Adelyn's spell, pushed to its limits as it were, blasted her and the Vulcan out of the tree, though while she had Kiba waiting to catch her, the Vulcan did not and it grunted loudly, as well as an audible snap of something breaking when it landed. As it picked itself up, Kiba struck himself, the icy blast hitting it full in the chest and giving it a bad case of frost bite. With Mark, his attacks both found their marks, the abyssal explosions sending the red beast sprawling. However, bursts of static came through on the COMs units of the mages. {-oming
static -epeat, th- -ming
static} It sounded like the Sergeant was trying to tell them something, but the static surge was making it nearly impossible to make out.
However, as the red beast picked itself up and set its sights on Mark while the Vulcan crouched to make another lunge for Kiba and Adelyn, the air became supercharged, smelling of strange and almost sweet scent. Mark would instantly recognize the smell as belonging to ozone, a smell often associated with thunderstorms, cluing him in to what the sergeant was likely trying to tell them. The Vulcan did lunge alright, but not at the two mages, who braced for an attack, and instead at a branch over and above them, swinging away as quick as it could, even with the trail of blood it left behind. This freed Adelyn and Kiba up to help Mark, or would have, if seconds after the Vulcan fled, blue sparks appeared and lit up the areas around them before bolts of lightning of the same color lit up the clearing, barely missing all the combatants that remained. However, it cleared up the COMS long enough for the Sergeant's voice to be heard, even as another red laser blasted over them all, hitting something several hundred yards away loudly. {The lighting fucker is incoming! I repeat, it is incoming hard and fast, get the hell out of there!}
Two more red lasers, two more impacts, and the howl of a massive beast, followed by another barrage of lightning that everyone needed to dodge. The red monster leaps agilely side to side, doing its best, but a direct blow is landed, blue lightning arcing across its body as it roars in pain and falls to its side, panting heavily. The Sergeant fires several more times, practically screaming into the radio. {Can any of you fucking hear me? RUN!} Another voice can be heard nearby as the shots continue, a female.
"There's the possibility that that fucking thing's static build up is interfering with communications. Hopefully it clears up enough for them to hear the warnings."
Nolan didn't get a response as the group of Guardsmen resumed their head swivels, rifles slightly raised. Ten minutes later, Corporal Nalen's voice came over the COMs. {We should be within range of the snipers now, you can drop your barrier if you'd like. Once we're ins-} The Corporal's voice suddenly cut out as he shifted his attention to an incoming message that had forced a switch on his COM unit to a different channel. Meanwhile, Damian just whistled to himself as the convoy moved, conversing with his driver.
"See Enold, I told you it would be fine with them all working together. They don't like to admit it, but the Guardsmen adapt well to working around the magics a Mage can bring to the table."
"Maybe so, Mister Pendragon, but we all know how tensions are outside Rembrandt. And I'm p-" The corporal rode over to Damian's window and knocked, causing him to roll it down and the driver to immediately shut up. "Yes, Corporal?" There was a hurried exchange of words, followed by nothing more than a curt nod before the Corporal moved over to Nolan, beckoning Ria over.
"The good news is that the Asterin haven't been sighted near the outpost. In fact, apparently the base's First Lieutenant found it strange. That generally means though..." He trailed off, knowing the two mages could put two and two together themselves.
Jenna couldn't help but chuckle as Trinity began asking for clarification on things and, once the young woman had said her piece, she answered everything in order. "Meals are included, part of the 15% goes to cover the ingredients costs, so it only makes sense that you'd eat what is purchased without paying again, and there is no job number requirement. Between Ria's efforts to build good standing with many of the townsfolk and my own putting on singing acts when possible, we bring in enough jewel to not need it. And what doesn't come in as direct jewel is usually something of equal value, such as vegetables. Now, that said, I
do recommend at least one small job a day, something like helping with deliveries and the such. Bigger jobs come up occasionally, and we recently got several all in one go, and their pay is always good." Last but no least was her question about the entry phase and Jenna shook her head as the two walked back into the hall. "No tests or anything of the like, though I think the only job left is the fishery...hm?"
She turned her head when Karma whistled at her, looking at the bartender who then pointed at the two new arrivals. Jenna could almost scream in joy.
So many new arrivals! This is truly a good day! She nodded to her bartender and friend before approaching the space between the two newly arrived, and showered in case of the pink haired young woman, mages. "Well, it seems two more have come to join us then! First, let me welcome you to Rising Starborn, the only guild in Pergrande, but with aspirations to pave the way for more. I'm Jenna Wolfsbane, guild master. If I could get your names please, starting with you, miss." She paused a moment. "Oh, and Zen, make food for the two of them please, getting here is a tiring journey."
The girl appraised Akemi first, looking her over as her personal body guard simply observed, watching the entrances to their car and the interaction with the young wizard, a small smile on his face despite his best efforts, before the girl took the offered hand and shook it. "Aylin Blackreach. A pleasure to meet you miss Desdemona. And for now...not yet, but perhaps over time we can become friends. What interests do you have?" This was likely not the kind of response either Akemi expected based on what she'd seen from other nobles who visited the guild hall, rare as it was.
Meanwhile, the two previously mentioned figures both stood up and began to casually move about the train car they were in, talking to various people on it. After each conversation, the persons spoken to would become agitated and glance back at the door to the train car the group was on.
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