[color=f6989]"Oh Elyse, my sweet girl, its alright...no one hurt you."[/color]said a comforting voice as Rose moved through the crowd lifting Elyse up. "She was just giving you a hug since you are so adoriable..."Rose added cleaning up some that got on Elyse. Rose smiled looking over to her shadow as it shifted its position stretchingto the mess on the floor. Once the shadow was under thr icecream, the icecream fell through the dark hole leaving no trace. "Jamie, watch her for me i am going to get her another shake."rose said. She looked over to Ayame with a soft smile "forgive my daughter Elyse, she frightens real easily. Im Rose, her mother"

It took a bit before the words being spoken to get began to register. Nodding a bit she lifted an arm up so she could be helped to her feet. "Either one is fine. I haven't seen much around here yet... anyway." This was still a rather new development even to Ariel. Exactly why a bunch of mages caused her to feel so poorly she hadn't quite been able to figure out.

@Demous

This small girl had everything. From her warm body to her adorable small hands and her soft tender cheeks. Her lovely smelling hair and the sparkling sky blue eyes she had. Her eyes happily turned to the sound in front of the petite girl. The cup that fell on the ground made a small explosion effect of pink liquid. Her smile slowly turned regretting just like the rest of her face did. The pink liquid was scattered through the small area near then destroying everything in it's way. Some bits of the milkshake landed on her skirt and shirt and even her face got hit by the liquid. Not a second later the girl was freed by Jamie and was crying and calling out for her mommy as Ayame was hopelessly trying to scoop the milk shake back inside the cup. She was panicing and only made her clothes, knees and hands even more sticky and dirty. Ayame was trying to hurry so the girl would maybe calm down and forgive her. She finally had about half the remains of the milk shake back in the cup, immediately handing it out to Elyse. The milkshake was not the same color pink as before and was somewhat dirty but Ayame would probably still drink it.

She was concernedly looking at the girl trying to help and at the same time listened to Jamie trying to calm herself too "I-i-i wanted and then and and." She looked away from both of them at her own clothes with a apologetic look on her face. Nero would probably scold her if he saw her like this, having ruined the new clothes he made for her. She didn't even knew what the liquid on her clothes was. It was called a milkshake? So shaked milk. But it had a weird pink color and was very sticky, so the name didn't sound entirely right. Jamie offered her a milkshake so she just straight out nodded at him while there was still a down look on face. Her troat felt kind of sore and there was still a huge aftertaste in her mouth from trowing up before.

The hairs in her neck jumped straight up as she heard a unfamiliar voice behind her. She moved at the speed of light to a nearby plant pot about 5 feet away and hided herself behind it leaving a small trail of the milkshake that was spread over her knees. Her eyes slowly appeared above the plant pot between the plant itself. She stared at the new person noticing it was the mother of the small girl. The person didn't look scary or sounded scary and didn't appear to be scary. She was actually really kind to her for scaring her child like that. She was really relieved, at least the child her mother wasn't mad at her and made her smile a little as she shook her head at the woman "N-no it's my fault."

[Damian]

"Focus on the fodder then. Punch your hole and go. I'll keep these clowns busy down here. Oh, and take this." Damian hands Zero a spare communications lacrima. "I'll keep mine on and call if you need help. If I can manage, I'll come in a heartbeat." With that, Damian rushed into the line of enemies, switching to his Hermes Blades midstrike and exchanging blows with them at a rapid pace. With in moments, several of the weaker wizards were already down and out. Then he struck at the loud mouth who'd complained, aiming a Crescent Slash, a spinning strike that sent out an attack in the shape of a crescent moon, at her. "I am Damian Gerard, Blade of Phoenix Wing. And I will sure as hell stand in your way so long as you intend to hurt others!"

Elyse settled down to quite sobs when Jamie gave her a hug and went down to mere sniffles after she was in her mother's arms, giving her mother a tight hug. The comforting voices of both adults helped settle her down completely, as she let go of her mother and wiped her eyes, looking around. She didn't see whoever it was that had hugged her and she seemed a little scared. When her mother set her down to get another shake, the little girl moved close to the guild master before looking up and giving Jamie a small smile while holding up her new stuffed octopus.
"Jamie, Jamie, looky. Got new toy!" She said excitedly, the incident already forgotten. As easily as she got upset, Elyse was as quick to forget the moment something she wanted to do was possible or the moment you put something she liked in front of her.



