Fantasy The Break of Dawn - The Four Elements Sequel (OPEN TO ALL)

[Church418]

Min Lao Shi shifted his gaze to the young Earth female and smiled at her gesture of courtesy. "Yes." he replied softly. "I know of you, Cynthia Li. Apprentice of the late Shian Yui, daughter of a well-renowned family. It is a pleasure to see you." Min held up a single index finger, preparing to make a point. "Understand child, that war is never the only option." Min Lao Shi's voice became slightly more firm, but retained its welcoming warmth. "Our scars still ache from the previous conflict, I have seen the devastation that war brings. Do not be so hasty as to wish those horrors down upon our people again." Min Lao Shi gave Cynthia a serious look. He had a higher expectation of his Earth warriors and was always a little less patient with them. "We are Earth, Cynthia. The great foundation that all life depends on. If we let our foundation sway with the churning tides of emotion, all will crumble before us." Min Lao Shi decided to end his statement there and smiled at Cynthia warmly.


@Aelos

 

[HaruAketchi]

Tai stands silently, feeling foolish for losing control of his own emotions again. He looked at the blue haired man, seeing clearly the pain in his yellow eyes that Tai had overlooked before.


"Yes, maybe you're right..." Tai felt reassured at the thought of the generals actually considering doing something. However, to Tai it seemed as if they had grown weak since the fall of Eyos - definitely something he'd voice when he met with one of them.


Tai laughed a bit at a few of the corny jokes Isaac had made, unable to understand how he could remain so lighthearted after fighting that creature.


Air benders are known, for being the intellectual type, aloof... He thought. "Haha, right."


Tai then became lost in thought, mostly wondering at his lightning bending. There was no way he could convince the academy rulers to help him now, and no way he could finish those speartips with the amount of help that these people would need. He was desperate, as much as everyone else was, as much as that boy...or maybe even as desperate as that creature was...to stoop to killing a child.


"Desperation..."

 

[Sagitarius]

Tai stands silently, feeling foolish for losing control of his own emotions again. He looked at the blue haired man, seeing clearly the pain in his yellow eyes that Tai had overlooked before.
"Yes, maybe you're right..." Tai felt reassured at the thought of the generals actually considering doing something. However, to Tai it seemed as if they had grown weak since the fall of Eyos - definitely something he'd voice when he met with one of them.


Tai laughed a bit at a few of the corny jokes Isaac had made, unable to understand how he could remain so lighthearted after fighting that creature.


Air benders are known, for being the intellectual type, aloof... He thought. "Haha, right."


Tai then became lost in thought, mostly wondering at his lightning bending. There was no way he could convince the academy rulers to help him now, and no way he could finish those speartips with the amount of help that these people would need. He was desperate, as much as everyone else was, as much as that boy...or maybe even as desperate as that creature was...to stoop to killing a child.


"Desperation..."

Ah, he laughed. What a relief, he did seem quite troubled. The man glanced at the direction the generals went to before looking back at Tai. "Hey, how about we get out of this air? It's giving me the creeps" he told the young man, nodding his head towards that direction. "They went to the meeting room so let's sit outside" it's not like they could do much anymore. All of the people had already evacuated the area and the soldiers were already helping everybody outside.


Isaac went ahead and started walking, not waiting for the other to accept his invitation. Isaac was sure he was going to come anyways, with how he was a moment ago...this guy seemed to want to speak his mind out to them. "That fire ball thing you did back there was impressive by the way--" the turquoise haired man started "maybe next time we see that man we can try it out with Venus. I'm sure he'll like getting a makeover" there was a small pause "Ah pardon me, Venus is my wind Djinn." He held up the hand with the gold dragon ring, "He's pretty much an old spirit who is too lame to get out on his own, pffhahahe" his eyes narrowed in amusement, letting his hand fall down again.


'Watch you mouth' he heard a hiss in his head, but Isaac didn't react to it.

