Her darkened topaz eyes shined at the opportunity to help more people. Her fingers combed through her luscious pink hair as she flipped it away from her. Quilla was ready to do something new to help these poor folks. Sure, she can be dark, terrible, and cold, but she had a real soft side as she loved helping those who had trouble helping themselves. She wore a Joyan style dress that had a sewn-in apron-like design. She was prepared to do what was needed to be done. She built houses already; maybe nursing people will be a choice, perhaps even farming?

She questioned these options as she probably should do the gardening and farming with her magic. Walking towards the farming plots, she looked for guidance as she wasn't sure what kind of plants they wanted and if anyone wanted specific garden designs. Maybe they wanted beauty, so a fishpond with beautiful stone designs will be perfect. She went towards a woman trying to paint their house that was built when she was doing stuff with Jin. "Hello, Ma'am, would you like a free pond for fish and crops built in your backyard?~ It will bring beauty and luck to you," she bowed her head as she spoke in her calm tone and expressionless face.

"Oh, yes! That'll be splendid. Let me show you where," she said excitedly. Quickly, the woman dropped her stuck accordingly and escorted her to the backyard; before showing her where the woman grabbed a stick and drew where she wanted it. Quilla nodded and started to do her tricks as the woman left to finish her stuff. The stones will have a beautiful crystal shine, a blue-grey as it'll make a curvy circle base. The pond itself was about two meters. "There, all it needs now are plants and water," she clapped her hands, dusting them off. She lifted her hand to wipe the sweat off her brows while looking around to see what to do now.

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Amir got up to freshen his body. Yesterday he had to fight like crazy to keep the guild going. The effects of the strain in his body could be felt. Amir felt like his muscles were pretty much jelly. He opened up his planner and looked at the things listed. Amir knew he waited long enough and had to start on the guild reputation damage control. If he did not get to work the civilians upset by the monster attack would blame Paradise Dawn. He quickly freshened up, ate breakfast, and gathered his supplies. His lack of magic made him work harder on his medical skills. If he could not use spells he had to make up for it.

The way to Rush Valley from the Paradise Dawn Guild hall was not too far. It was just in another part of the mountains. The attack from the monsters yesterday increased security on the paths. It gave Amir the peace of mind he needed to travel. Amir reached the village in record time. He was dressed in his standard outfit. A blank tank top, white overcoat, and decent pants. Amir was looking decently dressed. He was clean and smelled fresh. He gave off the air of a medical professional.

The first house Amir stopped at was a lady that needed help with her husband. The house looked a mess and the backyard was even worse. Amir felt too pristine to lower himself to such trivial cleaning. That and his body was too weak for it. Trying to do manual labor would put him in bed for days. He set some bones for the husband and gave general medicine to the kids. The entire time took more effort than he would have liked. When he came out of the rooms he could see a mage reconstructing and fixing the yard.

Amir walked outside transfixed on the beauty of the place. “This work is practically an artistic masterpiece.” Amir would speak to the reconstruction mage. The taste that she had was exquisite. She did all that work and did not even mess up her outfit. Looking her over Amir had a feeling of class and power. At any other point he would have been trying to get her out of the territory. A strong mage that he was not aware of could easily threaten the rule of PD. He held out on attacking as he was too weak. He figured it would be best to see if he could get any information out of her.

“Rude of me not to introduce myself. I am Amir. Guild Member of Paradise Dawn.” Like a gentleman Amir would stretch his hand out, in his white doctor’s coat as a greeting.

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She turned around to look at the person who complimented her art. Her eyes of topaz mirrored a beautiful person who was now introducing themselves. Her eyes looked at his hand as he was stretching it to shake it, swiftly she looked back at him and gave out her own to greet them, "Quilla, Guild Member of Eternal Nightmare," she introduced back. She retraced her hand and looked around, "Do you know which houses will need any Earth magic? I can do farming, building and babysit, but nothing more," she wanted to be blunt about what she was willing to do in terms of helping.

Her fingers went through her hair and flipped it while looking at him with her dominant expressionless gaze. "Perhaps you may join me with the help? I am open to questions if you are," she was very honest. If one can exchange information, then she is willing to if that is what they want. If not, she is willing to get to generally know each other. Her voice was semi-slow as you could tell her first language wasn't Fiorian as she sometimes tried to figure out words to use.


