Welcome to Day 2! Today's theme being accursed! Now! Lets find out what exactly this mission has in store for our favorite team!
After eating dinner with my new makeshift team for this mission we all go back up to Laxus' office to talk about the mission we'll all be going on. I look at each member of this team and can't help but smile as I watch them all interact. Freed trying to be impassive as Bickslow is cracking jokes about Evergreen, while said person is huffing at Bickslows jokes and fans herself. All while the leader of them all is smirking and trying to hide his smirk from everyone else.
In the office Laxus goes behind his desk to take his seat while the rest of us all sit in the chairs and couch in front of his desk. "Ok, so Blondie here has decided to grace her presence with us on our next mission. It shouldn't be too difficult, but considering it is an S-class mission, anything could happen." I watched as he passed the flyer over to Freed for him to look at it. "What do you think Freed?"
I watch as Freed scans over the request. "I think this is a wonderful mission to take while Miss Lucy is with our team. The reward is high enough for us all to evenly split it and it may have equal parts for all of us to do." Freed looked back up and smiled over at me. "And I can already tell that Miss Lucy is excited about the reward as well." I giggled and nodded as Freed continued to study the flyer.
"Instead of hogging the request, why don't you explain what's happening for the rest of us in the room man?" Bickslow chuckled as he watched the rune mage think of all the possibilities that could happen on this trip.
"Here's the gist of the request Bixy. We have to travel to Shirotsume to meet with the client for all the major details, but what we do know is that we'll have to find some artifact in a temple. It doesn't say much else about the request, but the reward will be absolutely amazing!" I gushed and thought about what all I could do with this much jewels. 'Maybe I should just pay my rent for a few months in advance and work to save up any money I do manage to make from here on out.'
"Thanks for that Cosplayer!" the seith mage laughed. "So when do we leave for this mission?"
"We'll leave in about a week. Blondie has some shopping she has to get done. And knowing both her and Freed, they're going to study up on a bunch of dead languages to see if any of them will help with this mission." Laxus looked between me and Freed and I couldn't help but giggle as I looked over at Freed who was giving us a sheepish look.
"You know me so well Laxus-sama." Freed sniffled and dabbed at his eyes with a handkerchief before laughing with Laxus and me. "Which languages will you be studying up on Miss Lucy? This way we can split the languages in half."
Smiling, Freed and I start discussing the languages we want to go over and figure out if we need to bring any books with us.
Once we figure out what Freed and I will be doing, I look over at Evergreen and smile. "Hey Ever, would you want to go shopping with me tomorrow? Laxus wasn't kidding when he said I do need to get some shopping done." I ask sheepishly
I watch as the brunette smiles brightly and flips out her fan to cover her face. "How can I say no to a shopping spree Lucy? It's going to be so much fun! What stores were you thinking of going to?"
"I was thinking about that cute little boutique in the market district. The one that just recently opened. I haven't had the chance to go in there yet and I've heard they have amazing clothes to choose from!"
"I love that store! I've been in there once already and they really do have amazing clothes! And they aren't overpriced either! Which makes them even better!" We giggled and talked clothes while the guys were having their own conversation that I wasn't paying attention to at all.
"Ok, so to clarify we will meet in a week for this mission. We'll meet at the train station at 10am for our ride to Shirotsume. From there we go meet with the client at the old library in Shirotsume town to gather more details." Laxus stated and we all nodded in agreement before making our way out of his office and out of the guild.
I call out to Evergreen one last time before we all go our separate ways to confirm our meeting time for our shopping trip, then I head home.
While walking I call Plue out and smile happily as we walk along the canal to my apartment thinking about how amazing this trip is going to be.
The following week went by very quickly. Went shopping with Evergreen and even managed to find out that the new boutique that had opened also does enchantments on clothing. Which means I can have all of my clothes enchanted to where they wont burn off when I'm on missions with Team Natsu! I smile brightly thinking about that. No more wasting money on having to replace clothes that have been burned off by my reckless teammate.
Also did a little bit of grocery shopping for the pantry at my apartment and bought my teams favorite snacks to keep stored there. I know they are all going to be sneaking in there every chance they get while I'm away. Had Virgo store all my really personal items away in the spirit world so my teammates wont cause any trouble with them. Evergreen also somehow managed to talk me into a spa day before our possibly long mission.
Freed and I got together once during that week to confirm and study up on our preferred dead languages and talk about how the team dynamics work. I found a real friend in Freed during our day of hanging out. With similar backgrounds, the conversation was fairly easy too.
Hanging out with Bickslow was a completely new experience for me however. That man is full of jokes and is always trying to lighten the mood no matter who is on edge. I even learned a lot about him with my one day of hanging out with him though. I still can't get over the fact that his last name is Pradesh. As in my favorite ambassador Arman Pradesh. To say I was caught off guard would be an understatement. But it was fun to hear how Bickslow grew up, until he told me about why he was now here in Fiore instead of in Bosco with his family.
I spent at least one day with each of my new temporary team members. Shopping, studying, learning and working. I helped Laxus finish the amount of paperwork he would need to have done while we are away on this mission. Hopefully the poor man doesn't come back to an equally large stack of paperwork.
But now sitting on the train with all of them on our way to Shirotsume, it's relaxing. With the exception of Bickslow and Evergreen bickering again. I can't help but wonder if there is a reason as to why they always bicker. Probably not, but you can never help but wonder. I have plue out sitting on my lap as I smile and stare out the window.
An hour later, we are standing at the station in Shirostume stretching our legs out. I have all of our bags stored in the spirit world with Virgo so we don't have much to carry. Holding Plue however, we make our way to the library to talk to the client about the request.
