Reim Empire

[Bloodedge]

And so, there was an idea put forth that a few individuals present could not argue with. Shadiya was the only present individual who would not raise any eyebrows by approaching the palace, and as she bore the obvious physical traits of a born Parthevian, there was no mistaking her lack of association with Artemyra or this group. There was, however, one voice to stand out. This was not a voice of opposition, but rather, one of warning, and it came from none other than Jellal. "The master won't be happy with you involving yourself in this. You would risk not being allowed to complete his training?" he asked. This prompted Dio, whose eyes were focused on the purple-haired girl, to speak up as well. "I'll be at the palace anyway. I'll keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't get into anything the old man would be against."

[Apollymi]

Shadiya heard what Jellal had to say and opened her golden eyes. She was passionate about very few things, but her new group of friends made it rather high on her list. And the things they cared about it, she also cared about. Besides that, she wasn't a heartless individual, and she couldn't well find it in herself to let another person walk into their death. "I understand the risks, but my conscience wouldn't allow me to sleep at night if I knew I let someone else walk into their death just because I was afraid I wouldn't get to study. And thank you, for offering to look out for me." said Shadiya and that was all she had to say about it with the later thanks aimed at Dio as well as a glance in the large man's direction. With her words Nasira and Yasmin looked at each other then back at the girl apparently understanding what she was getting at, Yasmin held up her hands in surrender, she'd already decided that she wouldn't argue with this girl and that bit of hidden fierceness was why. It would be Shula to interrupt the seriousness of this moment by jumping into the purple haired dungeon Capturer's body much to her initial dismay. "Aww, they grow up so fast, Shadi's the best. I'm so happy!" said the red cloaked Magi. This would cause the purple haired girl's eyes to widen and her soul would seem to leave her body. "Shula... you're killing me." she said as she felt every bit of soreness in her body as the light seemed to disappear from her eyes. "NOO! COME BACK!!~" Shula said shaking the girl.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, worry about her," Malik said as he climbed back into the building via a window. "I'm fine, by the way."

"Alright. For now, we should rest," Fudo chimed as he sat in the very same window Malik had recently entered through. From what he gathered, Shadiya would be at no risk whatsoever when approaching Artemyra's representative. However, he still considered it a dangerous journey to some extent. Once he was relaxed, he yawned and spoke directly to the purple-haired girl. "Let us know if you need anything before you head out."

[Apollymi]

Shula looked towards Malik and finally let go of Shadiya when she was sure the girl would be able to function as a person. She stopped right between this man and Dio and gestured to the large man extravagantly. "Do you see this man?! He's a beast!" she said. "No one told you to jump at him like that... you totally did it to yourself." she said with a curt nod. Of course, it would go without saying that Shula worried less in general about Malik because she was fairly certain he could take care of himself.

After all of this was stated a chuckle escaped Yasmin she also agreed with Fudo's sentiment towards Shadiya but the girl simply nodded. "Yeah, I'll let you know if I do." she managed as she settled in once more. After his Samiya who had been utterly quiet for a long time remembered the real reason she'd come in to speak with this group and it had nothing to do with this problem between Reim and Artemyra. "Oh, I forgot to ask, did you guys do something strange while rampaging in the palace?" she said for Shula to chime in as if she'd forgotten completely as well. "Oh yeah, I felt something weird too..."

[Bloodedge]

"Beast or not, I'll take him or one of the others down one day," Malik said as he continued moving toward his previous sitting place. Once he was at rest, he kept an ear open for the discussion being started by the Magi Samiya.

"Something strange?" Fudo questioned, being unsure initially of what she could have been referencing. "Yeah. The Rukh were going crazy a while ago, and they were all converging on you two. It was almost as if a Magi was being born, but it couldn't have been coming from the Fallen one you guys mentioned." The words of the otherwise silent Ali triggered Fudo's memory. He had actually forgotten about the shenanigans he and Yasmin had started in the palace, but now he was able to mention the strange discovery they had made. "Oh! You must be talking about the Djinn Equip."

[Apollymi]

"I believe in you." Shula said only to avert her attention. Erza was also still listening if only because the Djinn Equips of the newcomers were worth discussing. As it progressed through confusion spread across the Gladiators face.

"Djinn Equip? Such a thing shouldn't have caused that much convergence." Samiya said, not understanding how such a thing could have happened. These ones weren't her first Dungeon Capturers but they were turning out to be the oddest of any of the group involved. It would be then that Yasmin spoke up, since she figured it would need more explaining than what they were getting at. "Well, if it is the Djinn Equips that were causing it, it might have been because we were using the same one... at the same time." she said realizing it sounded odd she tried to clarify. "Like, we were both using Paimon's Djinn Equip, then we both used Amon's." she said. Samiya looked completely astounded then she looked to Ali as if she wanted an explanation for what was just said that didn't sound utterly impossible. Shula seemed most entertained by the idea, but she was all about skipping the middle part, mostly because it seemed to confusing. "I don't get it... sounds too confusing. Show us." Shula's impatience and lack of understanding was about expected at least from Samiya who could only agree because of how outlandish it seemed.

