I won't hold back !

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If you went to the empty plains of grass, you would notice a slight chill growing stronger as you walked closer to the source. It was getting pretty foggy too. Wanna know why? Well just walk a bit closer and you’d get the answers you want. As you get closer to the source, the tune of a horn grows louder until it stops. The air becomes chilly and foggy again. You decide to walk closer until you see a figure somehow controlling the mist so expertly. The fog clears up and you see the one who’s controlling it.

The ice god was just merely training. Even if it was done on the Celestial Plain, he should practice whenever he got the chance to. He made the mist disperse and then he saw the other. Where did they come from and how did they get here?

But... all of the sudden in the middle of her stroll, it started slowly getting colder. The more she walked, the colder it got, which was quite weird. Did... did something perhaps cause it ?

Maybe a giant machine, or something... Who knows, maybe the technology in Arcadios was so advanced they could even control the weather however they wanted to. It certainly wasn't winter right now so it couldn't be because of natural causes, or well, atleast the last time she was in her homeland Euphenia it wasn't, but maybe seasons and weathers worked out different in here.

Her train of thinking was cut off when she saw what she thought was the source of the sudden cold weather. A ... person ? No, he seemed more extraordinary. A person who could control the temperature of the weather--

A god ?

She flinched a bit when she heard the person standing a few feet away from her say something. Cheria was quite speechless, mostly because well... What was the right way to react in a situation like this ? Maybe apologizing...

"I-I... I'm sorry, it's fine. I'm just a bit confused, that's all. Keep doing... whatever that is you are doing." She really had no idea how to answer to this, so she just told him to keep going and continued to watch him. A god on earth... That would be absurd, wouldn't it ? God's live up in heaven, not on land.

Though Aqua’s time here had been short she’d managed to learn quite a bit about it, maybe enough to inform this girl further. “Thats right, Valor is the name of one of the villages here I believe” she stated not knowing whether she knew that or not.

Now that she thought about it, maybe she could have used it as a title, and call herself the daughter of the royal family's servant, but... that wasn't anything great really. Besides, servants weren't all that respected anyway, much less their children.

"Ohh, a village? That seems pretty interesting, I think I will see to it soon." Well, this cleared out something. Cheria ought to visit that Valor village sometime soon, it might be a big help. Besides, Valor was... a nice name. It sounded ... well, how to call it--  soothing.

"Oh my, I would have thought you've been here for a longer time--! You act so mature and friendly, kind of like... a mentor or somethiing." 

... That wasn't to imply Aqua was or looked old, more that... she just seemed very mature for her age. Well, not that Cheria knew her age for sure, but she couldn't have been all that old. But the point was, it was a compliment.

The girl bowed her head, apologizing, and Estelle quickly shook her head. “O-Oh, no, don’t worry about it! I apologize if I startled you,” The pinkette said as she lowered her head in her own bow. “I should have been a little more considerate.”

Estelle reached out and took Cheria’s hand in her own. “It’s wonderful to meet you, Cheria. Your name is beautiful! It suits you very well. I hope we get along, as well,” Estelle agreed before releasing the other girl’s hand.

“Are… Are you new to Arcadios, Cheria?” Estelle asked, hoping that she wasn’t jumping to conclusions. The vibrant-haired young woman had been so wary at first, so the princess had come to the conclusion that she had probably recently arrived.

... Well, not like she did that anymore, but a few times in the past that has happened, yes. 

"Ehe, thank you! And for your question... I've been here for a few days, so yes, I am fairly new in Arcadios. I know there are things such as shops and villages around here, but the actual direction and location of any of those I don't know." Well, in short, Cheria didn't know much at all. She also knew about signs, but that hardly was a big achievement. Just something someone had told her a while ago, that was all.

"Do you... happen to have a map?" It might have been a bit rude to ask for someone else's map, especially when just meeting them, but... maybe Estelle could... draw her a map or something, even if it would be very simple, it would be a huge help to Cheria. Or then she could take just a short peek at it.

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You mind giving the rabbit god a minute or two? Well, you could tell you don’t want to bother him for a while but you stand in the doorway of his hut, watching him do this job. Which is… making mochi. But he’s doing it in a rhythmic beat and he doing the molding as well. Do you wish to help him or watch him do his thing?

