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By the way, people, here are Akiko's stats:
Elemental Attribute: Tone (Ability effects not inflicted yet)
Vitality: 302
Mp: 82
Str: 6
Dex: 9
Def: 8
Wis: 19
Spr: 21
Luck: 34
Speed: 12
Evade: 6
Hit %: 79
Stamina: 7

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Akiko sighed. She was almost over the mountain, and it was already night time. She could not fall asleep at this time either; no matter where she looked, she always saw some type of shadow moving around in a threatening manner. So, she continued to climb the mountain without stopping, in hopes of getting to the bottom of the mountain, and completing her trek through the canyon that she had passed through once before. However, due to fatigue, constant movement, and the items that she brought along with her, she came to a stop and sat down on a protruding rock. She looked up into the sky, and watched the stars twinkle wildly. She gasped excitedly: there were shooting stars in the sky! She quickly made one wish, that she kept gently to herself, and left the other stars to be wished upon. She smiled, and remembered the last time she saw a shooting star: she was only five years old then, and she made a wish that still had yet to come true. But she had to admit, that wish was something that she could not expect to come true for quite a long time. She sighed, and after some more time of remembering, she got up, and continued with her journey.

She was able to smile at the tiny little patches of grass that existed on the mountain, and she enjoyed the crisp air as she climbed. The wind that blew was gentle and somewhat calming, and the gentle curves of the mountain as she looked were looking... very...sharp, tall, and concentrated in one area. She stopped, and let herself grow confused. Never before had she ever noticed that the mountains had curves like that; but perhaps it was because her mother took her over a different mountain, and she did live in the center of the mountainous terrain. Nevertheless, she proceeded with caution. She saw, in the sterling moonlight, the outlines of a few large holes and worked terrain. She had never seen so many caves before; not even the canyon that she once visited to get to that desert town. It was very... awe-inspiring to her. Perhaps she could meet plenty of new, interesting people in that area! She stopped being so cautious, and moved forward without much thought of being in any type of danger.

She climbed closer still to the biggest hole, hoping that maybe, just maybe, she might find someone that would be awake at this hour so that she may talk to them and see if she was welcome. She walked around in front of the cave, looking for a person inside, and found no one. She placed her head against the wall to try and hear if there was someone moving around in there.
There was no sound vibrations from inside the cave.
She knocked lightly on the wall, which made a dull (and quiet) thud sound, and waited. After two minutes had passed, Akiko walked to the edge of the entrance, and cautiously stuck her head through the entrance. There was no one inside, and it was dark; it was not really a good mix for her. Akiko walked in slowly with a lot of caution, hoping that no one who would be upset would see her. Suddenly, the hole behind Akiko disapeared and it was pitch black. There was now no way for her to see, and now she would have to rely on her other senses in order to get by. She quickly felt out for a wall on which to lean on, and found one that felt very.... wooden? She moved very slowly, with one hand on the wall, and one arm in front of her, in search of someone or something that could help her find her way. Then she realized; her little ball of light! Though it wasn't needed by her anymore in order to control her abilities, she could perhaps still summon it. She placed her hands to her chest, and felt out the ball. She finally found her little light, and she pulled it out so that it could shed light into the cave; though, the pink glow that it gave off was a little too tinted for excellent sight.

She entered the nearest cave to her as soon as she found it, and accidentally walked into a room filled with a few living beings. She had never seen anyone like them before... She moved closer, and had the light from her orb become softer as it continuously moved all around her. They.. were wolf-like; yet they looked like humans. The outlines on the being she was looking at definitely showed off muscular tendencies, and she took a step closer to look at the person. They were definitely a "he" as well... though, Akiko wasn't fully prepared to check to see if she was correct in her assumptions or not. She blushed when she thought of this: what if her assumptions were wrong? She shook her head, which in turn shook her hair, which caused some noise in the cave. She stopped moving: The sleeping Wolf-man thingy was stirring. This was not a good moment for her.

She quickly dimmed the orb, and walked towards the exit of the mini cave; yet, for some reason, she was not moving forward (though her legs were moving). She tried walking faster, and noticed that her feet were now sliding against the rocks on the ground as she moved forward, and that something was holding on tightly to her shirt. She turned her head around slowly, and saw that the wolf man awoke.
Her heart skipped a fewbeats.
She looked at the wolf-guy thing, and kept thinking to herself to not scream. She repeated the thought continuously, fearing that perhaps the wolf-person wouldn't allow her to move on (and that she would have to try and fight). She looked on at him, and before she knew it, he was looking at her. He had a very cinical look on his face, and it was scary to see first-hand. She waited, and still continuously told herself that she must not scream. Then he spoke the words she had wanted to hear from the beginning of the adventure.
"Hello."
She screamed. Within a few moments, more wolf-like-human-guy-people-things were inside the cave, and staring at poor Akiko. She stood very still, as a very tall he-wolf came and towered over her.
"What are you doing here?!"
Akiko would have died right there.
"Um...u....I.. I...... I.... I......"
She blushed terribly as she tried really hard to introduce herself to the scary being standing and staring down at her. When she finally succeeded in speaking her name five minutes later, the man just looked at her pitifully while she tried to tell the rest of her tale of why she was there.
Ten minutes later, she finally finished telling them the reasons of her intrusion. She stood there, blushing as she awaited their approval, disapproval, rejections, and perhaps their insults and scoldings. But as she waited, nothing was coming except for some sharp looks. Perhaps it would be best if she left.. She began to sidestep very slowly towards the exit, and stopped when a few more of the wolf-people covered the exit. There certainly was no escape now.. She held her orb in her hands, as she became even more afraid about what they could even try to do to her for her intrusions. She just hoped it wouldn't involve her fears..

[ooc]Oh, and Razz, I hope you're not speaking of the English word Loach: the Europian or Asian fish which is similar to a catfish. ^-^; It would make no sense. [/ooc]