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Who's They?; Closed -Set during Christmas Holidays of Year 17-
Topic Started: Mar 11 2013, 09:19 AM (2,268 Views)
Minoas Stratis
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Definately he wasn't in the right mood for a tea. In addition, the day was too warm for a hot beverage but Minoas accepted the cup of tea not wanting to offend her. He took just a sip of the aromatic tea and let the cup on the coffee table in front of him. He didn't disturb her with extra questions. He just let her talk and tell him what news she had for him. He was ready to say to her that there was no reason to apologize for giving him vague information. Her input had helped him so far. He was there, wasn't he? He just needed a little something to point him to the right direction. It now made sense about the maroon color he had so much relied on.
"So the person I'm looking for works here or at least is part of this festival." he made his own conclusion when the professor explained what the maroon color represented.

Minoas hadn't explained the whole situation to Professor Le Fey, like he did with Briar and Elbio but he suspected that he didn't have to anyway. She looked like she knew everything before hand. Perhaps her visions had shown her more than he could imagine. She had mentioned she had seen the original vision again, this time more clearly. Perhaps she had noticed something important she didn't last time.
"Did you see something new I should know?" he asked hopeful at the edge of his seat.
"There are countless of wizards with a staff, let alone wearing maroon. There must be something else that could pin point a specific person or a location where that person could be." he said trying to refresh her memory if it wasn't already refreshed from her recent, new vision.
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After learning that all employees at the festival were to wear maroon Elvera had tried to get back to the vision she had had of the festival. scrying in flame, ink, water, mirrored. eventually she had managed to bring it back, or at least bring back the memory of it. as like dreams visions had a tendency to fade over time. as soon as she had seen it she had written the details down. she had been tempted to send it to minoas over owl but wasn't sure if it was a good idea. instead it had sat folded n her desk draw until this morning when she had on the spur of the moment put it in her bag along with some water and other things she would be needing for the day. when she had arrived at the stall she had totally forgotten about it, being busy unpacking then working on the front selling with the occasional reading in this back room. it had actually only been when she had seen minoas that she had remembered.
the boys conclusion was one she had also reached. "yes, he works for the festival, and as he was in full maroon he was an official employee" she said. confirming it. minoas' next question was one she was expecting from as soon as she said she had something to tell him. instead of answering se drew her wand and summoned her bag, not wanting to get up again to fetch it from the other side of the room. she opened the draw string and reached inside finding the little pocket that she had placed the parchment in. she took it out without unfolding it she handed it to minoas his name written in her neat calligraphy on the outside. "It took me a while but i managed to remember and see it again. i did, and wrote down what i saw" she said. letting him open it and read through.
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jester in a red maroon and green suit, snake charmer, people everywhere
man in a maroon cloak, traditional hat and beard walking through a crowd towards an arena.
he enteres a maroon tent (note: the maroon tents are the officials tents, first aid stations lost children's ports etc, all other tents can be any colour but maroon)
on the door of the tent was a poster. saying Festival of innovative magic 2032, Wagga Wagga, Australia. and a list of times and activities
next to this was another sign saying entertainers/duelists and officials only. (animal keepers use other entry)

she looked at minoas, watching as he read the paper. it was only a little more information than she had previously but not much. "I hope that that is able to help you" she said waiting to see if the boy had any more questions
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So the man he was looking was an official employee or just a person of important significance for the event. Still the festival took place in such a wide area, crammed with people. He just needed some luck, the same one he had while randomly entering a tend, turning out to be the tend of the only person that could currently help him.
His insides flooded with hope when the professor told him she had remembered a few more things clearer. He watched as she waved her wand and a piece of parchment zoomed in her hands, coming from the other room.
He looked at her confused as she gave it to him and she explained that she had noted down everything just in case her memory was clouded again. He unfolded the parchment and read through it, silent. He was remembering most of the information but what he found interesting which was not mentioned last time, was what was left in the end.

"Duelists, huh?" he wondered as this piece of information was limiting the group of people he had to focus one.
"So his either a duelist, an entertainer or an official." he repeated from the parchment and took his backpack on his lap to search for something into it. He took out the day's program and he searched through it to find what event was going to take place soon. His attention was drawn particularly by the Award Ceremony. If there was and event that could have gathered most officials, duelists and entertainments, this one would be for sure. He checked the time the ceremony was taking place and glanced at his watch as well. The ceremony had started half an hour ago and he jumped on his feet when he realized he had to have been met with Briar and Elbio half an hour ago as well.
"I think...I think I got it. I should go to the Award Ceremony. All the officials, participants should be gathered there. Thank you professor." he said in a rush. He took the map out of his backpack as well before putting it back on his shoulders and head out of the tend from the spot he had entered before.

