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[center][h2]Mako Kurohiko, Exiled Warrior|Streets of Crocus[/h2][/center]
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Mako found it odd that the man mentioned having another companion with him, since he himself could see no one else, but did not dig. "So, what brings you to these parts, Mako? Here to try your hand at those Grand Magic Games? Or to take in the sights and what this place has got to offer?" Mako considered simply telling the man that his business was his own, as was the business of the person he was speaking with, but he saw no harm in providing answers, at least to his purpose in Crocus that day.

[color=DarkOrange]"I'm here to speak with the guild masters of the participating guilds, not to compete. However, if you're here to compete, you should know only guilds can participate and that tomorrow is the last day of the Games. I came today as they should have nothing extravagant planned with it being a break day for the competitors. What brings you here, Mister..."[/color] It was rather rude that the other man hadn't introduced himself, but perhaps he'd forgotten to.
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Alan nodded, as if he had expected such an answer. "Well, if only guilds can participate, I suppose that makes things easier on my front since I'm not really part of any at the moment..." And it was not like he was too interested, either, but he'd keep that little tidbit to himself for the time being.  Suddenly, his partner flew out of the bag and yanked on his ear, causing him to yelp, "Oiii! What was that for?!"

"For being an idiot and not bothering to introduce yourself, duh," Now it was Aura's turn to roll her eyes, "Seriously, I knew your village was full of xenophobic pricks but I figured that they would at least install basic manners into you..." She sighed and floated down to Mako's level, "My apologies. This adorable idiot here is Alan. Alan Smith. I'm Aura. We're from a village you probably heard nothing about." 

"Some of us are still a bit exhausted from training all morning and then launching ourselves into the sky just because a certain somebody didn't want to bother to get here slowly and [i]safely[/i], remember?" Alan retorted in her direction. As if to confirm what he was saying, one could still hear the guards chuckling to themselves not far off. 

"Hey, your fault for going along with it," Aura shrugged in response, which caused him to shut up for the moment. She then turned back to Mako, smiling, "So, you're here to see the guild masters too, huh? Quite the coincidence, that is, since my friend and I happen to want to go see them ourselves...as soon we find the nearest bakery around here."

"You keep eating us out of all our traveling money, you're gonna have to start paying for your own ticket to the pastry buffet." Alan commented towards her, though he didn't mean anything harsh by it as evident by Aura winking in his direction.