Scare away those thugs! [Job l Riley and Raven]

Raven looked out of her window and sighed. It has been a week since she last saw Kuroe and it has been a week since she was given the title of Guild Master so unexpectedly. She wasn’t very sure if people were happy for her but she was ready to carry what was placed on her hands by Marick, one of the two members in Sabertooth she considered as her mentors. It was a shock for her that after a few days of her exam, by the time she was up and walking again, she was given the opportunity to succeed Marick. She wasn’t sure why he was stepping down and it didn’t make sense to her why the responsibility was placed on her. However, she promised Marick to do her best.

Sighing, Raven looked up at the sky through her window, hoping that Kuroe would return to her soon. She was missing her friend. She remembered that he got badly injured during her fight with Ikaros. She also remembered the fact that he was carried away by the ancient crow demon guardian. But a week had passed and she had no sign of him. She was getting worried. Sighing for the second time that day, Raven turned around and headed out the door.

She was supposed to be going on a mission despite being reluctant at first in taking it. But that restaurant owner in Hargeon looked quite desperate when he asked for her help. So she had accepted with a smile and a nod. Glancing down at herself, she noted her attire was a simple black dress with black leggings and black shoes. She kept it simple with only her magic item dangling on her neck and her ring armor for accessories. With a pat on her dress, Raven looked up and started her journey to Hargeon.

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When she reached the restaurant, Raven caught the attention of one of the waiters. He came up to her with the usual question he has for the customers. She smiled at him before shaking her head. “I’m not here to eat. Thank you. I’m here to help with your situation. Where is your manager?” She asked, handing him the request she got from the restaurant owner. His mouth formed an “O” as he started nodding his head to tell her he understood. “This is good. We just had another mage come in to help us too,” he answered happily, beginning to walk in the direction Raven guessed is where the owner’s office located. Another mage, huh?

She entered the office in time to see Riley smiling at her pet, looking excited about the job. She smiled proudly knowing she was going to take this mission with Riley. She had noticed this ice dragon slayer often in her guild. She was cheerful and good to others which made her even more happier. “Good Morning, Riley,” she greeted, coming up from behind her. She nodded at the owner who stood up at her arrival and turned to Riley. “Nice to see you here. Will you be accompanying me on this job?”

Raven would have said more if it wasn’t for the scream that came from the restaurant. She heard the sound of something breaking and glasses being shattered. Screams of customers and the staff came next. She noticed the pale look on the owner’s face and concluded that they had visitors.

Raven sighed, having noticed the way Riley was acting around her. Ever since she got the position, members in the guild have been giving her the same look. The only people she had some hope of treating her like the usual were Cirven, Aayla, Jaffa, Hikari and that one person in the guild known as the dark lord, Frederick. Everything was weird yet fun now that she recollect some of her memories after joining the guild. Whoever knew she would find Frederick of all people to be the mentor type?

She wanted to laugh at her own thought, but the screams and sound of breaking glass brought her back. She followed Riley out after her pet wolf after telling the owner to stay there. She brushed a few stray strands of her hair back as she stepped out. The sound of something breaking under one of her shoes brought her attention down to the small piece of glass that had been on her path.

This scene never changes, she thought while retreating the foot that was on the piece of glass. It was always the same. People didn’t give a damn about what they did to others. They continue to hurt each other to satisfy their own needs. Selfish, ignorant people.

Raven felt several eyes including those of Riley’s on her back as she slowly made her way towards the one who stepped up, evading the broken plates and glasses along the way. “Money, you say?” she asked, her tone emotionless as she stared up at the red eyes of the raging villain. “Hmm you are right. You deserve to get paid back,” she announced, ignoring the surprised look of many as she reached for class of orange juice that was sitting innocently on a table to her right.

In the span of a second, the glass was empty and the person in front of Raven was drenched, his white shirt stained with orange juice. And before the man could react, a strong gust of black wind had pushed them out of the shop. “Riley,” she started, without turning back to look at the girl. “Don’t hold back. Teach these goons what Sabertooth is,” she finished, her lips curving into an energetic smirk as she raised her hands. It pretty much meant she was giving the green signal to go crazy on the unfortunate idiots.