"I agree. Who knows what will happen if they see her again. But she also keeps her wings hidden most of the time. I hope she stops, since they are beautiful in their own way." Ellis said to Jarvis before he left. The spirit herself sank into a magic circle a few seconds later, returning to her daughter

Lazarus nodded to the both of them. "Yeah. Let's go." He shrugged his shoulders. He didn't need the money, nor did he particularly want to go. However, his teammate was going, so that meant he had to as well. "How long until we will return?" He sighed, longing for some rest. "I don't think we even managed to sit down on our return." He chuckled a little.

As Nolan had given the order to get what was needed, Lucas took this opportunity. Lucas wandered into town, it was old and abandoned for the most part. Lucas had gone down an ally way, making sure no one was watching. He stopped once he was out of sight from the others, Lucas sat down on the ground, legs crossed and started to breath, he started to drift off into his mind.


"You're back!" Lucas's red opposite had spoken, his voice booming around the very world itself. Lucas was still sitting on the ground, however in a different location, back in the forest. Lucas opened his eyes and saw his red counter. "I've finally got a name for you, Eric. And Eric, you are but an obstacle set by my Father." "You've tried this fight over a hundred times, each with the same outcome. You can never defeat me." He laughed holding out his hand, gesturing for Lucas to come and try him. Lucas stood up, readying himself, before dashing towards Eric before launching two explosive left right punches which were easily countered by Eric explosive kick to the gut, sending Lucas flying in the air. Eric exploded his feet, launching himself in the air where he unloaded another explosive kick, Lucas, just managing to put his arms up to guard himself, it didn't stop the force that sent Lucas flying through the air before landing on his back, destroying the land beneath him. Lucas struggled to get up before Eric came crashing down on top if his, both feet exploding in his chest. Lucas laid there, his body destroyed. Eric bent down to Lucas, "That's 325 to me... 0 to you." Eric laughed as Lucas's world began to fade.

Lucas opened his eyes, back in the shitty little town, blood dripping from his nose, he got up in anger, "Dammit..." He proceeded to head back towards the others.

Master Jamie smiled indulgently at Elyse, examining the toy with interest, "Well, that's just one of the best toys I've seen" he said, looking to Ayame, "Get one for Ayame too, would you Rose?" He asked, giving Ayame a smile, as well.

She gave a quick glance around the guild, but for now, all seemed well. "Why don't we go and show the toy to Ayame? Kindness, Dear Elyse, can be worth a lot. Especially to some people" She asked the little girl, looking to her with another smile.



Jarvis nodded, and climbed down the stairs, looking about, seeing the spilt mess, he gave a soft sigh, heading over to the bar, to make another milkshake, and heaving Jamie's request for another one, made another one.

He looked over those still in the guild, but it seemed that number was decreasing as people went to jobs



Sasha gave Lazarus a smile, and took one of his hands, giving it a squeeze, "This shouldn't take long, and we can sit and rest on the train" She said, leading the way to the train station, she went to purchase the tickets for them, not worried to omuch about money, returning to the others, she gave them each a ticket.

Karn watched the winged man land and speak to the dark clad man, slightly blushing as both of them questioned his gender. Out of instinct, he crossed his hands over his bare chest. He didn't mind being mistaken, but it was a little sad even without a shirt people found it difficult. "That depends if your plan is hurting the dragon. And the villagers." he said.

The black haired wizard hummed and shrugged. "If you say so. Just hope they hurry up. As for this one, yeah he's with the rest of them. Looks to be from Phoenix Wing." he said, noting the guild mark on he blonde's bare neck.

Humming at the transformation wizard's words, he simply shrugged. "I rather not hurt normal people. But we also want that dragon. Knowing your Guild's reputation, your here to stop that, so in return, we are going to have to eliminate the problem. Plus, gives me a excuse to kill wizards." he said, the black smoke emitting from him.

