IT'S MARCH, INNIT?

Ain't it supposed ta get warmer?

What the crap?!

[He made the mistake of going outside today. He's firmly back inside Velvet Lust, and in the process of throwing a big shitty tantrum]

I never wanted ta be all Northy, I was livin' in Bimini, damnit! It was all warm and pretty! Hot sand, blue water, pretty ladies everywhere.

How am I s'posed ta know I'm lookin' at a pretty lady or a real short guy now, when they're all wearin' eight layers of coats an' crap?

Ya know how hard it is ta mac on someone when ya don't know what ta call 'em?

WHAT KIND OF A NAME IS PAT ANYWAY?

[Kani take a breath]

Who: Erza Scarlet, Mavis Vermillion
What: The Big Hit - Serrate
Where: Genessia City - Mya Mullins' bakery
When: March 16, around 6 pm
Warnings: violence

Erza had been in Genessia for a little while now, and now that she's gotten her bearings, a demonstration of what the Fairy Tail guild can do seems to be in order. With word of a team of hitmen targeting business owners and other citizens of Genessia City, this seemed like the perfect opportunity. Plus, it gives her a chance to work with Mavis, the guild's founder - it's a huge honour to do so, as far as Erza's concerned, and her illusion magic seems like a perfect fit for this job.

The plan is a fairly straightforward one - it seemed most likely that the hitman would strike when the business closes, to cut down on possible witnesses. The two of them had already talked to Mya Mullins, telling her to wait inside for their signal, and when anyone suspicious was hanging around the area, Mavis would create an illusion of Mya leaving the bakery to draw out their target. Erza would attack when the hitman's guard was down, and she should be able to make quick work of the would-be assassin.

For now, the two mages are staking out the bakery from a nearby building, looking for any signs of trouble. This mission was especially personal for Erza; nobody is going to attack someone who owns a bakery and get away with it.

private action, brief accidental video; the bay
( cut due to 'waking up'-type stuff )

intentional video; near the hologram
[The video broadcast starts up again sometime later, this time with the device tilted only slightly to one side.] This thing is so weird. [The broadcast's image turns one way and the other for a few moments before it's finally oriented correctly.] Okay. Anyway, um.

If anyone's seein' this, you prolly guessed, but I'm kinda new here? My name's Celia Espellomente. I'm gonna skip over all o' the obvious questions cuz you've prolly heard 'em like two million times already— [That and many questions she would be asking were already answered by the pamphlet and Weiss's hologram.] —and just...

[There's a noticeable pause.]

I'm kinda in a maybe-weird position, okay. I'm still a kid—fourteen, if you wanna know—but I wanna find somethin' t'do with myself. Some kind of work, I guess, but nothin' really dangerous. [Given what was just about to happen before she woke up here, she is seriously rethinking what she really wants to do with herself. As much as she liked Raven, doing what she had done to stay around him proved to be a really big mistake, and staying home to help her mother's business probably would have been a much smarter choice.

Hindsight's a pretty great thing.]

I'm good with using wind and lightning— [It can easily be assumed that she means magic.] —an' for anything else, I'm willing to learn, even if it might take awhile. Just don't wanna sit around doin' nothing.

[Kobato didn't know what was going on. She had things sorted, she was going to start her journey to collect candy of people she helped in healing them. Now she wondered what on earth happened. It even took her a moment or two to even realize a certain stuffed dog wasn't anywhere insight. Well. That isn't good. The device switches on to a yell from a young woman.]

I-Ioryogi-san! [A young woman looked around, rather panicked. She had no idea where they were.]

He's going to be so mad that I left him behind or dropped him.

[Now she slowly started to look worried as her head frantically as if trying to find whoever she was calling out of. She hadn't even realized the device within her grasp was on as she suddenly bolted out of the bay, ignoring the hologram that hadn't even started as she went past. She was more preoccupied in finding her friend if he was around.... because she sure knew what will happen and she really didn't want that.]

Ioryogi-san!