"Can it four-eyes, this IS my idea of relaxing, and didn't I just tell you to sit back? No need to get so heated", he yelled back at Odinn. His attack being countered wasn't unexpected, he managed to easily avoid his magic being countered, but his kick's strength not so much. Still it wasn't much to him. The portals all opening up, it seems this guy was going to get serious. He hadn't fought this guy before, so he had no idea what he was about to do, as she said, he definitely wasn't going to like it... Then again he didn't like any of these people.

"... You know what", he put his scythe away again, although this time he pocketed his knives... Then stood up, he breathed out, then in a gigantic explosion of his magic all around him, it didn't hit anything except maybe destroy Odinn's portals that were directly above him or a shockwave, but otherwise it didn't do much else,

"HRGH!", he with an almighty stomp completely cratered the ground below him using an ultra-dense concentration of his magic. His hands in his pockets, he kicked one of the stones created from the bit of debris before turning around towards the carnival exit, fiddling with one of his knives like he does sometimes,

"You guys are boring anyway, I'm outta here", this wasn't a good day for him at all... All that was on his mind now, was how he was going to handle that Odinn guy... Those portals, his magic seemed to prevent them from working on him like usual, but he couldn't exactly fight in his Death God's Veil. Gritting his teeth he continued to walk away from the area.

Interacting with:
Ky @Raijinslayer
Odinn @j8cob
Illedrith @Lord SawSaw2
and others I may have missed <.<

---

Rei, despite his cool and calm facade, he was actually biting himself for not being able to intervene or even help in the fight because of the nature of his powers. It was a blessing and a curse at the same time. One of the reasons that he preferred to go on missions independently is because of his magic, basically, it is extremely difficult, or rather control his powers when he has allies attacking the enemy, especially Vega and Illedrith who basically come blow for blow instead of the usual far ranged casting most mages do.

So he instead, reluctantly, opted to stay out of the fight, and didn't even try to do anything physically as it would get in the way. He just stood there watching the fight unfold, he would actually intervene if it was needed, but Odinn, Illedrith and Ky seemed to have the situation handled. It was also an interesting experience to watch the amalgamations of powers clashing. Odinn was getting more progressively angry, much angry than Rei had ever seen, you can feel the irritation in his voice.

"You guys are boring anyway, I'm outta here"

The situation soon defused all of the sudden, with Ashworth waking away from the fight. Rei's demeanor wasn't for the better. He promptly turned to the rather displeased wizards who were now seemingly relaxing with their powers,

"I'll have a talk with the guildmaster about Vega's actions." he whispered outloud, again lightly bowing his head in an almost apologetic manner "I'll also apologize for the action of my guild member once more."

~Ceri~

It didn't take the pair all that long to find Mis among the crowd of people. Following the large amount of magic power being thrown around, wasn't exactly hard for Ceri. It was easy enough to pick out Mis among them, and a few others from the guild as well. Whatever was happening, it felt like it was bad. Ceri could only assume they had gotten involved in a fight with Golem's Hand, and while she hated fighting in all it's forms, and was generally not into it...she didn't want to see Mis get hurt. If anything, she could always help them run. Fleeing was kind of her specialty, after all.

She slowed her pace as the two of them finally managed to get close enough to see what was happening. It was definitely an altercation with the people from Golem's hand. Vega Ashworth. Big surprise there, but at least from the looks of things it had only been a small conflict and it was already over with. This was obviously a relief to Ceri, she audibly sighed in relief as she walked up too Illedrith, still holding onto the shaved ice she had previously been eating.

She let go of Klisa and walked over to Mis, still holding onto that shaved ice.

"U-uhm...M-mis." Her voice was understandably quiet as she gave Mis a gentle tug on her arm to make sure she got her attention. She didn't want to risk Vega hearing her, though he doubted he'd do anything else as long as Illedrith was here but she didn't want to take any chances in dealing with the guy. If she was capable of such a thing as hate, he'd definitely be the one it'd be directed towards.

