The Poor Thugs (Job Wolfe/Sylvia)

Wolfe was at it again, but this time he had found himself in the port town of Hargeon. He had received a letter from an unknown person saying something about this town and asking him to visit it for a few days. Wolfe figured whoever had sent the letter wanted to meet him, but he had been here two full days now and he had yet to meet anyone. He was starting to think someone had sent it to him to get him out in the open so they could watch him, but in truth he didn’t care. As an ace of a legal guild he knew he had natural enemies, but if any of them really wanted to make a move, he was more than happy to give them a chance. If anything, it would give Wolfe a good workout since the last time he had been given the chance to let loose was when he had helped Cirven, Ardere, and the others with the monster issue.

At this point we was going to give it till the end of the day and in the morning he would head back to the guild if nothing happened. However, in the meantime it was time for lunch and he intended on getting some food. So Wolfe got dressed in his normal black pants and boots, but today he decided to sport a light blue button up shirt which he didn’t bother buttoning up and made his way out of his room in the local inn. So Wolfe made his way into a less populated part of the town to a restaurant he had seen on his list of places he loved to eat on RAINE’s database. As he found the place he had to question if this was really the place he was looking for, but before he had another chance to ponder on it one of the waitresses had stepped out of the indoor area to serve someone on the patio area and saw Wolfe and instantly welcoming him back with kind words. Wolfe didn’t know too much about who he was before he lost his memory, but what he had found out implied he was no better than a monster with skin. He had no moral compass, and his sense of evil or good had been twisted to a degree. The current Wolfe at least felt that way by what he had found, but on the other hand “that” Wolfe had left a trail of people behind that seemed to like him and any place he visited that he had eaten or interacted with the people seemed to welcome him with open arms. He truly didn’t know exactly what to make of who or what he used to be.

Judging who he had been aside it was lunchtime and he had come here to get food as he was hungry, so he spoke to the kind waitress and took a seat at one of the tables. After she was done serving her other table she came over and her and Wolfe spoke for a few and he explained to her about his memory loss so she didn’t feel bad about him not remembering her. After a little talk she had taken his order and had disappeared into the main area inside to the kitchen to place his order and get Wolfe his drink. Upon getting his drink Wolfe just sat there and pondered on what to do next after lunch until nightfall.

It didn’t take long for the immense amount of food to start coming out and Wolfe wasted no time in thanking the kind waitress and started digging in. However, it didn’t take long before he was starting to gather a crowd around him. It seemed his mountain of food was starting to gather people who couldn’t believe one man could eat that much food, but this was normal for Wolfe so he didn’t think anything of it and continued to eat like nothing was wrong. Nothing HAD been wrong till suddenly a young woman about his age had managed to push past most of the group and seemed like she was in a hurry until she caught sight of Wolfe. There was a moment when their eyes met but then as she looked him over it seemed like her attention fixated on his hair and on his half exposed guild mark, as is shirt was unbuttoned so about half his guild mark was showing. Then before he could even address her she closed more of the distance between herself and Wolfe and began to speak asking him if he was the one she had been sent to meet.

Wolfe didn’t answer for a second as he thought about her actions just then and how uncertain she sounded. There was no way this woman was the one that had sent the letter he had received. The letter gave the idea that they expected Wolfe to be there and this woman seemed lost and unsure and her expression and demeanor gave the impression that she didn’t know who Wolfe was, and even more that she didn’t know who she was looking for at all. That coupled with her instant fixations on his hair and guild mark gave Wolfe the idea that maybe she had been looking for someone that had the same traits. However, the only issue being that white hair was not a super common trait and she just happen to be in this town, at this time, looking for someone with traits like him? Something about this seemed way too much to just be an accident.

Wolfe leaned forward over the last plate of food and looked her over once before he met her eyes one last time ”I know nothing about meeting anyone here. However, you seem distressed. Can I help you in some way?” Wolfe had sort of lied about not expecting to meet anyone, but he was a little wary about just throwing himself out there, he was too smart for that and this woman was also a mage. However, at the same time he truly got the impression that she was scared and just as confused as he was, and even if she was a mage, she was a low ranking mage and he didn’t feel any other mages in the immediate area.


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Word Count: 1060
Total Word Count: 1,683/8,750

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Wolfe watched as the woman obviously was caught off guard by Wolfe’s response. Wolfe watched as she gathered herself and then began to spoke. Wolfe himself was actually caught off guard by her words. She seemed so sure he was the one she was looking for and she seemed so desperate for him to help train her, but the thing that caught him was the part where she had been sent to find him or someone fitting his description. This really stood out as something that he wanted to know more about. After the letter, this was too much of a coincidence to not be connected in some way. He was going to have to find out more about this later when he could maybe have a chance to talk to this woman in private.

