Tales of Symphonia: Lunarian Age .:Main RP:.

[Goddess Martel]

Summery: Twenty years after the two worlds are reunited and the chosen system offically abolished. Things seemed to be at peace, or at least as peaceful as it can be.

With the two lands of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla still have a rift between them due to their statuses and technological development, and races still discriminating, none could expect the greater threat to Aselia that awaited them...

Niflheim, the demonic realm, continues to plan their attack on Aselia, hoping to claim Aselia as their own world and destroy the races that thrive in it.

However, other races that have remained hidden until Cruxis' downfall have made themselves known as the time known as the 'Lunarian Age' was soon arriving, it would be in this age alone, where the final battle between the races of Aselia and the demon race of Niflheim would take place.

And only a group of heroes, chosen by the mysterious hands of fate can decide the fate of their world. Will the demons of Niflheim succeed? Or will they be able to seal Niflheim away forever once and for all?

Okay, this is it! Let's do our best guys! ^_^
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Near Sybak, Ten Years Ago

It was a cloudless night with only the stars and twin moons gazing down at the land of Tethe'alla below. The red moon was more enlarged and overlapped it's sister moon on this night, giving an ominious feel to it's presence.

A hand outstretched as if to touch the moon, this hand belonged to a small seven year old who seemed lost in the open fields outside Sybak. He was covered in blood and dirt, the reason? Not even he knew...He couldn't remember anything.

He heard a noise from behind him and turned around to see, it was a demon with it's eyes glowing ominously red.

"So you thought you could sneak away from me?" He sneered.

The boy took a few steps back in fright but lost his footing on the last step and fell on his rear.

"Now, there's no place for you to run, and no one can help you now."

"N-no! Please stay away!" He yelped in fear and braced himself for the demon, but that demon never approached. For a man garbed in red came inbetween them and took care of the demon with quick ease.

"You...you are...!" That was all the demon could say before the man in red dealt the final blow to him, leaving him dead. Once he was sure that the demon would not come back and suprise them, he turned around to face the child.

"Why is there a demon out of Niflheim? I was sure that we sealed them away when we burned that book..." He said mainly to himself. He then approached the young boy and bent down to his level.

The boy on instinct flinched, but the man simply placed his hand on his head and rubbed it gently. "You okay, kid? What happened to your parents?" He simply asked.

The boy didn't reply, so confused and lost, he just simply broke down and cried. The man who saved him seemed to understand and just simply waited for him to calm down and take the time he needed to stop crying.

It was on this night, that Zero first met Lloyd Iriving, one of the nine heroes who saved the two worlds and reunited them back to their original form.
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Ten Years later, Dirk's House

Zero's eyes fluttered open as the sun's morning rays shined through the window that was next to his bed. He got out of bed and got dressed into his casual wear quickly. When he was fixing his bed, he heard some steps behind him and rolled his eyes.

"Three...two...one...." He simply counted down before as he expected there was a loud thud on the wooden floor, along with some colourful cursing from a certain someone.

"Ow! Damn it, that hurt! Stupid uneven plank!"

"Morning, Misha." Zero simply said.

"Uh, hi. Geez, I was going to try and surprise you as well." Misha replied and groaned as she got up.

"Even if you didn't fall over, I could hear you. You wouldn't do well as a spy, you know." Zero narrowed his eyes playfully.

"HEY!" She retorted which provoked a soft chuckle from Zero.

Misha was the eldest daughter of Lloyd and Colette Irving, two of the heroes who saved Aselia. She also had a younger sister named Claire, she was probably still downstairs with her parents.

While Claire was more quiet and soft-mannered, Misha was definately her father's daughter as she was loud, rebelious and above all sucked in all her lessons with Professor Raine. Except for playing music, she was suprisingly very good in that area, and athletic.

However, despite these flaws, she was a good friend to Zero and has been very understanding and caring to him, of course that didn't mean they couldn't have a friendly rivalry.

Ever since Lloyd found him, he brought him back to Iselia with him when he learned that Zero had amensia. He had since then been raised in the Irving household along with Misha and Claire.

Colette became almost like a second mother to Zero, as she fussed over all three of them. And their grandfather, Dirk didn't mind at all. He had still lived with Lloyd and Colette and continued his dwarven work, he had since then extended the house so that there was enough room for everyone.