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Amir finished with the handshake and went to fix his hair. When he was shaking hands he noticed a few of the black strands fell into his face. He mildly relaxed when she claimed her guild to be Eternal Nightmare. It may be considered a dark guild but they had a good relationship with Paradise Dawn. “There are a lot of buildings in the square that can use some help. Most of the patients are in that area as well. You can come with me to head over.” Amir offered for the pink haired Nightmare to tag along.

The scholar met her gaze with a level one of his own. He was not going to let anyone phase him in his own territory. He was also curious as to the accent he had heard; it sounded vaguely familiar. Amir thought of trying it out to see if he could place it. “Êtes-vous prêt à aller? Nous pouvons partir d'ici.” Amir said it with a straight face. He was speaking in quick fluid Minstreli. It was what he thought the accent sounded like. Amir would start to walk towards the door. Ready to head over to the town square.


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The man seemed to have relaxed more after she introduced herself well. She didn't need anyone to be uptight or anxious with her as she wasn't the type to bite entirely. She wondered how bad the square was and was happy to help them even if her face didn't show it. Before she could put the words into place, she listened to him speak Minstrel, something she learned from her so-called father. She let her nimble warm fingers twirl her pink hair strand behind her hair as it was tickling the side of her cheek.

"Oui! Nous pouvons y aller. Je suis content que tu parles cette langue parce que je peux parler celle-ci mieux que le fiorien. ", her accent was more breathy and soothing when she spoke her Minstrelian language. It makes her tone more accessible than force, making her sound more monotone. She motioned her arms to signal him to show her the way as she wasn't sure where the specific place was. Quilla followed him quietly as she wasn't sure what to say. It didn't seem like he was interested in the question game she played with everyone else she found and hung around. Truthfully, she hoped her expressionless face didn't make them not want to become friends or even just allies with her on a later date.

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“C'est génial. Vous êtes la première personne que je rencontre qui parle Minstreli ici à Fiore.” Out of the three languages Amir spoke, Minstreli was his least fluent one. The training of the Nuit family was in depth. He had to immerse himself in the language while there. He even had to make sure to drop the Deisertian accent as well. Accompanying her to the destination Amir tried to make small talk. He realized he ignored her for a moment earlier in his excitement. “Désolé, j'étais excité et je ne vous ai pas répondu plus tôt. Je suis ouvert à répondre aux questions. Puisque cela répond à la vôtre. Je pense que c'est mon tour. Qu'est-ce qui vous amène ici à Rush Valley ?” Amir was rapidly speaking.

They had a little bit of a walk to the town square. At least from his perspective. His weak body did not leave him with a lot of speed to move. It could be called a side effect of his mind built for studying. Even now the warm spring weather was making him sweat a bit. His undershirt was light and his doctor's coat was made of a light and breathable cotton. His coat would start to show sweat stains of Amir did not have the forethought to make the underarm section absorbent. Amir had to make as many big brained moves as he could to cover up for his weaknesses.


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"J'ai entendu dire que les gens d'ici avaient besoin d'aide et j'ai pensé que je pouvais la leur apporter.", she answered calmly and gave a light smile. A simple nod and looking up at the beautiful sky she understood the excitement. She just had a hard time showing it, "Moi aussi, je suis excité car beaucoup ne parlent pas le Joyan ou le Minstreli. Je suis désolé d'avoir du mal à montrer des expressions car j'accepte lentement que montrer des émotions n'est pas mauvais.", she assured him and wanted to make sure he knew that her expression wasn't because of how she actually felt, but because she was afraid to show any of her emotions to people in general due to the possibility of people using it as a weakness or being judged.

Her fingers with through her strands as she combed through it flawlessly. Her eyes cornered to look at him as they walked almost side by side, "Considérez-vous les émotions et les sentiments comme une faiblesse ?", her cool, breathy accent caressed by the winds made it more beautiful when she spoke. Sometimes, she hated her Fiorian talking due to how she sounded when she spoke her two fluent ones. Finally, they got to the square as she saw how empty it was. She wondered if perhaps she should make the dome houses she made when she was working with Jin. She stopped and looked over to Amir, "Alors, quel genre de maisons dois-je créer ? Par ailleurs, je vous ai parlé de mon élément, quel est le vôtre?~" she tilted her head cluelessly.

