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It had taken time for her to be accepted, much as it had for her mother before her. The people were primitive, but from her point of view not too much more so than humans from back home. They were just more secluded, less trusting. It brought to bear thoughts of her creator. She could only assume the people needed what her creator did. So, she worked to earn their trust, with and without her mother.
They did let her stay after a time, and she had to admit it was in a sense easier than back home. Here everyone was equal, whether they were a kid or an adult. This meant she simply had to earn her way among these people. She wasn’t fully trusted yet of course; it would be foolish of them to do that. But they let her stay along with mother, for now. She intended to prove her worth to them and remedy any worries they may have. She had no intention of being a burden, she knew full well she could be of use to them and to mother. She wished to be as useful as her mother was and so she had accepted a chance to gather supplies for the village. They were currently running low on herbs and other plants they used for medicines and other applications, with the sick in there village beginning to rise as a result. As she wasn’t entirely familiar with the jungle, yet she asked where they could be found and, upon being told offered to go out and collect them herself.
That was how she ended up in this situation, wandering the jungle by herself, close to the area represented to her by the tribals she and her mother now lived with.
One may ask what the issue was then. The answer of course was why those same tribals weren’t eager to simply do the errand themselves without a plan. The Arco Iris, they called it. A place that, going by the way they described it only offered death, weather mentally or physically to those who entered. She wasn’t going to be deterred however. With this she could make her mom proud. She could prove to the people of the Filhos da Selva that she could be trusted.
She did have a plan; she would simply destroy anything that tried to stop her. She would turn into to dust with fire. A simple, but effective plan. If it could not touch her, it could not affect her, right? Yes, that logic made sense to her.
Thus fellow travelers would see the small girl enter the dangerous area of the jungle, in all is shining beautiful colors, with all the dangers hiding within it.
They would see a small child move with something far more tactical than the average kid, but with enough holes it was clear she was far from any sort of master.
They would see her facing down rainbow colored cat beasts at least twice her size with a blank look on her face, simply observing as the three came to surround her.
”Stand down, please. Mom does prefer I not kill things if I can help it, and I can’t do a proper prayer for your funeral”
A Growl from each beast was her answer, a resounding no in full.
”Are you sure…?”
Another set of growls, perhaps even fiercer.
”Ok then…., your answer is understood”
And then the beasts leapt at her, one she held back with her staff, pushing the other two back with a burst of Fire this caused the creatures to back up a bit and evaluate her as they planned there next move. Cuore did the same, though she was disappointed she wouldn’t be able to deliver perfect news to her mom now.
Yes, the scene travelers would walk into was a strange child, fighting on her own with the most colorful of monsters.
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Post by Claire Farron on Aug 31, 2021 18:31:26 GMT -6
"The Great Escape"
"That was...way too Lightning of me."
Every story had its beginning, a prequel before a fated encounter. Lumina's began amidst flames and murder. The only thing in her mind being to preserve evidence. That the reputation of Outlanders was sure to tank, oh and that she better not return to her home in Provo. Not like this... Clothes tattered, burnt really. Exposed flesh covered in ash, not the most lady like presentation to be sure. Not that anyone would be paying attention to her appearance, yet alone demeanour. For Lumina was in good company, great company, a Storm Dragon.
Flying above the tree tops, Lumina had lost track of time completely. High above it all, the problems of the mortal realm below, mattered little. Her secret weapon, the best of friends and the reason Sky pirates didn't mess with her airship trading. Part of her wondered if this was a bit... excessive? Well, given what she was running away from, desperate times called for desperate measures, surely!? Though she had a nagging feeling that she'd pull a Lightning and wondered what was wrong with herself. Even before the invitation to the mansion, she'd been a bit moody. Probably just a coincidence, just as it was a coincidence that she saw a young girl through gaps in the treetops. Surrounded by colourful monsters...wait, huh?!
"I...better take a look." Lumina said, gently stroking the dragons head before indicating where to go. A slow descent, followed by a mighty roar. Surely, that would send the right message to these Monsters. This was an apex predator from a different territory completely. Just the flap of its wings could send light gusts. To that end, she'd have to be careful and admittedly, now that she was a bit closer. The girl seemed to be holding her own or at least appeared competent. That said, since it was the right thing to do, "...Sorry about this. Thought you needed some help. My name is Lumina."
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The message was loud and clear to the rainbow monsters, even as strong as they were around this part of the woods, they had no want to fight that kind of beast, a beast above them-a dragon. Even if they didn’t know what it was per say there animal instincts told them all they needed to know:Get away, flee if they wished to survive this encounter.
