The Warped

[White Wolf Guardian]

"Agh I was enjoying what little time I had left before I have to put my back in pain for a long time... I was just seeing if you and Mahi were awake yet." *He went back into his room and quickly changed, putting on his robe and coming back out holding his hammer and Snitch confused* "Now what exactly am I supposed to do with these things?! They aren't exactly concealable weapons, unless we had some sort of cart to carry luggage. Still.. I'm sure the military would find any reason possible to harass even the most peaceful of people. Monks and nuns included."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

"Well, I think we'd better take them with us, or we can burn them. White, you can hang them on you like before on your back. When we're crouched down, these robes seem to expand. I think they put a wire frame in here that takes the shape of a fat monk's body. It'd kinda funny, actually, if you look at it." Kiral squat down, and when the robe touched the ground, the bottom almost stayed completely rounded, while the midsection spread out and make him a couple feet shorter and seem exceptionally obese.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Mahi couldn't help but chuckle at what she "saw" with Kiral's demonstration of what happened when he squatted down in the outfit. Turning around, she went back into her room and grabbed her old clothes. As she walked back out of the room, she pulled what was left of the bread in her bag out of it and put the clothes inside, putting the food back into the bag on top of the clothes. "Alright, I'm ready to go."

[White Wolf Guardian]

"And I wasn't small enough already." *The wolf dragon said sarcastically as he crouched down, feeling his wings quiver as pressure was forced upon them* "I wish I had some sort of magic to put these away, it really is a pain in the ass to be a hybrid sometimes. Oh well." *He stood back up straight and put his weapons back on his back and crouched* "Let's move, I hope this feels less painful as we travel or I get used to it least. I don't want to be a hunchback either though, I'd take to the skies before that ever happened."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Kiral stopped at the inn counter, "You guys go ahead. I have to take care of something, first." When he was sure the others were gone, Kiral faced the innkeeper and placed the small satchel of metal sticks in it on the table. "Can you tell me what these are worth, and what they're called. They're shaped like sticks, but it looks like it has monetary value." The old bear chuckled, "Those are Zeny. The copper ones are the smallest in value, then silver, then gold. The silver ones are worth 20 Zeny, and the gold ones are worth 100 Zeny. But if you're asking me what items are normally worth, I couldn't tell you, since each town and village have different barter systems. You'll find out as you go along, so you should be fine. However, our Inn rates are universal, since my family owns every single Inn in every town. However, not all of them are as nice as myself, so they might charge you a bit of money. Our rates are 50 Zeny per person per night, and includes one meal. Meal costs are different, though, because of what I mentioned earlier." Kiral smirked and took the satchel back, walking out of the inn. "Alright, let's get a move on. Eastward!"

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Mahi continued on and went outside to wait for Kiral. It wasn't like she couldn't hear what he was saying through the wall. She listened as he asked the innkeeper about the value of the odd money. She didn't say anything to White though since it didn't really bother her that he had asked about it, especially since they would have to use the stuff eventually. When Kiral came out of the inn, she proceeded to follow him along like she had been doing all along.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White followed quitely when Kiral finally came out of the inn, he hadn't cared to listen to the conversation inside; with a few given expressions as to why he remained silent became clearer shortly, he grimaced every few seconds while walking away from the inn* "Well this sucks, I never hunch like this so I'm not used to it, though those who text and use computers frequently probably have less trouble, obviously I'm the latter since I'm mostly outside doing work while standing straight up.... I'm going to need some breaks while we walk like this." *A drop of sweat went down the side of his face as he struggled not to show pain while he walked behind Mahi, wondering where the group will stop next and more importantly when*

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Kiral chuckled when he saw White hunching as he walked, "Dude, you don't have to walk like that now. Just when we have to, okay?" Shinzuu had smoked 3 more cigarettes the night before, and had re-wrapped them with the posters and stuffed them with the new tobacco, but he took out a new cigarette, and just held it in his mouth, not lighting it. He also pulled out a small bag from his sleeve and handed it to Mahi, "Here. The owner's wife said it'll help us start fires at night. I have no more room to carry it without seeming suspicious, but I'm sure women still carried bags in this time."

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Mahi turned her head back towards White after Kiral spoke to him. "Yeah, you'd cramp up in no time if you walked that way all the time." She said. "And then you'd really have some trouble." Turning her head forward, she took the small bag that Kiral handed to her and nodded in agreement. Opening her bag, she put the small bag inside it next to the small amount of bread she had left in there from what was given to her.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White instantly stood up straight after Kiral got the first voice-in about his fake posture* "...Ngh, thank you. I don't think I could do that regularly... however what happens if we run into someone that has binoculars or some sort of long-range device that allows them to see us before we see them. Then our disguises are no good, which is why I thought we were doing this the entire time we traveled openly." "I'd actually rather be caught and fight again than put my back out as Mahi suggested, but I don't have to share that information."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Kiral sighed, "I doubt they've invented those for too far away. But I'll let you know when we should squat, just in case. The map's still memorized in my head, so I can take a guess on where we should. But I don't know how far I should give the warning. What do you think? How far out should we be to be safe from view? We'd still be pretty small in their sight, but yea..."

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Mahi listened to both of the guys as they spoke. After Kiral posed his question, she thought for a moment, thinking about distances in her "sight" and linking that and what she assumed regular sight was like. "Probably at least a mile to be safe." She chimed in, in response to his question. She wasn't exactly sure if that was enough distance but it seemed right by what things "looked" like to her from a certain amount of distance, but others could see colors and more detail than she could.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White blinked surprised that Kiral had taken his question seriously and noticed Mahi's response* "That's actually what I was thinking Mahi, though I'm paranoid. I'd go for even 2 or 3 miles just to be extra safe. Telescopes were invented a long time ago so they could have at least that luxury for about half a mile or so of extra vision. Let's just cross that bridge when we get closer to our next objective." *The wolf dragon cracked his back, feeling better he walked forward as normally as he did beforehand*

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Kiral thought for a minutes, listening to the others. "Yea, I was thinking at least 2 miles, but I'll make it a 3 1/2 mile warning. Heh. This reminds me so much when we built that shopping mall out in Chicago when they tore down the original Golden Mile and had us remake it into a larger version of it." The thought of construction and building got Kiral almost drooling.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Mahi rolled her eyes at the topic that sprang out from the talk about how far the distance should be for a warning. "Please don't tell me they're going to start talking about construction together like giddy little school girls talking about cute boys..." She thought to herself. The topic was nothing that she was interested in and if she had to listen to it, it would be a very long, boring, and torturous walk. It would be long and boring enough without the current topic.