At the new guild master's words, Fleo grinned. “Awesome! Thank you, sir!” Filled with pride, she rushed toward her group members, fit to gush out the news. Seeing Amaya asleep, not yet fully roused by Lucas's promise of delectable ice cream, she forced herself to swallow her excitement and instead whispered, “Mr. Jarvis is taking care of our completed job. He'll send out to the client that it's finished, and we'll get our reward in no time!” The dusty woman pumped her fist. “Team Powder Keg is off to a great start! Let's do more missions sometime!”

The next instant, Fleo almost hit the ground. All at once, the fatigue that she'd been holding off all during the ride back to Magnolia hit her like a sack of bricks. She steadied herself on Amaya's table and gave a stupid grin, not noticing that her purple headrag had fluttered to the floor. “Zombie mode engaged! Gon' sleep now.” She tottered off upstairs to her little room in the under-construction section, leaving her friends and a dusty trail of footprints behind her. After throwing aside her coat and removing her blouse, leaving just her black shorts and tank top on, she collapsed into bed.



Despite Penny's rather threatening manner, Nero focused totally on her last couple of sentences. “Hell yeah! Nero LeMure,” he bubbled, not fully recognizing that he'd just betrayed his last name, “Phoenix Freelancer. Principle Lake must be turning over in his grave to see how much of a good person I'm becoming!” After that, he happily let Penny's attention slide elsewhere, not even noticing her leave. He didn't need the fire-spitter to rain on his parade any more.

Trinity's momentary presence earned her a withering glance. “The Time Man froze Ginger before she could wreck anything. Sure, she left a few spikes around, but that's hardly on me, is it? If she were a better person she wouldn't have become something with spikes.” It was fairly clear, however, that he bore no ill will toward Trinity. Apparently, he wouldn't second-guess his decision that she was his friend.

As it turned out, though, a far better friend was on hand. When poked in the side, Nero pivoted on the school to find the adorably pouting face of Ayame. “Aw, I'm sorry!” He waited for her to ready herself in her chair and voice her question. The early afternoon's events were only too happily related. “Well, we took a big honkin' train to a little town called Balsam. On the train, we met the pretty ice lady's long-lost buttface brother, Shoe Chin. It was utterly fascinating.” At this point, Nero warily glanced around, checking all possible hiding spots. The last thing he needed was for Shujin to get mad again. After making sure that the metal moulder was far away, crouching by Lazarus with his back facing Nero, he continued. “In the town, me, Trinity, and the huge cat manster went to get our pictures taken, but Sasha and Lazarus got in trouble. I didn't see much of anything, but the others got involved, and after the scary darkness faded, bam!” Nero clapped his hands dramatically. “Lazarus was stricken with poison! I made some harmless speculation and Shoe Chin got butthurt, but he didn't fancy havin' a go at me, so we all came home on the train.” He stroked his chin pensively. “Now that I think about it, we didn't do much of anything, really. Sorry for leavin' ya behind. When someone wishes for my help, I can't say no. Anything interesting happen over here, li'l lady?”

Zero was actually shocked at the rate in which things were progressing. Karn had gotten them to the scene quickly. Hemlock was indeed there. The two mages in control of his adoptive father were talking about destroying the village. Well, one of them, and the girl Damian had been fighting. Karn gave an ultimatum. This was something Zero would never have expected to happen in a hundred, no a thousand years.

“You want us to what? Yeah right you dumb animal.” Haemos laughs, which prompted the beginning of Karn’s attack.

“Woah…” Zero spoke as he hopped off his companions back, seeing as how things were about to get much more serious than he previously thought. Karn let out a huge roar, but as the dragon slayer expected, it didn’t do much. Hemlock merely shielded himself and the mages using his wings.

”What are those idiots controlling him doing?! It isn’t like hemlock is inde…”
”I know Zenoram!”

Still it wasn’t like that would be enough to end things, which Karn seemed to anticipate. He was moving once again. He swung his tail the golden flames from the roar now emanating there heading in the direction of the dragon, and also heading toward Uriel.

“Hey!” Uriel dodged with a small chuckle. “Bad Chimera. Gonna need to discipline you later.” He wasn’t taking this seriously. Not by the look of it. Still though in his hand a white light was culminating. Some sort of light magic?

“Stop that attack too you stupid dragon.” Haemos spoke much to Zero’s dismay. Hemlock lift his large hand and swiped it downward on the attack crushing it under the mass of his own poison magic.

However, Karn was already near his head and soon in position. He bit down on Hemlock’s skull causing him to thrash about and roar in pain. And soon his magic was flooding in.

“Sorry… I can’t let you do that anymore.” Varen spoke as he approached Karn. He’d moved from his spot on Hemlock’s shoulder to the head to deal with his and Haemos’s guest. He smirked and swung his staff down on the beast, the crescent blade poised and ready to take his head off. Even if Karn moved, the blade would likely sink into the Hemlock. What did he care if the dragon got hurt. And as soon as that happened Varen would shoot a blast of magic at the Chimera in the form of pressurized water bullets.

Uriel looked about ready to send his attack at one of the mages who opposed him and his little group. But soon would find it difficult as a small creature attacked him. “Wha?!” He freaked out for a minute as the creature bit and clawed, assaulting him without mercy.

Zero finally shook himself from his stupor opting to help in this quest. Yes it was Hemlock, but he knew for a fact that the dragon would rather die than hurt the innocent or live under the control of another. However as he used a mass of poison strategically positioned by his foot to launch himself toward Haemos he was swatted away by Hemlock’s hand and sent directly at Damian who’d just finished his assault. The S-Class had taken out the female mage with relative ease and it looked like the winged man would go down next. However Mithera was there in the way. That wasn’t good.

However, even if she moved Uriel had noticed the attack and thrust his arms out. The bright magic shot out around him forming a bubble. It wasn’t enough to completely stop Damian’s attack, but it weakened it severely. Thus Uriel emerged much less damaged than Damian might have though. “That could have really hurt.” Uriel said, his tone a bit more serious. “Haemos, Varen. Have the dragon stop these wizards.” He said calmly, as he lifted his hand aimed at Mithera.

