As the soldiers came to shackle her, Rika offered no resistance.  Of the candidates, she felt either Mizuho Sensei or her brother would be the best options, as they had been able to keep their cool in the situation.  She didn't even consider herself an option, though she too might have made a decent leader.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=87405.msg3855834#msg3855834">Quote from: Shadowfox on 05-11-2010, 10:05:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">“I just want to be back home in the library with my books. I don’t know what all this is but it certainly isn’t a dream or a hallucination.” As more men approached with some heavy looking iron shackles she just went limp not offering up any resistance.  She was confused weary and frightened and she just wanted this all to end although clearly it wasn’t going too anytime soon. On top of everything else she had a huge headache from the sound of all the horses and when they moved again it was going to get worse. She wondered if she would ever see her family again.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Noticing Laina's distress, Rika tried to cheer her up. "Don't worry, things will all work out.  Mizuho Sensei or Nii-san will figure something out, I'm sure of it," she said with some renewed energy.  Her usual shyness being overwritten by the situation. "anyway, my vote is that either Mizuho Sensei or Takuma become our leader. "