Arthur and Skye gave each other a long look, "well I guess we are going back into the crazy eh bro?" said Skye,
"Shut up, and stay out of my head," said Arthur sourly, "No ma'am I don't think we have any questions," he said getting to his feet.
"Nor do I my lady" said Skye with a smirk.
"Ah, Caeli," What the heck am I doing? This isn't like me at all. "The ten elemental keys are . . . Let's say the object form of the ten elements of magic. Each key has the full power of their element and are said to be the most powerful keys in all of history. When or if they are stolen, removed from their pedestals, it will eventually cause unbalance in the mana and will most likely end the world. When or if a human obtaines one, they would be able to use the key to their will and fully manipulate that element until their body would explode from containing too much mana. If that is all, I will be taking you to another room where we will prepare and then depart."
I don't know if I'm excited or if I am. Everyone seems like they could either be good friends or enemies, but I guess I need to work with them since I'm going on this mission with them. Arya sighed quietly.
"Then lets get going!" said Skye cheerfully, She seems to know what she's doing. But we'll see how she chalks up when it really counts he thought to himself.
Arthur yawned and adjusted his bag.
Cael exchanged glances with Dash, who obviously knew what was going on. "Yeah, that's all." They stood up.
“Perfect, Now if you’ll all just follow me.” Sylvia smiled and stood up. She walked to the door at the back of the room and continued down a hallway to the right, it leading to another room. Instead of its usual paintings and chairs it held armour, weapons, herbs, anything they could need on the mission. She recognized her armour in a corner, What did the guild master do this time? She wondered, thinking that all the other armour in the room must be the others.
(grrr now I have to leave just pretend Cael and Dash are doing what everyone else is :P)
Skye stepped up to his armour, without saying a word he slipped it on, and turned to wait for more instructions, he noticed that Arthur had done the same.
After finishing folding her dress, she turned to
address the others. “Pack what you need, if you need anything. Be prepared to lose your bag along the way. There will be no guarantee that you will not lose your bag or return in one piece. We should be able to restock once we have depleted our resources. Once everyone is done we will be leaving.”
Arya fidgeted with a tassel from her armour, she thought it was a bit extra but she liked it, she could always rip some cloth to bandage a wound if need be. She didn’t really need anything, she had everything she thought she would need. She took her keys out of her bag and attached the ring to her armour, it wasn’t really safe, but she would be able to reach them easily.
Arthur didn't move, "I have everything I need" he said.
Skye pulled a small toolkit out of his bag before dropping it, slipping the toolkit in his pocket. "I'm good too" he said.
Liam quickly put on his armour and scanned the room for any extra resources he could use. Once putting everything in his black bags, he once again looked around the room for his sister.
Tenley quickly put on her armour, buckling in all the straps and fixing her mask. She looked in a nearby window and used some light to shorten her hair so it could fit better under her cloak style jacket. She gathered her fingers in a li ching motion and extend them, allowing her staff to appear. The crystal in the center glowed faintly with the recognistion of multiple forms of magic. She sighed and blinked, looked around for her brother.
Once seeing each other, the twins made there way to the center of the room, Liam tracing the flame designs on his bow and Tenley fixing the straps of her fingerless gloves. They walked over to where Sylvia was waiting "we are ready." Liam said. Tenley nodded in agreement and leaned against the wall, observing the others in the room, trying to get a feel for relationships.
Arthur edged away from the light Elemental, Dark and light don't mix very often, and in my case the exception isn't here he thought, fondly remembering his twin brother.
Everyone seems so confident and prepared . . . “I’m ready as well.” Arya says as she walks over to Sylvia. If I can be friends with Sylvia, that should be okay, right?
“Great. The location of the first key, the key of Fire should be somewhere in the Appalachians since that is where we have defected immense quantities of fire specific mana. So, we should be on our way,” She looked at each person then spun on her heel. She continued her way down a few halls, then opened a back door. “First we will need to leave the city. For now, we must watch for other guild mages until we’ve left.”
Skye and Arthur both followed her as soon as she began to move.
