Stroll in the dark.

The heavy wind blew on Mt. Hakobe and even heavier snow fell on this day, and yet with the heavy wind whistling in the air and the snow obscuring most of the vision outside, a blackish light could be seen every now and then, as lightning would crack from time to time louder than the wind, the footsteps in the snow were far apart from each other as if someone had been jumping between them, with the distance they were getting harder to track as the snow was quick to cover them back up, the dark blur raced through the mountain, for onlookers that we're able to track him either with their eyes or some type of magic, it would like if he was running, gaining distance as fast as possible.

Soon it came to a stop and stood still and the crackling among the wind stopped, the black blur could finally be identified as a silver-haired child, an aura of black lightning surrounded him as it flickered from time to time. Killua was the name of the silver-haired kid dressed in a military outfit with a coat over him, looking around him he sighed. "Far enough." He thought to himself, evident that he was fleeing from somewhere, as he dropped a backpack next to him and changed his clothes to something else, albeit the snow, now wearing a simple red jacket, black pants, and underneath the jacket a simple white T-shirt over a blue long-sleeved T-shirt, his backpack left on the ground, the snow already covering it. Dispelling most of his aura only keeping a small portion of it, so the electricity could burn the snow away before it touched him, with that the boy continued his journey towards his destination, faint lights could be seen in the distance, the castle of the dark guild know as Errings Rising.

As he got closer, the castle was finally in full view and Killua whistled, it was better than he had heard, from all those underground rumors, a smile now on his face as he got closer and closer. Nearing the main gate he noticed some guards posted, instead of approaching them, with a slight boost in energy he jumped and blurred past most of the buildings until he reached what looked like to be the main building.

For some reason no guards were around it, maybe they thought no one would reach this far or it was a trap, his danger senses were kicking in but he ignored him, it was his one choice to come here and try to join a Guild. He pushed the doors open and entered the building, not a single speck of snow on him, as he was still yet to see anyone in the building, he stopped in his tracks and cupped his hands in front of his mouth "Oiiii, is anyone home?" He yelled, as his childish voice rang across the building. He put his hands behind his head and waited, he wouldn't be surprised if he was even surrounded, it wasn't every day that someone appeared in the middle of a castle with good intentions

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Just as the words had left his mouth he had felt a presence enter the hall, and his full attention was now on the newcomer into the hall, his hands going behind his head as he tilted it a bit as he examined the seraph that was coming towards him, a bit tense as this could go south in any given moment, he did appear uninvited into the main building of a dark guild. As the bartender introduced himself, Kil relaxed, for the time being, things were going smooth, and he wasn't surprised that whoever the person he was being taken to meet knew he was here, it wasn't like he was attempting to hide in the snowstorm with all the lightning he had produced.

"My name Killua, are you actually an angel, or is this some getup." He said out of pure curiosity as he tilted his head slightly, but a small pout formed on his face soon as the servant ignored him. The only holy or akin to a godly being he ever knew was Ignir, the Thunder God that thought him his magic, he mentioned that there are other holy beings that he may meet someday in the future, but it was hard to believe seeing a holy being in a dark guild, or maybe this was something common in Fiore.

After following the seraphim into another room that was supposed to be the tea room. He was met with another person, dressed in a long-sleeved dress. "I'm Killua, a runaway from Bosco, and I happen to hear some good things about this place and I got interested in checking this out for myself." He said, introducing himself, answering her first question. "If you put sweets on top, I wouldn't be able to resist at all." He said with a grin as he seated himself in front of her.

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@Saraphina

He was happy now, while the butler never answered his question directly, the stretch of the wings told him enough, while it could still have been a trick, his inner child was satisfied so he didn't pay much head to it anymore, and things were going good, the queen either didn't mind his sudden appearance in her castle or took it as an opportunity, or at least that was what he thought. "Of course, these things won't be good for everyone but they were good for me, to make me stroll into a castle full of potentially deadly mages, or that's what I've heard at least." He said with a small smile, as Queen of the castle introduced herself shortly after.

"It's nice to meet you, Sara, though I maybe should address you a bit more formally." Tilting his a bit head to the side, he thought about it for a second, but his attentional was quickly grabbed by the new seraph that came into his sight. "Wow, there's two." Kil said as he examined the next seraph with fascination, but his attention shifted yet again to the black tea that was filled with sugar, he gave a nod of acknowledgment as Nadeline finished putting in the sugar in the tea and he picked up the hot cup, he felt the hotness in his hands, and without much of a care he took a few sips of it, while the hotness didn't get to him, the sweetness of the tea, felt like he could melt. "This is soooo good." He said as he took another sip from it.

As he placed the tea back on the table, he looked back to Saraphina. "Well, the most important thing is that you don't care about the laws and in fact, you want to remove them, while I haven't been affected by laws I've seen both sides the ones that invented the laws and can bend them for them and the ones that are affected by them, and frankly I just don't like them for some additional personal reasons." He said as blue eyes grew a bit more serious at the end before they returned to their more childish look that enjoyed the tea a few minutes ago.