"Bye." he waved as he got out and unfolded the map. He found his location and on his way back to the meeting point, he tried to figure out the shortest route to the colloseum, where the Award Ceremony was taking place.
Running out of breath, eventually he made it to the plaza they had first strategized. Briar and Elbio were already there waiting for him.
"Sorry guys, I was carried away and lost track of time." he tried to catch his breath and took a bottle of water from his backpack that he emptied with a few gulps. "Did you find anything interesting?" he asked as he unfolded completely the map on the same mushroom table they used before. He connected their current location to the colloseum as he listened to their progress if there was any.
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Elvera watched as minoas read the paper. he seemed to find the extra information useful. honestly she couldn't remember what was on it. the last time she had opened it was when she had added the note about the tent colours. but she still had vague memories of the vision. "most likely he is, or maybe a gate crasher" she said adding the extra option. though it seemed unlikely.
whatever minoas was thinking he seemed like he had a plan. she hoped it was a good one she didn't want him or anyone he was with to get hurt. but he was looking for his dad. and she wanted to help. maybe it was because she had never met her dad that was why. maybe it was because she liked helping people. she watched as he got up and left the tent from the back. "Good luck" she called to him as he left, she really did mean it. she finished the last of her tea in a few quick mouthfuls before heading back to the stall. a few minutes later almost all thought of minoas had been pushed from her mind as there was a crowd forming. all the spectators were flooding out of the stadium in front of them and stopping to look at the tarot cards and shiny crystal balls glinting in the afternoon sunlight. it really was a brilliant location, not only because she was outside a stadium but also because the stadium she was outside was the one that was most likely to attract the kinds of people who found divination equipment useful.
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walking along the paths between the tents, stalls and people showing techniques and skills. it wasn't long until briars stomach started to grumble. that wasn't unusual at all. she had always been known to eat a lot however when she reached an area laid out like a food court with food vendors around the edge and chairs and tables in the middle she made a deviation not to a stall that did meat, or a sausage sizzle but instead she ended up leaving with a pack of around dozen small fresh cinnamon doughnuts. mainly because they had smelt so good. and were what she felt like in the carnival atmosphere. she slowly started on them as she meandered through the markets. every now and then she paused to look at some good or something that was being sold. one old lady called out to her from a stand on her right as she passed as she passed. "perhaps an amulet for you young lady, maybe something to keep the werewolves away from your pretty face" briar had to stop at that and make her way over to the stand to see what she was selling. by the look of it it was a selection of silver jewellery. "this one will look beautiful against your skin. pure silver mined on the night of the full moon and cast during hte new moon for extra power" came the ladys sales pitch. she looked the lady dead in the eye and she could see that she was starting to think that something was not quite right. "thank you for your offer. but i am afraid it is a little loo late for that" she said before grinning widely her teeth showing in almost a wolf like way. the lady took a step back and muttered something that could have been a charm for protection. she did feel a little bad for scairing the lady like that but it was worth it to see her expression. she kept walking keeping her eyes open for thr man minoas was intent on finding but after what the centaur had said she didn't think there was much hope.
eventually she ended up at the other end of the festival and the last arena. this was the biggest on on the map. there was a sign above the entrance stating that she was entering the coliseum. she climbed the steps to a seat and watched as she saw a pair of duelists fighting away. coloured jets quickly flying between two points the two points that seemed to be circling each other a sgore board above the arena kept score it seemed like a wizard named N. Jones was winning. though it was close. as she watched briar thought that i looked like fun. maybe she should sign up for a duel, however one look at her watch disuaded her. it was only a short while before she had to meet up with the boys. she left her east and went out of the colosseum walking quickly through the crowds she arrived back by the fountain first. she sat on the mushroom seats again and took a good drink from her water bottle as she waited for the boys.
it was a while before Elbio arrived though it was still before she thought to get worried. as she had been a little early due to the fect that by four the crowds were starting to thin. it would be a useless ifea to ask if he had found anything, as she knew it would just mean repeating when minoas Arrived. instead she asked "Did you have a good time?". sometime after the arrival of Elbio Briar looked at her watch again. it was almost quarter past four. where was Minoas? she reached out her mirror and hoped against hope that she would see minas there however all she saw was the inside of his pocket and the look out from Elbio's. "you haven't heard from minoas have you?" she asked Elbio in case they had met and arranged a later time of something. she got up and started to pace. she didn't like sitting still for too long at the best of times, but when she was nervous she was worse.
Eventually she saw a familiar figure moving towards them. thank god. he looked like he had been rushing back to the plaza and she was glad that he wasn't hurt, in fact he seemed a little exited about something. she him catch his breath and cool down before she asked him what he had found. however minoas for there first. she shook her head "I found nothing." she said. "though a lady did try to sell me a necklace protective from werewolves"she said smiling alightly.
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The young man figured out that the people dressed in maroon had something to do with the festival. The memory jolted his mind eventually. Last year the personnel of the festival used to dress in dark green and the year before they had chosen scarlet. Realizing that the man they were searching for was probably part of the festival, he shoved his hand in his pocket to get the two-way mirror out of it and inform the other two. From his excitement however, as he pulled the mirror out of his pocket, it slipped out of his fingers and smashed on the ground.
"Oh man! I hope this doesn't mean seven years of bad luck." he said looking down at the smashed shards. He had no idea how he could contact them now and there were no vendors outside the arena he just watched a winged horse race, to by a new mirror. He decided to continue with the plan and return at the plaza as he had agreed with Minoas and Briar.

He visited his next locations without much luck. People dressed in maroon were everywhere. Some of them were indeed holding staffs but the characteristic pointy hat that would complete the description was missing. A hat however could be taken off during such a hot day. He concentrated on a specific middle aged man who was dressed in maroon and was also holding a staff and Elbio followed him for a while. It turned to be a judge for an owl competition and Elbio wished he had brought his own owl, something that could start more easily a conversation with him. At the end of the competition, Elbio followed him as he was heading to his tend. He stopped him half way in order to ask him but when he did, he was at a loss of what he should say to him.
In the end he asked him if he had seen a dropped scroll case around in order to see his reaction but the middle aged man shrugged unaware and walked away.

