The Fire Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail wasn't expecting such a hearty reception, but upon open the gates of the guildhall, he saw that a little party was prepared in anticipation of the expedition team's arrival. It wasn't really a special occasion or anything like that, but he supposed those in the guild just really liked to party, and he could respect that, for the most part. Even though the party was for them, it was already in full swing and in the distance, he could even see a few of the younger members of the guild with a keg with a bunch of people dancing around it while chugging. Houren waded through the party goers, young and all and headed to the center of the room where Cecilia, handing her the jewel without a word. She didn't say anything at this point, but her smile was more than enough for Houren, and hopefully the other members of the expedition team, to know that she was thankful for what they had done for her, and for the guild.
As she tucked away the jewel in her dress, she turned around and pointed towards a chest that was located on a table at the back of the guildhall, beckoning for them to go and approach it. The Fire Dragon Slayer didn't need to be asked twice as he headed over and opened the chest, surprised to find a bunch of goodies inside that would certainly be helpful towards them on their quest. He supposed that the whole team were meant to split these rewards among themselves. There was a picture on top of the goodies, and the Fire Dragon Slayer took it closer to him so that he could inspect it better. It was a photo of the Captain with the helpful monkeys from the island.
Out of instinct more than anything else, he turned the photo over and saw a note there that was addressed to all of them; he decided against reading it out loud, instead reading it to himself before turning around and passing it to another member of the expedition team, whoever so happened to be closest to him at the time before he turned back to look at all the good stuff that the Captain had left for them. He turned to the face the others. "I wonder how this got here before we did? Well, in any case, lets just split the loot and enjoy ourselves," he said to them.
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