 

[Aur0ra]

Listening to the introduction the young air general didn't feel the need to introduce herself for the fact that she was already acquainted with the wise leader of the Earth kingdom, she actually studied under him at some point as well. Sighing as she listened to the introductions she turned at the old general: ''What do you think we should do" she asked slowly


@Church418

 

[HaruAketchi]

Tai's head snapped up at the voice of the blue haired man, a good idea he had, Tai wanted to speak to these commanders anyway.


"Ah, yes. I think that's a good idea." Tai followed Isaac closely, but not to close to run into him. Tai lifted his brows at the remark about his fireball.


"Oh thanks! I take pride in my bending." A large grin cracked Tai's face.


"Honestly, i wouldn't have ever come here if my grandparents were firebenders. I'm sure they could've mastered the art I've come to learn, unfortunately they aren't though.." Tai cast his glance downwards, then back upwards at the mention of a djinn.


"A Djinn..?" Tai furrowed his brows in thought for a moment. "Oh, a Djinn! I didn't know those actually even existed..."


Tai suddenly regarded this Isaac with even more respect than he had for his attempt on the shadow being.


"What sort of power does someone need to control a wind dragon..?" A tinge of admiration in his voice, Tai always admired those who could pull of feats of strength, especially when shown to be greater that his own. He looked at the blue haired man admiring him, while also envying him.

 

[Sagitarius]

Tai's head snapped up at the voice of the blue haired man, a good idea he had, Tai wanted to speak to these commanders anyway.
"Ah, yes. I think that's a good idea." Tai followed Isaac closely, but not to close to run into him. Tai lifted his brows at the remark about his fireball.


"Oh thanks! I take pride in my bending." A large grin cracked Tai's face.


"Honestly, i wouldn't have ever come here if my grandparents were firebenders. I'm sure they could've mastered the art I've come to learn, unfortunately they aren't though.." Tai cast his glance downwards, then back upwards at the mention of a djinn.


"A Djinn..?" Tai furrowed his brows in thought for a moment. "Oh, a Djinn! I didn't know those actually even existed..."


Tai suddenly regarded this Isaac with even more respect than he had for his attempt on the shadow being.


"What sort of power does someone need to control a wind dragon..?" A tinge of admiration in his voice, Tai always admired those who could pull of feats of strength, especially when shown to be greater that his own. He looked at the blue haired man admiring him, while also envying him.

Isaac looked back pass his shoulder when he heard Tai's statement, wondering about Isaac's strenght. Though that actually made him chuckle and shake his head slightly, "To be honest, just the will of the creature. Venus was my village's, kind of like a treasure that we kept out of people's reach. Though when my village was destroyed, lil old Venus had nowhere to go....So I adopted him~" This wind spirit was the only thing that his people left behind and the only thing that the fire didn't destroy.


He lead the other one to the meeting room until they both arrived; it seemed the generals were still in their meeting, so Isaac took a seat on one of the benches infront of its thick, wooden doors. The man sighed and leaned back, glancing to the side to stare at Tai. This guy wasn't that bad...so far. Eh, it's not like he bad anything against fire welders but they always found one way or another to irritate him. Like he said before, they were hot headed and sometimes stubborn.


"But anywho..." He smiled, "you know what that demon-whatever-he was man meant by the shadow kingdom? Because I have no clue"

 

[Aelos]

Min Lao Shi shifted his gaze to the young Earth female and smiled at her gesture of courtesy. "Yes." he replied softly. "I know of you, Cynthia Li. Apprentice of the late Shian Yui, daughter of a well-renowned family. It is a pleasure to see you." Min held up a single index finger, preparing to make a point. "Understand child, that war is never the only option." Min Lao Shi's voice became slightly more firm, but retained its welcoming warmth. "Our scars still ache from the previous conflict, I have seen the devastation that war brings. Do not be so hasty as to wish those horrors down upon our people again." Min Lao Shi gave Cynthia a serious look. He had a higher expectation of his Earth warriors and was always a little less patient with them. "We are Earth, Cynthia. The great foundation that all life depends on. If we let our foundation sway with the churning tides of emotion, all will crumble before us." Min Lao Shi decided to end his statement there and smiled at Cynthia warmly.
@Aelos

