In The Times Of Fairy Tails

Scarlett made no acknowledgement of contempt with Evanora's decision, although she was happy Ezekiel would not be going free. She was already regretting her decision to back down. It made her look weak, useless. She gripped her bow with a fierce intensity and they walked back to the guild. As they walked, Scarlett decided not to talk to Dale unless he spoke to her. It wasn't that she was mad at him, it was more that she was mad at herself for being so soft. Maybe that's what being in a guild did to people. It actually softened them and weakened them until they were at the mercy of others. Now that, Scarlett decided, would never happen to her. She had always lived for herself and herself only, so suddenly why did she care so much about protecting others that she barely knew, and some of which she disliked? Silently, Scarlett trudged on.

When she arrived back at the Guild Hall, she went immediately to her room. After applying a bit of medication to the large cuts on her face, she went back out and glanced at the mission assignments. She was with... Please not Dale, Please not Dale... Johanna. Okay. She could deal with this. As long as this chick wasn't overly happy all the time she was fine with this. Who knows, maybe she could even get in a jab or two about Dale, or at the very least she where Johanna stood on the matter.

She found the girl in the guild hall and went up to her without hesitation. "Looks like you're stuck with me this round. Try not to beat yourself up about it." A hint of amusement could be found in the girl's voice as she sat down and plopped her feet up on a table.

 

Guild Hall



Sara pov:
She continued to follow the heat it getting hotter as she walked. She looked around the guild hall as she walked she walked past people as she went. Looking around the guild hall there were still many missing. The man she want to borrow a book about wepons was no were in sight. (Ander)
The sorce of the heat seemed to be coming from the girls dorm wing so she started walking that way. Why was the heat such at a unnatural temperature? Something was going on here. She continued to walk on.

Ooc: Ander is unconscious back were we fought Ezekiel. Some guild leaving him there. Continues on angry Rant

 

It seemed it was already time to go. They didn't even get time to rest and talk among themselves. It all felt very rushed and Dawn didn't know if she had the energy for another mission like the last. She could think after that, they all would have been given a little bit of a break. But no. If this system continued, they were all going to be corpses by the next two missions. Whoever the guild leader was needed a lecture. As did the S-Class mages who were clearly uncaring and impatient to everyone's struggle. Some people were incapacitated for crying out loud. Let's just ship them off to the next dangerous task!

It couldn't be helped sadly. The rules were in place and they had little say. They didn't HALF to go but that would put a bad reputation on their name. Dawn already was a nobody so being looked down upon was not an option right now. She had to fight through the pain and anguish.

The girl walked over to Johanna, the leader of the mission. She pulled out a piece of paper introducing herself.

~My name is Hikari Akatsuki. Please treat me well.~

She gave a light bow in respect to her superior. She was curious to else was joining her. She didn't really get a chance to look given how fast this went.

 

After the mission had been over and done with, Lucia had immediately went back to her room for a bit. Mostly to punch a wall. She was entirely frustrated with the entire ending of the fight against Ezekiel, the entire situation that unfolded before her. Of course, internally at the very least, she was screaming to want the man dead, to lodge a dagger of fifty all across his body. But at the end of the day, all that would have accomplished was her and all her guildmates becoming murderers. Sure, it would have been under a different context than what he had done, but they still would have all played as angry mob executioners all of their own accord. As her fist collided with the wall of the room, she quickly brought it back, shaking her hand now. Turns out hitting a wall hurt. After the pain subsided, she sighed, and didn't really know what to think of Evanora's decision in the end, only that it was better than just letting him be as is. She then proceeded to bring both of her hands to her face and slap herself, she got out of her upset funk and decided to go back outside.

Looking around, she saw that things were in quite a clamor and that jobs were already being posted. Well, nothing like jumping right back into the action to get your mind off of something. Looking around, she saw her name posted up with a mission run by Johanna. Well, she didn't know much about the woman, but figured she was nice enough that there wouldn't be much complaints. Fastening her two titan chains on her belt, she walked over to see the people there. Giving a quick salute she said, "Lucia reporting in for duty!" She then looked at the other people she was with and her mood exacerbated when she saw the red haired individual. Looking at Scarlett with a rather telling look on her face, she said, "oh, it's uh, it's you again." She then looked over to the next person and her face changing from a groan to a smile she waved and said, "nice to meet you there."

