[center][img]https://i.gifer.com/2r5w.gif[/img] [h3][color=fff79a]Kasugano Sakura[/color][/h3]
Level 3: 03/30
Location: Hawker's Alley, mentioning [@Yankee] and Blue Team
Word Count: 853
Points Gained: 2
New EXP Balance--- Level 3: 05/30 [/center]

	Sakura was on the case. Immediately she turned the purple big around and held it with her arms outstretched. Her mouth became a small 'o' and she then neared the baby behemoth very close to her face. [color=fff79a][sup][i]"Ya-hoooo, BB-Chaaaaannnn~!"[/i][/sup][/color] She greeted the adorable, grumpy creature. Unbeknownst to her, Sakura went full anime girl, her voice reaching heretofore unprecedented levels of high-pitched glee. It was practically a squeak. She booped her nose against it's snout and giggled. Then she rested in the crook of her arm and began to pet it's weirdo hairdo. Tongue stuck out, she was entirely absorbed in her showering of praise for the baby behemoth, giving him so much affection for merely existing. 

	[color=fff79a]"He's so smaalll and purpleee. I've never seen a purple piigggg but now all of them should beee purpllleee~"[/color] She murmered in an odd sing-song voice. [color=fff79a]"[i]Yuki-chan[/i] and [i]Blanka-chan[/i] have some competitiooonnn for [i]kawaī otokoooo~~[/i] Cutest guy in the whole wide wooorld~"[/color]

	Sakura was finally brought back into this reality as Ace Cadet asked his question. The brunette chuckled. [color=fff79a]"Yep!"[/color] She replied simply, not seeming to take any offense. [color=fff79a]"No problem, Cadet-san. I'm used to being broke! And being insulted for being poor. You get used to it when your friends slash arch enemies with Karin Kanzuki."[/color] She shrugged with a smirk, petting the pig politely.

	However, her face lit up as Cadet offered his gift. [color=fff79a]"Free money!? The best kind of money!"[/color] Sakura exclaimed, foreshadowing her potential future as a broke college student. Sakura rushed forward and, still holding BB in her right arm, hugged Ace Cadet with the other, picking him up, spinning him around and setting him back down again. 

	"[i]Domo arigato,[/i] Mister Cadet!" She greeted him. [color=fff79a]"That was...gigginice of you!"[/color] She said, wanting to relate to him with his language. She accepted the gil and put it in her student bag. Then, she bowed.

	[color=fff79a]"Okay! I'm gonna..."[/color] She turned around to run back into Hawker's Alley, then hesitated. She saw the dull colors and the red eyes of the people and felt that awful feeling again.[color=fff79a] "I...I'm gonna go, spend money...right now."[/color] She paused a moment, gathered her courage, and plunged ahead. She wasn't planning on doing anything too adventurous, and already her nerves wavered as she weaved from person to person. But she was going to be leaving here for a while, probably. She needed to get used to it! Encouraging herself onward, she found a snack store and bought the item she was looking for. It only cost a single gil. Once the transaction was complete, Sakura hurried back to the others.

	She had acquired a packet of Pocky's, one of her favorite snacks from back home. It was a red box full of thin, crunchy sticks of dough covered in hard chocolate near the top. Satisfied, she showed them to Ace Cadet and anyone else who was looking. [color=fff79a]"If we're ever bored we can eat these for fun. I can even tell your future with them! I would know. I've been beat up by two separate fortune tellers, so some of their magic rubbed off on me, I'm sure."[/color] Sakura was only half joking. She shuddered the remaining chills that had built up in her spine throughout her quick trek. Sakura was pleased with herself, if a little tired from being around those influenced people.

	Later, she would listen intently to Peach's findings. At least the Princess was good at diplomacy and finding things out. To be honest, Sakura had completely forgotten about actually needing to talk to people in her mixed reactions to the strange, wonderful, and dreadful city.

	Then she heard what Cadet said, and what Bowser Jr. and Kamek said. They would need transportation. Sakura had mainly travelled the world by walking, by bus, and by boat, with a few plane trips thrown in here and there if she was travelling with Karin. The journey was half the fun...in most cases. The Abyssal fleet sounded serious. But hey, if they were really going to be heroes, beating up evil bad guys sounded way better than the hard calls and lesser whatevers that Geralt was talking about earlier.

	Sakura decided to voice her opinion.[color=fff79a] "Um...well. An airship really does sound fun. But it's probably not as good as an option as it sounds, if no one here has already done it. Those navy boat girls look pretty tough, and they can already fly. We'll probably have to sail right into the bad guy's lair and shut the portal off from whatever evil dimension they come from. Like something out one of my [i]otouto[/i]- uh, little brother's video games. You know? A real adventure." [/color] Sakura brightened up at this prospect.

	[color=fff79a]"So yeah. That's what I think. Keep in mind I have no experience in this kind of thing, so take what I say with, a, uh, grain of salt. At least two tea spoons of figurative salt. I'll go with whatever you think is best."[/color] She looked over at Princess Peach. A sweat bead appeared on her forehead, and she bowed. [color=fff79a]"Uh, your majesty." [/color] She added awkwardly.