Valentina Aeternum
~A Goddess of Story~
Ladon Viritra - Crocus
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"If you say so." The boy answered, awkwardly acknowledging her reasons for acting like that by stopping his words for a second. Truth being said, he wasn't really all that comfortable when it came to dealing with such an unusual person as the Mermaid, so he couldn't really find the words to communicate with her without looking overly suspicious about her identity or anything like that. After all, he wasn't exactly good in leaving behind good impressions. Bad impressions were undoubtedly easier to cause. "Look... I'm really sorry for planting a lacrima on you and being suspicious about your story." He finally started to talk after listening to the mermaid's song for a few seconds, deciding to clear away the awkward atmosphere that resulted from his previous way of acting. "It's not like I dislike you or anything, after all I always appreciate having such a beautiful companion, with a voice that is enough to soothe my lonely heard and relieve me from my boredom." He continued while paying attention to the road, putting the air of an old man and purposefully choosing the words, thing that definitely didn't match his normal personality and was clearly meant to demonstrate that he wasn't really serious with the exaggerated statement, a small moment of dilly-dailing meant to relieve the awkwardness. "But it wouldn't be the first time that someone sends a beautiful woman to kill or capture me - in fact, it wouldn't be even in tbe first dozen of times that this happened. I guess my well known preferences are a little too widespread amongst the people who hate me... I wonder why..? - and definitely not the first time that someone plants a fake civilian in a danger area to infiltrate one of the light guilds, so i naturally had to be careful." He continued, his gaze deviating from the road to face the mermaid as he stopped talking for a while before once more starting. "That being said, please don't hold a grudge against me. I mean, I already have enough people trying to hurt me without adding a strong mage in the list." He finally finished with a playful smile, moving his gaze back to the road while concentrating on driving the magic powered vehicle.
@Arius LaVari
Arius just laughed at Ladon when the red head apologized for placing a lacrima on her shaking her head, "Nah don't worry about it. I don't really care to be honest, how often does one see a mermaid after all? Though you've only just met me so you've got absolutely no reason to trust me~ Which is totally fine. You could even dislike me if you'd wanted. I'm not what you'd call a GOOD person." The mermaid/mostly human girl right then smiled at him glancing at her companion for a moment her clear blue eyes focusing on him only at the moment. "I'm glad I could be of help...but I'm not a tool for relieving you of your boredom, I'm with you because I want to be. People act like they can tame the ocean when they obviously cannot, so don't think I'd lower myself to attempting to court you simply to capture or kill you." Her voice came out in a cold splash that would make it obvious she wasn't interested in the red head sitting next to her...at all, in any way whatsoever, even to really kill him. She swung the uncomfortable appendages that were legs back and forth the fin like ears on the side of her head twitching and actually causing a few splashes to land on Ladon's cheek. "I don't know you all that well, I simply know that you saved me from being trapped inside a jar for the rest of my long life....and so I owe you a debt for that. I'm not a civilian either....that being said, despite my captivity I am not weak but I will not harm you so long as you give me no reason to. Now...where are you headed Red1?" The coldness melted from her in an instant even as she sent him a sweet smile, she hadn't been affected by any sort of awkward, she just seemed to be immune to almost any sort of prickling feeling that bothered most people; again not that she was a person, but if she was around the red head long enough he'd discover just how inhuman she really was.