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

[Lambi]

It seemed that her travel partner was looking at her as if he wanted to talk to her. However, aside from one sentence he said earlier that she assumed was just him talking to himself more than her, he didn't say a word. Not that he really needed to, because once they were in the dining hall, they were approached by what Silvana assumed to be a fellow mage. Not one she knew, but one nevertheless. There were other mages there as well which she gave a quick glance, one of which she recognized as a fellow Nightshade. She wondered about the rank of her for a moment before she and the other mage standing beside her were asked a question.

With a smile on her face, she gave him an answer. "Let me start by wishing you a good morning." Under her breath, she said "Not that I particularly care for the mornings, but I'd rather not be too rude." She returned to her normal speaking voice after that. "My name is Silvana Dakron, a Nightshade Adept. Me and my traveling partner here were, I assume, chosen to come here from an Academy a fair distance away from here." Her crimson eyes scanned the mage that had asked them the question, and for that matter, the other mages in the room to take a better look at them all than her quick glances earlier. It looked like it was easy enough to guess which ones had which elements.

"Now, allow me to bounce the question back to you. Who might you be?" After she would make small talk with him, she was interested in greeting the Nightshade girl she'd seen. The others she didn't really care enough to initiate the conversation with. Pretty much why she hadn't said something first to this mage who had asked them who they were, or any of the other mages for that matter.

 

[NeoAC]

As Raven trudged down to the dining room, Seth joined in lockstep behind her. Why not? The more the merrier in group sacrifices. Rather him than some of the others here.

When she entered the battered dining hall, she didn't realize immediately how correct she was. The bodies were still there from last night, as well as a few of the other mages. The young yappy one, the quiet water one, the older airy one. The latter greeted her, but it didn't sound like the same kind of greeting he had just given Seth. It sounded forced, and not just because he chose to forgo the name. Fine, whatever. She gave him a look in return. She wasn't sure if he could see it from under the hair, but it made her feel better.

Raven didn't catch the two new additions in the room until Drew starting asking who the hell they were. One was a big brute of a man, decked out in red. Replacement Pyro I'm guessing. Lovely. As if we didn't catch a break with the other two hotheads being eliminated. The other person though was something new though. Dressed in a black robe similar to hers, save for the garish red trim, her hair the shade of black she strived for but could never reach with her roots. What struck Raven were the eyes. As they scanned the room, it was hard to miss them. Blood red. Those traits combined with a few extra pounds Raven had on the new Nightshade made it difficult for her not to be a little bit jealous.

Fuck. Why can't I look like that? That's perfect! That's intimidating! That's...not me!

As the other Nightshade spoke, it hit home even harder. She's even got a better name! This isn't fair! She's got all the right traits and I'm making due with second tier everything! Gah! What is she? Is she a plant? Is that bastard Prime Minister just trying to make me feel even more like shit? I...ugh. As Silvana talked, Raven found one thing she could hang her cloak on. At least I talk better than her. As she made chit-chat with Drew, Raven just hung back, observing and forming her opinion of this new Nightshade.

 

[blaze96]

Alexander settled holding his side in pain as he accepted the drink from the woman.

"You are right, but I fear my people might need me and I won't be there. Two under my charge have already been lost, I do not wish to lose more people. As a follower of Jorrano yourself you must certainly understand the desire to put one's patients before even themselves." He replied as the pain started to ebb away a bit.

He looked to his shadow with something akin to thankfulness and understanding. He knew somehow what it had done for him, and he greatly appreciated it.

 

[UnusualStranger]

Seth grinned as Fei began to awkwardly swing about her new knife. While she was correct that it wasn't exactly anything fancy, it seemed likely the 'good guy' was the soldier who had blasted through the door. That meant it was simple for military use, and not much else. He couldn't help but give a small chuckle as Fei pouted over the design.

"Hey, maybe if we get lucky they got a blacksmith place around here, and I'll see if I can make it look a little better. Alright?" Seth comforted, giving her a small pat on the shoulder as he did so. However, his attention turned to the two former pyromancers who still lay on the ground, their bodies left undisturbed.

"Fei, do you think you could help me with something? Its pretty important, and I can't think of anyone more qualified than you to help me out right now. Its gonna involve your water, OK?" Seth asked, coming to realize that it might not be the best way to start the morning if he started a fire and then just let it keep burning anything else.

