After Nina introduced herself, she got the feeling that she was being watched. Probably that "company" that Ash had mentioned earlier... Well, no time like the present to start keeping her facts straight. She listened as Ash started talking, noting when he paused. So they both had noticed already, this skele-rabbit was sharper than he seemed.
Better to hide your talents. Any prior knowledge she showed of
anything could be used as evidence against her... So don't just play dumb,
be dumb.
"Wait, a city? I had no idea there were so many people here... How big is this cave system?" She made her voice and body language timid, following a couple steps behind Ash as they started walking. With what he'd already told her as far as their plan, acting perpetually scared was probably her best bet for the moment. She needed to seem harmless.
As Nina followed him, she started thinking over her "story", getting a rough idea of how she'd answer questions about herself and what she'd been doing while on her own. She might have to adjust parts of her story, depending on if Ash said anything before they could actually talk to each other again, but that wouldn't be too hard hopefully. She would blame the deaths of the monsters on another human, like Ash had sugested earlier... probably one of the guys on her team that she knew was alreday dead before they all got separated, so that he couldn't be found and disprove her. She sighed internally, she couldn't even remember the guy's name, and now she was going to blame her own mistakes on him... She herself would claim that she'd never been in a FIGHT before until Ash found her, and once he realised that she couldn't possibly have been the human going around and killing monsters
-she didn't even have a weapon for cristíes sake!- he decided to take her in. They'd have to figure out a reason why once they got a chance to talk that out later.
As she was thinking she had unconsciously pulled her lucky charm out of her pocket, running her thumb over the smooth face of the obsidian. Once she noticed she was holding it she put it back in her pocket, but not before smiling to herself. Some people thought luck was imaginary, but considering her own past -both long ago and since she's been here in the caves- she was pretty sold on the idea that some things were just completely up to chance. It's up to you to make those chances better or worse for yourself.
So let's improve our chances, shall we? If they're going to be watched, might as well talk about something completely unrelated to anything whoever was tailing them would care about!
"Hey, Ash? do you believe in luck? Or things like Karma at all?"
Isa smiled, noticing the small slip-up in Dorkle's words as he spoke. Sometimes this awkward little monster could be so adorable. She was glad he was her friend, but she would be lying if she said she never had entertained thoughts of him being anything more.
"Thank you Dorkle, I will be." She started, in response to his worry,
"You be careful, too. Putting up flyers is a really good idea, but depending on what you put on the flyer you could inadvertently cause panic." Isa nodded to System as the skeleton added that she would help Dorkle with the flyers- however she was unable to say anything before a Rabbit landed in front of them- and started rattling off ideas. She was sure he meant well, that much was obvious, but honestly what he said probably sounded better in his head.
"We can't just barricade the paths. Even if we had enough Guards to do so, that would only cause unnecessary panic, cause problems for people going about their daily routines, and probably wouldn't do anything to help capture the human. They're smart, at least from what I've heard. They probably won't fall for such an obvious trap, and locking everyone down would only create even more inconvenience."Continuing with a slight lift in her voice, she crossed her arms over her chest to show that she was still being serious.
"As for humans being able to breathe underwater, I'm not sure. I've heard that they could fly, spit fire, and even control your actions with nothing but their minds. But, you have a point- most monsters don't know what a human looks like. Even I'm not certain how to tell if something is a Human or not. Does that book have a picture that you could put on a flyer or something? Even a generalized drawing of a human would probably help."When the Rabbit called up to his companion above, Isa's gaze followed his to find a monster trembling like a leaf as he watched them talking from above.
"Ah, shoot." She mumbled to herself before calling up to him.
"Hey, I wasn't being serious about the whole 'humans can breathe fire' thing. Just patronizing your pal here. You're perfectly safe in the city, it's the lake and forest where you've gotta be careful. I promise, we're not gonna let any human into this city."
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