Paper flew around in heaps and Sophia dug around her room, looking for some helpful maps as well as any useful inventions. Finally, she scrolled up a number of yellowed pages that she was sure were enough to travel the world. In spite of having no such intention, it was good to be ready.
The scrolled maps and folded notes quickly joined the other items in her black messenger back. Among those were two healing Lacrima orbs she once got as a gift, band-aids, some cookies for the way, spare ink, fountain pens and brushes along with some other minor items a lady must have.

All set with items, she opted for black shorts, rather than a skirt this time. A lot of running and moving made loose knee-length dresses hard to cope with. She was about to put on black thigh-high stockings when she got an idea. Reaching for her brush, she thought she'd try something new before pulling the stockings all the way up.

Quite a few minutes before that one hour ticked by, she made her way back to the guild entrance, taking the back exit as she did so. To be honest, Sophia wasn't sure way she avoided the company in the main hole. A small voice in her head whispered that it might have something to do with a certain dark-looking mage whose name starts with 'V', but she shook her head. Surely she can't be such an idiot that she was avoiding a fellow guild member. The little voice chirped again, saying that someone as easily frightened and weak as her was more than capable of that.

Her thought would have spiralled further, if it wasn't for Kaldis who she just saw cast his Wood Magic. "Woow, Kaldis you're so skilled with this..." She ran her fingers over the smooth surface of handcart's wheels. Her eyes sparkled when she noticed the wooden horse - the little ink mage has always been a fan of animals. It truly was incredible how much Make-Magic mages could create. 
"Um... Is this to take us to Karail? C-Can I maybe please climb on?" Sophia asked politely, as always.