@Oblivion666@Caits

Watching Michael's reaction, Prince chuckled a little. "Ah good to know I'm doing sort of well then. Then, hope you won't mind when I steal a kiss from you." the feline teased before his ears perked as he spotted the village. Humming happily, he had the horse trot into the village. People around seemed worn, perhaps all the trouble that has been caused.

"Well we arrived. Zeph, better hope we don't make a mess." he laughed before dismounting.

penny

Penny waited, leaning against a wall, watching the crowd as they passed her. She wasn't disturbed, perhaps it was the mark, seen on her shoulder with ease, or maybe people were just too busy. So penny crowd watched, and eventually she enjoyed herself by creating up stories.

When damian returned, summoning a blade, she gave a laugh, and within seconds, had transformed into her fiery self and soared into the air, as always the freedom of being in the air.

She soared, happy.

michael

Michael spluttered but before he had any time tore act they had reached the town, and michael sensed a sport, awaiting a contract. He practically fell off the horse, scrambling TK quickly try and summon the spirit, if he was sending it that meant he had a chance at a new spirit contract.

"I-i summon thee, spirit, so that we may converse and bond" it was lame, Michael knew, but it worked. Well it had worked so far. He knew he probably looked half a fool, with his hand held out, waiting, but again, he didn't care

@Silver Fox@Caits

Zephyr
River Town

Zephyr had a frown as he rode into town behind them. he heard Prince tease him which made Zephyr mumble as he dismounted himself. "You keep gloating Princy, I'll get my revenge. But yeah lets try not to make a mess, if the bandits drag this into a fight you can use your roses to power up my Ravager and it will be a swift end to their little ruckus." Zephyr suggested to Prince and then heard Mikey talking, so Zephyr looked at him as he was talking to a spirit he assumed.

"Ahh he has spirit magic or something? Thats pretty cool, kind of makes me hope they put up a struggle so I can see it, but I know it would be better if they didn't. So who are we meeting to get more information on the flyer?" Zephyr asked Prince as Mikey was busy talking to a spirit.

~*~ Amaya VsnIsis~*~
Phoenix Wing Guild Hall
@Joshua Tamashii

"I personally don't mind if you wish to sit there, the only other people that really hanf around me is Nolan, Floe, And Lucus."She commented to Joshua moving over a little to give him some roomm while she closed her book putting it away before she looked over to him holding out her hand "I'm Amaya, I am the...Ice dragon Slayer of this Guild."She said attempting to get to know people and let other know who she was instead of hiding who she was. She had time to kill since she has NO CLUE where her mother could be as every rumor and tail tale came up as dead ends the trail was cold for now so she figured it was time to move on from the old her and accept the gift her mother gave her, her magic and the nudge to get out looking for a new human home.

@t2wave@Demon Shinobi

Gideon snapped out of his head and whirled around to face the person who spoke to him and then to Jarvis. "Ok sir!" He yelled back and then faced Zenoram. "Oh...umm yeah I thought so. You wouldn't perhaps like to join me would you!?" He said kinda excitedly. At that moment strapped to his side Cailburn began to glow in it's sheath. Not even seeing he spoke again. "Oh umm my name is Gideon Pendragon, Rank B re-quip wizard with a trick up my sleeve. Nice to meet you Zenoram." Suddenly his sword swung and pointed in the direction of a flash of light. This time Gideon noticed what was happening and was suddenly tugged into Ariel's direction by an unseen force. Zooming through the crowd knocking over several people, others moved out of the way in a hurry as he yelled for people to move. The sword stopped right in front of where Ariel lit up. Gideon straightened himself and stared into thin air it seemed and then saw a silvery white outline. A spirit possibly? But he couldn't be sure. He looked around into the crowd and then to Zenoram. Suddenly Cailburn removed itself from it's sheath and flew over in the space where the silvery white outline was. Sword point down and radiating light it spoke to her in only a tone that she and Gideon could hear. "Be his sword of power. Give him greater strength, fuel his purpose, make better his resolve. If he so does abuse this power or falter whilst using it be his bane and his death." Cailburn floated there waiting for her answer. He probably looked like an idiot or something but he had no clue what was going on. His sword was floating in front of him and there was also a ghost like image with it. He didn't know what to say and hoped people weren't staring and if they were he hoped they were just as freaked as he was. He looked over at Zenoram again hoping that maybe he could be of assistance or something. He knew they had just met on the off chance but Gideon didn't know what to do.

Flying through the air, Karn took off over the harbor of the town and soon the ocean. Already his anxiety was growing as his eyes looked down toward the water. But, he had to try his best. Just because there was water everywhere, didn't mean he had to go swimming. All he had to do, was confront the thieves, convince them to stop what they were doing, and then return the stolen item to his brother. Piece of cake right? Nothing about water. Nope, no mention of having to swim at all. He just needed to find the correct ship. Flapping his wings gingerly against the wind, the bird spotted a rather large foreign looking ship. It was of odd design and something he hadn't seen before in the flesh before. In Master Rian's books, he had seen some in this design. Usually traders from some wealthy country. Yet he couldn't remember which one it was from.

It was then something familiar entered his nose. A scent of a friend, smelling of warmth and utter flame, yet the gentle breeze of the forest. Eyes widening at the scent, a rush of utter excitement entered his heart. It was a scent he hadn't smelled for a long while now, but could never forget. Something that always made him feel safe and warm, easily comforted from all of his worries. Over any stench of the seawater, or the sweat of sailors, or the fresh smell of fish, this tiny wiff overpowered them all in Karn's senses.

"Ru!" Karn couldn't help but call loudly, before swooping down toward the ship, heart thundering and his worries for the water almost evaporating under the sheer joy he felt.

Landing on the sail of the ship, he transformed into a mouse and started scurrying down onto the deck. His large round ears twitching as he listened to men chatter about, quite a few laughing and drinking. Listening to their conversation, he started scurrying until he squeaked as a fireball launched out and almost hit his small form. Quickly, Karn returned to his human form, looking toward where the attack came from. He saw a woman standing there, long silver hair and bright blue eyes. Dressed up in some regal looking clothing as well as wearing gems.



