[IC] Fairy Tail: We Are Family

[BlueAjah]

Paige grinned at Terra's adventurous spirit. While finding Cilia was the priority, who said they couldn't have a little fun along the way? Glancing back at Terra, Paige took off sprinting, manipulating the wind to create a boom effect the moment her feet moved. Maybe they'd even run into some hooligans, a grin spread across Paige's lips at the thought.

"You coming?" She called out to Terra.

[Jollan]

Terra's eyes widened as Paige took off with a sonic boom. "Of coarse!" she said excitedly. She shot off to follow Paige, riding her staff almost like a witch's broom with her hair and dress flowing behind her. Once she saw the direction Paige was headed, she ascended higher into the air so that she could keep an eye on her and get a good view of the town at the same time.

[ShadowVentus]

@Jollan

"Hmm, no, I agree with your plan. If anything, the blood bond will make it even easier for me to return, considering I'll practically have your magic energy memorized. This should prove to be very useful should I get preoccupied along the way. Just promise you'll be my man in the shadows until reinforcements arrive. The last thing we need is to have another member in danger." Morgan rolls up her sleeve, preparing herself as if she were just getting an oridnary shot. "Ready when you are!" She states.

[Jollan]

Dremmick nodded as she rolled up her sleeve. "Alright, here goes," he said as he poked her with the needle and then removed it. There was a dot of blood that formed on her arm and he placed the palm of his hand over it, grabbing the arm. His hand started to glow and Morgan could feel a wave of energy pulse through her. It was different, to put it lightly, from normal magic. It was, familiar, but not quite right. Almost...sinister. "There you go, that should last long enough. That extra surge of magic energy is going to be what the blood bond will run on, so you don't have to worry about it draining you. Now hurry, I'm not sure how much time we have. I'll be in touch."

With that he sent Morgan off and made his way closer to the strange building. He pulled his mask down over his face... well... eye, and pressed himself up against a wall next to a window to listen. He didn't make any attempt to peek, however, so as not to get spotted.

[ShadowVentus]

@Jollan
"Got it!" Morgan responds, swiftly making her way back towards the town through the shadows. Making it back in almost record time, she went further in so that not even a hint of her magic would be sensed. "Alright, I'll send up a flare to alert the others, so I can share what I know with them before guiding them back." She communicates with Dremmick before extending her right hand towards the open sky, and shooting forth a burst of shadows into the air, it almost seeming like a purple firework as it scatters about.

[BlueAjah]

@Jollan

Paige's eyes perked at the sight of a strange flare into the sky. She came to a complete stop, hopefully giving Terra enough of a warning not to run into her. Weird. I wonder what they could want? Perhaps they had found her? Or found trouble? A grin spread across Paige's face at the thought of getting the chance to use her magic for some fun. Paige looked at Terra, checking to make sure she was behind her. The magic the girl wielded was quite interesting, something Paige had never seen before. Shrugging, she asked her, "I guess they need our help. I so hope we get to kick some punks' butts. Let's hurry! I don't want to miss any of the action!" Paige once again raced off, this time toward the flare.

[Jollan]

Terra was startled by Paige's sudden stop and had to swerve out of the way to miss her as she spun into a halt, knocking a basket of eggs out of a citizen's hands in the process. "Why would anyone want to cause trouble here?" she thought out loud.

"Hey kid! You broke all my eggs!" the angry old lady said to Terra.

Terra spun around shocked and quickly tried to apologize, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to- .... isn't there a saying about?" Her mind interrupting herself, noticing that all the lady's eggs were in the one basket she knocked over. Just then Paige took off again, "Hey wait for me!" she shouted as she sped off to follow.

"HEY YOU! Come back here!" the elderly citizen called out.

"Sorry! I'll bring you a second basket if I see you again!" Terra replied.

"Uhg, that's not what I meant. Darned fairy tail kids n' their flyin' sticks n' whatnot-," the lady continued to grumble as she faded in the distance, salvaging what she could.

[manapool1]

Terra was startled by Paige's sudden stop and had to swerve out of the way to miss her as she spun into a halt, knocking a basket of eggs out of a citizen's hands in the process. "Why would anyone want to cause trouble here?" she thought out loud.

"Hey kid! You broke all my eggs!" the angry old lady said to Terra.

Terra spun around shocked and quickly tried to apologize, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to- .... isn't there a saying about?" Her mind interrupting herself, noticing that all the lady's eggs were in the one basket she knocked over. Just then Paige took off again, "Hey wait for me!" she shouted as she sped off to follow.

