Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

“Yes, Lorenzo stay back. Let the adults talk,” Savayna quipped to Lorenzo before turning her full attention towards Grant and Nadeline.

An impressive display of magick would showcase from both of them as orbs of holy and a wave of Arcana combined into a mix of purple and white, destined to collide with Savayna. She knew the intent was to clash with her, aimed to harm. But in that attack that homed towards her, she knew it lacked the will to kill. She knew, despite it being enough to do her away, it was nothing but an elaborate attempt of simply holding her at bay. The Mist spoke to her. It crackled under itself, telling her exactly what it was created to do. These magicks were not meant to end her life.

That would be their first mistake.

Savayna walked forward as she made no attempt to block. The wave of Holy and Arcana made contact with her. For a moment, she stopped. It appeared to have made a direct impact.

“Should we do something?” Shinto asked Shion. He had a thought that if this was left to be continued, it would not end well for anyone.

And as Shinto looked on, he saw something. Savayna was unharmed. She was walking forward, the joint efforts of the Roselias seeming to be reduced to particles of white and dark magicks. And as the particles remained in the air, Savayna raised her free hand and those particles shifted colors. The shades of purple and gold and white changed to various hues of blue and grey. When her arm came down, a spiralling tornado of ice magicks surrounding the two. As it would, brisk winds would pick up and the tornado would close in on them.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

As Grant would speak, she took in every word. And as his words would resonate with her, she tipped her head to the side, her eyes growing colder and more empty as time passed. It was also having a strange impact on her Mist. The more her eyes faded from icy blue into pearl white, the more her mist became...unstable. One could note that the mist was familiar to that of Nabudis. How it had such raw, uncontrollable mist that there was absolutely no telling what could happen when one was directing it at another.

“You cannot begin to understand what I feel for Jaakuna — none of you can. He was my everything. He was my whole world. All I’ve ever wanted to do is protect him. But, even after Mateus’ Seal had been unlocked, I am still useless to him.” Savayna stepped forward as she would direct her cold glare at Nadeline. “And then, of all people to judge me, you have to gall to question my devotion to him.”

About three steps forward, Savayna stopped, gripping her head with one hand. Her left eyes closed and her white one had a quick flash of black. It was a quick flash. After she would return to normal, her body was now straight and she took control of her body once more.

“Now, step aside…fiance. This does not concern you. Or do you wish to find out how outmatched you really are?” Savayna poised herself. She held her left hand out to the side and Mateus’ Trident formed out of ice but this time it was...different. It had a color scheme of darker blues and greens rather than having icy hues.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

Savayna was still as the long night. Her eyes diving further and further into madness as her Mist intensified almost to the point it surrounded her in a complete aura of chilling winds, colored of deep blue, red, and white, now screeching. As she stood there, Savayna’s face was devoid of any and all emotion and any reactions that one might expect from her.

The Ice Queen raised her hand and as from above, a rain of mistified large ice darts(daggers more like) poured down upon her… beloved(and his niece) as she had revealed her true intentions without uttering a single word.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

“If you don’t let me go right now, there will be a lot wrong, but not with me,” Savayna practically threatened Grant. She returned the glaring look he gave her back in full to him.

All the while, she flailed and flailed, clawing at her soon-to-be husband and Lorenzo almost to the point where she found an opening. One moment of letting their guard down and Savayna had herself free of their clutches. In that one moment, Savayna would not waste anymore time. Her mist activated, responding to her desires. Sheer cold winds formed from her emotions, colored with a faint pink, swirling around her as if like a cloth. It whispered and if Grant and Lorenzo were still close to her, they would get the smallest feeling of frostbite, doubtless forcing them back.

Savayna’s eyes were less blue and more pure white. In whatever was possessing her or what had gotten into her, but one thing was certain: she was aiming everything she could muster up at Nadeline as she charged and aimed her apparent “friend”, intent on finishing what she had started before Grant and Lorenzo interfered.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

SAvayna’s watery eyes watched intently as Nadeline worked her ass off as she relentlessly hovered over Jaakuna laid insensately. Though it was a relief to her that his physical ailments seemed to have dissipated due to the Rozarrian’s efforts, Savayna, as she gazed upon Jaakuna’s form, was not yet out of a state of distress as he refused to regain consciousness. And when Nadeline finished, Savayna heard her words. She criticised her for not doing anything. She seemed to - well, disapprove of her lack of control over her emotions. As if The Ice Queen was prone to those kinds of outbursts.

