Entertain The Patients (JOB)

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Sorano had just arrived at Peace Village, after Hoshi had carried them all the way from Magnolia. They were currently strolling down a street, following the address to the peace village hospital. Finally arriving in front of the cozy looking building, Sorano pushed open the door, and walked up to a receptionist's desk. "Hello, may I help you? Visitor's go that way, Appointments are scheduled there, patients go there..." babbled a nurse, pointing in all directions with each phrase.
"Um, excuse me," Sorano interrupted, keeping her face controlled, "I'm a mage from Fairy Tail, here to entertain the children."
"Oh, of course!" chirped the nurse, dramatically waving her hand at a hallway, "It should be right down there, the little children are such poor little angels..." Sorano quickly ran off before the nurse could explain the terribly tragic story of the perfect little angels. Walking down the hall, she came to a door labled 'Children's Ward'. If this wasn't it, what was?

The door was yanked open just as Sorano placed her hand on the handle. “Why, hello, dearie! Are you Aiko’s sister? You look just like her! Here, here, come in and say hello! Don’t be shy, come on!” a slightly large nurse grabbed Sorano’s hand and tugged her into the room. Sorano wondered if all the nurses in the building were like this. “A-ahem,” she coughed, interrupting the nurse, “I am Sorano Granon, a Fairy Tail wizard. I have accepted the job for entertaining the patients in the children’s wing.”
“Ohhh, yes, of course! Many apologies,” chirped the nurse, “I am Nurse Gladys, the nurse in charge, here! The usual magician has raised his price, so you’re stuck here with us! Oh, children! Come say hello to our wonderful Granon-san, here to entertain us!” Sorano blushed softly. This was the part she had been most afraid of, due to her shy personality. How should she manage this?

A small girl about seven or eight years old wandered up to Sorano, clutching at her hand. “Is that a kitty?” she whispered softly, staring up at Hoshi. Hoshi began to bristle at the insult, then seeing the forlorn look on the girl’s face, she stopped and said, “Yeah, sure, I’m a kitty.” The girl’s face lit up, and she reached out towards Hoshi, stroking her tail gently. “Now, now, Aiko-chan, the little kitty and Granon-san need to start their performance! You like the performances, don’t you, dear?” Nurse Gladys rushed up from behind and scooped the little girl up and back into the gathered group of children. “U-um, hi everyone, I’m Sorano Granon, a wizard of Fairy Tail. I’ve prepared a performance for you, today, with real magic in it, not the effects the magician uses.” She quickly pulled out a non-poisoned quill, and writing “bubbles” in large loopy letters through the air. “Solid Script: Bubbles!”

A large cloud of bubbles appeared, shielding Sorano from the childrens’ sight. She began scribbling out a series of spells, quickly. Her magic was very suited for this job, as she could perform basically any solid script spell, as long as it wasn’t supportive, defensive, or offensive. When she turned around again, the bubbles were nearly gone, due to the children’s excited popping of the bubbles. “Solid Script: Flowers, Clouds, Butterflies!” she called out, as three words popped out neatly in the form as flowers, clouds and butterflies. The children’s oohs and aahs echoed through the room, as they reached to touch the words. Aiko looked up in wonder at the butterflies flitting around her head, and Hoshi spread her wings and pretended to jump from cloud to cloud, causing more oohs from the audience. Sorano sighed in relief. So far, everything seemed to be going as planned, and she hoped they would continue to do so.

Slowly, carefully, Sorano directed each flower to glide slowly into each child’s hands. They squealed with delight, smelling the magical blooms. “This is a wonderful performance, Granon-san!” yelled a little boy, trying to hit the clouds. Hoshi hissed irritably at him, then continued to fly over the children. Sorano then pulled her quill back out, then decided to attempt a slightly harder spell. “Solid Script: Music!” she whispered, sketching out the letters in the air. Slowly, the notes rang out, playing a gentle, carefree melody. Smiling, she directed music notes from the word to jump through the air above the children’s heads. Suddenly, she noticed a boy, tugging on Hoshi’s tail. Turning her focus away from the music, she reached out to stop him. Screech! A terrible warped note sounded out throughout the room. One of the children looked around, frightened by the sudden noise. Sorano whipped back around to the music, working hard to bring it back on track.

