Chelvaric was walking through the streets of crocus. Haloween had passed and everything was back to the daily business. Although you felt a bit of joy in the people walking around him. Christmas was coming and everyone was already busy preparing for it. But he wasn’t here for that. His desire today was finding a man. A bad man had taken some money and the bartender of the place where it happened had asked him to retrieve it. After asking around for a while he found out that these streets where he was seen the most. He just needed to find the man in question now. Chelvaric walked through the crowd and tried to find any clues that could point out to the man. He then saw a person who matched the description chelvaric pushed trough the crowd to get close to him but it was hard as everyone wanted to stay in their place in the crowd. Pushing trough was like swimming against a current. But he wasn’t gonna give up. Instead of pushing he first followed the crowd till he was at a box near a lower roof. He climbed up the wooden box and jumped to grab the edge of the small roof. He pulled himself up with a grunt and then started running over the roofs to get to the man in question. He jumped over any obstacle in the way in a nice fashion and when he arrived at his target he jumped off the roof and landed in front of him.  “gotcha”,chelvaric said.

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The unrelenting, frigid, harsh gales blew through the land of Crocus and lifted up the brown leaves in a swirl that were scattered over the streets. Halloween was over within a blink of an eye and the Blue Pegasus mage experienced so many things that she never did before. The sole reason that she was able to enjoy the most out of the event was due to a comrade, Chelvaric, who helped her make memories that she wouldn’t ever be able to forget. The thought made her wonder about his whereabouts and she was eager to meet him again, if they crossed each other’s paths that is. It was likely that the two would meet, after all, they’re from the same guild.

Snowflake closed the book that she had been reading, about the historical events of the town and other general information that she had wished to know. The maiden pushed herself upright from the wooden bench that she had been reclining on and glanced around the area, noticing how the crowd had grown bigger from the moment she arrived. ”Maybe I’ll return this to the library and go back.” The girl whispered to no other than herself and slid through the crowd. Since she had a petite body, she was easily carried over to the front where there were much fewer people. Snow would dust off her clothing and fix her skirt quickly before strolling through the streets.

Distracted by the vendors and buildings that were established on the side of the streets, Snow was lost in her own chain of thoughts until she bumped into someone, causing the person to fall over the ground. Fear was written all over his face and he seemed to be in a hurry to escape, as if he had been chased by someone superior. ”I’m sorry. Are you alright?” The girl extended out her hand to help the man up when footsteps approached her. Snow turned her head towards the source and silver pools widened slightly at the person walking towards her. ”Chelvaric?”

Chelvaric jumped up for a second when a girl collided with his target. But he was even more surprised when he found out that the girl was snow. Her beautiful long silver hair got thrown from over her shoulder to over her eyes. It seemed very soft and smooth.  She fell on the ground but got up quickly. None the less chelvaric rushed to her.

“Watch out snow! That man is a criminal stop him!”, he shouted and he rushed to her aid.  He grabbed the man and pinched him down on the ground. “hai how is it going snow nice weather right.”,he said and smiled brightly to her happy to see her again. The man under him was protesting loud and noisy. “now-now stay calm. You scammed some money from some folks in the bar give it back and I’ll let you go.”,chelvaric slowly said to him. The man was resisting for a bit before he gave in and started talking. “alright ill give it to you just get off me okay.”, the man shouted in frustration. Chelvaric jumped off him and helped the man up. He quickly searched his pockets and after a while, he threw a bundle of money on to chelvaric and walked off. “that’s all of it then leave me alone.”, the man said and he walked off frustrated on losing his treasure. “eh sorry for that snow. that man scammed some people in the bar. But I have the money now. Well since you helped me catching this bad guy why don’t you tag along with me to the bar so I can give you part of the reward! I’ll buy you a drink too how does that sound.”, he said to her while he smiled even brighter to her. He hoped he had the chance to have a drink and talk with her. It was always a nice enlightenment of his day.

Chelvaric jumped up for a second when a girl collided with his target. But he was even more surprised when he found out that the girl was snow. Her beautiful long silver hair got thrown from over her shoulder to over her eyes. It seemed very soft and smooth.  She fell on the ground but got up quickly. None the less chelvaric rushed to her.

