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Even though the journey to Gooseneck took a while, the welcoming committee alone made up for it. The group of mages who were cheering couldn't have been beyond apprentices, for the most part. Either way, they were Felix's kind of people, and he was not going to pass up the chance to speak with them.

"Where haven't I been?" the pyromancer answered with a grin, jumping off the wagon to join the crowd. Before long he was telling them about a few of his more well-known adventures - but without the embellishments - in return for news about what had happened at the Academy while he was gone. It turned out that things had been a bit more uneventful than Felix had expected, even after the fire all those years ago. The faculty had obviously done a good job in maintaining order.

"So, who's the elf?" asked one of the mages. Before she could say anything, Alexandria was brought forth and introduced to the crowd, courtesy of Felix. There were one or two people who weren't keen on the idea of trusting elves, but since she was the pyromancer's friend, there was little they could do to argue. With this out of the way, Felix left Alexandria with the crowd to speak with Archmage Tess, one of the few people he highly respected.

"Sorry 'bout that, ma'am, but my adoring fans insisted that I visit them," he said, shaking her hand and smiling. "It's been one hell of a while, hasn't it? Anyway, what's going on in Gooseneck that requires the attention of an Archmage? All we were told before we got here was something about... I dunno, things getting messed up? The faculty didn't have much details for us to go on."