Scene #1060: Meetings

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Yunomi Stadler	THE IZZET QUARTER - RAVNICA A branch of the city where the skies are partially veiled in the steamy smokes of invention and industry, mixed subtlely with a smattering of vines growing from a hole in one of the spires. BEfore the mighty Guildgate, a pair of weirds stand guard, their molten cores mixing with the icy water, creating bright white veins of steam inside of them that reflect the blue and red lights around them. Goblins and humans mill about, along with the odd reptoid or two, a few missionaries and a representiative resplendent in the blues and greens of the Simic Combine exit the stairway, arguing quietly but good naturedly as they pass. There's the roar of distant vents and forges, and the hissing of steam being released in the air. A high-up claxxon goes off in warning before there is a POOF! of smoke and mixed sounds of excitement -- and worry. And down below there is a young woman with pale skin kissed with a hint of freckles, her dark brown hair tied back and up in a bun, save for spiked bangs in brilliant azure and scarlet hues. She wears leathery armor in the same color, highlighted with bright silvery buckles on dark brown straps and gloves, and the new Izzet League sigil on her chest, marking her an obvious member of the league. Yunomi is awaiting guests to arrive, and around her head in a worried orbit beeps a little Izzet Security Drone, a metallic orb with flashing red lights about the size of a pommagranite.
Neva Fernandez	It's a busy day in Ravnica, most assuredly, for it wouldn't be Ravnica if there wasn't busyness and tension and all kinds of fun! In the middle of all the activity, nobody so much as bats an eye or even notices when a girl in a blue and red cloak appears in the midst of the Izzet Quarter. There's a few moments pause as the girl looks up, her messy red hair peeking out from beneath the hood as she looks about, before she grins widely, pushing her glasses up her face, and proceeds to cheerfully skip along to the Izzet Guildgate, grinning from ear to ear. "He modded his Signet again! So awesome!" With that, she just skips right in like she was right at home, not really paying attention to who was around her, as she grins and spins around.
Fang	Fang has found himself in the place known as Ravnica. It is a place to him that /almost/ reminds him of home. Which is comforting really. The young man walks across the streets, inhaling the air and those teal blue eyes enjoying he sights. Though he was here for one reason though and that reason was for a black smith that was the brother to someone here named Rhapsody.. he just had to find his way to her and hopefully have enough on him to cover the cost for the sword to be fixed. ..if the sword was even a decent weapon at all to begin with.
Yunomi Stadler	The dark-haired girl with the spiked bangs gives a grin, and she pushes up her goggles as she espies the new visitors -- though the girl looked right at home with the Izzet colors flying boldly. Her ears flick up, pointed with dark tips as she hops off her pedistal, nestled between the legs of a stone likeness of the PArun, and she makes her way down to the visitors. "Good afternoon. I am Yunomi Stadler, Izzet League mage and guardian." she smiles, tugging her fingerless gloves a little tighter onto her hands. "I assume you come with peaceful intentions?"
Neva Fernandez	The blue robed girl grins as she's approached, and she takes a moment to spin about and looks around the building, "More like AWESOME intentions! It's the Izzet Guild! You can't really get better than this! Oh man!" She spins about before striking a pose, "I am Neva Fernandez! Sorceress Surpreme and generally awesome supporter of the Izzetness!" There's a pause as she stratches the back of her head, "Mmph, it does look different from the Izzet Guid that I was at the other night. It's like everything about it is thematically the same, but the details are different... Maybe different legendaries here..." She hmms...
Fang	Fang watches as the two interact, though he does look at Yunomi before he gives a nod of his head, "Fang-- and honestly for all I know.. I may be lost." He gives a gentle shrug of his shoulders, "I'm looking for someone, I guess her brother is a backsmith.. spoke to her over this... thing," He shakes the comm device before he puts it back over his slightly pointed ear. "I'm kind of new to this whole.. world and everything in it. So, we just have that clear."
Rhapsody	"It's alright, Yunomi, I invited both of them here," comes a voice that would have been familiar on the radio. Rhapsody has decided to finally show up. Why? Well she did invite them both, didn't she? The dragon's tail is calm behind her as she wanders up, her coat drifting on whatever wind catches at it. "Neva and Fang, yes? I am Rhapsody Mizzet." A smirk is fired off at Neva as if to say 'yes, you heard me.'
