Estylwen

Elementals: Void Assault

Phil lightly touched her cheek, making the burns sting. Cora refrained from wincing, her fingers nervously playing with the links attached to her metal cuff. She had never been healed before, especially not with the Sun's energy, which sounded incredibly hot. Phil gave her some instructions for the process. "Close your eyes and... Think of something nice."

Not much to go off of, but Cora closed her eyes regardless. Images appeared in her mind that were tagged with 'nice'. Her old apartment in Atlanta, covered from ceiling to floor in an abundance of green plants, pots, shrubberies. The scent of flowers was most pleasant, overpowering the city smells outside. The night she had a vision of Nature's Haven in its heavenly glory, that dream resurfaced vividly in her mind. Irys, her icy jellyfish-like familiar, floated around the beams of light shining down, playing amongst the six-foot high mushrooms and lush grasses. Babbling, crystalline water fell from the ceiling and traveled all throughout the cave, rolling below the walls of eternal fires. God, the Haven was truly beautiful before...

Before those bastards destroyed it!

Cora snapped her eyes open, anger rippling through her body. Phil was still working, she had to focus. Come on, Cora. Think of something nice. Forcing her eyes shut again, Cora cycled through the lighter memories in her head. Her burns began to tickle and heat up as the energy mended the damaged skin. She had to stop from itching them, knotting her fingers together. 

Phil took her arm, healing the burns along it in record timing. Cora opened her eyes, amazed to see the change. It was like night and day, one moment her burns were there, and now her skin was clear. Smooth, unmarred. Even the skin along her cheekbones felt repaired and free of scars. 

"Wow." Cora said, grinning. "You've outdone yourself, Phil. If I could see my face I'm sure there'd be no trace of burns. But uh, what's a lollipop?" Cora never had the luxury of candy when she was growing up. 

A translucent, crystal jellyfish appeared in a flourish in front of Cora's eyes, and she immediately stood. Holding a finger to her lips, she glanced at Phil. "Elemental incoming. Be on guard."

He's under the earth. Irys chimed. 

"Get behind me, Irys. Just in case." Cora commanded. 

A huge turtle burst from the dry, cracked soil, a man sliding off its large back. He brandished a hammer, ready for a fight. Why? What's got him on edge? Cora briefly wondered. Almost simultaneously Will emerged from the cave, joining them outside. 

"Phil! Cora! Deal with this please! I'll deal with him!" Will said, powering up. 

"Deal with what?" Cora furrowed her eyebrows, glancing back into the cavernous mouth behind them. As if on cue, Yahtzee ran out from the darkness with a figurative fire lit under his ass. 

"I don't know what's going but Thema woke up and she's a total psycho! She woke me up I mean can you believe that!" He said in an exasperated tone. 

"Thema must be confused. She's been asleep for a while." Cora said, strikingly calm. "We have a situation out here too."

Sig instantly struck her as someone with a lot of hate, and a defier of authority. As cold as she was, Cora could relate. But, she couldn't put her finger on it, but something was giving her bad vibes. Their work as Elementals was equal to a holy crusade, it meant the life or death of Kyra and everyone living upon her. Cora felt extremely protective of their ultimate goal, so the fact she instantly felt a tension in her gut from appraising this man made her suspicious. 

As Will and Sig faced each other upon pillars of their respective elements, Cora felt that creeping apathy taking hold of her chest. It was the same as the time Vygorns approached their encampment, and she slipped away to take out their military base by herself. She felt dangerous, on edge. 

She set laser eyes on Sig, snarled, and turned away. "Talk him down, Will. You know what to do." She reigned in her voice as much as she could, but a harsh tone still escaped her lips. With a trail of frost coating her steps, Cora disappeared into the Haven. Irys twirled behind her a moment before disintegrating out of this dimension. 

Trying to shake off the bad vibes (and her pissed off attitude), Cora walked toward Thema. She took in the scene, noting the life growing in the steps of Thema, including the bed of clovers Gilfred rested her in. Last night they were withered like the rest of the Haven, but now they were curiously alive. And huge. 

Thema didn't look so good. Maybe a little psycho, even. Cora approached her slowly, palms open. "Hey, Thema. How are you feeling? Gilfred brought you here last night after you healed him, you were sleeping pretty heavy. Yahtzee's a little flustered outside, can you tell me what happened?" 