Thea nods at him, and knew he was righr. Right now there wasn't enough information of the shadow realm or where it is located and why they are here. She thought to herself. What could we do? She then thoughtof something, and said it softly yet firmly. "Perhaps we can find where they are residing like a scout mission. If we learn about them and find there weak spots, we can have that at the back of our minds." Thea looked over at her leader and then Aria for approval.


Lyra sat up at her idea, and mumbled, "That's like walking into a haystack, having no idea where the needle is."


Thea rebuttled, "Better to try than to lose more people. We would need a small, handpicked group."


@Aur0ra @Robyn Banks

 

[HaruAketchi]

Tai was close behind Isaac, listening silently as he spoke about his friend Venus. He wretched slightly, visibly when Isaac spoke of his village, sitting on the other side of the bench Isaac sat on. Tai had forgotten what damage his people had done to the rest of the world, mostly because he had grown up in the Earth Kingdom, and didn't directly correlate himself with the Fire Kingdom. But when he grew angry, or passionate about anything, flames are what flow from his mouth and hands. Thus, connecting him to the Fire Nation, and to General Eyos.


In deeper thought, Tai realized that his thirst for power, thirst for lightning mastery, was the exact thirst that drove his Fire Nation brothers to try and exterminate the rest of the world. This made him reconsider his ambitions.


"Hm?" Tai sat up briskly, listening to Isaac's question.


"The shadow kingdom...hm. The place sounds familiar, but i wouldn't want to lie. Something i learned of in my younger days im sure."


He looks towards the massive wooden doors, then back toward Isaac. "Another thing to ask the generals i guess,"

 

[Sagitarius]

Tai was close behind Isaac, listening silently as he spoke about his friend Venus. He wretched slightly, visibly when Isaac spoke of his village, sitting on the other side of the bench Isaac sat on. Tai had forgotten what damage his people had done to the rest of the world, mostly because he had grown up in the Earth Kingdom, and didn't directly correlate himself with the Fire Kingdom. But when he grew angry, or passionate about anything, flames are what flow from his mouth and hands. Thus, connecting him to the Fire Nation, and to General Eyos.
In deeper thought, Tai realized that his thirst for power, thirst for lightning mastery, was the exact thirst that drove his Fire Nation brothers to try and exterminate the rest of the world. This made him reconsider his ambitions.


"Hm?" Tai sat up briskly, listening to Isaac's question.


"The shadow kingdom...hm. The place sounds familiar, but i wouldn't want to lie. Something i learned of in my younger days im sure."


He looks towards the massive wooden doors, then back toward Isaac. "Another thing to ask the generals i guess,"

Isaac let out a sigh....so he didn't know either...yeah, he was right. Better to leave the questions to them. Then suddenly, after a very brief silence, issac's eyes glanced to the side again, smiling at his companion, "So, tell me, how did you learn about your fire powers?" After all, everybody had their own story. And he didn't know how long they were going to wait here. Might as well engage into a conversation, he hated the quiet.

 

[Aelos]

Isaac let out a sigh....so he didn't know either...yeah, he was right. Better to leave the questions to them. Then suddenly, after a very brief silence, issac's eyes glanced to the side again, smiling at his companion, "So, tell me, how did you learn about your fire powers?" After all, everybody had their own story. And he didn't know how long they were going to wait here. Might as well engage into a conversation, he hated the quiet.

