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Fenixtear - A Fairy Tail RP

Menzai Isanami

Continued on with pulling the cart without a word spoken or complaint save but for the sniffling of his nose of which he found cumbersome and a tad embarrassing. As he was taught and told that out here signs of weakness were especially dangerous for him and yet to be reduced to a sniffling mess over something mundane like flowers might of had him showing his frustration were it not for the rune suppressing and preventing such an unneeded outburst.

It would not do to allow himself to seem easily rattled or unsettled over something silly like flowers, especially around a person that left him with a slight tinge of unease. Though of course he felt a bit uneasy and suspicious towards human in general as he was not allowed the comfort of being relaxed, his guard even if only slightly would always be up regardless of who he was traveling as such risks come from an outsider from a different place and time.

Eventually they came upon the tree settled a short time earlier and pulled to a stop. Both glad for the bit of rest and curious of what it was Ms. Bloomfield planned to do. He had turned his body partway from the bar to see the red haired woman drop down from the cart where he would be asked to remain where he was though the second half of what she said piqued his curiosity even more." Of course, Ms. Bloomfield. Take the time needed and will remain as requested of the miss." Lightly bowing his head to show he understood as his hands slipped into into the long sleeves of his haori to rest across his chest.

The canine kin turned until his back face the direction she stepped away to as he could hear the ruffling of clothes and figured she was changing. At first assuming the woman to simply be changing into clothes better fitting for work to make pushing the cart somewhat more comfortable. Whatever the reason, he did as requested; focusing his attention and hearing instead on the woods around them so as not to listen in on her privacy as he observed and kept watch for any possible threat that may try to encroach on them.

Even with his sense of smell hindered a bit by the flowers, he could still smell all the scents picked up around him. And so far had sensed nothing out of place, that is until Alina's scent suddenly dispersed and was replaced by that of an unappealing scent of a sweaty male. His body turned halfway to have the tree his companion disappeared behind as his body became tense and alert.

Both his long sleeved arms were at his sides, hands unfolded and slightly curled as the tips of his right clawed index and middle finger held a faint glow. He kept himself at the ready to form barriers for if the unknown individual made any attempts to attack. He waited for whoever it was to step out and reveal themselves as his nose sniffed frantically trying to make sense of how Alina's scent could vanish so suddenly.

A voice eventually spoke out, but the sound of it sounded strange as it carried a hint of Alina's though also strained and mixed in with that of a male. An eyebrow rose out of confusion at hearing the person state they were done; a reply expected from Ms. Bloomfield and it came from the exact same spot she had stood prior.

Moments later the wolf would watch an unexpectedly tall and burly figure step out from behind the tree. He stood there blinking at seeing one of the well built workers he recalled seeing back at the greenhouse, but with a strange bit of nervousness to his walk instead of the confidant and tired stroll of the experience male he saw prior. With each step the person made towards him, the tension in his body lessen and the faint glow fading from the tips of his fingers.

Both the smell and sound of her heartbeat had changed but somehow this was...Ms. Bloomfield? A sudden wave of questions flooded his mind. Was this her magic? Was this akin to the take-over magic he read about? But, no that required possessing the host did it not? And said person was back at the greenhouse while all she had done was briefly touch him. A look of concentration and thinking on his face as he observed the male worker changed Alina as a hint of suspicion remained in the red tinted glowing eyes.

Blinking uncertainly at the individual with a slight tilt of the head to the right similar to how canine do so when confused. His ears flicked at the statement made, now sounding fully like the man from earlier albeit a bit scratchy." ....quite convincing...Ms. Bloomfield." He spoke calmly while his usual near flat tone came out a tad strained from being taken off-guard by his companion's strange and unexpected change." Perhaps a little too convincing I would say. And this person whose form you have taken...is in no danger or harm I hope?" He asked but in a tone which told that he would not be happy were the person chosen to be in danger over use by her unknown magic.

" And rather peculiar and unexpected. Yet, as intriguing as your magic has shown to be I must request for you to refrain attempts of doing the same with me." He stated in a direct and serious manner for as interested in the how and what the woman's magic was. He knew too little of how it worked and whether it put the original owner in any form of harm or what else she gained from changing into said person. If she in fact gain the memories of the host then he simply could not allow Ms. Bloomfield to ever touch or take his form...then a look of worry glinted in his eyes as he realized his assumption of touch could be wrong, that it might of been a different method and as he was unable to know such things suddenly made Menzai jump a short distance back from Alina, his body lowered and crouched a bit into a defensive stance as he eyed the unfamiliar face his fellow guildmate was wearing suspiciously.

Phoenix Wing: New Dawn

D'angelo Schultz

@Lunarlord34 @hatakekuro @twave

The bright friendly smile never left D'angelo's pudgy face after explaining what he had come here for and would raise his right index finger up next to his head." That's right! A hug though not just any hug but a family hug." He stated confirming Ethel's question while her blank expression and tone of disbelief; a reasonable reaction as hardly anyone would go traveling months over such long distances just to give a cousin a hug though by now had been shown to be quite clear D'angelo was far from normal.

A chubby young adult that constantly kept a dazzling smile even after being drenched by a floating cloud or outright brushing off having his life threatened off as some playful joke of which he still found himself chuckling a bit to it.

" No? Not even a mention or side comment? Or talking about me in his sleep? Does he even talk in his sleep for that matter?" A pondering look on his face as his finger was rubbing against the underside of his chin in a musing manner. After a few seconds he gave a shrug of the shoulders." Ah well. I'm sure he's been dealing with his own stuff to worry about a cousin he hasn't seen in a decade." A dismissive wave of the hand showing he wasn't mad or bothered by it at all; only thing that mattered was that Nolan was both alive and happy with a girlfriend and long as he could catch up and re-connect then he was happy.

Hearing Ethel speak up again and ceased his musing and turned his attention back onto the smol hooded blue haired girl. He leaned forward and a bit down so he was leveled with her and gave a double thumbs up." Sounds like a plan and much appreciated. I'll try to make myself look harmless as possible..maybe something like? " Taking a deep breath and puffing out his cheeks and made his eyes go wide trying to do a cutesy puppy look then exhaled letting out a playful toothy chuckle.

He saw Ethel beginning to lead the way and started to turn himself but then stopped and held up his arms." Wait! I almost forgot! I made sure to come here prepared with a speech for the long awaited reunion and one I'm quite proud of." Nodding with a rather proud grin on his round face as his left hand fumbled in the pocket to procure a small stack of cue cards and held them up." I spent a many h-"

Squish!

Feeling a wet squishy sensation causing his head to shoot down to his hand to see the cards had been reduced to a soaked mush from Nimbus soaking him." Noooooo! I spent days this speech...it was going to be emotional and heartfelt with tearjerking stories!" Holding the balled up fist sniffling picturing all the tear felt hugging and clapping this work of art speech of his would of wrought as he stared off into space for a few seconds, his face blank....

