[Hyoga keeps barking and howling, stopping only to sniff at her hand and lick it, confirming that she has Ikki's scent still lingering in her person. When she calls Ikki's name the animal just gets even louder and more excited.
Ikki makes his way to where his noisy pet is, not knowing what has gotten into the animal, he doesn't sound scared but Ikki can't think of what would make him that excited. Unfortunately he misses Esmeralda's voice, drowned in the crowd and the wolf's barking and howling. Something in the back of his mind tingles as he gets closer, her Cosmo being noticeable, but it has been so long since he last felt it, close to six years or so, it doesn't ping him immediately.
He finally gets to where they are, stumbling a bit and glaring at the crowd, wishing they all would just vanish already. He must be taller than Esmeralda remembers, he's older, but he's still Ikki. Just as she's still Esmeralda when he turns and finally finds her. If there's ever a moment in which the world freezes and seems to vanish, it's this one.]
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Ikki makes his way to where his noisy pet is, not knowing what has gotten into the animal, he doesn't sound scared but Ikki can't think of what would make him that excited. Unfortunately he misses Esmeralda's voice, drowned in the crowd and the wolf's barking and howling. Something in the back of his mind tingles as he gets closer, her Cosmo being noticeable, but it has been so long since he last felt it, close to six years or so, it doesn't ping him immediately.
He finally gets to where they are, stumbling a bit and glaring at the crowd, wishing they all would just vanish already. He must be taller than Esmeralda remembers, he's older, but he's still Ikki. Just as she's still Esmeralda when he turns and finally finds her. If there's ever a moment in which the world freezes and seems to vanish, it's this one.]
... E-Esmeralda?