The Search for Balance

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 4:35 PM

As Altimina walked up the mountain she looked out towards the large volcano that she knew housed the Igneous tribe. Flames were shooting and a sudden gust of wind swept her off her feet, blowing her towards the flames and the Igneous. Altimina was smart enough to know that she wouldn't be welcome there. years of war had left the four tribes scarred and divided. There was no point in actually communicating with them as most of the people wouldn't listen.

The Aire and the Igneous were not friends, and perhaps would never be. The Air were oblivious of the Igneous and the feelings of hatred were mostly mutual.

As she floated and drifted aimlessly, she tried to get control of the wind. Somehow, it seemed that she couldn't and Altimina immediately knew that this was not a normal breeze. The altitude for this type of current was wrong and everything about it just seemed weird

pegasasu • 6 October 2011 at 4:39 PM

From her height, Anastasia could see something drifting about in the air, presumably an Aire tribe member. Anastasia rolled her eyes in disgust. It wasn't that she hated any Aire tribe members personally, just the war had created strong feelings of hatred between most tribes, and Anastasia was fine things being like that. The Igneous tribe was strong, and would not be shaken easily.

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 4:41 PM

from this vantage point and her almost enhanced eyesight from squinting through the clouds, she saw a girl and tried to land.

pegasasu • 6 October 2011 at 4:44 PM

Anastasia tried to ignore the floating Aire tribe member- she couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, she couldn't quite make out the figure. She continued playing with sparks, moving smaller amounts of fire about

skylark • 6 October 2011 at 5:02 PM

Beth sat up and suddenly got a wave of organizing/planting power. She looked at the garden-ish area of the pond, and saw a few patches of dirt. Humming a little song and twirling a bit, she took a few seeds out of her pocket and used her power to move the dirt around, forming a hole exactly 4 inches deep and wide. Dropping the seed in and adding a little bit of water before filling it up with dirt, she continued to do so with bare parts, until there were many areas of freshly pressed dirt. She smiled, and levitating the dirt under the water in the pond, she made a dirt watering can and watered all the plants. It took a while and was draining on her powers, so Beth sat down and rested while before she picked up her bucket to go back to her cave.

randomkitty17 • 6 October 2011 at 6:22 PM

Karyna stood in front of the crowds at the open air market. She awed the people with fireballs flying into the air and juggling the embers as they came down. For the grand finale, she shot three fireballs into the air and they exploded like fireworks. The crowd clapped and cheer and Karyna took a bow. Her father came running and grabbed her arm. "Just what do you think you're doing, Karyna?" he hissed. "I'm performing, father. It's good, I can practice my powers while entertaining them." Karyna said with a laugh. "This is not funny, Karyna, you haven't mastered your power yet! You could have set them on fire! Besides, you need to work in the mines today." he sighed. Karyna rolled her eyes and walk to the volcano. She often had to work in the fiery mines because she was resistant to fire and could work in the heat for a lot longer than the others. She grabbed a pickaxe and descended into a mine shaft in one of the volcano's cliffs.

pegasasu • 6 October 2011 at 8:15 PM

RiAnEe

Rianee was impressed with the older Terrementh Tribe member's ability with the planting. Rianee knew she was no where close to being that skilled, and wished she was as good as the Tribe member. She couldn't remember her name, perhaps it was Belle? Something similar. Rianee wasn't jealous, but she was pleased at the thought of being able to do that.
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AnAsTaSiA

Tired of the frusteration that was boiling in her head, Anastasia ran back to her Tribe. She found her mother waiting for her, looking ebullient as usual when Anastasia went off to practice alone.

"Where were you, Anastasia?"

Her mother growled angrily, tugging Anastasia back to their small living space. She sat down and looked at Anastasia expectantly, and Anastasia couldn't think of a good explanation, so she decided to tell the truth.

"I was practicing at the volcano."

She mumbled, and her mother sighed.

