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Fic: Gaebis: Life of a Mage
OOC: This is my first attempt at winging an entire sotry by hand just fingers to keyboard. Should be quite choppy. :P
IC: "The world shall crumble. The sixth shall come." *The day was like any other within the confines of the forest. The elves had created an intricate system over the past century to construct a perfect home for themselves. They lived in harmony with resident trolls and the ocasional visits from the dwarves. It was here that the system of government was established and here where the central tree was carved out and became the central parliament of the forest itself. It seemed to be any other day. There was one difference, the five moons of the worlds were lining right above them. This would cause constant darkness for approximately five days, according to the Astrologers (trolls). The need for a stock of food, water, and light was urgent. The government made a heroic effort to conserve from the last 3 months. The result was enough food and water for abotu a week. The light, however, was impossible to keep on for all five days. The fourth day shall plunge into darkness. It was on the third day when strange figures started appearing within the forest. The trolls, conservative as they were, hid in the central tree. The elves stayed in their homes. Nobody seemed to know what was happening outside their homes, let alone outside the forest. Kent was nothing but a simple mage runnign for his life. The blue tribes were "purging" all that was considered to be invalid or unintelligent. Kent thought it was to destroy the powerful so they could remain in power. His hypothesis continued to say it was true considering he was being hunted. He had only been the hunter before, now he felt how it felt to be the prey, the helpless creature running for dear life, running without hope. Hopeless. He was the prey this time, and the creatures behind him were getting close. These creatures, not really creatures but metal artifacts, had claws of steel and a head for a controller's compartment. The beasts had two tracks like a tank for traction. One would think of it as an old fashioned tank wtih claws if they first saw it. The similarities ended there, for the creatures had massive power driven by nuclear warheads (which power them), killing one would mean dying with it. It was about 3 hours since the chase began, and already Kent was tired. He was certain to die if he did not do anything. The sky suddenly went completely dark.* |
*This was indded the perfect chance. Within complete darkness, he had everything to gain and they had everything to lose. He began his assault on the beasts.
The usual procedure would be decoy and eliminate, one-by-one. This would prove too long and also he could not afford to waste so much energy for the decoys. He would need one decoy for every three beasts, which would total to about 15 decoys for abour 45 beasts. The first 21 or so were easy pickings. His count was at about 25 with 7 decoys used, an extra 4 bonus. but the eliminations became tougher each time considering the piles of beasts on the battlefield. It was then that he felt something was wrong. These things had lights; they weren't using them. He began to run. It was indeed a trap to delay him long enough for the real hunters to come, he could hear them in the distance. He ran opposite of the emanation, trying to outrun the hunters. His running came to a halt about 5 more hours after his initial dash. He was exhausted beyond belief and he could no longer move even by an inch. It was over for him on the desert land. He knew the nearest oasis was about 3 miles from his current location, and certainly the nearest shelter much further away, possibly even days away. The darkness itself comforted him, for he knew the hunters would have a harder time finding him. But he left tracks. He got up, casted a wind magic to lift him off the ground, and started to fly away. He needed to get to the nearest oasis, and his energy supply dwindled from nothing to even less than nothing, like negatives. He was still able to keep up this magic for about an hour, and his travelling time fromhis past location to the oasis would be about an hour's walk now. He collapsed. He saw first blinding light, then a swirl. The world around him swirled in darkness. His candle was burning up quickly, and he could do nothing. It was over for him.* |
*The young mage woke up on what he conceived to be a bed. A dim light flashed across this room he was in, and from the light source, he could see the room was made of wood. From his knowledge of the desert, the nearest major forest would be at least five hundred to six hundred kilos from where he was, for those places had wood to build these homes. Was he there? He assumed the forest was also in the darkness of the five eclipses.
