Meeting in Onibas [Yoichi]

[Merc]

Riley looked upon Yoichi, whom seemed to be suffering a fair bit due to her actions. Even if he asked for it, she felt a little bad for it. He managed to ask her a question, so she assumed that he was not entirely swallowed up in the pain, and she responded with a rather simple statement. "That was my aura."

She watched as he managed to slowly bring himself to his feet, at the cost of his wings, it seemed, as they gaveway soon after. That wasn't all that gave way, it seemed, as the man promptly fell forwards. Naturally, Riley put herself between him and the ground, catching him rather easily and somehow managing to stay on her feet.

"Ah, I'm sorry, seems I was a bit too hard on you," she murmured to the unconscious male, and with these words, used her ability to manipulate gravity to making him quite a bit easier for her to carry into the guild. Quickly, she carried him towards the guild's infirmary, where she carefully placed him on a bed. As the nurses approached, equipped with healing magic, she stepped aside, sitting herself down in a nearby chair and waiting to see how he would progress - or if he would be waking up anytime soon.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He remained out like a light for quite some time as she moved him into her Guild's infirmary, Even as he was healed he showed no signs of waking up anytime soon, Not a flinch, not a single slight muscle movement....It wasn't until about 2-3 hours later that he moved, His fingers twitching slightly as he groaned, Squinting his eyes some as they slowly opened and everything began fading into view, His left hand slowly moving up to his head as he clutched his forehead gently, Slowly trying to force himself to sit up "Ow...." He muttered to himself as he tried looking around through his hazy vision

"Where?" He asked hoping someone was around as he closed his eyes and laid back down. He was still in some pain, Not much, but a little. That's when he remembered, When he remembered what had happened, And he jolted up, His eyes widening quickly as he began looking around frantically before spotting her and getting a flash back of how quickly he fell to just her 'aura' as she called it, Wincing some from his chest as he looked down and saw the slash wasn't even a scar now, He was so very confused "What......Happened?"

[Merc]

Riley had remained by Yoichi's side while he was unconscious, simply sitting in a chair alongside his bed and reclining in it a bit, one leg crossing over the other as she rest her hands on her stomach. She had even closed her eyes, though she did not fall asleep - as demonstrated when her eyes popped open as she heard him moving about.

"Griffin Wing Infirmary," she answered, her bright green eyes set intently upon him as she sat herself upright more so. He seemed to be in pain still, which caused her to frown a bit as her hands fell to rest in her lap, "you passed out after I showed you my power," she went on to say, rising from her chair entirely and looming closer to him as she did so.

"How are you feeling? Not hurt too badly, I hope?" The guild master questioned, standing alongside him where he sitting, "the healing mages took care of your wounds pretty easily, so I think you should be alright, but you're free to rest here as long as you want." As she spoke, her usual, kind smile spread across her lips once more.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He groaned softly as he held his head still, Rubbing his eyes with one hand as he looked around once more when his vision got clear, Upon seeing her once more he sighed and smiled "I see..." He sighed again and frowned 'Can't believe I let myself fall like that' He thought to himself, Remembering clearly the last few moments of being conscious before passing out. He sat up fully and rested his back against the wall and tilted his head back some "So..." He began but stopped as he closed his eyes "Can....I join?" He asked 'I bet she'll say no' He thought to himself "I know I'm weak....But I want to get stronger...." Now, Normally Yoichi preferred secretly training, However, That was before he had realized there were others like him, And in fact, A guild full of people like him...

This girl seemed to be pretty nice as well, And he could learn a lot from her, He just knew he could....But thinking about it, What were the chances of her letting him into the guild? To him, It wasn't going to happen...It was just impossible....Why would she, The Guild Master of such a powerful mage Guild, Allow such a weakling into it? He just couldn't think of a reason for her to let him in. "nevermind...forget I asked" He muttered and looked down, It was a miracle she even brought him in here. He sighed "Sorry...." He said as he closed his eyes, His head tilted downward as his hands moved to his lap and twined his fingers together.

