Re: Ice Meets Iron

by **Kotone** Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:44 pm

Kotone grinned, satisfied, at the sight of Hannah's armor cracking enough that it would no longer protect her properly. "You'll feel that one!" She told the woman with what was a surprisingly excited tone. She was just enjoying the fight at this point. It was in her nature as a dragon slayer to enjoy a good fight, and she could already tell that this woman was a better fighter than she'd given her credit for. Kotone spared a glance at her arm, noting the blood running down it from her wound. She didn't think it would scar; she'd barely caught it at all, and would have only made a tiny scratch if not for the nature of Hannah's vicious weapon.

Then, Hannah's other hand turned into a chain whip. Whatever magic she used, at least she was out of hands, right? Kotone grinned again, it turning slightly cocky again as Hannah began her new assault. She attempted to entangle Kotone, but the younger girl wasn't about to give up just yet. She instead deflected it with her sword, which had the unfortunate side effect of it entangling the weapon and ripping it from her grasp. Now she was swordless and Hannah still had a weapon. "Well, that sucks," she muttered aloud. Oh well, Kotone still had one thing the other woman didn't - dragon slayer powers.

Kotone's sword shattered as she chain pulled it away, and Kotone gave the woman a grin. Her anger had honestly dissipated, since while she was very moody, hers was a temper that burned hot and fast, and now she just wanted to win this fight. "Ice dragon roar!" she cried for the second time in two days. After all, she had nothing to hide since she was a known dragon slayer, and what better way to even the odds than by using her strongest attack? It would be near-impossible to properly dodge it at this range.

MP 160/200 End sustain:

by **Roejaster Rallands** Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:20 pm

Roejaster called Mercy into existence, though he'd have to wait on the dimensional lag. His hand instinctively lowered to his holster, softly out stretching his trigger finger. His eyes lowered to a focused point, raising his alertness on the surrounding area, feet grounding themselves. He was waiting for the sound of metal feet on the cobblestone, or a wild spell, either way, he had his work cut out for him at the moment. Then she did it... an ice dragon slayer who unleashed the fabled roar... Shit.

Roejaster heard the words leave her lips as she took a deep breath. He flexed his calf and darted ahead in a flash. The Metal magic user was inline for a full frontal blow. He left his hand ready, waiting for Mercy. The blistering gale force blizzard was starting to form as he covered the distance between in the blink of an eye. He dug his heels into the earth right in front of Hannah, getting in the way of the brunt of the blow. Just before contact he threw his coat around his head. This was going to get cold real quick. The blast hit him square in the back, the frigid air slides it's way through the fabrics and threads down to his skin. Chilling his very bones "Aaaghhh!" Finally as the cone dissipated, Mercy had the kindness to show up. Roejaster shook the ice out of his joints and brushed off his hat. His muscles aching and not wanting to move nearly that quickly. "W-Well little Dragon S-Slayer...*chatter*.. T-that hurt-t." Keeping his eyes on Kotone, while keeping his senses on Hannah "You alright darlin?"

175/200:

by **Hannah Jaymes** Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:59 pm

Now the tide had turned, at least when it came to the one throwing around witty banter. Kotone’s mood had obviously lightened, and that was good because Hannah’s had as well. A little physical exertion was great to calm the nerves. It was just harder to do if you had magic powers, a little workout could be destructive. Hannah was disappointed she didn’t manage to entangle the other combatant, but she managed to get her weapon at least. She tossed the ice sword away as her arm returned to normal from its chain form. At least she was still armed and her opponent was not anymore.

Hannah revved up her chainsaw like sword and prepared to attack again when Kotone inhaled a deep breath. Hannah’s mind instantly said “Oh no…” Hannah really only had one option now to not take the full force of that attack. She had to meet the roar with her own. She knew it would be best not to, but her pride told her not to lose. She started to inhale when suddenly a man from out of nowhere came and knocked her to the ground.

