Hm? Oh. Oh right i was supposed to be working on that uh... I mean... Yeah! Man i am beat after all that hard work i've been doing to prepare and improve them. A hand would greatly be appreciated!
Ra was surprised by Sagittarius' words. "An enemy? So quickly? Surely they can't have found them already...." Nevertheless, if the spirit said there was an enemy at the gates, then an enemy was indeed there. They'd have to deal with it. He walked to the entrance with the rest of his group. The sight that met them was a horrific one, to say the least. Some kind of...gaping dragon. He turned around to find that the dragon had sealed the entrance...somehow. "It seems we can't expect any help aside from one another. Let us show this beast the power of Sapphire Eclipse." A golden magic flowed from Ra, turning into sand as it reach the ground and flowing forward, toward the dragon. "Arise!" A tall armored figure stood, formed from the sand, with a long golden lance in his hand. Yet, the sand kept flowing. Beneath the man, a stallion, plated in gold, with sand flowing from its mane and tail. "Charge forward!" With the order given from Ra, the stallion took off into full gallop, with its rider extending the lance toward the dragon. Ra used Arise! (Horseback MP enhance) and commanded the soldier to use wishing edge. Well, the tree was just about dead. It would probably be finished this round and then they could proceed on with this godforsaken mission. Honestly, why did she come on this mission? There were much better choices. Like...Hm. Well maybe city of ember. But then she'd have to deal with Thea and her explosions and tantrums and explosive tantrums no one wants that kind of trouble. In any case, she used sliding dash and prayed for a good roll to end the fight.
She had been the first to take an attack from the tree. Which kind of sucked because ow. However, she was in luck because Meido-chan had taken the task of friend blocking for her. Man, those spirits were handy things to have around. Beucette's attack hadn't seemed to do an overwhelmingly large amount, but once the poison had fully run its course, then that hit would be up there with the most damaging. In addition, the poison had...corroded it's...protective bark or something i don't ****ing know. It reduced it's defense. Thematic reason why that works is your job. Yes. You. You in particular. You know who you are. You're the stat debuff thematic reason finder, that's who. But i don't have to tell you that, because you already know. Got it? Good. Beucette heaved Ego up onto her shoulder, and with a good swing, she threw it at the tree in such a manner that it hit it, went completely through it, and then just kind of reversed its course midair and came back to her. Tldr; strike raid. Ra nodded at Thomas' suggestion to go out and find the hunters, as well as Gaius' agreement. "Indeed. Victory to he who strikes first, after all." Ra thought over the situation briefly. There was still the problem of where they were. Searching the entire area would take too long, and if they were separated to cover more ground, one person may encounter the hunters without anyone else being nearby enough to help. So, searching the entire area at once would be the best course of action. "If they're only touching her hand, they ought to be done with Cassandra by now. I need to speak with them about the hunters." One of the golden keys that hung from Ra's staff began to hum with power. It levitated until it was completely horizontal, rather than dangling down. "Open, Gate of the Archer!" In a puff of smoke, the oddly dressed man appeared. "Sagittarius. I need you to go to the highest point of this castle, until you can see the entire surrounding area. I need you to look for someone. I'll meet you there briefly to give you the specifics as to who you're looking for. In the meantime, be waiting." Ra turned toward the door. "Come then. We've spent enough time here. Let us go and speak with the brothers." Ra strode off toward Cassandra's room. Even if they weren't finished, all they were doing was touching her hand. At least, he hoped that's all they were doing.
Aias felt no sense of dishonesty from the woman, so it wasn't as though she were deliberately lying. He looked at the house before them with his usual stoic expression. He'd sensed an air of sin around it. Perhaps that was why. "As of now, we've no way of finding this Beadle. We'd be wasting time searching around aimlessly. Instead, why not follow up on the lead in front of us? I believe we should visit the judge."
