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Nolan Waltz


Nolan just squinted at Brianna's smiling face long and hard before waving his hand at her dismissively. He had long since accepted that he was going to be given stupid nicknames so he no longer fought against it, as long it wasn't really demeaning. If that were the case, whoever made it up would've been buried six-feet in the ground. "Just keep the nicknames down a bit will ya? I swear, everyone and their mother has a bloody nickname for me these days." He just rolled his eyes, knowing that she was not going to let up now that Dalton filled her head with ideas.

The Exceed would have answered her question, but he was still preoccupied. "Hmf hmmmf!" Dalton's mouth was stilled covered by the spectral hand Nolan summoned and it certainly was not letting go anytime soon try as he might as he tugged at it. Really, it was more for his own good that he couldn't say anything. Hrm, hrrrm, hrrrm! His whines were muffled until the hand disappeared with a snap of Nolan's fingers. Dalton groaned and rubbed his sore lips. "Was that necessary?"

"You had it com-! Give me a heads up first!" Nolan lifted his arms up when Karn wrapped himself around his waist. His eyes averted the hyper mage when he acknowledged Nolan's hard work to become an S-Class mage. "Give me a break, it was not like I was actively trying to get a promotion." If his face was red before, then watching Karn transform into Nolan and saying he was going to work hard to impress Ariel made him go supernova. "God dammit Karn! Don't say that with my face!" If there was any semblance of Nolan's brooding façade, it was completely shattered now.

And there was Brianna again with her teasing. "It's hardly a secret that we're dating. No need to make a big deal out of it." He grumbled to himself. From the corner of his eye he saw Sasha's little tike all snugged up to Penny. Well, he greeted Damian so he may as well welcome his colleague back as well if out of curtesy. "Good to see you are well, Penny." He said monotonously. An attempt was made.

Nolan did have a small smile for the toddler in her arms and waved at her before he turned his attention to Sasha. "Oh, hey Sasha. I'm teaching at the ballet studio again on Sunday at the usual time. Feel free to drop Faith off for some exercise." Surprisingly enough, Nolan was friendly by his standards to Sasha. Despite what that cold, brooding exterior would lead anyone to believe, he enjoyed doting Faith so he always made these offers or gave bits of candy as a treat.

The excitement through in the guild was through the roof again though the most that came out Nolan was a chuckle. Well, it looked like they were going to have to get ready for a festival!



Sengoku Enma


The doors to the guild slammed open and the large figure made its way through the doorframe, making sure his horns did not get caught on them again. Enma stretched his jaw wide out with a yawn, his sharp pearly whites seemed to be even more pronounced this way. "Yo, what did I miss? Have Prince and Michael hooked up yet?" He said half jokingly as he pulled up a chair from a table and dragged it over to where the main crowd seemed to be. The chair moaned and creaked as he sat down.

His eyes caught the appearance of an unknown white haired girl. "Who's the little lady? We got ourselves a new recruit?" He leaned forward to Keiko, using his Kanabō to keep his balance. It did not occur to him that his... unusual appearance could have been frightening to her. Heck, it was the kind of mug that made babies cry at a passing glance.

The larger than life Oni grinned, bearing those sharp fangs of his and said, "You can call me Enma. If you have any questions about the guild or me, don't be afraid to ask."


@PlatinumSkink




"That's fine, my team can deal with Fighting-types." Talk about great timing with catching his new Hawlucha just before going into a place crawling with Fighting-types. It wouldn't be helpful if they had to go high up since the wild Pokemon would become stronger so hopefully the shrine was hidden around the lower levels. It definitely piqued his interest that there was that strange platform high in the mountains, but at the level he was it would be suicide so he'll settle for challenging that way further down the line in his career as a trainer. For now, he needed to think on what they needed to do.

If they took the regular entrance to the mountain then they would have to traverse snaking tunnels with no certain way of knowing if they were going the right direction or they could try the entrance by Rainrock, but it's already a known dead end so as Anise said, they would have to find something that scientists had missed. "Logically speaking, no matter how complex a path is someone should have accidentally stumbled upon the shrine by sheer luck unless they needed the mirror for something. The same thing could be said about the other entrance by Rainrock; if the mirror is the key." He said thinking aloud, but continued on. "The safer first option would be to explore the entrance by the city first. If we're lucky, there will be some archaeologists that we can enlist the help of." That seemed like the more reasonable option. If there was nothing there then they would have to just go through the main entrance.

He didn't know if Anise actually caught what he said since she was looking at his egg. "Oh, um... You know Jacques of the Elite Four? His friend was selling Pokemon not native to Isson and gave me this egg from Galar. I just became a trainer so he gave me something he thought I could handle." Wait, it sounded like he was bragging. It really sounded like he was bragging. "S-sorry. I really sound full of myself." Basil smiled sheepishly. The egg was getting close to hatching, but it wasn't there yet. Back into the bag it went for another day and he stood back up. It was time for them to get going to Rainrock.



@PlatinumSkink




"If that's correct then we need to scale a mountain. Better than the shore walls at least." He said as he looked behind him as the crashing waves crashed against the cliff side. Yeah, if they tried to go down there right now they were just dead, but still, traversing a mountain is certainly no joke. He looked at the map again to get a better understanding of where exactly the mountain range was so that they could plan accordingly.