"....oh well. Plan B: Deep emotional filled bear hug it is." Crumpling the ruined damp cards into a ball and tossed it over his shoulders having already moved on.

And in following Ethel he would receive quite the unexpected and exciting sight upon reaching the pair. Seeing Nolan whose face was blushing like a tomato with an especially cute white haired dark skinned girl leaning close to him in a flirty way having him guess her to be the esteemed Ariel.

He might of just gone straight to introducing himself to the two until he took notice of the fluffy ears twitching atop her head and all those super fluffy tails swaying and unintentionally enticing everyone with their soft floof. His eyes going wide with wonder and his mouth falling agape in an oooohing O at seeing such fluffy adorableness and as if it wasn't already cute as is to then see the blank and intensely serious Ethel gushing like an excited giggling child while nuzzling them. How jealous he was of the small girl who had just threatened him; wishing he could go hugging those tails too but even he knew his cousin wouldn't want a supposed stranger hugging or touching his girlfriend and even more so considering his clothes were still wet, even if he wanted to roll in those fluffy tails so badly. Plus, he definitely didn't want to make a bad first impression and be disliked but Ariel.

And so he found himself biting at his tongue to with his body trembling in place and breath being held. In doing so ended up making himself look like he was holding in a need to use the bathroom until he turned around to have his back to them where he exhaled loudly then inhaled slowly.* Come on! You can do this! Focus..stay focused..do not hug your cousin's gorgeous lady or her tails....ugh I really wished I had known beforehand. I would of brought a gift for the couple!* Tapping at his forehead nervously as he thought and muttered to himself, disappointed he didn't have anything to give but then he snapped his fingers as an idea came to mind.

A bit of hand rubbing and hand waving and clicking of the tongue then half a minute later he turned around to be shown holding a large cloudy bouquet with an assortment of flowers. He bent his body forward extending the bouquet out to Ariel, the cloud bouquet while lacking the sweet flowery scent would be warm and fluffy to hold, made possible thanks to his magic." For the lovely Ariel! It is a great honor to meet you." He exclaimed in an excited and nervous tone with his upper body still pent forward hiding his smiling nervous face hoping he was doing this right and making a good first impression.

Once the flowers were taken he would spring back up into a standing position." I'm extremely happy to meet the both of you!" Unable to keep himself from talking in a loud mixture of nervous and happy tone with a light blush on his face. All the times playing meeting Nolan in his head ended up useless in the end and Ariel's presence made this reunion all the more thrilling and difficult.

Holding his breath once more out of fear that he might lose himself and try to hug his possible cousin-to be one day as well or start babbling out questions and gushing. So much warm and positive emotions and thoughts swirled and bubbled to the boiling point with so much excitement hitting him with all these stimulation was about to have him explode.

Tired of holding himself back and waiting having done more than plenty these past ten years for this moment he never thought would come. Letting his breath pop out of his mouth as he shot his arms out forward in Nolan's direction." HUG ME CUZ!"

Without warning, the heavyset D'angelo all but leaped at Nolan wrapping his arms around his cousin and with surprising strength lifted him up until his feet were off the ground. Nolan soon found himself pulled against his wet shirt covered chest in the deepest bear hug he could possibly give flooding all his emotions and happiness into this long awaited and much needed hug.

Phoenix Wing: New Dawn

D'angelo Schultz

@lunarlord34

Still remaining bent over with his hands up in front of his face in an apologetic manner when he was told that the hooded girl didn't mind though that he should show restraint. He nodded his head a number of times before letting out a small chuckle." Ha hah...you're not the first to tell me that. I have been trying to work on that but...Yeah." Letting his hands fall and noodle at his sides like balloons deflating with a sigh; glad for being told such as his mind had felt like it was on the verge of overheating and short circuiting from seeing all these new things in such a short span of time.

Feeling himself beginning to wind down but then the girl had to go telling him the girlfriend's name causing his head to perk up with renewed vigor." Her names Ariel?! Ooh that's a pretty name and I bet she's a great and kind person..well its Nolan who has probably become quite the lady killer now." Muttering more to himself currently, clearly having envisioned his own views of the guy thought to be dead as he had to ponder and muse over what kind of person his cousin has become since learning he was live.

His ears then pulsed from catching an even more exciting news of learning that they had actually been dating for two years already. He couldn't help but look up at her with sparkling eyes and an look of excited awe." Oooooooh." Wiggling his fingers rapidly in front of his face as he felt all sorts of questions popping and brimming into his mind.

" I-" Splash!

Still bent over with his forefinger raised and mouth wide open when the floating cloud had floated above him to suddenly douse him with a focused downpour ensuring only he was rained on.

For a moment D'angelo remained still with strands of wet hair fallen over his eyes as he spit a small stream to the side from his mouth." Nimbus....did you just..rain on me?" He huffed from his nose and his tone that of disbelief and for a moment he looked as if he was on the verge of lashing out in anger at his companion.

Then he stood up and placed his hands on his hips laughing in relief." Ah..whew! Talk about refreshing and good thing too. Otherwise I might of went crazy there with the questions and such." Nodding as a wide grin returned to his face now dripping water then lifted his head and right hand to pat the cloud." Nimbus for the save. Don't know what I'd do without ya pal." His patting received a small rumble from the cloud causing the soaked chubster to nod his head once more." Very true indeed." The drench of cold water was just what the over excitable newcomer needed; helping to cool his nearly fried brain down to allow himself to slow down and properly listen and pay attention to the hooded girl.

Using his right hand to push back the damp hair back out of his eyes and smoothed it back." Right, so you can take me to him yeah? And its awesome about the hood being a gift by the way. Always nice to have something you can cherish." Pointing at the hood while stating the compliment.

He was ready to get going but the girl spoke of getting back to business leaving him to raise an eyebrow of his own out of curiosity. Noticing that she was musing over something and took this chance to start wringing out his shirt, lightly humming to himself while listening to her speak and in doing so learned her name to be Ethel on top of it." Hm? Yes, that I did and I intend to give it." He stated matter of fact as it simply was unavoidable while continuing to wring out his shirt though hearing her asking if he was a threat pulled his attention back to her." Wait what? A...a threat? Pffft..hahahah." The sheer accusation of being considered as such had him clutching at his bouncing belly laughing, thinking Ethel to be joking, it had to be a joke right? Leaning forward after his laughter died expecting to see her smiling or laughing too but instead had such a serious blank look on her face after threatening to eradicate and butcher him.

