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Hearing the news that all of the sharks were done for as well there was likely nothing else coming to join the fight brought some peace to the young ice mage. More so that the people were now safe then everything else. "Ah well, that's good to hear. And uh, well, I'm Fen - Fen Yi." The girl introduced herself, before looking to Melissa, "and she's not really a uh, straggler, she's uh..." Though Fen was about to clear up the whole thing she cut herself off, as her attention was drawn by the sounds of combat. Looking towards the fire elemental, it had seemed that its arms had been engulfed entirely in flame once more, though wasn't quite as shapely around the broken and cracked hand bones of the skeletal creature. The rest of it was still on fire as well, though upon taking Trevor's Blizzara to the torso the flames seemed to be extinguished once more. The elemental, still frustrated at Devin? Shannon? Fen wasn't quite sure which but the name didn't matter to the elemental as it still wished to attack her. However, rather than try to strike at the shifter with its flaming arms opted to go and launch more flaming darts at them. Fen looked to Melissa saying, "well, if there's nothing to do here then we should probably..." The girl was then reminded that her opponent was again made of fire. "Well, there's not much reason in getting closer but..." After pondering for a moment, Fen figured out what to do and looked to Salvo saying, "I shouldn't stay around here if I'm going to help, but thank you for all your help uh, Miss." "That's what I'm here for, Fen." Salvo said with a smirk. "And not like I'm all done helping if you need some." "Oh, that's true. Right. Well, um, then I look forward to working with you more. For now, though, uh.." The girl looked at Melissa and Salvo for a moment, before starting to awkwardly shuffle about and then start to run away from the crowd of people. Conjuring a bow of ice, the girl wanted to get as far away from the civilians as she could, not wanting to get them wrapped up in any counter attack the elemental might've had. Coming to a halt, the girl looked intently at the exposed torso of the creature. Conjuring three arrows of ice, the girl rested one on her foot before tossing another into the air. Then with rapid speed and great precision, the girl fired the first arrow in her hand, catching the second one as it got to optimal firing height and shooting that as well, only to then kick the final arrow into the air, catching that as well and shooting it. One after the arrow, with very little delay between them, the arrows soared towards the creature, all three of them striking true against the creature's hardened bone. Each one caused more chips to fly off of the bone, now causing the already damage torso to begin to crack. With her attack successful, Fen stood her ground and waited to see how it would react as well as for any other openings to strike at.

Those strange feelings, those strange images. They were the things keeping Sophia's mind occupied. What was that? Was it the end of the world. Yes, yes it was. The end of the world of slumber, that is. Beep beep beep beep "Who awakens me from my beauty sleep?" Sophia Manchester looks around and about as she rises from her bed, only to realize that it was her phone's alarm. It had rung at least five times in the past hour. "Oh, it's just you. Again. Please learn some manners." She gradually drifts back to the realm of dreams before realising something. "HOLY CRAP! I'M LATE!" She rises from her bed, shaking her hair as it almost magically fixes itself straight. Waving her hands, her clothes immediately transform from an evening gown to proper business wear fit for an interview, complete with heels. She slots some bread in a toaster as it pops out, spreading some jam on it and slotting it into her mouth. One might wonder if her ability to run on heels was her true power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She struts into the building filled with many people, high-end perfume combined with a confident aura emanating from her body. She stood out - whether like a sore thumb or like a shining diamond in the rocks was a debate. "Me? Being lead by some plebeian? Ohohohohoho! What can you even do?" Sophia questions the high-ranker, but all this was soon interrupted by a giant serpentine beast interrupting the meeting, before being promptly exterminated. "That was luck!" She ascended the stairs, following behind Aki. "Looks like where we're going, we'll need- huh?!" A fiend of some sort, the size of a man, creeped about. Its wiggly, ever-increasing arsenal of stretchy arms felt about, and they were ready to feel Sophia herself! "Eek! A molester! Get him away from me!" Using her abilities, she seemed to create some kind of translucent barrier around her. The creature's sense of touch probed at it, as if it was a physical construct. She then formed spikes around this barrier, causing the being to flinch backwards in pain, even though no holes were punctured during this process.

