A New Scale for the Lamia [Social / Lamia Scale Members Only]

"Next stop Hargeon Town." The conductor called over the speakers throughout the carriages. "Followed by Magnolia Town..." Several of the passengers began climbing out of their seats in order to organize themselves before they disembarked. In particular, a young woman towards the front of the third carriage climbed to her feat wearing a black tank top, dirty green cargo pants and a pair of brown leather combat boots. The woman had a pale skin tone but her skin was very beautiful and seemed to only compliment her elegant cherry blossom pink colored hair. The woman looked down the carriage at all the other passengers reaching up and grabbing their luggage from the overhead nets and was reminded of her own luggage, a plastic shopping bag. This woman's name, is Aeon Kendrix.
The young woman wasn't one to carry many personal possessions simply because she traveled on a regular basis and there was nothing worse than having to carry luggage around from one location to the next every single day. She only carried the necessities, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a hair brush, some bandages in case of emergencies and a few 'personal lady products' for other emergencies.

The train came to an expected halt at the Hargeon Town platform and Aeon proceeded to disembark the train. It wasn't her first time in Hargeon Town, having been here for various jobs before but it had been two or three years since her last visit. The woman was an experienced fighter, mastering several forms of martial arts and weapon styles over the years since she was three years old. She had only just recently finished a job in Lavanitir Port City where she was a body guard for the mayor for over a month. There was a reasoning for her being in Hargeon, only one reason to be honest. She wanted to join a guild. The woman stepped off the train and looked around the area for a moment, the plastic bag in her right hand a piece of paper unfolded in her left with an address scribbled on it. A short while ago, Aeon was introduced to a man on a previous job who had been a member of a guild, hearing of his tales, Aeon began to like the thought of joining a guild herself one day. This man's guild wasn't fitting for her and didn't particular like their values but he did direct her in the direction of a guild that he thought would be perfect for her, the address was then scribbled onto this exact piece of paper.

"Excuse me ma'am." Aeon called as she approached middle aged woman and her son standing on the platform. It was evident that they were waiting for the next train and they seemed like locals which was a benefit to the young mage in a new town. The woman looked to Aeon with a smile and met her halfway, the girl holding out the piece of paper with the address on it. "Would you be able to tell me where I can find this address?" The woman smiled when she looked at the piece of paper and then pointed out in the direction of the town center. "You are looking for the Lamia Scale guild. It is that large building over there in the distance." She said, pointing towards a building larger than most. Aeon immediately turned to the woman, bowing forward to thank her and began making her way the building indicated.

When Aeon arrived, she looked the building over for a moment with an arched eyebrow, questioning whether it really was the building she was looking for or not. She looked back around herself and noted that the building was definitely larger than most of the other buildings and the building itself seemed to have an extension or connection with a building beside it as there was a bridge between the two. At first she began to question the woman's directions but noticed the Lamia Scale flags and it was the only thing that seemed to confirm that it was the guild hall. "I guess this is it." She said softly to herself, standing out the front of the building and not quite ready to make her way inside. Instead, she chose to stand out the front of the building to see what kind of people went inside, assuming that those who went inside were likely members of the guild and it would kind of give her a 'feeling' of what the guild was like through their actions or presence.

Aeon was a little caught off guard by the presence of something that she had never seen before and she had seen some crazy shit in her twenty-one years. She couldn't help but flinch back lightly at the sight of what seemed to be a half snake, half woman creature standing(?) by the entrance to the Lamia Scale guild hall. "E-excuse me?" Aeon asked, slightly taken back at the fact that it could speak too. The woman took a more prepared stance, strengthening herself as she used the corner of her eyes to look around the area. The civilians walking past didn't seem to be phased by the creature and this concerned Aeon even more. She had heard of creatures being able to disguise themselves from the human eye, allowing them to secretly live among small towns and villages to strike at their next prey when need be. Essentially an easy food source. The fact that Aeon could see this creature was a little more puzzling but she assumed it was because the was a mage and was able to see past the illusion.

Holding out her right arm with her hand open, Aeon fixated her vision on the creature standing in front of the guild hall as a small, glittering light formed within the open hand. "Requip!" She called, the glittering light that was once in her hand was now replaced with what seemed to be a mechanical blade, a saber that was a little more high tech than what was normally seen in this day and age. A few casual civilians came to a halt near Aeon and looked at her with puzzled expressions, wondering what she had brought out a weapon, while another young couple saw the weapon and quickly turned in the opposite direction as if they saw nothing, whistling as they left. "I don't know what your goal is, but I have to ask you to leave." Aeon stated with a firm tone. "I will not allow you to harm these innocent people and will stop you at any means necessary." Aeon brought the blade downward, pulling on the trigger in the blade handle, the razor sharp steel folding in to reveal a barrel of a gun and Aeon raised it toward her target. "Everyone!" She called loudly. "I ask that you leave this area immediately! You are in danger."

