Penny gave a nod, happy with that. It would be similar to how she had trained previously, before she began searching for Sasha. The mountains where she had trained had been, reputedly, inhabited by a dragon, but no one had ever been sure if it was at that time, or centuries earlier. Penny hadn't particularly cared, but now...she couldn't help but wonder if it had been Zero and Zenoram's dragon. Or even another dragon.

Still, Mount Hakobe was a good place, especially if you wanted to train. "Sounds good." She gave a soft chuckle "A vacation. fighting, training, sounds about right. It also sounds perfect" She gave a smile, finding herself glad to have some time to not worry about things. To just simply train, to just...relax.

And now...She was shocked to feel a blush flood her face, and she dropped her gaze. She waited a moment, surprised at herself. "We should tell Jarvis, and Mayt that we're going to go train"




Once more flustered, and blushing, Michael spluttered again, trying to sort things out, but couldn't. His gaze flickered to the ground once more, and his breathing was fast, shallow. Michael just couldn't understand, too many emotions flooding through him, it just made him so confused.

And that was always the trouble. He got confused, and couldn't respond to a situation correctly. He sighed softly, and swallowed, glancing to the other horse. Michael wasn't terribly confident in his own abilities to ride a horse by himself, and to look about. Michael like to watch, to study surroundings.

So he sighed softly, either way, he'd have to ride with one of the others. And despite Prince's touchy feeliness, and enjoyment at teasing Michael, Michael didn't know anything about Zephyr. Prince was, it seemed, pretty harmless. Like a big kitty cat. Perhaps just a little bit more affectionate then a cat.

Michael, resigned to it, swung up behind Prince "What do I hold onto?" Although he figured he knew Prince's answer.

The red-haired mage chuckled when Mayt asked about how the guild was doing. "Well, we're pretty much getting ready for the Grand Magic Games," Maddox began to explain. "Seems Jarvis wants me in the team. It'll be fun participating, I hope. Other than the lineup announcement just now, not much has happened. Except... Jamie's taken a bit of a vacation." Before he could elaborate further, Karn appeared. Apparently the shapeshifter was going to borrow Maddox's body. He wanted to ask Karn why, but figured it didn't really bother him so it didn't matter. Even if he got into some kind of trouble, Maddox didn't really care.

"Have fun with it, I suppose," he returned, giving Karn a thumbs up. With that, he returned his attention to Mayt. "I don't know exactly why he took a vacation, but she definitely needed one. I only worry about his safety. Or if she's actually relaxing. But there's nothing I can control about that." His red eyes shifted away now, looking over the rest of his guildmates. Some of the other participants for the Games were heading off to go training already. Pretty dedicated of them. Maddox's eyes drifted across to the job board. "I don't feel like training or anything," he confessed, standing up from his seat. "I'll just take a job and pretend it's practice."

With his hands back in his jacket pockets again, Maddox walked up to the board and began examining the available jobs. Nothing really stood out as special to him, but there was one job that was worth quite a bit of money. The Giant Worm! Or so the job claimed. A diamond-clad beast was terrorizing a town. The red-haired wizard casually peeled the paper off the board and walked back to Jarvis, holding it up. "Hey, I think I'll do this job," he announced, to let the temporary Guild Master keep tabs of his members. "I'll be back... tomorrow night. Sound good?"

Zenoram calmly thought about it for a moment. Mithea had left it to him, and sure maybe it might have been comfortable and easy to go with karn, but what if this was something he wanted to do alone. He didn't like it, but Karn seemed to be set on going off by himself. "Let's put our faith in Karn. He'll do his thing and come back to us." He said calmly before smiling. "And if he gets hurt or takes too long, we'll go find him and bring him back ourselves." He added with a small chuckle. He felt this was the best course of action.

"For now, let's go and try to find something for us." Zenoram said as he reached up and pet Mithera. With just him and her it would have to be relatively simple. Something that didn't take much physical labor. Or at least something that didn't have a high probability of fighting. "At least we can find something that we can do with somebody who can handle most of the combat if a fight does break out." It wasn't like he was useless in a fight. He just wouldn't be too good like Zero would. His magic wasn't really meant for it. And he wasn't the type who could hurt people. Not really anyway.