So that was exactly what they did, and the young Maenad put her staff away as they did, unlike the monsters however she did not hold initial fear of the dragon as it came down. This was in part because she at first mistook it for her mother’s Mist Dragon, and thus thought her mother had simply come to take her back. The other reason was that it was… harder for her to feel fear in the normal sense. It wasn’t that she was emotionless or had some kind of limiter on her emotions. No that, especially thanks to the help of her mother and her friends was definitely not the case. It was simply who she was, as a result of her creation it was a more difficult endeavor, which could be both good and bad for the young girl.
Perhaps that was also why it was so easy for her to simply walk over to the girl and her dragon even once she knew it wasn’t her mother who had come. She gave a light bow to both of them, turning to the dragon first, as it was the one who had saved her. Giving it a light smile she gave a half bow.
”Thank you, great dragon for your help”
Her attention then came to the one who had been riding the dragon. For some reason she apologized to her, among other things. Yet the main focus of the maenad was on her charred appearance, clothes burnt, ash all over her form. It was clear she had just gotten out of a dangerous situation herself. Cuore blinked, then tilted her head.
”You are charred”
The statement was made matter of facility, the tone her usual childish monotone as she said it, well monotone to those who didn’t know her anyway. Truth was the girl just had a more difficult time expressing herself when it came to things other than having fun.
Oh right, her statement before.
”No, it is fine, I’m not hunting at the moment anyway, I’m trying to gather herbs for my home, this helped with that, thank you, I wouldn’t have been able to give them a proper send off if I eliminated them”
Another blink, and she shook her head.
”However, you should go, this spot isn’t safe miss savior”
She spoke as if it was perfectly normal for, she, who appeared as a child to anyone that didn’t know better to be here instead. Yes, this small little girl was warning the older girl and her powerful dragon of the forest as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
Well, it was, mother did say helping others was important. She could fly, no need for her to endanger herself walking through this place, it was logical to her. She didn’t stop to think she might need help in this endeavor, it was her assignment after all. She had to prove her usefulness for her mother, as well as the people in the village.
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Post by Claire Farron on Jan 31, 2022 22:42:27 GMT -6
"The Great Escape"
"That was...way too Lightning of me."
Never in her wildest dreams did she think she'd be called a Savior. Whilst her Dragon companion greeted the girl in kind, a look of pride along it's maw. Lumina crossed her hands over her chest, tilting her hips to lean her weight along her left side. "Hopefully this place isn't more dangerous than where we came from." Lumina admitted, using her right hand to gesture to herself, since it was mentioned that she was charred.
Taking some time to look around at her own level, she really didn't recognize this place at all. It might take her quite a bit of time to navigate the skies back to Provo at this rate. A faint frown played on her lips and now, she really felt like Lightning. "I'm stronger than I look and not too damaged. I could help you gather those herbs, if you'd like?" Lumina could use a win in the helping department right now. Sure, she did help the party attendants towards the end. Yet that one was dangerously close to her chaotic habit of not actually helping, while 'helping'. This time, with the help from this proud child that arched its back, Lumina would do differently. She'd be different at that, first by taking in an obvious point of contention.
She didn't know this girl's name. Her mannerisms seemed good and most surprising of all? This girl wasn't afraid of her friend. Thus, she looked to the Dragon and for a moment it seemed as if they were communicating silently. Oh sure, the Dragon huffed here and there, implying speech, after a fashion. "I almost forgot, my friend is willing to offer you a ride when you're done but... He and I, would like to know your name."
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Cuore liked the Dragon, it reminded her of her mother’s Mist Dragon, though this one seemed to hold a bit more pride than her. Still, If the group was looking for a safe placed, they hadn’t found it. This place was teaming with monsters, its why she had been trying to be so careful. While the village she and her mother had been staying in was safe, the area outside of that village, this jungle was the exact opposite of that. Still, there were at least more dangerous spots the savior lady could have landed in the jungle, she had no data, no information on how her previous treated her for comparison, but she could at least speak to the danger present in this jungle. It was clear the woman could help herself, more so with a dragon at her side but even a dragon could fall to enough of these dangerous beasts attacking, packs were dangerous around here.
”Unfortunately, Miss Savior this jungle is very dangerous, more so if you don’t know your way around it, there’s a lot of dangerous beasts, more so the deeper in you go”
The young child’s arms rested simply as she relayed the information, to her the most casual thing to inform others of, well to her it was. She was after all simply relaying the info this woman, Lumina might need for her own safety. She had been told however that at times such… bluntness they called it? Could put other people off, she still needed to work on that.
