Alice didn't know why she felt like going on this mission. All she had to do was find an item that reads one's dream, simple enough. The bad news was it was located in the ruins of some old town with a demon guarding. So all I need to do is find someone willing to go with me to this small town and steal the item. Remember no fighting the demon. It is a one sure way to make this mission a lot worse. " Now if only someone could go with me as a distraction..."
( OOC: Why is it so slow..)

Wandering around aimlessly and hopelessly bored, Taurou saw a girl standing around who looked like she was thinking. He wondered if she was going on an adventure. He walked up to her, not caring about how he presented himself. He was bored, and wanted to do something. Hey, you need help or something? You seem lonely.

" Not exactly lonely as is looking for someone to help me on a mission... say? Would you be interested?" Alice quickly examined the boy. He didn't look like as if he had any exterior motives for asking her so she figured it was okay.
" If you are curious about the details of the mission I can tell you them. The objective is to retrieve an item from a demon. Nothing complicated."

Nhieling, passing by, bored since his last mission, saw two person he didn't know speaking together.

It seem interesting, may I join? Asked him

Taurou smiled, Demon huh? He extended his arms above him and arched backwards, stretching. I could use a workout. He laughed then nodded. I'm interested. He put his hands into his pockets and looked to his side when he saw a man with a puppet. He pulled out one hand and pointed his thumb towards Totoro, Ask her. He said with a bored expression.

" Thanks I guess we should get going soon. I hope you don't mind but I wonder, what type of magic do you use?" Number 1 rule of making plans, ALWAYS know what powers you allies have."
" Sure if you want to, I guess. Just a question though, what type of magic do you use?" This newcomer seemed interesting. He had white hair but that wasn't to abnormal.I'm not sure what to think about him. He did listen into our conversation but I do that all the time. A bit thin doesn't look strong, seems like the magician type.

I favor lightning magic, but, he pulled down his sleeves and showed off his forearms that were covered in darkness. This may be a hindrance. He shrugged covering his arms again. I'm sure I'll be fine though. He looked back over to the new arrival. He looked like he would slow the two down, but he always thought: Never judge by appearances. OK, is that all? He let out a small smile to show he was completely fine with whatever was going to come about.

Nhieling, looking at this strange girl, answer with a grin :

Me ? Mainly a supportive spell caster and a trickster.

Making the creepy doll on his shoulder move suddently right in front of Totoro face, he add

Puppet master, and curse wizard.

( OOC: Character name is Alice..)
" So a lightning mage and a supportive spell caster. We may not have a melee fighter but this will do." The puppet moving didn't bother Alice. One of the people Alice met at school had once studied puppetry. " In case you are wondering I am a golem engineer. I can work as a stragetist though." With a lightning mage and support mage maybe we should use a debuff enemy buff us plan and finish it in one shot. That would definitely work as long as the demon is not immune. " Judging by the magic we use maybe you" Alice faced Nheiling "curse the enemy. While you do that. The other guy and I will use our spells or golems against the demon. When you are done you help concentrate on attacking while dodging. Does this sound good? And before you object lets all introduce ourselves. I am Alexus nice to meet you."

The puppet suddenly draw out his claw.
Don't think that I'm just a mere supportive spell caster... It's just, my specialty.
Then with another of his grin he add
As long as we don't encounter powerful demon, we won't have any hard time i think.

( OOC: Oh okay)
" Yeah, yeah so what other ideas do you have. I don't like going into a battle without a plan you know." That puppet seems to be used for purposes like Terra. " Well since you like puppets so much why don't we just go with an attack attack attack stragety?"

Taurou. He stated plainly. He looked at the strange puppet and grimaced. He hated things like that. He shook his head and looked at the two. I was thinking of you two staying back and having your... Familiars attack while I keep the opponent busy so it doesn't destroy your familiars. He drew out a dark bladed sword. Looked more like a big knife. He held the blade sideways, the blade flat in one hand, and the hilt in the other. This is my sword. Not used much, he noted the freshly sharpened blade with perfect leather hilt. However, he let the light touch the blade and small etchings appeared on the blade's flat, These are runes of forbidding. Help with keeping demons away. He sheathed the blade once more and looked at the two. Sound like a plan?

" Nice to meet you Taurou. That seems to work too, though are you fast enough to dodge knives and elemental arrows?" The sword he drew out seemed sinister. Sinister things seemed to draw war... " Well if the other guy agrees, sounds like a plan." Alice already had prepared 3 golems, Terra, Maple and another Earth one. It seemed enough for a low level demon.

He chuckled softly. Yes, I am quite fast. Don't worry. If I'm struck, it will be of my own fault. He turned to the other person. And what do you say to the plan? Or would you like to tweak it? I don't mind, not much of a strategist anyways. I do things on a whim. He chuckled softly again.

Nhieling started seeking into his puppet. Taking a little bomb, he light it and throw it at his own puppet. After a little bang, the part of the puppet started to reattach.

You don't have to worry about my "familiar". To make it short, the soul of an old dark wizard is sealed inside. And because of some fundamental law in the way magic work, the doll can't disappear from this world, it repair itself endlessly.

I'm not against making a plan, but we can't before knowing what kind of enemy we'll encounter. We can give everyone a role for sure, but in the end a plan is always condemned to fail because of the randoms.
As a tactician myself, the only thing I can tell you, is that a good strategic is generally the simplest one, with the less precision. When you know your enemy, you just have to use his own strength against him, push on his weakness and draw him into your game. But i'll depend of his reaction too.

Alice watched in amazement as the puppet got recreated immediately. For someone who used "familiars" this was one of the strongest abilities a puppet/golem could have." That's pretty cool..." I wish I could do that for my golems... " You have a point. Unless we know what type of enemy it is we can't do anything... Maybe we observe it first then create a plan? Though make sure there are no chances. Whenever the plan has a chance to fail it will."

Seeing the puppet explode and reattach, Taurou's interest was piqued. He Listened to the puppet's master's words of wisdom and nodded. Guess that's why its usually best to play it by ear, no? He crouched down and looked at the puppet. Fascinating device. The way you use the magical soul inside is very creative. Who's, may I ask? He looked up to the puppet's master.

Taurou's face turned to something of a grim expression. He stood up and bowed slightly, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to bring back any bad memories. He looked up again and back at Alice. Do you have your equipment all ready? He turned back to the puppet master. And you, he bowed once more, ready?

I'm fine. It's not like a bad memory at all, or at least it's not mine, I just share it with Zieref soul.

I'm ready.

" Hey I read about that guy in a book before! I rather dislike him for understandable reasons." Bummers I can't get one myself. " I'm ready. Should we get going?" Alice turned to Nhieling. " You still haven't told use your name yet."
(OOC: Have you noticed we are the only ones that have really been on today?)

" I understand but after your dorm mate decides to play an unpleasant prank regarding him you would be uneasy." Alice shivered. The prank her dorm mate had played wasn't exactly the nicest one. " Though it is true history is written by the winners. And it is the societies fault if they turned him into a monster but hey the leaders might be too arrogant to acknowledge that. Which is why I tend to stick to being neutral."

" Well off we go. I hope none of us die and if any of you guys do I will make sure to attend your funeral." These people seem interesting. Maybe I should talk to them more often.