SUMMARY
After her mishap with the Power Core, Fo's distrust in the object grows... as do her fears. After trying and failing to speak sense to both Fo'uh and Serelath, she has to call in the reinforcements: their mother.
Fo'uh had decided it was easier to just be in her true form. Attempting to intimidate this strange power core that had given her visions. She was almost sure that it was the crystal that actually gave her those visions.. she had never killed anything outside of sharks, let alone someone trying to kill her. she'd remember! "You, are evil.. you are.. They may not see it but I DO!" she growled pacing slightly around it.
Usyraz had been in the process of circling the Aerie while keeping an eye out for any she saw. She hadn't come near the power core, not yet... but when she noticed the restless pacing of her sister, she stopped and blinked a few times. Having come in enough to hear her talking, she blinked a few times, coming halfway across the bridge with a frown. "Fo?..." She'd seen Serelath... and glanced over inquisitively at him, wondering silently how long he had been in that spot, or if he'd just arrived.
The booming voice of Fo'uh was easy to hear with those sensitive dragon ears of his... His fins flared out some... Chin perking to her voice before he swiftly took flight... Gliding to the opposite side of the aerie before touching down beside the crystal, His wings tucking in and his head giving a quick shake "... I doubt screaming at it will make it listen." He murred out to her as he watched her with those icy eyes... Fins flaring once more as his pupils locked on Usy now coming across the bridge ... Exchanging a curious glance between her and Fo as if hoping she knew what was going on
Fo'uh had heard her sister's voice first. Turned to her and blocked her from going any further toward the crystal. She had a bit of frantic worry on her expression. "NO! don't go any closer Usy! It is not safe." She caught sight of Serelath coming down and just as he landed she would rush at him to shove him off the platform and away. [color=#8db2f8]"NO YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND! IT IS NOT SAFE!"[/oclor] She almost seemed like a panicked mother bird trying to shoo away predators from her egg. "Get away from it!" She snarled.
Usyraz lifted up to the air with a thoughtful frown, trying to more easily watch their faces as she spoke to them. At the moment, it was easier for her to move from island to island without the cumbersome weight of her full form, and being that high up provided her a better vantage point in case she saw others she needed to spread the word to. If she could move -around- Fo, but not closer to the core, she did so, trying to get closer to Serelath. "Mother attempted to teach us to bond with the power core; we've been tasked with guarding an ice crystal, but part of our responsibility was to learn to commune with this thing, the way that she, Davros, and Soumia can. We... encountered some trouble." And she hoped that that explained Fo's frantic behavior, though Usy was only stricken by the core's power whenever her sister became so panicked. Her tension rose and she looked pleadingly toward their eldest sibling, trying to flit in closer to her face - but not so close that she had to go cross-eyed to see her. "Fo, please! What can we do to help you?"
Serelath Got a side long look at the crystal... The shine of it reflecting off his eyes... His locked gaze only breaking when he heard big sister scream and rush at him... His paws sliding helplessly under him and his back portion sliding off the edge... His front arms holding him up awkwardly as his back legs kicked at the air "Dont touch me!!!" He practically roared out at her as he gave his wings a powerful slap and hoisted his bottom half back up "Have you lost your mind?" He huffed with a annoyed flick of his tail as he looked up to Usy as she explained "Communicate with it hrrm?" He murred as he looked over it once more "Why?" He bluntly asked back "Are we looking to rocks for guidance now?" He said with a few heavy grunts of laughter
Fo'uh shook her head roughly then continued to stand between her siblings and the power core. "That is how it gets you. It lures you in just by being some big rock. Protect? It nearly killed me. It could have killed you too Usy!" she growled at them. "Stay away from it. It isn't safe! WATCH!" she turned and took in a deep breath. She unleashed a bitter cold fury of ice crystals at the power core. Where they normally would have impacted and exploded they halted.. and slowly dissolved leaving no sign of them. she turned back to them. "It just takes from us... It gives nothing back!"