[Merc]

Riley seemed content as he responded to her words, meaning that he had regained his senses and that he was likely not too badly injured at all. His question about joining startled her, as she had not at all been expecting him to ask such a thing - she was even more surprised when he began to ramble about getting stronger, as though he believed that he needed to convince her allow him to join, which seemed to be the case as he retracted his statement. Slowly, she sat herself down on the edge of the bed, by his legs, and twisted a bit to face him, one leg bent under her body as she rest her hands in her lap, her green eyes fixated upon his face.

"All mages are welcome in Griffin Wing," she gently assured, beginning to remove her jacket as she continued to speak, "the rules are simple, really. You must not abuse your magic, you mustn't use it to hurt innocent people, but rather to protect them. Also," she tossed her jacket aside, wearing her usual sleeveless black turtleneck, which showed off the mark on her upper arm, "you must take the guild emblem somewhere on your body, anywhere is fine. You just have to wear it proudly, and remember that no matter what happens, you have a guild full of people that would gladly fight alongside you," she closed her eyes for a few moments as she said this.

Without her jacket, she looked quite a bit frailer than usual, though that was quite obviously very deceiving. "When I joined Griffin Wing I was actually quite weak. Pathetic, really, because I never saw any reason to expand on my magic or try to better it. But the guild changed my life. It gave me something to protect, which gave me the kick I needed to expand on my magics," she chuckled a bit to herself, as though recalling fond memories of the past.

Riley watched him, with his head hanging down as it was, "if it still interests you, Yoichi, I personally extend to you an invitation to my guild." Along with her verbal offer, she held out one of her hand to him, offering a handshake if he wished to seal the deal.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He was shocked as she began speaking as though she had already accepted him, And then when she personally offered an invitation he looked up at her with a surprised expression, But that only lasted for a moment before he smiled and nodded "Sure, I accept" He said, Thinking for a moment before speaking again "My torso...." He said to her "I'd like to wear the Guild Emblem on my torso...." Now, Most might think just the upper chest, However with the way he said it, He pointed not to his chest, But actually circled his entire torso as he said where he wanted the Guild's emblem.

His thinking was that if he were to get into a scuffle, He'd want it to be very visible as to which guild he belonged too, However at the same time...He secretly didn't want anybody knowing except for him and the Guild itself, Though mostly just him(If he could help it). though he didn't announce this or jester to it...He had a lot of things in store now, Thinks he plotted about, There were so many avenues and branches now open for him to take without any question, What were his plans? Only he knew, And that's how it'd remain as well. As most knew, The magick type he used wasn't really for training or sparing, The magick he used was for killing and destruction so what would he do? He couldn't very well train against others with his magick, At least, Not those of his level...His Magick could very easily kill someone if they weren't careful or he wasn't careful....And being careful, Was something Yoichi simply was not.

[Merc]

Riley smiled as he accepted, once more extending her hand as he was gesturing to the entirety of his torso, which seemed to be where he wanted his guild mark. A finger extended, and she gave him a light poke to the chest, which seemed random until the mark of the guild began to materialize on his torso. "Generally we use a stamper for that, but it's not big enough," she pointed out, upon retracting her hand, "if ever you want the stamp moved, or removed entirely, simply ask me."

"You may now take missions from the guild mission board, and take advantage of the guild Infirmary, lodgings, library, etc, etc, as you please," she thought to tell him, shifting a little where she sat on the bed as she wondered if there was anything else that he needed to know, "you may call me by name, if you like, which is what I prefer but it seems to make some people uncomfortable, so you can call me whatever you want, really..." She trailed off, her fingers just sort of absently tapping against her legs as she thought.

"Ah, welcome to Griffin Wing, Yoichi, I hope it has whatever you are looking for," Riley eventually said, smiling at him again as she just sort of observed him for a few long moments. She was a bit curious as to how he would handle being in a guild, since he seemed to believe that magic was for killing and only killing, but she hoped that perhaps he would learn a thing or two from the other mages that frequented the guild. Whatever the case, she was determined to try and change his mind once and for all on the uses of magic, even if it meant that she had to change his mind herself.

