(EVENT) The Annual Guildmaster's Meeting!

When Rin looked at Adrien with a smile crossed her face he couldn't help but smiling back, ever since they started dating she had that effect on him "I haven't seen you since the guild's beach party, how have you been Adrien?" he could see Rin was quite happy as white lightning she was emitting before hand had dissipate completely just as the lightning he was before he reached her though he was still giving off a massive charge but if anyone were to touch him it would feel more like static than lightning. "I-its not l-like I...missed you o-or anything..." Rin told him as as she began to twirl her bangs nervously with her hands. It was clear to Adrien, she had missed him, she failed miserably at hiding her emotions when they were about him he had noticed about a week after they had started dating and found it extremely cute so he never said anything about it knowing it would embarrass her. After Drac had watched Rin twirling her bangs while telling Adrien that she didn't miss him he commented with the nickname Drac had gave Rin that both Adrien and Rin hated "Tsundere Demon." before Rin could even react to Drac's comment Adrien touched the fur on Drac's body and discharged the static charge he had from the lightning he produced from which turned Drac into a black puffball with golden eyes and wings. Drac hissed before he began trying to flatten his furr and mumbling.
Suddenly Rin was knocked straight into Adrien after somebody had bumped into her from behind, Adrien caught Rin and wrapped his arms around her as if he had just hugged her "Even if you didn't miss me I missed you." he told Rin smiling at her warmly which if anybody saw him like apart from Rin would have thought it to be a little strange "I have been okay Rin, just trying to come to turns with some stuff it's nothing to worry about though." his eyes drifted from looking at hers showing he was clearing hiding something from her before he continued and remade eye contact with her "So how have you been part from making speeches on the fly and putting glowing people in choke holds? he asked giving her a friendly smirk while he spoke in a playful and teasing manor. Suddenly reality broke apart several feet above the dessert table as it seemed the ceiling it self seemed to rip in half as an interdimensional tear loudly opened up like a gaping mouth. The portal immediately spit out two figures, one on top of the other, who were struggling intensively. The lower one seemed to be a man in a cape that looked like it had gotten caught in a paper shredder and on top of him was a huge beast that seemed to be a strange hybrid between a vicious giant lizard and a lion. The creature was covered in black scales with red coloured arcane markings and bloodred manes that appeared to be on fire. The two dropped straight down from the portal onto the dessert table smashing it and the food to pieces as plates, glasses, food and beverages were sent flying everywhere. On the moment the two of them made impact, there was a loud gunshot that echoed through the room followed by pieces of brain and black tar-like blood that got splattered every where. Adrien, Rin and Drac would had gotten covered in it if Adrien hadn't shot some of his own blood into it to diluting and mixing it with it allowing him to controls his blood within it stopping it mid air before letting it slowly fall onto the floor not even making a splash. After a brief moment of silence passed the man in the tattered cape apologised before the lady who had offered the dragon sweets began to freak out about how the desserts and dessert table were destroyed and then challenged Zenshin to make a new one. "Honestly," Adrien said sighing "It's one crazy thing after the other, what is going on with everybody tonight?"

Before Leonard could move away from the table, he saw a dimension rip apart on top of the dessert table. Leonard had exactly no idea what will happen. But what he did know was that something might drop down from the rift, straight to the dessert table. And that Kyll worked oh so very hard for it.

Of course, Leonard didn't want that to go to waste, crushed into oblivion and all that. So in an instant, Leonard rushed to the aid of the dessert table. He didn't care for anything anymore except for that table. At that moment, it was the most important thing in the world and he must shield it.

By equipping the Eartshaker, Leonard slammed the great hammer into the ground and caused a thick blocks of earth to rise up. But it was all too late. Because before the rocks could completely shelter the table, a giant monster and a man fell down from the rift, crashing down on the poor dessert table destroying it completely. Leonard was stunned like everyone else in the hall when they had seen what has transpired. And that short pause, Leonard identified the man to be Zeno. Guild Master of the strongest guild in Fiore; Eclipse Soul. Though what was surprising is that everyone clapped at the scene. It kinda says that no one cared about the dessert table. And though everyone was clapping, Leonard stood there with hammer in hand, only to unequipp it afterwards.