Thus, he made his way to the job the little white puffball of a miniature dragon still on his head. To his surprise there was somebody there. Zenoram didn't really know him. Was he an older member who he hadn't met? A new member he hadn't met? "Um... Hi." He spoke without thinking as he reached the board standing beside the young man. "I'm Zenoram. Are... You gonna take that job all by yourself?" He ask curiously as it seemed like it could be a bit dangerous, even if it wasn't S-Class. He thought. He didn't see everything on the paper.

@Burthstone@soren

The life changing decision was now upon him, where was the Phoenix Wing guild mark going to be placed. He thought about it, it wanted it to be symbolic. then it clicked. He turned his back towards Jarvis and took off his black shirt. Revealing the scar from his left hip up to his right shoulder. "Here master. I want it in the middle of the scar. My father gave this to me many years back, as i tried to run away. In his own twisted way, it taught me a life lesson. I can't run from everything. With the mark over it, it means that Phoenix Wing, my family, will have my back. Oh, and in gold."

@Oblivion666@Caits

Watching Michael seem to try and decide what he wanted to do, the blue haired boy finally decided to mount on Prince's horse, sitting behind him. At the question, the feline let out another amused laugh. "Well wherever you wish. Though wrapping your arms around my waist may be the most effective to avoid you falling off." He responded before having the horse start off down the path and toward River Town.

"Come on Zeph, last one there has to clean up the mess." he chuckled.

@Silver Fox@Caits

Zephyr
Shirtsume - River Town

Letting those two talk with each other, Zephyr walked over to the black horse and smiled at it. Back at his hometown if you weren't working at the factory, you were most likely a farmer. So in Zephyr's case that's what his family was, so holding his hand out the horse sniffed it then placed his head on Zephyr's hand. "Hehe good boy." Zephyr said as he stroked it before getting on his back. "Such a well behaved horse, probably more behaved then the ones back hom-"

He stopped talking when prince issued a challenge saying last one there will have to clean up the mess. Looking at them already off on the way, he jumped a bit before pouting. "H-hey! No fair Prince!" Zephyr said before taking off as well to catch up to them.

Damian was taking another drink of water when he saw Penny blush, though he choose not to say anything to her. Of course, he had to wonder what she'd thought of that she had to blush suddenly."We should tell Jarvis and Mayt that we're going to go train." Damian nodded and downed the rest of his water before standing up and bowing, a smile on his face.

"Shall we?" Working around people, and making sure he didn't hit someone with Durandal's hilt, Damian headed towards Jarvis. Things had happened so quickly since he'd joined Phoenix Wing. First that job against that dark guild that had disappeared as suddenly as they'd appeared. He still got mad when he thought about it, the way that group and slipped through the cracks. Still, no news wasn't bad news, so maybe they got what they were after and let it go. And I'm a Vulcan in disguise. They'll be back. Dark guilds always come back. Then the S-Class trials the next day, ending in a tie with Angelo but with Damian being chosen over the Lightning Wizard because he'd moved past his own goals. And then everything else since.

It was amazing and to top it all off, he and Penny were officially dating. At least he thought they were. That may be something they'd need to talk about on their way to Mount Hakobe, just so the young Blades Magic user didn't get confused and say something stupid. Reaching Jarvis, he taps the Guild Master's shoulder. "Hey Jarvis. Letting you know that Penny and I are heading to Mount Hakobe to train. That way we're not all waiting on space on the training grounds."

Whilest looking around people seemed to shrug off Damian's announcement pretty quickly. Or at least it felt rather quick. A quick glance at the clock told her that she had been lost in thought for the last few minutes. What was the deal? Usually she was just fine. Then it hit her. That cold chill was back but coming from multiple people.


Ethereal, spirit, and soul magic all felt the same to her. Slumping down for a moment her mind felt clouded. This had come up a couple other times this week but it was finally getting to her. Turning from blue to a light seagreen Ariel stood back up and glanced around. Recognizing most of the people here she could see almost an aura around them. She began to aimlessly walk around, her steps light and neigh silent.

