Altas Park
City Hall
Seraph sighed as he waited in the
M.A.G.I. Office, only a day back from his vacation to Florida with
Tish and already they were bugging him. Not that he could really
complain, they did pay him pretty well to destroy some of the more
dangerous artefacts that came through their hands
Looking around, he spotted Azuria
walking in with an arm full of paperwork, he couldn't help but wince
slightly as she noticed the scars on the back of her hands, left over
from a rather brutal assault on city hall by Arachnos. As she
deposited the papers on a desk, she turned and smiled. “So glad you
could make it Magus.” she chirped slightly, her smile widening as
Seraph shifted uncomfortably.
“You know I don't like that tilte.”
He grumbled slightly.
“Ahh, but it is your rank... and
sadly since the fall of Galaxy and the loss of the main M.A.G.I.
facilitates... along with most of our staff.” Her face darkened for
a moment. “Right now we need men of your skill more than ever...
and well.” She paused and looked a little sheepish. “How do you
feel about an apprentice?”
“A what?” He asked, his voice flat.
“I know this is a lot to ask you, but
many of our teachers were killed in the shivan attack... it will take
months, maybe years to find mages to replace them... and looking at
your paperwork, I noticed you were both highly skilled and seemed to
have some spare time now that most of your work load is buried under
several tons of debris.”
He slowly took his glasses off and
rubbed his eyes. “Am I really
the only one available?”
“Well, we have
tried other mages with this woman, but they didn't have your... um...
determination? ”
“You mean
stubbornness?”
“Yes, but it
sounded better the way I worded it.”
With a growing
sense of dread, he stood up and blinked. “What is wrong with her?”
Azuria was cut off by a large crash as
a winged woman fell through the door, smacking face first into a
crate.
“That would be her now.” walking
over, she helped the woman up. “You okay Diana?”
The woman climbed to her feet and
rubbed her nose, shaking out a messy mop of blond hair. “Oh um...
I'm okay, just tripped... um... again.”
Seraph gave the woman a once over,
besides the light greyish wings and dirty blond tail, she didn't look
that odd. Getting up, she some how tripped on her own feet and fell
back into a bookshelf, several tomes raining down on her, causing her
to let out a slight squeak.
As she climbed to her feet, Seraph took
Azuria to one side. “Why the hell are you signing me up with a
clutz?”
“Remember all those smart ass
comments about me and the revolving door?”
He winced as he felt karma kick him
square in the nads. “Fine then... I'll give her one day then.”
Stepping back he turned to Diana as she straighten out her shirt and
smiled, her amber eyes staring off in mismatched directions. “After
all... what’s the worse that can happen?”
* * *
Azuria checked the clock curiously,
four hours had passed since Seraph had walked out with Diana. A mild
surprise seeing the last two mages she teamed the girl up with didn't
even last an hour.
There was a loud squeal of panic from
outside her office and then the sound of something falling down a
flight of stairs, followed by some swearing.
Stepping out of her office, she saw
Seraph laying face down at the bottom of the flight of stairs,
sitting on his back and apologising profusely was Diana.
Helping them to their feet, she looked
them over and winched inwardly, Diana looked so nervous, she wasn't
sure if the girl was about ready to burst in to tears or run off,
while Seraph looked like he had been through through several trees
and a shop window.
He took her arm and lead her to one
side, his voice low. “Okay, How
the hell is she a Hero? She has to be the biggest walking
disaster in history. She managed to smash two shop windows, four cars
and send me bouncing across half of atlas... and that was in the
first hour!”
“She isn't.”
He paused,
blinking. “What?”
“She isn't a
Hero, we implemented a three strike system recently for young mages
that couldn't truly control their powers. If they can't find a
teacher, we deny their application for Hero status and issue them
with a limiter.” Sighing she entered her office and started looking
for the paperwork, Leaving him slightly slack jaw in the hallway. It
was a pity that Seraph hadn't taken Diana on as an apprentice, but
she could not force the matter.
