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Not long ago she had started training one of her younger Guild Mate's, one she thought had potential like Charlotte but didn't have as much time to study magic as some other Black Rose member's due to being an Idol thus rather busy. Hopefully, under her guidance, Desiree would be able to keep up with both being an idol and mage, both of which were very demanding jobs. Having any job alongside being a full-time guilded magic user? Was difficult to begin with, but she really couldn't imagine being a rising idol while doing this work. The only thing Kazehime could see herself doing besides the small waitress stuff which was part of being in Black Rose was running some sort of Forge if she was not so terrified of flames, but that was only because she had been metalworking since childhood until her captivity-induced fear of fire. So she had figured Desiree as an idol could use the extra help perfecting her mage abilities. "Just try to enjoy yourself today alright, this contest is fun and relaxing." she had gone fishing several times before, this same contest, so she was likely one of the few mages coming from a distance that actually knew the Kraken warned about on the poster's near the dock's was an actual beast that existed and could be encountered during the contest. When she felt particularly up to testing an apprentice? The wind witch would aggravate the water and thus the creature on purpose, as she knew that she could take care of him swiftly if her apprentice proved they needed some more work. However today she was just taking Desiree out for some relaxing fishing.
Though the wind user did have a second motive that she had failed to inform her apprentice of entirely, one that wouldn't be important to the other girl. While listening to the grapevine? She had heard that Mint would be attending this time, and perhaps part of her wished that she could end up on the same boat as her childhood friend who didn't even know she was alive. The last time Lu-Lu had actually seen her and known who she was? Had been back when she was nine years old, over a decade before. Kazehime had encountered Astrids Brother once more in that time recently, but she had kept her identity hidden from him as she wished she would have been able to hide from his sister. Thus today the wind user was entirely shapeshifted, her scent different, her voice altered, hair dark purple matching her shifted tail. Luckily she was still dressed like a cheap slut, so Desiree would easily be able to keep up with who she was. On their last encounter? She had found Lu-Lu had been rendered blind, so she didn't have to worry about her clothing, heck even if he wasn't she didn't stress like this at nine years old, she mostly wore white sundresses. "The boats should be leaving for the contests any time now." normally she would not have come since Astrid was in their childhood often never far from Lu-Lu, but she knew Astrid used Dragon Slaying magic thus was prone to motion sickness, making it impossible for the other female to be with her brother on this contest, it made it safe to perhaps be near him for a few moments again without him knowing how she'd betrayed him, because she could not see him being happy as Astrid was to know she was alive! The male was more prickly than that, he'd probably slap her or ignore her out of anger.
"Yo, Look who it is." she finally caught sight of him, acting like she hadn't known he'd be here, pretending she had not used her advanced sense's to track him down. Even if seeing him and knowing he was a mage made her hurt, made her question her entire life? Jiyu couldn't just stay away, she missed them, both him and his sister, they had been so close to her and leaving them hadn't been easy. "Don't worry anti-social I won't be too much of a bother, just getting on the same boat with my apprentice, fishing is a silent sport after all, otherwise you'll scare the fishies." heck if her memory served right, there had been times where just the two of them had gone to a stream near the village and while he sat there reading she would silently fish like an animal. Heck! It was likely one of the few times he enjoyed being around her at first, one of the few times she was truly silent, and it let him hide from his sister for a bit. However now that she was here, the female was becoming nervous subtly. Would he end up recognizing the way she fished?! Jiyu had never really used a rod when she could avoid it, instead, she would jump right to clamping her jaws around the target fish. Nah, he would just pass it off to her being a canine, maybe think she was alike Mikka but Lu-Lu would not come to believe she was Mikka just from that. "If you need anything, you know how to call me, I am the only Bitch here after-all." hopefully that gave her apprentice the hint she didn't want this man knowing her name. After-all? Even if he did know her by the name Mikka, she had at one time tried to get both of them to call her Jiyu instead if he had that info and got too many clues from her behavior he may start putting the pieces together, and that scared her more than anything.
For today she would have to fight past her intense fear of Lu-Lu realizing who she was, bottle up the anxiety and terror until she got home to cry it all out into her bed again. The stress and downtime afterward? Was something she already had deemed worth spending just a few hours near her unknowing prickly friend once more. The level of porcupine sass you got from Mint was something no one else was capable of matching, even if they tried for years to do so. Plus the male and his sister had been her saving grace so many times during their childhood friendship, rash as she was it was possible she may have gotten herself killed without them.