Haemos agreed with a chuckle, the joy of control much more enticing than the anger of being given an order by Uriel. “Right.” He said as Hemlock opened his mouth sending a powerful breath attack towards Damian and Zero.

“Fuck! Damian! Get behind me!” Zero had gotten himself together after the last attack latching onto the dragon’s tough skin and stopping himself from hitting Damian. Now he could actually contribute. As the attack came he would take the brunt of it. After all, there was a much bigger chance of it hurting Damian than of hurting another poison dragon.

“Oh no! It won’t be that easy!” Uriel laughed as he began to fire down towards Zero as he began to take the attack eating a large amount of the mass of poison. Still the dragon slayer was banking on Damian protecting and taking care of the winged mage. The initial attack hadn’t done it, but the next likely would. Still taking down the two in control of hemlock seemed almost impossible with the dragon guarding them. The only choice would be to hurt the dragon as much as Zero hated it. At least enough to weaken him so they could take down Haemos and Varen.

Varen was laughing as he swung and shot at Karn. He obviously wasn’t trying to kill the beast. He was playing. Keeping it at bay. “You don’t seem like you’re doing too well. Hurt maybe? Trying to hold back? Why? Dangerous magic?” The young man taunted the Chimera, though it was possible the two would have a tough time getting their footing with the moving dragon and them being on its head.

@Silver Fox@Zarkun@Burthstone

The older woman mulled over what Penny had said for a moment before summoning her archive magic's computer before her, keying out what she was looking for rapidly. After a moment she nodded and dismissed it. "Right, Edolas. So that answers my question, as for yours, I didn't do anything that would purposfully leave Mayt comatose. What probably happened was when he first went into Edolas he experienced a flood of information that amounted to far more than what he already had, and when he came back here to Earthland, it was all sealed away again. His body must've shut down in shock, he'll be fine by tomorrow morning at the latest." She looked thoughtful for a moment, but shrugged and reclined in her chair, looking Penny over. "That is, assuming, he didn't do something stupid with his magic."

Damian heard Zero, but was already moving as a Blade Shield formed in front of the Dragon Slayer and Damian dodged hard to the right, catching the edge of a scale and using his momentum to send himself back at the flying wizard. As he hurtled through the air, he switched to Hermes Blades, sharpening their edges. The burden of a soldier, he started the rotations, already the spell forming around him as he moved towards the winged Rune Knight,is that sometimes to protect a life, the scythe blades spun as he did, the distance rapidly closing between him and the winged mage, he has to take another. The winged mage saw the approaching S-Class Mage just in time and dodged the actual spell, using another light barrier to deflect most of it, but Damian's left hand shot out, catching the man's chin.

Damian flipped up and onto his shoulders, he right hand holding the Hermes Blade. Forgive me, Penny. The steel flashed and the wings went slack as the body started to fall, the blade buried in his chest. Pushing off the falling body, the blade slid free easily to release a flow of blood, he summons a Striker Blade and sits in the air a moment, muttering something under his breath before he faces the two mages in control. "This ends now! With the only lives coming to an end," he points the bloodied blade at the pair, his azure eyes flashing in the light, "being yours." The second blade appearing, he dove, the two weapons a flash of steel in the light.

As he closed, Hemlock shot more breath attacks at him, but his smaller size and greater mobility helped him a lot in dodging. He knew he didn't stand a chance against the dragon but the two wizards he was sure he could handle. The first had a scythe and met Damian head on, their weapons clashing and the force knocked Damian onto equal footing with the man. Spinning his blades, he rushes in again, clashing with the scythe wielder again and again, sparks flying from their weapons. Damian moved in rhythm with an unheard beat, each time one sword was deflected, the other spun and came in again and again. Though his magic entailed more than simple sword fighting, instincts forged long before he was a wizard drove him, helped him find openings in his opponent's guard, even as his opponent launched spells at him, he countered and dodged on these instincts.

After dodging one spell, he launched another Piercing Blade, this one clipping the scythe wielder's shoulder and making his attack stumble. Damian took advantage of it, spinning his right hand blade into a reverse grip, he sliced upwards, cutting the staff in two. Spinning his body with the attack and using the momentum, he slammed both blades into the wizard's gut. "You had your chance to surrender. I'm sorry it ended this way." Pulling both blades free, he faces the second of the controlling pair as he stares at the falling body of his companion, his sword frozen in his hand. "Two of your friends are dead. I don't wish to end your life, but do not think for a moment I won't. Surrender. NOW."

@Demon Shinobi @Burthstone @Zarkun

Acheon huffed as he quickly twirled away, the blade slightly slicing his best but not drawing blood before quickly backflipping onto his hands and pushing himself away. A jet of black smoke propelling him upwards before neatly landing on a house. Crossing his arms as if bored.

"Didn't figure you to be picky on names, witch." the black haired man mused, rolling his palms together to make another ball of smoke, making it large to cover the field. Throwing his arms to raise it, he chucked it down toward her before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Appearing behind her to try and slam a fist into the back of her head.

Soon backpettalling and leaping away as his golden eyes blinked slowly and rolled his eyes.

"It appears I'll be outnumbered soon. Pity. Seems your allies make quicker work than I thought." he mused, yet seemed unconcerned of the well being of his own allies.

His body soon disappeared into smoke before returning to the top of a roof. Golden eyes briefly glancing at the blood witch woman. "I would have preferred to stay and kill a witch like you, but it seems this battle has a sour outcome on my side. Killing you isn't worth the later times in killing many wizards." Acheon mused, flicking his long black hair as he turned and looked toward the mountain. A coward would be most likely what he'd be called, but it was improbable to take on this large of a group with so few on his side already down. Sure, he was stronger then those fools, but even Uriel had difficulty. So a tactical retreat was neccessary instead of acting the hero and staying until the end.

Well, at least he got one of them. Unless Chimera magic is stronger than he thought. Mhm.

