"I'd love to stay the night, but that's where I draw the line. I don't need other people trying to protect me from something I'm hunting anyways. I'm Creighton."
Zeke nodded "I understand" The name Creighton also sounded familiar but he still failed to remember from what.

Zeke then watched as the 2 rats split and combined into the man's jacket, for him it was a clear sign of the man's gear and a note that teh rats were not familiars but more similar to Yumi her gear, artificial souls, and once again it pulled on a vague memory without letting him remember what it was exactly, but it all was a clear sign that Zeke had seen the man before somewhere...

"So, Mr. Gremory, mind telling me how you seem to know so much about me? I don't recall telling you about my master at all...for all you know, I'm just a stray on a killing spree."
Zeke smiled with a light chuckle "Seems you misunderstood me, When I said I am raised by the Gremory's, I also mentioned I am not a member of their family, as for knowing about your intentions of not wishing to kill us, a stray with such a mind, one of the dangers, would have attacked us by now, it is clear you wish just to survive, you have distrust but no killing intent, for all your other questions about who I am and how I have learned about your matters, please join us at the campfire, were are doing an introduction and when it is my turn you will learn it all, most of them are done so only Sonitus, Orin and I are left, it will not take long and feel free to enjoy all the marshmallows you wish, if you want something else, the one with the horns is my Queen Moena, I am sure she can find some left overs from our dinner for you"
Normally Zeke would not allow a stranger to hear about his past, but the man had his rights to know why Zeke knew so much as that Zeke hoped to find out who the man is, he had taken an interest in this individual, perhaps this man would be a nice finish for his group.

Zeke walked back to the fireplace first, showing the man his back.
Sure Zeke could sense the man;s intentions and if he would attack him with his aura sense, but the man did not know that so he would feel that Zeke is trusting him by giving such an opening.

As Zeke and Creighton were returning back to the campfire, Yuriha shifted a little in her sleep and with a gleeful smile in her lips said, while still asleep, "He he he... raspberry cheesecake..."

OOC: The following is a visual representation of Yuriha's dream:

It seems to Marcus that the boss has this handle, However he does wonder how Zeke is able to practically know this person. It seems to him that he just met him and yet he can basically tell a lot about him just by looking at him. "Is he a profiler?" He asked out loud, think he was like one of those profiler from the show Criminal Minds. Though he soon begin to wonder if Zeke could read minds.

"So, Mr. Gremory, mind telling me how you seem to know so much about me? I don't recall telling you about my master at all...for all you know, I'm just a stray on a killing spree." Strangler told them.

Marcus was a bit shaken by this remark, but he knew it would be a bad idea to show him fear. "Oh don't worry about us becoming you're victims cause if you are a killer ..." He then stop mid sentence to grab the thick piece of wood he left near him. "Then i just have to beat your head in with this." He told in a joking matter, but the reality is he was a bit weary of him, and was trying to make himself look tougher.

Marcus then check to see what Yuriha was doing. "Is she still a sleep?" He asked himself wonder how she was able to sleep through that.

"...I see...this guy must be able to read me like a book. A Sacred Gear? No...he doesn't...smell quite right. Something's weird about him." Creighton thought as he listened to Zeke speak, wondering just what his intentions were; not like there were many sane demons who'd just let a stray wander about near their family. He was definitely expecting a fight, so the idea that the leader of the bunch was just so...inviting was off putting. He hadn't had anyone really talk to him nicely in a while. Manners were a wonderful thing to be reminded of, especially after basically bumming it in the wild for a couple years. Placing his hands in his coat pockets, Creighton followed along behind Zeke, having absolutely no intention of harming him unless someone else made the first move.

