Find that Stupid Puppy (Private-Dmitry/Evia/Shohei/Azurias)

Job Description:

The Spooky Forest.

So called by those who lived near it and the name has stuck for quite some time, derived from the dark, almost haunting nature of the place. However, to some it was quite peaceful and majestic, a home away from home to those that favor such places. One such person, a certain gray haired mage, was walking through these woods on an assignment, taking his time and enjoying a place that he had missed.

Dmitry Kazakov was in no hurry to finish this job, having been away from this forest for quite some time. The last time he was here, it had been violated by a demon of fear, leaving him to wonder if the place would recover spiritually. His worries were put to rest upon reentry of the forest and he was happy to see it back to the way it was, for the most part. With the woods in this state, he would have no problem completing the task that brought him here, thanks to the clarity provided by the forests spiritual activity.

His job here was to retrieve a puppy that belonged to rather wealthy patron, one who would pay quite a bit for it's return. However, Dmitry would be quite surprised to find the puppy still alive and in one piece, considering the predators he's encountered here. Still, there was one thing that confused him more than anything, leading him to look back at the three mages behind him.


"Why the hell are you guys following me?"

It was a rather quiet day as opposed to yesterday, with the butlers cleaning out the mansion. And upon his wakening, he found a strange mark on his shoulder. All day he had investigated this mark until he realized that he was responsible for paying the bills, and needed to go rescue a wealthy client's mutt. Shohei grimaced as one thing led to another, a bolt of reality striking him the a tree in a lightning storm.

He was at the Spooky Forest with Dmitry and two other strangers, who simply ended up with each other. - Or he, at least. He wasn't sure about the strangers. But as Dmitry addressed the crowd, his eyes fixed their gaze to him, clicking his tongue. "Oh mercy, Captain Nature. You're my map right now, since we happen to be looking for the same thing." He shrugged with a smug grin on his face, only to turn around to face the others. "Though it appears that your wife and another guy has also decided to follow." He stared at them with a grim countenance, though generally not pleased at the company. The teasing was only to keep him from spacing out again, for he had no other comfort. But today was a day to get work done, so he set his efforts to that rather than figuring out what was the origin of these changes. At the thought, Shohei paused his walking and peered his head up.

Unless.... puberty? He thought, widening his jerking his gaze to his chest area. A comical sweat drop expression painted his face, slapping his cheeks enthusiastically, but with a grim demeanor. I have been.... smelling lately... He began to shiver, his grim demeanor turning anxious.

"That cannot be it!" He whispered to himself, trembling at the very thought of puberty. He had already gone through that! Or at least he thought...

Lineage: Azurius gains 1x Strong Weapon/Armour/Magic Item

The pinkette scoffed, followed him? No, she would never do that she was just going on a walk in the same direction that he was going. It wasn't like she was lonely the moment that he left and that she trailed after him cause there was no one else in the guild other than Kateri that she knew. But, Kateri was no where to be seen. Evia then blushed and glared at the person who referred to her as the wife of the grey haired mop head. Still glaring at his and without a warning delivered a well practiced punch to his shoulder before sticking her tongue out at him and running ahead to catch up with Dmitry.

It wasn't like she was here cause she wanted to be, she would have rathered not stand next to the wolf like man. A blush began to creep across her cheeks and the young woman looked everywhere else but at him, but a s sound echoed through the woods the girl jumped slightly and moved closer to the person who she had just stated that she didn't want to stand next to. But it wasn't like she was scared or anything. She could handle whatever jumped out at her. She... she was just making sure that he could take care of himself. Yeah. That was right. She was protecting him. Not the other way.

The group continued on through the woods. They were looking for a puppy right? What were those? Evia knew that at one point that she knew what it was, but now? Now she had no clue and it was just another word that people spoke that she didn't understand.

WC 281

Dmitry smirked at the sound of Shohei's confession, oddly pleased with the uppity mages dependence on him in this endeavor. 

"Oh! So Mister Hoydy Toydy Richboy McJack-in-the-ass needs my help to take a stroll in the woods?" He said, putting far more emphasis in his part than was necessary before turning around and walking backwards, gesturing towards the titan mage with his arms and bowing a bit. "Such an honor to be of service to his royal exaltedness. Might I be of further help to his holiness? Perhaps a cup of tea?" As he turned back to his front, he heard the newest addition to the guild ask about pets, a subject Dmitry himself was only partially acquainted. "Eh, I think you're lookin' at it from the wrong angle. There's no way in hell that dog's gonna survive out here. We don't find it, it's dead. And even the ones that survive, don't do it too well. Besides, from what I hear, most of these folks treat their dogs and such like family. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if this dog eats better than most people." 