Hmmm, first -anime- I watched without it being just cuz it was on TV? I want to say it was Naruto. Which is sadly, the boring answer but well I'm glad it got me into the medium. And it's an excellent starter anime that taught me when someone tells you to skip a large section of episodes, you -listen- to them. It was not fun to sit through 101-219. It was nothing short of torture and I now understand why you listen to people when they recommend things. Another show I actually went out of my way to watch relatively early on was Chaotic. Bit of a strange show but I definitely enjoyed the worldbuilding of it even if the animation was typically... meh. It was never ugly just felt a bit box-cutter with it's animation style. And beyond that the only other anime I think I really actively went out of my way to watch when I was younger was Black Butler but that was definitely after Naruto. And to this day I have not touched some of the other popular anime surrounding Naruto due to being terrified of getting stuck in that filler rut again, as I'm someone that feels they -have- to see every episode if they enjoy a show. Which is why I have not seen Bleach or DBZ, even though I've watched DB Super. xD

That Keres of all people would put forward the idea of blowing things up to pass the time was perhaps unexpected but Reinaan wasn't one to focus on the unlikely source. The information is what interested him. Blowing stuff up sounded like fun and in a non-combat context almost stress relieving even. He wouldn't have to worry about Ziiyol's magic blowing up in his face. The fire spirit would probably enjoy it a lot too. It seemed like a good idea all around. That said, for the time being the boy was content to go with Lindow as he was somewhat concerned about the damage he'd taken in the last moments of the battle at the gate. Even if it had been some time one could never be sure. And another trip to a weapon shop could potentially have something cool catch his eye. After the scratches from the demon his mind lingered on the idea of some form of armor but he still had principles to maintain. If it didn't look good on him it wasn't to be. The two chosen went on their way. The blacksmiths in the area were nothing to write home about but were by no means amateur. Most any of them would prove capable of meeting Lindow's needs and offered plenty of wares to browse. The halberd had performed wonderfully in the battles here thus far so the draken was all but ignoring weapons at this point. His eye was on forms of protection. The shopkeep they ultimately settled on sized the two up immediately and Reinaan still wasn't used to being taller than his companion, let alone the humans he interacted with in these cities. "Sure you aren't looking for a tailor my friend? I know a guy who could get you set up nice down the way." the blacksmith teased Reinaan. "No thanks." Reinaan managed to respond with a weak laugh to try and keep the situation friendly. "More here for him." the draken said as he motioned to Lindow and gave the thunder chosen time to do his business with the man. The boy took to looking at the things on display but as yet nothing in the armor was catching his eye. The heavier pieces reminded him too much of the Templar Draken who so readily served the still-less-than-trustworthy-in-Reinaan's-eyes-Council. So those were off the table. There also wasn't much in any extravagent colors but that was to be expected by anyone who knew the business unlike Reinaan. Eventually when Lindow's business was sorted the draken wandered back to the shopkeep. "A friend was talking about stuff blowing up, you know anything about that?" the boy asked clumsily. "Dear lord did something blow up again? I swear those people need to be more careful with their wares!" the man responded in alarm. "Those people?" Was all Reinaan could ask back. "Merchants that deal in explosive goods, I don't make it my business to ask questions of what the others do so I can't say for sure." the man replied. Reinaan's interest was piqued so he knew where he wanted to go.

