Name: Luna Fennec
Rank: B
HP:500/500
MP:500/500
Lycan woods, just the name seemed off-putting. Luna had meant to find a more leisurely job to take the twins on, but had gotten blind-sided by the council, and the three of them were stuck having to go to the Lycan Woods, to take out some machines. She was worried for the two exceeds, given the way their appearance. She had never seen them fight, so she didn't know if they could, but she would do her best to ensure that it didn't come to that. Her ears rotated as much as they could while she walked, listening for any sound that could allow her to perceive a threat.
She was on high alert with her two young charges, and would not allow the possibility of anyone attacking them. Not only could she possibly lose her job, but she would also feel personally responsible if that were to happen. She enjoyed most of their creations, as they seemed to be rather adept as inventors. She had actually considered recommending them for promotion a few times, but had simply never gotten around to it.
"The things we do for the council..."
Luna was beginning to become jaded from working for the Magic Council. Granted, they were a great group to serve under, and the pay and benefits were great, but the jobs the council asked her to do generally were not so great, at least from Luna's perspective. Her main gripe, though, was that these jobs always seemed to come in when she was about to use her vacation days.
"We could be on a certain resort island right now, but instead we're stuck here cleaning up this mess." There was, however, a benefit to most jobs like this, and that was recognition from the council.
It did not always happen though. Luna couldn't be too upset, since this sort of work sometimes paid the bills, but she did find the timing to be rather inopportune. When the trio arrived in a clearing, Luna noticed something unusual. It was something that didn't have any business being in the middle of a clearing in the middle of the woods. It seemed to be an ancient stone gateway, with it's runes all lit up.
She had something of a flashback at that moment, to a job that she had done with another member of the Rune Knights. She had hoped that this case would not be the same as then, before she gulped and stepped forward through the gate, with a mix of fear and curiosity. When she stepped into an unfamiliar area, she immediately checked her surroundings. Nothing seemed to be trying to attack her at the moment, which was probably a good thing. She was, however, curious about a strange young girl, or what appeared to take the distorted form of one, hovering in front of her.
"Hello?" "Hi! Welcome to the Gardens of Eden!" "Gardens?" "Yep! It's a good thing you showed up when you did, too! We've been having trouble with these mechanical golems that showed up a while back! We don't know how to make them leave, and we were hoping that someone would eventually show up to help us get rid of them!"
"Did you try asking or ordering them to leave?" "Yep! We don't know what they want, but they happen to be raiding a nearby village right now!" Something seemed off about this situation, actually a lot of things did, but Luna was more focused on the fact that there seemed to be innocents who needed aid, and they were in the best position to provide that.
"How far, and in which direction?"
"Oh, the place that they are attacking is about three miles away, to the west, but you don't want to go there, it's dangerous." Luna smirked before opening her mouth once more.
"I wouldn't be much of a knight if I ran away from those in need." Without another word, she rushed off in the direction that the girl had pointed when she said "west". Three miles was a long way, but Luna couldn't just do nothing while innocents suffered. She had to do something, even if it didn't amount to much, she would make sure that she got something done, and would try to set a good example for the girls she was traveling with.
She was running just a little faster than she normally could, and part of that was due to an internal chemical reaction, the adrenaline pumping through her, keeping her from feeling the pain that she was putting her legs through, at least temporarily. She couldn't stop, not until she got to where she was needed. She couldn't afford to take even the shortest break lest she risk letting someone get hurt when she could have prevented it. She could not, or rather would not allow that.
If she could keep someone from getting hurt, or worse, then she wouldn't allow herself even a moment's hesitation. She had to get where she was going, and fast, so she ran. She ran as fast as her legs would carry her, she had to get there in time, because if she didn't, she didn't want to think about what might happen in her absence, what might already be happening. The few times she fell, she simply rolled to recover and keep up her momentum. She had done a lot of running at the base in Era, to keep in shape, so this wasn't all that difficult for her.
Or at least, she didn't think it would be, but those runs were not fueled by such dire conditions, and she was thinking more clearly then, because she had time to. In this situation, she had to think on the fly, or risk lives by hesitating, and she was not willing to risk lives just to get results. At least, none other than her own. She pressed on, certain that she would be able to be of some assistance to those oppressed.
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