Before he could go on, which he would have likely declined to do anyway, he was interrupted by the sudden jump in his pink haired guildmate. "Easy, pinky. Sounds like a squirrel, nothin' to get your bra in a twist over." Unfortunately, while an animal like this navigating the woods was certainly an anomaly, the pup was still a tiny life form to say the least. This meant that Dmitry wouldn't be able to track it with his spirit sense alone. Therefore, he would have to keep an eye out for tracks and aberrations in the flora, something that could prove unreliable in the case of such a small creature. 


"Keep your ears open, little guy's probably gonna start freakin' out soon."

Shohei snickered as he continued with his smug teasing, but little to no surprise, he was subjected to the heat-of-the-moment pain of a punch from the rather easily irritable young woman. He stumbled as he was pushed aside and frowned, making a face back to her.

But it was at that moment that Dmitry proceeded to give him a response to his tease. "Oh please, I don't live out here like you. Hey, maybe if we find the mutt dead, you'll eat it. You should be used to that kind of stuff." He shrugged and turned to face that rather reclusive man who stood behind the engaging peers. As he listened attentively to his words. He slowed down so he could be at pace with the stranger, raising a brow judgmentally and smirking. "You don't see too acquainted with these kind of things." He snickered before pulling on his cheek with a friendly, teasing smile. "Dufus." He chuckled heartily before observing the two leading the group. It had appeared that no one here had intended to come as a group, but he couldn't say the same for the long-haired girl in front. Despite the physical warning that was given to him, Shohei humored himself further. "Watch it, Mitry! Your wife might have a heart attack over the sight of a leaf!" He smirked, almost breaking into a laughter. But he had much bigger problems than of that he was facing right now. He knew he was growing stronger, and as well as the strange mark bestowed upon him. Were these odd dreams coming from that source? He pondered in the midst of tease.

The pinkette was now scowling. Not only had one of the mages tagging along with them, whom she did not know the name of teased her about being around Dmitry, but now because the shaggy grey haired pup man was trying to say that she was scared. With a huff she chose to ignore both of them and walk beside the mage that she had never seen before. She didn't say a word but she did glare at the people that were in front of her. Her pink hair rolled around her waves like waves washing up against the shore as she walked, one foot silently and gracefully padding in front of the next.

However at the man beside her spoke his next couple sentences the girl's cheeks began to turn a bright rosy red. her eyes narrowed and the girl stooped walking to look at all of the people that she was walking with. "I don't like him!" Her cheeks were now a dark red and she had tears pricking her eyes. But before anyone could do anything the young woman was gone.

Her feet was pounding on the ground as she ran away from the group and into the forest around her/ She didn't know where he was going but she knew that she had to get away. But she didn't get long as her run was halted with a thud.

Blue eyes looked up at the thing that she had hit and they widened before a loud scream breached her lips.

WC 254

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

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'Monster Dice' :

The vulcan that had halted Evia's path leered down at her, about twice her height. "Me like human girl..." The perverted creature said as it began to reach out for the pink haired girl.


"I invoke the Swift Hawk: Vedfolnir!" 

Suddenly, a magic circle appeared between Evia and her assailant, spawning a silver, smoke-like bird of prey that flew straight upward, slashing the vulcan with it's talon's as it passed. While the beast was stumbling back in both shock and pain, Vedfolnir flew further into the air and came back down at an angle, picking up speed as it went. By the time it came near the groaning vulcan, the bird was now moving like a shot out of a cannon, allowing it to collide with the hairy ape's right cheek with the force of a semi-truck. Naturally, the force of this strike sent the creature spiraling to the earth and face first into the dirt.

Before he could get back up, the vulcan's head was struck down by Dmitry's boot, which had appeared from seemingly nowhere thanks to his Arc of Destiny. "Weird, I don't remember these guys hanging out around here..." He mumbled as he looked down at the now unconscious pervert, a light, glowing fog about him as he wondered if this had anything to do with that demon. Dmitry then looked up at the girl now in front of him, the vulcan lying between the two. 


"Don't run off like that again. We don't know how many more of these guy's are out here." He warned, an ever so slight hint of concern in his voice as Vedfolnir came to land on his shoulder.

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HP: 300
MP: 85%

Spells Used:

WC: 279

Her florescent pink hair scattered around her as she looked up at the grey haired mage that had come to her rescue. The beast that she had run into was now laying on the ground between them being completely knocked out and unable to continue any sort of fight. The girl looked up at the male in front of her and her cheeks grew into a dark shade of pink as she then looked away. Why had he come to save her, she was fine on her own. However the hint of concern in his voice had the pinkette looking back up at him. A feeling of guilt slightly laced through her body and she looked down, nodding slightly.

