Aeterna - IC

Tribal village

"Im planning to trade some of the stuff I got with me on the town, then Im traveling the Salt Flats, I have information about a temple hidden in its vast area, a good place to train survival and it is better for you guys because of its temperature if you want to join" Kris said as she needed the money for supplies for the travel and the posible traps in the temple.

But the biggest treath were the salt flats themselves, so big that you could get lost unless you knew where you were going, the heat could dehydrate a person with time and the many scorpions and Nagas that could hunt for prey were well adapted to the area

(I asume that the Salt Flats is a desert)

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Jason listened to what Kris had to say, then began to think out a set of options for him to take.

(Well? What should I do? I have two options. I can either go with Kris, or go my own way. If I go with Kris, I'll become better prepared when the time comes to stop Tyruss, but there's a chance that we can get lost and die in the Salt Flats. If I leave, then I can go at my own pace and have more time to built the tools needed to bring Tyruss down, but I'll have no one to turn to. I'll be on my own. What if more of Tyruss's men come for me? The fact of the matter is, I don't have enough information to make an informed decision. I'll have to wait and see what the others decide.), Jason thought as he stared off into nowhere.

Jason snapped out of his trance and looked at Kris.

"Well, I'm weighing my options, but I'll need to hear the others' decisions before I make my own.", Jason said to Kris as he leaned forward in the chair and interlocked his fingers together, as if he was still thinking about his options.

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"Well then, it is up to you, you have your pros and cons in both options, im not going to put pressure on you or anything related, you know the risks" Kris said while counting her gems and noticed the fireplace getting lower so she walked towards it and added more logs to it. The fire easily devoured its fuel getting big enough for people´s comfort.

The huntress looked at Seki ("I hope she is ready for the trip") she thought putting another blanket on the fire magician

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Jason unclasped his hands and leaned back into the chair. Jason was getting restless, or perhaps just bored. He was used to always being busy in the mines, at the forge, or abusing his magic, so sitting around like this was not something he was used to. After a couple of minutes, Jason got an idea.

(Well, perhaps I could ask Kris about herself. I already know Phenom's story, so why not the others? It would help pass the time and I would get to know them better.)

"So... What's your story?", Jason asked Kris, trying to start a conversation.

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"Well, you already know that I have been a huntress for a while in this place, but I have the experience way before entering Aeterna" Kris said sitting back on the chair and continued "In my home town I was almost the same, took care of the people from the wild animals and vice versa by protecting the bear cubs from the big boys thinking they could outsmart me" she chukled at the last part

"I lived by myself in a cabin near the town and when the HiveNet appeared, I took the chance to get one and see the place. I did found the girls and boys of my age, but they enjoyed it too much by becoming thieves and related people. By the time Aeterna got popular I traveled away from my home town to a city near a hospital thanks to my savings, my dungeon crawling skills helped me to find a good amount of money by trading and training people both outside and inside thus giving me good resources for insurance and emergency situations"

The huntress then looked at the fire "Then the empire came and hell broke loose, you may have seen that many people disappeared and died in the first months, right? that is because they only lived the joys of Aeterna, but to actually live it as a real life is another story. All I know from my people is that some are wuth Tyrus and others are rebels, but I have lived by my own since my childhood" she said touching her pendant

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Once Kris was done, Jason figured that it was his turn to share. It couldn't hurt to tell his story.

Jason took a deep breath and began.

"Well, I was an only child and lived with my dad. My mom died when I was three, due to a broken seal in one of the space shuttles to Mars. I don't remember much about my childhood, but my dad told me that I never took my mother's death very well. He said that I was fairly distant from others my age. He said that it was depression, but I'm not really sure. I'm probably over it now. I was 11 when my dad got a HiveNET for each of us. My dad and I would always go out on camping trips in the forest. One day, my father fell into a hole in the ground and found Titanium. We built a mining facility and began to build anything anybody wanted. Until three days ago, I was your average kid. I worked in the Titanium mines and melted the ore with my speed magic. Once I finished mining, I would go to the forge and make stuff out of the Titanium Alloy."

"The reason I got sucked into this mess is because my father.. died. It all started when Tyruss's men came to our house and demanded that my father hand over the Titanium mines. My father refused, so they tried to kill him. Even though there were twenty of them, they were no match for my dad. He simply used his gravity magic and compressed them into balls of metal and messy stuff. My dad knew that that wasn't the end and that Tyruss's men would come back with more, so my dad did what he was good at; building things. My dad then tried to make a clockwork soldier, but only made the chestplate, Chainsword, two knives, and a pair of plated tanker boots. This time, they came with proficient magic users, ones that were very good at their magic type. This time, there were fifty of them. My dad killed a few of them by compressing them, but they.. killed him.... I honestly don't remember much after that. One minute I'm hiding in the basement as I watched my dad die, and in the next, I'm in front of my house with a bloody knife, blood all over me, and 36 dead people around me."

