Double Introduction (Seth, Esialeth) (Social, BR members only)

A soon-to-be mage strolls at a leisurely pace towards her meeting place, making sure to take in the sights and sounds. Despite the warm night, she’s dressed in a dark, hooded cloak. The night is beautiful, and she stops to sniff a flower in a shop window - rose. Of course. She continues walking. Her heavy bag slows her pace, but she wasn’t about to leave it in her hotel room; she couldn’t afford Silver Moon, and she wasn’t about to chance losing her valuables.

Unlike her partner, she was fully aware of the rumors surrounding Black Rose - and that made the guild all the more appealing. It had friends, money, and power: basically, everything she wanted. Through them, she could finally change Fiore for the better. Ever since she dropped out of school, she’s wanted to hone her magic away from her birth family. So when her childhood friend asked her to join a guild with him, she accepted. Eagerly.

She checks the time - nine pm, their agreed meeting time. She curses, then walks faster - that bag is NOT doing her any favors - and arrives in the vicinity of her meeting area. She stops to catch her breath, and notices a group of reasonably attractive people staring at her - no, past her. She turns around, finding a man glaring at her.

Oh boy.

She cracks a grin, glancing at the clock - three minutes past their agreed meeting time. Knowing him, he probably arrived ten minutes early and was now pissed. So she does the reasonable thing, probably ruining her chances with the aforementioned attractive people, and shouts, “Hey, asshole!”

Appearance:

A long, mental sigh echoed in the head of the silver haired Yokai. Again, anyway. It was only a few days since their rather botched attempt to protect the weapon hidden away underneath the guild hall. Something that honestly neither Sakura nor Akita had the knowledge of prior to their joining the mafia. Regardless of that even, the events that occurred during it left Sakura without her old doll body; shattered and unrecoverable. Therefore, she had to rely on allowing the Yokai her time of majority control of their actions. In retrospect... it wasn't a very good idea, but the doll only wanted to allow her to at least have some freedom at some point. Aside from her days of laying out drunk and passing out in the bar, cuddling the unused doll body in a fit of a drunken blackout. "You sure you just wanted a few things to wear, kid? I mean, they're cute 'n all... but like ya got no selection." Looking over the bags in hand from just a small shopping trip, the wolf spirit had spent her day doing a favor for her other half in just getting some new clothes for their altered appearance to fit a look Izayuki desired of them.

"It's ok. I have old clothes at home I can use." A short lived reply, but one that was satisfactory enough for Akita to not ask anymore questions or pursue anything. It was a rather frustrating thing to watch a friend go through different things so quickly, but she wasn't putting herself out there for help, so it was hard for the Yokai to help her out. With just a small look around, the wolf girl had rounded a corner towards the Inn. "I can't wait to get back and have a nice drink!" She cheered loudly, her arms stretching upward to the sky. "You should have only one or two... Too many and you'll probably be around half the night searching for my old body to cuddle~" The doll mocked, chuckling even before she'd gotten much closer to the guild.

The sudden shout of a voice caused her ears to twitch. Her head shot around the area, trying to pick up on that little outburst. Right by the hall, a raven haired girl stood near a group a people from where it was she stood at the time. Shouting to a random man walking towards the bar, the Yokai began to run a little bit towards the group of people before anything might happen, if it were. Without any warning, almost in a fluffy blur, the Yokai jumped up onto a mailbox on the corner and sat much like a dog would as though it were a natural feeling for her. Her tail wagging gently behind her, Akita cleared her throat to address any possible plans and either ruin them, or make someones day. "Ain't gonna be no fightin' near my guild~ So either go have a drink and have fun, or bend over and lemme give ya a real ass whoppin'!" She yelled out loudly and proudly, giving a rather toothy grin.

"Reeeaalll classy, Akita. Real classy."
"Shut it, loli. I'm having fun~"
"Why you flea bitten little mutt!"

God. That guy really did NOT understand context. She really hates to do this, but it’s necessary to protect the moral alignment of the youth. A guy casually beating up a frail, helpless girl? Bad! So of course, the only reasonable option is to hit him with her bag in return, which she immediately did. He was probably dissing it in his head anyway. Then, since she’s not completely heartless, she helps him up.

