The Day the Snow Stopped [Open]

The man who she had pulled the arm of turned to look at her and shook his head. "Sorry I too am a tourist." he said and walked away. It was then that there was a shout from above her.

"I know the way." it said. It was a male voice and if she looked up she would see a man spinning round a flag pole sticking out the side of a building. Suddenly, the man flew straight upwards then back down where he grabbed the pole once more, spun a few times and dropped down landing in front of her. He was wearing a black vest top and jeans, a green headband and a black eye patch. His hair was a vivid red and spiked and there was a big smile on his face. Clearly visible on his arm was the guild crest of blue pegasus on his right arm in black. A green orb floated down and landed on his right arm illuminating the arm. "I'm Zack Rose, this is Devon. Follow me to the BP." With that he began to run off quite quickly. In fact, in a few seconds he was gone leaving a trail of dust and snow behind him. Zack was a speed freak, but fortunately for Julia the green orb stayed behind. The glow faded to reveal a tiny blonde fairy dressed in green and white.

"Hey, like the speed demon said i'm Devon. I'll show you the way." The little fairy lit up with the green light and began to fly off slowly. She was quite a useful thing to follow. She too liked to go fast, but she wasn't a speed freak so wasn't going to fly off at high speeds leaving this girl in the dust.

Khalisha walked along the streets of Clover town, looking for the guild that was in town. It was called something like Blue Unicorn, or whatever. She hadn't really paid attention when being told about the guild; she just knew that she wanted to be there. She'd heard that it was a good place to become a powerful mage, and it had plenty of sexy men and women to boot. She just had to see if the place was for real, and if it was she simply had to join up with them.

As she walked, looking around for the guild hall and occasionally stopping to ask for directions, she started to shiver from the cold, whining a bit to herself and sneezing. "Nnng~ So cold~" She was about 5'3'', with an almost perfect hourglass figure (her butt was a bit wider than bust), and beautiful, dark skin. She had brown hair that was kept in a largely messy tuft atop her head, organized only by a few hairclips as if she had gotten ready in a hurry.

Oh, and she had large, soft, brown cat ears and an equally soft-looking tail that swayed happily behind her.

She was clearly not dressed for the weather, wearing only a hoody that wasn't even zipped all the way up. The hood was down, too, mostly so she didn't have to keep her ears flat against her head. She was wearing a thin, tight, black leather collar, and two little, metal earrings in her left ear. As for bottoms, she was just wearing a simple, long black skirt that went down to her ankles and had a hole in the back for her tail; it was no wonder that she was so cold.

After hours of searching, Khalisha finally found her way to the front of the guild hall, and as she stood, smiling up at the building and taking it in, she thought, Wow!~ It really is real!, just before twitching her ears slightly at the sound of someone rapidly approaching. She turned just in time to see a blur of motion that appeared to be headed right towards the building she was in front of, but strangely, rather than freaking out, she just stared blankly at the blur and slowly stepped out of the way. Then, she simply approached the doors of the building and knocked curiously on them, standing with her legs together and her back arched a bit, ears flat against her head as she started to doubt if she'd even be worthy of joining up with such a cool-sounding place. "Hello? This is Khalisha, is anyone there? I was hoping to join up with your guild.." There seemed to be a slight southern twang to her voice; barely even there but still noticeable if one were to listen closely enough.

((Sorry for poor post quality; I'm really sick but I really wanted to post, too))

Things were always at a fast pace for Zack. If they weren't he got bored and impatient quickly. It was possibly for this reason that people rarely stayed in his mind for very long. His mind was constantly buzzing, except when sleeping, and processed things very quickly so things that weren't overly impressive were rapidly forgotten. People like Shuhei stuck in his mind because they were impressive. However, even people like the 'fastest mage alive' would eventually fade from his mind. Even if they were the reason he had joined the Blue Pegasus guild in the first place. Therefore it was nothing personal that by the time he neared the halls of Blue Pegasus he had forgotten her entirely despite the fact it snowed perpetually around her. This was partially for the aforementioned reasons, but also due to the rather attractive cat person standing in his way. He grinned to himself and leapt into the air at the last moment, sailing over her head. As he did he exhaled greatly and blew the door open so that he landed safely in front of the cat woman. However, unlike cats he was not the type to always land on his feet and instead he landed on his hands in a perfect handstand. He raised himself up onto one hand and gave a salute before flipping himself up.