Aeon knew that the she was going to have some level of difficulty against this creature simply because she had a long, muscular tail that could likely strangle her to death, she made a point to avoid this at all costs. However, when the three arms appeared, a whole new strategy had to be devised within her mind. Two arms were simple enough, generally everyone had two arms but this woman had three. That meant three arms to strike with and three arms to defend with which made close-range combat a definite no no. When the snake creature stated that she lived within the guild hall, Aeon could help but lightly shake her head and slight scoff. "Of course you do." She stated in the same tone as before. "You appear as a normal being to those around you but I can see through your illusion." She continued, straightening herself when the woman responded with stray bullets. "I assure you, I won't miss." It was evident in Aeon's eyes and face that she was determined and serious. The other people's safety was her top priority but that snake creature in front of her could be far more dangerous than a stray bullet.

Aeon ignored the recommendation for her to put her sword away but Aeon was one to never back down. She stood there and watched as the creature's arms disappeared which was an indication to the woman that this creature was perhaps standing down, but Aeon had been tricked before and never lowered the gun and never looking away from the creature. When the creature began turning her back towards Aeon, the young woman pressed her finger against the trigger of the gun in preparation for an attack from the half-snake but not actually pulling on the trigger, preparing to fire when required. Aeon was just about to say to the creature that she shouldn't pull any fast movements but was distracted by a sudden image upon it. "W-wait, what?" Aeon said to herself softly although the creature was likely to hear it. Aeon was clearly surprised by the image, the Lamia Scale guild tattoo on a creature.

Aeon relaxed her stance and listened to the words of the half-snake woman. She began lowering her weapon as she continued to listen, a glittering light appearing and forcing the gunblade to disappeared from the young woman's grasp. Aeon was a warrior, someone trained from the age of three to be a fighter, to protect those who cannot protect themselves and although a majority of her worked revolved around personal protection and security detail, there were often times she had to kill monsters too. She had honestly assumed that anything that looked like a monster was a monster, there was even a half-cat creature in Crocus that she had attempted to kill but was stopped at the last minute. She couldn't help but feel somewhat bad in the current situation, her head lightly hanging in disappointment in herself simply because she shouldn't have acted so brash and when she used the corner of her eyes she could see that someone of the townsfolk were feeling just as bad too.

Aeon watched as the snake woman's lower half formed into legs, now wearing a suit of armor with a snake motif that kind of intrigued Aeon, reminding her of her own requip abilities. "Sorry." Aeon stated softly, barely audible with he head hanging down in a bow of apology. Aeon wasn't experienced with apologies and always felt uncomfortable when saying them, in saying that though, when she did say sorry, she always meant it. She believed in saying what you truly think of feel and rarely spoke otherwise. Aeon did feel bad because of judging a book by it's cover and already began thinking of another guild to join. It wasn't because of the snake woman but because she felt like now she would not be accepted because of her harsh and instinctive behavior.

In what had just happened between Aeon and the half snake woman, she never actually noticed that the Lamia Scale member was blind and was a little taken back when informed of the fact. Although Aeon wasn't someone to linger of feelings and emotions, in fact she was generally quite serious all the time, she couldn't help but feel a little worse than before when learning this. It wasn't pity or anything like that but was mostly disappointed in herself for targeting a woman who was blind. More importantly, there was cause for some concern. The half snake woman didn't seem to alter herself in fear or anything like that which only meant one thing. She would have been one seriously tough opponent if they had gotten into a fight, blind or not. Aeon looked at the woman as she smiled and Aeon tried to do the same in return, only it was more of a half smile. Aeon was a very serious person 85% of the time and expressing things was still an unusual sight to see. Though, in saying that it did look like maybe Aeon actually practiced smiling in the mirror in order to gain this level.

The young woman looked around herself for a moment, taking note that a majority of the civilians at were in the area were now already heading off, likely bored with the outcome of the previous situation. She couldn't help but feel a little stupid but this feeling soon disappeared as Aeon got over things relatively quickly. She stepped forward until she was standing roughly beside the half snake woman and nodded to her as an indication that she would follow the half-snake woman inside. She had no idea what to expect as she had never been inside a guild hall before and have very few run ins with guild members in her previous jobs.

Aeon didn't really have a great deal of time to take her surroundings in after she had entered through the main doors and into the guild hall. A large lion creature was already making it's way towards her and in order to avoid it, she quickly sprung sideways in a hands free cartwheel. By instinct, Aeon held her right arm out to her side again, ready to summon her weapon again in order to give chase to the lion but before she had the opportunity, children were already running past her laughing as they ran after the lion. It was an odd sight to see, especially when the children greeted the half-snake woman happily as well, but she remembered the words spoken to her by the woman previously and thought it best not to judge the lion in the same way.

The arrival of another woman hard drawn Aeon's attention and began to watch the interaction between the two ladies. At the snake-woman's mention, it was here that Aeon hadn't actually introduced herself properly and approached the two of them so that she was within closer range, bowing forward politely though still feeling somewhat discouraged by her actions previously. "Hello, my name is Aeon Kendrix and I was seeking to join Lamia Scale." She stated as she raised her head form her bowing position. She looked to the half-snake woman and with an apologetic expression on her face, she bowed forward again. "I apologize for earlier, I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover." She raised her head again, a little uncertain of herself which was something entirely unusual for her as she was generally never uncertain of herself. She was uncertain whether or not she would be accepted into the guild now because of her previous actions and although she wasn't one to linger on thoughts, this was something that resonated at the back of her mind.

500 Words for D Rank Freeform
500 Words for D Rank Freeform