Journey of the Elementals RP (Pm if Interested, Started)

[Xero Scythe]

Grana sighed as he walked through the drizzling rain toward the library, each raindrop steaming as it made contact with his superheated skin. As he re-wrapped his left hand, placing a strip of leather slathered with burn ointment underneath the cloth, Grana noticed a seemingly drunken man stumble through the rain. Grana remembered the man was a high ranking Aero, an Adept if memory served correctly. Grana shook his head as he passed the man. "Gods above. One problem, and even the Adepts fall apart. Little wonder each Mage attacks his brother when some of us have to turn tothe bottle to run from their problems. Godsdamn pathetic excuse for a magus." Grana turned to face Drew. "How in the nine hells did a drunkard like you make Adept? Answer me that."

 

[Chaos Incarnate]

"I'm not here for your entertainment nor to be your guide, go find someone else while I look for Master Sir Taco" Ezekial clenched his teeth and gripped the water in his fist harder his nails digging into his skin. "Now if you'll excuse me" Ezekial started walking away before stopping for a moment "Are you coming girl?" He asked before continuing to walk away.

 

[UnusualStranger]

Aaron turned as Cale approached, looking at them as if he had never seen other people before. After a quick thought, he realized that perhaps he had grown up here, so probably did not even know what to make of them.

Poor lad. Might as well humor him. Hopefully this won't become a theme.

"I am from Kerbones. Aaron Durias Gorron, Commander of First Company Rockets. Is there something I can help you with? If not, perhaps you can direct me to a Master of some sort, there is business that needs to be prepared for." Aaron said, turning his attention to the new student who had arrived. He wasn't aware of what to make of many of these people, but he figured this one meant that their presence was known, meaning a master would meet them shortly.

Or at least there will soon be a crowd, meaning we might want to head back to the airship before it gets too dark, and the crowd too big.

The soldier who had been speaking to Fei seemed to instantly dismiss the now leaving Ezekial, and kept his attention largely shifting around, still trying to see if he would get lucky here with drawing some small amount of attention.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

"I think the Masters are busy in their respective elements. Although I'm sure with all this ruckus they will come to you with most haste. You see this Academy is extremely large but word hear travels faster than an Aero's winds. If you may can I ask you a question?" Even before the poor man could answer. "Is is true that the citizens of Kerbones are human like us but infused with machinery and what not? I don't mean to alienate you or anything but it is a discussion of sort around here. A man mixed with machinery..." Cale whispered the last part and held out his hand to the man winging it. "Cale Jioni at your service."

 

[UnusualStranger]

"Fair enough, Cale Jioni. Then I hope we will not be here long, as I would rather not spend much time waiting here, you understand." Aaron replied, somewhat amused as it seemed no matter where he went the younger ones were always interested in how there were "Mechanical Men" in the world. Or perhaps at home it was more because of how successful he was even after everyone was broken up on knowing he had lost his arm. Things had come a long way since then, but he still was the best there was.

"I think I will let you be the judge of that, Cale Jioni." Aaron said in response to the last question as he reached out to shake the boy's hand, knowing he would be surprised at the gloved grip. Especially when it was unyielding in the grip as he grabbed and shook Cale's hand briefly.

It was during this time that Timothy had finally quickly walked over to the group of soldiers. Noting the growing crowd, Anthony didn't look pleased to be the one to be awakened to greet the newcomers.

"Greetings. Welcome to the Academy. You will have to excuse us, we were not aware you would be here so shortly." Timothy explained quickly, still somewhat wet from the storms still raging outside.

Releasing the shaking grip, Aaron turned to look over the master quickly before rising from where he waited.
"I and my men are here to make sure you are ready for our presence as it has been moved forward ever so slightly. Though, it would appear that you will need your rest, rather than our instruction at the moment." Aaron brought a whistle to his mouth and blew, which let out a distinct sound which, while not harmful to the ears, could easily be picked up over quite a distance. Almost like on cue, the other soldiers who had been sent out began heading towards Aaron through the storm.

"Then I take it you will be going....?" Timothy began.

"To our ships. We will be back tomorrow. Hopefully things will be a bit clearer then." Marcus completed. Gesturing to the soldiers, they seemed to gather up and proceeded back towards the gates in the rain. Aaron nodded to the Master, and glanced at Cale before turning to follow his troops.

