forum Elementals Chapter 4: Celestial Tides (OPEN)

Started July 16, 2020 by @Story_Creator

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Ignis felt a soft breeze and remained still. His instinct kicked in, allowing the words to leave his mouth. he spoke softly but loud enough, "I am Ignis, descendant of Ignatias and son of the eternal flame. I know you are there…"

Name Aria
Age: 18
Element: Sound
Gender: Female
Short Backstory: Aria was raised by her older sister, who always recognized her talent for singing. They grew up poor, and Aria often sang for money. As she grew older, she discovered that she could do more with her voice than sing. She began to charm-speak people into giving her family money, but never took too much
Personality: Aria's very shy, and loves to sing. She has a sense of adventure and loves seeing new places, but people? Not so much. She still has a close bond with those she trusts, however.

Sage held onto the tree a bit tighter, confused and mildly frightened. What's he talking about…? Those old stories? She shook her head slightly, eyes still trained on the figure, sure she was well hidden. Until a bird took perch on her shoulder again and chirped loudly. "Shhhh!" She hissed, jumping slightly. The bird just chirped again.

Ignis turned to the direction of the chirping. He took a deep breath and started to perform a dance. With each move brought a flare of fire. His flames did not burn but rather changed in color as he went. When he stopped, and the flames died out, he smiled, "Reveal yourself"

Sage took two nervous steps out, the bird nestling in the crook of her neck as her hands gripped the sides of her long skirt and the cuffs of the sleeves of her blouse. "H-hello…?" WASHEJUSTCONTROLINGFIRE-

(Store run isn't until later lol)
Aria walked through the woods, her footsteps making little sound, even with the dry leaves on the ground. She stopped in her tracks as she heard voices nearby. The girl scrambled up a tree, watching the exchange. As the man seemed to control fire, Aria fell out of the tree in surprise, landing on her back with a thud. She didn't make a sound, although her back hurt and the wind was knocked out of her, hoping that nobody would notice her.

The stone remained glowing as Ignis approached the voice. When he was close enough, he just sat down and smiled. "Fear is an illusion. Our minds tell us fear is a safety mechanism, but all fear is is a demon. it tells us to steer clear of who we are or who we are destined to become. Reveal yourself by defying the demon that is fear."

Sage took a shaky breath, taking another step forward. "I am here." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-?

Trish was used to weird sounds coming from the forest, rumours of witches, savage wild life and poisonous flora had always kept her far away. But something felt different today, Trish was a sensor by nature, she could pick up on strange energies a mile away. Her slick, flexible, black jumpsuit had been designed to ease her movement in the tightest shafts of the mine, but it also, made her running deadly silent.
It had been a long day with little to no reward from the quarry, a kilo of coal if that, she should just keep marching on home.
But there was something in that forest that hadn't been there the day before, she'd never sensed anything that strong and she'd found diamond in her life. Whatever was calling to her in there was beyond power and she had a feeling there wa more than one.
And who was she kidding? She loved a little bit of danger.

"What the-" Marlin stopped, looked at the girl, then back at Ignis. "Is this- did you? Did you just dance with fire?" He stared at both of them with his hands in front of him. "Am I about to be sacrificed in some sort of weird cult thing?" he asked.

Sage shyly raised her hand. "To be fair, I know about as much as you do…"

"Take the girl."he said pointing towards her. "I'd make a horrible sacrifice. I'm a loud one."

Sage looked at the other man, green eyes wide in alarm. "What did I do?"

"What? I'm not paid enough to die for the cause." Marlin glanced at Ignis. "And I don't wanna go near that crazy kid." He shooed her down the path he had came, "We should probably get going, thanks for the whole performance,"

Ignis laughed at the both of them. As he stands up his smile never ceased. He points at the stone circle, "There is no sacrifices. That is a seal of Astra, the water elemental. There are five seals placed around the world. Each seal glows in the presence of an elemental. So far, judging by the glow, all of us are. I am a fire elemental." He raises an open palm and a ball of fire emerges. As he looks up he sees another girl, "Well well, you're a silent one."

Aria's eyes widened as she was noticed. She stumbled forward, making herself known to the others. "Was- were- are you really controlling fire?" Aria hummed softly to herself, as she often did when she was stressed.

Ignis greeted the new girl, "Hello. You are surprisingly silent, however you are not invisible." he point to his eyes, "I can see in the dark. the night hides nothing from me."

Sage looked between the three, fidgeting nervously, toes digging into the dirt and… ash? "Please, for the love of something, what is happening?"

"It is not so private here as I can see. Perhaps all this madness can be explained. Shall we proceed to the village?" ignis spoke

Madness. About the best word to describe it."Yeah let's get out of the forest before people come looking for that wildfire you started." he said glaring at Ignis. "I'm sure somebody else saw it if we did." he motioned vaguely at the two new people.

Ignis saw the three look at him with disbelief. His heart raced as he took one last look at the stone circle and back at the singed trees. The stone was still glowing and the trees black and cold. He realized his own power was enough to make the circle glow, but not this bright. His expression darkened and his hope dwindled, "I walk among the mortals of the world. Theirs eyes see not the spark but the horror it may cause…" Ignis began to walk by himself away from the three and the village. He stops for a second and speaks softly, "I know what you are. Who you see may be the only ones who will accept it…" Then he runs, disappearing into the woods.

Marlin stared at Ignis' disappearing form. He almost followed him, but his job was to help civilians, he needed to get the others out of there. "Come on." he sighed. "Let's get out of here."

Sage watched the man run, blinking. The man left, but the circle still glowed. She was still horribly confused.