The woman claimed to be strong. She didn’t look very durable at a glance, in fact she looked pretty fragile, not to say she didn’t look pretty cool. Still, she knew that wasn’t something to base to much on. Mother and a few of her friends were the same, and they were the strongest people she knew despite that. They had overcome so many hurdles, so many terrors. Had this woman done similar? If nothing else her dragon could definitely defend her.
Logic said she could rely on her, the chances of her holding her down were low, more so with the aid she already offered. She was offering help, and such a thing would make her own work go more quickly. She would need to remember to vouch for her if she came back to the village, however.
”That would be appreciated, helpful. Four hands are much quicker than two. The herbs I need aren’t in the most dangerous parts of the jungle, but we should still watch out, the monsters here are dangerous, as you’ve seen”
Having accepted her help Cuore would relay to Lumina the herbs she needed to gather, as well as a general description of what they looked like. In the process one would probably notice Cuore’s general posture, the most prominent being that children her age tended to be more… well… bubbly and energetic, though the child’s movements were also more akin to something robotic, planned and practiced. Not complelty however, it was like a strange mix between it and normal movements, a miss mash that would probably make her look a bit odd to onlookers, like she was practicing movements that weren’t completely natural for her at first. Mother had taught her a lot, but she still had her moments.
She was offered a ride when they were done… on the dragon no less! It had been so long since she had been able to ride her mother’s more so since she hadn’t been able to bring it with her. However, she knew how the village tended to react to outsiders, she didn’t want to worry and spook them by flying over them on a dragon of all things. Dragons WERE among the top creatures out there after all, she couldn’t blame them if they freaked out reaction.
”I would… like to ride, but we have to be careful if we do… the village I’m living at is used to dealing with the beasts of this jungle, they might not have the best reaction to this divine creature”
She complimented the dragon once more, smiling in his direction as he did so. She respected the being’s power, and he seemed kind enough. Wait, her name? …..Did she not… she didn’t, she hadn’t introduced herself had she? Mother had taught her better than this! Now what was the proper way…. Right right!
She gave a light nod, then gave a half bow as she smiled.
”Sorry, My name is Cuore, I am a Summoner living in the village deeper in the jungle. Actually… I had a question for you while we gather the herbs… with your friend there… are you one as well?”
She couldn’t help her curiosity, after all it was rare, she saw such majestic beings at the side of normal people, in fact it had only been her fellow Maenads and her mother where she had seen such things. Otherwise, it was ether in the wild, or in situations where Grandma and Grandpa visited.
As a result well… her interest was piqued!
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Post by Claire Farron on Feb 28, 2022 15:35:40 GMT -6
"The Monster Summoner"
"So now I'm...The Saviour?"
Lumina listened and observed, giving a prompt nod after confirmation of dangerous beasts around here. Though there was a knowing twinkle in her eyes, a glint that implied there was more to Miss Saviour than meets the eye. For true enough, when the herbs were explained and the perils around it, Lumina shook her head. "Don't worry about the Monsters, it's not just strength that I have." to which she looked to her partner in what quite possibly may be deemed an actual crime in Provo soon.
As for why Lumina wasn't worried about the monsters? It all had to do with their shared evocation. Cuore as she had introduced herself, was a summoner. In turn she inquired if Lumina was a summoner as well. "Yup." Lumina replied straight to the point, with a cute sing-song enunciation. "I am a summoner, however my specialty is with what people call...Monsters. For example, this Divine creature as you eloquently put it, would be considered a Monster elsewhere. Therefore, when I give you a ride later, I'll drop you off further away for the village, just to prevent misunderstandings."
Lumina didn't even like referring to monsters as such, they were children of chaos, her friends. Regardless, she did have her own musings and observations of Cuore as well. For one, while Lumina portrayed child-like body movement and body language, Cuore was...more machine or super soldier. Very practiced, concise, in essence...inhuman. Why was that, given her age, she wouldn't have the time to be so developed. She could understand certain actions, particularly martial ones or when they gather herbs, her picking being refined. This state of affairs, was vexing and so Lumina had to speak upon the matter.
"By the way, I have a question of my own~" Lumina began, her right index finger brought up and wagging in her knowing fashion. "I've noticed the way you move, doesn't fit your age. Plus, you're a summoner, so why are your movements more like a soldier or machine?" with the inquiry out there, it was important to note Lumina didn't appear perturbed by it. Others would be or at least in a state of awe. Lumina just seemed playful and curious, like a cat.
