The Alcoholic Mage's Guild Intro/Exam

"It was not about my enjoyment, it was about the challenge. And you're still here, aren't you ?" Johann gave back cheekily to the girl that had found her way through the lingering cloud of dust and smoke towards both him and the other mage. "Dragon Slayer, hm? Interesting". It wasn't like he necessarily enjoyed giving people tests constantly, he was rather indifferent to that aspect of his position now that he was thinking about it, shrugging it off as a necessity that had to be dealt with. He could've gone for something less ... brutal, yes, that much he acknowledged, but a duell would always be the quickest and most effective method of conducting this kind of examination, and all that knew Johann would know that he ascribed great importance to just that, efficiency. He, however, did enjoy the other two's fighting style and combat prowess, they had proven their will to fight and their strength more than adequately. "That won't be necessary" he commented as Adalinda started unpacking medical equipment.

He had expended a vast amount of magical energy, but he still had some left and even some stored in one of his items, casting forth two sets of bubbles, 3 hovering over each hand before he sent them out to his fellow mages. "I do apologize for the pain I've caused, please, forgive me. I hope this will help". The bubbles would pop upon touch, unleashing their healing properties to close any wound, shift broken bones back into place and heal any other physical ailments their bodies might have sustained. It were moments like these were Johann appreciated the natural affinity for wind magic towards the art of healing as well as healing magic itself. "It might feel a little strange for the next couple of days, once again, my apologies, I might have overdone it a bit" the Vice President commented on the red haired man's arm, stretching out his right hand towards him "May I ask your name, my friend ?" before looking over his shoulder with his eyes resting on the crater and the dusty cloud that now started to dissipate. "Ruvel's gonna murder me, I got carried away ..." he thought, raising one hand to the back of his head while a weak smile lifted the corner of his mouth before he turned his attention back to the others. "I am glad to inform you though that you both have passed this test. In my opinion, you two would make an excellent addition to the West Fiore Trading Company." he gave both parties another respectful bow before he left behind his formal attitude, abandoning it now that he had recognized the other two as not just equals, but comrades, a broad smile spreading across his face "This is where the fun begins".

The slayer pauses as the older mage spoke to her and sent the bubbles at them. She makes a face as it popped on her. She wasn't too fond of it really, but of course she did start feeling better after they popped on her. Though, at word of the fun beginning now, Adalinda starts to grin. "This sounds awesome." She snickers and places her hands on her hips. She looks over to Marco as he introduced himself, and she gave him a salute by putting two fingers to her temple before jerking her fingers away and winking.

"Dragon slayer too, eh?" She grins and holds out her hand for a fist bump to the fellow mage. "I probably won't fully remember that you have two names, I guess." She shrugs her shoulders. She honestly didn't care regardless. Just that he was going to be a fellow member with her.

Adalinda raises an eyebrow as she looks back to Johann now. "Okay! So, how long do you think it'll take for you to talk to the guild master about seeing about letting us in? I don't think I want to wait too long just to be told I'm not approved or some crap like that." She goes to grab her flask again, and pauses as she sniffs it and peers in. She starts grumbling under her breath as she pockets the flask. She was out. She drank too much of it before the challenge, and now she was out. Honestly, she just wanted a drink to calm herself down. She was getting giddy over this, and didn't want to let it show in front of these two guys.

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"Marco ... Xiao Jing ... ?" Johann repeated in his head after the man that had not just introduced himself but apparently also an alter ego ? He wasn't sure what the other meant just now, and the confusion on his face was visible, but he knew that with time he would probably learn more about this peculiar man. "Another Dragon Slayer, hm ? What a ... coincidence" ... "I see", Johann simply nodded in response to the others answer. "You fought admirably, Adalinda. You have my word that I will do my best to introduce you to the CEO myself. Actually ..." he paused for a few moments "I could take you to Divide Island right now, it would save you the long journey at sea. I can't stay with you for long and I'd have to pass you on to my fellow Vice President , Ruvel Mizune. He'd make sure you're accommodated and cared for. And trust me" a friendly smile spread from cheek to cheek "I will personally make sure you are "approved"".

