Arc 1 Episode 1: Heart of the Warmaiden

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Akari Kaya
~Sabertooth S-Class Mage~

Although Akari understand Valerie and Raxil were joking around, she couldn't help but be disappointed in their lack of seriousness. This was a mission given to them by the Council; they had to treat it as such. If they failed to pull this off, the name of Sabertooth would be tarnished. Akari would rather give up her magic than see that come to pass. Her sternness was meant for the good of the guild, and of the mission. Noting Skylar, Valerie's friend, address her shyly, Akari's serious face morphed into a gentle expression. "Hi, Skylar-san. How are you?"

Turning back to the Council as Meral began to speak again. Her mind processed the instructions and committed them to memory. Team One...northern canyon...find the Warmaiden. Her eyes widened slightly when she was announced as the leader of her team, however. True, she was an S-Class mage, but she preferred to work as a team rather than follow a set leader. Oh, well. If it was what Meral wanted, than she supposed she'd have to comply...

Akari calmly took the communication Lacrima and put it in her pocket. Chances were she wouldn't need to use it much, but keeping it close was the best option in case they ran into trouble. Raxil's outburst made her smile at bit, her hand instinctively reaching up her collarbone and rubbing the spot where her own gray guild mark was. Walking over to him and Valerie, she eyed both of them in turn. "First thing we have to do is, obviously, get to the northern canyons. Which is why I agree with Skylar's question." Casting her gaze up once again to Meral, she called, "Are we getting ourselves there, or are you providing us with means of transportation?"

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Claude Karmesin
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"A test? Now that's what I call originality." Claude muttered, apparently annoyed over the lack of conclusive information about the job. It was already  more than clear that he didn't like to be forced to partake in missions without even receiving an adequate amount of info about the necessity for urgency, a situation that clearly demoted the secrecy of the employer, a bad omen even when the employer was the council. In despite of that, he quickly recovered his composure and took another bite of the already half-eaten mantou, turning his head to face the girl from his guild that tried to attract his attention, slightly frowning when faced by the strange pronunciation of his name. "What do i think? I think it's going to be troublesome and probably annoying, specially when considering how they didn't give the reason for gathering such an overwhelming amount of strong mages for the mission." The S class mage started talking as soon as he finished another bite of the Mantou, reducing his voice to make it so that just the girl could hear his words clearly. "4 S class mages and at least 2 with an equal level of power -  That I can identify, that is - for a search mission? Sounds more like a team fitting for a 10-year job. It is already clear that the task isn't going to be simple." 
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Claude moved his gaze away from the girl right after finishing his explanation, hardly interested in maintaining a conversation after receiving the new about being responsible for the team, as he felt the need to effectively handle the organization of the team for the sake of avoiding any possible danger that the somehow suspicious mission could bring. He quickly managed to identify Kiran and Avie walking towards him - not that hard of a task, considering how Avie actually waved to him while grinning. "Please tell me that you didn't leave your sister behind, Avie." He quickly said as soon as they neared him, noticing how Celia wasn't accompanying the duo. "I can't handle all this thinking without her help"
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Haru Nekochi
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Haru looked around the room once the Grand Council's mage had stopped talking for everyone to take in the information. Everyone from what she could tell was pretty shocked at the news but for her, it didn't really bother her as much. However it was strange that the Magic Council would summon guilds from all over on this mission. "Ah....I see....Maybe they have a good reason for that? I mean...never mind." She briefly said, looking towards her guild mate then looking away to the announcer. She always had trouble talking to other people when it was just her and another person, not a group of people. Hmmm....cake....need sweets... The thought came to Haru's mind as a slightly tingling sensation came from her mouth. She was craving sweets at a time like this, she pouted while scolding herself for acting childish.
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Haru noticed that her other guild mates were heading over to where the two of them where, she shyly stood there unsure of what to so. One part of her wanted to go to the others and talk to them as well but the other said not to bother them with your lack of emotions. She felt as awkward as ever as she just stood there looking weirder by the second. Sure she had been in the guild for 5 years but she never really talked to anyone frequently, she was just as much as a stranger towards her guild mates as herself. So she excused herself from the conversation, making her way deeper and deeper into the crowd.
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Celia sighed, and watched her sister cling to Kiran for a moment, before she focused on the Council again as they announced the teams and the leaders for them. At least they didn't have to deal with shenanigans from other guilds--FairyTail in particular--or any guildless mages in their team. She waited a few more moments longer than Avie and Kiran did to head towards Claude as she was taking the time to jot down her mental notes on the little information they had been given in her archive screen. Said screen and it's accompanying keyboard disappeared as she cancelled the magic to go in search of Claude and hopefully the other guild members. Before she started off, she grabbed the large black war-hammer that her sister had left leaning against the wall beside her. She had a feeling Avie had completely forgotten about the weapon she'd brought along for this mission despite her advice not to.
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Finding Kiran, Claude, and Avie wasn't hard... she just looked for her obnoxious sibling and whatever antics she had going on. She found them just after Claude finished questioning Avie on her own whereabouts, and in time to see Haru leave the group. She would have gone after her if her assistance wasn't needed, but it seemed she was needed here with Claude at the momment. Her feet carried her up beside Avie, to pass the not exactly light hammer to her younger sister, before she took the liberty of moving to stand beside the red headed mage. "She didn't leave me behind, though I couldn't say the same about that thing." She answered his question on behalf of her sister, a small smile on her features as she gestured to the weapon she'd just passed off. She grew more serious after that. 
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"They didn't give us very much information. I have a bad feeling about this whole thing." She mused, mostly to Claude as she activated archive again to the screen she'd jotted her notes onto. This time, she didn't limit it to just the one screen though. A second was there as well and she had it currently looking for more information on the Warmaiden, it's purpose, and even it's disappearance to try and find out more about things the council had choosen not to share. She wasn't so focused on the screens that she wasn't paying attention, far the contrary actually. Most of her attention was on the S-class mage beside her and the other two guild members gathered.
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Akari Kaya
~Sabertooth S-Class Mage~

Akari immediately turned around and began to exit the room. "Come on Raxil, Valerie. We need to get to that northern canyon and get into position." No matter about the transportation; other drivers could only be so reliable. Not to mention they didn't want the general public knowing about their whereabouts. "Looks like we'll have to take a Magic Four Wheeler. Unless either of you two have a better way of getting there?" she turned to the other wizards, raising an eyebrow inquisitively.

