Rising numbers

Words written: #556
Total written: 556/500
#e45e9d Ophelia's speech
#5de3a4 Pheli's speech

____Ophelia liked to do the smaller and simple jobs, they took less time and she could have more fun considering most the stronger jobs would have her fight someone or something and that was not exactly he cup of tea when all things considered. Sure she wanted to show the others she was strong, but where was the fun if they feared her as a monster at all times and not simply when she felt like being evil? So with that the youngest member of Errings rising happily sat on her table holding a pile of papers in the very unfriendly looking town.

_____How unfriendly was easy to tell, as not a rune knight was seen walking the streets despite it being the early morning. Nobody seemed to care for the others around them, some knowing to move away from others simply by the air they emitted that dared someone to give them reason to start a fight they could win with ease. The smell of blood and alcohol was heavy in the air along with the unsettling light veil of fog emitted due to the town's location near a dark tainted land. Even though the sky had the sun above, thick dark masses of storm clouds overlooked the town warning of storm to come.

_____When one of the males with a more clear aura of magic got close Ophelia hopped form her seat on the old table and reached a hand with a sheet of paper to them with a smile. Her air was different from everyone else, the jolly happy vibe she seemed to emit was unwelcome by most and this man was among said most as he swatted the outreached hand away. Ophelia simply allowed her smile to fall a slight margin before sweeping her leg out as the man tried to walk past her.

_____Small docile frame shifting to pin the man down as she sat on his stomach, one hand holding her pile of papers while the other drew a dagger to rest it along his neck. A light hum as she held the paper stack to show the man what it had said on it while keeping his throat well within range to cut open should he try anything as she spoke with a playful hum. Her tone childish and sweet, but lined with venom and darkness only few could tell by being close to the girl.

"You should least look at the paper mister.~ Errings rising is currently looking for more able bodies to join our battle against the laws and rules of those who set themselves wrongly on the thrones built by others. You should join now while there ain't many people to make a mark or get better room in the guildhall.~ It has a great view of snowfall.~"

_____With a playful smile and a quick motion Ophelia would hop off the man and offer him another flyer before moving back to her table and watching the people passing some more. She could offer it to anyone who passed, but the child was searching for people who felt different. In a sense looking for the people who would be fun to have around, or would not leach off the guild as it grew stronger.

The child Murder

Words written: #519
Total written: 519/500
#e45e9d Ophelia's speech
#5de3a4 Pheli's speech

_____Outside the search for the people who would best fit the guild Ophelia would later be following the task to collect some more money for the guild as she was very good at such. Even without stealing it, or dealing with people to get it she seemed to just naturally have luck in finding 'lost' or 'unclaimed' Jewels or items of value she could later sell. Not to mention her childish appearance, semi great acting skills, and love for bargaining she could generally oversell an item to someone or get things cheaper in one spot and bring it elsewhere to sell for more then what she lost getting it.

_____Eyes watching another young looking figure attempt a steal and run routine and get made a fool as the man easily got hold of him and tossed him down. Watching the child curl to take the kicks drew a slightly more interested focus across watching the exchange or rather the very swift change of tide with a smile over her face. As the man scoffed and stormed away spitting at the child Ophelia made her approach to the young boy. Hand reaching to pull the sleeve away to reveal the over-sized and not there before 'bracelet' he now had on.

_____She did not do it in such a way to reveal it to the man who was a fool not to notice the quick slight of hand between kicks that took his magic anklet band, but simply show the other kid she knew he was the winner this time around. Moving to return the sleeve back into place before dusting the boy off who did not seem to like the help in the slightest before offering him one of the papers. A smile on her face as she watched in slightly blush before pulling the paper away and rushing away. A tip of her head as she shrugged and skipped back to her spot at the table.

_____Her attire was her assassin outfit, partly to fit in, the other because she would expected to get into a few fights to get the point across they should join the rising guild. She knew her dress would work, but fighting the frills and the sort would cut her reaction times down and if she was going to convince people she had to be quick and effective to show the guild would be a good choice for them also. Sitting cross legged on her table as she watched people passing for some more moments before yawning and leaning back a bit.

"Why can't Towns like this have more people with promise? I still got... one... two... three..."

_____Her hand moving the pages and she started to count, each, and every single one while watching the area with most of her focus to figure out just how many she still had left to give out. As the sky began to rumble above drawing the child's focus for just a moment before returning to her counting it seemed she would need to get her cover out to avoid the papers getting soaked while she waited.

The child Murder

Words written: #522
Total written: 522/500
#e45e9d Ophelia's speech
#5de3a4 Pheli's speech

_____With a slow wave of her hand Ophelia's shadow began to peel itself from the earth, as well as a ball of cotton stuffing started to grow in mass overhead. As it gained the protective layer of soft fur to reveal it's giant cat form the stuffed summon and the girl's shadow would set up a decent sized tarp to cover the girl as she kept counting. As she neared the half way point Ophelia felt the pull of another interesting person handing a paper to her shadow and pointing as the figure rushed off and the shadow chased after it.

_____It seemed to take some time before her shadow came back to the finished set up and Ophelia happily laying against her large cat summon to relax as she was approaching the last few pages of her pile. Sure she did not HAVE to hand them all out, but she wanted to first make sure the people that stood out got one before just scattering them all over the place like a child normally would. Feeling a ping in the back of her head as she reached to get out a shard of glass and waved to Pheli who showed up in the fractured object.

"Just go around handing them to anyone already Child... That is sort of how these jobs are supposed to be done anyways. Your just making it more difficult then it should be..."

