[h3][center][b]Nikou	-	Hyrule Castle City, Inner Wall District[/b][/center][/h3]	As the Rito magician agreed to help him, Nikou looked back at the crowd behind him. They seemed to be urging the Rito for an encore, some whispering how they wished the zora would get out of the way. How long had they been there...? Nikou shook his head; it didn't matter what they thought, seeing as what he was doing was much more important than some street entertainment. After a bit of thought, though, the Rito soon admitted that he had no idea who the people Nikou was after were-- which was expected, seeing as any accomplice of wanted criminals would never freely say that they had connections to them. Fortunately, though, the Rito seemed to know how to get access to the sewer system, and even offered to lead him to the entrance. Nikou couldn't help but raise his brow in surprise. [color=lightblue]"Really...? I appreciate it, then."[/color]

After packing up whatever he had been using, the Rito started to lead Nikou down through the busy Castle City streets, taking a maze of turns and alleys, even a pit-stop at some food stand (Nikou got a fish skewer because, well, why not?), to get to their destination. The entire way, though, the Rito insisted on rambling about how great the festival was for everyone and what not. It got obnoxious pretty quickly, seeing as he had just spent the entire morning listening to the same stuff from Kota. Before long, Nikou was doubting that they were even going anywhere... It seemed like they past the same shooting game stand for the fifth time. Fortunately, it wasn't some weird prank, and the Rito turned to face Nikou with a smile as they stood in front of a gated sewer entrance in the middle of some obscure alley, conveniently out of the way of any high-traffic area... It seemed sketchy, to say the least. Though, the question of why the Rito magician knew how to get to this specific entrance to the sewer system popped into Nikou's head. Was he a citizen of the Castle City, or did he just happen to know...?

Either way, they had gotten there without any problems and the Rito seemed to be more or less genuinely altruistic about the whole thing. Though his usual stern expression didn't falter, Nikou gave the Rito an appreciative nod. [color=lightblue]"It's Nikou.[/color] He said, taking a moment to observe the appearance of the Rito. It was the first time he'd seen one of their kind in quite a while... [color=lightblue]"'Kibbe', right? Uh, thanks for the help."[/color] He took a step away from the Rito, prepared to part ways, but another thought occurred to him: it would be incredibly helpful to have some kind of back-up, in case things went to shit somehow. His first thought was to go fish Kota out from the crowd somewhere, but that would take far too long and Nikou really doubted they could get back to the entrance in the same night... Before Kibbe could leave, Nikou turned back around and called out to him. [color=lightblue]"Hey, do you got to be someplace right now? Some back-up would be nice, if you can do more than throw snowflakes at children."[/color]

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