Elbio visited his last location which was a photography exhibition. There was a variety of subjects in display but the one that ultimetaly drew his attention was about magical creatures. A photographer named Isaac Vovk had managed to captured in pictures some rare creatures that ordinary people like Elbio could only see them in pictures. He wanted to become that kind of photographer, that could see things that most people couldn't and his lens would bring to them those images. The picture that captured him the most was that of a Nundu named Silvereye. The picture was dark, depicting the shadowy canopy of an african rainforest. In the middle of the dense foliage of some trees, a pair of eyes was gleaming in the dark. The right one was yellow, the natural eye color for a Nundu but the left one had an eerie silver color. The dichromatic eyes were glaring from the safety of the shadows, blinking now and then but the creature wasn't making an appearance. Elbio then read the description provided about the specific picture. It turned out that Silvereye was a notorious male Nundu, accused for devouring three tribes of local people. The creature was blinded to the one eyes by a local shaman who confronted it, hence the one silver eye. No one had managed yet to take a picture of the whole creature. Finishing reading the description, Elbio had found his life dream. He wanted so much to be the photographer to take a complete caption of the Silvereye. He wanted to find the photographer and ask him about this experience but his watch was suggesting otherwise.

He rushed back to the plaza, their meeting point. Briar was already there but Minoas hadn't arrived yet.
"Hello again." he smiled as he took a seat at one of the toadstools.
"Overall yes. Didn't have much luck finding that man though. I mean, I found someone looking like him but I didn't know what exactly to say." he said with same shrug the middle aged man gave him when he asked him.
"No. Unfortunately, I dropped my mirror and damaged it. I was going to let you know that all these people in maroon are personnel of the festival. We are looking for someone closely related to this event." he said to her, although she might have figured out on her own. It wasn't just coincedence to find so many people wearing the specific color. Then Minoas arrived as well, catching his breath. Like Briar, Elbio told him he had found nothing but shared what the color was representing. He chuckled when Briar said that a lady tried to sell to her a protective charm against werewolves but then he noticed that Minoas was looking for something on the map he spread on the mushroom surface.
"What's on yout mind?" he asked, suspecting that unlike him and Briar, Minoas had found something after all.
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"Don't worry. It's like we're searching a needle in a haystack, we knew from the beginning it wasn't going to be a walk to the park." he remained positive despite his friends statements who had no luck so far. He wouldn't be that optimistic if he hadn't another plan figured out. He was just lucking for stepping into professor's tend. Actually, he wouldn't have made any progress without her contribution. She was like a good angel appearing whenever he mostly needed help.
"I'm guessing you have already figured out that the people in maroon are either participants, merchants or officials. We don't look for a visitor here so that limits a lot the group of people we should focus on." he said and studied one last time the map for the shortest route to the colloseum.
"Currently, there's no other event going on except from the Award Ceremony at the colloseum." he stated and pointed an index finger at the thumbnail of a colloseum on the map. "Most people should be there right now, especially participants and officials." he explained why they should head there. "If this is not going to work, I don't know what else we could do." he said, really repositing his hopes on this one.

He checked his watch again, something he seemed to be doing a lot today.
"The ceremony has already began. We should hurry if we want to have a good chance." he suggested and he wore his backpack on one shoulder, still holding the map and the program. When his companions were ready, he led the way in a fast pace, taking them through the shortest route to their destination. Soon, a grandiose colloseum towered in front of them. Its outer walls were surrounded with dragon status, staring at the visitors intimidatingly. Cheers were already echoing from inside along with the louder voice of a commentator, amplified with a sonorus charm. The queue to enter inside the building wasn't long and soon they found three seats at the front row of the stads that were surrounding the arena in the middle. Their seats had a good view of the whole arena, as well as of the entrance to the arena where participants could enter and exit it. In addition, the officials' and VIPs stands were exactly at the opposite stands of the colloseum. They were already crammed with people wearing maroon.

"And now, after the award of the Most Innovative Potion awarded to Laytin Chua from Singapore, let's have a break. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the arena of the colloseum the duo of Bianca and Negro from Argentina for a phantasmagoric MagiCombination Show!" announced the commentator from the VIPs' stands and the crowd erupted in cheers. Silence for a moment and then a huge rose starting descending from the sky. When it reached the arena, the blood-red petals got seperated and swirled around at a specific spot where they erupted in white smoke. As the smoke dissolved a young lady dressed in a white dress was revealed. The crowd went ecstatic again. Minoas just applaused looking around him surprised with the resonance of the audience.
Then the whole colloseum's attention shifted to a glowing orb that started discending from the other side of the arena. The orb resembled a lot of a lot smaller version of a full moon. As the silver orb was getting closer to the arena's floor, the whole colloseum started trembling. Minoas could feel that everyone witnessing that was holding their breaths as he dead subconsciously as well. The landed full moon glowed intensely for one last time, before cracking and breaking apart into tiny silver shards. From inside the full moon appeared a young man dressed in black and with a wave of his hand the shards of his shattered full moon travelled across the arena into the form of silver powder. The crowd, especially young girls and ladies, went ecstatic again with a deafening applause.

