[h3]Jacob Conners -- Magic Games[/h3] Finding things about the city? Should be easy peasy for an animal transformation mage, he thought. The announcement came to start, and the mage wasted no time in setting off. [color=00FF00]"[i]Grand Animal Soul: Hawk![/i]"[/color] As he transformed, he shot into the air high above the stadium, going at blink-and-you-miss-it speeds, he shot off over the city, clutching the map he had received in his his talons as he flew.

His first stop was the steeple of a church. He landed hard against the side of it, having come in too earnestly, and had to keep himself from screeching. Shaking himself, he expertly swung himself into the structure as he shifted back to his human form. Rolling his shoulders and looking about, he checked the map, and nodded in conformation once he was sure he was where he needed to be. Taking a breath he began looking around the steeple of the church for the lacrima. It wasn't until he leaned far out of it on one side that he noticed a bird's nest nestled into a corner on top of one of the columns. Moving quasi-carefully, Jacob climbed around the outside of the structure up towards the nest. He was fortunate enough that the bird whose home it was wasn't home this time of year, and as he put his hand into it he was greeted with a round lacrima. He let himself speak a small [color=00FF00]"Ha!"[/color] Before pulling it from its place. Once it was free, he looked at it, finding it was the [color=228B22]green lacrima[/color]. Grinning triumphantly, he tucked it away into a pocket as he began to climb down the church to the ground. Sacrificing a couple minutes, the Iron Enigma mage slipped into a shop and purchased a satchel to keep the lacrima in while he collected them.

He looked at the map as he walked out of the shop, rolling his shoulders, he determined that the next place to look was... In the middle of the street? It was awfully close to the church too. Looking about, there wasn't anything where the X on the map except for... A manhole cover! Folding up the map and tucking it away, Jacob went to the manhole cover and groaned as he lifted it off its spot. It was heavy, for sure. He then slipped down into the sewers below via the ladder, closing the manhole behind him as he did so.

As soon as he hit the ground below, he was immediately assailed by a wave of water that almost took him off his feet. It only went knee-high, but it still had a good deal of force behind it. Grunting, he'd climb a few rungs back up the ladder to get out of the way of any future waves, and he would tie his satchel securely to a post on the wall. The last thing he wanted was his map getting carried away. Once that was done, he'd climb back down, and would grunt as another wave took his feet out form under him and he slapped into the concrete ground. [color=00FF00]"[i]Grand Animal Soul: Water Cobra![/i]"[/color] He changed forms, and when the next wave came he was ready for it, and it had no real impact on him. Moving quickly along the sewers, he finally came across what he was looking for, and then some. Two [color=1CA9C9]blue lacrima[/color] sat on top of a small pedestal, gushing out wave of water after wave of water. Reverting back to his human form, Jacob collected both of them and carried them back through the sewers to his satchel, putting them in, and climbing back out of the sewer. Two down, only six more to go, he thought to himself as he walked down the street.

The next two lacrima were just as easily retrieved, and they were sitting in the gardens of the castle. Jacob had seen a couple other of the contestants around, but had avoided them with deft use of his magic. The one that was marked in the gardens was a [color=E41E3A]red lacrima[/color] sitting in the middle of a rosebush. It wasn't the most enjoyable to retrieve, but one couldn't call it difficult. The other was a [color=1CA9C9]blue lacrima[/color] that was powering a fountain. He was unsure if it was actually one that had to do with the games, but it couldn't hurt. Shutting it off, he stuck it in the bag with the others. That made three blue ones now, he could seriously use that to his advantage.

The next marking was in the old Arena. He elected to take the shortcut there, and landed on the scoreboard as a hawk not long after Harry had left. He then flew down to the center of the arena and reverted back to his human form. Fixing the satchel around his shoulders, he looked around. The map marked the very center of the arena, but there was nothing there, as one would expect. He sighed, and headed through one of the many entrances to the floor, beginning to hunt around the labyrinth of structures inside the colosseum. He eventually came to a door that lead into the giant hole that had been left a hundred years ago from the fight of the dragon slayers. He was awed by the hole, and wondered what could've caused it, as he had no idea the history of this place. Taking a breath, he began carefully descending the side to the bottom, glancing around in hope of spotting the lacrima that was supposedly here. With any luck, it'd be another easy one to retrieve.

[h3]Mithera -- Hotel Room[/h3] Mithera would yelp as she was suddenly yanked from her place on the bed, and she screeched loudly for a moment before she realized that Valak was there. Calming down, she looked up at the person who was now holding her. Whimpering slightly, her chest rose and fell rapidly, and she wriggled in the mans grip. Sucking in her gut, she slid out of the mans arms and quickly jumped back onto the bed, then to the other side, hoping to get away from hug and snuggles. [b]"Sorry... Uhm... N-not really in the mood for being snuggled today."[/b] She'd say to Layle, shaking herself off some. [b]"Uh. Valak... Could you put the, uh, food in the bathroom with the dress and such out other friend bought for me? I want to get done transforming as soon as possible..."[/b] She'd look at Valak as she said this, then look back at Layle once she was done talking, unsure about the newcomer.

[@Crimson Raven]