There appeared to be a city not far from it. "Rainrock City seems to be at the base of the mountain. While I'm definitely eager to go right now, I think it would be best make preparations and stock up on supplies so we minimize as much of the danger as possible. We don't know how high up we need to go so it's better to be safe." Anise probably was more familiar with the mountain than he was, but he could only imagine how strong the Pokemon were going to be the higher the climbed. It was better to proceed with caution for any exploration. That and he needed to give his feet a rest after hiking for this long, but he kept that to himself.

Speaking up steps, Basil had almost forgotten about the egg! He had not even checked on it once ever since he left Pureplain City so now as good as any. Basil pulled out the egg to see how it was doing though he wasn't expecting much since he had just received it today.



@PlatinumSkink




It was Basil's turn to now hide his face in his palm from embarrassment. "It just seemed like they were all spaced out so exact that I thought if we went to approximate distance away from the shrine we may have found a secret entrance or something. I'm dumb, I know." Ugh and he acted so confident too! He sat down and pulled out his map to see where in the world he went wrong.

The Shrine of the Center is where the never ending rain was, the shrines that they know make up a triangle, and that mirror was a part of all of this. He just sighed heavily and said, "It probably is in the opposite direction that we came. If I have to think about it again, couldn't the Shrine of the Center be called that because it's the center of three other shrines?" They had all the pieces for the puzzle, but he just couldn't seem to figure out their proper place. "What ran through your head when you looked at your map?"

Nolan Waltz


And there was Damian being touchy again. What was with him and grabbing shoulders?

"Ever the showman, aren't you?" Nolan said to Damian. This man loved to speak loudly and draw attention to himself, especially for his long drawn out speeches, but at least this time he was keeping it short and sweet. The younger S-Class shrugged Damian's hand off his shoulder as he looked on at that the guild and how lively it was; those two had been gone for two years and yet, it was like they never left at all. They were leaders, people that looked up to them and shone brightly wherever they were. Nolan was not that kind of a person, he did not have the charisma or warmness that they openly expressed to everyone in the guild nor did he want to. He did not shine like they did, they, who represented what a guild mage ought to be. For all of his talent and strength, Nolan just couldn't be like them.

The more things changed the more things stayed the same. He smirked at Damian and said ever confidently, "Alright, I'm game. I'm far stronger than I was two years ago." Damian had certainly brought enough attention as now the guild seemed to be buzzing at the prospect of watching their four S-Class mages duke it out. Even Rose seemed to be quite interested in how much stronger the 'younger' mages have become. Nolan arched his brow and said, "You're literally five-years-older than I am. Why are you acting as if you're about to hit fifty?"

There was being an old spirit and then there simply was Rose. If she was an old spirit then Karn was perpetually young. Nolan waved back at Karn, albeit with less energy, but he probably didn't notice since he was hiding behind Penny. Odd, but he did not really think hard about it since another person that matched the effeminate mage's energy. Brianna's nicknames never failed to put a scowl on his face. "And you never seem to cease with your nicknames." He said as he stepped back to keep a few feet of space in between them.

Meanwhile Dalton snickered at Nolan. "Well, Mr. Waltzie is all bark, but no bite." The Exceed knew he was pushing his luck, but he found that enjoyed pushing his partner's buttons. "He's been all pouty because he's been pining-" He didn't even get a chance to finish that sentence when a white, spectral hand manifested over his mouth and clamped it shut. "Hmph?!"

"He speaks of lies and slander." said Nolan, though his eyes were now averting everyone and his cheeks were flushed red. Tearsy didn't miss a beat and followed up with her own inquiries. At this point he was too used to having random women speaking into his head. "Fine, just peachy."

Hrm Hrm! Dalton was trying to say something, but Nolan still did not release the hand's grip.

For once, Nolan actually felt some sympathy for Brianna considering that they are in a bit of a similar situation. "I feel your pain."


@PlatinumSkink




Oh, so that was it. Well, it was worth a shot to ask, but man there were so many other questions that mainly consisted on why and how she even did that. "Huh, wouldn't that be quite expensive if the trainers got the Nugget?" But no seriously, what did happen if that happened? Just how many Nuggets would she have to mine to keep that up? Actually, this was totally off track.

There certainly was not much else choice on where else to start looking; Basil certainly knew as much as the next person so he had little choice, but to leave it in Anise's capable hands. "Well, I suppose that we're going diving then, unless that mirror can reveal a path for us. Can you lead the way?"

My bad? Did this moron actually understand why Zenith was upset? Tone was lucky that all he had gotten from him was a tongue lashing rather than being buried six-feet in the ground. In fact, he would have kept going, but Akemi came in with the save just before he could continue. Zenith groaned and rubbed his temples; as much as he loved his guild mates, they radiated some major crackhead energy. "Just don't do it again."

It couldn't have gotten worse, but then Tone had set his heights on the Domus Flau. This time he could not blame him for not knowing about it considering that Tone had only been in Fiore for only such a short period of time. "Not unless you feel like being arrested for trespassing. It belongs to the kingdom and used exclusively for special events so we'll have to take our spar to the forest. There's a public training ground that other guilds use so we can just use that instead."


