Thom - Denial

[06:22:04] Well, many things in Valmasia seemed to be at an all time high.

Crime, Azraelite teachings, the cost of living.. Not very good honestly, but it wasn't as if Thom was aware of everything. The boy once again would be in Nostvale's marketplace taking a break from his training and walking around now that at least a portion of the place would be restored. After the panic that happened here half a year ago, or was it longer, it was good that at least some things were getting better.

And so the boy, with glee on his face swayed his arms from side to side, relaxing a bit and just generally looking all around them. It was a relatively good day for him, having gotten a bit closer to what he wanted to master and even if he wasn't there yet there was a high chance that one day he would get what he wished. Until that point though the boy just had to wait.
(Thom)
[06:27:12] She would find herself alone yet again, Adam had ran off to do his thing after the Queen denied in lending him a ear. So now, she was off - searching for her fabled sister, hidden somewhere deep within the city of Nostvale. She walked, her arms swaying in the wind and the long dress around her hitting the ground and dragging some dirt with her.

Yet she was a child of nature, this dress was just so she didn't have to walk around in near-nude in the middle of the city. It was just a quick fix-up plan. Her head full of flowers, and her neck coiled with ivy she would look around with her peach eyes.

A very unique look so to speak.
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[06:34:01] Grey eyes scanned the various crowds as they walked, listening to the various rumors and conversations with great interest. People always seemed to have the weirdest things to talk about, but his attention rapidly vanished from then when they glimpsed sight of an ookami girl. They looked similar to someone Thom knew, the amount so that he accidently mistook the girl for her sister and would have ran towards her, not to hurt her or anything but to arrive near her.

Which eventually, assuming she was still moving at a walking pace he would. The boy grinned, stopping in front of her, about to point and speak when.. He realized it wasn't the same girl. Made sense, given the boy wasn't there either. A bronze hand rose up to the back of his head and he rubbed his bloack hair.

"Hihi! Thought you were someone else. Nice flowers by the way!"
(Thom)
[06:38:17] She was minding her own business. It was weird seeing so many people in one place and frankly it was kind of daunting. Every visit she made to the city that town market was something she avoided, yet now! She was here. Facing her fears upfront yet soon, a boy would approach.

He was confusing at first but then she realised what happened. "Oh. You thought me was Vani?" Referring to her sister Vanilla. Yes she had a third sister too but she highly doubted that Sanse let her out of the jungle. So instead, she just assumed her 'real' sister, Vanilla. "Thanks... I do keep them nice looking."

(Amaryllis Weiss)
[06:42:33] Thom seemed to blink a few times when she said the name Vani. After a few moments though he nodded. "I think so! I didn't get a name but she wore grey and was with this guy who is my friend's brother. So I guess so!" The child grinned for a moment before extending their own hand as if to shake.

"Oh! I'm Thom! Whats your name miss? And Then do you use magic to keep them looking really good?" He would inquire, making sure not to get too close after seeing what had happened when Khas got too close to people he didn't know. Hugging was for friends, handshakes worked for strangers.

"And if you don't mind me asking, does Vani want to be the best at everything?"
(Thom)
[06:45:58] She was kind of overwhelmed by the amount of questions that boy began shooting at the girl. About all different things, and with a smile she'd nod. She felt under pressure to answer them all! So she would do just that. "Ehm - y-yea. Probably with Adam." She would tell him, yes... it was most likely Adam who he was talking about. The only friend that she knew that Vanilla had.

"Am Amaryllis. Nice to meet you Thom." A more normal thing to say when talking to people. Yet it was back to a weird question. Honestly - she felt offended. "W-What-?" She wasn't exactly sure how to answer this question and the fact that he was kind of making fun of her sister made her feel bad.

"Yea I use magic to keep alive but ... why are you making fun of my sister?! That's not nice..." She would frown.
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[06:51:56] As she began to respond to his questions, the occasional pop or cackle of lighting could be heard around Thom, but they vanished almost as qusickly as they appeared. The boy knew he had a tendancy to ask an overwhelming amount of questions at once and tried to keep himself at bay but sometimes it was more difficult then others. He nodded, getting the name of Adman and would grin widely, in a friendly way more then anything.