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I can see some inconsistencies going on here. Sig would have only shown up after Cora was healed, so he won't see the burns. And Yahtzee was good up to the point he separated Cora and Phil from Will, when there's actually a lot less space going on here. They're almost right beside him, and Cora is currently torn between staying to diffuse the situation with Sig, and going back into the cave to console Thema.

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Drenched and exhausted, Aislin blacked out for periods of the fight. The drug in her system was at its full peak, making it difficult to make sense of things. Aislin just stared up at the sky, barely aware of the titans epically dueling. It was hard to breath, and even though she couldn't feel pain, her body didn't allow her broken rib much movement. It was a struggle not to black out again. She did, however, catch a glance of Adam falling out of the sky. She wasn't sure what to think of him now. The fact that hermits lived undetected on the island under his watch made her angry. Why, this whole stupid ordeal was his fault! If Jaska hadn't been distracted by that venomous blue lady, he would have never fallen from the ceiling. He would have never transformed, and this never would have happened. 

Oh yes, she had a shit-bone to pick with Adam. 

"... Someone get them.... Theresa needs immediate attention..." A voice overhead drifted through her ears. Aislin frowned at the part when she had been reduced to a 'them', taking a couple seconds to realize Theresa was in a worse condition than her. It vaguely registered in her mind that Theresa had been caught unprepared in her tsunami. Ah, shit.

She blinked, feeling a very strange shift in gravity as the ground fell away. Am I falling into the sky? She wondered incredulously, panicking a moment before the repetitive movement of walking clued her in. Someone was carrying her. The sun was right in her eyes, so it was hard to see exactly who. But as she gazed up at the blond locks framing this man's face, reality changed. The man became overlaid with wavy, shimmering images of black skin and mirror eyes. Little lights glowed in front of his razor teeth. 

Aislin laughed, and this caused her to cough and hold her side. "Ow." She knew exactly what he reminded her of. "Hi, Mr. Eel. Lovely day for a walk with Aislin, isn't it?"

Speaking of walks, Aislin couldn't remember where they were going. Or how the walk started in the first place. Shouldn't she be more concerned about her rib? Or, oooh, maybe they were going to get that fixed. Aislin enjoyed hospitals. Clean floors, the smell of disinfectant. And the beds moved! Just with a push of a button, you could summon whatever you wanted. 

Fantasizing a little more on the topic, Aislin felt a new wash of fatigue grip her. She struggled keeping her eyes open, knowing it was a battle she'd eventually lose. Voices that sounded like they might be saying something important forced her to stay conscious, and she looked over to see Theresa covered in healing light. It was beautiful to watch, and she felt her own stamina increase just from being close. Of course, she might have just been tricking her brain with adrenaline.  

“We don’t know what happened, someone got attacked by something, and whatever it was, the others drove it off or beat it, but…” A voice beside her said. 

Aislin got excited. "I know what happ--" A cough interrupted her, and she winced. "...One of the students I was with injured himself, triggering some kind of inner beast. It was terrifying, I thought I was gonna die. No one heard me cry for help..."

As Ailsin was shifted in Atticus's arms, she quietly pouted. No hospital luxury for her, damn it. But, she supposed she was no place to complain. They had a healer with them, right there. And she was sick of this rib interfering with her ability to breathe. Even now it made stars dance in her eyes. 

As she considered the lucky chance he just happened to be wandering in the jungle at the same time as them, she took a closer look at this healer. Theresa's slow healing drug had really messed with her logic, even now. She wanted to be careful about who she let affect her. This kid, however, didn't seem to be anything threatening. Dark hair, pale skin and light eyes. A bit scrawny too, which she grinned at. 

"Okay, but I need to see Adam. That bastard has some explaining to do." Aislin huffed, glowering at the mental image in her head. 

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Awwwwesome. :D
Beautiful posts, guys! I'll see if I can have a post up sometime today as well.

Edit: It sucks writing on a phone. But it's not impossible. ;)

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Mr Allen J said
Also, in hindsight, I should have mentioned Tess vomited. Nearly drowning and all.

