Damian & Jack
A heavy sigh escaped Jack as he carried a drunk Damian on his shoulder. With a sour frown he marched on towards the announcements while grumbling at his companion. “Damn light weights, damn Boss,” he mumbled as he remembered Delsin giving him the task of looking after Damian, seeing as how he was the one who got him drunk. He glanced over to Damian and scoffed. “You really need to practice on your drinking man,” he chuckled dryly.
Damian was slinging most of his weight upon the poor guy who was tasked with being his supervisor. When Jack would Damian laughed, when Jack chuckled he chuckled. At least the young lad was having a blast while under the influence. As the two made their way over to the announcement Damian would holler and wave on random passerbyers. Some gave positive responses while others on the more negative side.
“Hey Jack, something had been bothering me…why the hell is everyone breaking their necks over this event. What is the point of being S-class?” He said slinging his head back and letting his feet drag. At this point Jack was carrying the boys dead weight.
Jacks frown grew slightly as he had to put more effort in carrying the drunken bastard, but it wasn’t all that bad really, it was just annoying. He shrugged as he thought of his question. “Guess people wanna get better jobs, or maybe they just want to prove their strength,” he smirked slightly. “I’m just hoping I get a chance to join in on the fun, some strong people are gonna be there,” he chuckled with his fighters fire sparking a bit.
“Who do you have your eyes on for fighting exactly, your crazy if you wanna go against Vega. His magic gives off an ominous feeling and his attitude does not make him any less dangero-.” He stopped right there mid sentence before picking up his head.
“You better not lay a finger on Alexandria or I'll have to hurtcha.” Damian said chuckling with Jack, thought he meant it. That was when Damian's stomach began growling rather loud, Jack was close enough to the boy to feel a small vibration. The dumbass drank alcohol on an empty stomach, “Hey Jack, can we get some chicken wings...please?” The boy pleaded for the food like a small child.
Jack groaned with annoyance before turning in the direction of the nearest place that sold wings. “I know a good place,” he mumbled with a sigh. This was a pain looking after him, but food and more beer sounds go by now. They would just have to be late to the announcements. Soon they reached a small establishment and took their seats. Jack had to help Damian into his like a child before ordering two orders of wings and four beers for himself.
Damian leaned back in his chair, his head was pounding. As he heard footsteps walk by, the boy opened his eyes and turned his head. Damian faced a rather attractive waitress, the boy tugged on the back of her shirt. “Can I have some hot water and a spoon as well...please pretty lady.” After finishing his request the boy slumped back into his chair and awaited for the wings to arrive.
Once the food arrived it sat for a before lingering into Damian's nostrils. His nose twitched slightly before he roared back to life. “How come you didn't tell me the food was here” the boy grabbed a chicken wing devouring it whole and spitting out the bones. The boy then grabbed another wing and repeated the same process cleaning the bone. “These are good Jack, where'd you find a place like this” he said with his cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk. Damian was about done with his wings by the team his hot water and spoon came out, he felt a little bit better though surely after making this next concoction he would clear up in a hour or two.
“Like I was saying, who are you looking to fight in the trials?” He asked as he reached into his back pocket and placed a pouch on the table.
Jack chugged one of his beers and leaned back in his seat, thinking who he wanted to fight. After a long silence he smiled and held up a finger. “Everyone!” he admitted with an honest grin. “Think about it, fighting all of them at once would be the ultimate challenge! It’d be like a kid in a candy shop,” he chuckled. “Though if I had to choose I’d say I would want to fight Alexandria, she seems like a fun time,” he said before returning to his drink.
Damian pretended not these the last part of what Jack said for a moment. The boy pulled out a small seed from the pouch and clenched it firmly. “Oh is that so Jack? After I said you better not” Soon a green aura could be seen around the boy. At first I seemed like a threat but soon you could see the aura flowing into the seed in the boys hand. Upon opening his palm you could see a small plant with leaves. Damian picked off the leaves before walking over to a nearby flower pot and placing the plant. The boy then pulled out a small pestle and mortar to grind up the leaves.
“Regular green tea is no good for such a case though magical tea is another question.” The boy said as he grounded up the tea leaves and placed them into the water. The boy picked up the cup of hot water and slid the plate from under it out before putting it on top of the cup to contain the heat. He decided to let it sit for a little.
