Abby felt her cheeks suddenly heat up when Cyril gave her a smile and a compliment. Well, half a compliment, but it was more than Cyril would ever give a person. At least, that's what Abby assumed. Either way, it was incredibly weird. She turned her head away, for the first time grateful of Daisuke's obsession of pineapples acting as a great distraction. As she took a moment to calm her rapid heartbeat, she heard Cyril's comment about finding the crowd. Daisuke had made an surprisingly excellent point earlier about how difficult it would be to find the audience during tourist season in Trespiano or the much larger neighboring city of Vendrello. 

"I'm sure they're around here somewhere." She announced confidently, giving the boys a cheerful smile, "How hard can it be?"

-The Next Day-

Apparently it was [i]incredibly[/i] hard to find a giant group of people in either city. It didn't help that once most of the audience members regained consciousness, they dispersed almost immediately. Abby wasn't sure what their insane tutor was thinking giving them such an impossible task. But even with this evidence on her side, it didn't stop Sonya from unleashing her punishment game on all the Guardian candidates. So this was where the blond found herself now, hanging upside down 10 feet off the ground on a makeshift wooden jungle gym with the others. They were supposed to stay hanging all on their own for half an hour and if anyone fell, Sonya would restart the time. Needless to say, Abby's head was already pounding and her legs were killing her after 10 minutes.

"Um, how's everyone doing?" She strained to say. Maybe conversation would make time go faster.