Setting: Fortuna

Traversing down the streets of Fortuna was Zelts with a smile on his face. Trailing behind him were Remus, who looked around at everything with fascination, and Violet, who appeared to be the least enthusiastic out of the trio. She was mostly keeping an eye on Remus rather than enjoying the stroll. Noticing her slight discomfort, Zelts slowed his pace to walk beside her.

"Having a bad time? This is supposed to be our day off," Zelts joked, but Violet could tell he wanted her to answer.

"I wouldn't say that. I just never done something like this before." Violet looked at Zelts to see his response and she was surprised to see the older boy cover his mouth with his hand to suppress his laughter. His out of character reaction made Violet's face tinge red with embarrassment.

"You lived here longer than all of us and a stroll around town is new for you?" Zelts smiled, enjoying this conversation while Violet crossed her arms, pouted a little, then looked away from him. She didn't know why, but this relaxing atmosphere made her act less serious than usual.

"I'm the type to keep to myself. I just do my missions, get paid, and live my life," Violet responded.

"So you were basically a hermit before you met us?" Zelts' quip earned a vaguely stern look for his remark.

"He may look nice, but he can be worse than Silver if he wants to be,"

"A lot of things have changed in the past few days. I just had to... adapt," Violet answered, referring to her new living situation with the others.

"Hopefully these changes are for the better and not the worse."

"Your wisdom is boundless." Violet's sarcastic reply received a chuckle from her friend. She could admit the air he gave off did make it easy for her to talk to him and loosen up. With the conversation over, Violet took Zelt's advice and started sightseeing. Taking in the sights, she was starting to enjoy herself. She started to notice something very peculiar.

People were smiling, they were smiling at them. Specifically, their smiles were directed at Zelts. He received smiles, waves, and pleasant greetings from the citizens of Fortuna. Most of the pleasantries were from women of all ages, who appeared to be enamored by his presence. Zelts responded with kind smiles and waves.

"Well, aren't you popular. Didn't know you were such a ladies' man," Violet teased, expecting to hear another quip, but saw him look at her with a dumbfound expression.

"What are you talking about? It's just people being nice."

"Wow. Not only Silver, but sometimes he's as oblivious as Remus,"

Violet began to notice the looks she received from some of the women. They glared at her with eyes of jealousy, most likely because she was closer to Zelts than all of them. She wondered how'd they react if she wrapped her arm around him. It was a tempting thought, but it would also be awkward with Zelts who didn't get the joke. Violet simply ignored them instead.

"Most of the missions I do are ones where I help other people. Rebuilding, garden tending, simple things like that. I prefer those jobs over fighting and hunting," Zelts admitted to Violet.

"Really? I'm surprised. You're probably the best fighter on the team. I assumed you'd enjoy battles more than any of us."

"I find it unfortunate that combat is my specialty. I'd like to fight as a last resort than as a means of life." Zelts' answer was quite profound.

"I hope we can still count on you when we need you?" Violet asked, already knowing the answer. "Of course. I'll always be there for this team." Zelts stopped walking and turned to smile at Violet. His smile disappeared when he looked for something behind her. Violet turned around too and didn't see anything that would catch Zelts' eye, but that was the problem.

"Where's Remus?" they both said simultaneously.

Setting: Some deserted area in Fortuna

Remus was running with his sword in hand, running away from something. He used Checkpoint to teleport a few feet ahead of himself and large shards of ice pierced the ground of his previous location. Looking up, he saw the assailant on top of an old destroyed building.

The assailant was a young man, barely older than Remus, probably the same age as Violet and Silver, and he looked like death. He had very pale skin, green eyes, and shoulder length white hair. He wore a white jacket with a tattered hood and the zipper seemed to be completely ripped off. Underneath his jacket was a shirt that started out black at the top then slowly faded to white at the bottom. He wore black jeans that were as ripped and just as damaged as the hood and white shoes with cyan colored lining. The two things about him that stood out was the stern determined look on his face and the weapon he wore on his arm. It was a white gauntlet that looked like a ghastly claw and had three valves of dust attached to the side and connected to the palm of the weapon.

The boy aimed the gauntlet at Remus and one valve of dust shined. Shards of ice shot out of the palm, heading for Remus, but this time he quickly defended himself by slicing the shards apart with his sword. After successfully countering his attack, Remus stared at his opponent with ferocity in his amber eyes. Seeing as neither one was making a move, the aggressor spoke first.

"You're with VRSZ, right? The name's Ghost. My employer, Turquoise, she has a message for your team." Ghost aimed his weapon at Remus again, except electricity surged throughout the palm this time.