Throughout the entire time, Nadeline had been talking, Savayna didn’t look at her. The Archadian blonde would keep her eyes on Jaakuna. She watched his pale face starting to gain its color. She held her hand over his chest and felt his heartbeat was normal. His skin was gaining its warmth back. By all accounts, his eyes should be opening, but they remained closed, his emerald gems remaining closed off to those who wished to see them.

Savayna kept her silence for a few moments before finally looking at Nadeline. Her expression was blank and devoid of any real emotion. “I’ve had enough,” Savayna stated simply. Her icy blue eyes sparkled white and before anyone could even try to stop her, Savayna had tackled Nadeline to the ground. Her hand on her throat and ramming her head into the dirt. “You pretentious bitch! How dare you look at me like you’re better than me!? I swear to god, look at me like that again, and I will kill you!” Savayna shrieked, wailing at Nadeline as the Rozarrian princess’ head would bounce up and down on the gravel and dirt.

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Sex With Ducks — Garfunkel and Oates — All Over Your Face
Careless Disregard — Eyeshine — Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight
Set the World on FIre — Black Veil Brides — Set the World on Fire
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Gold On the Ceiling — The Black Keys — El Camino
Sweetheart, You Are Sadly Mistaken — Alesana — When Myths Fade Into Legends

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Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

It was apparent that Jaakuna’s state wasn’t improving. His wounds might’ve been on their way to getting healed and his color might be returning, but he still was unconscious and there was no sign of him regaining it any time soon, much to everyone’s fear, especially Savayna’s. When it had hit her, she hated that, even after gaining her new power, she still was useless. Not even Nadeline’s healing powers - as good as they seemed to be - was enough to bring him out of whatever comatose state he was in.

Then, as the others would suggest that something was up, Savayna looked around. Even though she had been distraught for the majority of the past ten or so minutes, it did somehow hit her that one crucial person was missing. Hamut was nowhere in sight. Jaakuna was fighting him, so he had to have been somewhere near...but where?

Meanwhile, Shinto looked on at the scene unfolding. He saw Savayna was in a waking state of distress while Madame Blue Rose was trying to convince everyone that she wasn’t wiped out from her fight with Savayna. Then, of course, there was the fact that Savayna had completely dropped the ball on Grant in more than one way in the past hour. First, not answering Shion’s question about whom she loved -or rather, who she still loved, and then another by going straight to Jaakuna when she awoke. Shinto couldn’t help but feel that Grant wasn’t in the best of shapes.

So, being the concerned friend - erm, good samaritan more like - he went over to Grant, trying to speak as quietly as he could without sounding it off to the others. “You know she loves you, right?” Shinto offered Grant some solace. “Listen, Savayna is just feeling inadequate right now. I know you and her might have some things to work out later on, but just remember that she said yes to --” Shinto would remind Grant of the ring on her finger “--well, you catch my drift.” Shinto shrugged, placing a hand on Grant’s shoulder, “her emotional state is probably the most fragile of anyone I know. So, just give her time. She’ll come to you when she’s ready. Just...don’t give up on her, okay?”

Shinto gave Grant a reassuring smile - a smile that he rarely gave. He wasn’t one that usually showed emotion, but as someone who was once in Grant’s shoes, so he knew just how it felt to see the one person he cared most to choose another and be in a constant state of distress. It came to the point where he had to step away despite how much it hurt him. Even if it were his best friend’s sister, he had to distance himself from her because, no matter how he felt, he knew that Nila had too much to deal with. She didn’t need him to complicate things - especially since not long after he left her to her own devices, he was framed for a murder that he was trying to prevent. That was why he and Dominic were in the dungeons to begin with. They were trying to prevent Simon’s presumed death - just from the shadows...

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

Savayna found herself in disbelief as Nadeline said he was alive. As if on her command, she backed away a few paces but not so far that she was out of the purview of Jaakuna. She watched as she effortlessly healed him, though she could tell it would take some time. Jaakuna was badly injured. His entire body was covered in burns of at least second-degree and his entire body seemed to have at least one broken bone per the main section, not to mention after Nadeline had been going at it for a few minutes, he wasn't gaining any of his color back.

And then ten minutes passed since she started healing and still nothing happened. "What's happening?" Savayna asked, fearing the worst. "Why isn't he recovering?"

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

Savayna found herself waking up but it was not where she thought it would be. Last she remembered, she was on top of Shion and about to plunge her Trident inside that full chest of hers. Then...something happened. It was an explosion of sorts. It caused widespread damage and sent practically everyone flying. That’s where Savayna’s memory was a little fuzzy.

