Taiga's Return [Social]

It was a pretty normal day in the Sabertooth guild hall. Harriet had yet to do a job as of yet. Though, she was notified that one would be coming up for her soon. Of course, she didn't have to be assigned jobs by the guild, but there weren't really any that interested her as of yet. She had gone through years of training, and the most she could do right now was mostly doing small odd jobs to try and get her recognition Sabertooth bolstered up. So, she decided to wait for a bit, hoping to find a partner whom she could do some better jobs with. For now, it didn't seem like anyone was open to do anything, which was fine with her in all honesty. It wasn't as though she was mad or anything, because she understood that people were busy with other things, like bigger and better jobs. Besides, even if she was, it would be extremely subtle due to the training that she did.

With that in mind, she left her room, hoping to get a bite to eat in the tavern that was near the guild hall. There was a lot of history behind it, but she would get to learning about it later. All she knew as of now, was that the tavern was affiliated with Sabertooth in someway, which meant that she'd be able to go there with ease. So, as she entered the dorm room, she took a seat near the front of the room, waiting on a server to come and get her order. However, it looked like the tavern was booked for some reason. She didn't realize why until she looked over to see plates stacking on top of one another. The person behind the stack seemed to have an appetite that was befitting of an old friend she had once known. The two of them had tried to keep in touch once before, but Harriet's training was getting tougher during the time, so she had to cut ties with him. It wasn't ideal for her considering what her core values were, but at the time her core values were based around being able to experience what she wanted. So, she had to give him up.

As she reminisced about the time, she heard a voice come out from the area. She wasn't sure if it was possible, but she had heard the voice of the boy from before talking to the waiter. She then stood up and walked towards the table to see if she was actually correct. In didn't take more than a moment before she had learned that the person who was eating out the tavern was Taiga. She then hugged Taiga intensely, letting out a cry of joy as she said to him, "I can't believe it's you! Why are you here? I didn't think I'd really ever see you again, but I'm so glad I had!" With that, she coughed a bit, and drained down her emotions, knowing that any sort of influx in emotion could disrupt the balance she had created. Her face went from extremely happy to a calmer and gentler one now, as she sat down right next to Taiga.

As the boys voice raised up a tone in pitch, Harriet laughed, saying back to him "Well, as you know, I was training to become a guild mage. That's why I couldn't really keep up with you for a while. Although I loved you a lot as a friend, I had to let you go. Now, I'm happy to say that I'm a member of Sabertooth. I haven't done a lot of mage work, because even with all my training, I'm not able to do any of the substantial jobs that I wanted to do. So, what about you? Last I heard of you, you were travelling the world. It's odd for you to be back in Ace of Spades."

Harriet then replied back to Taiga's question, saying to him, "Wow, 3 years. I can't believe it. I've grown so much, and it looks like you have as well. Clover Town was an amazing place to learn. With all the history there, I was able to get what I needed and set off. It was only a week or so after you left before I did as well." Whenever she was in clover town, she had met up with one of her family friends, who like her was an exile. Of course, her family didn't talk to the person that much anymore, because once you become an exile, a kill order is sent for your head. The woman was there as her mentor for a short amount of time. She had taught her a lot of the training exercises she still practices today. If it wasn't for her, Harriet wouldn't have known where to start. She had slowly ramped up the woman's exercises, bit by bit until she had formed a complete tolerance to their extremes. However, she couldn't stay there for long, because her parents came knocking on the door for the two of them. Her mentor's sacrafice was what kept Harriet alive to this day, or at least the version of herself that she wanted alive. So, Harriet had to cut ties with Taiga for a bit, knowing that communication was a no go. If she sent a note, it was likely that both her and Taiga would be killed. That's why Harriet went to the mountains, to bare the extremes of cold, and that's where she was for a long while.

Thinking about all the things that led her to this moment made her smile a bit, happy for how much she had grown. She was excited to catch with Taiga, but she wasn't too sure how much she'd let Taiga know. She was comfortable with him, but she wasn't too sure if she wanted him to be dragged into her family history. So, this dinner was going to come out surprising in one way or the other. With that, Harriet said to Taiga, "Well, let's get to eating. Or at least more eating." As she looked down at the stack of plates in front of Taiga, she laughed.

