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

[NeoAC]

Raven let Seth take the lead as the two headed towards the upper decks. It was quite a climb, something to be expected but still a bit much for Raven. Damn, I might have to actually listen to some of those twats and start exercising more... nah, fuck those guys.

As they arrived at the upper deck the door opened, and it seemed like things weren't half as crazy as they heard below. They were full-on crazy. People were running around, and there seemed to be panic in the air. "What the hell is going on up here?" Raven asked no one in particular.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Take a close look, and enjoy what we all wrought before we almost killed everything."

The sight of Magick's End was breathtaking, amazing... and utterly terrifying in equal strength, in Gabriel's eyes. He was well aware that mages and the non-magical hated and feared one another - for the most part, at least. As for why that was... well, that was another matter entirely. He thought back to his history lessons, back at the Academy.

The Great War, as the older woman had stated, did end seven hundred years ago. But it wasn't a simple two-sided war. Many mages fought for their own sides, seeking a rise to power over their competitors. After the thirty-odd-year war, both mage and non-mage alike had been utterly devastated: humanity had come very close to extinction. That was why the mages had retreated to the islands, and why every mage was subject to restrictions and limitations. No-one wanted to see another three decades of ruin, destruction and death.

Bringing himself back to the present, Gabriel turned his eyes back to Magick's End. This would likely be imprinted on people's memories... drilled into their history. He saw it as propaganda. Mindless drivel that scared people into thinking along seven-hundred-year old ways. In Gabe's eyes, it was time for a change. The world needed it. He did not voice these thoughts aloud, though. They were likely to earn him reprimands from the older mages.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Cale took a closer look at the Magick'End ignoring all other distractions for the moment as he observed the colors, and all the sort that was coming from the anomaly. It reminded him of the carvings in the Earth Halls that depicted great battles or recreations of how their world was made. Fire and brimstone, darkness and light, all conflicting with one another in this dazzling yet dangerous display of what Mages could truly do.

He had seen what the masters could do but this was beyond what he could simply imagine. The Great War was not something that was avoided when he was brought up in the academy or in the farms either. Mages were hunted and publicly killed where he used to work and this was their reason.

"By the Gods..." Calse whispered out. "I thought I knew about the Great War but this changes everything."

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Phebe looked at the colorful storm, in silence. She didn't really like what she saw. She had heard about the war before and read about it. It was a beautiful sight to behold, but dangerous and in a way, a monument of the wars. It would have been better if it had disappeared, now it served as a constant reminder of what had happened. The humans would probably continue hating mages as long as it was there.

I can't do anything about it and they may be right in hating mages.

She shrugged and continued checking her bow. A part of her wanted to pick up an arrow, fire it into the storm and see if something happened.

 

[blaze96]

Alexander had walked up on deck to see the maelstrom and hear about its past. He stood next to the railing and thought for a moment before speaking.

"It is sad that it took this much for people to realize the danger of magic. Unfortunately it will take a long time to convince people that magic can be used for great good and shouldn't necessarily be hated or feared. They have every right to their feelings, but hopefully one day we can move past them."

 

[UnusualStranger]

Seth heard Raven, but he quickly spotted what she had not, and tapped her on the shoulder and pointed to the distance in front of them. The storm that was raging was quite....something. It just kept changing and throwing elements all around. It was a hell of a sight, and it was far more destructive than anything he had ever imagined being unleashed upon....well, everyone.

"That's....something. I mean, it is all kinds of crazy that....someone kind of like us unleashed THAT." Seth muttered, taking a few steps closer to the mess that was the storm.

Well....I really can't blame them now. Hating mages has to be kind of easy knowing that we more or less corrupted a huge part of the world, and made it dangerous. To everything.

[hr]

The Prime Minister had stepped over to where the mages were, listening to what was said by the mages as they saw what had been wrought. He gazed upon it all, seeming to take it all in again as if he had not seen it before.

"The Great War may have ended, Miss Nydia, but the magic doesn't know that. Here it was unleashed upon everything, and no one knows how to put it back. Maybe that is for the best that we are unable to put it all back. A reminder that we were all overconfident, overpowered, and so sure that we would never do anything that couldn't be fixed. A folly for eternity for all generations to look upon, and realize that we will destroy ourselves if given the chance." The Prime Minister spoke simply, seeming to recount a tale that had been told to him before.

"Perhaps maybe magic will be safe again to people. I doubt that it will happen any time soon. Mages are not seen any more in the world. There are no legends of great mages saving anything, or doing anything. Only this cloud and storm which if we dare to fly through, we would be crushed, or fried, or consumed. There is....more about it though. There is something in this storm, and it makes me wonder...." The Prime Minister wandered off, his voice trailing off as well as his eyes seemed to give off an odd glow as he did so.