Beside her was a ball of floating fire and her eyes held little emotion as she simply gazed at the apparent intruder. Holding what looked like a long red colored fighting staff. Karn blinked, looking at her as he wondered how did she find him out so fast before his emerald eyes glanced around him as the crew started surrounding him. Giving a friendly smile, he slightly waved a little. "Uh. Hiya. Nice to meet you, sorry for suddenly popping by. But, I just sort of sensed something thought I knew here. You all.. don't happen be the people who stole from the Arikalia family eh?" he asked with a friendly smile, though no one else seemed amused as quite a few had their magic ready, blazing in their hands.

A large red haired man then stepped from the crowd, fully muscled and his blood red eyes were deep and harsh. A sneering grin crossing his lips as he cracked his knuckles with a brief laugh. "What's this chick doing here? You're so fucking tiny you little pipsqueak? Does Fiore always have this tiny ass people? This is small even for a woman!" the large man bellowed with amusement, some of the others laughing as well.



Karn nervously chuckled, he wasn't exactly bothered by his height or misconception of his gender. It was a thing he was quite used to. It's not like he hasn't tried to get bigger before though. He drank a lot of milk as a kid. Just, apparently, it didn't work or he was having a very late growth spurt.

The silver haired woman was the only one who didn't seem amused. Her blue eyes watching Karn carefully before slowly blinking, as if it was just a lazy day. "Tracile, this is a male. Seems to be the close description the one Acheon mentioned. Though it seems he is alone." she mused, her voice firm and straight to the point.

Expression twisting into one of confusion, the red haired man turned his crimson gaze to Karn then at the woman before storming over to Karn and forcefully picked him up by the scruff. Karn blinked as he was suddenly picked up and placed beside the woman before watching the red hair man stand before them. Rubbing his chin with one hand and scratching the top of his head, as he seemingly studied the two of them and compared them. After a few moments, he ruffled his red hair.

"Gah! Well, you definetly have the bigger rack Narisa. But look at this! Bloody pipsqueak got a bit of curves on him. Look at those hips and how bloody hairless this body has. That skin, there isn't a mark on it! Smooth as a baby's bottom! And what kind of dude is this short?!" the man exclaimed, making Karn slightly sweatdrop at the over reaction.

It was then the man stormed closer, shoving his face down so the two men were face to face. Karn simply blinked a little more, tilting his head a little to the side curiously. The man grumbled as if irriated by the action before promptly grabbing the bottom of the boy's shirt and raised it up over the blonde's head and letting it rest covering his entire head. Karn gave a muffled sound, waving his arms a little in a slight panic at the sudden darkness. Soft giggles erupting from him as he felt the man's palms rub furiously at the smooth chest. Attempting to feel for female assets. Yet there were none and the man gave a hum as his mind processed this.

Everyone else was just kind of staring at this weird awkward situation, a few of them whispering.

"Um... should we... stop this? I don't remember signing up to be some sort of pedophiles for little boys." One muttered, causing some others to shrug.

Humming as the man continued rubbing the intruder's torso, he looked down, pausing for a moment before promptly shoving a hand down the bottoms.

Karn suddenly gave a yelp and promptly uppercutted the man, causing the weirdo to fly right off the boat and into the water, causing a large splash. "Oh, I'm sorry! I just reacted!" the blonde quickly apologized loudly, fixing up his clothes properly so he was wearing them properly again.

"Why's he apologizing? The dude took it a bit too far..." some of the surrounding people mumbled, sweatdropping and eyes twitching at the scene.

"What a sicko." another crewmember muttered.

The woman on the other hand, just watched the scene play out before pointing the staff at Karn's eyes mildly narrowing. "You come to the wrong ship, shapeshifter. Or... a Slayer I should say." the woman said, causing the blonde to jump a little, blinking as the red haired man came jumping out of the water.

Glancing back toward the large man who rolled his shoulders and smirked a little, Karn looked to the woman. "I just want what you stole from Arikalia, and maybe tie you up for the authorities if you don't turn yourselves in for theft. And to find Ru." Karn informed, emerald eyes glancing around a little.

"What does being a slayer have to do with thievery?" The blonde asked, causing a laugh to erupt from the red haired man.

"Well because, we got that item fair and square. It's just, someone happened to find it while we dropped it. Had to get it back you know. As for slayer, well, not everyday you see one. Haven't heard of a Chimera one, but they make quite the nobles happy with their little collection. Especially fancy smancy transformy one like you. Make excellent show business ya know? But all of them make quite the collection. It's usually the lacrima based ones, after all, finding the living thing is even harder than finding the bloody lacrima. Hoping to run into you after the little news of you in Mt. Hakobe, and it seems this time, you don't have any friends! Too bad! Would of loved that Dragon Slayer friend of yours but I suppose it will be easier to catch a secluded beast. But hey, guess after that little failure with saving the precious little dragon, none of your little Guild wants to hang out and protect you anymore. Makes it easy for us." The man laughed in amusement, a smirk wide on his face as he sneered toward the much smaller male.

Karn blinked a bit in surprise at the explanation before his emerald eyes narrowed a little, feeling a twinge of irritation at the... barbaric words. "Collections? No living person are a part of something for people to just gawk at as we sit up as a prize! Slayers are people to! Collecting them is just... turning them into pets! Slaves. That's worse than just stealing. What is this item you stole? And I'm glad my Guildmates aren't here, cause then they would be just as sick as I am." the blonde said, feeling the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

"Awe, so what? Just cause Fiore likes pretending it's so peaceful, it doesn't want such dangerous things anyway. Why not have them locked up where they can be enjoyed? Rare things, are rare things. And slayers are one of those. Course, quite a few of the known ones are snuggly protected in their little Guilds... except you. Even that Pantera is snug in a bug in that Guild. Course, that one will be a simple retrieval. So, girly boy. How about you be good, give up on your guild, and come with us? We'll treat you much better. You won't ever be alone. You'll have all sorts of beasties with you. Or, we can do it the fun way and beat you up." Tracile smirked as he cracked his knuckles, readying for a fight.

