As Zy stormed away with a rather perturbed look on his face, obviously not having the best of mornings, Ben was left with a small audience. He was lost in his own thoughts for a moment, he wondered what had Zy on edge, Mary was being her usual self, never meaning to pry, always doing so. She brushed her hair away from her face as the upset mage stormed past her toward the bar and took his seat with a resounding thud. Ben shook his head and looked over at the not-so vacant table adjacent to where he was standing. Sanguine sat, seemingly interested, she was one still so unfamiliar to him, and he was oblivious to her proximity until Zy called her out. 

[b][i].Reaper....[/b][/i] Now there is a presence Ben couldn't ignore. For some reason she was one of the few mages he could actually sense. Strange really, because she was never around, yet the aura he picked up on when she was around could give her away for miles. He knew she was back in Magnolia, he could feel it. Ben still wasn't sure how but he figured it had something to do with her intense amount of magical power. Still very few mages gave off this kind of "scent" and he was always curious the rare occasions she came around. "Now There is a mage who can get things done" he thought to himself.

"Well Mary I'm aware you just came back from a job, and I did hear about your whole tax evasion issue" he said jokingly with a smile. "So by my math you owe 30 percent off your next payment?" Before Ben could finish his statement Master Pollux spoke up.

[i]"Now as for that request, there's really no story to it at all. I put it up, then Alicia told me that the Magic Council has ordered us to cancel it.....Just in case I think I will organise a small party to go and help out.[/i]

So Ben had his questions answered right there! "I knew it couldn't be the Masters doing," he thought. "He knows we could have handled something like this, and if the Council is involved I really don't like the smell of this"
"So Mary, you heard the Master... interested in making up that tax? Whatever the council is trying to pull calling in the Rune Knights and leaving us out of the action, doesn't seem right. You too Sanguine, maybe the master would welcome a small party of mages trying to help out the Knights in Haven." Ben didn't wait for an answer, he walked toward the area where Master Pollux made the announcement.
"If you are looking for capable mages, I'm in Master! I want to help the town of Haven!" The excitement and fervor in his voice was noticeable. "Ah yes, so [b]YOU[/b] are the sneaky mage poking through my things?" Pollux chucked and then a short sigh escaped his whiskers. "You're getting far to curious for your own good my boy, but I must say I'm certainly not going to send you to Haven all by yourself. The Rune Knights would never be willing to cooperate with a guild whose only help can be spared in the form of one mage!. We will require a small unit to investigate. I respect the decision of the council however my own worries give me cause to send a few of you check on the place."

Ben took the criticism, ready to hear the Masters final decision on who would be going to Haven. He knew he may have been forward and hot headed, and was just hoping the master saw his excitement, and ignored the disrespect.

" Maybe if I can just get myself to Haven. Maybe it [i][b]is[/i][/b] there. But first, I have to find it."