Again, she scowled at Brad, "stop it." Aria disliked him taunting and accusing her fellow guildmate. Of demons, more so, which brought back bad memories of similar issue. She then sighed, getting out of her sleeping bag, preparing herself for a possible battle. She was already used to Brad's antics. "So, do you guys need me to stay here and guard the camp, or go with you?"

The pink-haired woman was present at Master Lyon's meeting. As it turned out she didn't commit hara-kiri, agreeing with Oram that there were other ways to regain her honor that didn't involve her dying. Now she was back at Lamia Scale, the guild where she belonged. After listening to Lyon's plans to form a new team with Hana in it, she only smiled pleasantly. "It sounds fun," she agreed, in regards to the team she was now in. However one of the others spoke up. Yuuka never worked with Hana before and was uncomfortable not knowing her teammate. At least her magic and abilities, as everyone at the guild at least knew each other by name, most people knowing Hana as one of the kindest spirits of the hall. "Well..." Hana began, thinking about how she would describe her magic and skills. "I was trained as a samurai and I use Requip Magic. But my favorite magic has to be my Cherry Blossom Magic." Though she spoke slowly and deliberately, her voice was soothing and pleasant. Which kept her from sounding boring or drab. The smile on her face also helped. "You have Flower Magic yourself, don't you?" Though initially peeved by missing her opportunity to kill demons, Piper had long gotten over herself during the past three days. The lectures from Gray Fullbuster were boring enough but at least informative. Now she knew a bit more about demons, which may or may not be useful in the future. The mentioning of a party, however, piqued her interest. "Oh, some fun!" she exclaimed, bringing her hands together excitedly. "I haven't had a good time in... a long time." After adjusting her glasses, making sure they didn't slip off her face, Piper jumped over towards the Guild Masters and joined in the chaotic and alcohol-fueled fun. The large council member stood at the door to the guild, resting against the wall and watching Gray finish his speech. Ajax had remained in Crocus, unlike his fellow council member, in order to bring Aiden and his partner, whom he was yet to meet, to the Magus Hunter headquarters. While Ajax would've taken them sooner, he figured letting them stay to learn from the Devil Slayer himself wouldn't hurt at all. But now that his training was complete, it was time to start Ajax's training. He looked across the crowd, searching for Aiden. He didn't need to go and find him, as by hanging around the door meant Aiden would undoubtedly notice him soon enough. While Ajax had patience he still had business to take care of that didn't solely revolve around the young Dragon Slayer. The Wizard Saint crossed his arms over his chest and began tapping his foot, waiting for his two new recruits to find him so they could leave and get to training.

Trisana "S-seriously?!" Tris yelled, hurriedly drawing a card from her deck. "MISFORTUNE!" Death (Reversed) - Normally, the Death card deals massive damage to the caster. Reversed prevents that damage from another source. The card took effect just in time as the magic attack struck her, then passed over her without harm. As it dissipated, Tris sank to her knees and sighed, sweat drops forming on her head. "Lucky..." Merrian "Why don't you stay here with me Aria. Since we don't really know what's going to happen, we should set up a base of operations. I'm sure you and I can handle ourselves if someone decides to attack us." Merrian sat herself next to the fire, poking it with a stick. "Let the boys have their fun, and we can clean up after them later."

