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

[blaze96]

Alexander was pouring energy into Aden and Jacob, trying to keep them breathing, their hearts beating, and still try and fix their wounds. Then he suddenly felt Jacob go. Everything had stopped and Alexander used both hands to try and keep him alive. It was his best effort but it was not enough. He felt the student die on him. The first to have ever done so under his care. He couldnt stop some of the tears from falling for this person he had never even gotten to know.

'He's dead. I couldn't save him. I did everything I could and I failed.'
The rest of the world fell away as he closed the man's eyes. He was absolutely silent as he focused all his energy on keeping Aden alive. He had failed one of his patients but he would be damned if he let two mages die.

His sadness was soon joined by rage at those who had killed the mage and left another on death's door.

'They killed him. I failed him, but they killed him. They will pay for this. I will find out who caused this and they will pay.' Alexander thought to himself. He didn't know quite what he would do to the men who caused this, but he knew they wouldn't like it in any case. He was still dead silent and should anyone try and talk to him they would find him to be unresponsive.

 

[Mr. Omega]

He heard what Seth had to say, and he started formulating a plan Yeah, I'd be pretty cranky too, all things considered.... He decided to take a shot with one idea before enacting his primary plan. "Hey, kid. Water guy. How good are you are manipulating vapors and water in the air?" He knew Fei could get the conditions right with her eyes closed, but that was because they had been training with that since they were kids. He wasn't familiar with basic teachings of water magic, so he wasn't sure just how much the kid knew.

As he waited for a response, the started taking off the robe he normally wore. His undershirt and shorts he wore underneath were enough to keep him covered, and he knew that wearing slightly smaller clothes was a smarter choice for using wind so that his clothes wouldn't billow in the wind. It was a little cooler, epecially with the air current around him, but he remained focused, trying to keep the cloak floating in the breeze. "Ok... Seth. What do you know about those weapons? Range, reload speed, accuracy... something."

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Cale picked himself up or rather his shadow helped him up. He couldn't tell if the shadow understood what he was going through or rather if it understood what was going on at all. All it knew was to help its master. Although the sudden entrance of the guard awoke him form his gaze. The Minister Guard looked like he had understood the situation outside where the metal outside could be heard clashing. While his fellow mages sought revenge, Cale simply sought information.

"Sir, what is going on outside? It sounds like... a battle." Cale mumbled, not sure if we really wanted know what was truly happening outside the large doors.

 

[UnusualStranger]

The robotic guard looked over Phebe for a moment before giving a simple shake of his head. It was clear that the guard's stance by the door was going to be somewhat permanent position for the time being. He did turn to look about the room a few times to make sure that everything was secure before then bringing his attention to the mages inquiries once more.

"There is indeed a battle going on outside. One much larger than anticipated, unfortunately. While it will likely still be unable to bring everything down, it is enough to no doubt cause some lasting damage for a time. Especially depending on how many mages die this evening, which is why I was sent here specifically to check on things." The guard replied mechanically, seeming to treat the whole situation as normal.

[hr]

Meanwhile, Seth paused for a moment, to catch his breath which he hadn't realized had become slightly harder with the wound. He needed to think though, the situation demanded it, and he was the goddamned warrior of the mages, dammit. He at least should be useful even after taking a bit of combat wounds.

"Crossbows. Modified with whatever toys they have around here, goddamned accurate, and since I imagine they are trained troops, probably quick to aim and reload. If this bolt is any indicator, they are not using anything special to shoot, just a fancier thing to shoot it." Seth said, renewing his grip on his blade as he edged closer to the corner of the hallway to see if he could note anyone close by, which he could not. This brought a few quiet curses from Seth, who channeled his fury into a more physical flame enveloping his blade and arm. He was going to roast these bastards.

