[Dawn]

"As I said, Lei is not that bad. She had lots of problems growing up and humans have left a vile taste in her mouth. Give her a few weeks, she will eventually warm to you." Noelle nods, "Most likely, I have never stayed in one place long enough for him to find me." she glances up at Lance, "For some reason, I really want you to kiss you right now." she giggles, "Call it prepayment for being my bodyguard?"

[Natsunaine]

Lance's body went stiff as she mentioned the kiss he had been wanting to kiss her as well, but didn't know how to do it. All in one motion lance quickly and gently leaned Noelle over and pressed his lips against hers, his face became warm and reddened from blush as he pulled away he tried to put the hood over his face only to realize he had recently torn it off.

[Dawn]

Surprise took over Noelle as Lance gently tilted her head back and brushes his lips to hers, her cheeks went bright red in response and she closed her eyes, returning the kiss back.

[Ookami-onea-chan91]

He blinked for a moment and just stared up at the person before him. "Umm.... My name's Makani." Speaking as he shook the hand firmly and smiled brightly up at him. "It'll be nice to have you along the journey with us." Murmuring before he started to look over the armor that Jace was wearing. "Oooh..... This is really cool..." Mumbling as he poked at it cautiously then examined the lance quietly. "Wow... Nice piece of craftsmanship here...."

Jokull laughed lightly and turned towards the gate that the guards were blocking. "Don't worry about Makani, he has a fascination with armor and weapons."

[Natsunaine]

Jace smiled he admired the admiration of Makani examining his armor. "Well, would you like to have a closer look?" Jace smirked stabbing the lance in front of Makani as he reach behind him, The sounds of metal clanking and clicking filled the air as the armor dropped of jace's body revealing his casual Roguelike clothing, as well as his face he quickly catches the armor and places it at the mans feet "Now be careful that is my only set" He said teasingly, It felt good for him to have that armor off for once.

Lance looked down at his feet then at Noelle, Although he had kissed women before for some reason this was hard for him to face up too, He was worried he maybe had messed it up, considering Noelle had yet to respond. Lance sighed and sat on the edge of the building planting his feet along the edge of the build and wrapping his arms around his legs. "It really is a perfect day isn't it?"

The Hunt begins

Suddenly the surrounding cities went deathly quiet the magic council channeled there power to broadcast the following message "Err.. Is this thing on?! Yes hello? Attention Competitors of the throne there is a small twists to the Challenge, The first twist is the following among each Crown piece shall be a guardian, To pass them you must endure challenges of the mind and soul. Those who don't pass will be exterminated on site. Secondly.." It was then A beacon of light emitted into the sky to the north of the Castle's current location. "The beacon you now see is the Location where the maps have been hidden there only a few supply so it is survival of the fittest you may began you decent now." It was then then the voice was cut off, the town almost instantly turned on each other blood shed filled the streets the time had come the fight for the crown.

[Dawn]

Her cheeks still beet red, Noelle glances at Lance, "Y-yes it is." she smiles lightly and sits down next to him, "That was my first kiss you know." she leans over and pulls Lance into another kiss, her lips pressed softly against his, enjoying the moment before the announcement that the hunt had started.

Listening to the message, Noelle sighs, "And the blood shed and violence begins." she watches quietly for a few moments before turning to Lance, "Where do you start wanting to look for the items needed?"

[Natsunaine]

Lance's eyes widen when Noelle's lips press against his once more, He was so shocked that he almost didn't hear the announcement. "Somehow i knew this was going to happen" Lance stood up and looked toward the beacon in the distance. "I guess i should go get us a map then shouldn't I?" Lance unsheathed his sword and began walking away toward the light on his own.

[Ookami-onea-chan91]

Makani squeaked happily and started to examine the armor curiously taking his time to look it over with a cautious eye. "Hmm... You can tell that this is definitely your only set as it has quite an amount of dents and scratches all over." Mumbling to himself as he rolled it over carefully in his hands to see every inch.

Ears twitching at the sound of the speaker crackling, he froze and listened to the announcement cautiously. "Hnn...." Eyes glazing slightly he glanced up at Jokull and frowned. "Ten minutes." Setting the pieces of armor down his lips twitched slightly as if to form a smile before he dashed off towards the light.

