Issue 7 DT: The middle of nowhere

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:22 am

"Calling you?" Sean asked reaching for Altamira's hand.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:25 am

"Yes...." she said, taking it.

With her other hand, she raised a finger, not that Sean could tell---until a tiny flame came out of it, lighting the immediate area in a mysterious flickering light.

"See this? This...this is me."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:28 am

The flickering light revealed this.

"You are not just the Phoenix," Sean said holding her hand tightly, "You are Altamira. The phoenix is just something you are in addition to yourself."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:29 am

"No....no, THIS....THIS is the Phoenix...."

And with that, from the palm of her raised hand, a tremendous flame, nearly licking the top of the cave erupted.

It wasn't hot, fortunately.

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:33 am

Sean would've flinched if the sudden change in brightness had not essentially blinded him.

"Woah," Sean said, "So the Phoenix is the firestorm and you are the ember?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:44 am

"How do I hold up to that? What chance does Altamira have against The Phoenix? It's...it's just so MUCH..."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:48 am

"How does anybody deal with having so much power? Some of us temper it with discipline, training, and sometimes simply finding a release," Sean said, "How did the other hosts control it?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:56 am

"By ending worlds..."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:59 am

Sean was quiet and put his arms around Altamira.

"There must be a different way," Sean said, "A way that doesn't end in you having to end worlds, and maybe the Phoenix has the key to it. Maybe even I can help you.."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:10 am

"How can I handle it! I know what happened to everyone else...I've SEEN what happened to everyone else..."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:13 am

"You...no we still have to try," Sean smiled, "Maybe I don't know much about what trying to control a cosmic being is like, but....But I have some experience with controlling sometimes violent elemental forces."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:14 am

"W...what?"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:22 am

Sean took a step back from Altamira, slowly disentangling himself from her. He exhaled and his eyes glowed.

"I've hidden this for so long, it's hard to show somebody without wearing a mask," Sean said as blue runes seemed to form on his skin. He said something in a language that few people would recognize, and it carried an odd amount of weight. Blue flames covered his arm to the elbow, but they were freezing cold.

"Magic, witchcraft," Sean said, "I'm not a mutant Altamira."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:25 am

"....I didn't think anyone knew that tongue, anymore..." she said, her eyes firing red.

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:29 am

"What?" Sean said wrong footed for a moment, "It's something that I've always known even when I was little."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:39 am

"Taught to you?"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:48 pm

"I don't remember anybody teaching me," Sean said, "It comes almost instinctively."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:10 pm

"It is not for man to know..."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:14 pm

"And yet I do, and have worked hard to use it responsibly," Sean said, "You don't know things humans shouldn't?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:23 pm

"I am not....am not....am not..." she said, her eyes fading, and the cave returning to normal darkness as she wavered a little.

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:26 pm

"Are not what?" Sean asked. "Human like me? Mortal? Carrying power and responsibility far greater than the average person?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:37 pm

"Am not....am not....am not..." she said, wavering, now physically as well.

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:39 pm

Sean supported Altamira, wrapping his arms around her once again.

"Not Altamira? Not what?" Sean asked.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:00 pm

Not normal..." she said, her eyes returning fully to their normal color.

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:03 pm

"We aren't," Sean said, "But that isn't a bad thing."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:41 pm

"It's all I've ever wanted."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:56 pm

"Why? What is so special about being normal?" Sean asked.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:59 pm

"People don't abandon normal people!"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:06 pm

"Since when?" Sean asked.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:30 pm

"Since always!"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:34 pm

"There are lots of orphans who beg to differ," Sean said, "Some of them while they were infants, were they not normal enough?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:36 pm

"They didn't kill their parents."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:38 pm

Sean paused for a moment.

"And you did?" Sean asked.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:47 pm

"SHE did..."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:57 pm

"The Phoenix did?" Sean asked, "Why did she do that?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:06 pm

"I...it wasn't....I mean, it was an accident..."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:09 pm

"What happened?" Sean asked gently.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:13 pm

"There was...a fire. A great fire...in the middle of the worst hurricane to hit Spain in a century...."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:16 pm

"There's more to it than that isn't there," Sean said.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:19 pm

"I...she....we wanted....we needed....that's where the Phoenix was to be reborn, but...."

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