So far the youngster’s day was going terribly. It was nice and sunny outside when he first left the inn but it had quickly turned into a gloomy miserable shade of gray. The gas mage was out to get his groceries as usual when it started lashing rain. He was soaked from head to toe, including his oversized afro that was now as wet as a sponge. For some reason, the older Ace grew the more he disliked the rain. It just seemed to be an annoyance for him to have to go back home in wet clothes. What was even worse for the young mage was that he wasn’t going home just yet. Even after getting his groceries he still had to go to the Rune Knight office in Magnolia. One of the Lieutenants had requested to talk to the young mage.
After ridding himself of the tedious grocery shopping task he walked back out under the pouring clouds. Unfortunately the office wasn’t that close to where he was staying either, which meant more joyous minutes of walking under the lashing rain. Upon his arrival at the office, the young gas mage was fully drenched. His facial expression couldn’t be helped and he only thanked god that he didn’t have to meet the Lieutenant in person. The apprentice that ran the office greeted Ace and escorted him to a little empty room where he’d used a magical lacrima to contact the Lieutenant.
“Ace Brookes. How’re you doing?” The Lieutenant asked. “All good, Lieutenant.” Ace replied formally. “I have a little job for you. The guy is a friend of mine and a highly respected figure In Magnolia and since you’re there I thought you’d be a perfect fit for it.” Ace was delighted that his superior thought of him over any other Rune Knight that was present in Magnolia at the moment. “He might also contact you for his own personal requests after if you do a good job today. It’ll be a good image for us Rune Knights” The Lieutenant continued. Ace took the rest of the details from the Lieutenant before the magical lacrima disconnected. He walked back out the room and thanked the Rune Knight officer in charge of the Magnolia office.
The meeting location was going to be at Giuliano’s mansion and all Ace had to say was his full name to be let in. The Lieutenant said he’d take care of everything else to make that happen. The young mage walked back to the inn for a quick meal and shower before his job, then proceeded to walk to the mansion located somewhere in the heart of Magnolia city.