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Eventually, after the group reached the caravan and took off, they encroached upon the area in the northern quadrant, but Fudo stopped the cart in the face of a young man. This man was unknown by Fudo, but the others in the cart were sure to recognize him. This would especially be the case for the red-haired Magi, as this male ahead of the cart was a Magi himself, who answered to the name Ali.
Upon reaching the Northern Quadrant when the stopped the young woman atop the caravan took note of the individual whom they had come upon and she was most surprised to find him here. After that moment of shock wore off she hopped from her current placement and reached the place this young man was standing looking to him as if surprised. "I so didn't expect to find you here~" she chimed.
Meanwhile on the cart Yasmin was a bit surprised by Ali's appearance and wondered why he'd been just waiting around here. "Hmm... I figured he'd be gone by now." she said of the Magi very confused as to his appearance here. Meanwhile the familiarity with these people was something completely lost on Nasira so she leaned over to Bakura to question this new person. "Who is he?"
After stopping, Fudo seemed to only retain his curiosity for the identity of this man for a few moments, as both Yasmin and Samiya made known their recognition of him. Nasira, on the other hand, was also out of the loop, and asked Bakura for the man's identity. "Him? That's Ali. He's the magical guy who got us through the dungeon," he said to clarify.
Meanwhile, Ali himself turned his head toward the group, letting his eyes fall upon Samiya first and foremost. "Samiya? I've been here for a couple of weeks. What are you doing in this area?" While he waited for the woman's retort, his eyes wandered toward the other residents of the cart. He quickly recognized Yasmin, as well as the near-hidden Bakura in the back. "Oh, you guys are..." Ali took pause. He, much like Samiya, thought there was something strange about the behavior of the Rukh around these people; particularly the oddly mingling Rukh betwixt Yasmin and this mysterious teal-haired man. "... back. Samiya, did you do something here?"
"Oh." Nasira said understanding fully that this man must have been the Magi who lead Yasmin through her dungeon. He was a very interesting looking fellow but she supposed Samiya was also rather odd looking when she thought about it. Her curiosity now sated she sank back to where she had been, assuming that if she was needed it wouldn't be immediately.
Meanwhile, Samiya simply nodded her head to the young man who seemed to be approaching them and shrugged. "They wanted to come here. Something about liberating the country so I decided to tag along and make sure all of their questions were answered. Mostly I've just been observing and riding along a lot." she mentioned rolling her eyes over the group at the caravan. At this moment Yasmin waved to the young man who had apparently recognized her as well. "Hi~" she mentioned before returning her attention to Fudo realizing of course that he wouldn't know who that was. "That's Ali~ He's the Magi who lead me through the Dungeon I captured."
After a few seconds the question from Ali let her know that he too was seeing the things she was and confirmed in her mind the realness of the phenomenon. "I did nothing. At first I thought I was simply going mad. But since you see it too..." she said thinking about it a bit more. "I've never seen such a thing before and I have no explanation for it." And with that her tone changed just a tad, a hushed whisper would come from this young woman as she leaned in. "It's not normal... the way the Rukh around those two mingle." she said the last complete with two hand movements which brought her fingers together and danced them around for emphasis not that this was needed for the young man who could also see the Rukh and likely understood completely what this redheaded young woman was getting at.
"It's far from normal. I've never seen Rukh do such a thing." As the two Magi spoke about this strange occurrence, Ali turned his head and inspected the Rukh more closely. "Some of those belong to Paimon." A bit if focus allowed Ali to hone in on the Metal Vessel held by Fudo. "Amon? Astaroth? I can't remember which one that was."
"I know." Samiya said she too had been watching the interaction of the Rukh pretty much since the pair of Dungeon Capturers had met each other. With this in mind, she was simply amazed enough by the whole thing, to not know what to say about it. She'd also avoided commenting on the interaction of the Rukh to the pair since she had no explanation for what she was observing anyways. While she thought on all of this, Ali brought her back to this moment trying to figure out which of the fire based Djinn was being held by the teal haired young man. "Oh, it's Amon. Fudo captured the Seventh Dungeon." she mentioned. When thinking about his from a purely observational standpoint, she assumed that the mixing of the Rukh had something od do with the Djinn and the two individuals who use them. "Whatever is going on here, it doesn't seem to be negative so I am content to wait and see." she finished still looking. "Unless, of course you have a better idea." she mentioned. It seemed that Samiya was having a continued chat with this young man while trying to figure out about the Rukh's interactions with Fudo and Yasmin.
