Hydro Defense [ Job | Eris Sytry ]

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Female's lone voice carried itself on the winds of this desert, the dry air penetrated with the humming of a vixen which sat atop a small caravan. An expedition that was moving through the endless sands, their goal still far away. Most of the passengers were seated inside, as to not be assaulted by the flying sands that were carried by the winds as well. Only the fox girl and a mechanical being in the front, directing the strange scaled animals which were carrying the entire cart. It has been quite some time now since their departure.

"What a creepy melody, miss. Are you sure that you do not have anything better to hum? I am made out of metal, and yet I can feel shivers running down my spine as I listen to you."

At that cue, she stopped and leaned to the side slightly, the machias in front coming into view. A sentient machine. They were truly an interesting race. A rare one too, at least on this continent. Perhaps there were more overseas. But here, you would probably have easier time finding an H-ranked magician than one of these guys. As for what he said, the melody was simply stuck inside of her head. She still haven't recovered any of her memories at all. But occasionally something like this happened. Presumable a tune from her past coming forth, forcing itself into the girl's mind at all times. And now, she was unable to properly think about anything else.

"Apologies, sir. I know no other melodies, only this one. But if it bothers you so much, I have no problem stopping!"

For reasons most likely obvious, she wanted to be as compliant as she possibly could be. Even she be in trouble if they decided to just leave her behind in the middle of this desert without any supplies or directions. At least the skies were already covered by the blanket of night and stars, making the place more cold than anything. During the day, the temperatures could go into insane numbers and that was always a problem for someone who had ears and tails covered in fluffy heating coat. On the other hand, something like that was helping Eris to deal with heat much easier than anything else.

"Are you even sure you know where you are going with us, miss? All other passengers are mages, you are not as far as I know. And I have not seen any non-magic users brave enough to take on these dunes of sand. Many dangers around here. Creatures that could swallow you whole, merciless bandits... you will be safe as long as you remain close to the caravan, but once you are on your own..."

"You needn't worry about me, sir. I am confident in my ability to wield a sword, and these ones are not for a show. Just focus on the way ahead of us, I'll figure out my own way once we reach the city."

She would reply with confidence. Of course she would! Yes, she had no magic to speak of. But at the same time, she was treated by her guild as one of the strongest members. And that was, without a doubt, a great honor. Especially considering the power displayed by the actual strongest member of Fairy Tail. To match something like that with swords alone, the girl could not even hope. But maybe one day, if her memory is ever recovered... the magical power inside of her body was still huge. And that probably meant she was capable of wielding magic at some point in her mysterious life. If she could go back to that point, reclaim what she once had, who knows just how strong she would grow. But thoughts like that, they were for another time. As she was nowhere close even figuring out how to overcome this amnesia, as they called it. Yawning, she would lay down onto the caravan's roof and stare right above, at the twinkling stars with delight. Such a beauty in this dried up place. And among it all, a big round moon, looking directly back at her. Why was it so strangely familiar? More than just an object you would see in the skies every night you would look up. It was... more to her than just that.

"You truly are a strange one. Your appearance aside, no sane person would be outside of the caravan at this hour, or in this place. And there you are, staring at the stars. They were right when they said members of Fairy Tail were mad ones. In a wild sense, I mean."

The three tailed fox girl chuckled. Yes, something like that described them quite well. Wild. Wild as the unbound sands of this desert. But there was no time to adore them anymore. The girl's ears twitched as a distant voices could be heard. No one else heard them, but the samurai's hearing was far stronger than even the one of the machine. Quickly jumping onto her own two feet, she look in the voice's direction and moved the goggles from her black hoodie onto her eyes. Of course this startled the machias a little bit, as he clearly could connect the dots and figure out what was about to happen. But before he could speak out, Eris would do so first.

"Don't worry about me, there is something I want to check out. You just make sure to get everyone to their destination, I'll track you down later."

And with those simple words, she would jump into the moving sands, sprinting at high speed to a nearby camp filled with seemingly local individuals. Why was she doing something like this? What she heard was a little bit concerning, indicating that there was a fight about to go down. And a pretty lass in the middle of it. Pin pointing the tent where it all came from, Eris would jump high into the air and land directly in the middle of it. That of course caused the cloth to collapse down, thought no one had to worry about that, as several swift slashes with a sword already in the girl's hand, there was soon no tent to speak of present. And yet, she did not hit a single person inside, showing her skill with the weapon in her grasp.

