Fire in the Land of Ice [in progress][event]

Fire in the Land of Ice event

Jack sat down, sighing. He was getting annoyed at having to wait. "Why can't they hurry up and appear?" he mused. He looked around. "SURELY it doesn't take THIS long to get ready. I'll just leave myself if they don't appear in ten minutes." He looked at his bow, worn down from years of hunting for his adopted family. It pained him to think that he might never return. He decided to go for a walk around the town, passing the time.

It was nearly mid-afternoon when he came back, expecting to see everyone. He didn't actually see anyone, so he thought that they had left without him. He decided to go in the direction they were supposed to, hoping to find them. "I shouldn't have took that walk." He muttered.

As the bread was ready, Lylle quickly set up all the breakfast meals atop the table. Which includes juice drink, meat and bread for the family. She quickly spread the melted cheese between the buns, placing the ham after. Her mother tasted the food she made and it seems to have passed her expectations. "I learned it along from my journey back from the Deadlands." she muttered smiling. The required time for her to reach the rendezvous had occured. "Shoot! Time's running, I gotta go!" Lylle stammered and quickly grabbed her bow and quiver. She kissed her mother running infront of the door, Lylle reached Piro's stable but he seems to be sleeping with his tummy full. She whistled at him, giving him a sign that they had to go. He was playing too stubborn that he won't even open his eyes and snored infront of her, a few pieces of hay was blown from his mouth. Lylle became frustrated and shouted at him, Piro opened his eyes and yawned. "Come on now, Piro. We need to go." she said waiting for him to get ready.

"Oh boy, is it morning already?" Zack awoke from his deep slumber in the bed of an inn. After rolling right and left on the bed, not wanting to get up, he finally decided to stand up and stretch a bit, grab his stuff and then head downstairs. Zack left the inn and tried to hurry up to get to the place where he and a few more people were meeting for a mission. "Oh God, I am so hungryy~" Zack's stomach made sounds as he said that, so he decided to stop by a Grocery shop before heading to his destination. He bought some bread and a few fruits and put them in his bag. Zack walked his path as he gobbled down the bread and saw a girl yelling at her horse in the stable. "That voice..." Zack jumped over the fence and went to the stable side. "Ah, I knew it was her." Zack thought to himself. It was Lylle yelling at Piro to get up. Zack, thinking of a mischief, whispered in Lylle's ears "Booo~" just to scare her and see what she does.

"Bah! Piro you're so slow, Zack already spotted us." Lylle said at Piro while he looked at Zack frustrated. She looked at him, seemingly hungry. "Wanna take a bite at my house? You'll meet my family as well!" she grabbed his hand and said, "We'll be back later Piro! You better be ready!" Lylle dragged him nearby the house. They reached the door. She gripped on it and opened it, introducing Zack to her family. First to her mother, then to her father. They even though he was Lylle's couple, but as soon as she explained it, they finally understood.

Zack met Lylle's parents for the first time and tried to act his best not to be "too" frank, as he always is. Even though he had eaten earlier, but his stomach was still growling. Lylle brought in some food for Zack, thanking her he ate it and praised the food's cook. Zack couldn't tell who made it, Lylle or her mother, but it certainly was delicious. "Thank you for your hospitality." Zack bowed to Lylle's parents and saying so, him and Lylle exited the house together and went to get Piro. Piro was still lazing off and wasn't getting up. Lylle tried to make him move, but to no avail. Zack thought of an idea and whispered in Piro's ear something, hearing that Piro suddenly stood up and neighed. Zack laughed a bit seeing how what he said actually worked. "Let's go now, Lylle. We should meet up with everyone, we are pretty late."

As they left the house, they walked through plain snow. They reached Piro's stable and he still wasn't ready to get up. Lylle saw Zack whispering something to him, which quickly got him up very fast. "So wait, Piro can't carry two people. You gonna walk?" she realized just as now. "If you're fine with it, I can wait for you at the meeting point." said Lylle as she awaited his decision.

"I'll walk, you go on ahead." Zack replied to Lylle and saw her off as she rode Piro and went for the designated place where we were supposed to meet. "Well, might as well ask Omnus to carry me." saying that, I blowed my whistle and raised my hand. A red bird came flying and picked Zack up by his hand. Omnus had grown bigger and had become more stronger and didn't get tired anymore easily. "Your training finally paid off, Omnus." Zack laughed as he said that but Omnus kept on flying. Soon they reached the place where they were supposed to meet. Omnus released Zack mid-air and Zack tried to land on his feet but failed to. "Ow" Zack said as he stood up. Omnus sat on Zack's shoulder and made Zack pat his head. "Well then, nice to meet you. My name is Zack, Zack Fimbeltr. I look forward to working with you on this mission." Zack said to the boy who was talking to Lylle. Zack looked around him and saw Vincent standing there with Blitz. "VINCENT!!" Zack yelled as he glomp tackled Vincent. His matureness that he was showing to the boy before disappeared in a second.

"Damn it, did you forget me already? Oh well..." Disappointed that he was forgotten, he stood up and helped Vincent stand up as well. "Now then, I assume the team is assembled?" Zack said as he looked at everyone and waiting for their answers.

The team gathered at the location yet one still is missing. Lylle and Piro seems to be having trouble making their way. Although sooner, they entered the gates and tried to find the group. Unfortunately, she spotted no one but the crowd. Lylle accompanied her horse to the public stables, which costs a small amount of money before she can rent a block for Piro. "Uhm, you stay here while I find them, kay?" she reminded him as he nodded. Lylle slowly ran into pubs but they weren't there. "Hmm, where could they be?" she shrugged. Several minutes passed and she had the feeling she's nearby the party. Finally, Lylle spotted a female hunter with three males. Zack was one of them, she then quickly ran saying a hello to her said group. "Hey, guys! I thought we were gonna be a total of six? Where's the other one?" questioned Lylle.

As the two disappeared from Lylle's sight, she quickly thought of something suspicious happening between the two. She tried to approach to the man that quickly rushed himself seeming very confused. "Uh-- Hey!" unfortunately, he didn't hear Lylle's cry. She also tried to find Zack but he still isn't here.