<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/65/Ryuko_the_Outcaste.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Ryuko the Outcaste (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2Xzb2PKv_KjRhKdUg7OzRXXkXh5Trlj1PpYld-pG-c/edit?usp=sharing)</strong></span><br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>28th of Resplendent Earth, Evening after meeting to review evidence<br/><strong>Where:</strong>The City of Narthekhal, Upstairs, The Seven Flowers Bathhouse, private meeting room<br/><strong>Doing</strong>Protecting Carnelian while seething quietly<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Carnelian, Nellens, Rhapsody<br/><hr/>Ryuko stood in silence as Carnelian, Rhapsody, and Taleda spoke, hands behind her back to hide how tightly curled they were into fists.  Taleda had done something to upset Carnelian, but she didn't know exactly what, so he had a black mark in her books, so she kept a close eye on him the entire time.  Plus he'd led that inquisitor right to them, no matter how brutally he'd killed the man in the end.  It was only when Satsuki was brought into the conversation that Ryuko reacted.<br/><br/>"You—"  She bit her tongue, literally, tasting blood in her mouth as smoke curled from her nose as she sought control.  Even the mention of the dark haired half-sibling had her ready to argue, to shout, and she couldn't do it.  She couldn't shame Carnelian any more than her outburst already likely had.  So she stood there, a slight tremor moving through her as she clenched her fists even tighter, causing her nails to dig into her palms painfully.  Carnelian must have a reason.  She wouldn't just bring Satsuki into this for no reason... right?