Takeshi's group
The creature cried out in a sort of pitiful whimper as the attacks landed before slumping over, the combined magical assault overwhelming it. It laid on the ground unmoving for a few moments before sort of fading away, the creature turning entirely translucent and then vanishing entirely. The red substance that had leaked out of it did the same, rising into the air and becoming motes before fading. "Well, that's that taken care of," Takeshi declared. "Come on, let's finish the rest of this patrol." He reverted to his normal form, then walked off down the street with the rest of the group in tow.
When they finally returned to his apartment, he turned to address the other mages accompanying him. "Alright, so here's the deal. Astros wants me to help you guys out, and I feel like you should get some basic skills before any of the factions rope you in. I'll train you for a week, and keep you as safe as possible while your power builds. Usually it takes about two weeks to get a good solid power base, but one week will be enough to either beat off any monsters you run across or let you escape if they're too much. I recommend getting arrangements figured out so that you can actually do this; you're not gonna have a lot of time to hang out with family, go to school, whatever." Takeshi looked at each of the new mages in turn as he waited for their responses.
Faust
A man who appeared to be slightly older than the average mage arrived after a few minutes of Faust writing his report, exiting the elevator and moving immediately to the office. "New here?" he asked. "Feel free to claim a bunk; we've always got extra space. I'll be reading through your report in the morning; if you could add some personal details to the end it'd make my job easier. We've got an assignment for you already, when you're ready; the boss has been wanting someone new to the area to look into something." His shorter-than-average stature and shock of bleached blonde hair made him a bit difficult to take seriously, but he didn't seem to be trying to hard to achieve that as long as people listened to him. "I'll let you get back to that; we'll run through introductions and all that fluff tomorrow morning."