Narrowing his eyes and growling a little, the blonde's body tensed a little. "I won't let anyone else suffer for your crimes. So either surrender now and turn yourselves in and show me where Ru is, or get ready to fight. Because I will protect my friends." Karn countered, earning a few amused laughs around him.

"Oh? Fun way it is then!" Tricile grinned before chaos emerged. Suddenly Karn found himself having several projectiles fired at him and swings from people.

Quickly ducking under some blows, his form turned into a cat. Quickly he bolted around several layers of legs. Clawing his way up one and causing a scream to erupt from his flesh made tree, before his body transformed in a blink of a eye into a giant snake. Hissing, his body wrapped around a large group, snapping his fangs several of them and sinking his paralyzing venom covered fangs into several of them. They went limp in his nimble body before Narisa swung her staff at him. Quickly, Karn transformed into a bird, weaving his body around the staff as he dodged it.

As the silver haired woman swung again, Karn quickly flitted higher in the air before gasping as a voice was suddenly behind him.

"Not bad, but me and Narisa are the big guns buddy." Tricile laughed before a sharp punch slammed into Karn, knocking him into the wheel of the ship.

"Do try not to destroy the wheel. We need that." Narisa said before chanting a little and waving her hand. "Wolf Familiar." the woman said, the fire orb turning into a large silver wolf before it howled and charged toward Karn. Snapping its fangs at the bird who quickly flapped away.

"Steel fist!" Tricile yelled from behind, his right fist covered in complete steel as he lunged it toward the transformation wizard. Quickly, Karn fluttered around the fist, and opened his talons to smash against his opponent's face. Briefly clawing the skin with talon before clawing up to the top of Tricile's head and transforming once again. This time, into his Chimera form.

With a roar, Karn used his massive weight to push his massive paw against Tricile's back. Smashing him down into the deck from thirty feet in the air. Smashing through the wood with ease, Karn quickly lept back onto the deck before he fully crashed through the ground. Narisa suddenly lunged at him, swinging the staff and thrusting it to aim at the beast's eye. Quickly, the beast leaned his head back, the staff hitting against his thick mane before crunching his teeth against the stick. Pulling it toward him to force the woman closer. He quickly let go as she was thrusted toward him and headbutted her right in the skull. She let out a gasp of pain as the headbutt sent her flying, almost flying off the edge if the wolf hadn't come over and quickly grabbed her.

Before he could get a breather, Tricile soon popped up, launching a large steel hammer and smashing against the beast. Launching and forcing him to crash in a pile of barrels before falling off the edge of the boat. Heart pounding at the realization, Karn quickly changed into a bird again and managed to catch himself just in time before falling into the water. Sighing briefly in relief, Karn flew up to be above the ship once more. Tricile was ready for them and soon chucked a steel spike at Karn, who quickly dodged out of the way before having to do a barrel roll as another was launched at him, then another and another and soon there was a barrage of steel spikes as the red haired man threw one after the other. Karn didn't have much of a choice but keep dodging from midair, barely having anywhere to go.

Trying to look for a way out of the barrage, he turned and saw Narisa come up behind him, the staff extending and hitting right in the back. Grunting, he thumped against the ground, his small body groaning before squaking as Narisa's wolf quickly sunk its fangs into the small body. Transforming into his human form, Karn panted, feeling some blood on his skull and a now large whole in his abdomen. Kicking the wolf away, Karn struggled to his feet, holding the injury on his stomach. As some more of the crewmembers left tried to lunge at him, Karn transformed into a Chimera and spun around, slamming his large tail against them and knocked them right off the ship.

With a large roar as Tricile tried swinging a large steel hammer from above, the beast snarled before charging and smashing his head against the hammer. Causing a large crack to emerge before the steel erupted and broke apart. Tricile screamed out as if in pain, cursing loudly before finding a tail slam down against him, forcing the man to slam down and against Narisa. Karn quickly turned and charged, the wolf tried to jump at him but found itself getting a massive paw to the face. Claws raking against the familiar and causing it to evaporate into stardust. Karn didn't stop there as he charged toward the two opponents and jumped. Reaching his forepaws out and slamming them into his opponents stomachs. With a gasp and cough, the two seemed to lose consciousness.

Panting deeply, Karn licked at the blood that dripped from his skull and to his muzzle before sniffing the air. Now, he could find Ru. Did they capture him for their supposed client's collection? Quickly, the beast went below the deck, sniffing around and following the scent of his teacher, friend, adoptive father, whatever one would call their relationship. There were several boxes, yet he saw nothing that seemed to be able to hold something as powerful as a Eastern Chimera like Ru. Using his superior senses, Karn sniffed around the ship until coming upon a large box. Blinking, he sniffed at it and blinked in confusion. It smelled like Ru. Scanning his golden eyes over the box, eyes narrowing as he read what was on it. Apparently, this was the Arikalia box and so the item that was stolen should be inside. Yet why did it smell like Ru?

Transforming back into his human form, Karn opened the box and examined its contents. What he saw left him standing there frozen. Emerald eyes wide in utter shock and horror. He felt his heart stop, his breath hitch and his mouth run dry. A golden brown mass rested there, a giant bundle of fur. And Ru's hollowed face staring emptily at nothing, yet seeming to be staring right up at him. Golden eyes blank and glassed over. No longer holding any life or flesh, but turned into ornaments for mere decoration.

Everything seemed to be silent, he couldn't even breathe as Karn was only able to stare at what was in front of him. With trembling hands, the blonde boy reached out to gingerly pick the head of the skinned beast, the massive size a little bit difficult to just simply pick up. But it had lost a lot of weight then it once had when it was still upon flesh. "....R-Ru....? Ru...... wake up.... please. Tell me you're just kidding... or this is a dream... a lie... a magic trick.. please. Wake up.... tell me..." Karn whispered, his mind having a hard time comprehending what he was seeing, and soft denial erupting within it. Denying that this was reality, that this was just some horrible nightmare.