He looked around the room using the dim light. There was nothing but the bed and a piece of carpet near the door, though he could not make anything out of that carpet (maybe it was panther fur). Either way, it would be strange for a person who had not been there before. He also took a look at the bed itself. The sheets felt like woven leaves, a first of its kind, and the bed was soft enough for deeper sleep. This was hgih quality stuff. But he was a renegade, not anyone with royal personalities. Who would give him such fine furniture to sleep in? He got up from the bed. The jump to the floor was surprisingly low, for he overshot and landed near the candle on the floor. He took a few steps, each one making enough noise to stir a hibernating bear. It was definitely night, or was it? The door opened itself to what seemed to be an elf. His mind flashed, for elves do not live in tree houses, rather they live IN trees. Thie place was strange to begin with, now it was stranger. The elf was holding a light source of some sort, not a candle (for that was what he had with him for a spell that he might need). He first looked from bottom up (while still on the floor), she seemed to look more like a woman than an elf, yet she wore the vines and such that an elf would wear. She did not have the characteristic ears of the elves and certainly she looked more fair than any elf that he had seen. Who was she?* |
*She brought in something that looked like a cup. She handed this cup to him. He looked inside the likely wooden cup. The contents were green and viscous, probably filled with earth healing magic. The young mage drank it up. The liquid went down surprisingly well for a viscous and obviously dense liquid. As it traveled down him, he felt a burning sensation, yet it was not pain, more like refreshment. The contents made him strong, more aware of the surroundings, better.
He gave the cup back to the girl, who seemed to stare at him. Was he such a fascinating creature to behold? Was he a rarity among these areas? Was he even in the correct area? He opened his mouth as the girl retracted her arms to hold the cup more properly. Kent: "Whre am I?" Girl: "'Whre?' Don't you mean 'where?'" Kent: "Yes, I suppose so." Girl: "That is simple, you are in Gaebis." Kent: "No, not that. Where in Gaebis am I?" Girl: "Near the desert you collapsed in." Kent: "But there is only an oasis about an hour's walk from where I fell." Girl: "We have been hidden, boy," *she gave a teasing wink.* "It's quite a small forest for anyone to recognize." Kent: "I see, so you guys picked me up?" Girl: "No, the dwarves did. They found you lying there, barely breathing, about an hour's walk from the oasis. I believe they were getting more water." Kent: " I see." *He took her hand and kissed it, like a gentleman should. He then god back to his original standing position.* "Thank you for the aid. My name is Kent." *The girl's eyes widened, and ran out the door, slamming it. At that point, he tried to open the door, but it was locked. He was a man caged in wood; the logs made a unifrom motion across the room, almost too uniform, for even the walls followed the same brown pattern. He knew one thing: this room controlled his destiny.* |
*It was this room that restarted his life, and he was grateful for that, but he would be controlled by another just the same. He would be the same puppet that they used, except they were now different masters. Time went by quickly, for he tried to enjoy his last moments of freedom, though within confinement.
The door opened for the second time, it was an old elf, presumably the eldest elf in the forest. He could safely guess that this elf was the chief. He was sitting on the bed at this point in time, but he got up at the sight of the old elf with the light on his arm. The old elf held the light tube near Kent's face, undoubtably observing his face.* Old Elf: "Yes, this is the one." *The old elf took two steps back before starting again. Each step felt like an eternity, like his enslavement had finally arrived.* Old Elf: "Tell me, young Kent, what brings you here?" *He had no chance to lie, for he had not prepared anything.* Kent: "I was chased by assassins." Old Elf: "Assassins? Or old friends?" Kent: "Both." |
*The old elf placed the light source on the floor. It was not a fire after all, considering that the room didn't torch. The elf man reached into his vine clothes and pulled out what seemed to be a perfectly crafted sword with his left hand, and a wore sword on his right. How would it be possible for the old elf to even carry two swords? He tossed the worn sword at Kent.*