"Hey there pretty lady." he said his one good eye glinting slightly. "Fancy a game of cat and mouse? Catch me if you can." With that he dashed off once more. However, like with the snow girl he forgot this woman almost instantly and just ran through Blue Pegasus because he liked to run. This was just the sort of thing he did. He might remember them if he met them later or he might not, but that was the way things went.


Devon meanwhile was VERY interested in the snow girl. She hadn't forgotten about her nor was she being left behind. She was interested in anyone who might end up working with Zack, so most people in Blue Pegasus. However, she was particularly interested in why it was constantly snowing around this girl. She'd heard of a guy known as the 'rain god' before. He was a man so beloved by the clouds that they constantly followed him and showered him in praise. Perhaps this girl was similar and was a 'snow god' or something. Or maybe she was just really really unlucky with the weather. Or maybe it was something else entirely. She didn't raise the topic about it though until they were inside the guild. The cat girl caught her eye was well, which was strange since normally she had eyes only for Zack.

"Hey there. Just curious...why is it snowing around you?" Devon asked Julia. She was intently curious about the topic. However, with a quick glance she looked at the cat girl. "Come on in, there's plenty of room."

As Khalisha was knocking on the door, it would suddenly swing wide open from the strange blur, who now appeared in front of her looking like a guy with red hair and one eye (the other was covered up), literally blowing it open. The strangest part about it all was that the guy was standing on his hands in front of her, and even brought one hand up into a salute. "U-uhm... Wha?~" She said, holding back her urge to hiss at the guy for surprising her like that. The guy then flipped up to his feet and slung a compliment at her, before making what seemed to be a joke about her having the features of a cat, and then zooming off, leaving her staring blankly at where he was just a moment before, as if seeing some imaginary outline of him. She had a faint blush on her face from being called a 'pretty lady'; one would think she'd be used to something like that, but she wasn't at all. She'd actually been alone for her entire life, living off of her own skills and the charity of others. "H-hey! Wait up, handsome!" She shouted, taking off after the red-head who had greeted her.

She didn't get far at all, though, before a cute little girl burst through the doors just after her along with a tiny fairy that seemed to be trying to lead her here. The girl then started excitedly shouting about how she wanted to join in the most adorable accent that Khalisha had ever heard. It was a thick, small, Russian one that made Khalisha's ears perk up and her tail start swaying happily. "Oh my god!~ You are just the cutest lil' thing ever!" Khalisha dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms tightly around the little girl with the Russian accent, nuzzling her warmly and purring into her ear, smiling widely with her eyes closed. The girl reminded her so vividly of the child she'd always wanted to raise; Khalisha was still a bit young to think seriously about having a kid, but she already knew she wanted one later on in life. "And who's your little friend here?~" She asked, pointing curiously at the fairy that was flying nearby. She favored the fairy with a cute little wink and another smile, the wink giving off an imaginary heart. She wrapped up the whole thing with a cute 'meow' at the fairy, giggling softly.

She seemed to have completely forgotten about the cute red-head that had greeted her at the door of the guild. This was mostly because of the new source of cute (Though, admittedly, it was a different form of cute), but also because he had rushed off so quickly that she had no hope of catching him, so she just went ahead and kept herself busy attacking the albino Russian girl with hugs and nuzzles, staring curiously at the fairy. "So you want to join Blue Pegasus too?~ Wow! So do I~ I guess that means we'll be hanging out alot then, huh? Since we're both gonna be new!" She said, still purring as she attempted to speak, which made all of her vowels sound as though they had been somehow rolled, which sounded particularly strange coming from her South-U.S. American accent.

