[color=228B22][b]~Before Reef Grotto~[/b][/color]

Apparently her greetings didn't go unnoticed by the black figure, as almost immediately as she begin to get comfortable in her little corner of the wall, she feels an indistinct shadow fall across her face. [color=DCDCDC]"You're a strange one,"[/color] she begins in a dark whisper, hardly looking up from underneath her hood. [color=DCDCDC]"I only wanted to introduce myself. After all, I've heard so much about you..."[/color]

She raises her head slightly, one shaded eye gazing up with energy from beneath her hood.[color=DCDCDC] "I'm Em. I have no intention of interfering with your interests. That mission you guys were just given, I'm planning on tagging along for the ride. I'm sure you can agree that this idea would greatly benefit the both of us?" [/color]

[color=DCDCDC]"Well, not that I would stay behind anyways,"[/color] she concedes. [color=DCDCDC]"It's only polite to ask first, don't you think?"[/color]

The young girl staring up out of the shadows held herself casually, and clasped in one hand was a thick, gnarled staff that gave off its own dark aura. As she spoke, the girl's intonation and phrasing seemed unusual, and attempts to plumb the depths of her mind would be met with a curious and occult resistance. All in all, she probably seemed pretty impressive...

For a girl who was on the brink of fainting from heat stroke.

It was thanks entirely to DD's support that she was able to continue functioning at all. Preforming a partial, and very weak Possession on the girl's body, it was assisting her so that she could move somewhat normally even though she should be essentially crippled by the heat. There were certainly some benefits to being best friends forever with an evil spirit. Now, however, the spirit was very rapidly losing strength as both its master's strength fails, and the sun continues to beat down relentlessly.

So, naturally, she starts to faint. At the same time, another person comes along, asking to be introduced. He seemed to be from somewhere cold, too, judging by his hair. Maybe he'd brought some ice.