Clara heard voices around the building, and decided to investigate. She saw Tai and another individual and greetes them with a smile. "Hi Tai! And you, sir. What brings you here? I'm guessing you came to hear the meeting as well." Clara looked at Isaac, observing the green (or was it blue) haired individual whose presence was calming. "I don't believe we have met." She kinda knew (almost) in the kingdom due to her job, and new faces seemed easy to spot. "I'm Clara. And, ah, I'm a water bender." Clara took out her hand for him to shake with a small smile. "It's hard to smile after all that happened."

 

[Aelos]

@HaruAketchi ^

 

[HaruAketchi]

"Mmh, right." A small smile creeped upon Tai's face.


"I suppose the same way all firebenders who don't grow up in the Fire Nation learn. At every spike of any type of emotions, flames would expel from my extremities. Or my body would just heat up. Im sure you can imagine how much this complicated my love life as a child." Tai smiled a bit.


"It took lots of training, lots of time and practice to learn to keep my fire in check. At times, even now, like im sure you saw earlier...i still lose control of my abilities. And my emotions take control of my flames."


Tai looked in the direction he heard a familiar voice coming from, and was delighted to see someone he was acquainted with.


"Clara, hey!"


Tai rose to his feet.


"Yeah, we came here to give the generals a piece of our mind!" Tai clenches his fist the shoots a grasping glance at Isaac.

 

[Sagitarius]

Isaac barked a laugh at the young man's tale, imagining very well the struggle he must have gone through. It sounded bother some...thank the Lord wind powers didn't necessarily start that way. Though the origin of his powers were still quite embarassing. At least Tai didn't find out about them by burping after a meal and then hearing the vase across the room shatter against the wall. It had been right in the middle of a family dinner, so all of them cracked quite a laugh afterwards.


But the young man mentioned something quite interesting...so he didn't grow up in the fire kingdom huh? That raised the bars in Isaac's eyes. Can you blame him though? Those people took everything away from him, it was natural that the turquoise haired man would have a little grudge towards them.


Before he could reply to his story, a girl strolled up to them, saying hello to the two. He smiled at her and shook her hand when she introduced herself, "why hello there, Miss water bender. I'm Isaac, a professor in the academy" he said after the handshake. Man...he felt so old introducing himself like that..." and yes, like my friend here said, we are just waiting for them to finish. What about you? Are you alright?"


He kind of ignored her smile comment. After all, even Isaac wondered how he was managing right now.


@Aelos @HaruAketchi

 

[Church418]

Min smiled in approval at Cynthia's suggestion and nodded. He then turned to Aria, who gazed at him expectantly. "You are wise for your age, Aria. So utilize that wisdom now. Think not about those who have wronged you, but those who have been wronged. Shift your focus to the people of our Kingdom, and I believe the notion of war will grow less appealing." Min Lao Shi continued while addressing the group. "Our people are frightened. They need to know now, more than ever, that we stand united. That we do not fear what fell upon us today."


Min extended his hand, motioning toward Cynthia. "Thea presented a valuable idea. We should answer the 'who' 'what' and 'why' before marching against a force we know not."


@Aelos @Aur0ra

 

[Aine]

AESON

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...and just like that, the daemons disappeared; leaving only the lingering scent of blood and a heavy atmosphere of melancholy amonst those who've survived. Silence roared across the streets. What is going on? Aeson thought while looking at the injured, laying half-dead on the ground - with either their loved ones besides them, or a healer tending to their injuries. The 'Shadow Kingdom'? Why would they just attack randomly, out of nowhere? Why did they disappear so suddenly? Questions filled Aeson's head, and if there's one thing he hates, apart from those who are inept, is him being in the unknown. He tapped his feet in annoyance.


"Sir, have you..." the raspy, shaking voice of a woman rang out from behind him, "...have you seen a man, about your height, dark brown hair and-" it was quiet clear that she has been shouting - perhaps in an attempt to search for this person.


"No." he replied. "I suggest you talk to some of the guards, I've just arrived here myself." he lied, after a small pause, swiftly escaping from the scene after doing so. I don't have time to play 'search' with you, lady.