She lay there on the ground stunned. Not stunned because of the impact, but because someone had come out of nowhere to block the attack against her. He took it and looked like he was freezing. Hannah let her arm go back to normal, and her skin finally returned to its normal state. She stood up and just glared at the cowboy that had interrupted their fight. “What the hell?!” Hannah sounded not at all happy about the interruption. The she realized he asked how she was, “Wait… darling? Yeah I’m fine…” She was quite confused.

MP 160/200 End Sustain

by **Kotone** Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:26 pm

Kotone, too, was surprised when Roejaster appeared out of nowhere to take the brunt of the dragon roar. Frost had gathered on his back as the roar disappeared, and he shivered as he opened with one of his signature smooth lines. Kotone was admittedly mildly amused, but she wasn't about to show it. She crossed her arms, a small smirk appearing on her lips as the cowboy turned to face her.

"Impeccable timing as usual, Wild Arms," she told him, her tone indicating that they had met a few times before. "This is the second time you've jumped into one of my fights." She looked a strange mix of unhappy to be interrupted and amused, though certainly not apologetic for having hit him. She looked between him and Hannah (Who's name she still didn't actually know), and her frown increased a bit as she opened her mouth for her next statement. "I was totally going to kick your girlfriend's butt you know!"

If there was one thing to be said about the young dragon slayer, it was that her self-assured attitude never faltered. She had been completely confident she would win that bout, even though she had been disarmed. Her dragon roar would have stopped her in her tracks shivering, after all, and then Kotone would have had an easy time finishing the fight.

by **Roejaster Rallands** Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:33 pm

Mind numbingly cold was the only thought that could come to mind.... Cold... So cold.

"Glad you're ok". He then shifted his attention to Kotone who he already know was going to hang that hit over his head for a long time. "It's good to see you too kiddo. Now that was a hell of a hit!" he gives Kotone a solid nod, ice cracks and falls to the ground from his brim. He shifts his rolls his shoulder as a few creaks and pops audibly exude from it. He spins Mercy and holds her at his side "Yeah. I noticed you two ladies had something your were trying to resolve, but I need to insist you two put your claws away for now." Before Kotone or Hannah can protest or start pointing blame "With the Guildless hunt going down and the show you two have put on, we need to get you out of sight, quick!" Roejaster scanned the crowd that had gathered and the civilians watching the fight, looking for the signs of nearing guards "So what's it going to be you two? Finish this another day or spend the night in Cold Irons? Your call." He spins mercy backwards and slips her into his left holster. Roejaster turns around and offers a hand to Hannah.

by **Hannah Jaymes** Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:19 pm

Hannah was still shocked and confused and not in the best mood. Her fight had been interrupted and it was fun, but now it was ruined. She looked between Kotone and Roejaster and blinked. “You two know each other?” It was a small world. Now that Hannah had time to adjust she recognized the cowboy from Fairy Tail. She didn’t know him all that well, but she recognized him. She guessed it was a good thing that he interrupted when he did, cause if he would have waited any longer he would have seen her dragon roar and that would have been awkward to explain away to the guild, so he saved her from that. Then she heard Kotone’s comment. “What? I am not his girlfriend! And I was going to kick your butt!”

She would have argued more, but Roejaster made a couple good points. Hannah didn’t really want to go to jail, that would be bad. She took Roejaster’s hand to help her finish standing up and then quickly let go of it. “Alright, you have a point… lets get out of here. I don’t want to go to jail.” She looked like she didn’t want to, but she would leave to avoid jail time. She wasn’t going to drop this though, she could have taken Kotone (who she also didn’t know the name of).

by **Kotone** Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:47 pm

"Yeah, fine. I can be good. Even with her." Kotone decided aloud, mostly for Roejaster's benefit, but also because it was a small jab at her new rival. She couldn't resist. Kotone never claimed she wasn't petty, after all. "I knew I'd win anyway."

"... Guildless hunt?" Kotone was distracted from the rest due to news she hadn't yet heard about, apparently. She dropped her arms, taking a bandage out of her pack and wrapping it around her arm before the blood stained any of her clothes. It wasn't that bad but it did sting a lot, and had decided to bleed a lot as well. As they walked she followed behind both of them. "The hell are you talking about? What does that even mean?"