"A-are you alright?" She looked fine, from what the timid mage could see, but she was still worried.

@Lord Sawsaw2
@KiltmanBagz

@Zeroth

For a brief moment Hans was stunned by Travis' barrage of puns. The takeover mage had tried to turn the tables on him and on any other person this would've probably stunned them. However, Hans was not one to be shaken so easily. A wide grin spread along his face and he chuckled maniacally, a chilling chuckle from his surprisingly deep voice that matched how creepy he looked. His snow white eyes locked with his and he stood up, his lanky form unfolded to show how much of a stick he is.

"My my, I have to hand it to you Travis, that wasn't too bad. You must've battered your brain for ideas until it was as fried as your dog." With a long, bony finger he pushed the fried treat away from him. "So you're not as much as a rock head as I thought you were, big deal. Just like your dog, your bark is worse than your bite. I'm nacho if you're just full of bravado or you're simply just pulling cheesy puns right out of your butt. I swear, you must be stoned if you think your puns can get to me. I should bring you back down to earth and show you the real pun master. I'd rib you a new one, but you would have to drink away that memory later, probably something on the rocks. Now forgive me if I punintentionally offend you, but your puns are so barbaric and beastly that I'm surprised that you haven't taken it over yet.

He laid his palms flat against the table and leaned in closer, chuckling in excitement. "Just like those cardboard standees, you're not cutout for puns if that's all you got. You've tried to beat me at my own game with a punt, but you just fell flat on your ass. You simply pale in comparison to me. Too bad Ria isn't here to see this; she could cool your burns.

Illedrith breathed a deep sigh of relief and resheathed her halberd as Vega walked away from the fight. Most of her mirrors had been consumed by his blast of negative energy, either from blocking for people, or from moving in front of some of the rifts to keep them unscathed. With no further need for them, the mirrors shone brightly as they released their stored power and then shattered into floating motes of light which filled the courtyard briefly. Hearing Rei apologize, she turned to him.

"No need to apologize, this was out of all of our control, it was just good that nobody got hurt and that nothing was damaged. Hopefully your guildmaster will take a formally lodged complaint to heart and do something about it himself in future, rather than leaving it to you."

It was then that she felt a light tug on her sleeve, signalling the return of her favorite soon-to-be-couple. Illedrith smiled at Ceri as she earnestly worried about her big sister.

"No need to fret, I'm fine, though a little tired. It'll take more than a few kicks from an upstart mercenary to pose a threat to me! Enough of that unpleasant business though, how was your foray? Find anything good to eat? I hear there's a decent cafe nearby if you're hungry?" Looking over her shoulder, she addressed the two S-classes: "You're welcome to tag along if you've got nothing better to do. I'd say we all need a good round of drinks after that..."

@hatakekuro

Travis grimaced as the exchange continued, reacting as if he'd received a physical blow every time Hans brought out another terrible, terrible joke. But inch by inch, he began to regain his footing. He grit his teeth and began to formulate his counter attack. He started to open his mouth. Then Hans said the one thing he couldn't take, no matter what.

"SHSHSHSHSHSHHHH!" He suddenly slapped a bear paw over Hans's mouth, his face uncomfortably close, side to side with the pale mage's own as his eyes darted about this way and that. There was utter silence for several moments, then Travis released Hans and stepped away, still peering about like an antelope that knows a lion is nearby.

"Don't say her name!" he hissed. "Speak of the Devil Slayer and she shall appear!" Then, realizing that might possibly be a pun, he pointed one clawed finger at Hans. "And that's not a joke!"

Interacting with:
Ky @Raijinslayer
Odinn @j8cob
Amaterasu @Salrynn
Ethan @Vulkan
and others I may have missed <.<

---

Rei silently declined the offer with a slight headshake, then began walking away with a small short nod towards the Harpy's guild members in a pseudo-goodbye. Rei could finally report his job to the guild. Walking through the festivities the noise was somewhat distracting and annoying to him, but he let go of it, festival and all. The aroma of food lingering as Rei felt slightly hungry, he somewhat felt the hunger after not eating during his job.