The couple of performers put a great performance of their combined spells that always ended with impressive effects that got the crowd go crazy. The most spectacular one was when the young woman summoned a fiery phoenix out of her wand and the young men a basilisk made of ice. There was a chace between the two spells, a battle where the basilisk was trying to sink its icicle like teeth on the fiery plumage of the phoenix. In the end the two spells collided together creating an under control explosion with the duo bowing casting their next spells through the steamy frost. Minoas was going to keep watching until a rumble from his stomache reminded him how hungry he was. The hearty breakfast they had at Briar's place and the few scoops of ice-cream were nothing for a guy of his age who was getting taller with the day. "I'm gonna get something to eat. I'm also going to buy a pair of omnioculars. We'll need it to search the opposite stands. Do you need anything?" he asked Briar and Elbio as he stood up, deciding that he could let the show for a couple of minutes to visit the canteen by the entrance of the colloseum.
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Briar wasn't surprised that Elbio had had about as much luck as she had. listened as minoas said that he had a hunch and that they should go to the award ceremony. it sounded logical and she wondered if it had been purely his idea or if someone had suggested it to him. "thats the best plan we have so lets do it" she said getting up. and following her brother to where the ceremony was.
after a few minutes walking she saw the structure ahead of her. It was the same arena she had been in about forty minutes previously however now it seemed to be even more alive than before. the energy inside the building seemed to make it breath. they queued and somehow managed to get good seats though the people all around Briar made her feel slightly claustrophobic. and a little nauseous. mr maybe it had been something about eating all them doughnuts.
she was just reaching in her bag for the onmioculars when she heard the commentator announce the winner of one of the awards. she couldn't see the commentator but at the announcement a lady walked into the arena and a trophy formed in the air and presented its self to her as a crown or wreath of some sort seemed to form on her head. the lady vanished in a light s some show seemed to start up. she watched for a couple of minute before getting bored of it. it was pretty but that was the point. there was no point to it, just pretty lights and illusions. what a waste. and did was that orb seriously meant to look like a full moon? she reached into her bag and took out her omnioculars and water. after a mouthful of the drink she plugged the gadgets to her eyes hoping that she would be able to see something useful.
a roar from the audience almost made her jump as apparently someone had just completed some miraculous feat of magic. "is that..." she said when she thought she spotted the man until she realised that he was carrying a wand not a staff "no, false alarm". oh well better keep looking. her search was interrupted by minoas saying he was going to go and get some food and omniocilars. "I am good for food. but if you want to borrow these when you got back you can" she said. once her brother had left she looked over to Elbio. "do you want to use them for a bit" she asked offering him the magic binoculars. being this close to so many people and having tunnel vision was making her feel a little uncomfortable.
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Minoas indeed had something in mind and he was right about it.
"Of course! Award Ceremony is festival's most anticipated event!" he agreed with Minoas and smacked his forehead while wondering why he hadn't thought of it earlier. Most visitors would be there. Some of them were only attending the festival to watch this particular ceremony. It didn't only included awards but also shows and duels between top duelists.
"Yeah, let's hurry." he said and picked his own backpack to follow Minoas.
The colloseum was the largest structure in the area. Wherever the festival was taking place each year, a colloseum was always there mostly for duel competitions and for the award ceremony. This one was heavily themed on dragons and it was slightly larger than the one the festival had last year. They entered inside and they were lucky to find first row seats at the best spot of the stands. Apparently the award for the best innovative potion had been already awarded but then followed the show of a wizard and a witch from Argentina. They were performing each year and as far as Elbio could remember, they had once won the award for their own category.

"Oh, Bianca and Negro! They perform every year!" he let Minoas and Briar know as he joined the applause. They were putting a great show each year and this time was no different. They made a spectacular entrance like they always used to be and then followed their show with its peak, the animated basilisk made out of ice fighting with a flaming, animated phoenix. Unlike Briar who didn't look too impressed, Elbio had put his camera in front of his face and started taking pictures not to lose a moment. He was pausing only to join the crowds' applause each time before getting back to work and starting taking pictures again. Minoas who seemed to be more impressed than Briar, suddenly stood up.
"No thank you I'm good." he dismissed Minoas' offer to get him something from the canteen. He already had his own pair of omnioculars in his backpack that he took out to help Briar who had already started searching at the stands opposite to them. There were too many maroon dressed people there but as far as he could see they weren't carrying a staff. He kept searching, sometimes turning his omnioculars to the scene but then returning back to the stands, scanning carefully each one sitting there.
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Briar kindly offered him her own omnioculars. It turned out that both his friends had brought a pair of omnioculars making him feel slightly embarrassed that he hadn't thought of bringing with him something so helpful.
"Thank you Briar but better have three of them. Searching all three of us will do only good." he thanked her but he had already made up him mind to get one of his own. "Be right back." he said before leaving Briar and Elbio who had already started searching around with their omnioculars as the show of the two performers was continuing. He navigated around the row of seats until he got out of the stands and headed back to the entrance where the canteen operated by a goblin was located there. He didn't have to wait long at the queue and the goblin asked him what he would like. Apart from the omnioculars he purchased, he returned back to the stands loaded with food. Except from the fried chicken melt sandwich he got for himself, he also got beef nachos to meet Briar's preference for meat, fried potatoes with melted cheddar cheese and chicken nuggets with yogurt and mustard sauce for all three of them to share. "Just a light snack." he chuckled as he returned with all this food, letting them know they could have from it. He was sure they would do. The fried potatoes were irresistable with the melted cheddar and the bacon flakes sprinkled all over it.

