Shen raised his hand, looking up towards the sky, shielding his eyes from the sun. It was what some people would call an idyllic summer day, too bright, too hot for the shut-in, the young man squinting in an attempt to get a better view of the massive plateau ahead of him, already dreading the impending walk up the endless stairs that led up to his destination. It had to be, someday, though the young man hadn't known that it would be so soon. A job, the thing he would dread even more than those stairs. He had led a quiet, peaceful existence, but alas. Money wouldn't make itself, sadly. Well, or maybe it would? He didn't quite know, actually. was it possible to learn some kind of money magic? That would require him to know if he could even use magic first. The guild he wanted to join would probably not appreciate an abuse of such magic either, he figured. Oh well. It now dawned on him that the first option he had chosen as an ideal career path would perhaps not necessarily be the best of them all, but ... he had made it all the way from Cedar to Era already. Would it really be worth it to just go back now? Not quite, the young man thought, sighing lightly before eyeing the stairs. This would really be a trip. Why couldn't he just stay inside and chill? This was already proving to be a hassle ...
Several minutes later and severely out of breath Shen had finally reached the level top of the plateau, several passerby's stopping with raised eyebrow, staring at the young man that was nearly collapsing onto the ground. "Ugh ... phew ... wow ... that was ... something else ... whew", trying to lift himself up, his hands on his knees, sweat glistening on his face. He took a look around, sheepishly acknowledging the several pairs of eyes centered on him. "A-ahh ... I'm f-fine, everything's fine, sorry, just passing through", the word's stumbled out of his mouth as he hastily rushed forward towards the large building before him, figuring that this would be the best place to start: The HQ of the Rune Knights. If there was any place to join the organization that had made itself a name as Fiore's trusted police force ... well, this would be it ... maybe, probably, hopefully. He really hoped so. The way up these stairs had better not been for nothing, if it was, well, maybe the nearest dark guild would take him on as an apprentice or something. Did dark mages even have something like apprentices? ANYWAY!
The young man stumbled around awkwardly, trying to find a sign or label to something like a reception or similar, realizing after a few minutes of some anxiety settling in that he could probably just walk through the front door and find just what he was looking for, judging by the number of people that just did the same thing, that was. Phew. "Alright, I can do this", he muttered under his breath before stepping inside, promptly spotting the reception he was looking for. A relieved smirk spread across his face. Hell yeah. He walked up to the receptionist, who watched him approach with welcoming smile, though as soon as it was time to speak, Shen's inability to deal with social situations became more than obvious, stuttering out an introduction. "H-h-hey there. I- I uhhh, yeah, I'm here to like, join the Rune Knights. S-sooo ... how do I actually do that?". His confusion was evident, and he really hoped he could get a comprehensive explanation, something that wasn't all that hard to follow. Knowing himself, he could use the help, or he'd end up doing something wrong again and embarrassing himself. A circumstance the young man would rather avoid ...
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