[@PaulHaynek] [@Restalaan] (YNG)

A bit after Bart had left and as she assisted the monk with the dishes, Yang asked finally asked the fateful question. Looking over her shoulder to see that they were the only ones present, Kira told her new confidant her story.

She told Yang about Videl. About Gruja. About the first encounter at the food market. About how Videl and Gruja became close to each other during the mercenary's stay. How, after many weeks, Videl finally gained the courage to stand before the man who captured her heart and confess her feelings for him....only to receive heartbreak when Gruja rejected her, saying how, even when he had the same feelings for her, he could not abandon his duty for the sake of love. How, after Gruja and his band left, Videl changed for the worse, becoming more withdrawn and depressed as the days went by, ever increasing the family's worries day by day.

Then....one day, a messenger came to their home bearing tragic news...

Varjan ambush. Many casualties.....[b]Gruja among them.[/b]

Kira remembered exactly how her eldest sister reacted....or rather, how she [b]didn't[/b] react. Unlike everyone else, who was either shocked or crying for Videl's sake, there wasn't even hint of emotion on her face.....[i]except for the dead look in her eyes.[/i]

A day later, Videl went missing. With panic added to the mountain of worry that had culminated, Kira, her mother, her father and all of her siblings scoured their hometown and the surrounding forest to find her.

And that's how Kira, at the time just 10 years old, found her dearly beloved sister Videl, peacefully resting against a beautiful oak tree...[i]with a bloody gash on her neck and bloodstained knife in her hands.[/i]

After that, Kira wasn't able to finish the story as she was to busy crying from the traumatic memory, Yang holding the flygirl in a comforting embrace as she emotionally fell apart. She had just barely managed to pull herself together before the other guild members returned, along with some new faces she hadn't seen before, though was far from the right mind to even greet them properly. After relaying the news of Ozzy's departure, Kira turned in for the night, oddly having the most restful sleep she has had in recent memory.

[@Stern Algorithm] [@AzureKnight] [@13org] (FYR & ADA) [@Restalaan] (YNG & DIT)

The next morning, Kira was awake and dressed, silently eating a biscuit as she looked at the list of quests on the bulletin board alongside her fellow guildmates. Upon seeing her options...

FOR THE CAUSE

[color=a187be]"I'll take quest number 1."[/color], Kira quietly stated, with an odd monotone and without much hesitation or thinking, not even waiting for input from the others as she finished her breakfast and walked out the door, ready to take on the day.....and Order, apparently.