There is an older man standing outside of the library entrance when we arrive. Upon seeing us, the man walks over to us. "Are you the mages from Fairy Tail who have accepted the request?" We all nod or say yes before the man continues and turns back towards the library. "Thank the Gods, please follow me to my office so we can discuss the details of the request."
We follow the man into the library and continue to the very back, where the offices are held. We walk into one very large office and take a seat in front of the desk while the client closes the door and walks to his desk to sit down.
"Thank you all for coming to help with this. We figured you all would be the best to contact for assistance." The man started. "My name is Trevor McGonall and I am the head of this library." He looked around at the rest of us in the room as we introduced ourselves to him one by one. When I tell him my name he smiles. "We all know about you Miss Heartfilia, the stars shine brightly down upon you and I am very thankful for you and Mr. Justine's presence."
I look over at Freed with a slightly confused expression then look back at the older man. "May I ask why sir?"
"Of course! Every guild that we know of has at least one superbly knowledgeable mage. With Blue Pegasus it would be Hibiki Lates, Sabertooth is Rufus Lore, Lamia Scale has Yuka Suzuki but even though his magic isn't directly linked with knowledge he is still astounding. And then there is Fairy Tail, you all have quite a range of magics!" The older the man chuckled before continuing "You lot have so many talented mages, such as yourselves, Levy McGarden and even the Titana. Anyways, where was I going with this..." Trevor trailed off in thought with a finger on his chin.
"You were explaining why it was good that Freed and I were here sir." I offered to him before he nodded and continued.
"Ah yes, thank you Miss Heartfilia." I nodded before he went on with his explanation. "You see for this mission of yours, I need you to go to the Temple of Athena and gather some ancient scrolls that need to be processed."
I sat up straight and looked at Trevor with wide eyes. "The Temple of Athena!? But Sir nobody has ever been able to locate her Temple." I looked over at Freed again who nodded in confirmation then looked back at the head librarian.
"I am aware of this Miss Heartfilia, which is why I am thankful that it is you and your team here that has taken the request. I do have some sources that indicate where the Temple may possibly be, but I do not wish to put any of my staff or myself in possible harms way if there are any dangers. None of my staff has any defensive type magics."
I nodded in understanding before looking at Freed and smiling "Feel like making one amazing discovery today Freed?" The rune mage smirked and looked at the rest of his team before agreeing. "Great, we'd be happy to take a look at the sources you have found already !" I smiled brightly at the man.
"Excellent! I'll go and grab those sources for you all right away! Will you need a conference room here in the library to set up your work space?"
"That would be very much appreciated Sir. Could you also tell us of the closest inn in town? I know Freed and I will be spending most of our time in the conference room, but the rest of our group lacks the patience to go through so many books in one sitting." I giggled as I looked over at Bickslow who only shrugged in agreement while Laxus and Ever sweatdropped.
"Of course! There is one right down the road from here. My dear friend Alana is the owner of the inn." He smiled before continuing "I'll call ahead of you to let her know that you are coming. Look for 'The Mountain Inn'." He made the call right there in front of us for the woman to go ahead and get a couple of rooms ready then hung up. "I'll show you to the conference room you may use before I go and grab those sources for you!"
Trevor stood up and walked to the door to open it for the rest of us to follow him. We followed him down a hall that had other doors that possibly led to other conference rooms before he stopped in front of one and used a key to open the door. "This will be the room that you can use. Could one of you possibly come to help carry the books that I need to go grab?"
I looked over at Laxus and he huffed before sighing then looked at Trevor with an impassive face. "I'll go with you." The older man smiled before demanding for Laxus to follow him back down the hallway."
I giggled and looked back to the rest of my new team and smiled. "This is going to be so much fun! Can you believe it? The Temple of Athena! The Goddess of Wisdom!" I squealed happily before walking into the room with the rest of the group following behind me.
"It is most certainly amazing! I wonder what sort of knowledge we can gather under the Goddess of Wisdom herself?" Freed sighed happily before taking a seat in the chair next to where I had just sat down.
"I think this mission was literally made for the two of you, maybe we should have brought Levy with us to make it a full blown nerd fest!" Bickslow laughed and rolled is tongue out of his mouth.
"I agree, this would have been the perfect mission for the three of you. Which then makes me wonder why it was selected as an S-class mission." Evergreen stated before taking a seat on the other side of the table from me.
"I can answer that easily for you Ever. The reason for it being S-class is because of the number of unknowns. The details are all very vague to us right now and most S-class members have to have equal parts brains and brawn. With this being the Temple of Athena, the knowledge inside the temple must only be known to those who are worthy. So this is a mission that shouldn't be taken by just anyone." I stated while I thought about it all.
"Very well stated Miss Heartfilia." I jumped as we all looked back to the door in time to see the Laxus and walking back into the conference room, arms full of scrolls and books. "That is precisely why I had this be an S-class mission." He set his pile of books and scrolls onto the table followed by Laxus. "I also brought you some maps for cross referencing, should you need it." the older man smiled before looking at all of us in the room. "I really cannot thank you all enough for taking this mission, and I cannot wait to see what all you accomplish."
"The pleasure is ours , however, before we begin our research is there anything else we should know about that could effect us in any way?" Freed asked as he picked up one of the maps to go ahead and pin to the wall.
"Hmm" tapped a finger to his chin in thought. "The only other thing I can think of that would effect you guys would be to be cautious of everything in the temple. Athena was a very smart Goddess, so she may have placed curses or boobytraps in some areas of the temple. So do be careful about that."
We all looked at each other before nodding. "Thank you for the warning , we'll go ahead and get to searching here for the correct area now." I smiled at the man brightly one last time before he left the room saying good luck over his shoulder to us.
And this is the end of Day 2! Hope you all enjoyed and look forward to tomorrow's prompt! _