07/20/2015, 04:11 AM #503 Girls' Dormitories | Trinity Soul University
"Gladly." Sephiroth giggled and began to introduce herself as the three girls walked.
"As you know, my name is Sephiroth. However, since your friend here doesn't know, I think it's appropriate to say my name." Sephiroth started. "This may come off as a little confusing, but I was born about 2 weeks ago. We Greater Dryads are born gaining a few years of age in appearance. The older the Greater Dryad looks at birth, the more powerful she is. According to my mentor Matriarch Melial, the most powerful Greater Dryad took the form of an early teenager when she was first born, but when I was born, I took the form of how I am now."
"Right now, my Dryad community is being constantly threatened by humans that are deforesting the land and hurting the nature. I can understand their need of resources, but sometimes I wonder why they don't communicate with the Dryads and ask them to supply the lumber for them... and the humans aren't the only people that are harassing my Dryad tribe. Feral wyverns, werewolves, and others that plan on destruction of my forest... I lack power to protect my tribe, so I came to this university: to reach my potential early so my people won't suffer anymore."
Train Tunnel, Haeundae | Busan, Korea
The homeless man trodded forward, with Volkia tailing behind him. He wasn't very inquisitive of where Volkia came from, which she was glad to know. The less she reveal about herself, the better. However, there was one thing she wanted to know about this new acquaintance of hers.
"Pardon me, sir..." Volkia asked. "Do you have a name?"
"Name?" The homeless man answered without turning back. He took a turn, entering a narrower path. "Call me Jack."
"Jack?" Volkia repeated. The name was short, but its' simplicity made the name easy to remember. "Jack... thank you for helping me but, where are you taking me?"
"My friend." Jack answered bluntly as he slammed on an iron fence. "어이! 나 왔어! (Hey! I'm here!)"
A few seconds later, another homeless man stepped out holding a handhold lamp. Unlike Jack, this homeless man was younger and looked relatively cleaner. He was wearing a mens' tank top with a pair of baggy track pants along with slippers. While this was a very simple set of outfits, it was better than Volkia's current outfit of... nothing.
"성님. (Bro.)" The younger man nodded, then noticed Volkia behind Jack. "이분은 누구셔? (Who is this person?)"
"누가 자기 옷을 훔쳐갔다고 하는데. (She says someone stole her clothes.)" Jack answered, introducing Volkia to this younger and more muscular man. "외국인인가봐, 한국어를 못해. (She must be a foreigner; she cannot speak Korean.)"
At Jack's answer, the younger man stepped forward and eyed Volkia, not out of lust but more out of curiosity. With his interest sated, he introduced himself.
"Hello." The younger man eloquently spoke English, which took Volkia by surprise as she flinched up. "My name is Jaewon."
"I- wow, you can speak English rather well." Volkia noted in a pleasant surprise.
"I used to work as a translator, until the company I worked for took a huge loss." Jaewon responded with a sheepish chuckle. Surely, presence of a naked woman made him shy. "So you say someone stole your clothes?"
"Yes, well, I- it's a long story." Volkia revealed. "But to make it short, when I woke up, the clothes I was wearing went missing along with my staff."
Jaewon listened to what Volkia had to say and, when Volkia mentioned the staff, his eyes widened as he took a closer look at Volkia. "Oh. You're that person."
"That person?" Volkia repeated in confusion.
"Yeah. I was coming back from scavenging in the nearby beach, when I saw someone I know take off a girl's clothes: your clothes. You were knocked out cold. I thought he was trying to rape you, so I shouted at him. He ran away with your clothes, but he must've forgot to take this."
Jaewon answered Volkia's confusion and took a long, black staff out from behind a large stack of boxes. It was Volkia's staff, which she turns into assortment of weapons when in combat.
"I'm assuming this is yours?" Jaewon made a smirk as he tossed the staff to Volkia, who snatched it from the air with ease. Perhaps the most essential half of her inventory was now recovered, which made Volkia so happy she pounced Jaewon.
"Thank you so much!" Volkia shouted happily, her eyes almost tearing up. Jaewon was knocked back, but he stayed upright as he chuckled at Volkia's actions. "Now we need to find my clothes."
"I can help you get them back." Jaewon announced as he let go of Volkia's grasp. "I know where the thief could've taken your clothes."
"You do? Where?" Volkia demanded.
"Him and a group of thugs are camped out on the other side of the tunnel." Jaewon informed. "They're all criminals... mugging things from pedestrians, breaking into people's homes while their owners are out on the beach... and that's only the crimes I've seen them commit. Who knows what other deeds they did? They're all horrendous people that won't hesitate to kill you, so we best be careful."
Volkia was originally planning on just taking back her clothes, but if Jaewon's claims are true, then those thugs need to pay the price of committing crimes with their blood. "It's okay," Volkia smiled, twirling her staff expertly. It felt right, to have her weapon at the ready. "If a fight arises, I can handle it."
Jaewon smiled and turned away. "Alright, let me get a few things ready."
Volkia smiled back and left through the iron fence, waiting back by the railway.
"성님. (Hey, bro.)" While preparing to guide Volkia to get her clothes back, Jaewon asked Jack who was sitting in a one-room house resting. "저분, 용인이재? (That girl, she's a dragonkin, isn't she?)"
Jack chuckled. "살다살다, 인간세계에서 마법세계로 가는건 들어봤어도, 그 반대는 처음이네. (I've seen people from mundane world entering Kosmo Magicko, but I've never in my life seen the opposite until now.)"
"성님은 그립나? (Do you miss it, bro?)" Jaewon asked, draping a matching track jacket over his tank top.
"옛날? 그립지 당연히. (The old days? Of course I do.)" Jack answered as he pulled out a cigarette from his pocket. "햐... 그 다이치 그놈, 잘지내나 모르겄네. (Damn... I wonder if that dude Daichi is doing okay.)"