" Oh...wait you're serious?" He blinked at her a few times before leaning back to burst into a even bigger fit of laughter. He didn't mean to come off rude by laughing in her face but the sheer ludicrous idea of him ever being a threat or intending to harm his closest friend made it impossible for him to not laugh and to such a degree to bring tears to his eyes.

D'angelo could hardly recall the previous time something made him laugh so hard and jovially like this. Eventually feeling all laughed out as he bent over a bit shaking his head gasping." Hah..whew! Oh man that....was great. I'm...liking you a lot already, Ethel." Speaking through gasps wiping a tear." Ah..man can't even think of the last time I laughed that hard." Exhaling slowly through his nose after catching his breath.

Once settled down he stood back up again, a big smile on his face and raised his fist up to start counting off with a finger." First, its a great pleasure to meet you, Ethel. Second, I find it hilarious the way you threatened to kill me as that was a jab for rocking you I bet, yeah?" Pumping his left arm a few times in playful way at her with two fingers raised on his right hand." And third, I assure you regarding Nolan that I am probably one of the least likely person to ever harm him not that I could anyway knowing how strong he must be right?" Turning his right arm to nudge at the air with his elbow wiggling his eyebrows.

" And sorry about all the laughing. It was in no means aimed at you or anything just that.." Trailing off with a low chuckle before waving his hand in front of his face." And it didn't help with the suspicious way I hinted my intentions as I saw you looking so serious that I wanted to tease a bit with hopes to get you to laugh when you saw what I planned to do. " Seeing that he did enough messing around and leaned in closer; right hand covering the left side of his mouth to whisper." You have nothing to worry about, I just plan to give him the best darn hug of his life, him being my cousin and all." Winking playfully with a light nudge at her shoulder with his elbow, having to bend down a bit due to her short stature.

Phoenix Wing: New Dawn

D'angelo Schultz

Seeing Brianna appreciate his over the top introduction brought a bigger smile to his already grinning face. He knew it was a bit much but couldn't help himself with all the brimming excitement he was feeling not only coming from himself but the very busy room itself practically oozing with energy." Hahah! Thanks, glad I didn't come off rude or anything and it really is awesome to meet the lovely Brianna and the enchanting Tearsy." Nodding with a double thumbs; still very much wanting to ask the two questions on the pair on what it was like living with and using a sentient sword but the current situation really did prove to be an awful time for it.

As with all the people talking already making it difficult to hear and the fact Brianna's attention was more spent on greeting the people in the guildhall as she must of missed his asking about Nolan. From the look and feel of the place it felt less like the members just coming in on a typical day more like a reunion so he couldn't blame her or any of them wanting to catch up." Seems I picked great day to visit." Laughing to himself while placing his hands on his hips as he thought to try his search for the elusive Nolan in this harrowing mosh pit of a crowd.

And as if it wasn't noisy enough that it would become even more so with an unexpected reveal of a band beginning to play on the stage. The band and song unfamiliar to him yet the jovial chubster tapped his foot and nodded his head to the music momentarily distracting him yet again.

The music was beginning to inspire in him the need to dance until he started swaying his hips and arms, his foot still tapping. D'angelo was very nearly about to give in to the siren call to full on dance when he felt an intense somewhat cold gaze on him.

Spinning in place while continuing to rock his body to the rhythm as he found himself being stared by a somewhat short hooded woman. Her bright scarlet eyes holding a surprisingly intense and cold look in them though it didn't bother him and in fact fascinated him. He waved his body side to side while vaguely catching what she said what with the chatter and music making it hard to hear." Hello there! And I do indeed know Nolan!" He answered a bit louder than usual to be heard over the loud chatter having only caught her asking if he knew Nolan as D'angelo began weaving and dancing around the hooded girl." Yo! I really do like that hood, it really makes those eyes pop beneath the pretty hair." Laughing as he did a popping motion with his fingers after stopping briefly at her left side then continued weaving and spinning slowly as he was simply having too much fun to stop.

Not until the music died did he bounced to a stop besides the hooded girl's whose name he still didn't know." Whew, sorry about that. Couldn't help myself with all the fun energy going around..just caught myself vibing to it." Nodding as he spoke through pants; feeling the floating Nimbus who felt as if he was forgotten nudging against the back of his head." Huh? Oh yeah!" Placing his right hand on the golden cloud to stop it bumping his head." Keep losing track of what I came here for. You said you know where Nolan is? Cause I'm on a very important operation to give him something as we have a history and.." Turning his head with shifty eyes then leaned in a bit to whisper in a serious tone." It's been a long time coming he gets what he deserves." Giving a wink before leaning back, his face instantly returning to its jovially bright expression." So think you ca-"

Cutting himself off as he noticed a small furry creature flying through the air and could of sworn it looked like..." Is that an exceed?!" He exclaimed in shocked glee while pointing at the cat before disappearing from view leaving him to think it was simply flying by." There are exceeds here? No way!" Clutching his head feeling his excitement boiling only to be made worse upon spotting a pair of girls recently entering and his wide eyes caught the fluffy tails and ears." I-wha-i...with the fluffy tails and ears?!" His body ended up crouching lower from legs going wide in stunned disbelief." Hahahaha WOW! This guild has so many amazing things!"

Unable to help but briefly forget Ethel was there as he was too busy gushing over learning the fact there were exceeds and a girl with the most huggable tails. As if a sentient sword wasn't crazy enough; taking all he had to keep from charging to where the exceed was or the tailed woman to hug them as strangers wouldn't want some random fat guy grabbing them but darn it they were so cuddly looking.

Already feeling like he was going to blow when he heard Nolan's name called out and...kiss? Eyes going wide as saucers." Wait what?! Kiss? Whowhatwhere?!" Lifting up onto his tiptoes to look in the direction the commotion came from to barely catch Nolan's face who was most definitely showing the face of a person who had just gotten kissed with him blushing up a storm.

" I-wha..ohmygodohmygod he was kissed? Nolan has GIRLFRIEND?!" He exclaimed while having grabbed at the nearest person's shoulders unfortunately proving to be Ethel who would find herself being rocked back and forth rapidly." A girlfriend! Alive and a girlfriend and..exceed..girl with tails...talking swords!" Babbling in pure gushing excitement as his head felt as if it was swimming and overloading from all the unexpectedly amazing and new developments. His body couldn't tell if it wanted to puke, pass out or bum rush his very much alive and happily in a relationship cousin in the biggest bear hug ever to congratulate the man.

" Ohohohoho man! I just can't believe any of this!" Grabbing and rocking Ethel's shoulders once more." I'm fracking losing my mind here! Please help me get to him pleasepleaseplease!" He pleading, nearly frothing at the mouth as he would of gone himself but not knowing any of the people around him or the fact Nolan may not even recognize him with how long its been. He didn't want to be rude and just knock them aside but this girl probably knew better and could help introduce this newcomer to them. Then he realized what he had been doing and pulled his hands back to rapidly bow his upper body back and forth." Ah! sorry sorry! Lost my head there, please forgive me." Bowing his head lower with his hands pressed together above it in prayer fashion as he felt bad for getting ahead of himself and wild just then.