It was beginning to look more like a manor than a simple house, but it still retained all it's warm home-like features that Lloyd remembered when he was being raised by Dirk.

Noishe, the self-proclaimed 'pet' of the family still lived with them, but he stayed outside since his little house was there.

"Oh yeah, Happy birthday, Misha." Zero recalled and told Misha after he finished sorting his bed.

"Wha?"

"It's your sixteenth birthday today, right? That's why all your cousins and their parents are coming today." Zero reminded her.

"Really? I forgot all about that. Heh heh...So that's why Mom nearly burned the kitchen down eariler this morning..." She sweatdropped at the memory.

"I swear, you and your father really are alike." Zero sighed.

"Why does everyone keep saying that? Anyway, c'mon, let's go downstairs and see them. You're already late as it is, you slacker." She teased.

"Whatever..." He simply said as he followed her downstairs.

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~*Larah Ange and Juper Ange:: Flanoir - Their Home*~

"For years we lived in this place, but today's cold breeze is quite unbearable." Larah threw more wood into the fire while she laid her hands near it for heat. The snowing rate decreased unexpectedly while the rate of the cold breeze became overwhelming. Despite of the very cold atmosphere, many children of Flanoir continued to play outside, building snowmen and throwing snowballs at each other. One even threw a snowball at the window. Juper, facing the window, knew the sound he heard from the window is a snowball thrown accidentally.

"If only I can see what a snowball looks like..."

Larah looked at him and felt sorry for him. After all, it was her doing which made him blind. Yet, she answered in a slightly positive manner. "It's just a white small ball made out of water. You sure cannot see it, but you can feel it, right?" This gave Juper a little bit of joy and a pound of hope. He thought that despite the fact that he cannot see anything, he can feel almost everything.

Just then, someone came knocking on the door. Juper went to open it and there stood the priestess which probably is from the nearby church. "Oh! Juper. I thought you can't see. It seems that you have been doing well ever since."

"Kinda. I'm getting used with my other senses. They make up for my eyes."

The priestess smiled. Larah invited the priestess into their home and closed the door. "Today's weather is quite unusual. There has been lesser snow than before." Larah wondered as she prepared hot water for the tea. She opened the cover and a hot steam came out of it. "The winds become colder and colder each day."

"But it snows at night."

After a while, Larah poured out hot water on the teapot and placed in some herbal leaves. She then poured the teapot on the mugs and gave one to Juper and one for the priestess. There was a short silence in the room.

"Larah, can you do me a favor?"

"What can I help you with, priestess?"

"There are traders coming towards Flanoir. They should be here at this point, but it has been days. Can you go search for them in the snowfields? They have wood and other necessities that we all need."

Larah and Juper agreed to help the priestess and went upstairs and wore thick clothing to survive the cold. "What do you think, Larah? What do you think caused them to be delayed for quite a long time?"

She responded. "Most probably due to frostbite, I assume."
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[Sakura1106]

Dirk's House

Claire, sighed rubbing her head,"..I don't know what to get, older sister." She was fussing about it. "..I could make her a good luck charm? Would she like that? But, I want to make her something, I don't think it really counts if I buy it.." She was worried and started panicking,"..it's a very special day and I'm messing it up for everyone." She sighed sadly, standing up.

"..I got it! I'll make that charm, but the means I have to go to the area where the Desian Human Ranch use to be to get the ore, I'm looking for." She shk her head sighing. ".. There'll be monsters! If I get hurt it doesn't matter! This is for older sister!" Getting the corner, she picked up her weapon, dual charkams.

"..Mother, Father, I'm going to come back, there is something in forest I need to get! Mom, please be careful, I don't want you to get yourself hrut again..If you want you can leave the cake to me?" She turned to her mother.

Collete, sighed,"..Oh, what am I going to do? At this rate I'll never make it in time. Huh? Okay! I'll be counting on you, I'll start setting this place up!" She smiled at Claire,"..The forest? There are a lot of monsters out there, you should take your sister with you, I wouldn't be a good mother if I sent you in there alone."

Claire, shook her head,"..I'll be fine mother, if I don't come back in say 10 minutes then maybe you can send older sister. I wouldn't want to bother her.. she's always worrying over me." She looked down on the floor,"..I'll be fine, mom, you don't need to send her with me." She dashed out the door without hearing her mothers reply.

