"So you're going to bring Ryu to the Guild Hall later?" Lucy asked as she finished getting dressed. Ace walked out of the bathroom brushing his teeth and nodded. "It's good you finally get to leave the house for a bit." She laughed as Ace tried to argue with her, but his mouth was too full of toothpaste to be understood properly. "What'd you say? It's hard to understand you when you look like you have rabies." Ace rolled his eyes and walked back into the bathroom, spitting out the contents of his mouth to be able to speak to her.
"It's good that I can finally meet your guildmates. Before last night I thought the only way I could meet them was if I went there myself." Ace said as he walked over to their dresser and picked out his clothes for the day. "Are you gonna tell Erza he's coming?"
"I still don't get why they didn't just exchange contact information. We have Communication Lacrima for a reason." Lucy said as she placed her Celestial Spirit Key pouch and her signature whip on her belt.
"Maybe they just forgot." Ace shrugged as he began to place everything he had spent the last couple of days revising in a box for Ryu to take back home with him. "Or maybe they were too nervous to ask each other for it."
"And why would they be too nervous?"
"Probably for the same reason the two of them said their goodbyes like that the day we came back. Or for the same reason both of them can't stop talking about looking forward to seeing each other."
"And what would that be?"
"I don't know. I thought you would've figured it out first." Ace shrugged again as Lucy began to make her way out of the apartment. "Have a good day, see you later."
"See you." Lucy said walking out of the door. Once she was outside, she wondered if she should go back inside and give him a better farewell. Usually people that are together give each other a kiss when they leave for the day. But were they really together to be thinking like that? Well they were together but they weren't really together, so maybe giving him even a kiss on the cheek would be a bit much. She should worry about that another time. After several minutes of walking, she found herself at the entrance to the place she had been calling home for so many years. "Here we go..." She made her way inside the Fairy Tail Guild Hall, letting out a sigh of relief as no one had made a scene yet, so no one had been told about Ace and their engagement. She quickly made her way to the bar as most of the booths in the middle of the hall were occupied and none of her teammates had arrived yet either.
"Oh good morning, Lucy." Mirajane said, greeting the girl as she sat down in front of her.
"Hey Mira." Lucy said, greeting the white haired S-Class wizard standing behind the bar. She mentally cheered as she passed the first hurdle and now she could break the news herself when Ace and Ryu arrive later.
"Would you like to order anything right now?"
"Nah, if anything a cup of water would be nice since I just had breakfast not too long ago." Lucy said, leaning forward and beginning to tap her finger on the countertop as she began to think about her and Ace's conversation both the night before and that morning.
"Oh, did your fiancé cook for you?"
"Nah I let him sleep in and made breakfast instead." Lucy replied as she continued to think about the Ryu and Erza situation. But that didn't last long as she realized what Mirajane had just asked her. "Wait, come again?"
"Your fiancé. Asemu right?" Mirajane replied, cocking her head to the side with an innocent smile. But Lucy's jaw dropped and she did her absolute best to not scream her heart out at that moment.
"H-H-How did you-"
"Juvia and Erza told me last night." Lucy groaned and buried her face in her hands as Mirajane's explanation was her biggest worry. "Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone." Mirajane said, placing a hand on Lucy's shoulder.
"You didn't?"
"No." Lucy let out a sigh of relief at that news. "They told me, Cana, and Lisanna at the same time." She quickly sucked that sigh back in and began to groan again as now she put her head down on the bar counter.
"Why me?"
"What's the matter? You don't like him?" Mirajane asked as she remembered about the cup of water Lucy asked for and served it to her.
"Of course I do. I wouldn't be going along with this engagement if I didn't like him." Lucy admitted as she grabbed the cup and looked at her reflection in the water. She couldn't lie and say she didn't like Ace. She'd spent every single day with him since they reunited and now that they were living together, she liked the thought of playing house with him too. Sure he wasn't some super strong wizard or some super rich and famous supermodel, but he was like a breath of fresh air and she liked how normal and calm her life with him was so far.
"So then you two are a couple?"
"Well...no not really."
"So you're engaged and you like him, but you're not in a relationship?" Mirajane asked as now the conversation had taken an interesting turn for her.
"I mean, I don't really know if he likes me like I like him."
"Have you asked?"
"Is there really a good way to ask that?"