Seeing this, Aaron stepped forward.

"Alright ladies and gents. If you do fire, water, or air, you are going to be on decks with me. Going to need to be defending this deck from whatever those damn things breathe or shoot at us. Light and Dark, you are going to be support in whatever method you can be. Cloaking the gunners, blinding the dragons, and patching up anybody who gets hit. And chances are you WILL see someone get hit." Aaron said, in military form.

"These things will be mostly taken care of by me and the troops, so you are going to be defensive. Deflect what they fire, and don't shoot UNLESS you know the other airships are not in the line."

 

[SkyeNeko]

Fei looked around at all of the other mages coming up. Maybe the magic makes dragons. No, then we would have dragons at the academy. Maybe dragons like magic, but the masters kept them away? The logic of hating mages went over her head, and she didn't really grasp the danger of the situation.

She waved to Seth and Gabriel when she noticed them come up, pointing excitedly to the storm as if she were afraid they might miss it. The more mages and humans that cluttered the ship, the closer she stuck to her brother. It was like a sugar rush to see all the people getting ready for whatever they might be facing.

Alright ladies and gents. If you do fire, water, or air, you are going to be on decks with me. Going to need to be defending this deck from whatever those damn things breathe or shoot at us. "Ah, Drew, we're going to fight dragons! It will be so exciting!" she was literally bouncing as she went over to him, twirling around. "We'll get to see how good our lightning really is too!" The fact that she didn't have too much water to work with in the immediate vicinity didn't bother her because she wasn't really thinking about it. Water was secondary to what she did with lightning, in her opinion.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Cale stepped forward in part confidence and part outrage that Aaron didn't seem to call out what the Earthshapers had to do.

"And what of the Earthshapers here?" Cale spoke out to Aaron. Cale didn't want to just stand around while the other mages risk their lives. Cale had been taught by the Master Earthshapers to always look out for your fellow mage even if they may be a Lightdweller or a Hydromancer. Mixed with the thrill of possibly fighting off dragons, Cale clutched his fist as he awaited for Aaron to answer.

 

[NeoAC]

Raven didn't know what Seth was going on about, until she saw the massive storm brewing on the horizon. She lifted her hood up slightly and brushed her bangs out of her eyes, just to be able to view the full magnitude of the thing they were now apparently flying into. Then that Prime Minister bastard started barking orders.

Light and Dark, you are going to be support in whatever method you can be. Cloaking the gunners, blinding the dragons, and patching up anybody who gets hit.

Patching my ass. You want me working with Lights? That isn't happening asshole. The prospect of fighting against real life dragons however intrigued Raven. I bet none of those sheep at the academy can say they've taken down a dragon. Stuff that down their preppy cakeholes.

She turned to Seth, "I guess the Grand Dragonslayer there wants you with him. You better get up there and appease."

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Dragons?

Phebe grinned. That should be fun, no matter what. She had met beasts before and wondered what these dragons were like. They couldn't be that bad if the airships and mages could take care of them.

"Well... You've got me excited with the talk of dragons."

She drifted off into thoughts, while she thought about killing one on her own. How should she do that?

 

[UnusualStranger]

Aaron paused, looking over Cale as he did so. The man seemed to think a moment before suddenly grinning and stepping over to where a hatch was.

"Down this hatch is a collection of boulders. You probably could make them smaller and more useful to throw for this particular fight, as usually we use the things as cheap bombs to drop on what is below. You being an earthshifter should get around that." Aaron said.

"However, if you could help the men with their bows and the such as well, it would be excellent. Hell, I ask the same of anyone who isn't busy shooting at the bastards. In fact....EVERYONE ON DECK! I am going to be seeing what you are all capable of today. Light, dark, whatever the hell you are. Maybe you can head back home and tell them how you kicked the hell out of a dragon."

With that, Aaron got to grabbing a unique looking crossbow, and snapped it onto the arm of his armor. It clicked into place, and Aaron tampered with it for a while, making sure it was ready.

[hr]

Seth chuckled at Raven's joke. It did seem somewhat unfair for Raven to be left out of the fight somewhat, but it seemed the next words cleared that up.

"Come along now, Queen Dragonslayer. You get to take a trophy home yet." Seth said, with a slight nudge to Raven. He had a feeling he was really going to start enjoying her company. A big change from Fei's bubbly personality, but enjoyable all the same.

"Course, I would rather find a way to take some of this....storm with me. That is one of a kind thing to check out. But a dragon will do just fine. I wonder how they taste?"

Now THAT is an odd thought. What the blazes made me think THAT? But still....roasted dragon might taste delicious....

