Welcome to Gaia! ::

Lloyd had experienced many things in his life, but the course of the past few days had been different. Granted there had been some things that were very familiar. Like crashing in an unfamiliar place with a Rheiard that no longer worked.

Not only that, he had been found by some cat people that had called him a Mench and were openly hostile. Despite the telling of his tale, they didn't believe him, and he had been forced to fight and then flee. It had forced him to be low key and try to learn as much as he could about his situation. Having gotten hold of a map and some information, Lloyd had stashed his broken vehicle among some cargo and snuck aboard a ship. It was headed for a Koshka, that's what they called themselves, city closest to the border of the Mench territory.

It was his best option anyway. Although lugging a broken flying machine around was not any fun at all. It was at least fairly light weight.

He now found himself hiding in the cargo hold of said ship, sitting on the floor and leaning against some crates. Trying to get a nap after all the chaos he'd had to endure, Lloyd then suddenly started awake as he heard voices.

The small vehicle sputtered and died, just as soon as it had started. It didn't have enough juice to go anywhere at all, let alone start up properly.

Brown eyes blinked in surprise as their owner heard the sound of the Rheiard trying to start. He jumped to his feet and started to reach for his swords... only to peek around a crate and see... a kid? One of those weird cat people though, and with a talking animal.

It was odd to see a kid there, but she could be another stowaway like him. If they were, they weren't exactly being quiet about it.

Lloyd soon relaxed, and watched her for a moment, eavesdropping on the conversation between the girl and her pet. At the mention of food though, his stomach made a loud involuntary growl.

Agh no! Why did his stomach have to choose that moment to make noise! Lloyd grimaced, but it was too late, despite his effort to cover it with his arms. Then the little girl appeared and started screaming. Lloyd's eyes went wide, a horrified look on his face as the cat girl started acting much the same as the Koshka he had encountered before.

"Whoa wait! Wait! Calm down!" He shouted frantically, although he too was trying to keep his voice down so as not to be discovered by the cat people running the ship. He would be in big trouble then.

When the girl ran and hid, Lloyd swallowed hard. He crept quietly toward where she had hidden herself, catching the faint words and frowning.

"... I'm not going to hurt you. I promise... Just don't scream, okay?"

This said quietly as Lloyd bent down to peek into the alcove under the stairs.

He had already gathered that there was bad blood between these people called the Koshka and the Mench. However, Lloyd blinked in surprise at the mention of wars.

However, as the girl's voice caught the attention of the Koshka workers above, Lloyd ducked slightly and went quiet until it seemed all was clear again. He sighed a little and looked back to the girl, his voice low.

"C'mon, do I really look that bad?" He said with a half joking grin.

"I don't know what my people did, but I didn't start any wars."

Lloyd then looked up as a declaration came from above him. Only to have a lion cub land on his face. The force from the falling cub causing him to fall backwards and land on his back with a surprised but muffled cry.