It sounded like some sort of cruel game where guildies tracked down guildless members or something like that, but she doubted the guilds were that mean all of a sudden. This was some sort of nickname for something big that had just started. Kotone's eyes shifted between the woman she didn't trust, and the man she only reluctantly did. They knew something she didn't, and she didn't like it.

Kotone decided she would follow them back to Fairy Tail for now, and figure out what she could from there. She could even be civil if she had to. She wasn't a horrible person. Just a grumpy one who didn't mind what others thought of her opinions!

by **Roejaster Rallands** Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:02 am

Roejaster led the pack, but only slightly, he made sure to keep the two separated. The last thing they needed was another flare up. He did his best to keep them in crowded streets, hiding among the people of Magnolia was something he had rather gotten used to. They took a turn down a large street, they weren't terribly far from guild house, but there was still bit of ground to cover. Roejaster's eyes scanned the crowd looking for the Magic Council's jar heads "So it seems you haven't heard" he said gesturing his words to Kotone. "There was an attack on the Magic Council. From what I know the big wigs pin it on guildless mages. Every paladin in Fiore is off to hunt down and capture every Guildless they can find." His voice went cold at the end, this entire show of muscle just dug in his disgust for the Magic Council. "So we need to get you to Taiga as quickly as possible."

Roejaster lead the girls around another corner, the guild house was there in sight "Shit.." Roejaster muttered under his breath. There heading straight for them was a squad of paladins led by a seeker. He quickly threw his arms around the two girls "Just play along." He gave them both a serious look, then immediately fell into his disguise "Ah hahahaha! Oh g-girls *hic* there's n-no place I'd rather be!" He puts his hat "drunkenly" on Kotone's head then leans his head into Hannah's neck "You smell like a great day on a night with celebrating-tions.. *hic*"

by **Hannah Jaymes** Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:50 am

“You wouldn’t have won…” Hannah corrected Kotone. Be it in a beauty contest or a fight, Hannah would win. She would drive herself to win, no matter what. Too bad their fight had come out a draw. Hannah put a hand on her side and it was a bit tender. Yeah, she was going to have a bruise there, no doubt about that. Oh well, just a reminder to do better.

Hannah didn’t know about the guildless hunt either, but she knew the magic council was cracking down hard on guildless mages. They had made magic a lot less fun in her mind, but they had the power so she wasn’t dumb enough to argue with them just yet. Maybe one day, but not today. Roejaster explained the situation and Hannah rolled her eyes. Great, someone else did something stupid and now everyone was going to suffer for it, that was lovely.

She followed along quickly toward where Roejaster was taking them. She saw the paladins right as Roe did but he spoke first and she nodded. She would play along, and this could even be a little fun, he wasn’t bad looking after all and neither was the ice queen over there. She put her arm around him to help him walk, or pretend to. “Oh, and there is no place I would rather have you… well, maybe one… or two…” She left it vague and mildly flirty. The smile smiled a flirty little smile when he leaned his head into her neck. “And you smell like a keg…” She couldn’t hold back the sarcasm, even if it was just playing along, but hoped the approaching paladins wouldn’t notice.

by **Kotone** Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:12 am

Kotone grunted as Roejaster put his hand on her head. She frowned a bit but did her best to perk up slightly for appearance's sake. The problem was, she looked her age, and she was under age for this sort of thing. So she was going to have to change up the plan a bit. When Hannah fake propositioned both her and Roejaster, however, Kotone couldn't resist taking a jab. "Sorry, There's no way I could afford you," she said simply, laughing so the guards would think that she was joking. "Besides I'm just helping you back."

Together, they walked past the guards who tried to pay as little attention as they could to the three of them, since two of them at least seemed to be into a rather inappropriate conversation. Kotone waved at them, giving them her best friendly smile. "Sorry, officers, I'm taking these two lovebirds home." And then the three of them passed by as one of them scratched their head, shrugged, and kept looking around for whomever had been fighting.