As she found the
forms, she heading back to him, she saw an odd look on his face, she
was about to ask what was up when he raised a finger to his lips.
From around the corner she could hear Diana talking on a phone by the
sounds of it.
“... No... it
looks like I flubbed it again... yeah, Ditzy Derpy doo spectacular...
I don't know, if I can't get a licences, UPS will let me go... They
can't have a unregistered hero on the pay roll... It doesn’t matter
if it is unfair, it's the law... I don't know what we will do...
yeah... I'll tell you more when I get home, later sis.”
Seraph took the
papers out of Azuria's hand, magic crackling along it for a few
seconds before they burst crumbled to ash. “Oh Dear Azuria, it I am
such a clutz... lucky it was the wrong from, wasn't it?” His voice
having an almost cheerfully idiotic tone to it.
Blink at the ash,
she looked back to him. “Why?”
“Because.”
“Because?” She
asked, raising a sceptical eyebrow.
“Okay okay... as
my girlfriend loves to point out, I can't help but be a nice guy and
always try to help a damsel in distress.”
Chuckling, she
called Diana over. “It seems you are in good luck, Magus Seraph has
decided to take you on as an apprentice.” As the words left her
mouth, the young woman let out a loud sequel and glomped Seraph,
smacking him into a bookshelves and causing half the tomes to fall on
them.
From under the pile
she heard Seraph grumble. “First rule, Don't do that again....
ever.”
“Sorry Master
Seraph.” she squeaked, climbing out from under the pile off books.
“Second rule,
don't call me master” As they stood up, he dusted himself off.
“Sorry Mister
Seraph, but thank you so much!” She squeaked and spun around. “Oh
I got to tell my sister and my boss and eeeeeh!”
Azuria collected
the registry paperwork and handed it to Diana, sending her upstairs
to register, before turning to Seraph and chuckling. “You do
realise there is now backing out of this, correct?”
“Come on... how
hard can it be?” He smirked.
There was a loud
crash from upstairs and a string of sorry's.
Azuria laughed.
“You just had to say that.”
City Hall
Seraph sighed as he waited in the
M.A.G.I. Office, only a day back from his vacation to Florida with
Tish and already they were bugging him. Not that he could really
complain, they did pay him pretty well to destroy some of the more
dangerous artefacts that came through their hands
Looking around, he spotted Azuria
walking in with an arm full of paperwork, he couldn't help but wince
slightly as she noticed the scars on the back of her hands, left over
from a rather brutal assault on city hall by Arachnos. As she
deposited the papers on a desk, she turned and smiled. “So glad you
could make it Magus.” she chirped slightly, her smile widening as
Seraph shifted uncomfortably.
“You know I don't like that tilte.”
He grumbled slightly.
“Ahh, but it is your rank... and
sadly since the fall of Galaxy and the loss of the main M.A.G.I.
facilitates... along with most of our staff.” Her face darkened for
a moment. “Right now we need men of your skill more than ever...
and well.” She paused and looked a little sheepish. “How do you
feel about an apprentice?”
“A what?” He asked, his voice flat.
“I know this is a lot to ask you, but
many of our teachers were killed in the shivan attack... it will take
months, maybe years to find mages to replace them... and looking at
your paperwork, I noticed you were both highly skilled and seemed to
have some spare time now that most of your work load is buried under
several tons of debris.”
He slowly took his glasses off and
rubbed his eyes. “Am I really
the only one available?”
“Well, we have
tried other mages with this woman, but they didn't have your... um...
determination? ”
“You mean
stubbornness?”
“Yes, but it
sounded better the way I worded it.”
With a growing
sense of dread, he stood up and blinked. “What is wrong with her?”
Azuria was cut off by a large crash as
a winged woman fell through the door, smacking face first into a
crate.
“That would be her now.” walking
over, she helped the woman up. “You okay Diana?”
The woman climbed to her feet and
rubbed her nose, shaking out a messy mop of blond hair. “Oh um...
I'm okay, just tripped... um... again.”