Usyraz frowned at Serelath, trying to keep her temper under control, though stress wasn't helping. "Don't you remember any of the stories Mother told us? About the power core that kept their 'old' Aerie afloat? It's a living thing... that -can- provide power if we request it and are accepted by it after bonding with it - remember what she told us, Fo?" She drew in a deep breath, trying to be comforting... though it was just as possible she wasn't doing a good job, being too tense for it. "What happened was an accident! Mother wouldn't have asked us to try and bond with it if she felt there was no point to it, there has to be some kind of reason why we tried to do it in the first place..."
Sounded to Serelath his sister really did have reason to believe this rock was a killer, or she had just lost her mind... His head quickly lifting and pinning back as Fo boldly spat her crystals at the shining rock... His fins flaring out as his eyes looked up to Usy.. Head cocking to the side some "The entire island was cursed yes? This same crystal came from that island?" -Now- he gave it a hesitant look... Looking over the length of the shining crystal before nodding swiftly "I agree with Fo... Too dangerous." He bluntly stated
Fo'uh shook her head at Usy, there was a sudden sad tone. "I know you saw that memory Usyraz. I know you saw it.. That wasn't me. I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED!" she snarled with tears in her eyes. "That thing.. that thing put it in there.. it put that in my head. There is no way I would have killed someone. It knew i would figure out it was evil. It knew." Her voice became dangerously low. Serelath agreeing with her seemed to calm her some. "We have to keep the others from it.." She glared at the shiny rock and started to pace around it. "It was found in a place with no life around it. You heard what mother said.. it needs our power.. why would it give anything back? Its been starved for how long now?"
Usyraz sighed in frustration, her hands dragging over her face. Turns out she had faith in what was suggested to them - that her mother, the Da'ar, and Da'ariv wouldn't have allowed such things if it was a truly malicious creation. "It's dangerous if done alone or improperly, yes. And they wouldn't have brought this thing here if the power core -itself- was cursed. Do you REALLY believe Mother and her friends are that daft, Serelath?" She drew in a deep breath to steady herself, trying to speak calmly. "It's my fault, Fo - I couldn't pull you away from it, and Mother counted on us to be able to keep each other tethered. I failed you..." She was at least -trying- to calm their sister's hysteria. "We would have been warned if it dealt in illusions, Fo... it must have been a repressed memory. What happened there... you did what you needed to at the time. Please, -please- listen."
Serelath Paced over to Fo some, his head swiftly ducking and lifting back up under her chin to give her a quick comforting nudge... His eyes still looking over the crystal beside him with that mix of curiousness and wariness... Could mother have just been wrong? The crystal had sheltered them right? But whos to say it wasent just using them? His instinct told him not to trust it and thats all he was going off of for now... His eyes perking back up to Usy at her question "Maybe the ones stranded on the island have some blind trust in it? It did keep them alive after all?" he pointed back before giving his tail a few stubborn waves "What do they suggest it even has to offer? Does the benefit really outweigh the risk?" Exchanging a glance between Fo then Usy "Do you remember the last time she was like this?" He asked in regards to Fo's mood "It pushed something wicked into her head!"
Fo'uh accepted her brother's comforting nudge and then looked ashamed at the thought of considering her mother daft.. she huffed a few times tears in her eyes as her sister told her it was her own actual memory. "You.. you believe i could do something like that?" She shook her head as if her best friend and sister had struck her. "I.. Go away Usyraz.. Go. It is not safe." She said glaring at her. "I will protect you all from this thing if i have to.. its dangerous.. you agree and so does mother. Who's to say it has no intent to drain this world like it drained that island?" She turned away from her sister. "I don't know how.. But i will figure out a way to destroy this thing." she paced around it, her eyes locking onto the power core again. The shine from the glow glinting off the tears in her eyes and that had fallen down her scaled cheeks. Her brother understood.. he knew as well as she did this thing was evil. They would both figure it out.
Usyraz stared at them both in disbelief. She didn't speak right away... and just as she was about to, Fo's words hit her like a ton of bricks, causing her to nearly drop right out of the sky. "...Go... away...?" Her brow furrowed... and her chin dipped. "...There's no talking to you. Either of you." Her own hurt was practically tangible in her tone, and as she turned away to leave, she muttered one final thing. "... But maybe there's someone who -can- get through to you, if you won't listen to me." And with that, she went off in search of their mother... and probably to prepare water and herbs after that.
