Stacey
The plaza would not stay quiet for long. Not when Nilus of Olympus was around. Upon noticing that his, extremely large, friend was nowhere to be seen, Nilus was immediately struck with confusion and proceeded to begin to shout around the empty plaza looking for what should be quite an easy being to spot. 

"Gursht?! Thou hast not arrived yet? I gave thou extra time to get here!" 

Nilus began to search for Gursht, ironically after the comment about Dado not being able to spot Heroes. He struggled to find his friend until Nilus had the genius idea of looking elsewhere BESIDES the fountain! 

It did not take long at all for Nilus to spot Gursht once he began looking properly and once he did spot his four-legged friend, the loudness did not stop! 

"Finally! Gursht! I hast been looking for thou!" 

Nilus approached Gursht with his arms in the air, a large smile on his face. At this point, Nilus would normally offer a handshake to his friends and acquaintances but the circumstances were different with Gursht so Nilus settled for a solid nod, a sign of respect. 

"I can sense thou hast grown stronger already. How doth thou feel after the Arena?" 
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Jonathan
Gursht stood up from laying position once Nilus approached him, he chuffed a greeting and offered his basket of fruit to pick from.

"I do indeed feel much stronger... The Arena you spoke of can do many strange and fantastical things. Yes, Gursht indeed does feel stronger, but I cannot help but feel as if I am still behind. Where have your adventures taken you, friend?"

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Stacey
Nilus pondered for a moment as he took the fruit offering. An excellent question. What had he gotten up to? Since leaving Olympus and carving his own path to becoming a Hero, what had he gotten up to? 

"Well.. Recently I was defending Traverse Town from various monsters. Creatures called Heartless. Are you aware of them? They were attempting to destroy the town. Myself and a few others beat the Heartless back and found a dark portal left behind by one of them. Surmising that this was the only way to find their leader and end the attack on Traverse Town, I lead a valiant charge into enemy lines." 

So far, true! 

"I found myself in a chapel of some sort. Facing various other people who seemed to be there on some mission of their own, we joined forces as more of these Heartless creatures attacked. I fought all of them off, didn't leave a single spawn of darkness behind. That was when their Leader arrived. She was terrifying Gursht. I felt like her eyes pierced right through me, but i fought on." 

Conveniently leaving out the part where Nilus temporarily fled from the battle before returning near the end. 

"A difficult battle. One that certainly shaped my view and gave me a lot of hands on experience. I assume that is the difference in our strength." 

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