“I'm serious Jack, I won't hold back against you” Damian said folding his arms, “If you harm her beautiful face I am not liable for what happens next”
Jack raised an eyebrow and laughed. “That’s what I’ve been wanting! Seriously if it takes planting my foot in a girls ass for you to actually try then so be it!” he laughed and gave him a grin. “Not using your full potential is a waste and I’m getting sick of you doing it,” he said before drinking his beer. “Make not only you look weak, but the guild,” he finished as he shook his head.
The boy frowned at Jack's last sentence, “Just because I don’t pick a fight and exercise my abilities for selfish desires makes me weak? Self restraint is a strength that you lack.” he said with a small grin. Though Jack was criticizing the boy the effects of the drink were still there. He just smiled like an idiot “Besides, it would be unfair if it was required of me to fight at my full potential.” Soon the tea was done and the boys face lit up. Damian took off the plate and began stirring the tea around, the water turning into a nice green flavor. “Maybe against someone like Vega I’d give it a shot, but you…” Damian eyed the man down as he sipped his tea. Usually he wouldn’t purposely get a rise out of Jack but Damian wasn’t the one calling the shots today.
A grin spread across Jacks face as he leaned forward in his seat. He rested his head win his right palm and held up his left hand that began to become covered in tendrils of shadows. A hungry look was clear in his eyes as his fire began to grow every second and his grin turned into a thrilled smile. Was he going to finally get a proper fight for the day? The thought simply threw fuel onto his growing fire. “Your bark is decent, but is your bite any better?” he asked with a chuckle before making fist with his left hand and causing his entire arm to be enveloped in a coat of shadows.
Damian placed his tea down, the effects of it already beginning to bring relief. “Harm her and you’ll find out the full extent of my wrath. I know you like to play rough and that's a no go with me." Damian’s reacted to Jack with a magic aura of his own as he stood up to face the man. Damian did have no doubt that she could hold her own in a battle, her swordsmanship was unmatched in this town. Damian was still a bit light on his feet but good enough to stand on his own. Shadow magic was his specialty and he was no amateur with it. The boy just smiled back at Jack, “Now lets finish our food we are disturbing the other customers. Besides we need to head to the meeting before master Delsin has our heads.” Damian released his aura and took another sip of his tea with a happy grin, “He’d have our necks if we destroyed a shop on a day like this.”
Jack frowned with disappointment as his fire began to dull and his magic dimmed. He sighed and leaned back in his seat before taking a bite out of his wing. “Geez, it’s annoying when I see people like you. Good soul with plenty of power, but you don’t use it for its proper use for some crappy reason,” he said before swallowing and shaking his head. “Whatever, finish up and let’s go. I don’t want another damn punishment from the boss, this one was sad enough,” he complained as he tossed his wing back onto his plate. His mood was now even more sour thanks to this kid getting him pumped for a fight and just blowing him off like he was nothing. It pissed Jack off, but he decided that chugging a few more drinks will keep him steady until Delsin wasn’t on his case anymore.
Damian just put his hands in his pockets, “Thanks for lunch buddy” he said with a cheeky grin. Jack will be in a sour mood for the drinks should keep him tamed. “I’ll make it up to you later Jack, I never forget a favor.” Soon the two made it just in time to get to the directions for this years trials. “You said you weren’t all interested this year in the trials but even though... I still want to see how rigorous they might be.” Delsin began explaining the qualifying stage, the guild members had to form into teams this year to complete a task. This somewhat relieved the young boy, he could just piggyback on someone else's shoulders and watch safely at the given tasks. One problem was the selected leaders for each group. Being Vega from his own guild, just hearing him being a leader spew negative thoughts. Vega’s skills are admirable but his leadership was questionable. The only kind of leadership that he displayed is frightening others into compliance. The other name he was familiar with was dreadlin, the towns lizardman. He was rather nice though Damian was not entirely sure if he would pick him up for a mission because of his title. It was more likely to get on a team with Vega more so.
“I am guessing your going to team up with Vega huh? I want a word with Delsin before we set off to find that guy. I need a clearer explanation on what perks an S-Class wizard receives”