But it wasn't. It smelled real, it looked real, it felt real.

For a few moments, Karn simply stood there, staring at the skinned animal. Then suddenly, he could hear his heart again. Ever so slowly, it started to beat... the sound growing louder and louder until it was like a roar. His hands started shaking more and he could feel burning fire burn up from with in him. What was this? He was... sad.... but... he felt enraged. So mad, that it felt like he would burst. Lips curling into a snarl, emerald eyes glowing like fire and pupils narrowing into that of a cat's, a snarling noise started to erupt from his throat. Golden flames started emitting from his body, dripping from his mouth and wrapping themselves around his arms and legs. His blonde hair seeming to glow golden with the flames and seeming to dance along with them.

No, he was getting mad. He had to stop. Stop. This felt like... when he lost control in another form. Yet, he was still a human. So why did it feel like he would lose his mind?

Staring at the head of the beast, teeth clenching together as his body trembled in rage. Claws and fangs growing more prominent now, before another snarl erupted from his throat and he threw his head back and gave a roar.

Karn screamed and roared, golden flames uncontrollably bursting from his body and setting the wood around him on fire. Picking up the large bundle of fur bigger than his body, he jumped and smashed through the ceiling to reach the deck.

The people who were left jumped at the sudden loud sounds before staring at the golden flame covered boy as his emerald gaze narrowed. Golden flames burning away at the ship, causing it to crack and water to start claiming it. Yet Karn wasn't focused on it, glaring toward a few gawkers, he snarled before quickly spinning around, a large golden flaming tail appearing and smashing into them. "Eastern Chimera Tail Slam!" he snarled before turning his glare toward Narisa and Tricile.

Storming over, Karn wrapped the fur around him before grabbing Tricile by the throat and lifting him up. "Did you kill Ru for your so called collection?" he said in a growl, the golden flames sinking against Tricile's throat.

Despite the struggling, the large man couldn't get the grip to release. He couldn't help but let out a scream as he felt the flesh around his throat start to burn. Coughing, he struggled to respond to the question. "....Kgah.....N-N....N-No.... W-We... J-Just claimed.... him.... Apparently... t-the W-Wizard hunters.... got it... A-After h-hunting down a Wizard." the red head managed to choke out a answer, though Karn didn't seem pleased as the golden flames grew brighter, ensuing another painful scream.

"Claim? Claim?! He was not some prize for you to treat as some precious item! He was a living being, a rare mystical being! And you think you have the right to think you can just barter for his skin?! Have the right to capture any living creature as you wish just because they are scarce?! How dare you! Tell me where I can find these hunters and where to find your Masters, or I'll make you wish you never even thought about being born." The blonde threatened with a snarl, watching the man struggle for air.

"...u....uh....hg... I don't... know.. don't.... know... we.... just work... You.. you won't kill us.... It's against F-Fiore law... for G-Guilds to kill..." Tricile coughed and hacked but froze a little as Karn stared at him coldly.

"Apparently, my Guild does not follow that law." Karn growled before his mouth started glowing and golden flamed saber fangs stuck out from it. "Eastern Chimera Bite." he growled before leaning his head foreword and crunching his flaming saber fangs into the right arm of the man, just below the shoulder. The extremely hot flames burning the flesh quickly and assisting in biting the limb right off.

A scream erupted from Tricile, but Karn ignored it as he held the arm in his mouth, before chewing it in quick motions and swallowing it whole. Blood stained his lips, but the sheer heat his body was on evaporated the thick liquid clean off. Tricile screamed, and screamed and Karn leaned foreword with his tongue glowing and licking the decapitated limb used to be. "Easter Chimera Healing Tongue." he growled, the magic closing up the wound and stopping the blood quickly from flowing out.

"I should kill you... I should eat you... I should devour all of you! You.... cruel people... all you do is hunt and kill and kill for sport! You have no honor. No sense of life. You just do it so you can say you killed like it's some achievement. First, Hemlock gets his mind overrun... just because he was a dragon. Then he was killed. Zero.. Zenoram... they are in so much pain.. but it's people like you who don't care. Don't see it. And you just keep doing it. Again.. and again.... So, how do you like being hunted?" Karn growled before picking up Narisa by the throat as well and lifted them up.

Claws digging into their throats, he snarled as his body trembled. Should he kill them? What if they kept doing what they were doing? Was Damian right to kill? Does this make it okay to kill? Despite how angry he was, despite how utterly upset how his mind clouded with rage... he could still feel regret. Guilt for his current actions. Begging him to stop. With a growl he slammed the two the edge of the ship as it sunk further and further, until he was almost touching water.

"If I ever see you come near my friends... come near anyone you deem as some sort of prey just for profit. You will wish I'll just kill you." Karn snarled before throwing them up before using Easter Chimera Tail Slam to smash against them and hit them back to shore.

Suddenly, the golden flames disappeared and he suddenly felt so tired. Blood dripped from his mouth, a reaction to using powerful magic. Then, the ship completely burned up exploded in a burst of golden flame, and he fell into the water. For once, he didn't feel panic as he sunk into the water. The blonde just felt so tired....... he just wanted to rest... He wanted to sleep once more curled up against Ru. Maybe... just for a little while. It felt... peaceful.


@Oblivion666@Caits

Prince chuckled as he watched Michael practically fall off the horse and the tall feline reached out his hands to help steady the blue haired male. Tilting his head a little as he watched Michael seeming to summon, the feline mused. He knew it was a familiar magic, though he couldn't quite place it. Should be a interesting sight to behold at least. At Zephyr's words, Prince grinned a little and hummed. "Aye, though we should save some fun for Mikey. After all, it's his first mission and it's my job to see how he does. We shouldn't have too much trouble though. If things get too hairy, I'll turn them into hamsters." the tall catman chuckled before humming as he looked around.

