Mari: No way! Renard is a part of the squad? This is bad...
Mario: I don't mean to be the 'smart guy', but are you telling me you weren't sent a list of the members of your squad?
Mari: He wasn't in the list when I checked!
Jolie: A last minute addition, sir?
Mari: I think so, and can we please stop the 'sir' stuff. I really don't like it.
Jolie: Okay, Mari.
Yash: Don't just say it casually! Call it like a legend's name!
Yash yells out in anger.
Mari: We're gonna have to go earlier than planned. How about tonight?
Humberto: I'd prefer if we went earlier, but okay.
Mario: This 'Renard' guy sounds like trouble.
Mari: He's a CIT, O. Address him with respect.
Mario: Yeah, yeah.
Mari: Now that that's settled, let's introduce ourselves. I'll start. I'm Mari, CIT, age: 16, been a hunter for a year and six months. My attribute is lightning. Who wants to go next?
Yash: Me!
Yash begins to talk super fast.
Yash: It's an honour to be in the same room with a legend. My name is Yash, but you can call me Mari junior. I'm a junior hunter. Age: 20. My favorite book is 'cute lightning: Story of a legend", I like what legend Mari likes and I hate what he hates. My attribute is lightning.
Mario: No two individuals can have the same attribute.
Yash: Prove it.
Humberto: That book you mentioned... It's a 'biography' of Mari written by class 1 hunter, Jim Jim.
Yash: So?
Humberto: Jim Jim has never seen Mari! I can't believe that's even in a hunter library.
Yash: You don't have to see greatness to know all about it.
Mari: Next please.
Humberto: I'm Humberto. Junior hunter, aged 19, rather not share my attribute, and I'm super scared of dying.
Yash: Haha. Very funny.
Humberto: I mean it, but never mind.
Mari: That leaves you two.
Mari points at Jolie and Mario.
Jolie: I'm Jolie. A junior hunter and the sister of "Mari junior". That's it.
Mari: Your turn, O.
Mario: (in a cold tone) I'll pass.
Mario walks out the door.
Yash: What's up with him?
Mari: Let's just say he doesn't do too well with people.
Mario goes out to the balcony and stares at the high rise buildings in the city, as thoughts begin to cloud his mind.
Mario: Wow, Mario. Wow. I thought being the hunter without kado wouldn't bother you. Turns out, even the junior hunters have an attribute. The others have probably slain at least a dozen rarities. ''Rarities''? Mari must have influenced me more than I thought. My greatest achievement is cutting off the limb of a demon who let his guard down. I'm sure my heart is burdened by all this but why do I feel like crying? I just feel really sad.
Tears begin to flow down his cheeks.
Mario: I see...This gathering here...it's the closest thing to 'family' I've had since Kelly... That's why I'm sad. The most tragic death in history...what a goal to achieve. In the real sense, the death of any of the others might be deemed more tragic than that of someone who has little or nothing to lose. They have families who are probably waiting for them to return home without knowledge of how dangerous the actual work they do is. I'll just have to contribute my best for the team...the team? I've been a loner for the most part of my short life and now I'm suddenly trying to be a team player. I've changed, haven't I? It's him. Mari is changing me. Everything is suddenly beginning to get better for me.
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DEMON HUNT
FantasíaMario Cadel gets caught up in a series of tragic events that opens his eyes to the mysteries and darkness in the world. He begins a struggle to establish peace but whether he succeeds or not is another matter...