"So tell me, what is your first plan of action as a guilded mage?" She asked, rather curiously, perhaps wondering if he would like to do a mission with her.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He smiled "Thank you, Riley-san" He said and nodded his head some at her, Thinking about her question for a moment "Um...I don't really know...To be honest" He said in response to her asking what his first plan of action was. There was much for him to do, the first of which was get stronger...."I suppose... Training would be the best start" He told her "Though...I don't know if my Magick would be suitable to be training with....In all honesty"

He said scratching his head "So...I suppose we....I mean, I could go take a look at the mission board" He said with a light chuckle. He wasn't really feeling up to taking on a 'mission' but if he sat around all day in a bed he'd be doing the opposite of what he joined for, Which was to get stronger. The only way he saw himself getting stronger was to train, And the only way to train was to fight others. Perhaps this 'Mission Board' had something like that on it?

[Merc]

Yoichi voiced his concerns about training, and she nodded, "I understand that very well, given the destructive nature of most of my spells, but it should be fairly safe to train with a stronger mage. I used to train against a stronger mage and my spells would barely scratch him," she added, giving a bit of a chuckle - which somehow sounded a bit sad.

She noticed how he stumbled over his words a bit, first suggesting that they should both look at the mission board, before going on to say that he should. She got the feeling that he thought he was not worthy of her time or something of that nature, which bothered her a bit. Naturally, she felt the need to make him feel like he was one of the guild, without making it seems as though she was pitying him or coddling or anything of that nature.

"Hmm, I'm pretty bored myself, I wouldn't mind doing a mission," Riley mused, shifting to rest both of her feet on the floor, "maybe I will go fight some monsters..." she thoughtfully murmured, and then came to a 'revelation' moments later, "ahh, that would be the best way to train your magic, you know. You wouldn't have to hold back against a monster, so you could push yourself to your limits," she added, giving a bit of a smile.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He thought about what she said for a moment and smiled nodding "Yea...That's true...I could do that" He moved out of the bed slowly, Wincing some and grabbing his chest as he stood "Um...." He paused for a moment and rubbed the back of his head as he turned towards Riley "Where's the board at?" He asked. No doubt she would offer to take him to it and he would accept, Following right next to her but saying nothing, A smile on his face as per usual. 'This will be my chance...Once I get strong enough I'll be able to overthrow her and turn this guild into my own personal base of operations...' He said, His smile turning into a slight smirk

"Riley-San...Can I ask you something?" He asked as they walked, both hands in his pockets as he tried to show his calm nature. "Hypothetically speaking...If an evil arose to power, And became stronger then any single Mage alive....What do you think the probability of you or someone from this guild....or any guild, for that matter, being able to stop him?" He didn't want to make it obvious this was his intention, So he played it off as though it was just a hypothetical question. It made sense coming from him though if you thought about it, With the type of Magick he was experienced in...It would be easy for someone who was a Master at his Magick's to be able to easily overpower even the strongest of Mages if done correctly.

"I've been thinking...If I get good at my Magick's, I'd be able to stop this kind of thing from happening ya know? Then there wouldn't be any need to fear something like that happening or anything right, Riley-san?" He asked as he smiled and turned his head towards her, Closing his eyes as he silently and secretly plotted. If he was to overthrow this woman, He'd need to be able to overpower her and anyone else in this guild...Riley-san was a very nice person, So he wouldn't want to kill her...More make her part of his army. He kept his true intention's hidden as he had shown that he wanted to stop something like this from happening.

"I mean...If you think about it, If someone was powerful and evil enough...There's a high chance that they'd want to try and overthrow anyone who opposed them ya know?" He sighed some as he turned his head back to in front of him "It'd be a real shame if someone like that rose to power and nobody was able to stop him..." He thought about what he should say. He didn't want to keep trying to convince her he wasn't plotting anything, If one said too much about it their intention's would become obvious, If one said too little, Then once again their intention's would be obvious.

[Merc]

"Ah, follow me this way, it's very easy to find," Riley assuring, stretching a bit as she made her way towards the door. Emerging from the infirmary, she led Yoichi down the hall and furthermore towards the first floor, as he began to ask her what she deemed to be a somewhat strange question. Nevertheless, she chose to honor it with a response.