Walking into the area around the campfire, Creighton payed little regard to the red-headed guy's threat, only saying: "Nice stick, by the way. Best Sacred Gear I've ever seen." before he took a seat not on one of the logs, but next to the one that had the sleeping chick. Seemed like she had a spare bag of marshmallows anyways. Not even bothering to acknowledge that she looked like someone cosplaying a foxchick, Creighton ignored the obvious stares of suspicion from anybody around him. "I can wait my turn, Mr. Fauxmory." he stated, the rats on his coat all staring at the bags of marshmallows curiously. Hasn't been a while since Creighton had a chance to restock on crackers either. Obeying his command to stay, they remained on his back, though most of their individual eyes were all visible, staring at Yuriha's marshmallow bags in the way that is not covered by the double entendre.

"Please don't just ignore what I am saying like that..."

Orin gave off a blank look as Marcus simply ignored his comments on the whole thing, though he was use to that when he mentioned Yuriha. Speaking of which he had already moved up to the sleeping fox and poked her cheek a little, making sure to avoid her teeth as she was dreaming about food. HE was waiting until their new arrival came, which Zeke went to deal with. "That boy will never learn to use the pieces at his disposal" He commented on the fact he went to do it himself, a dangerous move if it was a enemy and they were left kingless. Thankfully it seemed the guy was new deadly, but he did put Orin off a little, maybe it was the coat of rats staring towards Yuriha.

He decided to take a new seat beside her as he pushed up his glasses "Well, it seems like we have a interesting new guest" He leaned on his baton, trying not to pay attention to the stick comment he made to Marcus, since as far as Orin knew his was just a stick so far...

When Zeke returned he was not surprised to find Sonitus missing as he had felt the guy sneak away, he looked at Hecate and nodded, giving her the OK.
Hecate instantly stood up, flames covered her arms and back followed by dashing off, leaving only a trail of flames in her wake.
Her speed was fast enough that you could only see a blur when she moved and due to this she quickly got to Sonitus and ran past him, stopping her flames on her back, allowing her to move more agile so she could turn mid-jump and draw her sword.
That was how both came to an end with Sonitus looking at the tip of a crystal made sword just 2 centimeters away from his nose.
"your up" was all she said as she moved behind him, her speed being lower then when she went after him, this time you could see her move but she was still to fast to react to it.
During that instant she sheathed her sword and grabbed Sonitus by his collar "come or burn" She simply said as she started to drag him back to the group.
The entire problem for him now was that she was not bluffing, if he tried to get away she would set her hand on fire while still holding on to his collar, which would burn his neck and if he was unlucky set his hair on fire and that would be a warning, continuing struggling and she would likely put her burning hands to his chest and continue to go lower.

Zeke noticed this mind set of her and sighed, he knew he should have send someone else, but Hecate was the fastest to catch up to the man who just did not wanted to do the intro, though as far as Zeke felt, he could have just said so instead of sneaking away.

Sonitus was silent as he was dragged back. He put up no resistance, like all living organisms, he had no intention of being barbecued. It wasn't exactly like he had fled to be rude, or disobedient. He simply tried to avoid any unneeded conflict by leaving. He didn't want to share his story, and he would feel awkward being so blatantly secretive.

After returning to the group, he noticed the new guy. Great, now they were just picking up any stray from the street. No need for explanation (he hadn't been there for the explanations), just put blind trust in every random hobo who happened to be near. Still, he took care to make no visible reaction to the newest addition. That would bring attention to him, and right now he was hoping to become as small as possible. From what he had seen, everyone was already annoyed with his antics, even though he didn't think he'd done anything wrong.

"Nice stick, by the way. Best Sacred Gear I've ever seen." Creighton said to him sarcastically

Marcus couldn't help but looked weirdly at him. "Thanks, It was the best stick i could find within 10 seconds." He told him mockingly while at the same showing him some respect.

Marcus has notice Hecate using her flames to chase down Soul(Sonitus). "Holy shit!" he remarked. He was actually scared for Soul's sake as well as their. "That just fire hazard waiting to happen." He pointed out to the boss. As soon as she came back with him. Marcus had calmed down a little. "Where the hell did you go soul?" Marcus asked him sounding a bit worried.

Zeke sighed when Soni had finally returned.
"if you dont want to speak about yourself you could just have said so instead of walking away like that"
Zeke then looked to Orin "unless Sonitus would change his mind, I believe its your turn"

Hecate just sat down, arms crossed and started looking at the stars.