[hr]

While Fei sat under the cover of her bed, she suddenly began to hear a very distinct grinding outside of the window which had been left open while the mages had been practicing. After a small while, the grinding began to get louder, and more distinct of the sound of metal scraping upon stone. Just as the sound seemed to get incredibly loud to where it was right outside, it stopped and a mechanical guard leaped into the room, landing with a loud stomp and looking about, almost instantly noting that Fei was in the room.

"Good evening, Mage. I hope that things are proceeding well. Do you know the location of any additional mages?" The guard said, obviously of the Prime Minister's guard as he looked around the room noting no others in the area and the doors locked off, then turning around and closing and locking the window behind himself. After being sure that the window was secured, he directed his attention back to Fei, the only thing seeming to hold his attention for the moment.

 

[SkyeNeko]

"Who are you?" Fei didn't move from under the bed, but was a little curious of the feet that entered her vision. "My brother said I shouldn't answer for anyone but him." She had a small ball of water in her hand, but it was more for comfort at this point. "Are you a bad guy? How'd you get inside?" she knew he got in from the window, but their window wasn't exactly on the ground floor.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Nydia's thoughts were filled with worry for Cale and a desire to make it past their foes so they could rejoin their comrades in the dining area until she felt Seth leaning back against her from support. Cale and the others weren't the only ones in danger after all, there was just as much danger here and Seth had already been wounded protecting her from it. Thankfully the bolt would act as a plug and keep him from bleeding too much, but his breathing was heavy and he seemed to be in a great deal of pain. She couldn't even imagine how difficult it would be to fight with such a wound.

As much as she wanted to make haste to the dining area, she thought it would be best to fall back and treat Seth's wound before engaging in any more fighting. "Seth..." She began quietly, but was interrupted by Seth gripping his sword and summoning his flames. He felt the four of them could finish this fight it seemed. ".... Whatever we do, let's do it quickly so I can get that bolt out of you and begin treating your wound. And please be careful." She finished, preparing her light so she could actually be of use in the fight this time.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Water vapour... let me check," Gabriel mused, releasing his hold on the small sphere he had created. The liquid fell to the floor and splashed a small radius around the impact point. With his hands free again, Gabe tried to reach out to the air around him to pull the water from it as he had done just earlier. Only instead of coalescing it into a little ball, he brought it together to form what looked like a small and thin cloud of mist between his hands, which were about shoulder width apart. All in all, it probably took longer than Drew would have liked.

Gabe hoped he had enough of it to suit the Airshifter's need. Vapour was easy enough to gather, especially since he could use some from the puddle he had created. "How's this? Do you need more? What do you plan to do with it?" he asked, asking the three questions without looking at Drew. He wanted to maintain his focus.

 

[blaze96]

Alexander pumped as much energy as he could into Aiden but, just as with his other patient, he felt the boy die. At the death of two mages under his care, his first two dying in a matter of seconds no less, something snapped inside of him. His anger at those who could do such a thing against people who had done nothing aggressive at all turned into a burning rage. He immediately stood up and fired a large laser at the nearest wall with both hands, focusing his energy into not just power but size.

It was just the first display to get out some of the rage and sadness he was feeling right now. Without saying so much as a word he walked out of the room into the hallway where guards were fighting more of the attackers. The best way he could describe it if and when he calmed down would be that everything else had gone away. What mattered to him right now was punishing those who were killing without provocation.

He saw two of the attackers in front of him and immediately blasted the both of him with as much energy as he could muster. He didn't bother to see if he had vaporized them, sent the laser straight through them, or had simply blasted a large hole in them. At this point it didn't matter. Two mages had died already tonight, he wouldn't allow the chance for more.

 

[Mr. Omega]

As Gabriel tried to get the vapor, Drew started to focus to try and create a lightning bolt. Before he could, however, he heard the sound of men screaming and two rays of light strike the wall. "What in the world?!" he turned the corner to see another Light mage had just blasted the guards they were about to attack. "Huh. Remind me not to piss HIM o-..." before he could finish, he heard a very loud crash. And Drew's eyes widened with fear when he realized the direction it was coming from.