As they walked further past, Kotone sighed. That wasn't the angle she generally went for when it came to getting by people. At least they were mostly home free, as long as they got out of sight before they decided to investigate closer.

by **Roejaster Rallands** Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:53 pm

The sound of heavy boots and clinking rune swords passed faded into the sound of shuffling happy civillians, with a hint of mild thuds (the familiar sound of the guild house). The trio takes their final turn down the cobblestone path, surrounded by the lightly snow covered tables and chairs of the Fairy Tail Patio. Roejaster kept up his act, just in case wondering eyes got curious "D-Don't you w-worry beau-retty lady, you and I will be finding a comfortable place to rest my... find your surprise." He gave her a large uncomfortable looking wink. He then stumbled forward and clumsily tried to open the large guild doors. Contrary to his intoxicated appearance the doors swing with ease. Just as the memories, rumors, legends, and myths say… The guild house was a torrential whirlwind of flying plates, stray magics, and the occasional body.

As the large doors swing and creak to a close, Roejaster drops the façade and flips his hair back. “Not the most graceful disguise, but I’ve got to hand to you two. Didn’t miss a beat” He gives a wink to Hannah and then turns to Kotone and raises his hand up for a high five.

by **Hannah Jaymes** Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:37 pm

If they hadn’t been so near the guards Hannah would have went back to fighting Kotone. Insinuating she was a hooker. Hannah was no such thing. Yeah she would flirt with people, yeah she enjoyed it, but she was not a whore. She shot the other woman an unhappy glare as they walked, but she forced herself to not do anything more than that. She really wanted to though. She was not convinced that Kotone deserved whatever punishment she got, but she still wasn’t worth going to jail for.

Hannah would keep the act up as long as Roejaster did. “Oh what kind of surprise?” Hannah was focusing on keeping up the act and not ripping Kotone’s head off. She also enjoyed some flirting, even if it was fake.

As soon as they made it back, the cowboy dropped the act and gave Hannah a wink. That did surprise her a bit and she wondered if it had been all fake flirting after all. Probably not judging by the man’s attitude. “Thanks, I do what I can.” It made her smile that he offered Kotone a high five, but Hannah shot another glare at Kotone. “And about your comment… I was talking to him, and you only wish you could afford me… but I’m not a whore like you seem to think I am, and I wouldn’t do anything with you even if I was.” Hannah shot the comment at Kotone.

by **Kotone** Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:51 pm

When Roejaster raised his hand for a high five, Kotone's hands instead went to her pockets. She rolled her eyes, but grinned a bit, unable to help herself. She liked Roejaster more than she was about to admit aloud. "Improvisation is my specialty," she reminded the cowboy. She glanced at Hannah as she opened her mouth to speak, noting that she seemed taken aback by Roejaster's compliments. It amused her, despite the irritating way it reminded her of herself.

That was when Hannah brought up the comment about her earlier jab. She only wished she could afford her? Kotone couldn't help but give a slightly dumbfounded stare at that one. "Why would I want... What?!" Kotone looked both confused and angry. "I'm not that kind of girl, Rust Bucket!" Kotone shot back, temporarily forgetting that she was standing in the entrance of Fairy Tail's guild hall. That is, until someone's mug shattered against the door next to her face, causing her to recoil. Normally she didn't react at all.

"Gunslinger! You tell that metal head to stop being a dumb whore!" Kotone pointed at the woman and told him rather than addressing Hannah herself. She might have just jumped at her if she wasn't dumbstruck by the earlier comment. Her cheeks were slightly red from the implication as she defended herself.

by **Roejaster Rallands** Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:56 pm

A grin crossed the man's face and he withdrew his hand to his hat, where he adjusted the brim a little. Hannah then took a moment to make up for the more than obvious blow that Kotone landed earlier. Which caused Kotone to flare right up again, they hadn't gone to arms yet, and hopefully Roe could keep it that way. As much of a riot as the Fairy Tail guild hall typically was, if he could keep the peace before things got out of hand between the two girls, then he could sleep peacefully tonight. He let out a large sigh as the little Ice Dragon Slayer retaliated to Hannah's comment. That's when he called Mercy.