For the moment, Seth decided to leave the new strangers to his shadow, who seemed to be keeping a closer eye on them than anything else. He did catch the name of the first newcomer, Silvana Dakron, and also that she was Nightshade. For Seth, that struck him more than the red eyes at this point, since she was being...forward? Friendly? Conversational? While Seth couldn't hold that against Raven, this was an odd change in pace, especially given his experience with Nightshades in the past.

[hr]

The woman sighed as Alexander took the drink, happy that he at least wasn't being uncooperative. She listened carefully as he spoke of doing Jorrano's work, and that two had already died because of wounds. She shook her head as he expressed interest in going out again.

"You are not going out anywhere till I'm sure you won't break something running around. While Jorrano does wish for those under his care to protect and heal all they can, you will do no one any good if you collapse in the middle of helping others. But....what are you looking at? Is everything OK?" The woman said, sounding somewhat concerned as she glanced over to where Alexander had looked.

 

[MisterLillie]

A man approached the pair, he wore dark blue robe-ish garbs with green patterns on them. His hair was messy and he looked half asleep. Once he got close he noticed that he stood just slightly shorter than Scott's companion.
"Ok, I'm not good with names, but I am good enough with faces to know you weren't on the trip here. Who exactly are you?"

Scott was about to speak when he was beaten to the punch by Silvana, or so what she claimed her name was. He let her speak, he smiled as she explained their situation, Scott also noticed more people in the room. A young girl was speaking with another man, waving a small blade around, and others were all standing around staring. They all seemed to know each other...

"Now, allow me to bounce the question back to you. Who might you be?"

"And I am called Scott Marlow, and my travelling companion is correct. I or we were summoned her from our Academy, but for reasons I do not know. What happened here?" Scott presented his hand to the stranger

 

[CounterAttack]

Gabriel noted the presence of strangers in the dining hall, but his attention was primarily occupied by the complete and total wreck that the room had become. What in the name of the Council happened during that fight? The dining hall was a ruin and a half: tables and chairs were askew, there was a hole in the wall between the hall and the corridor, and there were a lot of broken things lying around.

Including bodies. Six of them. Gabriel recognised two as being mages... one was Aden, that Pyromancer who hated non-magical people. The other was... that guy who wasn't on the airship with them. The four that remained all appeared to be part of the group that had attacked the mages. Gabe felt sick just looking at the dead bodies. Breakfast didn't sound like such a good idea any more.

The guards in the room didn't seem to care about any of the damages, or the smell of the corpses. Maybe someone would repair it later. Gabe paid them little heed. They appeared content to observe... if 'content' was the word to describe it.

He tore his eyes away from the distressing scene and turned his attention to the new people in the room. Mages, presumably, judging by that tattoo on the arm of one of them. Judging by the design he was a Pyromancer. He walked over to join the conversation just in time to hear names. Silvana and Scott, Nightshade and most likely Pyro.

"Now, allow me to bounce the question back to you. Who might you be?"

"Gabriel Westmar, Hydromancer Mage, at your service and your family's," he introduced himself with a short bow, shooting a glance towards his shadow as he did so. The other Gabriel was wandering in a circle around the newcomers. It seemed... concerned. Gabriel noted that Silvana and Scott didn't have their own shadows. Either that or he couldn't see them.

 

[blaze96]

"Hmm yes I'm fine. Just lost in thought, and I know you are right. I need to rest, but at the same time they were the first two people I have ever lost while directly under my care. It is not easy and I cannot stop myself from wanting to get back out there to try and make sure nobody else is lost." Alexander replied to the woman.

 

[SkyeNeko]

She smiled and clapped. "Do you know how to blacksmith stuff? That's cool! Can I watch? Can you make it pretty and sparkly?" She was staring at the blade, trying to imagine what it would look like when it was finished.

"Fei, do you think you could help me with something? Its pretty important, and I can't think of anyone more qualified than you to help me out right now. Its gonna involve your water, OK?"
"Ooh?!" Fei stopped talking and playing around, staring at Seth with big eyes. "What do you need me to do!?" She drew out a small ball of water. "I-I'm only a Mage, but when we get back to the Academy, I'm going to be an Adept!" she said proudly. Fei hadn't noticed the bodies in the room yet, but did notice the smell in the room. Since the corpses were recent, they hadn't rotted yet, and she assumed that the smell had been from the blood splattered everywhere.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Drew shook the hand of the bigger fellow, Scott, deciding to respond to him first. "There was a lot of commotion last night. Some sort of attack. Bunch of guys decided to try and kill us. Not sure about what exactly happened here. I was in my room for the most part. You'll have to ask one of the others."