Collete, sighed,"..Oh, but it's filled with monsters.." She wondered what to do as she waited for Misha and Zero to walk downstairs.
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[Goddess Martel]

Outside Triet Desert, House of Salvation

Just leaving the Triet Desert was a young man, who looked he was almost going to faint.

"Finally, I made it. I thought I was going to shrivel up in that heat, the fact that I can't stay in the daytime so long doesn't help either." He looked at his map and then looked at his surroundings.

"Hey! It's a pilgrim house, I'm saved!" He then cheered when I found the House of Salvation. "I can stay there until nightime, I should make it to Iselia if I turn into my flying form, I should make it to the next village by midnight, alright, Falken. Let's make tracks!" He told himself before gathering his stuff from the ground and making his way to the House of Salvation, where he can rest until nighttime.

Once night came, he'll be able to move around much better.
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[Sakura1106]

Iselia Forest

Claire, sighed coming to a halt,"..That sure was a long run." She look up at the sky, one hand over her eyes to prevent the sun from hit her face, the other held her charkams. Sighing she walked through the woods,"..I believe the ranch..was somewhere along here? The rubble must be gone by now." She walked through the forest, spotting where the ranch once stood. Knowing the story she couldn't help but feel a bit sad. Placing her hands together she mumbled a soft prayer, finishing with "Rest In Peace." Walking through the area, she released it was silent, deathly silent but she chose to ignore it.

Tilting her head she searched the area,"..It's somewhere here..." Spying a shiny purple looking orb, she blinked smiling,"..I've got it!" She rushed over to the orb, neglecting her surrounding when all of a sudden a force knocked her. The power was immense she felt herself knocked into a tree, the breath knocked out her as she yelled in pain. Barely manging to get up, a rather giant bear stood in front of her, ready to finish her off, immediately she reach for charkams, managing to block the blow as another startled cry left her lips, running back she stared at it.

"..Please, move out of the way!" The bear just growled,"..Please..!"
She pleaded, shaking her head.
"..I don't want to hurt you..." It charged at her, as she let out a small cry dodging the blow.

"..I..I am sorry." The bear gave her no choice but to fight, she stood up in her battle pose, ready to throw a charkam.
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[Goddess Martel]

Dirk's House

"Hi mom! Zero's up finally~" Misha cheered as she came downstairs.

"Oh yeah, like you're an early bird yourself. You're the one who sleeps during the professor's lessons." Zero retorted.

"Oh, hello sweetie. Happy Birthday!" Colette cheered.

"Ah, thanks. I kinda forgot about it. Hm? Where's Dad and Claire?" Misha asked.

"Your father went off with your grandfather to get wood from the forest. Claire...She said she was going into the forest to find something." Colette answered.

"Eh? Find what exactly?" Misha raised an eyebrow.

"Mrs Iriving, what happened to your hand?" Zero asked, noticing her bandaged hand.

"Oh this?" Colette laughed nervously. "Well, I was trying to cook something and I kind of burnt myself."

"Mom, maybe you should take a break, when you try too hard at things, you end up tripping or getting yourself hurt, and the last thing I want to happen is you breaking an arm or leg." Misha said to her.

"Aw, your sweet. I'm fine though, it'll recover in no time~" Colette sang happily.

"Mom...." Misha sweatdropped.

"Anyway, I wanted to ask if you can keep an eye on Claire. I know she can take care of herself, but I still worry about her." Colette asked her daughter.

"Mom, you don't even have to ask. I plan on going to find Claire anyway, she's always pushing herself too hard, she's like you in almost everyway..." Misha answered.

"Thank you, Misha. You're such a good sister. When you come back, I'll be sure to make this place great for the party tonight." Colette happily said.

"Er, is it really true that EVERYONE is coming?" She asked.

"Yup~"

"...I'll go look for Claire." Misha simpy said.

Just then, they heard a scream coming from the woods.

"CLAIRE!" Misha and Zero panicked and rushed out of the door.

"Misha, Zero! Please be careful!"
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Near the Desian Ranch

Both of the teens hurried through the trees to find the old abandoned Desian Ranch nearby.

"She's here, I know she is. Claire!" Misha armed her twin swords ready, they were only wooden, but if given enough force, they could cause damage. While Zero followed with getting his bo-staff out.

They charged in to find a giant bear with Misha's sister also there but in trouble.

"Claire!" Misha charged in and came in front of the monster. "Hey you! How about you pick on me, huh?" She snapped at the large bear.