Orin had been trying to pet Yuriha while she slept the whole time the others had been talking, all the commotion was pretty normal when one hung around these people enough so he had just gotten use to it. When Zeke told him it was his turn he looked a little confused at first but decided to give his little story again, since it was possible Zeke didn't hear it.

"Orin, also known as 'The Black Beast', at your service. I am retainer and butler to my mistress: Beatrix Windglaive. I am a close friend of Zeke's and so have become his rook, more out of the sper of the moment than anything else." He then gestured towards Yuriha with a smile, still looking as refined as always as he did so "I am also this cuties future husband, and that is all~" Though his words could use a bit more refinement... Either way he had finished, not really going back any more than he needed too, after all his past was unimportant to the person he was now.

Zeke sighed at the husband comment "Orin, at least get her to agree on such, or call yourself that when she is awake and listening to you before saying such, otherwise youll only become drawn in to your words with the risk of heart break" He said thinking someone should say it for once.

"So its my turn now, please excuse me" Zeke said, mostly aimed at guest, though it counted for the others that did not know of his past and his feelings about it as well
"As most of you know, I call myself Zeke Volray, But my real name is Zeke Valefor, I have no idea what my age is but I know my father died during the last great war, I am your [King] and as a pureblood devil I do not possess a sacred gear, but I have inherited the Valefor powers very strongly.
These powers allow me to read aura’s, control my own aura and harden it to steel like density, also I can absorb electricity in my body and use it in a very large amount of uses.
But I also possess an power that I had received by pure chance, let us hope none of you will ever learn of this power, or at least not anymore” he looked at Moena when he said that.
“to understand my goal you need to know why I possess the Valefor bloodline but not use its name as of yet.
When my Father died during the war I was just 1 year old, my mother came from a mid-class household and the council had decided that as I was too young, my mother was seen unfit to lead the house due to her back ground, even though my father had thought her everything that was needed to know about living as a high class devil and lead the house.
They disbanded the Valefor House, called it extinct and worst of all, and shipped my mother out of the land and into a low-class territory.
Being from a mid-class family and having been living married to a high class pure blood, not one of the lower class devils accepted my mother, refusing her work and even interrupting her attempts at shopping for food.
She has pleaded with the council for some aid but they dismissed her, saying that they have no reason to aid a low class devil that cant survive without aid, saying she should blame herself for that she was not powerful, acting like they do not know who she was.
My mother eventually stopped fighting for herself and began fighting for me, telling me of my heritage and my father, explaining me why we are in such bad situation, she knew I would become strong one day, then when I was 9, she died of self-neglect, having spent everything she had into making sure I could live.
From there on out I had gotten aid from the house of Gremory, being raised and living under their roof, but also I had gotten an aim for my live.
TO GET REVENGE FOR MY MOTHER AND REBUILD THE VALEFOR CLAN, EXPOSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE EVIL THEY ARE”
Zeke then turned silent, breathing heavenly, trying to calm himself down.

Moena bended towards Ophilia “he’s getting better, that power he hinted to, normally when explaining his past it would start showing, either partly on his body or through his aura” she whispered to Ophelia, but loud enough that other new members could hear it as well.
Zeke then looked up “that is why I need all of you aid, I have spent millions of years to reach the rank of high class devil and get my peerage, with all of you people’s aid I can rebuild my clan, during rating games when we make a large enough name for ourself and enough followers, then I will speak up to the public about what has been done, this way the counsel will have no options other then listen to my demand to rebuild the house and return the land they stole to me"

Listening to the story of how Zeke about how was life was basically ruin by the counsel had made his blood boil like crazy. If there was one thing Marcus could stand was a person who abused their auditory. "I accepted! I am going to going to matched down to counsel room and kick all of there arsed until they no longer have them! Those bloody fools who do they think they are? If their is one thing i learn about rich people is that they are cowards who wouldn't even last 5 seconds in a boxing wing. Just wait until i get my hand on them" He said before picking up his stick. "I'm going to *Woosh/Bam*" At the moment Marcus had swung the stick which would hit Orin in the face if he wasn't paying attend.