Those that were more attune to spirit and soul magic would be able to notice a difference beside just color. Rather than the magic of the caster Ariel took on more the sense of the spirits and souls that were summoned. Her eyes had a thousand yard stare, darting around until she focused on the members of Frenzy Plant, people she didn't know. Nolan, one source of her new magic, was there playing a game it seemed. That wasn't particularly of much interest to her at the moment. Circling for a moment she eventually stepped close to talk. Even though they practically announced themselves Ariel apparently missed the details. "Hello. What guild are you from?" She said to none of them in particular, leaning her head to one side.

@Lugubrious

With a small laugh, Fleo shrugged. “I'm not a really high A. I barely made the cut back when I was with Diamond Storm. That was my old guild. Plus, I've never really though of myself as all that powerful. I haven't spent much time with you over these two weeks, but I've seen you do some stuff. It's all pretty darn impressive!”

After Angelo's suggestion, Fleo was impressed by how the lightning wizard took charge, so to speak, even though his speech proved somewhat difficult for her to understand. Did he have some sort of accent? If so, it was unknown to the dusty woman. The gist of his idea, however, reached her completely, and following Trinity's own little introduction, Fleo was happy to do her own.

“Okay! I use Dust Magic.” Fleo made a lifting motion with her hands, and dust from the lot in which the trio of Phoenix Wingers stood gathered around her, sifting through the air in a leisurely whirl. “I can make bombs, streams, a barrier like a tornado, and with my Dust Craft, I can at least try to design almost anything. I can also use it to propel myself around, whether for travel or for awesome kicks. But, uh, it's kinda slow to work. For a bunch of my spells I need to gather dust from my surroundings, and even then, their slowness can make them easy to deal with. For example, if I were to throw my Dust Bombs at Trinity, I bet she could shoot them out of the air before they even get near.”



After wrapping up a few games with the few remaining Phoenix Wing Team members, Xyster cycled back around to Nolan again. Before she could speak to him, a girl with mint-colored clothes and hair approached and inquired about her guild. Though Xyster could dimly remember already saying something of the sort, she was only too happy to introduce herself again. “We're from Frenzy Plant! Corporal Xyster at your service. That's Joakim over by the door waiting for me to quit fooling around,” she pointed him out, “And at the bar are Harper and Nandy.”

Though knowing it was getting to be the time to go -Joakim was already standing conspicuously near the doors- the Dullahan couldn't help but entertain one of her favorite subjects. “Nice! You'd make a great Dullahan yourself. There's nothing sweeter than the end of a life...but then again, focusing too much on that sort of stuff keeps you from taking part in the rest of what life has to offer. I'm just playing at being human, but it's pretty awesome. If you've embraced the art of taking lives, make sure you haven't forgotten how to treasure them! Spending a day at the mall has earned me a lot more friends than a day at the morgue. You might not think you need friends, but trust me, you do—even if only to bury you. I can't think of anything else to do right now, so I guess it's time to say goodbye-jojo! I hope I get to fight you at the magic games! Ta-ra!”

Xyster popped her head up into the air, waved goodbye, and then caught it by her ribbon as it fell. She made for the bar and caught Harper and Nandy in mid-conversation, though to call it a complete and proper conversation on Nandy's part would have been a gross overstatement. A few words later and the three were headed for the door, making sure they paid for what they had taken. Joakim, refreshing his Arctic cooling spell, stepped out into the morning sunlight, and the other Frenzy Plant soldiers followed him.



As much as Zander wanted to quiz Beardo to see if he'd been truly trying, or instead purposefully taking it easy so that the spirited boy could get in, Zander knew such an exercise would be fruitless. It did make him think, however. As rigid as he seemed sometimes, Zander had a good grasp of his flaws, and if even the guild's lowly privates were sabotaging the proper system so that a potential opportunity for the Ruby Knight to build character could get in, they probably had a good grasp too.

“Perhaps next time you'll know us well enough to put forth your spirit friends. I will look forward to your next exam.” He allowed Gabriel to go to Andrea, and rerouted his focus on the newcomer Thor. She and Edith stood poised for battle. “Very well then. Prepare yourselves...go!”