Old elf: "Give me no mercy." *the Old elf charged Kent. Kent barely caught the sword and wind up in tiem to catch the blow from the crafted sword. The old elf bounced back whereas Kent stood his ground. Kent's sword rang, presumably from the block. The old elf charged again, this time to Kent's right instead of dead centre. Kent lounged forward to catch the old elf at his drift, but the old elf slipped away, exposing Kent's weakness. Kent turned to his left, his cape catching much of the sword slash. The old elf was open, so Kent took this chance to knock the sword off the elf and placed the sword, with mercy, in front of the old elf. He panted* Kent: "What is the meaning of this?" Old elf: "Take the sword and run. The well crafted one. Take the girl with you." Kent: "What?" Old elf: "Katie!" *He shouted, the echoes rang through Kent's mind.* *The beautiful lady came in again. So she was Katie, interesting name for an elf. She helped the old elf back up. She gave Kent quite a look.* Old Elf: "It is okay, my child. He has nothing to do with the fall. But I must tell you something. Go with this man. this forest will be doomed anyway. You have a better chance at survival with this man. Another thing. You're not an elf." *Katie looked as if she already knew the secret. And she was fine with it. the old elf took the crafted sword and gave it to Kent.* Old Elf: "My name is not important anymore. But if you must know, I am Spencer. This world is losing its imbalance, Kent. You must create this balance. Take this sword. ANd Katie will be with you." *he moved Katie beside Kent.* "You two are in charge of the greatest mission in this world. Leave at once." *Kent never said anything, for he was surprised at the elf's understanding of this world, and also the understanding of his name. This would not be the place for answers, it is the place for questions. Without a word, the duo left the forest, heading for the oasis. Kent didn't stop looking at Katie.* |
Chapter 2
*It was complete darkness, for they couldn't afford to lose the cover of darkness. They went seemingly toward the oasis. They didn't know where it really was otehr than the general direction, so if they missed it, they wouldn't have known. It was by chance whether they would actually make it there with thier leisurely walk. In the darkness, Kent could only see the figure of this woman in front of him. He didn't know what she was wearing or anything, other than the fact that she looked like she was wearing a dress or a skirt, or vines for all that mattered. She was almost enchanting. They arrived at the oasis with a splash. Kent fell in. Though it was disgraceful and showed how clumpsy he was in the presence of an woman, they were lucky that he fell in, for they would have walked right past it. He got to the edge of the oasis and drank up, not to mention fill whatever he had to fill with water. The same figure he traveled with came to his side and pretty much did the same thing. He looked at her again. This time she looked back.* Katie: "Are you okay?" Kent: "Yeah, I'm fine. I've just been wondering stuff about you. I mean, we haven't even been introduced to each other..." Katie: "I think we've said enough when I told you my name is Katie. Idon't even know why Spencer made me come with you. And he gave you our sword, not sacred, but it was for the most experienced hunters..." Kent: "I guess you've said enough. It's time to run." *He took her hand, it was soft and indescribable at the same time. Maybe if he wasn't such a geek and never even touched a girl in his life it wouldn't be so strange, but he was the geek and it was strange. He casted the wind spell with one hand, levetating the duo into the air.* Kent: "Where to?" Katie: "I don't know. Don't you know?" Kent: "Oh great." |
*The journey back to the unnamed forest was much faster, considering they were flying and they knew the general direction there. Also they considered the size of the forest itself. They arrived in about a quarter of the time it took to get to the abandoned oasis.
The girl was in her territory, for she moved through the forest with speed and grace only the others in this forest could. He had gotten at least three scratches from the branches trying to keep up with her. Though usually she would be stopping so he could catch up. It was after the fourth cut when they arrived at Spencer's retirement home, or so she said (something she did not do for the longest of time). Upon entering the home, Spencer got up from his bed and stared at us for a whole minute before we unfroze and he began talking.* Spencer: "What are you doing here? You should have been gone by now." Kent: "Old elf, I don't know where I must go." Spencer: "Anywhere but here. Run from whoever wants you dead. You must survive until the the moons unalign themselves. At that point, you will know what to do." Katie: "But grandfather, I cannot leave with this...jerk." Spencer: "Silence young lady. You shall go with him, for he has a destiny to follow and yours with him. Leave! They are coming!" Kent: "You're saying 'them'?" Spencer: "Yes, they will be heere shortly. This forest will burn to the ground. Our destiny shall end here." Kent: "Then I will stay." *He took out some cards he packed.* "It's time to test the experiment." Spencer: "Idiot! you do not stand a chance against twenty silver birds!" Kent: "So they're packing heat. Even better." *He left the home and got out of the forest, without scratches but moving with the pace of a snail. He would wait for the enemy to arrive here, for he saw the light beams in the distance. This battle was between him and his creators, and he shall dance.* |
*He anticipated his hunters as a deer anticipates the wolves. He was ready to move, yet the power of the other side was way too overwhelming. He looked back, to shrug, and saw the elves exiting the forest. Though it was not unusual for the elves to travel in large packs, they all stopped with him. Spencer took the lead.*
