Ice + Fire Mages = Peril

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The twins both looked at Reshona with puppy dog eyes causing her to groan internally. And she suspected by the look on the harpy’s face that if she refused it would only lead to more hassle.

     “Oh alright, don’t go crazy though.”

     “Yay!” they said in unison.

     They could be quite destructive when necessary and sometimes were, just to annoy her. However they did have some control of their powers.

     Sithon created a fiery spiral which snaked around him like a serpent. Kasu on the other hand created lots of tiny little flames in various places around the cave. Sithon always had been the more aggressive of the pair.

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Vyne opened up a second air flute using her magic. This would not do, she glared at the Mordacai again, 'they are untrained?! This is what happens when they are not allowed to use their magic. It becomes less stable.'

'What did you two say your names were? I must teach you where the Mordacai,' she spat the word out, 'have failed.'

The rocks around her wobbled at her annoyance but remained where they were. Perhaps another, larger flute was in order. The roof creaked as the earth pulled apart. She would let them have their fun a little longer though, who knows how long they hadn't been able to use their magic for?

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“Of course I train them, they’re just showing off. And it’s not my fault their magic is unstable when they don’t listen to me or anyone when we’re trying to teach them!”

     Reshona hated the implication was she was incapable. She had been the Mordecai for many mages and they had been powerful. It was usually because of injury that they left her. The last mage had been transferred to another Mordecai so she could devote all her time to the little devils that were Kasu and Sithon. Nobody else could handle them or wanted them.

     She glanced across at the twins, they looked a little guilty. Hopefully the harpy wouldn’t blame that for her as well.

     “And their names are Kasu and Sithon.”

[OOC Reshona has a big red button labeled do not push, Vyne just pushed it o.O]

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'And why would they need to show off if they were allowed the chance to come to terms with their powers?' her voice was raising in pitch. In fairy tales she had been know to shriek but this was far from it.

'And can they not speak their names without your permission, or have you taken over that right too? You Mordacai are dispicable. You get worse by the centuries.'

Vyne fluffed out her wings then looked to the rocks. If she used them to club the Mordacai it would be worse for the mages. What could she do without having the mages getting hurt. It was not their fault they were slaves to Connloathian* scum.

*OOC: Vyne (and Demya) are old enough to remember that far back.

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[OOC Felt like hopping into Kasu's head ^^]

“Reshona, calm down,” Kasu said nervously.

     He knew that Reshona was a ticking time bomb once someone started to annoy her. It was like inside her mind was a big red button labelled ‘do not push’ and Vyne had pushed it.

     “I didn’t ask to be a Mordecai, you sanctimonious bitch. Being someone who blocks magic on a planet of all mages is not easy. You make it sound like we have a choice when in fact we’re forced to join the military just like the mages are!”

     The harpy already seemed peeved with Reshona and was eying the rocks suspiciously. This would not end well…

     “Reshona…” Sithon started.

     “Don’t tell me to calm down!” she exclaimed, “That’s it! I’ve had enough!”

     The Mordecai started storming towards the entrance of the cave. Was she actually going to go out there? Okay she really had snapped. They’d broken yet another Mordecai.

     Kasu glanced at Sithon who nodded in head in agreement. The twins grabbed Reshona and threw her to the ground. Then Sithon placed his hand over her mouth, using his powers to remove the oxygen from the air her, rendering her unconscious.

     “Sorry, Reshona but you was about to do something really stupid,” Kasu said to the now prone woman,

     Sithon laughed nervously as the pair looked at the harpy, “That’s comes in handy more than you might think.”

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I didn’t ask to be a Mordecai, you sanctimonious bitch. Being someone who blocks magic on a planet of all mages is not easy. You make it sound like we have a choice when in fact we’re forced to join the military just like the mages are!

'No, but you do have the choice on how to treat them. You have freedom enough to decide who you pair with, freedom over what they do and freedom over what they can say.'

The harpy was known for her loathing of humans. Stupid creatures that tried to control everything. She stood still as the woman went to leave. The woman must be seriously stupid if she thought she could open the rocks up.

That’s comes in handy more than you might think.

Vyne looked back at the two mages. Either they were really brave or she had misjudged this Mordacai. She folded her wings and sat back down next to the fire. 'It's fine. I wasn't going to hurt her,' she said. Her voice was still slightly on the shrill side. 'Would you tell me what you know of this Mordacai?' she asked before throwing another root towards them. It was more a gesture of alliance (friendship did not come naturally to her) than for food. The two didn't seem malnourished.

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Sithon shrugged, “We only know a little bit about her, she’s only been our Mordecai about a year and a half.”

     “We know she’s Lanaerian though, from Lanaes and she was exiled because she was a Mordecai. She was going to end up at TRIM but they let Edanith have her. She’s had a few mages but got us because no-one else wanted us.”

     The twins knew all the Mordecai hated them, and they were fine with it. Given the choice they wouldn’t be military dogs but being mages meant they had to be. Misbehaving was their form of rebellion and it was their good fortune that they got such a lenient Mordecai.

     Kasu continued, “She’s really lenient with us though and the other Mordecai always telling her not to be.”

     Sithon chuckled, “She’d let us get away with murder if she thought her superiors wouldn’t punish us for it.”

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Vyne frowned, this was unexpected. She was still not entirely convinced though, 'then why does she not let you use your fire more often?'

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“Well she’d get in trouble,” Kasu replied, “And she’d probably get sent off to TRIM…”

     “That and the last Mordecai we had had told her to never let us use our magic unless it was an emergency,” Sithon added before laughing, “We totally destroyed him.”

     Sithon’s attitude was probably not helping but there was no changing him.

