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Emerson yawns, resting the back of her head against the wall. 'Why did I have to get up so early?' She thinks to herself. She softly knocks on the door and then waits.

Louis turns his attention back to the store. He knows that he worries about Emerson too much, but he can't help but worry about her. He walks around the store and readjusts some of the weopons. He winces as he moves some of the heavier ones. His arms were still sore from yesterdays work

She looked around at the area around her. She always appreciated how nice it was here, especially when the are was a perfect balance between town and nature. Almost suburban like. She stretched a bit, preparing for a simple run to feel the cool breeze on her face. It was the best feeling in the world for her. She loved running, it was the one thing that could cheer her up no matter what. She smiled as she set off to one of the weaponry shops around. She figured it would be a good experience for today.

Alliana kept walking on the almost empty sidewalks, enjoying the smell of the shops starting up. She figured she could get a donut on her way. It would be a good start to the morning. But she did have the sudden urge to punch something... Nah, that’s ridiculous, why would she do that? Today was supposed to be a good day. Something told her that she should get some snacks, something big enough for a small party. Why? Well, she didn’t quite know. She just had that feeling

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[Kela Ravenoir]

The warm rays of the sun had pleasantly graced her skin when Kela hit the road this morning, chasing off the last strands of her nightmare, having already downed her usual morning coffee, bag strung haphazardly over her shoulder and ice-colored eyes bright. She had already melted the ice on the mailbox, the two elements clicking within her mind. Ice called to ice; opposites attracted. Most thankfully, Kela knew where to start with her information poking. It was early still, and while she would rather not be late and earn another disgruntled remark from Roxy, she did want some time to herself. Time to enjoy leisure time. She never really got a lot before she joined. Unsurprisingly, Kela had accidentally skipped breakfast. Maybe it was because her mind was elsewhere this morning. Even if her appetite had disappeared over the course of her less than ideal morning, it was coming back. Hard. Not that hunger was anything new.

It was something about this town that there was food around the corner, and she was pleased that the first thing she came across was a coffee / brunch-esque shop. The jovial nature swung her spirits high as she entered to wait in line.

Shion jumped, definitely not expecting a knock. "Keep that in mind, yeah?" They reminded, hustling out of the forge. Checking to make sure that they were in socially acceptable clothing, a tight shirt and somewhat tattered pants, Shion went to the door and glanced out. The curl of brown hair and recognizable hippie style clothing had Shion recognizing Emerson easily and they unlocked the door. "Hey." They greeted somewhat awkwardly, opening the door fully. Shion wasn't sure why Louis and Emerson insisted on checking up on them constantly, perhaps it was genuine perhaps not. Either way, Shion appreciated it but felt that the effort was a little bit wasted on them.

After buying a frankly ungodly amount of pastries, Queen sat down at one of the tables to munch away at a powdered doughnut. The rest would be shared with the others once they met up. Swinging his legs almost childishly, Queen's keen eyes swept the establishment taking stock of who was in the room. The atmosphere was preppy and upbeat, adding to the homey aesthetic of the shop in general and putting Queen a little more at ease. The door swung open and a familiar girl came in, silver bobbed hair swaying as she joined the queue. His lips quirked up as he finished off his pseudo breakfast, licking any sugar left off his fingers. What a coincidence, he smiled to himself. What a coincidence.

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"Hello Shion" Emerson greets. She raises an eyebrow at his attire and gives him an amused smile. "I'm guessing you also had a late night?" She asks, trying to have a bit of small talk. She glances over his shoulder to look at Nesryn. "Hello Nesryn!" She yells at the girl. Her amused grin fading away into a polite smile

Sabrina walked along the pathways and sidewalks, taking each twist and turn with a slow, steady speed. She wanted to enjoy this, it was a nice day out after all. A sudden thought popped in her head, like an inflated ball shooting out of the water. Alliana was acting strange today, and the past few days as well. She noticed while looking through her bag that it was filled with random drawings, nothing about college. The drawings looked dull and dark, demonic even. What was she doing? She would need to ask her when she got back from the weaponry. She dismissed the ever so troubling thoughts in her head, leaving it empty to gather joyful information about the beautiful scenes around her. The shop wasn’t too far from here, just a few more minutes.

Alliana walked down the city sidewalks until she reached the best donut shop in town, one she always went to for a nice treat to congratulate the week’s victories. She walked through the door behind the silvery haired girl. She scanned the shop to see if there were any open seats, and surprisingly there were. Because the shop was so popular, the seats were never empty. She kind of felt sorry for the workers, having to work all day with tens of tens of customers. While she was looking around, she spotted a giddy familiar face. Her eyes widened as she quickly looked away, trying not to look suspicious. She already had her face known, one to be captured right away. It’s been a few years, but she doubted that everyone forgot, which made it a bug risk to even be near the city.