"I told you not to practice there! Your powers are not stable yet and you do not have enough training to be practicing in those dangerous conditions. What if you had fallen or caught yourself on fire?"

Anastasia simply sighed as her mother assigned her to go to the mines as punishment, and Anastasia reluctantly did so, grabing a pickaxe on the way.

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 8:56 PM

@pegasasu

Growing weary of this aimlessly floating, Altimina wished with all her heart that she was back on the ground, and that she was at the Council with her father. Discussing important matters. Suddenly, she felt the heat of the volcano prickling her skin. And she looked down, aware of where she was. She was marooned on a breeze, over a volcano, and if that breeze just decided to drop her down, she would fall, and she would probably die.

It wasn't a pleasant though, she realized but she just had to think it. And like clockwork, just as she finished her thought, she dropped from the sky and freefell all the way to the bubbling lava. The Volcano was dormant, but the she knew the Igneous people could call upon it's power and it could be devastating. Just like the Aire tribe could ask the northern and southern winds for help in times of need. All the tribes had a reserve that they could fall back upon, but Altimina had not yet known what the Terrementh and Aquiana tribes had.

She was still falling and it seemed strange to be, when she could just as easily manipulate the air to catch her. Altimina tried in vain but just couldn't. Like the world was just wishing for her to die.

She fell through the lava, wincing as she braced herself for the smoldering hot flames to blister her skin. She continued falling and Altimina wondered what was happening. Hitting the ground with a soft thump as the breeze was still with her, she looked around and found herself in a mine...

skylark • 6 October 2011 at 9:04 PM

Beth saw a younger student of her own tribe after she had dropped off her water, and smiled kindly. "Well, hello there! How are you on this lovely spring day?"

randomkitty17 • 6 October 2011 at 9:29 PM

Karyna saw a girl come crashing down through the ceiling of hardened lava. "What the--" she gasped, as all Igneous people knew not to come near the mines. Then, it occurred to Karyna that this girl wasn't from Igneous. She ran over to her and propped her head up. "Hey, are you okay? Who are you?" Karyna asked, dropping the pickaxe.

lola622f • 6 October 2011 at 9:49 PM

Kirsten was saoring in the air. It felt wonderful. But then the wind stopped. She coulldn't control her powers but she tried. Instead, the wind started to push her down. Because of gravity, and the wind, she fell down quicker. Kirsten tried to slow herself but only a little. Then she see a girl from the ground tribe. She became unconsious.

@skylark

skylark • 6 October 2011 at 10:09 PM

Beth so happened to look up when Kristen went unconscious. Squinting her eyes, she stood still for a few moments before realizing it was a Aire child. With a gasp, Beth summoned the ground and dirt beneath her to form a very big hand, the palm super soft and cusiony, like a cloud bed. The hand reached out and caught Kristen, and laid her on the ground before melting back into place. Beth ran, quite fast for her age, to the child with a cup of water in her hand. She flicked some of the ice cold water onto Kristen's dirt smudged face. "Oh no, dear child!" Beth patted her hand, and looked around for any Aires. But a the back of her mind, she knew it was hopeless, ever since the stupid fighting and hatred broke out. Ruby, the kitten, licked Kristen's cheek.



@lola622f

lola622f • 6 October 2011 at 10:12 PM

I awoke a few minutes later, finding some water in my face. I looked around. And I saw a person. I knew where I am but I don't really know what to say.

marinalily • 6 October 2011 at 10:20 PM

Hey children! Meet Clive, I just added him at the S4B OOC. xDD Go look at him & see his awesomeness. Praise him.