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Vyne grunted, it was a strange sound: a mix between a human grunt and a whistle. Now that everyone seemed settled she turned from the mages and lifted another rock, which meant there were now four rocks floating around the room. The last rock took a while to stabalise.

'Did you still want to learn how to control your magic yourself or has she stopped you?' asked Vyne. It was a possibility that once the Mordacai had collapsed, the mages could no longer use their magic. It was foolish the lengths humans went to to control one another.

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“That’s a bit of a problem,” Sithon replied, “If Reshona’s unconscious we can’t use our magic.”

     That said, the twins prided themselves on being able to find non-magical ways of causing trouble and annoying people. Non-mages had to manage with out magic to prank people so they could too.

     Sithon continued, “I am not waking her up, she’ll be furious.”

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'Serves her right if she is. Her and all her kind.'

Vyne moved one of the rocks towards her and began moulding it while it floated. As ugly as Vyne was, she was a good sculpter. 'What do you children like?' she asked. 'I shall make you something each.' The two probably didn't have many possessions of their own, it would be good for them to get something out of the visit than an angry Mordacai.

EDIT: OOC: Would it be okay if Vyne went into Reshona's mind and went looking around/ conversed with her.

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That was a good question, being mages they didn’t really have any hobbies aside from pranking people. As for what they liked…fire?

     “I like spaceships,” Sithon said cheerfully.

     That was true; every time they went anyway in a ship Sithon always asked drive. He was never allowed to though. Kasu didn’t share this interest however, sure they cool but he just wasn’t as obsessed with them as his twin was.

     He preferred natural things, though there weren’t many of them left. Things like animals. Not reptiles though, they reminded him too much of dragons and they were just scary.

     “I like animals,” Kasu said shrugging.

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Vyne cocked her head in a very birdlike manner. She could probably keep the rocks up and carve the figures but they wouldn't be good quality. She ended up choosing the smallest floating rock. 'Watch out,' she said before whizzing it over to her. She cracked her fingers and began moulding it with her hands as though it was as soft as wet clay. When it was in the general shape if a ship she put her hands into the ground beneath her and felt around for a different coloured patch of rock. She found one with a different compisition and pulled it up through meters of earth.

'What type would you like?' she asked. She then moulded the new rock into windows and refined the shape. He could go from there on what he wanted. It floated in front of him. 'Any adaptions?'

The little ship had two hulls, similar to the catamarans back several thusand years ago. Behind each hull was a large engine and it had two flight stabilisers each on the outermost edges. The two hulls came in contact with one another at the innermost curve and a thin fin went up to help with balance. After he made recommendations she would refine it further and add details.

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“That is cool!” Sithon exclaimed, “And its fine as it is.”

     Kasu laughed at his brother’s excitement though he had to admit the way the harpy had the crafted the rock so skilfully was impressive. They could use their fire to melt rocks to shape but not as carefully and intricately as Vyne had. Too bad their magic was off limits for the time being.

     He glanced towards Reshona; she was still unconscious and would probably be out for a while. It was better that way, the harpy didn’t like her and if she kept pushing Reshona the Mordecai might do something stupid again.

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Vyne nodded in appreciation and moved the ship closer to her. She began etching lines into the sides: wired, doors and other things that seemd to be on human contraptions. It then zoomed around and landed on Sithon's head. She then turned to Kasu.

'What animals do you like?' she said to him. 'I need to know what type of earth I should use.'

She out her hands deep into the earth this time and started feeling for different types of rock while she waited for the boy to talk. She found a light ochre, a tan, a maroon, light beige. She even managed to find one tainted with copper so it gave the green shen needed for the eyes. Animals tended to need as many colours as possible.

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“Um…I like wolves, and bears…and tigers. Large animals like that.”

    Small animals were nice but he just really liked large animals, one that could kill a normal human easily.

     He wasn’t really sure if they’d be allowed to keep their presents but maybe Reshona would look after them.

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With the types of earth she had collected, the tiger would be best: it had more variation in its coat. First she moulded the larger amount of darker rock as the base mould then covered it in lines of lighter rock. Next, she did highlights in the creature's coat and refined the individual tufts of fur so that it looked like it was part way through running. Action sculptures had more depth and life to them.

Last came the copper in the eyes. Vyne had no control over metals but she could mould the earth around the metal. She split the rock open to the copper vein and used other pieces of rock to mould it into shape then imbedded it into the tiger's eye sockets. The effect was that the eyes gleamed in the glow of the fire.

'Be careful with the eyes,' Vyne said as she let the tiger run towards Kisa.

There was one more trick she could show them while they waited. Considerring how they had reacted when they thought she was a psychic, maybe she would not offer. Instead she walked over to the Mordacai's still form and poked it with an outstreched talon on her foot. Her foot remained there for moment, it would be so easy to kill the Mordacai. Finally she moved her foot away and sat down. She checked the rocks then turned back to the children.

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The tiger was really realistic and very cool and the way she had made it run towards him was impressive. The twins both liked their presents but when harpy walked towards Reshona they instantly froze. Making themselves ready to defend her if need be. However Vyne just poked the Mordecai with her talon and sat back down.

     “Thanks for these Vyne,” Kasu said, “They’re amazing.”

     They were and it would be a pity if they were confiscated. Maybe they could offer to behave for a month for Reshona so she’d keep them safe in her room.

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Vyne bowed her head. Her lips clicked like a beak as she spoke, 'you are most welcome.'
Vyne moved some rocks through the air and placed them in the fire to warm. Hot rocks were good at relieving tension and the Mordacai would need them after the fit she'd had. When Vyne could sense the warmth in them she went over to the Mordacai and watched it lying there.

'While you have some freedom, is there anything you wish to do?' she asked.

OOC: Do you mind if Vyne moves her into a more comfortable resting position then enters her mind?