Karn tried his best to sink the healing magic into Hemlock's brain and keep him occupied, but it did not take long for the opponent wizards to interfere. One of them, brought a scythe down to lop off the Chimera's neck. The beast growled, golden eyes glowing as his fur bristled.

"Eastern Chimera Golden Flame Armor!" he growled, his body erupting into golden flame, surrounding his body and burning as hot as the center of the sun. Before swinging his tail to smash against the scythe from underneath and slam into the wielded. Unmoving and claws sinking in to get a better grip on the dragon. Holding on for dear life as he kept his saber fangs sunk into the dragon's skull. Karn was determined in helping the dragon, and avoiding too much damage, including a scythe to the skull.

However, his determination suddenly turned into utter terror as water bullets were launched at him. Body shaking, his body instinctevly emitted a greater fire for protection. The continued swings of the scythe and water bullets forcing Karn to release his hold and dodge about, trying to avoid the strikes. He was utterly torn. He felt utter terror, unable to fight properly back and only managing to dodge. His mind was hazy and he could barely recall what he should be doing.

He was scared. So scared. He could barely hear the taunts of the water user.

Amazingly, he managed to stay on top of the dragon, perhaps because his claws were sinking into the hide. He should turn back, or he'd lose it. But if he did, he was dead. And he couldn't fight anymore. Karn had to stay in this form, for everyone's sake. He had to help Hemlock, help him so Zero and Zenoram didn't lose a father.

But, the water.... His mind was whirling, he felt dizzy, images flashed in his mind. He could hear voices, screaming, his mother's cries, his own, see his father's hands pushing him under water, and see his mother's hand disappearing beneath the cold dark waters.

And everything was gone. Karn was no longer there.

Where was he? Who were these people?

As the beast focused the golden eyes on what was around him, he saw a man wielding a scythe going after a golden haired man before being promptly gutted. What was going on? There was a lot of blood. And the smell of a dragon. The Chimera scanned beneathe him to examine the skull of the dragon before snarling and turning toward the humans. Teeth bared as his golden eyes scanned around him.

Even growling at Damian, golden eyes narrowed showing distrust before looking to a man flooding with magic connecting with the dragon. This one. This one is linked. A dragon under human control, must be eliminated. The human first.

Suddenly the beast launched, causing the man to flinch in surprise at the sudden ferocity as snarls erupted from the beasts throat. Eyes glowing as fangs erupted into fire before slashing down on his prey. The man tried to dodge out of the way, apparently trying to focus, but the Chimera managed to scrape a flaming saber fang against the man's back. Leaving a gash of a cut and a severe boiling burn. The golden fire incinerating the cloth and starting to burn it in a rapid manner.

The beast then lept away to avoid any attack before slowly circling about, claws raking into the beast to keep balance. If anyone tried getting close, the beast would turn the golden eyes to them and curl his lips, warning them to stay back, before focusing on the man apparently linked to this dragon.


@Amaya Tamashii @Zarkun@Joshua Tamashii

Prince chuckled at the little girl before sitting up to sit cross legged on the floor, ears flicking before looking to Master Jack. Whom had the usual wall of fire. The felines outed a little as he unfurled his fingers to slightly paw at the fire, only feeling heat though and soon curling them back up for safety of the child near him.

"Yeeeessss Master I'll return soon promise!" Prince chirped with a happy smile, watching him go and waving to both of the Jacks. "We'll have a great party for you newbie!" he cheered before looking to Elyse and purring.

"Mhmm I don't mind playing a little with you and your friends." Prince cheered before looking to Rose as she suggested cooking for him. "Awe you don't have to do that." he smiled reassuringly.

Penny sucked in a breath, and glanced away, once more remembering the massive amount of Magic Mayt had used, the ferocious attack. She didn't know what to say, and she hesitated, sighing softly "he did" she said softly, and worried for her friend and guild mate, and because she didn't think that Mayts mother would let her go without tell her, she described what Mayt had done.

"...and it's nothing he's ever done here, at least. Why? What does it mean? What have you done? Why didn't you warn him?" she said, her tone once more becoming demanding.

"That's because it is easy. They're only human." Joshua said before Angelo dashed off. Joshua himself approached the closest group of thieves, about five or so, who quickly noticed the young man approaching them rather then running away. They raised their weapons in an attempt to scare him off but Joshua could only smirk in reply to this. Two of the group took exception to this and dashed towards Joshua, swords raised. Joshua threw his weapon into the air as the two drew closer before striking. The one on his left received a powerful blow to the stomach before getting and open palm strike to the chin, knocking the man out cold. He swept the legs out from under the second while ducking under a slash to him stomach. A punch to the face knocked that man out cold before Joshua raised his hand and caught his sword as it fell to the ground

"Always wanted to pull that off." He muttered to himself before glancing around. Several more bandits had surrounded him, including the remaining three of the original group of five. He counted seven in total now, some with swords, some with clubs, and one with a weapon resembling a spiked kanabo. Well, that might be an issue. Luckily, his little display seemed to have made them weary but their strength in numbers had given them courage. Three charged him this time, two with swords and one with a club. This time, he figured it was best to keep his sword and he drew it to block one of the swords while he used the sheathe to block the club. The third sword he had to avoid but his limited movement space left him with a shallow cut to on his right shoulder. After making sure the wound wouldn't get in the way, he counter attacked. The first bandit got hamstringed on both legs, effectively taking him out of the fight. The second had the tendons in his sword-arm severed when he made the mistake of taking a second swing at Joshua while the third got knocked out after Joshua hit the back of his neck with the back of his blade.

