<strong>"Don't you believe in magic, Farren? Like in a young girl's heart? Or how the music can free her whenever it starts?"</strong>Ry asked with a wicked grin after the other had rattled off the type of magic that Earth had. He knew a few tricks from when he was young, but it was only card tricks that Ry retained. The sleight of hand that can useful in most situations, or false cuts when shuffling a deck of cards. But still this Manastream that Aria had talked about sounded like something Ry wanted to see as well. And while he dislikes fast travel in games with a passion, he didn't know if his body could handle a trek across the world in its current condition. Maybe if he had a horse or some kind of winged creature to fly, then he wouldn't mind a cross continent trip. Or a dragon. Though he didn't even want to think about air travel now that he remembered about that behemoth they saw - he saw? - when he first arrived.<br/><br/>Catching up to Aria as she strode on ahead, Ry chuckled and shook his head before whispering in her direction,<strong>"I guess it's like trying to tell a stranger bout rock and roll."</strong>He rolled his eyes at this, a smug expression on his face at his own joke, knowing that Aria probably wouldn't get the reference to either the song he was spinning to his needs or even rock and roll. He ignored the comment of Farren's about how none of them knew how to fight beasts or creatures and mentally shrugged. There was always a time to learn, especially if this was their new world. He played countless games in the past and had little brothers that always like pretending to sword fight with sticks or toy light-sabers. Practice makes perfect, and with death lingering as a consequence it would only serve to motivate them to get better. Or stay held up behind city walls until the days they died. And that.... that wasn't the life Ry wanted to live here. Not again.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>RYDER KNIGHT</strong><strong>[??? Class] <br/>HP: 15/15 | DEF: 7 | SEN: 6 | BM: 4 | CM: 3 </strong><br/>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■<br/><br/>Surprisingly, Ry felt refreshed after the amount of travel they had put in for the day. The altitude made it a little hard to catch his breath the first few hours, but he was beginning to acclimate to the conditions. His legs burned, but in a good way - the kind that a trek like this gives - and it reminded him of his time in the boy scouts. He remembered having a pretty decked out sash too, but most of his badges - the ones he were proudest of - were ones that circled around the outdoors. Basic survival skills, trapping, hunting, and the like. The old him was being broken down and reshaped by this world, leaving Ry to feel more alive by the seconds as the past. He couldn't say the same for the rest of his group, since they looked weary upon closer inspection. Farren was taking heavy breaths and Madison had began to complain. He tuned most of it out however, until a beastly roar announced the presence of company. The gleam in its eye didn't look friendly at all.<br/><br/><strong>"She didn't say that there weren't any. Just that she never saw one,"</strong>Ry remarked softly as to not arouse any more attention from the rhino. Aria of course made a scene by casting some of her magic, conjuring crystal weapons out of what seemed like nothing. He wondered for a second if that had depleted her reserves, but his attention really ought to be held elsewhere now that the Ash Rhino began hoofing at the ground. From what Ry remembered from days of hibernating on the couch watching Animal Planet, the beast was most likely about to start charging. And its attention seemed focused on Madison. Just lovely. Grabbing the crystal broadsword, Ry spun it in a flourish until he held it with both hands, "grab the other sword Mads!" Ry hollered while he seemed to be just trying to avoid getting trampled. Farren grabbed the crossbow and shot a blot at  the thing and Ry didn't even bother waiting to see if it struck home. He intercepted its path as it chased Madison, attempted a juke to get along side of it after Farren had shot, and slashed at the Rhinos flanks with a primal howl of his own.