Adults, so easily manipulated...[social w/Sami]

It was that time again. A routine check up on how the restaurant named Hibiscus was doing. The place was not her own, of course. Running a business was far out of her league and not one of her interests. She also did not have the time to attend to the constant issues running a restaurant would have. The reason for the routine check ups was because a dear friend of hers in the past had owned it. That friend had gone missing some time ago, and the business ownership had gone to a couple of trusted employees that took care of things even before the absence. Originally Samira felt it was the last tie she had so she would commonly go and see how business was doing, what was new, and maybe see if there was any kind of word or news of its past owner. Mostly the latter if she was honest with herself. Always nothing, which was often depressing. Now that much time had passed, she made the trips with a smile on her face in order to see the restaurant staff that had become friends. Not much thought went into whether there was any news of the missing friend or not. She had moved on for the most part, and was trying to continue life as she would have normally.

Samira walked the streets of Hargeon, humming a soft tune while trying to ignore the chatter of the spirits that enjoyed spending time in her mind. Everyone else that passed her also went ignored. She was a determined one and had a destination to get to. A small green carry bag was over her shoulder with the purpose of filling it with some free snacks and sweets from the Hibiscus staff. Not only for herself, but also for the many spirits that would get quite annoyed if the trip was interrupted. None of them had predicted anything of the sort, and there certainly were no predictions of a nefarious child wanting to try and take advantage of the Lamia Scale Ace. Even less predictions of a member of Basilisk Fang showing up back in Hargeon. The summoner herself was not a member of Lamia Scale back when the attack by that guild had occurred, although she had heard about it. In all of her time since joining she had never even seen anyone from the dark guild. For all she knew they were long gone and dead.

Unfortunately for the spirits that desired sweets and treats from the restaurant, there would be a small delay in the plans. Samira had neared her destination when she heard an overly excited child shout her name. The green orbs on her face looked at the girl, blinking in wide eyed confusion and surprise. Then the unknown girl proceeded to bring up Sorcerer's Magazine and the coverage that it had on her. The summoner frowned and turned her gaze to the side. Oh... right. That was a thing, wasn't it? The awkwardness and embarrassment of the interview had almost left her mind. They really should have interviewed someone else. Weren't there other mages with that sort of magical capacity out there? Her gaze fixated back on the child and she forced a small smile. "I am Samira, yes. It is also true that I was in the magazine for reaching such a rank. Surely there are others though."

More confused blinks as what Lamia Scale was like had been asked. Then the summoner's eyes went completely blank as a sweatdrop formed at the side of her head with the statement that followed. She had wanted to join Lamia Scale when she got older because of her. Flashbacks of everything she had gone through since joining the guild rushed through her mind and she could only laugh awkwardly. She probably wasn't the best face for Lamia Scale. Actually, was the guild one that could even be recommended for a child to look forward to? Probably... not.

'This cute thing is keeping us from our snacks. Can I eat it instead?'

'You cannot eat children, Kuku. You wait for them to grow up and then you eat them. It is fine by that point.'

'Ama! That's terrible!'

'I am only teasing. But I agree with Kuku. This interruption does not amuse me. I desire to try this week's new flavor of cookie.'

'Wow, for once I'm not being the jackass here. Lets slow things down a bit and relish this moment. The meeting between Samira and her first biggest brat. Er, I mean fan. Yes. Biggest number one fan.'

'We can all enjoy this moment after we have obtained those goodies. Come now, dear summoner, chop chop as they say.'

"You are all selfish." Samira muttered, the reply meant for the spirits but was made vocally and likely could be heard by the child that was standing there eagerly waiting for an answer. "Well..." Samira went back to giving the girl her full attention. She tapped her cheek in thought. What was she supposed to say in answer? Such a thing could have easily been found in a book or magazine. It wasn't as if basic information about the guild was hard to come by. "What exactly is it that you want to know most about?" She knelt down and forward a bit to get on the girl's eye level, smiling warmly. Samira was a sucker for children and was thus far none the wiser to the true intent. An innocent answer to her question was what she expected.

WC: 927

Later Edit:

Samira's iLac started to ring a few seconds after her question. After checking it, she apologized to the girl and said that she had to go take care of some guild related matter. She was an Ace after all so it couldn't very well go ignored. The advisement that she could visit the guild at some point with her parents was given just before the summoner began to walk away and towards the Lamia Scale guild hall.

EXIT.

WC: 78

Total: 1005

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500 for D Rank Freeform