Walking through the crowd, people bumped into him, and quickly apologized. Rei didn't really care as most were accidents and unintentional. A balloon caught his eye, it flew away gradually out of the reach of a young child, who began bawling his eyes out. Rei casted gravity displacement on the balloon, carefully maneuvering it into the boys hands before turning off the magic. The boy's grin plastered across his face, as his crying stopped and turn into a hearty laugh as he ran along with his parents.

Rei walked into the guild, quickly and silently reported his job, a few guild members who were drinking stopped and began whispering at the sight of him as he passed by. A mix of fear and maybe awe,

"Wasn't that an S-class job, how'd Rei finish it in a week?"
"I heard that it was close to becoming a 10 year quest."

Rei never actually thought the whispers were about him, having a small, diminutive look at his achievements and prowess. He walked out of the rather grandeur guild and back into the sea of noise. He wanted to sate his hunger, somewhat. A cafe caught his eye, somewhat popular. A ding greeted him as he walked in the store, a waitress greeting him.

"Welco-"

She cut herself off, noticing that it was Rei, seems like he's somewhat infamous? Many patrons eyes were on him for reasons.

"Wel-Welcome Sir!"
"Please ta- take a seat!"

The waitress said, slightly stuttering with her words, another thing Rei was confused about. He sat down and opened the menu, scanning it in less than a minute,

"... Coffee and Sandwich, Egg." Rei said in his normal, cold tone, which made the waitress attending him shiver a little. She scutlled off into the back.

As he awaited his food, he noticed eyes on him, but took no heed on it as per usual. He did notice two notable individuals, the ever troublesome Amaterasu and the flamboyant knight, Ethan. They seemed to be on some outing together, normal people would have thought they were on a date, but not Rei. Rei was slightly curious since they were from different guilds but was pleased at the same time that they could get along. After staring at them for a brief moment he placed his eyes on his table, arm on said table whilst leaning on his arm.

As the scene winded done, Dawn and Dusk would come hurtling down to sheathe themselves into the concrete with a loud ring,settling in an X-design. The air would shimmer slightly infront of the weapons as Ky appeared, drawing his weapons from the ground with ease and flair, adding a bit of a spin to it before finally putting the weapons away. Ky had a tendancy to try and make his entrances/exits very dramatic and 'cool', with varying success. With his little scene finished, he'd give the 3 ladies z silent bow before activating his Veil spell again, causing him to rapidly fade from view in a mysterious manner.

Stealthily making his way from the scene, he made his way into the festival, intent on finding Rei(who'd missed his awesome exit) so that the two could hold a spar, but as he was going about the place invisibly, he sudden found himself bumping into someone, and normally tney both would've fallen, but Ky was quick to regain his footing and grab the other person's hand before they could fall as well. It was at this moment, however,that he realized who he had bumped into was none other than Harpy Wing's musical maestro, Allison. This caused him to move a lot slower and methodically, as he helped pull her up and attempted to ask how she was.

_{"Are you okay?}

Emphasis on 'attemped', as his already quiet voice shrank to an near incoherent mumble, his eyes suddenly finding a nearby pebble to be very interesting. He was struck by an urge to book it, but he didn't want to be rude. That being said, he had the feeling that if he didn't leave, he'd be making a very big fool of himself in front of one of his favorite singers and secret crush. All in all, he was left in a state of nervousnesd, his hands picking at the pommels of Dusk and Dawn as ne tried to think his way through this problem.

@Lmpkio

@Masaki Haruna If you want to have Ria come in and help Ky out(however indirectly or unknowingly)

@LmpKio@RaijinSlayer
And so the Ice Witch took the opportunity to go demon hunting when Jacob used his rift magic and throw her out of the festival, it comes into her mind that it is halfhearted. A decision to attend and bond that is conflicting; Demon Hunting that leads you nowhere or get to know your guild mates more? At that time, Ria is conflicted yet half the time thankful for what situation she's put into, the very least. She came back only to know that the festival seems to be at end or have figured it already did.