"Don't think you're leaving me out of this fight." Zero also came in front, defending Claire.
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Iselia Forest

"Misha! Zero! Why are you here, I told Mother not to send you, I didn't want to ruin your birthday." Claire, sighed sadly, before picking up her charkam, she shook her head. "Okay! With the three of us, I'm sure we can win!" She nodded her head wincing,"..Oh, no, I ruined the dress mother gave me." Se snapped of it, ignoring her wounds before heading back into battle.

"..Let's give it our all everyone!" She threw a charkam at the bear,"..I'm sorry for hurting you! Ray Satellite!"
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Iselia Forest

"We came because we heard your scream. Trust me, your life is much more important and it's not worth getting killed over it." Misha told her sister before charging in again.

"Demon fang!" She sliced her sword skill at the bear which struck it's arms.

"Cresent Moon Slice!" Zero used his bo-staff to stun the monster.

Misha then took this chance to deal the final blow, jumping into the air, she stabbed one of her swords into the bear's chest, right where the heart was.

After taking a few steps back, the bear finally fell in defeat, falling into the ground and taking a few deep breaths before it ceased breathing.

Misha sighed and pulled the sword out. "That's the first time I've actually killed something. I don't know if I should be happy or not." She jumped off the belly of the bear and arrived back to Zero and Claire's side.

"Now, may we ask why you came all this way to the old Iselia human ranch? That place is crawling with monsters." Zero asked.
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Iselia Forest

Claire, blinked sadly at the monster clapping her hands together, she muttered a soft prayer.

"..I hope what we did was the right thing..I never wanted to hurt Mr.Bear..I bet we could've been friends if I understood him." She said cheerfully.

She turned to, Zero tilting her head,"..Oh! Yeah" Walking past the bear she dug around a bit before finding the orb she was looking for,"..Ta-da! I'm going to use this to make Misha's birthday present! I can't do it without the orb, if you hold it the light it glows all rainbow-y it's cool." She smiled, flinching,"..Ow! That blow hurt a lot more then I thought it would be! Oh Happy birthday, Misha!" She smiled, ignoring the pain around her stomach,"..Thats going to leave a bruise.." She mumbled to herself.
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Iselia Forest

"Claire..." Misha said before sighing with a smile. "You're hopeless, c'mon, let's go home. Once Auntie Raine comes by, we can ask her to use some of her magic on you, that should make the bruse better." Misha said to her before she picked her up and carried her on her back.

"Who knows, maybe your father will be there when you get back." Zero added.

"Say, maybe we should keep this whole thing about going near the old human ranch a secret between us. Dad's always telling us that place used to do bad things to people and some of it's ill fortune could fall on to us. At least that's what he said." Misha said.
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[BlackPersona]

House of Salvation, Triet Desert Zeta

The Sage idly took a look in the old tome he was carrying with him. In this world, he would not necessarily be called a Sage, but back in Magvel, Zeta would be hailed as one, a good one at that. However, This was Aselia, not Magvel, so his title was as likely as a child on the streets was a Prince. Here, he was simply known as a scholar, a mercenary, or a spell caster. Either worked, but he did miss his old title back home...

But he digressed, and closed the Lightning tome. He checked the insides of the building once again. There was no one else but himself, and it was quite dull in here. However, he had no clue which way it was to Iselia. He did wonder why the town Zeta was trying to locate was similar in name to the world, Aselia...

Anyhow, he was getting bored inside here. There wasn't much else he could do in here. It was either go in a random direction or wait for someone to come and guide him to his destination...

Deciding he needed some fresh air, Zeta got up from his chair, stretched, and walked outside. Indeed, the heat of the nearby desert wasn't as much as the desert nation back home, but it was still hot. He took a look around the area, and then noticed someone running towards the building. Blinking, he waited for the young man to come to him, while waving at him.
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[Goddess Martel]

House of Salvation, Triet Desert

"Ah, thank the moons." Falken sighed in relief and went into the shade. "Ah, finally out of the sun. Good thing Mana Vampires aren't too sensitive to light, but man, that desert was boiling." He said sitting down under the shade.

He took out a box from one of his pockets and took it until a small pearly white tablet fell out. "Better take a mana tablet now while it's still day-time." He said to himself before popping it inside his mouth.

