Who are you people?!

OOC: "Shihihihihi" is how I describe Simon's laughter, I felt it worth mentioning as it is not a common sound effect.

Simon the Phoenix, living legend and human firework extraordinaire. One of many teen idols that young girls all over Fiore were swooning over. Wizard Saint and god among men Simon had a hell of a reputation going for him. A reputation so large if it was dropped on a person they would most likely be crushed to death and an ego to match. A deadly combination. Yet this Fairy Tail poster boy had recently been faced with an incredible crisis. While he was out on one of his longer missions he came back to the Fairy Tail guild hall to find... Actually let's back up a little before we get to that point. It all started after a mission to hunt down an ancient relic. Simon had decided to walk back and at this point had been gone from Magnolia for an entire month. There much better starting point, let's begin.


With a devil-may-care grin and a wild laugh a young man hardly over 15 made his return to Magnolia. He stood atop a tall hill over looking the city. His famous red and blue feather cloak hung on his shoulders gently flapping in the light breeze. "Wow it's been a while since I've been here! I can't wait to get home! Shihihihihihi!" The phoenix mage set his foot ontop of a rock captain morgan style and surveyed the town. "Heh it's amazing how little this place changed over a month. Which is just fine with me, I hate it when things change around here." Always one to make an entrance Simon jumped high into the air and did a flip "Oi! Magnolia I'm back!" He glided through the air as if he weighed less then a feather before he landed on the main road into Magnolia. His coat was as ever unmoving from his shoulders despite nothing holding it on. A healthy amount of cheering and applause from nearby townsfolk met Simon's return as if on cue. Simon loved the town and the town loved him back.

With a serious spring in his step he continued walking through town his progress constantly met with yells of greeting from the busy hard working folk of the town. Children on occasion ran up to him for autographs and high fives and the like, offers he took up in a heart beat. This was what Simon lived for. Fame, recognition and hero worship. Fighting for the good of all and constantly putting his life on the line was a small price to pay for this kind of attention. Sure it sounded kind of shallow but every had to get their kicks from something. Everything in town was as Simon remembered it which made him grin ear to ear. Simon was fond of the town as he knew it and didn't want to see anything change. However his good was shattered as a punk dressed in black ran in Simon's path and yelled at him "Hey you're that Simon the Phoenix guy right?! The damn sell out from that shitty guild on the hill! You have some debts to pay twerp!" Simon had to take a step back form shock. This was definitely new.

Simon shoved his hands in his pockets and sized up the teen in front of him. "Oi watch what you say. I don't like to be accused or to have things demanded of me. How about you calm down and explain what you mean." With his magic sensory Simon could tell the guy had some magic power but he was far from powerful, to his knowledge Simon figured just about every single member of Fairy Tail could wipe the floor with this guy. Yet somehow the weak wizard seemed to think he had some bargaining chips "Your damn guild is constantly wreaking things and paying no attention to the little people who get crushed in the process. I figure with all the money sorcerer's magazine must be paying you you should be able to pay some repair costs!" Simon had no idea what this guy was going on about.

So when thinking fails Simon fell back to violence "Oi if it is a fight you want I'll give it. But I honestly have no idea what you are talking about." The punk growled and yelled "You damn arrogant bastard!" He was seething this point and charged Simon. His right hand was suddenly surrounded in lightning and he tried to punch Simon in the face. This battle tactic would get him nowhere as Simon raised his hand out in front of him and snapped his fingers. With that the fight was over. Fast a blink an explosion of blue fire appeared out of nowhere and consumed the wannabe lightning mage. When the flames cleared Simon's foe was out for the count. He fell limp to the ground charred black.

Simon stepped over him and threw a bag of coins to a nearby citizen. "Please take him to a local inn and make sure he get's food and rest. You can keep whatever is left." With that taken care of the phoenix made his way to Fairy Tail without further conflict. He kicked open the swinging doors and walked in with a massive grin. "Yo everyone! I'm back." As he walked in, his large coat still undistrubed on his shoulders over his smaller jacket, Simon noticed something really weird. He hardly recognized a large number of the people inside "Oi oi oi! Who are all you people!?"

OOC Note: The coat repetitively mentioned is not the one shown in my avatar. While Simon is wearing that same outfit he has a feather coat like Laxus's over it, except the coat is made of flaming blue and red feathers. So yes Simon is wearing a coat over a jacket yes isn't wearing a shirt. A real man's man.

Lance was sitting at a table surrounded by girls with hearts in their eyes. His hair flowing to his waist as he hadn't cut it in a while and a glass of alcohol in his hand. The girls were all smiling "Lance-sama who is that kid who just walked in?" one of the girls asked him. Lance rose an eyebrow "What kid..." he muttered as he glanced to the side and saw a familiar looking kid.

His eyes went wide and he got up and ran over to Simon with a smile "Simon! You look so... grown up!" he said with a excited voice. Although it had only been a month since Simon had left for a trip, Lance hadn't seen Simon for a year now (Mainly because he was almost never in the guild hall unless he really felt like it).

He looked Simon up and down with a warm smile before closing his eyes "Glad to have you back man."

Rita sat back on the stool, back facing the bar and her elbows resting against the counter top. She rolled her head back and gazed up at the ceiling lost in thought as various guild commotions could be heard in the background. The noises varied from chairs being broken over heads to tankards filled to the brim with booze clanking together. She sighed, a smoke puff leaving her lips comically. Rita lacked the motivation to tackle another job right now, still pretty sore from the run in she had with the gem brothers not to long ago.

Rita lowered her shoulders and took a look around the guildhall. She blinked over at Lance whom was being fawned over by a group of fangirls. Rita quietly groaned and rolled her eyes as she set her chin in her hand.

The familiar sound of the front doors being kicked in caught her attention. "Hmm?" Her eyes drifted over to the source of the noise. She saw a familiar plum haired phoenix standing in the door way with a wide grin. She hadn't seen him in a while, and whenever they did see each other they were each occupied with something else. The thought that she hadn't really gotten a chance to talk to Simon amid the chaos saddened her. Nevertheless he had returned from a job that must of been far from easy and she was proud of him. The shadow mage smiled quietly and exchanged a welcoming wave from where she sat while Lance approached him.

(OOC: I'd hate to see your thread die off so soon in, hopefully other will join us and we can get this rolling! :3)

Nevermind all that stuff about a bunch of people he didn't know as it seemed the first people to notice he was back were both people he knew rather well. Well kinda. Not really, only the one. The one being Lance Nighthunter a young man whom Simon had shared a couple dumb boy adventures with. The first coming to mind being their joint attempt to take down Ikuto, an endeavor that had failed horrifically of course. Simon grinned at Lance "Yo! Nice to see you Lance. Even if..." The phoenix glanced Lance over "You are kind of a mess. When was the last time you cut your hair?" At this point Simon saw Rita's wave and waved back trying to hide the fact that he had no recollection of who she was. He would remember in a few minutes likely but at first glace he really didn't know.

Simon returned his focus to Lance "So what's been going on with you? I've just got back from a pretty intense job, if all my scars didn't magically heal instantly I would have some real scars to show for it." Simon wished on occasion he could collect battle scars to show how cool and experienced he was but that was the cost of having the best self healing magic in the business.