[center][h1][color=ed1c24]Cody Bloodstein[/color][/h1][/center]
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Despite not having actually been involved with the guild till the aforementioned Grand Magic Games, Cody couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt. These poor workers had been suffering for months as James had said, yet no guild has bothered to come to their aid.
If Cody had worked up the courage even sometime during the couple of months he had been a member of Phoenix Wing to take this request sooner, then they could've put an end to this by now....
Despite seeming downtrodden for a moment, he seemed to pick himself up mentally quite quickly as the duo reached the forest's edge.
[color=ed1c24]"If it's anything like the lessons you've been giving me, I feel sorry for them."[/color] The younger boy chuckled. Yes, so long as James was here Cody was confident they could get this done in no time at all.
Looking around at the forest before them, the young mage couldn't help but sigh. How would they find these guys amongst all this?
[color=ed1c24]"I suppose you don't see any convenient tracks out and about do you James?"[/color] Please if it was only so simple. They would probably have to-
…..
Looking at the bushes before him, he noticed a scrap of clothing sticking to a branch, standing out like a fly on a wedding cake. Surely not. Surely it wasn’t that easy to find a lead?
[color=ed1c24]"You wouldn’t think…."[/color] Cody asked, pointing towards the scrap uncertainty. 

[center][h1][color=f49ac2]Jasmine Lockwood[/color], [color=slateblue]Ariel/Ethel[/color] and [color=39b54a]Sora Kaze[/color][/h1][/center]
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Jasmine felt herself go weak in the knees at Jamie's words.
First use of magic? Looking blankly back at Jamie, the teenage girl couldn't help but blink a few, dozen, times in disbelief. She must've heard that wrong. She had tried learning magic before, she hadn't shown any potential towards any magic or even the ability to use it.
Now she could suddenly shoot water out of her nose, and that was a magic? Well it [i]would[/i] explain where the water came from, considering the sheer quantity of it.
[color=f49ac2]"T-there must be some sort of mistake...I...I..."[/color] The idea of having gained what she had wanted since she was a small child in such brief circumstances obviously didn't seem to be adding up for her. Surely if she had any aptitude for magic, someone would've told her, could've sensed it.
But yet...there seemed something oddly familiar about this. But she couldn't quite place her finger on it-

[color=39b54a]"I don't mean to interrupt."[/color] The sudden voice made the girl almost jump out of her skin. If it wasn't for the table she grabbed onto, her legs might've given out. Where had this man come from?!
He had seemed to just appear out of thin air beside her!
[color=39b54a]"...Hey is that girl ok?"[/color] Sora asked, pointing towards Jasmine while looking at the group gathered over here. He had only come over here because he had seen Jamie, and seeing as she was likely to remember him from Crocus he figured she would be the best one to make his inquiries.
[color=39b54a]"Anyway, I suppose you lot haven't seen an eccentric teenaged girl with the mental age of a five year old, with sky blue hair and blood red eyes come through here have you?"[/color] Pausing as he looked around expectantly, he began to gesture the height he was looking for.
[color=39b54a]"About this tall? Wearing an oversized hoo-"[/color] Looking down towards where the combined Ariel and Ethel sat, one could almost see his soul slowly corroding away. You had to be kidding, right?
How?
Why?

[color=slateblue]"Hmm?"[/color] Realising that Sora was staring directly at them, the girl tilted her head quizzically. This man seemed so familiar....Sora was it? She couldn't quite remember, but she was sure that was his name.
He felt important to her, but also completely strange and foreign at the same time. Where did she know this man from? Her jumbled memories were still just that, but a few seemed to be connecting.

Sora could feel his rising annoyance begin to settle in for the long run, he pinched the bridge of his nose. Goddamnit, he was going to kill those two useless sisters when he got back.
[color=39b54a]"It is unfortunate we keep having to meet in such....circumstances Master Jamie. Even if this is far better than the incident in Crocus."[/color] Not looking up, he indicated towards Ariel/Ethel with his other hand.
[color=39b54a]"Oh and edgy kid, nervous wreck. The name's Sora Kaze."[/color] Indicating to Nolan and then Jasmine, Sora continued [color=39b54a]"Obviously you've met Ethel. I'm her....well I suppose the best way to phrase this is 'guardian'? Or maybe 'caretaker', since she doesn't like me being addressed as such. Something about she doesn't need a guard. Daft girl."[/color] Shaking his head, he couldn't help the little quip he added. He really had no idea where she got this damned stubbornness from.
[s]Definitely not him, never him.[/s]
He had so many questions. Just as many as he believed this group held, maybe less as he had an inkling of sorts as to what happened but didn't have any information to back it up with. There was only a handful of outcomes after all.
Clearing his throat, he decided that while he had this groups undivided attention he should continue to speak.
[color=39b54a]"Anyway I'm sure you've all got a lot of questions, but I don't believe I can answer them until I get an answer to my questions first. Does anyone know what happened? Who exactly did Ethel fuse with, and what is their magic?"[/color] All these questions were vital to validating or refuting his own theory, meanwhile he didn't see how he could answer their questions without such information anyway.

Having grown bored of listening to Sora, the girl instead turned her attention to the drenched, and that was putting it lightly, Nolan. He also seemed more than familiar to her. She felt like she had a strong connection, a strong bond to Nolan but once again her mind was too busy resembling static on a TV to be able to put just about anything together bar the absolute basics.
Still, she felt the overwhelming urge to reassure him that she...that Ariel was fine. Why she thought this, she was still trying to work out. But things were certainly feeling like they were becoming clearer, if only just a little, anyway.
[color=slateblue]"It's ok Nolan."[/color] Shuffling along her bench, she moved into a position that she could reach out and tug the back of his saturated shirt.
[color=slateblue]"Ariel is fine."[/color]