Now, Ria is looking for Ceri and Klisa for something that she wanted to talk about and crash by Ms. Rainbow Ice Cream Fanatic for something as well. Ria walks with a new outfit this time. "Hey Ali and--." She stuttered up a bit after noticing the Golem Boy with a girly name. Well don't all Golems have girly names? Pretty much, she could remember one of the very few who does panty stalking rather a vibe from it every time she wears her favorite skirt. "Hello!" Amicably with her friendly warm and cold open arms to the fellow golem. "Is there something you need, Big Brother?" It all sounded so sisterly complex with the tone of her voice, so loud that it might get everyone the wrong idea. All this is done because of how her attention is left and right, not knowing what to do. Either hunt demons or what?

@Zeroth

"Yeesh man, just saying here name once isn't going to have her pop up here. You first have say her name three times and leave a tub of ice cream out in the middle of a pentagram as a sacrifice." Hans said in a matter a fact tone even though he was joking. In reality, even if that bull crap was true, she would run off screaming like she had done on multiple occasions when he tried to approach her. He didn't really understand why. He offered to go out and get ice cream with her once in a friendly matter and she ran as if a ghost was chasing her. All he wanted to do was leave a good impression on her and she wouldn't give him the chance. Talk about cold.

"So what's your deal with her? She isn't exactly someone that can strike terror into the hearts of people." The bone man scratched his chin wondering why Travis was so afraid of such a short, adorable person. A smug look soon spread along his face and he poked Travis' side. "Ohohohohoho. I see how it is Travis, you sly dog you. Don't worry, I won't tell a soul. I just pray that your shyness will melt away that ice of hers." He gave the Golem Hand mage a playful wink.

It seemed the display of power was enough to convince Vega to give up trying to fight. Sure, Illedrith probably helped with her mirrors, but it didn't matter much either way. As soon as Vega started walking away all the Rifts began to close one at a time until the sky was no longer perforated by their spacey shapes. With his hands back in his pockets, Odinn let out a sigh of relief. Seems I don't have to crush the place he thought to himself, making sure to keep that knowledge to himself. The Rifts he had made were prepared to forcefully eject enough massive pillars of stone to turn the street into rubble, but nobody needed to know the severity of the attack he didn't have to use. Especially not Illedrith, as she would surely berate him for being irresponsible with his power.

Speaking of Illedrith. "You owe me a drink for this," Odinn said casually, turning to face her after Rei departed. "I took time off my busy schedule to come here and I almost had to get in a fight. Not cool at all." A smile formed on his face after a brief moment of deadpan seriousness. He was joking about the complaint, but deep down he did hope she would buy him a beer. She probably wouldn't though. "You girls can have your day together though. I'll just find a quiet corner and settle down. All this walking I've been doing is troublesome." With another cocky grin he gave a wave goodbye to Illedrith, Klisa, and Ceri before walking back to the booze stand he was standing at before. "How much was it for a drink here again?"

@hatakekuro

"Seriously? You think I have a crush on her?" Travis pulled a similar face as he had when he had nearly come to blows with Vega. "Have you ever actually talked to that crazy loli? It's like diarrhea of the mouth with her. And she's as bad as Vega when it comes to throwing her magic around over stupid shit."

He shook his head and sighed, his arms turning back to normal as he picked up what was left of his plate of nachos.

"Anyway, man, enjoy the rest of the festival. The pun thing...actually wasn't really so bad." He chuckled. "I'll try to think up some more next time, huh? You've won the battle, but not the war, Hans-y. I'll see ya around."

Hopping the cafe's fence rail again he headed back out into the street. Arm wrestling, snack food, pun wars...Vega was a dark cloud on this otherwise sunny day, but Travis could ignore him long enough to finish out the rest of the day. Probably. Hopefully. He decided to swing by the game booths, though he'd give Hans's doppleganger a break. Maybe some of the townspeople had cardboard cutouts of Vega.

