[center][h3][b]Erika Frost stands flustered.[/b][/h3][/center]
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"Haaaaaaaaa....."  Erika sighed aloud as her partner jumped off.  She knew that Tanja wasn't normal, but she might have forgot to pound into her head that she should at least try to act it and not jump off of high places.  Then that one boorish guy who was trying to act tough by shoving through everyone jumped off to try and save her.  She opened her mouth to say something but he was gone before she really had a chance to mention anything.  Erika just sighed and shrugged.  Realistically, she could probably make her way down to Tanja if she really tried but it was a bit dangerous to do so she opted not to.  "Tanjaaaaaaaa....."  She groaned mostly to herself as she tried to make herself comfortable on the elevator.  

They'd reach the bottom soon enough.  She just started listening in on the other's conversation and it surprised her that everyone was surprised that they were child artifact hunters.  When the small girl was finished speaking her piece, Erika spoke up so the rest could hear her.  "What?  Didn't grow up in a town like this?  You don't have too many choices as an orphan in a town like this.  Not if you want to go somewhere in this world."  Her tone sounded friendly, if a little dismissive of the worries.  "It's kind of normal in a lot of places a bit more..." Erika seemed to judge her word choices and didn't seem quite happy with her choice when she made it.  "'Uncivilized.'"

She had been to the bigger cities before, of course.  They were a bit more on the civilized side than where she lived, here as well.  "It's not the best word for the situation, but I think it's the best way to put it."  She shook her head a few times and put her smile back on.  "Oh, and, no need to worry about Tanja.  She's just a bit of an eccentric."  Despite saying that, the tapping of her foot betrayed her worry regardless.

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A somewhat short time later, they reached the bottom of the elevator shaft and Erika saw her partner.  She jumped off the elevator a little before it reached the bottom.  She landed gracefully and paced herself over to Tanja quickly before standing before her.  The woman's hands reached out and gently pinched the robot girl's cheeks.  "What do you think you're doing." She tried whispering to her, though, it was a bit loud.  Enough so for the others to hear.  "Don't try something like that again or I'm going to have to just hold your hand the entire time so you don't disappear somewhere."  After she said her piece she gave a sigh and switched from pinching cheeks to patting Tanja on the head.  "Just don't do things that'll make me worry, alright?"

She looked over to the red headed guy who jumped after her.  She didn't really like his attitude and truthfully, she didn't want anything to do with him at the moment.  She just gave him a small, noncommittal nod before looking around the area.  She had gone ruin delving more than a few times and this really wasn't too different from what she explored for the first time when she was little.  She didn't think too much of the luminescent growths since she had seen plenty in her time.  "Looks like we're going to have a fun time exploring."