Without saying a word, he turned around and started running back to his room, winding up enough of a gust for there to be a visible field of dust and small stones around him. He hoped that he was just being paranoid and wouldn't have to use it on anyone, not bothering to look back if anyone was following him.

 

[UnusualStranger]

Seth was going to try to laugh off Nydia looking over his wound, and perhaps it would help him take his mind off it, but it instead just turned into a grimace as it was a bit difficult to simply ignore the damned thing. While he was getting ready to let his flames fly, however, a beam of light lanced through the air, with screams echoing through the halls with it. Seth didn't even need to guess that there were more attackers than he dared bargain for. Seems he wasn't the only one to be pissed off this evening. Whether that was a good or a bad thing, he couldn't say.

"....Now." Seth growled, hoping to finish off any problems that still lingered in the hall. He spun from the corner, and found his old problem: the swordsman from before who left after the first blast of flames. The man stood obviously stunned by his comrades being blasted away by beams of light, in the coming night at that. However, he turned to see Seth, flames scorching behind him, and could not bring himself to move as Seth let the torrent go, a shout right behind it filled with his rage. He was going to make someone pay for his wound and rotten night, and this was a good start.

The man didn't even have a chance to scream, as they seemed to rip the man apart before he could even vocalize the pain of the fire wrapping about himself. As the tornado of flames around the man suddenly slipped away, there was just a charred corpse with metallic bits remaining, likely remains of armor that the man had that could put up with some extreme heat.

"HAH! Ya bastards..." Seth said with one quick laugh before taking a deep breath.

".........Alright. I think I'm ready to get this bolt out of me before more people come to give me more."

[hr]

The guard looked at Fei for a moment, the guard began to answer the questions, keeping watch on the room and not moving from his point which seemed the most advantageous.

"I am of the Prime Minister's guard. My name has been given up to better serve him and protect himself from anything that I am. I got here via the window, after sliding down from a window above a small distance so as to avoid the fighting and get here faster. I need to locate your brother, as well as any other mages in the area to make sure that little harm befalls you." The guard intoned, the mechanical tones behind it still quite obvious and giving no real reflection of his behavior or emotions.

[hr]

The small explosion from Alexander's strikes against the wall and the troops did not go unnoticed. In fact, it woke much of the palace back up, bringing some to realize that the assault was already well underway. With things already getting out of hand, additional men seemed to leap out of the shadows around the Palace, intent on causing some sort of trouble, and doing some form of severe damage in any way they could.

The Prime Minister, in the meantime, had decided to take to the halls. Leaving the rest of his guard to watch his family as he did the tasks that needed to be done. While he had been informed many times that he was important and needed to be safe during these attacks, he knew full well that the explosions meant that the mages were just as big a target as he was, and they did not have guards at their call except for the ones he dared to send.

Reaching the stairs, he now saw why his guards had apparently taken somewhat longer to reach the mages, as a group of twelve men seemed to be blocking the way. He imagined at some time there were more, but they had likely gone to make sure the mage who had done that bit of noise would not be a problem for long.

"Out of my way, traitors." The Prime Minister shouted as he and his pair of guards stepped forward to clear the way.

[hr]

With the explosion, another small group of warriors began to make their way to the dining hall to investigate. They knew that it meant their comrades had given their lives for the cause, but it also might mean the mages to be weaker now, and that their crossbows would get the job done. Quickly, the seven men loaded their weapons, checked their swords, and got moving.

 

[SkyeNeko]

"You don't have a name? Then what do people call you?" Fei wiggled out of her hiding place, still standing warily to the side. "My brother went out to help the other mages. I heard them in the hallway. I think they're fighting. Are they going to be okay?" She thought about how they were fighting. Maybe she should go help... the guard looked like he was strong, and could help. Still, he didn't have a name? Fei noticed her shadow moving out from under the bed as well. Was it hiding there with her this whole time? That was kinda creepy.