Raven smiled gently, watching Riley’s powerful display of her ice dragon slayer magic that had created an ice sculpture out of a man. That move was packed  with power, beauty and grace that clearly made Sabertooth stand out. She truly deserved to be the Ice Dragon Slayer, Raven mentally nodded at the black haired girl. Honest, energetic and good, she had no doubt that Riley was a true Sabertooth member. Raven hoped to fill up her guild with people like her in the future. Members that can stand together to passionately protect each other and their beliefs. She wanted Sabertooth to soar, not in numbers and ranks, but in the true power of selflessness, faith and conviction. Holding the teachings of her previous guild master close to her heart, Raven now truly understood what he was telling her on the day of her exam.

Extremely happy with the act, she walked up to Riley and placed a hand on her shoulder before giving it a light squeeze. “The power of Sabertooth is flawless,” she announced and a black fan formed on her free hand. With a powerful swing, she had created a black gust of wind and feathers, sending the enemies back a few meters till they turned around and ran away,not once looking back. Behind them, unnoticed, would fly a small crow that would give Raven information on where they have ran to with their mental link.

“If I’m not wrong, they left to get the rest of their group. They will be back soon and when they will return, we will be ready for them,” she giggled, plans formulating in her pretty little head as she skipped back to the restaurant like a five year old child. Slipping past all of the astonished workers, she went straight to the kitchen, fully aware of the people following her with curiosity. The screeching sound of doors sliding filled the room as she pulled open the door to the restaurant's pantry. “We will be ready for them with eggs and tomatoes. Why not have some fun?” She asked, taking a few eggs in her own hands.

Raven sighed, putting her hands on her hips as she saw Riley going off to get something to eat. As good as that thought was for the silver haired guild master, she had other plans with those food. She left the eggs and tomatoes she had picked up in the counter and marched out to see Riley just starting to take a bite out of the food the manager decided to gift her with. Shaking her head, the eighteen year old girl marched towards Riley, grabbed one of her arms and puled her up before pulling her to the pantry again as everyone else stood there gaping at the two of them.

“We are not going to eat now, Riley. Say goodbye to the food,” Raven started, searching through the pantry again. “We are gonna give those thugs a delicious welcome when they come back,” she informed with a smile on her face. And just as she did, she found the manager and the rest of them join her. “I-Is there a-any we can help?” she heard a timid voice from one of the waitresses and nodded excitedly at her. “I need you guys to arrange the tables in the restaurant as if we are going to war!” she declared, raising a fist as a form of good luck. The waitress must have got her drift because she ran out the door just as she said that and started arranging the tables in a way that it can hide people and protect them if necessary. Everyone else followed her while Raven started handing Riley the eggs and tomatoes she picked up.

“Come on! Let’s go give these to everyone. When those goons open the door to this restaurant…” she trailed off, giggling to herself. And then, she was dragging Riley off again, taking her behind one of the tables that was laid out after giving everyone a few of the food items they were going to make weapons out of. And then...it happened. The bell attached to the door rang as their enemies showed up.

The member 'Raven' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

"Nice" Raven commented on Riley's aim. Without skipping a beat, Raven was beside her, pelting the bodyguards with tomatoes and eggs. Everyone else followed. Some looked like they were having fun while some had odd looks on their faces as they went through with the plan and some were just plain scared. Raven, however, was having the most fun, throwing things after things at them. Having had enough of it, the men too started picking up whatever Raven and everyone else threw at them and started sending them back, pretty much starting a real food fight. She wasn't even sure how long it went on till she ran out of things to throw at them.

In the moment of excitement, Raven jumped over the table they were behind and darted towards the men in black suits. Spinning on her heels, she landed her right foot on their leader's face. She knocked him back a few feet and landed perfectly on the ground. One of them came up from her back and managed to grab her hands. However, Raven threw her head back, hitting his jaw with the back of her head before spinning around to land a punch on his stomach. The man's mouth was left wide open and blood was starting to come out. "Ahh...I didn't mean to hit that hard," Raven stated, shaking the hand she used to punch him with as if her hand was hurt too.