Wearing her white Steel Matron t-shirt and black skirt with white tennis shoes, Victoria made her way into the tavern to get something to drink. A few minutes ago she had searched the job boards for anything interesting and nothing had piqued her interest, so the brunette had opted to go get a drink and come back later to see if anything interesting had been posted. Victoria stepped into the busy tavern and spotted a red-haired young woman she had never seen before facing a blond guy she had never seen before. They must be a couple of new mages who were taking advantage of the perks of membership in Sabertooth.

The redhead was chatting amicably with the blond guy, who had accumulated quite a few plates of food and drink sitting in front of him. Both of their magic signatures were fairly weak, marking them as novice mages. Victoria had met quite a few novice mages in her time with Black Rose and Sabertooth and knew that the novices of today would be the experienced mages of tomorrow... if they had some help and encouragement along the way. Maybe the brunette should introduce herself to them. Victoria carefully made her way to the table and introduced herself to the redhead and the blond.

"Hi guys. I'm Victoria Sheridan." Victoria casually introduced herself to the two. They seemed to be doing just fine without her. If they did not want her here, she could go sling drinks or get a drink of her own. Maybe she would even get a mixed drink that was not a Screwdriver.

Harriet had gasped at the hearing of Taiga as a Sabertooth mage. She didn't think that Taiga had mentioned it much, if he did many years ago. Either way, it was still surprising to her that one of her closest friends was in the same guild as her. It made her a lot happier than she expected it to. She was sort of expecting that kind of response, but now that she actually heard it, she was as happy as she could let herself be. With that, she smiled and said to him, "I can't believe we're going to be in the same guild together. I really hope that we can do a lot of jobs together. The darkies won't know what hit them." Her smile grew a tiny bit wider, but she still kept that calm look on her face that she always had.

As the two of them were talking, a woman had approached them. She was a brown haired woman, and there was something about her that made her seem intimidating. It wasn't until she got closer that Harriet realized what it was. Her magic signals were off the charts. The woman was even stronger than that of her family's. Having someone so strong come up to them was sort of scary, but Harriet obviously kept her cool. After all, it was a part of her training, and she also didn't want to leave a bad impression on someone she would probably be seeing more of. Especially due to the fact that Taiga had recognized her. So, as the two of them introduced herself, Harriet stood up and said to her in her natural calm and soothing voice, "Hi, my name is Harriet Artemesia, nice to meet you." With that, she reached out her hand for a handshake.

Victoria received the greetings of the pair with ease. She could tell that the strength of her magic signature was more than a little intimidating to them, so she tried to be as friendly as possible to set them at ease. She too had once been the new guy and had been intimidated by the raw power Izayuki, Astrid Foss, and the other powerful mages who had called Black Rose home possessed. Out of the Sabertooth mages only Samira Nassar was stronger than Victoria in terms of raw power, but from all accounts Samira was cool to be around and quite popular with the people of Earthland. Itori was also another powerful mage who did not let power go to her head and a person who was fun to be around, as was Gaia. Rousing herself from her daydreaming, Victoria focused on the guy named Taiga Beongae and the girl named Harriet Artemisia.

"Nice to meet you, Harriet." Victoria said before she took Harriet's hand and firmly shook it while her eyes met the redhead's. After a few moments she let go and focused on Taiga, a fellow Sabertooth mage who she had never seen before today. Based on her first impression of Taiga, he seemed like a pretty cool guy who did not take himself too seriously. Victoria could get along with someone like that.

"Hey Taiga, I don't think we've met before today. You must be a member of Sabertooth who was here before I joined." Victoria said to the blond fellow sitting at the table.

Hearing that Harriet wanted to do some jobs with him was a nice thing to hear. He had been doing a lot of jobs on his own since joining the guild and having someone there to keep him company as well as aid him on those jobs would be greatly beneficial. "I can't wait." He exclaimed with another smile, genuinely excited to be doing some jobs with her in the future.

"Nope, we haven't met before." Taiga confirmed as he looked to the new arrival as she took a seat. "Though, I'm not sure whether I was a member before or after you joined." He continued. "I joined a little over a year ago and I haven't spent a lot of time with the fellow members of the guild because I have been travelling a lot with different jobs and such." He had heard of Victoria a few times when he had returned to the guild hall but had never met nor gathered a great amount of detail on her. All he knew was that she was a powerful mage and had excelled greatly.

"So what brings you here? If you don't mind me asking." Taiga asked Victoria as he picked up another piece of marinated chicken wing and placed it in his mouth, only to pick up the plate and offer a piece to both the women in front of him. "Ish gwood" he said, food in his mouth as he spoke.