At this point, the other four had joined the fray. Joshua had to use everything he had to avoid the swings taken at him, especially those from the bandit wielding the kanabo. He Managed to dispatch two of the four with little effort but the third was proving difficult as he was much for skilled with his sword then the others had been, with the fight only ending after Joshua slashed him across the chest, leaving a cut that wouldn't kill the man so long as he stayed still. With only the kanabo wielder left, Joshua's focus stayed on staying alive, as he knew trying to block the weapon would only result in injury. The man was big and muscular so it took several well aimed cuts to the man's arms and legs to finally take him down.
"Tougher then I thought." He muttered glancing around. There weren't any more bandits in the immediate area and the ones he had beaten wouldn't be getting up anytime soon. Swinging his sword to get the blood off it, he sheathed it while considering what to do next. Chances were, he'd have to bring out one of his magical blades, much as he would prefer not to. He could deal with the enemies just fine but he needed to end his fights faster for the sake of the casino. Cursing to himself, he entered the building proper, looking for more bandits to take down.



"Bye-bye Mister Kitty." Elyse said to prince before running after her mother, eager for some food. Looked at Nero from behind her mother, the mans style of dress seemed more funny to her then anything else. Tugging on her mother's dress, she pointed at Nero." Mommy, who is the funny looking man?"

"Oh, uh... thank you Master Jack." Amelia said, her face turning bright red at Jack's compliment. She was happy to hear that he had liked her wings but it was still a bit embarrassing for her. Before she could ask anything, Jack said he had to leave to help someone who had just joined his guild. She glanced towards the silver haired girl by the doorway. Was that the new member? Hadn't she just attacked the guild? Or was she assisting on getting rid of the attacker? She couldn't remember, as she hadn't been conscious very long for the fight. Still, she couldn't help but be a bit disappointed that Jack was leaving before she could ask him some questions." Alright. Have a nice day."

Jack watched as Master Jack approached, glancing over at Amelia.
"She had questions for you. We don't mind remaining a bit longer." She said." Unless you think it's more important to get us to the guild as soon as possible. It's your call."

Nero had already been talking to the woman next to him for some time she had just figured out and it didn't look like they were very fond of each other. She seemed about to leave but did pay for Nero for now, it was however still a question why Nero ordered something with knowing he didn't have any money on him. He must have seen this coming, like a fortune telling: A redheaded woman will pay your bill today. Nothing else to be expected from her bestie, he was truly amazing. The redheaded woman started talking to her, she must have been close to Jamie knowing that she had accepted Jamie's kindness for now. The woman said something quite frightening. How did the woman know she was indeed trying to run from something. It made her silent for a while as she started thinking again about her daily life. The woman left and she felt somewhat relieved, she didn't like her that much. She was way to scary for her taste.

When Nero was finished with the woman he turned his attention to Ayame which made her blush and smile a little dropping the pout she had put on before. After she had sat down Nero started his story. After only his first words her head shot up in full attention "You have been on a train! How are trains like from the inside and and when they are driving, are they fast when they are driving?" While she was talking she slowly raised herself up from the chair standing on the footstep of the chair. Her face slowly dwelled closer to his face as she continued on talking "You must have a lot of money to go with the train! I don't think I will ever get to be on one though." She lowered herself back to her chair and gave a sigh as she place shyly place her hands on each other between her thighs. The story continued with the other guild members. She averted her eyes while shivering only hearing the catman his name. Again the story continued with pictures taken what she didn't really get what he was on about but the sudden clap in his hand made her neck hairs stand up. She let out a small squeak and attempted to hide it by coughing. One of the guild members seemed to have been poisoned. She didn't really know the person but she still asked [color=f7976a]"Is he all right now?" When Nero was finished she lightly chuckled "It's alright, looked like you had fun with the guild members." She sat upright and raised one hand to her chin casually holding it with her index finger pointed outwards while the other hand supported her elbow. She pondered for a minute and began talking.

"Well before you left I met this small girl who was a real cry baby. When I accidently dropped her ice shake or something everyone started coming over to comfort the girl. I really messed up and got a little bit dirty in the process." She closed her eyes and poked out her tongue through the right side of her mouth corner while rubbing the back of her head showing how dumb she was. It was clear to see that she had tried to remove the milkshake from her clothes but there were still several stains in her new clothes "I'm sorry for ruining your pretty clothes Nero" She dropped the silly look and dropped her head down a little in an apologetic way. She slowly continued her story "After that a weird person showed up and was blurring stuff like that he was gonna kill the little girl and the mother of the girl. I don't really know what happened afterwards except for several people fighting. I didn't really wanted to look. Nothing much happened afterwards that I know of. I have been silently sitting around in the corner over there since then."

(Grammar edit like always >.<)

Mrs. Marris smirked a little at Penny's tone, but she was clearly not happy. "He really shouldn't of pushed himself so hard." She looked thoughtful for a moment before speaking. "First things first, I haven't seen him since he was ten, so I couldn't of known he was even capable of energy control magic. I only found out about two years ago, and three days ago was the first time I'd seen him in over a decade, so you can guess that didn't take top priority." Adjusting herself, Mayt's Mother locked her eyes on Penny. "What you need to know is that Mayt's magic is a lost magic passed down through the firstborns of my family through archive magic when they become old enough. I, with my husband, instead set up a system where we wouldn't have to do everything in our power to not do anything dangerous so I could pass the knowledge on. So after he was born I gave him all the knowledge that had been passed down to me, and then made it so he would only be able to recall the memories once he got to a certain age, or needed it. In Edolas the spell couldn't stay maintained and so he suffered from a flood of information, such as knowledge of every spell ever possible for his magic." She took a breath, wetting her lips. "As for the cost of his magic, the more he uses it, the more his magic power is entwined with his life. So if someone was to completely drain his magic power right now, he could die."

Melina charged forward after her opponent as he jumped backwards, but stopped once he propelled himself onto the building, as she had no way quick of getting up there. When he threw the cloud of smoke at her, she did use her weapon to send her as far back and away from it as possible, but didn't quite make it out, and found herself coughing and spluttering, then stumbling forward as a blow landed on the back of her head. As she stumbled forward, she focused on using her magic to fight any disease spreading through her system, and eliminate it if possible. It was times like this she idly wished she knew a bit more about her magic, but that was what she had grabbed the books for, right?