Beucette looked as four people managed to be stupid enough to walk off the same cliff together. "Hah." Was all she said. "No but seriously though that's probably where the plot is. Let's mosey." A hop, skip, and a jump later, (Literally as it was an impressive display of acrobatics) they were at the sawmp. Their leaders were confronted with some kind of tree monster. Beucette took a brief glance at Ezekiel, who looked as though he were annoyed with his inability to use magic. She briefly considered trolling him, but remembered what the oracle had told her. In order to strengthen her weapon, she needed to kill shit. So, she'd put it off until after the fight. She let her magic flow into the blade of her weapon. A dark purple smog covered Ego, and a frightening liquid ran along it. Yet, she strengthened it further with her magic, until it was at it's full capacity and swung it at the creature. Beucette used Poison Dragon's Fang (MP Enhance)
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Aias' brow furrowed as she spoke. They had no reason not to believe her, but something about what she said left a bad taste in his mouth. One that made him look down on her, feeling as though she were lesser. As though the words were offensive to his very existence. He realized, he knew she was lying. The unpleasant feeling from her, she had sinned. The part of him that was now an angel could feel the wrongdoings of a person. No one was without their sin, and so he could feel a slight unpleasantness from most people, but he'd quickly learned to tune it out. Though, it was more apparent when it was fresh. Like, when someone lied. The worst of it, he'd gotten from Ezekiel. The blood on that man's hands had nearly made him sick. "Thank you for your time. We must be going now." Aias stood after she'd shrugged in regards to the beadle's location, and hurried out the door along with the rest of them. "She lied. When she told us what happened to the family, I could feel it. She wasn't entirely truthful about what happened. Nevertheless, it would still be best to find the Judge." Aias said, informing them of her dishonesty.
Ra listened to their story, staring at them with a skeptical expression. As Charlotte said, demons weren't known for being the most trustworthy of beings. Though, Malkira and Calxiyn seemed to have bought their story immediately. "Simply because there are exceptions does not make it less valid. Because you are trustworthy does not mean that all undead are friends to us. Orpheus proved that beyond doubt." He said to Malkira, then sighed as he turned to Calxiyn. "It is not my decision alone. If the rest of my team believes we should help them, then I will not object." Charlotte didn't trust them, but seemed to be in favor of helping them, if nothing else than to watch out for Calxiyn. He himself was of a similar opinion. So, he turned to the other members of Team King. Gaius, Veilen, and Thomas. "What will it be? Their fate lies in your hands." He offered the decision of helping them or not to his team.
Aias sat quietly at the table. Without a word, he nodded his head when offered a pie. Delicately, he dug his fork into it, tore off a piece and stuck it in his mouth. Expressionless, he set the fork down and sighed. "It's terrible..." It didn't seem like he'd be finishing it any time soon. Though, pies were far from the reason they'd come here. "If I may, how long have you lived in this building? Did you know the people that lived here before you?"
Ra had been standing by the job board, looking through the listed ones when the doors shut, on the opposite end of the guild hall. He turned around just quickly enough to see a brown-haired man kiss Calxiyn. Without a moment's warning, sand rushed across the bottom of the floor. Before the soldier had even finished forming, a stone fist collided with Sam's lower jaw, and the soldier decayed back into nothing. Shortly after, Ra finished walking over to the group. "I would like an explanation as to who you are, and what you're doing here." He said angrily, staff ablaze with fire. Calxiyn then seemed to burst out in anger as well, causing them to quake with fear. Well, she certainly knew how to use her new power for intimidation. Then it occurred to him. "Devil Slayer is a lost magic. Even in mine and Ezekiel's studies, we'd never heard of it. So, how do the five of you even know what that is, let alone be able to identify one on sight? There's no way you're even ordinary wizards. Now, why have you come here?" One didn't need to be able to see through his mask to know there was fire in his eyes. He glared intently at the one called Sam. The thought of testing out Caelum briefly crossed his mind.
