Aiding the Kappa ● Syn, Nicolas

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As the sunlight glinted through the crimson curtains and danced across Nicolas’s face the young magician tried to block out the rays of light by tightly squeezing his eyes shuts. His attempts to catch a few more moments of sleep were unsuccessful, and his efforts were only reward by a short headache that ruined any chance for him to sleep in a bit longer. The young magician yawned loudly as he rubbed the sleep out from his eyes, and then carefully placed his glasses on. Sitting up from the bed, Nicolas would swing his legs over the side and tiredly massage out the knot in his neck. Admittedly, Nicolas was not the type of person to sleep in late, nor was he the type of person to stay in one place for too long. Once he officially got out of bed Nicolas quickly got into the shower, and then after the shower hastily dried off and then gotten dress. He did not take the time to dry off his hair as he was a little too eager to start the day.

Nicolas dashed across the hall, and quickly made his way to the common area. He wanted to get ahold of the good missions before someone else took them, and well, he definitely did not want to get stuck with some boring D-class mission that offered little to no challenges. Today, he reasoned that he would take either a C-class mission or a B-class mission, but he was admittedly a little hesitant to challenge himself with a B-class mission. He reasoned that he should wait until he could find someone who would tag along with him- someone who could also save his butt should Nicolas do something wrong and really stupid.

When he arrived at the common area Nicolas made a B-line towards the mission board, the young magician noticed that there was another girl there carefully reading over a poster. “What about the Kappas?” Nicolas asked quizzically and pranced over to her. He would try to read the wanted ad over her shoulder, which wasn’t really hard seeing that he was about six feet tall. “Oh that is actually kind interesting” He stated, fixing his glasses as he read about the Kappa’s in need of help due to overfishing. “Hmmm, I suppose someone should talk to the fisherman.”

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The young magician took a moment or two to regard the mission that the stranger held in her hand. Honestly, it sounded like your classic moral conundrum, and there were multiple ways that this job could be approached. Nicolas would approach the situation by talking to the villagers about their overfishing problem, but something told him that would not work too well. Money was, in his opinion, the root of all evil and for that reason, Nicolas guessed that the villagers would not stop. Plus, they may need to fish in order to provide food for themselves, either way if not handled right this entire situation could easily turn into a loose-loose type scenario. He was pulled back to the here and now when the other guildmate asked him if he was volunteering himself for the task, to which Nicolas simply shrugged. 

“To be honest, now that I think about it talking to the fishermen may not be the best choice.” He listened to her statement about going to the Kappa first, which could potentially be the best course of action. They could teach the kappa how to fend for themselves but teaching them how to fish could still lead to conflict between the Kappa’s and the Fisherman. “Yea, it would be best to meet up with the job’s benefactors just so that you could introduce yourself and gather more information. This job can easily turn south if not handled carefully.”

“Oh? My name! Its Nicolas!” He chuckled a little nervously and rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment. “Sorry that I did not introduce myself before hand I should’ve done that before looking over your shoulder and invading your personal space.” Seeing that Nicolas was ready to leave this place, and that he wanted something to do the young magician nodded in agreement. “Yea, I wouldn’t mind going out on a mission! OH! What is your name by the way? And can you fly?”

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“Nice to meet you as well!” Nicolas offered a handshake but would quickly stop and drop his hand awkwardly to his side. She was not his superior or anything of that nature and for that reason, Nicolas guessed that such formalities were not needed for this occasion. Plus, he did not know if being so formal made Syn comfortable or not, and well, he certainly did not want to make her uncomfortable. Nicolas was notorious for getting too excited when it came to a mission and meeting new people, and while he did not seem to be overly excited right now, he was quietly giddy to go out on a mission with a new guild member. He silently hoped that he had not damage a potential relationship with his awkward greetings, and noisy nature. “Just Syn, got it!” He nodded in affirmation and smiled widely. 

She looked at him with a look of amusement when he asked if she could fly, he blushed a little in embarrassment and quickly turned his gaze onto the ground below them. True, she did not look like the type of person who could fly, but Nicolas did not look like the type either, yet he could fly. “Oh, that is a shame.” He rubbed his chin in thought, “Yea, I suppose that using the airship would be the most straightforward way, but honestly that seems a bit too plain” He took a few more moments to consider taking the pods, and then sighed in defeat. “Yea, we should go to the pods.” 

Nicolas found the airship to be fascinating or well, at least at first, he found the airship to be awesome and cool and all that amazing stuff. But over time, he grew tired of the airship and staying in doors. Whatever the case, the faster they got to the Kappas, the faster that the mission could be completed and the issue resolved. 

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With a grin, Nicolas nodded in agreement and directed his finger towards the general direction of the pods. “To the pods” he echoed his guild-mate’s words, and then paused for a moment after he realized that he did not know where the pods were, as he admittedly has never had a reason to use them. The young magician was fixing to ask for the location of the pods, but before he could say anything Syn had made her way to the elevator and held the door open for him with an outstretched arm pressed against the door. Cheekily, Nicolas rushed towards the elevator door, and rode with her down to the docks where he assumed the pods were being kept.

In truth, Nicolas usually would have simply leapt out of a window and transform either into his phoenix form or into his hybrid form and fly to his desired location. There was no reason that he needed to use the pods, and the only way he knew of them was become Nicolas had heard of such things from other guildmates’s conversations. When they reached the docks, Nicolas’s eyes glinted with wonder and bewilderment as he started to zip about the place in excitement. Under his breath he constantly muttered about how cool the docks were and how amazing the technology found within the guildhall was and how he wished he could make something this cool. After a moment or two of exploration, Nicolas would return to Syn.

“Oh sure! I’ve honestly never been in one of the pods, I usually just leap out of a window and fly to my desired destination, so it would be fun to ride in one. Hopefully, there would be enough room for the both of us.” He cheered and eagerly got into the pod, and then tried punched in the destination, and all the needed information. Nicolas was literally vibrating in excitement and nervousness as he waited for the pod to be released, and carry them to their destination.

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