Spencer: "Leave this to us. Run." Kent: "This is between me and the wind seers." Spencer: "Not anymore. This is between you and the world. Your destiny shall unfold, for our destiny was to unfold it. You will go, there is no other way." Kent: "This is my battle. You're all going to get killed..." Spencer: "And here we shall complete our function. Take the half-elf girl. Leave us." *Spencer casted some sort of spell of the earth, causing a large green bubble to form around him. He could not pop this bubble even with the sword he obtained. This buble, however, began to shift, as if another bubble was rubbing against it. And it was. The membranes merged to reveal the contents on the other bubble: the half-elf girl, Katie. He smiled. It would be some sort of a joke for him, for this was unreal and even unbareably stupid. This was it...his destiny, whatever it was. This destiny shared itself with this elf girl. It was his mission to find out.* |
*The bubble discipated (sp?) about a mile from the forest. The fires of war, however, followed their ears. It had been only five minutes, but the forest Katie knew would be burned to the ground. The darkness could not cover war, only the person chooses not to see it. In this case, Kent chose nto to see the slaughter and moved. It would be slaughter, for a single Silverbird could destroy the Forest and all of its inhabitants, let alone a large group of them. Kent could barely defeat one, though. He knew he wouldn't survive the fight if he stayed. Yet it was in his heart to take revenge. The Wind Clan shall fall, same with the Dark Clan. He will destroy them both with his bare hands.
The darkness of the alignment gave way to tiny packages of light that shined through periodically. This was due to the rotations of the moons, at least that was the theory behind it. One package shone directly on Katie. It was at that point did he actually notice how beautiful she was. Her long blonde hair flowed as if an eternal wind walked with her. Her grace like liberty itself. She was a sight to behold. And the blue eyes she had was to die for. Yet she was not happy, he knew she was not, for she did not smile. She stepped out of the light.* Kent: "I know it's hard for you, but we have to go." Katie: "I guess..." *The travels took about 5 days, which signalled the end of the alignment of the moons. They will have to fight in the light, nowhere to hide. At the same time, they made it to the Green Forest, known to the Green Clan as the "Jade". It was a metropolis of trees, it was as busy as a beehive, and was a business centre for the largest environmentally-based company in all of Gaebis. It was open to any and all,for its strength was unity. The duo checked into an inn, but was only able to get one room with whatever money Kent had left. They entered the wooden room they rented. It was small, but better thanthe ground they were sleeping on. Kent sat on one of the chairs whereas Katie sat on the bed.* Kent: "We need to get some stuff straight here." |
Ah, it's beautiful, choppy, like you anticipated, but lovely. You have a few problems with subject-verb agreement and comma placement. Also, you overuse your personal pronouns and some of you words, like duo. The last conflict I have is your comma usage. But other than that, I believe if you expanded a little, the story would take even a higher stature. It's really nice and I look foward your future work, as well as the rest of the tale.
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Trust me, I don't get much better than this on first runs lol. I'm trying to get in the habit of using different words for the same thing, but doesn't seem to work very well either (thesaurus as you said, would be my best friend). And commas...I hate the commas lol. Anyway, appreciate at least having one person that gives a **** about random things I guess.
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Ah, I know how that feels. But, I agree with you on commas. They get in the way. >.< lol, I sound like a mod, but you know the rules about censorship. Sorry, -cracks up- I just um... Had to say that before Lance (Liquid Thunder) got on you about that. ^^;;;
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Not really. It's not the widely considered "swear" word I'm talking about. I don't know what these people want. One time "darn" is a swear word if I recall. I don't know (and frankly they don't care lol) whether the d-word is actually a swear word by THEIR definition (as in mine it's not). You know what? I think I should stop giving a **** about them until they knock on my door (might as well, since my reputation is horrible anyway lol). So I did say it. :P Anyway, Go ahead and mod if needed be, Thunder. I stick by PE2K rules until stated otherwise. :P
On topic: Those crappy Latin dictionaries are running at like ridiculous prices these days. Hard to get one without bleeding to death. *guards the dictionary with his life, considering he needs it for the fic* |
Heh. ^^;; I've never seen a Latin dictionary before. Is it the same as, say, an Oxford dictionary?
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OOC: No, more like a french-english dictionary type thing.
