The Watering Hole ~ Candyman and Cookielady

The colourful haired man, often known as the Candyman, was named Shiraz Sucrose. He was a C rank mage of Fairy Tail. Before he was approached by the guild master he had been perusing some missions posters which he had acquired from the board. However, Shiraz was not the type to queue. All that pushing and shoving was unharmonious and thus not beautiful meaning Shiraz would not take part. Instead he seemed to extend a hand and a random job poster would float towards him mystifying those in the queue. Those who knew him would know he was using his hair magic in order to pick up the posters. However, Shiraz was not mean. He did not hoard these posters to himself. When he found out he didn't want to take the mission he distributed it to a person he felt suitable for the job. Shiraz was all about harmony and thus all about team work. At any point in time he might have to work with any of these people so he kept his eyes and ears open to learn about his comrades. As such he was able to hand out the posters to people who would probably be interested.

"Will you come on a job with me, pleaaaaaaaaaase!" a voice said. He had been looking away at the time, but now turned forwards to see none other than the guild master herself coming towards him. He was surprised she would want his help with a mission. Then again a good leader should know her guild mates. Without even moving he took the poster from her, one more with his head, and looked it over. It seemed some man had got cooked on some ale and now wouldn't leave the tavern alone. The owner was worried his recipe would be stolen and thus he would be ruined. An interesting predicament. He hated people who stole for greed. It disrupted the natural harmony of the world. Now stealing because you had no choice he could understand, but no not for greed.

"Of course Lady Ebony." he said rising to his feet and with a gesture of his hand made a triple chocolate chip cookie and offered her it. "Enjoy." As he rose to his feet his hair had moved and changed forming a short cropped style, though still keeping its rainbow colours. He was only wearing a vest-top and jeans, both high quality and well made, but still basic stuff. "I suggest we take Syrup. It will be faster than walking." He began to walk heading towards the outside of the building.

When he got outside he put his fingers to his lips and whistled a four note tune. It was quite loud. Not overly so, but it was enough to do the job, which was to alert Syrup. To the sounds of oohs and ahhs from the sky descended a six legged alicorn. It was a foal of the species Janis Unicorn. This was Syrup. His fur was as soft and smoth as silk. He was a very comfortable ride, even without a saddle. "Have you met Syrup before Lady Ebony?" he said offering her his hand to help her onto the back of the alicorn.

He smiled knowingly. "Ah the truest bond companions can share. Beautiful" he said and then without any words Syrup reared onto its hind legs with a beautiful whinny and then took the skies. "Syrup is an alicorn as you said, but his species is known as the Janis Unicorn. He is only a foal though." He had seen fully grown Janis unicorns. Yet Syrup outshone them all in his eyes. "A full grown one wouldn't of been able to land on this street." Things had gone well so far. The guild master had enjoyed his cookie and found Syrup as much of a delight as he did if he was any judge of people. "Beer is not a beautiful drink, at least in most cases, but i've heard this man's can outshine even the finest wines." Like with most food related items Shiraz was an expert on alcohol of various kinds. He had not sampled the man's wares, but he had heard of them.

The janis unicorn's flight was slow at first. He was showing off for the crowd, the sun glittering on his skin and mane. He was beautiful. Shiraz was not holding on with hands but with hair. It was not much, but enough for him. It wasn't necessary at the slow speeds that Syrup was flying at near the beginning. However, once the town's borders were cleared the wings began to beat faster and the legs moved. It was almost as if the mighty creature was running on the air itself. Shiraz made another gesture with his hand and a glass of wine appeared in it. The wine glass was not made of glass though. He did not have the power to create class. No instead it was made of a crystalized sugar. As he raised it the sunlight caught it and it sparkled like a rainbow. "What would you like to drink Lady Ebony? We have a bit of a flight ahead of us I'm afraid." From what he knew of the guild master he suspected something like a soda of some kind. She didn't seem the type to drink wine.

Shiraz was quiet for a moment thinking on what best to serve her and then with his free hand he made a gesture causing a pint glass to appear filled with the finest Mellow Cola. It was a very high quality sugary cola drink. The glass was not crystalized sugar like Shiraz's one. Instead, it was one made of another sugar based item. It was made of the same meterial as jelly babies. "The glass is edible Lady Ebony. Enjoy it and the drink within." he said with a smile using his hair to hand it to her. The flight was indeed a long one. Shiraz managed to drink his wine before they reached there, and he sipped it only every now and then. However, eventually the janis unicorn known as Syrup began to slowly descend from the sky.

"It appears we have almost arrived my Lady." Shiraz said calmly. "Are you ready to begin?" The alicorn landed, but Shiraz did not dismount. Instead he waited for an answer from Ebony. She was the guild master and thus would likely lead this mission. Besides, ladies first was a much more beautiful sentiment then him rushing ahead. It would give him a few more seconds to gather himself. He had used some minor magic power to make the sweets and drinks. It was barely anything, but still it was best to go in fully prepared. "Syrup will keep an eye out from the sky so we shouldn't be caught unawares by any dreadful rogues."