Now, seemingly quite frustrated, Timothy went after the students within reach.
"What are you all doing up and about? Get to bed! We have important guests right HERE and we will need to be our best. Go. GO!" Timothy intoned, and proceeded back to his rooms.

Going to be a very...very long day tomorrow....

 

[SkyeNeko]

[small]"Maybe inside..."[/small] Fei replied, her voice so small she wasn't sure she even said anything. She felt lightheaded, and even if the guard wasn't even looking at her anymore she was scared. The soldier was a good two feet taller than she was, and a lot more dangerous looking in her opinion. She remembered that the Masters had specifically said to be on their best behavior, and she wasn't sure how well she could block a crossbow if he used it.

A shrill whistle made her jump out of her skin. Much to her relief the soldier left, quickly disappearing into the stormy night. Realizing that she had been holding her breath, she inhaled and looked around for Ezekial. She quickly ran up behind him, not wanting to be left alone with the scary soldiers around.

 

[My name is Fiction]

Eds treck back took longer then usual, without anyone to talk to time passed more slowly.
Along the way he ran into a perticular sight, a black chicken.
Wait? thats Ezekial's right? How did it end up here?
"Hay chick chick chick chicken." He spoke in a high pitched voice motioning it with his hands to come closer.
Taco took a few steps then just staring at him craning its head.
He snatched it and put him on his shoulders like Ezekial did but had to adjust him so he wouldn't fall from his shoulders.
For being drunk he must have some good posture
All he could think of was yelling until his voice was hoars until he found its owner since he couldn't be far.
"EZEKIAL! I HAVE YOUR CHICKEN!"

 

[Chaos Incarnate]

"You can't fear them, they are only men and if they breath then you can silence it, but that is work so I'd rather just walk away" Ezekial muttered yawning and stew hung his arms above his head "Damn I need a nap." Edwards shrill voice cut through the light noise of the rain like a knife through bread, the fuck is he yelling about? Ezekial thought spinning mid stride to face the direction Edward's voice was coming from "If he wants to find me he'll find me" Ezekial muttered lying down in the grass throwing the small ball of water he had been carrying in his hand into the watching as it exploded and fell back to the ground as a thousand drops of water.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Fei inched up to Ezekial. "Weren't... weren't you afraid? They could have killed us too..." She looked down at the Hydromancer. A few moments later she heard a voice calling Ezekial, and looked around. There was a mage some distance off, and she waved. When she was sure he had seen her she sat down a few feet away from Ezekial. "Um... why did you freeze your bottle?" she asked softly, pointing to the block of ice.

 

[My name is Fiction]

In the field some distance away he saw a mage wave towards him and sit back down.
Once he got closer he saw it was a young woman, a hydromaster just like Ezekial.
The drunk was down on the ground with his frozen jug in aggravation.
The woman looked a little shaken, like she had been frightened.
must have lost her concentration to get wet..
"Um are you ok?" Ed asked in concern while he let the chicken jump off his shoulders and peck at its owner.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Fei nodded shyly, pretending to be focused on the chicken. She wrung out her hair and her robes again, trying to keep the rain off. She didn't want to stay in her room that night, especially with the scary guards going around, but she didn't want to have to walk to her brother's room alone either. Maybe I'll stay here and hope he hasn't gone to his dorm yet...

 

[Mr. Omega]

Drew heard the words being directed at him, turning to see Grana. "Grana Rei... the one mage here who manages to make himself look like an even bigger ass than I do..." he hiccuped before slowly clapping. "That takes effort."

He wished that is was some Weaver pulling rank on him, but he'd settle on venting on Grana. Drew didn't know the guy personally, but there were a couple rumors going around. Normally he'd never insult someone based on rumors, there being a few about himself floating around, but he wasn't really thinking clearly. "You're wondering how I got to Adept? Speak for yourself..." He tried to stand up straight. "You don't have what it takes to get to Adept. Then again, you don't need to have what it takes here... so the best chance for you to get to Adept is to start kissing ass. Lord knows that's how all the Weavers get promoted. Talent only takes you so far here in the academy... and that's why I'm likely to not go much further..." he belched afterwards, still stumbling around. "Still, I got farther on my own than you ever will..." he chuckled, hunching afterwards. "You're probably the only one here with less direction in his life than I do..."

