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"She can look over our shoulder as much as she wants. Maybe it'll teach her how to be a proper Guardian." Still, it did make some decent points. And hey, if Fairy Tail did become Fayren's Guardian, at least they wouldn't imply they'd shut people out of their subarchways if they didn't do as they were requested as a certain pokemon had. Not that Lucy knew about -THAT- conversation, but if she did she'd certainly believe they were well overstepping their boundaries as Guardian and Deputy.
"Well..." Lucy mused pensively. She didn't for a second think she was qualified in any kind of leadership position - she was far better suited to working with others, particularly her partner. Still, if they had someone who -was- more qualified to lead like ... well, the only one around who was qualified was Mavis. "If we did set up Fairy Tail as a single entity and nominated for Guardian of Fayren's position, we've already got the reputation." She glanced at Natsu, a little hesitantly. "If we wanted to take that route, we could bring the idea up with her. .. if Erza were still around, she would have been a good fit also."
She sighed, her gaze drifting back to her tea, cupping her fingers around it thoughtfully, "To tell the truth, I was really considering bringing up moving out of Fayren entirely." With the 'kids' that they practically adopted, and their not-mom. Except she likes it in Fayren. It was just the joke of a Guardian and the lapdog she didn't like. Part of her felt like it would be more trouble than it was worth. The rebellious part of her said to just keep doing what they were doing and ignore anything the Guardian and Deputy said. With this new alternative presented though, she wasn't sure what would be the 'right' option.
Weiss had a point yes. But Natsu didn't feel like taking a leadership role and while Lucy could perform the role he knew she wasn't keen on tying herself down with the mantle of responsibility either.
"Erza would be perfect for it. But unless she suddenly shows up before the next election we're kinda left with not that many options." Natsu said with a grumbled in his cup of chocolate. The first was unreliable for the role since she went missing for too long from the guild in the first place. The last thing they'd want would be to actually win the competition for Guardian only for their representative to always be awol.
"Either way deciding right now won't help us any. What we gotta do is deal with those stupid Hands of Decay"
"I guess we'll see what happens when the next election comes up."
Weiss could throw her weight around a little, see if she couldn't get someone put in a positive light, but if they had no idea who and they weren't willing to put their organization as a whole up, that was it. It was up to them if they decided to or not, but they would certainly have Weiss's endorsement.
"The Hands of Decay.. is that what you came here for?"
"That's some few months away isn't it?" It was something to consider, and shelf until they encountered a suitable candidate. Also, even if they didn't find one, presenting Fairy Tail as a protective organization and alternate to useless and condesending guardian/deputies was something they could do also.
They could work with David if he needed help. He seemed to be a reasonable person. ...well she didn't know him well but -- Oh! Back on the other topic, yes. "Yeah. I don't know how successful we'd be finding something for tracers, given Fayren is pretty ... not technological at all. Most of what's in Nova City probably won't even work in Fayren, .. not to mention I'm not familiar with a lot of the things sold out here still, but I want to keep my options open anyway. Mainly our goal here is to get an edge over them."
"I think so yeah." He nodded and took another sip from his hot chocolate, even warming the mug against with a small flame around his hand, controlling the flame perfectly as if fire was part of his very being.
"That and we were getting you out to unwind a bit before you snap under all of that work every day." Natsu added with a pointed grin at Lucy.
"It should be in June, then the next term lasts from July through December."
The little act with the flame pulled the smallest smile to Weiss's lips. Zuko used to do that all the time, always making sure his mug was warm. When the tracers were mentioned, Weiss's gaze went back to going between the two of them as she thought.
"Anything in the main area of Nova City's likely going to be designed to run on our power grid, but if you go to a subarchway, you should be able to find something that runs on a portable power source. Of course, it depends on what kind of tracer you're looking for. Something to track someone or something to find someone?"
Lucy flashed a warm grin at Natsu, giggling softly. Glancing at Weiss, she winked playfully, "My partner takes such good care of me, doesn't he?" She held her tea up to him also. Heat pleeeeeeeeeeeeease. Her tea has gotten almost cold and that is a crime.
"Hrm.. well I was actually thinking of something more along the line of tracking someone. The mages and non mages that are taking shelter at our guild, namely. If we can't find anything suitable here, we might look into some kind of tracer spell enchanted into a brooch or cufflink - something to give them a little more peace of mind. I'm pretty sure everyone feels more secure at the guild with the precautions we've in place, but one more won't hurt."
