Rumors and Feathers

It had started out as pretty much other day, the youth had awoken before dawn and went through his morning routine of washing, changing his cloths, putting new water in the makeshift bird bath and laid out a plate of seed for the swallow family that he seemed to have adopted before going to get his own breakfast. As always he waited until the sun was at the right position before he ate and drank the small amount that he was use to before taking the things back inside and washing them. When that had been sorted he went through his normal speed, accuracy and awareness training he had no idea but recently it almost seemed as if the difficulty had been put up higher than what was normal. He guessed it could have been something that was programmed into the runes of the area by his missing adoptive elder brother, that when he got to a certain stage that it would get that much harder it was to be expected after all. Today however he got barely a third of the way around before he was to tired and hurt to continue as the traps weren't things he was quite use to and dealt more damage than would ordinarily be safe.

Moving down the tree that he wanted to end at he made a magical marking showing where he managed to get to before having to stop so he could gauge his progress in the future. After this was done he moved back to where he rested and moved to the small section he had as a changing area and changed from his ruined clothing coming back out shortly afterwards now dressed in a white male kimono with an ice blue and white fan pattern that had a hood, white hakama and matching shoes. He blinked hearing a voice around the corner and moved to see whom it was "Hello?" he said going to meet a receptionist "What's wrong?" he seemed curious but then he gave very little attention to gossip or rumours though given that no one ever came to what was now considered his bedroom unless it was important he guessed it was somewhat important. "There's an issue in capital crocus, seems a theft within the branch there, would you like me to send someone to take care of it?" the young read headed woman wearing a white and pastel pink dress he shook his head. "I'll take care of it personally, I have an errand there anyway." he said knowing that he needed to pick up something he had ordered for Arcadia, well that and going by Bennu would be faster than the airship. "Very well Mr. Mizune, I'll get preparations made for the journey." she said not knowing that he rarely used the company transport. "Please don't worry yourself, I will call for Bennu I can preen him along the way, he could likely do with stretching his wings too." he said with a warm smile walking passed the woman and down towards the area that was already looking like obsidian from when he called his companion. He had no idea that Bennu's kind were so hot they could do such a thing but after seeing what happened the first landing he decided to take measures so the whole continent didn't turn into mass sections of obsidian and fires.

Bracing himself against a nearby wall knowing what was to come he looked to the sky and began to speak "I ssannnnhan thi nnh tshh gairrtiin flinness shaf rredirrtsh" he called out, even now it was quite hard for him to say but still managed it seemingly effortlessly. Before long he heard a screech and a sonic boom showing that Bennu heard the calling if his summoner, it wasn't long after before the golden flamed phoenix had landed in his usual spot but had almost pushed the youth over the wall winding him in the process. Ruvel had forgotten to cover his ears so now he had an unbearable ringing in his ears that he knew was going to be there for hours, luckily this time it hadn't amounted to a headache or worse. Bennu chirped gently cocking his head before he was about to take a step off the obsidian area and got a stern look form Ruvel knowing he had to stay put but gave a small screech of annoyance "You know what your flames do." he reminded him catching his breath and walking forward stroking his beak "We both know you'd be upset if you burned something by accident." his voice gentle as Bennu turned his head seemingly to pout at what was said but Ruvel knew his summons well, especially the young Bennu as he almost became his first meal after hatching.

"Aww, don't be like that we're going for a fly today." the moment he said that he heard a happy chirp and before he could do anything else he was picked up by the large fire bird and plopped on his back this time however he covered his ears as the screech took place letting everyone within several miles know he was about to take off and the sonic boom that happened quickly afterwards. Once in the air he stroked the back of Bennu's neck smiling "We're heading to Crocus today, you remember where that is right?" he asked hearing light chirping and clicking as Bennu confirmed that he did, the flight was uneventful and during it Ruvel had decided to check over his companions feathers removing any black ones for the young phoenix's health. It didn't seem all that long before he had reached Crocus thanks to keeping himself busy with his task for as young as Bennu was he was still able to carry five people. As they grew nearer Bennu began to lower himself to the point Ruvel could see individual people moving up the path before he landed, nearer the city knowing that he couldn't go any further without risking people for now Ruvel remained on his companions back now tending to places he couldn't while in flight for safety reasons.

Ruvel hadn't noticed that people had started looking at him and Bennu as he flied past, this might have been because it was the youth's regular way of travelling. He hated travelling by every form of transport due to the sense of fake freedom it gave, it was to close to the place he once called home. It was out in the open but in truth you could only go so far and couldn't go any further, it was something he disliked with a passion and if he had to be truthful with himself part of him was afraid that he would end up back there after a betrayal of someone he trusted. He shook his head to get such useless thoughts out of his head as he continued forward towards the town, those who lived within the capital city had been use to seeing the large golden phoenix but it didn't stop them from looking on in awe as he descended towards the obsidian patch that was his normal landing spot, he remembered the first time that he had landed and they said they were going ton fine him for damages until he reminded them that this was outside the city limits so they had no authority to do so.

He had also reminded him that were he had indeed done damage to the land around the city when bennu had landed it was better than him landing inside the city and burning everything down, this wasn't a threat in anyway only that this was the better of the two situations he did know however they enjoyed keeping everything looking as natural and untouched as possible so knew they would end up changing it back to how it was via magical means so paid a small tax to the capital each month so Bennu's landing spot would be left alone. He had even suggested a few ways for it to be decorated so it wouldn't be an eyesore to those passing by and it had seemed they had took his advice, as the place was surrounded in different types of fire flower that shimmered and shined like small stars from the cracks within the obsidian. Soon afterwards Bennu picked him up and from his back and popped the youth on the ground preening his summoners hair before nuzzling at him making him fall back on the ground, this was the normal routine at this point this went on for a good five to ten minutes before Ruvel stood and stroked the giant birds beak. "Time to go home Bennu, mother is most likely worried about you. Give her my love." he said listening to the mix of happy and sad chirps the large fire bird as he didn't want to go but did miss his mother, Ruvel stepped aside covering his ears this time as Bennu screeched and took off a sonic boom soon heard which again was normal. In honesty he hated his sensitive hearing but this is what it was to have some of the magic he had.

With Bennu gone he started walking towards the city greeting people along the way that had said good morning to him, this was only polite after all. The walk had taken around five minutes not that he minded, he was enjoying the scenery of the outside of the city. Walking past the guards he headed wondered if he should deal with business first or go collect the item he had commissioned to be made for Arcadia, he didn't really understand his feelings or the things that he had said when he met her at Rose garden not but a week or so before this. It felt like he was meant to have it whatever it was however and hoped that over time he would understand it with her help. As he walked however he was looking around as he felt like he had been drawn here for another reason, he couldn't quite put his finger on it though but knew that given time everything would be revealed so continued walking down the street towards the Crocus branch of his company.