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William opened his eyes at loud clatter and sounds. "What now?" he muttered softly.His red eyes were unusual for any kind. And those unique pair of eyes were scanning the Guild ground. He joined this loud mage group..just becuase he felt like being in a group. Not that he like being around or among people. William started to stretch around and hoped on to the floor from the high window shelf. But as he jumped off, a flower pot that was on the window with him, fell down. Just before it crashed down, into pieces, William caught it, placing it gently on the wooden table. When he checked it was safe, he slowly raised his eyes to meet a stranger with silver hair. Odd. Will smirked. And he liked things that were odd. William stood up, and walked to him.

"Hello. having trouble with Grantes? Don't mind him...He just got heated up" he finished the sentence awkwardly, but quickly finished it off with a smile. He pulled his hands out of his jeans, and waved him over, so that he would follow him. With one graceful move, he walked, no slid across the surface of the hard floor, going over to the other side, where Master was. Currently with a girl with green hair and huge eyes that seemed innocent..and Devi. He simply, gave one knock on her shoulder so that he might be able to take the new comer to Master.

"Me? Having trouble with the applicant? No way! I'm as jolly as can be." Grantes said.

He wasn't really that great with first impressions. In fact, 50% of the applicants that came his way either shivered in fear or ran at the very sight of him. He warms up to most people though. He was surprisingly very affectionate to female friends and like a brother in arms to the males.

"My name's Grantes, kid. You join this guild, you become a comrade to me."

He did his best to make amends and try to be sociable... To erratic degrees of success. Once, he accidentally scared a new female guild member so bad, she locked herself in her house for a week. Mostly because he camped out of her place just to say sorry. He burned her doors down eventually and did his thing.

"I'm sorry about that idiot. I'm Mara, a new member of the guild as well. He warms up to you so don't worry. Just don't talk about Mercenary Guilds in a bad way around him and you'll stay in one piece. Good luck, applicant." smiled the female guild member who scolded Grantes to a motherly degree which was common sight in the guild.

William just simply gave one smile at the silver haired new comer, when he flashed him a thankful glance. But smiling seemed awkward. He wasn't a happy kind of a person. Stretching his arms around, he soon stuck his hands back in his pocket and loomed over the female mage. Not that e wanted to. He was just a tall type that would come above most people. The girl with blond hair, Devi turned her head when he gave a slight tap, and told him that they should wait. Will eyes the girl carefully. He did see her few times, but never talked to her. He didn't like to talk with people. But this case seemed a bit different.

"That's fine. I don't want to hurry anyways. And I assume he wouldn't mind either" Will flashed a smirk after indicating to the silver boy. When he dropped his gaze back to the girl, he just shrugged and changed his gaze.His red eyes looked at the master. He did seem a bit busy...With a shrug, he leaned over the side wall crossing his arms, and waited patiently. Will quickly looked toward the new comer to check he was there. Will hoped that he wouldn't think that the Guild was a bunch of loud people. He didn't have much passion for it but atleast he cared.


























Angie's eyes rounded. A Celestial Dragon Slayer? Angie cocked her head. Bt quickly gave a grin with a hint of blush on her cheeks like a child who got ice cream on a sunny day."Really? That's amazing! Perhaps that's why I felt that your somewhat of a motherly feel. My mother is a Celestial Mage. I knew you had something special!" Angie bursted out. Her face was brightened, practically shining from happiness.Than when she caught a glance of a dark haired girl, who she thought that Devi called her Rein, she waved in a friendly posture. "Hello, there! My name is Angie. I just joined this guild..Nice to meet you Rein!" Angie said in a high bell tone. Her green eyes were luminous with excitement.

Angie turned her gaze, and landed on two guys. One with silver hair and one with brown hair. The silver one looked like he was a new comer. At least she wasn't the only one who is new. Perhaps she might get to know him more. Angie gave a warm smile instead of 'hello' and turned toward Devi once again.

Nathan gave Grantes an awkward smile. Maybe he wasn't as bad as he thought, at least he made a nice introduction. "Ah, thankyou Mara. I think I can handle that much," he said with a polite smile. He turned his attention to the Master and made his way over.

