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Post by Tomina on Feb 7, 2021 1:02:33 GMT
[Thread PL: 210] Tomina had spent many a day relaxing in some type of park back when she was homeless. It was a nice, relaxing activity to do when she didn't have a part-time job. She didn't have to think about anything major: she could just walk around and enjoy the scenery, or find a nice, sunny spot to rest at. Sometimes there were kids that were loud, but she typically avoided the ones that had a playground. Tomina had found an empty table at Satan Central Park, which was one of the bigger and nicer parks she had visited. It had a fairly small trail you could walk through if you were so inclined. Tomina held her hands against the back of her head and closed her eyes, humming as a gentle breeze blew through the air. Today she was here to meet with Lambertia, who had called herself a Light Elfen. The Elfen seemed to be tied to elemental abilities. Tomina was hoping she could learn a bit more about herself today. Plus Lambertia had offered her more food. There was no way she was saying no to free food.
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 7, 2021 1:48:40 GMT
So it turns out that Satan city was actually really far away! Like it would take weeks to travel there if not for the wonderful mechanised transportation infrastructure that humans had built between their cities. It only took a few hours to get to her destination from North City. Good thing that she had woken up early this morning after a boring night and was able to catch an early trip out. Sadly not many people in the train seemed that interested in talking, apparently it was more common to just stare at your feet and try not to offend other passengers. For all the wonderful things that earth had it really could be unfathomably weird at times. Once in Satan city it wasn’t all that hard to find a park, and not much harder to find the correct park. This city had a much warmer climate than North, the sun hit it differently and was pleasant on her shoulders.
Following the trail through the park she smiled and greeted people as they passed and eventually came round a bend in the route bringing Tomina into view. The mention of fire manipulating abilities had piqued Lambertias interest in her beyond the norm. Softly walking her way over to where she was waiting, listening to the tune being hummed for a minute before announcing herself.
“Hey firecracker!” Planting herself sideways over the same table speech that Tomina was in she’d lean in and bump shoulders with her before putting down a long hard leather case that she had been carrying. “How’s it going?”
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Post by Tomina on Feb 7, 2021 2:18:29 GMT
"Brightlight!" Tomina gave Lambertia an amused look when the other girl bumped shoulders with her. Ayami was very touchy-feely too. And she didn't mind that kind of contact. Was that just normal for anyone with Elfen blood in them? Tomina didn't really care that much, but it was an interesting observation.
"Oh, It's going alright. I'm still trying to get the hang of my elemental powers. And the fact that I'm made up of two alien races. It's been kind of a wild ride. But I've been riding it!"
Tomina waved her hand dismissively. She didn't want to project that it was a bumpy ride. Mastering her fire powers was hard enough, since she was terrified that she'd lose control again. Her best friend's life was ruined because of it in the past. Now she learned she wasn't related to her sister by blood and that she was a mix of two alien races. It was a lot to take in. And she wanted to learn as much as she could. But for now...
"Is that what I think it is?" Tomina pointed at the leather case Lambertia was carrying with her.
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 7, 2021 3:01:04 GMT
From the look of things on the surface Tomina was in generally comfortable and in good spirits. If not for their previous meeting Lambertia might not have through twice about what the girl was saying and how she was acting. She couldn’t tell any specifics but something about her fire manipulation abilities was getting to her on some level. Reassured that reaching out had bene the right thing to do Lambertia swung a leg over the bench, one either side so she could sit facing Tomina and nodded, “It can be a bit of a steep learning curve for some but I don’t know how I’d imagine not knowing that it was coming. That must have been rough.” After a few moments it occurred to her there was something that might be compared to Tominas experience, “It might not be the same but sometimes, not everyone grows up to have the element that they would expect. She tucked the black case underneath the bench and shrugged, “Depends what you’re thinking. If you think that it’s food, you’re goanna be a bit disappointed.” She sat up and glance in mock accusation, ”I hope you didn’t let me come all this way just for some free food did you?” Giving it a few moments for a response she scratched the cuff of one of her gloves, pressing the switch on a capsule she had hidden there, depositing a wrapped up tablecloth around some sort of package onto the table next to them, “Not that I didn’t bring something.” It wasn’t anything fancy, several rounds of sandwiches, bacon with chopped cherry tomatoes and pesto, cheese and tuna, a few of which had a spicy sauce added to them. Also was a thermos with two cups. “You’re welcome to some.”
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Post by Tomina on Feb 7, 2021 3:56:56 GMT
Tomina shrugged. “It was, but I’ve been through worse.” She said simply. Although the next thing Lambertia said was rather surprising. She looked at the other Elfen curiously.
