[center][h1]Nasearph Sana 
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"Ahhhhhhh," Ria screamed along with the crowd as she walked out with the Vigilantes to the riotous cheers. She sneered up at the exited faces in the audience, her eye giving her a detailed look at each individual face, no matter how far away they were. "What a bunch of sheep." She said. "None of them know us, they're just wrapped up in the narrative. Guess that's what an underdog story gets you, huh King?"

"You know, I believe we were informed that the field was for people that would actually be fighting today." Nasearph said testily beside her.

"You're just salty because you oven roasted yourself for nothing." Ria replied quietly. Naseraph unconsciously glanced down in the direction of his chest, still feeling the burns that he'd paid to develop a technique that he would not have the opportunity to use. Ria caught the gesture and grinned, leaning in. "You've got no one to blame but yourself. They announced what the tournament would be ages ago. You'd have know that if you ever paid attention."

"I do not believe I need tournament advice from the girl no one was willing to team up with." 

"Yeah, it's such a shame." Ria replied, actually narrowing her eyes in displeasure at the people around her. She knew she was only a reserve member, but damn, you'd think some desperate straggler from either the vigs or her school would at least have the backbone to suffer her for a day if it meant they'd be able to compete. She really wanted to get into the ring. "Oh well, C'est la vie. Guess you wont be able to enjoy the results of all that training we did together."

"Yes." Naseraph said, completely blank faced. "How sad you will not be able to display the ancestral techniques of my people. How deplorable it is that these skills you blackmailed out of me will be of no use to you today."

Ria searched his face for anything, but the bird-man was really good at masking his intentions from her now. That was good. Every moment he had to display the real Nasearph to avoid showing her something it easier for him to be himself. As a reward, she decided to scope out the competition for anyone he would have to look out for. That was when she saw something...interesting. "What the fuck?" She asked to no one in particular before a ghastly smile began to spread across her face. She looked over Naseraph to Wolf and Micheal a raised her voice. "You boys take care of this tender birdbrain, make sure he doesn't fly face first into any more bonfires. There's something I've got to go check out about Wolf's side-piece."

As the girl took off across the field during the opening ceremony without a care of who saw her, Nasearph straightened himself back up and focused on the task at hand. "There's no need to worry about me. Michael got worse than this at the apartment." He said to his teammates. "In a physical contest like this there's no way the three of us can lose if we're together."

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As people began to join in with Andreim's rousing [b]VICTORY[/b] chant Ria integrated herself into the back of the group and started to to slip between people until she made her way to Meredith side. "So," she asked conspiratorially, just loud enough for the demon to hear. "Who did you fuck last night? Or whatever it is that you did that turned your body language Topsy-turvy. Honestly, I written you off as ever being about to walk around with the sort of self-love I see right now."

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