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Meanwhile, Charlotte had nothing to add about the Ezekiel situation and was satisfied with how everything ended up. Not really saying anything or interacting with anyone upon their return back to the guild, Charlotte silently sat at a table. It was soon after that more jobs had been posted, and she, still silently, walked over towards the mission she was signed up for. Walking there, she looked towards Dale, the mission adviser, and gave him a silent nod to acknowledge that she was here for the mission. With that done, she simply stood there, and waited for everyone else.

 

Guild hall:

Amanda's pov: She stood by Johanna ready to go.

Guild hall:

Jack's pov: Was ready and walked to Evanora ready to go.

 

It quickly dawned on Caliborn that she was not talking about who he thought she was. This must be coming right back from her past, from before the guild... I should tread carefully.
"I don't know Silvia, but it was a good man." Caliborn answered. Hopefully that's enough. And then Silvia began to tell him her story. "If you wish, you may tell me." And thus it began. She's been brought up to know how to help people and that's all she's ever wanted her to do. I can understand her parents' concerns and why she would rebel against them so much. She can't help if she's cooped up inside, but no parent would want to see their child hurt. Especially since it was such a close call for her. Her telling me all this... It must be a great effort for her. I suspect she's looking for a safe base for security. I'll do my best for that, although I should probably inform Evanora about the situation at some point. She likes to keep an eye on her children and it would be wise to let her know about this... Bond she seems to have formed with me.
"That must have been difficult for you Silvia." Caliborn said quietly. "If you need anything, let me know. I'll be here to take care of you should you need me." Then, someone asked to sit down with them. Caliborn looked at him a moment. Now wouldn't be the best time I should think. He made eye contact with the man before speaking.
"Now would not be the best time in truth. There are some matters of a personal nature being discussed." Caliborn replied.



Dale spent the majority of the time the Guild spent recovering from the Ezekiel incident alone, musing to himself about things and trying to figure out a time to face Johanna. He knew that he'd have to start getting out on missions again soon, if only for practicality's sake of getting a bit more cash coming in. He always needed more. That's the way of it. Staying here for a girl I love, trying to scrape by on what little I can make. Apparently most of the reward goes to the new guys, very little for me. Tempted to petition Evanora to get more money coming in from these jobs for me, I need it. God this job can be a pain sometimes. If it wasn't for Johanna I'd probably have gone by now. But where would I go? This is where Dad brought me for a reason, and Caliborn and Edric and Evanora have all been nice to me, and I guess the new guys aren't all that bad. Some of them nice. Others... He remembered Beucette's little display at the school. What's with her? And then, Scarlett. And what's with her too? One minute she's all ice and the next she opens up and goes soft, then right back to ice. I don't get her, or what the hell she has to do with me, or why she listened. She doesn't seem to be overly the listening type so... Why?

He soon noted that his observation about getting a new mission had come through. He looked around the Guild a bit, checking in some more... Out of the ordinary places. Galuna Island. A curse huh? Probably not that bad. Besides, with the right group I'm sure that we'd have next to no troubles with what we're going to get into. It's ambitious certainly but... To hell with it someone's got to do it, and I'd rather it be me than one of those S-Classes. Might finally get some decent pay if we can get it done. He took his usual seat with the sheet and watched everyone milling about, waiting for the right people to show up. I swear if I get any of the weaker people I'm going to violently eject them from this mission with an icebolt.

 

After the Ezekiel incident had been taken care of, Caleb had made his way back to the guild hall. The first thing he noticed when he got back was that the area was unusually hot. What was causing it to be so warm? Curiousity got the better of the man, and soon enough he found himself trying to figure out where the heat source was. He went from room to room, always making sure to knock, before eventually he came to what he believed to be the source of it. Entering the room slowly but cautiously, he was surprised to see a little girl there. Was she the reason things were so warm? In any case, she looked very uncomfortable, almost...lost? Being the kind man he was, Caleb decided to try and help, and if it turned out she wasn't the source of the heat, he would continue looking after. "Hello, are you one of the new members of this guild? My name's Caleb Stitem and forgive me for asking, but is everything alright? You look a little upset" Caleb asked, not quite sure how to ask.

