23th January,1012

As stared at the man’s hand Reda takes his hand and gets up,”Its Reda…who are you again?” in a confused and gloomy tone he asks still feeling mild pain from the side and the stab wound feeling a slight internal burn but that would subside after the flower attached on his side would begin to pulsate acting as a sort of painkiller clogging up the internal bleeding.

"ah I see maybe in your disorientated state of near imminent death you must haven't heard what I just said so I'll reiterate."

a short pause and ambience and awkwardness a loud voice booms out of the man as he got close to Reda's face with a toothy grin, “Well again! I am lieutenant Rogan jasper the Lady over there is Leroy hossman the 2nd the quiet one is Pali Uthgarde and were from The Blue Ankh Foundation...we heard reports of an arson that happened recently in this forest..do you have any ideas about how it happened? I mean you were close to the site that should be obvious ain't it."

Rogan would take out a notepad out of his uniform pocket with a silver pen attached to it with a small ankh engraved on it and wait for Reda's account of how this strange event played out. "W-w-well *sigh* it was a normal morning I was living with my older sister Elien in that hut over there." Reda points to the now charred corpse of the once lively home they lived in.

"Right and continue?" Rogan continues taking notes,Meanwhile Pali walks over to the house and looks around the arson site taking pieces of it and putting it in a leather bag.

"I-we were attacked...by 3 odd figures hood wearing demons they stabbed me left me to die.Worst of all they took Elien away,In the fight Elien burned our home down in the battle." Reda says in a exustated tone as Rogan begins to write down.

Rogan would look somber as Leroy whispers in his ear, "Lieutenant this kid is different...I haven't seen anyone survive such a brutal stab to the side...especially with a calfur infused blade of sorts notice that's not normal even for a normalite that'd be fatal."

Rogan would nod and whisper back, "I know...maybe he's like made of steel?...I mean y'know kids are nowadays...Especially forest dweller normalites they can really survive anything. Remember mount keshu 1 month ago that normalite geezer that survived 20 arrows to the body and still managed to kick that medic in the face." He says under his breath to Leroy. Rogan continuing asking, "Say what does your sister and these so called 'intruders' look like? Any idea?"

Reda would continue as pali continues to check around the place and finds bits and pieces of the crime scene collecting things,"well my sister was about this tall" he estimates 6'6ft with his hand and Leroy yawns waiting for the mini interrogation to get over. Reda continues, "She also had pure golden hair and eyes and and 4 black circles on her forearms."

Rogan found the last detail intriguing his thoughts were disrupted as Reda speaks,"As for the hooded freaks....there was one with teal hair another had a burn scar...one was really tall 2 of them fought my sister with some witchcraft! and the one that stabbed me had a bone out and and-" he was cut off by Rogan

Rogan would note it down,"Well any guesses as to what exactly these people wanted?"

Reda would think for a moment and once he caught the memory he would say, "I am not sure...about what they wanted they came in and attacked me and my sister.." Reda gets teary eyed as she thought about it cleaning his face with his shirt.

As soon as the words hit Rogan ears he would become wide eyed and curious,"mmh..okay your a tough case..l suppose we'll take you back to the station do you know anything about mages forest dweller?"

"I don't know anything mister...about this 'mage' you refer to, I am as clueless as a blind mole in water." Reda says shaking his head still tired.

Rogan snap his fingers and say,"mmh...*tsk* this is going to be a pain Leroy, Pali! come we've gotta go!" Leroy would stand next to him as Pali gets up and the bag filled with charred wood as he too stands next to him as Rogan would ask, "Reda i would ask of you to come with me back to the station...this is important.." his voice stern and firm as he said this.

Reda fearing the use of force of these unpredictable and unknown powers of these people would comply and nod as he was escorted out of the forest his axe in his hand with a fearful gaze at the 3.

After a while of walking to a clearing Leroy would try to lighten the tension,"Well...then kid I hear your a complete nitwit to the outside world why do you suppose that is you know nothing at all?" Asking this with a similar cheeky grin on her face.

This lady is weird Reda thinks to himself as he thinks of a response.

Reda would respond, "Older sister tells me that...the outside world is filled with bad men...monsters and flames that hurt you. Elien never let me out of the forest ."

"Mmh...that explains it..then...you were kept here against your will?"

"Umm...can you please tell me what that means mister?" asks Pali but Rogan answers for him.

Rogan explains,"It means you were not allowed to leave the forest like your sister kept you here like an animal in a cage." Walking closer to the clearing.

Reda shakes his head as the 4 of them approach the clearing standing before a vast cliff overlooking a large structure in the distance reminiscent of a military base.An intimidating iron bastion with a tall flagpole with a large red flag with a blue ankh on its centre waving in the wind on it

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"well Reda welcome to District Station-3 it's not the cleanest or the richest in budget but it looks pretty doesn't it?" Rogan says to Reda pointing at the large building.

Reda looks amazed by the size of the structure seeing this for the first time,"W-what made that thing.Looks like a big steel hut?"

Leroy chuckles at his ignorance, "Us...dumbass...we built it with our own 2 hands well not us, but like a bunch of steel mages, cement mages and 10+ years of work. " Pali would nod being silent and almost unnoticed behind the 3 almost fading into the background like a chameleon with no colour changing qualities.

Rogan would abruptly stop and clasp his hands together,"Alright so stay calm Reda this will be a bit strange but just make sure that you don't puke." Leroy and pali knew what was coming next as they brace themselves.

"a su fermi" Rogan chants and the circular sigils on his hand glows purple once again and hops off the cliff downwards the purple of the sigil enveloping him gracefully landing almost weightless as if gravity was a rule that could be broken.