Zack skidded to a halt a thoughtful look on his face and looked about. It had been about five minutes of hard running, and he was FAST, so he was quite far away from the two newbies and Devon. It was the lack of Devon that had caused him to stop and he peered about. It was unusual for Devon to leave his side unless requested. She liked to keep an eye on him, or particularly on the part beneath his eyepatch. Very strange. "I feel like i'm forgetting something." he said slightly puzzled and flipped into a handstand and began to walk about like that. He hoped that the blood rushing to his head would help him remember what he'd forgotten. The lack of Devon had stimulated a bit of remembrance. Devon had left his side before he'd got back to the guild of that he was certain. He flipped back onto his feet without a bit of difficulty. "TO THE FRONT DOOR!" he shouted and began to run back towards the front door of the guild.

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Meanwhile, at the front door. The fairy known as Devon had met the cat girl and watched with amusement, and slight jealously, as the snow girl and the cat girl began to snuggle and nuzzle eachother. She wished she had such a relationship with Zack.

"I am Devon of Malkariss, a friend of Zack Rose an A rank mage of this guild." she said and then focused spreading her arms wide. The light shined brilliantly for a moment and she seemed to grow, as did her clothes, until she was a 5ft6 tall woman standing next to them. "Pleased to meet you both." She winked at them a big smile on her face. "Us girls should stick together. I'll get Zack to take you two on some missions to help you out." They were an interesting trio. A cat girl, a human-sized fairy and a girl whom it was constantly snowing around. None of them were normal, even for mages.

"There you are Devon." Zack shouted as he came towards the door at high speed. It was then he noticed the other two and leapt into the air. With a swift spin and flip he came to a stop in a crouch in front of them. "Ah...I was meant to lead you to the guild wasn't I?" he said with a slight embarrassed look to his face as he rose to his feet his eyes on the snow girl. "Sorry about that. I tend to get carried away, particularly when I run." His gaze drifted over, which wasn't that far due to the snuggling, to the cat girl. He realised then that he'd run off from both of these girl's without introducing himself. "Hey there, i'm Zack Rose. I'm quite new here myself."

"That's true. He used to be part of another guild, but it was wiped out whilst we were away." she said sadly. She'd had friends in the guild. A look of sadness came into Zack's eyes, but quickly faded and he ruffled the fairies hair.

"Let's not put our burdens on the newcomers. So, you two want to join huh?"[/color]

So Khalisa and Julia. "Pretty name's for pretty girls." he said half to himself. An interesting pair that was for certain and two he felt would be very useful assets to the guild. They were very lively and had a lot of a potential. Perfect Pegasi. He took a deep breath. He couldn't run this time so he had to try to remain calm. "Follow me ladies." he said with a smile and turned away. If he recalled correctly the place to sign up was near the bar. Devon followed him closely. It was clear to most people, nearly all in fact except Zack, that she had a deep affection for him. He felt for her too, but not in the same way. She was his closest companion and the one person who permanently stuck in his mind. He would never forget her and should anyone hurt her that person would die slowly. Zack was not normally vindictive or cruel, but he protected his friends. No friend of his would ever die on a mission with him. He would rather die first. That was just the kind of guy he was. He loved to run, but would never run away.

He lead them over, at a fast walking pace, to the bar and leapt over it. "I know its here somewhere." he mumbled and began to rummage about. "AHA" he said triumphantly as he popped back up with the sign up sheet and a magic stamp. He cleared his throat and took on a serious air. "Sign your name on this sheet and you are bound to the guild. Leaving is not easy and if you do you will not be re-permitted so make sure it is what you truly want." He was probably making up this stuff, but the joining of a guild should not be taken lightly and thus he tried to make it seem at least a little bit serious. It was not easy though because seriousness was not in his nature. He wondered if he should ask Shuhei first. Nah, the guild master wouldn't want to be bothered by this. He was probably sleeping or drunk or both. "Then tell me where you want your guild tattoo and i'll stamp you." Devon had to hide her giggles as she saw 'serious' Zack. It was quite entertaining.