Gaius hadn't gone back to the guild hall like many of the others. He'd continued walking right past it. The Ezekiel incident had gotten him far too worked up, and while he had calmed down significantly on the walk back, he didn't like the fact he had gotten so worked up. He needed to go somewhere to calm down and relax, and he knew exactly where he was going to go.​

He came to a stop on top of a small hill. Physically, it wasn't anything special. It had a few rocks on it, some near-dead grass, a single, dead tree and that was pretty much it, but emotionally it was a place Gaius visited often. This hill had emotional ties to Gaius, it was very important to him not because of the way it looked, but the memories it related to. It was this place that a sad boy had gone to be vent. A lonely little boy had found a place to escape from everything, to relax, and he had encountered another sad child, just a couple of years younger than himself who had gone there to do the same thing. It was there that a young Gaius Ryan had made his first friend.

Spoiler

A young boy hung his head out of sadness. He didn't look up to where he was going for he didn't care, the child just wanted to get away. His father was drunk as usual; he was always drinking, always taking out his frustration with life on his wife and his only child. Gaius had bruises on his legs and one of his arms to show for it, but thankfully he had gotten out before they got too severe. He had run faster than he had in a long time with the intention of simply escaping, finding a place to just relax. A hill was ahead, he knew. It was nothing special really, but his legs were tired and he wanted to sit down, so it would do.

Upon getting closer to the hill, he noticed that he wasn't alone. There was a little girl there that looked to be about his age, sitting there looking very sad indeed. Despite being very sad himself, Gaius wasn't the kind of boy to see someone in such sorrow and not at least try to help. So, he decided to say hi. The girl barely looked up at him, but when their eyes connected the red-headed child knew right away; this girl was strong. He could see in her eyes that she was hurting deeply, that she wanted to simply break down and cry, but she wasn't doing it. Why not?

He asked her what was wrong, and she simply responded with "nothing". Time for another approach then. He asked her what her name was, and after a little bit of hesitation, the girl answered with "Britney Bale". He introduced himself, and then made her a bet. He told her if he could make her laugh she would have to tell him what was wrong. Britney told him that she didn't think anything the boy did would make her laugh, so he said that there was really nothing to lose, to which she responded with by accepting.

He tried all sorts of things. He tried to tell jokes, but he couldn't come up with any really good ones, so that didn't work very well. He tried telling her a story he found funny, but no laughter once again. Gaius was out of ideas; damn it was hard trying to make somebody laugh when you didn't feel like laughing yourself. And so he came to another idea. He began climbing up the tree, and the girl shuffled around so she could watch. The boy made it to the first branch, and started walking along it, balancing ever so carefully. If he could keep his balance, maybe the girl would be impressed and be more likely to talk to him. Kid logic. It may have worked, but halfway along he started losing his balance. After wobbling around for a bit, he finally lost his balance completely and fell to the ground with a light thud.

"Well, I guess that's why they call the season Fall" the boy said, laughing at the end of his terrible joke. The girl didn't laugh still, but he did see something he hadn't expected; a smile. Getting up, he said sorry for not being able to make her laugh, and that she won, but she wouldn't have it. He'd made her smile, and that was enough. So the two sat together for a while, simply talking to each other. She had been very upset after her father had physically hurt her, and Gaius' face was one of pure shock. He told her about why he was upset, for mostly the same reason as her, and that was the moment things changed between them. In their darkest moments, they had both found a friend they could truly rely on, truly relate to.

They'd spent the rest of the day talking, until finally the sun had began to set. Each child said goodbye, and then the joy that had experienced turned back into sadness as they realized that not only were they returning to their homes, but they were leaving behind the one friend that they had.

