Orihime's European vacation

"Hmhm, alright. It was nice speaking with you." <X3 the mother replied to Orihime. & thus turned to her daughter. "Come along, dear." <=3
"Awww, okay." <83 The little girl replied. "Thank you for letting me pet her." <=3 she then said to Orihime & soon, she even hugged little Rukie. "Bye bye, little cutie." <X3 she finally said.

O3O Rukia looked on as she was hugged by the little girl. She then peeped & gave the girl a cute lick to her forhead. =3
Orihime smiles as she continues walking down the streets of Devoltstadt with her dinosaur. =3

The day had thus continued on throughout the capital of Devoltstadt. The early noon sun continued to shine ever brightly upon the beautiful city & with temperatures in such a calm, stable coolness. At over 70 degrees. It was a perfect day, with not a single cloud in the sky. The citizens carried on through the day with their usual. All of which were ever so kind to Orihime upon seeing her & a new visitor amongst their home. For the moment, all was peaceful in the city. The citizens all went about their normal ways through the streets, the parks, the markets & much more. But all that was about to change in the blink of an eye, & as Orihime was about to see & hear for herself, it all changed with the sudden call of Army Horns! The peaceful air was suddenly sounding off with the loud cries of trumpets sounding off & playing in the distance to signal an arrival! It did indeed catch the attention of all the people nearby, as it could only mean one thing.
With the sounding of trumpets, drums could soon be heard! Beating together in unison along with more trumpet playing & a constant sound of marching feet stomping & marching all together in complete unison! To the people of Devoltstadt, it was as clear as day- The forces of their Kingdom were returning from Latveria, along with their supreme commander, Cornelius "Claw."
Many people began to rush out to the streets to see for themselves. The marching soldiers were still quite a ways from the actual city. But they were prepared to see them upon their arrival. Soon enough, a group of teenaged boys ran past Orihime to watch themselves! "The armies coming! The armies coming!! Hurry fella's!" 83 one teen said to the others.

O.O "What's going on?" Orihime asked one of the teenage boys as she heard the trumpets & drums echoing throughout the land. Though she couldn't see the armies, she could hear them very well.

"The Army's coming back from their trip to Latveria!" 83 the teen replied, as the boy soon followed his other friends to the gathering crowds near the streets. It was clear that by the looks on the boys faces, or any boy who was baring witness to this, it was their inspiration to become part of the armed forces of the Central European Empire. Partially because their familes had ties to the army. Especially their fathers. As the citizens gathered far & wide, the trumpets & drums could all be heard still from afar while the signal of arrival of the Central European forces with their marching song. The sound of marching feet could soon be heard. Like clashing thunder, as their feet marched in complete unison. Soon, at last, Orihime, along with the citizens, could finally see the soldiers marching to the streets. All dressed in leather black coats & military uniforms & fire-arms carried in their single arm. Infront of this massive hoard of soldiers was the Supreme Commander himself, mounted on his horse. The Prime Minister of Devoltstadt- Cornelius "Claw."

O.O Both Orihime & Rukia looked at one another as they hear the teen boy. Soon, she follows & decides to see. She goes wide eyed as she sees the soldiers marching back to the city. But soon.....Orihime sees who was leading the group of troops, "Claw." O.O She looks on for a minute. But soon, something caught her eyes, the mechanical hand "Claw" had. O.O She wonders a bit on his mechanical hand.

The squadron of soliders marched on through the streets while the drums & trumpets continued to play on with their marching song. The sound of their stomping & marching feet made the ground slightly shake & sound with thunderous might in complete unison. The citizens all waved & cheered upon their return & waved at their familiar faces & to welcome them home.
"Claw" stayed mounted on his horse while leading his squadron through the streets. As their Prime Minister, he smiled back to his loving citizens & thus waved to both the men, the women & even the children, exposing his cybernetic hand to their eyes, including Orihime.

O.O "Wow." Orihime said to herself as she saw "Claw's" mechanical hand as she saw him waving at the citizens. Rukia looks up from where she was with a tilted head & a small peep in confusion of "Claw's" mechanical hand. o.O?

As Cornelius continued to wave at his fellow citizens of the capital city, he eventually turned his eyes to where Orihime herself was. He waved towards her & the surrounding citizens around her as he & his squadron move through the streets, & heading toward the very castle itself. Which could be seen all the way in the distance, sitting upon the mountainous hill.