Then Leonard quickly came to Kyll's side perhaps to provide comfort for what has happened. Because obviously, anyone who made that would be shaken. He placed a hand on her shoulder and said "I'm sorry about that. I truly am. But I kinda expected quite a marvelous entry from Zeno. He always has one of those. Here, let me get you something to cool you off."

Kihia lifted Icarus up onto his right shoulder, and looked at the man who had just walked up with Cyrus. He sighed when he heard the mans multiple questions, "My name is Kihia Avoa...and I am from Lamia Scale" Kihia said this and then turned to the young girl he had just learned was Rita. He extended out his left hand in offer to help her get up while continuing on, "I learned my ice make magic, from an a man who took me in... Kihia stopped for a moment, he had never given details of where he was from before and with the recent unveiling of his right arm it wasn't a good time.

"May I ask same questions to you...?" Kihia said this quietly...when someone asks about his origins, he doesn't know what to do....but change the subject.

Yuna frowned a bit as she looked down at her watch. She was running a bit late for a meeting she left pending. She lifted her eyes to meet the completed, adorable stuffed animal. Her fingers began to twitch. Taking a deep breath, and in a blur, she grabbed the stuffed toy and sprinted away from Bliss as fast as she could. "I'll give this back! I promise!!!" she yelled before she disappeared out of sight. 

After a while of running, Yuna stopped in her tracks. Bliss was supposed to be at the party, too! If he didn't leave now, he would be late. Hugging the stuffed bear, she skipped towards where Bliss was. He was making yet another stuffed animal and was too preoccupied to notice her. Yuna tapped Bliss's shoulder, causing him to glance up. "You're going to be late!" she giggled before grabbing his arm and running out of the guildmaster meeting.

Zenshin sighed when Zeno made his entrance. That just makes that light dragon slayer left. For the fastest man alive, he sure takes his time he thought before Kyll asked him to create another dessert display. "Of course" were his only words before bringing both arms up and slamming them down on the table in front of him, causing a flash of blue light followed by the appearance of a long table with various assortments of desserts covering it. It was flashier than the previous one, containing a tall fountain of warm chocolate in the very middle surrounded by plates upon plates of any possible dessert imaginable. Of course, the table was only so long, so Zenshin tried to recreate each plate to take up as little space as possible all over the table. Along with the dessert table, Zenshin also fixed the tile that Kyll had rudely smashed as well as replaced the chandelier that was damaged during the tussle between the dragon and the other mages.

"Enjoy everyone. I guarantee you that you'll never have any better dessert" he said with a smile, addressing the crowd once again before turning his head to Chikane. "Trust me, at these things you have to make your own fun or else they get really boring. This has already turned out to be the most eventful 'Annual Guild Masters'. In my time as a guildmaster anyways." he told her before addressing Zeno. "Just sweep it under the table and get on the stage, we'll have time for cleaning after this is all over. Besides, the Q and A is about to start. I have the strangest feeling that Shuhei was just waiting to be the last guildmaster here. He's not exactly known for being fashionably early" he told the guildmaster, just wanting this to start already.

Aegiel wandered away from the chatty group, silently wishing Kihia luck in fending off the admiring mages. He assumed that the ice mage wasn't of the talkative sort. Then a giant portal opened in the sky, and Aegiel watched what appeared to be a wizard tackle a giant, arcane beast and land on the dead center of the desert table. Cakes went flying, and a small bit of frosting splattered onto his nose. Aegiel licked it off and kept walking. He was pretty sure that it would take one helluva event to surprise him after what had already transpired. Looking back, he was surprised that he had the courage to actually take on a dragon, which was defiantly not on his bucket list. Meep twined around Aegiel's neck, resting comfortably on his collarbones. Ah, so that's it. He smiled, stroking the tiny viper's scaly head. If I were being honest with myself, losing her was probably the most frightening thing out of everything that had happened this whole so-called "meeting". Everything else pales in comparison. Smiling and staring off into space, he barely noticed as a tiny girl clutching a stuffed-animal dashed past him, only to melt once more into the chattering crowds. She had cleared a small path behind her, and Aegiel instinctively turned down that route, leading him straight to a mage who was holding what appeared to be sewing needles and various colored threads. About to continue on his way, he felt a twang in his chest, stopping Aegiel in his tracks. Well, that's odd, was the Fatewalker's last thought before he sank into oblivion, crashing to the ground with an audible THUMP.