Gaius had spent the next few weeks returning to that same hill every day, and waiting for several hours, but to no avail. He hadn't seen Britney since that one day on the hill, all he had left were the memories. The rumours spoke of her leaving town, moving somewhere else, but he'd never found out where. He still went to that hill from time to time though when he needed to get away from everything. It wasn't so much the location, but the joyful memory he had. He was very close with both Caleb and Skadi, but neither of them had really ever understood why Gaius was the way he was, but he just knew that she would.

Gaius let out a sigh. He felt a bit better after spending a good hour there, but it was time he returned. He began walking back towards the guild hall, not quite ready to return but feeling like he should. The moment he arrived there, he saw that everyone was back. Doing his best to force a smile, he wandered inside.

"Alright, so when are we gonna start another mission? I'm ready to kick some more ass" the fire mage said, eager as ever to move on from his past.​

 

unknown location



Ander's pov:
Ander's body lay unconscious were the guild fought Ezekiel.
The entire guild left leaving him with out helping him so guild they turned out to be.
A forced that can not be explained or know set forth know that Ander should not be were he was.
A bright green light circled Ander.
A green light appeared in the med bay of the guild dropping Ander's body in a bed.
...
Ander got the sense he was moving. What was going on all he saw was green.



Guild Hall:



Sara's pov:
She been following the heat for some time now. She was starting not to feel well the heat was getting to her.
Then a man entered a girls room were the source of the heat seemed to be coming from.
How dare a man enter a girls room this was uncalled for. She walked into the room and folded her aim and had that look that said what are you doing here.
Hopefully this man won't try anything funny.
Oh wait she must be confuseing this man with Thomas, never less she desided she see what he was up to being in a girls room.

 

Johanna was swamped by all the work they had to do to fix the Guild, but Evanora still wanted the members to go out on proper jobs, so while they left the Hall the other members would work on repairs. Johanna was still in her travelers clothes, which she didn't mind that much.

"Alright team gather around!" She shouted excitedly.

"The Queen of Astedia needs use to find and protect her missing daughter Annika. She didn't say exactly why she needs protection, but it's not for weeks or anything so don't worry. Now remember how to address members of royalty everyone: For the King and Queen, you say 'Your Majesty' and when we find the Princess, we must address her as 'Her Royal Highness'. Does everyone got that down?" She told them.

"Also, you have to bow, remember?" Johanna backed up from the table. "You have to bow from the neck, not the waist." She demonstrated. "Place your right foot behind your left heel and bend your knees slightly, while saying, 'Your Majesty'. Only shake her hand if they offer it to you, and don't begin conversation with ANYONE. You have to wait until they start speaking to you."

"Everyone got that? Good, let's go."

Astedia

Spoiler: Music

The Kingdom was ankle deep in snow, as Johanna soon found out. Luckily she dressed warmly, in her Russian cap, gold tunic and olive green jacket. Her pants were black, and now dusted by snow. You couldn't even see her brown boots. The snow falling was light enough, and the sun shone brightly. They went through the mountains, climbing over hills of snow.

"Apparently this isn't the first time Her Royal Highness has disappeared like this on her mother, actually it's probably more like the 5843th time. At least once a day, but today she needs very high security. So, when we get to the castle we'll start our search." Johanna explained.

As they walked up the hill, Johanna saw a nature made rink of ice across from them, and a beautiful girl skating. Her hair was a pale blonde, and was worn in a ponytail, while the bottom was tied in a knot. She wore a red jacket, and top with long sleeves, a blue pair of pants with a belt, and red boots that match the color of her jacket. She also had pink ice skates, beautifully decorated with gemstones. The girl twirled into the air, landing gracefully back on the ice. She started to spin her arms out at her sides and then moving to the top of her head.

"Wow! I wish I could skate like that." Johanna smiled, as Johanna tried to get closer, she clumsily slide down the hill, startling the ice skater, both of them falling into a snow bank.

“There are easier ways to introduce yourself.” She laughed, her pale ice blue eyes beaming as she spoke, dusting herself off and standing up.

