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Mai was in the midst of pulling people out of the wreckage and laying them on the ground. Some were alive, some not. She checked the pulses of each one as they came out. A medic team was right there to strap the injured into neck braces and get them onto stretchers. Mai glanced to the next building over, the library, and felt pained when all those books had been wrecked to one degree or another.

But she was somewhat happy for the building, it was sturdier than the rest and managed to mostly stay up. Mai was pulling out the last person of the carnage when a little ferret ran past her. Wait... a ferret? It looked exactly like the one in Vackel. Mai pondered if Dias had come with the Oracles group but shook the thought off quickly. There was no time for her to be day dreaming. She had work to do. One of the volunteer medics had also come to help replenish her. "Miss...thank you for everything you're doing here." Mai shook her head as she took a sip of water. "We still have a lot to do before we're out of the fire, don't thank me yet friend." She glanced upwards to the Solus Rays and recalled when the Lord of Vackel brought in the dead body of the Lady of Celarius. We're far from out of the fire...

The medic spoke up again. "Uhm, miss? A bunch of us were wondering, you seem to know what you're doing so much, are you of more noble blood?" Mai copped a laugh. "I wouldn't really say I am. I'm a refinery worker in Damascus and I'm usually charged with teams for maintenance and repairs. So we tend to come across dangerous situations that we need to control." The person nodded. "So this isn't really new to you then?" Mai shrugged. "Well...the situation is different, but the need and duty to fix everything is still there." The helper thought for a moment and responded. "Well Damascus is famous for their refineries, so we must be blessed to have the person responsible for their maintenance here!" Mai wasn't really sure why, but even though she was working class, she seemed to have brought some hope to at least one person in Celarius after the disaster and for that, she herself was thankful, and felt rejuvenated. "Back to work?" She asked the helper, who nodded and carried one side of a stretcher with another helper at the other end. Mai turned to the library and began moving rubble out of the way.

Mai turned when she heard the footsteps of someone come from behind and found Dias approaching. Mai was covered in dirt and sweat and slightly blackened from the charcoal of burnt wood. All of this from helping Celarius. Mai didn't say anything to him either, and she was too tired to smile, but the look in her eyes was welcoming. With a final pull, she managed to get the library door open. Inside the roof had pits of holes where it gave out with streams of softened light from the setting sun giving off its ambiance in the room. Many bookshelves were toppled, with some wrecked and books laid everywhere in disarray. Mai began to search inside for survivors, and to also pull out any dead bodies to be identified and buried.

Mai followed Dias to find the head librarian. She looked him over with a frown. "I'm no medical expert, but I've seen this injury before." Mai was amazed that the head librarian managed to live this long. His arm was gone, lying nearby and a major artery was exposed. She felt kind of helpless at this point. That would be a very major repair to put his arm back on, and Mai now lacked the energy to do so. She backed away from the two and proceeded to look for others, leaving the head librarian with his final words.

((Ehh...should I? I dunno...hmmm...HEH HEH HEH okay XD ))

The librarian gazed over at Mai. "Ahh, she's grown up so well, I remember her parents..." He commented. He turned back to Dias. "There is a great secret buried within these lands. One that connects our destinies together." He began to cough up blood, and his breathing became heavy and shallow. "Boy. If you choose, take over in my stead here in Celarius. And protect that girl." His hand reached out and shakily pointed to Mai who was pulling out another injured survivor. "What she holds is the power of change..." Blood began to more diligently stream from his nose and mouth and with his other injury, pooled on the floor below. "Even the darkest of shadows cannot exist without the light. Remember that well boy." And with those words he drew his last breath and slipped into his death.

Mai paused at the moment of the Head Librarian's passing and hung her head upwards in the ambiance of the setting sun's rays. To honor the man, she would not look down, but rather see him off into the heavens. Her gaze turned back to Dias and the body of the librarian. "I remember you too Seymour..." She said quietly and moved out of the librarian when she found no more others inside.

((I hope that's okay))

Echo let go of Fayte. She knew another person would be needed for the thrown. She knew that she couldn't handle that. With her sporadic upbringing she herself was as random and shifting as water. Celarius definately did not need that. Echo's gaze fell on this Kaori girl. Her 'colors' were light blues, greens and violets that were close to the emotions and feel of Celarius. Echo also detected no lies in the girl's voice. But, of course, Echo didn't 'take too kindly' to stranger to put it lightly. She raised an eyebrow at Kaori warily.

Fayte noddded. " Akatan you know I trust your judgement, feel free to lead the armies as you see fit. " He said giving him permission. " Alright. " He turned to the others. " Alright, what do you all think. I believe that Kaori is the best choice for the job. She has all of the qualities of a kind person and seems to truly care about the people, I also see that she seems to be a good leader, of course that much is speculation. The point is we need to choose a leader and we need to choose now. " He said calmly. He looked at Echo and smiled. " Please relax I think she is kind, I know that she's a stranger and therefore we would all feel a little uneasy. " He said taking her hand. " But we're running out of options and we have people to save. " He said with another kind smile.

Echo looked at Fayte now. A smile touch his features seeming to brighten the atmosphere. She listened to his words still somewhat uneasy about this. He hand slipped in her's. She blinked at the contact loving it just the same. She was suprised that he could read her easily. Echo seemed to soften around him. Being near Fayte helped dull the razor sharp instincts that had been enforced by Noir. She nodded. "Okay" she said. Her gaze glanced back to Kaori. "You have my vote" she said finally. Echo sensed negative like feeling coming from the fae, maybe Echo could talk to the girl later.

Kaori didn't mind the ferret moving up to her head. She was fine with him staying there, but he had better not bite or nibble on her ears. She continued to help move some of the wreckage into a pile, so that it was not in the way. She then looked back, she could still see the group, and pretty well since she had such good eyesight. She wondered about what their decision would be. It was very weird though, seeing as how the fate of Celarius was in the hands of kids. It was even stranger that the Lords and Ladies were so young yet still ruled over their kingdoms. But as long as they knew what they were doing and made the right decisions it didn't matter to her how old or young they were.