Wolfe saw as she then held her hand up and began to show some form of magic. However, what he saw was not just normal magic but something a bit perverse in nature. He could sense an almost dark intent from the magic itself, and he would know because of the nature of his own magic. What didn’t make sense to him was he didn’t get a hint of that kind of darkness from this woman herself. He was pretty decent as reading people, and from what he could tell she didn’t seem to share that same kind of dark taint as the magic she wielded, which only added to his interest in her.

Wolfe started to lean forward a little as he was about to speak, but before he could get a single word out there was a coughing sound and the crowd around him and her began to scatter. Wolfe watched as the woman turned around which caused Wolfe to shift his attention past her to a man behind her. Wolfe didn’t recognize the man or his markings at all. He was accompanied by two men fully armored carrying shields in one hand and axes in the other. Wolfe didn’t move or say anything as the man spoke. However, he got the impression that this man didn’t have good intentions in mind, and by the end of his second statement Wolfe knew just what kind of man he was. Even if Wolfe didn’t know this woman, he had no intent on letting this man have his way with her.

Wolfe started to stand up but as he started to he stopped mid action as he saw a creature of dark intent seemed to crawl out of a pool of dark water that appeared out of nowhere next to the woman. An expression of confusion crept across Wolfe’s face as he watched the dark creature take the form of a maiden and seemed to crawl over the top of her. It began to speak in a sinister tone as it suggested taking the lives of the men who had obviously come for the woman. Wolfe could feel the sinister intent of the dark maiden creature, but in the same not he could feel the magical presence of it. Wolfe had a feeling this creature was the source of the woman’s magic she had just shown him moments before in the palm of her hand. Wolfe wasn’t sure what to make of it, but now wasn’t the time to worry about it.

Wolfe began to stand up again when suddenly the woman backed up right through the maiden and yelled something about not letting the men hurt anyone then suddenly bent down and slammed her hands on the ground and summoned her magic. Wolfe watched as black water spread out from her position and spread out far enough to catch everyone around her in it’s area and the water began to swirl and downwards causing a pulling motion towards her. The woman called back to Wolfe for him to help her, but he was already intended on doing just that. Wolfe then phase shifted right behind the main guy that had threated the woman and grabbed him by the neck of his armor just behind his neck and with immense force he pulled back with all his strength as he released the man. The man was yanked off his feet and thrown backwards into the wall of the building a few meters away. The man hit the wall hard enough that it cracked the wall and man had the wind knocked out of him as he let out a grunt and fell to the floor.

Wolfe watched as the man hit the wall then he turned his attention back to the two men being drawn towards the woman. He reached out with both hands and grabbed each one by the side of their heads and pulled them towards each other and slammed their heads together. The two men fell to their knees and were dizzy as they tried to keep from being pulled under from the woman’s magic. Wolfe turned back to the man he had thrown into the wall who was now started to try and get back to his feet ”So… you like and enjoy hurting people huh? Well lets see how much you enjoy this.” As Wolfe spoke black lightning began to arc across his eyes as he started to walk towards the man.


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Total Word Count: 3,231/8,750

Wolfe saw as the man in front of him began to realize he was not strongest person involved in this ordeal. The terror of the knowledge was apparent on his face as he freaked out and screamed at Wolfe to stay away and released lightning all around him to try and fend Wolfe off. Wolfe smirked a little, which he honestly felt bad about, but of all the magic types in Fiore this guy had to have lightning versus an opponent like Wolfe. Wolfe was sure that moment of realization would be obvious in the moment when the lightning hit Wolfe. However, this guy was the one who picked a fight, and it was nature that caused Wolfe to feel the need to punish him, so he had brought this on himself.



Wolfe didn’t event flinch as the lightning hit Wolfe in the chest and instead of hurting him began to swirl and arc of him. Not only that but all the other lightning he had released seemed to change it’s direction and be drawn to Wolfe. Not all of it, but all of the lightning that did hit him began to crackle as it arced off of him then seemed to just absorb into him. Just as the lightning absorbed into his body it began to spark across his eyes and slightly arc off of his finger tips. To anyone watching it would have become obvious that lightning had no real effect on Wolfe.