When she finally finished the spell, she realized that her other spells were also fading. Oh no, this is bad, she thought, as the clouds and flowers disappeared. She hadn’t counted on being so distracted, and she was getting a little tired, now, too, after the music incident. She struggled to keep a calm, controlled façade. “Now, in apology for my blunder, I will be taking three spell requests from three of you,” she improvised, gesturing at the children, “What would you like me to do?” Hoshi circled around quickly, then swooped down to land on Sorano’s shoulder. A little boy shot his hand up, waving it frantically. “Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!” he yelled.
“Yeah, what would you like?” asked Sorano, pointing to him.
“Can it be anything?” he asked, “like, could I have a toy, a bunch of money, or a cake, even? What about a dog?”

Sorano wondered how she should answer this, thinking about her limits. “I can do a lot of things, but I have my limits. I would be able to do most of the things you mentioned, but the dog and the money are a bit iffy, as dogs are large, living organisms, and the money would be illegal, and it wouldn’t last very long, as it would disappear.” The boy thought for a while, scrunching his face up. “I still want a doggy!” he whined, making a pouty face. Sorano bit her lip. “How about I make you a cake in the shape of a dog?” she suggested, and he boy’s eyes lit up in delight. “A doggy cake? Cool!” Sorano drew out the letters of the spell, then murmured, “Solid Script: Cake.” A small cake in the shape of a dog appeared in front of her, the letters made of cake and frosting, and squished into a dog shape.

Leaving the boy to admire his cake, Sorano turned back to the whole crowd of kids. “Well?” she questioned. To her surprise, Nurse Gladys stood up. “If you don’t mind, I have a request to make,” she stated, “the children are running out of toys to play with, and I was wondering if you could make an obstacle course to entertain the dearies! I would appreciate it so much, Granon-san! The dear little angels are always so sad when there aren’t enough toys to play with, and they are such perfect wonders!” Sorano quickly cut the talkative nurse off by performing the spell quickly and produced an obstacle course shaped in the letters of the words. The children gasped in delight, gazing at the new addition to the room. “Amazing!” someone yelled, and one small boy reached out to touch it in awe. “Oh, we are ever so thankful, Granon-san! What a wonderful gift!” the nurse blabbered.

“Yeah, yeah, my pleasure,” Sorano interrupted, waving her hands frantically to stop another nonstop flow of words.”Next!” The small girl from before, Aiko, raised her hand tentatively. “Can-can I have a star from the sky?” Sorano gaped at the little girl, forgetting to stay aloof for a moment. “A star? Wouldn’t that be dangerous, though? A real star would be larger than this planet, now!” The little girl bit her lip, and stared down sadly. Sorano felt bad for Aiko, and Hoshi flapped her wings agitatedly, reminding her to do something eventually. Finally, Sorano traced her quill through the air, drawing out the letters. “Solid Script: Star Light!” she intoned, pulling out a small star-shaped lantern and handing it to Aiko. “I’m sorry, this is the best I can do.” Aiko gasped, and reached up for it. “Thank you, this is just what I wanted, Granon-san!” she squealed. Another sigh of relief for Sorano.

“Thank you so much, Granon-san!” gushed the nurse, rushing up to shake Sorano’s hand, “You have no idea how much you have helped these children, my dear, thank you so, so, much!” Smiling shyly, Sorano reflected on all her mistakes, and the awkward thinking pauses all throughout the day. “Errr, well, I guess it was okay…” However, Nurse Gladys wouldn’t have any of that, saying, “Oh, don’t be so modest! You were much better than the magician usually is! You have done so much more in your performance than pulling rabbits out of hats, I mean, how is that entertaining?” As Sorano and Hoshi walked out, Hoshi sighed, and said, “What did you think of that, Sora-chan?”
“It was cool, I guess. Harder than I thought about it, you see, I thought I had everything planned, but I was exhausted in the middle already!” she answered, hanging her head.
“Don’t worry, you’ll do better next time!”