A new home [Guild introduction]

Volac stared upwards at the mountain trail that he'd been told to follow, a bemused look on his face. This was the first time that he'd ever travelled on this particular mountain, and while he was slightly disappointed that there wouldn't be as much of a challenge actually climbing the mountain, he was at least somewhat relieved that there was actually a marked-down trail that people could follow. Not everyone was used to climbing a mountain, and with how tall the particular mountain was, it would be more than a little silly considering what the path led to. The Silver Wolves Guildhall, a rather large guildhall that was nestled within one of the taller mountains in the mountain range that contained Phoenix Mountain. Not only that, but the apparent snowstorm that surrounded the guild itself would have someone lost in an instant.

... Maybe he'd finally be able to find a home here.

He'd been travelling through a few of the towns that were bordering Phoenix mountain, completing his usual route for deliveries. Jobs had been slowing recently, leaving him with less work, so he'd been forced to take on more routes to try and get even a fraction of the pay that he used to get by taking actual missions or tasks from the various towns he'd gone through. The money was only barely enough, and it was thinning out no matter how frugally he decided to live. So, he'd decided to ask around, wandering throughout the various towns about places that he could go that would offer better work. Quite a few had initially suggested fairy tail, but that was clear on the other side of Fiore. Some had also suggested Luminous Rose... but they just, didn't call to him, the idea of making his magic stronger for any reason making him slightly nauseous.


"Isss something wrong..? You heartrate just spiked." Volac quietly turned his gaze down to his scarf as a scaly head poked itself out of the folded fabric. "It's... ok. Just nervous." he said softly, a hand going to his scarf so he could stroke his beloved familiar's head. "Thank you... for worrying, Hi... Hita.. Hitaaa-OW!" Hitamuki nipped his chin, a low hiss coming from her mouth "Sstop that, no throwing your voice out before we even get there!" she scolded, snuggling closer to him. "Ssseriously.. You'll need it for introductions, yesss? Don't waste it!" Volac could only nod in response, looking up at the mountain trail.

Wearing her usual green, white, and gold outfit with black bike shorts underneath the skirt, Leona was standing in the foyer of the guild hall and holding her second cup of coffee from the guild cafe. She was seriously considering buying a third cup even though that might not be a good idea. To say that she liked coffee was an understatement. She liked coffee so much that the only other thing she would drink was water. That habit was probably bad for her health, but so was going to the Cursed Lands or fighting cultists.

Leona was halfway through her second cup of coffee when she felt a magic signature and decided to investigate its source. With cup of coffee clutched in her right hand Leona exited the guild hall to locate the source of the magic signature.

-Outside Silver Wolf Guild Hall-

Leona walked outside the guild hall and shut the door behind her, then began moving in the direction of the magic signature. As she drew closer to the source she thought that she could make out a human shape in the distance, but it could also be her just seeing things. She would still check it out, though. If there was nothing there then she would turn around and head back to the guild hall to finish her coffee.

The Wizard Saint continued to walk forward while taking the occasional sip of coffee until she spotted a well-dressed young man being escorted by one of the spectral wolves. Leona took another drink of coffee before lowering her cup and approaching him. Having practiced introducing herself many times before, Leona decided to just say who she was from the start so that she did not look like she was trying to gain an edge in the interaction by revealing her importance at the last moment.

"Hi there. I'm Leona Jarnefeldt, Guild Mistress of Silver Wolf and the Wizard Saint of Courage." Leona calmly introduced herself to the young man.

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Leona's face briefly turned red from embarrassment when she heard the young man's reaction to her introduction. Maybe she should have just introduced herself using her name instead of her name and her titles. She had tried to let the young man know who she was from the beginning instead of at the end so that they could have an interaction as equals, but the blonde failed to take into account the effect of using her titles too. It was clear that she needed to rethink how she introduced herself to others in the future.

Not sure what to say to try and alleviate the young man's nervousness, Leona opted to say nothing at all and let him do the talking... or writing, rather. She watched him produce a pen and patiently waited for him to write out his message to her. When it was presented to her she immediately noticed that it was written in an aesthetically pleasing style, but she also noticed that the young man's name was Volac Seihsa. She also read that he was interested in joining Silver Wolf.

Leona did not have to think very hard about her answer because she already knew what it would be. What she had to think about was the wording of her answer. After a few moments the blonde gave her reply.

"Certainly, Volac. You're welcome to join Silver Wolf if you'd like... we're always looking for new members." Leona answered calmly. She decided to go with a short and simple answer. She just hoped that her response did not sound curt to the prospective new member.

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Leona took a sip from her cup of coffee as Volac wrote another message to her. She had never seen anything like this before and she watched the pen intently as it spelled out what Volac wanted it to write. She lowered her cup and was about to speak to him when he dashed off another message to her. Leona read over both parts and decided to address each part individually.

"It's no problem, Volac. Silver Wolf is always looking for new members and the guild will be glad to have you." Leona addressed the first message. Just as Leila Vergious had welcomed anyone willing to join Silver Wolf over four years ago Leona was welcoming anyone willing to join the guild and help its missions. Prospective new members were an unknown quantity that could bring any number of skills and talents to the table, skills and talents that Silver Wolf was willing and able to harness towards its missions.

That led to the second part of Volac's message. Leona read it again just to be sure that she had read everything carefully before talking. When she was certain that she comprehended it she spoke to him a second time.

"Yes, Volac. One of Silver Wolf's main missions is magical research. To do that research we rely on all the members of the guild no matter what Division they're part of." Leona informed Volac that what he had heard about the guild's mission was true and gave him a preview of the Divisions that Silver Wolf employed to carry out its work.

"If you want to focus mainly on research you might be interested in joining the Scholars. They're the Division who does the heavy lifting when it comes to research on magic and science." Leona revealed the name of one of the Divisions and made a suggestion. Volac seemed to a scholarly sort, but he might not be content just reading books and doing experiments all day. He might want to venture out into the world and search for artifacts himself as opposed to letting the Hunters do all the searching. It was his call.

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