"Anything new?" he asked and took a nachos with minced beef on it. The two performers finished their show with a bang as stalagmites grew out of the ground and towered the young wizard and the young witch higher than the stands. Then the woman disappeared in a flash of light and the man was devoured by an unnatural shadow. The stalagmites were then engulfed by earth's cracks which disappeared as well in the end, leaving the arena intact. Minoas clapped as their show finished and used his omnioculars to see the officials at the opposite side. At the same time he was takind blind bites from his sandwich. "Damn it! There are so many!" he said with his eyes still scanning through his newly bought omnioculars. "What if the one we are looking for is there and he had left his staff back at his tend?" he wondered, not really expecting an answer from his friends. He hoped this wasn't the case or they would never find the man they were looking for.

"After Bianca's and Negro's wondrous show, it's time for another award." echoed the voice of the commentator again. Minoas managed to spot the man among the people in maroon at the officials' stand with the help of the omnioculars. "Undoubtedly, the most popular and anticipated award for all of you is that of the Duelist of the Year! Well the time is here to welcome at the arena the first ever winner of this award. Please everybody welcome....Hwaldarkarsh!!!" announced the commentator and the whole colloseum trembled by the cheers.
"Hwalda-who?" wondered Minoas when the crowd's cheering was so loud that made him turn his omnioculars to the arena and see who that man was. An old man entered the arena thanking the crowd for the devotion and the love they were showing. He looked to be at his early nineties, with a long grey beard hiding his facial expressions, wearing a maroon cloak and a pointy, maroon hat. Minoas cursed under his breath when he noticed he wasn't holding a staff. "So close, so close." he mumbled frustrated as he followed the course of the old man who reached the center of the arena while waving at the stands.

"Like every year, the world-class duelist will award the three best participants. So without further ado, welcome to the arena the three best duelists of the year." bellowed the commentator and the crowd erupted in applause again as two men and one woman entered the arena. A pedestal appeared as well at the center of the arena where that man named Hwaldarkarsh was standing. "The third place, after a duel that lasted for two whole hours, goes to Mauricio Balaguer from Dominican Republic!" said the commentator before muffled by cheers. A young man with olive complexion and a scar across his face, waved at the crowd before jumping on the pedestal with the number three on it. Minoas had focused mostly on the old man who summoned out of nowhere a bronze statuette resembling a wizard with a wand and he awarded it to the Dominican man. Then the two men shook hands. The description was matching that Hwaldarkarsh so much. If only he was holding a staff... "The second place, decidedly goes to the surprise of the year. The woman who turned all her opponents in the end into a jewel box. An applause please for Kimberley Bergh from South Africa!" a brunnete jumped on the pedestal with the number two on it and the old man awarded her with a silver statuette he summoned out of thin air. "Last but not least, our new winner acquiring the title of master duelist who made it to the finals without a single loss. Ladies and gentlemen, Olafur Einarsson from Iceland!" shouted the commentator and his announcement was responded with a deafening applause. A man with ginger hair got on the tallest pedestal with a smug across his face. Hwaldarkarsh awarded him with a golden statuette and applauded him as well. Minoas could tell how content should be the winner, swelling with pride as the crowd praised him in the best possible way.

"Ladies and gentleman a last applause for our champions and the forefather of this contest. Thank you all." said the commentator and Minoas watched through his omnioculars the old man along with the man the woman, taking the third and the second place respectively, heading to the stands. Curiously, he watched as the master duelist of the year, walked towards the southern end of the arena. "But we are not done yet. As most of you know, each year the master duelist has the honor to challenge the Paragons, the world-class duelists!" continued the commentator, making the crowd erupt in cheers. Then a huge board appeared over the officials' stands with two frames. In the left one was the face of the winner from Iceland, currently waiting at the one side of the arena. The right one had a big questionmark on it. "The master duelist will randomly duel with one of our world-class duelists. If he manages to win, he can then challenge to duel the next world-class duelist he wants. Remember, he should either win all six world-class duelists to join them as a Paragon or they could decide that despite the outcome of the duels. Your attention please on the board to see who would be the first Paragon that Olafur will face." concluded the commentator and all the colloseum turned its attention at the board.