~Mission Information: Talk to the Ice Skater or ask Directions to the Castle~



Evanora knocked on the door of Thea's room. Though she felt drained from all the Magic spent on exiling Ezekiel, she knew she had to talk to Thea.

"Please leave us, Caleb, Sara." She asked politely.

"Thea, dear." She closed the door behind her. "My name is Evanora, and I'm the Guild Master here." She whispered sensitively. "We're glad to have you with us, and I would like you to join the Guild. This is a way for you to earn a second chance, and follow a path of light." Evanora smiled. "I'd like you to come on a mission with me today, if that's alright. This is a way for me to see your skill, and I'll be able to accept you into the Guild."

 

"Good, good." Dale began, examining the small crowd gathered in front of him. Calxiyn, Therity, Ander and a handful of those Team King guys. Only one of them was missing he thought, and that was the flirt who thought rather too much of himself. That suited Dale just fine. There's no room for idiots on this mission. which means that maybe Gaius isn't the best but then again... He's a good fighter. I'll have to trust him not to do anything too risky. "From what I've seen, you're a strong bunch. That's precisely what we're going to need for this job. I don't know too much about it in all honesty. The most that I know is that we're going to lift a curse on a place to Galuna Island. We're headed to the port at Hargeon Town to get a boat, and then we're heading for the island. Everyone ready? No questions? Good." Best not to mention this is an S-Class mission yet. If I do, some of them may back out and I'd rather not have any word of this get back to Evanora- Yet. She'll find out when we get back and well, if it works out...

Galuna Island

"I believe I forgot to mention, this is an S-Class mission, so please do be careful." Dale revealed as they arrived at Hargeon town's port. "If you're wondering why I didn't say anything, it's because we really technically be here doing this, however I think we'll be able to manage just fine. You've got me, and you're all good Wizards in that of yourselves. Now then, our first task- Find ourselves a boat. Spread out, see if you can find one and preferably quick. I'd rather not have one of the S-Classes figure out that we've gone and stop us before we get going. Remember, success here is a lot of credit and pay back at the guild if you need some inspiration. A lot of it." That should tempt the greedy and egoists, and hopefully the fact that we're not meant to be doing this ought to put off the people who might run back and tell. We're too far in now to go back. First problem is of course, gaining passage because as this is a technically unlicensed mission we haven't secured passage, so we're making our own way. Now let's see, where can we find a ship... There were four sailors on differing ships of varying sizes. One very small, one fairly large and the others fairly in the middle. Preferably one of the middle sized ones would be best. Not too much money and it should be fairly quick.

Mission information: Talk to the 4 sailors to find a ship to get passage to the island.

 

Well it seemed that the person she was with was rude. Dawn was completely ignored. She just lowered her arms and followed along. She began to discuss how to react in front of the royal family all of which seemed very vocal. Did Johanna did not notice that Dawn couldn't speak whatsoever? You know, for being an S-Class mage, she was very inconsiderate. For being a high ranked guild, the people were kind of stuck up in some senses.

Finally they headed off to the mission which apparently was in an arctic area. It was beautiful to say the least. The winter snow and frozen particles that were glowing from the sun light piercing down on them, creating a luminous texture, reflecting all around that was simply stunning. At the right angle, the rays could reflect against the air, letting it sparkle like a magical wonderland.

Within admiring the beauty that was nature, Johanna walked on snow high and tall, Johanna slipped and had a great fall. Dawn smirked, she wouldn't lie and say she didn't feel bad. Of course she was worried that Johanna and the other girl was okay.

Dawn caught a glimpse of the girl who was clearly of royalty. She took out her notebook and began to write a message.

~ Are you perhaps related to the Queen or are in fact the princess we are looking for to protect? I mean, you are dressed very pretty and have all of the attributes of a princess. ~

She held out the piece of paper only for it to be blown away from a powerful gust that came from nowhere. She stood there, her hand just being stuck out. She just sighed and went along with it. Frankly, if nobody else could not see that this girl was clearly royalty, then maybe there was something mentally wrong with them. Johanna already gave her that impression. That just meant she had that urge to feel pity.

