[center][h1][color=f49ac2]Jasmine Lockwood[/color][/h1][/center]
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The young blond wasn't entirely sure what to do. She wasn't a wizard, yet she had joined Phoenix Wing. It had been two months in fact, and during that time she had found out that she had pretty much zero capabilities as a mage. Little surprise though, since most of the mages she had heard about had discovered their magic at a young age. Cody was one she knew hadn't discovered his own magic, but rather learnt it from a grimoire so maybe she could do the same? Considering how rare those powerful books were, she doubted it.
She wanted to make herself useful around the guild, but couldn't quite think of what she could do. Maybe she should speak with Penny about it? She hadn't seen Penny in a while though...she worried about the older girl. She seemed to have her own issues and didn't want to burden her with her own on top of that...but she wasn't sure who else to turn to.

[center][h1][color=ed1c24]Cody Bloodstein[/color][/h1][/center]
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Cody was sore all over as he leaned back into his seat in the guild hall. While he had enjoyed the two months he had been at the guild for, he must say the training that James was putting him through was pretty brutal. It wasn't only just swordplay, but also various other rigorous training sessions to build up fitness, strength and that was on top of his own training with his magic.
He had still yet to land a blow on the older swordsman as well, though he wouldn't expect to since he only had two months experience with the blade which was nothing compared to the Paladin's. Mind you, most of the workload Cody had undertaken he had asked for so he certainly wasn't complaining.
Anything to help him grow stronger, even if it was only a bit. Which is what brought him to the guild hall today actually. All this training was good and all, but he felt confident enough with the sword to at least hold his own in a fight now. That and doing something other than training would be good to shake things up.
So with such a thought in his mind, he had grabbed a request he felt like he could do from the board and had sat down to enjoy a drink before he met up with James. The request he had grabbed he doubted he could handle by himself so he was sure that he could convince James to go with him.
They mightn't be able to handle the request by themselves though.....this Bridge request seemed kinda big.
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Protect the Bridge!


Description A few gangs have been raiding Oshibana Town lately. Their main target is the construction site of Hayato Bridge, an important bridge that will connect the cities of Oshibana and Clover.
Three gangs have been identified so far: Kin Gang, Koji Gang and Kataro Gang. But the authorities suspect that they are working under the orders of another gang still unknown.
The construction of the bridge is delayed due to the attacks. Some workers were kidnapped by the gangs, so many have given up the job.
Please, defeat the gangs, save the kidnapped workers and protect the construction of the bridge!


Requester: Yachi Takafumi (contractor responsible for the construction of the bridge)
Reward: 890,000 Jewels + 12 railway tickets to anywhere
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[center][h1][color=39b54a]Sora Kaze[/color], [color=fff200]Mai Butcher[/color], [color=6ecff6]Jess Butcher[/color] and [color=bc8dbf]Ethel Storm[/color][/h1][/center]
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Sora yawned loudly, stretching out as far as his long limbs could on the soft green grass. He was currently just watching the clouds above him as one he had a lot of spare time and two he was bored. Normally one wouldn't consider watching the clouds as a particularly fascinating hobby, but it was something he quite enjoyed. Much to many a persons disbelief when they considered his easily bored nature.
But the main upside to watching the clouds pass overhead was that he didn't have to keep any remote attention on them, meaning he was free to let his thoughts wander.
It had been two months huh? Jeez, they felt like they had breezed past in no time at all. It had been two months since they had [i]finally[/i] [s]captured[/s] tracked down Shiro, Ethel's sister, but due to some misfortune Sora had no choice but to let her and some other non-important baddies go.
Ethel was quite upset if one couldn't guess, hell the younger wizard didn't speak to him for about a full day till Mai had recovered enough to explain to her what had happened. No matter, if they had caught her once Sora was confident he could do so again.
Sora sighed contently as he felt the tickle of a small breeze blowing through the grassy hills he currently was lying down on. Ah yes, now wasn't the time to dwell on such thoughts. This was his downtime before their next 'big' mission.
His thoughts now quickly turned to that Rune Knight Captain...Rosalina? Yeah Idawana or whatever her name was. That woman was such fun to annoy, a shame that she hadn't gotten back to him on his offer to join the knights. Oh well, probably for the best. He doubted they would get along and he would probably be kicked out about five minutes in anyway for breaking any number of laws he honestly gave zero fire trucks about.