She frowned, "If I'd thought of something like this sooner, maybe those other mages wouldn't have been kidnapped -or at least we'd be able to find them if they had been." She worried about what the mages might be going through while they were captive still, not to mention what the Hands were really after.
Having fire magic is handy like that. Especially when one could control it as if the fire itself was a part of their body. Weiss should've seen his speed drier act. Well if they every get caught in the rain she would get a front row seat.
Natsu looked up at Lucy's cup after she held it out so expectantly for him. He just chuckled with a shake of his head before putting down his cup and taking Lucy's, warming it between his hands within a few moments before handing it back to his partner.
"You can't go blaming yourself. No mage that accepted our offer has been hurt or gotten kidnapped. The only ones who did were those who refused or took shelter with Mewtwo."
"I don't think you're going to be able to find technology to track someone with a specific identity, but there's plenty of technology to track different types of substances and information around here. What exactly are you planning on trying to detect and follow? There are also GPS trackers, which can tack onto clothing or vehicles so next time you have a run in, you could literally just follow them back to their hideout if you let them escape."
Otherwise finding some way to track residual magic or, in this case, areas of Fayren that seem to lack magic usage in an outstanding way.
"Be careful about using magic to find them though. You don't want to accidentally make them into martyrs for their cause if you use magic to hunt down and suppress them."
Lucy grinned happily when her tea was warmed - best partner ever! And sighed, sipping her tea pensively, considering - oh! "GPS?" Lucy echoed, glancing up at Weiss curiously. "That actually sounds like what we had in mind. Especially if they're small and easy to hide."
She winced slightly - she had actually had to let those members of the Hands of Decay escape, if only so she could help rescue the mages that got kidnapped on Mewtwo and Satori's watch. If she'd been capable of opening three gates at once without being at risk of ...well, this was no time for that thought.
"Yes, I've considered that.." She mused thoughtfully. "Fairy Tail doesn't kill, so there's no risk of martyrdom." Even if she suspects Natsu would love to put the hurt on these bastards. She glanced at Natsu with a faint smile briefly, "I know, but I can't help but feel like maybe I should have tried a little harder to convince them to take shelter with us instead." But she wasn't going to be pushy and insist on it - that wouldn't help them any.
"In any case, I don't know how they've been able to hide their presence from Natsu - it doesn't make any sense. A dragonslayer's senses are insanely keen, and Natsu's are the strongest of the three other dragonslayers we have in Fairy Tail. I'm thinking they're using some other method. Once we check out those ..GPS things you were talking about, we'll have to look into making connections with outside help." She should have looked sooner, but she underestimated this group - and the ineffectiveness of the current Guardian and her lapdog. In any case, they weren't going to say no to help - unless it was from the His and Her Dictators of Fayren. Or other shady individuals.
"Does knocking their heads together with my fists count as making them into Martyrs?" Natsu asked with a grumble before he picked up his hot chocolate or what little was left of it by now and downed it unceremoniously in one gulp.
Hearing Lucy talk about his senses and skills like that made his chest swell a bit with pride. A comical sight no doubt but he so loved recognition especially when it came from Lucy. The talk about the Hands certainly put a stop to that though as he decided to voice a thought he'd been having.
"You know I'm gonna bet they're actually using magic too."
"I have no doubt you'll be able to find something appropriate in one of the subarchways. Like I said, Nova City itself runs on an electric field in the atmosphere which is why when the power goes down it really goes all the way down. The subarchways operate the normal way they would in their world though, so there are probably even nano-technologies in some of them, but even if they aren't my guess is that natural-born Fayren residents wouldn't have the experience with technology like that to know what it was if they saw it."
She didn't mean that as an insult so much as the people without pendants couldn't leave the archway- so chances were they'd never seen a real tracker. A smart observation, in her opinion.
Weiss shrugged about the knocking-heads question. Honestly, he was just grumbling and she didn't want to be responsible for just saying to go for it if something did go wrong. But she did have another question.
"What does the dragonslayer title mean in your world anyway? I don't mean to be rude but as far as I'm aware, most people have come to an agreement that dragons aren't really for slaying in Fayren."
Lucy gave Natsu a weak smile. She -wishes- they could just smack people around and be done with it. "Normally I'd say no - at least back home it wouldn't. But here, things are different - and the way those people seem to operate, they'd probably still lay the blame on mages and act like they were vindicated for everything they've said about them. We'll get our chance, don't worry." She hoped anyway. "I'm more concerned about the mages that were kidnapped a while back - we haven't been able to find any sign of them yet." And she doubted the guards were even looking.