"Putting your hands on pretty ladies is not allowed!"

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For some reason, no one around seemed to be excited as they saw the vixen land in the middle of their little meeting. Sure, her actions were probably quite rude toward them, but she figured there was at least one individual that would be excited about something like this happening! It must have been boring to death, having to stand around in this desert all day long. Honestly, as far as Eris was concerned, she was doing them a huge favor. Very few things or events could provide good enough distraction as the famed Fox ronin! Well... she wasn't exactly all that famed yet, but one day! Or perhaps such goal was just impossible for the girl as called a ronin wasn't exactly a good thing in the first place. Oh well, there was not much time to be thinking about things like that. Tightening the grip on her sword, she would cut the table she was standing on top of in two as she hopped down to stand right next to the other witch in this place. She was the reason Eris was even around here right now. She wanted to help this lovely little lass. And the vixen was quite lucky too, as she only arrived after hearing their voices argue from the distance. To think that she would encounter such a beautiful maiden in this place forgotten by god, that was the true luck! Yeah, she really could not be called a hero if the only people she was actively trying to help were pretty girls.

"Eris is glad she can be of assistance! And she hopes that she will be rewarded for such actions by a kiss on the cheeks when the combat is over~"

She would chuckle and respond to Kiru as they indeed stood back to back. It was a great shame, but they were soon separated and each of them had to take care of their own side of the battlefield. But just from the looks of it, this lonely witch was perfectly capable of holding her own ground against the enemies that were thrown at her. And even if something was about to go down, Eris would instantly rush over and try to save her by any means necessary. Though the water tendrils were enough of a proof that she was fine for the time being. The vixen would jump around to avoid her new partner's attacks and finally started staring down the bandits, or whatever they were, as they drew close. With the other girl, hey knew what they were actually dealing with. But the new arrival was something completely unexpected for them, a giant unknown in terms of abilities and skills. Little did they know that they just encountered one of the most powerful beings in Earthland. Or at least in Fairy Tail. So she would merely smile as she used her katana to block one of the scimitars headed for her before delivering a powerful kick into the man's stomach, sending him flying a good way back and probably making sure he would not get back up for some time.

"Waah, that girl is gonna make a lot of mud if she keeps that up. Probably should finish you all before this place becomes less than ideal for a rumble, huh?"

She would exclaim and reach for a second katana with her other hand. She had three in total, as the one she was currently wielding was usually hanging by her hip. Two more were affixed to her back, thought just a last one remained there as of right now. Licking her lips, the vixen would prepare and then launch herself forward at a sprint much greater than anything a regular human could ever achieve. She didn't exactly know just how bad these guys were if they were murderers or just regular smugglers and such. And so, she decided to hold her swords the other way around, slashing at them all with the dull side. But even then, her hits were something that no one would want to go through willingly. Painful and with enough force behind them to knock everyone off balance the moment they were hit. Poor bastards never stood a chance. One got it especially bad, as she used the hilt of the blade to break his nose. And as he tumbled backward, she threw her swords into the air and grabbed him by the waist, performing a proper takedown as her back bent and the man's head suddenly landed in the dry sand. Even without her weapons in hands, she knew many techniques that allowed her to just decimated any and all opponents. And while her style of fighting was more focused on dealing with each enemy individually rather than wiping them out all at once, Eris' speed was still good enough for her to be chewing through them all in a reasonable time. And eventually, it would be her alone left standing on that side of the camp, the ground littered with either unconscious bodies or bandits that were too busy holding their wounds and groaning and moaning in pain to get back up.

"Whew, pretty good as far as warm-ups go? Are you doing okay, Miss white water? Do you require any help from me?"

Hopefully, she didn't sound too rude, but not much she could do if she didn't know the other female's name. So for now, she would just sheath her second katana and watch, observing her techniques in hopes to learn a bit more about her before they would talk face to face again. It was always a good idea to learn something about those you were to be around, no matter if they were allies or enemies.

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