The Students [Private]

Zenshin sat there in the middle of the two massive mountains, thinking to himself as he normally did when he was alone. It had been a little bit of time since he took the head of The Golden Dragon of the Skies Beyond Knowledge to put as a decoration in his guild as a trophy and melted down the scales and fire lacrima into the shell of his new arm that contained a never-before-seen support system and synthetic muscles to assist him whenever he casted spells like Breaker or Burst. The latter was something he had developed recently and really wanted to try it out. Maybe he would while he waited, maybe he wouldn't. Only time would tell. I wonder how long I'll have to wait here. At least it's peaceful on this island he thought as he took his sheath in his left hand and the hilt of the blade in the other. Zen unclicked the weapon from its holster using his thumb and quickly slid it out and made a horizontal movement while using "Burst" to send an overcharge of magic energy to stimulate his arm muscles in an instant. Only for that single movement before he dissipated it, causing his cut to move so quickly and with such strength that it sent out the equivalent of a wind blade into the nearest tree before he slowly resheathed the weapon. In the next moment, the tree fell backwards because of the direction of the blow. "Haha. Excellent. Better than I expected" he said to the empty audience before walking over to the pond and kneeled down to see his reflection. It's been a long time, but I truly like what I see

"A sword? How peculiar."
Lounged on a nearby tree's branch, his back against its trunk, the azure knight curiously overlooked the small clearing. A nearly invisible smile lined his lips, just barely big enough to negate his otherwise-stern features, so vividly depicted beneath the sun's scrutiny. That small expression was, perhaps, the only thing that suggested the note of playfulness hidden beneath layers of calmness that were densely stacked upon his demeanour, so much so that one could only wonder - was there something he wished to hide in it?
The orchestra of nature sung in tranquil unison, Aegis bobbing his head; taking part of its intoxicating cadence. His presence had melded with that of the forest and it reflected back unto his mannerisms: his movement was minimal, the few vital signs shown being no less than phlegmatic at first glance; his gaze appeared unfocused, yet oddly discerning, gently leering upon the environment with a blissful thirst. The air surrounding him felt silent, lifeless - his presence equalized everything nearby, morphing it into a homogeneous aura of passive vibrancy. Indeed, a terrible quiet as still as death, yet still soothing; almost strong enough to suppress one's desire to live, in stead inducing a silent conviction to sway eternally, as if a leaf in the wind...

"I dearly hope its presence was not justified by the loss of your usual arms." Aegis teased, the muffling peace immediately annulled as a result.

"Hilarious, Aegis. You should write that one down" he said before swinging his blade downward in an overhead slashing motion, sending a blade of wind that would cleanly cut the branch of the tree at the very base where it grew out of the tree. The azure knight would also get cut if he stayed in his lazy position on the tree. "It's too late in the afternoon to be resting lazily on tree branches" he said as he watched the birds take off in flocks from the nearby canopy, sending small leaves flying up into the air. "Although I miss having a real arm, it's not like this arm doesn't come with its perks" Zenshin said, smirking as his spun his blade through his fingers before jabbing it blade first into the ground and removing the "sheath" from his arm and dispelling it. "It reaches keeps a steady temperature of forty five degrees when its unsheathed, quite hot, so I can't really feel temperatures when it's unsheathed since the arm will automatically insulate the nerves when it detects that the temperature has risen so much. Quite genius design really. I can also absorb slayer fire, so I can't wait till the day I meet the fire dragon slayer and show him what a real dragon slayer can do, haha!" he said as he walked over to the tree he'd just de-branched. "So do you know how much longer?"

Fate was not playing a fair hand lately it seemed as the powerful figure of Sabertooth's own Marick Lowell approached his Master and Aegis only to then have a branch come crashing down from above him as he was about to speak. In a split second he drew Guilty Thorn and brought the jagged blade upwards in an arc, utilising the thorns in a similar vein to a saw that cut through the branch with ease, both ends landing harmlessly on either side of him. He glanced down at the natural wooden debris and gave a soft chuckle before he turned his attention to his two teammates. "Well...I've had warmer welcomes." he joked, before nodding his head at Aegis, a man he'd met but never really worked with before despite the fact they were now classified as teammates.

His blade dissipated, returning to wherever it was the blade resided when it wasn't in use - some kind of a pocket dimension he'd been told - as he stepped into the clearing, his eyes glancing around his surroundings as he allowed his mind to soak in the vicinity. It was certainly a peculiar place to be coming for this kind of a meeting, but who was he to question the judgement of the two Recreators? They had their reasons after all. But as far as he was aware he wasn't the only one who was summoned here today. "Zen, you mentioned there was going to be another young man here. Any sign of him nearby?"