[hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/8mKDpEy.png[/img]
[hr]

[color=fff79a]"Too many,"[/color] Haruna replied. [color=fff79a]"I don't actually remember how many there are, exactly. They tried pretty hard to get me to join early on. I'm pretty sure I ran into at least five different ones personally, and there's like three times as many as that in the city all told. In the City of Light, you're either a GEM or you're flying solo. That's. . . part of why we don't get along,"[/color] she said, glancing at Nyxia as she continued. [color=fff79a]"If they're actually [i]all[/i] here, you guys are in serious trouble. Or, I probably should say [i]we're[/i] in serious trouble. I don't think they like that I didn't join, and I don't like how they go at dark girls, so if it comes to it I don't think they're gonna pull their punches just for me. You're probably right that they won't go at me right away, though. I'll keep an eye out for them while I'm searching for the mystery dark girl in town, see if they'll tell me why they're so invested in coming to Hibusa all of a sudden."[/color]

She chose to let Shuuko's strangeness go for the moment. She'd said that she might behave differently when she saw Haruna next, and that was certainly true. It was almost like Shuuko was a totally different person each time Haruna had met her. Her desires sounded different again, too, although those at least had a texture similar to their initial, unfortunate meeting. Part of Shuuko evidently still wanted to rip Haruna's head off, for one. Very curious, that one. . . if she weren't still mostly a stranger here, she might ask about it. That was a question for a private conversation, at the very least. 

Attempting to offer Nyxia and Suki both their desired reprieve from the meeting, Haruna dragged herself up out of her seat once more. [color=fff79a]"I can actually start looking now, if you guys want. Unless you think I should wait for Rei? I kinda get the impression that Rei is going to find me when Rei wants to find me, though."[/color]