"O-Oh, are you perhaps... preparing... mochi?" she was almost certain that was the case here, but she wasn't completely sure. Cheria had always been the cook in her group of friends, but she had never actually cooked something like mochi. Or well, prepared it. Traditional Japanese food such as mochi was rare sight in Ephenia, Cheria's homeland, so she never even had the time to taste it in the first place.

The girl kneeled down beside the rabbit god, and observed for a while how mochi was actually made. It didn't seem all that hard, really. Swinging the hammer acquired maybe too much strength for Cheria to handle, but... maybe molding the mochi into the shape of balls, or whatever shape the rabbit god wanted them to be, was what she could have helped with. Not like it seemed the rabbit god had any troubles with preparing mochi, but maybe the work would have been done faster if Cheria had joined. That is, hoping she didn't completely fail.

 “Hm?” Judai was curious about why she was asking that… then he remembered, he fell off a tree. Ah, oops! He only blinked innocently in response before a grin came upon his lips, “I-I’m fine!” Then again, his clothes were dirty. Oh dear, someone needed to get their laundry done… if he had the ability to do that.

Eh? Unexpedtecly his hand was taken by the red-headed female. Hm? What’s she doing performing a spe—What?! Was that a spell? Recover was that suppose to—hey, his hand was no longer bruised. Judai hoped that he wasn’t hallucinating or anything. The brunette brought his hand in front of his face, observing it carefully. Huh? None of the scratches were there, even the ones he got from the past… Strange. But hey! That was cool!

“How did you do that?” Judai asked in a curious tone, it was really his nature. Heck, he even went through the process of asking Elesa about the fashion industry and most boys weren’t even into stuff like that! Was she a magician? Just like the girls from the manga he had read about, except she was real!

 “It’s okay!” He grinned radiantly. The girl certainly was polite, he then heard her say her name. Cheria huh? That’s a pretty nice name! Of course, in response Judai pointed his thumb at himself before declaring, “I’m Yuki Judai, but call me Judai! Nice to meet you Cheria!”

"O-Oh, how did I do this? W-Well..." It was a pretty hard question to answer, so she thought about it for long. She knew the answer, but it was quite difficult to explain. The story was quite unbelievable after all.

"Well, to make it short, when I was a kid, someone very dear to me passed away, and when they did... A strange light appeared and embraced me, and gave me the power to heal. That's.... That's all there is to it." She wasn't quite sure how to explain it and make it believable, so she just told it briefly as possible. "To be honest, I'm quite not sure what happened, but these powers bring good to others, so I don't mind." Well, Cheria did end up going a bit too far with her explanation, so she stopped there.

"It's a mystery, I suppose."  ... That was a lie, but you know, going on about saving the world and explaining the whole cause of the mysterious light would take too long. ...As if her explanation wasn't long enough already. Besides, the boy Cheria just met probably had never even heard of Ephenia, the planet she had saved with her group of friends, just like Cheria had never heard of this new area, Arcadios.

Her train of thought was thankfully stopped by the boy giving her his name. Quite a joyful introduction it was indeed. "My, aren't you an energetic one! Judai huh? I've actually never heard it before." Well, it seems like Cheria was off to a good start with Judai, ignoring what had happened earlier. She was quiet for a while, and then smiled a bit. "It's nice to meet you, Judai!"

Even though she was still emotionless, she couldn’t believe that there were so many people before her, and all dressed in a strange way, but also in an interesting way though. Just how many worlds were out there? And it’s kind of a shame that so many worlds were destroyed…

“I’m Kagura, but just calling Kagu would be fine, who are you?”

"Oh my, aren't you a cutie! Well then, hello! My name is Cheria Barnes, but please just call me Cheria. It's a pleasure to meet you, miss Kagu!" Cheria had always loved kids a lot, considering that it was her dream to be a mom someday. She was actually quite surprised and pleased to meet a kid in Arcadios. Well, of course any place would have kids in it, but Kagura was the first one Cheria had met in here, so--

Besides, it wasn’t every day that he got to see scenery like he was now.

However, he had been walking in the same direction for a while, and yet it didn’t feel like he had come that much closer to the city. Had he misjudged the distance? While that was a little disconcerting for him, the sun didn’t appear to be about to set any time soon, which was a good sign. It was shining a bit intensely, though, so when he caught sight of the forest he headed for it, despite it being a bit off-track from his initial goal. Perhaps when the sun had gone down a little, he could resume his journey.

