The New Girl(open to Ls only)

Moto was walking with her headphones turned up to full volume, her fingers tracing patterns in the air in time with the music. The young requip mage was carrying an ordinary guitar, strapped to her back. A cool wind was blowing in from the docks, making her shiver. She hadn't thought she would be needing to wear a warmer outfit, but she had been wrong. Her short shorts, her top that was barely more than a bra, and the short coat open in the front weren't much protection from the elements. She rubbed her arms, which were now covered in goosebumps. "M-man it's cold t-today..." She complained as she kept on walking, heading towards Lamia Scale.

Standing outside of the guild hall, it was a crisp, cold day, mists floating above the cobblestones, just barely visible. Audibly sighing in content, I look around Hargeon, to the park, beautiful in its' misty light, to the streets of Hargeon itself. Down one of the roads, a girl in barely adequate clothing for the time of day, was shivering and rubbing their arms, most likely due to goosebumps. "Do I help her..? Yes, no, maybe so? Aww hell. Let's go for it." I silently muttered to myself, turning down the street. Once I caught up to her, I called over to her, but I let it die out, not heard by her. Walking past me, she drew signs in the air, accompanied by the music from her near-hidden headphones. So I walked near her in the shadows, calling up the memory of warmth, and putting the memory into her body, on the way to her destination, unknown.

Warmth flooded Moto's body as suddenly as the cold had, causing her to gasp audibly. Sensing magical energy had been used, she turned around, looking for the source of it. It was weak and she wasn't good at detecting magical energy, but she could tell the caster was close. As if to let the other mage know that she too was a mage, she pulled her guitar from her back and strummed a few chords, a weak sound wave coming from the guitar. If this mage happened to be a member of Lamia Scale, then she would be happy, because Lamia Scale was where she was headed. Her eyes settled on a girl relatively close to her, probably no older than she was. She could sense small amounts of magical energy coming from the girl, and putting her guitar away again, walked up to her.

Silently stunned by her noticing my presence, I pulled in a deep breath, and walked down the path, heading back towards Lamia. "You idiot!" I silently admonished myself, "You were only supposed to keep her warm! Now she'll want to talk to us... Oh well. I did it before, I could do it again. let's go." I silently worked up the courage, and stepped out of the shadows. Confronting her, I let out a sigh, and said "Hello, My name is Aera." I said, trying to seem unobtrusive. " I'm a mage from a local guild, and was wondering, well, where are you going, if I might ask? I can keep you warm if you'd like." "Man did I sound creepy or what?" I sort of mentally screamed. keeping my face a sort of positive passiveness, I walked over to her and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you..." I said rather mutedly, before backing away.

The crisp cold air always made things so much more enjoyable with the breeze as well. Aside from those and the trusty, tasty unlimited carrot supply in the palm of her hands, she could enjoy life to the fullest. However, even in such a case she wasn't so sure that she enjoyed using her obsession of them as a crutch for her fear instead of facing them head on, but even so it was better than nothing. Like all crutches, she could eventually move on without the need for it. Until then, she would just stick to what worked for her now. What did manage to pique the blonde bunny girls interest was even with the temperature the way it was, people still saw the need to want to come out and play or even just to get to place to place, which gave a hopeful feel to her that it could stay that way for a while.

Her ears twitched a little at the sound of a nearby familiar voice. Being that she interacted with so few people, she'd be able to recognize it with a little more ease. However, she couldn't really place a name to a voice, so she'd have to go see for herself. With the crunch from biting a piece of a carrot off and the step in her walk, she headed closer to the voices until she had laid her eyes onto a familiar girl; Aera! Another girl stood relatively near Aera, with long raven black hair in twintails. Approaching her little pal, she would swallow the carrot she had been chewing on and smile happily. "You girls look awfully cold!" She'd call out, gathering their attention as she got up to Aera's left side. "Come over to the guild hall for now before you two catch a cold, got it?" With a happy giggle, she'd slowly start to back up, unable to show off her guild tattoo at the moment due to the sleeve on her arm of her outfit.

Moto looked up at the arrival of the bunny girl. She nodded upon hearing her words, only too happy to get out of the cold. She was shivering despite aera's magic, and wanted nothing more than to be warm. So she followed the bunny girl as she backed up, ready to move to a warmer place. Those short shorts and jacket weren't doing much to protect her from the cold, and she wasn't too great with the cold either. As the young requip mage followed the bunny girl, she held out one hand. "My name is Motoaka, but you can call me Moto, if you prefer."

Following them back to the guild hall, I walked quietly beside them in the shadows, reaching the guild hall ahead of them, I quietly stepped into the guild hall, leaving the open door available to them. Stepping around the room quietly, I walked over to a chair in one of the corners of the room. "Thanks, Gisen." I mumbled, waiting for them to arrive. As they walked into the hall, I sat, and waited patiently. "I helped her here, so I think my obligation is fulfilled." I silently muttered, just slightly freaking out. "Anxiety, great." I admonished myself inside my head, before pulling Isolation into existence. I caught myself in cleaning its' blade, polishing the ebon black blade, until it sheened like onyx. I faded it back out of existence, as Gisen pulled the girl, Moto, she said her name was, over to my end of the guild hall. "Okay, three, two, one..." then I spoke aloud, "Hello, Gisen, and hello, Moto." I quietly spoke, then I stood up, and joined the tour.