"Well if you two live under the same roof, sleep in the same bed, share every minute at home together: I'm sure you could find a way to ask him." Mirajane replied counting off with her fingers each thing Lucy could do. Exactly how much did they tell her?! But before their conversation could continue, the door to the guildhall opened and Erza walked inside with a dejected look on her face. "That's not a look you see on Erza often."
"No it is not." Lucy said as Erza walked over and plopped herself onto the seat next to Lucy. "Hey Erza is everything alright?"
"Can I get my usual slice of strawberry cake Mira?" Erza asked, Mirajane nodded and went to go find the cake they always keep for her in the fridge. "Hey Lucy, good morning."
"I'd like to say that to you but it clearly isn't. What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, don't worry about it."
"Does it have to do with the fact you told Mira, Lisanna, and Cana about Ace after you left last night?" Lucy asked, trying to change the subject. Erza's eyes widened and she turned to look at her best friend who now had an extremely passive aggressive smile. "Mira told me."
"Th-That was more Juvia than me. She was just excited because now she said you're no longer her love rival." Erza replied as Mirajane luckily arrived at that moment with her cake. "Would you like a bite?"
"I'm good. Stuffed after the breakfast I had with Ace this morning." Lucy said as Erza looked away and went to take a scoop of cake with her spoon. "And I'm going to leave space for when we go out to dinner with Ryu after he arrives today." Hearing the name Ryu: Erza accidentally put too much force into the spoon and went through the cake, then the plate, and into the countertop. Mirajane's eyes widened at Erza's reaction as her fellow S-Class wizard began to tremble. But for Lucy, this was exactly the reaction she was hoping for.
"Ryu?" Erza asked as she hoped that she heard the wrong name.
"Oh my, did we not mention Ryu was coming by to visit today? Oh I'm so sorry, we totally forgot to tell you last night." Lucy's act made Erza gulp as she didn't expect to see the oldest Falkner sibling so soon.
"Ryu? Who's Ryu?" Mirajane asked as now the sudden change in topic piqued her interest.
"Ryu is Ace's oldest brother. He and Erza met each other when we went to the wedding and the two seemed to have taken a liking to one another." Lucy explained making Erza look away as she clenched her fist in frustration.
"It's not like that."
"Oh then how is it then?" Lucy and Mirajane asked at the same time. Erza shifted her entire body to now look at the wall so they wouldn't see her face.
"Ryu is a very nice and respectable man. I enjoyed his company and he became a good colleague of mine, that's all." Erza said, making the two behind her look at each other with disbelieving eyes. Lucy winked at the older woman and spoke up.
"He said that he was really looking forward to seeing you, he wouldn't stop talking about it." Lucy said, making Erza suddenly snap around with a smile that looked like it went from one ear to the other.
"Really?"
"According to Ace, yes. You really left quite the impression on him. That's why he's going to bring him here to see you." Lucy said looking up and twirling some of her hair around her finger. Without a second thought, Erza swiftly jumped out of her seat and made her way out of the guild hall. "You think she likes him?"
"If I said no and swore on it, I think I'd be struck down for lying." Mirajane replied before they began to laugh, amused by what they witnessed.
"How was the train ride?"
"Unnecessarily long." Ryu groaned as the two brothers left the Magnolia train station. Ace laughed at his brother's response as he knew Ryu wasn't a big fan of anything that left him in one spot for more than an hour or two.
"What do you expect? We live in the middle of nowhere."
"We? You live in a nice place now, must be nice City Boy." Ryu said, crossing his arms. "How's married life treating you?"
"Married life?"
"Well you're living with your future wife now, I would imagine that's the same as already being married now." Ryu said, making Ace roll his eyes and chuckle.
"It's nice. Lucy really is a wonderful person."
"Oh so your bad thoughts about the engagement are gone now?" Ryu asked, poking his brother's side. Ace raised an eyebrow as he knew what he was trying to do, so there was only one thing he could respond with.
"Hey don't worry about my thoughts. What about your thoughts about Erza, hm?" Ace asked, crossing his arms making his brother jump slightly at the mention of Erza's name.
"W-What thoughts? She's just someone I became acquainted with that I would like to know better. There's nothing wrong with that." Ryu said, looking away and scratching his cheek. Yeah Erza had been on his mind since the day they left. But to be fair: most of it was trying to remember if anything actually happened between them on Fabia's wedding night.