[hr]

The Airships slowly began making their way into the valley, a calm military seemed to fall upon the rest of the crew. They lowered themselves to a point where they were within the more narrow valley. As they began the movement forward slowly, everyone seemed to keep their eyes looking about, crossbows shifting about and eyes up and about.

Then, there was a shout and a pointing man, and ahead were apparently a bunch of small spots. As they began moving ahead, it became clear they were not the larger dragon types, but smaller wyverns, and drakes. Two other airships which had been on guard before, opened fire. Bolts began flying, and for the moment, not many drakes or wyverns had been able to make an approach to the ship the mages were on. But it was quickly becoming apparent that they would as more seemed to show up. What was more interesting was that many of the wyverns and drakes seemed to breathe different elements as well. Fire sometimes, but then there was icy winds, and even stones seemed to be fire out.

The drakes and wyverns themselves all seemed to compliment the storm around them nicely as the bolts continued to fly about.

 

[Lizmichi]

Nat has quickly found a secluded spot on the ship where she could study some ancient text she found in a old book she had bought ages ago. The text seemed to describe old Nightshade techniques that were used in times where wielders of magick were not shunned. She looked up hearing a booming voice ordering her to get up and fight... a dragon. "Really, I have to stop my studies for a dragon? Well it's better to fight a dragon then fight someone that's just graduated." she gripped as she got up and dusted herself off then looked around for the flighty Nina whom was playing with clouds from the moment they left.

"Nat isn't this great? We're going to be fighting dragons of all things. I remember you reading about them a few months ago. Come on lets go before the others take all the good ones. Hmmmm that reminds me, mom use to make what she's call dragon soup. I wounder if she used dragon." Nina started going off in her own thought forcing Nat remind her there was a dragon to kill.

"Umm Nina, please come back to the present and help me kill a dragon then you can ask your mother later." Nat laughed some. "Let's go dragon lady." she said walking off the ship. She looked around trying to find a dragon that was free of combatants, well that was until a dragon flanked her side with his tail, well it was more the size of a drake but still not something she could take on by her.

Nina had snapped out of her dragon daze just in time to see Nat being flanked by a drake. "Oh crap, I need to really stop this shit." she said sending a blast of hot air into the drakes face. "Hey look over here scale head." she said smashing the drake in the side of the head forcing it away from Nat.

"It took you long enough Nina. I could of died." Nat said angrily.

 

[NeoAC]

"Probably like chicken," Raven noted as she followed up the stairs. "Dragon's basically just a giant ugly bird isn't it? Only difference is it can barbeque itself."

As she continued up the steps towards the deck, she felt the wind whipping around the exposed portion of the ship. There was some more shouting and pointing going on, as the smaller-scale versions of the dragons began emerging out of the storm ahead. "And there are your appetizers."

Raven took a position along the side, she knew there wasn't going to be much she could do in this situation, but there was one rule of combat she learned that always pertained in any fight: Go for the eyes. As some of the drakes approached one of the side ships, she started firing off rays of concentrated darkness, hoping to blind the bastards.

 

[blaze96]

Alexander focused on using his light to blind the dragons, he didn't really want to kill the creatures himself but he wasn't about to condemn others for doing so. His plan was working though as it made things harder for the dragons flying at them and easier for the men on deck to shoot them and bring them down. All he really wanted though was to avoid the need to heal anyone.

I have a plan if anyone gets injured, let's just hope I don't end up needing it.

 

[Mr. Omega]

"That's the spirit, Seth!" he said, observing the beasts above them. "I bet I can fry one of them for ya." Something about the whole situation had Drew invigorated. The storm around them, the dragons nearby, the humming machines of the engines, their current location. Drew started swirling a little air current around him. "Come on, Fei! Let's show these guys how its done!" He wasn't sure what had happened, but he felt motivated and active for the first time in a long time. Maybe this is what I've been needing. Something to break me out of this rut. Something where nobody is grading or judging. A moment to expand my horizons and see the world in a new way. Sure beats the same day-in-day-out routine of the academy...

 

[SkyeNeko]

"Yaaaay dragons!"
"Come on, Fei! Let's show these guys how its done!"
She snapped out of her trance, remembering they were supposed to be fighting. "Right!" A sphere of water materialized in her hand, most of her reserves. She threw it into the air, letting it burst into a fine mist-like patch. She forced it up in the air, forming something like a cloud. "Show those dragons who's boss!" she smiled.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Cale's face lit up with joy as he made his way down the hatch. The boulders were large but not compared to the ones in the training rooms. Deciding that it would be wasteful to throw these entire rocks, Cale fast-cracked them. He tapped the rocks, dividing them into smaller rocks about the size of his head or his palms. Cale quickly shaped them so that there would be a point on each one. There was about a dozen or so improvised rock bullets and that was only from one boulder.