"Ah, it should be the town leader named Lucas. We just need to go and find where he is. Don't suppose you got a idea eh Zeph?" Prince smiled cheerfully.

Elyse took her time to calm down, several minutes in fact. Once she settled down, she sniffled and occasional hiccupped, as she now had a case of them.
"Wh-when Jamie *hic* come back, wi-will Ja-*hic*-Jamie stay forever?" She asked



"Emotions can... make us more powerful?" Jack asked, surprised by this bit of information. She looked down at her hands and seemed to be a bit contemplative." We were taught that emotions make us weak. They're a distraction and get in the way. They will lead us astray and betray us at every corner. Make us act irrationally. They sound more like a hindrance then anything."

She then turned her attention back to Jack, wondering what he had to say about maker magic.



"Joshua. Joshua Tamashii. I'm a requip mage." Joshua said. Amaya had freely given him her name and magic, so he figured he could give her the same information. He watched as Damian came down with Penny and they left together. IT seemed like the man had gotten past his little bit of trauma for the moment. If he hadn't Joshua wasn't sure what he could've done to snap the man out of it. Joshua knew the guilt of murder as well, but he wasn't that good at trying to help others. Turning his attention back towards Amaya. Her current outfit was a little revealing if one were to ask him but different country, different sense of style. Though he had to admit her wearing a scarf was kind of weird. Taking a few seconds, he tried to find something to talk about." So... Ice Dragon Slayer magic? I assume it's supposed to help you kill ice dragons, judging by the title. I've never heard of there being any dragons in the world today, so what's the point in having it?"

The spirit magic was much too strong for the inexperienced Ariel. Drifting off to sleep the magic continued to build. Ariel had become the vessel for a new spirit to be born and already others were summoning it. It itself being inexperienced had no way to prevent from being split apart it its forming. Thankfully it had an enormous magical potential and a link back to Ariel for more magic.

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James' call was answered and a semi-formless aquamarine cloud appeared in front of him. To a keen eye it had some resemblance to Ariel's form but it wasn't solid enough to make it obvious. The spirit stretched and yawned as if just waking up. She glanced at James and around the room but didn't really know enough to recognize where she was. "Ahhh. Hm... Did you just summon me?" She leaned her head to one side and studied him. He was a Paladin after all so he must have. What exactly should she do now? The whole becoming a Familiar process was rather new.
@Zarkun

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Despite Michael's less than stellar summoning the new spirit was easily brought to him. Here she was outside and the sun passed through her semi-translucent yet cloudy form. Prince might recognize the similarities of her form, but more telling was the hint of Ariel's magic. Nodding a little she faced Michael. How odd was the feeling of being on more than one place. "Oh, you summoned me as well. Um... hello."
@Caits

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Unlike the others here the spirit was being addressed by a sword. It appeared to have a spirit of its own and actually made things feel much more comfortable. Become a sword? Could it do that? The couldey form reached up to the blade and seemed to converse silently. After a minute the spirit lowered it's hand and nodded in agreement. "Gideon, I shall become your blade. Step forward to accept the agreement set by Cailburn."
@soren

Feeling like Trinity was perhaps laying on the 'loving family' portion of the Phoenix Wing pledge a bit too much, Fleo decided not to demur this time. “Well...you're welcome!” The minstrel's following suggestion started the gears spinning in the dusty woman's head. “Hm. I think it's true that a lot of power can make up for speed, actually. Back in the desert, poor Bert had magic that was slow to act at range, but using a technique called Sand Tumult, he made the ground shift and move. We couldn't run over it, just jump around between his pillars or waste time trying to deal with the Tumult. Any speed advantage we had was wiped away.”

An eyebrow rose in reply to Angelo's suggestion. After a moment of considering, Fleo chose to humor him. “Guess he's the type that likes to watch, eh, Trin?” Upbeat and ready to go even after a bad joke, Fleo flicked one of her hands, causing the dust whirring around her to coagulate. “Dust Craft: Bulwark!” Immediately, the dust already ready for use solidified into a large shield that hovered directly in front of Fleo, blocking her completely from Trinity's view. A cushion of dust formed beneath Fleo, and on that Sirocco she began to approach Trinity, shield first. “Comin' for ya, Trin!” Despite not being an attack, the logic behind the move was sound: if the strength of the archeress was long range, then protecting herself from arrows while getting closer and closer was a viable move on Fleo's part.



As Dullahans went, Xyster tended to exhibit remarkably good spirits, but an abrupt rise in what Joakim termed 'macabre glee' did not go unnoticed by the blue-braided northerner. Watching Xyster humming as she waltzed along, with her head loosely clutched by its hair-ribbon, and ever now and then executing what looked very much like a scythe-strike, Joakim finally voiced his opinions. In a low voice, so that Nandy and Harper were not obliged to listen in, Joakim said, “Corporal? You seem in a very good mood today. To be certain, Phoenix Wing has its charm, but I wouldn't have expected a simple visit to strike such a chord with you. Unless...” The pieces slotted into place, and Joakim, realizing what they must mean, opened wide his eyes with surprise. “Corporal! You didn't...those games...?”

A brilliant green eye winked. “Did too.”

The northerner ran a hand through his hair in resignation. “Pff...I swear, Xyster. I will never be able to figure out if you're good with an evil side or evil with a good side.”

Laughing, Xyster flung her head into the air. A couple of frenetic spins later, it popped onto her neck, almost exactly in place. For that split second, until it started to slip off, she could have passed for human. That grin, however, held an aspect more than a little nightmarish. “That's the fun of it, isn't it? The not knowing. Makes life exciting! I don't need to remind you that I physically can't betray the guild as long as I've got my mark, though.”

The train station loomed in the distance. Without a carriage to ferry them on, the Frenzy Plant soldiers had been forced to walk, not that Harper minded. They decided to stop at a little cafe, so that those who hadn't eaten at the Phoenix Wing hall could have a quick bite. Despite his revelation, Joakim trusted Xyster completely. She brought up her mark with regularity to try and keep those she valued from being afraid of her, but truth to be told, Joakim was certain that at this point, even if the mark was removed Xyster would remain a friend -though a weird friend- to them all.



