"And this is my good friend, Melody," chimed Mist. Raguna warily shook the hand of the twentieth person she'd meet today with a slight smile on her face. Melody seemed to be a very nice girl but it had been a very full day. Between Lady Ann who ran the Inn to Neumann next door in charge of the general store to Russell in the library, his assistant Tori and his adopted daughter Cecilia, Raguna had to stop every so often to remember her own name! "Melody- this is Raguna, she doesn't remember anything about her past but she's really up beat about it and she even kicked the butt of this monster that just randomly appeared on my farm-" Sometimes Raguna wondered how Mist could talk so long without breathing.
"Oh my goodness!" exclaimed Melody, cutting Mist off, "Please, come in Raguna. You've had such a long day! Come take a bath- on the house!" With that, Melody pulled Raguna into the building.
"Alright- I'll see you later, Raguna; I have to do a few things while I'm in town. I'll be back in a bit," said Mist with a wave.
Melody went about the hall lighting several candles. "Well, now that I'm open more people will be coming in shortly." She pointed to the doorway to the left. "That's the bath for the guys, and to your right is the girl-only bath." She gave Raguna a wink. "You can go ahead and hop in there- I keep an eagle eye out so that no one sneaks into the wrong bath!" Raguna giggled.
"C'mon Melody, don't you at least know that I'm not that kind of guy don't you?" came a voice from the door. Raguna turned about and saw a tall heavily built man that looked like he should have gone into the military instead of farm life.
"Camus!" said Melody, "You come in here like clockwork! I could time my day by you."
"H-hi." Camus seemed to be a little flushed and pushed another man in front of him. "L-look! The unthinkable has happened! I got Ming to come!"Raguna peered over. Ming nodded in a vague acknowledgement of the two ladies. Ming was not much taller then Raguna with long raven black hair tied up into a ponytail. His eyes were pitch black against his pale skin. He was dressed head to toe in purple in traditional ninja attire. Between his eyebrows was a small amethyst gem.
"Who's the girl?" said Ming.
"Oh, you two haven't met yet?" asked Melody. "Ming, this is the new girl in town, Raguna. She'll be staying at Mist's Ranch."
Raguna smiled at Ming and was about to speak when he made a sharp turn and walked into the men's bath. "Hey Ming! That was rude-" Camus protested. Ming did not reply. Melody glared at Camus, the muscular man gulped and gave Melody some money. "I'm sorry, Melody. I'll keep an eye on him," he said before following his friend.
Raguna had spent a good long while getting as wrinkly as she could in the bathhouse. She was too tired to really recall what happened afterwards. Mist had come back and lead Raguna back to her little home. Raguna didn't remember seeing the boys again. As sleepy as she was, Raguna woke up early the next morning. She glanced over at her bedside table and saw a journal. So she wrote what she could.
What's rather odd is how I remember all these other things. She wrote. Like how to write, how to read. If I have forgotten all my memories how do I remember how to speak? Wouldn't it make more sense if I was a functional as an infant? And how could I fight that creature before? My body just seemed to move on instinct. I wonder if he's ok, the poor thing was limping away like a wounded animal. I hope he's alright.
With that she put her pen down and got ready for another new day. Everything was really new, Raguna laughed to herself. She was about to open the door when it swung open revealing a handsome face. This man had light purple hair that was finely slicked back, except for a few stubborn strains of hair that hovered over his forehead. He had a golden earring that matched the golden brooch he wore and the top of his tie. He was dressed in complete finery from his velvet red jacket, beautiful gloves and white trousers tucked into his tall, highly polished, leather boots with gems about the ankle.
"Hello, can I help you?" said Raguna.
The man walked right in and looked about the room with disgust. "Oh! Oh! Pardon us!" Raguna looked through the doorway to see a much, much larger man. "Please- allow me to introduce myself, miss. I am Jasper de Sainte-Coquille, and this is my son, Benjamin de Sainte-Coquille." Jasper read the confused look on Raguna's face. "You see, my lady, Benjamin heard that a young woman had moved into this home and has been simply itching to come and see for himself-"
"Father," interrupted Benjamin, "Let's go home. It stinks in here."
With that Benjamin walked straight out without bidding Raguna farewell. Jasper muttered a brief apology and goodbye before following his son out as well.
When the door was shut Raguna stood there baffled. "Well, that was new…"