He then turned his attention to Silvana. "The name's Drew Kyarra. I knew there were other academies, but I didn't think our friend the Prime Minister here would bring in someone from one of them..." he wasn't really speaking to Silvana halfway through, taking another quick glance at the new arrivals. "Ok, correct me if I'm wrong... a Nightshade and a Pryromancer, am I right?"

 

[UnusualStranger]

The woman listened carefully, not seeming to completely believe Alexander when he said he was just thinking. Her attention shifted when Alexander spoke of how he had two individuals die under his care, them being his first to have done so.

"Well, hon, no matter how good you are with your...powers and things, and no matter how good I am with our herbs and skills, there are times where you simply can't save people. Just how cruel the world is." The woman began, before suddenly shifting topics as she noted that the guard had left.

"Alright....how you feeling? Everything feeling like its in place? If ya are feeling uncomfortable, I have some additional things I could apply, or other concoctions for you to drink. Or...if you do really feel up to it, I could get you something to help you walk. See if you are holding together well with a bit of activity." The woman seemed to have shifted in personality quite a bit once the guard was gone, seeming to relax quite a bit more, and be willing to listen to Alexander more.

[hr]

"Do you know how to blacksmith stuff? That's cool! Can I watch? Can you make it pretty and sparkly?"

Seth grinned as Fei's attention seemed to jump as much as ever. He guessed he could let her watch him work, as it wasn't as if he could be too concerned about her trying to overtake his little tricks as he would try to add a bit more to the small knife...if he had the time and supplies.

"What do you need me to do!? I-I'm only a Mage, but when we get back to the Academy, I'm going to be an Adept!"

"Well, it will be a kinda special job. And I know you can handle it. I'm going to start a kinda strong fire, and do a bit of work. What I want you to do is to use the water from the table, or wherever else you can get it, and follow behind my flames, OK? Its gonna be your job to make sure that the fires I make go out, and that we clean this place up and get rid of that smell, alright? Think of it as a good test for becoming an Adept!" Seth said, making it seem as if the task was going to be a test of her skills. In a way, it could be considered one, and Seth would be happy to have Fei work with him for this particularly more...personal task.

Gotta clean up. Make sure that no one gets anything out of these guys, even if the Prime Minister has the best intentions. I won't leave them to his hands, or anyone elses. They can burn.

 

[SkyeNeko]

"Alright!~" She ran over to the table and started gathering all the water cups and pitchers to the middle of the table, where she would be able to tell where it was when she needed it. When she went around, she noticed there were... bodies on the floor. Not just the bad guys, but 2 mages she had seen before. The mean old one with a lot of scars, and another of the Pyromancers, were laying on the ground.

The dried blood, pale skin and blank eyes... Fei shrieked and ran back over to Seth. "Seth, t-there's two mages that are dead over there!" she protested, tugging on his robe. Was he going to burn the bodies? They were Pyromancers but... but... they were dead. And they were just going to burn them. She was confused and scared, still jerking on his robe as she waited for his explanation. Weren't they going to say something, or offer a prayer, or something? She didn't know who they were exactly, but she felt like they should have a little more to their funeral than a simple fire.

 

[Lambi]

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Drew and Gabriel. And to know your name, Scott." Silvana initially started to reply. It was at least nice to know that her traveling companion had a name. She hadn't really noticed it before, having taken in so much of how the palace looked elsewhere, she noticed now that it seemed like some sort of struggle or battle had taken place. Drew had confirmed that by saying that an attack had happened the night before. She'd have to ask someone else about it, since Drew didn't seem to know a lot about it.

She chuckled at his next question. "Well, I did just say that I'm a Nightshade Adept. So yes, as far as what my element is, you are right. And I'm not really sure what yours is. Are you a Hydromancer, like Gabriel? Perhaps one of those dual casters? Although, I for one know that more than one color on a robe doesn't mean you have more than one element. Some might think I'm part Pyromancer because of the red trims on my robe, but I love the darkness too much to start using magic that produces light." She lightly shook her head. "But nevermind that. You said that there had been an attack here." She then turned her attention to Gabriel. "Would you know any more about it than Drew does?"