Almost instinctively, she reached into her pocket, making sure the communication Lacrima was still there. It seemed to be in order, which was a great relief to her. She had great confidence in her abilities and those of her guildmates, but you could never be too careful when going on missions like these. If Akari didn't know any better, she'd say Sabertooth and the other guilds were being duped by the Council itself, but what purpose would they have in doing that?

Glancing around at the other guilds, Akari wondered how long it would take for them all to get into the positions Meral had assigned to them. Some groups were a tad larger due to lack of attendance by some of the guilds (namely Sabertooth), so transporting that many people might take longer than just a few. Bouncing on the balls of her feet, Akari was itching to start this mission and prove how great Sabertooth's might was.
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Skylar Fay & Valerie Neko
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May listened intently as the council member continued to talk. She frowned when the council member said no pay until afterward, "No advance? No 50 now 50 later? And I planned on getting something to eat ..." She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. She then quickly continued to smile, " Oh Well!"

Max rolled his eyes. "Anyway ... " Max said, turning towards the others, " Any ideas for transportation?"

May shrugged, " II could make us something but there'd be no guarantee that it will be made long enough for us to get there ... If anyone else has any ideas, I'm all for them, but if not, I'll try my best to get us there safely."

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Raxil (Rax) Faegoz and Fang




Raxil half-smirked, half-frowned as the council left their seats. "What'd I tell ya? Please, does anyone buy that drawing attention stuff? We're already risking our lives by gettin' involved, they just wanna save their own hides." He grumbled, mostly to himself.
Though he tried and failed to look tough and composed, the mere mention of a magic four wheeler made Raxil's stomach churn, and his mouth quirked upwards, nervously. Noticing this, the cat on his shoulder chuckled.
"I uh... I don't really trust those magic four wheelers... Maybe Fang and I will just fly above the car? We could.... we could run surveillance! Yeah, we could uh, surveil..."
The young wizard sputtered, trying hard to keep his cool air about him, and trying harder to not get caught unable to fight due to motion sickness.

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Akari Kaya
~Sabertooth S-Class Mage~

Akari smiled kindly at Skylar. "You don't have to fly if you don't want to. Save your strength for later." Shooting a glance at Raxil, she smirked knowingly. Ah, yes, the famous motion sickness of the Dragon Slayers. Her parents had always had entertaining stories about the Twin Dragons of her guild, now long gone. "I understand if you don't want to come with us in the four-wheeler, Raxil. I wouldn't want your motion sickness to get in the way of the mission. But if Fang gets tired, you're going to have to deal with it."

It was then a strange man's arm wrapped around her shoulders, causing Akari to stiffen and widen her eyes. A sharp glance to the side revealed a wizard, supposedly guildless from the looks of him, asking Raxil in the others what he had missed. Akari immediately elbowed him hard in the side and stepped away, glaring at the newcomer. "Missing warship. Teams in four cardinal directions to find it. Guildless over there." She pointed over to the group including the guildless mages, completely uninterested in spending more time with this too-forward wizard. "Let's go, Sabertooth," she said, leading her way out the door.

Once outside, she rented a magic four-wheeler and climbed into the driver's seat, urging her guildmates to hurry up. "It's now or never, guys," she pointed out, hooking her arm up to the SE plug. The sooner they got done with this mission, the sooner they could go home.
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Skylar Fay & Valerie Neko
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Nox & Videl
Nox jerked his head upwards to narrow his eyes at the council for a moment as they announced the groups for the mission. A sharp sigh left him before he straightened and pushed himself away from the wall a step or two. The communication Lacrima landed carefully in his palm where he pocketed it safely. "Videl, don't piss anyone off." He instructed to his brother just before the pair were approached by the first of several mages. He nodded to the woman named Lianne of Mermaid Heel with a slight smile, then to Isekai. He waved off her later comments. "You don't have to be so formal." He commented with a small laugh before he turned to face the remaining guildless woman who approached. She did not come off as the most friendly person on earth to him, but he made no comment on the choice to listen to what else the council had to say.

Videl on the other hand, did not take so quickly to greeting the others, and hung back behind Nox for the time being. When the topic of finding transportation came up, he was quick to volunteer himself. "I'll go find us a couple of magic four-wheelers or something. Just meet me outside in a few minutes." He replied to Lianne, and waved behind him as he walked off and out of the council hall in search of said vehicles. The others would find him outside the building later waiting hopefully with transportation.

Nox turned to the others in the mean time and smiled only slightly once more before his face grew serious. "While he looks for transportation, I think we need to set down some ground rules. As it's been pointed out, we need to stick together so obviously don't go running off alone. I'm not going to ask that you all become best of buddies and friends like sappy guild-mates--no offence meant there, Lianne--but I will ask that you all try to get along a little. Stay out of each others way if you can't manage that." He spoke with a calm, confident voice, yet there wasn't much trace of arrogance there as he seemed more annoyed to even be stuck as leader than anything else. "Don't fight or I will forcibly separate you and you won't like it. Trust me. That's all." He finished and fell silent to gauge reactions and wait, watching as other teams began to leave the hall.
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