Maya was sitting in the guild hall, reading the book on Lacrima basics she had managed to find in the labyrinth that passed for a library here. Most of it was stuff she had already learned in the few weeks since her life had changed, but any hint at figuring out what exactly was done to her was something that was worth looking into. It had been barely a day since she had first spoken with Gisen and joined Lamia Scale; while she was immensely grateful for the chance to be a real wizard, she was still acclimating to life away from home for the first time. It was...interesting, to say the least.

A sudden commotion near the entrance of the hall drew Maya's attention away from her book. Gisen was back from her walk on the town, along with two people that the teen didn't recognize. Other members, perhaps? Maya had been wondering where the other people in the guild were. Maybe it was about time she went and introduced herself. Then again, she didn't want to interrupt whatever they were doing...

In the end, Maya went halfway. She stood up and moved towards the group slowly, trying to gauge whether what they were doing was something she could join them in.

As the bunny girl stood by both girls, it seemed apparent neither one of them had as much fun out here in the cold air as she had. The bubbly blonde giggled and placed a hand on Aera's head and rubbed gently. "I don't know why you chose to come out here either. I told everyone a storm was coming soon so being out here was like, extra dangerous." She would sigh softly and shrug off the small scolding. To be fair, maybe the idea of being out in a storm was fun or some extra need was a part of it. No matter the reason, she took the care of their well being over anything else. While she did lead the pair of girls over, she wrapped arms over the back of both of their shoulders, being overly friendly as compared to how she normally was. But between the crisp, tasty air, the friendly comfort of Aera's presence, and the sweet sweet taste of a carrot on her taste buds, it was easy to be friendly towards them both. "Well it's a pleasure to meet 'cha, Moto!"

As the three reached the guild hall, she'd release her relaxed arms from them and allowed them a moment to stop as she would proceed ahead and open the door. There sat one the newer girls she had recently gotten to get close to, Maya. A nice, quiet girl with a thirst for knowledge. Once all three were inside, she'd shut the doors and venture in, gesturing the girl to take a seat. "Make yourself at home Moto." Walking past Maya, she would clear her throat and smile. "Now then, for the grand introductions I suppose. Moto, this is Aera Tylidae and Maya Meletzo. They're both members of Lamia Scale. I'm Gisen Ceostra, current Guild Master here. Maya, this is Aera; a fellow member, and Moto; a stranger in the coming storm." Pausing, she would turn to Moto and smile, popping up a carrot into her hand and biting off a bit and looking to her curiously. "So Moto, what brings you to Hargeon? Come to check out the rebuilding of the town or somethin'?"

"Pleasure to meet you all. I came here to join Lamia Scale, actually. This guild seems to suit me far better than most, like the guilds that are noble to the point of stupidity, or the treasure hunting guilds. Those guilds don't seem to be good for me, so I decided to come here." Said Moto with a small smile. These guys seemed pretty relaxed, maybe she really would get along with them. "Monster hunting... Well, I'd say I'm a fair monster hunter." With that Moto requipped her microphone, which was clearly a magical tool, even a non wizard would be able to tell.

"Welcome, Maya, Moto." I said quietly, muttering ever so slightly. Upon my turn to face, I watched as Moto requipped a microphone unto herself. "A r-requip wizard?" I stuttered, having seen only a couple in the flesh. "What sort of requip do you do, alongside that microphone?" I asked curiously, feeling like I unwittingly barged into sensitive territory. In recompense, or so I felt, I weaved Isolation back into existence, from a pseudo-quasi state I put it in previously. "This is my best friend, Isolation," I started nonchalantly, leaning on the white, towering neck. "Its been my friend for years now, always there for me." Afterwards, I unraveled Isolation into non-being, and stood there, blushing furiously.

Maya started as she was called out by Gisen, but almost immediately relaxed. Gisen's call had put an end to her indecision; she could join the group now. She placed a bookmark gingerly in her book, shut it, and placed it in her bag before she wandered over to them. "It's nice to meet you, Moto and Aera," she said shyly as she approached, a bit of nervousness in her voice. Gisen had been wonderful and understanding, and she had decided that she would trust the people that Gisen associated with when she joined the guild, but the fear was still there and would probably continue to do so for a while.

"My name is Maya. I...Well, I'm not sure quite what I can do yet, so please be patient with me." She didn't feel like explaining the whole sob story again, especially when it might still court a breakdown. Still, the two new faces seemed fairly nice, if a bit awkward. Just like Maya. Birds of a feather, eh? She thought, unable to hide a small smile. Or would it be snakes of a scale, since this is Lamia Scale? Who knows. She turned to Gisen. "So Gisen, do we have any plans?"