 

[Chaos Incarnate]

"Ugh give chicken to me" Ezekial muttered raising his arms slowly then dropping them. "Too fucking tired" He muttered turning to Fei "You can't live in fear of anything, little one" He spoke slowly before closing his eyes "Fucking Durabt froze my jug something about" He paused yawning "Learning to control my abilities or ice or something" He raised his hand showing his shattered pinky "Guess I didn't learn the lesson yet"

 

[Xero Scythe]

Grana bowed mockingly. "Thank you, thank you. I try. And you know what? I know I don't have what it takes to make it anywhere. I was found at 15 because of a mistake. A fucking stroke of luck was the only thing that kept me from being killed at the initiation due to a lack of magic. When I was a Youngling, I was told I wouldn't even make it to Apprentice. At Apprentice, I was told I had no talent and would never make it to Mage. Both times they were wrong, and both times I made it. And you know what? There's no greater feeling than beating those who thought themselves better than you. I know talent doesn't get you far- anyone who believes that is still stuck at Apprentice- but I can guarantee I have what it takes to get where I'm going."

Grana snapped his fingers, creating a flame that he allowed to be blown away by the wind. "You know, I always admired your element. A zephyr has no direction, and yet it has the power to spark the spear of the gods and blow away all who go before it. So I'll keep going on my own power as far as I can, and then push that. I don't know where I'm going, but I know it's far- and I can certainly go farther than some drunk fool like you who wastes a gift that has been given to him by God."

 

[SkyeNeko]

Taken aback by the large chicken Fei jumped to the other side of Ezekial and the earthshifter. "I'm not little..." she grumbled, staring at the fowl. "But I need to practice my ice magic too. All the other Adepts can make ice, and if I want to be an Adept, I need to make ice too." she nodded to herself, deciding to read as many books as she could about ice magic the next morning. "Are you a Mage? Or maybe an Adept? Can you teach me how to make ice?"

 

[Chaos Incarnate]

"If I could I might think about it but I'm an apprentice and a bad one at that" Ezekial remarked lightly petting Sir Taco, the chicken relived to have been returned to his master squawked suddenly and nestled down on his chest while Ezekial kept the pushed the rain slightly so none of the drops hit him. Ezekial closed his eyes and hummed for a moment "You are little" He said slowly smiling

 

[My name is Fiction]

He felt good reuniting the chicken even if it took minimal effort.
"Your jug is frozen?"
"I thought you would be a bit more angry." He joked knowing if he was water wouldn't even be touching them.
"Could I have a shot at opening it or do you think I would smash it?"
He said a little cocky hoping to get the chance.
Its only some ice

 

[SkyeNeko]

Fei kept watching Ed, not sure what to make of him. "I'm Fei... Fei Kyaara..." she giggled a little at his comment, then turned back to Ed. "Can apprentices even use ice magic yet?" she asked, looking up at the dark sky. "I can't even use ice magic that well yet..." she pouted, remembering last time she tried.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Drew listened to Grana and then laughed. "Kid... if you weren't so arrogant, I think I'd like you. You take a lot longer to say things most others would, with all that poetic stuff you spout, but you seem to have your convictions. That's good, at least."

He slowly walked past him, not nearly as tipsy as he was a while ago. "You still can't beat me, but at least you have more dignity than most of the idiots here.."

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Cale walked away instinctively as the Master told him too. Cale looked at his hand that he shook with Aaron's mechanical arm. It was a strange sensation feeling a mechanical hand that moved and act like an actual hand for the most part. Cale saw that the way back to the Earth Mountain in the Great Halls were crowded with people trying to see the new visitors. Cale was short of breath and being crowded in the Great Hall like that was not helping. Cale took the detour instead which cut through the portion of the large fields back to the Earth Mountains. Cale maneuvered through the crowd and arrived at the fields where a few mages lingered.

As he walked to the Earth Mountains feeling the nice cool breeze Cale heard a familiar voice echo through the fields. He turned and saw the unmistakable Edward Sheen running through the fields with what looked like a plump chicken towards two Hydromancers. Cale had a fond memory of Edward ever since that fateful day during one of the Earthshaper sculpting sessions. One particular sculpture was made that infuriated the mentor and made a few students holler with laughter, Cale was one of them. Cale decided to drop by the lovable class clown and see why he had a chicken. Cale walked up to the little group.

"Ah Edward Sheen, the joker of geomastery. How fare you this day? Did you see our guests at the Great Halls?"