Barely Contained Inferno (Open)

Aster looked back as he heard someone else's voice. "Y'know yelling is a good way to attract attention, but sometimes it might just attract the wrong attention." He couldn't help but frown at that. He knew this person, whoever the albino haired young man was had a point. But was freaking out when you are randomly dropped into a new place so out of the ordinary? Surely he couldn't have been the first person to arrive, wherever this was, and freak out.

His next words made him smile a little bit. "Finding information isn't hard either. So long as you open your eyes and actually take a look for it. There's an information board in the center of town, has lights on it and everything so you can't miss it." This person obviously didn't deal with someone lazy on a regular basis. After all if they did they would know how ironic their statement was. Though the fact that there was something like that in the center of town was extremely useful information to have.

"I can show you where it is if you want. Follow me. If you'd rather sit around and be confused be my guest." This got a raised eyebrow from him before he cursed under his breath and jumped off the ledge to follow his temporary guide. Looked like he didn't really need an answer and it was up to Aster himself to follow if he really wanted the info. Though he'd rather be lazy this could help him survive down the road.

"Anything is to much work for someone that would rather be lazy then actually do anything that takes effort. But knowing where to find information and getting some information would be useful." He tried to be as friendly as he could be but he had enough time trusting people he knew. So trusting complete strangers was extremely hard for him. Though he was willing to give someone a chance so long as they didn't do anything to show they weren't worth the effort.

"By wrong sort of attention did you perhaps mean an enemy or something? Not sure if you noticed this or not but I just got to wherever we are. Wow yea that would be a bit of a problem not even knowing the name of this place. Anyways how could I attract an enemy or anything like that when I'm new here. No one here would even know who I am?" He placed both of his hands in his coat pockets giving off the aura of some one that was completely relaxed. Though if something did happen he was confident enough that he could defend himself. He was also sure that his guide could take care of himself. He gave off the feeling of an experienced warrior.

"Why exactly are you offering to help me? Don't get me wrong here I'm not trying to complain but how do you know we aren't on opposite sides of whatever is going on here? After all I mean if I was brought here by that strange swirling flame thing you had to have been brought here somehow right?" He made sure to stay a few paces behind his guide making sure to keep him perfectly in view. He wasn't quite sure what to make of him. Granted they did just meet. He sighed he could just tell that what ever was going on his days of just kicking back were gonna be few and far between.

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"Actually yeah I did." He caught as he was momentarily interrupted. While at least now he was sure of what his guide had meant. "One, this place is called Omphalos, two, doesn't matter who you are, if you happen to be in the way? You're likely to get mauled by something eventually. There's been a pretty nasty monster that keeps showing up around here killing people. So you wouldn't be the first, plus it'll target those who're dragged here more because that way the ones that dragged you here don't have another person to help them." While at least he now knew where he was.

"Well you have a point there I wouldn't assume some monster would be picky about who it killed." He had noticed the disbelieving look but didn't really care. After all he was getting the information he had wanted and it was being given freely. He stopped as his guide did looking at the board sighing at the information both it and his guide were giving him. "Okay, one, I'm offering to help because it's what I do. Two, I'm pretty sure I'd know if you were on the enemy team because you wouldn't be here nor would you be asking people to help you. Another point is that if you were, then you've had plenty of time to attack me which you haven't. Being brought here by flames probably means the fire god brought you here. To help with the problem. Though you get to pick which one you serve under from my knowledge." Yup his chances of relaxing were definitely out the window at this point.

"The god of fire huh? Well I guess it makes sense that would be the one to summon me here with the strange affinity for fire I have." He sighed rubbing the back of his head as he examined the board closely. "As you can see, the universe is at stake, if you can fight you're useful to the God people who're calling the shots in this war. Have to stop a nasty dragon, and then we all get to go home and back to our normal everyday lives." He noticed that his guide seemed pretty calm when explaining all of this.

"All of this talk of Gods and Dragons and the universe being in trouble is really out of my league. But I guess since I'm here I should make myself useful. Man it would be so much easier if I could just find somewhere out of the way to take a nap until this whole mess is over with." He took a moment to actually get a good look at his guide. He kept his hands in his pockets as he did. "So do you have a god you serve..um I didn't catch your name? I'm Aster by the way." He didn't see any harm in giving a little information to his guide. After all he hadn't done anything against him yet.

He looked up towards the sky wondering exactly why he was dragged here. Sure he could fight and if it came down to it would be willing to without hesitation. But he preferred not to get involved in conflicts that didn't initially involve him. He was curious as to how these gods actually chose their champions. Were there certain criteria that had to be met? Did the person have to have a certain amount of experience? Did they have to have some connection to the god that summoned them? "I guess the only question now is why am I here? It's not like I've really done anything noteworthy even if I can fight and make myself useful why would I be summoned in to this conflict?" He didn't really expect an answer but if he got one that would be helpful.

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Aster listened to the rest of Riku's answers with mild interest. The fact that he got brought here alongside his girlfriend meant that the gods did have some sort of criteria. Or so it seemed. He shrugged it off figuring that he was thinking too much into it. He studied the board for a little while, particularly the map to make sure that he didn't get lost.

He made his way to the map store first being sure to purchase one before making his way back towards the ledge he was lounging at before Riku appeared. He lounged back up on the ledge thinking about the information he had learned. At least now he knew what was going on and had some idea of how he got here. Why the gods couldn't fight there were own battles he had no idea but he'd do his part. After all he doubted he had much choice now that he was here.

"Man how the heck did I ever get into this mess? Guess I'm gonna have to try and be a little more serious. Man this is so annoying." He glanced out at the rest of the city a nearly unnoticeable smirk on his face. At least he wouldn't have to worry about deling with any of the people back home for a while. That was one silver lining he guessed. Plus fighting here would probably protect his home as well. "He said if I want to know why I'm here I should find the god of fire. So that would be Pyrus. Hm I wonder if I would be able to find him all that easily."

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