[Bloodedge]

"Impossible!" Ali said immediately with widened eyes. What they spoke of was unheard of, even among legendary Dungeon Capturers. Surely this had to be some sort of fluke or misunderstanding. Taking Shula's request, Fudo held out his sword while encroaching upon Yasmin to be within arm's reach. "Spirit of Politeness and Austerity, dwell in us..."

[Apollymi]

"And use our magoi to grant us power. Come forth, Amon!" Yasmin finished the invocation of Amon's power after reaching over for the males vessel much as they had earlier this afternoon. If all went to plan, what would happen next would be the pair of them being surrounded in the flames created by the Heat Type Djinn and the subsequent robing in his power by both individuals. This shared equip would come complete with the transformation of Yasmin's original metal vessel into a carbon copy of Amon's and her attire matching Fudo's including the chest piece in gold which covered only the left side of her being. This repeat in power would be sure to cause some kind of interesting reaction from the Magi.

[Bloodedge]

"Amon!" The moment Yasmin's hand made contact with Fudo's Metal Vessel, the Rukh once again accumulated in a manner akin to a Magi calling on the Rukh's power. This caused Ali's eyes to widen as he watched the pair of Dungeon Capturers transform, and indeed, the very same girl he led into Paimon was now clad in the robes of the 7th Djinn, Amon. The same could be said of that Djinn's own capturer, Fudo. "W-... What am I seeing? Two vessels... one Djinn... I thought the ability to share was unreasonable, but this should definitely not be possible. It's like yet another Magi is standing right in front of us."

Dio seemed indifferent to this type of power, and made his exit upon seeing it. Jellal, however, had taken a side to Erza while watching these events take place. "So this is what they're capable of. I might be interested after all."

[Apollymi]

Samiya watched this change and opened her mouth to speak but closed it again. Ali said precisely what she was thinking, what she was seeing right now shouldn't be possible at all. Their ability to share was at least something which had been seen before but this was entirely different and kind of frightening. When she'd taken the young Sindrian Prince and his friend into the Dungeon she didn't imagine that such a thing was possible after he met someone entirely unrelated and new. "I... can't even begin to make sense of this. It's so much more powerful than what they are separately capable of... from what we've seen of them. And it just shouldn't be possible." Samiya said. Yasmin flicked her eyes over to Fudo at her side. "I wonder if we should apologize for causing our Magi so much stress. Every time we do something together they have fits."

Shula on the the other hand was completely floored and somewhat enamored with this change of attire. "OH?! THAT'S AMAZING! AND YOU LOOK ADORABLE!~" she stated plainly as she approached the pair flying in a circle around the two of them she paused in front of Yasmin seemingly confused by what she was seeing. "Their Rukh are all together when they're like this. Most times it just looks like a little give and a little take on either of their parts. Right now... it's like all of they have got piled into one." said Shula who reached out for Yasmin but instead of doing something interesting like examining her metal vessel or anything like that, she simply lifted up on the gold piece which was covering her chest which made Yasmin blush intensely. "Again with this Shula?" she asked as the girl got a peek underneath the plate piece. "What? I wondered if you were naked under there." said the Magi as if this was the most reasonable thing in the world while she absently squeezed the girl's chest one last time.

Erza on the other hand watched this situation her eyes widening. She'd seen what this young man was capable of, and while he wasn't bad and she expected the girl wasn't either. She'd simply not expect at all what she was seeing before her. To the words of Jellal she had but one almost snide thing to say. "Oh, jumping on the bandwagon are we? Caelus is going to be sad if you step in, she's his favorite after all." she said nodding her head toward the busty pink haired girl currently fending off molestation by a young magi, and chuckling at the expense of the other Gladiator.

[Bloodedge]

"Nah," Fudo said to the pink-haired girl with a chuckle. "Let's just consider it payback for all the secret conversations they've been having at our expense." It seemed Sindria's prince had a bit of a devious streak about him. He was fully content to cause these Magi as much confusion as possible, so long as they were content to leave him wondering what went on in their minds when they spoke to one another. He looked toward Yasmin, intending to check her views on the matter after what he said, but when he did so, his first sight was none other than the antics of the brown-haired Magi, Shula, and the public reveal of his fellow Dungeon Capturers bosom. "Ahem." Fudo coughed into his hand while casually averting his gaze.

When told how upset the white-haired gladiator would be if he inserted himself into this group's training regimen, Jellal scoffed and waved off the thought. "I wonder why she's his favorite," he said while sparing a glance at the bare-chested girl. "Whatever the case, I'm starting to think one of these guys would put up a better fight than Caelus' sorry skills. Hell, they've even gotten me interested in these Metal Vessels."