She noted how...for lack of a better word, bubbly the young girl in the room who had a robe similar in color to Drew's was who was close to a man in a red robe which looked like it was the exact reverse of hers, red with black trims. She chuckled lightly at it, then noticed when the girl started to seemingly panic. Wondering why, she didn't go over to investigate, instead waiting for an answer from Gabriel.

 

[blaze96]

"It still hurts a bit but the herbs are doing wonders. I think given a little more time the pain will be gone for the most part. You may need to teach me a thing or two while I'm here. The academy focuses so much on magic some more normal healing techniques tend to take a bit more of a backseat. I'd like to see if I can't at least find some way to rejoin the others of my group." Alexander said before thinking a bit.

"And on an intellectual level I understand I can't save everyone, but it still isn't an easy reality to handle."

 

[CounterAttack]

"But never mind that. You said that there had been an attack here. Would you know any more about it than Drew does?" The new woman, Silvana, was addressing Gabriel. Maybe she didn't know about the attack. It couldn't hurt to inform her of what had happened.

"Erm... well, I'm not sure, really... it all happened so fast," he began, glancing a little awkwardly at the dead bodies just lying there. "We'd just finished a meal, some of us had gone to our rooms for the night, when these... people. Assassins? Maybe. I don't know. They just barged in and attacked us," he explained as best he could.

"I think we drove them off... I wasn't on the scene for most of it. I was hesitating in the hallway, and then later I was with Drew 'cause he was concerned about Fei," he added. "I'm no fighter. I have no desire to be on the receiving end of a crossbow bolt..." He shuddered a little just thinking about it.

Behind him, there was a shriek from a familiar voice. Fei had likely discovered someone's body. He looked to Drew. "D'you think we should, y'know, examine the bodies or something? One of them could be carrying something important. A note, maybe, or some other thing that the Prime Minister could identify for us."

 

[Mr. Omega]

"I'm an Airshifter. I'm the only one of those here, actually." He said, answering her question right before she turned her attention to someone else. He noticed she looked over somewhere, and he turned towards it, noticing Fei freaking out. He took another look, and noticed what Fei was freaking out about. He scanned the bodies and realized what Seth was planning. He turned to Gabriel "I'll ask Seth. He seems to have something in mind..."

He waited there for a minute then walked over to Seth. "I don't know why you're doing this. But I can think of a few reasons..." He said, setting up a gust of wind. He prepared to direct it to the flames to feed the fires and spread them where they needed to go once Seth started. "Don't trust the folks here with the bodies, do you?" Drew didn't think that was Seth's reason, but it was his reason for helping him. He wasn't happy that he was bringing Fei into this, but that could wait until the task was done. "Before you do that, maybe you should check them..." he said, remembering Gabriel's suggestion

He took a step over to Fei, putting his hand on her shoulder "Fei, stay calm. Seth knows what he's doing..." Well, he better... "Fei, maybe you should get one of the other hydromancers here to help us..." he only knew one other, but he was hoping to offer her an excuse to leave.

 

[UnusualStranger]

"Seth, t-there's two mages that are dead over there!"

"I know Fei. I'm going to send them off....properly. Normally I wouldn't do it in such a place and be so...rushed, but I can't just leave them here. If you want, ya don't have to do anything. I'm just going to make sure that these two get the sendoff that they should. Is that OK? If you want, I can wait a little and you can do something else. Its alright if you don't want to do anything." Seth said, noting that Drew was largely trying to protect his sister from the sight of the dead. He had stepped closer, and Seth was distinctly aware that he was not happy with him right now. Not that he could blame him, but Seth wasn't sure if he could care about that at this point.

Bit late for that. She is here, and people have died. And I'm not going to sit around waiting for someone else to do something foolish. Like....bury them.

"And I damn well don't trust them with the bodies. I don't know these people, and neither do you. You wouldn't trust Fei with them, just as I wouldn't trust them with anyone else here. Just....let me do what needs to be done, alright? Fei needs to see....some things eventually." Seth said the last with a quiet sigh. Turning back to Fei, he waited to see what she would decide. It was her point to choose what she wanted, not Drew's. Noting that Gabriel seemed to want to search the bodies, Seth just shrugged.