Quickly the fox boy found himself at near the light and he crouched in a tree to attempt to look over the location. "Hmm...."

Jokull sighed softly and glanced at Jace. "Well it shouldn't take to long for us to have one of the few maps. If you'll gather your armor, then we can head quickly towards the edge of town to meet him."

[Dawn]

Noelle nods and watches Lance go out to get the map, "I'll wait here than." she says softly, knowing she would slowly him down in this part of the hunt, "I wonder what they mean when they say challenges of the mind and soul, is it a riddle? Or something else?" She taps a finger against her lips as she ponders this.

[Natsunaine]

After traveling a bit towards the beacon of light he turned back to look at the building from which he had left Noelle standing. I hope she'll be okay. Lance shook his head rapidly snapping out of the thought and made walked into the beacon lit forest area, It seemed as though his was the first once there. In Front of lance was chest on the lid was the Royal seal. "This must be it" Lance whispered to himself as he approached it, it seemed quite a bit too quiet there were no signs of animals, this made him question the chest before opening it he examined it carefully. "Hmm, seems normal.." Lance placed his hand upon the chest and gave it a tug trying to pull it open, and just his luck it was locked, But oddly enough there was no place to fight a key.. "what the.."

Jace looked over at the man he was previously talking to the man by the named jokull. "So you think he will be okay on his own? Don't want any deaths on my watch or anything." Jace laughed picking his armor up and placing it on his body once more moving different parts of the armor to click them together in place

[Dawn]

Watching a safe distance away as she worked on her spells and potions, an amused expression came over Lei's face, something about bloodshed in the evening.

Sitting down on the edge of the building roof, her legs dangling over the side, Noelle watches the action. I hope Lance will be okay. Her fingers reach up and run over the blade of the strapped scythe, testing to make sure it was still sharp enough incase she needed to use it quickly. It had been awhile since she last had sharpen the blade..

[Natsunaine]

"Isn't the smell of blood just lovely?" A voice was heard above the walls from which Lei was present near. " The red pool of life that can not only be the sign of death but the presence of power, Not many understand that but i do" A cold chill filled the air as he set upon a ledge and looked down, The man known as Lucien. "So Why would such a beautiful women be here all alone?" Lucien jump from his ledge and walk slowly and carefully towards the women sliding the back of his hand gently down her cheek and smiling. "Yes quite the beautiful women indeed.."

[Dawn]

Lei's eyes narrow at the stranger, "First time I have heard it put to that." she comments dryly, "And last I checked, it wasn't a crime for a woman to be on her own but if you must know, I'm making potions to sell so I can continue to eat while I wait for my comrades to get bored of this little hunt."

[Natsunaine]

Lucien frowned and leaned up against a wall next to her "Potion making, such a strong presence i feel from your soul, and they have you doing such petty things as potion making? Its a shame, If i were your ally i would be working to do thing not only that let you show the grace of your power but things that interested you as well." them man looked over at Lei with his blood and lust filled eyes. "So what is it that someone like you would be interested in?"

[Dawn]

Lei smirks, "The potion making is my way of life, it's not like blood mages really have a choice in getting much else as work, you know." she frowns, "There's not much that does interest me, material items only last so long than they are no more and I have no interest in remaining in society so anything that aids to that would be worthless."

[Ookami-onea-chan91]

Makani frowned slightly as he perched in the tree watching the man mess with the chest. "Heh.... This is not a typical chest to try and retrieve a map from." Chuckling softly as he gently landed on the grass before wandering over gracefully towards the unknown person. "Hmm... Curious how the chest has no lock to open. So that means no lock picking today." Speaking aloud to no one as he walked a large circle around Lance and the chest.

Jokull smirked as he glanced at Jace and gave a simple nod. "Yes it shall be fine, since it is Makani. When it's normal day things, he's a klutz and hopeless to count on, but then it comes to a mission like this. Well let's just say Jace that Makani is a great thief when needed and light on his feet. So he should be back in the time that he said."