Listening to the masked wizard's conditions for making the book theirs made him furious. Even after they had finished, he couldn't hold himself back. He stuttered as he spoke, but he got his words out somehow. "How... dare you...?" He looked down. "How dare you say those things?" He looked up, appearing to be crying, but holding it back the best he could. "Who would do such things to get hold of that book?!" He was angry, but still teared up, clenching his fists. He spoke under his breath. "We'll find you Wes... I promised." He looked back at the masked wizard. "Why can you not see? Every person who bears this mark..." he showed off his guild mark, "...Strives to make this world a better place. That's all we want. That's... all I want. A world where everyone can be a t peace with themselves, and everyone in it!" His tears streamed from his face. ""And Wes should be a part of that world! Phoenix wing's world, my world..." He stuttered. He wiped his tears and glared towards Sasha, indicating he was going to fight this man were she to not stop him. Lazarus charged up his fist with light magic. "How stand in my way of getting Wes back..." His tone had become scary like.

Sasha wasn't quite sure what to make of that. "Um. Well. Over there you have Mayt, Penny, James, Laza-" but Lazarus was by her once more, addressing the strange mage. And all she could think if was that Lazarus was in no state to fight. As he made a move to fight the strange wizard, Sasha darted in front of him. "Lazarus. No. I agree he is a horrible person, but you can't fight, you used up too much strength. Please, we can deal with him later. I don't want to see you like Penny is!"

###Magnolia### The streets of Magnolia were as bustling as usual, despite the local guild taking a field trip. While the news of Phoenix Wing's venture had spread quickly, it seems that there haven't been any sudden urges to commit crime while the wizards were away. On the other end of the scale, despite the news, there were some people that didn't know Phoenix Wing was out of town. The person in the purple hooded cloak stopped in front of the Guild Hall, taking a moment to examine the front entrance. The figure stood at a fairly average height but had narrow shoulders and black boots visible underneath the cloak. They stepped forward, extending a tan, feminine arm towards the door. From the wrist to the elbow it was covered by a golden greave and the hand itself had a dark glove. It reached for the doors, giving them a solid push. But the door simply moved slightly, remaining closed. The figure paused a moment before giving another try at opening the door. Once again, it remained closed. A feminine growl of frustration was heard as the other arm, wearing identical greaves and gloves, was placed against the doors to the Hall. Another shove was given but the locked doors remained shut. Rather than accepting the fact the front entrance was locked, the figure took a step back and hopped up slightly. Her right leg shot out from under the cloak, revealing a tan leg, and slamming the boot into the double-doors. The entrance was shattered, blasting the doors across the Guild Hall and knocking over a table in the process. As the woman landed on the ground and let out an irritated sigh, she turned back towards the street. Several civilians had been walking by and were now stopped and staring at the spectacle. "Move along!" the woman shouted at them angrily, causing the bystanders to start walking at a very brisk pace. With that settled the cloaked woman stepped inside the Hall, taking a look around. If it wasn't obvious by the locked doors, it was obvious now that nobody was home. "Damn."

Lazarus trembled a little bit, considering what she said. "What is the point of having magic, if you back down when it gets tough?" He grunted. "I don't care if I get beaten to a pulp, or even killed, if remaining silent now means giving up." He looked Sasha in the eyes. "I will not give up. Even if my magic runs dry, I will beat this man for his sins. Heaven will bring judgement on him by force." He glared. "If not now, but later. I am going to be the wizard to defeat this sinner. And you are going to be by my side when I do it. For Wes' sake." He nodded, grunted and released the magic from his fist. "You are lucky, masked man. Your judgement will not come at this moment in time. Cower now in the little time you have left, and fear the god's power before it punishes you for you awful sins." And with that he flicked his coat and walked away, pulling Sasha along for a moment. "What are we supposed to do now?"

Melina started laughing, and she twirled her weapon, a bit of blood left on the edge flicking off and hitting Lazarus in the face. **"Funny, that the sinner should damn another, before the second does any action worth damning. But it seems a dash hypocrisy is healthy in any mix. But, besides, you're failing to see that what he perceives as 'right' may be drastically different than yours."** She smiled, and pointed her weapon at Lazarus for a moment. **"And, as a note, *angel*, I'd hate to see this man's blood spilt. Especially by someone who falsely calls themselves an angel, or forgets that angels and gods are just as capable of atrocities as any other being. And why should he cower? Because the 'divine light of retrebution' is coming for him? Pretty Holier-Than-Thou talk from someone who just threatened to kill someone."** She chuckled again, before pulling her scythe back, resting it in the crook of her arm as she began perusing the book on blood magic she recovered earlier.

