Ranma paused her work as the butterfly flittered past her eyes and landed upon the windowsill in front of her. Frowning, she waited a moment before watching it fold into a piece of inert parchment.
As useful as it was, especially in her line of work, magic always somewhat disturbed her. Her curse and much of what followed from that definitely had a hand in her opinions.
She never used magic directly, sticking to tools and items, and she only used those when she had to. Most of the time, her martial skills were plenty for the jobs. Still, there were times that specific items were necessary.
As it stood, there was only one source of magic that did not make her flinch at least a little: her children.
Grumbling, she set down her building supplies and gingerly picked up the magical message.
She especially hated the way hire requests showed up at her door like this.
Opening the message she skimmed over it somewhat hesitantly before reaching the location.
"Ah, crap," she muttered, quickly moving to a large, iron-bound wood chest and throwing it open.
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Meanwhile, a silent figure looked over the scenes going on below in the schoolyard, watching everything carefully. A semi-psychotic grin covered his face as he noted his objective out on the field below enjoying her lunch.
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(Posted Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:54)
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