Green Fairy

Rina was feeling exhausted from the amount of paperwork she had to deal with in her office. She seriously couldn't believe that she had more than the stack she had last week. It was insane to think that she'd still be tired of doing stuff like this, especially since she's been ace for a good bit now, but she was pretty sure her hate for doing paperwork would never change. So, she just got back to writing and signing and whatever else she had to do to finish off all the papers she was handed. She wouldn't be able to do any jobs if she was behind. She had learned that last time, with every single job she did and paperwork she held off on, went to bite her back in the butt. So, she took in a deep breath and began writing as fast as she could, making sure not to miss a single thing she had to do.

As she finished up with the load she had to do, Rina laid back into her chair, thinking she could finally have a day to herself. One where she didn't have to do any jobs, paperwork, nothing. She could just sit down by the bar and drink a nice glass of cold juice. As she walked out of her office, she saw the stairs, waiting for her to enter. With every single step, she felt herself getting more and more excited. As she neared the bar, she saw Nessa along with someone else. For a minute, her heart sank. She realized that this person had to be another new guild member coming in. A lot of new people kept joining recently, and with those came paperwork. However, Rina did love meeting new people and introducing them to the guild. It was one of the things she had loved the most, and was the reason why she had decided to sign up for the ace position. So, as she sat down on a stool, she said to the girl with a bright smile, "Hi there, what's your name?"

ooc: Hi there, I'm musicalbunny, one of the aces of FT. Glad to have you here, and if you have any questions, you can pm me. Also, if you want the invite code to the guild, I can send it to you right away!

Arcadia swung her feet happily, offering the bartender a bright smile. Until she realized she didn't really know the bartender, except bringing over the drinks. Still, everyone so far had been nice enough, so she screwed up just enough courage to ask. She avoided any eye contact, and her voice softened low again, but she pushed her empty glass forward. "Really? I can have a little more? C-could I have another watermelon and strawberry mix please?"

whens he found another glass slid across the bar to her, Arcadia kicked her feet excitedly again. She took smaller sips this time. She gave the bartender another smile, if still avoiding meeting any gaze. "Thanks."

Nessa's question did draw her deep green eyes up from the counter. It would seem like it should be a straight forward answer, but the young girl had think for a moment. "I was 14. But everything..the whole world is so different now. Everything... except me. So I guess I'm still 14." She crossed her legs at her ankles, leaning on the bar to sip her juice.

Arcadia tucked her crossed feet back against her stool, and canted her head curiously to one side, ”Don't really know how long my mom's spell lasted. I...”

She broke off her quiet little speech when Althea came to the bar a few stool away. The young mage looked curiously down the bar quickly glancing back toward Nessa and Rina. Before she could ask who that was, Althea had moved on to the stool next door, and Arcadia squeaked. Deep green eyes  stared wide back down at her juice glass. There was nowhere to really hide, herself or her face. She briefly bit her lip, this Althea was friendly enough. Instantly, she felt a little bad for her startled reaction.

She was gong to have to be braver, if she expected to win acceptance into this guild. Show them she wasn't just some scaredy cat. Arcadia pulled her deep green eyes over to Althea. She smiled just enough for her cute little fangs to show. Despite her best intentions, the young girl ended up averting her deep green gaze  shyly to one side, and her voice came out over loud, compensating too far the other way.than intended. ”I'm sorry, Miss Thea! Where are my manners! I'm.. I'm Arcadia! And I really do hope to join Fairy Tail! I.. I wanna be strong enough to take on 12 monsters in row one day too!”

She already knew waht she was doing, even as the worlds left her lips. Young Arcadia's face was birefly pink. Her attention fixing straight down into her juice glass.

Arcadia glanced up the moment Althea seemed to space out for a moment about hoarding juice. Though sue couldn't know it was juice that occupied Althea's thoughts at the moment, Arcadia laughed softly. Maybe it was coincidence or just Arcadia finishing off her own juice then, but the young mage could not help thinking that blackberry juice Althea had looked good enough to try next.

She pushed her glass toward the bartender, her voice still soft but easily more audible, "Could I try some blackberry juice too, please. Uhh... but mix mine with half raspberry juice."

Listening again to Althea, Arcadia turned a soft smile toward her, "Thanks. I hope so." Though Arcadia's smiled faded and her deep green gaze fell back to the counter with thoughts drifting back to home. "I'm from the Kingdom of Dragnof. I lived there with my mom, Khione Glacier. But I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't heard of it. I haven't been able to find much trace of it since I woke up."

Arcadia brightened up again a little as her blackberry-raspberry juice mix was set in front of her. Picking up her refilled glass, she took a sip. "Hey, that's pretty good too. Not watermelon and strawberry good, but still nummy." She took another sip, and held the glass up before her in flash of inspiration. If it was this good already, how much better would it be chilled into juice slush? Arcadia borrowed a spoon from the bar, and lightly pursed her lips to blow lightly frosted air around her glass. She stirred her blackberry-raspberry mix until it did turn to icy slush, being quite happy with her first bite.