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[Nesryn Akihiko]

Nesryn nodded dutifully, keeping her big baby-blue eyes on her mentor while her free left hand - which was slightly grayed from working on a small project she had been assigned yesterday - tangled with her short bun as it always did when she was feeling more anxious. She knew Shion could get himself up in a twist very often very fast, but really, it would be wrong to hold it against him. As for staying or leaving the shop, her eyes followed her mentor (and father figure) dart around the area trying to make himself look presentable before the usual tidal wave of customers signaled their workday. “Nothing against you, really, but uh...” She nodded at the darkened, shadowed walls and the thump-tacked papers on the wall listing all the orders they had not gotten to yet, “I think I’m gonna stay here.” The least she could do was alleviate the tasks they had to get to.

She looked up as Shion stepped in front of her with a gentle, if not slightly strained, smile, mussing her hair. She sighed softly, leaning into the touch ever so slightly as she listened to what he said. She eventually nodded, “Thank you. You’re a good teacher.” She gave him a quick hug, and the tender moment was inadvertently interrupted by a knock on the door. Good gracious, who was ever up this early? Nesryn’s eyes widened in surprise. As for Shion, he quickly threw on his usual cotton coat before opening the door to admit Louis and Emerson. Regulars, if she did say so herself. She waved back shyly to Emerson, “Good morning.”

[Kela Ravenoir]

It was not long before the white-haired fae felt the gentle pressure on her sides dissipate as the customers in front of her moved around to wait in the other area or join their companions in their respective booths. This particular joint was particularly popular, it seemed. Conversation ebbed and flowed, people’s faces alight with the joy generated from just minding one’s own business. She felt her stomach rumble, and when she stepped up to order, made a note not to order too much. The last thing she needed right now was to have an upset stomach.

She had gotten here rather early, but if she wanted to be productive today, well, she would need to get working as soon as possible. She pulled out her phone to text Roxy.

I’m heading toward the warehouse after some breakfast. Where are you??

She thanked the cashier for the order, paying with stolen earned money. As she moved to the designated wait-for-your-order line, she caught a glance of a very familiar head of pink hair. Could it....?

Yes it was Queen alright, the coquettish sweet male she had met yesterday. Her cheeks flushed a bit as she remembered how he’d winked at her yesterday evening. She inclined her head toward him, and then turned her gaze to the pile of sweets laying before him. And the doughnut he must have been eating before she had entered. Good gods. How on earth did he stay thin if he kept on eating like that? She quickly slipped over from the crowd her unusually pale blue eyes meeting his fiery scarlet ones, “You must have quite the sweet tooth.”

"hmmm?" Roxy wakes up to her phone getting a notification. Slowly she reads the words. "I'm heading towards the warehouse after some breakfast. Where are you?" She reads outloud. "Sh*t!" She yells outloud, sitting up quickly. How long was she asleep for? How is she supposed to seem like a strong leader if she can't even be on time. She quickly organizes her notes and map and changes into something more presentable.
"I'm there now. What do you want?" She reads outloud as she rushes over to the warehouse. She clicks send and takes off into a sprint. She is practically out of breath when she makes it to the warehouse

The line started to get a bit shorter and it was almost Alliana’s turn. She looked at the menu above the worker’s heads, wondering what she should get. She usually liked the French Cruller donuts, but she decided against that. After all, today felt like a good day. She smiled as she decided for the Boston Cream. She occasionally glanced around, examining the place for later. Hey, she might need to know stuff in case of emergencies.

Sabrina arrived at Emerson and Louis’s shop, only to find that no one was there. “Hmph...” she turned around and decided to go to the other shop, one that she figured would be just as good. She stopped, noticing that something was off. She saw a shadow inside, didn’t she? She turned around and stood at the door.

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[Lunara Averon]

Almost as if she had known that Roxy would be dashing right this way, as if she knew that Roxy was going to be late from sleeping in, Lunara coyly looked over her shoulder at the sound of pattering feet. a sardonic smirk that oh so slightly reached her (mental) voice. Well, well, well. Since when did I have the pleasure of noticing that you— her telepathic message to Roxy was interrupted by a mirthless laugh at this point. you out of all people Roxy are late for your own meeting? The ravenette breezed gracefully out of the warehouse to look her friend in the eye. Lunara never pegged Roxy for being a very disorganized persona, but with the speed at which things had been developing recently, the fae had a lot to worry about than usual.

"Oh hi" Louis says as he reappears by the counter. He has a few items in his arms which he drops on the table. "I'm sorry, didn't see you walk in" he tells Sabrina. "How can I help you?" He asks.

