forum "Can Someone Talk To Me?" (OPEN TO ANY AND EVERYONE)

Started February 24, 2023 by Deleted user

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Blade got to her feet, suddenly awake, and cursed. She drew her sword and quickly searched the forest.

Mira helped Dawn up, although the triplets were still passed out, Amelia, Mira, Dawn, Emilie, and Galvin were all awake.

Jordie's eyes flicker open. She can see. She's conscious.
She attempts to move her body, but her body seems to be frozen.
She can't communicate verbally, but she tries to remember morse code using her eyes. She blinks the following.
. _ _ / . . . . / . _ / _
. _ _ _ / . . _ / . . . / _
. . . ./ . _ / . _ _ . / . _ _ . / . / _ . / . / _ . .

Mira walked over to the girl on the ground. "The candlemaker attacked somehow. can you walk? the candlemaker knows we're here, we need to move."

"Why did it affect Jordie differently than it affected us?" Blade asked, walking over to her frozen friend. "And how are we going to get her anywere? Unless anyone has levitation?"

Jordie looks at Mira. She blinks back "_ . _ _ _", no. She can't move whatsoever.
She glances over to Blade, desperately wishing she could talk or move. Why is it affecting her differently?

Mira and Dawn came over. "Jordie, me or mira can carry you, okay?" Dawn asked. "Which one would you like?" Galvin was already being carried by Amelia.

"While you guys figure that out," Shaziri piped up, "Why don't a couple of us scout ahead?" she glanced at Blade, her eyes twinkling dangerously, "You and me, reiga, what do you say?"

emilie glanced at the three children still unconscious. "I can carry Holly, mira or dawn will have to carry july and star."

"I can carry Jordie," Phoenix volunteered, "And you guys can get the triplets."

*scratch that last one, I just deleted it *

Jordie glances over to Phoenix, and her eyes brighten. She's ok with that.

"Sounds good. I'll get star, you get july?" Dawn asked mira. Mira nodded, picking the little boy up.

Blade nods to Shaziri. "Let's go. The rest of you, don't be stupid."

Jordie desperately wants to say that she can't make any promises. But she can't.

Carefully, Phoenix hoists Jordie into his arms, cradling her as gently as if she were a baby. He then watches as Shaziri and Blade begin the trek into the forest. Right before she disapperas into the shadows, Shaziri stops and glances back at him. She smirks and winks, and Phoenix knows she's going to be okay.
As for him; he needs to focus on protecting the others.

Blade sighs, looking around. "Ugh. This is too much like the Elest." She unsheathes her sword and activates the electricity from Jordie.

Dawn thought of something. "Hey Jordie? if you want, i could read the very front of your mind, and act as a translator for you. Only if you want though. i don't want to make you uncomfortable." She said, walking over to phoenix and Jordie.

"Where's Elest?" Shaziri asks by way of casual conversation, though she too keeps her daggers ready and her eyes roaming in case anything tries to sneak up on them, "Or what's Elest?"

"Elest was the name of the forest in my world that I used to live in," Blade says, looking around. "It used to be my favorite place. At least until an idiot burned it down."

Shaziri grimaces, "Yikes. That's rough, reiga. I lost my home too, after my brothers went a little…" she whistled and twirled a finger around her ear, "Dragged me miles from our home country and set us up in Sheodor. Not so bad though, I guess," she shrugs, "I got to meet Nivian and the other Rochi Warriors, so that's a plus."

"I'd like to see that," Blade says. "I'm stuck as one of the most important people in Zestria while war's coming and no one's even kind of ready. Honestly, this place is some sort of break for me." She looks into the distance. "These worlds are messed up."

Shaziri barks a short, bitter laugh, "I feel you on the war thing. Trouble's brewing in Sheodor too, and somehow Nivian's smack in the middle of it. He could be dealing with his problems, not noooo, he has to be vanishing into thin air in the middle of war meetings to be a dannan hero elsewhere." she shakes her head, "Anyway, mind filling me in on what exactly we're looking for here? Something to do with magic candles?"