Others backed away from her, forming a circle with Raven in the middle. They circled her, watching her every move just as Raven was waiting for one of them to move. Finally, they did, charging towards her at once. She effortlessly avoided it by jumping up, high enough to go out of their reach. Consequently, it caused all of them to crash into each other and fall back down.

"This is quite boring," Raven commented, her eyes quickly turning expressionless. "Riley, escort these gentlemen out for me, will you?" She called out for Riley, throwing her hands behind her head. Just as she was about to turn and walk back, the sound of something breaking came from the outside, calling for Raven's attention quickly back again.

The member 'Raven' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Raven was proud. She was proud that she got the chance of running a guild with amazing members like Riley. Every single one of Sabertooth were family. They fought together, ate together and had fun together. It made her happy to know that if things would ever fall out of proportion, everyone would stand together and display their selflessness, faith and conviction to the guild. Even if it meant that one day, she could become their possible enemy, threatening to destroy everything. Fred had given her the word for it after all. The thoughts ran through her head like an express train, fast, unclear yet evoking a sense of protection and fear in her. If it wasn't for the glass breaking and sounds that came afterwards, Raven probably would have stayed there, lost in thoughts for a long time.

Things were getting quite serious. She saw ordinary thugs and bodyguards. But among them, she also sensed the presence of magic. Someone with magic was in the group, her eyes flashed with excitement as her eyes scanned the group for him. It finally rested on a man, almost unavoidable with his big figure and domineering persona. He had black hair that was all over the place. He had very distinct muscles, looked almost like a wrestler and she even found traces of tattoos covering the length of his arms. There was no visible guild insignia which meant that he probably didn't have a guild that he is a part of. that just made things easier for Raven. No one is gonna have any problems if she roughen him up a bit. Now she wondered what his magic is. What kind of magic could someone that big use?


Her questions got it answer way sooner than she expected. He shot out two chains at her, both covered in a red glow. They traveled in what Raven could say, a speed of 5m/s and was about five centimeters away from her when she decided to doge it by flying away from where she was standing. A cloud of dust covered the area the chains had hit, creating a not so big yet not so small hole at the spot she was standing in. "Chain magic," she muttered, unimpressed.

Raven, still floating in the air with her wings out, kept her eyes trained on the mercenary mage. "Riley, take care of the others. I'll deal with this big headed gorilla," her voice was calm as she said this, causing veins to pop out of the so called "gorilla". He grunted and released a cry which further reminded Raven of the overgrown monkey. She could already feel the bubbles of laughter erupting from her chest but bit it back down. Surely, she was supposed to fight this guy instead of make jokes out of him, right? Yes, as soon as she could get her head out of the unimportant thoughts.

Her wings burst into feathers and disappeared when Raven landed on the ground behind the chain magic user. While she noticed that the others had already started targeting Riley, Raven had moved close to her own opponent. His eyes narrowed at her and if she had looked closer, she could see the redness of his anger spread across his cheeks and the bridge of his nose. Apparently, he had the temper of a monkey too. Not that Raven was complaining. She had undergone the same treatment from mages far stronger than him, after all.

She connected her palms together behind her, tilting her head innocently at the man with a small smile that seemed to embarrass and anger the mage more than he was before, if that was possible. With a wink, the type that meant to look like she was having fun, Raven raised her right leg up and kicked him straight on his stomach. Under her foot, she could feel the guy's hard muscles that reminded her of the strong metal used in making chains. She was sure that if it was someone lower in rank than her that had done it, they would have done no damage to him at all. However, thanks to his bad luck, Raven was superior in strength and she had managed to knock him back a few meters. Her palms where still connected behind her when she took slow steps towards him. She was going to end this soon.