You see, these mana tablets were designed to act as subitutes for real mana that can be found in all living things, preferably humanoids. The Mana Vampire race though made it a golden rule that no Mana Vampire should ever bite a humanoid and stick to the tablets, even though it was said to be more delicious getting it from the source.

They do drain mana from animals and plants, which could act as good enough scapegoats. Falken however had a fondness on animals and could never really bring himself to harm one.

So he was stuck with draining plants and taking tablets, but at least he wouldn't feel guilt. Of course, he didn't do much of that either, since he thought plants were pretty important to the world. So mainly, it was tablets for him.

Not that he didn't mind them...

"Maybe if they made them more sweet, people would start taking more of these." Falken said to himself before putting the box away. As he was getting settled in his spot, he noticed that someone was waving at him.

With an raised eyebrow, he got up, picked up his belongings and came over to where the sage was. "Can I help you?"
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[Akashic]

<Kei Atwood ~ Near Camberto Caves>

As the morning sun started to rise higher into the sky, a young man pulled the hood of his cloak over his face to shield it from the sun’s rays, and made his way underneath the shade of a nearby tree. Even though the sunlight is not as strong in the early morning, he could already feel his skin starting to tingle from the light, despite being covered up by his clothes. His amethyst eyes scanned the surrounding wildlife and off in the distance to the south, he noticed a dense forest at the base of two mountains and quickly made his way towards them. He was currently several kilometers west of Izoold.

I can hide out here for a while… Kei thought as he trekked through the dense shrubs. The sound of rushing water was starting to become apparent and when he jumped over stocks of toadstools half his height, he was greeted by flourishing vegetation and wildlife. Large trees towered miles high into the sky and river channels cut through the ground, creating small island walkways through the forest. Fungi were in abundance here as large mushrooms littered the ground and mold grew on the trees. Monsters also took the shape of their habitat; large and small toadstool-like species hopped through the undergrowth and leech-like creatures crawled from the water and onto land. At the very back of the forest, Kei saw a dark cave at the base of a rock face, and started to make his way towards it.

Sunlight still shone through the forest canopy and Kei made sure to avoid coming into contact with it. He could feel the temperature starting to decrease as he crossed over the river channels, using the fallen tree trunks as bridges to cross to the other side of the small islands. He smiled slightly at the cool air though, as it reminded him of his home in Valdor being surrounded by darkness. But unfortunately, I can’t return there… not yet.

He finally made it at the mouth of the cave and peeked through, noticing inside the river channels continued running through it and more vegetation grew within. Making his way inside, the temperature immediately dropped several degrees, cold enough for Kei to see his breath in the air. He walked up to the edge of the river and touched the surface with his hand. The water was ice cold and he figured that it was the cause of the cold temperature in the cave. I think this is as far as I will go for now… further in looks like there’s sunlight peeking through the cracks of the cave or the canopy. Kei thought and sat down against the wall nearest to the river. He watched as petals of white, pink, and yellow flowers washed by next to him and waited patiently for dusk to come.
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[Koehki]

East of Palmacosta

The warm breeze from the western sea blew across the rolling hills as a large oval portal appeared out of nowhere. From the other side, 5 beings stepped out and surveyed their surroundings as the portal closed behind them.

"So this is Aselia?" One commented.

The leader, a large, winged, muscular ogre walked in front of the group and spoke, "That's right!" He replied. "I know this is the first time any of you have been here, so I'll run down the basics. Our mission is to find the Mana Vampire and gather as much information as possible about our enemies before it's time to return. We will be traveling as a group and any questions, concerns, or wants will be directed to me. He paused for a minute to change into his human form, "Also, while we're here, you will stay in your human forms unless I allow you to change. We don't want to cause mass panic before it's time."


"Blah, Blah, Blah, How did I get stuck in the lame group." Harou muttered, looking off to the west towards town. It was only recently that he had been assigned to scout duty. At first, he thought that meant spreading out to travel around the world. In reality though, he was part of several scout teams, all of which were required to stay together in their own groups. "This won't do."

The leader looked over to Harou and glared at him before walking over and getting right in the younger demon's face. The two other scout members closest to him quickly distanced themselves from the daydreaming demon. "Is there something more interesting then my speech of the rules you're gonna live by while here?" He said in an annoyed tone. The demon's hot, rank breath assaulted Harou's senses making his lean back away from the smell.