There definitely had to be civilization around here, Malik thought, as he immediately noticed the neatly paved path leading into the forest. But despite the clear signs of human intervention in this place, it still had a mysterious ambience that belonged in the throes of nature. And although he wasn’t sure why, it put him at ease as he walked through.

Ah, that little glade over there seemed like a good place to relax. He pushed aside a bush to get through -

” Show yourselves — ! “

And he was greeted with the sight of a familiar female with knives at the ready, probably about to throw them at the next person or thing that appeared.

“Cheria…?”

The appearance of someone he knew made Malik doubt whether he was somewhere else, or whether his former companion had simply been transported to the same place he had, but the first thing to do would be to make certain that he wasn’t going to attack her. He threw his hands up in a sign that ‘he came in peace’ and slowly approached her.

Cheria dropped down her daggers almost immediately, taken aback by surprise. "I-I had no idea it was you captain, I'm sorry!" she apologized in a rush, while collecting the draggers she had dropped just a minute ago. Cheria then slid the daggers away, stood up, and took a good look at the captain. 

She let out a bit of a disappointed sigh. "Ah, so then, you don't know either... I know much as the name of the place, it's called Arcadios, but other than that, I'm just as clueless as you." Cheria had her hopes up that the captain would know more than her, but that possibility was wiped out. Although... It was kind of fun to know more than the captain for once.

"Even though I haven't seen a map yet, I've seen a few small shops in this area. My guess is that there should be a village or a city somewhere in this place--" Cheria pointed out, taking advantage of knowing things. Well, not really knowing, more like guessing, but it still felt good to know stuff.

"We could check into the city later, if there is one in this area. I've met quite a few people already in here, and they must be getting their food from somewhere and staying the night at somewhere, right?" Yes, it was now quite obvious that there must be a city somewhere near. If only she knew where. Maybe the captain had a better sense of  direction than her, and was simply better at finding things-- maybe with him she could actually find the city. 

"Oh, and one more thing... Before getting stuck in Arcadios of course... Have you found a girlfriend yet?" 

This was something Cheria really enjoyed to tease Malik about. I mean, at his age, it really was a wonder he didn't have a girlfriend. Maybe he was too busy... fighting and doing all that... well, you know, man stuff, but, it was always possible! It was true that it was usually Malik who won these kind of conversations with his wit, but she wasn't gonna let him do that this time, nope! 

“Hello, hello!” Her voice came out louder than expected. Colette almost fell at the boom of her greeting. She tones her voice down before speaking again, “O-Oh, I’m sorry! Heehe, I guess I got used to talking loudly because the flowers don’t have eardrums.” The new lady named Cheria seemed easy-going so Colette didn’t hesitate to take her hands and shake them eagerly.

“It’s nice to meet you, Ms. Cheria! I’m Colette Brunel. We can be lost-buddies!” She lets go of Cheria’s hands and gives her a grin that almost stretched from ear-to-ear, “I’m so glad you’re here and in the same situation as I am because I have this great idea and I can’t do it alone. I was thinking of building a log cabin, you see! I’ve met a few people already but they seemed in a hurry, so I couldn’t exactly find out where we are.. but!” She puts her hands together in happiness, “If we build a log cabin, they’ll feel obliged to sit down for a bit and tell us where we are.. or even draw us a map! Sounds good, right?”

"H-Huh, a log cabin... ?" Yep, this girl definitely reminded her of Pascal. Pascal was a genius in a way, she just... always didn't know how to use her knowledge for good. This girl seemed to be the same way. Whatever was the case, at least being around her wouldn't be too boring, that's for sure. Now back to the whole log cabin -deal.

"B-But, even if there was two of us, wouldn't a log cabin take a lot of time to build? And where on earth would we get all those logs from anyway?" Sawing them off from the trees was an option, but where would they get a saw? And even if they had one, that would be way too time-consuming and exhausting.

“You’re in a place called Arcadios. Did you hear a voice or anything telling you something before you woke? Something like your sign and your village?” He crosses his arms, trying to figure out how he could explain this to her without confusing her.

"Hmm, now that you mention it, I think I do remember something like that... Village of... Valor, and as for a sign... Hmm... That's right, it was Cancer, If I recall correct !" She felt proud to remember something like that. Then again, when there was nothing else to possibly remember about this place, it was pretty obvious...

