#rinnosuke 07

With the weather getting a little warmer it seemed like a good idea for an outing to put Raine’s metal detector to use. It had been a gift for the holidays after all, and with both the crystallization of the city and the cold temperature, she had yet to test it out on anything other than the pots and pans in her kitchen. Raine showed up to Kourindou early that morning lugging a packed lunch, her staff and the device in tow, reminiscent of her very first trip to the shop. She was used to being overprepared, and so somehow she managed.

After greetings, Rinnosuke piled everything into a small cart and they went on their way back to the carriages, waiting for one wide enough to accommodate their luggage. Raine scouted this spot on the beach of Cotes beforehand, and it wasn’t too far of a walk from the start of the road to Mistwood from the city. It was off season, and if people wanted to go to the beach they typically aimed for Golden Ward where one didn’t have to trudge through the forests to get there, so it would prove to be a quiet day. Thank goodness, for the past month was exhausting.

Uh oh. There was one slight miscalculation. Looking out into the Swirling Gulf, Raine could feel her blood pressure rising and the fear set in. It would be fine, she told herself. They were on the shore. Even still, the look of discomfort on her face was evident as she looked into whirlpools, flying fish, and tossing waves. As she had always done, she attempted to appear much braver than she was and kept walking forward.