Yunomi Stadler	The mage in the leathery armor gives a grin and reaches out to shake Neva's hand. She's /short/. Barely five foot short. "Nice to see enthusiasm; ... ah... what Guildhall were you at the other night...?" she questions, one eyebrow rising up, and she gives a smile to Fang, "You'll find a lot of smiths here; we've got more foundry space than and was about to answer him when Rhapsody arrives. She gives a wry grin. "Ah, so these are the ones." she smiles, and she holds up a hand. The little orb beeps happily, and lands in her leatherclad palm bouncing a bit on it. "... aww. I don't even get the fun of an introduction.
Yunomi Stadler	The mage in the leathery armor gives a grin and reaches out to shake Neva's hand. She's /short/. Barely five foot short. "Nice to see enthusiasm; ... ah... what Guildhall were you at the other night...?" she questions, one eyebrow rising up, and she gives a smile to Fang, "You'll find a lot of smiths here; we've got more foundry space than living space. Some days." She was going to continue when Rhapsody arrives, and her eyebrows perk up as she glances behind her to the Guildmaster. She gives a wry grin. "Ah, so these are the ones." she smiles, and she holds up a hand. The little orb beeps happily, and lands in her leatherclad palm bouncing a bit on it. "... aww. I don't even get the fun of an introduction.
Fang	Fang looks at them all. His eyes focusing on the half dragon, at least in his mind-- she is a half dragon. He looks over to Yunomi about then, "I guess I wasn't as lost has I thought I was." He says with a coy smirk, before he looks back at Rhapsody. "So your Rhapsody huh? I'm Fang, a pleasure." He then extends out his hand, before a cloth appears in his hand, he then holds it out slightly, "This holds the broken sword. If your brother can fix it-- even examine it.. I'm willing to pay for that to be done." He then looks over to Neva, "..so what us.. uh.. so important about-- wait.." He then squints his eyes and looks at Rhapsody, before he points his index finger at her, "..this is your-- Your a Guild leader?"
Neva Fernandez	Neva hops in place as she nods, giving a nod to Fang, before looking back to Yunomi, "Well, it was the Izzet Guild, you know! It was kinda like this one, except a little bigger, more immediatelry explody. Never got to see---" Her train of thought is derailed by the voice of Rhapsody, whom she blinks at a little bit at Rhapsody, before blinking and reaching into her pocket to pull out a box. "Mizzet? But... That's supposed to be Niv..." She reaches into the box and slides out a deck of cards, flipping through them, before pausing at one. "Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind. Or Dracogenius. They made two cards for him..."
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi glances up to Rhapsody, and then back to Neva before she clears her throat. "As one of the last students of Niv-Mizzet, I assure you that Rhapsody is the Guild Leader in her father's absence. He is currently indesposed with no clear time of return... I'm afraid that if you were eager to speak to the Parun, we will simply have to take a message." And she gives a wry grin. "You won't find me in those cards either, but I assure you I'm here."
Rhapsody	"What she says is true. Father is... not currently available to be spoken with." That's as far as she will go on the topic, her tone and her stare both speak volumes about this. Don't press it. "I, however, am happy to help you both in anyway I can," she continues before accepting Fang's weapon, "I will see he receives this right away," throat clear, "Rizix! C'mere!" Who? About a moment later an old, wrinkled goblin wanders out from behind a leg of the monument. The blade is handed off to the goblin, "Get this to Ryxinel right away." The goblin gives a quick nod and then hobbles off to do as instructed, grumbling under his breath about something or another, though he has done that a lot, lately. Rhapsody would turn back to them both after that, "Yes, I am the current Guildmaster of the Izzet, with my siblings Ryxinel and Sidonia as my direct subordinates, but they are family, so, I usually don't think of them as that much."