Roejaster stood there for a moment as the two girls verbally had at each other. Not much was going to break their attentions, it took a drastic move to get between them last time "Not entirely sure I want to take another blow head on." He thought to himself. Finally Mercy appeared in his hand as he leaned back to watch a mug collide with the door, it made Kotone jump "She's compromised, interesting" he again thought to himself. As another exclamatory remark was thrown, he raised his hand slowly to the ceiling, and waited for a split moment. He then dislodged a magical bullet from his Revolver, the sound of which cracked through the hall. bringing most of the guild mates attentions to them. "Ladies, y'all realize there are more pressing matters then getting at each others throats. Kotone, you are in no place to rile up too much attention to yourself. Hannah, you joined me in harboring a wanted mage. Now you, Pops, and myself all have targets on our back if someone decides to rat us out." The guild hall was quiet and everyone had a determined look on their face. "We lucked out though, we are Fairy Tail mages, we're family. You know that better then I do. So How about we take a seat" He gestured a nod to the bar "and figure out what you'd like to do next Ms. Hoshino? Hannah I would greatly appreciate your help." he said with a very earnest smile.

by **Hannah Jaymes** Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:47 pm

Hannah was about to fly into the ice queen again for calling her a dumb whore and a rust bucket when Roejaster shot into the air. Hannah flinched a bit, not expecting that. The cowboy had been watching them argue for a bit, and even ignored the glass mug that flew at Kotone, but now he decided to try and calm them down again. Hannah looked at Roejaster and blinked a few times as she calmed down.

The cowboy gave a lovely little speech and it kind of worked. Hannah calmed down slowly, but she still felt the urge to fly into Kotone. Dang, he was right. Hannah had aided in harboring a wanted mage, and that kind of pissed her off again, but it didn’t really show. Hannah really hoped no one would rat them out. It would make life more complicated in a bad way.

“Fine, fine…. I’ll calm down if the ice queen does.” Hannah didn’t want to talk to her so she was just talking about her right now. She stomped over to the bar and took a seat and glared at the bartender. “Give me something strong.” When the bartender did, she downed it quickly and asked for another. “So, what’s the plan?” She did not look happy or sound happy, but at least she wasn’t slinging insults or magic. It was an improvement. It had helped that Roejaster had asked for her help nicely, and that he wasn't too bad to look at either.

by **Kotone** Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:47 pm

After a minute of bickering, Roejaster finally had had enough of it, and he made that clear not only to them, but everyone in the guild hall. He remained polite, but his tone told Kotone he meant business. Kotone respected him and Taiga enough to listen to that, even though she didn't usually act like she would.

Kotone, too, calmed down. Socially speaking anyway. Roejaster was right. If she got kicked out of the Fairy Tail guild hall because of this bimbo she was going to have to find somewhere else to relax when she came to town. Not even mentioning the guards outside who didn't yet know they were looking for her. It wouldn't take long though, knowing her luck. Not that she would mind getting to beat a few faces in right now. Especially... what had Roejaster called her? Hannah.

She was still visibly fuming, though unlike Hannah she didn't go to the bar. She simply sat down across from Roejaster, her barely contained anger showing on her face. The fact that about a foot around her the air was much colder than normal only helped convey this.

"What do you need?" Kotone asked Roejaster finally, as Hannah took her seat when she was done gulping down her stupid poison. It would figure someone as dumb as her would like alcohol so much. The stuff was nasty. Like her.

by **Roejaster Rallands** Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:06 pm

Holy crap it worked... Roejaster wasn't entirely sure he could pull it off, but he was glad that his "Voice of Reason", which he didn't get to exercise very often, actually paid off. He spun the revolver on it's trigger a few times, before lodging it into his right holster. Hannah led the way to the bar, Roajster posted up on the corner spot on the bar, his body opened up to the rest of the hall. Kotone in tow, sat at a table just across from the bar, sitting down to face him. He exhaled a small sigh, trying to collect his thoughts a bit. He glanced over to Hannah and let out a soft laugh as she knocked back the two glasses.