 

Ra looked suspiciously at Dale. Why would he take them on an S-class mission? He would bend the rules so much, and risk penalty for going on it. Not to mention the danger which would surely accompany such a mission. Dale didn't strike him as particularly foolhardy or reckless. Not like Gaius anyway. "If we must acquire a ship to take us to our destination, then it's best we split into pairs of two. We can evenly go towards each of the bo-" Ra was stopped by the sound of commotion from a little bit away. Please for the love of god let that just be a random criminal. Just let it b- nope it's Gaius alright. The red-haired mage had done what he did best. Run off on his own to do something stupid which Ra would likely have to participate in cleaning up. The man gave a heavy sigh before walking over to the scene of action.

"What do ya mean we can't have the boat? I'm not about to let my shot at S-class go down the crapper because some sailor doesn't want to give us his boat!" "Sir, please go away." "Sure! Just give us the boat and we'll be on our way!" "I'm calling the guards!" "Gaius." "Yeah Ra?" "Do you know what is more detrimental to your chances of success on this mission than lack of passage?" "Huh?" "Prison." Gaius stopped for a moment. This...was true. "Well then i guess we better not let him get away!" "You are truly the vessel of my destruction..." Ra raised his staff and a volley of lightning rained from the sky down onto the fleeing sailor, scaring the hell out of him. "I'm afraid we can't let you do that. We need to book passage, and refusing us may be bad for your health. You'll find it's in your best interests to oblige our request." "Th-the rest of the crew isn't gonna go along with this! They're greedy bastards! Don't do nothin' without a paycheck!" "Guess we better do a little convincin'"

Running onto the ship, Gaius began to lay into the workers. In fact, several of them he threw overboard into the harbor. Ra sighed. Well...they technically weren't supposed to be doing any of this, so why not go all the way? "Dale! It would seem that Gaius has...Obtained....a ship. Meanwhile, this man here was kind enough to offer to take us there free of charge. Is that correct?" Ra stared down intimidatingly at the sailor, who nodded furiously. "Y-yeah! That's right boss!" "Then we'd better head out." ​

 

Astedia
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After sliding clumsily down the slope after Johanna and Dawn, Ren stepped carefully across the ice to the skater girl. "Hello there, young lady," he smiled, holding out a hand to shake. "My name is Ren, and my companions and I are from Sapphire Eclipse." He looked down at her skates and then back up. "That was some skating back there," he complimented her. "You probably skate quite a lot, I imagine. What's your name by the way?"
Smiling at the girl, Ren was trying to figure out whether she could actually help them in their quest or not. At the very least, she would probably be able to point them in the direction of the castle, but if she had some information regarding the princess, then maybe they would be able to return her home sooner than expected. But of course, this mission was tagged as long, so no doubt things wouldn't be so easy. Something somewhere would screw everything up, and in the end, as Dawn had already hypothesized even though Ren didn't know it because of magical wind blowing paper magic, the skater girl would almost certainly turn out to be the princess. Unless of course Cal realized that her plot had been seen through, and hastily altered to be completely different. And then I stopped typing this, ahem, 'awesome' post.


Ok, so there's a post. Not proud of it, but it'll do! (Maybe. Hopefully someone interacts with this chick in a not awkward way xD )

 

Galuna Island​

Calxiyn blinked as Gaius threw some sailors overboard and Ra trying to get the boat. She ran onto it. This was super bad. But she couldn't help but laugh at the situation.

The Captain of the Boat came out, seeing Ra's thunder. "Wait! Are you Wizards!?"

Calxiyn nodded. "I'm so sorry sir, but we're really in need of a boat. We need to go to Galuna Island-"

"Are you here to lift the curse?!"

Calxiyn nodded timidly. The man looked distressed.

"You should have said that in the first place. Get in." He called. "There's no other boat that will take you, but ours."

 

Astedia​

The group had been shipped out and were now underway to go meet and protect royalty, or something like that. Regardless, she was going to be super awesome at this mission, and get her mind completely off the whole guild blowing up situation and near execution. Where they had ended up was some wonderful crystalline looking area. Snow and ice covered the yada yada you all know how pretty it is so I'm not gonna bother.