"And I've heard that there are some crazy strong people in here, but that's just about everything you can get from some underground rumors you can get, but I would love to hear more about this place from the Queen herself." He said with a smile as he took the tea again. "Of course if you have any questions, I will be happy to answer to the best of my abilities." He said as he took in another sip of the tea.

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@Saraphina

Kil sweatdropped a little as the Queen debated if her guild was deadly, either she had something else in mind when he said deadly and didn't think of raw strength or something like this. He didn't comment further on the matter, the other seraph had grabbed his attention to much, he only noticed that the White Queen had nodded on his comment to address her more formally. "This is the first time I see something like this, mostly because Bosco has little magic users, it's fascinating." He had seen state-of-the-art technology, where people could replicate wings, but seeing a live seraph was quite amusing to him.

As he sipped more from the tea that Nadaline had made, Kil couldn't help but nod, when Saraphina praised her mode. "It is, though I haven't tasted many homemade meals or drinks, it is amazing." To be frank, he hadn't tasted almost anything homemade, it was mostly MRE's and the canteen at the HQ when he got back from a mission, while some MRE's were nice, he dreaded the canteen, as most of the time the food wasn't as great.

"You can't be affected by them if you are doing the dirty work for those that made the laws." He said with a small smile. "From slave rings, removals, to killing anyone that disagreed with the governing figures, including other high-ranking nobles, if you didn't agree with them, you were dead." He finished by making a slashing motion around his own neck to summarize his point. "I started disliking nobles cause of all this, the law only applied to those that either didn't have money or were weak.." Downing his cup of tea he placed it back on the table and leaned back into the chair, his arms behind his head.

"Of course, the stronger you are, the easier you can remove the ugly people." He agreed with her, in Bosco it was a little different, but different countries have different ways of dealing with things and security measures, so maybe it all came down to strength. He smiled as she asked where he wanted his stamp and how he could prove himself to his new guild. "How can I prove myself? I'm not really sure, I could always do something if you have anything in mind. Other than that I can provide information for Bosco, kill or find someone, whatever you think would be best, I don't really know how to prove yourself to someone. It was usually, point us to someone and he was dead. As for the other question, on the side of my right shoulder, dark blue in color if that's a thing." He finished as he closed his eyes and waited for the response of the Queen herself on the matter.

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@Saraphina

"I wouldn't mind more." He said with an innocent smile, it was rare for him to get any homemade things if any at all, sometimes when they stayed in with a superior it could happen, but those were the few rare occasions that they could cooperate with someone other than thair designated squad. "I could get used to having this tea more." He said cheerfully.

Opening one eye, he noticed the frown on his soon to be guild master, or rather Queen as she referred to herself, it was due to him, he wasn't sure how he would prove himself on the spot, thus why he asked, however, this was not the case here, at the moment nothing was expected of him to do. "Sorry I thought you meant like something on the spot, I'm not used to these things." He admitted, he was taking this too much as an interrogation, rather than a more casual talk, as casual a matter between dark mages can get that is.

With a massive smile, one that usually wouldn't be present, the young dark mage responded. "Well in that case, I'll gladly follow you, my Queen, just point them to me and I'll remove the pests." He nodded afterward as she asked where to place the stamp. Moving a bit forward and raising his T-shirt a little so she may place the stamp on his shoulder. He was feeling excited, maybe the first time he was doing something that wasn't monitored, that wasn't going to be questioned by authorities, sitting in those interrogation rooms was annoying, but now, there was no one to ask him why he choose this way.

As he opened his eyes, he noticed the bowed sepherem, his head tilting slightly in confusion as they just stayed like this, however, he perked up and watched the female sepheram leave the room to get sweet's as per the Queen's order. As she exited the room, he turned back towards the white-haired guild master. "Is there anything you would like to know about me? This is the only thing I can give you at the moment." He said as he raised his hand slightly, one finger pointing upwards, as black lightning danced around him. "The magic I use mainly is Thunder God Slayer, and requip where I mostly keep my 'toys'." He said revealing a bit of information about himself finally. "I'll answer anything that you want else though, so feel free to ask." He finished, waiting for the Queen and the sweets, mostly the sweets

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@Saraphina

"I'll make sure to want lots of it then." He said smiling as the Queen informed him that he could have tea basically whenever he wanted, would it be made from Nadaline or any other servant that was available at any of the two castles. "This stuff is seriously good, I can't wait to find what I can pair it up with and just spend days doing nothing, with just eating and drinking." He always wanted to have days and days off. He was still a child, he wanted to spend time just sitting around doing nothing, with 0 responsibilities on his shoulders.

Kil tilted his head as the other white-haired mage began to giggle and quickly sighed in relief as she explained to him that she wasn't going to test him. He so didn't want to deal with this right now. "That makes it easier, I didn't really want to do anything now, except getting a good rest." He did get chased pretty long, and if it was 1-2 people he would have taken them on, but a whole platoon was different. He laughed slightly as he relaxed into the chair.