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Not long ago she had started training one of her younger Guild Mate's, one she thought had potential like Charlotte but didn't have as much time to study magic as some other Black Rose member's due to being an Idol thus rather busy. Hopefully, under her guidance, Desiree would be able to keep up with both being an idol and mage, both of which were very demanding jobs. Having any job alongside being a full-time guilded magic user? Was difficult to begin with, but she really couldn't imagine being a rising idol while doing this work. The only thing Kazehime could see herself doing besides the small waitress stuff which was part of being in Black Rose was running some sort of Forge if she was not so terrified of flames, but that was only because she had been metalworking since childhood until her captivity-induced fear of fire. So she had figured Desiree as an idol could use the extra help perfecting her mage abilities. "Just try to enjoy yourself today alright, this contest is fun and relaxing." she had gone fishing several times before, this same contest, so she was likely one of the few mages coming from a distance that actually knew the Kraken warned about on the poster's near the dock's was an actual beast that existed and could be encountered during the contest. When she felt particularly up to testing an apprentice? The wind witch would aggravate the water and thus the creature on purpose, as she knew that she could take care of him swiftly if her apprentice proved they needed some more work. However today she was just taking Desiree out for some relaxing fishing.
Though the wind user did have a second motive that she had failed to inform her apprentice of entirely, one that wouldn't be important to the other girl. While listening to the grapevine? She had heard that Mint would be attending this time, and perhaps part of her wished that she could end up on the same boat as her childhood friend who didn't even know she was alive. The last time Lu-Lu had actually seen her and known who she was? Had been back when she was nine years old, over a decade before. Kazehime had encountered Astrids Brother once more in that time recently, but she had kept her identity hidden from him as she wished she would have been able to hide from his sister. Thus today the wind user was entirely shapeshifted, her scent different, her voice altered, hair dark purple matching her shifted tail. Luckily she was still dressed like a cheap slut, so Desiree would easily be able to keep up with who she was. On their last encounter? She had found Lu-Lu had been rendered blind, so she didn't have to worry about her clothing, heck even if he wasn't she didn't stress like this at nine years old, she mostly wore white sundresses. "The boats should be leaving for the contests any time now." normally she would not have come since Astrid was in their childhood often never far from Lu-Lu, but she knew Astrid used Dragon Slaying magic thus was prone to motion sickness, making it impossible for the other female to be with her brother on this contest, it made it safe to perhaps be near him for a few moments again without him knowing how she'd betrayed him, because she could not see him being happy as Astrid was to know she was alive! The male was more prickly than that, he'd probably slap her or ignore her out of anger.
"Yo, Look who it is." she finally caught sight of him, acting like she hadn't known he'd be here, pretending she had not used her advanced sense's to track him down. Even if seeing him and knowing he was a mage made her hurt, made her question her entire life? Jiyu couldn't just stay away, she missed them, both him and his sister, they had been so close to her and leaving them hadn't been easy. "Don't worry anti-social I won't be too much of a bother, just getting on the same boat with my apprentice, fishing is a silent sport after all, otherwise you'll scare the fishies." heck if her memory served right, there had been times where just the two of them had gone to a stream near the village and while he sat there reading she would silently fish like an animal. Heck! It was likely one of the few times he enjoyed being around her at first, one of the few times she was truly silent, and it let him hide from his sister for a bit. However now that she was here, the female was becoming nervous subtly. Would he end up recognizing the way she fished?! Jiyu had never really used a rod when she could avoid it, instead, she would jump right to clamping her jaws around the target fish. Nah, he would just pass it off to her being a canine, maybe think she was alike Mikka but Lu-Lu would not come to believe she was Mikka just from that. "If you need anything, you know how to call me, I am the only Bitch here after-all." hopefully that gave her apprentice the hint she didn't want this man knowing her name. After-all? Even if he did know her by the name Mikka, she had at one time tried to get both of them to call her Jiyu instead if he had that info and got too many clues from her behavior he may start putting the pieces together, and that scared her more than anything.
For today she would have to fight past her intense fear of Lu-Lu realizing who she was, bottle up the anxiety and terror until she got home to cry it all out into her bed again. The stress and downtime afterward? Was something she already had deemed worth spending just a few hours near her unknowing prickly friend once more. The level of porcupine sass you got from Mint was something no one else was capable of matching, even if they tried for years to do so. Plus the male and his sister had been her saving grace so many times during their childhood friendship, rash as she was it was possible she may have gotten herself killed without them.
