Sunflower City's Train Station
"You're kidding?" Shirou looked at he building before them. "This pile of crap?"
"The train station was 1,500 jewel! It was well in our budget." Sam pouted.
"I know it was super cheap! But how much do you think it will cost to turn an abandoned Train Station into a Guildhall?" Shirou groaned. "This place is practically rubble!"
"Master Shirou, what if everyone worked together to clean it up? We all have abilities that can help." Sapphire asked.
"I looks like that's the only solution." Shirou took the keys and opened the door. "It sure has a nice view though. Alright! Everyone inside, we need to get this place spotless!"
The inside of the Train Station, had a massive room were tickets were once sold. Two ticket booths had several windows for selling tickets. Marble floors held the feeling of a grand room, and a chandelier hung in the center of the room from the third story. There were doors leading to the stations dead ahead. And on both sides there were stairs leading to the upper floors, the stairs overlooked the room and the second floor and third floor both had a small half circle balcony above the doors across the room. On the second floor, the rooms were used for boarding travelers, shops and restaurants. However, now everything was covered in dust, trash, dead animals and bugs. "Skyler, Sunflower and Azure, I'll leave this room to you three, I want all the trash out, everything polished, moped and swept, and get rid of the ticket counters on the right side, but keep the bottom halves of the ones on the left. We can use that as a bar. Chester, Rey, Roogie, and Kari, Go upstairs and start doing the same up there, and tell me how many floors there are. Ren, Aden, Sapphire and everyone else with me."
Though the doors lay two platforms for trains. Both were empty. The Train Tracks lead both ways to large open archways where the trains would enter and exit. "I didn't know what to do with the giant lines in the floor," Started Sam. "But I'm sure we'll find something!"
"Actually I have a great idea. Aden, Sapphire, Alia, and Silica can you do me a favor? " Shirou whispered something to them that Sam didn't catch.
"Yes ma'am," Said Aden as they climbed down and ran out the archways made for trains.
The rest of the group contained Ellie, Ren, and Sam. "Ok you three. Make your way across to that building, see what it is dump it out, and clean it." Shirou left to go find a place for her office in the meantime.
Many hours had passed. The guild hall of the Eternal Guardians had been swept, dusted, roasted and furnished. Sunflower's river, had its course altered so it would flow through the train platforms and then joined the original path after that. Wall had been knocked down and special glass made from the heat of Ruby's breath was placed in the archways above the flowing water. Bridges build by Ren and Kari made it easier to make it across the water, and the wall separating the ticket room and platforms were knocked down. A coffee stand was created from the first ticket booth and put in between the small rivers. Chairs and tables that had been found were placed in both rooms and a bar made of the second ticket booth sat ready to be stocked and start selling drinks. A request board had been fashioned by Skyler out of a piece of plywood she found earlier, and it was hanging opposite the bar. The chandelier was working and the marble floors were polished to near perfection. Shirou's Office was the third room cleaned by Sam, Ren, and Ellie, It had a mini chandelier and once served as a conference room at the train station. Chester, Rey, and Roogie were all sent to fix up the beds they found, make a new bed out of the piles of trash, and after running out of ideas they left to buy beds, and new mattresses for them all. The beds they made actually weren't bad. A fireplace was added in the middle of the room, to symbolize the burning passion the members all felt, the materials burning was the trash they had found in the rooms and whatever else they could find. Silica chipped in with money, as she was the one to inherit the LeBeau fortune after Calista ran away and her mother refused it. Pillows and other things that were not used at the LeBeau household were brought to the guild hall, Rugs and sofas were placed into the larger upstairs rooms to act as Common rooms instead of guildmate's rooms. Picture and mirrors were hung up, Azure changed the color of mix matching chairs and tables to suit the rooms, and had to run after several groups that needed her color magic, needless to say, she was very popular that day. Sunflower, Aden, and Sapphire worked together a lot, and strangely enough, the three seemed to get on well, they were in charge of knocking down walls and fixing up the doors and windows. The kitchen was on the second floor, and it had a small restaurant a joined to it. Guildmembers could work in the kitchen for jewel or lower room rates, and a room service option was also set up by Shirou and Sam.