"Nice to meet you too! And I only ask cause I saw a person who did all this stuff with magic on plants. It was all-" Thom managed to catch himself there, stopping himself from making random magic noises and standing up more straight for a minute.

"I don't mean to make fun of her." Thom said raising both his hands. "I ask cause I was talking to my friend about how he caught a shark, and she came in and said she was a better fisherman then both of us. And I said yeah, cause I never fished and that makes sense. Then cause we go on adventures a lot me and Yorrick said we were good adventurers and she said her and Adam were better adventurers.

Thats why I ask."
(Thom)
[06:58:46] There was of course a fillial bias here.

Amaryllis was goingto stand on the side of her sister nomatter what the boy said - well maybe not if he told her she killed someone. Maybe not then, but right now this was rather harmless and just some kids boasting to each other about the most random of stuff. She sniffed in some air and sneezed.

"Yea well...!" She couldn't think of anything to say to him really. She could mock the boy for saying what he did about her sister but she would hold onto the temptation. "How do you know she isn't better though?" A more straightforward and easier to ask question. How DID he know that he wasn't worse than Vanilla. Oh well...

She would let him answer the question.
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[07:03:53] "Bless you!"

Thom grinned, esepcially when she asked him how he knew that she wasn't a better adventurer then he was. Rather then get offended by it or anything he actually would shrug. "I dunno! She might be a better adventurer then I am. I've only been on a couple and they were ok. But I think Yorricks been doing his best to go on adventures all the time..

He vanishes for months to go to caves and oceans or stuff. Even if he isn't the best adventurer I wanna think that he is right? Cause you gotta believe in your friends and what they can do!" Thom would reach upwards into the air as if he were streaching, grasping for hte sky.

"The sky is the limit.. Though I don't think there really needs to be a best at anything. I think as long as you have fun its ok!"
(Thom)
[07:12:25] She would listen to his small little lecture. A "Thank you" was given to his blessing after her sneeze. Yet the adventures that these guys were going on, honestly, sounded kind of lame. There was nothing like exotic flowers or anything super interesting that she could do to widen her views of the world.

As long as they have fun? She had a small idea that popped into her head. "D-Do you want to have some fun with me? We can spar a bit, I am learning wind magic slowly! So I want to get super good at it. Mhmmhm! And having fun while doing it sounds the most fun!" Because that made lots of sense.

(Amaryllis Weiss)
[07:17:32] Thom thought the way he said everything was pretty good, though in an instant when he heard the word fun he pretty much completely forgot about the argument. He very quickly nodded his head, wanting to play or spar or something rather then keep on talking about adventures now. "Sure! Sparring is fun!" He would declare glancing around the marketplace.

"Should we spar here or outside the village? Either could be fun but it could get a little cramped in here. I don't mind though!" Stop. Thom would breathe for a second, calming down to give a few moments for his words to be processed. Then he grinned once more, sparking of blue once again popping all around him.

"If you keep trying with wind magic I bet you will be really really great at it! You might already be now too, but one can always get better! And yeah it'll be really fun!"
(Thom)
[07:20:57] She would nod a few times and turn around. "Outside... If inside can hit people... people can get hurt." One of her biggest fears, people getting unessasarily hurt within the world was not a very pleasing thing to see whatsoever and if she could, she would rather see none of it ever happen.

So she would lead him outside of the city, passing the gates without any hassle. So now they stood, a bit away from the enterance - yet in safe distance where if something bad was to happen, the guards would be able to help out! "Alright lets have some fun!"
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[07:25:13] Thom nodded in agreement. "Ok! I don't want people to get hurt either." He stated before leading both himself and Amaryllis towards the outside of Nostvale, though not too far from the gates. If some monster stumbled up on them after all they would still be able to get help from the guards if they were afraid they couldn't handle it themselves.