As Yuna started for a run out if the meeting, she bumped into a young man. "Gyaa!" she yelled out as she fell. "I-I'm so..." Her eyes opened wide as she realized that the man had blacked out. "I-I killed him..!" the poor girl whispered in fear as tears began to pour down her face. Yuna began to frantically around for someone to help her as she got up from the ground. "H-help him..!" she cried out. No only was she crying about hurting, killing.someone in her eyes, but also for the party she was going to miss if.she wasted any minute more.

Rita slid stomach first down a slide of ice. By the time she had reached the bottom of the slide her eyes had grown comical and swirly. She was greeted by a voice that she had heard somewhere before. "~*God? Is that you?*~" Rita muttered, eyes continuing to swirl. with the sound of a 'pop' Rita snapped right back into her senses. She blinked a couple of times and remains comfortably on the floor. She realized the voice she heard before belonged to the rather tall mage that she had run into before. She sweatdropped and blushed with embarrassment after causing a scene.

It was Axel and two of his Lamia Scale guild mates that had arrived at the scene next. She learned from the green haired boy beside him, The one who had lost track of his pet earlier, That her saviors name was Kihia. Rita did that proper thing and turned back to the taller mage and forced a smile, blush and sweatdrop still in tact, "I-Uhm-I totally meant to do that... but Uhm-T-Thanks." She said embarrassed and attempting to cover up how much of a-

"Hello, Rita. I noticed you were falling, and saw that this nice mage saved you. May I ask your name, ice mage? And also, I did not know you were that much of a clutz, Rita, hehe,"

"What!- Axel I'm not a clutz!!!" Rita insisted but didn't convince everyone that well. "Uhm okay...umm maybe a little bit." She said, quieter.

It was the wizard who had dove over there table that spoke next. He figured out her name from axel just as she had learned Kihia's name from his green haired friend. She quickly noted he was an easily intrigued person...much like Axel...and he liked to talk allot...much like Axel...He also didn't know how to ask one question at a time...much like Axel...

Rita sweatdropped as she was bombarded with questions, questions she had all been asked before. She let out a sigh with an anime puff before she began to speak.

"First off I go by Rita nothing more nor nothing less."

"I'm a mage from Fairy Tail along with Axel."

"I use Shadow Creation magic and I lea-" She paused and thought about that last question.

'I can't tell them that...They will ask whom that person is- And then they will start asking me more questions about that!'

"My sister taught me." Only part of the truth, but far from a white lie.

'BOOM'

Rita looked over in surprise to see that Eclipse Soul's guild master had arrived...What a memorable entrance it was, A plummet from the sky into the dessert table...not to mention the beast. Rita couldn't help but stare at the scene slack jawed and dumbstruck.

Rita turned back to Kihia to see him offer her help up. She accepted the help and was now back on her feet.  "Heh...It's been quite an eventful evening hasn't it, Kihia." Rita could only say as she chuckled nervously

She looked over just in time to see the Green haired boy collapse suddenly 'Uh oh' She thought. Rita knelt down and poked him with a sigh. "Things are just getting better and better..." She murmured sarcastically

Suddenly, A burst of white light filled the room, nearly blinding the shadow mage's dark adapted sight , a perk for seeing in gloomy areas while an irritation during bright sunny days. Rita was dazed for a minute but when the light faded it was the guild master of Blue Pegasus whom she saw, fashionably late... But now the meeting was ready to begin and she would have to return to table 15 soon.

