Fox among Fairies

A strange day this was. The skies were clear, not a single cloud visible. And the Sun shining brightly down onto Magnolia. A busy day, that much was clear as people walked all over the place, busy with their individual tasks. Only one being seemed rather sluggish among them all. A girl that was hiding most of her figure beneath a black coat, bearing golden markings on it. A scarf around her neck and a hoodie with animal ears over hear head, she carried two swords on her back as she slowly made her way towards the nearby guild. Simply looking at her, anyone could guess that she was maybe tired, deprived of energy as the Sun sapped it all away. But the real reason was quite different. A soft grunt came out of her as she placed one of her hands against her forehead for a bit. A proper headache was what she had. And not an ordinary one either. It seemed as if she could not properly remember anything of her own life these past few days. Simply awoken in a forest nearby, she managed to gather some clothing and the weapons she carried on her person. But that was it. That was Eris, all she was and all she owned at the moment. With no memory to speak of, no home or a goal, she could only do one thing that seemed sensible to her at the moment.

Fairy Tail. It seemed to be a famous guild. Despite having no memories of herself, she found out that her knowledge of this area and Fiore as whole was quite extensive. So at least she had that going for her. A dark guild not all that long ago, but now made neutral. It seemed fitting, given how some of the members of this place operated. She just hoped something good would come out of this. In all honesty, she did not have a goal here at all. She did not know what she wanted. All she desired was... something. Anything at all. A figurative rope she could take a hold of, one that would save her from drowning in this wast sea of unknowing. And so, she stepped up the steps and found herself right in front of the main door. The intent unclear, she tensed up her muscles and started pushing them open, only to let all the jolly noise outside as a harmony of chaos, the warm interior quickly embracing her like a hug from someone she knew all along. Perhaps such a simple and bold entrance was not the best, but it was all she could perform as of right now.

The vixen didn't know what exactly she should expect from this. But seemingly the moment she opened the door, someone was already going right at her. This was a guild after all, it was bursting with life and people inside. And still, this young and just slightly smaller boy managed to startle the fox who took a step back in response, hearing the greetings right after. "Z..zdravím." ("Greetings") She would reply, her tongue almost twisting as she suddenly forced the word out of her throat. She would probably look like an exotic traveler around these parts. And it was true that this attire was not created here, only adding to that. But the girl did not know from where she was. Not just yet anyway. "No... I'm not quite..."

Before she could even properly finish her train of confused thoughts, another one came close. This time a girl, much smaller in stature, but oddly familiar. And not in the way that the fox would have seen her somewhere in a magazine as the new guild master, no. This was much stronger. Much more familiar that just that. It clawed at the girl's mind, trying to dig up whatever memory was holding this secret, but ultimately failed at doing so. And thus she just tried asking directly. "Have we... met before, miss?" But there was no way Sorano could remember. The name 'Noheme' was now sealed away by the Eater of Names, demon more powerful than one could even imagine. The hint of a memory was still there, but as far as the reality itself was concerned, these two girls had never met one another inside of that accursed mansion.

And finally, a third one arrived. Another girl, this was older and mature looking. She did not waste her time staring blindly and spoke right away. And in her hands, two sealed cups with an unknown, but clearly colder contents. Was she offering one of them? It appeared so to the vixen. Stunned by such act for a moment, she raised her hands up first, removing the black hoodie down only to reveal that there were actual fox ears beneath the fake ones, twitching from time to time as she grasped all the sounds around them. And as those hands of hers moved about, the coat opened up just a bit as well, revealing the rest of her outfit, perhaps little lacking in actual body coverage, but mainly the three tails that were slowly swaying from side to side. She would finally grab the chocolate one and bring it to her lips, taking a sip as her cheeks grew rosy in color. This was the first time she experienced kindness in this new life of hers, so surely it was only natural that she would blush like this. "Děkuji." ("Thank you") But what came next, she did not quite understand. "Mage? I cannot control no flame or water, I am no mage." Yes, magical power flowed through her vain. In the past, she very much was a witch of great power. But now, all of it was forgotten. And the only thing that was left was the muscle memory allowing her to wield the blades she carried. "I use these to fight. To hunt." As she said those words, images of a vast jungle flashed in her mind. Joya? Was that where she was from? Though that memory quickly came to an end as she grasped the name of this beautiful maiden in front of her. "Eris... my name is... Eris!" She said so, as if unsure of it herself. The confusion was still strong and who could blame the girl for being like this? She looked up at Hera and tilted her head to side slightly as her ears twitched some more, not really knowing how to follow up in this situation.