Cale carried them back up, with the rocks almost spilling over his arms. He set them down in front of him and searched for a target. There were a few wyverns already in the sky that had survived the volleys of fire that came from the ships. He picked the closest one to the ship. The thing already had several bolts lodged into its hide. Deciding that it was best to aim for the face he flung a few of the pointed rocks using his powers to increase the speed and velocity of the flying rocks.

 

[CounterAttack]

Dragons... such beasts were a rarity, and for good reason. Gabriel severely doubted his chances against even one, especially if he were alone. With that in mind, he weighed up his options. Bringing a rainstorm to the battle would only hinder the abilities of the Pyromancers on the ship, and Gabe wasn't exactly skilled enough to contain it to a small area. There was the idea of using one of the weapons the Prime Minister's men... that seemed like a good alternative to trying a small spell or two, which wouldn't have much of an effect.

Ignoring the unorthodox nature of his plan - most mages did not use weapons other than their magic - Gabriel hurried over to one of the weapon racks and pulled a crossbow from them. It was a strange device: fairly heavy in his hands but not impossible to lift. A small cylinder, full of what looked like metal rods judging by the small built-in window, was attached to the underside, along with a handgrip of some description. The bow part of the weapon was at the other end of the crossbow: Gabriel wasn't stupid enough to point it at himself.

The young mage hefted the weapon, taking note of the fact that Fei, the only other Hydromancer on the airship, had created some kind of cloud in the skies above. Depending on how her brother handled it, there could be an opening for him to help the two of them. For now, Gabriel tried to aim at one of the winged creatures flying around the ship.

After a few seconds of tracking his target... Gabriel realised he didn't actually know how to use the weapon. Was it the odd bit that stuck out of the handgrip? He gave it an experimental squeeze with his index finger... there was a hefty kick from the crossbow as it jolted a bit in his hands, and he saw a flash of silver just in front of his new acquisition. So that was how it worked...

It was likely going to take a fair bit of practice for Gabriel to fully understand how best to use the crossbow he had picked up. The shot had missed completely.

 

[UnusualStranger]

Seth grinned as Raven introduced him to his "appetizers". They looked far from appetizing, being flying scale lizards which were spitting a variety of things. However, he felt good. On fire, if he wished to be funny to himself. Letting the flames burst forth in his hands, he let loose his fury, launching fireballs into whatever drake that dared to try and get close to the ship. Some of them saw it and did a bit of a dodge, bur Seth wasn't too concerned. He considered them chances for others to prove themselves....

That, and he got to see the fellows with the crossbows and....mounted crossbows do their thing. They seemed to simply fire off bolts at insane speeds. While he would like to use one of those, right now he would rather let his flames dance through the sky rather than fire a weapon he could get his hands on later.

"Chicken eh? Sounds delicious, but I don't think they agree quite yet." Seth said, letting the flames fire around, wondering how good his blade would be if one of them got that close.

[hr]

Meanwhile, it seemed that the drakes and wyverns had gotten to a high enough number to start getting past the guard ships, and start heading towards the main ship. Again, they were numerous and beastlike, firing at the ship and crew if a chance seemed to show itself. Some crew fell, as fires and ice shots were not stopped even with the armor on.

Seemed there was still some distance to go through the valley, but it seemed that it wasn't too long a stretch to travel through the closed in area. The dragons themselves showed no signs of letting up. Though some did seem to begin trying to flee, or fall from the sky as all matter of bolts, boulders, fire, and even lights and dark shades striking them.

What was interesting, however, was that there seemed to be a hint of something much larger in the distance ahead of the airships. Something that kept just in the fog of the valley of storms.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

"Aaaw..." Phebe said disappointedly when she saw the drakes and wyverns. The man had said dragons and that's what she had been hoping for.

Well, I guess that's what I get for getting my hopes up.

She took an arrow from the quiver, placed it against the bow and started looking for a target. It didn't take long for her to find one. A wyvern flying towards the ship. She knew the other mages and the crew were busy fighting as well, but she had to concentrate now.

Phebe took a deep breath and fired the arrow as soon as she thought she could hit it, despite the creature moving around.

She set the tip of the arrow on fire, before firing it at the wyvern. She barely hit the creature and not in the head like she had intended. The arrow hit it in one of its legs.

"Heh... Seems I'm a bit rusty." She said with a smile, acting like it didn't bother her.

It had been months since she had used her bow last and then it hadn't been against a moving target. She continued firing at the dragons flying around the ships, setting arrows ablaze and getting better hits.