_____Ophelia blinked a few times at the reflection before getting slightly annoyed herself as her magic sparked off a bit. Grumbling to herself as she handed half the stack of papers to her shadow who seemed to share her annoyance before the two rose and started giving out papers to anyone and everyone they came across that did not already have one. Some people just tossed it away, others crumbled it and threw it at the two, some kept it, and the remaining few seemed to just ignore it and keep doing their task.

_____As the mid day approached it's peek and Ophelia and her shadow sat back down beside the giant stuffed cat that had so far not moved since it's creation started to stir just slightly to give them space away from the rain Ophelia sighed. Hand reaching out take back what remained of her stack of papers from the shadow. Sure it was smaller, but they still had a good fifteen or so left to give and everybody here had already gotten one and with the rain coming down as hard as it was Ophelia was done walking around and getting soaked.

"Guess We just have to wait for the rain to stop before going to the next spot right? Shady, fluffy?"

_____Ophelia looked over to her summons with a smile as the both seemed to simply nod in agreement. Not like she gave them a real personality to have them do anything but agree with her. Moving to cuddle more into her stuffed cat with a playful smile as she set the papers down and had her shadow and the cat watch over her as she took a quick nap.

The child Murder

Words written: #503
Total written: 503/500
#e45e9d Ophelia's speech
#5de3a4 Pheli's speech

_____When Ophelia felt her frame start being moved slowly her eyes opened to see a zombie woman trying to wake her. Looking to see that her other two summons had vanished along with the rain she took a moment to peek from under the tarp cover. Noticing it was a bit into the night made Ophelia jump slightly as she dragged her mirror out and her friend appeared tapping her foot with annoyance at the child.

"Sorry Pheli... I overslept again... Could you..." "Yes yes I know, finish the job."

_____Ophelia smiled as she set down the papers with the zombie before jumping into the mirror causing a few shocked looks in the area before she walked back out a moment later with a different air about her. Matching the others in the area as she took the ten papers left and stashed the mirror back into the bag before walking away with the zombie following for a few moments before it vanished into black tar. Pheli yawning as she looked around the area for someone to give the papers to.

_____As she walked the night streets it seemed like the town she had seen while watching Ophelia was far from what she was seeing back then, or such was the case until she noticed a gathering of magic not far and began heading towards the cluster. A wide smile as she came out of a dense fog to see a small ring of people overlooking a pit where two mages seemed to be fighting to the death. Hearing someone cough beside her drawing her focus to see a large man nudge his head towards a sign stating 'no weapons or magic use beyond this point' Turning to surprisingly see everyone else followed the rule Pheli did the same.

_____Taking the better of ten minutes shocking the large male and his replacement as she kept setting down daggers and other sharp objects her childish half had opted to bring today. Part of her was shocked the child only took as much as she had before they cleared her to move closer to the action as the fight was coming to a end. Watching the figure who had little to no wounds beat the other figure until he was barely breathing and tossing them aside as the crowd cheered.

"Yet another dominating performance from the house fighter, can anyone stop his ten win streak or will it move onto eleven? Current stopping prize is at a monstrous twenty thousand jewels.~"

_____Pheli watched a man jump down into the ring after the other spoke of the end-challenge streak prize pool and wanted to laugh as she approached the man who announced the matches. Whispering to them while the fight went as most predicted with the house fighter winning. Watching the man get dragged away before she carefully hopped down into the ring causing a air of silence while she rolled her shoulders and smiled lightly. Hearing the announcer clear his voice to get everyone's attention.

The child Murder

Words written: #505
Total written: 505/500
#e45e9d Ophelia's speech
#5de3a4 Pheli's speech

"Now now, don't go thinking this is another one sided like the fight before everyone.~ Before us might seem like a child but she is a member of a dark guild that recently started making some head way. Give it up for the little monster of Errings rising.~"

_____The announcer tried to get some hype back into the crowd, sadly to no effect and Pheli could not exactly blame them. She did not look like much of a fighter at all, or like it would be hard to break her like a twig for the enemy. But as she waved for the giant brute covered in other's blood to try and take her on the fight would prove them all wrong or right in due time. Watching the large mass of muscle move was enough to make Pheli yawn as she waited until the last moment.

_____Hand reaching up to his balled fist and pulling him to over speed his punch as she moved out of his fall path and watching him stumble pass her. Some of the crowd was able to notice what she had done, and others simply saw her appear just slightly to the side and the man fumble a bit. Watching him swing backwards towards her with his arm she simply knelt down and watched the arm pass her head. Small leg coiling as she pressed up and jumped onto his shoulder to hop over him.

_____Some of the crowd starting to boo the lack of blood to be spilled so with an annoyed rolling of her eyes the small girl flattened her hand and slashed across the man's right calf cutting his jeans and into his leg with her nails. Sure it was using a slight magic around the nail but seeing as each punch of the man was being backed with takeover magic Pheli did not so much care if the few that saw it ratted her out. Seeing them place bets on her made her smile slightly before she decided to end it.

_____Frame moving down to evade another sweeping arm before she rose with both hands flat to the man's chest sending him flying backwards. Pulling her frame back towards the ground again before leaping and slamming her fist into the same spots and rolling to avoid him coughing up blood from the pressure of the hits. Moving one more time to slam her elbow into the middle point of the previous hits to make the man fall over coughing blood. Each blow working below the surface to cause internal damage with magic and pressure to avoid the mess as she jumped back to the announcer and took her papers from the shocked man. Taking her time to move to each person who noticed what she did in the fight to give them a paper before leaving. She did agree to leave the prize pool. Humming happily she got to have some fun, and likely got a few people to think twice before messing with the guild.

The child Murder