"Yeah yeah. You must be feeling a little hungry right?" Ace asked as he felt his stomach grumble slightly. Ryu put a hand on his stomach and nodded, so his youngest brother thought about where to take his brother to eat so they could talk a bit more.
"Ya know Luce, I was wondering: is Ace a wizard too?" Natsu asked as he walked up to the table Happy and Lucy were sitting in with a job request in his hands.
"Not that I know of." Lucy replied, looking up as she tried to remember if Ace ever mentioned knowing magic.
"If he is: let's have him join the guild!" Natsu yelled gleefully pointing at his guild mark. But once Lucy heard him say that: she immediately turned to face him with a furious expression. Natsu jumped slightly once he heard her slightly growling as well. "I guess that's a no?"
"Of course it's a no! Why would I want him to suddenly become a wizard?!"
"Well it just seems like Ace is bored a lot at home while you're going off on adventures with us, Lucy." Happy said as he took out a fish from his bag and began to nibble on it. Natsu nodded and Lucy sighed as she remembered how dejected Ace seemed when he mentioned his day to day activities since he moved in with her.
"Okay, you have a point." Lucy muttered, making Happy gleefully chuckle.
"So you'll let him join?!" Natsu asked, sitting down across from Lucy. She rolled her eyes and shook her head in response, so the two let out a frustrated groan. "Why not?"
"Because I said no, Natsu."
"A good fiancée would let him do what he wants." Happy muttered, making Lucy rip the fish out of his mouth in response.
"Hey, I am so too a good fiancée."
"Doesn't really seem like it." Happy muttered once more, crossing his arms and looking away from Lucy. But instead of getting angry again, Lucy simply looked down and began twisting her ring.
"Hey Happy, that's not very nice." Natsu scolded, poking Happy's arm to get him to apologize. "If she doesn't want him to join us, then that's fine."
"I'm just saying-"
"Is it just because of this?" Lucy hesitantly asked.
"Aw man you see? Now she's upset. Will you just apologize?" Natsu asked, beginning to poke Happy more.
"He doesn't have to. I'm just trying to look out for Ace." Lucy admitted as she began to smile thinking about Ace. "He was always a gentle person, never going out of his way to cause a scene or look for conflict. Look at last night when you jumped him: he wasn't mad at you for what happened. In fact: he was the one trying to ease the situation and calm everyone down, even managing to stop Erza from tearing you apart."
"Yeah that's true."
"All of this comes with a lot of danger. Even if you don't go looking for trouble, trouble somehow finds its way to you. We've been through so much, and the thought of Ace going through a fraction of what we did…I would never forgive myself if anything happened to him." Lucy said before feeling a hand on her arm. She looked up and saw it was Natsu reaching over, giving her a reassuring smile.
"And that's why you're a good fiancée." Natsu said before letting go of her arm and relaxing in his chair. "I've gotta admit, I'm not exactly the best when it comes to the whole romance business."
"Oh gee, you think?" Lucy and Happy said at the same time, leading to both smiling and chuckling with each other. Natsu rolled his eyes and decided to let their comment slide.
"But, it doesn't take a genius to tell how much you care about him already. You just wanna keep the guy safe, that's fine. But I still think you should at least let him decide, otherwise you'll feel just as guilty keeping the guy cooped up all day in your tiny home." Natsu said, making Lucy smile and nod…until the last part of what he had just said set in.
"If my place is so tiny: you can always find somewhere else to go be a menace." Lucy scoffed, crossing her arms and glaring at him.
"Sorry sorry, poor choice of words." Natsu apologized, waving his hands in the air. "But he really is a great guy, and he's just as lucky to have someone like you who cares about him."
"Aw, that's so sweet. When did you go so soft?" Lucy cooed, deciding to tease him a little. Natsu scoffed and rolled his eyes, crossing his arms.
"I'm not soft."
"Yeah you are~" Lucy and Happy teased, making Natsu blush and look away.
"I am so not soft."
"Well if you keep eating the way you do, you're gonna be." Natsu looked up and saw Lisanna standing in front of him with an amused smile.
"Oh hey Lisanna, how's it going?" Lucy asked, motioning for the younger Strauss sibling to sit down with them. She then quickly sat down next to Natsu, pushing him down to make space for her in the booth.