Kyou Theme Kyou is playing chess with her top notched Magus Hunter, Stacy Kaiser. For the first time receiving a checkmate instead of Kyou doing it so. "You got me. Greg is on his way. I heard useful information about a devil worshiper cult on the loose, celbrating the Walpuria Festival, sounds familiar is it? Phoenix Fang, Dead Eye, Demon's Maw, and the 9 Demon Masks. Could it be connected? Ajax got two rookies and he would be training them for the next few months. You've been with us for a year and you deserve better. I'm appointing you as my right hand man and Captain for these rookies. Once Ajax is done molding them to the right path." She carcasses Stacy's beautiful face like she was about to kiss her but didn't anyway. "And don't interfere with the Hound Dogs. They never are a good sign despite justice calls." Kyou expresses her disgust for Alec's group. Drake on the other hand, "My Uncle's group is not what the country wants but it is what the country needs and deserves. It is my first step to become King." He brags. Kyou turns it down. "Ara~ Ara~ Ambitious as you are, not everyone are willing to vote. It is the bottom that you have to worry as the voters are the ones that make the choice of votes. Don't get to fool of yourself, after our previous King have died in your hands. The louder the bark a dog does, the bigger the bite. Unless you refer to yourself as a God, we wouldn't be talking such trivial matter." She said. In Lunar Wolf Guild The Lunar Wolf Guild is a luxurious place ran by the noble Roganoffs. "Your job is simple. Under Hound Dog; You are given the privilege to kill those who are in the way of operations including its members, that's if they defy. Furthermore upon my orders, you will get a list of secret files on whom to assassinate time to time. However; if you fail to get rid of evidences and witnesses to operations, I will have to punish you severely. Kuroko will be your partner. Hahaha.. even sex is a guilty pleasure to kill your targets, don't forget that." He said with a cruel enthusiasm. "You will be training under my cubs in this pack. I could teach you a new magic or two as well. Your equipment and room are served upstairs."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1uUIJPD0Nk 'Yuuka Takenaka, Hana Oshiro and Niti Laevis' Sage pondered as he stared into the outside world as the train rolled on 'Master sure made use of us, i guessing that he wanted the best of the best on this mission.' He looked over to this 'teammate' before returning the gaze the to window. 'My Honest Opinion: Hana is more than enough to settle whatever matter Master has sent us.' he fiddled with his hair "it's a waste of everyones time.' Sage closed his eyes for a brief second before he looked at his bag, unzipping it he pulled out a much larger display book and opened it to a blank page. Ah...finally doing something to pass the time eh? It's better than looking aimlessly outside 'Baku-sensei...' sage vision blackened. before finding himself in a familar location: (Please play this OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV96bynwWto#start=0:00;end=4:27;cycles=-1;autoreplay=false) 'It's been awhile since you invited me back here: the place where you and i first met' Sage hand threaded the red fog as the stared at the ruin church, a Red/Black figure slowly rose higher and higher. It's been too long since we have train Sage. the Black beast growled "Have you started to neglect your training?" 'Don't get the wrong idea Sensei: training WAS happening tonight, but fate had other plans for me: for us' Sage commented 'but the real question is Why bring my back to the darkness corner of my mind: where you roam? ".... Nothing special really" Bakuko grunted as he twisted himself around his host's body. "This mission...Is nothing more than a Hunting game right?" 'heh, more like a overkill if you ask me.' Sage glowered 'Hana is the strongest is Lamia, beside Jura-dono. It's like sending Acnologia to kill Toby!' "Strongest you say?" Quizzed the Black beast "Since when did you roll over to a Female?" 'Never did, she's earned my respect: A worthy Mage: A damn proud one at that.' "Hmmm, it seems your not all talk, there is a bit of wisdom and experience in you Kid." 'Who do you think taught me that? My parents?' 'heh, a quick tongue you are.' chuckled the beast "but your are my Worthy Student nonetheless." 'I've learned everything you know: Pick your fights and know when to back off' "Then? Will you take part in this joint Mission with you Fellow Guildmates?" "Of course, I won't against Master's order." "I see." the Monster closed his red eye before shrinking away from the Mage "Sage Ruzuzaki: Do you remember the Oath you swore to me?" 'Of course: When that time come: I'll see to it 'that' is done, so i can obtain more power' Sage nodded Before walking away. "Good, I have my oath to keep to you as well: But i wonder: Who will back out: Me or you?" 'can assure you Sensei: I will complete the deal' Sage nodded before walking into the thick red fog, followed by the Black beast's laugh. 'Sage Ruzuzaki: you are something~' ------------------- Sage woke up slowly, but realised: 'It's night time....' he slowly closed his eye once more and let the darkness of the night take him.