Maybe something will happen now, I was getting bored of paperwork anyway. Aeson thought as he approached the group of representatives.



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@Aelos @Church418 @Aur0ra

 

[Aur0ra]

The young air general nodded at Thea's idea, it was indeed a good one, they had to know who they were dealing with, the people had to know who they were dealing with. ''Alright'' Aria started: ''We need to gather enough information about the shadow kingdom, and about the way to actually get in there. We need to know what they their intentions'' Aria hated war, she hated everything representing it, yet at times like this, she felt like she'd rather a direct war instead of losing more battles like that, like what happened with the fire kingdom, in short, she didn't want to repeat the past. ''I'll speak to the people. They deserve some details''

Frankly the young general didn't really know what to say to the people, she only wanted to apologize, for not stopping those kids from being burned, she wanted to tell them that everything was going to be alright, but even she didn't know how true that was.

A water bender entered the room with an angry look on his face, his name being Aeson as she recalled, she looked at him waiting for the words he'd say

@Aine @Aelos @Church418​

 

[Aelos]

Thea leaned against the wall again, and was glad she spoke up. "The problem is, we need to...well you all have to set up smaller groups and the reps should stay back. At least my opinion." She crossed her arms and nodded at Aria. "Irene and I can help you, Aria." She offers as she smiles at Irene a little bit. Clara watched as her boss walked past as she hid. "I was stationed here...but hearing about those scouting groups makes me want to go inside so badly!"


@ALLLL @TeaLeaves @HaruAketchi

 

[Spacing Out]

Thea leaned against the wall again, and was glad she spoke up. "The problem is, we need to...well you all have to set up smaller groups and the reps should stay back. At least my opinion." She crossed her arms and nodded at Aria. "Irene and I can help you, Aria." She offers as she smiles at Irene a little bit. Clara watched as her boss walked past as she hid. "I was stationed here...but hearing about those scouting groups makes me want to go inside so badly!"
@ALLLL @TeaLeaves @HaruAketchi

Irene stayed sIlent for most of the meeting, letting the reps do their thing since it wasn't really her place to interrupt. When Thea brought up the Idea to divide into groups and find the demon's weak spot, she grinned at the idea. "Sounds good, after all. There's no need to send a squadron of people, it will be easier to be exposed that way." She winked at Thea, glad that the dynamic duo would be together once again.

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[HaruAketchi]

Tai looked at Clara, then toward Isaac.


"This is our moment guys! Lets go in there and offer our strength!"


Tai stands from his bench, takes one last look at both of his subjects positioned near him. "Im not sure about you two, but i won't pass up this chance." With resolve fit for the divines, Tai grips the handle of his sword with his left hand, and marches toward the massive wooden doors dividing him from the discussion.


He places his right hand upon the doors, and with a firm push they remain steadfastly closed. At that moment he takes his hand from his sword, and pushes with both arms, pushing too hard and stumbling into the room.


"Ahem.." Tai's face reddens in embarrassment, and he looks around quickly for some sort of relief. Seeing the room of those clearly stronger and more qualified than him, he feels outclassed.


"Um.." Tai regrips his sword handle, and looks toward the floor, still at a loss for words. "Send me!"


He stammers a bit, the shoots a pointing hand to the door behind him, "Send us!" He shouts with a nod, "I'll..we'll go..." Tai says, quickly lowering his voice after he realizes how loud he'd become.

 

[Sagitarius]

Aye, yai, yai…This guy. Didn’t he know bursting in like that was rude? Too bad Isaac wasn’t quick enough to pull him back and stop him from embarrassing himself…


Isaac sighed, walking towards the door that was now wide open. What was he doing? The man almost wanted to smack Tai behind the head when he suddenly volunteered him for some scouting mission. It wasn’t a bad idea, but this reminded him of Kaiator and the wind kingdom’s plan on sending spies over to the fire kingdom to find out about their plans. Well, look how THAT turned out. Of course Isaac was hesitant. “Erm…Sorry for interrupting!—Ahaha” The professor raised a hand in greeting, not really planning this to be the way he would introduce himself to the others but oh well. His voice echoed around the quiet meeting room, almost making Isaac gulp due to the intense stares of the generals.


