A guild in peril (private)

"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

Kite was able to vividly recall the events that had lead up to this, he remembered being in his ship when Frederick, the big man on campus second to only Hika came aboard his ship searching for him for some reason. Unfortunately Frederick had made it clear what his purpose for being there was. He was there to bring Kite along with him to track down their absent Guild master Hika and her betrothed and Guild Ace Pein. Fred's timing could not have been better timed as it so happened the demon slayer was beginning to grow concerned from the lengthy absence himself but nothing could have prepared him for what was to come.  Fred brought Kite onto a different Airship and flew it with skill towards the forgotten desert, the expansive sea of sand and heat to track down the trail of Hika’s own ship. The scene that he and the second in command came across would remained burn in the memory of the Demon Slayer. The sight of the scattered pieces of broke, smashed and twisted metal scattered across the sandy floor below them half sunk under the surface of the sand had caused several emotions to rise within him such as anger, sorrow and regret the anger of which caused his flames to erupt from his body but calmed down and retracted his aura he wanted to find who was responsible and burn them to nothing but there was no way of telling who was the cause and Fred knew it too which is why he important measures beyond Kite’s usual train of thought had to be made.

Back at the guild after the discovery Frederick sent out calls to the likes of Ryo, a man Kite hadn't had the pleasure of working with but was one of the stronger members of the guild, Kiersa, the Paragon of selflessness and lastly well a call was sent out to a former guildmate who was master of Infinity Hydra Ardere. The first of which to enter the guild master’s office was Kiersa, the nun wearing her usual robes and habit bowing to Fredrerick. ”It’s good to see you again Paragon.“ he said to her in a genuine and respectful tone unfortunately he didn't share her custom to really now in respect for many people but if she would he would in return. It was always a pleasure to meet with fellow members of his guild but it was a shame this wasn't under better circumstances but he would leave the announcement to Fredrerick and just keep it to himself for the time being.  
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"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

At first It was just Kite in the Guild Master’s office with Kiersa and Fred with introductions being under way. However in just a few moments the room became quite crowded, Ard had arrived, the Flame God Slayer and guild master of Infinity Hydra. He was also a member of the alliance that was formed between Sabertooth and his own guild. Despite how he felt about the current state of affairs the greeting he had given his friend was significantly less than what it would have been on any other day, but he did his best to make his friend feel welcome ”Ard, it’s been a while, its good to see ya.“ he spoke in his usual tone but had a hint of despair within it. The Demon slayer wasn’t one to always look on the bright side of things but he did his best to maintain his composure in the worst of situations but this was event was pushing his own limits to do so. Despite this the slight feeling of joy could be felt, Kite was genuinely happy to see his Slayer counterpart and that he had also become stronger since their last encounter. Kite’s attention was turned to the last man to join in the gathering, Ryo one of the highest mages of Sabertooth in it’s current state. He had arrived just in time for Fred to announce the unpleasant news regarding Hika and Pein. The announcement was met with questions for more detail from Ryo and hints of denial from the guild’s own nun, but perhaps it wasn’t so much denial as it was hoping for the best and suggesting that the two missing actually ran off to elope and were on a secret getaway. Hearing that idea from Kiersa made Kite wish that was in fact the case but he knew better than anyone else in the room with Fred being the exception just how bad it looked.

Back in the desert where the wreckage of the airship was located Kite and Fred both had the ship they were on land near the remains of the crash. From the sky all either could really see was only the heartbreaking sight as a whole but there was no real way for them to get a really good look at the situation without getting groundside and investigating what they could. The haunting feeling he felt from when he first approached the wreckage on foot was embedded in his mind but not as much as what they had discovered, the evidence that whatever had happened it was no mere accident if it was the ship would have been in better shape than what it was, but with the ship in literal pieces and with how the metal and remaining pieces showed signs of being damaged from something other than the crash, something had shot them down and it was something powerful. Kite’s focus returned to the meeting that was underway and he spoke up responding to Kiersa ”I wish it was as simple as a case of bad driving but… it was made apparent that isn’t the case. Whatever happened out in the desert left the ship completely obliterated. It was smashed by something or someone extremely powerful but by who or what I couldn’t begin to imagine what.“ he said standing in the same spot he was when everyone came in and his eyes looking at everyone in the room who was now just having the news broken down for them. Kite didn’t bother to go into the full details of it all such as saying there were no signs of survivors or even a body to bury. Also too much time had passed and with how the sands shifted there was no way to tell which way the two had went after the crash had occurred. ”Best case scenario they survived and are merely lost in the desert...Worst case Scenario….“ he paused and didn’t finish but anyone could put together what was at the end of his sentence meanwhile he just stood there with a somber look on his face anything more could be said by Fred or anyone who had more questions to ask.
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"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

Kite had spoken his piece after hearing the nun speak, her hope was something he wished he could also share in, but if she had seen what he had then there wouldn’t be much hope left but the one known as Ryo seemed to share in his thought process, it best accept that they are gone than cling to the hope they were alive somewhere, it wouldn’t be an easy thing and would most likely shatter ever having hope in anything again, in fact Ard also shared in as well. Another thing that was at the foremost front of the meeting was the mystery of who or what attacked the ship and managed to not only completely wreck the ship but also managed to take out both Hika and Pein in one way or another. Ard made mention of there being a fight in the future and both he and Ryo made the statement of investigation, which forced Kite to let loose a sigh from his mouth but he didn’t speak his mind, he didn’t want to be the negative nancy in the room but unfortunately there wouldn’t be much point investigating the area of the crash, there was nothing but broken remains of the ship, no people , no tracks and due to the how long it was sitting there the cause of damage was almost impossible to determine. Fred had began to speak again and confirmed what everyone was assuming and thinking, and that was the being that had attacked the ship had to have been strong to take down someone with Hika’s level of power. The word strong rang through his head and he grunted at the sound of the word, it wasn’t because he believed that Fred was wrong, the being that attacked had to have been much more than strong, ”With that much power, strong doesn’t even begin to cover it, that sort of power is insane to say the least.“ he said under his breath and that sort of power was something out of a horror movie. Fred continued speaking on how they needed be careful due to the caliber of the enemy they would be up against but he made sure to make it clear that investigations would occur and that when the little meeting had started the moment they had all gathered a war had officially started. Kite knew from the beginning that something of this magnitude would only result in a war but a war wasn’t something he was sure that Sabertooth could handle right now, but the choice wasn’t the guild’s to make it was already made for it.

The demon slayer broke his concentration when he heard the sound of Kiersa say the words that had been hidden at the back of his mind since he saw the wreckage though he never allowed the thought to truly form until that particular moment and those words were “We’re next.” Kite watched as the ace started to go, standing up from her seat and grabbing a map and asking for a pinpointed location on the map of where the ship was found. Kite stood up and walked up next to her to get a good angle of the map as she asked her other questions and she even managed to point out a mountain range to the north east of the desert and determined that whatever attack came from that range. ”I couldn’t tell you what the ship’s heading was, but we found it nearing the border of that range...“ he traced a line with his finger on the map from the mountain range only going slightly south east in the direction towards the desert village but no where near it. ”right around this area.“ he said to her but her mind seemed to be focused on another topic, it looked like her brain was putting pieces to a puzzle together and when she mentioned that she hoped it wasn’t “that” Kite had a slightly confused look on his face. ”What do you mean by that? Do you have a theory on what could have done this?“ he asked her making eye contact.
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