Once she had recovered and the smoke cleared, she turned to face her opponent, who was talking, and walking away. The thought of calling him a coward crossed her mind, but that would make her a hypocrite. So she just lowered her weapon, chuckling. "Well damn. I'll have to go scold them now for ruining my fun. Though I can't berate them for murder until they start harassing me for it." Chuckling a little, she waved at him, in a way one would do to a friend who was leaving for a party. "Until we run into each other again and can finish this fight. Though we're more likely to end up on wanted posters next to one another than that." With that statement she began walking for the nearest alley that would take her to Damian and the others the fastest, quickly falling into a light jog.

Mithera barely managed to catch herself in flight when she was thrown away from the flying wizard, and dropped her head against her chest when he raised an arm and pointed at her as if to attack. When no attack came, she looked up to see Damian dispatching him, as well as another of the other wizards. Shaking her head, she felt oddly sick. She had seen Melina murder a thousand times but had never felt the same violent nausea she felt watching Damian kill. She didn't really have time to wonder about this, and she flew back a little, seeing that she wouldn't be useful at all trying to get anywhere near the dragon Hemlock, instead deciding to watch and mentally report what had happened to Melina, who was making her way to the site to join in whatever fight remained to happen. She wasn't happy that Damian had, in a sense, run off her 'playmate' before things could really get going.

@Joshua Tamashii

Angelo tried to make an escape route of some kind for the people to go towards so they would be safe until the bandits left but that wasn't Angelo's best point seeing as how he doesn't know the layout of the area. So he just pointed everyone towards the lobby and as he did so he realized that their were 12 thieves in their so Angelo had to take them down first so he immediately rushed them using the element of surprise as he got to his first two and made them head butt eachother since they were relatively close to each other. However the remaining 9 noticed him before he could go to another one of them and they decided to charge "charge at a man covering in lightning bad idea" Angelo told them as he charged them ducking their blades as they tried to slash at him but Angelo just bent himself backward to avoid the blade then still bending he put his hands on the floor for balance and kicked both of them men hard sending them flying into a wall. The remaining 7 decided to charge Angelo at once but Angelo was much faster then them. Angelo rushed towards them as well and Angelo thanks to his Zeus armor was faster then they could swing their swords or even notice that Angelo wasn't in the same spot anymore. Angelo got behind a few of them and gave one a roundhouse kick sending him towards his buddy nearby knocking them both out of the fight. The remaining 6 were getting worried but Angelo didn't give them time to think as he charged them and swept one of their legs and as they begun to fall Angelo grabbed their leg spinning them and sending him flying to his other 3 pals. Finally Angelo just charged the last 2 and just punched their faces hard enough that Angelo heard bones break and with that 12 were down and Angelo had got a sanctuary for the guests to be until it was all over...

jarvis

Free of others, for now, javis continued to Jamie's office, where he began to start the long progress of organising it, putting the completed job from team Powder Keg aside. He didn't get far in the organization, as he came across the information about the magic council.

That wasn't what gave him pause, however, as he read the flyer that was with it. He sat down on the chair, and began to laugh. Jamie was always brillant, always thinking one step ahead, or rather, more then one step ahead. He had to sit for some time, just staring at the flyer.

You just had to hand it to Jamie. Jarvis set the flyer aside, intending to put it up once he had finished tidying up, still chuckling as he rose. He sorted out jobs that needed approval, building plans, and the information on guild members, and on the connections jamie had. He sorted out Bills and other files and soon had the office organised, and pleased, he grabbed fhe flyer, and put it up on the job board, the one place everyone would see it.



He plastered it up, smiling with ease, glancing about the guild hall, he looked to see that everything was running smoothly. Well, as smooth as it ever got in Phoenix Wing. He looked over to Prince, still it seemed needing to regain energy. Jarvis made a lacrima appear in his hand, full of magical energy, stored for when it was needed, and went over. Prince had, after all, done a lot for the guild when he didn't have to.

Jarvis gave a smile to Eylse, the child still didn't seem to comprehend that Jamie wasn't going to be around for a while, and he knew it would devestate her. "you know Jack just does That for form. I'm sure he cares about you. After all, he let you in the guild, despite his fear. You also do not have to worry about Karn, well, how he would be here. We are a...chaotic guild, but we care deeply about each other. We may not have given the best...impression, but it has been a hard, trying few days. But we are still here. Use this now, or whenever you need it." he handed the lacrima to Prince, "energy"

Penny

Penny thought of her own, adoptive mother. More of a mother to her then her biological mother, thought on how she had died. Died protecting Penny. Penny met Mayt's kothers eyes, and said, "you aren't a very good mother. Giving a child that responsibility, the weight of memories even if he didn't reemmber them, and not giving him a warning. I don't care if you haven't seen him in a hundred years, or ten, or thirty. You can reason all you want, say it was all on his best interest, but it's not. It's in yours. If you really had his best interest in mind, you would have taught him this, and told him the risk, instead of relying on proxies."

Penny rose smoothly, "thank you for the information. However useless it is now, I imagine it can still be helpful" and then she stalked out the house, thinking that the problems were just piling up. Karn, Mayt, jamie....she wondered just what she was going to do, or who she could talk to. Damian was gone on the dragon job, and Jarvis was most likely busy, and Mayt was ...potentially at risk of death.

She could hit Damian. It was his fault she was S class. And Jamie's, for tasking Damian with that. Why did she have to have this responsibility on her shoulders? She stalked down the streets of Magnolia, expecting at any moment to have Mayt's mother follow her. To do something. Right now, Penny probably would just set her alight, her mood growing darker by the moment.

And as such, she perhaos foolishly turned on the spot, and stalked back to Mayt's mothers place, this time not even knocking, she pushed the door open. "and further more, what can be done, what will you do to fix this, since it is your fault"

Penny knew she was overstepping boundaries, but she didn't care. Parents shouldn't be the problem. And she hated people who put others at risk, without seemingly a care.

Timelord

So far, he was disappointed. He expected better, of Phoenix wing, but also of some of those he was curious about. Certainly, they had figured out his trap, not that it was very sophisticated really. It was amusing to see them scampering about, of course, but that wasn't anything really.