Straightening up his posture a bit, his eyes came up to meet Hannah's, his traditional smirk on his face. Turning his gaze to Kotone "Taiga has already expressed his concern for the guildless mages well being in Magnolia. Which means Hannah" he steers the conversation to the metal damsel "I'm going to need your help tracking down all the guildless we can find in Magnolia, we need to know every name, face, and magic that rolls through our town. The more we know, the better we can keep the Magic Council walking in circles." Back to Kotone "You're pretty good at leaving a wake kid, but no worries, I'm better." he gave her a knowing grin "It'd make it a whole lot easier if you stayed in Magnolia for a while, but that's your call. If you do decide to take off, remember that our doors are open to ya." Knowing that his plea wasn't worth much to the little heroine. "But don't worry girls, there's something in the works that'll let you two blow off some major steam" His eyes got a little brighter as he mentioned that. "So what do you say ladies?" Excitement was picking up in his voice, having the chance to work with a dragon slayer was a rare pleasure, and Hannah Jaymes was a girl Roejaster felt he hadn't really noticed until today. She was a gorgeous woman, with some impressive power. Despite the current situation, Fairy Tail's gunslinger couldn't help, but be quite interested.

by **Hannah Jaymes** Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:40 pm

If only Hannah could read Kotone’s mind. She would slap her hard. She was not dumb, she didn’t exactly like alcohol, she just drank it for the affects. She didn’t lie that it tasted good. But Hannah didn’t know what Kotone was thinking, and good thing or the fight might be back on. She could feel the cold wafting off of the ice queen and wasn’t impressed. “Oh, so she can make the air cold? So impressive.” Hannah thought to herself. She was still mostly ignoring Kotone, but she was getting much more calm. She had a temper, but it was a flash fire sometimes. She calmed down fairly quickly from things.

Roejaster always had a smirk on his face didn’t he, or at least he usually did. Hannah found the smirk cocky just like the man who wore it. She had never really interacted with the man. She recognized him and knew the name, but that was about it. He definitely came off as cocky. Hannah listened to what Roejaster had to say. She wasn’t too interested in helping the helpless and all that, but messing with the magic council sounded fun. She did not like what they were doing, and keeping them chasing their own tail sounded fun, and then he mentioned something that would let them blow off steam. She was in.

“Blowing off steam is always fun, and screwing with the council sounds fun too. Alright, I’m game. What’s this thing in the works that will let us blow off steam?” She was interested in that, but also in the handsome man that had taken charge of the situation. That wasn’t at the forefront of her mind though. Just getting done with a fight and an argument had that a bit suppressed right now. She also figured since the cowboy was working so hard to smooth the situation over, Hannah would play nice. “So, what was it Kotone? You going to be heading out or stick around?” Hannah was polite when she said, that, surprising herself a bit even.

by **Kotone** Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:12 pm

Focusing her foul temper on a job sounded like just the thing to turn her day around. "Finding guildless mages could be hard," Kotone reminded Roejaster. "Every mage in a guild could potentially be looking to turn in criminals. At least in the eyes of the people in hiding." Kotone had only just learned of this guildless mage hunt, but she knew that anyone aware of it would likely either be hiding their magic or otherwise just hiding.

The air around her became warmer again as her mind turned to things other than her hatred of Hannah. Answering both Roejaster and Hannah, she grinned a grin that revealed her dragon slayer fangs. "Whatever you have in mind, I'm in. There's no way I'd let you do something dangerous without me." With that, Kotone placed her hands on the table and stood up. "I've always wanted to see how you'd do paired with me in a fight, Roejaster. And Hannah is strong, regardless of anything else. With me you'll be unstoppable." Kotone jabbed her finger towards herself when she said the last part. She didn't mean the part about Hannah as an insult. More she was trying to acknowledge what she'd noticed before and move past her hatred of her. For now at least. When things went back to normal she'd love to clobber the woman for her smug stupid attitude.

