Twisted Wonderland 2

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You continue walking along the market, now with Ortho and Kalim in tow.

Kalim excitedly looks to you, not paying attention to what's ahead of him. "Say, where are you guys headed, anyway? I could join you!"

Someone is walking directly in Kalim's path all the while the boy remains oblivious.

"Kalim, watch out!" You try to warn. "You're going to crash!"

Before he could stop himself, Kalim crashes into the stranger. The collision sends Kalim landing on his rear with a thud.

"Oh dear, I'm terribly sorry!" The stranger lifts Kalim up and dusts him off. "I beg your pardon. Are you all right? It would be just awful if you were injured."

Kalim only smiles. "Oh, I'm fine. And I should apologize for not paying enough attention."

"That's a relief to hear." The stranger sighs in relief.

Looking closer at the stranger, is incredibly tall with orange shoulder-length hair that turns white at the tips, orange irises with sharp pupils, fox ears and a tail. He has dark green eyeshadow, and a black top hat with an emblem of a fox character resting on his head. He wears a white dress shirt covered by a light green vest and a maroon cravat. Donned over this is a knee length navy-blue coat with a scarlet inner lining wrapped by a black leather belt. He wears long black and white shoes and white gloves that has a hole on his right pinky finger. He wears green pants, its left leg covered in multicolored and multipatterned diamond shaped patches. He also has a small black staff topped by a golden fox head.

He flicks an ear and glances to the rest of your group with a grin. "What have we HERE? Those stylish uniforms worn with such grace and aplomb. The utter class exuding from every last one of you. Would you happen to be students of that prestigious arcane academy, Night Raven College?"

Kalim nods. "Yeah, why?"

"Who are you again?" Ace asks suspiciously, folding his arms and narrowing his eyes.

"Oh, where ARE my manners? Allow me to introduce myself." The stranger takes off his hat and bows dramatically. "I am Ernesto Foulworth. I'm well known for my unrelenting honesty! In fact, its' the only thing I've got going for me!" He laughs, only stopping to gesture to his companion. "And this here's my bosom buddy, Gino. He doesn't talk much, but he's a nice enough sort. Go on, Gino. Say hello."

Gino only smiles and waves a hand.

Gino short with a dark complexion and light freckles, sporting spiky brown shoulder length hair, green eyes, cat ears and a tail. He dons a small light blue top hat and wears a light purple dress shirt under a purple bowtie, a cropped yellow jacket and purple suspenders. The jacket has a golden pin depicting a fox character attached to Gino's left lapel and has sleeves that are long enough to hide his hands from view. Gino also wears brown boots that are a tad too large for him.

"Ernesto and Gino, huh?" Kalim smiles brightly. "I'm Kalim. Nice to meet you both!"

Jack pulls Kalim aside. "Whoa, hey. Mr. Foulworth's clearly way older than us. You can't just go around calling him by his first name."

"Oh, by all means, do!" Ernesto grins. "Let's not worry about formalities. You can call us whatever you're most comfortable with. In fact, everybody's got nicknames for me. Some of my closest friends have taken to calling me Honest Ernesto!"

Floyd smirks. "Then I'mma call you Foxfish and Catshark."

Ortho tilts his head. "Oh, I see. You chose Foxfish because Ernesto Foulworth is a fox beastman and Catshark because Gino is a cat beastman, right?"