"Hoist the sail now! Hard to port!" The captain yelled as the ship struggled to swivel. The beacon on the lighthouse had shone brightly. In the night. And by that light, an enemy ship had rammed into theirs.

Jin jostled on the boat and knocked side to side, trying to stay on his feet. "Come...On!" he grumbled and held tight to the railing. Waves lapped up against them. Guards from this ship rushed to the side to gauge the enemy.

Jin peered over at them. But below them was a normal sea vessel. People stared back with just as much shock. Their eyes were partially shielded from the annoying glow above Jin's head as the solar disk bobbed up and down.

"The waves are crashing in!" The second vessel yelled back. Just then, the waters trembled and tossed. The ship Jin stood upon rocked heavily and began to tip.

"No.no.no.no," he frantically looked around for something...anything.  But he was hard-pressed for magic now.


A young boy slipped and slid toward the edge of the leaning ship. Jin loosed his whip and flung it out. The ends latched around the boy's leg and he yanked him back to grab the railing.

A wave rushed toward the boat. Jin sheltered the kid as the wave smashed into the side. The boat capsized sending the people crashing into the water. Jin pushed the kid toward the surface. Wood and debris pummeled the sailors. A flash of magical light sent a healing wave through the water, healing their injuries and exhausting the paladin.

The final waves carried the people toward the shore. A hand grabbed Jin's shoulder as a sailor pulled him in. Jin crawled to his feet and took a few steps before falling face-first to the sand. He spat water out onto the warm beach, laying on the ground like a dead fish.

"There was a man on that boat. A fugitive we suspect," a rune knight spoke in the distance. Jin tossed some boards from the debris on top of the solar disk, laid back down, and as discreetly and quickly as he could, shoveled a mound of sand next to his head to conceal it from the knight.

"No rest...ever," he moaned.

"I don't know about any fugitive," one of the survivors said as Jazmynn was making her way closer to the group. The rune knights exchanged a look seeming as if they weren't entirely convinced. but there were plenty more people to speak to. The survivors dragged themselves out of the water and further up the beach.

"A wave caught our boat, we aren't sure about what else happened though," that same survivor said to the knights. The knights sighed, "Well if you see a Joyan wearing a coat with a glowing chest piece and a whip on his side let us know. He is a potential terrorist needed for questioning." The knights turned their back to investigate further down the beach, toward the other wrecked ship.

Jin sighed and stood up with sand falling off his coat and out of his hair. He gave ti a quick shake and then quickly covered the glowing piece of his chest plate with his robe. "Sheesh," he grumbled when he heard a woman's voice.

"Help!" A woman cried from the water, still trapped by some debris as the waves threatened to wash her back out to sea. Some people on the beach were still unconscious and needed to be tended to. Jin caught a glimpse of a woman that seemed more capable than most. He waved at Jazmynn and cupped his hands around his mouth to yell, "Hey can you help me with this lady," before he could get a reply Jin started to wade out into the water. A glowing disk hung about a meter above his head in the symbol of the sun.

"Oh," Jin replied a little surprised that anyone would have joined him in something so reckless. He gazed downward to see her bare feet pressing into the sand as she dashed down the beach into the waters. "The boats capsized from the waves. Things are more dangerous than usual." He ran alongside her as they pressed further into the waters. Waves rocked upward and splashed across his chest and into his mouth. The rush of salt water caused him to chock and cough as he pressed forward.

Seeing her stumble he gave a gentle press with his hand to her back to help her against the wave as they pressed onward. his focused geared toward the trapped woman, he saw the purple magic flash next to him as a bubble shot forth. It enveloped the woman's head, and he smiled. it wasn't often you met a mage that had spells for helping others rather than means for destruction. "Nice," he called back to the mysterious woman.

The waves still crashed around the woman. Debris knocked into her trapped body, cutting into her arm, but she was able to breathe which was momentous. That was until the bubble burst. Jin's muscles tensed ready to react but he looked at his hands for a moment. he hadn't yet fully returned to power. His magic was still a bit foreign and gone was his ability to cast barriers.

The woman screamed through gulps of air. There was a panic in Jazmynn's voice as she formed another bubble. Jin took a deep breath and looked back at her, "I'll handle the debris if you can make sure she gets to safety," he gave a thumbs up and dove deeper into the water. He breached near the woman and with the reinforcement from his armor he slammed into the debris, dislodging it.

