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A lazy green eyelid dragged open, as the Orkhan lass slowly awoke in this strange place that had called to her. She saw orange in front of her, felt the warmth of embrace, and smiled. It had all be a bad dream, just a really bad dream, and Yeva was here, safe, with her. Norani went to give Yeva a small squeeze around the midsection, when there was a tiny chirrup, and she felt bark against her palm. She focused her eyes, just as the orange mass she thought was Yeva's hair turned, smiling at her, the fire elemental pleased to see the Elementalist was awake.
And Norani's heart broke again, as it did every morning Yeva was gone.
She smiled softly, sadly at the little elemental. She reached up, caressing its flames as it chippered and chirruped happily. Norani yawned, realizing the reality that she was in. As she moved a bit, the leaf that draped over her raised up. She smiled broader now, realizing that more elementals had come in the night to cozy up to her.
"Good morning," as she wiped the sleep from her eyes.
She slowly eased out of her nest, her cadre of elementals scurrying about curiously and excitedly. She walked over, grabbing her clothes from where she had let them fall, tossing them over her shoulder. She slipped outside into the morning sunlight of this magical world she had found herself. And down the path, she saw Ruvaf, sleeping on a bed of fern fronds, surrounded by just as many elementals as herself.
She walked over to her companion and his friends, kneeling down next to his head. Groggily, he raised his head, an eyelid sliding back. She rubbed on his beak, touching her nose to his forehead, "Rest my love. I'll find you some food." She could see the understanding in his eyes as he lowered his head back to his nest. She smiled, studying his wing. It looked as though it might heal just fine, though it would take time. She'd be on this island for a while it seemed.
She turned, glancing up at the tree, then around the area. Her stomach grumbled loudly. How long had it been since she'd eaten? She looked at her little procession, the spirits chasing after one another in an amusing manner, water chasing fire, ice chasing water, earth chasing ice, wood chasing earth, and so on. Norani used her little trick from yesterday, starting to speak to Glorpb Glorbp in the watery language, before pausing. She remembered what Astrid had said in regards to personal languages and world magics and the need for intent. She mentally filled her aether with that deep sound the lake back home would make, the taste of its water, the way seeing it made her heart swell. She attached every emotion the lake made her feel into her aether, and then spoke to Glorbp Glorbp, "Will you help friend Norani find lake? Friend Ruvaf needs fish."
Glorbp Glorbp cheered loudly, rapidly chippering to his companions. "Yes! Yes lake!" He began bouncing and splashing down a path, and Norani took off after him, with all the other elementals racing to keep up, laughing all the while. They raced through a small stretch of jungle foliage, hopping around a large exposed root of the great tree, around a berry bush of some sort, when the small lake revealed itself. Crystal clear waters, light grey stone seen at the bottom, a waterfall pouring into it from a branch of the tree above. Norani realized she had been holding her breath before sighing out, "Wow..."
She hung her clothes on a branch and ran to the water, diving in. Glorbp Glorbp and a few others cheered and jumped in too. Up on the rock she had jumped from the little fiery one, the shadow, and a few others were continuing the game they had been playing. The water was warm to Norani's skin, and she floated about, letting the pains and sores of her body wash away. She rolled over on her belly, looking into the waters, to see Glorbp Glorbp staring at a large fish. He gave a mighty, bubbles filled squeak, before the fish began to wriggle and writhe, then went still. The fish floated to the surface and Glorbp Glorbp came over to Norani. "Fish! Fish for Friend Ruvaf!"
Norani smiled at the little guy. She grabbed the fish by the tail, "Thank you, Glorbp Glorbp." She pulled herself out of the lake, grabbing her clothes and some berries from the bush it hung upon, and made her way back to Ruvaf, elemental procession in tow. She knelt down by Ruvaf, who saw the fish and screed happily. He opened his maw and she slid the fish in and he swallowed it down in one go.
Norani dressed, still drying in the sun.
Yesterday had been a lot to take in. And it seemed she would be given more information from Astrid today about exactly what was going on with Ghoron, with this sacred grove he was locked in with the missing seasons, trapped with a terrible entity. But the fire within Norani had not diminished. She would find him, she would bring about balance, and use that to reach Yeva.
She assumed Astrid to be sleeping in her hut, so Norani knelt down next to Ruvaf's wing, and began studying the runes that had been inscribed there, trying to understand just what had occurred during the healing process.
She remembered her hunger and slowly munched on the elemental berries, curious as to the taste she would hope to share one day.
