"I awoke this morning with the strange need to walk, so I did and ended up here."Constince said explaining what had happened to her.

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Nathaniel observed everyone from his hidden spot in the tree. His eyelids kept fluttering shut, as if some force was compelling him, drawing him, to itself.

No, he thought, ...no... I must stay and watch.

He listened closely, straining to hear what the others would say.

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"I came out of pure instinct, really." Karina said simply. She sheathed her sword and stared at the group.

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Kithsytha smiled, putting away her weapons. "I was drawn here by my dream, as I said eariler. I had dreams for weeks about this place, slowly building every night, until finally last night I had a picture in my head of what this place looked like. So, I was determined to come here. And it looked beautiful....I couldn't resist."

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Gramsil could feel it; the faintest bit of magic still resided in whatever Elementalist lay nearby. It paused, then began to search the area in a large spiral, the turns becoming sharper and sharper until it'd found what it was looking for. Here he is... Gramsil inspected the corpse warily. The male elf was obviously dead; he must have been in the middle of transforming into a stone. The scene was morbid yet fascinating. Gramsil wondered how the elf felt, spending his last days with the feet of a boulder. As Gramsil drained the dregs of the elf's magic, it felt vaguely uneasy. Something about the earth magic seemed sinister; it wondered if the Guardian had felt the lurking evil. Whispers drew Gramsil's attention. The animals were calling to each other, and it could almost make out what they were saying. It puzzled over this for only an instant before its surroundings seemed to disappear, being replaced by a vision. It could see a group composed of many races; yet all radiated magical energy. Gramsil felt drawn to one in particular; the one with a sword containing a pommel-stone of glowing crystal. Suddenly, it realized that the vision was fueled by its life-energy. Gramsil could feel itself being drained, and fought to be free before it was completely emptied. However, there was nothing the Golemni could do. The vision ended, but its body was unmoving. Gramsil was now little more than a carving of stone.

[Hopefully some of you can figure out what's going on, and hopefully I didn't do anything too drastic regarding the plot...]

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"Who are you?"
"I am the Sage-Child, bearer of wisdom past and hope for tomorrow.
Join me and see what was and must be.
Youth and age can conspire, if you just believe..."

I flew all the way from Texas to New England to spend two weeks with miss Nienor. 5 of those days were to survive on an uninhabited island. Booyah.

Corvryn once again shifted to his form of air, thinking it best, as he could then easily float from one space to another, examining each figure present. Then he moved back to his space, but did not resume his form.

"And considering that all of those here are elemental, I suppose it is much more than mere coinsidense. (sp)" A hint of a smile crossed his invisible mouth, "Funny, it is." Thinking back to some of the many prophecies and rumors and tales he had heard lately, he then siad, "Do you think it has anything to do with The Heart? After all... The winds have been much harsher these past months. - Not that that bothers me, though."

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Insightful, this one is.. Aláedha admitted to herself mentally, glancing in the direction she heard the air elementalist's voice coming from. Resting her hand on the pommelstone of her sheathed sword, keeping it effectively out of view, she then glanced to the others gathered there, expression almost calculating, though this wasn't evident, as her hood was still pulled up to conceal her Vilraen features.

"Yes..it has everything to do with the Heart." she then said insightfully, her tone conveying that she was serious. "I can see..and feel..that now."

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Merrin was a bit disconcerted at hearing voice coming from the invisible man. Although, she wasn't really surprised. An air elementalist, he obviously was. She was tempted to take up the form of a plant or animal, so as not to be outdone. But she quelled the desire and maintained her casual stance.

She turned towards the woman, the one whose face was hidden by the hood of her cloak, when she spoke of the heart. Merrin had wondered about the heart when she first began to feel pulled to the area, but she hadn't been sure. "Everything to do with the heart?" she repeated musingly. She paused to ponder over the thought. Her mind drifted to some things she had heard and read, about how long ago the heart was tainted by an unknown force. It had been so long ago that Merrin didn't even know all of the facts of the occurence, but she did know that it had resulted in destruction. "Something's wrong with it...." She said softly, letting her voice trail off.

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Still not ready to reveal his presence, Nathaniel let go of his body slowly, and took up the nature of mist. He was uncertain of everything at the moment: uncertain why it was he had come to this place in the morning, and found a group of people gather, elementalists like himself.

He hung low to the ground, trying hard to discover their purpose.

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Kithsytha grinned and streched. "The Heart, eh?" She asked, looking quickly threw everyone's minds, seeing if they where being truthful. They where. She didn't linger in anyone's mind for too long. She sighed. "So what purpose does this all serve? All of us meeting here..."

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Corvyn thought carefully.

"Perhaps... Perhaps, that assuming everything being said here is true... That there is something wrong with the heart. And together," He suddenly appeared into view, his body forming like a page being flipped in a book from top to bottom, "we are supposed to protect it from the evil - whatever it is." He mused this mostly to himself, but loudly enough for all to hear.

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Kithsytha jumped slightly as Corvyn landed beside her. She smiled at him. "Well, that is a good assumtion."

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"Well now that we have an idea of what we are suposed to do ... does anyone have an idea of where we are to go... that is if we are suposed to go together." Constince asked as she stepped back into the shadow of a large tree.She made she shadows deeper to her likeing, for she was a shadow elementalist.

Kithsytha shrugged and looked around. "Maybe where the Heart is located?" She suggested, unsure.

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Nathaniel now thought it best to make his presence known unto them, and so very slowly the mist began gathering together until it looked like a man formed out of water. He formed in the shadow near Constince, head bowed, still listening to the thoughts of the others.

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Kithsytha quickly unsheathed one of her swords and went into a defensive mode. She went into a stance and looked at the shadowy-figure. "Who are you?" She asked.

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