As if on cue, Rikku popped her head up from behind the aforementioned bench. "Right here, silly!" she exclaimed. She'd just ducked down real quick to pocket something shiny on the ground - there was a lot like that around here, so she was probably gonna have to find a hideout before they went to that festival coming up, but nonetheless.

This new person was interesting, though, and Rikku flitted over to investigate. "Hey, is this a friend of yours, Stitch?" she asked, floating up and tapping experimentally at Rakka's halo. She'd never seen an accessory quite like it, but it looked pretty cool.

((ooc: sorry about the delay, just spent most of the weekend at work..))