Ra stared at the girl for a moment, before clearing his throat. "It's quite alright. We are glad to have you." He was glad to have his mask on to hide his expression of embarrassment. As long as he could keep his voice straight, he was alright. He was too prideful to be seen in a state of embarrassment, especially in front of the team he lead. Though, something about that girl was able to fluster him. It wasn't long before Thomas complained about them testing their magics, and said they should start their mission. "Yes, I agree. We should start. Thomas, why don't you and i go and choose a job?" He said to the boy, before walking toward the job board. "Come along then."
Ezekiel chuckled quietly to himself. "Elephants, Peacocks, and now trampolines? This island is almost beginning to seem like a circus." The blonde wizard muttered. Beucette ran and began jumping on the trampoline with Johanna. "Man, i love trampolines! Wonder who made it? We haven't seen anybody else since we got to the Island, but people obviously live here. Jo, maybe you could turn into a bird or somethin'. Do a quick scan of the area and see if there's any people 'round these parts. If not then i guess we could just continue goin' around the Island." Ra shook his head. "I will not throw this key away. One way or another, I will find a use for it." He replied to Thomas, agreeing the Charlotte's advice. The red-haired girl then playfully asked how he expected her to destroy the table. Though, she seemed to imprint some form of seal onto it, before causing it to catch fire and explode, reducing what remained of the rubble to ash. "I suspected your magic would be powerful, but not like this." Ra said, slight surprise in his voice. Though, that wasn't nearly as surprising as a warmth against his arm. He glanced down to see her brush her arm along him, before taking his hand. She was unnaturally warm, but that was to be expected of the wielder of magic like that. "Alright Ra, it's your turn. You better impress me!" The man was slightly caught off guard by the comment. One couldn't see his face through the mask, but he turned his head away from her slightly, likely in embarrassment. Quickly enough, he regained his composure. He extended his hand once more, and sand began to flow. "Return!" It collected together, changing shape, then texture, then color until it was a perfect replica of the table and vase he had destroyed a moment ago.
Ezekiel knelt down to look at the tracks on the ground. "I agree that the spears were likely used for defense, if not for hunting. And these larger tracks would support that." "But look around at the tracks. There's somethin' missing, ain't there? Other than ours, there ain't no human tracks." "That's correct. And outside of the ones right here, there aren't any tracks of the birds either. Only the large lines leading away. There's no sign of any remains or meat, so I doubt this monster of ours made a meal of the birds. If something large came through here, it's possible it took whatever was at this camp with it." Hm. This was getting interesting. Whether it was by force, or for a means of travel was impossible to say. That man just might have been onto something about them controlling the monster. At the very least, they couldn't rule out the possibility. At that point, Beucette chimed in. "Hey, if we're wonderin' whether they could use magic or not, didn't someone say on the boat that no one had ever seen this Island, and that there might've been some kind of curse causin' it? If there's someone on this Island who could pull that off, it's not too far out of question they could control a monster." "So then, what does this all mean as to what happened?"
Beucette stumbled off the boat. She felt like she was about to puke. Dragon slayer magic apparently came with its down side. "I'm still pissed we didn't get to kill any sea creatures, but god damn I'm glad we're off that boat." She sighed, then looked around the island. Just then, a vision flashed before her eyes. She...No...It's not possible. There was no way it could be happening again...It had nearly killed her the last time it happened. Yet, her fortune telling didn't lie. There it was...A giant blue splotch from Microsoft paint in the middle of the vision aside, she could see the area around it. She heard Ander talk about going to the mountain, the location of her vision. "NO!" She blurted out. "No. Ander buddy I know we've had our differences, but i wouldn't wish that on anyone. Just, whatever you do, promise me you'll stay away from the mountains, okay? All of you. There's something horrible in the mountains. Something you don't want to face. We should be alright if we stay away from it. I don't think it'll spread to the rest of the Island. Fortune telling...It's a curse. There are some things you just...You don't want to know. You know? Anyway, just...Don't go near the mountains." The horror played again, over and over in her mind. She could scarcely believe it, but it was undeniable. The way everything looked...That...round, plastic feel. They were on another fucking Barbie mission. Ezekiel gave a worried look to the white haired girl, warning them of the mountains. That was certainly ominous. He turned to Aoki, offering to go to the southern peninsula. "Well, i suppose you chose a good place, then. I'll accompany you there." He gave another look at the mountain. Perhaps he'd ask Johanna to remove his limiter and he'd explore there. It may be a good lesson for the girl. He leaned in and whispered to her. "After we've searched the area, what do you say the two of us explore this horror in the mountains? It may be a good lesson. I'll be there in case anything goes wrong, so you don't have to worry about danger. It would be a good opportunity to get a feel for your magic."