Eager to begin, Edith did not hesitate. Though no great fighter, she had a strategy in mind that might allow her to overcome a stronger opponent. ”Stesso Allegro!” Moving her fingers quickly, she strummed her lyre, playing a quick, cheerful note. The lyre's glittering strings sparkled, and something about Edith changed. Her every movement was more rapid. Her first move had yet to finish, however. ”Avversario Adagio!” The glitter of her lyre lent a shining color to its sound waves as they approached Thor. While difficult to avoid, all the wave would do to Thor if it washed over her would be to slow her own movements down, making it difficult to move at anything more than a leisurely pace.



Andrea blanched. “No, thank you. Don't like being licked.” She curled up slightly, intent on the duel between Edith and Thor. “'S okay. I'm not very good at talking to people...didn't expect that I'd be able to get my point across...sorry. Thanks for trying to make me feel better though. Feelings take a lot of work, so even if you're a pretty strange wizard, you've got...my respect.” Having not met Gabriel's eyes the whole time, or even really been facing him, Andrea now held her fingers outstretched and summoned a rock monster. Though a rather grotesque blend of dog and crocodile, not to mention its six eyes, its presence caused Andrea's eyes to light up. “Aww, who's a good munchkin?!” The stony critter licked her face with a gravelly tongue and lay down for Andrea to rest her head upon its side.

As she did so, the battle began.

Nero – Iron Enigma HQ

A shrug and a distinctive smile greeted Grant's advice. “Oi, I thought I explained this the first time I came in, a couple-a days ago. We aren't goons from Phoenix Wing, we're freelancers! Hell, we've been workin' small jobs for ya? Those Phoenix Wingers are such sticks in the mud, it's unbelievable. Love your parfum, by the way.” He grinned down at Ayame and held his hands in a can-you-believe-this gesture. He had been worried by the girl's expression on the first day, when he'd asserted himself by cursing the first man that had gotten fresh with him. Hopefully she hadn't been thinking that he did it for no reason, but one could never be certain what children thought.

“Anyhoo, we weren't gonna spend much more time here anyway. Iron Enigma's a real neat place, it's so refreshing to be somewhere were people don't stigmatize and restrict magic like mine. Now that we've got some money and had some laughs, we're gonna be visiting the next guild on the list: Dragon Fang! With the Games right around the corner, we've not got much time, but I know we can make it. Thanks for not murdering us! Buh-bye!”

With that, Nero and Ayame were on their way, leaving the guild hall without further ado. The money earned by helping out Iron Enigma with a few jobs would allow them to take the train to Shirotsume Town, speeding up their journey. Undoubtedly his companion was confused with this course of action, so Nero obliged to explain. “I bet you're wondering why we're leaving Iron Enigma already after only a few days! Well, I was planning to give some of the bigger guilds in Fiore a sort of 'trial run'. See the headquarters, meet new people, curse them, and most importantly find out who's on their teams for the Grand Magic Games! Plus, knowing their powers can come in handy too, if I choose to pick sides.” Adjusting his glasses, Nero recited from memory, “A hundred years ago, when the legendary Fairy Tail was on the road to becoming greatest guild in the country, they participated in the Grand Magic Games. From the records, a lot of the matches were won by surprise; basically, one wizard didn't know how the other's powers worked, and they got their butts handed to them. If I decide I want to help a certain guild, I can tell them all about the members of their opponents! And no, it's not cheating! It's free knowledge, that most people don't bother researching because they're too busy with other stuff.”

As the duo approached the train station, Nero laughed out loud, “Still, I think being the guest announcer would be a whole lot more fun! Hey, do you want to grab a bite before we ride the train? I remember you were pretty excited when I told you I'd ridden the train, back when we were at Phoenix Wing!”

jarvis

Jarvis pressed the marker where Lucas indicated, but glanced over as he overheard Zero/zenoram speaking with gideon. "if you take that job, Gideon, you need others with you" he said, his deep voice carrying over the guild, as he suspected which job it might be, from the missing spot.

Leaving it at that for now, he removed the marker, revealing the guild mark where Lucas wanted it in gold. "there you are! You are now officially apart of Phoenix Wing" Jarvis smiled, and looked over as Damian spoke

He nodded, but still said "just be careful. Things are starting to get dangerous,and I've heard of dark guild activity near hakobe. Still, you should be fine" something had changed, but Jarvis wasn't too sure what. It could have just been Damian's announcement, which hadn't been met
With shock or horror like Damian had probably thought it would.