I don't know what we're getting into… but things are bound to get messy thought Arthur,
This oughta be interesting thought Skye as he kept his face casual, Ignoring his brother's usual brooding, and I really hope he lightens up sooner than last time
Cael ran back to grab Dash a scarf. He wrapped it around his neck quietly as they caught up with the others. I really hope he makes friends. I can't keep him company forever. He glanced back at her, then at the others, like he could read her mind. Sensing their adrenaline, Cael's draken appeared beside her.
She followed everyone out the door. Friends aren’t your top priority Arya, I mean, they’re important and you need to not be enemies with everyone . . . But still, you should make some friends, if you at least spoke to everyone that should be okay . . . Right? “You can do this Arya . . .” She whispered to herself.
"May I ask how exactly we are getting to the Appalachians?" asked Skye curiously, No harm in figuring out how prepared she is
Arthur yawned and fell back a little to study everyone, making sure to keep his distance from the light elemental. they look like strong warriors to me, he thought I wonder what they'll say about me and Skye's full abilities he mused knowing full well that his assumption that he and his brother were possibly 2 of the most powerful in the group.
Just because you are powerful doesn’t mean you are great at fighting or are able to fight without your powers. The words echoing in his mind. You could be powerful, but others could be better at things you are not. Darien decided it was time to talk to someone, best to make friends now then later. He approached a girl with blue eyes and golden brown hair, black at the roots, the girl who had introduced herself as Arya. “Hello,”
“Great question Skye. We will be getting there through a number of ways, including, flying, walking, driving, dragging each other and maybe someone running as fast as they can while on fire being chased by a giant or two.” Sylvia answered, pulling her bright purple hair to one side.
Arya jumped slightly at the sudden voice, her heart accelerating. “H-hi,” She turned to face the voice. “Darien, was it? How-how are you?” She didn’t know what to say to someone she hadn’t met before, she didn’t normally meet this many new people.
Cael snorted. "Let's try walking first." Dashilan watched everyone else, staying a little way away from them.
"Sounds fun!" Said Skye, not even flinching at the last one. (While the writer, however, tries to keep from laughing her head off at the image of percy jackson in that situation) "So what do you think we'll be up against first?"
Liam looked around the group, wondering if he should try to talk to someone.
Tenley walked closer to her brother "what are we going to do when we get there?" She asked
“Anything really, we could stumble upon other guild mages, giants, humans against magic, demons, floppy fish,” She shudders. “I, personally do not adore floppy fish. I think that’s it from where we are, if we were further South or North there would be more.”
She frowned "I see." She said quietly
Dash finally came closer. "What are floppy fish?" he asked cautiously.
"Again, This whole thing sounds like fun!" said Skye with a big grin,
"Doofus" said Arthur, And you know full well why
(Side note, Arthur knows that Skye will pick up any mental msg from him that Arthur wants him to hear. Also btw half of these little details are things I don't think of mentioning till they happen,)
“Floppy Fish are essentially gigantic fish that have wings made to slice up things and they have really sharp teeth. Their scales are also filled with venom and are also sharp, so if you’re cut with one, without treatment you will slowly burn up from the inside and die. And they are fast.” She said. “They also don’t live in the water, but their blood is great for undoing any and all curses and healing major wounds.”
“I’m fine, thank you,” He said to her. She’s kinda cute . . . ? Her cheeks are a bit flushed. “If it’s not too awkward, you’re cheeks are pretty red, and-uh, your ears are turning pink.” He blinked. I just said that. To a. Girl.
'Okay…" Dash wished he was back home, where at least he was important and people liked him. Instead he was here, walking with a group of strangers, where no one trusted each other and things were starting to get too familiar.
Cael tapped Dash's shoulder lightly. It was hard and cold. "Dash. Snow."
He shut off the thoughts and wrapped his scarf tighter.
"Like I said! this whole thing is gonna be easy peasy fun!" said Skye,
"I oughtta punch you" said Arthur,
Liam's eyes widened in excitement "is it possible to extract some scales? I am a weapon designer and I can use them.in my designs." He said, thinking out loud. Tenley nudged his side "…should t have said that out loud" she muttered low enough for him to hear