Rather than diverting her attention to Gabriel, Andrea scratched her rock monster beneath the chin, though after a few seconds she did ultimately respond. “They're...well, I make them. I use Rock Menagerie, which brings these guys to life. My uncle had the same magic...he took requests from customers and created personalized monsters to perform certain tasks for them, from fetching to cleaning to fighting. It was his line of battle monsters that brought him into Frenzy's attention in the first place.” Now that Andrea had something else to focus on, it seemed that her inhibitions were mitigated. Then again, it was possible that she was actually talking to Kin, and just allowing Gabriel to listen.

“I was his assistant...at the time. He thought that guild life would be good for me...so here I am. When you make 'em, rockmonsters are just blank, and blindly do whatever you tell them to. But depending on how you treat 'em, they grow personalities all their own. They're great! Never let you down, never get tired, never lose control, never hurt your feelings. Way better than people.” For the first time in several minutes, Andrea looked at Gabriel, worried that she might have upset him. “Uh...present company...excluded.”

@Caits@Silver Fox

Zephyr
River Town

Zephyr nodded at Mikey getting some of the fun of punching a dumb bandit. It was his first mission and as such it should be special in some way. Yet he couldn't help but be amused at the thought of them being hamsters, that was certainly some special magic if you could forcefully turn someone into something they didn't want. Yet as he thought this his eyes lit up as he frantically waved his arms around, like he had the correct answer to the question. "You know if you can turn people into animal and I can change my form to that of a machines! Would that mean if you turned me into a Duck, that I would be a duck with armor? Would I be the most dangerous duck in existence?? Later on today we are experimenting!!" Zephyr said with a laugh although he was serious about it.

Scratching his head he looked around. "Hmmm well in my little village the leaders house was located near a big pond. I kind of get the same vibe from this town, so maybe the leaders house will be near a river considering that's what the town is named for." Zephyr suggested with a face that was determined that this answer would be correct. As Zephyr looked back at Mikey, he saw a somewhat visible form in front of him. "Huh. Thats pretty neat. Wonder if you can touch it when its like that?"

Zenoram was a little taken back by Gideon's excitement in asking if he would like to join. In truth he wasn't sure how useful he could be. "Um... I think I would. But, honestly, I'm not sure how useful I would be in a combative situation." He laughed a little bit before it dawned on him. Gideon introduced himself, but he and Mithera hadn't. "Oh yeah! I'm Zenoram. My magic is a special brand of Time magic called Time 'Zone' Magic." He said calmly using air quotes around the word 'zone'. He looked as though he was about to introduce Mithera next, but then something strange happened. Gideon was suddenly being pulled away from him through the crowd by the sword. Through this entire ordeal he kept looking back at Zenoram. What should he do? Was there anything he could do? The look of confusion on his face would have been as evident as anybody elses, especially Gideon's.

"Well... Looks like even the most normal looking people turn out to be more interesting than anything, huh, Mithera?" He asked as he began to run forward through the crowd. It wasn't too fast or anything, still it would have been good if Mithera held on. Just in case, he didn't want her to fall unexpectedly. "Um, Gideon... If your sword talking there?" He asked in a hushed voice, after the sword seemed to have small conversation. Then the spirit told him to take the sword. She would be his sword, Zenoram couldn't really follow what was going on at all to be honest. Still he could guess Gideon didn't really have all the answers either. He couldn't help but smile, a small chuckle escaping his lips. The day was certainly shaping up to be a bit more interesting and energetic than he had imagined. He found himself more excited to find out what might happen next.

"Look... I may not know much about you, or what's going on here, but if Caliburn is your sword, and you fight with it, trust it with your life you can trust the agreement it made." He said giving the only thing close to advice he could. "So, complete the contract so this, spirit? I guess... Can become your sword." A spirit becoming a sword. A situation he never would have expected to come across. And that was assuming he was getting this whole thing right.

"You can't always rely on that. Of course a sand mage surrounded by sand has the advantage. I assume it was a sand desert? Actually, I think I know which job you're talking about..." She remembered seeing it once or twice on the job board, when she first got here. It wasn't there long.

The minstrel couldn't help but give a little giggle to Fleo's bad joke. "Ooh, dirty joke from the dust mage." She grins, and primes her bow with an ice arrow. She was using a shield to approach straight-on, huh? "You'll have to do better than that. Trick Shot: Repeat!" She fires two arrows into the air at slightly different angles, before firing a fire arrow directly at Fleo's Bulwark. The two arrows shot off into the air would swoop around and come in at Fleo's ankles, to freeze them in place. Trinity would then start peppering Fleo's bulwark with Fire Arrows, testing its strength.

Damian laughed as Penny took off into the skies, giving her a couple seconds head start as he looked back at Magnolia. "Well, Magnolia, guess I'll see you in two months. Guys, stay safe and get strong. We're gonna win those Games." With one last farewell to the city, Damian took off after Penny, the Striker Blade propelling itself forward using Damian's magic energy. Fortunately, the spell was far from draining and he could sustain it until they reached Mount Hakobe.

As he flew, the gift he bought Penny was heavy in it's pouch, reminding him that it was there. When the time is right...




James was amazed. There in front of him stood a Familiar. He had gotten it right after all, and now he had to complete the contract. Drawing his sword, he very carefully pricked his first finger on his left hand and offered it to the spirit. "Aye, that I did. And if you accept my offer, we seal the contract with a drop of my blood, so that I can't break it without your allowance first." The process was simple enough, if a bit odd for paladins. But then, blood had always been a powerful binding magic and it would help make sure James didn't hurt his new companion whether it be an accident or on purpose.