“Hmm,” Niti hummed softly, staring off at Hana as if he was in some sort of daze. However, thanks to a rough patch on the rails that shook the train for a bit, the red-haired boy quickly shook his head and blinked several times, registering what had just happened. Ah crap, he fell for it. That amicable smile and that good-natured expression, Hana is known throughout the entire guild to have a killer personality that could make an army of grown men cry and melt solid steel. Many had claimed that it was a spell, some sort of hypnosis. Honestly, he could only say it was just one of her many natural charms. “Ah, sorry about that! Looks like I need to build more mental barriers.” Unlike the pink-haired samurai’s soft and ever-so-soothing smile, his grinned was filled with exuberance and daisies as he focused on Yuuka. “My Magic is a tad redundant compared to you guys.“ Niti’s grin reduced to a small yet friendly smile. Drawing a circle in the air, he conjured a small pink bubble. It floated for a while before it popped rather harmlessly on the ground. A rather unnecessary display, but he had a sudden urge to make bubbles. Who is he to deny such? “Soap Magic. Rather useless in combat, but great for everything else. Don’t hesitate to ask for healing.” “Oi, Dreamboat, what Magic do you use?” Niti ask, referring to Sage, as he prodded the muted boy’s foot with his own.

Aiden Aiden wondered what had he really learned from the famed mage's lecture, demons are dangerous, Etherious are extremely dangerous, and Devil Slayers are your best bet for beating one. The man may have been a powerful mage, but he needed to work on his teaching skills. Ignoring the call to party, Aiden instead walked over to intercept Oriel as she made her way to leave, grabbing her by the shoulder and working to steer her towards where Ajax was waiting. "Oriel, don't forget that we have a job to do. And, like any job, we've got to train for it. I'll take you out for a drink later, okay?" Aiden smiled at Oriel, hoping she'd be cooperative if he promised to pay for her alcohol after. Over the past three days, Aiden had gotten slightly used to dealing with the fire mage, though he still folded like nothing when she teased him. That would still take some getting used to. Once he made to where the councilman was, he gave a small bow of respect before addressing him. "We're ready for training, Councilman Ajax, just tell us what we need to do." Xavier Xavier watched everyone have fun, but stayed distant from it near the entrance, a smoking a cigarette as he watched everyone had fun. Part of him wanted to join, but the other half of him wanted to go back to training. He'd snuck out of Fullbuster's demon lectures in order to train non-stop since the battle three days ago. He'd watched some of the battle and, after it was over, got some ideas from the demon's fighting style that he was trying to integrate into his own. It was hard and he had yet to make much progress, but he felt like he had something with this. He was taken out of his thoughts, however, when he heard someone trying to be heard through the cacophony of noise that was a guild party. Turning around, he saw a red headed girl in a bright yellow outfit. Deciding to help her out, Xavier walked over. His own red hair was a little bit longer, reaching his shoulders now, and his blue eyes had some light bags under them from lack of sleep. He was currently wearing his usual get up of a black jacket with a green shirt underneath, some blue jeans, and some shoes, but they looked a lot more ragged and torn then usual. Another result of his near endless training, he looked like a mess. "Hey, you looking to join Vyper Bolt or Harpy's Wing, or do you have a request that needs doing?" Xavier asked a little gruffly, his guild mark visible over his left eye which was currently half closed. It was obvious he needed sleep, and was keeping himself awake through sheer force of will. "OH, and my name's Xavier Lyone, nice to meet you." Xavier put his hand forward, though he was a little slow in doing it, and was clearly out of it. He probably had another 5 minutes of consciousness in him before he fell asleep where he stood, and that was being generous. @Vongola_Hasayo

Yunin laughed so hard that his voice filled the air, the sound of harsh adolescence at its best. “Oh shit,” he barked, feeling the wizards as they drew closer. “You weren't playing around, Obi. There really is a lot of them on here.” He looked over his shoulder at Renji and Lu. “All the more fun right?” “Boss,” Obinari called from above, the echo of a smile on his lips. “Yea.” “They have a demon on board with them.” “Really!?” he shouted in surprise, his eyes turning to Lu at the revelation. “Looks like we know who your opponent is going to be. Think you can handle him?” The red haired youth gulped before nodding nervously behind Renji, hiding behind his bulk. “P-Possibly, maybe. If he's not too strong.” Yunin pulled his lips to the side in disgust. “Sheesh guy. Yo Obi, is he went them?” “No.” Yunin shrugged, though he felt the answer had come too quick. Obinari was hiding something from him. “Anyway, let's send them a greeting since they answered the invitation.” With a leap, he twisted and kicked the black and irregular column Obi was standing on. He knew the lithe wizard would get off. The impact scattered the massive column into rocks, which were still the size of houses as they rained down towards the mages. Like bullets released from the guns of giants they scarred the earth and uprooted trees, killed animals, and spread debris. Destruction on a wide scale, some even flew over the island completely. He whistled sharply. “I think I might've overdone it a bit.” A shadow fell to his side; it was Obinari. “You think,” he stated. “Renji, one of them have roots in Lightning Magic. It was yellow flash; a static in my ears. He's your opponent. Lu, handle the demon, enough said.” It had been awhile since the fight in Cedar Town and Sable couldn't shake the lingering feeling that he knew Gray on a deeper level. It was still there, gnawing on him for some reason. He tapped a piece of wood on the guild hall's table, the end of it charred from him chewing on it. He'd have to talk to him later, if only to get more knowledge about the owner of his scarf. After he put it on, he'd be lying if he said he didn't feeling overwhelmingly stronger than before. Either way, his mind had been filled to the brim, so he had little time to speak with Cyn. He didn't like the way he acted around her, it was... so unlike him. It reminded him a bit of Cringle too which only added to his confusion. After the lesson was done, he walked up to Gray with a smug expression on his face, hands tucked in his pockets. "Yo, I got words for you," he told him rashly.