IC: *She gave him a look for a good minute before doing anything. In this case she opened her lips.* Katie: "What is it?" *It was the firsttime she actually said anything sort of relavant to him, so he was quite content. He spoke with the same tone he was in, just because he should do such a thing.* Kent: "Look. I feel we have some sort of a misunderstanding. We have to get this sorted out. Maybe I should being again, introduce myself again, in a less hostile environment. Anyway, I am Kent, a Wind Mage from Boreas, the Wind clan. I am part of an experiment gone horribly wrong and I am currently being hunted. Wait, that's not good..." *She giggled a bit. Her smile lit up the room, for such beauty was rarely seen. From his angle, he could not tell whether those eyes were blue or green or both. He could not tell much of anything for his concerns. she spoke again.* Katie: "I guess we've gone on the wrong foot in the beginning. But you might not be such a bad guy after all. What was it about the experiment again?" *He told her the story of his life up until his moment with her. It was a shocking story, yet she was not surprised. She knew of something, but he didn't know what. She got up from her bed and inched to Kent. She was reaching for something, the sword.* Katie: "I'll need something to defend myself with. The sacred sword will have to do." *He gave that sword to her, for he was better off without it anyway. As she unsheathed the sword, he noticed that she was quite familiar with the sword itself. She was possibly an expert on swords, or maybe the sacred sword itself. It was then an explosion emanated from outside the metropolis. The hunters were here.* |
*The hunt had began anew, for the battle of the hidden forest would have been over, and his hunters would again roam to find their prey. The two, now at least aquainted with each other, headed off the metropolis of trees. Kent knew what was going on-and he sensed that the girl knew what was up-and began to exit the trees on the other side. He knew it would not be a wise decision to battle with the hunters in the forest, for they would certainly injure civilians of the city, and most likely everything else in their path.
Kent and Katie got out of the darn forest and began to jet (quite literally). Their speed was uncanning, but it would be a matter of time before the silverbirds catch up to them, so the battle would be inevitable...almost to the point that he would just stay there and wait for them to come.* Kent: *Still casting his jet spell, his hands moving in a definite rhythm.* "Any ideas on where to go next?" Katie: "Considering that the Wing clan is out of bounds, the green clan is under attack, the dark clan is not a place I'd like to go, we're left with the water and the fire clans." Kent: "Great. Flamagus and Aquae Sulis. Just great." Katie: "Well, which would be closer?" Kent: "A camp for Flamagus most likely. I think it's getting hotter around here." Katie: "Then it will be Flamagus then." *It was decided and they would head there, but the couple knew of the ever closer threat that was behind them. And they would not be caught by surprise.* |
*What was a surprise was the time it took for the hunters to catch up. It seemed as though the green clan took it personally and attacked them. This was further proven when only three silverbirds arrived onto the scene. The ehated battlefield may aid the travellers, since heat is not a friend of machines of any sort. By fighting on the heated desert, the two might stand a chance against the three silverbirds, which woul otherwise be next to impossible.
They landed on the ground when the silverbirds were about three miles away from striking distances. Kent extended his right arm, with his middle and index finger pointing out. Katie drew the sword, which was heating up slowly due to the weather. They were essentially in fighting positions, though it seemed more like poses than stances, and certainly it looked much more like an amateur's pose than anything else. Kent snuck in a look at Katie. When he turned his head back, three silverbirds were close enough for attack. They blasted laser beams of some sort, or it was more like concentrated laser beams. Kent dodged the two aimed at him, but he was not able to see what happened to Katie. Kent pulled his right arm back, and moved it to his left while having it fully extended. An acceleration of the wind caused by mana he channelled through his figers caused essentailly a blade of air the flew forward. He called it the "wind blade" and was his most often used weapon. The blade moved quickly forward and caught the first silverbird by surprise, clipping a portion of its right wing. Though it was still flying, it was significantly slower. He noticed how much slower the silverbirds were to begin with so they won't overheat (or so he thought). He continued his assualt while dodging the laser attacks, but he was too slow in his execution while he was able to dodge. It was a stalemate at best.* |
*It was within him to attack his opponent, and he did. With each cast, though, he knew he was slipping slowly. He would be weakened to a state in which the silverbird would pick him off. It was at that time when a laser beam shot from soemwhere else unknown to him and shot down the silverbird that was concentrating on him. He looked in the approximated direction of the laser. It was Katie, with her sword, reflecting the beams from the silverbirds back at them. He stood in awe as she finished off the final bird. He assumed the first silverbird was crushed already. The corpses of the three birds laid on the wasteland as he looked around.*
"You're good," he said. "Too good." "Thanks," her reply was. *They continued on foot after, for he was draining out of mana. They spoke of their history andhow they got there. From this conversation, he learned why she "hated" him so much: they taught her that mages are evil in every way and should never be trusted. She told him that she was puzzled when Spencer aided him, for he was a mage, possibly a spy. She still didn't understand and perhaps she will never truly understand. He told her of his history, and how he came to be.* |
*His history was a shock to her, for she never knew of the darkness that lingered outside of her forest. She never knew the experiments going on, and definitely didn't know of the looming dangers of the Wind clan.
