Board Thread:World-wide RP/@comment-28929139-20170708055637/@comment-28929139-20170709212511

Tiatsu's initial reaction had been exactly what she expected, to be engaged with the horses, not facing her. She had at least known him well enough to not be surprised by this manner. But then...he looked at her. Tiatsu was known for alot of things but eye contact was not one of them. Eye contact was the object of many meanings and significances. It was a way to express not only conviction behind one's words, but also a means of defiance and rebellion. And right now, Kideme was hoping she was seeing the former in his eyes right now.

Whatever it was, for him to actually look upon her, it gave her a charge to continue speaking and she did. And he kept up the eye contact to the best of his withdrawn manner. He did something strange though and lifted his fist to the air, balling it up, looking as if he was ready to hit something. He didn't, but even if he had, Kideme didn't flinch. She saw his jaw began to tremble and he stared off to the side before he made the demand to stop.

And then like that he was gone. Albeit a little confused, Kideme let out a deep sigh of....relief? Release? She didn't know but she THINKS it went well? Or better than she had hoped at least. She didn't know.

All she did know was that he was ready to go and so was she. Perhaps only five minutes had spanned but just the same, it wasn't yet time for Hayato to appear so Kideme ran to find him.

"Hayato?" She looked around in their rented room and the moment she saw him, she pulled him into a hug. It wasn't nearly as tight as before, but there was enough squeeze to let him know something was up. "Thank you."

After pulling away, she grabbed up the remainder of her packed belongings and looked to him as she hurried back to their horses. "He's already taken off, we gotta boogie!"

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Fifteen minutes later and the trusty trio were on the road again. After catching up with Tiatsu on horseback, Kideme took up the lead and escorted them toward Otafuku city. With their horses taking a full on sprint toward their next destination, they were able to reach it within less than three hours. That being said, they still had most of the day to spend as they saw fit.

Unlike Port City, which was far more high energy and geared towards an active nightlife Otafuku City was a resort town right on the beach. There was a fair amount of tourists but it was nowhere near as busy in commerce and entertainment. With its fame for having the best fresh sushi around this side of the mountain pass, there area overall was more relaxed and serene.

Before they happened upon the city's limits, Kideme began to slow down, taking a moment to actually sit down on the saddle, feeling her legs shake from the consistent pulsing of hanging onto her ride. But after a moment, she glanced to both boys. "We got here a lot sooner than I expected, and it's still a few hours until most houses open. You guys want to just look around? Relax a bit and have something to eat? I could setup camp for us."

Kideme looked between them for their opinions. It was currently about 11am, the sun was out with a few clouds in the sky and a bit breezy. She figured while they had a little downtime this would be a good opportunity for them all to stretch their legs.