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Solana put all her remaining energy into working with Kassion. Suddenly there was another force next to her doing the same thing. It was Eira.

"I knew you were good." Solana smiled as she thought to herself for a moment. Then she quickly put all her attention back to the task at hand.

"Three more seconds! Two... One..."

Silence followed her query. Kassion looked pale to Solana, but it could have been she was still partially blinded.

"We need to get to a place where we can sit and eat something." Solana released Kassion's ankle and clenched and un-clenched her hands.

"Feeling left my hands and I did not notice. I was far more scared than I thought."

Solana looked at Eira. The apprentice was shaking.

"She is worse off than i thought too. Either way, it was a good thing I took her in with me. Good thing for us, and for Jin."

Solana stood from where she had been sitting. She looked up and saw the Elder from the Venus camp. She nodded to him and smiled.

"Kassion? Will you answer me?" Solana punched him and walked towards what she assumed was Matt's tent since it was the central most and the largest of those in the Venus encampment.

Solana spun around and put her hands on her hips as no one around her moved except for Eira who was by her side the momement she stood.

"Move!" A gust of wind picked up all from the ground and dropped them back to earth.

"Did that wake you from your stupor?"

(babbalui lol my chara is trinity 'member lol)Trinity was quite surprised to hear her masters voice but immediately set herself to the task she had been given, and started on the recalling of the troops and companies back as he had ordered."I do hope that My master is ok.."She whispers to herself as she returns to the task at hand.

Solana started suddenly.

"We're descending."

"Yes, Lady Solana."

"Are we there already?"

Kassion listened very well to what Solana said.
Another dragon? He had heard about it, but did not know how to go about obtaining such a beast as a pet or as a comrade. Though being a master of fire, Tiamat was an intriguing choice for a traveling and battling companion.
"You'll have to explain to me how to find Tiamat. I've never had the opportunity to explore such things. Come to think of it, how did you come upon Eclipse?"

They were now flying over the chilled mountains, looking down at his beloved Prox.
It was white.
"Solana, something isn't right!" He shouted of the constant howl of the wind rushing past them, forgetting that he could simply think what he spoke aloud out of shock upon looking down on his home.

Eclipse padded down in the center of Prox, a display for all the city - those not in their homes, rather - to see.
Kassion hopped off of the enormous creature and quickly trotted away, leaving Solana and Eira to do as they pleased and to find him later.

He went straight for the Town Hall.

The elders were inside, discussing the weather and why it was the way it was.
Kassion, beaten, dirty, bloody, and exhausted, walked to his seat in the center of the gathering and stayed standing, demanding the an audience.
Once the room quieted, Kassion eyed them all and waited for their thoughts one-by-one.

No one spoke for none had any ideas for the strange happenings.

Kassion then produced a red sphere from his pouch. The Mars star.
"These stars, the source of power for each clan," he began, "have been destroyed, one by one. They retain what energy is left in these tiny spheres. These are the elements of Alchemy. We all know of them and we all know how to manipulate them to some extent."
The hall was silent and waiting for his reasoning.
"The darkness that falls over all of Weyard is the source of the sealing of Alchemy. Without Alchemy, our land is changing. These events are all tied together and I refuse to sit in denial about them any longer than I already have."
He unsheathed all of his weapons and laid them down on the ground, showing their scorch marks, chips, scratches, and dents. None seriously damaged, though all in need of minor repair.
"I have returned from battle; a battle that cannot be won in this land. We are now at war with another being altogether. We are at war with monsters, as you all know. These monsters reside in another dimension that few can manipulate." He had been stalking around the room, passing and looking each man seated in the council in the eye as he spoke, emphasizing his point further by acknowledging each man one at a time.
"These few that can manipulate this form of 'dark' Alchemy can do so, I'm assuming, because they came into contact with this dark foe before their powers were fully developed. We know of them, but not of their whereabouts at the moment. We must find them and bring them together so that we may combine our abilities, our knowledge, and our power to unveil the very truth of our foe."

Now feeling the bite of the winter cold, he shivered and warmed himself and those around him with a simple thought, setting himself aglow in the process. It was really an interesting sight to see.
No one had any real argument since no one had any better ideas, though many were skeptical of these "dark" alchemical users, which was obvious by their expressions that they now wore.
Kassion knew they wouldn't question him. He was right many times before and had saved them countless more times. They knew they couldn't question him, simply because they knew that they'd be wrong or they'd be cast from the council for refusing to cooperate.
Prox was a very rational place. Diplomacy wasn't really their specialty.

Kassion collected his gear and replaced the star in his pouch. "I request that all of the best diviners be assembled to search for these 'dark' adepts. One goes by the name of Maxwell. Many of you know him already." With the admittance of Maxwell as an unknown element adept, many gasps were heard and a few scoffs were also evident.
"Another is less familiar to me, but I shall know his name by the marrow. We must act quickly, for the fate of our homeland now rests on each of our shoulders. Each of the men and women of Weyard are equally responsible for aiding in our newly acquired quest. Let us hope that these adepts can be found, for I fear we will not survive another year without their aid."

With that, Kassion graceful for his size, quietly left the Town Hall, which was now in an uproar of motion and shouting as the elders feverishly began their planning.
He moved into the snow, or what would have been snow, for it melted before he ever stepped upon it and it froze as he moved further away. He was moving towards the lighthouse for more answers.
Children took their cue and used their new ice hill for their own amusement.

"Solana, you know where I am at. I am dying for a night in the hot baths. Care to join me? The others may attend if they so choose, as well. I'm needing a night of relaxation and I would enjoy doing so with familiar faces."
He focused the thought on Solana for the first part, but extended his thoughts to Trinity, Eira, and Solana. He would have invited the males of their entourage, but they were the very ones they now sought to find.

Kassion wasn't complaining.