"Yeah!" Thom called out, streaching and getting ready for fun. The black haired youth took a few steps away from Amaryllis, getting ready to fight with a grin on his face.

"This is going to be really fun! I bet you're already really good with your magic!" He would called out, getting to a place to start the match before turning to face the girl again.
(Thom)
[07:32:03] She would nod, it was good that they were going to stay within the city. It was by far the safest way to do things, without getting anyone in trouble or without getting into any sort of serious bother with roaming bandits or even... vampires themselves! She would walk back a total of ten steps before turning towards Thom.

"Kay! One rule! No weapons." She didn't use one, hell... She never even thought of getting one to begin with. The idea of a weapon rather vague and unused by her, so she just hoped that the boy would do the same and refrain from using weaponry in their fight together. Yet you can only wish, hopefully this would be the case.

She clapped her hands together, and as she did the ground would begin to tremble slightly. This was by no means earth magic. It was actually nature magic. In a few seconds, thick roots would sprout from the ground. Bark. Trees. She was harvesting them from deep within the ground and using her magic to amplify their growth.

"Mkay!" She would then whistle and as she did. The air filled with an echo of winds beginning to blow around her. It was the most wondrous of feelings. The fact that wind was slowly becoming a partner for her! So now she would fight, not alone - yet with the power of nature about her.

(Amaryllis Weiss)
[07:36:19] "Eh!?" Thom called out once he had settled in his place. The girl had said to use no weapons in a fight? Well.. The boy shrugged, taking the purple staff that was on his back and walking over to the closest guard. "Kay, hold on to me for a few minutes ok!?" He would tell them, leaving the guard confused before once again Thom would head back to where he had been standing.

"Kay! I accept your rule!" he would declare, digging into his pocket and producing a pair of goggles. Carefully he would attach them to his face, looking perhaps rather odd but it made it easier to see without the fire and lightning getting in his eyes. And that was when he saw the trees and roots coming out to fight for Amaryllis side.

"Woah.. Didn't know a magic could do that.." Thom stated before streaching a little bit. In an instant a black miasma would begin to shroud him as his grey eyes continued to stare at Amaryllis. The boy fell silent, feeling the farmilar throbbing at the back of their head as they took a deep breath.

"Alright, lets do this!"
(Thom)
[07:37:10] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:37:10] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:37:10] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:37:10] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:37:10] {combat} Amaryllis Weiss has been defeated by Thom! They're unable to continue fighting.
[07:43:08] Flash!

Although there was earth and all manner of nature magic around him, Thom knew one thing that would help him win. Nature burned. And so as the occultism surrounded boy ran forwards towards the girl in red he would hurl a blast of fire forwards, burning at the surrounding twisting vines and when that didn't finish the job he would launch forth a volley of lightning, severing the vines.. Eventually.

The wind however was kind of annoying. It pulled at him, slowed him down and made it difficult to approach her. But the seconds that he did he managed to do a lot, using a mixture of eletrical power, and a black flame he had only recently become a little adept with to begin to bring her down. He made sure that it wouldn't burn or hurt her too much but he still wanted to win.

Finally she would fall and hte boy fell backwards a little, breathing calmly as they kept their grey eyes on Amaryllis.

"You ok?"
(Thom)
[07:50:49] Ow.

It was over in a rather quick flash. Even if only a years worth of age stood before herself and Thom. Thom was already on a whole other league than her. He was in control of three elements. Fire, Lightning and Occulism. The three elemenets that she was planning to avoid at all costs.

She was going to be using wind and water - or at least that was the plan for the longterm. She would groan getting up, her dress scoffed and a bit darker in colour as some of the fabric was frankly darkened by the fire.

"ew. Whatever. Lets k-keep going." Honestly, she didn't want to keep going whatsoever.
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[07:50:49] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:51:40] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:51:40] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:51:40] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:51:40] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[07:51:40] {combat} You killed a Yggdrasil! (+1 EXP, +357cr)
[07:51:40] {combat} Amaryllis Weiss has been defeated by Thom! They're unable to continue fighting.
[07:55:56] "Kay!"

