Fantasy Alabastor: Age of Heroes

[OverconfidentMagi]

"I think we're done here."

Hearing those words infuriated Silber. As if this battle had ever been about stealing a piece of cloth! The fury behind his cold glowing eyes urged his body to rush forward and strike down that butcher. But he stayed were he was. He would have to get past Baoithin to reach the butcher. Silber didn't hesitate out of some fear or respect for the guildmaster; if anything he was slightly disappointed in the old man's performance. He didn't keep back from the heat pouring off of Baoithin, though it was horribly unpleasant. There was another reason he couldn't approach.

With the butcher having fled, Silber was left staring down a fiery Baoithin. "Do you really expect that to be the end of it? A few tears and a whimper, not even in apology, just because he can't stomach his own self. No. My demand earlier stands: a duel with that human. I will attempt to hold back from killing him, but it is as you said: hatred causes hatred. And sometimes that is called justice." His glowing eyes were firm. "If you still disagree with that, we can continue."

"I don't think you want to take too long to decide though." A seed sprouted and grew into a creeping green vine and then leaves in groups of three wrapped around Silber's crystal-coated hand. "Poison ivy. When it touches the skin it can cause an irritating rash, but do you know what happens when you burn it?" The poison ivy wilted and died between his fingers.

Knowing Baoithin used fire, Silber's strategy had been incredibly simple: surround him with more and more burnable material until he decided to ignite it all, which would burn the ivy's oily leaves and carry the poison into the air, where it would be breathed in and attack the throat and lungs. He still had two more traps prepared, but with the butcher already ran away, Silber wasn't particularly interested in leaving an old man crippled or dead.

 

[Radley]

As none of the group had bothered to answer her, she turned as a human approached and informed her that Baoithin was in the woods down a path he had just traveled. "Many thanks." she replied with another vapid bow. As she walked past the human and another individual who seemed to know him, she picked up that at least the human hand passed the trial. Judging from the unusual sash he wad carrying, she deducded that he had indeed passed the trial.

As Kofsia emerged into the clearing with a fallen tree, she could clearly spot the flaming guildmaster and another skydryn emerging from the foliage. "Greetings!" she began in a grandiose fashion while focusing on Dornain.
"Captain Kofsia Silverfang of the Copper Company, at you service." She punctuated the greeting with another elaborate bow to the guildmaster before looking up. "I am here on behalf of guildmaster Hallix. I trust you received our message."

 

[Office Worker Craig]

Daries explained about her treehouse near the river and how she was gathering herbs and fruit to sell from her new home. Al poked an eyebrow, how the hell did she make a massive treehouse all by herself in such a short amount of time? and by how she described it, this wasn't a simple small one like the one at the old orphanage Al used to live at. She might have abilities he didn't know, after all, he doesn't know a lot of things about her.

Al notices the sparring battle between the wolfman and the...sheep woman? On the sparring bit. Wooden walls and a giant wooden helmet surrounded the wolfman with what looked to be his familiar. The maybe sheep woman had the higher ground as she was on top of one of the wooden wall, but the wolfman's skill shouldn't be underestimated as he caught the sheep woman's attack of her quarterstaff with his claws. Impressive, Al thought.

Daries excitedly proclaimed going to the mess hall to feed him, dragging him away before he could protest. As he was dragged to the mess hall, he decided to know more about her, since even though she had been a good acquaintance, he barely knew anything about her. "So Daries, why did you decided to join the guild? And how on earth did you make that treehouse?"

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries ignored the fight, and instead pulled Al into the kitchen of the mess hall. She placed her basket of herbs down as she bustled around the kitchen, looking through the cabinets for ideas.

" How i made the tree-house? It's simple really, being a sidhe and all! I mentioned that i can talk to animals, right? Well, i can also communicate with plant-life! So i just kindly asked the forest to lend me a hand, and it did so!" Daries explained, poking her head into a cupboard and letting out an excited noise when she found rice noodles. She put a pot of boiling water on the stove top, grabbed a few of the herbs she had gathered, a couple pieces of chicken meat out of the fridge and a lime. Daries was trying to avoid his first question, but she knew he would keep pestering her, and that it would be rude to ignore it.

