Wishful Thinking: Voyage to the Sun

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[ATTN: OPEN]
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Kantor City; a large city in which collaboration between magic and science has contributed to a truly prosperous living experience. In fact, Kantor is often called the most well off city in all the region of Grandor. The people are friendly, the monsters stay out of town thanks to a magic barrier cast to prevent them. Then there is the observatory. There in the star gazing dome sits a woman in white lab coat with long, brown hair, writing her notes as she occasionally peaks back into the telescope. This young lady is known the world over as Professor Sabrina Bizra; prodigal child with extensive knowledge in Science, Magic, and Alchemy.

Sabrina: (Bites the eraser end of her pencil) Hm...Cyan, would you hand me that chart of the star alignment around this area this time of year.

Cyan: (Bows politely) Of course, ma'am. (Turns and picks up the pile of charts, cycling through them all until she finds the one with the proper markings across the blank space) Will that be all?

Sabrina: (Takes the charts and looks over them then peaks back through the telescope for a quick moment) That's what I thought. These aren't our stars. This alignment isn't even close.

Suddenly, the alarm at the control hub goes off, a small red light flashing repeatedly at a high pace as a blaring siren sounds in the observatory. Something was amiss in the world of Vangeleon and it may very well be something incredibly crucial. Thus Sabrina gets up and packs her things.

Sabrina: Cyan, we're going back to the lab to gather a few things. We have a bit of a trip to take. (Turns and leaves with her hands in her coat pockets)

Cyan: (Bows) Yes, ma'am. (Grabs the Professor's bag and leaves with her)


Hasteriver Village; Town of Merchants, Farmers, Traders-

K: (Suddenly leaps over a fruit cart in the street being pushed along by vendors as two large men chase after her, plowing through the cart like bulls) Hey, that's property damage, boys! You gotta PAY for that!

And thieves...

K turns on a dime into an alley and uses the wall of the building to turn herself completely around, running along it over head before flipping behind the two goons and running off into a crowd, leaving the two idiots to fumble over themselves until they spot her running off in the opposite direction and get after her. K looks over her shoulder with a devious little smirk, weaving through the crowd with the small case she'd been holding still hugged tightly beneath her arm. Inside? Geno, the Currency of this world. Small gold tokens.

So yeah, that's me and the name's K. As you can guess, I'm the adorable little thing running from the big oafs here. Don't concern yourself with 'em. They're total morons the mayor hires out behind everyone's backs. He doesn't like me much. Even though all I did was take a few little Genos from the round little man. The man whose vault is as big as a house. Yeah, the twenty I took, he'd never miss. That is if he wasn't a money grubbing little greed ball. Oh, emphasis on that ball part. Seriously, he's- oh, whoops, interrupting. I'll just unfreeze the show now.

K ducks and weaves through the crowd before it starts getting thicker and she resorts to using people's heads as stepping stones.

K: (turns around as she runs off) Sorry, ev'ryone! (Disappears around a corner)

The two thugs push their way through the crowd to find that K had already gone. She had a knack for disappearing. That was for certain. The two of them then turn and walk off to go see the mayor.

[ATTN: OPEN]

Both Mel and K had left the little hut, and left me alone to do... well, more experimenting. This stew had a special something to it, and it was time to figure out what. Whilst doing such a task, I thought about K's adventures that were about to begin... was she serious? Could she really defend herself against the dangers of the outside world? In any case, I also had to put up the sign saying that the place would be closing in three days... a heavy burden to bear. This soup kitchen was one of the few ways the poor could get access to constant meals without fear of being overly taxed by that ball of fat known as the Mayor...

"I need to find a successor," I muttered to myself, "it's the only way this town won't be run over by aristocracy and the like." Taking the sign of closure, I made a few edits to the sign and finally posted it on the door.
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With all the experiments out of the way, my conclusion had come quickly and swiftly. Opening my book, I grabbed a quill and jotted down a mess of notes, most of which were useless and really only had four words of importance. Anyone who could see past the wall of words would realize that this stew was designed to boost strength for a short amount of time.

I decided that this was enough work for today, and gave myself time to rewind in the city's shopping district. Mel's VERY GENEROUS payment gave me some spending money for the first time in a while, and I wasn't about to just let it go for naught.

[ATTN: OPEN]

Before I could even contemplate whether I wanted the frying pan or the pot, an aroma of... burning wood entered my nose. It was a familiar smell, but the problem was, there was really no restaurant in the area. Gulping, I dared to look behind where I was, and saw a catastrophic fire blazing where the Mayor lived. This was not good, this was not good! I know no one liked the guy, but burning his house?!? THAT'S JUST WRONG! Quickly, I went to the local market for materials and such. Throwing my money pouch back into one of the pockets of my coat and making sure that it was closed tight, I rushed to the scene of the fire.