After a moment of two the girl moved to stand up and cringed slightly as she felt a twinge in her ankle. Her body froze for a moment before she took in a deep breath and finally stood up. With her right ankle hurting she favoured her left leg, placing more weight on it as she dusted herself off. "Sorry I promise not to run away again.". Her cheeks, having finally returning back to their original colour began to become a soft pink. "And thanks..." Her soft voice trailed off making for her a soft of awkward silence before she shook her head and looked around the two. "We should go back and find the rest of the people, don't want them getting hurt either." She turned on her left foot and whilst trying to not make it apparent her ankle was hurting, made her way back to the direction she had come from.

WC: 273

Dmitry was looking around the area when Evia made her apology, causing him to miss the blush on her face as she did so. However, when she stood up, the sound her feet made seemed...odd. Normally, as aware as he was of his surroundings, even Dmitry would miss something so subtle. But in this place, his senses were pushed to their peak, an instinctive reaction to the type of environment he grew up in and a symbol that he was indeed in his prime here. Therefore, it was child's play for this woodsman to sense the difficulty Evia was having, even with her efforts to hide it.

 Sighing, he walked over to her and without any warning, pulled her right arm over his shoulder and wrapped his arm around her waist, a rather simple task given his long reach and her slender figure. The mage then wordlessly pulled her close and lifted just a bit of her weight off her right leg, using knowledge he gained from the many sprained ankles he himself received during his time in the wild, among other things.

Of course, Dmitry didn't have even the slightest clue how this scene looked to anyone watching, but he did feel something strange as he was aiding the pinkette. Deciding to treat it like everything else he couldn't hope to understand, he ignored the foreign sensation and hobbled Evia back towards Azurias, passing two vulcans who had such reasoned looks on their faces that they almost made the grey-hair fall over from surprise.

[quote="Azurius Tade"]

A shrill voice pierced through the air as a pair of thrashing legs were the only thing that were visible. Her pink hair now hung in front of her face as the pinkette thrashed around. She didn't want to be picked up! She could handle herself! Ankle or not she could have walked back by herself. Her fists hit the back of her grey haired companions back, she knew that they didn't hurt though. "Put me down! I could have walked!" Her movements seemed to go unnoticed by the person who was holding her and she scoffed and crossed her arms as she gave into being carried. Honestly it wasn't that bad but she didn't want him to think that. She didn't know where she was going as she couldn't see but as she felt something touching her skin the young woman shrieked and kicked at what ever was closest. A sense of healing wound though her veins before it became a stinging pain and the girl clenched her teeth. That stupid new person did something to her! But instead of yelling and the such the girl grit her teeth and cling to the back on Dmitry's shirt as it seemed as though the mission was over. The sense of stinging was still there as they walked for a while. They had found the puppy and now they just needed to get it back to its owner who Evia had decided that she didn't like the minute that she had met them, they were irresponsible and unobservant. How could they lose a puppy! Her eyes closed and her arms crossed as the trio continued to walk back.

WC: 278

Ignoring the kicking girl and the logical vulcans, Dmitry soon found Azurius who seemed pat Evia on the shoulder. Seeing as they had successfully regrouped and the pinkette was not having this any longer, Dmitry put her down and waited to see how she fared. Strangely enough, it seemed that while she was visibly experiencing some pain, the leg appeared to have regained it's functions and the girl was walking just fine. Since everyone seemed alright, and they now had their small, furry charge in hand, Dmitry followed along in the journey back to the dogs caretaker.

As they made their way out of the forest, the woodsman pondered what Azurius said about the dog. True, it was technically in captivity, but as far as Dmitry knew, these animals usually viewed their 'owners' as members of the same pack. This was the reason why an adult dog typically followed human orders, seeing the human commanding it as an alpha, a leader to be respected. Furthermore, they typically grew close enough to their masters that they felt a desire to please and protect them, much like child might try to please their parents. More than likely, the puppy simply let it's curiosity get the better of it, ignorant of the dangers that lay outside the cushy confines of it's home.

When they arrived at the home of the owner, they seemed over joyed at the return of their puppy, nearly smothering it with affection. Dmitry cringed at the display, but the canine simply yapped and licked their faces as such a creature was want to do.

Well, at least the puppy wasn't dead and he'd have a bit more money as a result. Soon after they received their reward, they made their way back home to Hargion and the Lamia Scale guild hall.