Sonitus refrained from rolling his eyes at the speech. To him it seemed rather silly, especially with how he was acting like they we're trusted allies instead of people he just met. He also found that Marcus even more idiotic. His flamboyant reaction was unneeded. That said, he did begin to wonder why everyone always had a terrible sob story.

((My god I actually posted))

Orin just listened to Zeke get heated up from his own story, a room full of devils and beasts and all had their stories of how they became such, a sad mortal life that was followed by a even sadder devil life before they reached here. It did not surprise him, he knew people, how to control and manipulate them, so people with sad pasts gathered together to become stronger that was just how the world worked. Though he also noticed that such people seemed to get the most heated out of every type of person he knew...

*CRACK*

The stick collided with Orin's raised hand, his fingers facing towards the wood as they pushed forward to help shatter it casurally as most of the force was already provided by Marcus. "Please try to watch where you are swinging. You could have hurt one of the lovely ladies here. Thankfully it was just me heh" He said as he took a look at his fingers, several large splinters dug into his flesh though he did not seem to mind. Lifting it closer he licked his wound of blood at first like a hurt animal before catching one of the bigger splinters and dropping it into his other hand. Really it was own fault for trying to break it in half, he did not expect it to be so fragile.

"That being said. It brings us to our next point does it not? Why we are here and what we plan on doing. We are here to train, to become stronger so that we can all be good little pieces."

Marcus had begin to blush a little as he realize that he had just let his passion take control of him ...again, causing him to make a fool of himself and hurt a fellow member of his group. He felt so a ashamed and guilty to had let that happen. "Shit man are you okay." Marcus asked Orin actually seeming worry. Though Marcus found Orin pretty annoying, he could have just as easily hurt someone else. "I seriously didn't mean to almost hit you." He told him truthfully.

Zeke smiled as the reply's came.
"You must know Marcus, in the underworld power is everything, the counsel should not have had gotten their status of they were not powerful, that is why I feel its better to go the long path of making a name and then explain what happened, that way we will cause an uproar that they cannot stop with pure force"
He watched and sighed as he almost hit Orin before replying to him "Yes it is our next matter, however for now I believe we should all go to bed, rest up and then start the training tomorrow"

With that said the group went inside the cottage and went into their own rooms, it had been decided to rotate the order so everyone gets to share a room each night, this was done so everyone gets to get to know the others better, this arrangement was mainly for the new members though, but the girls also liked to share a room with Zeke, so this way they would get their chance.
This night the order was:
Zeke+Yumi
Moena+Ophelia
Hecate+Marcus
Orin+Sonitus
Yuriha+Runa
The guest member got his own room for tonight.
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After halve an hour when everyone has gone to bed, a sound was beginning to be heard coming from Zeke's room.
Though only 2 rooms would be close enough to hear it, being straight across or right next to the said room.
These rooms were the ones of Orin+Sonitus and Hecate+Marcus.
And the sounds were from a girl being banged and enjoying it.

Once the sounds from Zeke's room stopped after 15 minutes there was a 5 minute interval when from Moena and Ophelia's rooms moaning could be heard as well which took around an hour of time till that was finally over and their room was exactly in the hearing range for Orin+Sonitus and Hecate+Marcus as well.

room placement btw was:

----[Z][O]
-----------|
[R][H][M]

--- = Hallway
| = window
Z = Zeke+Yumi
O = Odin+Sonitus
R = Runa+Yuriha
H = Hecate+Marcus
M= Moena+Ophelia

