30th January,1012

A whole week passes since Reda's arrival into B.A.F's caring medical center,nurse Kori's watchful eyes on him ensuring he didn't get up and leave at short notice,helping him out with changes of his gauze and disinfecting the wound.

"C'mon...isn't it time for me to leave?" Reda says yawning scratching his neck as Kori sighs,"I guess so but let me get your dischargement ticket and medical receipt from master chancellors and also...Can you do me a favor?"

"Favor?What's that? Is that a circus move?" Kori stares for a second with a annoyed face as she explains,"It's something you do for someone like a-Damn,I've got no way to explain it all you need to know is someone asks you to do something and you do it for them."

"Ohoh...what do you want me to do?",Reda asks looking quite curious to what she wants to propose to him Kori gets close to his ear and says,"Can you get Eclair's signature for me?" Reda sits on the bed stone faced staring at Kori tilting his head and asks,"What's a signature?"

"IT'S NOTHING! just get her to sign this." She shoves a handkerchief in his face and walks away Returning minutes later with a 2 papers glued with wax with signatures of Eclairs and another signature that both were very unreadable.

"Please do get her signature for me...its very very...important and I'll get you something in return." Kori says as Reda got up taking the papers and reads through seeing the oddity that was the absurd amount for medicines,"OY! What's this?!" It listed 3,000 keeby with tax.

"Don't be so loud your going to disturb the other patients." Kori says with a finger to her lips as a few eyes gaze upon them,"There's...no...way...I'm...going...to...pay...off." Reda says as he gets up and tries leaving the medical center into the hall but Kori stops him,"Wait aren't you paying up?"

"I've got no money.How am I supposed to pay up?" He sighs Kori then says,"You could do a down payment we'll deduct from your salary to pay up." She says as Reda sighs,"Money is stupid...I wish it didn't exist." He then got up and walks to the door and says to Kori,"fine...I'll take a down payment." Kori nods as he leaves.

Reda enters into a hallway with on the ceiling with similar glass containers with a white candle with a bluish flame emitting light however in the halls the light was much brighter taking him a second to adjust his eyes only for then to hear a voice,a scarred Normalite old-man a red eye patch over his left eye sitting on a metal bench waves at him,"Oi! Kid c'mere." Reda points at himself,"Yeah you boy get here." He walks towards the man,"well what?" he asks standing 2 meters away,"Well then boy I'm your guide name's Cateye Grecko pleasure meeting yah." the old man sticks out a hand to him.

Reda looks at his hand awkwardly not knowing what do do with it eventually the hand is lowered,"Not much mannered?Alright." The man got up and stretching."Your ready for standard procedure?" cateye's hand on his shoulder.

"Sure." Reda says as Cateye leads way walking forwards (his patient gown feeling breezy) "So?...where are we going?" The man doesn't respond immediately and continued walking forth taking twists and turns eventually reaching a staircase.

Climbing up the staircase onto the 2nd floor the duo get to a pair of double doors with a mural of a raven on the hilt of a sword in a worn torn battlefield its red eye beady and painted with pristine detail allowing for a breathtaking display."Beautiful ain't it?What's worse is what's inside." Reda tilts his head as Cateye opens the door.

(Opening it slowly) The door slowly the sun's rays hit from a window from the front;a figure sitting on a well cushioned chair with their hands on the desk,on that desk many papers lie spread around messily,an smell of oak with a spirit of alcohol moves into Reda's nostrils.The room was massive with 2 shelves about 6 meters tall and had various ravens in cages hung from the ceiling but none of them screeched or moved almost like they were statues but they twitched slightly in an unnerving fashion.2 very specific ravens perch on either side of the head rest of the figure's chair,their eyes surveying the papers intently but due to the interruption of the two the one on the left looks up.

"Yes?...couldn't knock?" His voice was raspy and authoritative as he still looks down,"Lieutenant Ivory we've got a newbie needs a forearm badge so do the needful please." Cateye says in a playful tone with his hand waving at the left crow's eye squints and Ivory whisper chants,"Rui" the left bird takes flight and goes to the left shelf and begins shuffling through the wooden boxes.

"So...tell me what's your name new guy?" Red Stiffens up a little from the question as the ravens jerk unnervingly at him and stutters out,"I-I'm Reda norlings." Cateye rolls his eyes knowing what's going to happen next,"you sound nervous I consider this as an act of weakness,I hope not to hear you stutter in front of me ever again." The Raven flies back and lands on the desk had a small golden badge with small indent similar hand with its forearm painted blue and drops it onto the table with a little damp sound as it hit the wood.

"Take it." Cateye nudges Reda forward as he walks forward to take the badge.The badge had a bit of raven saliva as Reda reaches for it in his right hand but before he could pull back Ivory grabs his wrist very quickly making him flinch and jerk a little,"What the?" Ivory sighs and says,"you failed Your mind is fragile to external forces." His grip loosens letting go of Reda.

"Out of my sight,Cateye make him known of the place." Reda hanging onto the badge shaking it to get rid of the saliva Cateye gives him a pat on the back as Ivory sighs as the two leave closing the door behind them thinking to himself,'that kid reminds me of Kasai...No doubt that's not it maybe time weaves imageries in my head'.

"Congrats!" Cateye says with a little huff,"For what?" Reda asks him walking with the badge in his hand,"Well for not freezing up like most people do in front of the lieutenant." Reda's eyebrows shrink up in curiosity from the statement,"Why's that?"

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"Well let me tell of the raven's stare?"

"What do you refer?"

"Well it's a tale amongst palm and pinky level soldiers that Ivory's raven stare is intimidating enough to paralyse a person with a weak will." The two climb down the stairs eventually getting to a black door with a sharp needle like handle,"We're here now I can't enter this room so your on your own on this one boy."