"Eh? Training? Oh, yeah, right. That thing. Sure, I won't say no to free alcohol after a good sweat. So, what the hell are we up to now?" She said, turning to Ajax. Absent minded as she was, it wasn't until she saw his face that she actually recognized the guy and put it together with the name. "Ah, you are that asshole that came here from the council. You are, what, the janitor of the council or something?" She had a smug smirk on her face while she talked, until she heard Aiden call him 'Councilman'. If that much was true, then she was in deep shit now, not only because she called him an asshole, but also because she said he was a janitor. Most politicians were proudful about their positions and all, Oriel has already experienced the wrath of belittling someone like that. Being banned from several bars around the city is not a pretty thing. "Eh? Councilman? For real? Oh, shit. I'm sorry, I guess? For calling you that and everything." Now, nervous of what might happen if she doesn't calm down the councilman, she turned to Aiden, hoping he'd be kind enough as to speak up for her. "O-Oi, sweetie, you know that was just a joke, right? C-Can't you say something to him before he gets pissed off? I'll be in real trouble if you don't." Oriel siad to him, clinging tightly to his arm. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Brad, I suggest you tone down the accusations, before I myself cut your balls off." Though she meant to sound serious, it still came out of her mouth in a cheery tone while she smiled. "All right? You may be stronger than me in some aspects, but you got to sleep at some time of the day, right?" Ivory finished off her threat. She then turned to Aria, arms crossed over her chest. "Aria, darling, I think it'd be best if you came with us. Everyone here is as capable as the one next to them, we are all S class magicians here, after all. Now..." Ivory crouched down and put her hands on the ground, and they soon turned into a pair of paws. Her whole body started growing and soon, she had become a gigantic cat with two tails moving around. She howled before dashing forward, towards the presence that had suddenly appeared in the island.

Three days. That's how long it'd been since the event at Cedar Town. Oram wasn't too happy with the outcome. Nor was he too happy at the moment. God he hated being with Alec. He'd expected some time away, but he was a Hound Dog. "Hey old man. We about done here?" He asked his master rather impatiently. He figured the assassin girl was in and would be up to it. She was right. There really was no choice after all. She did was Alec said or she'd die. Probably. He'd do something, or have something done. That was how it was. He shifted his gaze from Vanu to Alec, and then back. Kuroku would be her partner. Good. Less work for Oram. Though he did cringe hearing some of Alec's words. Not the words themselves, like sex, pleasure, and other things. But just the fact that they came out of Alec's mouth. "If that's it then I'm not needed anymore." Oram turned to leave since he didn't see the point in remaining. Hopefully, Alec wouldn't make any attempts to stop him. ------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Grimmond remained in a corner of the guild. He was watching over the festivities with his knees pulled up to his chest and his arms folded over them. Below his nose and down were covered as he looked his eyes blinking every once in a while. It seemed like a great place. A fun place. But he couldn't shake what had happened at Clover Town. That young girl. The demon as he came to know was scary. She wanted to break him. To hurt him. It was easy to tell based on her words and actions. He was lucky to be alive, and he had even joined a guild. Trisana went to Vyper and he to Harpy. He couldn't complain, although now he had lost his best, rather only, friend. He sighed. She was probably training right now or something. Him he was sitting here. It couldn't be seen, but he was smiling, an expression shown on through his eyes. He didn't know anybody so he didn't approach anyone. Though that didn't mean he wouldn't speak if he was approached. Thinking about it. Maybe he should have been training or something too. In case he came into contact with the crazy girl again. But right now he was content here. Yeah. Just for now.