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In the morning there was no sign of Zeke during breakfast.
After breakfast, which btw was very early in the morning as the sun only just started to rise, the group would be guided by Moena into the field in front.
M "Ok, after yesterday there was already some idea of everyone's abilities, but today were going to start with a real assessment of each abilities based on the training options, which are:
Hand to hand, weapon to weapon, ability or gear training, magic and the base stats, after each training Master will also expect you guys in the hotspring, there you can relax but also hear more about the underworld and other matters you need or wish to know.
Each training will be examined by a different instructor, mainly us who are your elders.
For today, I will do the base stats, which is the first thing we will do.
Hecate will do the weapon training, be careful, she can be a little crude with this.
Runa, Yumi and I will do the gear and ability section.
Also Runa and I will do the magic examination.
And you will see me in the hand to hand combat at the end of the day.
Now you know today's regime, lets start with base stats, beginning with running down the mountain by following that path"
Moena aimed at a specific path when she said that, it was a path that while going down the mountain also had a lot of uphill sections and sharp turns, this was meant to examine the agility, stamina, self control during downhill and such.
"After this well climb up using an other path I will show you guys, now come on" She said with a smile.

once they were down the mountain, the would realize that the uphill path would take them past multiple steep walls which they were force to climb to test endurance and strength as see if they were smart enough to examen the wall at various points to see where it was save or easier to climb.

===Zeke====

Zeke ended up flying back to the cottage from an other mountain in the area once his peers were gone, only the guest was still present.
"So, you heard my story and abilities, had a night to sleep over what I said, now what do you wish to do"

After Creighton had heard the leader's sob story, (And, admittedly, found a tiny bit of sympathy with him.) he opted to stay with them in the guest room so graciously offered to him. Once he was in there, he set his coat aside, which dissipated immediately once he willed it to and crashed onto the bed. Just...feeling it. Feeling the plushness of feathers in a sack, of woven together cloth creasing beneath his fingers. Something he hadn't had the chance to touch in a few years...at least not a real one. Broken matresses never counted for a good night's sleep. Just smelling it for a bit, Creighton relaxed atop it, sprawling out and sighing contently. His stomach groaned and roared as he tried to sleep, and, after a few punches to his own gut and a single cracker left in his pant's pocket, he settled into sleep, awkwardly curling up on the bed like a territorial animal, and resting his ear on the pillow. "...Reminds me of home..." he lamented.



Waking and yawning, Creighton cracked his back by pushing his hips out and held his stomach. Comfort did usually make one long for food...

Glaring at the door, he threw his sacred gear back onto his back, the rats writhing in hunger and anticipation. And, a few doing the potty dance. Sprinting off to the restroom, Creighton relieved himself, having one of those urinations that become the highlight of the morning. Zipping up and washing his hands, he soon went into the kitchen to find that he was the only one still there. Somewhat suspicious, he started rummaging around for food, eventually finding some very basic saltine crackers. Jamming a few into his mouth, his eyes went wide as he heard someone enter again. Backing up to the wall once Zeke entered, he was huddled in a corner, crouching on his knees with an entire package's worth of saltine crackers in his mouth. Staring for about a good minute, he rushed to the sink and washed them down, panting after he was done swallowing. "...Paa...Paa...Fucking...crackers...are amazing..."

Running a hand over his face once to brush the water into the sink, he leans against it, facing Zeke and acting like he didn't see any of that. "Hasn't changed a damn thing about what I want to do. I want to get stronger, strong enough to take on an entire chessboard, and then I can get my payback."

”Fwaaa…” Yuriha woke up feeling better than she ever felt after a night’s sleep, it was almost like she’d slept for a month.

”Good morning, Runa-san! I’ll be off, then!” The fox girl said, dashing out of their bedroom to take a shower before changing into a cute set of clothes, that Moena had prepared for her the other night and then making a beeline to the kitchen.



In the meanwhile she didn’t lose the opportunity to greet everyone that she passed through while she was blitzing around their cabin, getting ready to the upcoming day.





Yuriha had just finished hearing to Moena’s explanation of their daily activities and was about to dash into the training area when she noticed the cast down look on Marcus and Orin’s eyes. Deciding to cheer them up before getting straight into the fun part, Yuriha turned in her trekking boots heels, she said while smiling excitedly, ”Aniki, Ori-kyun, why don’t we make a bet? Whoever is the last one to arrive at the end of the trail has to buy the others ice cream.” She didn’t bother acknowledging their agreement before turning again and running to their challenge, ”I’m going to go first, bye!”