Fang	Fang places up his hands, "Hey don't worry none. I have no interest in speaking to your old man." He then lowers his hands, "If anything, if your guild-- I may be interested in looking for employment.. or may have an employment chance for some of your people. If you guys do adventure and monster killing type things." "See, in my world, Guilds were a gathering point for those before they went to tackle the titan towers.. to climb up those titans and then get their wish granted to them by our goddess, Clunea. You could wish anything from here and she is /suppose/ to grant it." Fang then crosses his arms over his chest. "Lets just say she is also the person I'd like to punch in the face if I can ever get back /to/ my world." He then lowers his arms, before he points his index finger at Rhaspody, "And that is why I'd like to know about your guild. Because she has taken /everything/ from me and I /will/ get it back."
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi was all happy and hunky-dory at the meeting, but when Fang points his index finger, there's the sound of metal scraping against leather, goggles smoothly sliding down a forehead, and Yunomi's placed herself between Rhapsody and Fang, fearlessly, both of her hands funneling red mana, heat pouring off them in waves. "I'd just be careful pointing fingers in a high-magic society there, prettyboy, after admitting to wanting to punch a goddess in the face." Her ears are pinned back, her tail curled in an upside-down U, with every bit of folicle on it standing out. She bares her teeth in what might be a frightening grimmace if she wasn't so short.
Rhapsody	The guardian moves between them, and the Guildmaster sets a hand on the Tanuki's shoulder, "I invited him, Yunomi, I trust him," she urges before glancing toward Fang. "The city has been in a very tense state of affairs lately. Too many things I care to go into at one time. I'll make sure Ryxinel has a look at your weapon. As for monster slaying? Eeh. We do more inventing than anything else, Fang. I'm sorry, but the Guilds in Ravnica each serve a purpose for the city instead of being a group of heroes that go about slaying things." Despite the fact the Izzet do this... once in a long while. But those stories are a whole other thing.
Fang	Fang doesn't even seem concerned when the threat comes. He just looks at Yunomi, before his arms cross over his chest. "Pretty boy, huh? Man-- and I thought I had a short temper. If I /really/ wanted to attack your guild leader. I would have done it already." "..and trust me.. you want to punch her in the face if you were in my shoes. Be glad you still have your scales.." He looks over to Rhapsody and gives a nod of his head. He inhales deeply and places his hands on his hips. "Right.." He looks at the ground for a moment, his eyes seeming to study the cobblestone road here. Fang eyes take on a distant look for a moment, he taps his teeth together, most the two sharper canines, before he gives a nod of his head. "Alright-- what purpose do they serve. How could-- someone help out to say.. get some funds or.. pull their weight?"
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi exhales when Rhaps's hand touches her,but she bristles, her shoulders coming up before the mana relaxes, and dissipates, leaving the smell of singed metal in its wake. "It's no temper." she replies in a tepid tone, crossing her arms. "And you think the whole" she imitates his voice, waggling her head back and forth with her hands waggling for effect "'would have done so already'" her voice returns to normal "thing is macho, or big, or whatever it is where you're from -- I get weirder and scarier things in my breakfast cereal."
Fang	Fang narrows his eyes, his foot stance changes slightly and his hair almost /seems/ to bristle slightly. "Yeah, well, I crushed people like you with my pinky talon. So don't think you can intimidate me." Someone stop the madness before a fight breaks out in the street.. or someone gets hurt.. probably Fang cause he forgets he isn't what he once was. Durp.
Rhapsody	A loud throat clear from Rhapsody, and a moment later, A dark blue dragon, similar in build to Rhapsody, is suddenly just between Rhapsody and Fang. "ENOUGH." No swords are drawn, no weapons are pointed at either of them, but the fact that she's just kinda THERE, from seemingly nothing, should be enough to defuse the situation. . . . Right? "Please, both of you, there's no need for this," Rhapsody says next. "The city is tense, but it does not need to be this tense between people within the Izzet Sector."
Yunomi Stadler	There's an audiable growl from Yunomi, and her tail bristles again as she approaches Fang. "I'm not trying to intimidate you. I take on interdimensional monsters --" And Suddenly, Sidonia! Yunomi gives a slight scowl, and levels her eyes at Fang. She points to her eyes with her index and pinky finger, and then jabs her index finger in his direction.