He patted the woman on the shoulder surrounding her in a suit of armor made of light. It would protect against the debris but not against drowning.

Jin held the debris up as pieces battered and cut his armor and arms. "All...yours," he said between waves slapping his face. Soft yellow light pulsed from the mage healing his wounds as he waited.

'Blue Pegasus,' he thought quickly to himself as he glanced at the iconic marking on the woman. Of course, she was a guild mage, and Blue Pegasus at that. What an odd situation to find himself in. But maybe they didn't know who he was. With his low reputation, it was easy to go unnoticed. All that mattered now was that they got these people to safety.

Jin held a chunk of debris leveraged with his shoulder. His own strength was bolstered by the powered armor that he wore. Even so, he wasn't the strongest and the buffeting waves slammed against his body. He spat out water as more and more of it rushed around him. He could hear the other mage approach and begin to drag the woman out and to safety. Jin breathed a sigh of relief as the woman was pulled clear from the wreckage.

Taking a quick look over his shoulder to make sure all was well, he noticed the woman was missing her hat now. Probably swept up by the sea, he figured. As he braced to shove the debris off and back to the sea, something bobbed along in the water and caught his attention.

"Well I'll be," He said and lashed out with his whip to snag the wandering piece of cloth. The mage's hat flung through the air and into his hand. With a smile, he held it high ready to say he found it even though it would be hard to see in the night sky. Then he realized the reason it had been easy to grab is that the water receded. A sign that an even bigger wave was on the way. Jin looked over his shoulder to see a bigger wave crashing forward, a body

"Come on," he said as he started to run but the sound of a whimper stopped him. A person with a damaged leg was struggling against the waves. Their face was mostly submerged in water. Jin left their back up so they could breathe but the rushing waves kept covering them. He was a healer but had no way of protecting their face as easily as the blue pegasus mage. But she had to find them first.

"So much for subtlety," he said as he reached up toward the disk above his head. It began to shine brightly. The night sky began to shift. The mood started to fade into the background of a clear blue sky. The dark night was suddenly subverted into daytime.

"Hey, I can't keep the waves away from them," he called back to the woman as he dug his feet in and pressed against the waves to make it back. His usual method would have been to let them fall unconscious and heal them later, but having the help of the blue pegasus mage would definitely make it less traumatic for the person and probably save their lives.

With the clear sight of the waters now, it would be easy to see the stragglers that were washing up nearer to the shore.

Jin spit out water as it washed over his face. It didn't bother him much but he kept glancing at the person he held that was bombarded by it. He could try and hold the man above his head, but then moving would be difficult if a strong wave came their way. The best chance was for the surprise arrival of a Blue Pegasus mage to help with those air bubbles.

The light that was cast over the area caused the people on land to look up confused as they shielded their eyes. The woman paused for a moment too. Perhaps Jin had been too hasty in using that ability but time was of the essence. He glanced at the shoreline to see if any rune knights had returned but so far the coast was clear. The light mage pushed onward until he met up with the woman. Her body was still pressing against the waves as she moved forward. She was breathing heavily and he could tell that the waves were taking a toll. Her vigilance was impressive.

"Thanks," he spoke with hair and body drenched in seawater as the purple bubble surrounded the injured man's head. Jin's own body was starting to feel waterlogged and he worried about how it would all affect his recent condition. But for now, it seemed at least that he could still float. He scanned the area once the bubble was secure around the man's head and didn't see anyone far off at sea.

Jazymnn had turned to head back to shore as Jin pulled the injured man's body. Her stumble in the water made him squint out of worry that she was struggling to stay upright against it. With the hand that held her hat, he made a quick motion and a warm light appeared beneath the three. Jazymnn would feel her strength increase by two tiers and her body healed from any recent damage. Without a word, he followed behind her as she counted the waves until they reached the shore.

Once there, Jin would set down the man's body, and take a knee. He wiped the water off of his face and fell back on his butt with a sigh of relief. A moment after he would untangle the mage's hat from his whip and hold it out for her, "Dropped this." He said with a half-cocked smile, both tired from the events and relieved that all had gone well. At least it seemed so for now.

He hoped she would accept it without worry. He wasn't the most well-known mage, but he had garnered a reputation for being...on what some would consider the wrong side of the law. In the background, a couple of rune knights recognized him and left the scene. The current guild master of the group that had assassinated nobles and tried to assault the king.

"That is a pretty handy skill." He remarked about her magic.