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[color=hotpink]"You can see it too, Kanbaru?"[/color] Akiko asked, raising her arms to block a strike before seeing Castle fly forward and strike another dog into plant mush. Her thoughts were provoked even further when Caprice spoke up about it being imperceptible. [color=hotpink]"And Caprice can't...?"[/color]

[color=red][ It is true. Your friend, the Wheel of Fortune, can see me through some greater supernatural power, but the Fool cannot. It's an interesting situation, your friends not being able to see me excluding the Wheel. I cannot say the same for their Serei, though. ][/color] Castle backpedaled to hover behind Akiko, the onslaught of dogs dying down more and more, though it occasionally kept diving forward to jam a hole straight through a dog that dared to get too close.

[color=hotpink]"Might be something to test out."[/color] Akiko pulled out the Lorelai card and held it for a second, deciding whether to summon her or not. At the approach of the well-dressed gentleman, she decided to be safe and summoned Lorelai. At the very least she'd be nice to hold.

After the brash accusations of the man at the group, Akiko sighed at everyone else jumping to conclusions before she stepped forward, Castle floating behind her in defense. [color=hotpink]"Like the blonde said, we haven't committed any sort of larceny so far, as enticing as that might seem and as guilty as we may look."[/color] She straightened out her dress and pushed some hair out of her face. [color=hotpink]"That being said, perhaps our sudden and mysterious arrival can work out in both of our favors. Maybe if you call off these dogs and we talk things out like reasonable people we can reach a consensus?"[/color] Akiko looked back at the group and sighed.

[color=hotpink]"Okay, maybe if [i]we[/i] can talk things out like reasonable people. No offense to any of the party members behind me, but I don't think that I'd be hard pressed to say that I'm the person that speaks for the group."[/color]

As Akiko spoke, Castle's eyes flashed along with Akiko's own. Perhaps it was just the way she stood in the moonlight to this man, but Kanbaru could see [color=red]exactly what she was doing[/color].