"Tsk, Tsk."

He stood ontop of a building, forecer watching and studying, nothing really grabbing his attention. There seemed to be a lot of activity, but very little of interesting.

"Whew." Trinity sighs softly as she leans away from her careful task. She'd managed to clean the gloves, but now they were soaked. She should dry them, and have them ready for Karn's return. She takes the wash basin and crosses the room to her window. She opens it before peeking out below, to make sure no one was there, before dumping the dirty, bloody water out the window. Low amounts of blood could actually help the dirt become more fertile. Once done, she closes the window again and draws the blinds, before returning and setting the pan where it had been previously. She puts her hands together in front of her, fingers touching lightly. "Energy Make." A small ball of energy forms between her palms, and she turns her arms to hold them horizontal, using the ball of energy as a pivot point for her palms. "Filter Plane: Water." The ball of energy slowly flattens as she forms the very particular energy barrier. This application took concentration, and a bit of magic power to use. The takes it in her hand and holds it over the basin, before taking the gloves in her other hand and lifting them through the barrier. The excess water is pushed out of the gloves, leaving them nice and dry. The barrier is dismissed.

She takes the gloves and tries them on, examining them on her hands. They fit well, and were very comfortable. She was sure Karn would be glad to have them back.

Hmmn...

She could have cleaned them easily with Energy Make. Just set the barrier for blood (which was a little more complex), and bingo bango. Her father taught her this magic, to be used, but here she was hiding it. But, to be seen using it... that could invite disaster. She'd been staring at her palm, now gloved in silk. "Damuron told me that they wanted my father for his magic... but as though he'd help them, right? After what they did..." She sighs and drops her hand back to her side. Well might as well go back downstairs. To protect Karn's little secret, she'd just have to act like she found 'em. And who wouldn't keep a nice pair of gloves like this?

She descends the stairs of the guild, moving over to the job board to look over the offers there. She needed some money, and that work for the guild didn't actually pay anything. Not that she actually had to make rent, Jamie was very generous on that. But, at the same time, if she wanted any niceties, or, y'know... food. There was a tournament, but there was no way she'd win with Archery and Arrows magic alone. There are strong mages in Fiore, that she knew.

"Whoever he is...My gut says trouble so keep away from him Elyse...But it seems like mr. Kitty is willing to play some games with you...so if you want to play I can make your favorite Meal.."Said Rose sweetly to elyse as she smiled pointing towards prince as she looked over at him "Non-Sense, my daughter loves having you around might as well make sure to keep it that way...I promise you will like my cooking."She said to him pressing her raven black hair behind her shoulder heading to the kitchen to make some things for her daughter and Mr. 'Kitty'.

Rose rubbed her forehead as she closed her eyes "If Jack had found this place and doesnt report back then others might show to make sure she is dead or just doing her job...but she said this was the one time she choose to do this on her own will...ugh this is a headache.."She whispered before lifting her shirt where her stitched up wound was "I will heal that later when I can get away from elyse...I didn't want her to even know my magic the way she saw it today.."She whispered talking to herself shaking her head as a smile played on her face "I truely have fallen from where I once was right mother? or is it I have finally bloomed as you always wished I would.."She asked herself remebering her mother and some of what listens she remembered. Rose went to the freezer getting out a large frozen fish as she began to prepare it as well as some of elyse's faovrite meal as well.



Amaya sleepily opened her eyes as she felt someone carrying her and her hand touching someone's bare skin it took another mintue before she realized lucus was shirtless and carrying her into the guild hall. she yawned and stretched some as she was laided on a table. she rolled on to her side curling up like a cat closing her eyes to go back to sleep as she thought lucas got up to leave her be to sleep. instead he actually got her one of her many faovrite frozen treats as she opened one eye slowly sitting up rubbing her closed eye "I am still exhausted but I am hungry...I regain my magic energy faster when i eat my element created by another whose magic is of my element...so the last mission was very very dangerous for me in many ways...I hope Floe and Nolan keeps quiet about my abilities...it is safest that way."She commented taking the ice cream eating it in one bit as she took her coat off holding it out to him "Uh it might be a bit cold but if you happen to gain a sunburn the coolness inside will really help heal it."She commented "Sunburns are just the dehydration of the skin."She added

@Lugubrious
Even when she was half-awake Fleo was still abundant of cheerful energy. Nolan had kept his back to her while he sat at the bar, drinking his third mug of ice cold beer though he could tell without looking that she had her same goofy smile plastered on her face. It was only when she was walking away did he catch a glimpse of her and noticed that her bandana had fallen off her head without her noticing. He sat there for a moment, sipping his beer and deciding to ignore it. Someone else would do it anyway. It's not like he was just trying to avoid making contact with a female or anything of that sort. He certainly wasn't being a coward that let his unreasonable fear win over him than doing the right thing for someone in his guild. "...Ugh dammit." Downing his fourth beer, he walked over and grabbed the bandana, making his way up stairs.

He didn't know where Fleo's room was, but following the trail of dust that she left everywhere lead him to part of the guild that was under construction. Nolan found her room and stared at the door, wondering whether he should knock or not. He could just hand it back to her later when was awake, but he was already outside of her room now. Lord knows what was behind that door beside her. Thinking about it wasn't going to help so he just knocked. "Hey Fleo, it's me Nolan."

Lazarus

He pushed himself up in the couch, now somewhat sitting instead of laying. He was still sweating, but the colour has returned to his face. He managaed to croak out. "anything you have to say, you can say it here. If you're her family, then everyone here is your family." He nodded, glaring at Shujin. "We haven't got all day boy." He grunted. He wasn't in a grave yet, he couldn't managed himself. "Dont forget that you're talkin' to Phoenix wing's strongest team, frozen heart." he growled.

