Joanie
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[Today, the seas, tomorrow][—well, who knew?]
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The lonely merchant vessel seemed to glide through the ocean's calm blue, cutting through rolling waves as it headed to the port it called home. Wisps of busy conversation and boisterous shouts echoed across the waters, mellowing out the otherwise dreary silence of a lengthy journey. Wooden boards creaked and clicked as they bore the weight of a homesick crew—working, just like every other soul on board.

Save for one.

Braced lazily against a railing on the topside deck were the lithe, ivory-hued arms of an unusually garbed man, the oriental robe that fell around his towering form flowing and flapping in the wind. He looked... Foreign, to say the least. Truly; it would be an apt description. The tightly-bundled pack that hung from his back only added further to his mystery, deep as the pools of his eyes that gazed longingly across the sea's vast emptiness. Those were eyes that sought the simple comforts of warmth and stability—a brief respite from the toils of having to travel barren roads and raging rivers.

Not that those could stop him, anyway.

"To always deliver"—the pride of the Dragon Express, whose helmet hung securely from a loop on the man's ornate belt.

Jin's sigh would roll under the rays of the blazing Drase sun, a casual smile making itself present on his pursed lips. This was no time to be thinking about _work_, of all things—he was finally heading _home_, after all. He'd missed it dearly.

The delivery to the far isles had paid well: more so than he expected, even. Granted, it had come with its share of bristling dangers—but _oh, well._ They didn't matter now. Thumbing the pouch that carried his rather _sizable_ payment of gold coins, the courier wouldn't be able to resist letting his sly smile spread to the corners of his lips, closing his eyes as he leaned into the embrace of the rushing air that enveloped the ship. 

"Won't be long now," Jin would hum, turning his gaze bowside and watching the vessel slice the waves. He could almost... Almost.

New Salvainia called—the lure of golden opportunity for intrepid souls. The Macen really knew how to do business, didn't they?

Stifling an inward laugh, the wily _fox_ would rub his palms together, letting his magic flow free. Mere moments later, a glow would envelop his form: fading away to reveal eight brilliant tails that fanned out behind him.

"_That's_ better." Jin would sigh, stretching his arms up and out—wiggling the ears and tails that felt like they had been locked away for eons. It was best to shake away the fatigue now, while he still could. After all, it likely wouldn't be long befor-

"**New Salvainia! All hands on deck—New Salvainia!**"

Ah. 

Right.

As the ship pulled into the busy port, Jin would shroud himself once more. The guise of a plain, run-of-the-mill Macen in rather odd robes never seemed to fail—a truly adaptable race, if he were to say so himself.

"Home." The sly courier would grin: vanishing into the noisy crowd in but a single step.
Paul
*Along the coast moved a young dark elf woman using her glaive as a walking stick as she moved down watching the ground more than anything as she seemed to be looking for something*
Robert
*Suddenly, a really small ferret like creature appeared in front of her, it mostly looked like a normal ferret, except for the fact that if had wings, it seemed curious about her glade, cautiously getting closer to her*
Paul
*At the sight of something coming into her view she almost fell backwards but caught herself on her glaive before taking a proper look at the creature* "What on earth are you little one?"
Robert
*The creature sniffed in her direction but turned around at the sound of someone's voice* "Mask! Get back here!"

*A young centaur was walking up to the creature and the small ferret squeaked in happiness as it flew to the arms of his owner* "Sorry, did he bother you? I'm still training him"
Tatum
*Sofia was laying on the beach, bathing in the sun and relaxing a little for once. Crimson was flying around playing with Mask and he landed next to Mask when he went to the woman, letting out a small shriek. It looked like a griffin but it was small, about the size of a cat. Sofia whistled and Crimson flew back to her. She stayed there listening to the conversation*
Paul
"No no he wasn't a bother at all" *She was quicker to answer the voice before seeing who it was a little more taken aback by the view of a centaur and now another small creature flying around obviously looking rather curious about everything around her now* "Uh h-hi"
Robert
*She sighed seeing how Sofia had already trained her pet so that it came back to her easily* "I guess I just present myself, I'm Olive and this little one right here is Mask" 

*She hold out the ferret to her, the small creature was sticking out it's tongue at her, in more of a silly way*
Paul
*Her confused look was replaced by a warm smile as she poked a finger out to Mask to see what he would do before looking at Olive* "I'm Mirana pleasure to meet you" *She smiled up at her trying to be pleasant whilst still holding her glaive's haft*
Robert
*Mask proceeded to lick her finger that was stick out to him, the baby ferret was friendly, Olive looked at her glaive, wondering if it was a good weapon* 

"Nice to meet you and it looks like my pet also likes meeting you" *She smiled at her*
Paul
"He's such a cutie, what exactly is he? He looks like a ferret but the wings make me think otherwise" *She went to give mask a pat as she continued to look at Olive almost beaming at how cute Mask was*
Robert
"Well, he is a ferret, but he's a rare subspecies, a Dragon Ferret" *Mask didn't look like something dangerous or big at all like you would expect from a species of that had 'dragon' on its name, so maybe the title was more because of the wings, he simply enjoyed the pats wagging its tail lightly*
Paul
*She gave her a look of amazement at the unique animal that was mask, as she rather happy to continue petting him* "That's actually really cool, nothing like i've ever seen although he's abit adorable to be a dragon"
Robert
*She giggled at this* "He's just a baby after all, but he is pretty adorable either way, they're supposed to be able to breathe fire but he hasn't done that for now"