Phoenix Wing: New Dawn

D'angelo Schultz

Interacting with: Brianna (and tearsy) @Landaus Five-one

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The search was proving difficult as expected when trying to pick out a single familiar face among a big group of new faces. Not that he was given long to scan the guildhall before hearing footsteps from behind helping him realize he was still by the doors and with his larger build had him partially blocking the doors causing him to bonk himself on his own forehead for such foolishness and quickly stepped out of the way to let an unknown woman walk through." Sorry about that miss. You have a wonderful day." Giving a friendly salute to the person walking by then let out a sigh from his fluttering lips." Really need to stop forgetting to move away from the doors after entering places." Scratching at his forehead, knowing it was due to his overeagerness that he kept forgetting, when he felt a small rumble from the cloud hugged against his ride sight." Oh shut up. You could of warned me you know." He muttered out slightly annoyed while giving Nimbus a small poke.

" Now where was I? Oh Yes! Operation cousin hunt." Nodding his head with a determined expression as he made to take a step forward to venture further into the hall but was stopped short from hearing a sudden voice speaking up in his head; a lovely young woman's voice at that asking who he was and something about positive energy." Hm? Well I always assume it to be my natural sunny charisma I'd say." Answering aloud having failed to notice that he answered normally to a voice in his head until a few seconds later did an alarm clock of realization rang in his head. He jumped in place with both hands clutching the sides of his head." Holy cow! I just heard a voice in my head, did you hear it too Nimbus?" Turning his head to the cloud now freed of his hug which now floated at his side, his eyes wide and expectant." Well unless you suddenly gained the ability to actually speak in a woman's voice then that mean there can only be three options."

Pulling his hands from his head to tap a finger against his chin in a pondering." If not Nimbus then it must either be
A. A member of this guild is a telepath
B. Aliens
C. I've finally cracked and gone crazy..."

Musing these options to himself for a few seconds then let out a short laugh while placing hands on his hands." Well it definitely isn't C so it obviously must be..." Pointing a finger up as he held off for dramatic effect; feeling as if a camera closed up on his eyes shifting suspiciously side to side." Aliens!" He exclaimed assuredly with a serious expression on his face showing he was sure of his answer until he heard the voice ring in his head again making his eyes rise upward to learn that it was in fact not aliens afterall causing him to hang his arms and head in a dejected manner." So it wasn't aliens? Awww." Momentarily saddened only to perk right back up as he caught that it was instead a talking sword." No way! A talking sword? Ohohoho that's so fracking awesome! Nimbus, pal there's a sword talking..in my head! A sentience sword!" Exclaiming in excited disbelief as he pointed both fingers towards his head." Oh man, if a sword can become sentient.." His eyes widen in a delighted gasp as he grabbed the sides of Nimbus giving the cloud a small shake." If its capable for a sword then maybe one day...you could?! I can only imagine the things you could have to say to me." He bounced giddily on his feet at such a thought.

Getting caught up in his enthusiasm of such possibility that he nearly forgot about the sword talking in his mind as he could already feel countless questions coming to mind. Placing his fingers to his forehead with a look of concentration.* Sorry about that as I never expected to have a weapon speaking to me, so you said your name is tearsy right? Wait...is this telepath thing only one way? Can you read what I'm thinking or is it just the one way?* Tilting his head, uncertain of how this worked exactly.

*I know! How about I test it by spouting a string of words and you read them back!* Nodding as he took a deep breath, his eyes closed shut in preparation before thinking out word after word though in his excitement found himself doing so rapidly without meaning to.

*Duckhouseboattreedogbushparkbikeapplegiraffepizzalibrarytaconapkinsodaglasscarpetcatburgermirrorbananacloudlogdoghogsteakstakenathandrake42.* Planning to spout off more in his head but caught himself as another thought came to mind.* Wait, is it just words or does it also work with images too?!* Eager to try that he began concentrating on picturing images of the words he previously rambled off.

He was only able to get a few images in before having his concentration broken by another different womanly voice, this time verbally spoken. Turning his eyes and attention onto the young woman; blinking a few times as if forgetting where he currently was for a brief moment." Huh? Oh, hello there..Brianna was it? That's a really nice and fancy name you got there." A wide friendly grin forming while rubbing at his forehead." Ah, right my name! Sorry about that." Turning to face her properly and gave a dramatic flair of the hand before bowing forward in an gentlemanly manner." The name's D'angelo Schultz, man of the sky and traveler extraordinaire." Unable to help but snicker to himself after doing such an overly elaborate introduction.

Then his head popped up while still bowed forward." Oh! So you're the one with the.." Blinking as he noticed the glowing sword at her waist." Ooh so its true. It really is a sentient sword. That's so wickedly cool!" Laughing with a pump of his fists; finding himself freaking out over the sword, his eyes wide in marvelous wonder.

There were so many things he wanted to ask her regarding Tearsy but before he could a guy stepped up on the stage and spoke to the all those within the guildhall through microphone.

Standing up with arms folding across his chest as he listened to the man give a speech having him wonder if this guy was the guild leader or at least a higher up member. His eyebrow lifted curiously upon hearing that an exhibition match was apparently going to be held and where it would be taking place." An exhibition eh? That sounds cool." He wondered of the four that would be fighting though his enthusiasm was low compared to the others within the hall as he had little interest in fighting and also the fact he was an outsider to that of the guild and magnolia.

Still though, it seemed like it could be a fun outing with a chance to meet more of the group and make some friends and..." Ah, right! Miss Briana I want you to know I have many many..many questions about tearsy and believe I will ask about them at a later time but all the excitement and intrigue of meeting you and your awesome sword almost made me forget." Nodding his head before clearing his throat into his fist." But for now I have the most important question to ask. Do you perhaps know of Nolan Waltz and if he might be here?"

Fenixtear - A Fairy Tail RP

Menzai Isanami

@Lunarlord34

Like both Alina and the older woman, he was annoyed by his owned sniffling; finding the mass of flowers within the building bothersome. The quicker they left the better for his nose sake which offered another reason for accepting his companion's suggestion.

His sniffling would eventually lessen after traveling far enough from the greenhouse with his sinuses clearing up somewhat allowing for easier breathing. Though the flowers from the tarp even covered still agitated his nose to some degree but it was manageable long as he avoided any updraft wind blowing their in his direction. Yet, among the flowers there was a particular one causing the hairs on the back of his neck to rise in warning; a sense of danger seeming to emanate from somewhere deep within the cart. Uncertain of what it could be though figured this to be why the woman warned them to not sniff the flowers and was thankful for the tarp and packing of flowers keeping the dangerous scent too faint for even his nose to pick up.

