<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Tomoe%20Mami%20Avatars/Mami_avatar_15_zpsf322ecd4.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Alice Deschain (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=192811.msg9364938#msg9364938)</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Guild Hall.<br/><strong>With:</strong>Ralena (briefly), Mashyuu, Luca, Nirubi.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Hey..what's going on...I-I wanna help too?"</strong></em><br/><br/>Alice looked at Niru-chan and saw her hesitation. Her first thought was to protect the little girl, but Alice knew she was an amazing mage as any other in Fairy Tail. There was something she could do, alongside the other ones that wasn't chosen to fight. But before Alice could even say it, she saw the little rune on Nirubi's hand.<strong>"Oh... You was chosen as well, Niru-chan,"</strong>said Alice, fearful for the girl.<strong>"Eto... stay close to me."</strong><br/><br/>Ralena finally spoke up regarding Alice's request:<em><strong>"Honestly, Alice... I don't really know what you're talking about right now, I can't feel a thing... In fact... I feel charged up right now, even more than I was before my fight against you, Alice... And besides, if these guys are going to be on the same level as our enemies back when we were fighting the Shadow Crows, can we really leave our comrades out there outnumbered 2 to 1? Ten minutes might be all they need to be overwhelmed..."</strong></em><br/><br/>Alice said nothing back. Ralena had a good point and it would be a pain to convince her otherwise. Alice just watched her leaving, hoping she was as fine as she stated. When her friend/rival left the guild, Luca-kun said to Alice:<em><strong>“Since Ralena’s leaving I think we should go ahead and go. Maybe buy Ralena the time she needs to recover. I also think we should go as a group until you recover as well. I can help protect you or at least buy you some time until you can get back to full strength.”</strong></em><br/><br/>The gunslinger blushed when she heard Luca wanted to protect her. Usually, Alice would take that chance to flirt with him, but that wasn't the time. Nodding, the blonde said:<strong>"You're right. I-I'm alright, I was really fearful for Ralena. That shot would slow her down on a fight. Let's go!"</strong>Giving a confident smile to both Luca and Nirubi, Alice began to run towards the front door.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Hey wait up!"</strong></em><br/><br/>She stopped and looked back. The same mage that came in threatening Red got closer to them. He introduced himself to Alice:<em><strong> "Hey there, I don't think we have met before. You must be fairly new to Fairy Tail. I'm Mashyuu, and you are?"</strong></em><br/><br/><em>He sure looks confident</em>, thought Alice, looking at his smile. Shyly bowing, she said:<strong>"Deschain. Alice Deschain. Yeah, it wasn't long since I joined Fairy Tail, but it looks like it has been ages ago. Nice to meet you!"</strong>The girl smiled. Six months only and she had so many friends already! Fairy Tail was already her home and she was determined to defend it.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Luca, do you think you can catch up to Ralena? I'll try to keep the others safe here while they recover. There is plenty of earth here for me to use my spells and I'll have the best chance around here anyway. We should try to pull as many of these guys in to our turf as possible so we can try and tag out like a revolving door system."</strong></em><br/><br/>Alice weighed his words.<strong>"Actually,"</strong>she said,<strong>"I think we should bring in the fight to them."</strong>The blonde looked at the suspicious looks they gave her.<strong>"I'm alright, I already said it! I can fight! Just think about it for a moment: why this bloody festival here and now? Why Fairy Tail was targeted? Red said nothing about it and I guess it's just a way to cover up another plan. Everyone who wasn't selected should be investigating this. And we should buy time for them. Right?"</strong>