"Just checking out the job board, nothing's really catching my attention right now." Lisanna replied, pointing at the wooden board in the corner of the room.
"Oh yeah, I think everyone else like Gray and Gajeel beat us to it this morning." Lucy replied as she had the same feeling when she came in and checked the board herself.
"Soooo, did Pinky over here make a big scene last night?" Lisanna asked, poking Natsu's side and making him jolt up.
"Well I wasn't going to let it slide, but I was convinced that the situation looked bad so I'm forgiving him." Lucy replied, remembering the ten minute conversation she had with Ace the night before about it.
"Wait, what is she talking about?" Natsu asked, confused by what the two were talking about.
"Oh she knows now." Lucy pointed at Lisanna who happily gave him a thumbs up before pinching his cheek.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"Don't be so rude in other people's homes." Lisanna scolded Natsu before turning her attention back to Lucy. "But to be engaged to your childhood friend, that's so nice."
"Yeah it is."
"You know…I do remember a certain someone saying I could be his wife in the future when we were kids." Lisanna said, putting a finger on her cheek and looking up as if she was trying to remember. Natsu blushed and turned to face her with a frustrated look on his face.
"I did no such thing!"
"And after all the work I put in to help him hatch an egg we found too. He really tossed our family aside." Lisanna sighed and looked down, before turning to Natsu with a playful smile on her face, winking once they made eye contact. "I'm still down if you are."
"Oh don't be ridiculous." Natsu slammed his hand on the table and walked away, refusing to be part of the conversation any further. Happy shrugged and followed, leaving the two women at the table. Once they were gone, the two burst into laughter and high-fived each other.
"Good job."
"If you know him like I do, it's not that difficult." Lisanna said winking and giving Lucy a thumbs up. "I'm surprised you kept it hidden for so long."
"I just didn't want any rumors being spread. Plus I just wanted to see if things with Ace would work out first."
"And it looks like they are, because you sure look happy Lucy." Lisanna said, surprising Lucy as the white haired wizard winked at her again. "But are you two actually a couple?"
"A couple? No, not really?"
"So you're just roommates that are going to be married eventually?"
"I…guess?"
"No offense Lucy, but you should really change things up soon."
"You think so?"
"Well right now you're in that exploration phase, you're getting used to each other. But eventually if you keep this up: one of you'll get bored and it'll all be for nothing." Lisanna explained, resting her head in her hand. Lucy thought for a moment, realizing the advice both Strauss sisters was correct she decided it was time to act.
"Alright then help me." Lisanna raised her head from her hand in surprise from Lucy's request, but she decided to help her friend out and nodded.
"So you haven't asked her to be your girlfriend?" Ryu asked as the two made their way to the Fairy Tail guild after their quick lunch break. Lucy thought she should give them directions, but considering it's the large building in the middle of the town: Ace told her she didn't have to go through the trouble.
"I mean...am I supposed to?" Ace asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"Well it would be nice as a formality. Sure you're engaged but it's an arranged engagement, so you two are only together because of the agreement." Ryu explained, making Ace sigh and cross his arms.
"I dunno, I kinda feel like she and I aren't at that point still." Ace admitted as he began to think about how he and Lucy had been lately.
"Please tell me you're kidding..." Ryu facepalmed and groaned at his brother's response. "Come on Asemu, you can't be this dumb."
"What? I'm serious. She's great and we get along well, but we're still just in that weird friendly kind of phase."
"Or maybe you're only in that phase because you won't ask her to officially be your girlfriend, or hell to even be your real fiancée."
"She IS my real fiancée, jerk."
"Then act like it, man! You're just treating her like she's our sister." Ryu said jamming his elbow into his brother's arm. Ace growled and gave his brother an angry side-eye...but he couldn't lie and say he was wrong either. The two arrived at the guild hall and before opening the door, Ryu grabbed his brother by the shoulders and made him face him. "We're here because you want to make her happy. If you like Lucy, then tell her while we're here. I have a room at that inn close to her place, so you two are going to have plenty of space together." Ryu said before patting his brother's head. Ace rolled his eyes and gently punched his brother's chest in response, before taking a deep breath and opening the door to the guild hall.
