The Realm of Austur Episode 1: A New Light

Ceridwen looked up. "What is that? You don't experiment in people in there... Right?"

"Alright." Ceridwen agreed, stepping forth up the ship.

As the last of the crew board the ship, muffled screams are heard emanating from below deck.
"Hey Rosa can you sense the emotions from down stairs yet?" Asks Emily.
"Yes, Aron is in pain, but I also sense Mid and John and they just feel annoyed." Replies Rosa.
"Well I guess we better check on him. Theres always a chance that Aron pushed John over the edge." Added Jacob.
"If that doofus is making that kind of racket without being tortured, I will torture him myself for all his melodrama." Adds the very annoyed Emily.
"I apologize for all this lady Ceridwen. I assure you this is not the norm." The slightly nervous Cecil address to the Rep.

"Well milady lets be on our way, and start the tour as we go." Says Jarod calmly.

"Ahead is the control room, it can be entered through the doors on either side, the next doors down lead bellow deck." Narrates Cecil as the group guides Ceridwen along.

"If your interested the control room houses all the propulsion, navigation, communication, security, and maintenance controls for the ship. Of course you have to be trained and a type 6 to be able to use most of them. Just so you know Lady Ester, I am such a trained individual." Emily says with a bit boast.

Meanwhile below deck Mid was grabbing a role of bandages. Which he handed to John with a wink. John then partially unfurled the roll, shoving the coiled part into Aron's screaming mouth and using the rest to rap around the struggling Aron's head. The end result a nice sturdy gag.

"Ah, thats better." Says a satisfied Mid.

The now gagged Aron continued his pointless and counterproductive struggling.

"Begging your pardon milady but elemental magic is type 6." Says Emily with a slight chuckle.

"The bleeding is worse than I thought it was," Elia mumbled as she inspected the wound to figure out exactly what treatment Pearl needed. "But don't worry, I'm here, and I'll do everything I can to help. And then we'll go find your sisters and Arcturus, alright? You're going to be okay, I promise."

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"I won't just forget what you've done. And if I find out that she's been in danger, I'll make sure you pay for that," Jacob said as he used his magick to alter the the painting, so that the woman's eyes were no longer facing the circle in the middle of the room. "You have no idea of what may happen if Elia is pushed too far. You don't know what she's capable of!"

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After Elia had closed the wound, and made sure Pearl had no other serious injuries, she turned to trying to figure out how to escape the crumbling building. Despite the fact that the magick she used would also restore energy, Pearl had lost quite a bit of blood, so she wouldn't be back to her old self right away. Maybe by the time they were leaving the building, but not before. And knowing that the roof could cave in at any moment, that made things a lot more complicated.

"Pearl, we need to get out of here as quickly as we can. I'll help you until your energy is back, okay?" she said as she helped Pearl stand up, and helped support her.

She looked over at Van Halen, who had stumbled into the room moments earlier, only to pass out again. Under normal circumstances, Pearl would be able to help get him out too...but she wouldn't also be having to worry about a roof collapsing on top of them if they were under normal circumstances.

They both need help, so I'll have to take them one at a time. But where-...!

Her thoughts were interrupted by the exact sound she didn't want to hear- the sound of the roof finally collapsing. For a brief moment, she wanted to scream, and to give up. But instead, instinct took over.

Elia quickly let go of Pearl, letting her lean against the nearby wall for support. She then raised her arms as high as she could, with her palms open and facing the falling debris. She made a wall of light, and angled it in a way so that the rubble would roll off of it, and far away from the three of them. As the largest pieces hit the barrier, it began to crack, and she had trouble mantaining it because of the sheer force of the impact. Her teeth were gritted, her brow was furrowed, and her vision began to blur, but the barrier stayed in place the entire time.

Even after it was over, Elia just stood there for several seconds, as she breathed heavily, and nervous sweat ran down her face. When she finally let the wall of light fade, a grin spread across her face.

"You can't get rid of us that easily," she thought aloud.

After coughing from all the dust, she went back to helping Pearl, as they began to walk toward the rubble. Now she knew exactly how there were going to get out; by climbing over the rubble, and out of one of the old windows.

"Now, let's go find everyone else."

Ceridwen shakes her head no. "I'm just a tad a hungry that's all. I thank all of you kindly for the tour and companionship."

Ceridwen rubbed her temples. "One at a time dears. You're like to give me a headache, and I am hungry, so I suppose I can stay."

"Actually, I want to watch Jarod cook this mountain food he speaks of. I do have a love of learning new things." Ceridwen spoke up.