Yumi was so done with the water, she was soaked and miserable. Viral could play around all he wanted on his own; the land was dry and she was going to stay right here until he was done. Hardly minding that her clothes were being covered in sand she gave herself a shaking to try and dry herself off, and the backs of her hands a lick to boot. What a bother, she'd just been trying to play and now she was dripping and miserable. Frustrated she couldn't find a way to manage to dry herself entirely she looked back out over the lake, wondering where Viral was. He'd been under for a while now and he was a cat; cats weren't typically known for being aquatic. Cocking her head to the side curiously she kept her eyes trained on the water, searching for any sign of her friend. A moment of silence and then movement caught her eye; fins rose up out of the water traveling in Viral's direction and vanished again. Tensing up she stared at where she thought the Beastman was, letting out a soft growl when she saw the spines again. Whatever that thing was it must have hurt Viral, it was the only conclusion Yumi could come to. Getting a sudden bristling fury over that she put aside her disdain of the water and rushed back in, splashing as she charged ahead to try and get at her friend.

"Ha! See, you said it too! Their kids are weird!" Kabocha retorted, missing the point of Kai's lecture entirely, "You were talking down to Choi and I for saying things, but you just did too! Not so high and mighty now are you?" Hmph, have some double standards. And if this lady they were going to see really did need to pay bills she'd take the metal regardless, everything had some value. Whether it was of high or low value was another matter entirely, and given their currency was foreign it was impossible for her to be certain. He couldn't wait to see the look on the stall owner's face when they returned; a small fortune in hand was probably going to make her really regret not taking up their offer before. "Not true, and you know that! Sure, some of them were definitely after my money, I'm not an idiot. As soon as I stopped buying them things or taking them places they buggered off. Remember that one girl though? The one with the red hair that I dated a while back? She and I got along great by ourselves! But Takeshi had to be all depressed and mopey all the time and she didn't want to come around anymore!" The one girl who actually liked him for him and she was chased away by one of his moron friends. Sniffing annoyed Kabocha glanced over at Kai, smiling slightly as he shrugged his shoulders and held out the bag of coins. "Hey, everyone likes someone for some reason, money's one of them. And I got what I wanted out of those girls so I don't much care," he added, chuckling to himself, "Tell you what; take the money, I changed my mind. You can handle it."

It was sort of nice they had found Haku; abandoning him out here in the forests would be a scummy move indeed. Still, they really wanted to find T'charrl as he was the one in danger out here. Until their friend changed back to his old self he was at risk wandering around outside. Takeshi frowned to himself as he looked about the area, struggling to decide on which direction he wanted to head. "I doubt he went back. And besides... He's got the scouter, don't you think he would check before just going back?" Oh jeez, nothing had happened to him, had it? The only reason he could imagine T'charrl not checking in was something had him tied up, perhaps literally. They really needed to find their friend now, just to make certain nothing had actually gone wrong. Reaching up and turning on his scouter Takeshi slowly began moving again, heading to the left this time from where they had met Haku. "T'charrl...? Hey, can you hear me...?" he spoke, looking back at the others a bit concerned before straight again, "The game's over, why don't you tell us where you are and we'll come get you?"

Regardless of whether or not L'esta was actually unnerved he wouldn't budge; protecting the city was of the utmost priority. Just because this person was a Kaesstrian didn't absolve them of any suspicion and it certainly did not get them out of this situation. Until he was personally satisfied this one wouldn't cause any harm he simply could not allow them to leave. "The unknown could mean a threat, so in that case yes, this is how I treat the unknown," the Captain retorted, staring down T'charrl sternly. Steadfast as he was in his convictions a curious slip of the tongue made him take pause; how was this person aware of the fact he had scouts? Far as anyone could tell it was just the two of them out here, but this person had correctly assumed there were other men with him. So they must know him to a certain extent otherwise that was a really lucky guess. Watching the large Kaesstrian get down on his knees the Captain stepped forward again, keeping his sword now pointed at T'charrl. "The Queen may imprison you for causing unrest, and there will be questioning, but do not mistake Her Majesty for some kind of brute. She'll treat you with justice and do you no wrong. If you will not speak with me then perhaps you will speak with her." What a frustrating person this was, they were not listening to reason at all! Shaking his head in annoyance L'esta lowered his sword, pointing at T'charrl as he shouted, "If you are not my enemy then cooperate! You have done nothing to prove that fact! Come with me and perhaps I will start to trust what you have to say!"