Fang	Fang steps back when someone just shows up out of no where and he tsks gently. He then looks over to Rhapsody as she asks for peace. He grits his teeth and then looks away for a moment before he nods, "Fine--" He places up his hands. "..Fine." His hands then flop by his side, though his right hand balls up onto a fist which starts to tap his hip. "But seriously.. I need something to do other then wandering around aimlessly. I am helping some elf king out with his issues trying to find people aid him in his war... but that doesn't bring in money." Fang then mutters under his breath, "..or bring me any closer to finding my home.. or getting back what was stolen from me.." Though when Yunomi makes her gesture, he just gives her a coy smile with all the look in his eyes of 'go jump off a cliff'.
Rhapsody	A breath, a sigh, "Thank you..." Rhapsody muses, though Sidonia stays put, for now. "I'm sorry, Fang, but the Izzet is about invention and inovation in Ravnica. If you want to find creatures to slay you could ask the Gruul but you'd have to be accepted by one of the Clans and that usually involves initation and..." shrug. "It'd probably be easier to work the Syndicate."
Yunomi Stadler	"Thranduil? The same elf king who imprisoned a bunch of Union people because they didn't know any better?" Yunomi inquires with a snort. "Good luck on that one. I heard he's difficult to work with." she replies, sitting down -- in mid air -- and bringing out a large, brown jug and giving it a shake, she takes a couple of rocks, and shifts them into little cups, focusing her energy that could be spent teaching Fang a lesson into something moderately productive. "The Syndicate might be a good choice; there always seems to be a good amount of people running amok from them, if you don't mind selling your skills for money."
Fang	Fang then runs his hand through his hair, "No I mean-- like other stuff as well. Such as building.. cutting down trees..." He then looks to the side before he just comes out and admits it, "I need a /place/ to call /home/ again, alright? I'm going crazy here! I can't fly! I can't fight like I use too.. I..." Fang then grits his teeth before he starts to laugh to himself. Perhaps realizing in his own mind his is losing it. "...damn you Clunea.. your a real peace of work.." He sighs and shake his head. He looks at Rhapsody and the others. "Maybe this was a bad idea.. I should not be talking right now." The young man and former Dragon Emperor then goes to walk away, before his foot slides to a stop. Placing his hands behind his head, taking in now what Yunomi had to say as he tries to get his head screwed on straight. To break past the home sickness trying to sink in and control him. Depression sucks-- he was not a depression kind of guy. Really he wasn't. "Maybe. Yeah." He looks over to Yunomi about then. "..and I don't care if I sell my skills or not-- I need the money. The loaned funds I have is not going to last me forever and they can't hire someone to see if-- any-- connection to my home /can/ be found."
Rhapsody	Rhapsody blinks at this. Wait. Can't .. what? "Wait.." did she really run into the second person today that was a dragon but wasn't? ... Well, at least the other one didn't want to be a dragon. Whole other thing. "What do you mean can't.. fly?" The guildmaster's tone has softened, Sidonia is.. out of the way. She'll probably vanish the next time you don't look her way.
Yunomi Stadler	Lost home? Not what you used to be? Yunomi looks sheepishly to Sidonia, and then rubs the back of her head. Her ears go out to her side, the expression on her face softens as the lost guardian rubs the back of her head, rattling the cups a moment and then blowing out a breath, and waiting for an opportune time to break in.
Fang	Fang lowers his hands as he closes his eyes and places out his hands. "I am.. was. the Dragon Emperor of my world." His eyes hold a great deal of strength in them, but his whole state of being looks ready to snap. He then chuckles softly as his hands lower down. "I had white scales that caught the sun.. a fire breath that could melt the finest of steel.. talons that could break a mountain into two.. and my wings.. the sky.." He looks up at the sky then. That strength fading away as he stares up, with a deep yearning then. "...not bound by the gravity of the world.. soaring high into the clouds.." He then lowers his head as he grits his teeth tightly. Those sharp canines noticeable. "But it was /all/ taken from me by Clunea!" He then snaps his eyes open and toward the group. That ferocity back in them but with ever the rage as well. "She cursed me back to my pre-fledged form and cast me out of my own world! Casting me to-- this place!" Fang then laughs a bit more, "So here I've been.. roaming around this.. Multiverse. Trying to find away /back/ home.. away to break this curse.. and.." Fang then looks at his hands about then, "..because though I was this way when I was but a child.. this is not /me/." "All my strength, everything that I am beyond my memories.. sealed away."