Kihia had jumped a bit, when the fourth Guildmaster had arrived, he then helped Rita to her feet and said, "Indeed...." Although Kihia felt the word eventful...was little more than an understatement at this point. Kihia looked towards the stage and nodded when he saw everything was still in order, but then a brilliant flash of light lit up the room and then faded. Kihia was taken aback for a moment and saw the final Guildmaster, the one from Blue Pegasus, He then turned his attention back to the group in front of him, "Something tells me this meeting is about to start, we had best find seats before it is too late..." Kihia nodded at Rita and then at Axel, "It was a pleasure meeting you both," Kihia then walked over to where he was sitting from earlier and took his seat once again.

After he sat down, he took out the small case from his pocket and opened it, inside were two metal tanjo's, similar in color and design to Icarus. He picked up the weapons and then sheathed them into two sheathes on the inside of his trench coat. I will practice with these after I get back to the guild hall... Kihia then nodded and looked up, he placed the case back into his pocket and began to wait for the meeting to kick off.

When Lance saw Rita fall off the roof he was about to do a spell that would save her but Lex started talking to him in his mind "Stop." Lex would tell Lance and controlled his hand so he put hit down. Lance muttered a swear word at Lex which made Lex laugh "She is going to be fine. See look down there." he said as Lance looked down and saw that she had been saved. He smiled faintly as he stood up and glided off the chandelier and over to Rita and the others.

At first he only saw Rita then he looked over and saw the man who had saved her. He smiled at the man and made a small nod "Thanks for saving her..." he said softly and with a chuckle "My names Lance and this is my partner Lea." he said with a smile as Lea came up beside him and smiled at the man before he went to go take a seat.

Lance then turned to Rita with a nervous laugh "Ehe.... Lex stopped me from helping sorry..." he said as he rubbed the back of his head "I hate sharing a body with him..." he then muttered. He was relieved that Rita was ok and that someone had helped her. He got what he needed to say said then returned to table 15 as the meeting was about to start.

Neirak knew little pieces of what had just occurred but he didn't know exactly what happened, and he guessed it didn't matter. Neirak returned back to his empty table with his slice of cake in hand. He sat down and started to think about anything that would randomly enter his head. As he did he unknowingly started to twirl the fork in his hand and almost in a pattern he would stop and take a bite of some cake.

He felt like he should be doing something but he had no idea what he should do, everyone already seemed to be busy,there's no way he could interact with anyone who was already busy, that would be so rude. Suddenly he felt a shooting pain through his head as his headache had once again returned with what seemed twice the power it had before. He unknowingly moved his hands to his head trying anything to push it aside. He almost thought he heard a voice in his head but he ignored it, it was probably just some side effect of this worsening head ache. He set down his head on the table and started to close his eyes for a moment.

'Alright, let's make a checklist, for brevity's sake, shall we? Since my arrival, there has been; a dragon flying out of the building, a woman falling from the chandelier, and now a man and beast breaking through reality to enter. Great, this was definitely how I wanted to spend my day.' Nikolai let out a shallow sigh, barely breathing enough to let anything out. He was already a fairly high strung person, and having all of the people around him didn't help him relax one bit. It felt like he was out in a sea of darkness, unable to find a single light of familiarity. And he was definitely drowning. He could feel the water rise against him; an unending pressure of concern and fear. Feeling like he couldn't take it anymore, he turned towards the entrance and-

Someone was in front of him. He had been so worried he didn't even notice them. Looking down, he realized he recognized the cloaked figure. Finally, a light of familiarity, even if brief. He gave Akeya a small smile, the color starting to return to his face. "I guess that's good. I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't panicking after watching it fly away. It's not something you see every other day." This was good. He could do this. At least he found someone he knew. It made everything seem not so bad. Still bad, just not as much. "So, Akeya, what are you doing here today? Pardon my judgement, but this doesn't exactly seem like your cup of tea, so to say." Thinking about it, he guessed his own reasons for attendance weren't amazing. He just wanted to see what the other guild masters were like first hand. As he said that, he saw Shuhei appear, and once more his worries seemed to fade a bit. Nikolai was no where near close to his guild master, but seeing his presence there somewhat calmed him. After all, if such a powerful wizard is here, what can possibly go wrong?