Feeling a presence beside him, Sora half-turned his head to the side and noticed Ethel sitting beside him looking up at the clouds above with her knees tucked into her chest. Damn she was getting good at appearing out of thin air. If Sora didn't know any better, she might've been better than him at doing it...
[color=39b54a]"I assume you haven't gotten rid of that damned pest yet?"[/color] Asked the exasperated older mage. A small shake of the bluenette's head made Sora roll his eyes. Damn that Verrick brat and giving Ethel that monstrosity, she and the other two were completely obsessed with it so unfortunately Sora couldn't do a damned thing lest he lost his subordinates.
And while they weren't fantastic, it really helped having a couple extra people around to take the attention off of you, you know? Meant he had less work to do as well.
[color=39b54a]"Shame..."[/color] Sora went quiet as he kept a trained eye on the silent teenage mage, rolling his eyes again when she didn't try to remotely add to the conversation. Sora could tell something was on the girl's mind, so why didn't she just say it already?
He already had an inkling about what it was about. Eventually as the silence dragged on for five or so minutes, Sora could feel his patience waning quite rapidly.
Eventually he had had enough.

[color=39b54a]"Ethel, are you sure that it's him?"[/color] His voice came out a lot more irritable than he had thought, but honestly....he really had to teach Ethel to be more communicative here. You can't just sit next to a guy all day and wait for him to bring it up ya know? Kinda rude.
To add onto Sora's frustration was that Ethel stayed silent still. He was simply about to get up and leave when Ethel finally spoke up.
[color=bc8dbf]"Ethel doesn't know....Ethel thinks so."[/color] Thank goodness for his wind magic, otherwise Sora would probably never understand or hear a word that Ethel said because of all the damned mumbling she did. However all her answer did was make him roll his eyes again.
He really needed to fix her speech patterns as well. God they were annoyingly brief.
[color=39b54a]"Look here Ethel...we can't just go around willy nilly following a guy just because you 'think' it might be him. I mean why do you even think so in the first place? You yourself said you've never met him."[/color] Sora knew he had to lay down the law here, otherwise knowing Ethel she would run off and get herself into trouble. Again. As he spoke he sat up so that he could look Ethel in the eye...well he would've if she wasn't still looking skyward.
Bloody oath this girl could be infuriating.
[color=bc8dbf]"He reminds Ethel of father."[/color] She mumbled, barely audible thanks to her collar but Sora was used to such a thing. He didn't quite know how to react to that response for a moment, as briefly he almost allowed his hatred for that man to be shown in front of Ethel. He didn't like that bastard one bit, I mean who could just abandon a young girl at a time like that?
The only reason he didn't say anything about him was that he didn't want to upset Ethel, who despite being left without warning by her father when she needed him most she was still adamant about bringing her entire family back together. Him included, unfortunately.
Oh well, so long as Sora got a good right hook in on the man he could at least go along with it.

But it also wouldn't be right to judge that kid on the one aspect of being like her father, as Sora reasoned she probably meant more appearance wise than anything else. Sora got some good vibes from that kid as well, despite his obvious flaws.
After another moment of prolonged silence Sora now pushed himself back up to his feet and dusted off his back, looking down towards the younger mage.
[color=39b54a]"Well then if that's the case suppose we only need to prove it right? A lead is better than nothing after all, no matter how small or loose it might be."[/color] Sora stretched his arms, glancing over his right shoulder as he heard a pair of soft footsteps approaching. As expected it was the Butcher Sisters, Jess and Mai. The wounds they had acquired during the events that transpired at Crocus had yet to fully heal, as the sling which contained Mai's arm would prove, but they had yet to hinder their travelling speed.
[color=fff200]"So where are we off to next then Sora?"[/color] Asked the older sister, Mai. She had already overhead much of the conversation, well as close to a conversation as one could have with Ethel, but she wanted to confirm it just in case Sora did a 180. He was rather unpredictable sometimes, but this time she wasn't wrong.
[color=39b54a]"Where else girls? We're off to pay Phoenix Wing a visit."[/color]