After her mishap with the Power Core, Fo's distrust in the object grows... as do her fears. After trying and failing to speak sense to both Fo'uh and Serelath, she has to call in the reinforcements: their mother.
Fo'uh had decided it was easier to just be in her true form. Attempting to intimidate this strange power core that had given her visions. She was almost sure that it was the crystal that actually gave her those visions.. she had never killed anything outside of sharks, let alone someone trying to kill her. she'd remember! "You, are evil.. you are.. They may not see it but I DO!" she growled pacing slightly around it.
Usyraz had been in the process of circling the Aerie while keeping an eye out for any she saw. She hadn't come near the power core, not yet... but when she noticed the restless pacing of her sister, she stopped and blinked a few times. Having come in enough to hear her talking, she blinked a few times, coming halfway across the bridge with a frown. "Fo?..." She'd seen Serelath... and glanced over inquisitively at him, wondering silently how long he had been in that spot, or if he'd just arrived.
The booming voice of Fo'uh was easy to hear with those sensitive dragon ears of his... His fins flared out some... Chin perking to her voice before he swiftly took flight... Gliding to the opposite side of the aerie before touching down beside the crystal, His wings tucking in and his head giving a quick shake "... I doubt screaming at it will make it listen." He murred out to her as he watched her with those icy eyes... Fins flaring once more as his pupils locked on Usy now coming across the bridge ... Exchanging a curious glance between her and Fo as if hoping she knew what was going on
Fo'uh had heard her sister's voice first. Turned to her and blocked her from going any further toward the crystal. She had a bit of frantic worry on her expression. "NO! don't go any closer Usy! It is not safe." She caught sight of Serelath coming down and just as he landed she would rush at him to shove him off the platform and away. [color=#8db2f8]"NO YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND! IT IS NOT SAFE!"[/oclor] She almost seemed like a panicked mother bird trying to shoo away predators from her egg. "Get away from it!" She snarled.
Usyraz lifted up to the air with a thoughtful frown, trying to more easily watch their faces as she spoke to them. At the moment, it was easier for her to move from island to island without the cumbersome weight of her full form, and being that high up provided her a better vantage point in case she saw others she needed to spread the word to. If she could move -around- Fo, but not closer to the core, she did so, trying to get closer to Serelath. "Mother attempted to teach us to bond with the power core; we've been tasked with guarding an ice crystal, but part of our responsibility was to learn to commune with this thing, the way that she, Davros, and Soumia can. We... encountered some trouble." And she hoped that that explained Fo's frantic behavior, though Usy was only stricken by the core's power whenever her sister became so panicked. Her tension rose and she looked pleadingly toward their eldest sibling, trying to flit in closer to her face - but not so close that she had to go cross-eyed to see her. "Fo, please! What can we do to help you?"
Serelath Got a side long look at the crystal... The shine of it reflecting off his eyes... His locked gaze only breaking when he heard big sister scream and rush at him... His paws sliding helplessly under him and his back portion sliding off the edge... His front arms holding him up awkwardly as his back legs kicked at the air "Dont touch me!!!" He practically roared out at her as he gave his wings a powerful slap and hoisted his bottom half back up "Have you lost your mind?" He huffed with a annoyed flick of his tail as he looked up to Usy as she explained "Communicate with it hrrm?" He murred as he looked over it once more "Why?" He bluntly asked back "Are we looking to rocks for guidance now?" He said with a few heavy grunts of laughter
Fo'uh shook her head roughly then continued to stand between her siblings and the power core. "That is how it gets you. It lures you in just by being some big rock. Protect? It nearly killed me. It could have killed you too Usy!" she growled at them. "Stay away from it. It isn't safe! WATCH!" she turned and took in a deep breath. She unleashed a bitter cold fury of ice crystals at the power core. Where they normally would have impacted and exploded they halted.. and slowly dissolved leaving no sign of them. she turned back to them. "It just takes from us... It gives nothing back!"