Wolfe not having been slowed in his advance towards the man was now upon him and was ready to show the man the folly of his ways. Wolfe reached out to grab the man by his throat and lifted him into the air with decent ease. The terror on the man's face was obvious as Wolfe shook his head in disapproval at the man. Wolfe then acted in a blur as he pulled his other arm back and thrusted it into the man's stomach with so much force the man began to vomit on himself as he went unconscious. Wolfe let go of the man allowing him to fall to the ground in a lump. He looked down at the man trying to decided exactly what he should do with him now when his attention was diverted by the woman's cries.

Wolfe turned to see the woman crying out after she had apparently taken the life of one of the two men Wolfe had left for her to deal with. Wolfe was not exactly ok with killing people for no reason and even on the cause of combat if you were stronger than your opponent and could help you you shouldn't take a life just because you could. However, from what he could tell of the power of the woman as a mage she was a low ranking mage, and her opponents may not have been mages but they were capable. In a case like this sometimes people lost their lives, but between her cries and looking at her he could instantly tell the idea of taking another's life was something that might break this poor girl.

Wolfe instantly phase shifted next the last of the men and grabbed him by the back of his armor and tossed him back near the other unconscious man. He looked back at the man as he commanded "TAKE YOUR MAN AND LEAVE NOW! IF YOU DON'T I SWEAR I WILL RIP HIM IN HALF AND THEN YOU WILL SHARE THEIR FATE!" The force and rage in Wolfe's voice was nothing shy of almost monstrous. Wolfe then phase shifted next to to the woman as he knelt next to her and put his one arm across the front of her, about shoulder level, and pulled her a little closer to her as he used the other one to rub her back to try and calm her down a little.


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Wound Count: 650
Total Word Count: 4,508/8,750

Just as Wolfe had knelt down to try and hold her and rub her back to try and calm her down the woman freaked out and squirmed. It was obvious she was not just freaking out because she took a life but this was fear of a completely different level. He wasn’t sure what this woman had been through but this was something much deeper than just some thugs scaring her. He didn’t get much time to look into them, but her eyes reminded him of his own…hollow and filled with a dark pain. Wolfe obviously didn’t remember his past do losing his memory loss, which could be seen as both a blessing and a curse. However, this woman here didn’t share his cursed blessing, and something ran deep inside of her and it dug deep into the hollow.

Wolfe was about to say something but then everything happened in a flash and even for him it was a blur. Wolfe heard as the woman went to scream out then, they were both covered by a black bubble, then loud sounds and the shaking, then the bubble was gone. Wolfe turned to look at where the two men should have been only to find two charred skeletons instead. Normally Wolfe’s speed and reaction time was inhuman and something he was proud of, but his back had been turned and he had never expected this. The scorch marks instantly gave away the cause of the event as obviously the last guy he had thrown had blown himself up in an attempt to take out Wolfe and this woman with him. The bubble had obviously been this woman’s magic protecting her, Wolfe had just been lucky enough to be right next to her. The nature of her magic was becoming more and more interesting as it seemed to almost be alive, which was something he understood because of his own spark, but it’s nature was something else altogether. However, now was not the time to worry about that as he watched the woman fall to her knees again and begin crying again.

Wolfe let out a deep sigh as he processed everything trying to decide what exactly he should do next. Wolfe was about to say something when he heard a voice, the same as before, the dark maiden. Wolfe listened to it’s words as it said something about “Strauss Family” and “last resort” and more about blowing oneself up to turn things to ash. Wolfe put the obvious pieces together that this woman was as scared of these men as she had been for good reason. This was not her first run in with them, obviously the “Strauss Family” had something to do with it, maybe even being her own family, but he wasn’t a hundred percent sure right now. The rest was self-explanatory as he turned back one last time to look at the scorch marks and skeletons before turning back to look at the woman. Wolfe watched as she gave a small bow and apologized for getting Wolfe involved and that it had been a mistake for her to look for training. Slowly everything was getting a little clearer, but he needed more details and this woman needed time, and a better place to herself together.

Wolfe took a deep breath as he spoke ”I apologize if this seems a bit forward, but please trust me.” Then without even giving her a chance to really answer he reached out and scooped her into his arms and stood up. He then began to walk away from the scene and into one of the alleyways to the side of the restaurant and was taking her somewhere else. Wolfe walked in an almost blur with the woman in his arms as he scenery almost seemed to phase in and out around them. This fact might have been a little off setting to the woman, but this was common for Wolfe. This type of travel did have it’s advantages though as it would seem like only seconds to the woman, but as Wolfe slowed down and came to a normal speed, it would be obvious that they were almost clear across the town, near the harbor.

