[b][i]Ashton Andrews[/i][/b]

"Oh, I think you're cute, but I already have a boyfriend; the other boy with me. And I won't exchange him for the world," was Ashton's response to Fritzi's question as to whether she looked cute or not. "And it's okay for me to just earn a living wage, at least for now." 

Then Fritzi pressed her head against his'; Ashton was a bit embarrassed despite knowing it to be necessary. Then she revealed his magic as Light Magic, which in this world was mainly strengthening natural attributes, it seemed.

[i]Light[/i], Ashton thought to himself. [i]Just like what Hiro has.[/i] Smiling, the boy said, "Don't worry; with this new magic, I'll be able to maintain a decent cleaning speed!" A smile, a quick "[b]Jiwald![/b]" and Ashton proceeded to do just that. 

[i]Fritzi might be hiding something,[/i] he thought as he cleaned, [i]She is a bit disadvantaged even though she hides it. But what's behind that brave face?[/i] He kept cleaning the house, focusing on training his body to be faster; he knew that a kid made a bad 'damage absorber'. So he'd be a jack-of-all-trades or a rogue. A smile at that as he thought, [i]Unless Fritzi really is part of the 'Demi-Human Liberation Front', this promises to be a perfectly quiet time. So time to find out general world information.[/i]

Turning towards the Fox-woman, hoping she hadn't gone up yet, Ashton would say, "So, this city is called Priestella, and I heard some snatches of conversation that said that this is part of a Kingdom called Lugnica. As my knowledge of the world isn't much... I'd like to ask just [i]what[/i] the Kingdom of Lugnica actually is. What is its capital, who is its King - or Queen Regnant - And finally, what is its founding Legend? What hero founded such a Kingdom and what... Gods blessed it?"

A pause. "And finally, a sensitive question; what are the evil forces that oppose the Gods? Much lore has been lost in our own Kingdom before we were kidnapped and taken to this place; disasters and purges and everything happened. So if you know anything, even hearsay and stories, I'd love to hear those."

[b][i]Flame Brooks[/i][/b] 

Flame pursed his lips and said, "Well, there was darkness, and this person called L.T. who called us in said presumably-magical darkness, talking about taking us to someone who loved us." He had been there when Ashton had given his explanation, but can recall only snatches of it. "Then the darkness lifted and we found ourselves in your city." A pause. "To be honest, I think that we've been expreimented on, and the darkness that enveloped us was Magic of a dark kind. Even now, there are... Indications that we might be under a geas, a matter of superstition in our Kingdom."

Now, a thought, "Despite our items that operate on unknown principles, despite the fact that our items operate on the same level as Magic, much lore has been lost, forgotten, or purged in our Kingdom. In our land, items like these are made using Science; the observation and application of established laws of the universe, and manipulating energy and matter that already exist. Or at least, that's what we've been taught in school; assumng that schooling is common in your Kingdom. This loss of magical lore might be a factor in our kidnapping; the enemy might find people who have literally lived under metaphorical rocks for centuries to be a useful subject for experimentation."

As they walked on, Flame then asked Aer, "Add that to the fact that Demi-Humans are myths and legend in our Kingdom - You can infer the horrible implications of that statement later - and you'll find that we are both innocent yet at the same time not beyond suspicion. So let me ask you one thing: What [i]are[/i] Wtiches? In our land, the term applies to [i]any[/i] woman who uses Magic."