Wizard X glanced toward the light colored boy as his face was stained with tears, his word almost desperate as he confronted the mask figure. They shut the book and jumped down to their level. It was impossible to see their expression due to the mask, but their tone of voice slightly changed from the amused tone they had as they poked games at these fellows. Though was still obviously not scared of these fellows. **"You're good kids. Perhaps a little naive, but good kids. Relax Little Star, I don't plan to get in your way. I just wanted to make sure your Guild is what I thought it was. I would have to be called a liar if it wasn't.** The wizard said before the tone switched to amused once more. **"Plus I already made my point and your little book is back with the previous simple rule. Do try to listen to your little icecube girlfriend. You're not in any shape to fight a wizard. Plus it's rather rude to hurt someone else's kids for little reason."** they chuckled as the two guild members walked away before looking to the blood wizard. Though the girl may be odd, she was pretty smart for her age as well. Quite intriguing. A opponent that was to be wary both of magic and because she seemed to know quite a bit. Also maybe a little bit of a smartass. Heh, reminds them of themselves a little bit. As he two walked away, the figure looked to Trinity and teleported right in front of her before leaning closer. A whisper being uttered. **"Do take care of the cat for me. This Guild will just make him more hyper."** They whispered.

"It's not giving up! He just isn't the problem at the moment" sasha said softly, looking back at the strange wizard. "We can deal with him later. Our focus now is protecting the book, and yes, if that involves protecting it from him, then you can fight him" she said, still holding her satchel. She sighed, and said "the weird wizard said something about a Wes here. We could check that out" she said, wanting to give Lazarus something to do. But as Melina talked, Sasha rounded on her "what the hell would you know? You are an opportunist, and you know nothing as to who we are and what we are. Lazarus is more angelic then you can hope to be" And she froze as the Strange wizard spoke "keep talking, and we will see just how little I am, wizard." She said softly, looking over, "I grow tired of you antics." --- Noise echoed around the guild, and indeed throughout the streets of magnolia. Light flashed, and a clear warning echoed, saying "do not come any closer" and for one brief instant, the intruder might feel as if the air was lighter ---- Jamie returned to the library, survey what appeared to have happened in his absence. Which wasn't much. She dismissed the strange mage, for now. He didn't appear to be any particular threat, and approached the others and ignoring Melina's little digs, knowing she was just trying to ger a rise, said. "Melina, I'd appreciate a favor. If a headphone wearing mage leaves the town, could you have Nithera follow him, at least to make sure he actually gets out the town without being killed." Without waiting for an answer, Jamie proceeded to go to Damian and Masahiko.

Melina smiled at Sasha's words, closing the book, and looking up at her. Her tone was knowing, and a touch dangerous. **"Even the best angels can become demons Sasha."** She chuckled, before glancing over to Master Jamie. **"Mithera already has a charge she's dealing with. And I believe she may've fallen asleep, so your headphone mage will have to handle hisself for a bit."** She set the blood magic book on a shelf as she let her blood queen armor deactivate, it turning into blood and splashing down on the floor and on the bindings of a few books. **"But for the sake of good will, I'll try to tell her to keep an eye out if she's got a spare one."** She slipped back into the library, looking for more tomes on blood magic.

**"Now now, temper temper. You'll melt if you get any hotter, icecube."** Wizard X said as they turned away from Trinity to look to Sasha. **"But my antics made your little book so much easier to open! Minus the parts of using you as amusement while waiting for the testosterone of the boys over there, and down there to simmer down."** the wizard said in amusement as they noted Masahiko and Damian, and Grane and Maddox. Though it seemed Masahiko and Damian weren't really fighting anymore and were simply talking. As Jamie passed, the masked wizard wiggled their fingers in a greeting before the wizard cracked their fingers and flipped through another book.