 

[blaze96]

"If more of them show up, get down. I'm going to make sure nobody else but them gets hurt tonight." Alexander said slowly and purposefully. He knew what he would do next, and he didn't want any allies to be hurt.

"No more mages die tonight." He said quietly to himself. The suns on his shoulders were glowing intensely as adrenaline and rage fueled him. His shadow mimicked his actions but unlike his they didn't do anything or make a sound. In his current state he didn't feel any pain or fatigue but he vaguely knew it was there, but he was so furious and sad right now he was completely ignoring it.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Phebe wasn't particularly surprised when it turned out that the two mages that had been shot couldn't be saved. She had faith in the lightdwellers healing abilities, but it seemed that not even they could save everyone.

The lightdweller blew a hole in the wall, probably out of anger and left the room. Phebe could hear the destruction he was causing. She hoped he would be alright, but decided not to follow him as she might get caught in the crossfire.

Instead, she turned to the two mages and the newly arrived guard still in the room.

"After that stunt he just pulled, there'll likely be more enemies here soon. I think it's better if we stay here, rather than accidentally running into them."

She went over to the table, picked up a bottle of wine and drank heartily, before putting it back down.

This is nothing... I'll survive.

That couldn't be said about all of them though.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Nydia merely blinked in surprise as a beam of light flashed through the hall followed by cries of pain from their aggressors presumably. Regaining her composure, she quickly followed after Seth as he moved to dispatch the remaining enemy. It turned out that her assistance was unneeded but she was thankful that they were safe for now at least. Though she could hear the faint sounds of conflict in the distance, meaning that there may still be more to come. Hopefully she would be of more use in the future. A fellow Lightdweller had just proven how formidable their magic could be and it would be most unfitting of her to spend all of the battles hiding behind Seth after such an impressive display.

After checking around to make sure everyone was alright, she shifted her attention to Seth who had just announced that he was ready to be treated. Indeed, now would be the best time to make sure everyone was unharmed before they moved on. The wound itself would prove to be little trouble for her, removing the bolt would likely be difficult though. "Yes, I am ready to remove it as well. This will not be pleasant, but I shall do my best to make it as painless as possible. You should lie down first though to keep the blood loss to a minimum." She told Seth as she made mentally prepared herself to heal him.

 

[UnusualStranger]

Seth couldn't help but choke out a laugh as Nydia sounded halfway like someone watching over a child. Though, not that he could blame her as he had been running around with the bolt in him like a fool. Seth nodded, and figured that the best spot to lie down would be NOT in the hallway. He wandered back into the hallway where all the rooms where it seemed Gabriel was still lingering.

"...This work, or should I just head to one of the rooms for a bed?" Seth said with half a grin, still keeping a sense of humor even as the bleeding didn't seem to be getting any better. Though, after hearing what Alexander apparently planned on doing, he wished he hadn't gotten hit in the first place so he could help with the fighting that was apparently not just them.

"Hey, Gabriel? You alright over there? Snap out of it, you ain't the one bleeding." Seth said as he found himself going to one of the rooms which seemed...hotter than the others and sure enough seemed to be made for a pyromancer. Making his way to the bed and falling into it, Seth took a deep breath.

"Well.....ready when you are, Nydia."

[hr]

The metallic guard shrugged....or what could assume to be shrugged as he stood there. Though, it was obvious he noted something as suddenly he produced an extending spear and stood ready for someone to come through the door.

"They call me all variety of things. In your instance, I would be 'good guy'. And if that is not someone who you know coming to the door, I figure they might not be in the best of shape. Do not worry or panic, for I will secure the area." The guard said, plainly ready to skewer whoever dared step through the door.