Shortly after the inquiry, the Storm Dragon also focused its attention upon Cuore and seemed interested. When even the Storm Dragon had a more 'human' expression, something was definitely up. It was just proof of how easily Lumina could bond and understand her 'friends'. The two didn't have to whisper anything to convey their feelings upon this shared matter. Though, if Cuore looked carefully as Lumina went about, she'd note the Storm Dragon was quite pleased, with an air of confidence. Though more comically boastful and thus not taking it too seriously.
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Cuore tilted her head in curiosity at Lumina’s reaction to the monsters. She claimed to have something more than simply the power to deal with the beasts. It made her curious, did she have some experience taming or capturing them? Perhaps she had magic that could simply restrain them, or maybe she was just that confident in her partner. she wasn’t sure, perhaps she would get a display if they ran into any monsters while they gathered what was needed. Of course, she didn’t want her curiosity to cause them undue harm but…. None the less she did have an interest in seeing it. For now, she would let it lie, her objective more important than indulging in her curiosities. The village required her to finish this, and with new assistance It would be even easier to do so. When Lumina confirmed that she was in fact a Summoner Cuore’s eyes widened. The only Summoners she had ever known were her kin and her mother. To her knowledge they had been the only ones around. This place continued to astonish her, continued to show her new and magical things. How did her summoning techniques compare to her own? to her mothers? Cuore was unable to summon the large beings this girl or her mother were capable of, but two of the summons of this realm had given her there assistance-something she was grateful for. Lumina claimed her expertise lied in monsters, and that the being with her was one such being. It was strange to her, the being reminded her more of her mom’s friend and summon Bahumat from the moon. Though… she supposed ‘monster’ could be used to describe them and the other summons aside from her grandparents.
”I see… that’s…. not so different. Mom can summon… well she could summon Goblin’s and Mindflayers…. And others. Still… it does seem different, doesn’t it? Two summons here saved me shortly after I arrived, and they’ve stayed with me sense, I am grateful to them…. And thank you, it would be bad if you got attacked just trying to help, or if the herbs were ruined in the process ”
One might have gotten the impression Cuore was stating the two things as equal, more so with her neutral toned approach to both, but that wasn’t true. She was simply accounting for all that could go wrong. It was just how she was. Besides, that would also waste the effort Lumina had put in, and they’d have to start all over!
And then came the question that made Cuore flinch, noticeably, despite her usually robotic demeanor. She had not meant the question in a hostile or perturbed manner. If anything, she just seemed…. curious. That didn’t make things any easier for Cuore though, more so with all the effort her mother had put into raising her like a normal child. Was he a failure in that respect? No… mother wouldn’t say that… no, of course she wouldn’t, she was far to kind. The girl’s nervousness showed as she opened and closed her hand slowly on repeat, trying to think of what to say. Ultimately… she decided on the truth. She had already discovered something was up with her.
She didn’t have to tell her everything, she didn’t want to, but she could tell her something.
”I’m not human, I’m….. an artificial creation, you could say, not a machine but….. I wasn’t born naturally, my former Master created me, and my kind. I’m… were called Maenads” we were all modeled after…. My mom, to do something for our Master…. Not anymore”
She rubbed her arm a bit in her nervousness, her tone not reflected as well as what she felt, ironically when she got this way it was harder to express the emotions she had been taught as well. Only making her come across more robotic to those around her. Even if Lumina and her partner didn’t seem phased by it she couldn’t help how the worry made her feel. They took it easily, casually, she simply could not.
”I’m not… human…. Or even…. A natural being… Is that…. Ok? You can leave if… you need to, Mother said people might be afraid of things like.. this sometimes, I can handle it”
But that didn’t mean the thought didn’t still hurt….
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Post by Claire Farron on Apr 28, 2022 15:22:51 GMT -6
"The Monster Summoner"
"So now I'm...The Saviour?"
"Goblins and Minflayers, mmm...that is up my alley." Lumina admitted, a slight nod as she pondered in an exaggerated motion. She looked like a miniature, gothic detective...that had her clothes damaged. Sea blue irises noticed Cuore flinch and remained upon her person after the inquisition concerning her body language. The pink haired summoner retained her calm disposition and noted everything told, clearly with some unspoken confidence.
"That's quite alright." Lumina insisted, her voice seemed chipper, her body language displayed understanding. Briefly, she glanced to the Storm Daragon, who nodded before their gazes returned to Cuore. "Although I'm based upon a real person, embodying her memories, a fraction of her heart..." Lumina looked up, gazing into the treeline. Her shoulders were a bit stiff, a mix of resolution and sadness melded into one.