Akeya did the same thing she always does when having a conversation with somebody: Stare silently as she waits for them to finish responding to her. It appeared that Nikolai by now felt familiar enough with her that seeing her calmed him down a bit, which at least meant Akeya didn't have to deal with him while he was being hysterical. She nodded slightly, a couple of strands of her raven hair swaying across her face.

"Apparently a girl from a dark guild decided to try and attend, but the Guild Master from Sabertooth recognized her. After being cornered she turned into a dragon to escape."

When Nikolai asked her what she was doing here Akeya shrugged. Mostly she just came here because she had never been to a meeting of the Guild Masters, and besides of that, maybe she found something or somebody of interest that she normally wouldn't encounter.

"I thought it might be wise to-"

At that point Shuhei made his entrance, covering the entire hall in bright light for a brief moment in the process.

Akeya didn't like light. Her magic was a complex one, with many advantages and disadvantages, but sadly enough for Akeya using Soul Dance had also affected her being in such a way that she does not share the attraction to light that most humans possess. Most artificial sources of light were too weak to bother her, and the sun was uncomfortable, ranging from mildly to notably depending on the time of the day and the weather. Light based abilities are something Akeya always has to be careful with, thanks to her inherent weakness to light.

And then there's what happens when a light mage of Shuhei's caliber releases a full frontal burst of blinding light without any kind of warning. Apparently most mages didn't really feel anything at all, or were only slightly disoriented for a second.
For Akeya, somebody could as well have taken two sharp sticks and driven them through her eyes.
During the flash Nikolai and most people in their surroundings would hear a loud and high-pitched yelp, and after the light had disappeared Akeya would be curled up on the ground, shivering and using both hands to pull the hood of her cloak completely down, her hands slowly being covered in dark blue scales while the nails turn into claws. Nikolai, being the closest, would likely also hear Akeya mutter, or perhaps it would be better described as babbling.

"ᴴᵃᵗᵉᶫᶦᵍʰᵗʰᵃᵗᵉᶫᶦᵍʰᵗʰᵃᵗᵉᶫᶦᵍʰᵗʰᵃᵗᵉᶫᶦᵍʰᵗʰᵃᵗᵉᶫᶦᵍʰᵗ⋅⋅⋅⋅"

Kaseki stood, lying dormant and asleep. He was hibernating, absorbing the scent of the food, the moods of the people, and the great sunlight. "Ah," he thought to himself, "I'm so glad I made that mistake when I was a mere boy, this curse of being a plant.. thing, is great!"

He awoke to learn of the fate of a strange girl, a dragon? Kaseki couldn't believe it. What was the world he lived in? He opened his eyes to can for his comrades of his great green guild, Lamia. Although he cared for his family, his guild, he felt as if his fate was not with them. He felt a knot appear in his chest. Something was wrong. He looked up to find a strange boy with green hair laying before a girl with... green hair? Now that couldn't be right. Green haired girl? "Yuna?" he said to himself. "The girl of the forest... We were playing a game, that was days ago." He remembered a small game of Hide 'n Seek with this girl. "No no, she does not belong here."

Kaseki dashed through the crowds of standing attendees, he ran past chairs of the guests making sure not to hit them. He saw a boy wearing green and sewing what seemed to be a teddy. He grabbed him by his shoulders. "Boy, you and Yuna must leave now. This is no place for you." He let his voice travel through his limbs to the boy. He knew his problems. He left abruptly only after telling him where he would be.