She let out a quiet sigh and turned around to face Al, wiping her hands on a dish towel. " The... reason i joined this guild.." Her pastel eyes flickered from pink to a shocking midnight black. " It's for revenge. I ͚̣͓̦w̙i̪l͈̖͎͎̻̣l̥͈̟͇̮͈ ̪g̻̘̺͉e͓̲̻̜͇͇t̜̤̪͚̫ ͓m̠y̦̤̰ ̱r̳̝̹͉e̫̼͍͈̱̹v̬̦̲͈̯͉e̳̪̪̞ṇ͓g̤̼̭͍̯̳̥e͎̦ ̝͇̫̤̯ͅạ͕̞̤g̬a̬̠͍̹̩i͓͚͔͚̜͎ns̫̖t̯͍̮ ̰̱̜̟̯̹t̮̜ẖ̞̣͔͕͍e͉̝̦ ̖͙o̯̯̟̤͈n̘̠̩ͅes͕̻̲͍ ͚̙̫w̮̦̙̥̬̬h̥̪̦̮̥̪o̙̗͇̫̼͈̖ ̤̖͕͕k̭i̦͉̬̭l͍͓͍̭̣̺̙le̞̭̤d̘̗͎̩̘ ̥̝̭my̗̝̗ ̰͕͇̟̹̹m̲͔͇͕̻o̳̫͓̙̥̬t͔̣͈̺̙̪ḫe̟͚̤̘̦̪̺r̼̺̩̞s̥̹̖̠,͚̮̪̰̣̲̯"

Daries blinked, her pastel eyes returning once again as a large smile spread across her face. " Now, do you want some soup? It'll re-energize you!"

 

[BlackoutThieving]

Before Manu could elaborate on the process of showing off their powers and creating potential combinations the sheep-like beastperson issued a challenge to the wolf-man. His brown eyes flickered in frustration as Manu wanted to counter-interrupt and suggest that in-fighting was pretty much irrelevant for anything other than limit-testing and gauging the strength of their individual abilities, bu he couldn't overcome his dilligence and didn't want to be stand out as rude, which the sheep-person definitely was in his mind. This was not what he had been taught through out his life. To his suprise, the wolf-man, whom he had likened to be of a similar mindset to Manu, agreed to the duel, maybe due to the provocations dished out by the sheep-person although he had thought them simple and without much substance.

As the pair moved to duel a goblin woman in a fancy attire and cart arrived, pleading to know where the guildmaster went. Manu was too caught up frustration and excitement as he went to watch the purposeless duel, but luckily Al came back from the test, sash in hand, to give her directions, and then left with the sidhe girl, who barely arrived before they left again. He quickly wondered if he was missing out on any key social interactions, but decided not to put more thought into it, as he reckoned the result wouln't benefit him.

Manu watched the the ovil reach into her pocket and turn a twig into a staff. So much for learning martial arts, thought Manu, in the moment realizing that his experience in hand-to-hand combat would be of little use in most fights he was to encounter. He would have to practice his Astral and weapon fighting were he to be any good for combat missions. The wolf-man summoned a wolf companion before he was walled in by previously thrown pieces of stick by the Ovil. The sheep charged head-on towards the wolf-man, seemingly not noticing the wolf. Exhilarating.

 

[Office Worker Craig]

Al was on the mess hall's kitchen and Daries didn't waste time on her cooking, finding and boiling rice noodles and grabbing all sorts of different ingredients like herbs and pieces of chicken meat. She answered his second question, saying how Sidhes can talk to plants and how she simply asked the forest the make her a treehouse. Al was still confused but accepted her response anyway. For the first question, however, Daries' attitude changed, her nice pink eyes faded to black and her smile vanished as she proclaimed to get revenge on those who murdered her mothers, her voice threatening and startling. Her eyes faded back to normal and her cheerful attitude returned, offering soup to him. Al looked at her both confused and worried, what she did was...unnatural and wrong.

"Ah y-yeah..I-I'll have a b-bowl." Al stuttered as he removed his cloak.

He looked through the kitchen window that displayed the sparring pit, the wolfman and the sheep woman still fighting. On the outside of the circle was Manu, observing the fight. Al didn't like Manu, especially for siding with the Drahkins earlier, but he was one of the few humans in the guild so becoming acquaintanced with him would be comforting. There was nothing wrong with Daries, Al was even starting to see her as friend, it was just that he was more comfortable around other humans. Manu himself didn't seem to have any allegiance to anyone within the guild, so becoming acquainted him to be on his shouldn't be too difficult. "Actually, make that two bowls of soup."

