Necessity4Fun
I'll keep trying, even if I'm not good enough...
Mood: Intrigued, Chatty, Awkward
Tags: (Leo)
-Art Credits--
Chiaki Morisawa Fanart [スタろぐ④] by ますぎ, minimally tweaked
Fire Flames Texture by arundel
Golden Floral Pattern from PNGkit,
original artist PaperElement?
Divider Set #02 by NorasFed, edited by me
Tags: (Leo)
-Art Credits--
Chiaki Morisawa Fanart [スタろぐ④] by ますぎ, minimally tweaked
Fire Flames Texture by arundel
Golden Floral Pattern from PNGkit,
original artist PaperElement?
Divider Set #02 by NorasFed, edited by me
"Don't worry about it! As long as you're trying, that's all anyone can really ask for, right?"
"Hahahaha! That's the spirit~!!", Sage had laughed throwing finger guns the other's way, and as he did that he had a moment thinking to himself that, man, he really liked Leo already. It was interesting how they had similar easy-going vibes despite everything, as he was about to find out...
The explanation had started shockingly heavy. With Leo being such a carefree and lively character, the tragedy behind his abilities had taken the pyromancer by surprise, forcing him to hold his breath by the second sentence. It was bittersweet, in one hand the dynamic between Leo and his sister sounded incredibly wholesome and something he would have loved striving for, hearing the lengths the other teen would go for his sibling was nothing short of inspiring; At the other hand, the circumstances were not great and a situation had been forced upon him without much say... The Descendant could only hold up the Sign of the Heart silently through the whole thing, as a share of condolences and support.
Now the ability itself was intriguing, a mix of Illusion, Inducement Magic and the most powerful detection array in existence, --which by itself was not a thing given that Rune Magic was by definition, limited--, all together under the same function. Obviously, seeing the eyes do the cog motions again had gotten him to flinch back a bit, because eyes weren't supposed to do that and it would take a while to get used to it. He was convinced though, Leo definitely outranked him in the hierarchy which was still baffling! Never would he have looked at this kid and attributed him such strong and mind-blowing magic!
In the close-off, Sage had come to learn the name of the previous magical creature, Midna, and that Leo was apparently part of an organization before being an MPF member. And then it sank, most people in this room would have experience and training that he did not... He was much like a child trying to play superhero with the big shots. Suddenly he felt a bit... nervous to be here in the first place.
Hoooo boi...
"Oh man, I'm- completely out of my league right now, aren't I?"
A tense silence remained for a moment as he thought of what exactly to say. It had been a lot to take in...
"Yiiiiikes, I had, no idea things went that deep... It kinda makes me feel bad forcing you to share it like that...", okay man, flip that switchback, there's been enough melancholy already, "BUT, Buuuut it's kinds cool that you're like used to all of this already, having a group you work with and such. I, in the other hand, am realizing just how out of place I may beee... No experience over here, just a silly childhood dream~!", he had chuckled, attempting to lighten the mood even if just a little bit.
"Oh well, a deal is a deal! I guess it's my turn now... Hmmm, how do I even begin this?", Sage crossed his arms for a moment, kinda, as he was still holding his new half of hamburger, and tilted his head a bit. Deconstructing the narrative seemed like a good tactic, "Unlike you... I was born with this and still unlike you, I've never had a family, well, biological family. I was given out to the Clan before I could even remember and all I've ever know where the other Clan members. I'm not allowed to meet them, they're not allowed to meet me, it's how it's always been."
"So, I was raised in a Temple, a religious Temple. If you think of a uhhh, monastery? You're not gonna be too far. It wasn't always bad, I don't think so, but then things happened and it all just went downhill from there...", he sighed, both with regret and thinking just how to go from there, this was about to get complex, "It sounds like your place is a lot more open about magic and the mythological, right? My world... used to be like that, long long ago, but nowadays everything that is even remotely magical in nature had been hidden away and downgraded to legends and mythos. And that includes people like me."
"I'm what they call a 'Descendant', the exact implications aren't too important right now, but due to having a Deity waaay back in my bloodline, I've been bestowed the impossible ability of naturally channelling magic. It could be great if it wasn't the Phoenix aaaand if it wasn't so tied to my emotional states. Fire, probably the most volatile and destructive Concept to channel, objects looove spontaneously combusting around me. To make it all worse, while I am able to do a lot with it, I'm incredibly deficient in the control area, it's like... Like having a really powerful shotgun but the worst aim possible. It has a bit of a mind of its own... S-sometimes quite literally."
The exposition came to a full halt as Sage considered how much he wanted to open the game this early. Should he mention the Take-Over right away? Would that be like enlisting this group to help him keep It at bay?? Maybe, maybe this was too soon. In his experience, only one person that had been told about it didn't completely flip and start looking at him differently. Perhaps this was selfish, and most likely coming back to haunt him later down the road, but the pyromancer was too scared to say it.
It hurt a lot, to continuously end isolated and looked at as some kind of monster for something he had little to no control over. It's not like he enjoyed it either... If anything, he was terrified, that Entity could end himself and everything else whenever It felt like.
"Silverlining has to be the flight though, can't set stuff on fire if you're soaring through the air and, maaaan does it feel good~"
Something else was happening in the background, as more yelling was been thrown this or that way, something about dropping people out of the air. Sage facepalmed a bit too tired of these wacky shenanigans and inability of teamwork at this point. Some of these people... were psychopaths, he was rather convinced by now. The approach of a new person into the group, now interacting with Leo made the pyromancer even more uncomfortable over telling the whole story. As pleasant as the new girl seemed, he wasn't about to trust her with something this big.
Soooo he just awkwardly watched as the two interacted, back on nibbling at the burger hopefully this time to completion.
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