<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/88b07ab227b637470703a7cf81441059/tumblr_pds842HJxK1r09d6po1_500.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Susanoo-no-Mikoto (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=303102.msg14805157#msg14805157)||Niko Uchiha<br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong>Everyone<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Gaia, Unknown<br/><strong>?Wearing:</strong>Swimming trunks<br/><strong>?Mood:</strong>Momentary anger then reflective<br/><hr/><br/>Ramzi accepted his apology after some mild hesitation. He used diplomatic words but to Niko it felt that all was not 'water under the bridge'. It didn't matter really. He knew he meant the apology and only time and effort would bring trust between them if that were ever to happen. They were vastly different people he and Ramzi. Ramzi was always silent and thinking. He, as noted by many friends and adversaries alike, tended to speak his mind regardless of the consequences.<br/><br/>Adán was also a man of few words but when he spoke they rang true to Niko. Thank the seven seas they started walking towards something! Standing still and debating every action and repercussion was getting them nowhere. What would happen would happen. None of them were oracles, so at best they were guessing. Hermes' shoes began to sing, that made him smile. It broke down the quiet between their sporadic conversations and filled it with music. "I usually find place names are named after something or someone. I have read on the phoenix, it mirrors one of the four sacred beasts from where I come from; Suzaku – Guardian of the South." he said in response to Hermes' musings.<br/><br/>Listening to Fen define the role of Arbiter made Niko's eye twitch for a second. There was almost no way that the relationship between Celestials and the Elysium was ever considered on a happy or positive note. The Elysium  hunted, judged and murdered. That was it. There were arguments that some of the Celestials deserved it by going off the rails but there were also as many arguments saying they didn't--current company's case in point. So far none of the people here understood the nature of their wrongdoing or that they even committed a wrong doing. Their stories were remarkably similar in being rounded up, judged and then dumped her on Gaia. Ramzi was part of this organization or he had been up until just recently.<br/><br/>And then Ramzi went on about how many Enforcers the Elysium had and how difficult it would be to get back. He painted a rather bleak picture, especially since none of them were operating with their items or at full capacity. Not only that it sounded like they were basically just waiting for any kind of misstep from this group in order to blast them from on high.<br/><br/>When Korey asked if any one of them wanted to go back and looked at him he found himself shaking his head. "After the picture Ramzi just painted of the Elysium basically waiting for us to just hint at wanting to return in order for them to have all the excuse they needed for their Enforcers to strike us dead...uhm...well no. Not really. I mean what am I really going back to? It's rather clear to me that I have no friends or even allies back home. At best I make it back and I get dumped into another desert at worst I go down fighting. It hardly seems worth the effort for whatever small gain. I think I'd rather measure my options here first." There was a possibility that he'd possibly go back to Muramassa to have a few items of power forged but perhaps an enchanted smith could be found here too.<br/><br/>Niko wasn't a coward. He'd fight any fight presented to him. He also wasn't an idiot who just needed to fight for no reason. He searched  himself and found very little interest in heading back to his former home. "That said, if someone wants to head back to their home, I'm happy to help them get there." he addressed Adán here who wanted some answers.