“Really? How do you grow up not knowing what kind of Elfen you are? The only way I can see that happening is something like a fire Elfen grew up with water Elfen and then tried using their powers for the first time. That sorta thing common?”
Tomina chuckled, making a show of waving her hands defensively as the light elfen “accused” her of only coming for the food. “Give me more credit than that. I may be hungry for food, but I’m starving for knowledge.” Tomina reached for one of the sandwiches, taking a large bite out of it. Her eyes lit up as the taste hit her.
“Mph! Dis is rally good! So, yell me moar bout da Elfen!”
Tomina had absolutely no manners and was talking while she was chewing her food. She swallowed what she had, then took another bite. She eagerly dug into the sandwich that she was given, happily scarfing it down.
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 7, 2021 20:48:55 GMT
“Normally Elfen do grow up knowing what their element is. They’re born on Hegemon with our elemental affinities already formed. Not fully, most don’t demonstrate it till they’re about nine, uhm... that would be about twelve years old here?”
Lambertia couldn’t quite get the right math on the conversion of the two worlds calendars but that was probably close.
“Some people a bit earlier, some a bit later. Everyone's different, so like there's nothing to worry about if you’re powers just started happening one day. That’s fairly normal.” She smiled reassuringly and picked up a sandwich of her own.
“Most Elfen are born with the same element as their parents and their parents before them to one of the seven tribes. Some Elfen do wind up having a different element though. It doesn’t happen often but its still normal. There's also the ones who come from the rings of Hegemon as well.”
She picked up a fresh sandwich and held it up to Tomina, one if the ones she hadn’t tried yet
“Oh Hegemon is the world Elfen are from.”
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Post by Tomina on Feb 7, 2021 21:30:22 GMT
Tomina nodded solemnly. "Yeah, that sounds about right. The first time I used my fire powers was when I was nine. Learning that I had these powers wasn't a problem in itself. But I found out about mine in the worst possible way. Fire's hard to control."
She found out the hard way that she could produce fire. The orphanage she was living in had burned completely to the ground. And that hadn't been the only thing that burned. She finished the sandwich she was on and grabbed the one Lambertia was offering her. She gave the light elfen a bemused expression when she talked about the planet.
"Wait, rings? Like the type Saturn have? And you can live on them? Just what kind of planet is Hegemon anyway?" Tomina dug into the next sandwich, scarfing down as much as she could fit into her mouth.
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 8, 2021 0:05:29 GMT
Lambertia opened her mouth to respond but stalled on a detail she was ignorant on,
"Whats a Saturn?"
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Post by Tomina on Feb 8, 2021 0:26:30 GMT
Tomina swallowed the parts of the sandwich that were in her mouth. "Oh right, you're not from around here. Saturn is another planet in this solar system. Has a set of real pretty rings. Although it isn't habitable. Seriously, Hegemon had rings you can live on?"
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 8, 2021 18:44:18 GMT
“There’s a planet with rings around this star! I don’t remember seeing it on the way in” They had rings? Were there prismatics on that world too on that world too? “I’ll have to try going there sometime, I’ve never heard of rings round other planets so I dunno how similar they would be.”
“Oh, no Hegemons rings aren’t habitable just, uh, up in the sky beyond the atmosphere. Kind of hanging three glowing. Most of the time they, aren’t important or even useful. Well maybe for navigation.” Much as she was keen to help Tomina learn more about Elfan, Lambertia wanted to avid mentioning the prismatics for as long as possible. There was no need to impart the cultures moronic pedestal to the girl when she was already blessed with such a unique perspective.
“Nin huh, on earth… that would be… oh wow, that would make you something like five! I think. Let me do the math…” Hegemon had more days to a year that earth and… She looked up at Tomina and smiled, “OK so on Hegemon there are seven months, one for each of the elemental and shade tribes. Each moth lasts sixty five days so a year is four hundred and fifty five days. So I guess you’d have been… around seven in Elfan years?”
“That is, pretty early Tomina. You must have been so, confused with no other Elfan around. I can’t imagine what that was like for you. Whatever happened, it wasn’t your fault.” If her voice and expression was anything to go by, it had been rather traumatic, “Would you like to talk about it?”
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Post by Tomina on Feb 8, 2021 20:26:15 GMT
"Well, maybe you just didn't pass by its orbit. It's pretty far out." So the rings of Hegemon were of a similar nature. Tomina wouldn't have known what to make of it if one could actually live on them. Tomina nodded at Lambertia's eexplanation.
"That sounds about right. "I burned down the orphanage I was living at. I got in an argument with someone and got really angry. I didn't realize that I could produce strong fire attacks without charging ki. Before I knew it, the whole place was burning down."