*She left him on the ground so Mask could go back to playing with Crimson, the ferret did this, going to look for the micro-griffin*
Paul
"Okay now that sounds cool, but enough about the cute little guy what brings you here Olive?" *She was still smiling watching Mask a little before looking up at Olive*
Tatum
*Crimson would go back to flying and playing with Mask*
Robert
*She shrugged, one of her front hooves playing with the sand* "I simply like the cost, there's not many places like this around where I am from and... It's also a nice place to spend time with friends" *She pointed at Sofia that was taking a sun bath*
Tatum
*Sofia waved, smiling*
Paul
"That's fair enough, it's not a place i'm used to either i'm just here collecting mushrooms or any other plants and such i can use for alchemy" *She gave a look to the surroundings before waving to Sofia with a big smile*
Robert
*She gave her a confused look* "It's kind hard to find mushrooms in the beach, wouldn't it be better in a forest or a cave?" 

*She had some experience in finding mushrooms in forests but didn't have much luck with them on the beach*
Paul
"You're probably right but i can still find mosses and such for alchemy, but this is my first time away from the caves and stuff so i'm just looking for whatever i can" *She was smiling as she pulled a small pouch off her belt taking three brown mushrooms out holding them in her hand with a smile*
Robert
"Huh, you found those your self? That's cool" *Olive was just used to seeking out for edible mushrooms, she knew some species that she could and couldn't eat but she would let her tell about them since she seemed to know more about the subject*
Paul
*She gave a smile before dropping them on the ground as she began to cast a spell her hand waving over them before she spoke the word 'live' which caused the mushrooms to form into little mushroom humanoids that gave a slight look around before up at Olive* "Yeah and my parents helped me develop a spell to make them into these"
Robert
*Olive took a couple of steps back as the mushrooms changed their form to that one of a humanoid, she was pretty impressed by this, raising her ears*

"Wow... That's really impressive! I barely can do any magic myself other that one spell I know" *She was always impressed by seeing people do magic, didn't matter what kind of magic they practiced*
Paul
*The Mushroom spawn bumbled around picking up rocks before stacking them up to the side as if they were used to doing something along those lines and defaulted to that* "Yeah i can always teach you a little more magic if you were ever interested" *She was quite happy see someone interested in what other spellcasters may see her magic as simple*
Robert
*She took another step back as she observed the mushroom creatures collecting rock, it was a weird thing to look at*

"It's alright, I think I'm fine for now with what I know, maybe someday I'll find some spell that would be more convenient for me" 

*Since she didn't have much knowledge about this time of magic, so she didn't knew if she would be interested enough to learn it*
Paul
"Alrighty but it's rather fun but of course not for everyone, if you don't cast spell might i ask what you do do?" *She still smiles nonetheless as her mushroom spawn have formed up beside her ready for some orders and to show they were done*
Robert
"Well..." *She took out the bow that she had on her back, it had some markings of centaurs and other animal*

"I used to be hunter for my tribe and I'm pretty skilled with a bow, of course I know how to use other weapons, but I prefer this one, is just practical for traveling" *She seemed to be pretty proud of her archer skills*
Paul
*She looked on in awe of the design of the bow markings and all as she wasn't used to other cultures or races in general* "That's a really nice looking bow, all i've got is this glaive and rapier" *Her words were accompanied by a twirl of her glaive*
Tatum
*Sofia turned to the two and just said loud enough for them to hear her.*
''I got my fists and my legs. That's all I need.''
Robert
"Well those are good weapons you got there, not many people know how to handle them correctly"

*Olive giggled as she heard Sofia, turning to her* "But pretty strong, it's normal for you to not use a weapon"
Paul
*She smiles at the mention of her weapons and the same as she heard Sofia call out as she leans on her Glaive slightly* "Yeah they're a pain to learn but nice once you get used to them, so you two are pretty much an Archer and Martial artist pair?"
Tatum
*Sofia laughed*
''A martial artist? Me? Neveeeerrr.'' *She said in a sarcastic tone*
''Actually I use stone to pack even more punch in my punches sooooo. It's magical martial arts i'd say?''
*She stood up*
Robert
"I once saw her punch a tree down... In a single punch... Out of anger..." 
*Olive sight after she said this, she could remember that time very vividly, it kinda scared her at first, it was the first time and only time she saw her raw power*
Paul
*Mirana's eyes just almost sparkle at the image of someone punching down a tree as she looked to Sofia* "You enhance your unarmed strikes with magic? How long does it last? How much does it boost it by?, is it costly?" *She went into full researcher style with her speech and questions*
Tatum
*Sofia was surprised, didn't expect the questions the girl asked her*
''Well, Uh, I just do it?''
*She showed her arm and her tattoos started glowing blue, stoned particles came out of the tattoos and the ground to create a thick layer of stones around her fists*
''See? Now I could punch a tree, if I was angry and had a reason...''
*She sat back down in the sand and the stone just fell off*