Star 005

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Oh hai sup, Isaac? He's not wearing as much as he was last time, but bright red cheeks and chapped lips speak to the fact that he's still somewhere very cold. He's also soaking wet, and ice has formed on the tips of his hair and the extremities of his clothing. Contrary to his icon, he's quite mad, but being Isaac, he's too polite to RAGE. He's sitting against the wall of the theatre (because everyone goes there to brood), his knees drawn up, but spread a bit, and between his legs, on the ground, is a glass bottle full of water that shines like it's made of diamond. He knocks his head back against the wall and sighs.]

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[sifud.livejournal.com]

[O hai, ttly drying you off now, or at least pulling the water away. D:]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Looks up, blinks a bit and offers a small smile] Thanks.

[sifud.livejournal.com]

No problem. [She sits down next to him.] What's wrong?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

I....We failed. Mercury Lighthouse was lit. We were too late.

[sifud.livejournal.com]

[...man, it's bad enough just knowing something is GOING to fail. Actually having it happen must be even worse. Here Isaac, have a hug.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[SDKLFDJTEHRE'SAGIRLTOUCHINGHIM.....but he leans into it a bit. A small smile tugs at his lips] I guess it wasn't all bad. We met Mia.

[sifud.livejournal.com]

[Pulls back slightly, still keeping an arm around him, because Katara!Mommy!Mode is now active.] Who's that?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

She's a Water adept - kinda like you, I guess. She was the guardian of Mercury Lighthouse, but Alex....

[sifud.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? Can she heal? [Frown] Who's Alex?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Yeah! She's better at it than I am.

Alex is...was...her father's apprentice. He betrayed her and joined up with Saturos. He's the one who got them to the top of the lighthouse.

[sifud.livejournal.com]

Saturos is one of the people who wants to light them, I guess? [Tightens her grip just fractionally at the mention of betrayal.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Nods]

We fought him at the Aerie...the concentration of Mercury Psynergy was weakening him a lot...but Alex helped him get away, and the fight had bought time for Menardi and Felix to run...

[There may have been an inflection of RAGE at "Felix"]

[sifud.livejournal.com]

[Frown deepens. She knows THAT inflection.] Let me guess. Felix betrayed you somehow.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

We grew up together.

[sifud.livejournal.com]

You--and he's helping them?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

We thought he had died three years ago, along with both his parents and my Dad...

...I can't even imagine how Jenna feels about this...

[sifud.livejournal.com]

[Drops her hand from his shoulder to reach compulsively into the pouch where she keeps her mother's necklace.] I'm sorry. ...who's Jenna?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Felix's sister. The only one who wasn't washed away in that storm. She thought her entire family was dead for three years...

[sifud.livejournal.com]

And he never came back? He never even tried to? And now he's fighting against you, and he kidnapped her and your teacher? [...and she thought she had it bad. D: MORE HUGS NOW.] You can do it. You can stop him and get them back.