"**That's not what I meant.**" Trinity shook her head when Sasha listen off the guildmates. "**More what I meant was... I don't properly know why we're here. I can take a few stabs at it, but you see what I'm saying? Why did we just attack your Magic Council? I just kinda got swept into things.**" "**Easy there, Lazarus. If he becomes a problem, /I'll/ fight him. We don't need you hurting yourself... oooor the Master can do it, here she is.**" Trinity looked over, her attention further piqued at the mention of Phones. "**Oh, did you run into punk-ass? Glad someone did- ah!**" She gave a little susprised yelp as Mask de Smith approached her suddenly. "**What, are your legs broken?**" She hisses as him, though her temper d as she heard him speak to her. "**Mm, is *that* your game...?**" She studied him before shooing him off. "**C'mon, now, part of being the mysterious masked figure is knowing when to make an exit. You've let me deduce too much already. Scram.**"

The wizard chuckled at Trinity's shooing, draping their left arm over their head dramatically. **"Oh but then I'd would miss out on the beautiful faces of young girls and the defined muscles of the men. And pretty boys like the Little Star. All there is here is frogs, lizardmen or old people for eye candy. Might as well have them raise a sign saying 'None shall pass' over anything good."** Wizard X said dramatically but chuckled in amusement, seeming to quite enjoy messing around the people in the library, that were conscious enough to handle it at least.

"A angel only because a demon because people stop believe in them. Which will not happen with Lazarus, blood witch" Sasha said, glad when she seemed to go about her business once more, away from them. Sasha didn't like her, one bit. Nor did she like the unknown, strange wizard. She decided to ignore him for now, and turned back to Lazarus. ----- Master Jamie stopped for a minute, studying the strange wizard, then said, "You should be more care what you say and do, after all, anything that splash's on the guild, will splash on someone you might not want it to splash onto" That was all Jamie said, continuing towards the now talking Damian and Masahiko. She could play at mind games too. Let the wizard wonder just what she knew. "Are you two have a battle of words now?" Running a hand through his hair, Jamie took out papers from one of the numerous pockets in his clothes, folded so they stayed there. "I assume you will clean up the council's mess, old friend. I think these papers might do you some good. Everything known on the dark guilds that I could find, as well as the dark guilds my guild has managed to handle these last few months. And proof of the council's...misdemeanors. You can try and punish Phoenix Wing for these actions, but you forget Jarvis's many unique skills with Lacrima''s. I didn't do this just on a whim. I had hoped of course for more peaceful talks, but well, Angelica has always been hard and fast. And all about her. Did I hope to manipulate the council?" A shrug, "Perhaps. There's more reason for being here then simply retrieving the book for a lost member, even though that is a big part" And here Jamie stopped. Paused. Continued. "You have two choice's here, Masahiko. Either you make it so that you asked me and my guild for help dispatching those on the council that were corrupted by their own power, or that I came to you with information to do just that. I have the information, by the way, or Jarvis does. the other option is that you declare Phoenix Wing a dark guild, and have the people of Magnolia, the people of Fiore that the guild has helped, and it's been a lot of towns, a lot of people, revolt against you and the king. You've never chosen the stupid option before, and I don't see you trying it now." Jamie couldn't help but wondered how Grane and Maddox were doing. He knew Jarvis was trying to find them, and hoped Maddox would be alright. This was all like a game of chess, and Jamie liked staying two moves ahead of her opponents. "either way, Phoenix Wing will go on. We will pay for any damages, and perhaps get you a strong building for the Council, because, lets face it, this one is flimsy" She waved a hand around the library, the random holes and damages, "Either way, Masahiko, if you don't address the fact that the council was darkened by their own power, you will have people fearing magic once more. setting us all back years"