"There aren't many mages of such power in Fiore at present if that sort of thing worries you, but hypothetically speaking, the mage would have to be much stronger than any one mage, because if he were that big of a threat, entirety of Griffin Wing would mobilize against it, and perhaps Fairy Tail as well," she mused, licking her lips a bit as they headed for the first floor. "Ignoring the regular members, myself, our assistant guild master, Durriken, and the guild master of Fairy Tail, Fawn, make up three of the Ten Wizard Saints - the strongest legal mages in Fiore. If we alone could not best it, then there are the rest of the guild members to take into consideration as well."

She then proceeded to approach the bar, but instead of going directly to it, she went to stand by the board that was beside it, the missions board, which was plastered with requests. "Of course, that is a worthy cause, Yoichi," Riley agreed, giving a bit of a smile as she did so, "I desired to become stronger to protect this guild, and it is a respectable cause. Not all members are yet capable of protecting themself from such a threat," she remarked, raising a hand to rub gently at the side of her face.

"Lately I've been working harder than ever, though, hoping to increase my power as quickly as I possibly can," she commented, the hand falling from her face to rest on the side of her neck, "it's no secret that I fought with a mage of my level in Tear Desert. Were we near a city, we'd have leveled it, but the fight was a draw, which still worries me greatly that he might try to surpass me..." Her voice trailed off, and she seemed genuinely troubled by this fact, though she soon forced a bit of a smile, "well, anyways, you don't need to worry about such things. I'll protect the guild while you get stronger, and when you do, you can protect it beside me," she assured, and with this moved her hand to gesture to the mission board, "anyways, here's the mission board."

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He smiled at her answers and nodded to most of them "I see..." As they reached the board he was lost in thought by the end of her speech, One hand cupped around his chin as the other was placed under his elbow as sort of a 'pad'. "Who exactly make up those 10?" He asked "Besides you and the other Guild Master? And could....I meet them?" He wanted to assess their power, To see how strong they really were....She had a point, Someone with that kind of power would have to be able to fight the strongest of the strong, And the best of the best in order to reign supreme...And the only way he'd do that is if he was stronger then any other Mage that had ever existed....Which means he'd probably have to be the best at every single Magick....Not just one, But ALL of them.

He was still lost in thought however as he waited for her answer, He'd have to find a way to get rid of the other 9 if they refused to join him...In all the time he'd spend with Riley-san, He was sure he'd be able to very slowly convince and trick her into taking his side in the entire thing, So he had to beat 9....However, At the same time....He'd have to be able too do it with someone by his side, Assuming he'd be able to manipulate Riley...He didn't think this would be an easy task, No, Instead this task would require a LOT of time, and it'd require a LOT of practice...To his knowledge, There were at the very least about 5-6 kind's of magick that he knew about....

"Um...Riley-san....This may seem like a strange question but...How many types of Magick are there? Aside from the one's you and I know?" Yoichi knew there must've been dozen's upon dozen's of different Magick's in the world....Out of the 10 of the Strongest Legal Mage's....He was sure each probably had about 3-4 different Magick's of their own...Taking that into account, And saying that's a minimum, He figured there were at least 40-50 different types of Magick's he'd have to Master before being able to take them on and have a chance at being able to proclaim himself as the Supreme Ruler of the World...But none-the-less, He'd do everything he had to, to make sure they bowed in the end.

[Merc]

"Hmm, well, the three that I mentioned are the only ones I know. The rest are all old men no longer in their prime... They'll probably be replaced eventually, when younger mages manage to outfight them and such." Riley pointed out, appearing thoughtful as she brought her hands to rest on her hips, "I don't remember their names, but most of them possess Lost Magics. The rarest, more powerful magics, like my Heavenly Body. Dragon Slayers, God Slayers, Arc of Time, those sorts of magics," she mused aloud, tilting her head a bit as she thought.

"You can meet Durri, though, he's usually around here somewhere, and Fawn comes to visit sometimes so you'll probably run into her as well," she assured, giving a bit of a smile, "and there are many types of magics. The guild library has a lot of information about such things, since I made a point to learn as much about magic as I can." She assured, trying to count off all of the different kinds in her head.