Then drops him. Because it’s that kind of day.

“Sorry about that, I had to make sure no misogynists got any ideas. Anyways, how’ve you been?” she asks.
When he doesn’t reply, she continues.
“And by the way, I feel the need to remind you that this bag is magic and its contents are worth more than your entire body, so fuck you.”

By the time she’s done talking, he has gotten up and...he’s stuck out his ass. Again.

Ignoring his antics, she turns to the - guild member? that spoke previously. In an attempt to reestablish their rapidly declining credibility, she says, “Hey, sorry about that, that’s just how we greet each other. We corresponded via post and agreed to apply for this guild together. May we come in?”

Oras watched as multiple things happened. Another guild mate had walked up and stopped the fight with a playful, yet clearly serious threat. Before the people departed however, the man seemed friendly, yet she treated him with hostility, striking him with her back and knocking him down. When she picked him up she let him drop again, which Oras blinked to. Why would she harm someone who didn't seem to mean her any? At any rate he watched the events unfold and saw Sassi among the crowd. He slipped between the people until he was behind Sassi's left shoulder, watching as the two seemed interested in the guild, and in joining. "It would seem we have potential members," he said thoughtfully to her as he observed them. Oras was more analytical right now than when he and Sassi were having their walk. He was observing the two wizards, how they acted and the like. But he also watched the manner in which the woman attacked her supposed friend. She was rather aggressive yet she was also very open. He wondered if she would be the same in a real fight.

The girl mentioned it was how they greeted each other, and if Oras was perfectly honest, he wasn't sure if either of them would cut out for the mafia half of the guild. Still, he would need to double check to make sure. The girl seemed innocent enough but the violence made him wonder. It may be the way she greeted her friend, but it was a violent move nonetheless. And seeing as how Izayuki told him he could investigate any members of the guild for morals that conflict with the laws of Fiore or the guild outside of guild missions or territory, he didn't see any reason not to investigate. He turned to look at Sassi after a brief analyzing. "What do you make of them?"

As it seemed to go, Akita wasn't going to get anywhere with the group and potentially get to have some fun like she had wanted. No... she was essentially getting to play recruiter from the sound of things. Not that the whole idea was bad persay... but it just wasn't her thing. She was the type to "hit it and quit it" in conversations. Getting formal was no specialty for a Yokai like herself and to end up putting herself in the mix and right on the spot wasn't too bad either. "Ah crap..." She muttered under her breath, the internal giggling of Sakura making her growl lightly. "Temper temper~ Can't have you blowin' down the little piggies houses now, can we?~" The echoing voice taunted as it ended up giving a little more of a humorous laugh than an aggravated snap. Shaking her head lightly, she simply ignored the newer snap of a joke and let the two strangers before her practically mention that they were a part of a couple wanting to join. While her eyes glared at the group aside, they quickly dispersed without even asking or saying a word, knowing they'd have an issue with the wolf girl if they tried.

"Can I just use a mermaid and call it a night? I ain't got the patience to babysit kids. It's bad enough I babysit a lolita like yourself."
"You know... I was going to consider it, but after that? Nope! You're on your own, mutt. BUT! Because this comes back on me as well, I'll help you myself. I am the peoples person of the two of us."

Sighing, she looked to the black haired girl first and just tossed the bags down on the bench sit was crouched on the top of. "I'm no leader of it, but yeah. If, if y'all really wanted to join... Ummm.." She paused for a second, trying to think of what to say. "Sheesh, you're so socially inept..." A moment passed before she cleared her throat, trying to laugh off her lack of a condition from her previous sentence. "Sorry, got caught up tryin' to remember. Been around too many girly clothes today. ANYWAY! Names and relationship statuses! . . . . . Ok ok ok... Just names. Status is optional." With a toothy grin, she had caught a pair nearby the newcoming pair trying to just keep to themselves like a shy couple. "Hey! Sassi.. umm.. boy! Come on over and make yourselves more social! Say hi to some new folks n' all!" Waving at the two, she'd hoped they would come over and at least take the pressure of trying to be a social butterfly off of her shoulders... Mostly cause she wasn't helping herself anymore than she already was.