Lucy almost chuckled at the question, "If I had a jewel for everytime we had that question. Dragonslayer magic -is- a magic meant to defeat - or kill - dragons, but that doesn't mean he, or the other dragonslayers in the guild back home - actively go around hunting them. It's only to be used on dragons that mean harm to humanity. In fact.." She paused, glancing at Natsu. Nah, she'll let him tell Weiss about his dad and the rest.
"Fiine." He'll hold back if Lucy thinks that's the best option. But then the topic shifted once again to that question that they've faced so many times already. Lucy's explanation was in depth enough but almost as if of one mind he picked up where she left off.
"Pretty much everything Lucy said. Not to mention me and all the Dragon Slayers of my generation were raised and taught this magic by our Dragon parents." The second generation dragon slayers were an exception and the mythical third generation were actually first generation just like him.
Weiss just repeats it. Just about everything else there was kind of lost when he said dragon parents. She tilts her head slightly, quirking an eyebrow.
"You don't exactly look like a dragon.. gave birth to you. Is it kind of like that story about a boy being raised by wolves or..?"
Lucy giggles in spite of herself, glancing over at Natsu with -the- most amused grin. She can't help it, she loved to see the reaction. Especially now that she wasn't the one flabbergasted over his weird heritage. Glancing back at Weiss, she set her now empty cup down, "Yeah, I think you could think of it that way. A much larger animal parent, and much more intelligent, but his father taught him a lot to help him get by." And neglected on certain other things he probably thought wouldn't really come up - or thought he'd have more time to.
"Yeah pretty much exactly what Lucy said. We all got picked up as orphans. Well...supposedly orphan in my case I guess..." Yeah finding out that your brother just so happens to be the most famous dark mage of your world does shake your worl just a bit.
"The father that was a dragon." Weiss repeated the words for both emphasis and confirmation. Because frankly that's a little hard to wrap her head around. Zuko knew dragons and it was top secret that they were still around in his world, but growing up with a dragon-dad seemed like a little much to her.
Well he still didn't know his real parents, and a jackass brother was no substitute for that, so he was still an orphan, as far as Lucy was concerned. "It's..." Well as much as she'd like to say 'it's a sensitive subject' or 'It's complicated' and spare Natsu having to even say anything, it -was- his decision to explain or not.
The whole mess with his brother was still something he was coming to terms with. AS such Natsu frowned a bit while wracking his brains about how to explain it.
"It means until recently I was convinced I was an orphan that Igneel picked up. It's only been a few months since I found out I had a brother. Even if he's a damn jerk."
Weiss nodded. She hadn't had to face someone who hadn't known about their siblings, but she knew that there were plenty of people who had family that they loved and knew were terrible people at the same time. Herself included. Even if she can't relate to a surprise sibling, she can understand the 'damn jerk' part.
"Family can be.. difficult sometimes. Believe me, I know. Thanks for telling me anyway."
Lucy could definitely relate to the jerk relative... though she at least managed to start to reconcile with her father before he died. "Yeah, it can." She reached over to squeeze her partner's hand, smiling, "But that's why you have us, in Fairy Tail." They were more family than his jerk of a brother.
She glanced at Weiss, "It's the same for you, right?" She assumes Weiss has her own group of friends from home, that she calls family. She'd hope anyway.
He looks over to Lucy when he feels her hand gripping onto his a little harder. A grateful smile tugged at his lips having that fact reinforced to him by Lucy.
"Yeah of course. You guys are all my family." He said with a firm nod before he turned his look back to WEiss.
"I just answered to the best of my ability. I hope it helps make it more clear."
"I have a biological family. Some of whom I disagree with vehemently, but others.. I wouldn't trade for anything."
It's obviously a carefully phrased sentence, but she hasn't exactly hid who those two are: her father and her sister, respectively. She won't call her friends 'family' though- she likes calling them friends. She likes having friends, even if she literally refuses to let Ruby call her her 'bff.' Family is something Weiss has always had and it's complicated and messy, but her friends are something just as important but very different to her.
The sentiment was the same -- more or less. Lucy smiled faintly, nodding. Honestly she'd give just about anything to be able to disagree vehemently with her father or even see her mother again, but that was beyond anyone's power, alas. Sitting back in her seat, she let out a contented sigh.