Yunomi Stadler	Something about hubris and gods being dicks, Yunomi was sure, but she rubs the back of her head, and gives a breath. "Jeez, I'm pretty much the only one in this conversation who isn't a dragon on the inside, ne?" she questions, and exhales, and stands. "Well, here's the brakes here, Fang. You and I, not so different -- minus the dragon emperor bit -- and as it turns out, I need something of an errand-runner and extra blade for hunting spiders and keeping things around the Izzet League guildhall clean. It's not glamours, it can be really dangerous, but it's work, it's steady, and the pay's good." She crosses her arms. "ANd in return for the work and help -- I've been in the Multiverse most of my life. I know there's places that raw power can be used and places where things can be divined. I -- and I'm sure Rhapsody and her siblings -- will help you find your way home. /On One Condition/."
Rhapsody	After Fang's outburst, all Rhapsody can really do is settle her back against the monument of Niv that everyone had gathered around. Her tail has gone still, her arms have folded over her chest, even her eyes have closed as, just for a moment, she has to push back a feeling that she did not want to be seen in public. Not here. not now. Sidonia has, as stated, vanished by now, but not before giving Yunomi a pat on the shoulder, and the same to Rhapsody. "I'm sorry, Fang," is all she can offer as Yunomi gives an offer. It gets the guildmaster to smile. This felt like when Amalthea first showed up in the Multiverse, or at least, Niv's story about it. "She's right, Fang. We can provide you room, board, and the occasional job that isn't quite as low as it may sound.." she ponders, but then she pauses, wondering what condition her Guardian wants to set.
Fang	Fang listens to what is offered to him. He raises an eye brow, he gives a nod to Rhapsody, but his focus is on the Guardian as he tries to recompose himself. "..and what is the condition?"
Yunomi Stadler	"I do not tolerate any level of duchebaggery, holier-than-thouness, bullies, bullish or boorish behavior. On the plus side, I don't /let/ anyone pick on anyone in the Izzet, either. You join up with us, and I will defend you with the whole extent of my powers and influence... because The Izzet is more than a guild to me. They are my charges, and this is my /home/ and my /family/." Yunomi states, and she looks up at him. "If you /think/ you can handle it, I can arrange quarters near a less-explosive area of the tower."
Fang	Fang shifts his weight slightly, "Alright then.. I'll.. keep myself in check.. for.. her." He motions over to Rhapsody. "..Also I'll make sure when I'm training someone under my charge to do it outside these city walls." "He is," He ha's softly. "..he is a good kid.. just a very confused kid. Has no idea how to handle a sword.. but heart.. his heart is in the right place." Yes, Fang is showing that softer side, even if he is kinda speaking softly as he does then ahems, before he walks up to Yunomi and extends out his hand, "So, we good?"
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi gives a grin, and extends her hand, gripping his. "We're good. And hey, you can take him inside the city as long as he's a good guy. I have someone I'm helping with hand-to-hand myself, there's a charred-out library that I turned into a sort of sparring room; I can give you a tour later." she gives a grin. "My sensei always told me that a good heart is worth more than a hundred well-trained men, because a good heart is incapable of cowardice."
Rhapsody	"Glad that's settled, then!" Rhapsody calls out, suddenly in a better mood. "Oh, hey, teaching someone sword play? I may have to take you up on that too. . . I have a sword mistress that has been training me a lot lately but another teacher wouldn't hurt. Different styles and all that," she muses. "Does he have a name? This way I can let the guards know so if he stops by they don't boil at him menacingly." Did Fang see the weirds yet?
Fang	Fang gives a smirk, before he pulls his hand away. He inhales deeply before he looks over to Rhapsody, "Yeah. His name is Ryan. Blue hair kid, apparently has some issues himself. Has really excellent aim with a weapon, but as I told him-- you can't win fights with just ranged weaponry." Fang crosses his arms over his chest, "..and sure. I'll teach you. Consider it payment for taking a look at that sword. Though mind you my techniques combine one handed sword fighting with fire." He shurgs his shoulder, "Yet with Ryan.. unless he shows having an aptitude with fire magic.. probably going to leave out the flame part.. his swords also may last longer."
