John
*The sun had just made its way above the horizon not too long ago as Ryker trekked off from the lodge in search of some open land for him to perform tests with his new constructs. He didn't expect the Kemonomimi to show up given how busy they seemed, but that didn't dampen his mood. The blue Oni had been spending the past few days, trying out new artificer works, and now that they were done, he seemed quite pleased with the result. After crossing a few hills, Ryker had found himself out in the windy plains, seemingly alone for the time being. He reached into his pocket and removed a small trinket from it.*"Alright, let's see how you'll fair out here..."*He said.*
Ashley
*The sound of stomping hooves and rolling wheels goes out through the land as cresting one of the nearby hills comes a cart as large as a small house pulled by two giant black stallions*
Virginia
*At the front sit two small creatures red caps on their heads as they spot the man out in the open* "**Oh oh there's one there's one!**"
Barbara
*The other bumps the wood behind them* "**Boss man we found someone hhhhh approaching soon.**"
John
*At first, Ryker had not taken notice of cart approaching, mostly being wrapped up in his own piece instead. It was only when he started hearing voices, did he turn to look with a mild sense of alertness. Ryker had never really seen much threat out in these open lands since leaving Amongko, but seeing such a display walking past made him wonder if this was one of the workers the Kemonomimi mentioned. He squinted at them past his glasses and pocketed his trinket for now in waiting for them to get closer before he'd speak.*"Can I help you?"*The Oni called out to them.*
Virginia
*Begins to slow down as they finally get close enough before stopping all together* "**Hhhh yes boss man wants us to keep a look out for people.**"
Barbara
"**Oh yes yes people to find though not hurt hhhhh no simply find them we must and know we have.**"
Ashley
"That you did boys." *As one side of the carriage opens as Fictor comes out leaning under the door made a bit short for them before tilting their head over to the oni with a couple pops* "Oh salutations."
John
*He looked between the two smaller creatures, then finally at Fictor as he exited the carriage. Their appearance was off putting to say the least, but only left the Oni to become more curious of it. He had only really seen beastkin and silnaris around for the most part, however, this was a change of pace.*"Greetings..."*Ryker said in return to them before adding on.*"Might I ask for what reason you are seeking people?"*He said his words slowly as if still gauging whether or not they're meant to be a threat despite the underlings suggesting otherwise. The Oni didn't appear to carry any weapons on him, but as his race would suggest, one could assume he didn't need to really.*"I have not seen someone such as yourself out here before."
Ashley
"Ah yes well iv been looking for something in this region and unfortunately for me iv gotten a little lost as one could say." *Goes into their jacket as the pull out a flask sipping from it* "You wouldn't happen to know where i am at the moment yes besides just the anushken area." *Puts the flask away* "As for seeing one of myself well that certainly makes sense my kind arent exactly common anywhere and i myself am not like most of them."
John
"Hm..."*The Oni drew lost in thought. Eventually he decided to consider the man not so much a threat and thusly took his dragon trinket back out of his pocket to idly transfer some mana into it while he spoke. It would take a bit of mana to work anyways.*"Just beyond Iskar. It's a small village out here. Although my knowledge of the land is quite limited as well. I've never thought I'd end up this far west..."*He said in answer to Fictor's question.*"What... Are you exactly, if I may ask?"