"Don't worry girls. You'll be safe in the Blue Pegasus. We are like a big family." she said and thought of some of the fights she'd seen between guild members when they got a bit rowdy. Yeah, definitely like a family. "Besides me and Zack will look after you"

The compliments caused both of them to blush briefly, but other than that their reaction was not over the top. Devon didn't mind being last. Compared to Khalisa, even with her wings, she felt a bit plain. However, for such a beauty to call her beautiful perked her up a bit. The cat lady was the first to sign her name and show where she wanted her tattoo. Where she wanted it was, highly unusual.

Zack sort of froze and Devon did entirely with a strange look on her face as Khalisa asked to have her stamp and probably the most provocative area she could have on her body without it being classed as indecent exposure and even then it was close. However, Zack smiled briefly and stamped it leaving the stamp as white for a moment. It would glow briefly and then change to whatever colour the Khalisa decided before becoming permanent. Zack did have a blush on her face though and Devon was glaring at the pair of them as if she was going to kill them. However, both of them returned to calmness with the distraction provided by Julia. It seemed she was unable to read and write which both of them found quite sad. They both loved to read believing the escape from reality to be amazing. Zack smiled at her. "That's fine Khalisa can sign it for you if she wants, or if she doesn't Devon will." he said to her. That made sense to him. He couldn't see any issue to it.

"And here is your tattoo." he said after her name had been added to the list and placed the stamp on her neck. Like with Khalisa it was white at first, then it glowed brightly before turning to the colour Julia decided. "Welcome to the guild Khalisa and Julia." He thought for a while thinking if there was anything else that was necessary. "Ah yeah, Devon will show you to the girl's halls later if you want. Or you can choose to stay at a place somewhere else, they are kind of expensive though, particularly if they know you're a mage."

The comment made by Khalisa was taken in different ways by the two friends. Devon blushed profusely and turned her head away to try and hide it whilst Zack just shrugged. He didn't seem to have registered the innuendo in the comment at all. To him Innuendo was just a good song. He was always a bit blunt when it came to matters of a sexual nature. For someone so skilled in swordmanship and combat it was strange how dull his mind could be on some matters. "I'm sure the three of you will be best friends in no time." Zack said and then leapt over the bar and ran off without even saying goodbye. This left Devon with the two newbies. She shook her head and began to walk off.

"Come on then ladies. I'll show you to your quarters. Its co-ed so be careful what you wear. Some of the men here are a bit more...physically inclined than Zack." this was mostly said to Khalisa who would be an obvious target for some of the more pervy or 'beauty-obsessed' as they preferred to be called. "You won't see Zack there though. He sleeps on one of the ships normally, or near his bikes." Zack was all about speed and thrills so a motorbike was one of his favourite ways to travel. He had one that was specially designed to use magic power and with the high level he had it could go insanely fast. It was quite a thrill just riding it. Plus the risk of it draining all your magic power was just another thrill.

She led them up a staircase to a corridor with doors on either side. "This is where the newer mages stay. As you stay here longer you're able to move to better quarters. Shuhei likes to reward those who stay a part of the guild and do stuff for its benefit." She looked about and nodded. "The ones at the end should be still free. Once you've made your pick just place your hand on the door and it will be sealed to your magical signature. You can remove the seal when you want as can Shuhei, it is his building after all. Though don't worry. He's normally drinking or sleeping so he won't bother you"

"Aww~ You're even more of a cutie when you blush!" Khalisha said, winking at Devon and giggling as she looked away, not noticing that Zack was leaving until it was already done. She felt a little bad that she couldn't say goodbye to him, but she figured he was used to it, since he seemed to have a habit of running off at high speeds. It appeared this way because that's the way she first met him, and Devon didn't seem phased by it at all, which meant it was at the very least a normal thing for him. Something that no attention needed to be brought to. Khalisha followed quietly -- well, as quietly as a large purring cat could sound, anyway, since that was basically what she was -- for a few moments, just looking around and enjoying the view of her new guild. She definitely liked it here, that much was for sure. "Well, that's good to here. I like being petted, after all." Khalisha managed to keep a completely straight face as she said this, which was especially impressive because it was very much a joke. After a moment or two in which she could see the others' reactions, if there were any, she burst into a giggling fit and spoke up once more. "Nahh!~ I'm just kidding! I mean, it's true in a way, but still! Besides, I like men, but I prefer women." This time she wasn't joking. Then the bit about not seeing Zack here registered and she had to blink a few times.

