What Is A Bridge?;; mary.

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She had to do things for the place she called home when she wasn't off on silly deathwishes. Didn't she? Not that it mattered much, she wasn't the kind who could sit still for very long anyways, had plenty experience working in the restaurant, alongside the years she had spent on the streets, fighting to be more than helpless. Jiyu could do pretty much anything she was asked to, in some way or another, even if she could not complete most tasks in the originally intended way, due to her weakened physical form. Damn, she really missed the days she could grab a rabbit by its neck and sink her teeth right through it. However, lamenting over what her capabilities used to be, did nothing! She already so caught up in how badly she had messed up, she couldn't afford to rue over her abilities too. Hearing just a few of her younger, newer and often frightened guild-mates of the mafia discussing the terror of needing to host another basilisk fang member, had easily decided what she was doing for the day.

Jiyu didn't know fear like those around her did, she regenerated remarkably fast if dealt a should be a fatal wound, didn't seem to die no matter how many deathwishes she chased. The only thing she feared? Was herself, most of the time, she had no reason to fear anything else except for brief moments driven by emotion. Handling someone visiting from some dark guild, that would be no problem, heck maybe she could feed off their negativity some!

Thus the long-haired woman was waiting shortly inside the restaurant, for any sign of the girl who was supposed to visit today.

So it was like, a business trip? Didn't immediately sounded like something Mary would be interested in at first. But who knew it couldn't help to get to know other guilds who would be potential allies or enemies in the future. She thought it was a little weird to go eat at some legal guild, but free food had never hurt her before. Maybe it was more like a field trip rather than a business trip after all. Oh well, maybe she at least could try to hook up the maid or something.

Luckily the trip to Rose Garden wasn't all troublesome and the distance wasn't too great either. It didn't took long before the Basilisk Fang mage was standing in front of the silver moon inn. One of the many establishments owned by the Black Rose. While she had heard rumors around the guild about Black Rose's less legal activities she wasn't too afraid them. Starting a fight here would be bad for them too and killing one of your customers was bad for business on it's own. Whether it was a dark guild member or not.

She opened the door and her getup would probably made it sure it didn't looks like she was a normal customer. Her mark was just about hidden, but her pirate like outfit stood out against the other customers very well. While she wasn't out to cause trouble, she is a dark guild member. So trouble naturally pops up where she goes. Usually her fault too. Well she was in a good mood right now. A free meal and a servant to boss around? What's not to like?

"Such a pretty place!" She'd say out loud after being inside and having closed the door behind her.

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At this point? Pretty much every single day was encompassed completely by things that could be deemed some sort of business. Leaving time for personal enjoyment, meant leaving time for her own head to drown her beneath a wave she wouldn't be able to swim through. Jiyu was just fine throwing her life to the wayside simply to avoid the fact that she had been running to everything she had run away from because what she had run away from was lies and she made herself into another lie ever since then. The wind mage appreciated anything she could do that was not directly related to herself, so taking this task from 'weaker' mages was perfect, heck if she got lucky it would go all sorts of wrong allowing her an excuse to do something. Honestly, she couldn't afford for this to go wrong, she couldn't properly use her magic, which meant she could do next to nothing about anything if someone from the dark guild decided to dark up the place.

"Pretty, but it's a pain to keep clean." not that she did much of the cleaning to begin with, Jiyu was always in and out, she was rarely in the building, especially since she didn't really live here anymore. Shockingly? The legal ace was actually shacking up in Talonia with one of Fiore's most wanted criminals, but that was another story completely, one she was careful to make sure could not be tracked due to her desire to keep her childhood friend safe. "I take it you're the one in from the mountains." the scantily clad woman leaned against one of the tables as she asked the question, large dog tail swaying from side to side as her canine ears flicked briefly.