 

[Ace Cream]

Yigira​

"Mmmm?" Yigira was a bit surprised when Reynar decided to take her attack head on with his claw. She then broke her staff so she could use her right hand to counter his incoming bite attack with her fist... but that was a feint.

Yigira felt a swipe on her feet and she toppled down onto the ground. Fortunately she was trained to take a fall by not letting her head hit the ground to avoid unnecessary concussion, the fall still hurt though.

"Yigi didn't see that." The sheepkin groaned while quickly bolting back to standing position. As soon as she regain her footing, Yigira raised her broken staff and it grew into a large round shield to protect herself from the potential wolf's attack.

"But Yigi hear that." Although she didn't seems to pay much attention to the wolf after that first comment, in actually she did, not with her eyes but with her ears. It's not that hard to keep track of the wolf's movement since currently there's not much distraction.

Meanwhile, Yigira's hand was now glowing with another pale light as she activated her astra. The piece of wooden staff that was stuck on Reynar's hand was now growing spirally while latching onto his hand, threatening to encase his hand and if left unchecked would keep growing until the target was trapped inside a tree. Back in The Grove, this technique was usually used to restrain a criminal.

"The ever-growing strict love of Mother Earth, wooden maiden."

 

[Severinus]

As Yigi lost her balance, Reynar snorted in relieve. Fighting was not an enjoyment but a necessity and failing could mean death where he came from. As she regained a standing position, he activated another of his astra techniques which she did not seem to notice, as she turned her staff into a shield for protection rather than attack. At least she had learned her lesson to not charge head on against an unknown foe. Someone else might have had actual intention to hurt her and would do so.
As she focused on making her broken piece of her staff grow around his claws, growing vines started to encircle her hooves and shins up to above her knees. As she turned her attention towards his wolf companion, the vines closed tightly her feet and bound her to the spot making any movement impossible.
Meanwhile her botanical binding started to encase his hand, but luckily he knew a similar astra binding technique and therefore how to counter it, but reversing its effects. But he had her where he wanted her, restrained to a single spot focussed on a different opponent than him and expecting him to deal with the astra binding technique rather than attacking her which is why he would do the opposite and strike at her now to end this fight quickly before dealing with her technique. Deftly the wolf shaman sidestepped her to get behind the shield an in her back and struck at her side with both hands his encased one and the free one intending not to claw open her flesh as he could now, but to get hold of her arms and encase them with the same binding spell. As the plant was already at his hand he could bind her to himself with her own astra technique which would keep her from continuing the fight and his wolf companion as the only fighter left unhindered. "I suggested you surrender and we call this a stall mate", he snarled at Yigi, as his hand and her arm got equally encased by the binding vines, while his vines started to move upwards to her thighs. Now she could cancel her own astra technique and free them both to continue the the fight as before or be reasonable and accept this as a valuable lesson about both their abilities, as he did.

 

[SilverFeathers]

Just before they headed off to the arena, an eloquent goblin named as Captain Kofsia made her presence known to the group before asking where their guildmaster was. Safona knew she was awaiting her response specifically, but before she could respond the sheepkin had replied, both offending and answering the newcomer. Straight after those words were out Yigis mouth, she dashed off alongside Reynar to spar. Assuming that their guest had already received the information she seeked, Safona simply followed after the two beastfolk to watch them battle. Although at first, she wasn't expecting anything too flashy, the fight was rather interesting. Although it looked as if they were evenly matched, with somewhat similar abilities to boot, she had a feeling their wolf shaman wasn't using all his abilities. Which made sense considering what she had seen of his personality so far. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the drahkin hater returning from his test with a sash in hand. It seemed he had passed before Silber somehow. Slightly displeased by that thought, she looked towards where the guildmaster and her fellow drahkin were, hoping things were alright over there.

As she turned back towards the arena, she noticed the fight was reaching its peak. Nodding her head lightly, she clapped her hands as the battle finally reached a stalemate. "That was wonderful." She smiled towards the beastfolk, before turning towards Manu. "Shall we spar next? Or would you like to just showcase our abilities?" She inquired calmly, although secretly a little excited to use her Astral Techniques since it had been quite while. She hoped she wasn't rusty enough to cause her old companion Ryzim any discomfort when summoned.

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries glanced out the door that lead outside, her eyes focusing on the fight. "I should bring them some soup too, it'll be a nice gesture!" Daries thought to herself as she returned to the stove top, balancing a couple of bowls in her arms. " Two bowls, right?" She asked Al, even though she knew the answer. Before Al could respond, Daries was already pouring the soup she had made into the bowls, carefully walking over to were Al was standing.

