<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/Kqanmvo.jpg)<br/></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Guild Hall<br/><strong>With:</strong>Alone at the time being<br/><hr/><br/>It was a fairly average morning for Ralena, as she took a brief trip through town in order to get a handful of errands done. Things around the Guild Hall had been rather slow the last few weeks, so it allowed her to get some major housekeeping done. During this trip, however, she happened to come across a magazine stand, featuring one particular magazine named<em>Monthly Fairies</em>. This was a monthly magazine published in Magnolia town, listing the ongoing adventures of the world famous Guild that called the town home, as well as having several opinion pieces centered entirely around the guild, and it's mages. Ralena would be lying if she said that she never paid the magazine much mind, she always got a bit of a boost about reading the general public opinion about her, and her friends... Specifically when it came to one particular article that was listed right on the cover of the magazine.<br/><br/><em><strong>Exclusive! This year's girl power rankings are in!</strong></em><br/><br/>Ralena's eyes lit up in excitement, and a magazine was bought in minutes. The girl power rankings was something that the naturally competitive girl kept her eyes on ever since they started doing them a few weeks ago. It was essentially an opinion poll among the citizens, specifically the male demographic, to get their opinions on which of the lady Fairy Tail members were their favorite. It was a bit of a popularity contest, of course, but Ralena wasn't the kind of girl that liked losing to anybody, at anything. As soon as she picked it up, the raven haired girl parked herself on a nearby bench, and immediately flipped through the pages that really didn't matter all that much, she had one objective in mind. Aha! The girl power rankings! Now, to see how she placed...<br/><br/>"Wh- WHAAAAAAT!?" she yelped in objection. She had rose in the rankings a few since last year, from 6th to 3rd, but as far as she was concerned this was a complete, utter failure. She had placed lower than Alice,<em>Alice!</em>! In what universe was that okay? And now that blonde gun nut was off god knows where in order to perfect her skills even further, while she was here stagnating and getting nothing done, not even basic missions! Looking through the article further, it claimed that Ralena herself was somewhat inhibited by her 'loud' personality, and how some people saw her coming off as needlessly pushy, or immature... Growling a little, Ralena rose to her feet and packed away the magazine.<br/><br/>So, she had a maturity issue, did she? SHE'D SHOW THEM! She'd be THE MOST mature, ever!<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>A few hours later, after spending a great deal of time going clothes shopping, and doing simple people watching of girls that were a few years older than her, Ralena was ready to re-introduce herself to the world. Leaving her dorm room in the guild hall, the newly reformed woman (http://i.imgur.com/U9J0oRx.jpg) took a quick sweeping glance around the hall. Immediately, she spotted some familiar faces as Luca was seated, speaking with a pair of redheads that Luca knew all too well. Eclair was a fun one to be around, although Ralena didn't know her *super* well, outside of a few pranks that had gotten a wool over on her every once in a while, Ralena was a bit of a gullible soul after all.<br/><br/>Eirena, Ralena did know a little bit better. She was a well known cheerleader and support member for the guild, although Ralena had never seen her out on any missions herself...<br/><br/>Well, whatever, that didn't matter too much. Smiling eagerly, Ralena approached the trio, tapped one finger against her forehead, and flicked it outwards as a bit of a half-salute wave towards them. "Hey everybody, how goes?" she asked in a more level tone than usual. Just play it cool, calm... Mature. As she greeted them, she couldn't help but grin in excitement. She'd spent about fifteen minutes rehearsing that particular introduction in the mirror before coming down, and she'd<em>crushed</em>it!<br/><br/>This whole 'cool, mature' thing... She had to admit, it felt kind of awesome!