Then Yuriha dashed in to the trail, leaping from tree to tree, jumping past rocks, even going as far as dropping on all fours to run as fast as she could when the landscape allowed, the sensation of the wind biting her skin, the dirt getting stuck to her thighs and face and even the small scratches from her skimming through the underbrush, were very refreshing to the once sheltered fox girl.

The one she had to thank for showing that unknown side of herself to her was an old wolf she’d met yesterday while trekking through the mountain alone, it was like… no, she was sure that she could hear his voice ever since she stepped in this mountain, for he was its oldest guardian spirit and the only one that still withstood the passage of time though weak with each passing day. The words Yuriha heard from it on the heart of the ancient mountain were very powerful and changed the way the half-kitsune watched the world. ”Perhaps Zeke-sama brought me here just to meet him?” Yuriha questioned the possibility of Zeke having planned their meeting from the very beginning, especially since the old god gave Yuriha an important piece of knowledge about how to handle her powers.

Before Yuriha had even noticed she had already arrived at the final step of their trekking, a great wall of naked stone, where several crevasses, created when this part of the mountain was covered in a glacier thousands of years ago, offered a natural, if hard, way to climb. She was so far ahead of the others that Yuriha began to feel sorry for them and thought of a way to show her apologies when they arrived here.

”Ahh! I know it. Kuu, can you help me?” Yuriha asked as she brought her sacred gear into being, ”As you wish, little one. Nevertheless, let me ask you something first. I’ve never seen you more full of energy than today, it’s almost like you want to retrieve their years of your life you’ve fed me with impossible as it may be. Why is it?”

”I don’t know, Kuu. After I talked with the wolf Sensei yesterday, and then after I listened to everyone’s stories, and told them mine, at the gathering in the past night I felt as if a weight had been lifted from my chest. I know I’m not alone anymore, and I’ll do my best to help my new family in every way I can. Like this!” Yuriha finished her sentence by punching the great stone wall with her right fist, creating a hole that would be easy to use as a handle to help the others climb the rock. After this, she repeated the process, while she climbed the wall twice, or even thrice, slower than she would if she wasn’t doing that impromptu stair.

However, when Yuriha arrived at the end of the climb and stared at the trail from above the tree line, she could see that the one who was closest to her still hadn’t made it to half of the way, so Yuriha enjoyed the rest of her walk until she got to the end of the trail, where she sat bellow a tree shade, opened her backpack and began eating the lunch Moena packed for her, while reading another one of her manga, this one being a mahou shoujo tittle.

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@Drake Baku@Kitsune@Mtntopview@demonspade64

Zeke fully ignored the entire cracker incident, though he did made a mental note to give the man more when he leaves.
He simply waited until Creighton composed himself and listened to his reply to which he smiled.
"And what if I would grant you this chance, train you as the others under me and help you with your goal, all I ask in exchange is if you wish to help me with mine" With that Zeke pulled out his last piece, a pawn from his chest pocket.
"Off course this is just a suggestion, your free to decline and go your own way"

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After having a rather unique and, truthfully first time experience with Moena's familiar (under Moena's command), Ophelia has slept like a log.
She was pleased to notice that Moena was not in the room as she had no idea how to react to her after what they had done together last night.

She decided not to shower as she would just get sweaty soon enough anyway so she just got dressed, used some Deodorant and went down to breakfast.
To her relieve Moena was not down but had finished cooking up some stuff, so she was likely now busy for Yuriha or getting ready herself as she tended to walk around in her PJ's in the very early morning, getting all the stuff ready for breakfast so everyone could eat while she got ready.
Just then did she realized, Moena did not had a PJ on last night, thanks to krawl and his cloth melting acid, so that meant she has been making breakfast in the nude.
well normally everyone would still be asleep when she is up so no one would have seen her, maybe Zeke, but Moena doesn't seem to mind him at least.
She wondered how Moena would replay if one of the other new guys would have seen her like that.
Still the thought brought a few memories of last night back, turning her face all red as she silently began eating her breakfast.
After which she decided to go outside to the field, only to quickly be passed by as Yuriha jumped up on the stairs asking if she was excited, to which Ophelia did not answer as she was more nervous..

