ᴄᴏ ᴏᴘ ɢᴜɪʟᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1 : víσlα, sαngσ & príscíllα

"A breach of the shanties? Who left it open?" Shaku said, slightly annoyed into the lacrima that acted as a sort of intercom. With a sigh, he ran down the halls as quickly as he could, hopefully making it to the storage area before the thieves could make off with the item they were looking for. I swear to god that the Rune Knight who did this really fucked up he thought, still annoyed while dashing through the white hallways that formed the labyrinth he called headquarters. When he reached the vault, he saw two women immediately. They didn't look like thieves, and if they were, they were the worst thieves to ever have roamed the Earth. "Good day to you two, I'm Lieutenant Hitsumo. Miss, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the vault and put the boxes down. Explain yourselves." he said authoritatively. The shanties held the personal items of the soldiers in the Fiora military. It really wasn't too dangerous for them to be in there, but it was a flagrant breach of the rules.

Two civilians wandering into a place where everyone and their mother stores what they hold dear to them. Although most things in the room may not hold material value, they more than made up for it in sentimental value. He could tell that the woman closer to the door was quite powerful, stronger than him even, but not quite as strong as his brother. I really hope I don't have to do any arresting today. That's a lot of paperwork. And oh boy if they resisted arrest. I don't think I could quite handle this darker woman. I don't thinks so though, they seem to be legal mages he thought, crossing his arms and beginning to tap his foot on the tile, slightly worried as to what they would do.

The trip to the Magic Council Headquarters was a surprisingly boring one for Priscilla, as all it held were sights the childish ancient had already seen. Era was not a new place for her in the slightest. Hell, she used to live here for pete's sakes. But that was over two centuries ago. Even as they traveled through this place that she found so mundane and boring, she couldn't wipe the cocky smirk off her face. The knowledge that a certain someone as waiting for her made her fill to the brim with excitement. She knew that the woman was waiting for her, all Priscilla had to do was show up. Ith a few friends of course. Well, a friend and a stranger.

In front of her was Viola, one of Priscilla's older friends and companions, and to her side was Sango, a person Priscilla had seen here and there but not spoken to.  the vampire could fel the suspicion and curiosity radiating from her while she tried to lok over the little girl that was Priscilla. She would find nothing, however, and simply move on to Viola, who was tasked with leading this little escapade. They were all tasked with stealing some dagger whose name Priscilla couldn't be bothered to remember, and it just so happened to be in the same location as one of the child's old companions. How lucky she was to have that happen to her. Such a lucky coincidence.

"Dear me, Viola, try not to just barge in. I'd like to at least be subtle with this little scandal of ours. My name has already gone done in history twice, and not for positive reasons either, so I don't need it getting any worse." Priscilla commented with a small chuckle. She could hardly remember those little events, that was how old she was now. What was the technical number again? 569? Yeah, that one.
The group entered the headquarters in a not so inconspicuous way, despite the ancient vampire's warning, and proceded to make their way to the storage room. It was indeed the room with al the things in it, as Viola said, prompting Priscilla to question just what it was they had down here. It could be mostly supplies and other utilities, but there could also be other things here as well. Priscilla would have to slip back in through the shadows to check sometime, as now was not that time. It wasn't more than two minutes after they found this room before they themselves were the ones being found. Turning around, Priscilla found a rune knight that stood there and started barking orders like he had authority. Oh wait, he was a Rune Knight. That's what they were taught to do.

"Oh my, a child sems to have found his way to us. How unpleasant. Mel if you would be so kind as to call off your dogs, I would be quite the grateful creature."

"No not dogs..." A voice called out. Behind Shaku a mage appeared. She was clad in pink and greens. "Not dogs... More like mages with ambition." Her entire outfit was very gaudy. From the top of her head with her rabbit hat to the bottom of her feet with the clog like Mary Jane shoes she wore. Mel put a mitten sleeved hand on on her hip then leaned towards it. "Ah there's a familiar voice," Mel said with a smirk. Her eyes thinned as she looked at Priscilla. "Didn't think you would get bored and join a guild, Priscilla." She then turned her eyes to Viola. She could sense the dragon in her and shook her head. "So what do we have here." She stared at Sango. Something just didn't make any sense here. Mel tapped her shoes as she looked at where everyone was standing. "If I'm deducing something, you've come for a special item... but what item are you looking for?" Mel raised an eyebrow finally folding her arms and tapping her shoe again. This vault was full of items from the past that Mel had collected and donated under many guises. Along with those items she had several protected items in the vault. Mel made sure to keep items that held some residual darkness under lock and key. The only people who had access to it were those in the seats of the council.

Shaku signed and looked boredom at this girl who addressed him so rudely. "Nice to meet you too. It's always nice to see there are still some polite people in this world" he said sardonically before looking at the darkest girl of the three who was visibly pained by the attitude of the child. I wouldn't want to be her right now. I feel kinda sorry that she had to travel with this naive girl he thought before glancing at the kookiest of the three. "The Dagger of Warren eh?-" he said, remembering the item from the clipboard that he recorded the contents of the vault on while taking inventory. "That's quite the predicament. A guild master has disappeared and you need a dangerous artifact to potentially get him back" he said to the group. "Do you see where I'm going with this? Typically you'd need to fill out a requisition form and wait a week or two for the Council to approve you. But, seeing as how this is quite the emergency, I think we could help you. Only if she goes, though, and has no part in this operation. We don't need a naive girl anywhere NEAR a dangerous artifact and honestly I really feel like either I, Mel, or the girl that's ashamed to be among you is the one to handle it" he said again before taking a breath and turning to whisper into Mel's ear.

