"Here's a good quest for us!" two people; one boy, one girl, said as they both grabbed a piece of paper from the request board, "Hey; I saw it first!" the Mace twins began squabbling over the poster in their hands until it dropped without being noticed. A tall, muscular man picked it up and smiled down at them "Break it up you two" he held his younger siblings by their heads until they stopped fidgeting, "this job says it needs four people at maximum; why not just split that between your teams? Try to work together for once?" Honour crossed her arms over her chest in a sign of reluctance, while Freedom simply groaned at the thought of splitting their reward with his sister's team, but they both nodded after Justice gave them a disapproving look.
"Devlin; you have to stay here and look after Lyndon for the next day or two" Liliana stated the darkness mage's instructions while he listened grumpily, his side still sore from the bull that had rammed into him earlier that day.
"Look after Nina well okay Reave? That means don't let her get her get killed or kill anyone else, got it?" Reave listened to Mortis' words intently, although his eyes darting back and forth at a book said otherwise.
"I can't believe I have to work with you" Liliana turned up her nose at an annoyed Mortis.
"We're the leaders of the two teams" Mortis put his hands in his pockets disgruntledly, "So we had to come. You think I enjoy this?"
Although Honour and Freedom spoke avidly to each other about their cooperative mission on the train leading to the destination, the two dragon slayers barely said a word, save for a quiet "could you move so I can sit there?" and an "are we there yet?"
"I'm hungry…" a female cat whined at her mistress, "call the waiter to get us something to eat…" she tugged at Liliana's sleeve, meowing louder to in order to cause a scene, "Pleeeaaaassse?"
"Ugh…fine" the forest dragon slayer sighed with defeat as people began to stare at them, "Waiter? Excuse me…" a young man dressed in a red bow tie and black waist coat stopped at their seats and nodded towards them, "What do you want Nani?"
"Let's see…" the exceed picked up the menu next to her and pondered over it, "I'll take a bowl of ramen, two trays of sushi, a hamburger, two pepperoni pizzas, six glasses of milk and…" she took a deep breath before finishing her order, "and the biggest fish you've got!"
Both Liliana and the waiter stared, gobsmacked at the cat, "She's got a big appetite…" Liliana tried to explain, "And yes, she is a talking cat"
The waiter smiled as sweat dropped from his forehead. Just as quietly as he had arrived, he quickly jogged away from the table and towards the kitchen. "You know you shouldn't cave in every time Nani wants something" Mortis finally spoke, surprising everyone that he was still awake, "if Totoko asked for that much food, I would have just said no"
Liliana pouted at Mortis; flustered "How I spend my money is no concern of yours" she looked down and stroked Nani's chin, awarding her a purr from the feline, "Why do you care how I live my life?"
Mortis blushed slightly, but it was covered by his hand instantly "I don't. Do what you want; see if I care"
Liliana was slightly offended at his words, and so became increasingly protective "If we want this mission to go well, then we have to treat each other with respect, otherwise there's just no point is there?"
Mortis didn't reply for a moment "fine" he said at last, "what is this mission about anyway?"
Liliana smiled at his change of tone, "a treasure hunter is paying us to use our abilities to help him find an ancient artefact in the desert called 'The Jewel of Ambition'"
"That sounds…" Mortis stopped mid-sentence, much to the confusion of Liliana, "Urk…Oh God…" she watched as Mortis turned green in the face and clenched his stomach with his hand, "Lili… It's starting…"
The dragon-slayer stared at him with a puzzled look, until she realised what was happening. "Oh crap…" she could already feel her stomach churning and her vision beginning to go hazy, "Ugh…"
"Oh no!" Totoko exclaimed, "Nani, open the window, quickly!" the two exceeds scrambled for the latches before pulling as hard as they could, just in time for the two wizards to thrust their heads out of the window and vomit violently.
"What's going on?" Freedom poked his head over the seat after hearing the unsettling groaning, "Are you guys okay?"
"Of course they're not you idiot!" his sister hit the back of his head after joining him; "they have real bad motion sickness! I'm surprised they made it this far without wrenching their guts out…"
"Eww…" Freedom groaned while sticking his tongue out, "You're making me want to be sick…"
Honour scowled at her brother, "Don't be such a baby" she shoved him to the side, causing him to almost lose the balance he had on his knees.
"I'm not a baby!" he pushed his sister so that she almost toppled over as well, followed by a counterattack, then another, until a full on brawl had broken out on the train, gaining the full attention of all of the passengers and staff, except for one.
The waiter from earlier looked for a second at the spectacle of fight everyone was watching before hurrying away unnoticed and locking himself in the train's lavatory. He then placed a finger against his ear and began speaking quietly into it "Sir; it seems that the dragon slayers are searching for an artefact that might peak your interest…"
A crackly response soon came back "Excellent work Zane. I trust you kept your vocals to a minimum?"
"Of course. I wouldn't want to spoil their surprise just yet…" Zane smiled wickedly, "Could you send me some back-up for the heavy lifting sir?"
"Someone is on their way now…" a shadowy man in a bone-like throne hung up his communicator and spoke to darkness surrounding him, "Neku; are you ready to do a little digging?"
A pair of reptilian, yellow eyes peered out through the blackness, followed by the gleam of pristine white fangs which parted in order to speak, "It would be my pleasure sir…"
Cameron: Thanks for reading the latest chapter! Next chapter will have a look at the other adventure; babysitting back at the guild :D Don't forget to R&R! It would be much appreciated.