It wasn't like Thom was going to refuse her since she said to keep going. And yet he still sensed a little bit of hesitence, but only a drop. Dashing forwards the boy once again went to fight the ookami woman, but would be pelted much more by the vines and magic this time. But he soon became aware of something he hadn't really noted last time.

Some sort of tree in the middle of the field. It was a type he had seen before, in the market when someone pulled an apple from it.. Some sort of magic tree. Not really sure what it was but knowing how hard it was to get to Amaryliss he would quickly take it down before once again refocussing on the girl.

She was quite powerful in his eyes. For someone beginning at wind magic she could already make tornadoes, slow down someone to the point where they felt they could barely move and keep him from getting towards her. Still, in the moments he was close he would release large bursts of magic, one of which eventually winning him the round again.

He grinned. "Still up?"
(Thom)
[08:01:55] There was no hope for her in this fight. The boy overpowered her completely. She would shake her head slightly - this was honestly scary. This type of magic in her eyes would not be used for anything but destruction. She hated it. She wanted it all to end, and with a huff she shook her head.

"Damn..." She would get up, her face redder from the flames. Hidden wounds were lined under her dress. It may be only fun and games but it was lightning that he was hitting her with lightning. She was hurting. She was in pain, yet a soothing wind and some nature magic would try and prevent this pain from spiralling out of control.

Yet for now she would continue to fight - wanting to perfect her art and mastery of wind magic...


(Amaryllis Weiss)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Yggdrasil! (+1 EXP, +765cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:02:46] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:03:37] {combat} You killed a Yggdrasil! (+1 EXP, +612cr)
[08:04:28] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:04:28] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:04:28] {combat} You killed a Vine! (+1 EXP, +1cr)
[08:04:28] {combat} Amaryllis Weiss has been defeated by Thom! They're unable to continue fighting.
[08:08:44] Hesitation.

The last round would be unlike the other rounds. When Thom saw the girl shake her head he blinked a few times. It was getting to be, if only a little bit, more clear that the girl wasn't exactly enjoying this fight. And that made Thom not want to hurt her exactly. His occultic aura wavered for a second, but the vines continued to attack and lash out at him. Instead of thinking of beating the girl he started think of attacking the vines and did so with his lightning and fire.

In fact a large portion of the fight would be derived him trying not the hurt the girl, noticing how red she got from the fire and such. He almost completely stopped wanting to hurt her, but stopping hurting someone in a spar would be.. Rude. An insult kind of. That was the way his uncles taught him. And so when he figured it was enough he launched a volley of blue sparks in all directions, defeating the surrounding vines and the girl. Promptly with the destructive urges completely faded, the black miasma that shrouded them vanished and the boy moved forwards.

"Hey are you ok?" He asked, blinking a few times in a bit of fear of what he could have possiblely been doing.
(Thom)
[08:17:16] She was defeated.

This came as no surprised from the get-go. The gap in power is immeasurable yet she knew that if they kept going all day - she would eventually be able to best hm. This sparked a bit of encouragement inside of her. All she could do was narrow the gap in power over years of practice - she was in no way going to catch up to him in a matter of a year.

She would sigh and stand up. Her face red and her large cloak hiding the redness that the flames caused. She hated this sort of magic. "I hate this magic... Occulism... It's bad for you - for everyone." She wasn't a fan of the deprived art. The art of harming others.

The art of Occulism brought no good to the world. Only harm.

(Amaryllis Weiss)
[08:21:32] Hate occultism?

This caused Thom to frown a little bit. The kid took his hand and would begin to scratch their black locks of hair, shaking their head a little bit. ".. Any magic can be bad if it is used for bad. But it can also be good. If its used for good it can be good." He would insist, shaking his head a little bit.

"My uncle uses occultism, and he's a good person. And I'm going to use this to be a hero of justice like he wants me too. If I do good things with it.. How can it be bad?" He asked, glancing now a little bit towards the ground. It reminded him of the time with Acta, when he told him the occultism made him not himself.. But if he was going to use it to be good did it really matter?