He ran to the green haired girl, and found her gone. The boy lay alone, Kaseki reached out to a nearby table and asked for water, the Sabertooth Guildmembers reluctantly passed him a glass. He splashed the water on the boy's face. Kaseki began to hum a hymn, and the liquid began to glow. "Ah, my healing waters."

Kaseki got up quickly to pursue the young girl, he got up and looked at her direction. He looked around, and found her no where. "How... How could she..." Yuna was gone. Kaseki turned quickly to where the other boy was, and found only a half made teddy bear.

"Hmph," Kaseki laughed, "Children."

He saw the strangest things in his dreams. No, not dreams. Memories.

A green-haired boy with a long ponytail screamed at Aegiel, shouting at him and demanding he get up. Onii..san? The memory faded, only to be replaced by fire.

A blue-eyed woman sprinted into the burning room, calling Aegiel's name. But she was not trying to help him. She..... Once more, his memory faded into black, and his mind drifted. Warmer, happier memories flowed through him, and a familiar voice spoke.

"Wake up, boy. It's time to wake up..."

Aegiel's eyes flew open, and he shot to his feet. He wobbled unsteadily, trying to recall what happened. Sewing needles.... That's right! He spun around, looking for the boy with the threads, but he was gone. A drop of water slid down his chin, and he realized that his face was soaking wet. His gaze wandered over to a hooded figure who was staring in Aegiel's direction. Probably the one who had revived him. Aegiel wondered if  he was a member of Lamia Scale, flushing scarlet at the thought. He cleared his throat and walked over to the cloaked figure, a smile plastered on his face. "I'm sorry to have inconvenienced you...sir." . Aegiel prayed it was a man. "Um, would you like some company?" He regretted saying it the moment the words escaped his traitorous mouth. Why on earth would the mage who had just seen him passed-out on the floor for no damn reason want to have anything to do with him? Aegiel fumed at himself in silence, waiting for the mysterious mage's response.

"Child, it is I, Kaseki, the plant man. Surely you have heard of me from your guild halls." Kaseki was a Lamia Scale member, but he never felt as if he really belonged there. Something kept him away from it all. Something gripped at his soul.

"Don't worry about that girl or the boy, they're gone now. I'm sure of it." Kaseki said to Aegiel. He thought to himself, "Only if these people knew of the kind of person I am, the being I have become... I am no Legal Mage..." He turned back to the green haired child. "Let us return to our table, worry not about the others. I know where they are. Have no fear, Kaseki is here."

Kaseki began to head towards the table with Aegiel.

“Feel that, Abraxis? All of that energy, the particles, the excitement. I’ve never seen this many wizards all congregated into one place before. And with all of the Guild Masters too. This sensation: it's like I'm breathing in more Eternano than air in the moment.”

“And to think the formula would only show itself with this much concentrated magic. We had to go all this trouble to come here, just for one stinking formula.” Abraxis snorted, the bicycle clearly not happy to be so close to such a huge crowd. It was not that it was all sweaty and pushy in there, oh no, Aldous and Abraxis were not directly within that mess that would even put chaos to shame. No, as they gazed down towards the Guildmaster’s Hall from the roof of a nearby building outside, Abraxis could almost feel his frame bristle at the furious, almost violent way the Eternano in the area  was agitated by the incredible magician presence, even from a distance. So much power, so much strength, so much…rawness was collected within there and to say that Abraxis was getting metallic goosebumps would be a really sore understatement. “Can you see it, Aldous?”

“Yeah, clear as the rising sun.”  Aldous murmured victoriously as his glowing left eye had its iris contract and sharpen just like an actual camera lens, the formula #91: View of Purgatory enabling him to physically see the little dots friskily dancing through the very air those mages breathed. There it is, aligning over the roof of the Hall, though frankly it was manifesting everywhere at once, but Aldous just had to pick the easiest one to see. “As the book had stated, the pattern is encrypted into the Eternano of Clover Town itself and it only appears in areas with intense concentrations of magicians. I have to give the creator credit: to simultaneously only let Amaterasu Formula users see it and to make its vector the very Eternano itself, let alone obscure it with such a complicated condition, would have taken mastery beyond even the guild masters.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised.” Abraxis chortled, undoubtedly amused at the notion that Aldous dared disparage the GMs so close to their ears. The two of them had no illusion that they would not be spotted soon; they understood their limitations all too well. “That book is ancient, right? Must have been rightin the old days. Back a few centuries, things were pretty hectic, with all the explicit warring and fighting and stuff.  No cloak and dagger, no intrigue, just pure clashes of power. So, of course, the magic then was much more…warlike. Less glitz and glamour, more actual brute force and technique.”

