If Three is a Crowd, What's Four...? (Rima, Lucas and Daniel)

It was sunny. It was warm. It was a beautiful day. And, the nature and atmosphere of the park was simply breath-taking.

But.. as Rima walked the trail of smooth, manicured rock, it dawned on her that she wasn't quite sure what had brought her here. There was no real reason for coming, other than that peaceful feeling of sitting under a large sakura tree with an interesting novella, or letting one's imagination soar at the hand of a notebook and writing utensil. Neither of those interests had intrigued her today, though. So, she continued to wonder... what was the feeling that had beckoned her to come to the Tokyo Park? It was a strange sensation -- a mix of absolution and rightness. It was the type of feeling that asserted that she was meant to be here. Yet... the reasoning and purpose behind her arrival was still uncertain. And... she hated not knowing things.

The more she walked, her brown eyes began to wander. To notice, to search for whatever she was supposed to be looking for. Falling on happy couples and intertwined hands. Kisses and cuddles and laughter of love.

Her heart broke all over again. Her brown eyes deepened into hurt, into sadness. In remembrance of... him. Of... James. Of... their relationship in their past life. Of how happy they had been. How they used to visit parks more perfect than this, but had acted more or less like the couples here. Of how close they had gotten, and how much they had trusted and loved one another... until, of course, the true monster within him had been discovered and revealed in the most macabre of ways. She found herself wondering, as she always did, if he had been reborn here, on Earth, too. If he... if he still thought about her. If he even remembered, and if he truly ever cared..

She broke her gaze. Deliberately looked away to spare herself the pain.

It was then that she heard a familiar squawk of her guardian, and looked up to see Zeus -- who had obviously been disrupted in his flirtations with the lady birds around the park -- hovering above her and peering purposefully at something. The fact that he had returned to her side meant that, whatever he was squawking at was pretty important, and most likely had to do with senshi business.

Over there! Over there! Look, Princess Aquila! He told her telepathically. How he was capable of doing that still fathomed her, but she restrained from asking him, knowing all too well that he simply would not tell her. Instead, she did as she was instructed and glanced over in the direction he was facing.

Rima's expression deflated, slightly ruffed by what she saw. "It's just... a girl..." A girl with black hair. Sitting under the shade of a tree. Reading a book. Nothing out of the ordinary. And, here she thought it had been senshi business! What was Zeus up to, exactly?

But, then... appearances had proved to be deceiving before....

She looked back at her feathered friend with a raised eyebrow. "Is she a youma...?"

Zeus gave her a hard look, and, again, replied to her mentally. Just to further test her patience, she presumed. I don't think so. I sense some sort of vibe coming from her... and she looks familiar. Go talk to her.

"Why?..." Rima couldn't help but ask. She needed a better reason than that!

Zeus mentally sighed. Just do it, Princess.

The brunette grimaced, but grudgingly agreed to her guardian's commands, and walked over to the woman with slim, rectangular glasses, average figure, and crow-coloured hair that was loosely pulled back into a ponytail just as Zeus flew back to doing whatever he had been preoccupied with before. Lecherous fowl. she thought in retort, half-way hoping he would hear it. When she was standing in front of the girl, however, she gave a small smile and tried  to make the annoyed feelings disappear. "Hi!~" She waved friendly, but secretly wondered what was so special about her. Maybe she would soon find out.