Being able to just relax, chat with a friend and share frustrations was surprisingly therapeutic. Even if they were no closer to a definite resolution, they still had a few new ideas now. "Well - I think we've taken up enough of your time for now, Weiss. But we should definitely do this again - ah, with cheerier topics, I think." She chuckled. "Hopefully we'll have reason to invite you out for a change, as thanks for everything." Not that they'll need a reason, really. They could just call her up and make a playdate, so to speak! Oh yeah - she glanced at Natsu, "How was that drink, by the way?"
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"Well..." Lucy mused pensively. She didn't for a second think she was qualified in any kind of leadership position - she was far better suited to working with others, particularly her partner. Still, if they had someone who -was- more qualified to lead like ... well, the only one around who was qualified was Mavis. "If we did set up Fairy Tail as a single entity and nominated for Guardian of Fayren's position, we've already got the reputation." She glanced at Natsu, a little hesitantly. "If we wanted to take that route, we could bring the idea up with her. .. if Erza were still around, she would have been a good fit also."
She sighed, her gaze drifting back to her tea, cupping her fingers around it thoughtfully, "To tell the truth, I was really considering bringing up moving out of Fayren entirely." With the 'kids' that they practically adopted, and their not-mom. Except she likes it in Fayren. It was just the joke of a Guardian and the lapdog she didn't like. Part of her felt like it would be more trouble than it was worth. The rebellious part of her said to just keep doing what they were doing and ignore anything the Guardian and Deputy said. With this new alternative presented though, she wasn't sure what would be the 'right' option.
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"Erza would be perfect for it. But unless she suddenly shows up before the next election we're kinda left with not that many options." Natsu said with a grumbled in his cup of chocolate. The first was unreliable for the role since she went missing for too long from the guild in the first place. The last thing they'd want would be to actually win the competition for Guardian only for their representative to always be awol.
"Either way deciding right now won't help us any. What we gotta do is deal with those stupid Hands of Decay"
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Weiss could throw her weight around a little, see if she couldn't get someone put in a positive light, but if they had no idea who and they weren't willing to put their organization as a whole up, that was it. It was up to them if they decided to or not, but they would certainly have Weiss's endorsement.
"The Hands of Decay.. is that what you came here for?"
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They could work with David if he needed help. He seemed to be a reasonable person. ...well she didn't know him well but -- Oh! Back on the other topic, yes. "Yeah. I don't know how successful we'd be finding something for tracers, given Fayren is pretty ... not technological at all. Most of what's in Nova City probably won't even work in Fayren, .. not to mention I'm not familiar with a lot of the things sold out here still, but I want to keep my options open anyway. Mainly our goal here is to get an edge over them."
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"That and we were getting you out to unwind a bit before you snap under all of that work every day." Natsu added with a pointed grin at Lucy.
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The little act with the flame pulled the smallest smile to Weiss's lips. Zuko used to do that all the time, always making sure his mug was warm. When the tracers were mentioned, Weiss's gaze went back to going between the two of them as she thought.
"Anything in the main area of Nova City's likely going to be designed to run on our power grid, but if you go to a subarchway, you should be able to find something that runs on a portable power source. Of course, it depends on what kind of tracer you're looking for. Something to track someone or something to find someone?"
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"Hrm.. well I was actually thinking of something more along the line of tracking someone. The mages and non mages that are taking shelter at our guild, namely. If we can't find anything suitable here, we might look into some kind of tracer spell enchanted into a brooch or cufflink - something to give them a little more peace of mind. I'm pretty sure everyone feels more secure at the guild with the precautions we've in place, but one more won't hurt."
She frowned, "If I'd thought of something like this sooner, maybe those other mages wouldn't have been kidnapped -or at least we'd be able to find them if they had been." She worried about what the mages might be going through while they were captive still, not to mention what the Hands were really after.
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Natsu looked up at Lucy's cup after she held it out so expectantly for him. He just chuckled with a shake of his head before putting down his cup and taking Lucy's, warming it between his hands within a few moments before handing it back to his partner.
"You can't go blaming yourself. No mage that accepted our offer has been hurt or gotten kidnapped. The only ones who did were those who refused or took shelter with Mewtwo."
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Otherwise finding some way to track residual magic or, in this case, areas of Fayren that seem to lack magic usage in an outstanding way.
"Be careful about using magic to find them though. You don't want to accidentally make them into martyrs for their cause if you use magic to hunt down and suppress them."