Wolfe finally came to stop in front of a small tea shop and slowly let the woman down onto her feet as he spoke ”Again I am sorry if that was a little forward, but here. Please have some tea or coffee to try and calm your nerves. I wish to speak to you more if you will allow it.” Wolfe then walked up to the door and opened it for her to allow her to enter. Once inside he would lead her to the counter and ordered a large tea and pulled out enough jewels to cover both his drink and anything she might order plus a huge tip. He turned to her ”Please order anything you desire. Food, drink, anything you might want. Do not worry about price.” Wolfe gave a slight nod, and a smile ”Wolfe, please call me Wolfe.” Wolfe hoped she would feel calm enough now to maybe be able to calm down and talk to him.


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Wound Count: 865
Total Word Count: 5,962/8,750

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After he paid for their drinks and whatever else they might order Wolfe turned and walked over to the table that the woman had sat down at and turned to look at her as she ordered a tea. Wolfe didn’t say a word as he waited for this woman to calm down and talk. It was not that Wolfe didn’t want to offer any information about himself, but it was obvious that this woman had a story and it he was going to help her he needed to know as much information as he could get from her, as quickly as he could. He had a very strong feeling that those men were not going to be the very last they ran into that day.

She started by finally offering her name as Sylvia Maria Strauss which meant his earlier guess was right about her being a Strauss. As she spoke her name he could almost feel the resentment in her voice and on spread across her face. Obviously this had a story behind it, but he figured she wasn’t going to spill it here and now, and in reality he didn’t need to know it right now to help her in the immediate future. It was at this very moment that he felt a wave of magical power surge from her as the dark maiden from before rose up from beside her and began to laugh before it spoke. Wolfe’s eyes shifted to it for a second before returning back to focus on Sylvia. As Wolfe listened he was starting to get an idea of what was going on here. He assumed this woman’s magic was imbued with darkness and it manifested as this maiden. However, Wolfe would address this later as he waited for her to continue.

Sylvia started with a comment about Wolfe wanting to know more about her story which Wolfe nodded to let her know that he indeed interesting in knowing more as he leaned back. When their orders showed up Wolfe took his tea and took a sip as he waited for her to begin. She started explaining that she was adopted into the Strauss family and that she was some kind of magical guinea pig. Wolfe was a little taken back by her scars, but at the same time it felt perfectly normal which was weird. He couldn’t shake the feeling like he knew the idea, or that it was such common place that it didn’t faze him in any way. Even though it was such a strong feeling he shrugged it off and focused on Sylvia as the maiden spoke.

Wolfe’s suspicions were confirmed when the maiden spoke about Wolfe being able to see her. The maiden was a conscious living darkness within her magic that was self-aware, and it seemed was also aware that Wolfe could see her as well. However, It seemed that up to this point either Sylvia hadn’t run into someone with enough power to see the maiden yet, or she had and it had ended poorly based on her response. Sylvia was trying to obviously deny the idea as it was easy to see it plastered all over her face but the maiden continued to speak. It confirmed once again that Wolfe could see her and furthermore more people were coming for Sylvia. The maiden desired death and from everything he could tell by her reactions Sylvia didn’t want to hurt a soul. This was such an odd matchup and Wolfe felt truly sorry for Sylvia to carry such and obvious burden.

Wolfe turned to the maiden as he spoke ”Yes, yes I can see you. Now hush because I am not talking to you right now.” Wolfe then leaned forward and reached out his hand to touch Sylvia’s shoulder on the other side that the maiden was not on to try and rub her arm and calm her down a little Sylvia, listen to me. Its ok. Please just calm down and take slow deep breathes.  Magic takes many forms in this world, yours is just one of them. I know it must be a burden as I get the impression that you are not one who desires t harm others while the darkness of your magic here desires just that. You had mentioned looking for training before. I am not sure if I can offer you the training you need to control her…. That might very well require you to one day face a hard truth. I don’t know…. But I can train you better in the ways of combat so that you would need to rely a little less on her and protect yourself better overall. It might even help you control her a little better for now.” Wolfe leaned back in his chair to give her a moment to take in what he said and had offered. Wolfe then continued ”However, I get the impression she isn’t wrong, and I was afraid they wouldn’t stop at those 3 idiots. But don’t worry about that for right this moment. Take a few to calm down and drink your tea so you have a clear mind when they get here. We will cross that bridge when it gets here. There is one question I do want to know though. Who sent you here to find me?  Earlier you said you came here because you were sent to find me and something about me training you. Please tell me more.” Wolfe had not forgotten about what she had said earlier, and he wanted to know who orchestrated this.


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Wound Count: 932
Total Word Count: 7,644/8,750