“Watch out snow! That man is a criminal stop him!”, he shouted and he rushed to her aid.  He grabbed the man and pinched him down on the ground. “hai how is it going snow nice weather right.”,he said and smiled brightly to her happy to see her again. The man under him was protesting loud and noisy. “now-now stay calm. You scammed some money from some folks in the bar give it back and I’ll let you go.”,chelvaric slowly said to him. The man was resisting for a bit before he gave in and started talking. “alright ill give it to you just get off me okay.”, the man shouted in frustration. Chelvaric jumped off him and helped the man up. He quickly searched his pockets and after a while, he threw a bundle of money on to chelvaric and walked off. “that’s all of it then leave me alone.”, the man said and he walked off frustrated on losing his treasure. “eh sorry for that snow. that man scammed some people in the bar. But I have the money now. Well since you helped me catching this bad guy why don’t you tag along with me to the bar so I can give you part of the reward! I’ll buy you a drink too how does that sound.”, he said to her while he smiled even brighter to her. He hoped he had the chance to have a drink and talk with her. It was always a nice enlightenment of his day.

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”What’s happening?” the maiden questioned, confused by the situation. The criminal let out a yelp the moment he saw Chelvaric and when he attempted to escape from the scene, Snow grabbed him by the arm. Although she was bewildered by the entire situation, she decided to help her fellow guildmate and she was curious to find out why the man was being chased. Silver hues wandered over his figure, from head to toe and examined him carefully. The man appeared to be in his early thirties, however, the frightened look on his face confirmed her that the man was guilty of performing an illegal act. She released her grasp on his arm when the man was secured by Chelvaric. ”Hello. It’s unexpected to meet you here again.” She folded her arms and shifted her attention back to the man.

Her eyebrows cocked upwards when she found out that the man had stolen some cash from the customers at the bar. The girl continued to watch the scene and before she knew, people had begun to flock up around the area to see what was going on. She ignored the curious eyes that pried her and the whispers that were passed through the crowd. Chelvaric settled the problem with the thief before the man walked off, clearly annoyed that he had lost his money but something about him made her feel skeptical. Despite the distrustful feeling, Snow left her doubts unspoken and faced Chelvaric. ”Sure. It’s not a problem.” Her eyes glided down to the book she had been holding and decided that she would just return the book the other day. ”I don’t need the reward though. You can take it,” she suggested, while the two of them walked towards their destination.

Loud chatter and laughter exploded from a building in a distance, followed by a clang of glasses and the cheers of men that flavoured the halls. ”I suppose this is the bar.” She pushed the wooden doors open and the scent of alcohol and warm air blasted into her face.

It was nice of snow to give up the reward but he wouldn’t feel alright if he took all the money for himself. He would just split it without listening to her protesting later when the job was complete. Every work should be rewarded!  They were walking through the streets while Chelvaric was carrying the money that the villain had scammed of people. The walk was fun for some reason. Just walking by Snowflakes side gave Chelvaric a good feeling. Just like walking to a good friend would. It was funny how they kept meeting each other in the most random paces. Must be a coincidence he thought and they arrived at the location they had to deliver the money. The bar looked like a regular bar on the outside and the laughter and drinking sounds were coming from the inside. Chelvaric pushed the door open and the smell of beer waved trough his nose. It’s a typical smell of a busy bar that Chelvaric didn’t really like that much but it came with a bar so you couldn’t do much about it.

They walked up to the counter and sat down on the chairs standing at it. He threw the bag of money on the table and waved to the barman. The barman who looked in his thirties had a very dark skin. Which was a bit unusual for Fiore he was probably a foreigner. His head was completely bald but he didn’t look threatening at all. He had more of a calm and gentle presence over him.
“Good day sir and madam what do you want to drink. ”, he said in a gentle tone as he was whipping the table with a cloth. “I am back here with the money that was scammed from your customers. I hope they’ll all be able to get their money back.”, Chelvaric said to the man. “ah thank you so much for bringing the money back, I’ll check it right away.”, the man’s face cleared up with a big smile and he opened the bag of money to check it. But as he opened his face started to darken and he sighed. Chelvaric had a bad feeling about this.

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Bright silver pools glided across the room, packed with males, old and young alike as they clanked their glasses of alcohol before a loud roar of laughter and cheers exploded within the building. It was extremely noisy and crowded; not a place Snow would often visit. As she entered, she felt herself being eyed head to toe, a few others whistling towards her but the blue-haired maiden chose to ignore the remarks that were thrown at her. It was not something she had not experienced before, rather, she had encountered these sort of situations numerous times that she, herself, was getting sick of it. Disgusting, Snow thought to herself with the expression of faint distaste and approached towards the bartender, following behind her fellow guild mate.