"...I'm not exactly organic, either. Not physically at least. So, no worries; okay? I accept you." naturally, the Storm Dragon nodded his head, somewhat awkwardly given his size and frame. What mattered, now that this level of kinship was established, was the objective. Placing her right hand parallel to her forehead, she bent forward, attempting to peer out into the distance.
"So these herbs, would they be in a clearing or do they grow beneath larger trees. Some smaller plants prefer the shade, if I'm remembering my lessons right." reminiscing on her past so casually, without a greater purpose was liberating. Zephon wasn't the world she came from. Here at least, she could just live. Her damaged clothes a testament to living a bit too much. Someone was going to be the fall guy for the mansion incident, Lumina just knew it.
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Lumina seemed more than interested in the summonings she spoke of, more than that she claimed they fit her well. They were ‘right up her alley’ as she said. Of course that did make sense with how tolerant she seemed of monsters in general. This was…. Interesting to see to say the least. It was different. From what she had seen monsters were generally considered violent, to be struck down. But this Lumina seemed to like them as much as anything else.
Is that… so?”
Of course that didn’t mean she would also be tolerant of her. Monsters were still a natural thing. She… was not. Mother and her friends accepted her, but that did not mean others would, right? Logically it made sense, even if logically it also made sense to have something like her on their side. Not that… she wanted to be used like that. She was taught such a thing was wrong, that she should make her own choices.
That was… also difficult at times.
Yes, Lumina had no reason to accept her the way she accepted the monsters. Yet… she did, casually in fact like it was the most normal thing in the world to accept a forign entity like her. So casually… Was she just a similar mindset to her mom? Either way she was grateful to not be turned away as she had been expecting. No.. more than that, it seemed the older woman would even see fit to impart some of her own history upon her.
”We're both based on people… but… I wasn’t given any of mothers heart, perhaps i could express myself better if that had been the case…”
She put a hand to her chin in thought, with time she’d improve, mother had insisted. But… she wasn’t so sure. Would she ever be able to express herself as a normal human? Or… at least to a point she wouldn't be so easily figured out? Still this woman, Lumina… She accepted her. So easily, so readily. Maybe it was… ok for her to be like this? She was like this when mother found her after all.
Was it…. Ok?
”Thank you.. Miss Lumina, were… not so different I think”
There were a few differences, but the base was there. Their origins were not so different from one another. It made her wonder if other things were the same but… she wouldn't pry. It was hard for her to dive into these things, so she imagined it might be for her as well. Lumina had managed to get the smaller girl to give a small smile, she was feeling comfortable with her. They were two different kinds of creations… just living out their lives.
”According to the village, they will be in a clearing, typically surrounded by a few monsters who are attracted to them, we… may not be able to avoid conflict”
It would be preferable if they could, of course but sometimes these things were.. unavoidable.
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Post by Claire Farron on May 31, 2022 21:16:26 GMT -6
"The Monster Summoner"
"So now I'm...The Saviour?"
Lumina nodded her head, enthusiastically, quite a few times to further home her expertise. Monsters weren't the only creatures who spoke to her on such a natural, instinctive level. Forces that were above the natural order, beings of death were also easy to speak with. Of course, just because she could potentially speak with things out of the norm, doesn't mean they always wanted to 'get along'.
A reminder that this was Zephon and that Monsters not under the dark call of Chaos, were likely to give some trouble. Likely, even calling it 'some trouble', was Lumina downplaying it in her mind. A clash of confidence and ego, she really was Claire Farron in instances like this. Such was what it meant to have an origin, to be formed from part of someone else, for a purpose. In Zephon that purpose was unnecessary but she could relate to the existential woes well enough. The lack of heart, well Lumina pondered on it and came up with an answer that wouldn't surprise Cuore.
"Hearts aren't difficult to acquire. They will form in absence, it just needs time." she began, providing some insightful remarks without it being a riddle laced in half-truths. "Ah but you do have to nurture it. See how that smile came forth? With the right friends, your heart will blossom." now the same couldn't be said pertaining to the herbs.
For those it'd require diligence, a keen eye and getting their hands dirty; (figuratively and in all likelihood, literally). "Though I'd hate to come to blows...fighting isn't my thing, you see~ Fortunately, we have my good friend, isn't that right, Storm Dragon?" to which the majestic beast nodded it's head assertively. If the Monsters were drawn to the herbs, he'd be sure to give them a good... 'talking' (roaring at). As for Lumina, she placed her left hand perpendicularly atop her brows, attempting to gaze out in different directions to see where they'd be heading to. First sign of danger, she'd be safe...courtesy of riding atop her friend's back.
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