"Well!" Said Shirou with her hands on her hip. "There's only one thing left to do!"
All the original members gathered outside to watch Shirou use her chain magic to hang up the Eternal Guardians sign. The sign was hung up over the doorway. It was made by Alia and Sam, who were very proud of their work. On the newly colored and polished door, the guild's symbol was painted across both doors. It was a Phoenix coming out of a sword, the phoenix represented the fact that the guild members may be lost, but a new team will rise up and avenge the fallen, the sword represented the will to fight all evil and guard every light left. This was the mark of the Eternal Guardians. "So," Said Shirou, pulling out a magic stamp. "Who wants their guild mark first?"
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Three Months Later
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Sunflower City, Jaz' Café…
Eterne got out of bed and stretched her arms. She was starting to get used to the guild life but being more of an antisocial girl, she was happy to have rented a place upstairs to Jaz' Café. Jaz lived above the Café too, and she was happy to have paying company. Walking down the streets of Sunflower, Eterne heard the usual sound of someone being robbed, and after turning the corner, she saw the boy slump against the wall.
The boy was quite short for a male; standing at only 5'4". He's quite lean and athletic looking, but not muscular. His hair is wild and unkempt and his feet are smudged from going barefoot, blood red eyes, jet black hair, pale skin, wears an unbuttoned colorful shirt under a silver vest with arm protectors, brown shorts and a small green hat.
"Just got robbed, huh?" Eterne still had a dark guild streak to her and enjoyed messing with others after unfortunate circumstances. "You got a name?"
"Ragnar. And yeah, I thought I could handle the guy but…" Ragnar trailed off.
"Rookie mistake," Eterne smirked. "This isn't a city with run-of-the-mill thieves. This town is the hub for the worst of the worst. Even Fairy Tail doesn't dare to come here."
"Thanks for telling me." Ragnar smiled a bit before standing. "Do you know where the guild around here is? I was chosen by the magic council to join."
"Ya don't say? Which one?" Eterne saw his scarf move and stared.
"Huh? Oh, that's Scarf." He pets his scarf and a head appeared. His scarf was a ferret that had curled up around his neck, the ferret had brown fur and bright blue eyes. "And I don't know which one. Just the guild here."
Eterne sighed. "There are two light guilds here. Eternal Guardians and NightGale. NightGale opened two weeks ago, Eternal Guardians opened three months ago."
"Maybe I should let them fight over me…" Ragnar cupped his chin thinking about it.
"You can't be serious!" Eterne sweatdropped.
"Nope! I'm kidding." Ragnar laughed at Eterne's face.
"Right... Well, I guess I could bring you to our guild hall." Eterne offered.
"Sounds good." Ragnar smiled at Scarf. "So we going to try and get in? Or just pretend it didn't work out and go home." Scarf shrugged. "Well that's a help." They walked in silence, though the outskirts of town and down a pretty gravel path, one the way up, Ragnar saw a river pass them and join a small lake.
"That's Sunflower Lake, it was just a crater a few months ago, but then the river that used to connect with the sea, filled up the crater and created a lake. It's beautiful, but the crater it filled holds some bad memories in the guild. So don't bring up how the crater got there." Eterne and Ragnar climbed to the top of the hill and the Guildhall was in sight at last. Shouting and commotion could be clearly heard coming from inside. Eterne held open for Ragnar as he looked around, awed.
"You have a river going through your guild hall," He said to Eterne as walked in.
"Yes. Yes, we do." She stretched and turned to Ragnar. "It was nice meeting you but I'm gonna go, that's our master there." She jabbed her thumb at Shirou and made her way through the crowd to the nearly bare request board. Ragnar wondered over to talk to Shirou, wondering if he should join the guild.