The first moment Ophelia noticed Moena's presence she started to blush right away again but to her relieve Moena did not spoke to her but began explaining the day's schedule.
Based on what she heard about her piece she should be fine with Hand to Hand combat but all the other sections... she had her doubts, especially Magic...
At least the day was a test rather then real training so she could get a feel for how it all would be.

As the group started Ophelia began to run, sure it was just a test, but she still wanted to show what she was made off.
The path down was tricky though, she had to keep slowing herself down at various points or she would go to fast as the hill down was pretty steep, you could easily run but you would make up way to much speed to handle, especially for her, sure she had some experience with being in a track team, but that was 2 years ago and even then, she never had run downhill, the field was near perfect flat so that and this mountain cant compare...
Then the first sharp turn came right downhill, causing her to fall of the path and hitting a tree, if it was not for her evil piece, she would have been knocked out by the speed she had.
Each sharp turn she failed to make the turn, all were right after a downhill bit for the first half of the mountain and the first few had an uphill bit right after the turn as well, making the climb just the more harder, though you could still walk up, but the path was rocky so all the more of a trail, though something did strike her as odd, the path down was a nice dirt path but the path up was rocky.
She figured that the path would likely have been made for the sole purpose of this training though..

It was clear for Moena, as she watched that Ophelia lacked in agility and may have some improvement room with self control, but for now stamina, when going downhill at least was looking good.
Yuriha however was kinda cheating by jumping from tree to tree and due to her speed there was no chance to call her on it.
Well at least her Agility seemed to be top notch, self control today was lacking a little but it pleased Moena to see the young lady have this much energy.
"Seems the mountain air did our little girl quite some good" she said to herself.
As Moena has unable to follow Yuriha as she stayed with the others, she failed to see how Yuriha was running on all 4 at times.
She started to think about giving the young girl an extra training, but for the real test, Yuriha would have to run the entire mountain again and seeing the girls good stamina was already known, Moena figured there was enough to be known about Yuriha for this section.

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Once the group finally catch up with Yuriha who was sitting in a self made alcove, reading a manga Moena sighed.
"Its good that you decided to wait for us and made a little place to help your team, but dont go making holes in a cliff wall, it could have collapsed on top of you, now come down here, were going to go together for safety as we have to climb these cliffs and other steep hills until we reach the forest near the base again"
Moena then smiled a comforting smile "Dont worry though, there are a lot of near flat or slightly raising paths as the ones we had when we walked down to here between the climbs"

Ophelia sighed, this sounded like a challenge, she was never good at climbing..

M "Alright, lets begin, I will watch you guys from the sky, that way I can act quickly if something go's wrong" With that she opened her wings as the bones broke and snapped back into their wing shapes, lifting her from the ground, even though her wings never really moved, outside for show reasons as it felt weird otherwise.

Creighton smacked his fist against his chest a few times and coughed. Felt like something went down the wrong pipe...regardless, he stood still for a moment, contemplating the proposal earnestly. On one hand, he barely even fucking knew this guy. At all. All he knew was a sap story that probably wasn't even real. But still...the promise of gaining power and being aided in his own endeavors was enticing. Not like he was going to get a better deal from exorcists when they track him down, or other demons seeking to euthanize a stray.

Hesitantly, Creighton looked at the pawn piece. "...Just one?" he thought to himself. Seemed like he was pretty bottom of the barrel...ranking only high enough for a single piece. Groaning and rolling his eyes, he says: "...Yes. Much as I hate to admit it, I need your help to get what I want, and I can help you get what you want." Extending his hand, Creighton looked Zeke in the eyes and said: "But if you ever cross me, pawn or not, I'll tear you apart. Kay?"