Karn blinked as a sickening smell hit his nose as the man emitted a sickening scent. It smelled like decay and disease. So much so, instincts told him to flee from it. He wasn't sure what magic this was, but he was pretty sure he didn't want that man touching him.

The man waved his hand and his hound lept toward the blonde. Quickly Karn transformed into a Chimera and lept away, watching as the smoky slimy hound left burning holes where it stepped. Quickly, the beast smashed his tail against the ground, breaking it and forcing some large rocks to form before smacking hit tail against it and smashing the rock into the hound. Completely squashing it and making it disappear in a puff of smoke.

Just as that happened, the black wizard lunged foreword, hands outstretched and fingertips black and goopy. Fur bristling, Karn quickly changed into a cat, dodging out of the way before back to a Chimera. Doing the same and using his long tail to smash rocks at the two.

Acheon bummed as he stood again and turned, leaning to the side to avoid a head sized rock to the face. "Not too bad. For some Heshe." he mused.



Prince hummed a little, looking to Trinity as she asked a question. Thinking for a moment, the feline then smiled brightly. "Try rubbing them gently in Water Lacrima Crystals. Gets even blood out of clothing." he chirped as he walked along after Sasha. Happily taking a ticket before moving toward the train. Quite a few people stared at him, but he didn't seem to pay it much mind as he ducked as he went into the train, having to bend a bit in order to maneuver around before he sat down.

Melina learned from Mithera that two mages were threatening Karn, and another near Zero and Damian. Having promised to not just leave as soon as any fight started, Melina started navigating the streets of the town under Mithera's directions from the air. This was one of the many times their telepathic link had come in handy. Melina took back roads and alleys, avoiding most of the wizards causing problems, but not all of them. She quickly handled and dispatched a couple that were out of sight of everyone, turning their bodies into magical energy for herself. As she continued, she did her best to get behind the two near Karn, hurrying. Why can't things be easy? She thought to Mithera, who gave a simple reply back. Because people just can't get along. Both took a breath as one of the mages attacked Karn, the other certainly soon to follow suit. Melina readied her knife, brandishing it openly, running now and barging past anyone who got in her way without a second thought.

A girl, no more than fifteen, walked through the streets alone. The girl seemed somewhat paranoid something was going to happen, and was always looking around for someone a something. Wearing a simple tank-top and shorts that only went halfway down her thighs, her attire did not even remotely cover the midnight blue guild-mark on the back of her neck, branding her as a member of the infamous dark guild Iron Enigma. As she made her way through town, every time she saw anyone who looked to be of any authority she ducked into an alley and only came out once they had passed.

She only let herself relax as she approached the building she had been aiming for with no events worth speaking about. Glad for this, she went inside and headed up a set of stairs towards an apartment, running what she would say and what she would ask over in her head over and over again. She couldn't afford to mess this up, her guild master was counting on her! She swallowed as she stopped at the door, and after a moment reached up and began knocking, nearly jumping out of her clothes as the door opened in the middle of a knock to reveal a middle-aged woman with greying hair that still showed brown, and striking emerald eyes, and she didn't look happy at all. The girl swallowed, looking scared, but managed to shake off the fear after the woman who's day she had just interrupted spoke. "Can I help you?"

The girl nodded rapidly for a moment, remembering to speak only after a moment. "Yes, Uh. H-hi. Mrs. Marris? I have some questions I, uh, need to ask you. M-may I please come in?" She couldn't stop herself from stammering, she sounded pathetic. She could represent her guild better than this! But Mrs. Marris regarded her with such a piercing stare she was afraid of being accused of murder and police appearing out of nowhere and arresting her.

"Well you're not from Phoenix Wing. From what my son has told me the Guild Master himself would come here to tell me why the hell he's been gone, not send a young girl like you to come tell me. Yes I am Mrs. Marris, and you may come in." The girl relaxed immensely when Mrs. Marris finished speaking and motioned her to come inside, turning and heading to the living room where only a couple of folding chairs were set up. It was more than clear that she had only recently moved in, but that was no surprise to the girl. She had been held hostage until just recently, if what the master had told her was correct. Sitting down in a chair, with her back to the empty part of the room, Mrs. Marris watched her until she finally came up with the words to speak.