“Huh, how did you come by to this information? Were you in one of those wars yourself, Abraxis?” Aldous raised an eyebrow, surprised that his Exceed bicycle was suddenly talking about his past. A soul tied to an inanimate body, Abraxis was effectively immortal, with Aldous never really knowing how old he really was.

“Nah, I got all that from just reading."

"Wait, you can read?"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Aldous hurriedly dismissed, still trying to wrap around in his head over how a bicycle managed to, without any visible hands, flip a page.

"Anyway, I, you and pretty much any magician in there wouldn’t have stood a chance against those guys. Besides, I came from Edolas to Earthland much more recently than that, when I was a little cat in an egg and all. And.....Well, you know the rest after that.” Abraxis ended the conversation as quickly as he had started it, turning away from Aldous before the magician could pursue the issue. Aldous shrugged inside his head; as expected, the bicycle was tight-lipped once more. Truth to be told, he did NOT know what happens after that. “Anyway, can you replicate the formula or not? I want to get as far from here as possible. Something just….gets on my bell about this whole event.”

“Hold on,” Aldous returned to the task at hand, pulling a yellow-edged notebook as he now sat on the roof ledge, sketching down the Formula as his eye traced over its appearance in the air. A spike here, a disk there… “It’s complicated, so I’ll need a little more time. Why don’t you just go into the Hall yourself? Might be good for you to get a little more aligned with current events.”

“What? In there, in the crowd? Screw that. My frame is too shiny to be marred by skinheads. And besides, why in the world do we need to stay out of the Hall in the first place? Can’t you see the Formula in there just as well.”

Aldous sighed. He had explained this to Abraxis before, but apparently in his indignation, the bicycle had ‘conveniently’ forgotten. “Listen, alright. I can’t see Fairy Tail, not after what they have done to Grimoire Heart.”

“Thought you said you forgave them a long time ago,” Abraxis huffed, unconvinced and undeterred from attempting to sleaze his way out going into the crowd.

“Yeah, I have. I understood all about a clash between guilds and survival of fittest. If Hades was not able to stand against them, his guild thus would naturally disintegrate. That is the truth of war, universally. Grimoire Heart made the first strike and it got what it deserved!” Aldous allowed himself to breathe after that burst of a tirade. Calm himself down, return to the subject at hand. “Anyway, truthfully, old memories still burn deep inside me, Abraxis. And they burn all the more hotter whenever I see that crest of theirs. They are a friendly, kind-hearted crew of people, a little on the rambunctious side, I’m sure people would agree with me there, but even with that knowledge, I still…can’t…” Aldous felt himself losing grip of his tongue, his concentration on the Formula copying waning as he let out the sigh of a heavy heart.

“Ok.”

Abraxis’ reply was abrupt and for a second, Aldous felt himself jump at the sudden gentleness in the bicycle’s typically cantankerous voice, but his startled expression gave way to an appreciative smile when Abraxis said, “I’ll go in. See what’s going on in there. And while I’m at it, I’ll give that Fairy Tail GM a little slug in the gut, if you don’t mind.”

Aldous could barely stifle his blurt of laughter. “Don’t die on me now, Abraxis. You still want to return to Edolas in one piece, right?”

“What do you mean? He’s just a petty skinhead.  What harm can he do to this fine frame of mine?” Abraxis chirped back as he rolled away on his wheels, while Aldous could only giggle and shake his head.

