>>6338887Finally, Hassan gestures backwards, towards a girl that you have to admit you'd already noticed. She's dressed to the nines and made up, too. You wonder if it's practical to go out hunting like that.
"The smokeshow back there's named Charnabel. She's actually pretty well-known around here. Well, sort of well-known. Pretty sure she's an alchemist. I thought she already belonged to a Guild, so I don't really know what she's doing here... maybe just curious. Or scouting."
You sneak a look back at Charnabel. She's at the back of the line, in the midst of lively conversation with what seems to be a male celestian.
It doesn't escape you that Hassan seems to have exclusively taken notice of the women in the group. No word on the girl he hit accidentally, though. Maybe he's just embarrassed.
"That's basically it... I figure everyone else here's a scrub like us. Pretty varied group through. Lots of races, lots of different styles, maybe..."
You have walked about twelve blocks while talking. During your conversation you caught glimpses of many buildings, people, and features of Chaotzakka that left you wondering, but everything's a little overwhelming right now. As your group turns a corner and a arrives at a small park with a stone cathedral, a chain-link fence emerges into a view. A gate flanked by Armed Forces cadets seems to be your destination.