Images were flashing so fast in the right flame but eventually the face of a young, blonde woman appeared, winking at the crowd which erupted again in cheers. "Wavelyn!" yelled the commentator and the crowd started chanting her name. She sounded very famous and she possibly was a very likable duelist. Minoas turned his omnioculars at the other side of the arena where the woman that appeared on the board was already standing there, facing this year's winner. "For those not familiar with the contest, Wavelyn was the master duelist of year 2030 and earned her place in the world-class duelists by beating two out of four Paragons that existed at that time." informed the commentator as both duelist get closer to the center of the arena to bow at each other. "Wands at the ready! One...two...three. Begin!" the commentators last word wasn't audible as the crowd yelled in excitement. Minoas watched the woman named Wavelyn shooting out of her wand an ice beam which crashed straight on the shield charm of the challenger. Her spell's power was so strong that the shield charm started freezing along with the man's hand and wand. The breathtaking duel continued but Minoas for some strange reason couldn't get his mind off the old man that awarded the duelists earlier. He scanned the lower row of the officials' stands and find him sitting there watching the duel.
"Does anyone know who exactly is this man?" he asked, not hiding his curiosity about him. If not Briar, Elbio would have known something as a fan of the festival.
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briar half watched the shop when minoas had gone to get food however most of her attentin was on seaching the crowed. she heard Elbio tell her that theise preformers preformed every year and watched them for a few minutes. "they are good" she said although she thought it was a bit of a waste of time and magic the illusion that they put on was nothing short of amazing. when they finished with the growth of rocks from the ground she cheered. like everyone else until the comentator started talking and a hush fell on the audience. it was then that minoas arrived back in his seat. "a light snack, you are developing an appitite like mine" she said laughing and taking some og the nachos. when he offered them. she hadnt thought she was hungry until there was food. she placed her eyes to the omnioclars again and looked at the stnds, it seemed like all the staff were prepairing for something big about to happen. it was then that the comentator announced that the duel trophies were about to be announced. maybe if she came again next year she would enter a duel. not that she wanted to win the competition but just the prospect of a duel sounded ike fun.
she watched as two men and a lady got an award cheering for each of them in turn. once the final deafening cheer had stopped and briar had helped herself to some cheesy chips from minoas her attention had been all but taken up by the arena. as the man said something about master duelists, pagrons, and world class duellists.
just as the two first duelers were squaring themselves off against each other briar felt a prickle on the back of ehr neck the cind of prockle you get when someone is watching you. she quickly turned around expecting to see someone standing a tow or two behind her looking at her. however she didnt see anything odd. she looked back at the center and a few minutes later it came again. "do eith of you feel like someone is watching you?" she asked. as she felt the prickle for the third time.
the uel started and she watched the spells fey. it was clear that both people had skill, but ut looked like the lady had better practice and at the moment she did seem to be using the upper hand. able to freeze the mans shield until it looked like a ball of ice around him. then all of a sudden fire came stripping out and the ladies wand towards the sphere until it as momentarily on flames. "i don't know who he is but he looks like her will be a good dueller" she said as the ice had cone and the spells were bring fired rapidly so almost anyone could keep up, even s with the omunocularss on slow where was not much t wee other than colured flashes of light. "do you think that he can be who you are looking for?" she said. talking though her eyes remained fixed on the game.
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There was so much going in the arena that it was hard to shift your attention from the show and search in the crowd. While Minoas was away, he slackened a bit and decided to enjoy for a while the show. When his friend returned with his hands full of snacks, he started looking again at the opposite stands.
"We'll have to roll you out of the building if you eat all these on your own. Let me help you." he teased with a straigh face and went straight for the fries and the melted cheddar.
"Oh yeah! I was waiting for this!" he sat up when the awards for the best duelist was announced by the booming voice of the commentator. Undeniably it was the best moment of the award ceremony, just because he knew what it was going to follow right after it.
"Hwaldarkarsh! What? You don't know him?" he stopped his cheers, surprised that both of them seemed unfamiliar with him.
"He's the best of the best! A walking legend! There's no better duelist to ever been to this competition! He had never lost, not once!" he tried to sum up a few fact about Hwaldarkarsh. The words were coming out of his mouth like golden dust. Like he was talking about someone holy. Elbio didn't cease applauding through out the time Hwaldarkarsh was giving the awards to the new duelists, who had little significance in front of that man.

Alarmed from Briar's statement, he looked around him.
"Nothing out of ordinary. Why? Do you think is someone's watching us?" he asked conspiratorially, lowering his voice. Not that anyone could hear them when the cheering was so loud. He soon gave up looking around them for suspicious faces when the commentator announced the duel between the new winner and one of the Paragons.
"Those people down there are the Paragons." he pointed at the lower, opposite stands where the old man returned to hava a seat. There were six of them, all dressed in maroon colors but we different accessories depending on their age and their personal taste.
"They have proved their skills as veteran duelists and they travel the world participating at a variety of events. They also offer lessons on how to become a better duelist. I'm planning to do that after school and challenge them in the end. Who knows, maybe I could become one of them." he started waffling again, his starry eyes fixed on the Paragons through his omnioculars.

"Awesomesauce! Wavelyn is up against him!" he shouted and joined the crowd calling her name. It was hard to hide he had developed a crush on her.
"If you don't mind, I would like to have an autograph from her when the ceremony is finished." he informed them as the duel begin. He zoomed his omnioculars at Wavelyn as a beam of ice was darted out of her wand to collide with the protego shield of her opponent. He used the different functions of the omnioculars to record the moment the ice hit the other dueller and started freezing his wand hand.
"Oh yeah! This is how she's doing it!" he said and replayed the moment with his omnioculars to rewatch that moment. Her opponent managed to repel her offensive spell and responded back with some fire charms.
At the edge of his seat, he kept rooting for his idol, cheering every time a spell of hers was successfully finding its target.
"Well I told you most about him." he said as he watched Wavelyn blocking another fire spell with a water one.
"He must be around the age of ninety. Actually now that I think of it, no one knows about his accurate age or his real name." he took his eyes off the omnioculars for a moment, frowned now that he had came to think of it.