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Amir was enjoying the brisk chat with Quilla. She felt like a decent person to have around. Amir was under the impression that she was not from the Nuit family. It helped him to believe there was some good in people. “Nous sommes heureux d'avoir votre aide.” Amir did not think too deeply about her comment on showing emotions. Being from Minstrel it was something he could understand. One time he smiled at a butler that was changing his sheets and his uncles sucked him dry. His family in Minstrel were firm believers in emotions breeding weakness. Amir learned the skill but avoided using it. Minstrel could be an extremely messed up place to raise a family.

“Oui et non. Oui, nous pouvons en profiter. Non, car toutes les émotions doivent être exprimées. Je déteste la répression et être réprimé. Mes émotions font partie des choses que je refuse de réprimer.” The question was answered reluctantly. Amir was up for philosophy but it reminded him of a part of his childhood too much. Amir was not one to repress himself but the memories of his life was a thing he wanted to avoid. The only part of his life that Amir wanted to remember was his mother.

The square was in a worse condition than he expected. The pavement was cracked and uneven. The grass beneath was peaking through in tufts. It looked dirty and unusable. Amir needed the square to be usable to work his pop up clinic magic. “Pour répondre à votre question, mon élément est la nature.” Amir made a gesuture towards the grounds with his hands. “Vous pouvez commencer par aménager la zone et faire une petite cabane pour que je puisse y travailler. Vous pouvez faire des maisons simples. L'objectif pour le moment est de réparer. N'hésitez pas à le rendre joli.”



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Quilla was happy to hear that they were delighted to have her help, as she would have felt discouraged if not. She didn't want to push the subject any further as they talked about not repressing their emotions as she did, and she understood as everyone had their thoughts on it. At least they understood why they did it, as her father was the one that taught her to. The young woman listened as her eyes fixated on the area of emptiness and wreckage of space as it needed a lot of work.

Nature magic? "Nos magies peuvent bien fonctionner ensemble alors. On s'y met ?"

She had some ideas and wondered if perhaps they could make some wooden cabins for those who preferred that, or did all people in the Valley prefer stone homes? She simply nodded and started to grab a long stick that would not break as she carved a specific pattern on the ground. It took a little bit to do so, but she wiped the sweat on her brow as the heat raced at her skin as she was done. She had enough room to fit about five homes with two on each side and one at the top of the circle as she wanted to make this into a well or fountain of some sort as she stood in the middle of the whole square. Yes, a circle in a square.

She understood Amir as they requested a cabin first for them to work in and with, so she put her hands together to create an earthly made cabin that was two stories high, made of stone, but carved with details that made it look wooden. After she was done, she went onto her business as she started to create houses of all types and tried to fit as many houses as she can if not five.

Amir was interested in how Quill was using her magic. It had a hint of ancient arcanism that was wild to it. People drawing out their spell circles were so retro. These days Amir hardly ever sees it. Unless it was in a ritual with someone getting sacrificed. The fact that Quill was doing it without a sacrifice was pretty cool. In order to avoid disturbing Amir was seeing patients while he could.

The younger ones could take the heat and did not have to wait. Healing them up would make his job easier down the line as well. They could help the older generation to make it in and get checked out. They could also help transfer the more seriously injured people in their place. It would keep him from needing to make house calls.

Setting one more bone in place. Amir watched as Quill finished setting up. “Vous avez mentionné que notre magie fonctionnait bien ensemble. Qu'est ce qui te fait penser ça?” Amir was curious about that as well. He could not tell what kind of magic Quill was using. He had reservations that it could actually work out. Amir had read about magic unisons and working in tandem. He had just not been able to do it. The closest he got to completing it was with Khal. It would be cool to him if he could do it with Quill.


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Her eyes flashed to look at his, and then she smiled as she continued to do what she was going to do before her smile went away just as fast. "La Terre est la base de la Nature. Vous pouvez la créer sur ma Terre comme elle se construit." she put it as she clapped her hands like some entire metal alchemist thing and created homes in a dome-shaped and others were box-shaped. After she was done, she turned around and looked at him with her eyes of Earth itself. She believed in all that, but maybe there was a way to make nature without Earth. Didn't plants need the roots to suck the nutrients from something?

She could imagine some earthly tornado with pricky vines that had flowers on them. Oh, how beautiful that'd be. Her eyes closed as she smiled at the beauty of things that some could think horrifyingly.  Her eyes slowly opened as she looked towards the beautiful man, "Les maisons sont terminées," she lifted her hand to show.