This fire was one big blaze... In a few instances, I could feel people dying and children hurt... I could hear them cry so loud from the buildings. In an instant, I knew I had to do something, but what...? Flipping through my book, I needed to find a fire-retarding spell!

[Attn: Open]

In a moment's notice, K leaps out of a building window. She was covered in ash and her arm was burned but she had a young child in her arms. People all around town were in a panic, running and screaming. K then looks around and sees Ryder helping a trapped man get out from behind a pillar that'd been engulfed in flame. This blaze was getting out of control. And it wasn't stopping. How did something this massive just start? Before long, K sees Lyon.

K: Hey! (rushes over after handing the child back to his mother) Try and help out anyone you can find, okay?

Suddenly there is a large explosion in the opposite direction. What in the world? The fire wasn't even anywhere near that area yet. Though it was still spreading like a wildfire to be certain, the explosion on the other end of town was...random, it seemed.

K: C'mon! (Runs off to find the source of the explosion)

[ATTN: K]

"I'll see to it, you guys stay safe, I'll work on something to help everyone." Immediately, he thought of a way to induce a rainstorm of some sort... AH! Today is the day where taking my work everywhere with me will pay off. Pulling out the stew from earlier, I ate quickly, feeling a bound of strength coming from the magical stew. No source of water was nearby, so I had to just... well, make do.

It was just my luck, however, that I had purchased pasta from the market. Immediately, I worked on enlargening and tangling the pasta to make ladders. Locals abound came to help and took each noodly ladder, laying them on tops of buildings and helping others get out. Feeling satisfied, I took one of these ladders myself and rushed to the other side of town, knowing that the situation was at least better here than it was where an explosion JUST happened.

[ATTN: K]

In a quick few moments, my legs had finally carried me to the residence of the Mayor. Before, it was a burgeoning symbol of the Mayor's affluence, as was this town. Large marble arches, statues of himself, and fountains that... FOUNTAINS. Quickly, I checked the fountains... Curses! Water's been turned off. Well, unfortunately, he knew nothing about actually RUNNING a town, and all the others saw that. What a tool. "Good god, Mayor, I hope you know you're going to be up the creek without a paddle pretty soon..." And curses, he wasn't here. Where was the Mayor?

I rushed to the center of the town, only to see a large barricade of... well, flaming wood, bricks, and mortar. A vial was quickly opened by my expert hand, as my mind quickly formed the projection of the missile that I wanted to fire... "THYME TORPEDO!" The herbal blast burned up right in the fire, barely denting the barricade. It was a mistake on my part, but I glared at the wall, preparing a... "BOULLION BLAST!" A barrage of food-related missiles continued to hail onto the flaming rubble, hoping to break through. This sort of stuff was NEVER good.

[ATTN: K, MEL, MAYOR]

Oh, it was on now. That wall was going to go down, one way or another, and he wanted to get it down. K's voice was unquestionable, but there was another voice... one that he couldn't quite place. It was time to get serious. His tome contained some more serious magic, reserved for some serious time. It would require actual cooking, but there was fire around, so that made it easier. Despite the situation, I chuckled at how easy it was to cook in a burning town... A quick sauce with a large amount of Stovine and mountain Tarragon. Time to put a deep freeze on things...

[ESTIMATED TIME OF COOKING: 5 MINUTES]

[ATTN: K, Mel]

The sauce bubbled, chilling down rather than heating up. It emulsified and began to take on a hue of its own... Excellent. It was only going to be a matter of time now, and I could see that it would be a quick next few seconds.

[Estimated Time of Cooking: 45 Sec]

[ATTN: K, Mel, Mayor]

Just like that, K had unknowingly bought enough time for me to finish this deep-freeze sauce. With the minute that Mel had been distracted by her disappointment to K, I finished cooking the potent sauce. Good job, K! The sauce had a sort of deep blue hue to it, even though none of the ingredients were blue to begin with. It was about time that I showed everyone what the true power of a culinary magician was. Eating some of my stew and then tasting just a SPOONFUL of the sauce, I exhaled, freezing bits of the debris.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The frozen debris took out some of the fire, and I was immediately elated. Taking a deeper breath, now, I proceeded to freeze the rubble-barricade ice cold. The ice crackled at the heat of the fire. but soon, it encapsulated the fire and smothered it in ice, leaving a large hulking ice wall, melting with the fire surrounding it.

Sighing, I calmed my nerves and set up my final pasta ladder. When I reached the top of that ladder, I was SHOCKED. Why are all of the hot chicks CRAZY? "MEL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" Exhaling deeply, I created a ramp to slide down to the center of the town. "Why are you burning up the entire town? And what are you doing with the Mayor?" A glance at the Mayor in disapproval summed up my feelings. Somehow, the thought that the Mayor had done something stupid to shut down my shop never left my mind.