**"The same could be said of you, Jamie. But when my wave splashes your guild and splashes the one I care about, it will be too late to stop it. I just hope your guild is kind enough to pick up the broken person's pieces."** The wizard answered, calmly, before watching the Guild Master walk over to Masahiko and Damian and started to rant about the Council and how corrupt it was and blah blah blah. Same things they've been saying since they got here, and probably before. Looking over the other Guild members, seeming to watch their behavior with one another. --- *It was dark again, and so cold. He didn't know where he was, it was just too dark. The musky air and the smell of seawater drifted in his nose, the overpowering stink of alcohol burning his sensitive nostrils. This was a place he knew well, and brought a chilling realization to the young boy. Looking down at himself, Karn noticed his body was smaller. Only just a little child in poor rags as clothes. There was no one in the wooden house, and his nervous form started to move around, peeking around corners as he went by.* *'Daddy? Big Brother?' His softer childish voice spoke out with concern. For what, he wasn't sure. As he walked down a hall , he came upon a room with a single wooden chair with a washcloth and a wooden bucket.* *Moving closer to the set up cautiously, he peered down at the bucket, seeing his own reflection. It was then, in the reflection, he saw a massive hand creep up behind the blonde hair. Before he could quickly turn around, a sharp grip slammed against his head, shoving him down face first into his reflection. Feeling it dive into a icy cold wetness, the taste of salt that invaded his nose and mouth.* *The little boy couldn't breathe, couldn't get away, couldn't even scream... And no matter how hard he thrashed and fought, it didn't stop. Until he could struggle no more.* He wasn't sure how long it had been, minutes, hours, who knew. But the striking pain had simmered down a little at least, leaving a dull ache to the blonde hair boy. Karn slowly blinked his emerald green eyes open. Seeing the blue sky above him, and feeling the warmth that had enveloped him as he fell asleep. It was comforting, compared to the cold chill he felt just moments before. Shifting a little and stretching slightly, Karn glanced to the dragon to see if she was awake.

Mithera had almost fallen asleep when she felt Karn moving, and lifted up her head slowly. **"Welcome back to the world of the living."** She stated flatly, taking her wing back off him and looking him over. **"You look a bit better than you did before you fell asleep, at least."** Picking him up by his shirt again, she set him standing up, watching to see if he'd fall over. **"You also wriggle a bit in your sleep, but after the time I think you had back in the council, that isn't particularly surprising."** She put her head back on the ground, watching him with an odd curiosity.

"Well, I suppose I'll just stand guard, then." Trinity sighed softly and found herself something to lean up against. She readied an arrow as a formality, simply holding it against the string. "What I've gathered is that you're looking for a lost guild member. Someone named Wes? Heeeee... disappeared *somehow*, and he's now... somewhere called Eidolas? I've heard its name in song, but no more. Some far away continent? Fairy Tail went there long ago, and that's why you need the book. Reliable directions through treacherous seas? Directions through secret tunnels or caverns?" She shook her head. "I haven't figured that part out yet. Maybe that's because you don't know, either?"

Sasha sighed as Trinity seemed to fish for answers. "He disappeared as we were conducting an S class exam. I don't know if he's in Edolas or not, or what, but Master Jamie seems pretty sure, and that's good enough for me. Edolas is...a counterpart to earthland, which is Fiore, like a parallel universe. That's all I know, and only because my mentor told me about that. i have no idea how he knew it. I don't know how to get there, and I don't think Master Jamie does either, otherwise why would we need the book?" She shrugged, "If Wes is there, we'll find him. If not, then I'm sure Master Jamie has another reason for finding the book. Something Serious, besides finding Wes" ------ Darkness. It wasn't something Penny liked. Suffocating, pressing, empty, somehow silent and loud at the same time, Darkness. It pressed on her, made her panic, made her feel as if she were...floating, as if the darkness would swallow her, and she would be no more. For one crazy moment, she thought that she could hear the rush of blood in her ears, and there was a slight wetness, a heaviness, to one eye. Her fingers, toes, body, all felt heavy, and sluggish. There was pain, pain, pain, in her left arm, left wrist, and it hurt to breath. Why weren't her eyes opening? A hitch in her breathing. What if they were open, and she just...couldn't...see? More panic, fear, horror. Pain in her chest, her side, as her breathing became more erratic. She felt cold. A sob rose, tore through her throat, hurting her, and burst out. Her eyes flickered under closed lids-_Ah, so they were closed!_-and she tried to open them. Her right eye opened, her left stayed closed. Panic still, but not as much. She hurt so much. She tried to sit up, but her left arm hurt so much, her side screamed in protest. And her head swam. She would have closed her eye, but was scared if she did, it would never open again. Finally, unable to take laying on her back any longer, she struggled up, gritting her teeth over the pain, the nausea that rose up. she cradled her arm to her chest, leaned slightly at the pain in her side. She choked back another sob, and raised her right hand to her left eye, and wiped away blood, gently poking at the lid, nudging it open as the dried blood was taken off her skin. The eye, red bloodied, clouded, glazed seemed to stare at nothing for a moment, before focusing. She stared at the floor, as the room seemed to spin. Where was she? Was everyone else alright? What had happened? had a train hit her? Her thoughts, slow, groggy and pain filled ran through her head.

