[center][h3]Claude[/h3][/center]

[color=brown][b]"I'm not sure of the 'fine' or the 'gentlemen' there, and I also don't like yer 'noble almighty' attitude."[/b][/color] Claude's good mood (he was in a good mood, promise) had taken a turn for the worse with the improptu appearance of this stuck up noble boy. 

[color=brown][b]"But if ya got ta know, I'm Claude. Claude Aster."[/b][/color] Despite everything, perhaps Tybalt knew his name. The Asters were a famous family of mercenaries known for getting the job done when others could not. Claude too had made enough of a name for himself in the years he worked as a mercenary. 

[color=brown][b]"You'll find no better merc to keep watch on yer back in this whole damn continent. I ain't from nowhere in specific, if I'm bein' honest."[/b][/color] That was actually true, since Claude is not a citizen of any one kingdom or village. 

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[center][h3]Joan Croce[/h3][/center]

The first man to approach her was a man with black skin. Seemingly from out in the sticks, or so the girl thought. She kept that little rude thought under her hat and went on to give the man a sweet smile. 

[color=pink][b]"A pleasure to meet you, sire Anu, and do not worry about me. I wished not to see them death, but I believe I've already worked my way past that."[/b][/color] The girl said with a bit of a sad smile on her face, turning her gaze away from him some. [color=pink][b]"But it warms my heart to know that I know find myself with more good people."[/b][/color] She smiled at Hiro again. 

She then turned to Hyakuya, and it was at this time that the woman gasped with surprise. Was he the famous manakete who protected House Varr with all its might? 

Joan quickly took his hands and started shaking them fervently, [color=pink][b]"Might you be lord Hyakuya? Oh, I have heard so MUCH about you. Mother and father have told me so much about you! A mighty Dragon, defending the mightiest of house Varr! To think you would know of one such as me, I am deeply honored! Please, call me by my name!"[/b][/color]

After that sudden fit of fangirliness, the girl suddenly remembered that she had to keep the proper condecurum at all times. 

[color=pink][b]"I-I am so sorry about that."[/b][/color] She then turned to Pauline. [color=pink][b]"It is a pleasure to meet the both of you. Oh."[/b][/color] The girl was surprised yet again. 

Were they an item, she and Aika? The two of them... two women? Wow, she never really did expect for something like that to actually happen. Outside of fiction anyway. 

[color=pink][b]"Yes please. I'd very much like you to introduce me to everyone else."[/b][/color] The girl was quick to chase awaay her doubts in hopes of becoming good friends with the girl, and flashed yet another smile at Pauline.