Oras listened to Sassi as she gave her thoughts on the matter. Which if Oras was being honest wasn't too much. He felt she had more on her mind but he wouldn't push for it. He knew the feeling of not trusting others. Her's came off as shyness, while Oras just didn't give much info when asked and was usually blunt. Before he could give any imput the girl he believed was Sakura (all he had was names and general descriptions as he hadn't actually met anyone in the guild other than sassi) essentially called them over. Though she didn't know who he was and basically called him boy. He could clearly tell that she simply wanted to get some of the stress off of her shoulders, but at least he would make himself more known among the guild by doing this. He looked to Sassi first. "You don't have to go if you feel uncomfortable, I can take care of it if you'd like."

Oras made his way through the crowd as he approached the three. He heard the girl speak and thought for a moment. So Sakura wanted his help with initiating these two? Was it really his place to do so? Well, it was his job to investigate those in the guild, so it would make sense. His eyes shot over to look at Sakura for a moment, taking a second to analyze her emotions... Yes, it seemed that she was in fact overwhelmed with the situation. He looked back to the two and would focus on them and their emotions during this initiation. He smiled as he reached over to shake her hand. "Hello there Esialeth, my name is Verus. I'm a recent member of this guild, glad to meet you. Though perhaps it would be best if we had this discussion somewhere people weren't listening in on the conversation," he said. He looked at her eyes with a knowing expression. He knew tactics when he saw one, and he would like to discuss in private with her what it was she actually wanted. What her goals and desires were. By analyzing her emotions he could determine whether or not she was lying... He was coming to enjoy this little ability of his. He just had to be careful not to abuse it. "Unless of course, the two of you are perfectly fine with having such a conversation in public is alright with you."

Things just seemed to be getting a little weirder as the time progressed. It was coming to be a little more of an issue that she wasn’t much of a fan of to be perfectly honest. Though Akita was a rather social person, she was also not used to larger crowds of people... and being fully sober in the whole midst of it. In her past she spent time with very few people and combative crowds were much much different in a sense in comparison to the way that this was coming to be. Sure, it was only 5 people including herself, but the sixth one of Sakura included only seemed to make things a little more overbearing than she had hoped for. Though she remained quiet for quite a bit of the time now while the pair from before and the couple now were together, it was mainly due to a little more company than she had expected to come across. She turned her attention for a moment to the blue haired male who had started out as a bit of an aggressor in Akita’s eyes as he asked about joining. ”Nah, you’re good. Don’t know this place has ever turned down an applicant before, so I don’t see why they’d start now.” She replied bluntly and most importantly, without any remarks or sarcasm. Granted, things could always have been worse, but with the thankful suggestion to take things inside, the first thought that popped into Sakura’s head was to get a drink and relax. ”Oh no you don’t! I will NOT have you getting drunk in front of potential members!” The teens voice snapped, making the wolf girl silently sigh.

She headed in behind the group up until the door and stopped, stepping out of sight and looking around, finding nobody else out there at all. ”You know what then, Loli? Switch and take care of them. Use that fancy one we came up with for the uh.. you know.” Hinting towards the mafia, she has refused to mention it aloud unless she was the voice in the back of the head that always bugged people. After a moment as the others had gotten themselves familiar with the innards of the main tavern hall, stepped in a different person than before. Though none had been able to really calculate Akita’s height from the animal-like sitting position she took, this person was about the same exact height, minus the additional height of the heels on her feet. The full black outfit covered ever inch of her body from heels to neck, cut in a small V-shape and a zipper front. Unnatural to summer, the black outfit was long sleeved, cutting to the wrists in length at an almost perfect tailored length. Accented with gold chains and several rings symmetrically to the either side of the zipper, few strands of blonde hair laid over top while the rest laid behind her back. The black cowboy like hat topped off the attire as the Petals head came to a halt to the new faces within the hall.