@PlatinumSkink




Basil was starting to get a bit too focused to notice that he startled Anise. If it was there then it was a question of where exactly it was in the general vicinity. Anise had a pretty good idea that it was underground and that they would have to swim through some secret passage way though that felt very extreme. "Uh, it's certainly an option, but why would anyone build a shrine so out of the way?" There weren't really that many options that he could think of; if it wasn't underground or anywhere in that area that he pinned then he simply had no clue. He scratched the back of his head as he wracked his brain to think of any other solutions.

There was something else he remembered. "Hey, you know how the Abandoned Shrine had that secret exit? Is there a chance that one of the two other shrines has a secret tunnel that leads to it?" It was a long shot, but it couldn't hurt to ask.


@PlatinumSkink




She could freeze him with how cold she was. At least she was talking to him.

So they were separate legends, but it would be strange if there was absolutely no connection at all since the same shrines were involved in both tales. There had to be some crossover, but for there was a more pressing mystery at the moment. "Yeah I have no idea either. Further research will be required to answer that." He sighed and shook his head as he said that though maybe they will find more answers at this Lost Shrine?

He looked at the drawing that Anise drew, wondering why she was in such a state though it was very plain to see what it was. It was exactly as he thought. "If what you said about the Shrine of the Center is true, then there is simply one answer." Basil pulled out his own pencil and jotted down a few markings to complete the shape; it was a diamond with the location of the Lost Shrine marked down near the shore.

"It's here." He tapped on the point where the Lost Shrine should be. If it really was the location then it simply was a wonder how no one had found it sooner so there was another idea creeping in the back of his mind. "If we go there, something is probably protecting it from outsiders. We will have to proceed with caution."
Nolan Waltz

@Sho Minazuki@Zarkun

"Nolan... Nolannnn."

A gentle voice rung through the mage's ears. The surrounding was hazy and from far off there was a familiar figure approaching him from the fog. "Ariel?" He made his way over and despite getting closer, he couldn't actually see her face. Even squinting it was as if there was some blur that kept him from seeing her face. "Hey, what's going on?" Slowly he walked over to her and as he did so things were becoming more clearer. Ariel was just coming into view and what one would think would be an expression of joy turned into one of pure terror because this thing had her face, but had Dalton's face!

The thing then shouted with the Exceed's voice, "Nolan wake up!"

With a chilling scream, Nolan jolted up from his bed with a cold sweat, panting as patted himself down to make sure that he was not in a dream anymore. By the gods above that was a cursed image forever burned into his head. The slayer turned to face the Exceed who was standing on his bed with his arms crossed and already dressed with his trademark sunglasses and pompadour, tapping his foot impatiently on the bedsheets. "Ya done screamin' or what? We need ta go ta work an' we haven't had breakfast yet!" He hopped off the bed and looked up at him like an impatient child waiting for his parent to get out bed.

Nolan squinted at him and glanced at the clock. Okay yeah he actually should have woken up earlier, but for this reason? The reason this little shit scarred him for life was because he was hungry? The little bugger was lucky he didn't get thrown out the window at lightspeed! "You really are a bastard." He grumbled and kicked off the sheets. It was time to get ready for the day, as uneventful it probably was going to be.

Beside of his training, his modeling career, his promotion to S-Class, the last couple of years had been extremely uneventful. For some reason, everyone decided that they needed to start travelling for their training or for their own personal issues; Damian and Penny were basically having a two year long date and Rose was working on her love life with her beau so Nolan was actually the only S-Class that was constantly around for the majority of that time. Amaya was training and Ariel went off for a year to sort herself off before coming back though now she had been out for two months because she was recruited by Sorcerer Magazine and decided to take up their offer.

Sure there were newbies, but most of them were just fucking annoying, especially Belius. That battle maniac drove him up the bloody wall, not to mention he was unpredictable so he was more of a liability for missions that required finesse. Then there was Brianna and while he personally does not hold much against her beside her emotional outbursts when she has had one too many, her sword is a completely different story; that sword does not know when to stop teasing him for being skittish around most women. Other than that most of the new members that have joined have either not caught his eye or were simply too scared of him to approach.

Well, something did happen recently; he and Jack Goran, the guild master of the Dragon Fang and one of the Wizard Saints, had become more acquainted with each other recently and, well... That was a story for another time.

Mage and Exceed were walking down the streets of Magnolia and just as he across from the guild, he could hear a commotion from inside, Karn especially rung true. "What's going on?"

Nolan pushed open the doors and what he saw was a duo he had not seen in quite awhile. "Can't say that I was expecting you two to be here." He said as he approached Damian with Dalton trailing from behind. Of course Belius was already making a ruckus this early. "Hey, settle down. The man just arrived back home and you want to pound down a grog?"

"Kill joy." Dalton for one would have loved to go for a round of drinks though given his tiny stature he would have been done after the first mug.

He shot Dalton a sharp glare before focusing back on Damian. "Anyway, finally settling down or do you have anywhere else you plan to be?"
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