Reim Empire

Shadiya cried for Shaka, but soon enough there was someone at her side, already. Her new friend Aiolia crouched with her and asked if she'd be alright. She looked at him with tears still in her eyes and wiped them away, reaching over her hand she placed it atop his on her shoulder. "To be honest..." she kept wiping away tears that kept falling. "He was my only friend for a long time..." she said looking at her friend. She was sad, but she knew she couldn't dwell on it too long, after all, this sort of dwelling is what lead to people not being able to move forward, and it wasn't something she intended to do. "But he wouldn't want me to completely stop for him... right now, I'm just sad... but eventually, I'll be better." she said to Aiolia. "Thank you..."

"I wasn't trying to skip out... I am totally still ready for a workout after running for what felt like several miles." said the pink haired girl rolling her eyes at Fudo. Still that scream combined with what she was hearing from Malik gave her a decent picture of what had occurred here. Not the full details but at least who Shadiya was crying over. "Uh-huh, we missed everything... and you guys took out six black Djinn-like creatures while we were trying to get here." Yasmin said in summation. It would be Nasira who spoke next mostly just because of the details. "Yeah, I don't know what they were either. But I never know anything important... seems like something was wrong. There were people killed in front of my bedroom... which means they got pretty far into the house." she said wondering how this had happened but not really understanding. "Perhaps we should ask Shadiya, she seemed to be the one taking care of stuff when we woke up." she said with a nod. Which only caused Yasmin to shrug. "Give her a minute..." she said of the purple haired girl. Yasmin didn't know for certain but she was pretty sure she'd just lost someone important to her, and it seemed a tad disrespectful just to show up and start questioning things.

Aiolia's gaze was nothing shy of sympathetic. Reaching into his pocket, the young man retrieved a white handkerchief with green lining, which he then offered to Shadiya. "I can't say I understand, but I do have an idea of what you may be going through now. I'm here if you need to talk."

"Black Djinn? That sounds strange," said Fudo. It was his understanding that Djinn were blue in color, and the idea that there were black ones attacking innocents, but he couldn't argue with what he'd seen on the horizon. Whatever the case, it seemed they would be giving Shadiya a bit of space for the time being, and when Yasmin spoke of this, Fudo felt as if he knew why she said so.

Shadiya looked up to find sympathy in the eyes of the golden haired boy, and it was comforting, even though they'd only met just a few hours prior. She accepted the handkerchief offered to her to begin drying the tears on her face. She knew she probably looked like she'd seen hell, what with a bruise on her face and across her always showing midriff. She also felt like she'd been hit really hard, but more so that that she felt emotionally drained, which she also thought was likely normal, not that she was that used to this. Though just a while prior to this she'd lost her brother, she was a lot less attached to him than she had been her friend. Either way she took a few moments to get herself together and when she was finished she took a breath. Surprisingly enough her other friends had yet to join them and she was kind of curious as to why. Even so, she finally stood up again looking to Aiolia. "Thank you, for helping me and hearing me out just now. I really appreciate it." she said those golden eyes of hers just a little red around the edges. With this done she moved Shaka's arms so they were over his chest and walked over him, she figured she still needed to explain what happened to her friends and figure out what to do with the young man's corpse. "I think, I'll have to explain what happened to everyone else now... will you come with me?" she asked. It was an odd favor to need but she wasn't sure if she'd be able to fully explain what happened without breaking up in the middle of it, and felt like this young man would offer her moral support.

"It was, strange. I fought it though, it seems to be damageable by magic, though they are capable of regenerating to some extent." explained Nasira who'd obviously been fighting against the thing though not just for her own amusement, though she would have. The smug look on the black haired girl's face, made Yasmin smile a little as she thought the girl was a bit funny.

When Shadiya accepted his offering, Aiolia provided a warm and gentle smile. His next action was a shake of his head, which came in response to the girl's thanks. "There's no need to thank me. I'm at your service, and of course I'll accompany you." With that said, Aiolia reached out to take Shadiya's hand, intending to walk with her to where the others were.