And with the partial clearing of his nose made pulling of the cart easier for the wolf who pulled it along through the town with little trouble albeit with a sniffle here and there. At times he glanced over his shoulder to see how the redhead was doing, his ears flicking to the small ruffling of a bag where he caught the woman pulling boots far too large for such a tiny bag to hold.* An enchanted bag? How fascinating, I will be sure to inquire about the magical item at a later time.* He mused to himself making sure to take a mental note of this to remember for later as he turned his attention forward once more.

Travel had been mostly quiet save but for the sniffling and faint grunts Menzai let out from the cumbersome pollen and few times the cart weakly resisted his pull. Eventually reaching the outskirts of the town; not until this point did Ms. Bloomfield spoke up prompting the canine to slow to a stop and took this chance to catch his breath and wipe the beads of sweat from his brow with the back of his sleeve. Turning his attention back towards Alina where she described an a large oak tree with a branch splitting in three that of one and half size larger than others further down the way. Closing his eyes to picture the tree mention and after a few seconds recalled seeing such a tree." I know of the tree you speak, Ms. Bloomfield and find it to be an adequate point for you to join if you wish to do so." Nodding his head before taking a slow deep breath then exhaling with a sigh." As for trekking through the night the idea of doing such does not bother me as I am experienced in pulling carts for long hours from the times such jobs were given to me back home. And while my vision pales in comparisons to those of my fellow feline kins, I can see well enough to traverse a simple path in the dark." Turning his attention to the road further down the path which was stamped down from use and nary thickets in sight.

" Though as I do not know if you are used to long travel and taking into consideration the time it took reaching the town of Petunia. It is understandable that the miss might need some rest for the night, even more so if you intend to use your magic if such preparations and request to have me pull alone is any indication." He figured her reason asking for such might of had to do with her use of it along with the folded clothes clearly too large for her frame." We can travel for long as we are able then make camp of which I am fine taking first watch." Bowing his head lightly to show he understood; deciding not to inquire about her magic as she did not seem wholly comfortable talking about it and he was never one to push someone on personal matters unless choosing to speak up themselves. Certainly preferring not to start up another bout of personal stories." Let me inspect the cart then shall resume travel."

Pulling his left sleeved arm over his mouth and nose to lessen the risk of inhaling the flowers where he then walked carefully around the cart checking and lightly tugging at parts of the tarp. Checking all around to make sure the tarp was securely in place; pulling to cover any spots that might of gotten loose from the cart hitting light bumps. Once satisfied, Menzai moved back to the handle with a nod to Alina then resumed pulling the cart; delighted to have the smells of the forest once more filling his nose which further lessened the uncomfortable sniffling of his nose with the smell of scented ink further aiding in soothing the slight burning in his nostrils.

Phoenix Wing: New Dawn

D'angelo Schultz

Finished with his celebratory arrival, the chubby male gave his body a good wiggle to shake off the goosebumps then took a moment to catch his breath." Whew, that solo and singing took a bit out of me." Chuckling softly to himself before wincing as he could no longer ignore the burning sting in his right fingers." Ouch, did a number on the fingers too. Think it best I took a break from the banjo..and any stringed instruments." Waving the hand and blowing on the fingers as he spoke then glanced over at Nimbus who simply floated in place." Glad to enjoy a break from my awful playing? Ah hah you're so funny." His tone sarcastic as he gave the cloud a playful glare while sucking on his sore finger.

A sigh of relief left his lips as the stinging pain of his fingers ebbed a bit as he finished blowing on them. Turning his head towards the open doorway where he could faintly hear multiple voices coming from within." Looks like there's quite the gathering inside. And one of those has to be cuz! This will be so awesome!" Pumping his fist; feeling his excitement bubble within once more though before he could cheer his head turned towards Nimbus who gave a small rumble." What do you mean I'm giving too much energy?!" Placing his hands on his hips with a look of offense on his face at the accusation." I think I'm giving exactly the right of energy, thank you very much. In fact I could go harder but don't want to end up passing out before even going inside." Waving his hand to dismiss his pal's suggestion to take it down a notch.

A roll of the eyes while drumming the fingers of his left hand on the banjo still resting against his belly." Right, guess I should put this away for now." Humming to himself as he stepped over to the side of the floating cloud caravan then slipped off the banjo strap before pushing his arms and head through the white fluff then pulled back out with the holes left behind closing up seconds later with a dusting of his hands.

" There we are! Now lets....hm.." Trailing off while rubbing at his chin as he realized the caravan was in a bad spot with it nearly blocking the entrance." Yeah I probably shouldn't go leaving it here in the middle of the way but an easy fix." Snapping the fingers of his left hand as his right hand reached beneath the floating cloud and tapped the bottom twice to have it float up until it was level with the building's roof, the rope tying it to Nimbus pulling free.

He pointed at the cloud once satisfied." There we are, now be a good boy and stay...staaaaay." Tilting his head with a suspicious gaze as if expecting it to go wandering off on its own then turned and grabbed Nimbus to pull and hug it against his side." Now come on buddy! The guild and cuz awaits!" Throwing up his free fist in a cheer before strolling his way inside with a merry whistle.

As expected, he would spot a good sized group of people inside." Dang, there's more people here than I thought. Practically a party going on...might make it hard to find him out of this crowd." Humming to himself as he slowly scanned the large room and the people gathered around.

Phoenix Wing: New Dawn

D'angelo Schultz

A day that had started downcast but with the passage of time, they sun prickled and peaked through the thickly grey clouds until they could not help but give way. An starkly abysmal sky opened up to brighten up the day as a human sized golden cloud flying just above the tree tops reveled in the sun's warmth. And the lone individual lying atop the cloud especially took joy in seeing the ever familiar glowing face shine brilliantly with life though whatever the weather, the chubby individual was happy be it cloudy or rainy or stormy though hurricanes were one to look out for.

D'angelo, who was lounging beanbag style atop his trusty cloudy steed, Nimbus was humming a merry tune while idly strumming away at the banjo resting snugly against his pudgy round stomach. His fingers strummed at the strings causing discordant notes to weakly reverberate before being drowned by his humming, the tip of the fingers slightly redden and sore from playing the banjo or one of the other instruments collected along his travels but the chubby male paid no heed to the pain. Course, nothing really ever soured D'angelo's mood as even now a cheery and uplifting smile adorned his round pudgy face; a smile often said to rival the sun and contagious as a common cold. A teasing comparison which always brought out a jovial laugh from him.