The girl would watch the actions of the client, examining every piece of money until she noticed how pale the man had become. ”What’s wrong?” she asked, out of worry. She could already tell that it was bad news. ”I’m sorry to tell you this, but …” he paused briefly and stared into the bag. ”This is fake money.” He mumbled the words and one could hear the disappointment in his voice. The features on her face remained unchanged, as if she had already expected the situation and simply nodded. ”Don’t worry. We’ll get it for you.” Normally, Snow was not the type of person to offer help to a stranger but since the bartender appeared to be a nice person, she decided to assist him. Besides, she had no other schedule for the day. The girl glanced over to Chelvaric and raised an eyebrow, asking him for his agreement.

Chelvaric grunted as he heard the man say the money was fake. It annoyed him deeply and he wanted to punch something fast. He hated people that lied and this guy obviously had lied to their face when he gave the money to them. He didn't even think twice about helping the man. He nodded to snow in agreement to help catch the guy. He turned around and started walking motioning to snow to follow. He was doing a good deed but it was mostly to get revenge on the liar. “lets head for the gate before he can leave the city. He probably doesn’t want to stick around long.”,chelvaric said to her and he started to run. They had to hurry or it would be near impossible to find him in a quick manner with two people. After running for a while they finally arrived at the gate and chelvaric stood in front of it to watch for the thief. “maybe you should go to the other side of the gate and look there if split our watching there is a higher chance we can catch him.”, chelvaric said and he looked further in the mass of people that was walking trough the gate. At first he wasn’t seeing anyone like the thief they met earlier. Sometimes a person would come up that seemed a bit suspicious but they never were the guy they were searching for it was getting quiete annoying to wait for him. He was hoping that snow was having it better then him. He wanted this to be over quickly so he could go back to lazing around in the sun.

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This was bad news; she should’ve known this was going to happen somehow. The thief was acting strange from the start and it seems like he had outplayed the two fellow mages pretty well. But there was no way he was going to escape from the town. Chelvaric suggested they wait at the gate of the town to prevent the criminal from fleeing, which was a decent idea. The girl nodded and sprinted behind her partner’s lead. Her movements were quiet, yet fast, as if she was a cheetah running over the wilderness. They arrived within a couple of minutes and the two of them waited at the gates, standing on each side. Tons of people stood in lines for the exit and went through security check by the guards that were responsible of the job. ”We’re mages from Blue Pegasus. We’re in search of someone who stole some jewels from a bartender.” she informed the guards and received permission to check the people in queue.

Snow eyed every single person on her side of the line carefully, for anyone suspicious and she found one. A man all covered up in a tattered black cloak, the hood concealing half of his face. Snow squinted her eyes at him and tilted her head slightly towards the side and carefully approached towards him. Once the person noticed her, he immediately faced the ground and hid his features even further behind the hood, making it even more suspicious for her. Without even bothering to ask a single question, she pulled the hood over the person’s face and not much to her surprise, it was just the one she expected.

Snow immediately grabbed the arm of the theif and tightened her grip, ”Chel, he’s here.” The thief writhed under her grip and struggled to free himself, but to no avail. She pulled him out of the queue and forced him to kneel on the ground. ”Where’s the money?” Her voice was clear and rigid, demanding for an answer.  

Chelvaric was watching the people who were passing him very carefully and he tried to notice anything suspicious about them. But nothing was out of the ordinary. Just regular people passing by. The boredom of the tedious task was sinking in quickly and he had to supress a yawn of tiredness. But then his moment of tranquillity got broken trough as a pleasant voice shouted for him. He made his way quickly trough the crowd and finally saw on arrival that snowflake had captured the thief. She was demanding the money. The thief had his hand behind his back and was slowly reaching for a dagger there. Chelvaric was quick to react and kicked the knife out of the man’s hand before he threw him on the ground and put him in a grind lock. The man slapped the ground to surrender to hurt to even speak. He grabbed a pouch out of his jacket and threw it in front of him. “here is the money now let me go please.”, the man yelped in pain. Chelvaric kicked the man a last time so he was knocked out and grabbed the money. “I think he has enough of it, let’s just go deliver the money”,chelvaric said and he walked off with snow. After a short period of travel they arrived at the bar. Chelvaric gave the money to the bartender and they conversated some old stories with each other while the bartender treated them with a free drink. He complimented snow for a job well done before heading off to some roof to sleep on.

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