As she looked around, she noticed wherever she was...it was not Archades. She was in some tundra that had rising mountains all covered in ice. Where she stood was on top of a frozen lake that was as clear as glass. Deep in its depths, she saw something swim. As she would look further, she saw it coming for the surface. As if trying to defend herself, Savayna backed away and placed her hands over her face Did she perhaps get blown so far that she was no longer in Archades? Judging by the area she was in, it definitely wasn’t Archades.

When the thing she saw in the lake come up, it only took her a brief moment to realize who it was. “What the fuck Mateus!?” she cursed at him.

As he hovered in front of her, he landed on the ice, taking the time to slowly lay down and look at her with an amused expression. “Hello to you too, Ice Queen.”

“Where am I?” Savayna asked, ignoring his amused tone.

“Most call this place the Ice Dimension. As for me? Well, I call it Home Sweet Home.” He snickered. He was the only one that did.

“Wait you live here?”

“Took you that long to figure it out, huh?”

“You still didn’t answer my question,” Savayna persisted. She was not wanting to steer off-course.

As he would sigh, he approached her, “don’t you know? Whenever a Chosen One is given an Esper’s Inner Seal, they are brought to their domain.”

“What the hell are you even talking about?”

“Let me put it in a way you can understand,” Mateus looked at Savayna and touched her head with a single hand, “your love for that Archadian Prince gave you something you have longed for: power. The pain he felt from nearly losing Lannit was felt within you, which fuelled your desire to prove your worth. The love you have for Belias’ Chosen One - and don’t be mistaken, Savayna. It is definitely love - I felt that too. Every possible emotion you were feeling during that last moment where you decided to concentrate everything within your soul to prove your resolve was the exact moment you unlocked my seal.” Mateus explained, “and to answer your next question, I did nothing but let you use my power whenever you needed it. Your resolve was what brought us together that only could be possible through shared consciousnesses.”

This was the first time that MAteus was actually straight with her and it had her speechless. For the first time ever, Savayna had very little to say. What could she say? From whatever jealousy - or love, as Mateus put it - she felt, came this unintended resolve and proof of strength that she accomplished. Was that the point of it? Was her subconscious doing this so she would achieve a new feat of power? And what then? What has it gotten her? In the quest to become stronger, she probably ruined what she had with Grant, all because she still had those lingering feelings of love for her ex-husband.

“So, that explosion...it was my - I mean our - doing?”

Mateus paused for a moment. “Sadly, that was neither of us. It was--”

"Savayna!

Savayna heard a voice. It was Grant’s. He was calling out to her..

Savayna, can you hear me?!"

As she heard his voice a second time, Savayna found herself disappearing from Mateus’ domain, her eyes closing. And as they would open again, she would start tos ee the form of Grant over her. His concerned face being the first thing she took notice to. She coughed and was aching all over. She tried to move but in doing so, she realized her entire body from head to toe was severely sore, not to mention that her left arm from the elbow down was broken. Her head was throbbing like a motherfucker, and to make matters worse, she looked around and saw the carnage. It was..

“Wait..” As she had turned her head, Savayna couldn’t believe her eyes. She saw someone just three paces away, buried in a pool of blood. Burnt marks all over his body. Bruises ranging from the lightest color imaginable to dark purple, and fresh cuts as deep as the arteries go. It only took her a moment to realize who exactly that it was her eyes had her viewing.. “Ja-akuna..”

Out of pure desperation, Savayna sat up. Despite her obvious injuries and the fatigue she was experiencing(plus a throbbing headache), Savayna desperately crawled over to Jaakuna’s laid-out body, while screaming out his name, each one louder than the last. It continued until she got to his form. She put his head on her lap and stroked his hair.

“Jaakuna! Jaakuna, open your eyes, it’s Savayna.” At this point, she was crying, trying to get him to open his eyes, “Jaakuna, please! Open your eyes. OPEN YOUR EYES!” She screamed, tears flowing from her face. But nothing happened. His body still motionless. It was still unmoving no matter how much she pleaded.

And as she would look around, trying to find someone - anyone - that could help, she saw the others(as well as a couple of others). “Nadeline! Lorenzo! SOMEBODY! YOU HAVE TO SAVE HIM!” She pleaded, shouting out to anyone who would listen. “I-I-I can’t lose him - not again. Not like this.” She weeped, looking down at his face, stroking his hair and skin, burying her face into his motionless one, soaking it in her sorrow.