"Sage! How long are you going to make me wait?" Sage was being prodded by someones foot. In Reality, Niti was trying to snap him out of his morning-dream, the sun was slowly rising. Since then, Sage was awake but had opt to continue staring out the window. The attempts of Niti trying to get his attention was failing- for now. Sage slipped out a piece of paper outside his blanket -Please let me sleep for a bit longer Er-chan, I studied a bit longer than expected last night- "Hpmh! That is a poor excuse Sage!" A girls voice shouted as she ripped the bed sheets from him, revealing Sage in his PJ's "Come on Sage, We're going to be late for School! Sage's eyes slowly opened up Reveal a familar figure that made him smile "You Foolish being for a friend! I don't know why i put up with you!" She said with a small smile "Come on, We'll get some egg wraps on the way ok? "SAGE!" his eye blinked back to Reality, cursing himself at the same time for remembering something he hated. his Blue eye stared at Niti. -Sorry, i was daydream: What is the matter Niti-san?- "I said: what Magic do you use?" Sage was going to write -Black Devil slaying Magic- "Are you sure you want to tell them now? Bakuko sniggered "I'd say we leave them in the dark for now." Sage agreed with the best and wrote something else: -I didn't get to S-class Rank with my magic, Although it does help me time to time. But I mainly use Dual sword- He showed it to them. -But that's not all, Putting these together:- -It becomes a Awesome Railgun. Please don't try to take me on: I do know a lot about Dush Wielding Bushido-

Oriel

"Eh? Training? Oh, yeah, right. That thing. Sure, I won't say no to free alcohol after a good sweat. So, what the hell are we up to now?" She said, turning to Ajax. Absent minded as she was, it wasn't until she saw his face that she actually recognized the guy and put it together with the name. "Ah, you are that asshole that came here from the council. You are, what, the janitor of the council or something?" She had a smug smirk on her face while she talked, until she heard Aiden call him 'Councilman'. If that much was true, then she was in deep shit now, not only because she called him an asshole, but also because she said he was a janitor. Most politicians were proudful about their positions and all, Oriel has already experienced the wrath of belittling someone like that. Being banned from several bars around the city is not a pretty thing. "Eh? Councilman? For real? Oh, shit. I'm sorry, I guess? For calling you that and everything." Now, nervous of what might happen if she doesn't calm down the councilman, she turned to Aiden, hoping he'd be kind enough as to speak up for her. "O-Oi, sweetie, you know that was just a joke, right? C-Can't you say something to him before he gets pissed off? I'll be in real trouble if you don't." Oriel siad to him, clinging tightly to his arm.

Aiden flinched as Oriel told off their new boss, then sighed as she clung to him, doing his best not to show how tense that made him. Taking a breath, Aiden hoped Ajax would be merciful, though he doubted it very much. 'Out of all the things she had to do, she ad to insult the guy who's going to be our boss right before our training. This is fan-fucking-tastic.' "Ajax-dono, please don't take what Oriel said personally. She just has a penchant for not thinking before she speaks at times. I assure you that I'll do my best to prevent it from happening again." Aiden said, unconsciously positioning himself so that he was slightly in front of Oriel in a protective stance. It seemed that while his mind was still on the fence, his instincts were already making him very protective of Oriel. "So then, lets forget about this and move along to our training, shall we? The sooner we get stared, the sooner we can finish and get to work. Considering hat happened 3 days ago, I think it's become more important than ever to hunt down these dark guilds before they do such violent deeds ever again." Aiden's smile fell as he thought about what had happened not so long ago, what he had seen. Three towns had been attacked, and two major buildings, the Fairy Tail Guild and the Guildmaster's meeting hall, had been completley demolished. And all they had to show for it was one demon dead, out of five, and that was even a loss in some respects as it increased the strength of his brother. That led him back to the symbol he had seen in the crater, he wasn't at all familiar with it. "Ajax-dono, if you don't mind me asking, do you know who is responsible for the attacks, and why they did it in the first place?" The second they moved, a barrage of hydras leapt out of the shadows at the Phoenix Fang members, their fangs open wide and aiming to wrap around their limbs and bite at their necks. Revan, launched himself forward as well, his speeds boosted by his bulwark hydra armor as he created a large claw around his right hand, bashing away the rocks head his way as if they were nothing as he made his way towards the enemy that had sent the rocks hurtling towards him. he felt the blood rushing through his veins, the excitment of battle flooding his senses. Try as he might to subdue it, battling strong opponents is what really made him feel alive, and these guys were strong, he could tell. They weren't strong enough, but they would make a god stress reliever if nothing else. He didn't waste time on words, aiming to slash the young upstart in half with a summoned blade, black as midnight and with a jagged edge. He would keep swinging at him, aiming for the arms and the legs so as to disable the brat. If he was able to, however, he try and make a strike for the torso, but he'd have to be certain he opening wasn't a trap before he did. His armor would come alive as well, with hydras, around 8 of them, striking out with impressive force, using their heads like bullets to try and urn their master's foe into swiss cheese.