Lifting the hand that had been strumming at the strings to brush it through his brushed back chocolate brown hair before sliding it down to adjust the shades resting over his eyes. Then with a deep inhale, he sat up to stretch his arms with a low yawning groan as the heel of his foot nudged the cloud to have the cloud come to a slow stop." Hngh! We must of been flying for hours if the sun's come out." Lifting his head to gaze up at the sky where he received a momentary flash of light glinting off the shades." Hahah! And a howdy do you too!" Waving up at the sky while chuckling." Those guys at the shop were right about these glasses but boy does it make my nose itchy and sweaty." Shifting the banjo onto his right hip before picking them up off his face to rub at the bridge of his nose." Alright, now where are we." Placing the free hand above his eyes to start scanning around him, where at first he could see nothing but trees and the caravan cloud the size of a small shed behind him tied to the back of nimbus via a rope. Briefly catching sight of his arm, where he noticed his once normally pale skin had taken on a slight tan causing him to let out a low whistle." Whew, guess it wasn't just the knickknacks and souvenir I've picked up while traveling these past several months." Laughing at himself for failing to even notice his own tan.

Taking a moment to brush his fingers along the slightly darkened skin of his arm, amused at the realization." Better than a sunburn though wouldn't you say, pal?" Tilting his head to glance down at Nimbus which he felt rumble briefly beneath him." Oh yeah, as if you haven't already bragged enough about not having skin to get burned." Scoffing while giving the golden puff a few playful pokes.

After a good pokes did he remember needing to figure out where he even was." Oh yeah!" Bumping a palm to his forehead as he quickly resumed his scanning until he caught glimpse of a most exciting sight. His body jumped up in place excitedly with his left hand scooping a small chunk of cloud, the right setting the shades down then.

A flick forward of the left hand to have the chunk stretch and shift into a long cylinder shape then two taps along the side to have a droplet of water form at the wider end to have a cloudy spyglass form.

" Yar..city hooooooo!" Exclaiming in a stereotypical pirate accent while leaning forward to try and get as good a look one could with a makeshift spyglass before eventually spotting a sign of which he could vaguely make out the word, Magnolia." Aye, thar be Magnolia said to be the finest city of these seven leafy seas!" The widest smile possible cracked his sun kissed face; struggling to keep his body from shaking with excitement." We be only minutes away from making shore after all these months across the leafy deep!" He began laughing giddily as he leaned back with a parrot shaped cloud forming on his shoulder." Oi Polly! Take a gander." Lifting the spyglass to the cloud parrot." Thar be the home of Phoenix Wing! Finest guild cross these lands and it be there the treasure we seek awaits!" Bouncing in place like an excited kid." What do ye think of that, Polly?" Glancing down at the cloud parrot as if expecting it to respond then make a squawking sound from the corner of his mouth.

" *Squawk* Don't know why you asking me I'm just a ball of cloud *squawk* "

D'angelo's brows furrowed a bit at the bird's response he had it give." Maybe show some enthusiasm for finally arriving at Magnolia after months of flying." Pointing his free hand towards the city while staring at the cloudy bird which simply sat there lifeless before waving his hand to disperse the parrot." Bah, shows what a cloudy bird knows. Surely you're excited right, Nimbus!" Grinning down hopefully at the cloud and after nearly five seconds of waiting did he feel a rumble beneath him again prompting him to throw his fist up in a pumping action." Aye that be the spirit!" He cheered out in jubilee as he did so.

" Just a little longer till we get to see the he who has since long thought lost! I can't wait to see his face after seeing us." Bouncing giddily in place once more." And you know what such wondrous news calls for?" He asked which was received with silence." That's right! A sky shanty!" Grabbing and pulling the banjo back across his chest." Let's go!" Clapping the soles of his shoes twice to have Nimbus flying off towards Magnolia.

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Fingers strummed along the strings in amateur upbeat rhythm with most of the tunes off and discordant; clearly the playing of a total rookie. Following by a matching cheery humming as D'angelo began singing in a tone nearly matching his playing of the banjo though not one to necessarily hurt any would be listeners ears.

"
Come and fly away with me

Come and fly away with me-e-e-e-e

Come and fly away with me

Co-co-come and fly away with me-e-e-e-e

Come and fly away with me

Come and fly away with me

Co-co-come and fly away with me

Come and fly away with me

Don't you be afraid
Everything will change

You and I
Jumping off the edge

They say dreamers never die
So, come and fly

Come and fly
Come and fly away with me

We're Rising, We're falling
We'll make it through "

Humming the melody as nimbus lightly rose and dipped as it flew onward towards the city

" We're climbing
We're soaring

A thousand views

We're Rising, We're falling
We'll make it through

We're climbing
We're soaring

A thousand views "

Rocking lightly atop Nimbus as he stopped singing to begin humming and whistling a cheery and upbeat melody in intermission as a few birds taking lift from the tree tops flapped and flew around him. Soon hearing them chirp in tune to his delight; nodding his head as he whistled along with the unexpected flock.

With a low screeching chirp the birds flew off just as he reached the outskirts of the town, where he then bid them a bon adieu with a whistling wave of the hand.

Glancing around while whistling until he caught sight of someone working on their car in their driveway and gave a signaling tap to Nimbus to fly down next to the car. The cloud pulled to a slow stop, careful to pull up far enough to the side so as to keep the caravan cloud from hitting the card." Hello and a fine howdy do!" He called out in a cheerful greeting voice, just loud enough to get the man currently working under the hood of his truck's attention.

A low grunt and a snort could be heard before the male pulled away from his truck; a man in his mid-30's dressed in overalls stained and smudged in oil and dirt with a weathered tanned face covered in a few days unshaved whiskers." How many times I told you kids to stay away when I'm work-" A look of stunned disbelief took hold of his face as he stood witness to the rather unbelievable sight of a chubby young adult just floating there over his yard with banjo in hand and sitting atop some weird puffy golden thing.

With no idea of what to make of what he was seeing and could only stare at the unorthodox sight and that overly friendly grinning face all flabbergasted with his oily hands kept busy rubbing and wringing the rag held in their grip.

A friendly wave in greeting as he leaned towards the stunned stranger." Howdy there! The name's D'angelo and I'm new to the town." Pointing at himself with his thumb while introducing himself." Hope I'm not bothering you and that's one real beaut of a truck you got there, by the way." Nodding in approval with a thumbs up.

The man could only blink at receiving probably the friendliest greeting in his life and a compliment on top of it." Well uh..that's real kind of you. Had Bessy here for goin on..uh 9 years now I'd say, give or take though the transmission been acting up."

