On this beautiful morning, Seika woke up feeling extremely excited! She was due to take pictures at the Holy Castle today! Normally, all sorts of tourists could come and look around and admire the scenery. However, only certain areas were open to the public. That was because actual, real live people lived here! The Heads of Religion. Now, the mage wasn't reallyy into like, worshipping and all that. In fact, she could say that she wasn't a member of any organized church or anything at all. However, that didn't stop Seika from loving how cool all of this religious stuff was! First of all, the aesthetics of the architecture and clothing and everything was just... plain awesome. And Aphelia was a spirit, which meant that even if she had never really subscribed to any specific faith, she still very much believed in the existence of the divine and spiritual. Well, the way Fiore and Earthland were, there happened to be gods wandering around all over the place. The girl was pretty sure she had met some before, mischievous people who were sometimes big meanies. Pouting at the thought, the girl shook her head frantically. No! She would not allow herself to be bogged down by negative energy on this big day. Hopping out of bed, the girl headed to the bathroom to do her skin care and begin her morning in a nice, fresh way.
When she walked into the tiny tiled room, she saw Aphelia sitting on the toilet, staring at her in a very dead pan manner. "Get out," the spirit said, and the summoner walked back outside in a daze. Okay, that had been bad. But she hadn't been blasted away into smithereens, so perhaps the situation wasn't too awkward! The more Seika thought about it, though, she really wasn't the one at fault. After all, a few things were strange about what happened there. Firstly, the spirit almost never got up before her friend! The mage was the early riser between the two, while the feline preferred to sleep in for as long as possible. In addition, the door hadn't been locked. Now, Seika wasn't in a habit of locking any doors around here; in fact, she liked to sleep with the door to her room completely wide open. That was a bit strange since literally anyone in the guild could just wander in, but... well, she liked being able to hear better what else might be happening in the building! Still, Aphelia wasn't Seika. She liked closed doors, locked doors even, whatever could offer the maximum amount of privacy.
So overall, it had been a weird occurrence! But even so, Seika couldn't just stand around here making excuses to herself inside of her head. She had to leave as soon as possible to make sure the wrath of Aphelia wouldn't hit while she was in vicinity. Gulping, the mage hurried out of the room, not even bothering to put on clothes aside from her pajamas. She was still bare footed right now, and the way Elysium's guild hall was set up... well, the floors were either cold stone, with vines on them, or smooth wood. Neither was particularly pleasant, especially because a bunch of weird evil creatures tended to wander around here and leave behind their filth and markings. Er, she didn't mean to call them dirty or anything like that! It was just... well, they were really cute and all, but she hated when they got their marks all over her stuff. Huffing in indignance, Seika sat down at a table in the guild hall. She then realized she had nothing to eat in front of her and got up with a shrug of her shoulders.
Just as the mage was rooting through a bunch of different containers in one of their communal fridges, a brilliant thought occurred to her. What if she just... decided to go to the Holy Castle without Aphelia? After all, what could go wrong? Nodding to herself in acknowledgement of this utterly awesome thought, the girl snapped her fingers and disappeared in a whoosh of teleportation. In less than a split second later, she reappeared in the center of the main hall of the Holy Castle. Now, the first order of business was finding a way to reach restricted areas. Seika wasn't big on breaking the rules, necessarily, but sometimes it was a must. After all, the coolest photos would probably end up being in the most hidden places. Sure, everything out in the open was really polished and neat, and she would happily snap pictures of them. But the mage wanted more. She wanted to be able to see where the holy leaders were meeting. She wanted to see all of the cool business that was going on behind the scenes, because maybe that way, she could start a religion of her own some day! Wouldn't that be cool? She tapped the nearest person on the shoulder. "Hey, do you know where we're allowed to go in this building and where's off limits?" She smiled brightly, hoping they could help her out here.
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When she walked into the tiny tiled room, she saw Aphelia sitting on the toilet, staring at her in a very dead pan manner. "Get out," the spirit said, and the summoner walked back outside in a daze. Okay, that had been bad. But she hadn't been blasted away into smithereens, so perhaps the situation wasn't too awkward! The more Seika thought about it, though, she really wasn't the one at fault. After all, a few things were strange about what happened there. Firstly, the spirit almost never got up before her friend! The mage was the early riser between the two, while the feline preferred to sleep in for as long as possible. In addition, the door hadn't been locked. Now, Seika wasn't in a habit of locking any doors around here; in fact, she liked to sleep with the door to her room completely wide open. That was a bit strange since literally anyone in the guild could just wander in, but... well, she liked being able to hear better what else might be happening in the building! Still, Aphelia wasn't Seika. She liked closed doors, locked doors even, whatever could offer the maximum amount of privacy.
So overall, it had been a weird occurrence! But even so, Seika couldn't just stand around here making excuses to herself inside of her head. She had to leave as soon as possible to make sure the wrath of Aphelia wouldn't hit while she was in vicinity. Gulping, the mage hurried out of the room, not even bothering to put on clothes aside from her pajamas. She was still bare footed right now, and the way Elysium's guild hall was set up... well, the floors were either cold stone, with vines on them, or smooth wood. Neither was particularly pleasant, especially because a bunch of weird evil creatures tended to wander around here and leave behind their filth and markings. Er, she didn't mean to call them dirty or anything like that! It was just... well, they were really cute and all, but she hated when they got their marks all over her stuff. Huffing in indignance, Seika sat down at a table in the guild hall. She then realized she had nothing to eat in front of her and got up with a shrug of her shoulders.
Just as the mage was rooting through a bunch of different containers in one of their communal fridges, a brilliant thought occurred to her. What if she just... decided to go to the Holy Castle without Aphelia? After all, what could go wrong? Nodding to herself in acknowledgement of this utterly awesome thought, the girl snapped her fingers and disappeared in a whoosh of teleportation. In less than a split second later, she reappeared in the center of the main hall of the Holy Castle. Now, the first order of business was finding a way to reach restricted areas. Seika wasn't big on breaking the rules, necessarily, but sometimes it was a must. After all, the coolest photos would probably end up being in the most hidden places. Sure, everything out in the open was really polished and neat, and she would happily snap pictures of them. But the mage wanted more. She wanted to be able to see where the holy leaders were meeting. She wanted to see all of the cool business that was going on behind the scenes, because maybe that way, she could start a religion of her own some day! Wouldn't that be cool? She tapped the nearest person on the shoulder. "Hey, do you know where we're allowed to go in this building and where's off limits?" She smiled brightly, hoping they could help her out here.
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