Ra was surprised to say the least. The spirit was an enormous snake that took up nearly the entire guild hall. Calxiyn greeted it like a new friend, and spoke as though she could understand it. "That's quite the spirit." At her request, the enormous snake shrunk down into the size of a small cobra. She introduced it as Ophiuchus, before dismissing it. "You've got a powerful companion. It seems you're full of surprises." She challenged him to call out his next spirit. "Open, Gate of the Northern Stag!" He called out, but the second gold key gave no response. It remained dull and void of magic. "Hm..." Ra said, perplexed. "Open, Gate of the Northern Stag!" He called out once more, but to no avail. "What could be wrong? Is the spirit refusing my call...?" He looked at the third key he'd been given. It was a silver key. "Open, Gate of the Chisel!" This time, the spirit heeded his call. A floating sphere emerged from a gate. "It's said that this spirit's offensive capabilities rival that of even the Zodiac keys. It's mainly used a weapon." Grabbing the weapon, it extended into a large cannon. Ra aimed the weapon, and an enormous beam of energy shot from the tip at a vase across the guild hall. However, it not only shattered the vase, but the table behind it was now in rubble. "Hm. I suppose this would be a nice time to try out our other magics." Ra extended his hand, and felt the magic he'd desire above all others flow through him. "Arise!" Sand began flowing from nowhere, gathering itself up. It formed a tall, armored man. The man gathered the rubble into a condensed pile, before falling apart into sand, and fading from existence. "If you would be so kind as to dispose of this, I'll replace it." Also **** hyperlinks http://img07.deviantart.net/a62c/i/2014/279/b/9/azir_sand_soldier_concept_art_by_yideth-d81vqpb.jpg
Ra nodded approvingly as Calxiyn summoned her spirit. It was a timid girl with horns. The gate of the Ram. "I believe you two will make splendid partners." Though she didn't stay long before Calxiyn dismissed her. He looked at the three keys, dangling from a ring on his staff. As he was about to summon a spirit, Thomas approached him, asking in a rushed voice what mission they were going on. "I...Don't believe we've decided yet." He was a bit confused about the hurry in the boy's words, but continued with the summoning. He concentrated, and one of the golden keys began to flow and float above the others, now being directly horizontal instead of dangling down. "Open, gate of the Archer!" He tapped his staff against the ground, opening the gate. "Moshi Moshi." The spirit said as he entered the human world, giving a salute to his summoner. He was an eccentric looking man, but he was one of the Zodiac gates, so he surely must have been powerful. "Sagittarius?" Ra was surprised by the man's appearance. He hadn't expect it in the slightest. After receiving a nod, he extended his hand to shake the spirit's. "I would like to form a contract with you." "Moshi Moshi. I look forward to working with you." Though, his attention was caught by the boy standing next to him. He stared wide eyed at Thomas for a few moments. "Is something wrong?" "...It's nothing. I will return to the spirit world now. Call on me when i'm needed, Moshi Moshi!" With that, The archer vanished back into the spirit world. Ra gave a suspicious look at Thomas. It was obvious that he suspected something, but didn't voice his thoughts. "Now then, what of your other spirits?" Aias had come to accept the mission with Rho. It seemed that Dale was trying to help his new lover discover her parentage. He suspected it wouldn't be so simple as that. "Very well, then. Shall we proceed?" He said in his typical distant voice. Beucette looked a bit disappointed at the conversation. "So...We don't get to kill the giant monsters swimming around the island? Man this is some bull." She muttered to herself. Doing incredibly stupid **** and getting away with it was kind of her thing, so maybe she'd just attack them anyway. It'd power up her weapon if she killed them, so there was that. Of course she'd probably screw over everyone else and the mission rating...