"Mrs. M-Marris, d-do you happen to know a, uh, Melina Vale?" The older woman frowned.

"Aren't you even going to introduce yourself before bringing up memories I'm certain you are aware of." Mrs. Marris said pointedly, causing the girl to pale, and shift in her seat uncomfortably. She was so unlike anyone the girl would've ever guessed to be a mother, maybe she should've asked more questions before coming.

"O-oh right! I'm S-Serma Cathris." She stuttered out, gripping her knee with one hand. Why did this woman's look have to be so... So analyzing? Serma felt like she was under a microscope being studied by a scientist.

"Alright, Ms. Cathris, yes, I do know a Melina Vale, and I figure you probably have a good reason as to why you're asking about her." Mrs. Marris said calmly and cooly. Serma nodded, before continuing the conversation. The two would talk for a while, and Serma would gradually become a little more relaxed in the presence of the older woman, but never grow comfortable. Especially when she realized that Phoenix Wing probably knew when she had come into town and where she was. Serma forced herself to focus solely on the woman before her and the questions she was meant to ask. She also gained confidence as time went on, feeling like a investigator from a novel. She was interrogating a witness to a break in, a kidnapping, a murder. Her imagination bounced around in her head to the point where she started asking questions that were completely unnecessary, and eventually Mrs. Marris asked what some of them had to do with anything, forcing Serma to abandon her fantasy and return to what she needed to ask.

*~*Rose Yashia*~*

Rose nodded "go play with the girl elyse mommy will be back with your treat and jamie you still need to tell me about the events that happened while i was gone."rose commented heading to the bar stealing thr extra jarvis made as sge made another "thanks jarvy i owe you one!"she called with a smile leaving the bar heading to the girls and jamie,giving each girl a cup "there all better now about the recap" she commented

Elyse glanced over at Ayame as both Jamie and her mother told her to go talk to the girl who had scared her earlier. The child immediately looked very nervous, as she had no talent for approaching strangers yet and simply preferred talking to the people she knew best. Rose, Jamie, Jarvis(who she also called Jarvy), and Sasha to name a few. When it came to strangers though, she was very shy and easily frightened. That being the case, she grabbed Jamie's hand and tugged on it.
"Come with." She said, hoping the guild master would come with her to speak to Ayame.

Joshua came back into the guild from his walk outside. He glanced around the guild and saw that it was a lot emptier then usual. He spotted three new people he had never seen before: A little girl tugging on an older male and a woman with dark hair behind the bar, speaking to Jarvis. Sighing to himself, he went over to the job board and glanced at the one available. After a cursory glance, he pulled on off and walked over to Jarvis, showing him the job, which was titled Thieves on the Paradise.
"I'm gonna take this job. Do you think the Master would object? Gives me something to do while waiting to meet them." He said

Lazarus

He took the ticket gratefully. "Thanks." He smiled. "I'll get the next one. Honest." He walked past her. "Are we going to see this guy or not then? My soul is burning. It feels like this will not be as easy as first thought." He couldn't describe it. It felt like something was going to go wrong. Every inch of his instincts told him to take Sasha and return to the guild. He wasn't normally right about these types of things though, so he continued.

Shujin

A man of well built figure walked through the streets of magnolia, his light armour clinking together as he stepped. He was intent on his flawless plan of action. He suddenly stopped, looking up at the huge double doors. Phoenix wing. His destination. He placed his palm onto the smooth wood and pushed open the door. He took a step inside, unnoticed. After standing there silent for quite some time, so tutted. "Metal make... Cube." He formed a fairly large iron cube, allowing it to drop with a very loud clatter. "Hey..." He grumbled quietly. "I'm looking for a wizard here. Her name is Sasha Shin." He paused. "She is family."

Sayuri

Standing she helps the girl to her feet and starts walking away from the guildhall, "So, is there a particular area of the city you wanna check out? I really don't have anywhere in mind just wander and hope for something interesting. And maybe an apartment..." she looks at the girl, "Oh, My name is Sayuri by the way."

@t2wave

Master Jamie did indeed go with Elyse over to Ayame, crouching down to look at Ayame behind the plant pot. "This is Ayame, Elyse. She didn't mean anything by hugging you like that. You're just so cute, its hard to resist" Jamie smiled at Ayame as Rose joined them, giving a soft sigh, and looking up.

