New Beginnings...

Oh? The guild hall was rather lively today, wasn’t it? What made people socialize so easily just this one day was beyond the librarian’s imagination - or was it? He wouldn’t underestimate himself like that, he had too much gains in that brain to feel so limited. Perhaps… it was a holiday today? Nah, it was the start of fall, so no way… unless if people around here celebrated the Seven Stars, a holiday celebrated in Seven between monsters and spirits… and given how his guild was quite a ‘monster house’ itself, he found it rather comical. A soft laughter escaped his mask as he wandered around, finding a seat at the empty couch near the porch.

A new face entered. A new life full of stories and experience stepped on the Silver Wolf wood for the first time. What did destiny have in wait for her? Yuvon’s masked face slowly rose up at her arrival, eyeing her beautiful hair and soaked jacket. She must’ve come a long way to get here… just like most of the other guys who approached the guild hall which was hidden behind woods and mountains. And she made it… how interesting. How deeply interesting. He was already interested in knowing more about her… no, all about her. He wanted it dipped in ink on pages, he wanted to know…

Assuming her condition, he clapped his hands together - and from the empty space between them manifested a cup of hot cocoa with his masked face doing a rather cheesy expression. He would then stand mere inches before her, in his usual getup, golden textures, and a book called ‘Jonathan Joltpulser’s Unnatural Experiences’. “Greetings, milady,” he greeted, his mask producing a rather old voice out of his mouth as he offered the cup.

Wearing her new white camouflage jacket and face covering with khaki cargo pants and boots, Leona donned her Argent Gloves and covered them with the white coverings. She was about to go outside to inspect the guild hall and watch for new arrivals. The guild had received several of those lately, but that was a good thing. The guild hall was starting to come to life... she had just finished conducting an exam for Desmond, who had done research into an interesting magical sword that had been left on the guild's doorstep.

The blade itself bore runes all along it. While Desmond reported that they were currently unable to be deciphered, he discovered that channeling magical energy into the blade imbued it with light that granted it the power to cut through everyday materials with no resistance. The report made for interesting reading and had great potential. A blade that could cut through any ordinary material had great promise, but it could also be easily misused. Leona would have to confer with Poko about the matter.

In the meantime, she had just shouldered her pack when she heard the beginnings of a conversation in the foyer. Two males were speaking to someone, presumably a new arrival. Leona rounded the corner and saw a masked man, who was Yuvon. She also saw Loki, himself a new arrival who seemed to be doing well for himself.

"Hi Yuvon. It's been some time since we last met." Leona lowered her face covering and raised a hand in greeting. She had not seen the librarian in quite some time. In fact, she could not remember the last time they had met. The occasion might have been Poko's sleepover.

"Hi Loki. I hope you've been doing well." Leona greeted Loki. He tended to keep to himself, but she heard through the grapevine that he had been busy lately. Leona's attention turned to the new arrival, who was a young woman with a pink scarf wound around her neck and distinctive baby pink hair. She looked to be suffering from the cold.

"Hi there. I'm Leona Jarnefeldt, Guild Ace of Silver Wolf. Welcome to the guild hall!" Leona said to the newcomer.

The atmosphere wasn’t weird for him at all. In fact, he quite enjoyed spending some silent time like this; face up front, just having greeted your fellow, a silent safety covering them like a shield of ether. Besides, she probably felt the warmth of the cocoa now… it would encourage relaxation, and he felt the need to crash somewhere. Well, he could always invite her to the couch and accompany him in his ever-going-never-ending poetry… but he wouldn’t want to torture her.

He wouldn’t hesitate in ruffling Leona’s hair when she showed up. He had half a mind to ruffle Loki’s hair too, but… but why not? He immediately began ruffling both their hairs in a fatherly manner, smiling widely under his mask. “Ah, it really has, Leona,” he replied to her with a wink. Continuously, Loki asked about Nana’s state and reason of being here, whether if she was a visitor or had something bigger in mind. She wanted to enroll, it appeared… Yuvon would have to know more about that, too. In fact, he wanted to know more and more about her now.

“Well, welcome to the hotspot of Silver Wolf! It’s always great to see aspiring youth take up such choices in life, and I gladly support your wish,” he expressed to her, his golden mask sparkling in the reflecting light, “… I see that you didn’t come here empty-handed. Stand still, everyone.” He would snap his fingers, and in a brief moment, it felt as if everyone was grabbed and hugged tightly by what appeared like dark-green tendrils. A moment later, and the tendrils were gone, revealing a whole new world, Apocrypha.

With Leona, Loki and Nana Zouhan here, Yuvon pointed at the table in front of the bladed girl, revealing a device of his that looked like a notepad bolted to the table. “So, those swords of yours look very fancy. Dare I say, are they welded by Ca-Elumian workers? Did you get them from a dungeon in Midi?”