Nozomi, Artist of The Sand!(Open)

"Well then, how deep did you want to venture tonight?" Lucius asked, a glint of mischief in his eye. He crossed his arms and looked around the area, searching for anything of interest.

"Right. I do have a map back home, just made the mistake of not thinking I'd need it today," He really should have known he'd wind up doing something like this, so it was a bit foolish of him to neglect the map. He didn't even forget it, he just left it back home.

Eh. Lets go as far as we can!. Hopefully theres something interesting over in this island. Besides. Not like theres much of a risk or anything.

Thats not really a problem. You may have not needed it either earlier.

Lucius shot Nozomi a grin. "Now that's what I wanted to hear,"

Even if he didn't need a map it would have been useful. He should have considered he could have gone somewhere he hadn't seen yet. Hm...no sense really lingering on it, though. There was a hint of adventure before him.

He recalled what Nozomi had said earlier, about how he wound up in the Azores region. It was similar to his situation really, although there were some noticeable differences. Still, Lucius hadn't really met anyone that could understand his situation, so he had a bit of a curiosity to feed.

"You said your parents bounced around from place to place because of work, right? What was that like for you?"

Haha. Nozomi said in agreement with Lucius. They seemed to get along pretty decently.

Honestly it was stupid. I mean. Hey. I couldnt really stick around anywhere yo uknow? I was always stuck drifting away from everybody. It wasnt really easy moving away. Because I never really got to get attached to anywhere. I'm just glad to finally be sitting in one place you know?

"Hmm, yeah I hear that. I guess I feel similarly about being here," This wasn't entirely true. Lucius WAS looking for somewhere to call home, but he wasn't sure if Azores was that place. He knew England wasn't, or Scotland, or any of the other countries he had been throughout his life. And even if one of them was the right spot for him, he was never around for long enough to get a good feel for it.

"I've been pretty much everywhere by now, at least once," He started with a chuckle, "And just like you I thought it was a pain in the ass. Not that it matters now, since I've got my own place here. I dunno how I feel about Azores yet, but it's as good a place as any to start, right?"

Yeah. Well hey. That's something we got in common I guess. Yeah I'm glad too to have my own place over here really. It's a pretty interesting place.

Trust me. You can run into the most unexpected things here. Said Nozomi. Recalling everything that happened to him first arriving here.

"You can, eh?" Lucius recognized that tone. It was one that meant the person was speaking from experience. With a wry smile Lucius pressed on, "Well what have you run into since arriving?"

Well for starters you shoulda seen this one incident. A little girl was being assaulted by a gang nearly! Nozomi explained as he began to recall the events.

Yeah man. I was walking by on the streets and I heard a little girl cry out. Ran over and there was some weird guy dragging her around with two other guys keeping people away from her. I beat both of them up and the guy fled. I had to take the little girl to the hospital man. I cant believe some people would even do something like that. Said Nozomi as he began to gain a bit of a strained look on his face recalling the incident. he still couldnt believe that it occured.

"Hmm..." Gangs, huh? Lucius always wanted to run a gang, actually, but he wouldn't assault little girls with it. No, they'd accomplish greater, more exciting tasks than that. Robbing a store maybe, take part in a turf war...or START a turf war. Something like that.

"That is pretty low. Sounds like that gang was full of scum," Still, hearing that didn't really draw a big reaction from Lucius. He wasn't even really surprised that happened. Unfortunately a lot of gangs are formed by trash like that.

Still...

"Is she all right? And has anything else of note happened since you arrived here?"

Eh. There was also this one time. That,This power ranger looking guy right? Was running around the city. Calls himself some kinda superhero. He stopped some robber guy and I helped him carry the guy to the hospital. He's pretty alright. Said Nozomi. Recalling the events that day.

Yeah that was pretty low. Honestly I hate people that are like those types of guys. Hitting like a 4 year old girl like that.

Lucius broke out into laughter. A power ranger?! "You can't be serious. I can in a suit who calls himself a superhero? Actually?" Lucius had seen some crazy stuff, but nothing like that.

Lucius' laughter died down as he thought more about the gang violence, and he shook his head. "Beating up a little girl only proves to the rest of the world that you're not capable of anything better. I don't know why anyone would bother doing that,"

Yeah haha. He helped me out a bit. It was pretty crazy. Said Nozomi honestly.

The two young boys trecked through the forest. It was hot. It was strange and maybe a bit weird. However they did not find the village they were seeking for at all. Instead discouraged the two had left the thicket. Disappointed at their lack of a finding as they talked on and on about various weird things they both knew of.

I gotta head home. It was nice getting to know you Lucius!Hope to see you sometime. Nozomi said as he began to walk off back to San Malarus off the ferry. It was getting a little late.

Nozomi exit.

Lucius was a bit upset he hadn't been able to locate the ruined village...but in the end I guess it didn't matter all that much. He made a small connection with Nozomi, perhaps they'd wind up meeting again.

"Hmm? Right, likewise. Let's cross paths again," He said with a confident smirk before Nozomi left. Lucius noted that Nozomi was headed to take the ferry back to San Malarus...funny enough, he needed to do that as well.

Still Lucius had some things on his mind, so he waited for Nozomi to get a head start before heading the same way.

Lucius exit.