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Bianca giggled again as Neil introduced himself to them, surprised that his boorish attitude and snarky sarcasm was seemingly gone from when he took the coin from her. She wondered if it was mister cape’s threat that made him back down, but honestly didn’t think so. Not entirely, anyways.

“Heeeey, Neil. You don’t sound like such a bad guy after all. Even though it was mean to snatch that coin from me without asking first. If you wanted it so badly, I would’ve given it to you. Honest.” She wasn’t being entirely honest. Though her nickname of ‘mean man number two’ was now gone, thankfully for Neil. Hallik would still be ‘mean man’ or ‘Hat Lick’, though, as he hadn’t shown any change in attitude thus far. Nor had he introduced himself. Nor Bianca really been thinking of 'better' nicknames.

“Anyways, just in case you haven’t heard me the multiple times I’ve said it, I’m Bianca!” She muttered a few words and snapped her fingers in front of her face, and a small heart appeared to brighten up her expression and her smile. “A pleasure to meet you, mister Neil.”

Before she got a chance to ask mister cape what his name was, Artur spoke up, giving the group direction. It seemed that he’d have to continue going as mister cape for a while longer.

“…Get ready ASAP. We leave in an hour. We have some ground to cover. Understood? Then dismissed. Meet me by the west gate in an hour.”

Bianca’s heart skipped a beat as Artur doled out his orders. Was it because she was excited that her first adventure was starting so soon? Or was it due to her trepidation about going off nearly immediately? She tried to shrug it off for the moment, figuring she’d discover which it was when the time finally came. In her mind, however, she was fairly sure it was excitement. Why, that’s the whole reason she came out here, wasn’t it?

“An hour, you say?” Bianca said, raising an eyebrow. “Well, that gives us just enough time to make a few stops around town before we head on out. And considering I’ve never been here before, which one of you servants wants to show me around town and let me see the sights, hmm?” She eyed the group as a whole, carefully looking at each one of them. “...Though I reserve the right to refuse some folks. Like Hat Lick over there.” She giggled, the nickname starting to grow on her as she used it more often.