"Actually......Yes." Harou replied in an upbeat manner. He had come too far to be bogged down by some disgusting Ogre. He brought out his long razor sharp claws and plunged them into the leader's stomach. Leaning forward, Harou softly whispered in his ear, "I'm tired of taking orders from everyone. From now on, I give the orders." In a quick motion, he yanked his claws out, brought out his weapons and sliced the ogre from navel to throat. The other members of the team were stunned with some taking defensive stances.

Harou held out his scythe, pointing it at some of the others, "You wanna fight?"

One stepped forward and spoke, "Why did you do that? Don't you want to take over Aselia? How can we complete our mission when you've killed the only being that can get us back home."

Harou bolted forward, grabbed the demon, flung him on the ground and rammed his scythe into the ground so that the demon's neck was surrounded by the scythe's arched blade. "I can't gain power if I'm stuck serving under some smelly ogre." With the yank of his weapon, the scout team was reduced to three members. "I don't really care where or what you do..."Harou spoke, waving his hand around. Walking over, he knelt down and picked up the portal device the leader was carrying. "But since you can't get back without this little trinket, I guess you'll just have to survive on your own."Harou brought out one pair of wings and flew away from the portal site laughing the whole time.

After flying for 5 minutes, he landed, hid his wings, and looked back. From his pocket, he took out the small stone his brother had given him. "Stupid brother, I'm no longer yours to command." He said, crushing the stone. "Freedom"




Meltokio

Kael stood at the entrance to the marketplace and sighed, he had somehow gotten conned into running a supply errand for his mother.

*Flashback*

"Really now Kael, you've been out of school for almost a month and yet you haven't left Altamira at all in that time. You should go out and visit, I'm sure Claire and Misha would be eager to see you after all this time and I'm sure your cousins and everyone else would be too." Raine crossed her arms and gave Kael her best 'I'm disappointed in you' look. "Aren't you going to say anything?" she asked Regal, who looked up from a new addition proposal he had been working on.

"Raine, Kael's not a child anymore. Let him do things at his own pace."

Raine placed her hand up to her head and let out a grunt, "Ugh, fine. However, I would like for you to go Meltokio to do an errand for me." she said with a smile that that made Kael's eyes widen in fear.

"Why do I need to go to Meltokio? can't you get it around here?" Kael asked, taking a step backwards. He didn't like the way this conversation was going.

"Well.." Rain began, holding up a piece of paper, "I'll give you two choices, take the list and do the errand or help me with a new recipe I've been working on."

Those last few words made the color drain out of Kael's skin, there was no way he was going to eat anything his mother cooked. "To Meltokio then." He said, taking the list from his mother and turning around to leave. However as he tried to leave, something held him back. He turned slightly to see his mother holding onto a lock of hair. "Uh, something wrong, mother?" he asked as he tried to pull away a few times.

Rain yanked on Kael's a few times before answering, "This. Why have you not cut your hair since going to school? It's way too long."

"Father's hair is long....and it used to even longer than it is now." Kael motioned to his father. Before, Regal's hair went halfway down his back and was kept in a low ponytail. Now, his hair rested just below his shoulders. Kael always figured if his father could do it, so could he.

Rain narrowed her eyes, "It's too long."

"Ugh, what can I do to get her off the hair subject." Kael thought. "Hey, is that an article on a new ruin that was recently discovered?"

Rain pulled harder on Kael's hair, "Like I would fall for something like that."

"In the early afternoon, excavators stumbled upon what appears to be the remains of an ancient village nestled deep in Gaoracchia forest." Regal said, picking up a newspaper.

"Huh" Raine immediately loosened her grip giving Kael enough time to rescue his abused hair and make his way out the door.

*End Flashback*

Kael opened the folded piece of paper and sighed again. "Guess I should get started."
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Iselia Forest

Claire, just blinked, shaking her head,"..I'm sorry to cause trouble for you guys, but I'm really grateful that you came to save me!" She smiled,

" Secret..? I ..I can't keep secrets from dad..." She frowned slightly,"..I hope he doesn't ask..if he does then I'll have to answer..Mhmm..I have a lot of work to do.. Oh! Misha, did you finish the homework that Professor Raine, gave us?" She tilted her head,"..I figured if mother invited everyone..Raine might be there..and she'll probably check our homework..since it's been a while...the last question about gravity is pretty hard, but I'm hoping my answer is right.."
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