forum "Awaken, Elementals. Your time has arisen." // 4/4 // CLOSED

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Alex looked down at his hands, and frowned. "Uhm. I should go too, I think…I'm turning into a ghost." His hands were translucent, and his skin had turned white as paper.

Ms Henrie stared at the three of them and then sighed. She waved them off. "Fine. Go. Just stop disturbing my class." She glanced around the class as the trio began to pack up their bags, not expecting them come back. "And you go too, Thalia. You're looking a little green."

Thalia frowned. I don't feel sick. She got up and left, taking her bag with her. She looked at her hand and suppressed a scream. "Well damn," was all she said.

Dalia led the way, extremely worried. She seemed to be the furthest along in her awakening: her skin was mostly orange and the majority of her hair was flaming upwards, save a few sneaky tendrils.

Alex was silent as he followed. His skin was turning a pure white, the silver of his iris leaking into the whites and pupils of his eyes.

Cordelia hummed softly as she walked, if just to break the quiet. Her skin was starting to turn a icier blue, and her usually gray blue eyes were clearing more into blue. And her back felt wet. But she was ignoring that for now.

Dalia moved quickly to reach the nurse's office. She was now fully orange and all of her hair was rising in a flame above her, rather than a few escaping it. Her eyes were glowing a fierce orange, the colour slightly darker than her skin. She burst into the nurse's office, yelling "I'm orange!" The purple haired nurse turned to face them, their eyes showing slight joy.
"Ah, splendid!"

Cordelia waved to the nurse. "Good morning, miss. I believe something odd is happening with us. I know you are the professional, but I'm not sure this is exactly good." She said, biting back any sarcasm.

Alex was silent. His skin was pure white now, his hands almost see through. His hair had turned into wind, and his eyes were a pure, molten silver.

"Oh, I'm no specialist," The nurse smiled, standing up. "In fact, I'm not even a nurse." Their appearance morphed from being middle-aged to early 20s. "I've been waiting so long for you four."

Cordelia raised her hand, tilting her head before flinching away when her hair- now a stream of water- fell in her face. "Ma'am, I'm confused. Why were you waiting for us?"

"Well it's been a couple centuries since I last saw you," They smiled again.
"Why should we trust you? We don't even know your name." Dalia asked.
The 'nurse' laughed. "My name is a very long one, and quite hard to pronounce. However, I have gone by the name Memphis for at least five centuries, maybe more. You may call me that."

"Miss Memphis? What do you mean that it's been a couple of centuries since you've last seen a bunch of teenagers?" Cordelia asked, starting to gain some common sense get a bit freaked out.

"Not Miss Memphis, just Memphis. I'm…what do you call it nowadays? Non-binary? At least, I am after my awakening." Memphis suddenly remembered that they'd actually been asked a question. "And no, you're not supposed to be all teenagers. There's normally at least one kid and one old fart…so this is strange. Yet you're all here."

Cordelia apologized, nodding slightly. "But… what are we here for? And what is happening to us?"

Memphis let out a little laugh. "You're all here to fight the great darkness. Whether you live or die is not my problem. Many an Elemental has sacrificed their life for the greater good in the past. That is what you are here for."

"…I'm sorry, what?" She asked, stepping back. "We're here to die?"

"Well, yes and no. You're here to fight. But you may die." Memphis sat down. "My job is to teach you how to fight. Whether you die or not has no ground in my self-conscious: I simply do not care."

Alex blinked. "Uhm…not to be rude, but what the actual fuck?" He said, speaking up for the first time. "You've fucking lost me."

Thalia bit the inside of her lip. "This must be a prank. Unless if you tell us what's really going on," she crossed her arms and glanced at the door. "Consider me gone."

"Does having flame or water for hair seem like a prank? Does your skin changing colour without warning seem like a prank? Does me appearing to be in my early 40s and then my early 20s seem like a prank? You see, you have a much greater purpose than you may have thought."

She sighed, "Then please explain to us what the actual hell is going on! Cut to the chase!" Thalia was starting to lose her patience. Understandable, since most of her skin was turning green.

Alex was silent, arms crossed. Wind snapped and billowed around his head, where his hair should be.

"Mx, sorry, but may you please explain what is happening, from the beginning?" She asked, trying to hide the slight panic setting in.

"My my, aren't you an irritating four," Memphis sighed. "Very well. I shall show you. Hold tight."
"Hold tight? What do you mean?" Dalia asked.
"You'll see." They stood up again. As their eyes started to glow a vibrant purple, the area around the five of them began to warp. In only a few moments, they were out in a forest clearing, a cliff edge a few metres away.