"A lot has happened. We had S class exams, lost wes To edolas, demons have bee appearing, we attacked the magic council, some of the guild went to Edolas and appear to have been successful in retrieving Wes but no one still knows where he is. And we've had a massive influx of members. I'm not even sure I know who they all are, to be honest" He said, giving a quick recap about everything that had happened, "I haven't had a chance to talk to them all. It's been quite busy, and I expect the Magic Council to be here soon"

Jamie rose, glancing about the guild once more.



Jarvis watched with amusement as Joshua came up and requested the job, nodding to Master Jamie as he said "Well, that's the master there. You should get use to her changing appearances. He does it quite often. IN any case, if you wish to take the job, you can"

Jarvis looked over at the large noise, but seeing Jamie preoccupied, sighed and said "One moment, Joshua" They went over to this new wizard, inquiring about Sasha. "Well, you've just missed her, heading to the train station bI believe. I wasn't aware that Sasha had any family besides her sister. Who are you?" They didn't seem dangerous, maybe a little unstable causing such a noise like that, but still, Jarvis was wary.



Sasha frowned slightly, and then sighed. She glanced around them, feeling as if someone was watching them, but unable to figure out who. She was probably just sensing the crowd watching them. They were Phoenix wing after all, well, most of them, and prince and this nero did stick out like sore thumbs. So she relaxed, and smiled, "lets board" She said, nodding to their train, "The sooner we head off, the sooner we get there, and can figure out what happened, if anything" And then they could return home, and rest.

The last two days had been quite emotional, as well as event filled. When she thought of Ben, still alive in Edolas, she couldn't help but wish he was still alive here.



The darkly clad figure that was the "Time Lord" Watched the group with amusement, from the shadows. Unseen, he had a good advantage point, studying those heading towards the village. How easy it was to maneuver people. A simple bloodied photo, and he now gets a good look at one of the ones that interested him.

He watched for a minute mmore, before heading inside a building.

Lazarus

He grunted and nodded. "I agree. Let's get on." He walked through the open carriage door and found a compartment to sit in. He slumped down. "How far is this place away again? I forget." He lent his head against the window and shut his eyes. He was still wide awake, but he was fatigued.

Shujin

He folded his arms and looked away embarrassed. "I didn't know I had 2 half-sisters either." He sighed. "It is of the upmost importance that i speak with her. She is the one I was informed about." He dissolved the cube. "My thanks guild wizard." He said without grace before turning on the spot to leave. He walked out of the guild, slamming the doors shut behind him. It shouldn't be too hard to catch up to them.

Trinity considered the thought. Water Lacrima Crystals? Maybe she could ask Jamie for that as her payment. The guildmaster aught to have that in her resources, right? Hopefully, it wouldn't be asking too much.

Trinity followed the fascinating catman as he got his ticket and boarded, getting her own but waiting outside the train for the others. This was her excursion, after all. She could see everyone, at least.

Ah, but wait. Where had Alexi gone? Had she not left yet?

Angelo sighed as he got up from his perch glad to be back in Phoenix wing, their real one that he loved so much and even better he found mark he was so happy to have his oldest friends back.

Angelo soon liked down seeing someone grab the thieves job that Angelo wanted to get. Angelo soon went down and asked Joshua "hey Josh you mind if I join you for that job, I need to get out for a while" Angelo asked going he could join him, Angelo wasn't sure if they really ever spent time together before so this might be a good time to get to know him while they do a job...

"Anywhere is fine. Everyone just showed up at once and it's more than I can take." Getting to her feet with some help she started moving away from the guild hall. The other girl introduced herself and Ariel managed a weak smile. "My name is Ariel, nice to meet you. And thanks for the help." Hobbling along she seemed to get better the further they got.

@Demous

Sayuri

She smiles as Ariel seemed to get better the farther away they got, "Hey no problem. I've known a couple people who were sensitive to magic and had to get away several times. Not that I was always the best person to hang around when that happened..." she shakes her head before contining, "Hmm... So are you a new member? Or just wasn't one that was at the hall when I joined?"