Rhapsody	Blink. Blink blink. Wait. Blue Hair, gun, "Was it a really big gun that used crystal like things?"
Fang	Fang tilts his head to the side, thinking about it. "I-- well, to be honest.. I didn't pay much attention to his weapon. Just the fact he was using what could be a really nice sword to cut grass. Seriously.. who uses a sword to /cut/ grass. I mean, I know weeds are horrible but..."
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi looks back and forth between Rhapsody and Fang, and then scratches the back of her head. "I dunno. My Dragonsnaps are pretty awesome."
Rhapsody	Suddenly just starts laughing, "Oh stars, I just -talked- with him! He's a nice kid, he really is, but you're right, he could use a couple nudges in the right direction. I say bring him right into the Charred Library and train him there. I would think he'd be pleasantly surprised to find out this is my place." Laugh. "Small world, despite what everyone says." Then a grin is given Yunomi, "You're Snapdragons are amazing and I heard a few singing again the other day. Who taught them -that- song?"
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi looks entirely embarrassed, and rubs the back of her hea.d "Yu likes to leave the radio on, and Mi /really/ likes Christmas music. I'm afraid it's contagious; the whole of the garden will be singing it eventually, along with the flowers growing out of the walls in the main hall..."
Fang	Fang gives a nod to Rhapsody, "Thanks. I'm sure it probably be better then accidentally igniting some forest into flames." He then rubs the back of his neck and raises an eye brow, "..Dragonsnaps?"
Rhapsody	A smirk is given Yunomi, "Ryxinel still -wants- to be mad at those Kodama for re-arranging the forge but every time he tries he just sighs and gives up. It's really funny." The christmas music just cause the dragon to shrug, "Well at least it will keep the guild in high spirits.. or invent ways to filter it out. It will be one or the other."
Yunomi Stadler	Yunomi gives a great. Big. Happy. Mischevious. Grin. "Stand back a moment." she states, and she takes a few steps away from the group. "This is one of the first things I learned from Niv-Mizzet, after he tought me how to focus. Check this out!" she exclaims. And Yunomi summons. Her hands splay their fingers as green mana lazily twirls around them, illuminating the silvery emblem on her chest with a toxic color green, before she places a hand against the ground... and a vine begins to grow, rapidly, out of the pavement.
Rhapsody	Stand back? Stand back is a thing Rhapsody can do. Ten steps back, in fact, at a very quick pace.
Fang	Fang steps back equally as quickly as the Guardian shows off her magic abilities. He can only watch the magic at work and get a feel also for what this woman was able to do.
Yunomi Stadler	Then that little vine proves it was a distractrion. Her hand behind her had also touched the ground, but as Yunomi leans down to tend the little flowering vine, there's a roar as a red flower, the blossom nearly three feet long opens a 'maw' full of deadly sharp thorns, a long, sticky, thorned tongue leaking out of its mouth coated with yellowish pollen and sticky sap! The creature rears backwards, pulling rooty legs out of the ground behind it, hunching forward on thick leaves and vines. Yunomi merely stands up, tending the little sapling as she delicately lifts it from the ground. "Dragonsnaps. The first of my best discoveries and work here at the Izzet."
Rhapsody	Rhapsody says, "And yes, they bite. Hard. Should have Ryxinel test it if you hvaen't, Yunomi," from the tone, it sounds like she found out the hard way, but isn't upset about it. It was her own fault! "They sing very well, though.""
Fang	Fang watches as the plant of DOOM is created and stares at it. "That is-- pretty interesting." He then pinches the bridge of his nose, before he gives a nod. "I mean--- it really is, just.. getting tired." He lowers his hand down. "..I'll have to ask you some more stuff about that after a good night's sleep."
Yunomi Stadler	"All right. C'mon then. We'll set you up in some digs." Yunomi gives a grin. "Welcome to the Izzet, Fang."