Anyway, they had eventually come across a young ice skater who seemed to be completely well ornamented and had sparkles and glamorous beams of magical light flying off her feet, that's how well adorned she was. Or they were just jeweled skates, one of the two. Regardless, after Johanna fell down, causing the skater to get startled a bit, it seemed like a perfect time as any to go and ask any apparent questions about this regal looking skater. However, Lucia noticed that her fellow girl of purple hair had been writing something down and said, "so, whatcha writing there?" Before the question was answered, the wind had seemnigly blown the paper out of the girl's notebook, and the girl tried to reach for it, she couldn't get it. However, with a serious expression on her face, Lucia bolted past the writing girl and ran past where the paper, jumping high into the air and reaching out, the paper seemed to fly right into her grasp.

"Gotcha," she proclaimed. Uncrumpling the paper in her hands she looked at it and gave a thumbs up to the girl. "Good idea!" She then looked at the skater and seemed to start to just freeze up a bit. "He-hello there Miss- Madame Skater- lady, person. We, my comrade-friend people, we would like to ask, er, inquire, about whether or not you would happen to, may or may not maybe perhaps, be the royal princess lady ma'am lady of this land area." The entire time she was speaking, her body was shaking, sweat forming on her brow, and her eyes were wide eyed and darting around. Johanna was right. There were better ways to introduce yourself. This was not one of them.

 

Guild Hall:



Ander's pov:
His eyes opened with a startle. Then he realized what had happened. This was some guild anyone in this place would just leave you to die someone to die.
He looked around and found himself in the guild hall. Looking around the guild he was revived and a bit angry that the guild was alive.
He was revived because everyone would live to fight another day. He was angry because they just left him there.
He walked over to Dale and folded his aims clearly upset by what happened.

Then Dale said "From what I've seen, you're a strong bunch. That's precisely what we're going to need for this job. I don't know too much about it in all honesty. The most that I know is that we're going to lift a curse on a place to Galuna Island. We're headed to the port at Hargeon Town to get a boat, and then we're heading for the island. Everyone ready? No questions? Good."
Cursed island he thought maybe more then one curse could be lifted he thought hopefully.
Dale had high hopes for this mission.


Galuna Island:

They arrived at Hargeon town port. Then dale said
"I believe I forgot to mention, this is an S-Class mission, so please do be careful."
Really Dale you so happened to forget to mention that is a S class mission.
you know what you and Johanna are perfect for each other you both leave out important details of a mission he thought.
Then Dale Said
"If you're wondering why I didn't say anything, it's because we really technically be here doing this, however I think we'll be able to manage just fine.
You've got me, and you're all good Wizards in that of yourselves.
Now then, our first task- Find ourselves a boat. Spread out, see if you can find one and preferably quick.
I'd rather not have one of the S-Classes figure out that we've gone and stop us before we get going.
Remember, success here is a lot of credit and pay back at the guild if you need some inspiration. A lot of it."
What to do he thought.
Then Ra/ Gaius said:
"If we must acquire a ship to take us to our destination, then it's best we split into pairs of two.
We can evenly go towards each of the bo-"

"What do ya mean we can't have the boat?
I'm not about to let my shot at S-class go down the crapper because some sailor doesn't want to give us his boat!"
"Sir, please go away."
"Sure! Just give us the boat and we'll be on our way!" "I'm calling the guards!"
"Gaius." "Yeah Ra?" "Do you know what is more detrimental to your chances of success on this mission than lack of passage?"
"Huh?" "Prison." Gaius stopped for a moment. This...was true.
"Well then i guess we better not let him get away!"
"You are truly the vessel of my destruction..." Ra raised his staff and a volley of lightning rained from the sky down onto the fleeing sailor, scaring the hell out of him.
Ander stood infront of the sailor
"What do you think you are doing? he asked Ra
"Did it ever acord to you to just to I don't know make a boat?"
Then Ra/ Gaius
"I'm afraid we can't let you do that. We need to book passage, and refusing us may be bad for your health.
You'll find it's in your best interests to oblige our request."
"Th-the rest of the crew isn't gonna go along with this!
They're greedy bastards! Don't do nothin' without a paycheck!"
"Guess we better do a little convincin'"