Orihime saw "Claw" waving at her & she simply waved back as she saw him pass by. She then eventually saw the massive castle on the mountain. O.O

The soldiers marched on through the streets while the citizens all watched them heading toward the very castle itself on top of the tall, mountainous hills above the capital. A place where no ordinary citizen such as themselves ever DREAMED of going.
"Line- Break! Company- HALT!" the drill sergeant of the squadron soon called out, thus making the forces of Devoltstadt halt & freeze where they stood. Commander Cornelius meanwhile soon made his own horse stop & prepared to dismount.

Orihime looked on as she saw the soldiers stop & "Claw" dissmounting from his horse.

As Cornelius began to dismount his horse, he soon turned to his squadron & soldiers as they stood still & frozen in place before him where they were. "Squadron dismissed. Carry on, men." he told them all, dismissing his soldiers after the long trip as they finally disbanded.

After watching the squadren of soldiers disband, Orihime soon returns to her walking about the streets after seeing the return of "Claw." =3 Soon, she hears growling, bur she soon relizes it was her stomach, "Oh-! Hehehe, I guess I'm hungry." X3 she says to herself as she walks on to find a food stand or store to visit to get something to eat. =3

The citizens had all went back to their normal as usual after the return of the squadron & Cornelius "Claw." Some teen boys soon began to walk by after watching themselves. "Wow, wasn't that cool?" 83 one of them said.
"Yeah, golly, it sure was!" 83 another said.
"One day I hope to be a soldier! I wanna grow up just like my dad & serve the army!" >=3 another said.
"Yeah me to! & hopefully even meet Commander Cornelius, our Prime Minister!" 83

As Orihime looks for something to eat, she eventually sees a fruit stand, "Ooooh, fruit." =3 she says as she makes her approach to the fruit stand, looking at all the fruits there, like apples, oranges, bananas, etc. =3

After the disbanding of his squadron, Cornelius himself soon decided to venture through his beloved capital & thus began to walk into the streets casually to be greeted by his fellow citizens.
Soon enough, the salesman that ran the small market greeted Orihime. "Why hello, young mistress. Fancy some fresh fruit today?" ;3 he asked.

"Oh, hello. Why yes I am. Just looking for a good fruit to eat. Getting hungry." =3 Orihime says as she looked around the fruit stand for any good fruit she could eat for a snack.

"Then you've come to the right place, mistress. We sell the finest fruits in all the capital. Freshly picked & grown straight from our soils." ;3 The salesman said back to Orihime before looking over the food himself. "We have all kinds of delicious fruits. Might I suggest our fresh apples? Or our divine grapes?"

"But first, I want to know the prize. How much is one of the apples?" =3 Orihime says to the salesman as she pointed to one of the apples.

"Ahh, right. Of course." the salesman said back before looking at the prices. "It's one coin for two fresh apples." ;3

"Really? Cool. Now I'll just need to find my European coin. Jst give me a sec." X3 Orihime says as she gets her purse out & begins digging thorugh it, "Ah, here we go-" O3O she looks at the coin for a second, wich was the wrong type of coin, "Whoops. That's a quarter. Silly me." X3 she says, putting the quarter back in her purse. She eventually finds the right type of money to use here, "Found it! Here you go, good sir." =3 she says, giving the coin to the salesman.

"Ah, thank you miss." =3 the salesman said before taking the coin & giving Orihime the two apples. "& here you are." ;3 he said back. But suddenly, someone else stood beside Orihime & her dinosaur! A tall man who towered her a little! For the moment, he didn't seem to recognizable, but to the salesman, it was a shock! For it was none other then the Commander himself! The Prime Minister- Cornelius "Claw!" "Make that two pairs of apples. I'll take one myself." the Commander said with a coin held in his cybernetic hand!
O_O "Y-Yes sir! R-Right away!" the salesman replied, getting a fresh pair of apples for Cornelius!

O.O Orihime hears "Claw's"  voice as she turned to him, "Oh I'm sorry sir. Was I in your way?" X3 she asks politelly.

"Claw", hearing Orihime, chuckled a little before turning to her with his two apples. "Hmhm, not at all, dear." he said back to her. "You seem to be new around here. A visitor, I take it?"