Many recruits have joined Eternal Guardians since it opened, and a lot of new faces have appeared in the guild hall. Over at the bar, is the temporary Barmaid Sunflower, her ex-master Gabe keeping up his usual habit of pestering her for more drinks then he needs. Next to them laughing at their antics is the new recruit, Roxy. Roxanne Von Crystalline or Roxy's wavy golden hair is hips length, her eyes are hazelnut, and she has thin pink lips, thin eyebrows, and long eyelashes. A scar visible on her right neck while her guild mark is white, on the back of her left shoulder. She wears an unbuttoned blue denim jacket tied at her waist, a blue long-sleeved shirt, dark brown Bermuda shorts, and dark brown combat boots. "Hey Sunny, why don't you just ask Gabe out already?"
"Because I despise him!" Sunflower huffed and slammed Roxy's drink on the table.
Sitting at the bar next to Roxy is Charlotte. Charlotte Stern, has blue eyes with golden rings around the iris, hip-length light brown hair in a long ponytail, and fair skin that shows off her white guild mark with a golds outline. She is wearing a white sports bra, an open large dark pink trench coat, black jeans with pink boots, and a golden bellybutton ring.
Alma sat at her own table as well. Looking into the water she nibbled on some chocolate, which made her smile a bit. She could trust chocolate. She watched the others warily and didn't trust any of them. She only joined this guild so she could keep an eye on Rey.
Currently running the coffee shop was Yuki. Yukimura Aiko or Yuki, has blue eyes, white-haired, pale skin, and her guild mark is blue on her shoulder. She wears a light blue tank top with a white blouse covering it a light blue skirt with a checkered pattern and brown boots
Sitting on the stairs was the new recruit Noire. Noire Blackburn glanced around the room with his black eye, his shaggy black hair covering most of his face, only revealing one eye. Noire's guild mark is a dark purple over his heart. Noire wears a white long sleeve button up shirt, black trench coat, dark blue pants, and black shoes. Noire is currently watching his guildmates and their happy lives from above.
Watching all the hubbub from above is Black. Black Silverclaw or Black leaned over the side of a balcony. His oval magenta eyes, watching each person individually. He was easy to spot however with his white-silver hair, and guild mark black on his left palm. Black wore a black cloak, loose red shirt, long black pants, black steel-toed combat boots with a knife hiding in the right boot, and black fingerless gloves.
Among the commotion, Shirou started to get overwhelmed and sighed. She had reached the end of her rope. "DAMN YOU ALL!" The room when quiet. "I CAN"T THINK WITH ALL THE NOISEY BUZZ! WHY DON"T YOU ALL GO OUT ON JOBS?!"
"There isn't enough to go around." Zack, one of the most powerful members of the guild replied. Zach is 6' 0 with a muscular build, he has a red scar, ocean sky blue eyes, black spiky wild hair, light tan skin, and his guild mark is black with blue lines. Zach wears a hooded black coat with red flames, blue lines on the sleeve and bottom plus the guild symbol on the back of his coat. He has a pair of black gloves that have blue shells, a red T-shirt over a white tank top, baggy pants with blue pockets, and black with silver and blue trim steeled toe boots.
"Then go in, teams!" Shirou claimed."I don't pay you guys to sit around all day."
"We were never assigned any, Master Shirou," Zornan answered. Zornan is 6'2, skinny with pale skin lacking any scars. He appears thin and weak but is physically very powerful and skilled in close combat. He has dark green eyes with heavy shadows, short and frizzled whitish gray hair, pale skin, and his guild mark is on the back of his right hand. Zornan wears a strange dark yellow robe with black and gold along the edges that hugs close to his body. He wears a mask which leaves only his eyes exposed as well as a hood to cover the rest of his head. He has closed boots and thick leather gloves.
