[IC] Fairy Tail: We Are Family

[Jollan]

Ander sat up as he heard footsteps on the quiet streets below. He made his way to the tip of the spire, and could see both Cilia and Inigo as they approached. They were not with the rest of the group, however, he was not surprised. He pulled out a bead that was in his pocket, he was keeping it to look into what it was, but he guessed that the answer was in front of him. As they approached he crushed it in his hand and let the pieces fall. He finished his bread-stick as he waited to see what they would do.

[booksmusicanime]

Cilia stopped when she saw the bead. "Inigo stay down here. Only come up if I call for you." She said softly squeezing his hand one last time and she let go. She quickly climbed up the building and spotted Ander. "Ander I'm not here to hurt you. I just want to talk."

[ShadowVentus]

"Alright." Inigo responds, knowing that she'd be fine on her own, but would run in when the time called for his assistance. He eyed Ander warily, analyzing and utilizing what info he could get from Ander's body language, forming a strategy.

[Jollan]

Ander rolled forward from the spire and went into a freefall. His crystal split in two and went to his feet so that when he got close to the ground, it would slow him down to a stop. He silently stepped off the crystals as they merged back together and went in its sheath. He looked between Cilia and Inigo, keeping an eye on both of them, from beneath his hood and muffler.

"I'm listening." he simply said. He stayed in what more or less seemed like a relaxed position, but was ready to move any second if need be.

[booksmusicanime]

"I know somewhere that you remember both Inigo and I Ander. Can you remember that?" Cilia asked keeping her posture calm and relaxed but she was ready to fight at a moment's notice.

[Jollan]

Ander let the question hang in the air for a moment before replying. "I feel as if I should know of you, but I don't. Even if I did, I still don't know who you are. Friend... or foe? As things stand so far, you have been standing on the later end of this question."

[booksmusicanime]

"We're friends. We only fought because we thought you were going to harm one of our guild mates." Cilia said, she felt exhausted with this conversation already.

[Jollan]

Ander shook his head, "Alright then, prove it to me. What is something I would know, that I would not share with others unless they knew me."

[booksmusicanime]

"Your sister." Cilia said as she crossed her arms.

[Jollan]

Though he wouldn't admit it, Ander was a little taken back at the fact that she knew of Terra. However, if she had spoken to Dremmick at all, he could have told her that much. But then again, Dremmick wouldn't go blurting out things about missions, much less personal ones, to just anybody. He would have had to trust them.

"If you know about her then you should know very well why I am doing this."

[booksmusicanime]

"Yes I do Ander." Cilia said closing her eyes.

[Jollan]

Ander was beginning to get annoyed. For someone who came here to speak with him, it seemed a lot like he was doing most the talking, and he didn't like to talk a lot anyways.

"THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!" he shouted. "I have less than three days, THREE, before she is executed.... This never involved her, but unless I do something we will BOTH be dead. Can't you see? The Jailers see us as a threat, a forbidden magic that needs to be extinguished. A tool made to get a job done and then destroyed so that no one can use it against them."

Ander was quiet for a moment after his short outburst. He pulled his hood back and off his head and looked Cilia straight in the eye. Instead of the normal expressionless face that he had learned to master, or even a look of anger, he had face that was wrought in anguish. "I know my fate," he said pointing at his chest, "But I can change what is to become of my sister's. She doesn't have to die, and I won't let her...." he calmed down before he finished, "I will come for the fire crystal from that dragon slayer. Don't try to stop me, Cilia."

A look of confusion came about his brow as he somehow remembered her name, but he quickly threw up his hood and jumped away, out of sight, unwilling to continue the conversation after the strange occurrence.

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Dremmick was still cleaning his knife to perfection as her returned in time to catch the end of the exchange. He sheathed his knife. "Odd... isn't that the exact phrase he said the last time we all parted ways?"

[ShadowVentus]

Inigo walked to join Cilia and Dremmick, returning to Cilia's side as he spoke to Dremmick. " I believe so. More importantly, he seemed to remember Cilia's name..." He responded, looking a bit puzzled himself as he tried to wrap his head around Ander's outburst. "To change his sister's fate is a noble cause....but will his method actually work?" He asks.

[Jollan]

"Well, to an end... yes, but with dire consequences." Dremmick started. "To break the curese, it would take the magic essence of the earlier mentioned types of dragon slayers. Normally, to do that, it would require making them a living sacrifice. However, with Ander's power, he can obtain the magic without killing the victim in the form of a crystal. Unofrtunately, however, it requires the sacrifice of the person casting the spell as well, because it will take his magic energy as well. Meaning that if he succeeded in at least breaking this curse, he could very well die as a result." Dremmick shifted uncomfotably. "I think he believes that if they are both going to die, might as well save the other. Something happened tonight though, he is starting to remember."

[booksmusicanime]

"If he can remember then that's good! We may be able to convence him to stop this stupid plan. Plus if he remembered my name that's a huge step, escpecalliy with it being my nickname that he said." Cilia said looking at Dremmick and Inigo. "Though we have to stop him before he does anything stupid. And someone's going to have to get his sister out of danger..." She said, starting to make plans in her head.

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((I'm bringing back Ris and dropping Ashkii.)) Ris had sat crouched on a roof, hidden in the shadows. She was watching her sister's conversation with Ander.

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Crystal sat in a alley way, hidden from sight in case Ander came her way.

[ShadowVentus]

"Well said. I just wonder if there's any sort of alternative method to breaking the curse on Terra without either of their deaths being the result..." Inigo says as he begins to brainstorm for any sort of loophole in the curse based off of what he currently knows.

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Hidden away in the branches of a tree nearby the house on which Ris is perched, Morgan and Leon are on standby, Morgan sighing quietly with relief as no sort of fight results from Cilia and Ander's conversation. Leon, no longer sensing Ander's presence signals to his niece that everything's clear, the duo stepping off and landing noiselessly on the ground as they walk over to regroup with Cilia, Inigo, and Dremmick.

[Jollan]

Dremmick made a small bow toward the arriving group, greeting them. "Well, well. looks like there was actually quite an audience tonight, eh?"

[booksmusicanime]

Ris hopped up onto the chimney next to her. "It's not an audience unless I'm here." She called down, strands on her shoulder length pink hair fluttered behindher in the breeze that was up there on top of the chimney.

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Cilia turned in an instant when she heard Ris's voice.

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Crystal stepped out of the alley and join the rest of the group.

((Sorry I didn't reply sooner. My Ipad wouldn't let me get to the subscriptions.))

[Jollan]

"Well, since you are here I guess it is an audience," he said smiling.

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Elsewhere, Ander's head was writhing in pain. Slowly, some of his memories were coming back to him as he concentrated on them. The curse, although it was originally fairly strong, had worn down over time. His exposure to the person's involved in those memories were revealing those that had been shrouded by the curse. While not fully freed from it, he was making progress, no matter how painful it came.

Though he could remember Cilia and Inigo a little better now, he still had the resolve not to let them interfere.

[booksmusicanime]

Ris hopped off the chimney and slide down the roof. She landed beside her sister in a quiet, almost no existent thud. "If you need me to get someone out of harms way I can do that much." She said crossing her arms.

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"Ris, when, how?!" Cilia asked, shocked by her sister's sudden appearance.