"After that, I washed up, packed my bags, and went into the forest, where I saw Seki killing a group of Tyruss's men. She didn't see me, because I was hiding. I didn't know if she was a threat, so I had to hide. After a moment, I got attacked by a green robed wind mage. The battle lasted for a little bit, but I had to escape, due to her using sleeping powder on me. I began to boil he from the inside and was close to defeating her, but I was going to pass out from the powder. I decided to focus all the molecules around me and slowed them down as they got near me. Soon, I gathered enough of them and sped them up to unbelievable speeds, causing a large shockwave. Using that as a distraction, I jumped towards the Rockhill District, but began to lose consciousness in the air. I managed to slow myself down on the landing, but not enough, so I skidded across the ground. The last thing I did was try to reach out for the town, but I finally succumbed to the powder. I suppose thet's when you found me.", Jason said to Kris.

Everbloom Forest
The trip on the grass had exhausted the wood mage alot, Pandre noted. She got up and grabbed Yomi's hand and dragged him into the forest, before anyone spotted them. Hyo pounced around on anything that moved. Pandre looked at the direction Yomi had pointed out. Yomi somehow seemed to be different, his eyes were bloodshot red, and full of energy...Shaking it off, Pandre pulled Yomi to his feet, Shall we continue Yomi? Or do you need timeshe asked

Everbloom Forest

"OK, this is one of the times I prefer to be called Matomo. One way to tell is my eyes...anyway..." Matomo said and looked up..."aw hell...I'm not even sure it is south-west...I just guessed. Now how am i going to find the correct way. Oh wait...there was that fire sigil." As the thought occured to him, he looked up and scanned the sky. He noticed a few birds flying in odd patterns but he ignored them when he saw a think pall of smoke hanging over the sky in the direction of what he believed was Regius. He pointed it out to Pandre then started walking slowly in that direction, ignoring the cat jumping around them.

Everbloom Forest
Matomo, Yomi, you're very confusing you know Pandre said as she crossed a stream in a leap. Why can't you go with just Yomimatomo, or Yomi or Matomo, or something..
A few minutes later
Something smelled, and Pandre started coughing. Shit, not fire, not fire. Why did it have to be fire, why not earth or wind...she thought as they approached the charred wasteland of what used to be a mine. Yomi, no, Matomo didn't show signs of slowing down, he just picked up his pace and hurried to the mines. Pandre sighed, and approached the smoking remains, carefully. Hyo's back was arched, a very bad sign and Pandre's gut told her that something was wrong. The birds had suddenly quieten down. There was only the sound of Pandre and Matomo's footsteps. "Matomo, I think we should hurry up..."

Everbloom forest- Titanium mines( or where they used to be )

Matomo ignored pandre's question and instead sped up as he smelled the ashes. He wanted to see how much damage the fire sigil had caused.

Matomo remained silent as he came up to what used to be the mines.There was now just one huge crater and several of the trees around the edges still had fire licking up their sides. Suddenly a guard appeared within his line of sight and he quickly ducked behind a tree to avoid the guards, dragging Pandre along. He then climbed up the tree to take a good look, leaving Pandre on the ground. Guards were scattered all over the crater, trying to scavenge what was left of the mines and to clear up the mess.

He felt uneasy near where there had been so much fire recently. He looked down and saw that Pandre seemed uneasy too. "of course, she is a water mage, i suppose she would feel uneasy about fire too." Matomo decided he would leave. Fast. But first he took another look at the crater

He suddenly spotted a patch in the crater that seemed to be clearer with more guards gathered around it... he was puzzled for a moment until he realized that the area there had been left untouched by the fire and thus was not charred. The rebels would have to had to avoid being cooked themselves.

Before he climbed down, he quickly gave some of his energy to two trees within his range that had a few small fires on them. The energy allowed them to grow a layer of bark over the area that was aflame, thus choking the flames of oxygen. Then it allowed them recover from the wounds left by the fire. Matomo felt displeased that more of his former "home" had been damaged by the fighting between the rebels and Regius.

Once he was back on the ground, he moved a distance from the crater to avoid the guards before telling Pandre about what he had seen. " There are guards all over the place and some of them are examining this patch where the rebels were, so I assume the rebels are still at large. There I fulfilled my part about bringing you to where I saw the rebels. I did say that they probably wouldn't be here anymore and that I have no idea where they are. So goodbye. and good luck to you to finding those rebels."

Then Matomo started walking off towards Regius only looking back to say "By the way, your dad did a good job on Aeterna".