[hr]

As the seven guards made an approach on the hallway where the explosions had happened, it was quite easy to spot the lone mage who had stepped into the hall to blast their comrades. Not wasting any time, four of the soldiers quickly raised their crossbows and fired. While not necessarily aimed, two of the bolts flew dangerous close, and one did strike Alexander before the robotic guard from before stepped into the hallway, returning fire with his own arm mounted crossbow, knocking the last bolt away.

"If you mages are intent on throwing your lives about so recklessly, at least do so as a group so as to stop from being hit, or at least watch each others backs." The guard intoned as the other attackers stepped into cover of other hallways.

[hr]

Meanwhile, those who sat calmly (or relatively so) could sense something approaching. It had the strangest of energies floating about it, something that seemed like the spirit that they had met on the airship from before. What was so odd about this one was that there seemed to be TWO of them trying to make their way closer, or at least make their energies stronger and easier to detect.

 

[blaze96]

As two more bolts hit him in non-vital areas he began to realize just how tired he was after all the energy he had been using. He had been running on pure adrenaline for some time and his anger had made him almost feel more energetic than he ever had. Yet that energy was bound to fail him sooner or later, and he knew he probably had one last shot. He needed to make it count. He made sure no allies would be in his way before he made his next move.

"Your threat ends now." He said quietly as he let out a wide blast of energy angled in front of him. There was no way he could get off individual shots so he had to muster all his energy into a thin shot over the area of the hall. It traveled at chest height, and this last laser did it's job. Each man was cut off at the chest.

The line was incredibly small but still had just enough power to cut them enough to kill the enemies he could see in the hall. Blood immediately poured from the line that had been cut as they fell to the ground. As he fell to the ground with every wound of his own reopened he looked on in silent horror as he finally had enough anger leave him to realize just what he had done. It was driven home but the sight of the upper halves of the men fell off to reveal the two halves they had been cut into.

As he himself landed face first on the ground with his own pool of blood forming under him he looked into his shadow which was looking back at him. He hated what he saw of himself in it, the promise to himself that in a fit of anger he had failed to keep. The first true test of his resolve to his self defined purpose, and he had failed miserably.

'I've failed yet again. I've failed mages, I've failed my family, and I've failed myself. I couldn't keep an important promise to any of them.' With that last thought he passed out, entirely unconscious and unresponsive in his own blood.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

The massive attack made Cale cover his eyes from the blast. He wondered just how powerful light mages were until now. It became silent for a few fledgling seconds before the chaos picked up again. The robotic guard pursued the light mage through the hole he blasted and the pyromancer returned to the table and drank some wine. Cale thought of doing the same thing as he looked back at the corpse of the man he strangled. He turned back towards the mages and remembered something. Something he must have left behind.

"I'll be back..." Cale whispered.

Cale went back towards Nydia, a cry rumbling in his throat. In the chaos he forgot about her, left her behind. He couldn't forgive himself if something had happened to her in this attack. He pushed through the doors and began to run, desperate to see if Nydia was okay. As he ran, he couldn't contain himself. Emotions ran high today and keeping it bottled was no longer a viable solution.

"NYDIA! NYDIA!" Cale shouted out, rounding corners in this gods-forsaken labyrinth of artificially formed earth. But soon his voice grew hoarse sooner than he imagined. He saw something familiar down the hall, and it was Nydia's blonde hair moving into a room while everything else blurred. He slowly lost his hurried pace and began walking towards the room both tired and curious but all the time looking for someone to talk to. Making his way to the door frame he saw the pyromancer from before, sprawled over the bed with Nydia approaching. Cale clenched his fists.

"Nydia?"

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Nydia quietly followed Seth as he made his way into a nearby room and dropped into a bed. This would be her first time treating such a wound but she had faith in her abilities. She had rolled up the sleeves of her robe and was making her way over to Seth when she heard a familiar voice call her name. "Is that....?" Her hopes were high as she turned to see Cale standing in the doorway.