Sometimes, there was just too much to focus on and Jarvis missed things.

Penny

After being given the all clear to go, Penny went upstairs to her room, to grab a pack, shoving a couple of changes of clothes into it, not bothering to fold it, as typically it all got messed up anyway. Penny carefully folded the imagine Sasha had drawn her of their mother, and Little brother, and tucked it safetly into the pack. She glanced about, then satisfied, went back downstairs, the pack slung over her shoulder.

She glanced about for Mayt, intending to tell him that they were going off, and that he had S class responsibilities. She didn't think that Mayt would like that, and Penny was reluctant to talk with him, having successfully avoided him the last couple of weeks, worried if his mother had spoken with him. She was aware that Sasha had spoken with Mayt, probably about all he forgot in Edolas, and hoped it hadn't been too hard for him.

She looked for Mayt, but these days the guild was often so full that it was hard to find someone in the crowd. So she returned to Damian, glancing to Jarvis she said "I tried looking for Mayt, to tell him that he'd have most of the S class responsibilities, but I couldn't find him. But I have my communication Lacrima if you need us"

She shrugged the pack into her back properly, over both arms, "8@ ready"

michael

As Prince started off without warning, Michael gave a shout, and more on i stint then anything else, clutched at Prince, gripping the horse with his knees. He suspected, although he probably wouldn't be able to prove it, that Prince had done that on purpose.

Michael gripped Prince half-shirt tight, his hands sweaty his face extremely red, he nevertheless after some time riding, calmed, and began to enjoy the ride. Still, he would have prefer to have his own horse, but this wasn't so bad. Now, of course.

Michael had been silent since the start of the ride, but now he said, "why do you have the name Prince? Seems a kinda...odd name, and I don't think I've ever come across someone named after a royal title before" it was easier to speak when he didn't have to face someone.

gabriel

Gabriel sighed softly, feeling like he had done something completely wrong. As Zander told him to consider using his spirits next time, Gabriel glanced at him and said "and maybe next time you'll know me well enough to know that I don't treat my spirits like slaves and use the to progress my life further. Next time, I'll fight, but my weapons skills will be so much better" he looked away, back Andrea, as she spoke.

Gabriel didn't know what he could do, sensing that dog wouldn't be much help here, he left him be in the spirit realm, but as Andrea summoned her rock creature, Gabriel studied it. "so what are they? I can summon the Chinese zodiacs, and some lesser zodiacs, and my brother Michael summons
At the moment Angels and Demons, but I don't think you are a celestial spirit wizard, so what is he?" he asked, generally curious and hoping he wasn't offending her

Damian nodded at Jarvis's warning about dark wizards on Hakobe. He'd heard as much and they'd gotten bolder since Hemlock had died. Any direct correlation to the events, however, was easily disprovin' or coincidental. Odds were they were slowly picking up before the events of two weeks prior and just kinda got worse in the last two weeks. "Don't worry, between the two of us, we've got more firepower than any of those mages could throw at us."

Turning as Penny comes back, he nod and heads for the door to the guild hall. The games weren't for another two months and so odds were Phoenix Wing wouldn't see them again until that two months was up. He stops at the door and looks over everyone, watching them hustle and bustle and go about their business. Two months to train and get ready for the single largest magic event in the recent history of Fiore. We'll win it, I'm almost certain of it. Raising a hand in farewell, Damian heads out of the hall, off to train for the Grand Magic Games.

Lazarus

He grinned. "We could go back to where I have been training these past two weeks. But it's far too cold for a warm young lady such as yourself." He smiled. He had been training atop of a nearby mountain range. He suggested that they should train at the guild, seeing as traveling to the mountain would waste a few days. "I'll show you how strong i've gotten these past few weeks ok?" He grinned, leaving her and opening the door at the back of the hall into the training yard. "After you." He called back in. "Master! Seems we'll be staying for a while!"