"A missing Saint is the definition of emergency. Why don't we have any amendments to the Rulebook about these things. I don't particularly want to make it a habit of breaking protocols. Of course the actual decision depends on you. I'll help them whether or not you want to, but it would really be easier if you went along with them as well" he told his superior, making sure to get his potential defiance across in the hopes that she would simply turn her back and a blind eye towards him should they choose to go down this road.

Cathrine hurried though the halls of the Rune Knight headquarters, mentally scolding herself. There had been some sort of break in the HQ, but instead of helping to stop it, the half cat had been in one of the training halls, oblivious to what was going on until another Rune Knight had informed her.

The half cat ran into the hallway where miss Mel and Shaku were standing, facing three mages who were clearly not Rune Knights. They must be the intruders, Cathrine thought to herself as she looked to see what the thieves were taking. Cathine's ears flattened against her head with anger as she looked into the room where she and the other Rune Knights kept their private possessions.

Cathrine walked up to where Shaku and Mel were talking, summoning her father's pistol as she came up, just in case there was some sort of danger. When she reached the two others, Cathrine looked to Mel and asked, "Miss Mel, what do you plan to do about these people?"

Vierorin was running along the various hallways trying to find the training hall he was supposed to meet Cathrine, he was very well running late zipping through the halls with Zekkaria flying behind him scolding him every step of the way. He had been hearing some kind of an announcement ringing throughout the building but hadn’t been paying attention, “Vierorin!” Zekkaia was trying to get his attention, but the fourteen year old young man had gotten lost, and was looking around trying to find his way, “Vierorin!” He then stopped suddenly and turned around, “What Zekkaria??” Zekkaria glared at him and said, “That announcement we have been hearing is an Intruder Alert!” She paused for a moment and then pointed one of her claws to the right, “And the cause is right there!”

Vierorin slowly turned to his left and saw Fancy Mel, Shaku and Cathrine Standing in front of three mages, he stood there for a moment his jaw hanging open. He then snapped out of it and then walked up like he knew what was going on, “Vierorin Reporting for duty Mam!” He stood there for a moment, hoping that Cathrine had forgotten about the meeting and wondering what exactly was going on.

Listening to the Rune Knight's words, Priscilla's cocky grin only grew as she sunk into the shadows behind Viola. "No one is going anywhere, dear boy. Lest you wish to be responsible for master Zeno's death" said Priscilla's voice from all around the room. Anywhere there was a shadow, there came the childish voice of the vampire girl. It betrayed her true nature all too well. The torso and all its parts sprouted from Shaku's back as the young girl proceeded to try and annoy him. Revenge for annoying her and acting like he had authority in the presence of people as important as Mel and her.

"Now now, dear boy, your authority is lost on us for many a reason." Priscilla said from behind Shaku before fading back into the shadows on his back.

Priscilla came out of the ground just beneath Catherine's feet and held gently onto the girl's legs before saying. "For instance, our guild master is in trouble. Your orders are lost on us."

Fading back into the ground, Priscilla reappeared out of Vierorins chest, her arms folded and her gaze stil focused on Shaku. "Not only that, but as your elder I have more say than you in this situation, and I say nobody gets to leave this room until the Warren's Dagger is in the posession of Eclipse Soul."

Priscilla faded back into the ground and reappeared out of Mel's back this time, her arms gently wrapping around the woman's neck. "Not only that, but all three of us could overpower all four of you in a heartbeat."

Finally, Priscilla vanished back into the shadows once more only to sprout out from Mel's chest, but this time she loked different. She appeared to be about 18 not, with a purple hoodie and black tank top beneath. Her hair was tied into a side ponytail now as well. to help signify the sudden change.

"And you, Mel... How do you think we should get reacquianted with each other? Surely there's a way to do that while still getting this silly little dagger for the children..." Even her voice was deeper, as was audible when she spoke. Priscilla didn't seem to take any shame in her actions as her hands came up to cup Mel's cheek tenderly, and their faces came to be only a few inches apart. "Keep in mind I have a mate now. Any... intimate options you may have thought of, are a no no. You'll just have to keep your hidden lusts for me to yourself~" she teased as a slight blush formed across her face. She wanted this scene to look as strange as possible without it actually becoming... that.

Mel raised an eyebrow. "Looks like things are rather awkward right now." She gripped a hand on Priscilla's wrist. She then put the hand down to her chest. "If you feel the fact that there is no flutter in my heart, it means you've already lost your chance a few years ago to actually get to it." She then turned toward the vault. "Master Zeno being missing is a huge deal. I'm sorry for you loss. However there are specific rules in place to get that weapon. Warden's dagger is nothing to joke about." She looked at her Rune Knights and held a hand up. "I will hand the dagger over to you, you just need to understand that it's not anything to be quite frank with. Meaning... Someone's going to have to get it out of the vault. We don't have anything to really use."

Mel lead them through the vault. Then to a specific glass box with a stone in it. "The way it works is, one item inside at all times. Meaning you can't just grab it with something other than flesh." Mel had pulled off her mitten and smiled warmly. "I will get the dagger, but you must take it from me." She looked over at the group. "Do you understand what I'm saying?" She didn't wait for an answer. She reached her hand into the glass box and grabbed the dagger by the hilt. An aura around her burst and flew forward making all those who are D rank and lower prone to the floor for a minute. Her eyes shifted colors to a full red.

"I may have failed with Acnologia this time, but I will not fail with any of you." It seemed like a suit of armor, transparent, covered her body. It wasn't there, but at the same time it was. Her face contorted to a twisted evil smirk. This wasn't Mel anymore. This was what ever residual energy Warden had left in the dagger.