As his stamp was placed, he took a good look at it, curiosity getting the better of him as he examined it, before smiling. "The cold doesn't bother me, I like the snow, it was my favourite time to be out, it wasn't overly hot like in the summertime, and it doesn't have mosquitoes, winter's definitely my favourite." Summer was probably his least-liked season, it was hot and dry most of the time.

The young white-haired mage felt like the woman wasn't really impressed, she has probably seen more interesting things, had more encounters then mages, but he shrugged as well, as she told him that she also used Requip. "Mine's nothing fancy like that." He said as he used his Requip and now he held a suppressed pistol by the suppressor itself, it looked less threatening that way and placed it on the small table. "It's mostly to carry any gear that I would take, eliminates any weight that might slow me down otherwise, the faster the better."

"The escape was nothing special, we had many secret tunnels in and out of Bosco, our passports couldn't get verified at checkpoints, we only existed as 'special' soldiers" A little disdain could be heard in his voice at the end. "So I just used one of them, I had to run afterwards though, as some of the tunnels were known and are being slowly closed from Bosco higher-ups, I would have fought them, but I didn't wanna take chance to be deported back to Bosco with so many guys standing there, ready to take me on, I still am considered a criminal for murdering one of their head specialist in military projects." He finished as he placed his hips in front of him, leaning a bit forward.

"How I came across it?" He asked placing a finger on his mouth. "It was from a black market informant, that would usually bring good information for the right money or trade-off, I asked for any info she had on guilds and she told me everything she knew. And this one stood out the most, while I don't know many details of what the guild has done, I know that you guys are free to do whatever you want, you don't have to care, you can just fight them and there are only consequences if you lose. You're not controlled under hundreds of laws that can bind you for every little thing that can be twisted in their favour. Even being an agent for the law, everything that I did, not favouring the noble's fully was seen as a failure and punishment was due, some of my own squad were even sent on a suicide mission just to get rid of them." He said sighing at the end, they were the only people that he could consider family back in the program, most of them were MIA now, he didn't know if they were dead or alive. "So that piqued my interest the most and from there I decided to check it out myself, to be free as much as possible, I don't mind working under someone or serving, I just need to know that I'll have freedom for myself for most things that I will do." He finished with a smile, as he picked up the teacup, attempting to take a sup, forgetting that it was empty. "Umm, can I get more?" He asked innocently as he finally realized the cup was empty, rubbing the back of his head with his free hand.

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@Saraphina

Kil nodded a few times. "I don't really know what I'll do now, I'll have to think about it, but I'll be available if you need me. I've wondered what I can do now, maybe when I get my hands on the underworld Fiore, I can find something interesting, but for now, I don't have even the slightest idea." Looking up he wondered, there was a lot of things he could do now most likely, something fun to start was going to be ideal before he went out to seriously get his name out, but it was early for that, first to set in, and he would go where the wind takes him.

Kil moved forward a bit in excitement. "I've always wanted to go to Iceberg, see what the snow and ice were like there, but we never got the chance to venture out before out on missions." He said, a little half-heartedly. "But I'll make sure that I go there, and a few other places, now that I have the freedom to travel where I please." He wanted to check most countries out, the only times they went out was to hunt down someone that crossed the border and if he was still close to it, either they caught him and got back or if he went further in, they would go back empty-handed so they don't stir anything political up. "Everything I wanted to know had to come from underground sources, we were limited on outside information, as they deemed that we didn't need to know much other than the main workings of the other countries, and information was expensive, at least in Bosco." They couldn't go to normal libraries, or local news centers, or whatever they could to get more information on the outside world, when they were walking off-duty they were being tracked quite a lot when possible, which meant when they were walking in public.

As the cart of sweets rolled in, Kil's eyes lit up, he grabbed a few of the sweets and munched on them, pure bliss emanating from him as Nadaline filled his teacup again. "These are shoo good." He said some of the sweets were still in his mouth, he grabbed the cup, sipping a bit of the tea, watering down the sweets. "I can live like this forever, it's just the best." He gave an innocent smile as he spoke. There were such simple things that pleased him and yet he wanted to do so much more.

He stayed silent as Saraphina explained what the guild was about to the young fugitive. It was all interesting to him "I would gladly participate in something, and I've seen Hostia, albeit from the side when we had recon duty, but the city looks quite nice, probably better from the inside, it takes a lot from Bosco, so it's gonna feel like home." He grinned, as he grabbed a few more sweets and ate them, drinking some more tea somewhere along the way. "I would love to get my name around, and the guild's name of course even further than it is, now that I'm part of it." Leaning back into the chair he sighed, he was feeling a bit tired, feeling like he could finally relax fully. "Though I have no idea how to start." He chuckled a bit, as he moved forward, grabbing another portion of sweets.

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@Saraphina