"I assume... Those names have something to do with this place, huh ? And no no, you're quite helpful actually! Remembering those names will probably help me somehow survive in this place." Cheria clapped her hands together gleefully, trying to cheer Garry up even just a bit. Any help was appreciated, even if it wasn't much.

"I'm sure we can... figure things out together if we try!" It was never too late to give up on hope, that was Cheria's motto!

It was a pleasant sight to see so many faces in one place, whether they were all friendly or not she would find out. Either way she would show politeness unless the situation called for anything else.

" Aqua... That's a very pretty name, it really suits you, in a way. My name is Cheria Barnes, it's a pleasure to meet you. " Cheria was never that good at introductions. She didn't have any titles to brag with, and just saying her name seemed too boring, but... she let it slip for now.

" A-Ah, yes, I am quite new around here, but I know as much as the name of the area at least-- Arcadios, was it ?  And I faintly remember the name Valor in my mind, but that's all I really know." Quite clueless she was indeed, but that was really all she knew. Cheria had hopes that the girl she just met, Aqua, knew more. She seemed like a wise person, to be honest.

[Teal eyes looked up into the sky in confusion. This did not look like the Battle Factory at all. Nope. Far from it.]

[Thorton slowly got up from the ground, observing his surroundings. Was this place even Sinnoh at all? ‘…Last thing I remember was that I was in the conference room in the Battle Tower for Mister Tower Tycoon’s boring meeting.’ And he certainly did remember falling asleep halfway through the whole thing. Still confused about where he was, the male took out one of his analyzers to analyze his location.]

[ERROR. UNKNOWN LOCATION.]

“…Unknown?? Mister Tycoon really did have the nerve to dump me out here after falling asleep, huh?!” [But what if it wasn’t his fault after all? What if it was just some sort of… miracle? ‘Hmph… This is illogical, but I’ll conclude that this is a miracle. Besides, even if we do have a distaste for each other, it’s unlikely that he’d do this to me. Not when the other Frontier Brains are around of course…’ Hearing the sound of footsteps nearby, Thorton rolled his eyes and replied to the owner of the sound, not even bothering to turn around.]

“…What is it? I’m busy.”

" A-Ah, I'm sorry mister, you seemed a bit lost, so I decided it was the best if I would have offered you my help. " She explained feeling a bit nervous, and scratched the back of her neck.

This man standing before Cheria had a weird atmosphere around him. He didn't seem like an royalty, no, that was not quite it... More like, someone well respected and appreciated. She decided it was best to act a bit careful around him and not try to hurt his... pride, or whatever.

There was something that especially caught her attention in him. The boy appeared to be holding a weird machine that made a loud noise. " Hey, if you don't mind me asking... what is that device you are holding ? "

The technology in Strahta, Fendel or Windor wasn't all that bad, but this seemed much more advanced than anything she'd seen before. Well, Cheria wasn't an expert in machinery, but she did know a bit.

It wasn’t that Luka had a knack for getting lost — she found her sense of direction and navigational skills quite exceptional, even. She didn’t think she would be one to easily take the wrong path in the event that she was, in fact, lost. And she had the maturity to admit it, thus finding her way back was never a problem. Given that she was perfectly able to find her way out of a situation and perfectly able to ask for help (which the others of her family didn’t seem to know how to, unfortunately) one would think that Luka would be able to solve these sorts of predicaments just fine…

However.

She was not in Tokyo, Japan nor was she really in any place that was recognizable to her, rather she was in a village inhabited with people living in huts. Trees surrounded her. The GPS systems in her mechanical body were giving her error messages. This place was not on any sort of map her interface could put a name to. No coordinates, no information, no anything…

“Where could this possibly be?” she asked herself. Luka was not one to become frantic during sticky situations, usually the one to calm the others down and think to herself of ways to solve the problem. While her systems were working fine now, despite the lack of information she was able to gain from running them, she had enough common sense to at least look around. If she could not learn from technology, then the next best thing was to explore herself, no?

And so she was off! Exploring new places, learning about different things was a completely different experience than simply running information searches within her programming. Learning was feeling, touching, seeing, hearing, tasting new experiences. Robotic programs wouldn’t leave such lasting impressions like going out into the world would. Thus, Luka found herself roaming the various different huts she had seen in the village she stumbled upon, asking people what their professions were, what they were vending, where she was at…

She ended up at a florists, eventually. And at this particular shop, she particularly went out of her way to examine the contents.

