"You and I are more alike than you know. I lived in Atlanta too, actually broke into a greenery one night, took as much as I could. The look of surprise on my boyfriend's face back home was priceless." While speaking to Thema, Coras gaze was vacant. Hadnt she said something about losing “everything she treasured” earlier…? Any normal person would have prodded for more information, but Thema was not normal and understood it was not her place to snoop. Before their silence could evolve to a state of awkwardness, a translucent being materialized and began bobbing from Coras slim fingers. "Irys says someone's intruding. But I don't know... how," she said, translating for her crystalline friend. Dusting off any jealousy of not being able to summon her guardian yet, it was then that Shida had offered up himself as bait and practically forced Thema to align with him. Sidetracked by the hotheaded fire slinger, it was then that Phil decided to make his entrance.
After a bit of explaining from Wolgran, the new guys ended up being the groups lux Hygron replacement. Cruel. Wolgran was getting impatient with the Hygrons delayed departure and even threatened to throw them out himself if he had to. A girl just died and hes asking us to rush!? The nerve of this old man… But to be honest, Wolgran wasn’t a bad guy. He was relying on them to save the world after all. Doubt flooded Themas mind, but it was too late to turn back. I have to do this, she would repeat to herself. She gazed at the trees and bundles of flowers and fell to her knees, grasping at the blades of grass. What a Kodak moment it would have been had she not been interrupted by a gushing wave that stood almost four times her height. Only a few stragglers had been left behind, but the cave had now been emptied and not a single Hygron was left inside the haven.
Though our plant mage screamed for help, she was beginning to grow use to the imminent threat of death. First with the sinking quicksand, then with her overwhelming powers, and now the tidal wave, it was all becoming normal. There was no doubt in her mind that Wolgran had caused it, Lord knows that water Hygron couldn’t manage something half as good as that. Washing up on the outskirts of the haven, Thema coughed up some water that had entered her lungs and tried to clear her ears of any water that had been trapped inside. As she beat on the side of her head, a tall shadow had appeared before her.
"What a way to start a long walk huh?" His emerald eyes shined under the dim moonlight. As he warmly introduced himself, he extended his arm and offered to help our damsel in distress up. "I don't think we've been properly introduced, i'm Gilfred. At your service."
“I, um…” she stuttered as she reached for his grasp. Tongue tied again!? she cursed herself. Her heartbeat accelerated to unfamiliar territories and she tried to find her words. After a moment of silence, Thema was finally able to speak coherently. “Thema,” she managed to spit out as she gazed into Gilfreds green orbs. “My names Thema.”