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Manfred:[@Force and Fury], Eun-Ji [@Medili], Carmilla [@Animus], Dorothea [@jasbraq], Zarra [@BreathOfTheWoof][/center]
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Leon had warmer receptions from Eskand he thought as he saw the entire group more or less ignore him. It wasn’t something disastrous but it did bruise the ego a little bit. Carmilla was whispering off to someone Leon hadn’t meet yet. No doubt shyly admiring him as he expected from Carmilla at this point. But shyness was not a virtue and Leon was left waiting on the portal to open.

As Leon waited on Hugo to progress them, he thought about the team more in-depth.

Carmilla was the one he had the most experience with. While he did enjoy her company, he had yet to learn what she could actually do with magic. Hell, he couldn’t even remember what school of magic she studied. After all this time, he would like to think that she would have displayed something. Shyness is what he chalked it up to. But he wondered if she could actually do anything.

Leon had far more confidence in Eun-Ji’s combat ability by comparison. He had seen it head-on and knew if things got nasty, she would have no problems with fighting. But she was too effective, something that sparks worry when Leon reflects that he barely knows the girl. With a few exchanges and an off-handed date, there was little to go off. Only that she was friendly enough and had a past that prepared her for combat beyond a reasonable degree. Could the friendliness all be a facade?

Manfred was the only other one Leon had seen before and only briefly. It was hard not to let assumptions take to his mind. While Leon could suspend his disbelief when it came to Revidia’s participation in the assassinations, he could not say the same for the bullets of Kerreman’s. Perhaps Manfred could be different, but the military dignity shown in his apparel brought little confidence.

Dorothea is the name he assumed belonged to the girl who was whispering with Carmilla. There were few thoughts he could form on her so far.

And lastly, Zarra… Zarra? Maybe the one talking to the archmage? He couldn’t be sure.

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When the portals opened up, Leon was the first to go through. Placing his apple core in the nearest provided bin, or what he assumed to be one at least, he through his momentum forward and his hands toward the ground. With his usual flair, Leon went feet first cartwheeling through the portal.

Before he knew it, Leon was in the Feskan night air sticking the landing with a [color=fff200][b]“ta-da!”[/b][/color] Only to find that there was no one around to impress. There was audible commotion all over the place but the old man felt it best to teleport them to an unoccupied space? What a waste of a portal.

Moving past that, Leon waited for the rest of the team. He leaned back against the railing of the upper deck and took in the scenery. It was a nice night really the stars shone high in the sky, the moon above reflecting the sun’s radiance bathed the ship in a pale glow where the ship’s lights had missed. Music and commotion were something he hadn’t been getting enough of since leaving his traveller life behind. A peaceful smile took his face as the ambience whisked his thoughts away.

But all was not perfect. Much like the ugly smoke being poured into the sky, the sounds of aggressive murmuring and a galvanizing speech were taking place. Flipping around to look at the rabble below, Leon frowned as he remembered there was a riot they had to stop. This wasn’t a vacation, he knew that, but couldn’t the wizard with control over time give them a couple of hours of fun first. Leon sighed as he listened in on the speech, he may as well try to understand where they are coming from.

Leon couldn’t imagine blaming a gambling ship for taking his money. An optional luxury being thrust up as an entity where one is helpless to it brings you to poverty. How silly. While he agreed the world shouldn’t belong to those born into wealth, at the same time it didn’t belong to the unexceptional who can’t rise on their own merits. And these people were painfully unexceptional. People who spoke like this could never succeed.

[color=fff200][b]“Well, you heard them down there.”[/b][/color] Leon spun around to face the team. [color=fff200][b]“They have plenty more rioters on the shoreline. Someone should go and get the captain to stop the ship.”[/b][/color] Leon stepped away from the balcony, looking to leave the gathering. [color=fff200][b]“As for me, I plan to help defend the lyre. Come with me, if you like. But I need to actually find it first.”[/b][/color] He directed at no one in particular as he left.

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Leon likes Carmilla, but is suspicious that she hasn't shown her magic to him yet.
Leon is unsure about Eun-Ji, she is friendly but he can tell she is keeping something back.
Leon dislikes Manfred, because bullets were used at multiple assassinations and bullets are associated with Kerreman's
Leon takes in the riverboat setting and decides to go defend the lyre, wherever it is.
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