#Yolo He had remained silent for a bit of the conversation. "No one's ever seen the Island...? That's a curious form of magic. I wonder what kind of man caused that." He looked toward his new student, Aoki. He was still in disbelief that she'd been chosen to wield Arcane magic. And not only her, but a boy as well. "Before we embark, I should explain the basic principle of what you've been given." He said to her directly. "Arcane magic is the most base form of magic. It is magic energy, before it's molded into a form by the caster. You'll find yourself unable to use the basic magics you've known up until now, but they aren't lost to you. As you use arcane magic, you'll generate magic power within yourself and expel it at the same time. The more you build up, the stronger the magic will become, but having too much is dangerous to the caster and those around them. The most basic thought to keep in mind when wielding it is "balance." It's important to build up magic to strengthen your spells, but also to expel it with other magic so as to prevent an overload. It'll get easier with experience. For now, lets try it out on this mission. Experience is the best form of study. I'll do what i can to guide your path here."
As Ezekiel decimated the encampment, he looked around to find that nearly all of them had been killed. Reinforcements from other parts of the camp had come to assist them, but lost their lives because of it. Non-magic users fighting against someone like Ezekiel was like a swarm of flies trying to kill a dragon. A few had been cowardly enough to run away when the fighting started, and had survived. Ezekiel looked at the smoldering ruins around him...Perhaps old habits did die hard...He was no longer quite so hungry for power, but he was still certainly as ruthless as he'd been before...Frowning, Ezekiel continued on. He'd delivered the punishment to them. He briefly considered finding this "Oz" the commander had spoken about, and carrying out a similar sentence. However, he felt a quaking within his being, as though he were being called from far away. He looked away at a small hole that hadn't been there before. Curiously enough, there was a sign in the shape of an arrow pointing to it with the word 'PLOT' sprawled across it. Interesting...He stepped into it, to be carried toward this call within him. Ra could scarcely believe what he was seeing. As Aoki stepped up, another "wandering" magic revealed itself. It was a bursting of magical energy. There was only one possible magic for that to contain. "That's...That's impossble." Though sure enough, she looked exhausted and pained. Runes began to engrave themselves all around her body, glowing a dull blue. That was the sure sign of it. This girl had been given Arcane magic. Though, without someone to teach her to use it properly, she would destroy herself. The magic was one of the most dangerous possible to obtain. Though, who could do it? The only other person in the world who knew it was his brother, and it wasn't as though Ezekiel was going to fall right out of the sky. Hah! Fall right out of the sky... HE WAS FALLING RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY! The panicking mage shot down a bolt of arcane energy toward the ground, causing an explosion. The force of the blast shot upwards against his body, slowing his descent enough to survive the fall without harm. Because **** physics and whatnot. The brother of Ra landed in a crouching position, standing as the dust cleared. He turned to those sitting in the stands. "You..." He walked past the other members of the guild without giving them so much as a glance, and headed straight for Aoki. Sure enough, the runes engraved onto her matched the ones on Ezekiel's body. "You're what summoned me here...? Back in my day we had to hunt through ancient Egyptian tombs for our magics. All you young wipper snappers and you're "predestined wandering magic" thingamajiggers and you're beating each other up to get destined in an order that doesn't matter. Kids these days, I tell ya"