“We just…kind of couldn’t help but overhear something about scouting stuff and we were wondering if we could jump in the boat, aye?” He briefly glanced at Tai, raising an eyebrow at him before looking forwards again.


'Im not covering your ass next time, buddy'





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[Spacing Out]

Irene snickered a bit as the boy stumbled into the room. She gave her full attention towards him as he said he was wanted to be apart of their scout mission. As the other man soon entered she couldn't help but smirk at how intimated they were by all the leaders in one room. "Well eavesdropping and busting into a meeting is quite rude but I guess we can overlook that." She examined the two men before crossing her arms. "Anyways what make you think you are qualified for this scouting mission? We would all love to hear it." She leaned more into her seat waiting for their response with an amused look on her face.

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[Sagitarius]

“Hm, Well…” He paused, his carefree expression switching on his features again as Isaac crossed his arms. The woman’s question was valid, considering they just seemed like random people who happened to be listening to their meeting…For them at least. “I’m going to be honest with you missy, whether I’m classified to go on the mission or not is up to the generals” He winked, letting out a laugh as he turned to the only person he knew in the room, which was the air representative and general, Aria. He stared at her for a moment before turning away “I mean, I don’t die quite easily if that’s what you all want to hear” What was she expecting? Some kind of fancy speech that would make everybody gasp and be impressed of his abilities? Isaac was what Isaac was. A spy who failed his mission 3 years ago and who lost his home and lover to the fire kingdom’s massacre. “But, that demon-whatever-he was man took a little friend of mine today, so in her memory, I would like to help and cooperate. If that’s not reason enough then I don’t know what you want me to tell you”


Isaac had nothing else to say. If they needed their help then so be it. If they didn’t think he was strong enough to handle this, then he was going to help anyways either they liked it or not. At least finding out information about this shadow kingdom. But who the hell was she anyways? He had seen the generals before and SHE certainly wasn’t one…He had to be honest with himself, that smug look of hers irritated the crap out of him. Who did this woman think she was? It made Isaac cringe inside, almost holding himself from sending a gust to smack that expression off her face.


She looked familiar...


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[HaruAketchi]

"And he fought the thing!" Tai said in an exasperated tone, pointing at Isaac. "We watched those creatures slaughter the people at the festival, and survived. I think thats reason enough."


Tai could see Isaac eyeing him from the corner of his eye, and at that moment he knew his actions had gotten the best of him. He quickly stepped back and let the more qualified individuals talk, but would by no means sit by if an agreement was reached that he was not content with.


Tai straightened his posture, lifted his chin and rested his hand on his sword handle, waiting for a response.

 

[Sir Monsieur]

Jake listened to what was going on inside "Hmmm.... a scouting mission" Jake works up the courage and walks in. "Hello everyone you probably know who I am" Jake went over to a chair and sat down. "Is there anything I could assist with?"

 

[Aine]

AESON

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Aeson nodded in agreement of the earth bender representative, though he felt no need to speak - he was just there to get information about the demons. Suddenly, the door swung open, letting in a long haired boy, though it seemed as there were another person there as well. What is this? A comedy routine? Aeson thought as he glared at the boy give his stuttered speech, Do you think anyone here thinks you're reliable enough to be on the battlefield? Simply 'surviving' an attack isn't merely good enough; if it was, then all of the people out there would be in the team. His eyes glowed a deep red colour as he continually inspected the boy.


"You're too weak." Aeson snapped, glaring towards the boy who've just entered the room, his face scrunching up in disgust. "You will only hinder us."



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