It's been three days since Gray have had been anticipating Sable's questions but the boy has the right to know. "I know. It's about that scarf isn't it? That belonged to Natsu Dragneel. For starters, you probably know me from people's words. I've been killing demons for years since I killed E.N.D or is there something you're not telling me?" He stripped his shirt off without knowing it. The party won't stop till I walk in! Gwen is dishing it out with Yuu, this time she's naked and having a drinking competition with her. "Your tail is just, I don't even." She steps on her tail. "Nice one." Mamba shadow bodies and for a while he is nowhere to be found. "Sleep." He casts sleep magic, he know well that it will put Kyuuten to sleep but not his disciple. "Remember to hit the weak points of your enemy and even yourself if you want to break out from magic that costs. Trisana, Kyuuten is your new partner." Eccentric as he is. He just love to leave snoozefest. How will Kyuuten survive sleep magic? He just stands there and watch, having his fortification magic on forever, "No.I got no time to waste on weaklings." He sits down in lotus position. Ignoring everything, his fortification magic will just answer it for him as time will tell.

Once Kuro felt the touch of the hands belonging to the awesome ice devil slayer mage, an instant pulse of energy rippled from his hand and into every part of his body. It was a feeling he had never felt before. It felt like all the nostalgia of old memories just flooded back into his mind once again, only with a higher intensity. The Winter Spirit looks calm psychically, but mentally he was going insane! He managed to let go of the handshake, despite he wanting it to last forever, just before he would go completely crazy on everyone. With a quick shake of his head, his mind was once again at peace. "I wish to stay with you longer sir," Kuro then said with a smile, "But I have to get back to my guild. I hope to see you again one day." Then with a wave and a farewell, he heads back to Lunar Wolf's guild... Finally, Kuroko reaches his guild after so long. His heart still pained about leaving Grey, but more importantly about Julian's betrayal. It was most utterly absurd and confusing. He wonders through his thoughts as he enters the building, with Alec talking to Oram... and Vanu? Kuro was most surprised, but tries to ignore her as he approaches Alec. "Master Alec..." he says as he gets closer.

Yuuka takenaka Gardner of the four seasons "I see what a wide range of magic but if my assumptions are correct you Hana she said are a close range fighter, you niti are a healer type person with a interesting choice of magic, and you Sage are more of a close and or midrange fighter with your weapons/railgun did I miss anything?" She asked with a bright smile on her face. "Still it would be wrong to ask you guys of your magic without revealing mine my name as you might now is Yuuka I specialize in nature type magic. Mainly plant manipulation she said as she quickly pulled out a seed and flipped around her fingers before with a flick of her hand making it become a bright blue rose. Though that is not my only magic I also have limited use of wood make magic mainly for repairing things though she said. Finally since we are to be team you have the right to know so far only master Lyon knows but I am also a dragon slayer. To be exact I am a first generation wood dragon slayer. Though I personally dislike it since its overly destructive and I can not control it to much beyond a technique here and there." Yuuka said losing her smile as she thought of how injured Lyon once by accident when Lyon tried to help her train in it.

