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*After what had to have been an hour or so of walking through the forested outskirts of the GIT grounds, Yadi and Dio had found themselves on the banks of a tiny pond that was being fed by a stream that had formed into a 10 foot waterfall due to some sort of rock formation that would have presumably been formed thousands of years ago. Dio let go of Yadi's hand to place the quilt on the ground. He grabbed the corners and flung out the length of the quilt, slowly letting it drift to the ground. Dio pulled the edges of the quilt, forcing it to cover as much ground as possible. He then sat the picnic basket on the side of the quilt and sat down himself. Dio then patted the ground beside him as he looked up to Yadi.*

"Plenty of room down here."

"Yeah, personal hygiene didn't have anything to do with it. I just liked the view."

*Dio pulled out a single red candle from the picnic basket. A few more seconds of digging resulted in finding the candle stick that was meant to hold the candle. Dio sat the completed decoration in the middle of the quilt on top of a flat and level rock he had quickly found. He then fished around in his pocket and pulled out a small copper butane lighter he had picked up several days before. He brought his thumb across the flint wheel applying enough pressure to cause a spark that lit the butane that was being expelled. The wind caught the flame just at the right angle causing Dio to burn his thumb.*

"Ouchie!"

*Dio shook his hand as the burning sensation left, and then went back to the lighting of the candle. He made sure to learn from his past mistakes and cupped his hand over the flame preventing any wind from reaching it. Once the candle situation was handled, Dio reached back into the basket and removed two plates and several sandwhiches that he had individually wrapped in small baggies. He put a plate down in front of Yadi, then he placed one in front of himself. Dio then held up two sandwhiches beside his face.*

"Bologna, or ham?"

*Dio smirked as he awaited Yadi's response.*

"Hmm, ham it is."

*Dio flipped open the baggie and plopped the sandwhich down on her plate. He did the same with his respective sandwhich. A thought suddenly occured in his head, causing him to reach back into the picnic basket and remove two wine glasses. He sat them down between the two of them and placed his hand once more into the picnic basket. Several seconds later he pulled out two bottles of what seemed to be some form of wine or champange. One bottle was filled with a transplucent and bubbly, red liquid, while the other was filled with a dark liquid that wasn't easily identifiable.*

"Okay, what's your policy on drinking?"

"Er, well what I meant is....Here, one of these bottles is just sparkling grape juice. The other is a several hundred year old red wine I obtained though.....methods. Which one do you want?"

*Dio placed the bottles within Yadi's reach so that she could examine them if she so desired. The moonlight glinted off of the liquids that were contained within the corked bottles. The moon had reached a point where it glowed brightly through the trees and reflected off of the water causing an almost surreal feeling as the light shined upon both Yadi and Dio.*

*Dio shrugged and then popped the cork off of the wine bottle with his bare hands. A feat not usually possibly with out the use of proper tools. A slight bit of foam leaked out around the sides of the open bottle mouth, but Dio made sure not to spill a drop and quickly poured it in Yadi's glass filling it half full. He then filled his glass dangerously close to the brim. He sat the two bottles aside and focused his attention on Yadi.*

"Careful with that, its a bit potent."

*Dio motioned to Yadi's wine glass with his own. He tipped back the glass, taking a quick swig as he did.*

"Sure, I believe its your turn baby-cakes."

*Dio took another swig of wine to help wash down the last bit of sandwhich he had been munching on. He swallowed a bit hard as he was hurrying to finish his food so that he could answer Yadi in a timely manner.*

"Hmm, truth. I don't do too many of those."

*Dio finishes off the rest of his wine and begins to pour himself a new glass. This one was also dangerously close to the brim. The moon lit Dio's features, excentuating the sad expression that had been placed across his face.*

"I'm marked for death. That's something I didn't want to share with anyone. Your turn."

*Dio sighed heavily and took another large drink of wine out of his glass.*

"I went rogue, now the organization I worked for has issued an extermination agent to wipe me out. No biggie. Last I remember the extermination agents had a fatal flaw that made them pretty stupid, thus easy to evade. I just got to hide out till they loose interest, if they loose interest. Your turn petite."

*Dio drank the rest of the wine in his glass and immediately began to fill it with the bottle. This time wine spilled a bit over the opening of the glass and dripped onto Dio's lap.*