"HEY YOU! Come back here!" the elderly citizen called out.

"Sorry! I'll bring you a second basket if I see you again!" Terra replied.

"Uhg, that's not what I meant. Darned fairy tail kids n' their flyin' sticks n' whatnot-," the lady continued to grumble as she faded in the distance, salvaging what she could.

@Jollan

From behind the woman was a very large man covered in white cloth and a large artifact necklace. He smiled as he held out her basket to her, his green skin of putting but he seemed nice enough. Some of the yolk from the broken eggs where still in there, but three unbroken eggs where inside. "I suppose my timing was impeccable... but reflexes seem to be corroded" he said in an almost hardy way, hiding a single shuckle. His voice was low and gravely, but strong. Wether she took the basket, or was too frightened to and thus he would need to put it on the ground, he nodded to her and walked off, giving her a salute before he was too far away. "All be sure to give those kids a run for their money, I suppose discipline is a way of the past in our guild, is it not?" Muttered chelm to the lady, more to himself than her. On his back was a large object covered in an extensive amount of cloth to hide it's presence.
"Now then... which way did they go?"

[Jollan]

While Terra may be a little more carefree now that she had been released from the crystal and not having to work with the Jailers, she still had her experience from those years of training and doing missions. She has never been much of a physical fighter, or had much in the way of offensive magic. So, of coarse, she had to pursue training in defensive abilities such as sensing trouble and having a feel for when there may be an ambush or trap. And that very feeling was tugging at her right now.

"Paige," she called, " I think we are being followed by something. I'm not sure what it is, but it doesn't seem.... 'normal' per say." She couldn't feel if the feeling had a sense of hostility in it or not, but she felt in necessary to let Paige know she felt something.

[BlueAjah]

Terra's worried voice soon broke Paige's speedy journey to the others. Turning around, she listened to her warning of a possible follower. Paige raised her eyebrow in curiosity. Normally she could smell any sort of dangers but she had no ominous feeling at all. But if Terra believed it, Paige would trust her, they were guild mates after all.

"Hmm... Are you sure?" She asked. "We can't lead anyone to the rest of the group so why not take them away from the city and confront whoever it is following. It's cliche but I think it'll work. Sound like a plan?"

[Jollan]

Terra nodded, although she was a little worried abut taking too long to respond to the signal. "We could, but we will lose time that way. Plus, if Morgan is at the signal, that means we will have another person to back us up. Lets just hope they didn't send the signal up where they found Cilia."

---
Dremmick used his bond to contact Morgan, "Is anyone there? I'm not hearing much on my side, which has me a little worried. Its a little 'too' quiet. Something isn't right here for sure."

[manapool1]

Terra's worried voice soon broke Paige's speedy journey to the others. Turning around, she listened to her warning of a possible follower. Paige raised her eyebrow in curiosity. Normally she could smell any sort of dangers but she had no ominous feeling at all. But if Terra believed it, Paige would trust her, they were guild mates after all.

"Hmm... Are you sure?" She asked. "We can't lead anyone to the rest of the group so why not take them away from the city and confront whoever it is following. It's cliche but I think it'll work. Sound like a plan?"

@BlueAjah

As she turned around, Chelm would wave to them, a fragment of a smile showing through his clothey garb. He seemed to try to get there attention nonchalantly, but moved at a normal pace. Being as big as he was, he stood out in a crowd. He did not stop when they did, he just kept moving. Whether they stayed or not did not matter to him, he kept moving towards them, looking around casually. What an odd thing to do, bringing there attention to him then acting like he wasn't worried about them.

[BlueAjah]

Paige nodded to Terra, trusting the girl's instincts. While Paige had no doubt the two could kick anyone's asses, having backup would only increase their chances.

As if the day couldn't get any weirder, Paige noticed a strange man approaching them. He towered over the crowd, practically making himself a walking target. Paige raised her eyebrow in confusion. Whoever this man was, he was obviously coming to them but if he had wanted to start a fight, he would've already attacked by now or would've kept hidden. Paige elbowed Terra to look over to him. It was...weird. Paige took a whiff of his scent but couldn't really get any insight from him. What in the world?

"Who the heck is that guy?" Paige asked. She planted her feet in the grown and curiously watched as the man came closer.

[Jollan]

Terra descended and landed next to Paige, holding her staff in both hands. "Where is Morgan? I don't see her anywhere." She got in a prepared stance with her staff floating by her at the ready, similar to how Ander lets his crystal float next to him as an extra weapon during combat. She stayed slightly behind Paige.