"Why?" Reda's hand begins to reach for the needle like door

"Kenita doesn't like more than one person in her-",Cateye stops and thinks of a better word,"In her domain yes don't worry she's a sweetheart just don't mess up all you gotta do is ask for a standard uniform and presto it'll be ready in 1 minute." Reda heeds Cateye's warning and goes into the room.

The room itself was dimly lit with wax candle,a woman sitting on a silk woven throne with tapestry of roses and flowers facing away from Reda,the room had mannequins lined up with various uniforms on them on their blank faces mirrors angled in a very specific way;papers pinned to the walls sketches of various uniform designs could be seen,as Reda admired the room's mistic atmosphere it was soon interrupted by a soft pleasant voice.

"Yes? how can I help?" she was still facing away from Reda as he speaks

"Excuse me a standard uniform please?"

"standard what?...uniform which level? size?" Her questions asked and fired quickly,Her voice rings in Reda's ear as the woman waits a moment before Reda responds.

"Umm,...Forearm." Reda says as the sighs then a chant is heard,"Metaroi" the uniform strings and belt buckles from the mannequins begin to become undone,a rouge aura envelopes it. The strings reach towards in high speeds Reda,"Woah!" He jumps back as the string wraps itself around his body his torso,legs,arms.

"Mmh...alright that's good enough,I must say you seem unaware of how things run around here but mind I digress." the strings tie itself around him,"I'm Kenita Lordin it's an honour you even met me instead of my assistants." the strings slowly slide off his body towards the throne where Kenita begins to do her craft.

"Really...umm thank you again for making my unifor-"

"It's done...go away now." The strings then make a bed underneath the blue uniform as its moved towards him Reda takes it and before leaving he gives a bow of respect,but as he turned around he caught a small glance at one of the mirrors.

the mirror's reflection shows a very torn up and stitched together face with a smile on their broken lips sending a trigger of shock down Reda's spine but he ignores it thinking its his eyes playing tricks on him ignoring it he walks out.Outside Cateye awaits him,"Sooo how'd it go?"

"As well as you'd expected,she was nicer than that lieutenant guy...Reminds me of my sister." He holds the uniform very tightly against himself.

"Watch your tongue don't call Ivory a guy,anyways c'mon we've gotta go.",Cateye's finger snaps loudly as he gestures,"We gotta get your patient gowns off your body it doesn't suit you." The duo walk down the halls and enter a restroom with a blue paint colouring the door.

"This my dear friend is the bathroom here's where you can piss and do your business for now just change I'm outside so don't worry wait outside." He opens the door for him,the room had 6 stalls with a very strange tap like structure on the side with cheap mirrors that look old and cracked.The sounds of water movement has been a part of the ambience as Cateye opens a stall for Reda.

"So I just change?" Cateye nods silently as he went in and changed from his patient gown and looks down at the scar on his side,a hundred thoughts plague his mind re-thinking if this was a good idea but continued to change into the uniform wearing it improperly as he got out.

"Oh dear,that's the worst,disrespectful sight of her uniform.I hope Kenita never finds you so disheveled." The man then pushed Reda to a mirror,"This is not ideal got it?" Reda got a good look at himself,quite disheveled and hair messy uniform basically undone,"Enlighten me then Cateye."

"I'll show you how it's done..." Cateye moves his hands using his own clothes as an example helping with the tie and zipper,guiding Reda how to dress proper. After some few minutes he Spins him around to the mirror and he looks at least 3 times better minus the messy uncombed hair.

"Mmmh somewhat presentable.C'mon we've got to get your axe."

"Oh..You know where it went?"

"Yeah 'Gravity man' wanted you to get it back he's taken a liking to you." he says Says leading him down the winding halls to a much more open area with grassy bedding/ground;soft crunchy grass could be heard with every step birds grasshoppers chirruping as an open ceiling shining down upon a statute of a younger Rogan jasper his hands above his head,the statute's face with a serious demeanor one eye closed.

"Woah...what's that?" Reda stares at the magnificent statue his mouth agape each detail on it every part chiseled to perfection down to the very wrinkles on the baggy uniform.On the statue's pedestal it was written boldly and in a curly font 'Lord of justice, Oh Wielder of gravity's sigil,Guide us to the light.'

"Heh love that statue? Pretty ain't it?" Cateye puts an hand on its leg,"This thing's history was quite the story but that's for another day no more looky looky wasting of time,But..." Cateye's voice trails off as he Gets a devious smile as he saw Reda still had the gown with him,"I'll need this,thanks." He grabs it out of his hands and climbs the statue putting it over him before walking quickly away Reda looks at the statute's face for a moment before following him.

passing past the statue into an open area of the building,"What the?" A spectacle of metallurgy stood in front of Reda,"Welcome to weapon heaven...or the armory let's find out your axe it should be somewhere here." Cateye begins to walks towards a woman waiting for him,"Oh your on time Cateye!" Holding her hands on Reda's axe with a black coating on the axe head.

"Thanks I guess?"

"Your welcome dear." The woman says as she waves him a goodbye,Cateye leads him deeper into the open space to a much bigger building,Comparative to the surroundings it was medium size.

"This is the mission guild go in there you'll get missions on what you should do,it's going to be easy just calmly listen and focus to what the mission giver says and nothing will happen." Reda nods and Cateye gives a pat on the back,"See you again next time?Cateye."

"See you again Reda." The old man walks away.

Gripping his axe handle tight looking down at it a face of contemplation strikes Reda,"Damn this is my decision,Eri I hope my decision wasn't a bad one." He walks into the the building preparing for what waits within