Survival Adventure Part 3 [Open][NR]

Seraphina looked between Kurai and Kouki, noticing as well that Kurai seemed confused, or torn for a lack of a better word. It was obvious he was worried about Kouki, but Seraphina knew that he likely wanted to continue on with the adventure with them. Seraphina didn't mind if Kouki joined them, as she figured the more the merrier.

"It's been loads of fun.", Seraphina chimed in. She was excited to get back to their little adventure, even if it did end up just being Alec and herself, or even if they added Kouki to their little adventure. She brushed more petals out of her face as they continued to fall around them, and Seraphina suddenly found herself wondering why there wasn't several feet of petals on the ground already - and then figured it was likely part of the island itself, it likely 'recycled' the flower petals that fell after so long.

She collected several of the larger flowers, figuring she would save them for little Artemis since the young girl wasn't with them - surely she would like them. "I think I'll save these for Artemis. She told me she likes the color pink, and they smell wonderful." She placed them carefully in the top most pocket of her bag where they wouldn't be crushed or ruined.

Kouki thought about Kurai's question, noticing how he looked a bit torn and worried about her, before she looked over to Alec as he began to speak, explaining that they were on a survival adventure. She listened as Alec told Kurai that if he wanted to bail with her he could, or that if she wanted to stay and come along with them that that was fine too. Kouki had never really been on a survival adventure before - minus the little bit of surviving she had done during missions in the other world - and figured that that would be a great little adventure to partake of. Especially as she listened as Alec explained that the island was owned by his granddaughter, and so if anything serious happened she would step in.

She glanced over then to the female, Seraphina, who was collecting some of the larger beautiful flowers while saying that she would collect them for someone named Artemis.

Kouki then glanced over to Little Kong who still seemed very excited; doing cartwheels and backflips. Kouki, making up her mind shrugged and grinned. "Well, my family is on their way here now actually. They're taking a boat and they plan on spending some time on the beach; a little vacation. They weren't supposed to expect me back from the mountains for at least a week, so I could tag along." Her grin grew. "A survival adventure sounds like more fun than just wasting a week away snowboarding. I'll tag along!" Plus, it would give her a chance to hang out with Kurai and perhaps get to know a little bit more about him.

She picked up her conversion board and slipped it into the 'sheath' part of her backpack where it would remain - she had no intentions of using it to travel if they would be simply walking. She knew she had a few things on her; such as the bottoms of her shorts which turned them into pants, and her hoodie which was around her waist, along with some weapons and stuff, so she wasn't worried about being unprepared.

"Ready when y'all are!"

Little Kong started to jump up and down again in his comical monkey fashion, and Kurai nodded his head. He was truly glad that he asked Alec for his permission to come along now. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have ran into her like he did.

With her family in the resort areas and not in Neutral City, this just made things even better. What she lacked in supplies, he'd make up for, or try to, in the very least. He wondered if Alec was going to set up camp here for the night, or try to move on to the next area. Now that Kouki was coming with them, it mattered little to him.

He'd try to use this opportunity to get closer to her; to try and get to know her better. He'd also try to get her a house close to his in Makkura... or better yet, if he was able to get as close as he hoped, perhaps she'd maybe even move in with him?... His face was red. It was far too early to be thinking like that...

Kurai shook his head and looked to Alec, so see what his next move was.

Alec looked up. The sun was going down, turning the sky a light blue that became an orange-red mixture on the horizon. It wouldn't be too much longer before it was pitch black out. Alec didn't want to try sleeping here in all of these flowers.

Kurai was making faces Alec had never seen him make before. Usually he was calm and collected, but today he was like a schoolboy in the midst of his classroom crush. He laughed some because it was obvious that he was already crazy for Kouki. She was hot; who wouldn't be?

"Come on, we'll be able to make it to the next area before dark. Then we can set up camp for the night... Kouki, this is my sister Seraphina. She's new to these parts, so please don't think strange of her if she does something out of the ordinary. She's... let's just say she's old school."

Alec started walking again. A path lead them through the rest of the orchards and out towards a lake. Alec spit out flower petals and brushed them out of his hair, and off of his shoulders...

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Kouki was joining them, and better yet her family would be safe in the resort area of Amaranth's island while they continued on with their little adventure. It didn't escape Seraphina's notice the way Kurai's demeanor had changed, but she wasn't going to comment on it - if he wanted to get closer to Kouki than good for him, and good for her too after all that Seraphina had just heard she had gone through.

She nodded when her brother introduced her and smiled as Alec explained how she was old school. She gave a wave of proper greeting and then giggled as she looked over to Little Kong.

She then followed after her brother, wondering where they would end up sleeping. As they reached the lake she looked around, pulling the rest of the pink petals out of her hair while noticing that she smelled completely like a flower now. This looked like a really nice spot to start setting up camp...

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Kouki saw nothing wrong with being old-school and grinned and nodded at Seraphina as she was introduced. "Don't worry, I think doing things the old school way is cool.", she said.

She then listened as Alec spoke of getting to the next area before dark. Kouki looked up at the sky, noticing that it was indeed getting a bit late. So, she followed after Alec as they left the petal filled area. She was truly glad she had decided to go with them, and was glad that her family was safe while she did so. This was truly going to be an awesome adventure, and a good change of pace considering everything that had been going on recently.

As they neared the lake Kouki looked around, feeling Suiro go back to sleep, after a silent mental chuckle at how Kouki was all giddy and happy now around Kurai as well. Suiro felt that Kouki was more than safe now, and so there was no point in her staying awake any longer...

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