"Here you go! Once your done, maybe we could bring some soup down to the beast-folk who are fighting, hmm?" Daries hummed, placing the bowls on the counter next to him, and then skipping towards the fridge again. She poked through it, wondering if they had any- " Peaches! I can make peach iced tea with this!"

Daries set to work immediately, having already gathered a bunch of Camellia sinensis, the plant used to make white, green, and oolong tea. Mixing the different teas into a loose-leafed black tea was the hardest part, but Daries had done it so many times she could do it with her eyes closed. Once the black tea was done, she set to work with making the peach syrup. It's quite simple, all you really need is sugar, water and peaches. Daries stirred the ingredients for the syrup together in a saucepan, let it cool, and then proceeded to mix the peach syrup and black tea together.

Daries let that sit for a moment as she fumbled through the cabinets, looking for some cups to use, as well as a pitcher. Once she found a handful of ceramic cups and a pitcher, she poured the newly made peach tea into the pitcher, added ice and poured two cups full of it. Daries held up one of the cups, offering Al some. " Care for some Iced tea?"

 

[Office Worker Craig]

Daries put down the bowl of soup to the counter next to him as she started preparing Iced tea with the peaches she found. Al leaned into one of the soup and took a spoon. He took a sip of the bowl and it tasted...pretty good. The herbs really added to the taste of the soup, she must be an expert on this stuff. He carried the bowl in one hand as he ate it.

He looked through the window to see the progress of the fight. The sheep woman and wolfman were on equal footing on the ground. The wolfman's arm was being covered in vines while the sheep woman's lower thigh was being encased by vines. The winner of this fight was undecidable. Al looked over to where Manu was at and found the female Drahkin talking to him. Now, he wasn't so sure if he wanted to meet with Manu if she was there, he will just give the soup to one of the beastfolk as Daries was going give them some anyway.

Daries asked if he wanted Iced Tea, Al said yes."This soup is good by the way."

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries handed him the glass of iced tea, her own cup in the her other hand. Daries smiled shyly when complimented her cooking, and brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
" Oh, Thank you! I do it quite a lot, it's become a hobby! The herbs i collect are usually edible, so it seemed only natural to learn how to cook with them!" Daries explained, pouring the soup into 4 more bowls, balancing them on a tray. She was planning to take the bowls of soup down to the arena, and offer her guilds-mates some of it to boost their energy. Along with the soup, she poured the rest of the iced tea into a couple more cups, just in case they wanted something to drink too.
But before Daries brought the food down, she had to wait for Al to finish up, so he could carry the tray of iced drinks. As she was waiting, Daries took a washcloth and began to clean up the kitchen, humming as she did so. It was nice and peaceful, but Daries had a feeling this would all change when she went on her first mission.

 

[Office Worker Craig]

Daries gave Al a glass of Iced tea as she explained how collecting herbs was a hobby of hers so learning to cook with them seemed natural. She poured the soup into four bowls then poured Iced tea into four glasses. Al finished his Iced tea then opened the door for Daries, carrying the tray full of soup outside to the rest of the group. Al was about to carry the tray of Iced tea when he saw the female Drahkin outside, he then turned to one of the Iced tea. He thought of spitting on it or adding something terrible into it, something like that would cheer him up, but that would just put the blame to Daries, he didn't want to hurt her reputation because of his actions. He shaked his head, trying to clear his though, he grabbed the tray and joined Daries. I'll do something else to her later for slapping me in the face.

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries smiled warmly, holding onto the tray of bowls carefully. She sent a quick 'thank you' towards Al as he opened the door for her, and cautiously made her way over to the four figures by the arena. Time to put on her act again.

" H-hi, i was making s-something for Al in the kitchen w-when i noticed you guys sparring. I thought i-it would be a nice thing to bring y-you the leftover soup i m-made. It's energizing, a-and should help you get back o-on your feet." Daries stuttered, holding out the tray of bowls. " I h-hope you like it..."

She glanced over at Al, remembering the iced tea she had made. And the rivalry between Al and the Drahkins. Daries wondered if Al was going to do anything? Probably not when she was around... "O-oh, and i made same peach iced tea. T-thanks again Al for helping me.."