“It’s a she.” Aldous corrected, out of Abraxis’ earshot, while he, with that single-minded focus that he always fully drowned himself in whenever he encounters something related to his magic, continued on sketching down the Formula before him.

Cyrus had seen that all the Guildmasters had arrived, and the dragon had left. Waving goodbye to his newfound Fairy Tail friends, he went with Kihia back to his table and saw him take out two small weapons from a package. He figured they were just some new weapons, and the cloud-make mage was interested in seeing them. That would have to wait for later however. The meeting was about to begin. "Sir Kihia, do you have any idea what we want to bring up during this meeting?" he'd been wanting to bring up a few things, Yuuto's disappearance an Scorpion Tail, but he wanted to see if his icy friend had any ideas.

"Heero, Naziel,you guys can get down from there any day now. The meetings gonna start soon ya know." Rita called up to the dragon slayers who still hadn't come down from the chandelier. Rita turned back to the Lamia Scale members. "I'll be off, It was nice talking, Eh and thanks...." muttered trying not to admit that she needed to be rescued before they parted ways.

Rita turned around to be greeted by Lance whom had thanked Kihia before he left with his guild. He told Rita that it was Lex who had kept him from being the hero. Rita thought about it she had gotten in that mess because she was clumsy and unable to take care of herself this time. This made her feel weak mentally and physically, figuratively and literally. Rita turned back to Axel once Lance and Lea had run back to their seats. "We should head back, We don't need Chikane chewing us out for not paying attention." Rita said not standing around to wait for Axel. She made her way back to the table implying for him to follow. Rita took a seat, plenty of empty spots still open at table 15.

"I-I didn't n-need anyone's help you know...I know how to take care of myself- I would of figured it out just fine." Rita muttered stubbornly at Lance, refusing to look at anyone at the table not even him who she was talking to. She wanted more than anything for her guild to see that she was a wizard who didn't need to be defended all the time. She had always wanted to be the hero.

"OK... OK... OKAY, OKAY, OKAY! ALL THE MAJOR PLAYERS ARE HERE TODAY! TIME TO MAKE OUR ARRIVAL ON EARTHLAND OFFICIAL!" Geno's loudmouth inner voice was right. It was time to final set the stage on the arrival of Earthlands greatest champion. "Are we ready to do this though? MAYBE WE SHOULD GO GET MORE TACOS FIRST?!" The other guy inner voice was clearly nervous, but there was no need to be nervous... Geno is the man. "You heard the narrator, other guy. We got this." Geno walked into the building the meeting was taking place in when Rune Knights stopped him for security.


"Hold there..." The knight began to eye Geno when he noticed he was a puppet. People never get used to that. "Sir?" Geno walked up to the three guards at the security checkpoint and pulled some papers out from seemingly nowhere and smacking them with the back of his right hand 'matter of fact'ly. "According to my cacolations-"




Geno launched into a Hurricane Kick knocking out all three of the guards simultaneously. "Ima navy seals m8, you don't mess with a navy seals. I ALWAYS SEAL THE DEAL!" Geno continued through the building till he got to the meeting hall. Everyone worth their salt in Earthland was through these doors in this grand auditorium.

"I'm going to blow the doors of the hinges." Said Geno as he prepared to enter. "Yeah, we're really gonna knock 'em dead aren't we..." Said Geno's other guy thinking Geno was using a figure of speech. "WAIT! THINKING?! SO YOU'RE REALLY GON-" Before the other guy could finish his sentence Geno was preparing to fire off the introductory shot. "GENO FLASH!" The arcane energy hit the door and quickly began to expand filling the small hallway Geno was currently occupying until the pressure blew the doors flying off their hinges and across the meeting hall in a gust of smoke and debris.

"THA CHAMP IS HERE!" Geno entered the room and began to introduce himself in the most professional way possible, walking down the center aisle whilst clicking his teeth continuously and giving every one in the room 'double guns' until he came to the row Kyll was in and sat next to her putting his arms up to relax. "So what I miss?"