[Apollymi]

A few more seconds would pass, and Yasmin would have herself back together and Shula held off with her unoccupied hand. The streak of deviousness that the Prince of Sindria seemed to have was kind of interesting to the pink haired girl but she was a bit devious herself so she understood completely. "Sounds like a plan to me." she said wondering what exactly the pair of Magi who never said a word to them about anything could possibly be talking about this time. Shula having been properly rejected once more floated over to Ali and Samiya. "I'm totally jealous... that's like the coolest thing I've ever seen. How'd this even happen though, cause I thought the legendary ones who could do stuff like this were twins..." questioned the teen Magi.

While that conversation happened a bit of a smirk came to Erza's face. It would seem Jellal fully intended to insert himself into the training of the two young ones before them. And she also couldn't argue the point that Caelus didn't have better intentions than it appeared. "I am interested in how they will turn out as well... Honestly I didn't expect this, and I don't think anyone did." she said gesturing with a hand towards the apparently shared Djinn Equip, which she'd seen at least partially earlier this day. "I take one short nap and these brats go doing something crazy." these were the words of the short pink haired woman Uzma from the window sill she was sitting in watching the apparent shared Djinn Equip. She'd been around the palace throughout the early years of Yasmin's life, and much like the Queen of Sindria she'd seen the Rukh and noticed their oddness a long time ago.

[Bloodedge]

Since this newfound ability had been properly demonstrated to all present, Fudo cancelled the Djinn Equip and returned his sword to its sheath. "There you have it," he said. Ali remained astounded even when the transformation was no more. "I don't think even the Sacred Jewels could accomplish such a thing. This... Dual Djinn Equip is something I'm sure all of us would have noticed if it happened anywhere before today." This was truly a perplexing scenario, but Ali considered it to be a blessing of sorts that these two were on the side of good. Otherwise, the Magi themselves would likely have to intervene. "Well, if that's all for now, I think I'll call it a night." With that said, Fudo waved to mark his leave, and was on his way toward whatever bedroom he'd left his things in.

"That just makes it even better. Right, Uzma?" Jellal said in a most nonchalant fashion to greet the elderly woman while responding to Erza. "Tell the truth, Uzma. You're just as excited as everyone else here."

[Apollymi]

"I would have noticed. But then again, I've never seen two people together who are quite like them... And I thought they were weird when they met each other." Samiya said. She was also quite glad this pair of Dungeon Capturers were chosen by herself and Ali. As it stood, if they were on the wrong side, they'd be hell to subdue, even with limitless magoi on their side. Samiya spoke and Shula found herself looking back at the pair now back to normal since Fudo had cancelled the Djinn Equip. This done he was apparently calling it a night and Yasmin looked over to find Shadiya completely unconscious apparently having fallen asleep almost immediately after agreeing to go and fetch the messenger of Artemyra. "Shadi tired herself out... I'll tuck her in. Goodnight Fudo~" said Yasmin as she went and extracted the girl from her chair without waking her. Walking her to the bedroom she'd found earlier covered in books assuming of course it was hers.

As this all happened Uzma had to consider how she felt about the developments of these young people. And truly it was rather exciting even if she didn't have previous knowledge of at least one of these people. "I'm too old for excitement. But..." she paused looking at the girl she thought lost as she cared for another person being filled with a touch of nostalgia. "I suppose, there is hope for them." the woman said which was about as close to a ringing endorsement as someone so old got. This got a rise out of Erza who seemed to come off the wall wide eyed examining the old woman as if she'd grown another head. "Are you feeling alright?"

Outside of this place, far enough off that the naked eye wouldn't spot him, a young man sat on top of a roof observing these people. 'Lively bunch...' he thought his red hair blowing in the breeze as he consumed a small piece of bread. He'd gone back to the fringes of this group after assuring their safety what they did from now on though, he would try not to directly interfere in.

[Bloodedge]

It seemed as if this group was content to separate here, losing three of its members nigh simultaneously. Malik had also managed to pass out where he sat, but as he had gotten obviously comfortable in doing so, it could be assumed that this was simply how he slept often. "Hope, huh? I guess you could say that..." The show was over, and Jellal wasted little time leaving the building. This left Bakura as the only remaining male inside, and he aimed to vacate the room as well. "Guess that's it for today. G'night Nira!" he said as he made his way out. Once he was out of the room, though, Bakura slipped outside via window, and began wandering around. His eyes scanned every nook and cranny of the area around him, as if he sought something very, very specific nearby. When he was out of eyesight and earshot, he called out. "You're here again, aren't you?" he asked. Before his window exit, Bakura had managed to grab a carry sack from his chosen room, and he now had it slung over his shoulder. One could only wonder what he was preparing for.