Shujin

He scoffed at Ammy's words, and a childish glum expression appeared on his face. "I'll destroy him if I come across him in the games." His expression turned serious for a moment. "He owes me his life, and I have every right to take it." He scowled. "Still, I do have a little faith in what kind of a man he has become... the life he has chosen to live since that day..." he realised Ammy wouldn't have a clue what he was speaking about. He shook his head and waved his hands around. "Never mind, I can leave you alone if you like." He sheepishly grinned.

@CirusArvennicus@lugubrious

Angelo soon nodded in understanding to both of their explanations and to Angelo it seemed that they were powerful and he could see why Jarvis was so keen on them being part of the games it seemed that trinities Arrow magic allows her to be versatile in whatever situation she comes across but all that goes away once someone gets into her personal space. Next to explain was Fleo who had dust magic, a way for her to control the dust particles in the air and change them however she sees fit but while it could be a great tool it is also slow coming so anyone with enough speed could easily take her down. Angelo thought for a moment and decided to find a way to enhance their strengths while avoiding situations which will expose their weaknesses. "Alright I think ive got a good idea on how we can get this going, Trinity for now I want you to take out your bow and ill show you some basic fighting skills in case someone does get into you personal space you will be able to stun them long enough for you to gain distance again. Fleo since your weakness is speed we will need to find a way to amp up your destructive power. Your magic is a type of earth magic which isn't meant fast but is meant to be devastating. Ill work with you on trying to increase the dust you can take in and use at one time so it can give you destructive advantage. sound good?" Angelo asked both of them wondering which one of them wanted to train first or if they wanted to train together....

"That modesty of yours can easily belittle your real power, Fleo. But, thank you." Trinity smiles warmly at the dust mage. Fleo was very modest, it would seem. Plus, if she ranked as a low A at her last guild, she's probably gotten stronger since then. Her modesty likely colors her presentation.

As the minstrel listened to Fleo describe her power and her weakness, the gears in Trinity's mind began to turn. She almost missed Angelo speaking to her, but mustered a response. "If you think I'll have the prowess up close, then I'm ready to try. Although..." The minstrel looks at Fleo thoughtfully, almost studying her. "If speed is your weakness, increasing your power might only make it worse. Just like someone little, like me, is going to be able to out speed any muscle head that hasn't been training to maintain speed. Perhaps we should spar? You'll have to try and match my agility, while I try to do something about the power and strength you wield in your magic."

"Mmmm." Trinity turns to look at Angelo, realizing she'd left him out of the exercise. "Three-way spar?"

It some time for Karn to get to the fishing town, but eventually he saw the familiar town before. Flapping his wings over the town, he spotted a cliff by the ocean, the waves crashing against the bottom. Upon the cliff rested a couple of stones. Swooping down, the bird landed in front of the stones, returning to his human form. The blonde stood in front of the stones, emerald eyes reading the names.

His mother's name, Maria Arikalia, may the beloved wife and mother have a restful slumber among the sea. And his own name, Karnard Arikalia. May the youthful child enjoy his slumber with his mother. Karn smiled a little, a little happy it was at least bothered that a grave was set up for him. Besides mother even.

"It's good to see you mother. Sorry I haven't visited you as of late. I've been alright... I met some new friends after joining a Guild. But, it doesn't seem I'm much use really... Seems, I've failed saving someone else. Like I did you. But, I guess, all I can do is keep trying, until my punishment comes. Sorry, didn't mean to come to be depressing. Sorry, I'll come talk again soon, I need to see how father and big brother are doing." Karn said softly before turning and started walking. Briefly, his emerald eyes turned toward the edge of the cliff behind the gravestones. Wondering if they would tempt him again, but he managed to keep walking.

Hargeon was a simple town, one of the water and fish. A popular place for boats to dock and one of the sources for trade from other countries. Karn passed by a old building, run down and in pieces. The blonde paused to look at it, before moving on. It had been a long time since he's lived there. His older brother had apparently made a bit of a name for himself. Being quite successful in business, and now lived a wealthier life.

As Karn walked, he finally saw the large iron gates, his body transforming into Maddox. He couldn't go as himself, he doubted he'd get anywhere. As the transformed red head took a deep breath, and pushed passed the gates, walking along the stone path leading to the large front doors of a mansion.