When they eventually dismounted Syrup would fly off almost immediately and stay high in the sky where it would be very difficult to see him. He could fight of course, but Shiraz did not like to risk him in combat unless his hand was forced. The unicorn was only a child after all. When he was a bit older Shiraz would allow him into combat more often though how he would fight at his full size Shiraz had no idea. "There will likely be quite a few of the rogues, but between us I am sure we can handle it my Lady."

It seemed the guild master enjoyed his way of talking because although she mocked it she did it with a smile and there was no meanness in her tone. He took the pocky gratefully with a slight bow of his head to thank her. It was a simple treat, but quite tasty. "Thank you my Lady." he said with a smile showing off brilliant white teeth. How a guy who ate so much sugar and other sweet stuff had such beautiful teeth few knew. He couldn't really explain it himself. It was just a side effect of having candy related magic. From her words and actions it seemed he was to be in charge for this mission. It was a strange thought leading the leader of the guild, but it had a beauty to its strangeness. Perhaps today he could prove himself to her. He walked towards the building and pushed open its door. The brightly coloured man got a few stairs, but he just smile and walked over to the bartender showing him the poster they had taken.

"We are mages of Fairy Tail and we would like to take this job." he said calmly showing the back of his hand to reveal his guild crest. The man looked over the pair. To him it looked like a pretty boy and a teenager were taking the job. He seemed skeptical. "Do not judge a book by its cover sir. We will be more than sufficient to handle a few thugs." As if on cue the door burst open and from it came two drunkards with a magic aura. It seemed to him they were probably around his rank in power. However, they seemed unrefined and he would not lose to such brutes.

"Hey barkeep. The boss sent us to get some more of that beer. Hand it over." one of them said with a few hiccups breaking up the sentence. The bartender looked at Shiraz quizzically and he sighed.

"You unrefined buffoons are not worthy of such a tasty treat at this man's famous beer. Leave or suffer the wrath of Fairy Tail." he said and in response one of the men just chuckle and fired off a bolt of dark energy that graze Shiraz's cheek. He lifted a hand to it and felt blood. They had cut his skin. His actual skin. They had made him bleed. "You damaged my beautiful face. Now you die." he said and lunged forward suddenly. As he did so he held one hand to his mouth, with the thumb touching the lip, and the other just below it. He pulled back and seemingly out of nowhere a large lollipop was formed. Yet this was no ordinary lollipop as the bandits found out. "Lollipop Hammer." he shouted as he knocked one of the men flying backwards out of the door. He had attempted to get a shield of darkness up in time, but Shiraz's attack was so sudden and so full of anger that he wasn't able to. The man did manage to block some of the damage, but not enough to prevent him going flying. The candyman swung the hammer round in a quick horizantal sweep to try and hit the other, but was blocked by a barrier. He leapt back and looked at the man. The other one came walking back in an angry look on his face.

"You'll pay for that Fairy." he said and spat on the floor. Shiraz's eyes were now definitely icy blue. He was seriously pissed and not in the normal way you got pissed in a bar. No, he was angry. This man had made him bleed, damaged his face and now was insulting Fairy Tail. The other man threw a stool at Shiraz, but he blocked it with his hammer.

"The only one's paying will be you." he said assuming a ready stance the anger still clear on his face.

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Shiraz was impressed at the guildmaster's power. In one blow she'd knocked one down. It wasn't enough to take them out, but it did seem that Ebony wasn't even trying. "I apologise for causing any damage." he said as he stood next to her. "I'll reimburse them with some delicious treats, but now I believe its time for some beautiful beatdowns." Suddenly, from the sky came a beam of energy which hit the one that had hurt Shiraz earlier and scorched his flesh. The pain was so intense for the man that he let out a scream of agony as he fell into unconciousness. Shiraz smiled. That had been Syrup using his Rainbow Shot attack. He had requested that via his telekinetic link with the alicorn.

Shiraz swung his hammer round and lunged forward suddenly. The man was in shock from the damage that had been done to his friend and was looking upwards wildy for the source. "Look away from a battle with me and your likely to get a sweet beating." he said and slammed the hammer into the man's stomach knocking the wind out from him. Shiraz leapt back swinging the hammer upwards in an uppercut that hit the man with enough force to cause him to backflip. This man was now unconcious as well. However, a quick warning from Syrup told him that more thuggish looking people were coming. They were similar to the first group and soon they were within his sight. The three of them looked at their knocked out allies and then at Shiraz and Ebony.

"Did you do this to our buddies?" one of them shouted and hurled a bolt of dark energy. Shiraz was only just swift enough to bring his hammer up to block the blow. However, unfortunately it caused his hammer to shatter. Shards of lollipop hit him in the fact. Some of the sticky shards stuck to his face. Shiraz stared for a moment blinking then with one hand he wiped away the shards. Once more his eyes began to glow that brilliant icy blue and his hair began to billow out. "Oh did I break your little hammer? Are you gonna cry?"

"No...but you will." Shiraz said lunging forward.