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She winced slightly - she had actually had to let those members of the Hands of Decay escape, if only so she could help rescue the mages that got kidnapped on Mewtwo and Satori's watch. If she'd been capable of opening three gates at once without being at risk of ...well, this was no time for that thought.
"Yes, I've considered that.." She mused thoughtfully. "Fairy Tail doesn't kill, so there's no risk of martyrdom." Even if she suspects Natsu would love to put the hurt on these bastards. She glanced at Natsu with a faint smile briefly, "I know, but I can't help but feel like maybe I should have tried a little harder to convince them to take shelter with us instead." But she wasn't going to be pushy and insist on it - that wouldn't help them any.
"In any case, I don't know how they've been able to hide their presence from Natsu - it doesn't make any sense. A dragonslayer's senses are insanely keen, and Natsu's are the strongest of the three other dragonslayers we have in Fairy Tail. I'm thinking they're using some other method. Once we check out those ..GPS things you were talking about, we'll have to look into making connections with outside help." She should have looked sooner, but she underestimated this group - and the ineffectiveness of the current Guardian and her lapdog. In any case, they weren't going to say no to help - unless it was from the His and Her Dictators of Fayren. Or other shady individuals.
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Hearing Lucy talk about his senses and skills like that made his chest swell a bit with pride. A comical sight no doubt but he so loved recognition especially when it came from Lucy. The talk about the Hands certainly put a stop to that though as he decided to voice a thought he'd been having.
"You know I'm gonna bet they're actually using magic too."
omg my ass got kicked by the worst cold, sorry.
She didn't mean that as an insult so much as the people without pendants couldn't leave the archway- so chances were they'd never seen a real tracker. A smart observation, in her opinion.
Weiss shrugged about the knocking-heads question. Honestly, he was just grumbling and she didn't want to be responsible for just saying to go for it if something did go wrong. But she did have another question.
"What does the dragonslayer title mean in your world anyway? I don't mean to be rude but as far as I'm aware, most people have come to an agreement that dragons aren't really for slaying in Fayren."
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Lucy almost chuckled at the question, "If I had a jewel for everytime we had that question. Dragonslayer magic -is- a magic meant to defeat - or kill - dragons, but that doesn't mean he, or the other dragonslayers in the guild back home - actively go around hunting them. It's only to be used on dragons that mean harm to humanity. In fact.." She paused, glancing at Natsu. Nah, she'll let him tell Weiss about his dad and the rest.
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"Pretty much everything Lucy said. Not to mention me and all the Dragon Slayers of my generation were raised and taught this magic by our Dragon parents." The second generation dragon slayers were an exception and the mythical third generation were actually first generation just like him.
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Weiss just repeats it. Just about everything else there was kind of lost when he said dragon parents. She tilts her head slightly, quirking an eyebrow.
"You don't exactly look like a dragon.. gave birth to you. Is it kind of like that story about a boy being raised by wolves or..?"
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"How do you end up as 'supposedly orphan'ed?"
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"It means until recently I was convinced I was an orphan that Igneel picked up. It's only been a few months since I found out I had a brother. Even if he's a damn jerk."
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"Family can be.. difficult sometimes. Believe me, I know. Thanks for telling me anyway."
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She glanced at Weiss, "It's the same for you, right?" She assumes Weiss has her own group of friends from home, that she calls family. She'd hope anyway.
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"Yeah of course. You guys are all my family." He said with a firm nod before he turned his look back to WEiss.
"I just answered to the best of my ability. I hope it helps make it more clear."
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It's obviously a carefully phrased sentence, but she hasn't exactly hid who those two are: her father and her sister, respectively. She won't call her friends 'family' though- she likes calling them friends. She likes having friends, even if she literally refuses to let Ruby call her her 'bff.' Family is something Weiss has always had and it's complicated and messy, but her friends are something just as important but very different to her.
"It did, and I appreciate it."
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Being able to just relax, chat with a friend and share frustrations was surprisingly therapeutic. Even if they were no closer to a definite resolution, they still had a few new ideas now. "Well - I think we've taken up enough of your time for now, Weiss. But we should definitely do this again - ah, with cheerier topics, I think." She chuckled. "Hopefully we'll have reason to invite you out for a change, as thanks for everything." Not that they'll need a reason, really. They could just call her up and make a playdate, so to speak! Oh yeah - she glanced at Natsu, "How was that drink, by the way?"