Mariel walked slowly away from the tribe, looking at awe at all the streams & wilderness set before her. Blindly walking forwards, she came to her favourite spot, where it bordered on the line of the Aire tribe's land. Sometimes Clive was there, sometimes not. Mariel sat down on a rock, & grabbing a fistfull of water, she tried to make a snake. The form cam out fine, but when she tried to make it slither upon the ground & fork its tongue, it fell into a hundred dewdrops on a leaf. In anger, she barely noticed Clive putting an encouraging arm around her shoulder. "Don't worry, sis, you'll get around, just like I did." He pushed a warm gust of wind at her to dig in his point. "If you keep trying, you'll be better than any of those squirmy water nymphs out there." Her brother still had his courage streak.
"They're not squirmy! They're the same as me!"
"You're better."
He flashed Mariel a blinding smile. She sighed. She'd never known why no girl out at Aire never took a liking to Clive. He was the best person she'd ever known. Well, one day.
She gave Clive a tight hug. "And you're the best in the world." She whispered back, taking in everything about her brother's love.

lola622f • 7 October 2011 at 8:29 AM

@marinalily nice. 😉

pegasasu • 7 October 2011 at 3:43 PM

Anastasia, in a split second, was ready to attack the Aire Tribe member, but then realized that the Aire girl meant no harm. She probably just had floated in. The heat was presumably unbearable for her, and Anastasia almost smiled.

"I suppose saying 'Who are you and what do you want from us' has already been done, so now I'll just chill here with my friend the Pickaxe."

Anastasia said with a smile at the girl, hatred flaring in Anastasia's eyes.
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Rianee stared blankly at Kirsten for a few moments, then rushed to help Beth. She fetched more water for the girl, looking at her curiously. She didn't see her as a threat, simply because Rianee believed the Aire girl fell out of the sky on accident.

"Are you hurt?"

skylark • 7 October 2011 at 3:59 PM

Beth smiled kindly at the girl, wiping her dirty hands on her brown pants. "You're alright, just a tad dirty. Sorry, I can only move dirt or anything earth-related. What happened up there?"

lola622f • 7 October 2011 at 4:22 PM

"I'm okay", Kirsten replied," I guess I was practicing."

moomoomilk24 • 7 October 2011 at 4:40 PM

@fluffy
@tulip
@skylark
@lola622f
@pegasasu
@marinalily

Sita was at the border between the Aquaina and the Igneous tribes. She looked longingly over the border, wanting to cross and see how it went. She hesitated for a moment longer, then ran across the border.

Sita felt searing hotness on her back that scorched her, but she she looked behind her, nothing was there. She kept running and saw a monstrous volcano that loomed over her. She breathed in a shaky breath as she was looking at her worst enemy: Fire. They had had a long history. One day, Sita was walking along and an Igneous tribe member had bullied her and she had gotten a long burn mark along her arm, which was still there. She stood glaring at the volcano when she started to walk up the fiery mountain.

Deleted • 7 October 2011 at 6:18 PM

@pegasasu
@marinalily

Altimina watched the Igneous girl with a little bit of hesitancy. The Igneous had never done antyhing to her and it was just her tribe members that had caused a complete rupture of the government. She thought about Clive, not sure if he was still in Aire anymore. She noticed that he frequently went and visited the border of Aire and Aquaina, the river ran right through the two tribes, cutting them off from the other. Altimina definitely had mixed feelings about Clive, and wasn't sure where they were going with her.

marinalily • 7 October 2011 at 6:47 PM

@lola622f - Thank you. ^^
@fluffy
@skylark
@pegasasu

Clive slowly walked back to the tribe. Mariel must be lonely, he thought, or she would not have been so glad to see him all the time. Well, he was too. No one really seemed to be his friend, or at least none that he knew of, besides Mariel. He never really did care though, because he liked flying & thinking, & to be honest, doing that meant he would be able to show off. Doing a loop in the air, he formed a nice breeze to pull him up, & in a few moments, he was floating high above the land. The sky held no boundaries. He enjoyed it. He made a breeze to blow him away, whooping as he went. No Aire member he knew of traveled up this far, & he could do as he wished. He did not care of the oxygen, in fact, it felt better, & he began to sing- then caught himself. Even if he could sing up here, he did not want to. It seemed.. beneath his dignity.

pegasasu • 7 October 2011 at 8:24 PM

@skylark @lola622f @fluffy @randomkitty17
Rianee offered the bucket of water to the girl who had fallen gently, setting it down and then stepping back. She looked down at the earth that was forming around her feet, but then soon crumpled into a heap of dirt and mud. Rianee sighed, shaking her head.