"Wait, no teams?" Shirou Blinked. "Ok well then, let's see, for your first mission how about... Team Artemis: Kari, Roggie, and Rey. Team Gaia: Sunflower, Azure, Yuki, and Noire. Team Mars: Ren, Chester, Alma, Mark, and Lucillia. Team Mercury: Eterne, Skyler, Sapphire, and Saturn: Charlotte, Silica and Alia! Team Jupiter will be made of all S-class members: Zack, Black, Sam, Gabe, and Zornan."
"Why gods and goddesses?" Sunflower asked/
"I don't know it fits with our guild aesthetic." Shizou shrugged as all teams got together and chose a request off the board. "Now get out of here, and dont come back without rent." Shirou could feel a headache coming on. as some people left "Damn kids…"
Sitting at a table reading is Mark. Mark is very average-sized and shaped, though he is a bit lean due to the work he does as a mage. He stands at around 5'5, tea green eyes, mid-neck length dark brown hair, It spikes slightly at the bottom. Mark has somewhat pale skin. His green guild mark is on his left forearm. Mark wears a white t-shirt, cerulean blue hoodie, black jeans, and dark blue sneakers. He is incredibly smart and is great at ignoring the chaos in the rest of the guild hall. He sighs as he turns another page. "Team Mars? Well, I suppose I don't mind that too much, Although I prefer Athena." He watched as his team came over to join him.
"How does a day at the docks sound?" Chester smirked,
"Good enough." Mark packed up his gear and followed his team outside.
"Miss?" Ragnar asked cooly. He held out the note from the council out to Shirou.
"That council! They're so nosy! Fine, you can be a member here." Shirou sighed. Ragnar was conflicted; he was ordered to join the guild, be he personally had no intention of joining. "Oh wait. You'll have to pass initiation."
"Initiation?" Ragnar repeated. "What's that?"
"You'll have to fight Helia in order to get in. "Shirou smirked knowingly.
Sunflower City, The Pursuit of Fate.
That night, flying high above the town of Sunflower, was the second guild, NightGale. NightGale's Guildhall was the incredible airship and Zeppelin: The Pursuit of Fate. The Pursuit of Fate, was quite incredible, at 150 feet tall, and 550 long, it was enormous. It was shaped like a purple zeppelin with raven wings coming out the sides. The top had black sharp pointed dorsal fins leading to the back, where three other fins jutted out of the zeppelin. In the center of the three fins was a giant gold fan. The balloon itself seemed to glow inside and caused an eerie glow in the air around it. On either side, the NightGale's guild mark, the wings of a bird, was painted in gold. There was something incredible about the inside of The Pursuit of Fate as well. Where most zeppelins and blimp's balloons are mostly hollow, The Pursuit of Fate's balloons is used as the actual living quarters for the guild. Six stories inside the balloon give all the members space and entertainment they need. The control room underneath the balloon was two stories, one story held the lacrimal and various magic items that actually keep it in the air, and the second holds all the controls and tools needed to steer the airship. The balloon is made of material similar to one way glass, if one is inside, they can see the town below them, but if one is outside, all they can see is the purple balloon.
NightGale has two Masters: Master Ryan and Master Blake, who at this moment are in their office totally unaware of what their guildmates are up to in the main hall. Down a flight of stairs is the main hall, it takes up nearly the entire floor. The first part of the main hall area is right in the middle of the ship, it has benches and tables lined up over dark wood floors, a bar is sat right in the middle of the room in the shape of a square. The light purple ceiling is covered with string lights, and a slightly purple carpet is placed over the mini staircase leading to the second area. The second area, in the front of the ship (aka Forward or Bow) is four feet lower than the first area, it has carpet, bean bags, and plush sofas. A large viewing Lacrama is placed near the bean bags and sofas. The kitchen is at the back of the ship (aka Aft or Astern), and above the kitchen is the Masters' office. The ship also has a bathhouse, swimming pool, game room, gym, spa, dance floor, and a small dojo
To Be Continued…