"He's kinda creepy" she then said bluntly as they awaited his arrival.

[manapool1]

Slowly moving, the fact his face was covered and his eerie clothing made him rather strange looking. Added by the possible weapon on his back and large stature, he seemed intimidating, almost like he was evil. His smile and green skin basically sealed the deal. While Chelm wasn't a very bad person in reality, at least, not anymore, he was very much so a bad looking person, and he supposed he could never shake that off of him. He didn't stop moving closer, it was gradual but soon enough he was upon them. Once their, in the shadow brought by his cloth, the glint of one eye and a sinister grin was all that shown through. Grabbing the covered weapon on his back, he planted it hard into the ground with a thud, watching the lenin around it unravel itself to reveal a staff.
"How fancy, it looks like we both have one! I'm glad to see fellow wizards starting to understand the power of stave magic" he suddenly spoke, taking off the hood to show his green skin and greasy black hair.
"don't mind little old me, I just thought I'd accompany you two love birds, to make sure that your passage was unaltered by anyone else"

[Jollan]

"A-actually its just a plain staff," Terra replied timidly, still not sure what to think about the odd man. "Its only my crystals in it that are magical. Are you with Fairy Tail?" With Chelm's insignia out of sight, she wasn't sure who he was or where he was from. Hers was evident on her cheek.

---
@ShadowVentus
Dremmick was starting to get worried. He wasn't receiving any feedback from Morgan after she sent of the signal. 'Morgan, what's going on? Are you ok?' He waited for a reply. If she didn't come soon he would have to make his own signal and risk most certainly catching the attention of whoever was inside. However, in that case, that would mean Morgan could possibly be in trouble too. He certainly hoped not.

He should have never suggested splitting up. Terra always came up with the plans. Being sneaky was his job since he couldn't use his magic and Ander would do most of the heavy fighting. The whole 'leadership' role was still new to him.

[ShadowVentus]

@Jollan@BlueAjah@manapool1

Having momentarily lost herself in her thoughts, Morgan snaps back to reality thanks to Dremmick's bond, pausing a moment to let him finish speaking before responding. "They're not at my exact location, but I can feel Terra and Paige's magic approaching. Hmm..however, it seems like they've stopped momentarily. I'll see what could be keeping them. I'll be back as soon as I can. Unless you feel it absolutely necessary, hold back on infiltrating the enemy's AO until I've returned to your location." With that discussion over with, Morgan makes her way to her guildmates. She arrives just in time to see a green-skinned staff-wielder approach them. As she closes in, she's able to get a read on the guy just by briefly reading the expression in his eyes. If anything, the man seemed friendly. Perhaps he could even serve as a possible ally in the fight to come. "Paige! Terra! Is everything alright?" She acquires, wishing to get a better assessment of the current situation before she takes any drastic measures towards this mystery man.

[manapool1]

Chelm looked to the two before him with a questioning stare. Perhaps he was some what confusing or his request was odd, but they seemed creeped out by him. It was as if they were in the unsure area of fear and just realizing you're strange. Luckily, he had a way to redeem himself from this as they asked about which guild he was in. Without a word he grabbed his shirt, parting the cloak he wore, and rose it to reveal a small section of his stomach. Considering how many scars and strange pieces miscellaneous things strapped to him he bore, he didn't want to scare them. So he hid those a much as he could, revealing only the tattoo on his stomach. It was the fairy tail insignia. Chelm let out a roaring laugh.
"oh course, why else would I accompany another wizard so welcomingly, because we are all from the same guild of course"

[Jollan]

"Morgan!" Terrsa exclaimed when she arrived. Terra let her guard down after Chelm's response. "We're fine now, this sickly man here is with our guild!" she said cheerfully, referring to the man's green complexion (he must be sick right?). "Have you found out anything yet?"

[ShadowVentus]

@Jollan
"I believe we've found where Cilia ran off to. I left Dremmick there to come and lead you guys back for a full on ambush of the area. If he wants, he can join in on the fun. Regardless though, we'd best hurry back. We shouldn't keep Dremmick waiting. Let's get moving!" As she turns back and starts sprinting back towards the cottage, going fast enough to where the others could still follow her, she relays all of the current happenings back to Dremmick, sparing no detail about the green-skinned man. If he felt any sort of suspicion towards the mystery member, she would do what she could to fight him off if need be.