Tomina sighed, then put what was left of her sandwich into her mouth. She was willing to talk about that much with someone she just met. But she really didn't want to go into the worst part of that night. She swallowed, wiping her mouth with her sleeve.
"So, do the Elfen have their own tribes? Separated by element I presume. Can you tell me about the fire tribe? What are they like? How do they live? What's their territory like?"
Tomina fired off a bunch of questions. She genuinely wanted to know all of this. But that wasn't the only reason she was throwing this many questions out all at once.
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 9, 2021 2:14:42 GMT
On hearing what had happened when Tominas fire had manifested, Lambertia felt a chill run down her. Beimei that must have been horrific to go through. “Tomina, I can’t imagine.” She reached out and gave her a pat on the arm, “If you want to talk about it, ever, I’ll listen whenever that might be. If you want, or need.” She put emphasis on the you part, to make it clear as day that Tomina didn’t have to speak about it if it she didn’t want to.
Taking a moment to risk the next sandwich being spicy… It was not. She munched on it a moment.
“Yea, you’re spot on right. On Hegemon the Elfan live in seven great tribes,” Lambertia lifted her hands, clapping them softly together and drawing them apart. Between them light coolest into the symbols of the tribes as she named them, “The Nuada Tribe, of the wind. The Nerthus Tribe, of the earth. The Namu Tribe, of the water. The Boreas Tribe, of the ice. The Erebos Tribe, of the dark. The Nuska Tribe, of the fire.”
“That would be the tribe you would likely be from in some way. Their city is called Enberr, A shining bastion of steel and copper in an arid but beautiful land.”
“I can tell you about them or any of the others if you like. I’ve been to all of them.”
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Post by Tomina on Feb 9, 2021 2:54:49 GMT
Tomina gave the other girl a smile, waving her hand dismissively. "Don't worry, it's fine! It happened a long time ago, and nobody died. Thanks for the concern though!" The last thing Tomina wanted to do was drag someone she just met into her own personal issues. And while she wasn't fully over it yet, she wasn't as haunted as she had been.
Tomina listened intently, resting her elbows on the table as the Light Elfen told her about the tribe name. In particular, what she told her about the Nuska tribe was interesting. Tomina leaned forward, her red eyes studying the other Elfen.
"Ehhh, not quite what I expected. I mean, a desert makes some sense, but I figured it would be some sort of volcanic region. Tomina Nuska... I'm not sure if I like the ring of it. I'd certainly like to hear about all of the tribes, but you can start with the Nuska. And then you can move on to what your tribe is like."
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Post by Lambertia on Feb 9, 2021 3:42:02 GMT
It has been a while since Lambertia had talked at any length about the Elfan customs and culture to anyone. It was nice, refreshing even, for Tomina to be taking such a keen interest in the telling of it. As far as she had run from Hegemon, from her tribe and pack. This still did feel good. She smiled with a little sighed and nodded.
“The Nuska are, possibly the oldest tribe on Hegemon. I have been to Enbar a few times, the craftsmanship of the city is spectacular. That’s what the tribe is best known for. Their great skill and artistry with the skills of crafting, metallurgy, baking, others. Forging and reforging everything with their flames, seeking to always improve themselves and their surroundings through its use.”
There was fondness as she spoke, calling on the memories she had made in the great city of Enbar. The people she had met there, the people she had spent time with.
“Each year during the ‘Month Of Spark’, fourth month in the Hegemon calendar, they hold great contests to smith the greatest blades as proof of skills to choose the annual Monarch of Blades. There also festivals, fire dancing through the nights and oh the backing and cooking during that month… there is nothing like it on both worlds. Have you ever tried cooking with you fire Tomina? You should, you’d never find a better source of heat. Or perhaps a better way to practice with its use and control.”
She would pause a moment, to allow Tomina to speak and raise any questions before continuing.
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Post by Tomina on Feb 9, 2021 4:19:21 GMT
Tomina had been excited to learn more about them. She was glad that she was learning more about them. But what she was learning wasn't exactly what she had been hoping.
"I mean, I guess that makes sense. If you can manipulate fire you can work metal. But that isn't me. Granted cooking with fire doesn't sound bad. I don't think I'll ever be crafting or making weapons though. Unless..."
An idea entered her head. There was one use she'd be able to put crafting to. Although she hadn't the faintest idea on how to do what she had in mind. Perhaps one day she'd have the chance to visit hegemon. Whenever this whole assassin business she had been hearing about had been taken care of.
"I'm trying to get my abilities under control. I've made progress, but I haven't gotten it all down yet though. So, is there anything else notable about the Nuska tribe?"
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