Rei broke out of her study-trance suddenly as a new voice echoed into the temple. Male, and his accent was of the East like her own. Still a little different, but she could easily tell which of Morallea's four factions he was from. She turned away from the gold statue and was met with the sight of a robed figure, whom she could tell wasn't simply a peaceful monk. Under those heavy robes was a muscular figure, a warrior - if he was fat he'd probably speak and move rather slowly, she thought. After looking him over from a distance, the young samurai began slowly closing the distance between them. Her emerald-coloured eyes shone as she stepped into the rays of sunlight at the temple entrance. Resting one arm on her katana's hilt, she held the other out to offer her hand to Yaozu.

"Shirokaze Rei. It's a pleasure to meet you," Rei introduced herself with a half-smile, "I got volunteered for this, yes. Can't complain though."

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Aura excitedly shook her head and motioned to the bag hanging from one shoulder to her opposite hip, "I have everything I need right here, Ms Craïs!" The white-haired little magician replied. There was silence for a moment as the girl turned her gaze away from the older mage, her ghostly pale face turning a bright shade of red. "But I really want to say goodbye to Master Jumal first... Who knows how long something important like this is gonna take?"