He turned his attention back at the duel. Now this year's winner was struggling aganst the series of spells Wavelyn was casting at him.
"Someone is having a hard time." he smirked as he was waiting for the inevitable. The new champion launched three jets of fire to his opponent. Wavelyn didn't lose her cool and her next spell striked the ground in front of her. A wall of water rised in front of her from the fissure on the ground to extinguish the fiery jets. Then she commanded the aquatic wall with a swish of he wand to cascade on her opponent and trap him inside a mass of water. The man was holding his breath, struggling to release himself from his water prison. Wavelyn swished her wand again and the body of water raised into the air with the man in it still trying to counter the water spell. With a huge plop, the torrent was guided by gravity back to the ground and released the man, exhausted on the now flooded part of the arena. The man made an attempt to stand up and keep on with the battle but he collapsed on the ground. Wavelyn was announced the winner of the duel as she along with a team of healers rushed at her opponent to see if he was alright. The defeated man soon was able to stand up and walked again with just his ego wounded a little bit.

"That's how she's doing it!" he said and joined the stands at a new round of applause as Wavelyn took the hand of her opponent and raised it along with hers to thank the crowd, in terms of good sportmanship.
"She's using ice spells, making her opponents use fire-based spells to counter her. She's doing that on purpose because her strength is in water spells. Of course she changes her strategy but this one always works on cocky first time winners." he stated. He had been studying the strategy of each one of the paragons. Nothing better than knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your opponents.
"Shame we won't have the opportunity to see Hwaldarkarsh dueling." he said and used again his omnioculars to focus at the duelists' stands. Watching Hwaldarkarsh applauding his fellow Paragon, the memory came as a jolt.
"Hang on! Hwaldarkarsh is usually holding a staff!" he stated and tried to distinguish if he was having it with him and it was just not visible from there. He reached the maximum zoom that the omnioculars were offering but he seemed to not have it with him today.
"I'm sure about it. He doesn't have it right now but he does all the time. He's even holding it in the poster I have in my room!" he insisted, knowing he was right and they could have possibly bumped into the one they were looking for.
"It might be him!" he said, excited they could be talking to him soon.
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In any other occassion, Minoas would be thrilled with the duel that was taking part in the arena. However, the possibility of this man being the one he was looking for, had fixed his attention at him, watching every single move of the old man through his omnioculars. He looked old enough to be a world famous duelist but his grey eyes were full of wisdom and experience. Minoas had focused on them as they were following the flashes of light exchanged between the duelists in the arena. Suddenly, the old man switched his attention from the action and looked straight at Minoas, as if his gaze had pierced through the omnioculars' lenses and could see his stalker. Minoas baffled and automatically turned his attention at the duel, pretending he was focused there all the time.
He was listening to what Elbio and Briar were saying about the duel but his heart was pounding so fast in his head that he couldn't make out what exactly they were saying.

As his heartbeat slowed down, he made an attempt to relocate that Hwaldarkarsh in the crowd. Minoas almost stood up when he found the man's seat empty. "He's gone!" he shouted in the cheers of the crowd. "He's not there anymore!" he turned panicked to his friends. Elbio's information about Hwaldarkarsh holding a staff. came too late. "Great. Just great." he mumbled, cursing under his breath as he made a second attempt to find the old man. He was either moving very fast or he had just disapparated from the stands because there was no signs of him leaving the scene. Minoas wanted to throw his omnioculars on the floor and smash them. When they had finally figured out that this man could be the one they were looking for all day, he just disappeared like he was an illusion all the time. He was ready to grab his backpack and leave the colloseum with the hope he was going to bump into that man while exiting but his fingers didn't reach for it.

His eyes widened with surprise when he realized that his backpack was no longer next to him. This time he stood up panic stricked and looked around him. His back was on the empty seat behind him but it wasn't there alone. A house-elf had almost shoved its entire head inside the backpack, fumbling for something. "Hey, you! Give it back!" he shouted furious at the house elf that took finally out of the backpack what it was searching for. "I'm sorry sir but Tooji has to take this." said the creature with a throaty voice. A mischievous expression stretched across its big-like characteristic as it took out of the backpack the scroll case. Minoas reacted automatically and pounced on the house elf to take from it what it was intending to steal. The house elf was quick enough and jumped out of his grip, hopped on Minoas head and made its way behind him. As the house elf hopped off his head, Minoas' face fell against his seatback and blood oozed out of his nostrils. They had managed to attract the attention of the people around him but Minoas didn't even noticed that as he clenched his nose to see blood in his palm. He turned around to see the house elf provoking him by showing him the scroll case it had stolen in a taunting way. Then it started running between the row of seats, heading for the exit of the colloseum.

"It took the scroll case." he coughed as the blood rolled down to his lips. He used the back of his hand to wipe away most of it and grabbed his backpack. He didn't know what his friends were going to do but his already chasing that house elf. He started shoving people out of his way, trying not to lose from his eyes the mischievous creature that had managed to steal from him, his most precious possession. He followed the house elf down the stairs away from the stands. "Give it back you or you're going regret it." he shouted, damn serious as he was running behind the elf in the long corridor leading to the exit. "Now, now Mr Stratis shouldn't threaten Tooji. Tooji has now what's really important for Mr. Stratis." squeaked the house elf as it made it to the building's foyer and apparated on an antique chandelier, out of reach. "How do you know my name, thief?" gasped Minoas, as he stood there watching the elf swinging on the chandelier. "Thief? THIEF?" shrieked the house elf highly offended. "Mr Stratis is the thief. This is not Mr Stratis' possession. This belongs to MY master!" yelled the elf and disapparated, leaving behind it the chandelier swinging alone. The creature reappeared at the exit of the colloseum and got out.

