Jiyu had this intense and never ending fear of fire, she only had one other fear beside it that could seriously affect her and was unavoidable! Of course she was not revealing her second fear, but it was nothing compared to the way she reacted to fire. Jiyu could not handle any sort of fire, it brought her to her knees, brought tears to her eyes, made her skin go pale as a winter ghost in the snow against the full moon. Most people? Had illogical fears for no reason, but this sorceress fright came from a very real and logical source, actually two sources; When someone spent years being blindfolded and burned, after having their mother die in flames? They tended to become afraid of any sort of fire, and that was Jiyu’s story, tortured by fire after it had already taken her mother from her at the age of seven. Of course, the mages mother had allowed herself to burn to death, in a bid to save her daughter’s life, which had worked. Now, Jiyu went through life knowing that she never would have positive experiences with fire and did not want any. The only thing Kazehime sought from flames, was that they stayed away from her! Expect for Makoto of course, the kitsune was her responsibility and thus she was not able to escape flames when it involved that little kit, but any other sort of flame could stay far, far away from her. Sadly? This also included her fellow Ace in Black Rose, the Ace Of Diamonds, she wanted nearly nothing to do with Magna whatsoever. The last time she had went on any sort of job with that man? She had embarrassed herself to the ninth degree! While she lay curled fetal in the alleyway, he had to go turn in their task and then find her before returning back to Rose Garden, all because she could not handle a little fire. So she wondered now why, knowing of her intense fear and wielding cooking magic, which had to involve fire, he asked for her presence!
Bare feet scraped against the hardwood floor of the entry way into the silver moon cafe, her eyes darting about every few seconds. Upon receiving a note under her bedroom door that he wanted her to go on this ‘Balance Core’ mission with him? Kazehime had been extremely confused, and even considered the fact he might be making fun of her! However she brushed it off, because she doubted he’d start picking on her now after saying nothing when knowing she had a fear of fire, she took a mission that involved cooking. Still, she was confused as to why he would want to partner with her, knowing of the fear she had towards something that had to be part of his magic. Jiyu never considered he might have been impressed by how hard and devote she hung in during that mission, how even near passing out, she kept up the job until closing. In the wind mages mind? That was just part of doing one’s job, nothing akin to bravery or a proof someone could rely on her to some degree.
Tearing apart her brain for some reason that Magna had asked her to go with him on this mission? Jiyu played with the hem of her daisy dukes, pale skinned, sharply claws fingers tracing the garment until they found the black rose mark on her stomach and traced it up until her hand became distracted by her ebony hair, orange tips and bangs highlighting it. To say the Ace Of Hearts was nervous about this mission, was an understatement, she had no reason in her own mind, nothing suggesting why he invited her! Not knowing his exact reason for inviting someone he knew was bad with fire? Jiyu was unsettled and brought out all the stops! Shifting around she could feel her sheathed dagger against her breast, the quiver for her arrows cutting between the mounds, aiding in ensuring her bikini top stayed over her chest. Weight settled on her hips, one side coming from her hand fan which hung in a belt loop on her right side and the counter weight coming from Night Hunt on the left. Despite her weapons thought? Jiyu still did not seem to boast any armor, dressed skimpy as normal, her nearly past waist long hair being her most modest article, lacking Marschal’s jacket now that she had no reason to be ashamed of her body once more. Plus? She had found out putting her tail beneath something was very uncomfortable, the large fluffy appendage nearly wrapped around her leg, as her hand finally found one pale elfin ear and started toying with it, before contenting itself in tucking her locks behind the appendage.
Was this man just not going to show up on her? Maybe he asked about this whole mission thing as a fucking joke, to make her look foolish standing around waiting for him all day! Glancing up at the clock, she shook her head and laughed, she was still slightly early and last she checked he didn’t live within the inn itself like she did. Jiyu? Lived in a small room, one of the simpler rooms with a dresser, closest, a mirror, an area rug and a bed sided by a night stand; Of course, she had a bathroom attached. However apart from that, she needed nothing else of her room, she did not bother securing anything more lush, heck her bed was even a single mattress instead of something like a double or queen! “You were almost late Manga.” she chuckled, walking forward when she saw him walk in, her finger pointing to the ticking clock as she approached him. Of course? He had twenty minutes before the appointed meeting time, but for someone who rose with the sun and had trouble sleeping to start with; Well Jiyu had a different sense of time and it’s value than most people. As the idea of time crossed her mind? Mythica invaded it once more, but she promptly shook off her thoughts of the dark mage, who she suspected she was far ahead of. “So, are they providing us transport, or do you need a lift?” considering the feathers tucked into her hair? She did need not even need ships or such anymore, she flew on her own and could take one other person along with her in flight, at least in theory. As of yet? She had not flown with someone else on the feather. Oh well.