Trisana "Well, if you're my partner now," Tris muttered as she knelt over Kyuuten's sleeping form. She closed her eyes for a minute to picture the card she wanted in her mind, then drew from her deck. "Misfortune." Temperance - Using this card removes all anomalous magic from the target. (Sleep, poison, or other effect magic) "Here you go," She said, pushing the card into Kyuuten's chest. She slipped the card back into her deck as the effect transferred to him. "wakey wakey." Nathan Nathan didn't try and break the stones head on, knowing that would be a waste of energy. Instead, he used his magic to lift himself off the ground, easily dodging the falling rocks now that he was airborn. "I'm going ahead!" He shouted to the others, "Be safe!" Caroline Caroline stared at Gray from the other side of the room. Suddenly, without a word, she stood up and started walking toward the exit, pushing by the old Fairy Tail wizard on the way out. Grey, She thought, pushing open the doors, If he's here, then so is she. Not like I care though.

Aiden soon approached, bringing a red-haired girl with him. Evidently she was going to be his partner. "Alright," Ajax responded first, almost about to start leaving before Oriel opened her mouth. While the two of them expected Ajax to get angry, the large man only looked at them and raised an eyebrow. After an awkwardly long moment of silence he turned away again and began walking. "Anyways..." He was about to start explaining the plans for training when Aiden asked him a question. Expecting them to follow, Ajax exited the guild hall and began walking down the streets of Crocus. There was notably few people in the streets, as most of the citizens were still a bit frightened by the Jupiter cannon scare from days before. Once the crowd had thinned out sufficiently, and several minutes of awkward silence had passed, Ajax answered Aiden's question. "The guild that perpetrated the attacks was Demon's Maw," he explained, though he continued walking as he talked. "Demon's Maw was once thought to be destroyed, but it seems they managed to survive. I believe one of your guild's members was formerly in Demon's Maw." Ajax tilted his head slightly now, so he could see Aiden and Oriel over his shoulder. "They did those attacks to gauge how strong the wizards of Fiore are. The next time they appear they will undoubtedly be much stronger." With that ominous warning he brought his gaze forward again. "Do not worry yourself about it for now. The demons you faced likely won't resurface anytime soon now that they see the margin of error." "You have more pressing matters." Ajax stopped abruptly, turning around to face Aiden and Oriel. He reached into his pockets and withdrew two train tickets. "You two are too weak to immediately become Magus Hunters." Despite his words being somewhat harsh, his tone of voice made them sound more factual and less insulting. The council member held the tickets out for the both of them. "We will be going to the Magus Hunters' training facility. There is no natural food or water there. The facility rests in one of the harshest climates in Fiore." His yellow eyes went between the two for a moment as he let his words sink in. "You may very well die in the training if you don't follow the rules. You will be trained physically and taught discipline. You will sweat, you will bleed, you may even cry. Once you get on that train, there is no turning back." Ajax paused again, turning around to continue walking with Aiden and Oriel behind him. "By the end of it, however, you will be thankful for the experience. The train leaves in... ten minutes. Last chance to back out." The pink-haired woman thought about Yuuka's summary of their skills. "That sounds about right," Hana agreed. "Though I can do long range if I really wanted... I can demonstrate some time if you want. Just not now." Though her last statement was obvious, given they weren't in a particularly safe area to be flinging powerful magic around, Hana still smiled innocently. "Besides, we'll be just fine between us four." A surprisingly devilish smirk formed on her face as her eyes drifted to Niti. "I guess you can say... we will clean out the competition." Though her joke wasn't particularly comical, she found amusement in it and began giggling to herself. The young, pale woman was clearly pleased when she defeated Kyou at chess. Not many people do that, after all. The thought drifted into her head that it could be possible Kyou let her win, but the idea was interrupted when her boss was interrupted by Drake Roganoff. After Kyou finished speaking, Stacy scoffed and spoke up. "The Hound Dogs are nothing more than that anyways: dogs," she snarked, leaning back and kicking her boots onto the table. "If you need them to be king then I feel sorry for you." Her deadpan expression smirked slightly as she pulled a bottle of beer seemingly out of nowhere. "You should be smart and rely on us Magus Hunters. We get the job done, people actually like us... and we don't have a stupid name." After popping the cap off the bottle with her teeth, she took a few chugs before letting out a sigh of relief. Stacy nonchalantly pointed at Drake with her hand that was still holding the bottle. "When you want something done right, give me a call." The white-haired woman gave Drake a wink before getting back to work on the bottle in her hand.