Things such as shops and villages seemed to fit that criteria, so that's what she decided to explore. Cheria wandered through many many shops, such as bakeries and liquid shops, ending up in a small flower shop.

It was small, but it had a nice atmosphere lingering in it. Despite it being small, it didn't feel crowded at all, no. Actually, the only other person in the shop besides Cheria herself, was a pink-haired young woman, mumbling to herself while looking at some of the flowers. Getting a bit interested in what the woman was talking about, Cheria stretched her neck a bit to see over the woman's shoulders, and to her surprise, the flowers were sopherias. 

" Hey, I've seen those flowers before-- !! " Cheria exclaimed a bit too excitedly, and put her hand on the stranger's shoulder just to see past her. They really were sopherias after all. " Oh my, this is wonderful ! " She said, gleefully clapping her palms together once, until she remembered the girl right next to her, and fell quiet for a second with her face flashing red.

" O-Oh, I'm sorry, I got a bit too excited -- !! "

It’s a beautiful day and the flowers seem even more vibrant than usual as Colette strolls down a hill singing a song. She thinks, heehe! What if the flowers are getting brighter because of my singing? How fun! She didn’t even know what the song was called, but she loved the tune with all her heart. Colette had picked it up from a small group of people who were on their pilgrimage outside of Iselia that morning. They had a whole setup of guitars and were singing their hearts out; they even let Colette learn the song and join in! Its been stuck in her head ever since.

“Thank you for listening!” She calls to the flowers. Her song then continues.

An idea crosses her mind. What if people get super shiny when I sing? I sang in front of Lloyd once, but since so much was going on I was trying to avoid looking at him… hm.. 

She glances about her, looking for someone to test it on. “I need someone’s help! It’s nothing bad, I promise! You may even get really sparkly!” Seems like a good offer, right?

.. Silence. “Maybe I should return to Iselia and ask. I don’t think anyone’s out here. Return to Iselia..” It dawns on her that she started wandering off without any clear direction. From which way did she come from? Who knows. She was so into her song that she didn’t pay attention. That explains why the terrain seemed so different, but it looked to pretty that Colette wasn’t bothered by it. She reasons that if a place looks this beautiful, how can it be dangerous? Vaguely, she wonders what the name of this area is.

The girl sat down for a moment, taking a good and a long look at the view around her. The sky was clear, and all the plants were in full bloom. Maybe Cheria was wrong in the beginning, maybe she could have liked this place. It was strange, but so so very relaxing. Everything remained silent, until she heard someone talking. A girl, perhaps ? She turned her head, and saw a long-haired blonde girl standing maybe 15 feet away from her. Unsure what to do, she stayed put.

Cheria felt like just gazing at her for a while, since... this girl seemed somehow... how to put it... special. In a good way, of course. Even though she seemed lost, she seemed so full of life. So... joyous.

Heh, Cheria sure wished she could have been like that. When she had just arrived to this... new area, she felt hopeless and a bit scared even, but... the blonde she had been staring at for a while, seemed to be full of some kind of hope, and still kept on a smile. It was admirable, in a way.

" U-Um, excuse me, miss ! " Cheria yelled, waving her hand and taking a few steps closer to her, so the blonde would notice her. " I'm not quite familiar with this area myself, but you seem to be lost... Well, so am I, but, if we're together, I say we have a better chance of finding out where we are. " Cheria tried to explain, and smiled a bit. She wasn't sure would she be much of help to the girl she had just met, but if it wasn't for her, it was for Cheria herself. She wanted help herself too, so teaming up with others was a good choice.

It may not be the most comfortable place to sleep in, but heck, good enough. At least he cannot worry about people trampling over his face by accident. Well, it wasn’t like it was likely to happen anyways, but still there’s a possibility. Thing with Judai was, he really haven’t been sleeping well in his hut. Funny huh? It’s almost as if he was Tarzan in a sense, well, the fact that he liked sleeping outside more than sleeping on a bed.

However, there was a chance for him to fall off. Yeah, just be careful there. Mmm, a dream about fried shrimp. Delicious, there was a swarm of them—not sure if that’s a nice way to describe it or not but heck; there was a load for him to eat. Physically, he licked his lips and mused some gibberish. What seemed to be really funny and ridiculous was that he started to chomp on air.

“No! Come back!” He called, but what really came out was a slurred talk of his. Judai then shifted, thinking that he was running after his food… The consequences were not beautiful. He woke up from his nap, laying on his back and then groaning in pain.