"Zack sleeps on the ships?" She was speaking in a low tone, talking to herself, and this was all she mentioned because Zack having bikes didn't surprise her enough for her to mention them. Plus she would rather not bring up him sleeping near them. She figured he was odd, after all everyone was odd (and in most situations she was the most odd, so she had no right to say anything on that matter), but that was just a bit too out there. Mostly because when she thought of it she thought of Zack cuddling up with a bike in a bed, so it's understandable that she'd think that was weird. She shook her head to clear it of that, and to focus on what Devon was saying now about the rooms. She gazed down the corridor at all of the doors, her smile persisting on her face. This was more than she expected out of free housing, anyway, so she was already plenty happy. She had expected a large room filled with bunk beds. "Oh, wow~ This place sure is pretty nice... All this room for new mages, huh?" She was already looking around at all the doors and checking to see if they were taken. She was trying to find a pair of rooms either right next to each other or across from each other. "Hey, Julia~ We should get rooms really close together! How's that sound? That way we can stay close and be best friends!~" She called out to the little albino girl, already having grown an 'unhealthy connection' to the little girl, as some modern-day psychiatrists might say, but forget them.

Khalisha was impressed with the way the doors worked, how you could 'bind' a room to you by pressing your hand up to the door and letting it read your magical signature. It was really quite amazing. After a very short time looking around at the rooms, she turned to face Devon again, pulling out her deck of magical cards and looking through them with mild interest, occasionally picking out a card. "Hey, Devon.. All joking and innuendo aside, you really like Zack don't you? Actually, don't answer that, it doesn't matter. What I'm actually trying to say is thanks for the warm welcome to the guild... I have a present for you, if you'll take it." She was walking towards Devon as she spoke, eventually holding four cards up. "Normally I'd just say something like 'my offer still stands' and wink at you or something.. But instead I'll just give you this."

Khalisha flipped two of the cards up into the air and let them do their thing (the cards being 'crystal' and 'heart'), forming a beautiful, tiny little heart out of deep red crystal. She put the other two cards away, on the top of the deck, and began to shuffle the deck with one hand as she held the little 1-inch tall heart up to Devon. "Here you go~ Just a little memento for when you first met me. I think I have something in here for Zack too, I just can't think of anything he'd particularly like.. I can't do much with the cards as of now, so it'd have to be small. And not very fast moving." She giggled again at the last thing she said, smiling at Devon as she waited for the fairy to take the heart. She was hoping that while she did this Julia would find a room that she liked, and planned on pestering her forever about going on missions together and playing games. She desperately wanted to shower the little girl with love, for whatever reason. She wanted to ask Devon to join in with the games and such, but she figured there would either be more of a tour of the building once she and Julia picked out rooms, or the fairy would have other things to do then just sit around and play with the kitty and the albino, which was why she picked now to get all serious and give Devon the super special present for being so kind.

Since they had been shown to their rooms Devon decided to bid her farewells. She had things to do. She was about to leave when she was given the gift by Khalisa. She took it with a smile. "Thank you for the gift." she said with a definite tone of gratitude in her voice. She'd ignored the other comments Khalisa made though they did make her blush. "I don't have anything to give you except friendship and the promise of aid should you need it. As for Zack...anything fast." She thought for a moment. "Speaking of the speed demon I best go find him. See you girls later." With that she shrunk down to her child form, the necklace shrinking with her and flew off without another word.


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