Seraph gave the woman a once over,
besides the light greyish wings and dirty blond tail, she didn't look
that odd. Getting up, she some how tripped on her own feet and fell
back into a bookshelf, several tomes raining down on her, causing her
to let out a slight squeak.
As she climbed to her feet, Seraph took
Azuria to one side. “Why the hell are you signing me up with a
clutz?”
“Remember all those smart ass
comments about me and the revolving door?”
He winced as he felt karma kick him
square in the nads. “Fine then... I'll give her one day then.”
Stepping back he turned to Diana as she straighten out her shirt and
smiled, her amber eyes staring off in mismatched directions. “After
all... what’s the worse that can happen?”
* * *
Azuria checked the clock curiously,
four hours had passed since Seraph had walked out with Diana. A mild
surprise seeing the last two mages she teamed the girl up with didn't
even last an hour.
There was a loud squeal of panic from
outside her office and then the sound of something falling down a
flight of stairs, followed by some swearing.
Stepping out of her office, she saw
Seraph laying face down at the bottom of the flight of stairs,
sitting on his back and apologising profusely was Diana.
Helping them to their feet, she looked
them over and winched inwardly, Diana looked so nervous, she wasn't
sure if the girl was about ready to burst in to tears or run off,
while Seraph looked like he had been through through several trees
and a shop window.
He took her arm and lead her to one
side, his voice low. “Okay, How
the hell is she a Hero? She has to be the biggest walking
disaster in history. She managed to smash two shop windows, four cars
and send me bouncing across half of atlas... and that was in the
first hour!”
“She isn't.”
He paused,
blinking. “What?”
“She isn't a
Hero, we implemented a three strike system recently for young mages
that couldn't truly control their powers. If they can't find a
teacher, we deny their application for Hero status and issue them
with a limiter.” Sighing she entered her office and started looking
for the paperwork, Leaving him slightly slack jaw in the hallway. It
was a pity that Seraph hadn't taken Diana on as an apprentice, but
she could not force the matter.
As she found the
forms, she heading back to him, she saw an odd look on his face, she
was about to ask what was up when he raised a finger to his lips.
From around the corner she could hear Diana talking on a phone by the
sounds of it.
“... No... it
looks like I flubbed it again... yeah, Ditzy Derpy doo spectacular...
I don't know, if I can't get a licences, UPS will let me go... They
can't have a unregistered hero on the pay roll... It doesn’t matter
if it is unfair, it's the law... I don't know what we will do...
yeah... I'll tell you more when I get home, later sis.”
Seraph took the
papers out of Azuria's hand, magic crackling along it for a few
seconds before they burst crumbled to ash. “Oh Dear Azuria, it I am
such a clutz... lucky it was the wrong from, wasn't it?” His voice
having an almost cheerfully idiotic tone to it.
Blink at the ash,
she looked back to him. “Why?”
“Because.”
“Because?” She
asked, raising a sceptical eyebrow.
“Okay okay... as
my girlfriend loves to point out, I can't help but be a nice guy and
always try to help a damsel in distress.”
Chuckling, she
called Diana over. “It seems you are in good luck, Magus Seraph has
decided to take you on as an apprentice.” As the words left her
mouth, the young woman let out a loud sequel and glomped Seraph,
smacking him into a bookshelves and causing half the tomes to fall on
them.
From under the pile
she heard Seraph grumble. “First rule, Don't do that again....
ever.”
“Sorry Master
Seraph.” she squeaked, climbing out from under the pile off books.
“Second rule,
don't call me master” As they stood up, he dusted himself off.
“Sorry Mister
Seraph, but thank you so much!” She squeaked and spun around. “Oh
I got to tell my sister and my boss and eeeeeh!”
Azuria collected
the registry paperwork and handed it to Diana, sending her upstairs
to register, before turning to Seraph and chuckling. “You do
realise there is now backing out of this, correct?”
“Come on... how
hard can it be?” He smirked.
There was a loud
crash from upstairs and a string of sorry's.
Azuria laughed.
“You just had to say that.”
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