She didn't want to drag the fight longer anymore. She had had her fun and the least she could do was get serious and focus on her fight. She did wish the opponent could be a bit more of a challenge but who was she to be picky with what she was given? The chance of getting a satisfying dinner was very high at the end of this job anyway. If she could just bite her complaints back down and be as dedicated as Riley in completing the job than playing around with her opponents, Riley and herself would have been on the next train back to their guild already. She just had to do it then.

Raven sighed and closed her eyes, ignoring the look of anticipation her opponent was giving her. He was clearly wondering about what she would throw at him next and the raise in his bushy eyebrows indicated just that. She wasn't going to disappoint him. If he wanted a fight, she would give him one.

"Are you going to be at least a little serious?" she heard the rough voice, so very close to her yet far enough to be out of her arms' reach. He was silent, one arm holding his stomach, rubbing the spot she kicked him with his index finger, looking way too calm for someone who had just got beaten. This proved that her initial judgement of his character was awfully wrong. She had believed this person to be, judging by appearance, someone capable of blowing his top way too quickly. She guessed that he was the type that would easily fall victim to the red monster called anger but she was wrong and she admitted it. She had half expected the guy to charge at her after the shock but he had just stayed still, as if he was accessing her abilities. Now she understood why his gaze irritated her at the very beginning. His eyes weren't that of an ignorant monkey's, but it was that of an experienced fighters which again raised questions in her head. Was chain magic his real power?

This post is for the roll, it does not count.

The member 'Riley Nightwalker' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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Hidden behind her violet curls, in the elegant frame of a sabertooth tiger, her insignia felt like it was starting to burn the delicate skin of her neck. Ah. She understood. Her pride was starting to awaken. She admitted that her opponent had some guts to stand up to her despite being aware that her level was far higher than himself. In addition to that, while she played around and made fun of him, the man had kept his stone like face, waiting patiently for his turn to show her he should not be made lightly. "You succeeded" she told him, smiling that knowing smile she always had.  

She found the chain magic user visibly relaxing in front of her. Probably feeling that the end was already near too. After all, regardless of the way he looks with his hard chin and wide face, he had a very active brain inside his head. He had, from her appearance, figured who he was fighting before they started. He had read the news and even heard it from the locals. Sabertooth had a change in leadership. A certain violet haired girl with brilliant eyes had taken over. The news had traveled far.

"I'm glad you are taking this seriously. Ah now I feel scared," his eyes looked nonchalant but Raven could see the beads of sweat rolling down his arms, his veins tightening, obviously tensing under the weight of the situation.  

"I won't forget you. What is your name?" She asked, raising her hand up, index finger pointing at the sky as her eyes fluttered close. Next second, the sky was glowing several meters above them. An invisible pen had started drawing a strange picture in the sky with shining white ink. It was difficult to distinguish against the cloud splattered sky. But it took the shape of a magic circle, quite beautiful and refined in style.

"Gregory Wild"

"I shall remember. My apologies for not being serious from the beginning," the magic circle was complete and her expression turned to something so serious and determined that the restaurant owner and staff took a step back without realizing it, expecting something great to fall from the sky.  

Raven wasn't the only one who changed though. Gregory had became equally determined and the next moment, he had put his right leg forward, pushing hard into the ground before throwing himself at Raven, a red colored chain forming on his right hand. Keeping her calm, Raven allowed herself to fall back, missing the initial swing of the chain. Taking the small opening left when he prepared for the next swing, Raven brought her right hand up again and placed them between herself and Gregory. She found his eyes widen when he realized what she was going to do. The small black ball of dark energy had placed itself where her hand was under a second, growing rapidly before finally bursting in between them, engulfing the two figures in black light.  

Raven was thrown backwards into a tree, her back hitting one of its branches before her tired body slipped down to the ground below. Except for a headache and few scratches, Raven was completely unaffected by her own attack. Gregory, however, was thrown into the restaurant. It seems that a little bit of her spell had managed to hit the restaurant too because the restaurant's porch was slightly destroyed, the building itself standing sturdy thanks to some luck. She didn't have to go in and check to know the fight was over.