Rutger nodded and smiled as Kori headed back to the Master with a pie in hand, and reached for one himself. Before he could take one of the warm treats, however, a thread of sticky silk zipped down from the ceiling. "Yipe!" The startled fire mage pulled back his hand and looked up at the ceiling, watching in fascination as the transformed Noire hoisted her prize up into her waiting jaws and then scurried away. He chuckled and shook his head before explaining the reason for his outburst, for Darren's sake. "Looks like Noire's just as eager as I am. Snatched it right out from under me." He took one of the pies for himself, and had just taken a bite when Artemis sat down at the counter next to them, laying his head down on his arms as if he were tired. "G'mornin'," Rutger managed, before swallowing. He eyed the heavy tome under the S-Class mage's arms. While it wasn't his style of magic, he was still greatly interested in the book's contents, but he had asked Artemis about it way back when they had first met and knew that, for whatever reason, no one but the mage who owned it could read it. He took another bite of the pie, chewing thoughtfully as Kori brought Artemis his glass of water. Something pricked at him, something about Kori and the S-Class mages...oh, right. He gulped down the piece of pie and wiped his mouth with the back of his glove. 

"If you're looking for work, Artemis, I think a big job for the S-Class just went up." He looked over at Kori with curiosity present in his face. "That was what the boss was yelling about, right Kori?"