Roxy lets out an annoyed sigh, but she can't fight the amused smile that appears on her lips. "Well, what can I say? I'm full of surprises" she says with a wave of her hand. "It's been awhile, how have you been?" Roxy asks. Her usual tough deminor falling as she talks with her friend.

She chuckled nervously and rubbed her neck. “Well uh... I honestly didn’t expect anyone here!” She smiled before calming down. “So uh... what do you do here?”

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"Good morning to you too, Emerson." Shion replied easily, smiling thinly. "You'd be right to assume that. Would you like to come in, or is this another quick stop over?" They scratched the back of their neck, stepping back to give Emerson enough room to enter if she so pleased. Their cheeks were a little bit flushed from Nesryn hugging them just moments earlier. Physical affection was something they gave out frequently, yes, but they weren't used to receiving anything back.

Queen squeaked, having picked up a danish to snack on first and thus having taken his eyes off Kela. Looking up to suddenly see piercing ice steadily meeting his gaze had Queen's heart skipping a few beats. Fumbling with said danish as it slipped out of his hands and attempted an escape, he leaned dangerously over his chair to finally catch the pastry firmly in his hands. "K-k-k-k-kela!" he stammered, glancing nervously at his boxes upon boxes of pastries. "Um, well, ah...." he fumbled for words, drawing his shoulders up in embarrassment. "I guess I do." he admitted with a nervous smile. The Queen sitting before Kela seemed like such a different person from the one she meet just yesterday. One had to wonder if they were even the same person

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Emerson shrugs but enters the store. "This was meant to be a quick check in, but we aren't that busy at the moment. Do you need any help?" Emerson asks. She gives Nesryn a gentle smile, trying to help ease her shyness.

“Next!” The man at the counter said, his voice had a hint of tiredness, but also determination. The poor kid had been working hours on end with not enough rest. She assumed he went to college, so he also would have tests to study for, and some homework. She walked up to the counter and gave a light smile. “I would like a Boston Cream please.” She gently said. She waited for him to write down her order and turn around to get it before pulling out a 10. While she waited, she made a mental map of where she needed to go today. After this, she would need to go to the convenience store to get some light snacks, then head back home to change and get ready. She was interrupted when the boy set down her donut on the counter and said the price. “$1.12 please.” She gave him the $10 and told him to keep the change before sitting down in an open seat. She sighed a tired sigh as she took a bite of her donut.

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(oh shoot just realized Sabrina responded to Louis xD)
Louis opens up a few more windows so more light can be drawn into the room. He pauses by one of the windows to glance at her. "You are a little small. I would recommend those weopons" he says as he points to a wall filled with small and thin swords, daggers, spears, ect. "We have almost any weopon you can think of. All of them can interact with your powers" he explains excitedly. He loves this topic of discussion

(It’s ok XD)

Sabrina smiles as she looked around. She didn’t mind the minor weapons, she didn’t like the bigger and flashier ones anyways. “So... based one what you said, it’s not uncommon for people to have powers? Interesting...” she said as she looked at the weapons Louis pointed out. She thought a dagger would be better for her, but she didn’t know why. She just felt like she had experience with them. “The shop is quite nice, must I say. I’m quite impressed. The craftsmanship on these weapons too, it’s incredible.” She smiled as she slowly looked around, occasionally looking at Louis as she did.

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Closing the door behind Emerson, Shion padded off into their office to grab some miscellaneous sheets to bring with them and covered a yawn in the process. "Nesryn's holding down the fort while I run some errands. She's plenty capable herself but if you wanna stick around to see if she wants any help, be my guest." Exchanging their working boots for a lighter and more comfortable pair of footwear, Shion grabbed their wallet and shoved it in a random pocket.

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"Thank you. We craft each weopon with the upmost care" he tells her. He grabs one of the daggers that she is clearly eyeing up and looks it over. "Us magical users are quite uncommon. But this is one the best place to meet some" he explains. He holds the dagger out for her. "You can hold it if you want" he offers. "You can even try using your powers on it"
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Emerson glances over at Nesryn. "Think you'll need help with anything?" She asks her. "Otherwise I could always head back" she adds. She shakes her head. "Sorry, I'm being too intrusive. It just feels wrong to have no work to do after being busy for weeks"

“Hmm?” She inspects the dagger suddenly handed to her. The dagger was elegant and seemed to almost perfectly match her preference. She chuckled nervously. “Oh uh... I don’t like to use my powers.” She rubbed her neck before looking back at the dagger. She was hesitant to hold it, but she went ahead and gingerly took it from his hands. It fit comfortably in her hand. “Wow... this is really nice...” she muttered. She looked back at Louis. “But honestly, I don’t know... Not like I’ll get into a fight or anything!” She chuckled nervously again. “To be honest, I came here for something to do, I didn’t expect to want to get anything today...”

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