A few mornings later, Aiolia awoke on a couch in the house claimed by Shadiya. He was just outside of her sleeping quarters, and had passed out on this couch the previous night after stopping by to check the purple-haired girl's condition. With a yawn, he rose and stretched, looking through a window which showed a view of the villa. It seemed none of the others were out and about yet, or at least not as far as he could see.

A few mornings after the appearance of the Dark Djinn and the death of Shadiya's Household Member Shaka, the villa being shared by the group of Dungeon Capturers and their Household was in the early stages of the morning. And while Aiolia was waking and looking out the window there was at least one other person awake in this place. Surprisingly enough the other person awake at this hour was actually, Yasmin who never slept for very long in the first place. She'd gone out and done a bit of shopping for breakfast this morning and was carrying a large basket back to the villa from the market. Upon entering she passed Shadiya's room which was also a library and in the process saw the already woken Aiolia and smiled at the young blonde man. "Good Morning, Aiolia... want an apple?" she asked reaching into the basket and offering the boy some breakfast.

As Aiolia went about situating himself, he was approached by the pink-haired girl known as Yasmin. "Oh... Good morning, Yasmin," he said before another yawn escaped him. Whatever she had in the basket she carried, he didn't think to ask. But, he was soon inform anyway due to Yasmin's offering of an apple. It just so happened to be the case that Aiolia was a rather big fan of fruit. Reaching out, he accepted the apple with a smile. "Sure! Thank you."

"No problem." said the girl who stood with the basket she carried balanced atop her head. Though she was presently under training, it seemed she was less strained than the very first day she had her Spirit Cuffs on. In fact, she'd been able to go back to pretty much the normal amount of moving she'd been doing before within such a short time period made her rather happy. She'd take a moment and have a bit with their new friend and question the rest of the inhabitants of the house. "No one else is up yet, huh?" she asked as she had a bite of a green apple she'd taken from the basket which was now sitting beside the couch. She was using hushed tones, if only to allow everyone to get the amount of rest they wanted for the day.

"Not that I can see. Don't quote me on that, though; I only just woke up myself," Aiolia said as he rubbed the apple against his shirt. Afterwards, he took the first bite and relaxed into a seated position on the couch. "I've always been a bit of an early bird, though, taking care of my sisters and all. I'm actually surprised to see anyone else awake."

"That's fine, they can sleep." said Yasmin as she had a large bite of her own apple, she also relaxed into the couch apparently very pleased. In hearing that this young man had been prior to this taking care of his sisters she couldn't help but smile and nod. "Ah, that explains it then... what a nice brother you must be." she said offering he boy a smile. After a bite she went on to continue her conversation a bit. "I don't sleep very much myself. So, I am awake a bit more than everyone else." Yasmin said a sideways glance at the boy. He was interesting, and Yasmin was happy that Shadiya still had a friend to help her out. "If you find yourself awake early and need to chat with someone... I'm usually around." Yasmin mentioned, but she was hearing the stirring of Shadiya in the other room.

More specifically the books falling from the desk she fell asleep at more often than her bed. A few more stumbles and random noises and the girl's door would open and she'd pop out of it. That purple hair of hers all over the place and sleep still staining those big golden eyes of hers. Yasmin extended a hand to the girl and offered her an apple as well. "We didn't wake you did we Shadi?" she asked of the girl who shook her head no and wiped at her eyes. Her feet shuffled forward to accept breakfast and managed a few words. "No, I kinda... fell out of my chair." the girl said having a bit. "Sorry..." she said to no one in particular she seemed to be not much of a morning person. "Good Morning, Yasmin and Aiolia."

"Well, I try to be," he said regarding the relationship he had with his siblings. As he took another bite of his apple, his eyes darted toward the door to Shadiya's room. The noise coming from within was an attention grabber for sure, but the girl soon emerged from the room, seemingly unscathed bar the night's weariness. "Feeling alright, Shadi?"