted a hand from the rail gathering a ball of luminescent light into her palm she shot a concussive beam of lunar energy at it, hoping to daze it for a few moments.
By this point the smaller of the two creatures was close enough for her to see, as it yelled again the werewolf turned her head sharply to the side glancing over at the figure diving towards them.
"You have got to be kidding me...." Rain muttered under her breath, hastily dragging her fingers through her hair to pull it away from her face so she could see better, careful not to gouge herself with her own claws as she did. Her forehead creased further as she registered the distressed look plastered across the aquatic woman's face.
Don't kill Maruki? Her ears twitched as she listened to the people behind her as well
Under Marcus's control?...viable...not necessarily obvious... She turned her head to look at the woman who had mentioned the beast was under Marcus's control, the blue haired woman felt her nose wrinkle as the speaker simply stated her opinion and leant back against the mast, such a simple movement yet it got Rain's back up and dulled her opinion of the other woman.
Pushing away from the rail the blue haired woman carefully picked her way across the deck heading for the small group as previously instructed by Vikki. Hearing a woman with snakes for hair ask the mercenary about weapons she toyed with the idea of intervening or not...however she was distracted by the otaku who had previously ignored or not heard her question earlier. As he walked forward and started firing blasts of some form of energy at the sea serpent Rain felt the blonde woman's words rip free of her throat.
"WAIT! Don't kill it!" She snapped at Ryuu, baring her canines as she felt her lip curl back from her teeth.
"The other creature, its a woman" She quickly shouted over the top of the shooting and the waves.
"She keeps yelling at us not to kill it" She stated pointing over her shoulder at the sea serpent.
"Until we know what's going on, keep it distracted but don't kill it" She snapped at Ryuu, her tone adopting an authoritative edge as if for a moment she was talking to a member of her pack rather than a stranger. In hind sight it was probably a risky thing to do considering she wasn't the one in charge, though in the confusion of the whole situation and because she was rather on edge herself, she didn't really think it over and allowed her instincts to kick in.
Pulling up near Vikki as she shouted at the aquatic woman, Rain ran the tips of her claws across her fingers turning to look back over at the blonde woman swimming towards them, listening for a response though at the same time she quickly added
"She's nearly reached the boat, listening to her could help. This doesn't feel like a trap but if it is we can deal with it" The werewolf continued in the same tone, glancing at Vikki as if expecting her to challenge her idea
"I'll cover this side" Rain pointed to the port side of the ship
"Gunslinger's got that side, concussive rounds, keep in tight and don't spread around too much as you said, less chance of anyone being thrown overboard and less chance of hurting it" The werewolf was on a tangent, all attempts to bury her bossy side had been thrown aside.
"Killing it does not benefit us...unless you intend to harvest it" The blue haired woman stated and questioned at the same time as she pulled lunar energy into her palms splaying her fingers in prepartion for firing her shots.
Someone watch the front of the boat, another watch the back, two eyes on the side, all ranged fighters be ready to shoot wherever it surfaces...come on! This would be less precarious if we all just worked together The werewolf thought to herself angrily, barely withholding her thoughts on the matter.