"So, what is your name? And I am terribly sorry, and I am ashamed to say that I don't know the name of one of the elders of my own Tribe."

Rianee asked the girl, a bit curious. She shamefully lowered her head at Beth, dissapointed in herself but not too dissapointed, she always had room for improvement.
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"Well, Aire girl, do you have anything you want to say at all so we don't burn you and give you a pleasant, slow death down here by flames where no Aire Tribe member will hear you scream or what?"

Anastasia said pleasantly, playing with a flame she had conjured in one of her hands.

skylark • 7 October 2011 at 8:32 PM

@pegasasu (Ruby is meh kitty)

Beth smiled, "Oh, just call me Beth, dear. Now, don't be ashamed, my husband forgets my name! Haha, I remember when you were born, and the beautiful name your mother gave you. It was a perfectly splendid day! Quite the party for your arrival."

Ruby waddled over to Rianee and attacked her foot, little harmless claws out.

"Aww, isn't that cute? Ruby likes you!" Beth said.

pegasasu • 7 October 2011 at 8:43 PM

@skylark (OOOH I want a kitteh! Ima steal your kitteh xD )

Rianee blushed, thankful that Beth seemed like a very amiable woman, and she had a good sense of humor as well, which Rianee always liked as a quality in a person.

"Thank you, Beth."

Rianee smiled down at Ruby, crouching down to pet the cute kitty. Ruby had a soothing effect on Rianee, just like the effect the earth had on her when she manipulated it as well.

skylark • 7 October 2011 at 8:55 PM

@pegasasu (you can control her, if you'd like xD Ruby is anyone's!!!)


Beth smiled at Rianee, and looked around, muttering "Where did my dratted husband go..?"

Ruby purred and rubbed her face against her hand, but turned her head abruptly when a short, eldery person started walking towards them. He was kind of limping, "I'm here, I'm here... thank you, loving wife." The figure hrupmh'd when Beth asked him how he was. "Just messed up my ankle." Beth rolled her eyes, "Again?" She shook her head. "Oh, Rianee, meet my lovely husband! Dave, shake her hand like the kindly boy you are, and wipe that grouch off your face!"

lola622f • 7 October 2011 at 8:58 PM

"My name is Kirsten", I repeated again.

pegasasu • 7 October 2011 at 9:07 PM

@lola622f Repeated? Shoot. Sorry lol xD
@skylark

"Nice to meet you, Kirsten. Nice to meet you, ... Dave."

Rianee said with a bit of hesitation, holding her hand out for Dave to shake. He seemed like the exact opposite of the humorous, kind Beth.

skylark • 7 October 2011 at 9:13 PM

@pegasasu (LOL I was about to ping myself xD)
@lola622f

Beth smiled at Kristen. "Yes, I know. Whoops, sorry, not to sound rude, but I knew because there was a rather big celebration for your birth."

Dave looked at Rianee with sharp, blue eyes as he shook her hand rather hard. "Come on, squeeze more! You have no muscles." Beth looked sharply his way. "Err.. I mean, nice sticks."



(Take no offense to Dave, he's mean and tough.... Expect with Beth xD Bethie can take 'im doooown, and he knows that xD)

lola622f • 7 October 2011 at 9:18 PM

Kirsten was a bit confused.

pegasasu • 7 October 2011 at 9:26 PM

"Really?"

Rianee asked bwith curiosity. She laughed at Dave's attempt at a compliment. She didn't really take it personally, as she could see what kind of person he was, and she he was trying, so she didn't mind.

((Lol no offense taken xD ))