 

[Ace Cream]

Yigira

Having her hand and thigh tied with vines, Yigira found herself in a bind... She could of course activate her Titan's boost, rip the vines and continue the fight, but that was not the point of this battle.

"Once upon a time there lives a happy little sheep. The sheep have an apple doll, his favorite toys. One day he forgot to put the doll back into the box after playing with it. A big bad wolf visit the little sheep and snatch the doll away." Yigira chuckled while she recalled the story that her parents use to make her tidy up her toys.

"That's just one example. Big bad wolf is a prominent villain figure within The Grove, although the one in the Minos' stories always end up getting flattened. But anyway, when Yigi see you, Yigi wondered if the flock of the moon is related to the big bad wolf. But you seems good, mya." This and the moon worshipping were the reasons of why she tried to provoke him. She rather expected Reynar to be more savage and blood lust but just like he said, he seems more on the peaceful side, disproving the stereotype.

"So yes, let's call it a draw." Casually ripping the vines one by one, Yigi now feels more relaxed around Reynar.

Daries then came to the arena with a steaming soup in her hand. Yigira jumped towards her and checked the food.

"No meat inside, right?"

Severinus
welcome.the.miracle

 

[Severinus]

As Yigi started to tell the story of her childhood, Reynar pricked his ears to listen intently. Of course the sheep kin would fear the wolfkin and still tell stories today, as usually the most savage wolf men would become warriors and hunters of the clan and leave to forests for hunting, raids and conquest. "Rarely do the peaceful folk and shamans leave the forests where they protect the pups and take care of the injured, old and too young for the hunt", Reynar tried to explain to Yigi. "Not all of my people lust for blood like those your parents' stories remember."
As the Ovil decided to call their match a draw and not continue the fight needlessly, he breathed out quite relieved. Shaking off the last remains of the vines which had bound his hand, he cancelled his technique and transformed his claws back to their normal state.
Astounded he looked up, as the more reserved and friendly drakhin clapped her hands and called their performance wonderful. Briefly, he inclined his head to her and then to his opponent Yigi in acknowledgement.
Then the Wolf man crouched to thank his wolfish companion for his support, petting his back, before releasing him to his home plane with the moon and stars, as ancient legends told.
The smell of food promised a relief after this day and Daries seemed to have included many herbs, but no meat judging from the smell. As he and Yigi reached her, he whispered into the Ovil's ear: "Tell me, if I caused you any injury and I will gladly heal you." Extending his hand he yelped: "That was a good fight. You possess quite some skill in the earth element. I would be honoured to call you friend, not enemy."

 

[SilverFeathers]

As Daries walked over with a tray of soup, alongside Al trailing behind her with a tray of drinks, Safona merely greeted Daries with a small nod before walking over to the group. She smiled slightly at her good intentions before looking at the bowls of soup on the tray, one for each of the people at the arena. "I think there's chicken meat inside Yigi." She commented as she noticed the animal flesh at the bottom of each bowl. The smell of herbs was strong and enticing, perhaps overwhelming the scent of meat. Seeing as Yigi was a herbivorous beastfolk, Safona pondered if she was able to eat it or not. She hoped Reynar could consume the fruits of Daries' hard work at least, and feel as revitalised as the Sidhe promoted it to. "Thank you Daries, it looks and smells amazing." She smiled at the little figure before gently taking one of the smaller bowls. As she was offered the peach iced tea, the drahkin could only shake her head and politely refuse. "My apologies Daries, it looks lovely, but I can't trust anything your friend over there has been touching. I hope you can understand." She smiled apologetically, not sparing the drahkin slayer a glance. Quietly, she sat alongside her new companions as she drunk her soup. It really did seem to give her a slight boost of energy, a Sidhes knowledge of herbs and nature was not one to scoff at.

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries frowned, remembering that not everyone here was carnivorous, she wasn't either, after all. " Oh no... i-i'm so sorry, i should have k-known that someone else d-doesn't eat m-meat besides me...." She mumbled, embarrassed at her actions. " I-i can probably whip up something else for you, i-i'm sorry again, i must seem s-so rude.."
She was panicking, not only for the act, but because she made such a rude mistake that people have done to her multiple times. So when Safona refused her iced tea, just because Al was the one holding the iced drinks, she almost had a breakdown. Daries knew it wasn't Safona's fault for not trusting Al, i mean they did have an argument earlier, but she couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.
" no..no, it's alright Safona... i understand, but i'm pretty sure Al wouldn't do anything when im around..." She mumbled, sending a glance towards Al. " But i understand..."