Jack frowned as she explained what she had and shook his head in disappointment. "Those, dear Jackie, are the words of a man who fears to grow attached to anything or anyone in this world. Emotions, while they can lead us astray, are an essential part of any bond we make with others. It's difficult to explain, but if you ever have questions, don't hesitate to come and ask me." And then Jack saw the curiosity in her eyes when he said he could give her some help with her magic, which drew a chuckle from the man.

"The stronger you envision an object up here," he lightly taps her forehead, "the easier it is to form in your hands. Like the way Joslyn does with her water make." He points to the female Water Make mage, who is busy helping to celebrate by creating different objects and things to provide entertainment for everyone, her water make creations appearing and flowing effortlessly as she speaks the spells. "She's also got an active imagination, but that's not quite what you need to work on for now."

Mithera was contented with watching the odd antics of the individual Zenoram had approached, he was an interesting-acting individual. When Zenoram started saying that he couldn't really fight, she spoke up as well. "Yeah, we wouldn't be the most help in-" She was cut off by Gideon being suddenly dragged off by his sword. As Zenoram began his jog over to the suddenly dragged along mage, Mithera would actually jump off and fly over to the other mage, landing on his shoulder lightly. "What's with the whole floating sword deal?" The small dragon asked quietly, not really wanting an answer as she watched the curious scene before her. After half a second she spoke up again. "Oh, sorry. I'm Mithera, a transformation mage." She rubbed her head against Gideon's cheek for a moment, hoping the softness of her fur would make it easier for him to accept her apology. "Should've introduced myself before climbing on your shoulder. Oh well, my mistake." She yipped softly, before finally turning her attention back to the floating sword, shifting her weight to be as unobtrusive for her new mount as possible.

@Demon Shinobi@soren

Gideon was about to overload with excitement but he gather his composure as the tiny dragon mage rubbed up against his cheek. "I..umm..." He cleared his throat "...Thank Zenoram and Mithera." He nodded his head. "Right then. Spirit I accept the terms as they are and from this day forward vow to take great care of you and will make sure that I only use your power when needed." He wasn't sure but he thought he saw the spirit smile. He then took hold of Cailburn and a surge of energy ran through him. The spirit dissolved in front of him and took form of a sword.



It then floated to right above his head. Gideon felt power flow through him as it did and all of his weapons begged to come out. "Re-quip!!" He shouted as the magic took hold and all of his weapons were brought forth. Each shown brighter than they had before and began to orbit the sword above his head. He now knew why he wasn't to abuse this power. It allowed him to use all his weapons at once. On by one the weapons disappeared back into their re-quip pocket space. The sword above his head burst into light and then reformed in front of him and the others as a young woman.



Her eyes popped open and she spoke. "Hello there Gideon I am the spirit of the sword of damocles. I have no formal name yet so call me what you wish." She then took notice to the dragon on his shoulder, reached out and pat it on the head. She also swiped the job paper out of his hand and read the job. "Looks like we have a job to do. Come on guys let's get a move on then!" She smiled at Zenoram, Gideon, and Mithera before yawning. "I'm going to rest for now but I will see you guys later." She turned into a ball of light and went into the re-quip pocket space.

Gideon grabbed the job paper as it floated in the air as the spirit disappeared. He then turned to Zenoram and looked at Mithera on his shoulder. "Well guys umm let's go see Jarvis for a sec and get going? If you wanna back out now would be the time." He said to both of them still kinda processing what had just happened.

@Burthstone@Demon Shinobi@t2wave

micahel

Michael was aware that the other two were watching and talking about him. He didn't particularly care, as the spirit formed, unfinished, in front of him, and spoke. Michael bristled with pride as she more then hinted that someone else had tried to summon her. It looked like he had won, and now all he had to do was form a contract with the spirit

"hello. My Name is Michael, and I specialize in celestial spirits that are based around myths. However, I will gladly accept you for whatever spirit you are. What is your name, wonderful spirit?" again, Michaels spiel might not be exactly what it should be, but he had never had problems before.

He shot a glance at Zephyr as he spoke about touching the spirit, and then glanced awag, blushing. He gave a shrug, and waited for fhe spirit TK respond, knowing he was holding up the job that he had chosen, but this was important.

jamie

Jamie gave a nod, "yes, Jamie stay forever when Jamie returns again, I promise" he hugged Elyse close, content to do so until she had calmed completely, and her hiccups were gone.

"don't worry, I always come back. This is my home to."

gabriel

Gabriel listened, musing. It was, he thought, quite similar to his spirits. Yes, his spirits came with their own personalities and beings, but over time, they changed ever so slightly, as if to fit himself.

"well, that's cool" he said brightly, "my brother thinks the same of his spirits, once he stopped being scared of them, but he's scared of people I think, so..." gabriel gave a shrug "but he would have wiped the floor with anyone mister Stick up his bum sent at him, if he had any inclination to join this guide. That Balthazar of his is a piece of work" he mused, giving a soft sigh, wondering if Michael had to go through this in his guild as well. i hope you managed it, Micky

He gave a shrug, looking to Rat, "well, I didn't need you anyway, big thanks for coming. Go home, I'll be fine" he gently nudged rat, sending him
Back to the spirit world.

penny

Penny never flew far from damian. Technically, she wasn't even flying but she had long ago stopped asking how she could. Penny could fly all day, and well into the night, but lucky, she didn't have to. The flight to mount hakobe waa only a couple of hours, unlike by foot or train, and when she saw it, she began to descend. For Penny, it had been a couple of years since she had been to Mount Hakobe, but not much had changed.

She circled down, and landed smoothly, letting her flames die off, she stretched muscles warm from the flight, and drew in a few deep breaths. Letting them out slowly, she looked about. Mount Hakobe had been one of the first places she had gone to, searching for Sasha, who had passed through here at one stage. It always seemed that Penny had been several steps behind.