"Oh, do excuse my ignorance, I apologize for interrupting," Nathan started politely, "Please, continue. I shall wait elsewhere until I may speak with him," he finished with a sweet smile and walked over to join the brown-haired Guild member. Nathan let his eyes wonder, and to his surprise, caught sight of a beautiful young girl looking over at him. She gave him a warm, cute smile and he couldn't help but smile back at her. She seemed nice, maybe he should introduce himself after he talked to the Master. It wouldn't hurt, and the more people he knew, the more enjoyable his time at the Guild would become.

Nathan listened to the blond-haired girl speak to his helper and discovered his name. "Will, huh? Short for William? Well it's nice to meet you, Will," he said with a warm smile and held out his right hand as a gesture for Will to shake it. He was glad he had made a friend even before he'd joined, for that he was grateful. He knew from this moment that if he did in fact join Fairy Tail, that he would enjoy every moment of it.



Rein listened intently to Devi explain her magic. "Wow, your magic sound amazing! I'd love to see you use it sometime!" she said, her deep blue eyes sparkling. "My magic's just boring old Water Magic. Nothing too special.. I can do some pretty cool tricks with it though," she stated with an innocent smile spread across her face.

Rein felt someone looking at her, and caught the gaze of a green-haired girl looking at her. She listened to her introduce herself and replied in a happy tone, "Oh, hello! Yes, my name's Rein. It's nice to meet you too, Angie!" This girl seemed excited about joining, and as a member of Fairy Tail, Rein felt as though she should help this girl adjust to the life as a Fairy Tail wizard. "So you're new?" she started, giving Angie a welcoming smile, "That's great! I'm sure you'll fit in perfectly here!"

Rein heard Devi talking to someone, so she shifted her attention to her. She turned to see the silver-haired boy from before and another boy she'd only seen a few times in her time at the Guild. She felt that she should introduce herself to them. "Hello, my name is Rein Silverstone. It's nice to meet both of you!" she said in a soft, sweet voice, slightly bowing her head as she spoke.

"Actually, Devi, I AM a member of the guild." Grantes said as he lowered his pants just low enough to see the portion above his crotch where the Fairy Tail insignia was located. He did his job and made arrangements with the master who agreed to his terms.

"You can ask Master Makarov about the arrangements of my membership." he said darkly but with a mysterious smile.

Unknown to the majority of the guild, Grantes actually worked WITH the guild before he decided to join himself. He was in essence, a Sub-Contractual Fixer. Simply put, he fixed jobs in such a manner that they'd actually be doable to most people. Despite his rather bloodthirsty attitude, he was very skilled in surgical strikes and investigations.

"Class B membership renders me eligible to do investigative quests right?" he asked as he took a piece of paper from the job board. "Master, I'd like to do this one. Dark Rituals and Dark Wizard wannabe sightings just north of here. Hopefully it'll shed some light on what I'm looking for."

He was talking about his revenge against the Dark Guild that wiped out his former guild. It was the main reason why he joined Fairy Tail in the first place. He needed connections to the magical world and Fairy Tail, although reckless, provided enough connections to a menagerie of people. While not a pure magic user himself, he had his Time Magic which was rumored to be a Lost Magic. This fact about him was barely even known throughout the guild as well and he'd like to keep things that way.

"Oh and new guy? Stand straight, be proud and stand tall. You're in the presence of good people. You'd do best to take pride in that."

((Merry Christmas everyone. I'm having Grant go on a quest. If anyone feels like it, they can join him... And feel free to commandeer Mirajane. I just played her out since nobody's officially taken her yet. Anyhow, everybody have a great day, get drunk, have fun and most importantly: get laid. blaugh ))

"Right. Have a nice day, Master." Grantes smiled as he went about his business and did a bit more looking at the quest board. He wasn't too keen on Job Levels but Fairy Tail made it a point to filter the ones that are very hard to do. He'd probably go and try to get promoted after some time. Until then, he'd just go about the guild, doing all the jobs that made use of his skill set.