Much mirth and cheer was had by the residents of Luna Crescente, with food and fun and, of course, the inevitable chaos brought by mage guilds. It probably wouldn't even have mattered if the mages of either Golem's Hand or Harpy's Wing could be considered "normal" personalities. The art of magic was the art of taking a piece of one's self and uniting it with the energies of nature. The product of that connection, the energy unleashed by that reaction, was Magic. Magic was reflective of one's self. Mages could never avoid standing out in society, because as long as they used Magic, they would lay their hearts bare to the world.

And just as it was natural for them to stand out among those who did not use that power, it was natural for them to gather among those of like nature. Desires and fears. Dark pasts, and hope for the future. Friendships and hardships. Alliances and rivalries. For a mage, all could be found in one place:

The Guild.

---

After the events of the festival, Travis headed back to his apartment building with a tired, slogging gait. He'd eaten til he felt like bursting, played til he felt like passing out, and now he looked forward to a bright new morning and the work it would--hopefully--bring.

"Wonder who I should work with tomorrow?" he thought as he stood on his doorstep, wrestling with his pockets for his keys. "Hm. If that monster hunting job is still up I might ask Sunny. And maybe..." He finally got the door open, and strode into the flat. It was a simple arrangement, just a two bed, single bath layout (though he didn't have a roommate, so the second bedroom was just a storage/workout room) with a small living area and attached kitchen. "Nah, Amy will be my last resort--before Vega, at least. If Rei's around I'll ask him. Or Ky."

He locked the door and pulled his jacket off as he walked into his bedroom, but didn't bother with anything else. Flopping down on his back, arms and legs spread haphazardly across the covers, the Take-Over mage was soon sound asleep and snoring as loudly as the Arzuros.

In the Golem's Hand guild, Ky woke up, stretching a bit as he looked out the window of his room, feeling like the festival yesterday had gone, well enough. THe low point of the day, however, was when he used Ria's intrusion to mutter off a garbled excuse, released Allison's hand, and quickly fled the seen feeling quite embarrassed with himself. Definitely not one of his finest moments, to be sure, but hopefully it wouldn't comeback to bite him in the ass one day. Now that he was up, he went through his regular schedule, brushing his teeth, taking a quick, cold shower to wake himself up, than a slightly longer one to actually clean himself, before walking down to the guild hall proper, deciding to check on the requests for the day.

On the notice board where a bunch of missions, from ones he wouldn't think of taking, they were so out of his league, to others that were so easy he could do them in his sleep. He wasn't in the mood for something super difficult today, but definitely wasn't looking for a walk in the park. He wanted something mildly challenging today, and a few missions seemed to qualify. One was a monster hunting mission that he was pretty sure Travis had expressed interest in yesterday, so he could join the hot head on that mission, though the monster looked like a real doozy of a beast. The next was a request asking for mages to take out a rogue robot some mage had created that had holed up in a cave system across the lake. It was apparently real strong and had deemed itself a protector of the lake and protesting the hunting of it's fish with lethal results. Another mission called for the rescue of a girl who'd been kidnapped into the forest by some local bandits, a few of them were rogue mages and thus considered highly dangerous, and the leader in the possession of some sort of magical artefact as well. The final mission that he found of interest was one including an old wizard requesting for a few young mages to come to his home and keep him company, as well as partake in a few experiments for him. While not the most exciting, this was obviously a man of means,a s the rewards listed for the job were quite high for the tasks given.

_{"So many choices . . . so little time . . ."}

In the Harpy's Wing Guild, these same quest were also present, as well as one asking for the robot's safe return rather than it's destruction and another detailing a mysterious sickness being present in some of the wildlife in the town's lake, causing them to mutate and attack the populace. The corruption had been traced to a nearby system of underwater caves, though what may be the cause is anybody's guess, as non-sent into the caves have ever returned to tell.