by **Roejaster Rallands** Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:28 pm

Roejaster was genuinely glad to see the girls getting along, even if a little... "Well I say we put that theory to the test." Roe throws back the tails of his coat and stands up with a gungho sense of adventurism "Word on the street is Ranor is looking for a team." turns his to Hannah "He's requesting it himself. Something's up." addressing Kotone "You know Pops, if he's personally dealing out a request, it's time to crack some skulls." whips out Mercy and spins it back a couple times and tosses it into the air, Mercy vanishes with a sudden glow of gold light, drifting into the pocket dimension. He offered Hannah his callus hand, covered in black leather fingerless gloves. "So how about it, should we go see what Pops is cooking?" Roe was dressed with sharp excited eyes and his confident smirk. Looks back at Kotone, nods his head toward the guild masters office "Come on kid, let's go kick some ass".

Walks up to Ranor's office door, an old mahogany door, adorned with lavish designs that Roejaster and everyone else in the guild was convinced that the first master designed the door. Let's be real, Pops was not that artistic... "Ranor Taiga" was written upon a replacement board that was slightly tilted and offset. Word has it Ranor got pissed one day and his old name plate ran in fear. Though no one has ever really proven that rumor. Roejaster knocked a couple times "Taiga, It's Rallands. I've got your team."

-EXIT-

by **Hannah Jaymes** Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:56 pm

Hannah had also just learned of this guildless hunt. She didn’t keep up with current events as much as she probably should. Kotone was right, even if Hannah didn’t want to admit it. The people probably would be hiding quite well. “You’re probably right.” Hannah did admit to Kotone. She figured it would help patch things up. “I know if I were hunted I would lay low.”

Wow, Hannah had not expected a compliment from the ice queen. That was something and had her very curious. She noticed the other girl’s dragon fangs and that made her smile a bit, but not enough to show her own fangs off. She didn’t smile a lot because of them. “Yeah, we’ll be unstoppable. I would like to see you in a real fight Roejaster.” She smiled slyly at him. “Yeah, you are pretty tough too Kotone.” She didn’t want to stir up more trouble, even though Hannah wanted to say they would be unstoppable because of her.

Hannah kept smiling at the handsome cowboy as she took the hand that was offered to her and used it to stand up. She held the hand a bit longer than she should as she used it to stand. “Alright cowboy, lead the way.” Roejaster had done a great job lightening the mood. She followed Roejaster to Taiga’s office as he went in and introduced them as a team. Well, looks like Hannah was on a team now, yippee.

-EXIT-

by **Kotone** Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:23 pm

Kotone continued smiling at Hannah's returned compliment. She of course didn't mind a compliment, but to Hannah it had only been a simple fact she'd stated. Laced with an implication that she was strong but not much else. At least she'd missed it, which was fine at the moment. The ice dragon slayer rolled her eyes as Hannah and Roejaster exchanged flirting, and followed the pair to Ranor Taiga's office. The two of them entered first, and were greeted by Taiga. "Great!" she could hear Taiga telling Roejaster. She heard a loud clap on the shoulder just before she entered.

When she did enter, however, Taiga's attention turned immediately to the seventeen year old, greeting her with a smile that she wasn't that familiar with, but the others could probably identify as an almost grandfatherly smile. "Kotone! Great to see you!" he said, ruffling her hair as she cringed and squinted, trying to sort out her hair quickly as he removed his hand. "So you're part of this little posse, eh? Well have I got a job for the three of you!" Ranor stepped back, a wide grin on his face.

"Hey, Taiga," Kotone answered simply. The near-neutral greeting was actually a sign of respect shared between the two, and Taiga knew it, causing the grin to widen for a moment. After all, Kotone normally didn't get along well with any authority figure. She tended to make enemies in high places, but Taiga was different.

With that, the Fairy Tail guildmaster clapped his strong hands together loudly, looking pleased by the team Roejaster had brought him. "Well then ladies and Roejaster, let's get down to business!"

-Exit-

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