[ATTN: K, Ryder, Mel]

The moment I landed and touched down on the town square, I witnessed one of the most disturbing things that has EVER played out before my eyes. His screams were just horrifically loud and desperate, and despite my wish to act, I couldn't. It was like I was frozen in place, and before I knew it, the fat man who had been a tool for everyone, including Mel apparently, had burned into ashes. While no one particularly liked him, he didn't deserve to die as a huge ball of flame.

Any sort of delusion I had about Mel was quickly dispelled. Those eyes were now filled with a fire that I had not seen in her before, and something that I REALLY should have caught. "Mel, you... you monster!" Fury filled my veins and my lungs, as I took in a HUGE breath, spewing a chilly air in an attempt to freeze Mel in a block of ice.

[ATTN: K, RYDER]

My back slammed against one of the burning buildings and I slumped onto it, groaning. This girl was powerful. Powerful enough to burn down an ENTIRE town with enough to escape easily. I quickly leapt back up to my feet, and reached to my backpack. The sauce was, thankfully, still in it's bottle, and still retained it's dark hue. K was right. We had to get out of here NOW. "Leave that to me..." Another squirt of the sauce went into my mouth, and I breathed into my hand, a javelin appearing in it. Twirling it a little bit for added effect, I threw it as HARD as I could, still under the stew's magic, into the half-melting ice wall made of rubble.

CRACK!

The wall shattered into pieces, almost as if it were just a mirror. "You two, squirt some of this in your mouth. It'll give you the same ice breathing powers I've got." I threw the bottle to K, then ran out of the burning town square. "We HAVE to get to my hut first. If it hasn't burned to the ground, I need to get all of my plants and herbs OUT before they burn to a crisp." Expecting a snide remark about how unimportant herbs are, I explained that I needed these herbs to actually concoct these sorts of magical foodstuffs.

[ATTN: Ryder]

My legs quickly carried me to the hut, sauce still in hand... Please still let it be safe, please still let it be safe! The hut was about five homes away from catching onto flames. "Thank GOD." Ryder had arrived as well, and I was about to give him instructions when another scream was heard. "Oh, no..." There were bunches of people that were stuck in burning homes, unable to escape. Locals surrounded each home, trying to put them out and saving the occasional first-floor trapped person, but the ones on the second floors were sitting ducks.

I had to act, these guys couldn't get the rest of the locals out there without SERIOUS casualties. "Ryder, listen carefully. There are THREE plants at the back, and jars all around the kitchen. Fill the jars with soil, then put a seed from each plant into the soil. Then uproot the three ENTIRE PLANTS and put it in this bag." I handed him a small woven pouch, which was sturdier than it looked. "People have to be saved."

Nimbly, I made my way to the source of the screams. Some of the men had water buckets filled with sand, and were trying to fight the fires that way. Squirting a large dose of the blue semi-liquid into my mouth, I handed it off to the other firefighter with the bucket. "Squirt it into your mouth, and breathe out towards the flames. Pass on the instructions." My face steeled over, and my breath got cooler. I took a deep, deep breath... and BLEW.

WHOOOOOOOSH. The wind stirred and stirred, frigid in nature. Glaring at high-up windows, I created planks of solid ice, making pseudo-ramps for people to leave in. Within minutes, people slid down the ramps to safety, watching in horror as everything they worked for burned to rubble...

Running back to the hut, I nodded to Ryder, taking the bag from him. "Alright, let's go."

[ATTN: K, Ryder]

Dang it... this was so wrong. The three of them had escaped without a scratch while the other citizens of a town run by an idiot were now suffering the consequences of their leader's failures. The three of them were now going on an adventure by force, instead of by choice. Even more importantly, Mel had forced them to become nomads, wandering only to go on a wild goose chase to appease Mel's crazy appetite. I threw my fist to the ground in frustration, but looking at Ryder's bandage, I sighed.

"K, are you going to be okay?"

[ATTN: K]

Looking deep into K's eyes, a fire lit into mine. I knew she was right and was fired up to do something about it. "Let's rock and roll, then, no time to waste. We'll give her heck. No, we'll not just give her heck, we'll give her something WORSE than heck." I had a spell SO READY for that woman. It was just a matter of time before our paths split into two different walks.

[ATTN: K, Ryder]

I gave K a simple nod, and grabbed at my bag, handing K a map. "Where did Mel say we had to get to again? More importantly, you're SURE we go through the forest." Hey, there was reasonable doubt, after all, none of us had been past this forest before, for all we knew... A quick look at Ryder was taken. No one knew where he came from...