While he had to take the long and inefficient way back via ship to supervise the shipment he could use same teleport from before to instantly move them to the HQ and introduce them to the CEO and his fellow VP before he'd make his way back, preferably to get some rest on the ship for the remainder of the day, the events had taken their toll on him as well. While the pain that had rushed through his body was gone thanks to his abnormal healing properties, he felt weak, almost tired. Still, he stood there, waiting for an answer. Naturally, he would give them time to get their belongings together and get organized again. Organized ... that reminded Johann. He turned around on the spot, his eyes skimming the grassland, spotting the thing just a few moments later, walking over to pick up his now not-so-white coat, covered in dirt, dust and grass, colourful spots dotting it all over. "I just hope I can get this cleaned, I'll have to change before coming back" the elder male sighed to himself before turning back to the other two, looking forward to introducing them to what the Vice President viewed as his family.

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Sol yawned from his spot inside the boat as he awoke, his sleep schedual was slightly off at the moment due to all the work he was doing  at the medical wing of the company as well as his paperwork he had to do. He was still rather surprised that he was promoted this soon after joining but he did not question Cirvens decision but rather he pushed himself hard to make sure that the CEO knew he made the right choice and that the dragon could handle this amount of responsibility .As he got up and stretched Sol  grumbled a bit as he brought out his Kiseru and had it light with his normal mixture of nightshade and tobacco and he took a puff as he exited the interior of the boat to the harsh light of day.

As he emerged he yawned again and took a puff of the toxic mixture as one of the workers on the boat approached him. "“hello sir did you rest well?” they asked as Sol nodded and gave a small smile.” I did though I’m still a bit tired  is everything off of the ship?” he asked as the worker nodded quickly. “very good you have done a good job.” he praised as he started to walk off of the ship to a sight he was not expecting. Johann and two other  people approaching the ship and Johann seemed to be rather dirty showing that a fight had happened

“are you ok Johann you look like someone threw you off a mountain side” he observed with a mischievous smile on his face  as he approached the three while taking a puff from his kiseru before he made it refill. He then breathed out the toxic smoke into the air slowly as his ruby red slitted eyes looked from Johann to the girl to the boy and he grinned a bit showing his fangs.”who are these two  are they newcomers to the company” he asked politely looking to the older man for clarification.

Adalinda smiles to Johann as he had said he would make sure she was personally approved into the guild, making her nod in approval. She was more than ready to get going now. "I think I'd rather take an alternative to a boat as my alcohol is clean dry. So whenever you feel up to hauling us again, have at it." She mutters while they make their way back to the port. Adalinda honestly didn't mind having to wait. He had seemed like he was busy before he came up to her.

As they were at the port, and was approached by someone new, Adalinda raised an eyebrow. Who was this guy?  She immediately covered her nose and makes a face though. The smoke from his kiseru was getting to her, similar to how Marco's cigar had gotten to her earlier that day when she first encountered him. "Okay, I can barely smell that you're a dragon over that smoke... I already got onto Marco... Jing, whichever for smoking close earlier. And this time I don't have any more alcohol to block out the smell." Her voice was nasally with it pinched shut by her fingers. Smoke really irritated her nose with her enhanced smell. She found it kinda funny, the only kind of smoke that didn't bother her too much, was smoke from a fire.

Her bright blue eyes went up and down the other as she felt he could be a strong opponent. "You think we would even be with this guy if it weren't the case that we were new comers?" She snickers as her arms cross over her chest. She tilts her head to the side as she gave a wink. Honestly she was still feeling pretty fired up after that fight, and with the news of getting into the guild with Johann putting in a word for her. She then reaches a hand up and puts two fingers on her temple again to give him a quick salute. "Adalinda." She introduces herself. She figured he was apart of the company as well with how friendly he was to the VP here. Maybe she shouldn't give her name out so easily though, it could spell trouble. She shrugs her shoulders to herself as she didn't care fully. The dragon slayer glances over to Johann, waiting on him to take her and her new companion to the Divide islands and be introduced to all he wanted to introduce her to.