A Beating Heart of Stone (Joining)

[Vendetta C.]

Fortunately for Anima, she was correct in thinking they've never met. Better yet, Ven hadn't ever gotten the chance to talk to Vin for him to ever tell her about Anima too, so neither the name nor appearance of the next one to approach raised any alarms. Though it did somewhat dampen her spirit in thinking that with her luck, her little quest was far from over. Perhaps there was still hope that maybe someone around here had at least heard of him, even if he wasn't here surely there were people that traveled among the groups? Either way, fate or luck seemed to want her to stay here at least temporarily and maybe even go ahead with her idea of using this place as a base. She supposed the people and the location was nice enough, and she wasn't going to risk a trip to the next clan over just to find out it was some shithole.

Though before she could respond HBAA (God knows she wasn't gonna repeat that name anytime soon) another kiddo came along. While she was older than the last, that didn't change just how adorable she was, and Ven let her guard down for a moment, giving her a small smile in response. "Thanks, your's isn't half bad yourself kiddo." Though the smile quickly disappeared as it returned to the others.

"Well, you don't suppose I could stay for a while now could you? I can pull my own weight if you're worried that I'll be a burden, and I'll be sure to not cause any trouble while I'm here." She said with a small sigh, her tone a little less formal than it had been before with disappointment tinting it only slightly. While it'd be good to get a small break, she'd never forgive herself if she didn't find Vin in time. Though perhaps he wasn't as defenseless as she thought. If the reports on him were true, then he could be even more dangerous she cared to think of him. Still, she'd hate to risk finding him too late either way.