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As Shiraz got closer his guildmaster, the Lady Ebony, used quite a beautiful spell to fell one of the alcoholic mages. He was charging forward and as he did he held his hands together with their fingers intertwined, with the top of the hand facing forward (so the thumbs facing upwards). Suddenly he spread them apart whilst focusing magic power and in front of him formed a large 8ft tall purple gummi bear. It roared and charged at one of the mages. The shock of its sudden appearance was enough for it to get a few blows with its razor sharp rock claws. Still, that was not the extent of Shiraz's attack. He ran at the gummi bear and up its back before springing off to the side suddenly forming a candy cane sword.

Once more the element of surprise was on his side, but feeling it wouldn't be enough as he got close to the opponent he suddenly dropped the sword and grabbed it with his hair. The man had been expecting a stab, but instead he got Shiraz leaping into him and driving him to the ground. Shiraz punched the man shattering his nose and knocked him unconcious. He rose to his feet and turned to see how his bear was doing. He took his sword from his hair as he watched. The bear was doing quite well. It was one of his strongest spells, but the bear was not smart. It was just pre-programmed to attack.  The man seemed to have worked that out and leapt back launching a bolt of dark energy that sliced through one of the bear's legs. The leg dissapeared but was soon replaced. Yet it seemed that the bear was going slower now. SHiraz knew the bear wouldn't last much longer. He could see the man preparing more of his dark magic.

He lunged at the man and stabbed out with his sword. The man leapt as if to dodge it, but Shiraz had expected as much and had wrapped thin strands of his hair around it so that when the man leapt to the side and 'out of reach' the blade left Shiraz's hand and kept going stabbing the man in the arm. He let out a yelp of pain and that was when the bear ended it. Shiraz nodded. "A fitting death for such an ugly brute." he said pulling the sword back and cleaning it off on one of the knocked out man's robes.

Out of nowhere though a bullet flew past him and narrowly grazed the tip of his nose. It hit the bear followed by a geyser of dark magic beneath it destroying the bear. Shiraz turned, a strange look on his face. "Did I give you permission to destroy my gummi bear?" Another alcoholic mage and some thuggish looking guy wielding a revolver. He didn't look much.

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Ebony, or Lady Ebony as Shiraz preferred to call her, was quite an amazing fighter. Her magic was also beautiful and deadly. Truly worthy of being a guild master and truly worthy of being HIS guildmaster, which was a different matter entirely. He swept a hand through his hair and looked at the fallen enemies. They had done exceptionally well in defeating so many with so little effort. He had used a lot of magic though which was a shame, but he wasn't as powerful as Lady Ebony yet. Yes, he had used quite a lot of magic power, but he had a feeling it would of impressed the guild master to some extent. OR at least he hoped he had.

It seemed another three dark mages had three spikes of darkness hurtled towards him. Two he dodged and the third he sliced down with his sword and stared at the men. "More ruffians milady. I wonder when their boss will show up." he said and then swept his hand through his hair again. "His cowardice and disregard for his allies is truly ugly."

He walked towards them his sword raised up and twisted slightly. He wondered how best to deal with this group. He had used most of his strongest spell then he grinned. There were three of them and he had a spell ideally suited for taking down three. He dashed forward suddenly and changed his grip so that he was once more wielding the sword with his hair. As he got close he slammed his hands together and then slammed them on the ground before performing a quick cartwheel to land on his feet. A faint rumble was heard beneath the feet of each of the men and they looked down in confusion and surprise. Just as he'd intended. One of them leapt back, but the other two were hit by boiling hot soda. "Candy Make Mentos Geyser" The third had only narrowly dodged it. He had a scared look on his face as he heard his friends scream in agony before falling to the floor, the pain knocking them out.

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It seemed the guild master didn't mind herself getting hurt, but didn't like him risking himself. Did she understand his beauty was sacred? Or did she just believe her comrades lives were more important than her own? It did not matter at this moment. Suddenly, he was forced to leap backward as a large blast of dark energy hit the ground followed by the sound of a large belch.

"You missed him brother." said a voice.

"Aye, he moved. That's not fair." said another. Shiraz turned and saw two people sitting on a roof. Each of them had a jug in one hand and a sawn off shotgun in the other. Both were clearly drunk. However, they also seeemed quite powerful in dark magic. Their guns and jug actually had coating of it. "Let's see if he can dodge this." He took a swig of his jug and then spat launching a huge blob of dark energy. Rather than dodging it he slashed it in two with a look of disgust on his face.

"Ah he saw that one coming brother. You need to be quicker than that."  he said.

"How dare you spit at me. That's just disgusting." Shiraz said and chucked a rock at the man using his hair. The rock hit the jug and smashed it causing the man to stare at Shiraz with a look of shock and anger upon his face.

"You broke the bottle that big brother gave to me." he said rising to his feet and leaping down. "Let's show them what we think of that boys." At those words another  three gunners game out of the shadows. One held a rifle, one a revolver and one some kind of rocket launcher. Where were they getting this tech from? They weren't alone though as another two of the dark mages turned up. Now there were two 'moonshiners', two 'alcoholics' and three 'gunners'. It was a ragtag crew, but their numbers were getting a bit ridiculous. What's more there appeared to be no sign of their mysterious boss.

"Shall we show them the power of Fairy Tail Lady Ebony?" Shiraz said preparing to charge into the fray.

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