"Mira, what can you tell me about this quest?" Grantes asked as he set the piece of paper down in front of Mirajane. Despite her size and cheerful demeanor, she was actually an S-Class mage and quite feared and respected by the guild. How her magic works and how people feared her power still eludes him and that's what makes him interested in her.

"Well, that's about a Dark Ritual being performed by cultists. It's usually because of a small time Dark Guild but who knows, maybe someone else is pulling their strings. Are you sure you're going to do this job? The client seems shady but the pay is 20000 Jewels." Mira said, throwing Grantes a concerned look as she knew his true purpose and a bit of his past.

"Anything that gets me closer to finding answers is okay with me." he answered. "Don't you wanna know more about questions that bother you every single day of your life?"

"Well, if it won't endanger-"

"Everything is constantly in danger. I know it, you know it, the people who've been in the business know it too. So, is that all you're gonna tell me? That's all you know?"

"Well, I'd say that's all but I'd like you to actually take someone along with you. Everybody in the guild knows you and how fearsome you can be. They even know that you're one of the few people that can actually talk back to Erza and get away with little to no scratches at all."

"I like being alone. I don't think about anyone else and stuff."

"Take someone along with you. Please, this is a guild, we're supposed to be comrades. You can even take applicants and new members with you."

Grantes sighed as Mirajane looked into his eyes. The crazed look in them was already gone and replaced by serious ferocity. Still, they pierced through his soul and she knew that being with someone else just reminded him of wounds from the past. But he was in a guild now and no longer an independent entity working alongside Fairy Tail.

"Fine... Fine, I'll do it." Grantes said as he stood up to face the guild.

"Okay boys and girls, I'm going on an Investigative Quest and I'm taking up to three companions. Those who want in, come to my place in the corner west of the guild." he announced, earning looks of surprise from everyone. This was the first time Grantes actually offered to bring someone along.

"I'm taking applicants and recent members as well... As Mirajane requested. The reward is 20000 Jewels. We get a 10000 Jewel bonus if we get on the client's good side too. Further questions, refer to Mirajane and don't hit on her. Respect her or die."

Silver Boy? That was the first time anyone had called him that. He wasn't sure if he like the sound of it, so he decided not to draw attention to it. "I'm sorry for not properly introducing myself. My name is Nathan Cooper," he said with a smile, releasing his hand from the hand-shake.He shifted his attention to the young girl with dark brown hair when he heard her speak. "How lovely to meet you, my name is Nathan Cooper," he said with a bright smile.

Nathan heard Grantes talking to him, referring to him as 'New Guy'. He simply gave him a smile and said, "But of course. I have realised this myself and do not intend to spend my time at this Guild any other way," and watched him walk off. The more Nathan talked to this man, the more he began to like him, and that's how he liked it. He hated having grudges against people and always tried to find the good in them, thankfully Grantes had shown him the less-violent and more nice side of him.

Nathan leaned back and listened to Will and Devi chat away. He couldn't help but smile at them bicker playfully and tease each other. If he hadn't known better, he would have thought they were long-time friends. He smirked at Will's comment about him being bored. He obviously didn't have a very long attention span. "Well, if you're interested.." he started, "would you like me to show you what kind of magic I use?"



Rein gave them both a small smile. She'd met a lot of people today, which was unusual for her because of her shyness. She only knew a few people in Fairy Tail before today; she was pretty friendly with Juvia, it was pretty hard to hold a conversation with her though, since she'd always turn in into a rivalry over Gray, and Rein would always have to somehow get away. Her and Gray got along fairly well, though she was always very shy and nervous around him. And she could at least hold a conversation with Natsu and Lucy. She thought she got along with Loke the most, though. She really enjoyed talking to him and felt relatively comfortable around him.

Her mind was wondering off again, she blinked a few times and came back to reality. She listened to Devi, Will and Nathan talk and smiled occasionally when she found something they said amusing. When Nathan offered to show them the type of magic he used, she felt herself get slightly excited. She kept quiet though, waiting for someone else to say whether or not they were interested.