"Probably close to a hundred types, maybe even more than that." She finally mused, after some mental pondering, "many of the types have the same basis, but they can't really be counted as the same, being different elements and things like that," Riley explained, leaning back a little on the heels of her feet. She did indeed seem to know quite a bit about magic, and still liked to learn new things about it, so she didn't mind spouting off what she did know.

"But then, new types of magic are discovered all the time, so it's hard to get an accurate count. It would be interesting to learn about them all, but magic is forever changing and evolving." With this, she turned her attention more fully to the mission board, observing the requests once more as she hummed lightly to herself.

[Yoichi Sugiyama]

He smiled "Lost Magicks?" He asked, Very curious about those in particular...Those could come in handy with his plan overall. He turned towards the board and began looking at it as well, A smile on his face "Thank you....Riley-san, For being so willing to help me" He said, his hand raising and rubbing the back of his head some as it moved down to his neck and stopped there "I really don't know what I'd do if it wasn't for you..." He smiled over at her, closing his eyes as his head turned towards her some.

Riley-San herself would come in particular handy for him...He just hoped that his plans wouldn't fall through with her, He already planned on how he'd make his grand exit from and grand entrance into Griffin Wing. He first needed to Master his current Magicks and become the best at it...then he'd need some Illusionary and some of this Lost Magicks that Riley was speaking of. "Riley-San, Could you tell me more of these Lost Magicks? Like what types are there and how powerful they are?" He made himself seem genuinely interested "I mean...if I'm going to protect Griffin Wing with you, I'll need to know about them right? And probably even learn to use some of them too..." He scratched his neck some as he moved his hand along the Mission Board, Trying to find a good one.

And that's when he snatched one of them off the board "this one!" HE said with a smile, holding it up to her. the message read as follows:

Name: Night Patrol
Rank: C
Post Limit:: 3
Objective: Onibas is moving forwards, but even though progress is being made, there are still those people that are left behind, and as such the crime rate is on the rise, and the local guards could use a helping hand. Spend a night patrolling Onibas and put a stop to any criminal activity that you see.
Reward: 300
Exp: 35

"C'mon Riley! This would be the perfect chance for you and me to start getting better at working together dontcha think!?" He said with a grin "I mean, If we're to defend Griffin Wing together, Then we need to start working together right?" He giggled some and gave a thumbs up towards her "Please Riley-San!?" He seemed really interested in wanting to work with her, And he should be. This was his chance to start getting to know Riley better and the chance to grow closer to her...If his plans were to succeed....He needed to be as close to Riley as emotionally possible, Without them being married or anything...Essentially, He wanted to be her closest friend in the world, That, Would be the ultimate way to ensure that his plan would go exactly as he needed it too.

[Merc]

"No problem," Riley happily assured, her hands slowly moving to slide into the pocket of her jacket as she did so. As he requested to know more about the magic she had spoken of, she nodded a bit, "my personal experience with some of these types are limited, but I knew a Fire Dragon Slayer. He could eat fire, even magma, to regenerate his magic and give him more energy to fight." She recalled, licking her lips a little in the process, "all dragon slayers can eat their element like that, I hear."

"There's a God Slayer within our guild, I believe. I think Sakura has that magic, and she is also capable of eating her element, as far as I know. Dragon slayers are meant to slay dragons, so I guess God Slayers are meant to slay gods..." She mused, shifting a little where she stood, "you saw a bit of my Heavenly Body, but it allows the user to create black holes, alter gravity, summon meteors, and generate astrological energies in whatever manner they please," she rambled, tilting her head back a little.

"Arc of Time can alter the age of non living things. Rewind the age of ice, it becomes water, move it forwards and it becomes steam, that sort of thing. Make buildings crumble or return them to their glory, but there's one thing all of these magics have in common," she revealed, looking to him once more, "they all require years of training. They are the most powerful of the magics, not something you can just decide to pick up one day," she concluded, looking towards the mission that he had picked.

Yoichi seemed rather excited about doing a mission with her, which seemed to please her in turn. "Alright, that sounds good to me, Yoichi. We can head out now and start patrolling around, I guess. Unless there was something else you wanted to do before that?"