Before he even knocked on the door, it opened to reveal a man with gray hair and a mustache. Dark slitted eyes calmly looking at the tall red haired guest. Wearing a tux and seemingly was a butler. The man gave the stranger a once over before seeking to nod in approval.

"Awe good, I was hoping someone suitable would show up. The master wished for a sufficient Guild wizard to show up. A S class would have been prefered as a actual experienced wizard would be most efficient but you shall do. Rumors do say you are quite fast and speed is efficient." the man said, not giving Karn a chance to even open his mouth as the butler pulled out a piece of paper and shoved it into Karn's hands.

[color=yellow]"The ruffians are a group of lowly barbarians, not too much to trifle with but they've already took off a boat just north of here. Think they can own the whole harbor. So go do your job and get going. Time is of the essence and we have little time to trifle with. The package you are looking for will have the Master's family name upon the box, payment will be given upon delivery. Good day." The butler said before promptly shutting the door on Karn's face.

Karn blinked a little and sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets as he walked off the property. Didn't even get to see his relatives. Guess they got more busy over the years to even answer the doors themselves. Once away from the building, Marn returned to his regular form and let out a sigh, then transforming into a bird and took off the sky.


@Oblivion666@Caits

Prince chuckled at Zephyr's complaint and simply grinned. "All is fair in love and war! And I do love you! But I also love not cleaning up the mess." he responded in amusement as they went along. Ears perked and his tail lightly brushing up against Michael's side.

At the question, Prince didn't turn around, not showing his expression though his voice sounded the same cheerfulness. "Mhmm... Well it's a easy name not to forget." he mused before turning his head to look at Michael.

"Also, I quite like thinking that I can be someone's Prince Charming and spoil them rotten and protect them. Course, I'm not quite the perfect image of one but it's a start." the feline grinned, his eye narrowing mischievously. Whether his words hold truth or not, it was difficult to tell. None of it was quite untrue, but the little secret there was is to remain a secret.

Penny

Penny was use to traveling on her own power, use to flying through the air, but supposed that train traveling was an okay method of traveling. She couldn't ride a horse, and walking would take them a long time. She glanced back at the guild as well, and smiled. It would be there when they got back. It always was, a stable constant in so much shifting confusion, and smiling, she caught up with Damian. Magnolia was always busy, and not for the first time, Penny thought that it was the heart of the kingdom, and not the capital.

Magnolia was always a magical orientated city, and Penny knew it had had surprising tolerance for magic these last 100 years, and perhaps that was why now it had such a large amount of magic users. You go where you feel safe, and Magnolia offered that. It was getting towards mid morning.

"So, by train then?"

Sasha

Sasha gave a laugh, "Ice mage, don't feel the cold" She pointed out to Lazarus, but was just as content to stay here for now. She followed Lazaru out, giving him a smile, and looked about the grounds, which had been extended to allow for more then a handful of guild members to train, encroaching into the forest around the guild.

"I haven't been too idle these last few weeks either. Guess we have a lot to show each other"

Michael

Michael suspected that not all of what Prince said was the truth, nor that the question had seemed as innocent as Michael had thought. He sighed softlt to himself. This was always the problem. He'd ask something he thought was okay, and ruin whatever progress he thought he had made.

well, he wouldn't press, as Prince turned to look at him, mischievously. He blushed once more, eyes flickering away, and swallowing. He didn't seem to look to reply, but after a moment, he said in a soft, small voice "I d-d-don't know. Y-y-you have the c-c-c-charming part r-r-right" he stammered it out, looking away, unable to force himself to look anywhere at Prince, zephyr, or even the horses, eyes looking at the ground

@CirusArvennicus

Actually I'm glad you offered. In all honesty and I don't mean to sound rude or anything but I couldn't train you both at once. I say you both will spar together until you feel your ready to take me down. My speed will be your challenge if you can take me down while in Zeus armor mode then it will mean that you have advanced to the next level. So for now spar with each other and I'll be waiting till your ready to try against me" Angelo said taking a few steps back so they could have room

With the people of interest leaving Ariel walked around a bit before heading outside. Everything felt sort of... new. It was a sensation hard to explain. It was almost like she was disconnected from things. Being out by herself in a place she didn't know well normally would bother her. But right now it was kind of liberating.

