Earth|Mount Humontis

[Kender Bard]

Beneath the mountain, deep into the very bones of its foundation, there comes a soft rumbling... that grows into an increasingly more violent one. Old tunnels dug into the earth, or those that aren't properly shored up, suddenly collapse beneath the shakings. A great earthquake heaves beneath the mountain, upsetting things in its wake, and suddenly a shower of earth - like a volcano that shoots not fire but soil - bursts out from beneath the side of the mountain as a green dragon crawls out and shakes itself off. After a cursory glance of the surroundings, it lies back down on the ground, curling along with the shape of the mountain.

[rynskald]

Elvira was walking around with Ariene, both of them taking notes and drawing sketch in their notebooks for the new maps of Obsidian and Humontis. Their heads lifted and they looked around, panicked, when the ground roared at their feet.

"Elvira... What's that?" asked Ariene, worried.

Her older sister stared at her, as scared as her, and shook her head.

"I don't know sister, but I won't stay here waiting! Let's check it out, will we?"

Ariene stood there for a moment, then followed her sister into the moutain. They walked for a while before arriving in front of the huge beast that was there. Ariene let a little scream, and Elvira stared amazingly at the dragon.

"A dragon... I never think it existed..."

She approached the dragon slowly and coughed.

"Excuse me, noble dragon... But can my little person asked you what are you doing here?"

[Kender Bard]

"Hmmm," the dragon says. His voice seems to come from the ground and not from his body, lending him an air of omniscience. "My purpose here is to deliver wrath or blessings from the elements.. Tell me, what is your name?"

[rynskald]

Elvira was quite impressed by the imposing size of the dragon and the majesty he released. Ariene was quiet and shaking lightly, but she tried hard to be as brave as her elder.

"My name is Elvira, and this is my younger sister Ariene" she said in a loud voice for the dragon to hear.

[Kender Bard]

"Well, Elvira and Ariene, perhaps you could tell me a little about this mountain and the people that dwell within and on top of it," the dragon murmured, phrasing his request delicately. It would not serve his purpose if the humans feared him too much to speak.

[rynskald]

Both of them were surprised by the question and looked at each other. Elvira blinked and thought about the right words to express herself. But Ariene outstripped her. She made some steps towards the creature.

"Here in and on Humontis live the caring and loving Earth type." she began shyly. "We love nature and all its wonders, as we love our family and friend. Earthling are nurturing people and pacifist, but they will fiercly protect their lands. This is my vision of Humontis people."

Elvira stared amazingly at the teenager. She smiled proudly at ger.

"In the mountain live the Soil Affinity, who tend to be miners, weaponcrafters, and that kind of thing. Those leaving in the slopes are the Plant Affinity and those are the one who grow farns and tend orchard. I hope our answers please you, Lord.... How do we call you, noble creature?"

[Kender Bard]

"I have no name," the dragon admitted, a little sheepishly. "I would be happy with any suggestion you could think of. Furthermore, what do you feel is the greatest fault, or shortcoming of the Earth types?"

[rynskald]

"What about Emerald? Your scales are the same color of this precious gem, which we collect in some of our mines." Ariene suggested shyly.

Elvira nodded at her sister in approval of the suggestion. It was tell that dragon scales were harder than diamond, so the name was, in a certain way, appropriate. She was quite surprised by the Emerald's words. Earth greatest fault?

"Well, as a Earth Type myself..." she began "it's hard to tell. We, humans, have a lot of difficulty with admitting our faults. This is sad, but real." She thougt a little more. "Well, it's not exactly a fault, but we lack of millitary. Simple civilian had to fight for the defense of Humontis, and the man in charge was a simple city guard. We could say Obsidian was helpless, but we were lucky this time. I bet it won't be like that the next times." She paused, happy with her answer. Ariene nodded, approving.

[Kender Bard]

Emerald gave a murmur of approval to his appointed name and listened closely to Elvira's speech about the lack of military. "Then perhaps you should be charged with a task equal to what Tidal has ordered the Ronduins - every citizen needs to be required to know basic weaponry and defense. Those with the best ability are to be recruited for militia. Your Leader is, at the moment, in Ronduin. Which of you shall accompany me to tell her of my request?"

[rynskald]

Without hesitation, Elvira made one step in front of her sister.

"I will! It's an honour to help my kind, and I won't miss it."

She turned toward her sister and hug her.

"Go back to home, I'll be back as soon as possible, I promise!"

Ariene nodded and smiled. She took her notebook and walked away. Elvira approached Emerald and swang her head backward to be able to talk with him.

"When shall we leave?" she asked with eagerness.

[Kender Bard]

"Now," Emerald replied casually, suddenly reaching out with a claw and gently picking her up, then setting her on his back. "We will return soon." Once he was sure she was secure and comfortable he took off, heading northeast to Ronduin.

((I'll go post in the topic that Adris made, with Avani and Cascata.))

[Kender Bard]

Coming to land in the same spot he had taken off from, Emerald settles and then cranes his neck so he can regard Avani. "We are here now. Do you need help getting down?"

[adris]

Avani nodded as she didn't want to manipulate the earth if she didn't have to at this point. She was happy to be home for the most part, and trusted her army would be safe on their way back.

"Yes, I have several things to do to get things in order before I start sending the call to the people of other elements to come here. First of all is to give Narcissa a chance to breathe."

She giggled, for once she didn't have to think of war... and while she regrets the greater portion of it she did makes new friends and alliances... and perhaps the homefront grew stronger dealing with the lack of stable leadership.

[Kender Bard]

"I wish you good luck in arranging things around here," Emerald said sincerely, settling down in a way that would let Avani climb off him with ease. "You mentioned having Master Thelon visit, and while I'm not saying that it is a bad idea, you do realize that the Minds have no centralized home, correct?"

[adris]

Avani smiled a smile that surprised her, for it was truly genuine. It may be because she is finally home, it may be because her only worry now was making friends. War was in the rear-view mirror and she didn't hardly mind seeing it from over her shoulder as much.

"Yes, I understand the basis of the world powers, it will be difficult to track down Thelon unless we found a mind type or he wanted to be found. He is just a good first choice in my opinion as a person and people... maybe we should start off easy instead of trying to make this perfect though... perhaps Faolan?"

That question was more to herself then it was adressed to the dragon, especially the way she allowed the inquiry to drag off near the end. She could probably get into contact with the beast leader easily but... they were supposed to lend aid to the war effort and she knows that he would never back down from a word like that... it struck her like a sack of stone at that moment, even to the point that she stumbled.

"I need to see Faolan!"