forum Elementals Chapter 4: Celestial Tides (OPEN)

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Evan held onto alister's hand with his own and used one hand to half cover his still flustered face. "Right." he waked with him towards the temple.

When they got inside, Noel’s grin was replaced with a focused stare. “Ok. I can’t see them anywhere. We can’t use a ball of light again… hmm.” She turned to Evan uncertainly. It wasn’t likely to work, but it was worth a try… She made gestures to go along with her words.
“Hey Evan, do you think you can use echolocation to find Kali and Ignis? Or is your power still diminished?”
Alister perked up. “Ooh, that’s a good idea.”

"that's a really good idea, unfortunately, my powers are still gone." He frowned, reminded once again how useless- how much of a burden- he sighed. He was trying to keep his thoughts positive and it just wasn't working. "wish I could help."

Ignis hugged Kali and pulled her close. He just lied there until their dispute was forgotten. Ignis lived this feeling he felt with Kali, to just rest an enjoy the moment. When he opened his eyes for a second, he was shocked and terrified to see Ignatius staring at him. Once Ignis and Ignatius locked eyes, Ignatius began to walk near the entrance of the temple. Ignis picked Kali up and looked into her eyes, "Our ancestors call us…"

“Ahh, it’s okay. Just an idea.” Noel looked back to the darkening temple. The siblings then shivered as they felt a stir in the air.
“What…” Alister gulped. Lowering his voice, he asked, “What was that? Should we… stay here?”
“I don’t know…” his sister peered into the darkness, her eyes wide.

she hugged tight to him, she closed her eyes just feeling his warmth. she enjoyed the moments they sat together and just enjoyed the others company. she opened her eyes as ignis grab her hands and pulled her up, staring into her eyes as she stared at his. "Then lets go." she had a passing thought abutleaving the others behind, but didn't bring it up and ruin the moment. sorry guys.

Ignis and Kali tried to follow Ignatius but Ignis saw Noel, Alister, Evan enter the temple, "What the hell are you doing back here?!"

Alister made a sharp intake of breath. “Oh gosh, you scared me. We, um… fell asleep.”
He rubbed his neck nervously.
“I would’ve followed you, but it looked like you guys were having a lover’s quarrel.” Noel crossed her arms over her chest. “What are you doing here? We felt something stir the air.”

Ignis pointed at himself and Kali, "We have darkness, but you almost got killed by corrupted water! You can't be here! You can't access the shadow realm and I will not hold your hand!"

"Ignis calm down." she turned back towards the others. "Not much we can say other then leave the temple, or else bad things will happen and we will not baby sit you and your deaf friend." she didnt mean it like an insult, she was just saying he would be a liability to himself this way. she turned back towards where ignatius was going. "Well we warned them, lets go." she spoke to ignis.

Ignis turned to Kali, "I know I sounded like an ass but I can't afford someone dying on my watch. Especially you. I know you can handle yourself but I'm still going to protect you." He proceeded the rest of the way in the shadow realm. They wondered through the hall until Ignatius walked into a wall. Ignis was confused and quite surprised, "The hell?"

“Yikes, okay.” Noel made a gesture like she was pushing the situation away from herself. “Never mind, c’mon. They’re seeing the Fire dude again.”
“Sorry Ignis! We weren’t sure what was… going on…” her brother’s voice lowered as it continued. “Oh no, why am I tearing up?”
He tried to wave it off with shaky laugh, but it didn’t work. Gosh, why am I like this? I thought… He was stupid, running back to the place where the corrupted water was. Why did he even consider going back there?
Noel patted his shoulder. “C’mon, let’s wait outside. It’s better than the stuffy, dark temple anyway.” Her eyes were hard as she led the boys outside.

Ignis turned to Kali, "I know I sounded like an ass but I can't afford someone dying on my watch. Especially you. I know you can handle yourself but I'm still going to protect you." He proceeded the rest of the way in the shadow realm. They wondered through the hall until Ignatius walked into a wall. Ignis was confused and quite surprised, "The hell?"

"Yes we'll if someone who's usually a pretty nice person reacts out of stress and worry then I suppose they deserve that moment," she sighs. "Ignis Im going to die anytime soon, and I'm not letting you die on me either." She huffed at him flicking his forehead. She saw as he walked through the wall and she walked over to the wall attempting to go through it.

“Yikes, okay.” Noel made a gesture like she was pushing the situation away from herself. “Never mind, c’mon. They’re seeing the Fire dude again.”
“Sorry Ignis! We weren’t sure what was… going on…” her brother’s voice lowered as it continued. “Oh no, why am I tearing up?”
He tried to wave it off with shaky laugh, but it didn’t work. Gosh, why am I like this? I thought… He was stupid, running back to the place where the corrupted water was. Why did he even consider going back there?
Noel patted his shoulder. “C’mon, let’s wait outside. It’s better than the stuffy, dark temple anyway.” Her eyes were hard as she led the boys outside.

Evan glared at ignis, seeing his tears. But then Kali mentioned "baby-sitting your deaf friend" and that kind of hit home, a little two close and soon he was crying as well but trying his best to wipe them away as quick as he could following them out.

The wall did not break, not were they able to go through it. Ignis followed the wall, also attempting to discover it's workings. Eventually Ignis got so frustrated that he fire punched the wall.

why does it feel like our roles have switched? She sighed watching him fire punch the wall. "I doubt that's going to do any good." She sighed, staring at the wall and searching for any weak points.

“Gosh, I’m stupid,” Alister mumbled when they got outside. He tried to wipe the tears away, but they just kept coming, so he just kept a hand over his eyes.
“No, I’m stupid.” Noel stood in profile to the boys, staring away from the temple. “I thought we were supposed to follow them, so I told you.”
“Noel, don’t say that! I mean, we just made a mistake… It’s not like we could go to the shadow realm by ourselves, anyway…” his voice softened as he took his hand from his face. His eyes were red and wet around his silver irises. “Ah, never mind. Evan, are you alright?” He asked, turning to him.
Who cares who was stupid and who wasn’t? Everyone got hurt, and he needed to make sure everyone was okay. He had to. It didn’t matter…

"I'm fine." He lied to them, smiling sadly at them. He walked up to the two of them. "Are you okay? I saw your tears, ignis wasn't doing well with words I would guess, he seemed tensed and stressed." He had switched to therapist mode unconsciously. He honestly just wanted a hug bit didn't want to be clingy or be weird.

“No you’re not!” Why was he suddenly frustrated now? “She literally said, ‘babysitting you and your deaf friend’! And look at you! Don’t lie to me. Noel has lied to me way to much about this kind of stuff.”
She gave a bittersweet laugh. “I learned to be honest the hard way.”
He sighed. “Yes, Ignis did seem stressed out; it was a bad time to involve ourselves, but that doesn’t justify his or Kali’s words.”
In his frustration and concern, he switched on his own therapist mode.