Running onto the ship, Gaius began to lay into the workers.
In fact, several of them he threw overboard into the harbor. Ra sighed. Well...they technically weren't supposed to be doing any of this, so why not go all the way?
"Dale! It would seem that Gaius has...Obtained....a ship. Meanwhile, this man here was kind enough to offer to take us there free of charge. Is that correct?"
Ra stared down intimidatingly at the sailor, who nodded furiously. "
Y-yeah! That's right boss!" "Then we'd better head out."

"we are not going to take this boat by force you understand me?"
He could not believe this was happening
Why? Had Ra and Gaius turned evil from EZ?

Then cal said :

I'm so sorry sir, but we're really in need of a boat. We need to go to Galuna Island-"

"That is no reason to threaten the man"

What is wrong with you people have some common courtesy."
He was still upset by the guild leving him behind and was not going to put up with this anymore.

"I am sorry about my.. the guild they must not have there head on right today." He then gave a sharp look to the members that came with him.
"Are you alright?" he asked the Captain of the Boat

 

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"Why thank you, Ren." She smiled at him kindly, avoiding his other questions.

Johanna nodded. "Yes, we are from Sapphire Eclipse. This is Caleb, Zwei, Lucia, Dawn, Scarlett, Thomas, Hasu, and Amanda." She introduced her Guild Members. "I'm Johanna."

"Oh no." She shook her head. "Another Guild." She groaned. "Yes, I'm Princess Annika. Please to met you all."

Johanna curtsied and then spoke. "With all due respect your Royal Highness, you don't seem too happy to see us." Johanna said.

“This is the 4th Guild this week.” She rolled her eyes, sighing heavily.

 

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Amanda's pov: First the girl wrote something before it blew away in the wind. (Dawn) Did she think she was better by not talking or was it possible she couldn't. Johanna said something about proper inductions and bowing, could this ice skater be a princesses. If this castle had people watching how did this daughter go missing in the 1st place, But it seemed the princesses was right there so they had to protect her right.

 

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Veilen was surprised to hear that Dale was taking them on a S-Rank mission, though it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. An S-Rank mission would be the perfect opportunity to get in some valuable experience and then Gaius and Ra hijacked the boat. Well that certainly was something. No matter, Veilen went ahead and got on the boat just as the captain had shown himself. The captain proceeded to ask them questions that Calxiyn answered. "Who would've thought that stealing a boat would go over without any consequences." Veilen said, chuckling/ignoring the look that Ander gave.

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So they found the princess on there first try, yay them. Least they were lucky on that part, which only left the rest of the mission to do. "So what happens to these other guilds your royal highness?" Four guilds in one week was quite the news to here and yet here the princess was ice skating with no one keeping guard over her. Were they that confident or were they just plain stupid?

 

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The group had followed Dale to the boat yard, where they were to be shipped off and undertake their mission. Charlotte was a bit weary of why Dale saw fit to take them on an S-Class mission, especially when none of them were by, any means, S-Class level wizards. Regardless, she wasn't in much position to object, or rather, she wasn't able to focus on it for long enough to object. Instead, her thoughts were diverted towards Gaius and his ability to...well to make things just go worse than one initially intend. After the other female of the group, Calxiyn, mentioned that they were here to break the curse they had ended up being granted passage. Despite the turn of events in the situation, Charlotte still walked towards the flaming haired man, but a hand on his shoulder and said, "Gaius. About your means of gaining transportation." A twisted smile on her face and her eyes had a look of death in them, the air around them suddenly seemed to be a lot heavier, "I suggest you think of more, licit, means in the future. Okay?"

After that, she disregarded what Veilen had said and looked towards Ander saying, "no one in this guild has ever had their head screwed on correctly." She then looked back to the boat captain and said, "so, Sir, what are the details behind this curse on the island?"