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[color=007236]"Yes ma'am!"[/color] Jiru exclaimed with an exaggerated salute before slinking silently back into the crowd. It would probably be a good idea to separate, two people in masks in the middle of the capital would look suspicious to say the least. That, or they'd look like travelling entertainers, which might be an interesting disguise to use at some point. Strangely enough, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to him even given his makeshift mask. Perhaps it was more common than he thought? At any rate, it would keep anyone from recognizing his face.

He wasn't too worried about anybody pursuing him, especially not now. If Tsu was here, anyone tailing them (hah, tailing) would probably have their life expectancies shortened significantly. Anyone that could get the drop on him so casually...it sent a light shiver throughout him as he moved. She was definitely an experienced assassin. In his line of work, being surprised like that was almost unacceptable...he'd have to work on that. As things were, Tsu could probably stab him in the back without him even being aware that she moved.

Calming himself and remembering that Tsu was his ally, if only temporarily, he got back to the task at hand. Their target was some rich kid, family full of tax collectors and such. Normally such a person would be the target of kidnappers and the like, but perhaps their client had something better in mind? Killing the guy and framing someone else was an interesting strategy, sure, but ransoming this guy would probably be pretty profitable given his family. Maybe this person wasn't too concerned with money, that would make some sense given the fact that they could afford both he [i]and[/i] that kitsune. One thing he was certain of though, given how much even the nobility hated tax collectors, it would be difficult for one to find out their client's identity even if the framing failed. 

His part of the job however, seemed to be the easiest, at least for him. Breaking into the family lockbox and retrieving some sort of brooch. Maybe it was because he wasn't a noble or a merchant, but he didn't exactly see how something like that could be used to frame someone. Eh, that didn't matter, he was being paid to do a job.

[color=0072bc][h1][center] Ryan Dreane[/center][/h1]
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[color=0072bc]"I mean, I want to join the knights too...but I'd also like to know what the hell is going on."[/color] Ryan said. Chieko's calm and blunt way of talking annoyed him slightly, but they were in this together. Whether any of them liked it or not.

Looking at the girl that had just introduced herself and the large knight, he nodded. [color=0072bc]"Ryan Dreane, American."[/color] He said simply. [color=0072bc]"Nice to meet you too. I'm glad I'm not the only one that had entertained that selfish thought."[/color] Ryan said forcing a small smile. It was good to hear that someone else felt the same way. 

He hated to admit it, but that larger knight, Malakaus as he had introduced himself, intimidated him quite a bit. While he didn't seem like a bad person by any stretch, the sheer fact that this man could probably crush him effortlessly made him nervous. It was stupid to feel this way of course, there was no way he'd be put in a situation like that.

Seeing the lady knight that had walked in before hand looking at them while whispering to Maria. He could only assume it was something about them being unfit to join the knights. If that's what she was saying, he couldn't help but agree. Unfortunately, unfit or not, they had to try. 

Turning back to the others, he had a stray thought. [color=0072bc]"Hey, Eris right? If you don't mind me asking, what were you doing before you got to this world?"[/color] It was something he had to confirm. It wouldn't really help anything to know, but any answers would be good. 

Even if getting transported here was somehow caused by shopping, as insane as it sounded, what were they going to do? Shop until they magically went home? Yeah, no that would make even less sense than getting here in the first place did.