A dour expression crossed her face as she once again took stock of both of her companion's injuries. She probably would've been able to help Damien if she had been stronger and faster to dispatch the demon in her path. Similarly, she would've been more able to assist the chosen in fighting the lion proper, as opposed to simply acting as an effective distraction at best to the demons. As a result, things had ended up like this now, with girl only being incredibly grateful for Madelyn's magic stabilizing the both of them. Yet still, there was a concern aside from herself that nagged at the back of her head. The girl looked over to Damien, worried about what was going on with the boy during the fight with the demon gate, She didn't say anything on the matter to the boy, not wanting to dig too deep into such a thing after they had just come out of such a scrape. Once the group had resurfaced from the cavern, Ryia could tell that a general malaise that was in the air - one she hadn't even realized was there until just now - was gone. She couldn't really put her finger on it, but it was almost as if the world around them was brighter and calmer. This persisted into the city as well and the girl couldn't help but feel yet more relief come over her as there didn't seem to be anything pressing waiting for them on arrival. The lack of fanfare was almost welcome to the girl at this point, both not expecting it the first time it had happened as well as just enjoying the calm everyday life of the city people around them. As Reinaan had asked about things to do in the city the girl thought about it for a moment, not really sure how to answer the question herself. She hadn't done much back in her hometown outside of work, shop and more work. Her train of thought was interrupted as Keres answered first, the girl looking at her with a confused expression. "I um...don't think people blow things up...well, I guess I could be wrong but..." The girl couldn't recall any time she had seen explosions going off willy nilly in Haven. As the non-chosen departed, Ryia looked over to Lindow as he made his own comment about going to shop. She had definitely agreed with the sentiment that he brought forth, and knew there were things that she wanted to take care of before they even thought of heading towards their next destination. It was then that the girl recognized the voice of the self proclaimed Chosen of Buffalo, seeing that he had returned from his own adventure. Curious about what he had been up to, as well as if there was anything noticeably different both in and out of the city now that there was no more demon gate, the girl looked towards the others. "Ah, I'll join you later. First I uh, I'll go check up on..." The girl nodded towards Geoff, before slowly making her way over to him. One there, she gave the man a friendly wave saying, "hello there, um, Geoff. Nice to see you again." "Hello!" He looked a bit uncertain as Ryia walked up but then seemed to recognize her. "Ah, it's you! Did...you have a task for me? If so I'm afraid I must have forgotten it." "Ah, no, no." She waved her hands as if to dismiss the thought. "I uh, well, I'm coming back from my own sort of uh, task..." The girl pondered it for a moment before saying, "I just thought I'd well, um, stop by. Say hello. You know." "Oh? You did a task you say? Well that's grand, following in my footsteps! The more the merrier! But be careful it's dangerous out there." He paused then then nodded. "You did indeed say hello!" The girl couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle at his comments before pausing herself, letting an awkward silence hang for a moment. Clearing her throat the girl then asked, "um well, speaking of it being dangerous outside, and all. I know you just back and all, but have you uh, noticed anything different...either in the city or out?" He raised an eyebrow. "Different how?" He looked around "Is there a festival that I'm missing?" Waving her hands to dismiss it again the girl said, "ah well, nothing like that. Just like, with the townspeople or monsters or something...In general." His eyes lit up. "Are you saying the townspeople are becoming monsters? This is much more serious than I thought." He then began to eye some of the people approaching warily. Letting out another laugh, this time more confused the girl said, "ah, nothing uh, nothing like that. Well, it's nothing really. Just, glad to see you're alright, an all." "Well that's very kind of you! But you don't have to worry, I AM the Chosen after all! Worry more about yourself!" "That's uh...true?" The girl paused for a moment before saying, "well, that's all really, good seeing you again." "And you, too! You might want to get that armor checked by the way, it looks rather dented! Must have had a bit of trouble." Looking down, suddenly realizing the sorry state her armor had been in from all the abuse it had been through, the girl said, "oh, huh. It is. Uh, thanks yeah. I'll go get that check out." Nodding to herself and Geoff the girl then waved saying, "well um, until we meet again, I suppose," before beginning to walk back.

Evangelion, unfortunately. Took me down a rabbit hole.

Okay so generally not on TV? *Checks off a good portion of the 90s Toonami block as well as Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and the others that came after this* ...honestly I'd say any of these, since this was how my uncle got me into the realm of anime. I ended up watching Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, G Gundam...these were my starters...but I didn't end up streaming them, no...they were just sort of on TV always for me. So for the sake of this conversation: they don't count. I wanna say that the first anime I watched and sought after was Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Only sought after it once I got a bit familiar with it thanks to my subscription to Shonen Jump (the actual physical copies, not this digital crap...cause hey, this gave me free YGO cards as promos :3). I ended up watching all of that series on YouTube, back before the days where anime was scarce on the platform. After I moved to Arkansas, I was introduced to the anime streaming websites (and all of their damn Pop-Up Ads, also before I had the general Ad Blocker). With that I watched all of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, even No Game No Life. Sort of stopped using the website not long after (or rather was forced to stop given that the site sort of fell off the grid, probably stopped being used due to Crunchyroll and Funimation...honestly dunno), but about that time while in college my former roommate actually got himself quite a list of anime to watch and that's what we did some...many a sleepless nights were due to this. Then I had the advent of VRV. With that I was able to finally sit down and watch the Fate series (after being referred to it by Sai), God of Highschool, Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, Rising of the Shield Hero, Bungou Stray Dogs and My Hero Academia. This is currently how I watch my anime now.

Well, first anime I streamed was naruto, on the fuckin naruto website (which was mirroring funimation) before streaming was such a big deal. After that... Soul Eater? I saw the first episode on toonami, then binged it on funimation. First show I watched on crunchyroll was TTGL, which I ended up watching in a single sitting. What a transformative night. Then I went to see what other shows were popular on the site and watched the entire first season of sword art online. I got way too fuckin into it, read the gun gale light novel, and then five minutes into the first episode of gun gale, I went "wait a second... This is terrible." and never looked back. First anime I bought on blu-ray was Evangelion 1.11