Making sure all her possessions were secured, the mercenary quickly darted towards the town's docks. Various thoughts were swirling around inside of her. What was she going to say? What kind of invitation was that? Why would he etch those words onto the blade?

As she passed the archway, a boat had just docked, a trio of mercenaries were joyously walking down the docks, proud of their accomplishments. The one with a glaive and the one with a staff were bouncing around gently in their pace, going towards the campfire while the one with twin swords had a more mature look about her. While walking by, the twin sword lady glanced over this new recruit with a gaze that was a bit more ... inviting ... than it should have ever been.

Quickly, she became distracted by the voices of the mercenaries around the campfire.

"So then he said 'Watch this, rook, this is how we do things!' and just ran at it with his sword brandished, screaming his lungs out. The Fomor just looked at him as he was charging, I kid you not, he shook his head and just swatted him into a wall like an insect."

At this point, the guys around the fire cracked up into laughter.

The warmth felt in the air made her approach this gathering, eyeing the man that just gave her the new toy anchored around her waist.

"U-uhm, excuse me.." she said with a gentle voice, not wanting the others to be made aware of her presence as she approached Hurk.

Turning his head to face her, he gave the girl a playful wink.

"I j-just wanted t-" she tried to say but was quickly interrupted by the man's hand locking gently onto her own, pulling her down from her standing position to seat her on the log next to him.

"Listen up guys, we got a new recruit with us today. Let's make her feel at home, shall we?" he shouted so that everyone around could hear.

Before he had much of a chance to finish, the ladies that just arrived, quickly dashed to her location, introducing themselves sequentially.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ I'm Lynnnn!" shouted the young glaive wielder, with a gigantic carefree smile on her face, sitting down on the ground right in front of the new girl.

"I'm Evie, nice to meet you!" said the staff user as she smiled, placing two fingers against her lips before waving them outwards.

Feeling a pair of hands run over her shoulders, she glanced up to find the third woman seductively winking at her before her introduction "I'm Vella, but you can call me anything you want, beautiful~"

Those words and her intentions quickly drove a visible blush across the new girl's cheeks. Trying to formulate an appropriate answer, but unable to say a word under these circumstances. Before she had a chance to make a sound and talk, another arm ran over her shoulder.

"Come on girls, let her breathe" Hurk said with a chuckle, finding the girl's blush adorable.

From across the fire, another voice announced his introduction. "I'm Lann and this here is my buddy Kai" the young man said, enthusiastically.

Kai did nothing more than offer a nod and half a smile.

"And this handsome devil is Hurk" the man said with a cheesy grin while pointing at himself, making the girl almost burst out into laughter.

With a big sigh of content, she breathed in the warm air and glanced over all the new found company. Her nervousness was waning. She closed her eyes and with a smile, announced herself "It's so wonderful to meet you all, I am Arisha".

Even though there was nothing but tranquility in the air, it was too short lived. The alarm bells started ringing furiously in the middle of town, prompting everyone's attention.

Something was coming ... something evil ...