[center][url=https://youtu.be/XXhGrs6wKCI?si=p1OMGNCwtAWNPF4f][img]https://i.imgur.com/V2fMVnx.png[/img][/url] [color=#FFFFFF]_[/color][color=#FCFBFB]_[/color][color=#F9F8F8]_[/color][color=#F6F5F5]_[/color][color=#F3F2F2]_[/color][color=#F0EFEF]_[/color][color=#EDECEC]_[/color][color=#EAE9E9]_[/color][color=#E7E6E6]_[/color][color=#E4E3E3]_[/color][color=#E1E0E0]_[/color][color=#DEDDDD]_[/color][color=#DBDADA]_[/color][color=#D8D7D7]_[/color][color=#D5D4D4]_[/color][color=#D2D1D1]_[/color][color=#CFCECE]_[/color][color=#CCCBCB]_[/color][color=#C9C8C8]_[/color][color=#C6C5C5]_[/color][color=#C3C2C2]_[/color][color=#C0BFBF]_[/color][color=#BDBCBC]_[/color][color=#BAB9B9]_[/color][color=#B7B6B6]_[/color][color=#B4B3B3]_[/color][color=#B1B0B0]_[/color][color=#AEADAD]_[/color][color=#ABAAAA]_[/color][color=#A8A7A7]_[/color][color=#A5A4A4]_[/color][color=#A2A1A1]_[/color][color=#9F9E9E]_[/color][color=#9C9B9B]_[/color][color=#999898]_[/color][color=#969595]_[/color][color=#939292]_[/color][color=#908F8F]_[/color][color=#8D8C8C]_[/color][color=#8A8989]_[/color][color=#878686]_[/color][color=#848383]_[/color][color=#818080]_[/color][color=#7E7D7D]_[/color][color=#7B7A7A]_[/color][color=#787777]_[/color][color=#757474]_[/color][color=#727171]_[/color][color=#6F6E6E]_[/color][color=#6C6B6B]_[/color][color=#696868]_[/color][color=#666565]_[/color][color=#636262]_[/color][color=#605F5F]_[/color][color=#5D5C5C]_[/color][color=#5A5959]_[/color][color=#575656]_[/color][color=#545353]_[/color][color=#515050]_[/color][color=#4E4D4D]_[/color][color=#4B4A4A]_[/color][color=#484747]_[/color][color=#454444]_[/color][color=#424141]_[/color][color=#3F3E3E]_[/color][color=#3C3B3B]_[/color][color=#393838]_[/color][color=#363535]_[/color][color=#333232]_[/color][color=#302F2F]_[/color][/center] [h1][/h1] [@AThousandCurses][@Yankee][@Erode][@baraquiel][@Vertigo] [h1][/h1] Frowning, her gaze locked on the phone that Hana had pulled out during her explanation. [color=ed1c24]“That won’t be a problem, we won’t get lost, not as long as Masato stays by my side that is, for when one understands and embraces the truth, you are never truly lost and these eyes will guide us back no matter where we may find ourselves”[/color] Having a complete lack of concern about whether or not they would get lost during their exploration and resource gathering. Feeling quite confident that she would be able to find her way back to the camp if it came down to it. [h1][/h1] Sapphire eyes trailing over to the makeshift spear that Masato now held. She remained quiet, its presence only gaining her attention temporarily. Any doubt or concern she had about it potentially being turned against her if Masato saw fit while they were out in the wilderness melting away from her thoughts. She had no doubt that Hana had given it to him, not only for the beasts and predators, but because of Ayana as well. [h1][/h1] However that all mattered very little in the current situation, what was important was the time she was going to have alone with the class president. She had never spoken to him before much in the past. Having not crossed paths often, for a wide variety of reasons. But all of that stuff was in the past, and the past wasn’t of Oros' concern. [h1][/h1] No, what was important now was the future, and bringing her classmates into this future. The first step to making them come to accept and understand the truth, to be blessed and honored as Oros had. To open the eyes of the blind, it was to bring Masato over to her side, to make him see the truth, to embrace it and bring it into his soul, she needed to open his eyes. For once he could truly see for the first time, would he come to understand the truth. [h1][/h1] With his understanding, it would prove helpful for Oro’s cause. Unlike Ayana, Masato commanded a bit of respect and power amongst their peers due to his position as class president. He would be a valuable ally for her cause, for if he presented the truth to the others, it would surely begin to open their eyes if the message came from their glorious class president. [h1][/h1] ------------ [h1][/h1] Her thoughts were interrupted by the stench of rotten wood and urine. A woody pungent smell that burned her nostrils that woke up her mind to everything around them. Her eyes came into focus on the signs of a creature having recently been here, signs in the grass and the marks higher up in the trees. [color=ed1c24]"What a smell...I would not recommend it as a form of fragrance..."[/color] The forest was brimming with wildlife. Options, possibilities, limitless possibilities…. [h1][/h1] [color=ed1c24]“So…..Ma-Sa-To…..it seems we have come to a important decision, a crossroads, a dilemma….to take the route of the beast on the ground, that is likely to be larger, or to go in pursuit of whatever traversed in the trees and potentially have more numerous prey to bring back….”[/color] Her voice cheerful as it trailed off, a big smile plastered across her face. Thoughts of how she should approach this racing through her mind, but they all came to one conclusion, he must be tested. [h1][/h1] [color=ed1c24]“What will it be glorious leader?....or perhaps you have something else on your mind? Or maybe you want to stick that spear of yours into my heart? So many options are before you…..now what will you choose…..”[/color] Spreading her arms out to either side of her as she left herself completely open. Her smile remained as she even laughed a little, not taking any of it too seriously. She still needed to get a better idea of how Masato thought, what Masato was like when alone and not having to put up a front. [h1][/h1] After all, she only ever saw Masato from afar typically, going about his duties as class president. He remained a mystery to Oros, one she wished to figure out and solve. Who was Masato really, what made him tick. Sure they had an important task of gathering food and any other valuable supplies they could get their hands on right now. But she wasn’t about to let that dissuade her even if she understood the importance of it. [h1][/h1] [color=ed1c24]"Make sure if you do stab me with that thing to hit me right in the solar plexus, and give it a good twist and pull while you are at it, I heard that is a much less painful and quick way to go out if you have to get stuck with some kind of foreign object...."[/color] her tone almost teasing even as she made light of potential murder. [color=ed1c24]"Or did I just see that in a movie or something? oh well I guess we won't find out unless you go for the ole pokey poke"[/color]The smile never leaving her face as she tilted her head aside in thought and curiosity. But how Masato would react, now that is something she had to see with her own eyes, especially without her Endless Eclipse, with Shun still clinging to her valued treasure elsewhere in this wilderness limiting what she could see.