Meanwhile Yasmin looked at the pair of Magi in front of the cart and stretched her blue eyes never moving from the pair. "They are talking about us."
"Amon? That must have been more recent. I noticed Astaroth's dungeon went missing over a month ago. I assumed it had something to do with you at first, but I figured you would be the last person to go there." Now that he was on the topic, Ali was reminded of why he'd gone off on his own little journey. "Say, Samiya, did you raise the dungeons for Glasya-Labolas and Dantalion? Both of them have Dungeon Capturers here, but I feel like that's no doing of ours."
In the meantime, Fudo was being alerted to Yasmin's suspicions about the Magis' discussion. Nodding, he confirmed that he shared this idea as well. "That comes as no surprise. The look in that one's eye was the same look Samiya had earlier. We'll find out soon what they're going on about."
Samiya looked at the man before her as if baffled. It was quite normal to think that she might have taken someone to a dungeon, after all it was her main purpose in life. Even so, Ali was quite right in assuming that she'd had nothing to do with the dungeon raising or capture of Astaroth. "Yes, you are very right, it definitely isn't an ideal place as far as I am concerned. I figured you'd go there eventually." she said of the location which apparently housed the Djinn known as Astaroth. As for the final question posed by this man a bit of shock came over her face as she considered what he was asking and went on to explain why he had asked such a question. "No, I raised neither. It's a bit early to be considering either of those... I wouldn't have raised them. Assuming since you asked me you didn't do it either, who would raise those two?" she looked towards the next place then over her shoulder at the two Dungeon Capturers in the cart. "This does not bode well." she finished running a hand over her face. This had to mean that there was another Magi raising dungeons and doing things for reasons they did not yet know.
Meanwhile, Yasmin nodded seeming to know and understand that the Magi would eventually reveal any pertinent information. "I suppose so..."
"No, it does not bode well at all. We should get in contact with Shula and make sure she hasn't been raising any extra dungeons recently. For now, though," he said, turning his attention to the cart and its inhabitants. "I'm back to accompanying you all. Oh, I'm Ali, by the way... for those of you I've yet to meet." With that said, Ali hopped onto the top of the cart, where he would rest until there was use for him.
"Fudo Shakir. Pleasure to meet you, Magi." Assuming Samiya would also return to the cart, Fudo moved the vehicle forward until the group reached their ultimate destination: the Harron family's palace in northern Parthevia. There were many more slaves present in this area, but upon approaching the small palace-like building he was sure to be their target, Fudo exited the cart and began walking toward the building. "I suppose it's time I did something as well, isn't it?" he said, making his way toward the front gates.
Samiya sighed thinking of the other Magi known as Shula and simply shook her head from left to right. "I actually have a reasonable amount of faith that Shula wouldn't do something like that. Though if any would lead someone to Astaroth's dungeon it would be her." mentioned the woman who also retook her place atop the cart next to Ali which would probably continue to seem odd to all below.
As the Magi introduced himself and said he'd be rejoining them for their adventure, Yasmin only nodded. She'd always assumed he would be back eventually though she was never very sure what he was doing in the first place, she trusted this individual. "Good to have you back~" she mentioned to the spiky haired male. Meanwhile, Nasira had a look at the man and introduced herself as Fudo had done figuring it would be best if they all got to know each other as well. "I'm Nasira." she said sticking her head out before shuffling back into the spot she'd inhabited inside the cart. And before too long the caravan was off again, this time making it all the way to the compound of the Northern Side of the country. Here they saw numerous slaves and a small palace. Upon reaching the destination Yasmin heard what Fudo had to say and shrugged. "If you wish to go first I won't stop you... I'll go as well." she said knowing that she'd long since reached her limit as far as letting other people get out in front of her was concerned.
Inside of this small palace in one of its more elaborate rooms decorated with lots of shelves, scrolls and books, a purple haired girl could be found with golden eyes. She was sitting behind a desk with lots of papers in front of her... but it was unclear whether or not she as alone here.