"There will be nothing on them, I imagine. But, sure, looking a bit might reveal something. Just....I wouldn't know what they got on themselves, so I doubt how good an idea it is." Seth said slightly more loudly, glancing at the dead assassins lying about. Hell of an opponent to face in this new land. Same old, same old.

[hr]

The woman rose her eyebrows slightly when she heard about Alexander wanting to learn from her. She wasn't exactly sure what to make of that, but she figured that she might as well make the best of what she had for now.

"Well, would you have any idea of where they are at right now? I am more than willing to get you something to help walk about, but I can't exactly let you go far or I'm going to have to find a way to carry you back here, and that would involve calling guards, which I don't want to do." The woman said, listing off how she specifically didn't want to involve the guards in this.

"And....it doesn't exactly get easier. Especially if you know them. But we don't really have much choice. Gotta keep goin, and keep on trying to...well, find someone else to save, I guess. Even if it hurts."

 

[blaze96]

"This time of day, probably in the dining area. And I can understand not wanting to get the guards involved too much. As for it getting easier, honestly I rather hope it doesn't. At least something like this means I actually cared for my patients the best I could, that I didn't give up on them." He replied as he moved to sit up a bit, finding he could do so with a bearable amount of pain now.

 

[SkyeNeko]

"... ... ... ... okay, I'll help..." Fei whispered, still inching behind her brother and Seth. Did dead mages feel pain? One of the new mages had walked over, but the Hydromancer was still in a bit of a shock, glancing uneasily at the bodies. It was different from the dragons, and from the bad guys.

"Fei, maybe you should get one of the other hydromancers here to help us..."
"But... I... I think I should... Gabriel can help, I guess, but he's not... I can do it." She put on a brave face, concentrating on feeling for the water in the containers. "T-there's not a lot of water on the table, so don't make the fire too big!" she warned half-heartedly, trying to distract herself as she pushed her sleeves up. The fire was going to be really really hot if it was going to burn the bodies up...

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Cale stayed on the bed awhile even when he felt like he needed to go out there once more and fight but Nydia's kind words glued him to the bed. They talked some more, their words and whispers growing louder as the sounds of combat outside died down. Cale's mind felt detached and every time he closed his eyes he could still see the man he hurt and strangled.

Could he have done anything to prevent it? Who was the assassin? Did he have a family? Questions like those popped up relentlessly in Cale's head. He fell asleep on the bed and soon he felt the warmth of Nydia's body close by to him, holding his hand as she did before. Slumber took hold of the two and didn't release them until the sun rose again.

Cale got up first and he felt Nydia rustle on the bed. He silently pushed himself from the bed, and soon felt the soreness from yesterday's fight even though most of the time he was running back and forth in the halls. He wondered what they looked like now that the sun would reveal anything caught in its fiery rays. He opened the door slowly and slid out the opening, hoping not to awaken Nydia. All he needed was a glass of water and hopefully some piece of mind. Cale walked the halls that looked cleaner than it did the night before, and there was considerably more guards.

Cale wandered the halls like a ghost, unsure of where exactly he was going except for the fact that he wanted a glass of water. Soon he heard the sound of glass clinking and he went towards it. Eventually he arrived in a room with the smell of death meeting his nostrils. He sighted the pyromancer-Seth was it?- and a girl too young to be handling dead bodies. He approached them.

"Got a glass of water?"

 

[MisterLillie]

Scoot stood and listened as Silvana, Gabriel, and Drew were conversing about their specific talents. When Gabriel proposed that Scott may be a Pyromancer. Scott nodded to the man. In the background two mages were speaking about the bodies lying around the room. Drew's attention was taken by the two and he walked over to them. Scott drifted away from the conversation to listen to what the others were saying. He over heard them discussing disposal of the bodies and immediately walked over.

"I would like to help burn the fallen Mages I am a Pyromancer. I only officially hold the rank of Mage, but my abilities have come to reach Adept. Are all the fallen, Mages? How many are Pyromancers?" Scott spoke quite anxiously, he didn't enjoy boasting about his abilities, it was also the reason he hadn't done his Adept testing back at his academy. He was also so preoccupied with handling the dead properly he forgot to introduce himself to the Mages before him.