Usyraz frowned at Serelath, trying to keep her temper under control, though stress wasn't helping. "Don't you remember any of the stories Mother told us? About the power core that kept their 'old' Aerie afloat? It's a living thing... that -can- provide power if we request it and are accepted by it after bonding with it - remember what she told us, Fo?" She drew in a deep breath, trying to be comforting... though it was just as possible she wasn't doing a good job, being too tense for it. "What happened was an accident! Mother wouldn't have asked us to try and bond with it if she felt there was no point to it, there has to be some kind of reason why we tried to do it in the first place..."
Sounded to Serelath his sister really did have reason to believe this rock was a killer, or she had just lost her mind... His head quickly lifting and pinning back as Fo boldly spat her crystals at the shining rock... His fins flaring out as his eyes looked up to Usy.. Head cocking to the side some "The entire island was cursed yes? This same crystal came from that island?" -Now- he gave it a hesitant look... Looking over the length of the shining crystal before nodding swiftly "I agree with Fo... Too dangerous." He bluntly stated
Fo'uh shook her head at Usy, there was a sudden sad tone. "I know you saw that memory Usyraz. I know you saw it.. That wasn't me. I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED!" she snarled with tears in her eyes. "That thing.. that thing put it in there.. it put that in my head. There is no way I would have killed someone. It knew i would figure out it was evil. It knew." Her voice became dangerously low. Serelath agreeing with her seemed to calm her some. "We have to keep the others from it.." She glared at the shiny rock and started to pace around it. "It was found in a place with no life around it. You heard what mother said.. it needs our power.. why would it give anything back? Its been starved for how long now?"
Usyraz sighed in frustration, her hands dragging over her face. Turns out she had faith in what was suggested to them - that her mother, the Da'ar, and Da'ariv wouldn't have allowed such things if it was a truly malicious creation. "It's dangerous if done alone or improperly, yes. And they wouldn't have brought this thing here if the power core -itself- was cursed. Do you REALLY believe Mother and her friends are that daft, Serelath?" She drew in a deep breath to steady herself, trying to speak calmly. "It's my fault, Fo - I couldn't pull you away from it, and Mother counted on us to be able to keep each other tethered. I failed you..." She was at least -trying- to calm their sister's hysteria. "We would have been warned if it dealt in illusions, Fo... it must have been a repressed memory. What happened there... you did what you needed to at the time. Please, -please- listen."
Serelath Paced over to Fo some, his head swiftly ducking and lifting back up under her chin to give her a quick comforting nudge... His eyes still looking over the crystal beside him with that mix of curiousness and wariness... Could mother have just been wrong? The crystal had sheltered them right? But whos to say it wasent just using them? His instinct told him not to trust it and thats all he was going off of for now... His eyes perking back up to Usy at her question "Maybe the ones stranded on the island have some blind trust in it? It did keep them alive after all?" he pointed back before giving his tail a few stubborn waves "What do they suggest it even has to offer? Does the benefit really outweigh the risk?" Exchanging a glance between Fo then Usy "Do you remember the last time she was like this?" He asked in regards to Fo's mood "It pushed something wicked into her head!"
Fo'uh accepted her brother's comforting nudge and then looked ashamed at the thought of considering her mother daft.. she huffed a few times tears in her eyes as her sister told her it was her own actual memory. "You.. you believe i could do something like that?" She shook her head as if her best friend and sister had struck her. "I.. Go away Usyraz.. Go. It is not safe." She said glaring at her. "I will protect you all from this thing if i have to.. its dangerous.. you agree and so does mother. Who's to say it has no intent to drain this world like it drained that island?" She turned away from her sister. "I don't know how.. But i will figure out a way to destroy this thing." she paced around it, her eyes locking onto the power core again. The shine from the glow glinting off the tears in her eyes and that had fallen down her scaled cheeks. Her brother understood.. he knew as well as she did this thing was evil. They would both figure it out.
Usyraz stared at them both in disbelief. She didn't speak right away... and just as she was about to, Fo's words hit her like a ton of bricks, causing her to nearly drop right out of the sky. "...Go... away...?" Her brow furrowed... and her chin dipped. "...There's no talking to you. Either of you." Her own hurt was practically tangible in her tone, and as she turned away to leave, she muttered one final thing. "... But maybe there's someone who -can- get through to you, if you won't listen to me." And with that, she went off in search of their mother... and probably to prepare water and herbs after that.