Flamagus came in time for them, for they ran out of essential food and water. They were at an outpost, no bigger than a small village, but had everything a traveler needed. The couple entered the only inn-a hut of some sort-within the city. The fist thing Kent saw was a familiar person, known to him as Professor S. Padmorum. He immediately retreated, pulling Katie with him.* "Freeze villain," the familiar voice cried. "I said freeze." *From Kent's knowledge, if the Wind clan was in a place, they come in groups. He knew that if the prof was in there, his party members would be close enough for an ambush. He froze, still holding Katie's arm.* Katie whispered to him, "Your grip is tightening." *He did not hear that, for he had better things to worry about. The prof approached him, his steps echoing throughout his ears.* "We need to talk," the prof suggested. "There's nothing to talk, old man," Kent vituperated while his back was still to the prof. "You must listen to this. It's important." "What? How you guys experimented with the five of us?" "The truth." |
Chapter 3
*They returned back into the tavern or inn, he could tell now, with the professor. He sat down with the prof, while Katie left to actually get some supplies.* "Speak," Kent thundered. "You're in danger," the prof said solemnly. "No crap I'm in danger. Anything else?" "Yeah. It's called you're dying." "What?" "You see, Kent, you're one of the five experimental mages that we've had. I'm sure you know that, but what you don't know is that you don't have a customized mana core rather two independent mana cores, your original, and your second, five element one. That's why you've been using both independent of each other, thought yo don't know it." "Why are you telling me this?" "You are going to die, just like the other three. You are part of a joint experiment which the Wind and the Dark Clan have joined together to create essentially supermages." "What? What happened-" "They died from their mana cores collapsing onto each other. We put the first two down, the third eliminated himself. Vincent, however, doesn't seem to be affected by this. I think it's because he's already gotten the black core. Remember this, the second core is five elements, but the dark one dominates the rest." "No weaknesses." "Exactly. You're going to either die from that, or you're going to die from the Wind Clan. Vincent's caught by the Wind Clan, now the Dark Clan and the Wind Clan are both after you." "Interesting choices." "Those aren't choices. Get the heck out of here, the Clan's coming. Here are some cards for you, in case you need some additional magic." "Thanks." *He got up, but the prof held him for one more second.* "Take down Pontifex. He's corrupting the Clan." |
*He got out of the inn, meeting with Katie at the door. She held two backpacks for traveling use. He heard the prof cut himself. Just as he was about to speak, perhaps of the wrong thing to say, the back of the inn burst open, revealing two wind clan members. The prof stood in between the two members and the two heroes. The prof started to charge mana.