### Karn #### Fiore || Kabo || City Outskirts ##### Interacting: Mithera Karn smiled brightly at the dragon as she looked to him, blinking a little as he was picked up again and placed on his feet in order to test it out. He stumbled a little, and favored his uninjured leg, but he was at least as to stand again. Raising his arms a little, he moved them side to side in order to stretch out his chest a little, testing if there was anything broken. **"Mhm yeah, my Chimera side helps me get on my feet a little bit faster. Though I'm going to be sore for awhile."** Karn chuckled as he out his hands on his hips, making sure they were alright as well. At Mithera's comment, he paused for a brief moment, thinking back on the memory within a dream before giving soft laugh, scratching his left cheek with his left index finger . **"Mhmm yeah? Guess my injuries bothered me a little bit."** He said with the same cheerful smile, though if perhaps if one knew his smile, this one had faltered ever so slightly in comparison. **"So Mythy, why are you here at Kabo? You don't really smell like your with the guild, but I'm not sure of it."** he asked curiously as he started to slowly stretch his legs, flinching a little at his injured one. --- ### Wizard X #### Fiore || Kabo || Council Library ##### Interacting: Penny As the others chatted about their little friend, the mysterious wizard teleported to kneeling beside the fire wielding user known as Penny. Looking her over, the wizard moved their hands swiftly, muttering a few words before a bunch of medical supplies appeared beside them. Before raising a index finger and moving it from eye to eye. **"Penny the little firebird, can you hear me? And watch my finger? You should try to rest a little more. Grane hit you pretty hard."** they said, fiddling with some supplies.

[James] Pushing the strange wizard aside, James tends to Penny, laying her back down and using Healing Pulse. "I'll take care of my guild mate, thanks. Sasha, find me some water, we need to clean her up some, my magic can heal the cuts but I'd rather not risk infection that I might miss." The state Penny was in had him furious, and as soon as he was done healing her up, he was grabbing Damian and they were going to find that over large pet lizard and showing him what Phoenix Wing could do.

Mithera watched the other mage regain his balance carefully. **"What brings me to Kabo? Well, my wings are what brought me here, as for why I wanted to come here? I wanted my little Blood Mage to learn some new magic, and the Council was the nearest place that may have a wealth of information on the subject."** She lifted her head, and shifted so she was lower against the ground. **"As with the smell, I hung around Phoenix Wing for about three months, ending yesterday. So it should come as no surprise. Personally, I'm amazed they didn't slap a guild mark on me for that time."** She moved her leg to the side a bit. She let out a slight huff. **"Too bad I have to take you back to the guild sooner or later. It would've been nice to learn more about your magic from... Observation, but you seem too Kind to want to hang around Melina for any length of time."** --- Melina heard the unknown wizard talking to Penny, suggesting she was waking up, and Melina moved so that she could see him working on the injured firebug, and that Penny could see her too. Melina smiled, remembering that she could now track Penny no matter where she went, so long as she put her mind to it. She looked over at Mayt, who was still out cold, but breathing normally. She walked over to Penny and the Wizard, looking over them. **"So what exactly happened to her? Looks like more than any normal weapon, and I don't recognize it at all."**

### Penny and Sasha Penny glared daggers at the unknown Wizard, and would have pushed him away, if James hadn't got there first, but she didn't like being pushed back down, especially when she couldn't fight back up. She hissed out a breath as she heard Melina's voice, and struggled up once more, narrowing her eyes. The effect of the glare was probably lightened by the fact that it wasn't really a glare. "I don't want her near me" She said, her throat sore. She looked to James as Sasha knelt down, with a bottle of water. "best I can do" Sasha said, studying Penny's various injuries. It angered her, and the worst thing was, she couldn't do anything about it. It frustrated her, but at least she could offer some help, and when Penny said she didn't want the blood mage Melina near her, Sasha remembered the note that had been slipped into her pocket. _"M"?_ Melina? Sasha shifted, blocking Melina from Penny's sight.