"If its bad for everyone.. I'll find a way to make it good for everyone."
(Thom)
[08:28:22] She was no fool. She was educated enough to know that Occulism could never ever be used for anything good... "That magic do nothing but destroy... It make pain. Kill things... Burn things... Break things... Can't fix things.. Never ever." She would get up and unfold her hands. Showing him the wounds that he caused on her hands.

Her hands blistered. Cracks of white lightning scarring her hands. He may not have tried, but her body was still frail. She was nothing but a child, and this was infact way beyond her league. She couldn't heal it - she was now permanantly scarred because this boy chose to use a very destructive magic on her...
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[08:35:12] Thom frowned and shook his head rapidly, staring towards the ookami girl. "No.. Magic can do anything if you try hard enough. It doesn't have to be just.. hurting stuff! Why can't it be good too!?" At this point, it started feeling a lot less like an intectual arguement. Thom started to feel as if there was something wrong with him personally. But that made no sense.. If his uncle was fine with occultism why wouldn't he be?

If fire could also heat up a house why couldn't darkness be good? If lightning could power things, why couldn't darkness be good? It was in how you used it right!? That was what it was about right!? The boy seemed nearly to shake with rage and anger, not towards the girl but towards her arguement.. And then she showed him her hands.

The grey eyes blinked a few times and he took a few steps back. ".. Thats not me.." he said, perhaps only a mere whisper only meant for the two of them. There had to be a way to fix it right? Holy water magic or something.. The boy bit his lip. "Millia! I bet she can fix it.." he said, trying his hardest to escape blame.
(Thom)
[08:40:19] She would blink... Was he that silly to not realise that he caused her hands to scar up. To blister with the heat of his magic... Occulism magic - especially that of the darkened flame was not a magic that one could easily control and would burn anything it touched. Even if a user doesn't want it to grow or to burn - it will do it anyway.

It was like a beast of its own, and did Thom not know this? Did he not understand any of this? The future of Hellstorm would be exactly the same. She shook her head. "You cannot do anything but destroy... You are silly... It cannot heal. Cannot build...

Only destroy".

She would end and moved towards the city gate. She wanted to leave him - to ponder on what he was doing.
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[08:46:17] Deep breaths. Thom shook his head as if rapidly attempting to reject what the girl was saying. After all, how could he accept it? All he had wanted was to play? All he wished for was fun. He wanted to be a hero of justice like uncle Kenshi told him to be.. A hero wasn't someone who only destroyed.. No.

The boy shook his head more so, unable to accept either that he caused the damage or that he could only destroy. And besides, even if that was all he could do could destruction not have some good purpose? It was not all as if he could only be trouble, only be bad, could it? No, impossible.

".. N-no." Thom stated, stuttering a bit. "I'll find a way to build. I'll make things.. Not all occultism is bad. It can make things too.." He was nearly shaking in his boots as he called this out before seeing the ookami girl walk away.

"Wrong.. I'll prove you wrong.."
(Thom)
[08:53:58] The girl would turn to him. "Can't... Just like how water can't be on fire - occulism can't build. Only destroy." She had a very basic understanding of the principles of light and darkness. Right now, she despised the art of the pure destruction. Her magics being thsoe that create - those that build.

"You can't build..." She was stubborn - she had a concrete vision of what she endured. What she believed and this was a firm belief. For now she headed into the city. Wanting to avoid the boy.
(Amaryllis Weiss)
[08:58:14] Despair.

The feeling of worthlessness washed over the youth as the girl continued to make her way away from the boy. He couldn't accept that she was right, and yet he was also unable to completely reject what she said. And as a result of this he had no proper come back aside from saying once more

"I've prove you wrong."

As she trekked away. For as stubborn as she was Thom also was stubborn. But more then that he was angry, and in a wash of anexity and emotion he screamed. Bolts of darkness launched from his hands, hitting nearby surroundings, including an uncontrolled red bolt making a giant hole through the rock.

Although he was unaware, and it was uncontrolled this conversation had definately awoken something within him.
(Thom)