Kent pulled Katie out and started to run. They took a sharp turn left and he began his wind spell to allow them to fly. This way they would travel great distances. Kent never thought about this, but he knew she was hesitating when they ran. It was at this time when he actually saw the suave Katie. Something about her justice brings such charm within her.* "You just left him there, Kent," she murmured as they hovered the sands of the volcanic desert. "No, he is safe there. For all they know, I'm a fugitive and the prof was doing his duty by trying to trap us. Of course, he gave us information instead and pretended his injury," replied Kent. "It's all in the plan." *He took out the top card of this deck of cards he had. It was a regular cardboard card, and not a mana card like the rest of them. He held it up to read it, also allowing Katie to read it by holding it between them, just beneath the burn of the sun. The card read: "Kent, Flamagus is guarded by the Wind Clan, thus it is too dangerous for you to go there. Aquae Sulis is however held by both clans in hiding. I'm pretty sure they will be fighting among themselves, allowing you to at least do something." They stopped just beneath the only active volcano within the desert. The heat was still tolerable to a certain extend. He found an aperture within the volcano for hiding purposes until the plans lay out.* |
*Upon entering the opening of the volcano, Kent let go of his wind magic. Doing so, they dropped about 2 feet down onto the steaming floor. Kent's hands retracted from the floor at once, but other parts of his body only felt heat, not intense heat. It seemed to him that KAtie had somewhat of the same response as well. After getting up and dusting himself off, he looked around the room. It was actually large for a volcanic tunnel of some sort. It was actaully cool for a place near the volcano, with the exception of the sporadic blasts of steam at one of the vents nearby. He looked directly into Katie's eyes and spoke.*
"We're going to be running a lot. Do you really want to do this? You can leave now if you want to." "No, I should go with you, considering I dont have a home anyway. There is no place to go," she replied monotinously. "Okay then," he mumbled, taking out a deck of cards out. "Take these bad boys." "What are they?" "Spells. Just charge mana into them, throw them, and the spell is cast. Remember to read what's in each spell first." "You've given me only earth spells." "Yes, since you need the appropriate mana to cast the spells." "Oh. I'm assuming you can use all of these wate, fire, and dark cards among the earth and wind spells." "Yes." *They got back out and headed to Aquae Sulis, the main spot for the Sulis Clan, also known as the Water Clan. The journey would not have been long, for Kent kicked up the speed to get there." |
*although the time they took to get to Aquae Sulis was relatively short, they could only make it to its outskirts before Kent ran out of usable mana to continue, at least for the moment. Sulis' outskirts were suburban; all the houses seemed to be surrounded by water, same with the streets. To the normal human beings, this would make Aquae Sulis look like it was built on water, and not water within moats. To Kent, a clear indication of this theory was that the water within each "moat" had a current, along with the fact that the water was clear and fresh. Likely this was an impossible feat if they were moats. The only other way for such to happen is a sort of sewage system, where the people built a way for the water deep enough for it to be deceptive to the innocent bystander.
What seemed strange to Kent, and Katie, was that the streets were empty. It was too quiet for the duo. The emptiness didn't belong here, for obviously it was noon. Continuing on, they slipped into smaller alleyway-type pathways for less open roads. Doing so, they travelled about ten blocks of houses before landing into an inn. They checked inside and got their room. They refreshed themselves via teh shower and other luxuries that would be impossible during travel.* "Do you actually have the money to pay these guys? I mean, they do work hard for their money..." asked Katie. "I don't have the money for them, sorry. But in desperate times, we need desperate measures," Kent replied. "Oh." "Besides, someone from the Dark or Wind clan would come and trash the party any minute now." "I thought better of you." "Don't be." *He took a glimpse of Katie before attempting to jump out the window of the inn. He could sense someone hostile coming toward them.* "What are you doing?" "Running. Coming? I mean, I really don't want to weight you down. You don't have to run like this with me." "I don't have a home anymore. The forest burnt down already. I guess I'm stuck with you for now. Besides, there are better days on the road than just being in the darn forest all year long." "Well let's go then." |
*They jumped out the window, with Kent going first. They hit water just below the windows and obviously made the big splash. This was exactly what they needed to get everybody to notice them. They got out of the water with incredible speed, as fast as a cheetah running towards its prey. Their strides were longer than usual, mainly because they needed that speed to outrun the best of them.
Just as they head toward the nest intersection, members of the dark clan, easily identified with the black hoods they wore, stepped in front of them. Kent noticed the Wind Clan members coming from his rear. They were trapped. Kent knew of the conflicts that the two clans have had in the past, but what could he do?* "Members of the Dark Clan," Katie said, "the Wind Clan plans to take us and allof the glory with them. You're getting nothing after they beat the living daylights out of you." *That had seemed to work, for the dark ones let their guard down for a second. Katie looked at Kent, nodded, and rushed the blockade. Kent followed. She drew her sword at that moment, and the dark ones immediately disbanded, allowing the dynamic duo to safely rush accross. The Wind Clan members started to attack the Dark Clan members during the time Kent looked back in the split second. He smiled, for the conflict between them was the key. They continued on, but as fast as they were running, that wall was too hard for them to go through.* |
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