But it had all been worth it, she decided, as she wIted for Damian to land

Lazarus

He followed Sasha into the training yard, some wizards already training in one section. They moved to a free area and he stood opposing Sasha. "Lets say... attack versus defense? We are going to need both in the games. I'll attack, and you try to block with your ice shield, before we rotate alright?" He grinned, ready to show her how far he had brought his newly released god slaying magic. "Below...." He gathered the light around him. "...of the light god!" He boomed, firing a concentrated beam of light god slaying magic towards Sasha.

Shujin

He frowned. "You shouldn't talk like that you know... I'm sure plenty of people want to talk to you. We're all in the same guild, the same family." He looked away sheepishly. "Well... from a man's point of view... people the men are probably..." he blushed. "Frightened of talking to you. You are a very attractive woman." He sighed, colour returning to his cheeks. He flicked his eyes back to her, with a sarcastic facial expression. "But I'm not the sort to give into such perverted base desires." He rested his cheeks on his hands, elbows on the bar. He batted his eyes at Ammy. "But i'm sure Jake does." He made a little kiss in the air to Ammy, joking with her. "I hope that isn't the reason he isn't competing too eh?" He joked.

Thor had taken place behind the line and waited for them to be able to start. Zander finished up with the other newbie and got his attention back on the battle. Only a few moments later the battle between the two started with a fiery start going on. Thor wanted to go ahead and move with the lightning already around her body but Edith seemed to have her plans all set out and was quicker to focus her magic on Thor. A close range attack right of the bat against caster magic. Thor hadn't quessed for the girl to be so quick and tried to dodge the wave out of the way by running. But Thor was already to late and got hit by the wide wave of slow magic by Edith. Thor almost tripped after having tried to walk again and needed to reconsider the plan just slightly. Luckily Thor had plenty of ranged magic and it was of good use right now.

A soft voice sounded that was barely hearable "Shockwave" Thor suddenly ducked down to the ground and placed a fist on the ground beneat sending a electrical wave to all the sides which was rather hard to avoid unless Edith was a far distance away from Thor. Thor immediatly stood up and still wasn't able to move much yet. Thor's voice sounded again as their hands were placed together "Lightning Ball" a ball of electricty went flying over to the opponent at a rather fast speed and was intended to fry the opponent. She waited a few moments to see if she landed any of her attacks and stood still watching Edith to see if she was still okay. She didn't want to hurt her all that much so she kept her attacks to a minimum that was still acceptable to be hurt with.



Ayame stayed close behind Nero holding onto both sides of his shirt just slightly as self comfort of being close to someone so big. One of the members had requested their attention and Nero started talking to Grant. She wasn't so close to Grant and didn't intend to be. She shyly poked her head out and curiously looked up at Grant. The move from Nero catched her eyes and made her let out a girly giggle. She tried to supress it with her hands and poked her head back behind his back just slightly again. When Nero commented on his smell Ayame nodded twice and stared at him for a tad longer to see how he reacted to Nero. Nero was pretty hard to deal with so Grant probably just thought just like most people of him as a annoyance. Nero turned away making her exposed to the guild members for a few seconds in which she panicked and hastly looked around her before slowly jogging after him again to try and catch up.

When she caught up with him she panted a little and walked besides him while staring up at the tall man his eyes "What do you mean with next on the list~" her voice sounded annoyed and full of curiosity at the same time "Can't we just stay at one place? I don't even get why this is so important!" She jumped in front of him and made a twist to walk backwards still in front of him with her arms behind her back and heard Nero talk about his intentions. She was a little bit suprised he was actually planing to help others. He was more of a prankster then the good nice guy. She gave a nod of understanding at him and walked besides him again with a casual look on her face.

"Are there more guilds coming up after Phoenic Wing." She heard him out while they entered a rather weird looking building for just some shopping center or something. When they entered Ayame her smile became 3 times the size of a normal smile as her eyes expanded and twinkled. She quickly ran over towards one of the big trains and almost tripped on her way there. She started studing the train and raised the backpack from her backpack getting out one of her toys a small worn out train toy. She turned to Nero again with her smile still the same as warm as the sun "It's just like I have it! And they're so friking big." She stared up at the top of the train as a question arose in her head "What are we actual doing here" she looked around the station a few times and back to Nero while angling her head in question.

Sealed with blood? It seemed quite different than what her, for lack of a better word, sister just did. However James' summons had promised much and it all sounded very pleasant so she offered her hand and touched it to the blood. The aquamarine gave way to the red of the blood and the two became bound by the contract. A portion of the paladin's magic passed to the spirit and a red smoke whirled around her.

Starting from her feet it cleared and the spirit took form. Tall and thin she had a boyish figure and could be mistaken for such. Holding out her hands she wiggled her fingers a bit before running them through her bright pink hair. Brushing herself down she smirked softly. "I like this body paladin. What do you think?" She didn't wait for an answer before stepping to the side and pondering a moment. "I require a name. I would be honored if you would provide one for me."


@Zarkun

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"It's good to meet you Michael." Upon the question of her name she had to think. Should she use Ariel? It didn't seem quite right to take the same name, even it could be construed that she was her mother. "I don't have a name yet, I suppose. And I'm not sure what to take." It was a question, but not quite as important here and now. She could feel Ariel's strength waning, having lost energy separating from the other two spirits.

"I don't know what spirit I am either." Shrugging a bit there was a moment of silence. "Um, how do we do a contract thing?" She really didn't know and it was a little important to get things moving.

@Caits

Spirit arrived late, as he usually did. He'd heard the announcement about the teams, he didn't much care that he wasn't selected. He assumed as well that the people selected had already made their way to the training grounds, he figured he'd join them. He could use a bit of training himself. He walked through the guild until he reached the training grounds. He found himself a place to sit down and watched as they went at it training. He fiddled around a bit, summoning the bow that fired his magical arrows off and on, pulling the string back and forth. It had been quite some time since he had used much of his magic, since he had been on a job. He sighed when the bow broke and dissipated for the 10th time in his hands, he was truly out of practice.

He spoke "Would anyone mind training with me? I know I won't be participating in the games but...I wouldn't mind refreshing my skills". He stared at them, wondering if anyone would pay attention.