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The old man answered the door, Beluga McGarden, and there was so much obvious delight on his face at seeing the staff, that Penny first wondered if these guy was mentally sound. When he reached for the staff, Penny waited until his hands clasped on it before moving, disliking what she sensed from him. In her flame form she angled downwards towards him, careful to avoid Nolan as she did so, and crashed downwards towards the staff. There was a cracking sound, but the staff didn't break. McGarden gave a blood curdling scream, and Penny caught her feet beneath her as she landed, kicking the staff away, seeing that the old man was cradling his hands against his chest. "Whoops" She said, "Sorry. Looks like you won't be summoning up that malicious spirit. You shouldn't underestimate Phoenix Wing Members" She reached in one of the mans pockets, and took out a purse full of money, "Here Nolan. Your reward I take it" She passed it to Nolan, the hand that held it covered with blue flames while the rest of her body was her red-orange flames. She then stalked towards the staff, and picked it up. "I really am sorry about the hands though. Sounds like they're painful" She swing the staff through the air and smashed it hard, with all her strength, against a tree, ,and there was another crack, and the staff shattered. Sasha could feel the power sink out of it, and she turned to McGardner "never think to hurt one of Phoenix Wing's Members in front of me again" And then she walked away as if she had done nothing, her flames dying. "Come on Nolan" 
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This man...was he even sane? The McGarden's old eyes were gleaming in a manner that seemed to resemble the obsession of a mad man. As much as he hated relying on others, he hoped that Penny would hurry up and leap into action. It's not like he isn't capable of doing this himself though he seems to have a knack for killing people who try to kill him so he didn't want to be the one who got blood on his guild's hands. Before he could send a signal to her, she already took action in her own hands and appeared almost out of nowhere, her flame body damaged McGarden's hand's and damaged the staff though didn't destroy it. The man's screams of pain did not bother him, not one bit. He would never show pity against anyone that would be aiming for his life. 

Nolan took his payment though he didn't felt like he deserved the reward. In fact to him it seemed like Penny did his mission for him, which wounded his own pride but he couldn't refuse her help. She didn't seem like the type to take no for an answer anyway. He did use this chance to observe her magic though. It seems like she has the ability to turn herself into flames and manipulate the properties of them, often resulting in the change of flame's color and effects. The blue flame didn't seem to have the ability to cause any burning effect as the purse he had received from the flaming hand wasn't burned or if it was, there weren't any noticeable marks. 

Walking over to the pieces of the broken staff, he knelt down and picked up a broken piece from the staff and placed it in his pocket. He had recalled that McGarden had said that the staff was made from a rare tree so he wanted to know what it was just in case. If that tree holds these kind of properties then he would like to know what it was at least called just in case. He walked over to Penny and decided to let her lead the way.