Hayate first noticed that Rhia had been swept away from them, barely hearing the name she mentioned. He gave chase for the moment, but the crowd was too hard to shift through with the extra weight he was carrying, and Rhia herself was rather harder to spot from a distance them Marduk. As he lost sight of her, he gave a small sigh of disappointment, in himself, but assured himself that she'd be fine. He turned back to notice that the others were started to get seperated from him as well. Luckily, Marduk's colors and stature were easier to make out in the crowd than Rhia, though he did lose them for a moment as the crowd forced him around a corner. If he wasn't careful he would have accusations to deal with, and would likely lose the group entirely.

So he shuffled through the crowd trying his best not to agitate any of the actual inhabitants of the city. He [i]had[/i] left a fairly good amount of belongings at the house he was staying in, but heading back there would be ill-advised at the moment. He forced himself around a corner and decided to take his pack off and hold it in front of himself so it wouldn't smash into others in the crowd, couldn't be the victim of a pickpocket, and would have enough mobility to actually catch up with the others. He continued forward, hoping that he would spot them upon rounding the next corner, and upon doing so, He caught sight of Marduk again.

He pushed through the crowd until he once again reached the dragon, taking note then that the brown creature was waiting for him. He smiled and placed a hand at his side before saying, "Thanks for waiting up for me..." He knew his armor had slowed him down much too much, and looked ahead to be sure he wasn't holding Marduk up too much either. He had a bit of an idea, but it seemed a bit rude to ask of the dragon. Still, it would solve his dexterity problem. "I heard your name, but I didn't catch it...so then dragon, would you mind carrying the armor so I don't get lost in the confusion again?" Another reason for this was, like it or not, Hayate would have to come to Marduk's aid if he got in danger, to secure his armor.

He of course, would not unless Marduk agreed, though if Marduk started forward without agreeing he would slung his pack on again and think a bit about where Marduk would not mind being grabbed. Holding hands was a very easy way to stay together in a crowd...but Marduk did not have hands, and if Hayate tried then his own hand would probably be trampled. He began to think the whole situation a bit choatic, (if he hadn't thought so already) and he asked, "Where'd the other go?" Though he thought he could see Mordecai's staff in the distance, "You didn't lose him waiting for me, right?"