Shujin

His face tightened when she refused to go with him. He sighed. "This could've played out so much better had you just come with me willingly Sasha." He paused, realising they were both being entirely serious. He looked down. "Fine. That's the way it's gonna be huh?" He tsked. "Metal make..." An iron sword elongated from his hand, and he grasped the hilt. "I haven't been truly honest with you Miss Shin." He nodded. His head. It turns out... We do have the same parents. Whether or not that makes us brother and sister is another matter and entirely up to you." Lazarus tried to force himself to his feet, knowing what was coming next. "However... my primary business here is not with you. It truly is wonderful to see you, and I do hope we can get to know one another, Penny too." He smiled faded, and was replaced with a stern look. His gaze fell upon to exhausted Lazarus. "I told you earlier that you were lucky to be alive... Lazarus-ni. My Primary business here.... is with him." His voice gained a new element of power. "Lazarus Rex, by royal order of the kingdom, I hereby place you under arrest for your crimes against humanity. Any refusal to cooperate will result in the immediate termination of your life... do you understand?" Shujin's clothes shone, and were replaced by his golden alloyed armour, and his hair dusted with gold, before a royal army cloak rested on his back.

Lazarus

The whole commotion was pretty loud, and Lazarus was the kind of person that would fight till the very end. Especially because he was technically an angel. He was a figure head, and a long serving member of the guild. He couldn't have done anything. He opened his mouth to speak, after giving Sasha an apologetic look. "Yeah..." He looked down. "I was wondering when you might finally come for me... bro." He held his hands out, as Shujin formed iron cuffs around them.

Perhaps it was because Sasha was just so tired, so angry of secrets, and hidden words, that she shoved Shujin back, stepping in front of Lazarus. She didn't know everything, but she knew one thing. "I would have thought the events of the last few days who have shown you, would have shown the rest of the world, not to mess with even one member of this guild. Looks like stupidity can not be cured" She was rapidly trying to figure out what was going on, but no explanation made sense to her.

It made no sense, because, technically, the whole guild could be arrested for 'crimes against humanity'. So this was just stupid. They all had history, of course, and Sasha was tired of not knowing it, but this was just ridiculous. And Lazarus just giving up? Sure, they were tired, but that had never stopped them before.

She could see Jarvis, resigned to more chaos, start to come over, but Sasha shook her head, giving Jarvis pause. She knew he wouldn't stay out of it for long, but Sasha didn't need long.

"You need to get out, and get out now. You cannot just come in here, without any proof, and arrest someone, but beyond that, I'm not going to let you do so." her anger, so close to the surface these days, boiled over, as she once more shoved Shujin. Power rose in her, unbidden, but she pushed it aside, knowing she couldn't fight in the guild. There were children, after all. But the anger was thrumming through her, threatening to overwhelm her.

She didn't care. But by then, Jarvis was there, in front of her, in front of Lazarus. Jarvis could be very intimidating when he wanted to be, and Sasha could imagine the look on his face, as he crossed his arms over his wide chest. He was a formidable figure, large, muscular, and protective.

"Just what is going on here?" he demanded

Mrs. Marris sighed as Penny yelled at her, left, then came back. "What problem did I create? When Mayt was in Edolas he would've known every consequence his magic could possibly have. That's the best warning one could ever give him as to what he could do. I trust that he didn't over-do himself and risk death, and if he did, that was his own choice. I can't dictate what he does, and I couldn't of taught it to him because I can't use it." She stood up, but instead of approaching Penny she simply headed into the kitchen to check on what she was cooking. "As for telling him the risk, he showed no signs of being capable of it until after..." She hesitated for a moment, thinking of the right words. "...Left my custody. At that point I felt there was no risk to him, at least from his magic, and again, he'd have the memories of every dumb thing done with it anyway." She sighed softly, washing her hands before beginning the final preparations of her meal.

Shujin

He was trying really hard now to be professional, despite being related by blood to Sasha, he couldn't allow himself to act any differently. In her rant, he kept cutting in. "Miss shin...." and "I'd like you to calm down..." It wasn't working at all. She had no idea what was going on, poor thing. "You need to get out, and get out now. You cannot just come in here, without any proof, and arrest someone, but beyond that, I'm not going to let you do so." That took him too far. "No proof?..." He said coldly. "My dear... This man... BURNED MY HOME TO THE GROUND. SLAUGHTERED MY ELDERS WHERE THEY STOOD. HE KILLED THEM ALL, AND HAD TO NERVE TO STILL CALL HIM FATHER BEFORE HE LEFT. HE STAND HERE AND HAS THE NERVE TO CALL ME BRO." He was furious. He took a moment to cool off. "Lazarus Rex... the king of the orphans. My eldest brother, of course not by blood." He took a step forward, moving Sasha aside, before cupping Lazarus' cheek firmly, and bringing his forehead to his. He started chuckling, and then even laughing. "You know what the worst part is? Locking you away. Do you know why?" He laughed. "I wont be able to kill you anymore." He coldly muttered. He almost tossed Lazarus back a little, the angel still keeping to his feet. "Lazarus Rex murdered 63 innocent people, because of his thirst for power using dark magic. I remember him even showing me some of Zeref's work in secret once. This man is beyond your help Miss Shin." As Jarvis came over, Shujin nodded his head. "I'm taking this man. He will receive a fair trial. That I promise. He did spare me that day, it's the least I owe this piece of shit."

Lazarus

He stood there, still covered in sweat. He said nothing in his own defense, and showed no sign of doing anything, but getting taken away "Sasha.... It's ok... I knew this day would come sooner or later... It is all true." He slowly whispered, voice shaking. "There are things about me that you wouldn't ever understand... and that's ok. I just wish it could've ended differently than this." He looked up, unable to look her in the eyes. "I have to go with him. The moment I saw you set foot into this guild, I began to see the lighter things in life, it's beauty. That is the true nature of my new found magic. Thank you for opening my eyes." He metal cuffs clinked as he took a step towards Shujin.

While Jack wanted to leave and get Jackie situated in her new home, he knew what it felt like to be left with unanswered questions. "Alright, I'll answer her questions. You stay low. If anyone from the first time you attacked shows up before we leave, they might recognize your magic power and not ask questions." He'd understood that she'd attacked twice and so he didn't want her attacked for a poor decision. Though, he worried if others from her group would come looking for her. A worry for another time as he approached Amelia again.

