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located in Fiore, a part of The New Mage Guild: Amaranth, one of the many universes on RPG.

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Character Portrait: Freya Hirane Character Portrait: Murmur Burns Character Portrait: Ravenna Character Portrait: Sidney Allen Character Portrait: Sikes Keller
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Sidney Allen
(Mines of Umi - Aozora)


Did..did she just call herself the Queen of the Underworld? This was starting to get out of hand. Murmur was in a guild with a woman that thought she was some sort of...God? A woman with strange eyes that changed colors, at that. Once she let go of him he inhaled greatly, glad to have a proper breathing pattern once more. His eyes were locked onto Sikes as the woman, er, as Persephone rubbed his shoulder. Was the new Amaranth mage just as confused as he was? He had remembered reading stories about a deity with that exact name but to actually meet one? Sidney studied the woman for a moment longer, his pupils soon dilating. Wait, was that possible? Perhaps this woman really was Persephone.

He didn't know what he felt more; fascination or mild fear.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"

Oh, so it was fascination after all.

He backed up slowly as Stamps continued to make his presence known, advancing on the black haired woman, his tail swaying from side to side in a manner that reminded Sidney of the state of 'amusement'. The woman was, for some reason, frightened or intimidated by his cat of all things! The corners of his mouth twitched, finding the situation funny. His shoulders quivered as a quiet laugh fell from his lips, his vocal cords buzzing together to create the light, carefree sound. The boy looked back to Freya as she began to speak, taking the situation in her own hands to turn it to their advantage. That was their Freya! Ever so clever! So, if this woman was Persephone, then Stamps was Zeus? Apparently he was Demeter, Sikes was Pandora, Freya was Hercules and Murmur was, well, Murmur.

Were they supposed to be playing some kind of game?

During the commotion Sidney ended up spacing out, staring at the balls of fire above. So they weren't dangerous, Freya just must of been acting cautiously! With their help, couldn't they finish the mission all that much easier? Get the Aozora before it fell into the wrong hands, unite people with their families, find Izzy and head home. No one had died, no one had died, no one had died. Everything had gone according to plan, it was a big success, maybe they would celebrate when they got back. He shuttered, his smile faltering. Why did something still feel off?

"You should try this," His head jerked towards Freya, who's hand was touching the bright, luminescent gemstone embedded into the cave wall. His eyelids took away his vision a few times, bewildered by her statement of wanting to be a unicorn. Then a hand pressed into his back, pushing him forward. A glance backwards reveled the creator of the pressure to be Murmur, his expression unreadable, until a smile graced his features. It felt two dimensional, but his hand was placed on the stone before he could think anymore of it. His skin brushed against Freya's hand for a moment before settling beside her, the Aozora keeping him from moving away, as if the surface of it was the negative side of a magnet against his the positive side in his hand.

Bliss and negligence filled his body, as if the energy of the Aozora had filled his body with a liquid equivalent to acetaminophen; bringing him into a narcotic nirvana. His body relaxed, shoulders and back slumping as his mind was freed from it's self-chosen limbo. He exhaled, ceasing his breathing until his body forced him to inhale oxygen, his head falling forward and knees bending. Sidney'd eyes shut as the warmth grew, the darkness in front of him bursting into an array for bright colors. He felt happy, calm, and disregarded the shaking of the cavern around them.


Murmur Burns
(Mines of Umi - Aozora)


It looked like they were right; Freya and Sidney, one a redeemed villain that was now only filled with only good intentions and the other but a naive child, were able to connect their energy with that of the Aozora and trigger it to be used. However, he had expected the stone to simply fall from it's place on the cave, allowing it's power to be harnessed. Instead, the entire area started to shake, sending small rocks to fall from the ceiling, distracting him just enough to interrupted his spell and take out the dim lights, bringing them back into a world of darkness. Murmur squinted his eyes, trying to get used to the darkness as the cave continued to shake, preparing himself to twist the Earth to get them out of here before they were crushed.

Instead of the ceiling falling on top of them, the end of the cave opened up like a door, and light blue light shined out from the area ahead. It felt oddly warm, comfortable, and he tried to keep his guard from dropping. It must be some kind of magic, he had to keep his focus to prevent himself from falling under his spell, lest he leave himself open for enemies to attack. The wall continued to split open, the Aozora pulling away from Freya and Sidney's hand until they were standing at the entrance, facing the large room ahead of them.

Murmur's eyes adjusted to the light and he stepped forward, past the two that had opened the door, and into the glowing sanctuary ahead. He continued to walk forwards a few steps, stopping at the edge of the path underneath his feet. The water below was lit up like the rest of the cave; a light, bright blue that no longer hurt his eyes. The water flowed until it moved downwards into an abyss, filling the area with the noise of a waterfall, yet the water closer to the back appeared strangely still. Large crystals made their home at the sides and edges of the cavern, light being contained in their translucent bodies as water brushed against their sides.

He allowed himself to feel awestruck for the first time in many years, it truly was a beautiful sight to see, they must be honored to have gotten the chance to stand in the center of it all. A wind blew through the area, there must be some openings somewhere, blowing his hair in and away from his face. Great trees grew yards ahead of them, several feet high and ages older then their short human lives. Their trunks twisted in large turns around glowing orbs, their light being nearly too bright to look at. The circles of light also floated in the air, falling from the tops of the trees before spreading throughout the cave, continuing to eradicate sorrow and suspicion. Murmur assumed that the trees was the source of the strange magic, as everything seemed to center around them.

There were footsteps behind him and he looked back, finding that Sidney had stopped paces behind him. His expression was one of amazement, breathless, his eyes wide and following the lights that swam through the air around them. Then the young boy's hands raised upwards, his attention focusing on his palms, and soon Murmur found out why. There were burns covering them, but the orbs had started to gathered around them. Their light started to shine brightly before dimming and disappearing, leaving the skin healed, as if it had never been damaged in the first place. His attention drew away from Sidney and returned to the area around them. So magic of this place could heal as well, how convenient.

It dawned on him that the Aozora's power of the sky must of only been a legend. "So nothing about the Aozora was true after all." He glanced down to the cat, that Sidney had affectionately named Stamps, as it jumped off the edge and onto one of the large roots of the tree. The stone was just a key that led them to this place, which must of been sealed off for years. At one point the people of Umi probably used this place to heal, but for some reason they had blocked it off. He couldn't help but sigh, he didn't feel angry, or frustrated that the power of the Aozora wasn't true. Though, that could just be an effect of the magic that surrounded them. In that case, it was probably for the better. They had wasted their time here, but at least they didn't run into any trouble, and it would be pointless to fight in a place that would only heal people. He looked back over to Persephone, hopefully she was done with her cowering, as he was prepared to turn around and leave the village once and for all.