Not once did he look away nor the big smile wavered on his face as he listened to every word, genuinely interested in the stranger's issue with the truck." Ah, man sounds like you have a great history with Bessy there, yeah? Unfortunate about the transmission, but things always reach a point where they start breaking down on ya, you know? But I'm sure you will get Bessy in working order and be right as rain."

It was odd to have some stranger pull up out of the blue trying to be all friendly with small talk. Normally would be getting annoyed at a stranger doing so, even more so when that such person was a outsider to the town, but for some reason he simply couldn't bring himself to be annoyed or angry at this D'angelo as his kind words of motivation felt real and not just being said to be nice." You're an awful friendly one aren't you? Don't get many outsiders that go out of there way to listen to some stranger." The man considered to be a grump in this neighborhood found himself chuckling, finding himself liking the pudgy lad." Ah, there a plenty stories I could tell you about Bessy here, but I'm sure you got things to do and places to be. So, what can I do for you, lad?"

Hearing the man chuckle had D'angelo laughing along." I've been told that from time to time. Glad its an enjoyable manner this time." Rubbing the back of his head while smiling widely at the praise then he perked up at the mention of these stories about Bessy causing him to lean forward a bit more." Ooh you do! Well I do need to get going sadly, but you best believe I'll be coming by sometime to hear some of them stories." Doing a finger snap gun at him while taking a look around to memorize the address for a future visit then cleared his throat." Right..the thing I bothered you for." Waving his hands forward at the sides of his face to get himself to focus." I just wanted to ask for directions to the guild, Phoenix Wing. Do you perhaps know of it?"

The man gave a scoffing chuckle with a shake of the head while wiping at his dirty hand with the rag." Should of figured it was about Phoenix Wing. Of course I know the place as you'd be real hard pressed to meet someone who didn't know about that guild. Everyone and their mothers flock to the place to fanboy or fangirl or seek to join." Shaking his head, his voice not one of dislike but more of exasperation from all the people going on about the guild though he had no problems giving D'angelo the directions.

And doing so had D'angelo elated and thankful as he clasped his hands together after receiving the directions." Aye! Thanks for the help. Today really has been a great day with finally reaching Magnolia and meeting a new possible friend and his truck, Bessy." Tipping his head as if tipping a hat in the truck's direction then pondered to himself; wanting to show his thanks and apology for taking up his time that he reached into Nimbus and rummaged around for a bit before pulling his hands out to find he was holding a small plastic tin with a slice of cheesecake and bottle of water." Here we are! A token of my appreciation." Holding out his hands as he all but shoved them into the man's arms before any chance of refusing them." Good luck with Bessy and make sure to take a break every now and then so you don't overwork yourself."

A confused look on the man's face at seeing D'angelo reach into puffy thing, still uncertain what it even was only to have a slice of cheesecake and bottle of water shoved into his arms. Yet, what surprised him most was the fact they were chilled as if they had just been pulled out of a fridge." It's no trouble really but I can't possibly take this..." Trailing off while looking over the offered treats.

A modest attempt at refusal dismissed by a wave of D'angelo's hand with a scoffed." Nonsense! Always good to have a snack around. Well, I'll be off but I'll be back to see how that transmission turns out. Until then you have an absolutely fantastic day!" With a finger gun farwell, Nimbus rose to take off back into the sky.

A final attempt to refuse the offered items but the person didn't have a chance to get a word out before D'angelo was off." Hmph...that's a good lad and this was kind and all but..." Looking down at the plastic tin of cheesecake." I'm lactose intolerant...."

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After such a meeting, D'angelo found his mood even more uplifted and cheerful; flying through the city at at a middle level of height of the skyscrapers he flew by. Bouncing lightly in place as he began humming and playing the banjo once more, ready to resume singing while making his way towards the guild.....

" Somewhere by the emerald sea

Where the moon
And water meet

Somewhere close to harmony

When the world
is sound asleep

Something's gonna bring a change

Journeys we are meant to take

Something at the edge of space

Calling us to fly away

Don't you be afraid
Everything will change

You and I
Jumping off the edge

They say dreamers never die
So, come and fly "

Humming and rocking happily as he soon found himself reaching the guild building and began hovering slowly towards the ground in a circling manner.

" Come and fly
Come and fly away with me

We're Rising, We're falling
We'll make it through

We're climbing,
We're soaring

A thousand views

We're rising, We're falling
We'll make it through

We're climbing
We're soaring

A thousand views "

Seeing Nimbus reaching just inches above the sky and pushed himself to stand up on the cloud as he prepared to finish his song-

"Come and fly away
Come and fly away with me

Come and fly away
come and fly away with me

Come and fly-y-y-y-y away with "

Hopping down off Nimbus touching down with the ground with his big finish-

" Me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e"

A kick of his hips and a stomp of his foot as he ended with a rapid strum of the banjo in a big solo finish that was all but a few notes horribly strung yet he played the hell out of the solo, not caring how bad he was.

Throwing up his right hand in a finished flair as the last echoing strum of the banjo died down with him standing there panting, beads of sweat coating his face and forehead. Lifting his head and bending back with an excited cheer." Whoo! That was awesome. You saw that, didn't you Nimbus? I totally got some of the chords there. I'm taking that as definitely killing that solo!" Laughing as he raised his right hand towards the cloud for a high five but Nimbus being a cloud just floated there.

Catching this, D'angelo grinned while lowering his hand to pat the cloud." Down low, feel the flow here we go cause Phoenix Wing we have arrived!" Spinning around in place to double point at the entrance of the building.

Hider

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ft: Song and theme sung by D'angelo Schultz (Nowhere near as well as the actual song of course)

Fenixtear - A Fairy Tail RP

Menzai Isanami

Not long after following the old man into the main room of the lighthouse did his nose begin tingling uncomfortably from all the pollen lingering in the air. Taking a quick look around the vast room, where he could see nothing but rows after rows of flowers; a large variety of types and colors assaulted both his eyes and nose with their overpowering vibrant colors and smells. Were he to venture deep within this building, he doubted that his nose would be able to withstand the thickly gathered pollen floating around the flowers. To his relief, the old man had taken them to the back where the trucks and carts awaited to be filled up. Upon arriving, they would meet with some woman and from the way she barked orders and snapped at the old man, Kato that it was likely she was the actual boss of this shop.

Thankful once again for Alina handling the talking and dealings concerning the job, even more so with the pollen indeed doing a number on his sensitive sinuses as mentioned. Each inhale left his nostrils burning and somewhat stuffy while his eyes were slightly tearing up as such effect could only grow worse the longer they remained. Choosing to keep his head tilted to prevent his face from being visible to hide the puffy redness of his eyes and faint sniffling though made sure to listen to the woman's explanation and details regarding their job.

