[center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/494317685505523714/716021659605270668/EmN5MKm.png[/img] [h3][color=fff79a]Kasugano Sakura[/color][/h3] Level 1: 2/10 Location: Lumbridge, Great Pon Tu Inn, interacting with Joker Word Count: 630 Points Gained: 1 New EXP Balance--- Level 1: 3/10[/center] Sakura liked the innkeep. [color=fff79a][i]He's big, bearded, and friendly. Kinda like Zangief! Only nicer, probably, and this guy has never thrown me across the room before. And, I have zenny! I'm glad we figured out an exchange rate that's fair.[/i][/color] Sakura had organized a place for herself to stay. Already she felt a bit safer. Travelling was her thing, but unlike Ryu she needed somewhere to go back too every once in a while to regroup and compose herself. This place would do! As she gathered up the new currency into her school bag, a very likeable person asked for her attention. He looked like some kind of suave super thief that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. It was very good looking. She had seen some flamboyantly dressed people in her time as a Street Fighter, and usually they made her feel kind of tasteless. Really she was just dressed as a school girl because she was a school girl. Represent? Maybe? [color=fff79a][i]I have a bandana? That's cool, right? And gloves? I should probably take the gloves off now that I'm somewhere safe.[/i][/color] She thought to herself, holding the student bag infront of her with both arms. Either way, she spent a little bit too long taking in Joker's outfit before she blinked and looked him in the eyes with a welcoming smile. This person was easy to read and kind to strangers, so Joker had found the right person to ask if he wanted trustworthy information. As Sakura answered Joker's question, she began to pull the fighting gloves from her hands. [color=fff79a]"Sure, no problem! I came from this place called the Forbidden Kingdom."[/color] Sakura explained, setting the gloves on the table. Her tapped the counter. [color=fff79a]"Now, uh, don't let the name fool you. Everyone's pretty nice there, and there's lots of friendly fights, with tournaments and TV. Lots of familiar faces from the World Warriors league back home."[/color] Turning to the side, Sakura mimed a few punches at the open air as she explained the part about fighting. [color=fff79a]"And, it has cell phone service! But, it's a pretty long walk. About...that way. Way, way that way. "[/color] Sakura concluded, waving her arm in the general direction she had entered Lumbridge from. Yup. Almost everyone she knew was there...except the one she really wanted to see. Ryu, the eternal nomad, always seeking truth in battle. Maybe he got bored of the staged fights and left for greater challenge? She quirked her to the side, looking a little disappointed about something. She perked up though and quickly asked a question. [color=fff79a]"But, [i]ē to[/i]...have you seen a japanese guy named Ryu? He's about this tall, he wears a [i]karetegi[/i] with the arms torn off that show his really big muscles, he's got short black hair, and he's got a headband like this one but it's red instead of white?"[/color] She flattened her hand a little under a foot above her own head, pointed at her own biceps, tussled her own hair and then tapped her headband in quick succession as she rapidly described Ryu. Clearly this was a person she cared about a lot, like a friend of hers. Her left index finger was frozen over her headband as she waited for Joker's answer. Her back was straight and her other hand was by her side, suddenly it looked like she was doing some kind of bizarre salute. In reality, she was in total anticipation of whatever Joker's answer was going to be in regards to the whereabouts of Ryu. She had come in here expecting to take it slow and explore a little bit, but she couldn't help herself that an opportunity for information had presented itself in the form of a friendly interaction with a stranger.