Orchidia was nice but she needed a bit more work and a lot of ways to gain some recognition.  The little town overrun by the earth wasn't a good place for her to be in right now, the first quest she had taken in a long time gained her a bounty. This wasn't something she was terribly upset with but she also was not use to being on the wrong side of the law. Ever since she been in Fiore she had learned to keep a low profile and take on request that wouldn't bring the attention that would land her in jail, or worse. As Juni thought about it she realized that playing by the rules was something she did out of preservation of her own life but she also realized that she really didn't need to be that person anymore. All these years she had been playing by the rules and if she were honest with herself it wasn't really all that great. Either people didn't appreciate your efforts or they treated with just a little too much appreciation. Juni didn't really care for any of it, she just wanted to get stronger, find some sort of purpose in her life, and secure a name for herself that would last longer than her physical body did on this godforsaken earth.

The travel out of North Fiore was a little more dangerous than most other places since North Fiore was mostly untamed land and bandits. This bothered Juni very little as she had grown accustomed to the new magic that let her shoot down most threats quickly and with ease. It was almost laughable how strong this bullet magic was. She had never felt so...Liberated. All her life she used her magic to heal others, she needed to be protected, she could do nothing on her own, and with the healing magic that she had, it was nearly impossible to protect herself properly. She could remember her mental state, how she placed herself beneath others in order to please them, to get on their good side. Now today she could never even imagine doing that. In fact, now she was eager and almost wishing to get into conflicts so she could inflict pain on other people. She really didn't even care anymore if they deserved it or not.

Orchidia was now far behind the dark-haired female. She decided to make a stop in Port Astera before continuing on in her trip. She needed to restock some things and gather some information. At some point, she delivered her Spear to a church but word got around that the church decided to sell the priceless relic. Upon hearing that Juni, of course, was upset and decided that she needed that returned to her. She risked her life for that damn thing and it was better off in her hands now. Her stop in Port Astera was short-lived, she stayed for about a day before leaving the bustling city and heading back on the road to Era. The rest of the trip was uneventful and quiet. She left with the rising sun giving her a lot of sunlight to travel with. Every now and then she would use someone as target practice but for the most part, she made good time on her travel. She made it into central Fiore as the sunset and she was in Era by the time the dawn broke. Once in Era though she quickly realized that this would not be her final destination and that she would in fact be heading into Eastern Fiore.

Juni was exhausted. Fiore was massive and doing all the traveling on foot was a pain the ass. She needed to invest some of her jewels in some personal transportation something that won't have her taking weeks in traveling around. Thankfully Hosenka was her destination now and it wouldn't be too much further away. She had never been to Hosenka before but she heard she could establish a name for herself and take on some work. At this point in her life, she was just a wandering mage with no goals in life and she was starting to wonder what that meant for her. Was she just suppose to work until she died? What would even making a name for herself get her? And what about friends? or making connections with others? She wasn't so good at that anymore and it was easy to tell she had become awkward but straightforward in her approach to people. At some point, she reached her destination, and even though her mind was wrapped up in thought she wasted no time looking for work. She had enough jewels to stay in any place she liked but she didn't wanna stay in this place too long

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