Bolt Mage is...Cyman!

[CyMage]

A raised eyebrow was the only comment for a moment.  "Thank you very much.  Have a nice day."

Putting a hand on Kotones shoulder, Bolt turned in the direction the lady indicated.  "Lets go, kiddo.  We have a meeting to attend."

[Bean Bandit]

Kotone nodded, waving to the woman as they turned away. The woman smiled and waved back at both of them, as they began to walk again, in the direction indicated...

[CyMage]

And kept walking until they got to the gate they needed to get out.  Once there, they headed towards the forest. >_>

OOC: Timeskip?

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: As you say. ^^

**Timeskip**

Bolt apprached the forest with his charge in tow, realizing that the woman hadn't been kidding. The weather here was chill, reminiscient of late fall, compared to the relatively balmy weather in the city.

A faint dusting of fog covered the strange trees, wrapping the green of the trees in a haze of white, partially obscuring the view of the trees. Kotone wrapped the donated shawl around herself tightly, looking up at Bolt for direction...

[CyMage]

Sai cursed quietly.  "Damnit.  Why couldn't this have been a 'small' forest?"

Turning to the girl, he tilted his head.  "How are you holding up?  Think you can walk for a little bit longer?  I hope the 'gate' is close by."

[Bean Bandit]

Kotone smiled up at Bolt. "I'm fine. It's a little cold, but this is a warm blanket." she assured the man cheerily. "Ano...What gate are we looking for?"

[CyMage]

Sai let out a small chuckle... "I don't know.  As you might have heard before the fight, all I was told that there is one here.  We can only hope that it's not hard to find."

With that, he started walking slowly into the forest.

[Bean Bandit]

Kotone hesitated, then pointed straight into the trees. "Ano...Bolt-san...there's something in the middle of the forest...is that it?"

[CyMage]

Bolt looked that way... "Erk.  Probably.  Shall we see?"  The man made a beeline for the center.  Along the way, he found a couple straighter branches and munched on them.

"I need some more fiber in my diet." was his only comment to the girl.

[Bean Bandit]

Bolt notices as they start off that he cannot see a single thing more than five feet into the forest, but Kotone seems quite assured.

Kotone giggled at Bolt's comment, admiring the fauna surrounding them as they walked. Suddenly, she blinked, tugging on Bolt's jacket sleeve.

"Ano...Bolt-san...it's this way." she informed him, gesturing slightly to the left of where he'd been heading.

[CyMage]

Sai shrugged and followed the directions.  The girl seemed to know exactly where they were going.  "So.  Tell me about your brother."

[Bean Bandit]

"Ah! Onii-chan's a university student in Pittsburgh." Kotone replied pleasantly. "We live in a big house with boarders, while he and Laika-san work on their projects."

Kotone spoke for a few moments on school, or the people she lived with before stopping in what appeared to be an empty clearing in the forest...

[CyMage]

Looking around, Sai kept his eyes open for anything strange.  "Here?" Sai raised his voice.  "Ok, whoever is out there.   How about showing yourselves?"

[Bean Bandit]

Kotone blinked, and looked around. "Bolt-san...you can't see it?" She asked tentatively, her eyes fixing on a seemingly empty area of the clearing.

[CyMage]

Bolt started walking towards where Kotone was looking.  "I'm guessing that I can't see it and you can.  Well, here goes nothing."