Minoas had no idea what that mad elf was saying but he couldn't let escaped with the scroll case. He kept chasing it down the marketplace with the creature apparating and disapparating randomly on tends and benches causing chaos and making Minoas' job even more difficult. It was so bad that he couldn't use magic ut of school. If only he could use his wand, he would have slowed down that elf. However, what the elf was holding currently in its hands was what Minoas wanted to get back with every fabric of his being so he was driven by determination to not stop. "Mr Stratis is getting closer. Perhaps Tooji should give him something to play with." screeched the house elf as it paused on a bench full of pottery. With a snap of its finger, vessels and other utensils made of clay raised in the air to zoom towards Minoas. They were dozens of them and Minoas couldn't use his wand to protect himself.
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Elbio had no idea how Hwaldarkarsh could be connected with the scroll case that Minoas had in his possession. He was a huge fan of Paragons, the world-class duelists and knew an array of details about their lifestyle, their habits and other personal information. With Hwaldarkarsh being his favorite out of the five duelists, he knew the most about him but he had never heard of this old man being associated with scroll cases or something similar.
The truth was that this man was somewhat mysterious on the first place. No one exactly knew how old he was. Even his biography that Elbio got as his birthday present last year, didn't refer to his age or from which country he was coming from. He got alerted when Minoas next to him told them he had lost Hwaldarkarsh from his sight.
Elbio looked through his omnioculars as well using the maximum focus on the officials' stands. Indeed the seat that was previously occupied by Hwaldarkarsh was now empty and he was nowhere to be found.
"He's a crafty old man. He knows how to make an appearance and...a disappearance as you can see." he said amused unlike Minoas who looked rather worried.
"No big deal mate. We can find him at his tend. I know where the Paragons' camp is." he reassured him. He had visited their camp while the three of them had split up and searched on their own.

He had just finished talking when he looked baffled at Minoas who had suddenly stood up as if he had been electrocuted.
"What's wrong?" he asked and looked behind them as Minoas did. A house elf had snatched Minoas' backpack and was searching for something that turned out to be the scroll case. Minoas made an attempt to stop it but the house elf was too agile for this. Elbio flourished his wand, ignoring the people around them who had turned their attention from the arena to them. Half way to cast a spell he remembered he wasn't allowed to do so outside school. He saw his friend chasing after it and with no second thoughts he picked up his own backpack to follow him.

"C'mon, let's go." he called Briar before they were going to lose the house elf and Minoas. Elbio hadn't took the whole situation too seriously as maybe the other two had. It probably was his best time at the festival. They weren't static. They were in constant move and he enjoyed how this had turned into an unexpected adventure. He was trailing Minoas who was ahead of them possibly following the house elf. He left the colloseum and entered the market. There he lost Minoas for a few moments in the crowd between the benches but he found him again standing in front of a bench.
"Did we lost it?" he asked out of breath only to see the house elf on the bench before them, bewitching pots and other pieces of pottery and unleashing them towards their direction.
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Briar was half watching the duel and half watching the man as the boys talked about him, she over heard things about the current fuelers technique, it was very impressive. she took her eyes out of the omniocilars to say that is was an impressive duel. and that she thought she should enter next time. not that she wanted to be a world famous duellist but because it looked like fun and she not had much opportunity to really play with spells since she had graduated. maybe she should join a duelling club or magic gym or something. as she looked back through the binoculars she heard minoas say that the man had vanished. she scouted the aisle to see where he had gone but couldn't see him anywhere. next she started turning the dials on the omniocilars trying to figure out which one rewound. she stopped it, managed to make it mirror image. she had just got it to go backwards (still mirror image) when she heard a shout next to her. "he just van..." she said a little later she looked across at the boys just in time to see minoas chasing after what looked like a house elf and Elbio following them. what was going on now?
deciding that they wouldn't be returning quickly she picked up the bags that had been left and headed after them. she was a little way behind the boys but that didn't matter, running was what she was made for. it didn't take long for her to catch up. she wasn't a fan of crowds but running through them was not much different than running through dense forrest. trying to find the clearest path through. she had just about caught up with minoas when the elf tried to slow them down with some flying pots. yeah like that was going to slow her. she was about to reach for her wand when she realised that with her hands full it would have been pointless. instead she waved her left arm in front of her silently casting impedamenta on them stopping them in their tracks hovering for the store owner to collect. "sorry" she called to them as she passed.
speeding up in an area that was slightly quieter she over took her brother and lead the persuit of the elf. now she could see the elf. it had the scroll minoas had been guarding for a year now. and no matter how fast she ran the elf just kept a little faster than her. she slowed down a little to make sure that the boys didn't got left behind. instead she kept an eye on the elf trying to shoot a summoning charm at the scroll, but every time she tried the elf moved and she missed. "come back here right now and return the scroll or be warned I am from the department for control of magical creatures and will give you clothes" she threatened the elf. although she doubted he would listen to her threats.
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