[GUILD MEETING]The Drop of a Pin [All FT Members may join]

GRACE UNDER FIRE

For once in her life, Sorano had no ideas of what to do. It wasn’t as if she’d never been unsure now, but certainly she had never been so utterly blank and clueless as to what would happen next. Her mind reeled, the normally organized shelves of careful thoughts having collapsed into disrepair, an utter mess no matter how you looked at it. The girl looked quietly out at the row after row of suddenly alien tables, wondering if things really were the way they were. Her mind found itself remembering back to that moment, only a few days after she had turned fourteen years old.

Kanix, the mother of faeries almost always held a serious and stern expression in her face, one suitable for the motherly figure she was for the members of the guild Fairy Tail. She was revered and loved by the rowdy faerie children, having helped them through the rough transition from carefree life as legal mages into the danger-filled lifestyle of a dark guild. Yet, this one day, her normal hidden smile, the smooth contentment on her face was gone, and instead, worry shone through the lines of her forehead. The news she revealed next, there was no way the letter mage could possibly have prepared for it with all her resources. When Kanix had led her over to a table, and when she told the child what would happen, Sorano realized that it had never fully sunken in until now. Until Kanix really was gone. Until she would have to break the news of their beloved mother’s departure, and her new role in her newfound family. How was she supposed to go about this?

She raised her head, attempting a confident and proud expression. At least this was something she could do; stay fairly calm and controlled. No emotion could get to her, right? Things would go okay, at least for now. Acknowledging the support that Hoshi provided with a nuzzle of her shoulder, Sorano raised a finger, slowly tracing out the letters of a simple spell that would be all she needed at the moment. Deep breath in, deep breath out. Oh no, this was not going to be good. Even with this truth in mind, the letter mage raised her head determinedly, calling out an announcement to her guildmates. “Members of Fairy Tail! Please gather at the main tree for some important information!”

It was time to reveal their new guild master. She hoped it would be over soon.

GRACE UNDER FIRE

The girl’s gaze swept woodenly over the small crowd that had gathered here before her, and she forced her emotions down. She could feel them pounding incessantly at the back of her skull, trying to muscle themselves in. No! She wasn’t about to let them win again! She took in a deep breath of air, feeling the calming swirl of feelings settle over her. No. She would be fine. No emotions would invade her life today. Not today, and hopefully not any day. She waited for the crowd to slowly fizzle away into silence before sucking in a mouthful of air and reciting the words she had practiced within her head several times by now.

Below her, familiar auras shone around those she cared about, mages of all ranks gathered below. For an instance, she could almost imagine how her previous guild masters – Ken, Simon, Heero, Kanix must have felt about the mages they were to watch over. The powerful essences of the higher-ranked mages such as Hera and Ebony comforted her, she could depend on them for help if no one else. Seeing the supportively worried faces of her teammates, she began.

“As many of you know by now, Kanix has disappeared. The last time I saw her, she didn’t appear to have any intention of coming back.” Pausing, the letter mage let this sink in for a moment. The shamaness was much loved by her “children”, and this would surely be shocking news to some. “She has put me in charge of the guild. In other words, she has made me the guild master.” The words felt oddly final, and she wasn’t sure if she even had the right to say them. “So, today, I’ve called everyone here to discuss what we are to do next. There is the question of everything from our guild classification to aces and everything in between. I would like to hear the opinions of everyone, as I do not currently have any ideas as to what will happen next.”