A worried frown creased the corner of his eyebrows upon hearing how all the trucks were currently out which unfortunately left them having to handle the important package via a cart. He turned his head to peer over and study the cart the two of them would be pushing; taking in the details and state of the cart to make sure it wasn't faulty or little chance of it breaking down on them.

Ears flicking at the directions of keeping the tarp on and to not go sniffing flowers to which he made sure to give a light bow of the head to show each of them that he understood before rubbing a finger against his sniffling nose. Saying that he might have terrible allergies was sadly putting it lightly so he had no intention of going around sniffing or handling the flowers unless absolutely necessary and he doubted the shop would send any dangerous or harmful flowers.

And so, while Alina was trying to figure out every detail of how the two would handle the job, Menzai was pondering over some thoughts of his own. With one thought on whether to stop at a hotel for the night or to push on until night time as he took into consideration that the two of them had already walked over seven hours so he figured his companion must be quite tired already. Yet, then there was the issue of him having none of what the humans consider currency and didn't wish to make Alina pay for him and end up owing her. For the time being he might have to be the one to push the cart and let Ms. Bloomfield rest.

Then there was the second thought; one that was more concerning as he had his share of handling carts from times it had been his turn to handle such tasks. And from it, the canine had learned how dangerous and tricky it can be traveling with a weighted cart without knowing the area or paths. Lifting his gaze to see the redhead moving over to assist the workers packing the flowers and took this chance to walk up to the woman." Excuse me, m-" Cutting himself short due to his voice coming out nasally from his stuffed nose followed by him sneezing into his billowy sleeve." Forgive me, miss *sniff* the pollen is agitating my allergies as my companion said." Stating his apology while rubbing and scratching at his nose, his eyes red and puffy blinking away the bit of tears forming." Ahem! Yes, as I was about to ask. Considering as you and your workers know the area and paths. I like to inquire your input on which paths to take that are most optimal and safe." His words slightly muffled from the sleeved hand hovering by his mouth for in case he sneezed again and to avoid risk of spitting on the woman as he found his mouth salivating somewhat more heavily than usual forcing him to repeatedly wipe off his mouth and nose.

After receiving whatever info the woman or the workers she directed him to, he moved to meet with Ms. Bloomfield. Gliding over to her and the cart now packed and ready to go.

Before he could suggest what he planned only for Alina to lean in and whisper for him to pull the cart for the time being. It seemed the redhead's worry over usage of her magic lead her to the same plan he himself intended to suggest." It seems we are of like minded then. For the time being I will deal with the cart while I request for you to rest as much as you able." Nodding in agreement before bowing his head to the two workers, offering his thanks then quickly moved into position and grabbed hold of the left side of the handle to the cart. The faster they could leave, the quicker the relief for his stuffy nose. With a low grunt followed by another sneeze, the wolfkin began pushing to get the cart moving, making sure to keep in mind the direction of the wind as his nose really couldn't take much more of this; finding today to be a terrible one for his nose with that horrendous drink and now flowers.

Already proving how inconvenient his enhanced sense of smell was proving to be when something so mundane as a bad smell or pollen were capable of hindering him so much. A part of him preferring they encountered some bandit or thief over these wicked flowers.

FT: Rivals Unexpected Journey

Izushima Azari

The fox remained still within Kali's grip to avoid hurting his arm currently caught in the woman's straining grip. He could feel the pressure and tension in his arm rising with each passing second; uncertain of what the vile female would do though made sure to let her know he would make promise of his word by having tiny tinge of static crackling faintly along the trapped arm. Then he felt the increased pressure causing his body to tense up in preparation of the coming pain, his face wincing beneath the mask.

Each second ticked away like a bomb waiting to blow as Izu anticipated the intense pain soon to follow. Instead finding his arm released and shoved away, where he nearly stumbled onto the ground but caught his balance with a low grunt and stood up with a sigh." Good to see that birdbrain of yours understands the situation." His tone slightly condescending as he rolled his arm a few times finding that it was going to be sore for the night.

Much like Kali did, he was taking this chance to work on easing the the soreness of his shoulder even if just a little with some rubbing and stretching. He was flexing his clawed fingers; testing the feeling in his arm when Kali spoke up with an offer of a bargain. Hearing her proposition had him looking up at the sky to see that it was indeed about to become dark followed with an amusing talk of dangerous beasties in an attempt to sway the fox to accept her deal. Placing his hands on his hips with a tilt of the head, where he let out a low hum as if pondering over her suggestion." Hm, you got a good point there, birdy. Would be very tiresome dealing with them lurking nasties while dragging this deadweight." Motioning towards her with his thumb before shaking his head and glided over to the crouched woman.

A hand extended towards her seeming to reach for the cuffs only to find its way grabbing hold of her hair followed by a harsh pull forcing her to look up at his masked face." You must..one second." Stopping himself short with a muffled huff as he used his free hand to pull the mask off to reveal his pale face covered in beads of sweat with those bright yellow eyes faintly glowing in the growing darkness." This thing can get really stuffy for long wears.." He let out another small huff of annoyance while wiping off his face against the sleeve of his haori before tossing the mask aside on the ground for now." Now where was I? Oh yes, you were taking me for a fool." The hand keeping a grip on her hair pulled until she was forced to stand back up as the now freed hand wrapped around her slender neck with the tips of his clawed fingers resting against her smooth cheeks as the hold of her hair released." Your determination to get the cuffs off is impressive but there is one thing you keep forgetting." He leaned in closer till she could feel the heat of his breath." You're the captured criminal here!" He exclaimed, nearly spitting out the words as his other hand grabbed her arm and gave a small shake to have the cuffs clink against her bound wrists." You're the one cuffed and injured here and its my job to bring you back. And depending on how you cooperate will depend on whether you make it there alive or in good shape."

A small playful smirk curling his lips after reminding the troublesome hothead who held all the cards here. A faint roar coming from some unseen distance of the forest then reminded the fox of what she said about the beasts lurking within." Though you are correct about the creatures though of course, I can always choose to just abandon you to them and take this as a failed job. Simply have to tell the guild we got ambushed and overwhelmed." His clawed index finger gently tapped against her cheek as he told of having no qualms leaving her to the beasts as it would be no skin off his nose to let this job become a failure. A click of his teeth as he lightly dug his claws in, leaving scratches along her cheeks." I'm sure you don't want it to get to that so be a good girl and sit down and keep this horrid mouth of yours shut." Giving her cheek a small pat then returned the favor by shoving her down onto the ground." Long as we get along and don't make a fuss we will be left alone. And I'll be a nice guy and let you gather what magic you can to heal them ribs while I get a fire going. Make any attempt to get the cuffs off, however.." Wagging his finger in a no manner while letting static spark off the tip of the finger, a coy smile on the fox's face. With the hope that Kali understood, Izu moved to gather up wood, enough to make and keep a fire going for the night.