Ouch, he fell off of a tree with a loud thud. The birds all scooted away from him. Confused, the brunette looked around his surroundings. He wasn’t really sure how he got down here, the last thing he remembered was chasing after fried shrimps. Hm, interesting.

Judai stood up, brushing the dust off his bottom. However, just before he was going to walk away he heard a female call… Show himself? What?! Mildly scared, the duelist raised his two hands and walked outside “showing” himself to the female. Eep! She had a dagger too! Please don’t kill him, he still has to eat!

 “Sorry for disturbing!” Judai apologized abruptly, hoping he could get away from the situation.

" H-Hey, are you hurt ? " Cheria remembered all the noise she had heard, and took a good look at the boy she had just ran into. The boy's clothes looked a bit dirtied, he probably had fallen off something or just... fell down on the ground. Whatever it was, he might have been hurt. 

" Let me see your hand for a bit. " Cheria took the young boy's hand, and had a look at it. She put her other hand on top of his hand, and other one under it. A small light appeared, and embraced his hand. " Recover ! " Cheria spoke to herself in a rather loud voice, and the light disappeared, healing the boy's hand. It was possible he wasn't hurt, but as a worker of the an relief organization, she didn't want to ignore it. Besides... she felt like she had to repay the boy somehow for scaring him.

She took her hands away from his, bowed down once more and then smiled a bit. " I hope that is enough to make you forget about my behavior just a moment ago. " She then paused for a bit, and raised her head up, regaining her composure. " My name is Cheria Barnes. It's nice to meet you. "

Continuing to walk on, now lost in thoughts of his friends, he was startled when he heard a sharp voice. The sound of the voice made him trip and fall into a bush, Snivy falling off of his shoulder. The voice had said “show yourselves.” Before moving, Cheren took a moment to analyze the situation. Could he be in some kind of danger? No, he hadn’t done anything wrong! He pulled himself up, and lifted Snivy into his arms.The male stepped out of the bushes, to see a female standing there in a defensive position holding daggers. Oh, boy, it’s a crazy one. He felt suddenly nervous, but he wasn’t going to show this girl fear! He had to play it cool, like he wasn’t phased by the fluorescent-haired girl with hands full of knives.

She smiled, still feeling a bit ashamed of her quick and irresponsible thinking, but... she definitely felt more relieved now. It was nice to know that not everyone around here was a threat to her. Maybe Cheria and... whoever that mysterious boy holding some weird kind of monster was, could even become acquaints if they really tried. The boy she had just met seemed a bit... bossy or arrogant, even, but definitely not all that bad.  She took a few steps closer, and carefully offered her hand to him. " I'm sorry about earlier, but uhm... My name is Cheria, Cheria Barnes. L-Let's try and get along. "

"... Also, if it isn't rude... Might I ask, what is that... thing you are carrying ? "

Where was he?

One moment, he was back home, then the next, he was here at this foreign land. It looked nothing back home. It seemed more wild. Of course, back home there was much of a countryside as there was not much industrialization but this seemed even more backward.

With his dualblade in hand, he couldn’t help but wander around. Maybe he’ll be able to find someone that could help him or even anyone in general. It seems very deserted here.

" H-Hubert ! How in the world have you ended up here ? " Even though Cheria had no idea herself how did she even herself end up here, it was more likely that Hubert did. Even though he was younger than Cheria, he was a lot more smarter than her on some topics, so maybe...

Cheria withdrew her weapons and took a few steps towards him, looking a bit curious. She then smiled a bit, feeling relieved that she had found someone she already knew well. It made her... relax a bit.

" It's nice to see you here. " Obviously, it wasn't nice that they were both lost, or Cheria at least, but hey, the more the merrier, right ?

“Hello there everyone. My name’s Garry. It’s nice to meet you.” He smiles at his new acquaintances. “If you need anything of me, let me know. I’d like to be of some help while I’m here.”　

" Nice to meet you, uh, Mr. Garry. " Cheria curtseyed politely, flashed a him a quick friendly smile, and tried to be sweet as she could. Making friends at this point was the best thing that she could have dreamed of, and made her chances of survival bigger.

" My name is Cheria Barnes. U-Uhm, it's a real pleasure, mister. So... if you say you're willing to help anyone, then.... can you start with telling me where am I exactly ? "