Once they were inside, the two looked around in awe at the sight in front of them. They had heard stories about life in a guild, with recent stories from both Lucy and Erza respectively, but to see what it was like inside was something else. There were so many people inside: old and young, big and small, and all of them were talking among each other and everyone looked happy while they were here. Even the random stage on the other side of the room caught the two by surprise, but the two could see why this place felt like home to Lucy and the others.
"Oh, hello. May I help you?" The two looked to their right and saw a white haired woman wearing a red dress with pink ribbons waving at the two. Not seeing Lucy or Erza nearby, the two walked over to the woman who was greeting them.
"Hi there, we're actually looking for some of your guild members." Ace said waving to the woman as they approached the bar.
"Oh really? Do you have business with them?"
"Sort of?" Ryu shrugged as Mirajane looked at the two confused.
"Well, who are you looking for?"
"Lucy Heartfilia or Erza Scarlet, either of them is just fine." Ace said looking around for them again, not seeing either of them again. Not even Natsu or Gray were there, which was a pity since he wanted to see them again. However, once Mirajane heard the names of who they were looking for: the two's identities were clear as day to her.
"Oh, I'm afraid both of them stepped out not too long ago. If you want: you can wait for them here." Mirajane said, motioning for the two to sit down in front of her. Shrugging at each other, the brothers sat down and looked around the guild hall one more time. "I take it it's your first time here?"
"In a guild, period." Ryu responded as the sight in front of them was a relief to him. Surrounded by people in an office building for most of the week was draining to him, but this? This was something new.
"Well we're always accepting new members if you'd like to join." Mirajane making the two chuckle and shake their heads. "Although spouses of our guild members don't usually join, we always welcome them with open arms as if they were one of our members."
"You hear that? You'd be just fine." Ryu chuckled nudging his brother who thought it was a nice idea. But then it set in what Mirajane said and the two turned to face her.
"Is there a problem?" The two exchanged glances and shook their heads at Mirajane, assuming her comment was just something she wanted to say.
"No not really."
"Nope."
"Alright then, feel free to wait here Asemu." Mirajane said making Ace look at her again and she gave him a welcoming smile. "Oh dear where are my manners? I'm Mirajane, I'm an S-Class wizard but I help run the bar and approve job requests. You two must be Asemu and Ryu." The two struggled to find a response to the woman in front of them as she introduced herself and made it clear she already knew who they were in a matter of seconds.
"Hey Mira, can you sign off on this job for me?" Natsu asked as he walked up to the bar with the job request he had grabbed earlier. But once he placed the paper down for Mirajane to stamp, he noticed the two Falkner brothers sitting dumbfounded in front of her. "Oh hey, Ace!" Natsu yelled wrapping his arm around Ace's neck and snapping him out of his trance.
"H-Hey Natsu, how's it going?" Ace asked greeting the pink haired wizard next to him.
"Mira, this guy is-"
"She knows." Ace cut off Natsu and pointed at Mirajane who simply nodded and waved as if nothing happened.
"Oh come on! How does everyone know already?!"
"Not everyone. Just a few people. But I'm surprised you two came when they're not here."
"I assumed Lucy was here, she didn't call me to say she wasn't going to be here." Ace explained before remembering that Natsu hadn't met Ryu yet.
"Oh yeah, Natsu this is my oldest brother: Ryu. Ryu, this is Natsu Dragneel. He's Lucy's teammate and best friend." Ace said introducing the two. Natsu grinned and raised a hand to greet the man in front of him.
"Nice to meet ya!"
"Nice to meet you too." Ryu said raising a hand as well.
"Hey Ace, since Lucy's not here. I wanna ask you: can you use magic?" Natsu asked leaning close to Ace who was taken aback by his question.
"Yeah we both know a bit. We don't use it a lot, but we were taught magic and how to use it until we were teenagers." Ace replied motioning to Ryu who nodded in agreement.
"It was something our sister asked for, so our parents got lessons for all of us to make it fair."
"Awesome! You should really join our guild then!" Natsu yelled raising his arms triumphantly.
"Uh...yeah I don't know about that, man." Ace said, making Natsu stop cheering and fall over from shock. He composed himself and sat down next to Ace to hear his reasoning.
"Why not? Is it because of Lucy?" Natsu asked, hoping Lucy didn't tell him about their earlier conversation.
"No? Why would it be because of her?"