He kneeled so they could be eye level and he smiled again. "My intuitive new member over there said you had questions for me. I would be happy to answer them." The incident with the Royal Army soldier was something that he wasn't going to concern himself until the man called his would be prisoner a piece of shit. Black flames shot up between the soldier and the members of Phoenix Wing, their heat intense enough to make them all back up a bit. "I'm sorry, my girl, but I need a moment longer."

When Master Jack stood and faced the man with the Royal Army, his face was dark and the amount of magic power coming from him could be felt by wizards up to a mile away. "You claim that you would give him a fair trial after you've already threatened his life? After calling him such a name? Is this what the Royal Army is reduced to?" He stepped in front of the man, a sword of black flame forming in response to the iron one in the gold clad fellow's own. "You are no more worthy of such trust than a criminal alone. The magic of Zeref wasn't meant to be used for good, true. But the origins of one's magic isn't what defines a person, it is how they use it. You expect a young man to have been able to control any kind of magic when it has been feared for so long? When no one could train him properly? If so, then you are a fool." The flames fade and Jack turns to Jarvis. "Jarvis, if you permit this welp to take your member, I would send someone of your guild who is rested and trustworthy to make sure he doesn't attempt to kill Lazarus before they reach their destination."

His face had become impassive but he was still emanating strong magic power as he returned to Amelia, though it faded as he smiled again. "I apologize for that. What would you like to know?"

Sasha listened. Listened, and didn't care, her anger continuing to grow. They all had passed, that brought them here. Did those pasts matter? Of course. Did that mean they were the same people, for the mistakes they had made? No.

No.

And someone from the Royal guard, accusing someone of murder? That was laughable. Sasha knew her history. The Royal guard had a lot to answer for, itself. And Shujin? She was now sure that he had been responsible for Lazarus's posioning. And she was sure the moment she let Lazarus go, Shujin would kill him. She wouldn't allow that to happen. She couldn't.
"I don't care" she said, a curious calm falling over her. "We all have history. I think the Royal guard has the most disastrous history in Fiore. You aren't taking Lazarus, or anyone from this guild." She had always been told that your magic was more powerful when it came from the heart. She Shujin back again, and this time, ice left hand prints on his chest, even as it began to coat Sasha's arms,'and body. Transforming her, until she stood glistening, the power thrumming through her, coated in ice. "Ice queen." She thrummed in harmony, her thoughts aligned with her heart.

Shujin wasn't her brother. Blood didn't make a family. She had always known that. Her family was this guild. And that was all she needed to know. "People change. How can you arrest a man, for another man's crimes? You can't. Lazarus is not the same man. And he has paid for his crimes, a thousand times over. A fair trail? You have already judged him guilty. He will get no fair trail from you." The ground beneath her began to crack slightly as ice, colder then she had ever made it, began to form beneath her feet. "You have no right to charge him, with anything. He isn't the first person to fall to Zefaf, nor will he be the last. I will not let you take him" She had unlocked something within her, she could feel the power, feel it in her every movement.

Acceptance was a powerful thing. Her doubts were suddenly gone. She didn't care what her parents had kept from her. Her trails had led her here, and that's all that mattered. She was Phoenix Wing. She held the staff of ice in her hand, all weariness forgotten, all anger gone. She brought the staff down, shattering the metal cuffs. "You feel remorse every single day. I know this. You have done good, for a long time. You are not that man, anymore. If you ever were. I won't let you face crimes that the world forced upon you. Anyone of us could have done something like that, the fear of magic oppressing us. I don't care. You aren't leaving me again. I won't let you." Her voice thrummed with the power she felt, her emotions evident in what she said, and how she said if. "You big, dummy. I love you" she remembered the first moment she had seen Lazarus, just moments after stepping into the guild. She had been 13, shy beyond belief, and terrified. And then she had met his eyes, and it had all seemed to go away, for a moment.

She turned once more to Shujin, her eyes blazing with fierce cold. She took a risk, her mind assembling facts quickly. Liana was queen here, just as she was in Edolas. Would she be enough of the same person to help here?

She pushed Shujin back, using the staff, ice leaving a mark wherever it touched him, away from Elyse, not wanting the child to get hurt if things went astray. "Queen Liana will pardon Lazarus's crimes." She spoke with confidence, but she was well prepared to fight, and take Shujin down. Cold logic told her she might have to kill him, if it came to that, but she wouldn't.

"If we must continue with this murmurer farce, then only the Queen can Judge Lazarus guilty" She looked to Master Jack when he put his input in, grateful for the back up, and looked back to Shujin once more.




"Thank you, Jack, I'm well aware of that. Thank you for all you have done. I shall handle this" Jarvis said, eyes flickering to Jack, but quickly back to Shujin. He stepped up, wondering what more could go on, as Sasha showed magic she hadn't shown before.

Jarvis hadn't had much of a chance to rest himself. And it didn't look like he was going to. But he had more energy then he had a right to be, after all, he had his lacrima.

"You try and arrest someone in my guild, and you may as well arrest us all, boy. You want to rethink this foolishness, or shall I just kick you out to the curb now?"



perhaps Penny was projecting a bit. She found she didn't care. She found it incredibly stupid, what this woman was saying, "Tell me, if I plopped you down in a crowd of 1000, and you are supposed to know their names, faces, families, likes, dislikes, would you be able to remembering them all, and make sure that Jilly Jone is allergic to nuts, and Peter Motts is allergic to water, and sara jean is afraid of fire etc etc etc? No, so how the hell do you think Mayt could remember all the consequences within hours of receiving all the information? You should have told him, even if you can't use it" She shook her head, frustrated that this woman couldn't see the problem she had created.

As if she didn't have enough to worry about, now she had to make sure that Mayt didn't kill himself accidentally because of this woman's stupidity.

"Whatever. You obviously can't see your own stupidity and ignorance, and I should go make sure that Mayt doesn't get killed because of it"