Leroy would say, "C'mon we gotta jump." She says this jumping off and so does Pali both landing gracefully Rogan's hands wide open catching them the two of them one by one.

Reda initially scared would do it but with a heavy heart and butterflies in his stomach he jumps off and close his eyes and open them seconds later to be suspended in air with a purple aura around him upside down as the trio look down at him.

"Fantastic well then you've never had a fear of heights did yah?" Rogan gave a chuckle as he deactivates his sigil making Reda fall to the ground. He dusts his shirt standing up following the triad of mages as they got closer to the supposed 'District station-3' .

"How?...did YOU DO THAT?!", Reda exclaims getting up pointing to Rogan as he smiles and flicks his wrist forwards as he walks to the building,"Well, It's calfur magic...Reda." Reda would sigh for now forgetting the grief of his sister's kidnapping and physical trauma of his wound.

Leroy adjusting her orange hair with a comb as they walk to the front gate saying, "My...hair next time Rogan can you try to make your weightlessness not affect my hair." Annoyingly brushes her hair getting messed up while falling fixing it as they approach the building after a few minutes of walking.

A voice is heard from the top of the gate its of a man who asks in a loud stern voice,"STATE YOUR DEALINGS!" The man would point a small cannon at them Reda hides behind Pali.

Rogan would roll his eyes,"Charles...get off your high horse and let us in you know it's me."

A rough chuckle was heard from the man on the gate as it open the 4 of them enter into the massive building and inside was few border guards that check their ids Rogan shows his Badge so does Leroy and Pali. But the guards got suspicious of Reda presence as he didn't have a Badge or any sort of information. "Don't worry the kid's with me." He snaps his fingers pointing finger guns as they go into the building.

"Leroy...Pali...you can go back to your posts I'll take it from here" Rogan says and the 2 part from Reda and Rogan walking together to their posts away in this maze of a building with hum buzz around the corner various soldiers in blue,blacksmiths and people in suits doing various tasks: Some chatting,others showing off their scars and weapons, Some carrying boxes, others papers. But it was all so distracting for him his heightened senses going ballistic from the new stimuli.

"Kid your honestly you've got lots to learn trust me that forest dweller life is over." Rogan says as they reach a small door and knock with a sign on it saying 'accountancy department don't enter'.

a few paper falling and crashing and footstep noises later a woman opens the door with messy brown hair and eye bags and a long sleeve shirt a vest ontop,with the saying,'Disturb if foolish' in big bold lettering on it. As soon as she laid eyes on Rogan she speaks Pissed off at the sight of Rogan she'd angrily speak to him, "WHAT IS IT ROGAN I SWEAR TO ERI I'LL KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND IF YOUR HERE TO WASTE MY TIME?! Can't you see I'm busy with finance reports and...w-who's that?"

Rogan would put his left hand on the door frame and says lowering his glasses,"Woah woah...calm down Robinson...I am not here to use my calfur magic on you like last time...Relax out girl I need this room the interrogation rooms are taken and also this is Reda my acquaintance Reda this is Robinson of the accountancy department."

"Which is only just her...by the way." He says the line in a hushed whisper smiles waiting for her response batting his eyes at her,Reda clearly confused from the interaction as It takes Robinson a second to respond.

The woman puts her hands on her temple and says annoyed,"*sigh* you can use the room...only 10 minutes now get to it before I change my mind!" She opens the door allowing the two to enter in and she closes the door behind them and Rogan uses his sigils again and pulls a chair towards him and pushes it towards Reda

"Now then...let me explain to you why I brought you here and what the world is like." Rogan noticed Reda's tensed deminor and says,"Take it easy I know you've been through hell and back...with you getting stabbed and seeing the pearly gates and all." He hands a bottle of water conveniently placed on the desk Reda sitting on the chair leaning back a little as Rogan would explain to him.

"Well then... first off I can tell you're a normalite. Normalites like yourself aren't able to do godlike feats like us mages but you posses a physical strength and durability far greater than us mages, but you might be asking yourself what do we do in a place like this?...well this is the B.A.F or Blue Ankh Foundation we seek to keep normalite and mage relations as peaceful as possible by any...means necessary and since your a normalite with no background passport nothing as standard procedure we'll give you a contract called the Boringer pact"

Reda now processing most of the informations given he asks,"what's......is this Boringer pact?"

"Well its a contract that allows orphans aged 16-17 such as yourself with no identity to get yah feet in the ground on society. It provides passport,identification card,accommodations in this building and a salary.The downside is you must serve us for the next 6 years are you ready for it?"

Reda would look at him and ask the serious question,"will....this....help...me...find my sister?"

After a while of thinking Rogan stares him down,"Its better than walking aimless isn't it?...If you don't sign this not only do you run the risk of getting enslaved by the mage collation, killed by the AAAs. The list keeps on going,If I were you I'd sign it. You ought to sign it for your safety,and as a plus we have the resources for large scale man hunts."

Reda stares at him and after a long pause he would say,"I'm-"

*CRAASH!*

Robinson comes bursting into the room with angry face, "OKAY TIME'S UP ROGAN GET THE FUCK OUT MY OFFICE! and I am sorry kid for my rudeness It's not a issue with you,I've got some hate left to spare for him." She holds the door as Rogan would give her a blow kiss. The pair walk out to the door along with Reda as the door is slammed.

"She's a little hot headed being stressed and the only accountant her." He does the twirls his finger in circles near his head and asks,"What is your decision Reda?"

Reda would sigh,"I-I am going to

...sign it..."