"Then why?"
"I mean, I'm not that good at magic in the first place. I'd feel out of place with you guys."
"Hey, a lot of us have been here since we were kids and we were all pretty bad at magic at one point. Plus, you'll get better if you use it more."
"He's right you know." Mirajane chimed in, making the three turn to face her. "You don't have to be some crazy strong wizard to join us, like I said before: we welcome everyone with open arms."
"I guess it'd be fine then." Ace shrugged and agreed to Natsu's idea. So Natsu triumphantly began to cheer and wrapped his arm around Ace's neck again.
"Give him his guild mark, Mira!" Natsu yelled while Ryu began to chuckle at the sight in front of him. Mirajane laughed and walked away, coming back seconds later with a stamp in her hand.
"Where would you like it?" Mirajane asked making Ace think for a moment. Natsu had his on his right shoulder, Erza on her left, Gray had his on his chest, and Happy had his on his back. But considering Lucy had hers on her right hand, he figured there was one place it should go.
"Put it on my left hand." Ace said pointing to the back of his left hand as he placed it in front of Mira. Nodding, Mira pressed the stamp onto his left hand. The four watched as the Fairy Tail mark first appeared black before becoming a dark purple. He looked at the mark in awe as now he was a member of the guild he had heard so much about for the past two weeks.
"What about you, Ryu? Would you like one as well?" Mirajane asked, turning to the older brother who sighed and shook his head.
"I wish, but I've already got other obligations at our family's company." Ryu explained before placing a hand on his brother's back. "But you've got more than enough with this one."
"Well if you change your mind, I'll keep it ready for you." Mirajane winked at the man who chuckled and nodded. Then the doors to the guild hall opened and Erza walked in. "Oh, welcome back Erza!"
"Hello again Mi-" She turned her head and saw the two Falkner brothers sitting at the bar looking at her. "-ra." She then walked over as she thought about what to say to Ryu.
"Hey Erza, how have you been?" Ryu asked, greeting Erza while Mirajane watched the two intently.
"I've been just fine, Ryu. How about you?"
"Same as usual, just that now you two stole my brother from me." Ryu said before Ace decided to cut the tension between them.
"Hey Erza, look." Ace said raising his left hand to show his guild mark to Erza. Once she saw it, Erza raised her eyebrows in surprise and smiled.
"So you're going to join the guild?"
"Once I sign whatever I have to sign, yeah. Natsu talked me into it." Ace explained as Natsu happily nodded to confirm. Erza chuckled and extended her armored hand towards Ace who took it.
"Welcome aboard then. As the guild's former 7th master, I'm glad to have you join us." Erza said before turning her attention to Ryu. "Can we talk for a bit?" Erza asked hesitantly. Ryu was taken aback by this and nodded, standing up from his seat. The two then walked away, leaving the three staring at them confused.
"Am I missing something?" Natsu asked, blinking as he tried to understand what just happened.
"Lu and I have been asking ourselves the same thing." Ace replied, while Mirajane smiled in amusement.
"Interesting."
"So I should just be honest to him about my feelings?" Lucy asked as she and Lisanna returned to the guild hall after stepping out for a brief moment.
"Yeah, and you give him that little gift." Lisanna said, pointing at the small paper bag in Lucy's hand. The two had stepped out to talk and Lisanna had the idea of getting Ace a gift for Lucy to show her appreciation for everything he's done for her. Lucy nodded and the two walked inside, only to be met with the sight of Ace and Natsu talking with each other. Lucy fearing for the worst, hurried over to the two only to hear them talking about their favorite food.
"I promise, it's the best thing you're ever going to eat." Ace said as Natsu's mouth began to drool at the thought of the food Ace had just described to him. He then turned his head and noticed his blonde haired fiancée looking at them. "Hey Lu."
"H-Hey, I'm sorry I wasn't here when you got here."
"It's fine, Natsu here's been keeping me company." Ace said making Lucy let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey Ace, I need to tell you something important."
"Yeah, so do I." Lucy's heart skipped a beat seeing the sincere smile on his face. She smiled back at him and gave him the opportunity to speak first. But her excitement at what he wanted to tell her quickly vanished once she saw him raise his left hand, showing the purple Fairy Tail mark on his hand. "I'm a member of the guild now, isn't that awesome?!"