Hehe, yeah. Sorry about that. >w>

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Thanks Xzayler!

Post is up, now it's everyone's turn. (That includes you, Xzayler.) We can BS around the cave a little bit, but I do plan on time-skipping to the entrance of our first town, just to speed things up. Not a lot happens during long periods of travel. :p

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Gilfred Mason

Gently resting Thema's slumbering body on a bed of withered clovers, Gilfred took a moment to glance around what remained of the Haven. "I am grieved by this... Nature's Haven was an oasis, and now even it's a skeleton."

He turned to face Will, and with his hands finally free he embraced him. "But I am overjoyed to see you alive, Will." He pulled back, staring into Will's eyes. "Think before you run off again. I don't care if it's to save a damsel in distress, I was so certain you were lost. We're family, we have to stick together."

Glancing over the faces staring back at him, Gilfred noted the ones missing. He could assume that if the others hadn't shown up before him and Thema, they probably weren't ever gonna show. Which meant four of the original Elements were missing, and this weighed heavily on his mind. He met the Light Hygron's eyes. "I'm glad to see you made it too, Phil. But you look exhausted, maybe even more than I."

He looked curiously down at the dragon sniffing his leg, taking a seat on one of the extra log seats by the fire pit. He was a few seats down from Cora who briefly filled in a man Gilfred didn't recognize. 

"I'm Yahtzee," Yahzee said. "An honour I'm sure."

Gilfred smiled back. "Nice to meet you. You would be a..."

Cora jumped in. "Fire Hygron."

"Oh yes, of course. I couldn't see it before. So Shida...?" Gilfred trailed off.

Cora gave a slow nod. Looking disheartened, Gilfred lowered his gaze to the fire dancing in the pit. The dragon from before curled up by his seat, falling asleep in seconds. Yahtzee stared at what Gilfred assumed to be his guardian, his eyes wide. "Wow. He really likes you."

Gilfred chuckled. Glancing at Cora's expectant look, he leaned forward. "Thema and I were back-up for Aerilyn's storm. No alien could reach her through the sand, thankfully. We had our hands full as it was. I took a couple hard hits myself, but when we eventually retreated I couldn't see any friendly party. I didn't know what to think.

"We didn't get far before I had to stop from my injuries. Thema very kindly healed most of it, but she passed out shortly after. I carried her the rest of the way to Haven. I was hoping there'd be someone here, but I had resigned myself to the thought that only Thema and I survived."

He took a breath. "Thankfully I was wrong."

Conversation continued around the circle in murmured voices and soft words. With the combination of all current elements together, the cavernous hole left by the Vygorns only deepened. There was a sense of empowerment too, though. Maybe they could handle Kyra's summons after all. 

Everyone slumbered the last hours of night away, the crack of a smoggy dawn filling the sky sooner than expected. 

Cora Rishaw

Phil was gently rustled awake. Cora hovered over him, a finger to her lips. "Shh. Follow me."

Quietly standing again, Cora stepped around the multitude of sleeping bodies in the Haven. She tried her best not to wake them, but Salamander snapped an eye open as she tiptoed past. Winking at the guardian, Cora continued making her way to the cave's entrance. The sky outside was just lighting up, dawn on the edge of the horizon. Cora found the wasteland air most refreshing in the morning before the sun had time to bake mountains of junk under its sweltering heat. 

She sat on a stone a few meters from the entrance, removing her hoodie to expose all the ashy burns she received last night. A couple lined her left arm, but she was more concerned about the ones on her face and neck. Hopefully Phil can reduce the scarring too. She thought, gingerly touching her cheek. After a couple hours on ice they definitely looked better, but they were still raw and blistered. 

"Mind taking a look at these?"

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Xzayler, could you update the OOC opener to include the EVA Charrie Files please?

Thanks for the updates, Sync and Urukhai. :)

The time fast-forward should be up in a couple hours.

Rubylust [Estylwen x Wrensthav]

Kay, Wrens. I look forward to your post. :)

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If there's no post for Urukhai by tomorrow I'll puppet a short post for him, just to keep things moving. Along with a fast-forward to morning.

Haha, don't worry Xzayler. People just get busy sometimes. It would be easier to have Sig come in the morning, we need everyone to finally sleep. :p