 

[BlackoutThieving]

The fight was intense. The sheep-person ended up getting tripped by the wolf-man but quickly recovered and created a shield, ready to block the wolf companion. She actually noticed it, Manu thought, having regarded the sheep-person as having little awareness, but maybe the social inawareness didn't correlate with fighting inawareness. Both of the fighters used what seemed to Manu to be a restraining vine spell of some kind? Probably because of their supposed affinity to nature, he reasoned, or maybe just a cultural thing. He had heard rumors that beastpeople were more attuned to nature than others, and as such had an easier time learning elemental techniques, he hadn't thought it to be true though, but that was a thought-train to be ridden another time.

The wolf-man declared the fight a stalemate, although Manu found it to be more of a checkmate, really, seeing as Reynar clearly had an advantage with his wolf companion. He didn't bother interrupting though, as he was really just interested in getting that fight over with so that they could explain their abilities to him, rather than play with them. As the fight came to an end the calmer drahkin approached him and asked if he wanted to spar or just show off abilities. Finally someone without an unecessary lust for bruising.

"I would prefer showcasing and explaining our abilities, as we hopefully won't have to use our abilities against eachother" Manu explained, itching his back awkwardly while doing so, his eyes remaining focused on the drahkin.

The sidhe girl suddenly offered soup and Manu quickly grabbed a bowl and held it to him, irrationally afraid she'd pull the same trick that Baoitihin pulled on him with the missing persons paper.

"Thank you very much, the walk was long" Manu said, attempting to smile at her, thankful that he wouldn't have to make food for himself, but he still wanted to get some of that pork roast he smelled earlier.

He had to remain on topic though and ignoring the casual conflict between the skydryn and Al.

"I assume somebody wants to show off their techniques first?" He said, having observed the eagerness to show off withing the group.

 

[Ace Cream]

Yigira​

"Don't worry. No injury on Yigi, and friends is good..." Yigira gave Reynar a thumb up to reassure him. During the fight the most damage she got was from the fall but that was just a bruise and would heal soon.

Meanwhile Daries seems to be disapppointed at herself after she realized that Yigira was not a meat eater, but Yigi just dug her bowl for the meat and put it into the other bowls. Only then she start slurping the food down her throat.

"No big deal. Funnily enough, a barkeep once thought Yigi doesn't eat meat because Yigi is a sheep beastfolk. Yigi told him the two are not related and told him about the fish dishes Yigi usually eat back home. Then we entered a discussion about vegeta ism or something. Mya, city people do likes to make things complicated. Yigi just doesn't eat meat because the augur told Yigi not to."

The human who suggest 'showing off skill' once again suggest the activity. Yigi didn't really understand the appeal of simply telling their skill since they would naturally know each other's ability over time. Gulping down the last of her soup, she replied to the human with her suggestion.

"Yigi doesn't really understand, hmm. How about you start it first then?"

BlackoutThieving welcome.the.miracle Severinus

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries let out a breath of relief, ecstatic that Yigi wasn't upset with her. " Phew, i-i thought you were g-going to hate me.." Manu walked over and took the last bowl, thanking her and mentioning how long the walk here was.
Daries smiled at Manu, a silent gesture of ' your welcome' when he took the soup. When he spoke about different techniques and testing them out, her interest peaked. "I-i would like too..... but i wouldn't have a-anyone to fight against..." She muttered, the empty tray she had used to carry the bowls with swinging back and forth in her hands.
She would love to use her tricks, especially Chad. Chad was..... well, he was a giant, 20 ft. high shadowy golem that she had summoned when she was a lot younger. Daries had grown attached to him, like he was a giant, over-sized puppy. She never really understood why people would cower in fear at the sight of him, he was super friendly most of the time!

 

[SilverFeathers]

"Thank you Daries." She smiled softly at her reply, noticing that she seemed to be in a bit of a panic due to her and Yigis words. She felt a little bad for the shy Sidhe, hence she didn't further pursue the matter. As Manu got back to her with his reply, she replied with a nod. "Sounds good." She wasn't particularly bothered about whether they sparred or just showcased their abilities, seeing as it would reach the same outcome regardless. Safona listened with interest at Yigis words. It seemed she could eat meat, but didn't do so out of choice, which was understandable. She even personally knew some drahkin back in the sky who refused to eat meat, which might be a little strange to think about considering their racial heritage. At Daries comment about needing someone to fight against, she looked at her curiously. "Why do you need someone to fight against? Do your abilities require an enemy?" She inquired calmly, before looking around the arena. "If no ones up for sparring I'm sure we could find some practice dummies around here somewhere, would that suffice?" She questioned as she stared at the little Sidhe. The warm soup in her hands was quite comforting, with its soft aroma stirring up the hunger within her. Perhaps after all this showcasing she should pay the mess hall a visit, if Silber is done.

