The playful catching came to a stop as they came to the flower garden that indicates the centre of Erev and the queen's castle. Carla rubs her nose furiously; she was allergic to pollen unfortunately.
"Now, where are the rest…" Aria whispers to herself, she scanned around the flower patch and true enough he saw a familiar hat sticking out from the bed of lilies.
"Milate!" Aria called out, and the hat twitched a little. The owner of the hat stood up and Carla gasps realizing who it was, she addressed the latter first.
"I thought you were in Orbis, taking care of your mother." Carla states loudly, Milate raised an eyebrow before rearranging her expression carefully to a neural one. She walked past the flowers and bowed respectfully at Aria's feet.
"She will be fine; I was requested by the Queen to come here after all; my mother will understand." Milate added in, Aria seemed taken aback by her friend's politeness, she crouched down hurridly beside her warrior made companion, "there is no need to be so respectful to me, Mil; now, won't you look at me?" she requested kindly, Milate is a female warrior, one who specialize in magic based damage, due to her mother being a magician and all. And she had the tendency to be a little bit uptight.
Milate peered up slowly, her golden colored eyes met with the blue ones. Aria grinned widely; she stood up and extended her own hands. After much hesitation, Milate took up her offer.
Carla bounced to their side, sniffing her nose all the way. "Mil Mil !" the bowman called her nickname in a sing song voice, causing Milate blush horribly, "Don't call me that." she expressed rather aggressively. Carla flashed a naughty smile; Indicating that she will not stop. Carla tugged on Milate long golden hair, causing Milate to yelp in pain.
Aria left her two friends as they are and walked a couple of steps forward, her gaze paused at a curious creature hanging from the apple tree nearby. A Bat; stared at her with his small reflective black eyes; Aria gave a long audible sigh, "Iris, if you are here. Why don't you make yourself known?"
True enough, a dark shadow flashed jumped from the darkness of the tree and landed gracefully in front of the Empress, who does not seemed any taken aback by the appearance. The noises from their background simmered away, the night walker stood up and bowed deeply, she removed her mask that she was wearing reveling her pale skin, and dark piercing eyes.
"Empress Aria." She said softly, announcing her arrival. The Bat which was perched on the tree earlier, fluttered to its master and landed on her arm gently.
Milate pulled herself away from Carla, "Iris! How long have you been that tree?" She exclaimed loudly, she herself was behind the bed of lilies that were next to that particular tree for an hour at least. She was being watched all that time?
Iris glanced at milate, "Long enough." She said simply.
Carla jumped on her warrior friend, making the latter wobble due to her weight. "Hello, Iris. How are you doing?" the bowman asked happily; interrupting into Milate impending anger.
Iris gazed at her direction; for the first time, she let out a slight smile. "Very well, Carla. And you?"
Milate yawp painfully and in a fluid motion she threw Carla off her back, "You need to lose some weight, Carla!" she uttered and rubbed her neck at the same time. Milate wheeled around and glared at Iris, "And you, don't try to change the subject!"
Aria watched from the sidelines, happily even though it looked as if a fight was going to break out. Friends of the soul.
"Well Well, the warrior and the thief are having a fight again?" boomed a voice, so familiar and honestly quite surprising caused Aria to snap out of her thoughts. She spun around, to see two figures standing at the front steps which led to the garden they were in currently.
"Lebre! Ozzy!" The Brawler and poison flame wizard of The Victorian Continent has arrived.
Milate released her grip on Iris, and Carla came down from Iris back. All three of them and Aria rushed forward, with Mil and Iris using their magic; competing for first place with Mil using soul rush and Iris; flash jump.
All four came to a halt, Lebre laughing madly at the two competitors; one who have crashed into the wall nearby and the other jumping further then when she meant to stop. Ozzy shook his head disapprovingly but ignored them; he turned her attention to Aria and Carla. "We came back, hearing your request."
Carla embraced Ozzy who reciprocated the action. "I missed you so much, Oz!"
"Me too, little sis."
Ozzy moved his sister away for a moment and bowed respectfully to the Queen of Erev. "Grendal extends his well wishings." Empress Aria nodded kindly, Grendal; the old and wise magician of Elin had assisted her in overseeing many events in Victorian before, she was exceptionally thankful for his help.
Lebre came forward; he deposited the dazed two ladies whom were competing earlier on the ground. "They are very skilled though need more practice of self control." At least he was kind enough to pick them up from where they had crashed into.
Carla burst into laughter, much to the chagrin of the warrior and Nightwalker.
Ozzy helped the two ladies up, both who were red in the face and staring daggers at Carla. Lebre shook hands with Aria and felt the steel knuckles which were a brawler's weapon.
"Well then, since we are all acquainted. We can start the meeting that we are all here for."