"Has Zura returned to Helios Circle yet?" The guild master joins his members at the table where they are quietly drinking. He puts a hand on Kira's shoulder.

"No...she's still out on the S-Class mission she took a week ago..." A bang of Kira's black hair casts over his eyes. Instead of pushing it aside, he takes a big gulp from his tall mug.

"Come sit, Master Yuna," Sasha offers her seat to her master, and he takes her up on it as she goes to stand behind Kira. She picks his hair up into a ponytail, and Yuna looks around the table of solemn faces.

A heaviness weighs upon all those communed.

"She's an SS-Class mage. She should have been back the day she took it! Why did we ignore the obvious until now!?" A frustrated fist indents the mahogany and sends splinters up. The others at the table empathize with the sentiment, though they differ in expression. As such, they solemnly permit the outburst. The woodbreaker leaves his seat, the chair hitting the ground as he walks a few paces away from the group and fumes.

"Missions may take a turn for the worse, for one reason or another. Many assignments lead into other ones excluded from job descriptions, and sometimes the mission posted may not correspond with the reality at all. We are within reason to have waited this long. It isn't your fault, Klaus. It's nobody's fault." The guild master assures the group, easing feelings of guilt for some, and lessening the furious smoke coming out of Klaus' ears.

"Y-yeah...friends have faith in each other, and we have faith in Zura."

"There you go, Havana. You understand." The leader agrees, cheering his subordinate up. Havana's wings brighten up from the encouragement.

"So, do we keep waiting for faith to bring Zura back, Master Yuma? We've given faith a week now, and I'd say it's doing a pretty shitty job-"

"Kira, I swear to fuck, if your pessimistic bullshit doesn't cease, I will bury you," Sasha tugs Kira by the ponytail threateningly.

"I see the friendly banter between you and Sasha is alive even in times like this." Yuma laughs, gaining the laughter of others at the comedy which lightens the mood. Soon enough, however, the Master's laugh quiets.

"It is that sort of friendship which will bring Zura back to us. You are right, Kira, that having idle faith will probably do nothing at this point. Now it is time for us not only to have faith in Zura, but to also have faith in ourselves toward the goal of saving her."

"I like what you're talkin'." Klaus turns around with a brash smile.

"Rescue mission!" Havana exclaimed, practically jumping out of her seat with joy.

"Yes. Starting tomorrow morning, we will embark on rescuing our beloved Zura. For tonight, I want you all to prepare, to gather your wits about you and reinforce the relationships between the people present at this table even stronger than before. It is through this camaraderie, through our unbreakable bonds, that we will prevail against whatever evil that has taken Zura. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"

"YES GUILD MASTER!"

"Good, my friends! Good. Now, go. Prepare. Be ready to rely on your family and protect it to your last breath!"

Hopeful, joyful, and expectant on victory, the members of Helios Circle go off to draw upon their own magic, and their friendships, to defeat the fiend who had the audacity to get between them and their dear friend Zura. They plan to prove that their family was definitely not one to mess with.