[i][u]Fleeting Memories School - Entrance Gate[/u][/i] [img]http://oi62.tinypic.com/2u59ij6.jpg[/img] Kail: There's no need to. Keep that umbrella to yourself. I, Kail Jones, shall never succumb to colds! Police Officer 1: (I dunno man...That sneeze was worrying.) Police Officer 2: (It's only a matter of time.) [img]http://oi58.tinypic.com/34q75fk.jpg[/img] Kail: Anyway, go on ahead, pretend that we're not here. We'll surely watch your backs, right boys? Police Officer: Yes sir! [i][u]Fleeting Memories School - Corridor[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/MZYcHvG.png[/img] Andorina: Alright! [img]https://i.imgur.com/InLNjMs.png[/img] Tiane: (Was hoping we wouldn't do this limo thing until tomorrow...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/TNyh5GR.png[/img] Rayla: (A limo huh? This brings back all kinds of memories.) As they entered the car, Tiane made sure to sit near the window. [img]https://i.imgur.com/sbuQd0U.png[/img] Tiane: (Might as well make the most of this trip even though entering a limo is still strange as hell for me.) Hey Good Kid. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Ted: What is it? [img]https://i.imgur.com/1Vnbvm0.png[/img] Tiane: Remember the Gossip Girl? [img]https://i.imgur.com/jppfUO8.png[/img] Ted: Miolina? I don't talk with her...she talks with me...And she loves saying anything she finds in her searches...That's all I know. [img]https://i.imgur.com/nDBoJDa.png[/img] Tiane: (Ah, so she has been like this way before I've met her...) She said to me when we first met that she has this ability called EXS. Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hW_9Gv9d2M]k13[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/EVJy7xR.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/wdi2Gpt.png[/img] Rayla and Ted: EXS? [img]https://i.imgur.com/g2RlVxA.png[/img] Tiane: You two heard about it? [img]https://i.imgur.com/4E1lvOn.png[/img] Rayla: I've...probably heard about it... [img]https://i.imgur.com/m1HGmer.png[/img] Ted: Same here...But I've never searched more about it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/eK8ObJg.png[/img] Tiane: Then this is as good time as any to know about it. I have this odd feeling that we'll be running into someone with that kind of power in the future. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jdUIwsC.png[/img] Rayla: (Now that I think about it...It's probably why Miolina knows so much about the rumors around the city. She has what it takes to stay alive to spread them.) Did she say what kind of ability she had? [img]https://i.imgur.com/S2bWOZt.png[/img] Tiane: Hmmm...Something about darkness...Now that I think about it, she did say some nonsense about being your opposite. [img]https://i.imgur.com/vaSybrq.png[/img] Rayla: (Nonsense indeed...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/rl62MkX.png[/img] Ted: Let's see... Ted opened the book and started searching about EXS. Moments later, he found a rather detailed explanation. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Ted: (It really is here. I wonder if someone travelled through the worlds just catalog this.) *ahem* "EXS is an ethereal energy present in pratically everything. One can say it's what any kind being emanates just by existing. However, said energy can't be acessed by normal ways, yet, any rational or partially has the capability to harness that power. These are called In-Births. Their bodies are the [i]Vessel[/i] that harness the power and gives shape to an [i]EXS Ability[/i]. Due come in a variety of forms, being different from person to person, with similarities being rare. Thanks to this, it's impossible to completely register every form possible of EXS Ability. While anyone can attain said power, the way to obtain so is extremely risky. There are monsters known as Void, they were once former In-Birth who attempted to get stronger by absorbing EXS energy beyond what their vessel could contain. If a normal person makes contact with a void, usually by being bitten by it, their soul will get infected by the EXS influence, but, if said person can withstand their sanity during all this, they'll be fully awakened as an In-Birth. However, if a person has a different ability not related to EXS, they won't turn into In-Births, but due to them still having EXS energy in their being, they will be still targeted by Voids." [img]https://i.imgur.com/PKwZtqq.png[/img] Tiane: ...That's a lot to take in.. [img]https://i.imgur.com/85soH9G.png[/img] Rayla: I see...so it's more like a forceful way to learn how to use magic. Their concepts are rather similar if I think about it. Magic draws energy from the soul, while EXS draws power from the existence. [img]https://i.imgur.com/IY6qh5P.png[/img] Tiane: Is there a difference? [img]https://i.imgur.com/TNyh5GR.png[/img] Rayla: It said that if you have a different kind of power...then yes, there's a difference. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jppfUO8.png[/img] Ted: I'm going to assume the body would be incapable of creating a vessel...Or maybe because it has a different one that stores a different kind of power. [img]https://i.imgur.com/zRT9mjB.png[/img] Tiane: Hmmm...I think I get it... [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Ted: There's more to read...Should I keep going? [img]https://i.imgur.com/GFgbRJZ.png[/img] Tiane: Might as well. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Nsguj9B.png[/img] Ted: "There is a phenomenon known as [i]Hollow Night[/i] that manifest itself once a month in the form of a alternate dimension. Hollow Night appears every time on the night of the full moon at a certain area. Those people who are within the area during the Hollow Night's appearance enter to the Void's realm. Normal people who end up getting caught in the Hollow Night usually become the Void's prey, only some awaken as In-Birth. People outside the realm of Hollow Night cannot see what happens within. Likewise, the people within the Hollow Night cannot view what happens in the real world. All electrical devices are also rendered useless within the Hollow Night. The center of the Hollow Night, known as Abyss, has an infinite fountain of EXS that many In-Births try to reach in order to gain further powers. Due to the endless amount of EXS it produces, it allows to Voids to take a materialized form near it, so that people can visually recognize them. Hollow Night can be forcibly ended by destroying the Abyss." [img]https://i.imgur.com/PKwZtqq.png[/img] Tiane: That's a lot to take in... [img]https://i.imgur.com/RIUlhvI.png[/img] Ted: You said that before... [img]https://i.imgur.com/eLqTRoQ.png[/img] Rayla: Yeah...A different dimension full of EXS energy...I certainly haven't heard of it before...yet we've heard about EXS somewhere before. Maybe our families had contact with it at some point in the past. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Ted: I'll try to look more into it. Maybe the book only mentioned the Hollow Night because it's where there's a large concentration of EXS. If our families met with In-Births before, I'm sure it's registered somewhere. [img]https://i.imgur.com/S2bWOZt.png[/img] Tiane: I'm kinda satisfied with what I got, so have fun with that. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MH0vdVk.png[/img] Rayla: (So at some point...Miolina was attacked by a Void. And some time after that, she decided to be the eyes and the ears of whatever is happening on this city...Just what is she after?)