Few people tried to look, some looked curiously as unfamiliar faces, and others just paid no mind to her presence. Honestly, of the Mafia, Sakura was probably the one whom was the least threatening, but her attitude and outlook was mainly the reason she chose to accept and keep a role like this. She went toward Sassi and Oras, never personally meeting them before, it was her business to know members by name and face so she could be present for any situation that may present itself. ”I heard we have some new potential members in our midst?~” She called out, her eyes peering to Seth and Esialeth. ”My name is Sakura Kisagami, and Akita asked me to speak on behalf of Black Rose in her place. So please, come take a seat at any empty table and we can get the show on the road.” Her hand extended out to a few various larger tables able to seat an upwards of 4 to 8 people without an issue with herself seated to an end seat awaiting the others to join. ”Oras. Sassi. You two are welcome to join if you wish, but it’s not required.” She said happily, smiling while not wanting to push them away, but more so trying to be more inviting to the pair not just as guildmates, but just out of her normal kindness.

Clothing reference:

She should have been working. Most of her guildmates had likely believed her absence around the Inn to be a result of taking jobs, it was what she normally did. However, Jiyu had been doing almost anything else, the work wasn't enough to save her mind anymore, she couldn't stand the idea of drowning, she needed anything possible to keep above the surface. The mage had run out of anything strictly legal that she could do today, run dry of anything kind she could do, nothing of what she was trying to become, expect work was left. Hopefully there was a spare shift to be picked up at the cafe, otherwise, she may lose her mind in the screaming of her absent ideas. Jiyu tried desperately to keep her mind clear of anything except the external input as she made her way down the streets of rose garden. Listening to the noise of the city, was far easier than listening to the conflict within her own head.

Since she had been looking for anything except her own thoughts, it was easy to overhear a good portion of what had already been said. In cases like today? Having the keen senses of a canine was a blessing, made it easier to zone out on everything but the noise around her. Detecting the tension outside with ease, the canine dissipated her body completely so she could then reform inside of the restaurant in a cloud of black dust. Avoiding the fight for now? Seemed like a good idea, since she far outranked either of the males she would be forced to fire at if she got caught in the middle. Mismatched optics finally opening to the inside of the restaurant, allowing the long-haired woman to see exactly where she had reformed her body since she hadn't cared to pick an exact location.

The first thing she saw was Sakura's face, the dolls long hair draped down and Jiyu's fuzzy ears just touching the other girls clothing. From the feel of wood beneath her mostly bareback? Kazehime quickly figured out she was laying on the table the other had led them to. "Yo, Sakura." a pale clawed hand reached up to fiddle with one side of the blonde locks as she cracked a crooked smile, mentally screaming at herself for being that way. Toying with people familiarity, acting as if nothing in the world mattered. That couldn't really be all that was left of her! Could it? Whenever she got the chance to interact with people it seemed like it was all she ever was anymore, completely different from who she had been back when she actually was honest. Rolling over onto her stomach to look the doll in the face, her long black tail swooshed to the side thudding noticeably with the weight of its fluffy back onto the table. "I'm crashing into this little scene~" with that comment she pushed herself up to sit on her knee's atop the table.

"And yes, I'm staying right here on the table." even when she had no strength she had pulled stunts like this, now that she was powerful as she had become, Jiyu would like to see anyone overcome both her insanely stubborn will and her magical strength to make her do anything else. "Nice to meet you girl." oddly she didn't offer her own name in the way she once had, she didn't know what name to say. "And I wouldn't worry too much about the situation outside." making the comment she leaned her weight so she fell back onto her heart patterned booty short covered rump, tail falling beside Sakura as she pointed her clawed foot towards the door to accent her statement. "If they start I'll take care of it." the mage laughed a bit her bikini top clad chest heaving with the motion.

Suddenly Jiyu leaned back again, head falling onto Sakura's shoulder so she could look at the other girl. "We're getting food with this right? Cause I'm stavring I could eat at least ten raw steaks." only she didn't look like the type of girl who could down that much food, being incredibly short, barely even two feet taller then Sakura and appearing frail enough to break in half if one could get grip on her.