Relief and joy washed over her and a bright smile lit up her face as she quickly moved towards him and threw her arms around him in a tight embrace. "Cale! I'm so glad to see that you are safe!" She said with a small sigh of relief before realizing that her behavior was forward and a bit rude. Her face turned slightly red with embarrassment as she let go and stepped back, bowing deeply in a apology. "Ah, forgive me! I seem to have forgotten my manners momentarily. I was just glad to see that you are unharmed. Though if you do have any injuries that need tending, I'll be happy to do so once I've healed Seth."

Looking Cale over, Nydia could see no apparent wounds so removing the bolt from Seth would have to take priority. Now that she no longer had to worry about Cale's safety, she could focus on that task. She moved back towards the bed and leaned over Seth, examining the wound. "Hmmm... I can't just pull it out or the tip will likely break off and remain inside you. I'll have to... Widen the wound a bit." She muttered with a slight frown as she considered her options.

Eventually a glowing light surrounded her left hand and she placed it on Seth's chest while she placed her right hand on the bolt. "While I'm removing the bolt, I'll focus my magic on dulling the pain. I'll try to make this as quick as possible so please bear with me." She said before going to work. It was unpleasant, thought likely even more so for Seth, but the best way to widen the wound would be using the bolt itself. Wiggling the bolt around inside the wound would make it worse, but it was the only way to safely remove it. Once she had done this, Nydia was able to easily remove it from Seth's body.

Once the bolt was out, Nydia dropped the foul thing on the ground and immediately moved her left hand on top of the wound to begin healing it immediately. It was a fairly deep wound that took her several minutes to heal completely. Once she was done, she removed her hand from Seth's chest to look over her work. "Well... I think that healed up rather nicely." She said eventually, relieved that she had succeeded. "How do you feel?"

 

[CounterAttack]

Gabriel was confused by the speed of what was going on. Seth, Nydia and Drew had all gone off somewhere, leaving him alone. There was a lot of noise just around the corner. He glanced over at his shadow, who was observing quietly.

"You still can't talk, can you?" he asked it. The shadow made no move to respond to him. Instead it wandered around the corner and came back. Gabe gave it a look. "Really? You're gonna do that, and you can't even tell me if there's anyone around there?" The shadows were not proving themselves to be much help.

Gabe could feel a strange tugging at the air. Perhaps Drew was doing something to the air. Maybe something had happened back there... the crash just now might have done something. The young Hydromancer wanted to find out. Helping could get him a way into Drew's good books; he had heard a snarky comment earlier about him being strange. So he went back down the hall, the same way the others had gone, gathering water vapour about himself a second time in case Drew needed assistance.

Gabriel found Drew a short distance down the hall, near a room whose door was closed. "What's going on? Do you want me to help?" he asked quietly as he approached, the cloud of vapour moving in his wake.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Drew was right at the door, and he heard a voice from the other side. A voice that obviously didn't belong to Fei. "Shit..." he mumbled under his breath. He tried his best to remain calm. "Just stay focused... he's talking to someone, so he isn't alone. It's likely Fei. But how do I get through without putting her in danger...?" He knelt down, looking at the crack of the bottom of the door. He confirmed that there were two people there, and one seemed to be Fei. "Ok... she seems to be ok... for now... but what do I do?"

He noticed Gabriel running up, and he got up, stopping him from getting any closer. "Shhhh!" He slowly lead the younger mage towards the door. "I think one of them is in there with Fei..." he whispered. He was trying to take this new factor into account. "Kid... can you do what I asked before?" he took another look at the door. He had shot bolts at trees, and had managed to go through a couple. But that was with Fei, when he had optimal conditions. And even if it did get through, he was unsure what it would do to the guard. And then there was the matter of Fei being right behind the guard.

Of course, all these factors were useless if he couldn't even fire off a bolt. "Come on, kid, answer me!" he said, starting to sweat. He hadn't even noticed the vapor around Gabriel, too focused on what might be happening on the other side of the door.