She didn't get all that far though before she began to glow. It was a curious effect to her and effectively invisible to most. However after about a minute the glow burst out like a beacon. The spirit aware would suddenly sense that a new spirit had come into being and was awaiting a contract. "I wonder what that was." Continuing she was unaware that a summons was likely in her future.

@Zarkun@Caits@Joshua Tamashii@soren

After Gideon left, with a good luck from the paladin, James finished his breakfast and went back to working on unlocking more of his magic. He had recently discovered that he could summon a Familiar, a companion that all paladins can summon to assist them both in battle and in healing the wounded. Once he'd memorized the spell, he stood up from the bar and headed to a corner of the guild hall where he didn't risk getting ran over or bumped into. Focusing, he put his hands together to form a triangle in front of him. He stayed this way, silent, until a golden magic circle appeared in front of him and he said the spell. "I summon you, as did the paladins of old, to help me, as you did those who came before me. I offer you my companionship and my undying loyalty as a comrade. I also offer you a safe place to rest when you are weary. Come forth, Paladin's Familiar!" The spell finished, he hoped he did it right.




Damian chuckled at Penny's question and rather than answer it, he kept quiet and kept to his path, heading through the market district. Once they were in the center, he turned to her. "I need a couple things from here before we leave. Mind waiting just a few minutes?" Not waiting for an answer, Damian vanished almost expertly into the crowd. [color=FireBric]Right then, first stop is the food merchant I get my stuff from.[/color] Maneuvering his way through the crowd, he eventually reaches a food stand and walks up to it with the predetermined amount of jewel in his hands. "The usual if you will." The shop owner nods and disappears into the back for a few minutes before coming back with a pack full of what Damian needed. Handing the man his jewel, Damian set off for his next destination.

Penny was only left waiting five minutes before Damian came back, the pack he'd purchased slung over one shoulder so he had easy access to Durandal and the pack all at the same time. He also had a gift for Penny in one of his pouches at his waist, but that was a surprise. With his supplies in tow, he lead Penny to the outskirts of town before summoning his Striker Blade and climbing on. "I believe you asked if we were taking the train, so I ask you," the blade begins rising into the air, "Where's the fun in that?"




Ammy shook her head and went back to washing the mugs as they were brought to the bar. "Oh no, you're fine Shujin. You're the first person besides Jake to want to talk to me this much."

@Lugubrious
NOLAN
For a woman with a head not on her shoulders she certainly was a chatty one. Xyster just talked on and on about death and how lives should be valued as well and so on. This wasn't anything that Nolan didn't know already. He only killed those that truly deserved death or if it was a fight for his life. If given the chance he wouldn't take the life of anyone if he could help it. Life was too valuable to careless steal away from someone unless they've given up their fight to live. Nolan didn't say anything to her while she talked and didn't even say goodbye to her. He lost his interest talking to her due to her death fetish. All he did was simply watch the group from Frenzy Plant walk away and then went back to the bar to sit down and have a second cup of coffee. It seemed like this tournament was going to be much more interesting than he thought it was going to be. He would have to train, but he would need someone to spar with until the Games.

@Zarkun @YipeeXD
ZEV
Zev's head jerked back from a metal brick thrown from Shujin and he turned back with a sly, drunken grin spread along his face. "Oh come on Shujin! Get that iron rod out of your ass and let loose a little bit." The slightly drunk man said in jest and turned back to his two companions. Hearing Hunter saying because that Ammy in the mix there would hardly be anyone to fight. He arched his brow and laughed briefly. "Are you crazy? With Phoenix Wing and Frenzy Plant in the mix you won't be short on any capable fighters. You should be more worried that you'll face someone that you can't handle." The bartender in charge of the bar pushed him over a glass of an emerald green, bubbling concoction. Zev grabbed it and chugged it down, his eyes widened and he slammed his fist against the counter as he forced whatever it was in his mouth down his throat. "Ah shit I can never get used to that." Whatever that drink was it removed any signs of intoxication.

He turned his attention back to Jake and asked, "But why send only one S-Class? You both are one of the most dangerous teams in the entire kingdom. Surely master wants us to win."