<div class="floatleft">(http://i60.tinypic.com/2ro3ifk.gif)</div><strong>"Relax..."</strong>Makoto said in a stern and calming manner. She had no desire to fleece the townspeople of their money, she just needed enough to keep going or weapons to rearm herself. Some of Beryl's monsters really wore out the weapons she had picked up along the way. At her hips hung a few scavenged swords, at her back a large and worn maul that still bore the Lunarius kingdom seal and a large two handed bladed, decorated of the royal guard of Lunarius Castle. But yet her most potent weapon hung on a small chain beneath her armor, a strange crystal she had found in her pack one evening after having fled the destruction of the castle. It gave her phenomenal power, power she used to destroy Beryl's monsters by the dozens... she was fairly certain the lightning that shrouded the weapons she wielded came from her crystal... a power she was immensely thankful for each new day.<br/><br/><strong>"I've no wish to see anyone go hungry just because you feel the need to pay me. We can worry about payment after I solve your problems, alright?"</strong>she said with an optimistic and friendly tone that was no doubt growing ever-more rare in the days since Beryl's reign began.<br/><br/><strong>"But I will go and see him. If he can point me in the right direction, hopefully I can find this monster and put a stop to it before it hurts anyone else!"</strong>she says with a clenched fist and focused gaze.<strong>"You guys do what you can to keep things safe here. I'll be back as soon as I can."</strong>she said with confidence and pride. She wouldn't give up on the people of the kingdom, and she hoped in return, they wouldn't give up on the kingdom itself. And with a few handshakes and thanks given, Makoto sets off down the road and over the hill. If this Father had any answers at all, she was going to need them...