Kyuuten "Let's go~" Kyuuten readied himself for another round with Mamba only for the mysterious wizard to vanish. "Huh? Okay, this is a challenge..." Before he knew what hit him Kyuuten was fast asleep. It may have been a short nap but during it he dreamt of his town. He stood in the center of the empty village, not a soul in sight. 'Why? Why is this happening?' As he spoke his body reverted to what our was for years ago. He looked up to see a figure art the edge of the town. He snapped his fingers and the world Kyuuten began to crumble. 'No stop! You don't have to do this, everyone's already gone! Because of you they're all gone!!' Glowing with Meteor the younger Celestial mage rushed towards the figure pleading for it to knock take anything more from him. Kyuuten awoke thanks to Trisana's card. Sitting up he didn't feel completely awake. As the dream started to haze over Kyuuten wondered why he even had iit. He hasn't dreamt about his village since he joined Harpie's Wing. Kyuuten wasn't much for signs and preferred to let things come as they may so he tried shake off the uneasy feeling the dream left him wwith. "Hey, what just happened?" He asked looking around for Mamba. Reina Reina tried to gain someone's attention over the noise but her soft voice didn't carry well. Though to her surprise she did manage to catch someone's ear. It was a red haired boy smoking a cigarette. Reina didn't care much for smoking but she didn't let it make her jump to any assumptions about him. He introduced himself and held out his for her to shake which she did ssheepishly. The bit looked like he was on the verge of falling over. "I'm Reina Grand-Arc. Umm, well I don't know if I want join a guild...umm are you okay?" She asked and before he could answer she started to whistle a soft melody that resonated throughout the guildhall and Xavier's fatigue would begin to dissipate.

Niti Laevis “It’s fine, Yuuka, you’re pretty much a powerhouse with just your Plant Manipulation.” Niti tried to reassure the plant maiden when he saw her losing her lovely smile at the mention of her Wood Dragon Slayer Magic. “Think I can ask a favor of you to grow me some herbs with that?” He quickly tried to redirect the topic to the Magic she seemed more proud of. Luckily – or perhaps, unfortunately - Hana told a joke… “Oh, Ms Hana, I feel like I’m dying.” Niti laughed along with the samurai; although, the light around his face was dimmed with his smile looking ever so slightly pained. He deliberately chose his words with double-meaning which could be taken in two ways: 1) he was dying of laughter or 2) his soul is literally on the verge of death. Both of them aren’t lies since he was torn between utter amusement and the need to groan. “That was very… punny of you.” The Soap Mage found himself saying to his horror. He felt something decaying that felt very much like his sense of humor. Oh no, out of all his medical expertise, this is a case that must be stopped before all puns could spread any further! Quickly, he grinned and clapped his hands together. “By the way, does anyone know why we’re heading off to Crocus? I heard all the S-class mages are there so it must be pretty big, right?"

"W-What sweetie said! I'm sorry, I swear I am. Just, please, don't ban me from any bar." Oriel said. Unlike some other times, this time, she was truly feeling sorry for having insulted someone. One did not just play around with that kind of things, alcohol was an important part of Oriel's everyday's diet. She passed a hand by her forehead and let out a sigh of relief after the councilguy just moved on without saying much of anything about what the redhead said. "And Aiden is right, those guys running rampant... They are really dangerous, and if left unchecked, it's gonna be one hell of a pain in the ass to fix later." Somehow, Oriel knew her magic would work best against those things, even if she wasn't a Devil Slayer, her magic was still exorcist magic. Still, what the councilman said only pumped her up. She was already damn powerful, but after some training? Hell, maybe she'd be able to wipe the floor with Gwen once and for all. She smiled at the prospect of it, hearing attentively to everything he said. "A harsh climate? Having to hunt for food and water? Training hard as fuck and probably also as good? Damn if I'd back down now! There's no way in hell I'd pass up on this! Where's the damn train? Let's go ride it right now!" She said, taking Aiden's arm and dragging him along with her towards the entrance.