 

[welcome.the.miracle]

Daries thought about Safona's words, and then came to the conclusion that she didn't really need someone to spar with. " I s-suppose your right, the particular i w-want to showcase doesn't require an enemy... Thank you Safona!" Daries exclaimed shoving the tray in Al's direction.
She skipped into the middle of the arena, scuffing the ground with the toe of her boot for a second. And then all of the sudden, her eyes switched back to the mysterious midnight black color, and a very odd looking ring appeared around her head. It almost looked like a halo, but was a grayish color with different sized spikes coming out of it. In the blink of an eye, a ginormous shadow golem with glowing blue eyes appeared out of nowhere, sitting right next to Daries.
" Chad!" Daries exclaimed, the dangerously black eyes still present as she skipped over to him. The golem laid a hand out flat, and Daries stepped onto it. 'Chad' gently placed her on his shoulder and then looked towards the five others. Daries waved down from his shoulder smiling happily.
" Everyone, meet Chad!" She called out to them, her eyes slowly fading back to pastel pink. " He's my favorite!!"

 

[Severinus]

Reynar was quite grateful that Yigi accepted the proposal of friendship. Now, he would count her as well as Daries among his more familiar souls compared to the others, as they shared his respect and close relation to nature and the element of earth.
Thsnking Daries, the wolf shaman accepted a bowl of you. But even with Yigi's added pieces of meat, this would not suffice for a wolf man. While listening the others' discussion about who would show what kind of abilities and how, he casually concentrated his astra to make a chunk of raw meat appear in his hand. Smelling it to check, if no mistake had occurred to him and it still was fresh enough, he let it glide into his still hot soup to add some flavour and preparation.
Surprisingly, neither the calm and friendly drakhin Safona, nor the reasonable human Manu were the ones stepping forward, but the shy yet enthusiastic Daries.
As the Golem stepped out of the shadow, Reynar watched in awe yet with some wariness. Such a creature could truly prove dangerous, although Daries introduced it as Chad, her friend. Considering it better to be safe than sorry, Reynar bowed deeply to the shadow golem, as he had to all the guild members, and repeated his greetings.

 

[Office Worker Craig]

The group happily took Daries' soup, despite the small drama. It seemed that Yigi was vegetarian, which made Daries upset for not knowing better. Her voice choked and her face looked to be at the edge of crying, she didn't look like she was acting to hide her true self, she looked to be really upset. However, Yigi assured her that it was no big deal and she could simply get rid of the meat, which looked to calm Daries down.

The female Drahkin refused Daries' Iced tea because she suspected Al to have done something to them. I hate you Al thought, he chose not to do anything with the drinks out of respect for Daries, yet she decided to be paranoid and refuse the drinks. Al's hatred for the Drahkins became more and more justified-
A young drahkin was dragged away from his home by a group of men in green attire.

Al shook his head. Manu suggested showing off their abilities in order to better understand one another. Al didn't want to participate as his fight with Baoithin took a lot out of him. Oddly enough Daries went first, but she felt no one was there willing to duel with her. The female Drahkin said she could still show off her abilities by fighting a dummy, which seemed to satisfy her.

She went to the sparring bit, giving the tray she was holding to Al. Once she was inside, her eyes turned midnight black like before but this time, a grey halo with spikes appeared around her head, sending Al chills behind on his back. A large shadowy figure conjured next to her with blue eyes. Al's panic overwhelmed him as he dropped the trays with Iced tea and formed a five-meter chain, looking at the shadow and Daries with fear. The shadowy figure turned into a golem, he put his hand down for Daries and he carried her to his shoulder.

"Everyone, meet Chad!" Her eyes turned back to normal. "He's my favourite!"

Al made his chains disappear, feeling embarrassed for his sudden hostility towards the golem...towards Daries. Hopefully, his action doesn't make her upset, he waved his hand with an uncomfortable smile. "Hey Chad, nice to meet you." Al bent over to pick up the trays and glasses.