Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

There was a moment or two that Savayna had devoted to just laughing as she saw Lorenzo wail and flail away with the current, not at all doing anything to try and help the man. It was his fault for ticking of Savayna. Maybe that'd show him not to cross Savayna Glacie. Of course, Grant had to save his brother as he always had. He did so by summoning Zeromus and having the esper be used as some sort of floatation device as he pulled the blonde Rozarrian from almost drowning and brought him to safety, much to Savayna's disappointment, of course. If she had her way, he would meet them near the entrance to Ozmone so Grant and Savayna could have a bit of peace from Lorenzo's constant yapping.

But, of course, that wasn't going to happen. Instead, through Zeromus' powerful, surprisingly elegant voice, Grant's sensible opinion about making haste would be heard. What's even worse, Savayna agreed, albeit with the leftover scowl she had given Lorenzo before she shoved him off the tree bridge. "Fine," Savayna simply stated.

As they would walk, the trio traversed through Giza's swampy grass. They fought whatever monsters came their way. Some didn't even require them to draw their weapons. It was only a matter of punching and kicking them in the right place; though some did provide an even greater danger - such as the Storm Elemental. They would've avoided it, but there seemed to be more than just one of them. "Seems like there's no other choice," She looked at the Storm Elementals in front of them. They multiplied five times over, blocking the entrance to Ozmone. If they wanted to get there, they had to fight their way through the elementals first.

Savayna drew her sword as mist surrounded her body. In an instant, she focused it at her feet and she began to slide forward as ice magick continuously covered the ground to help speed up her movements. "It's fight or die, boys," she said, striking forward at one of the elementals. "And I'm far too young to die to these things!" Down came a swing of her Ice Queen, slicing one of them in half, the magickal energy from that Elemental causing a lightning recoil; though Savayna's mist blocked it in the nick of time.

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As Lorenzo had started talking, her mind was stuck on his use of us normal people. If there was one thing she didn't like, it was being talked down to, especially by someone who was everything but normal. This was coming from the guy who overreacted every time the topic of Nadeline growing up and becoming a woman; not to mention how he always exaggerated his emotions, often crying out of whatever bullshit emotion he might be feeling at the time. It was hilarious he called himself normal when he's just as absurd as calling Dominic normal. Those two are just two zany peas from the same pod.

Eventually, Savayna's smile would fade into a subtle scowl. In one long moment, as they would near an overpass that had a section of between two patches of swampy grass being connected by a thick tree branch, they would start to cross it. Just as Lorenzo had got on, Savayna would simply use her mist to "gently" push Lorenzo off the tree and send him wherever the current would take him. "How's that for normal?!" She yelled out to him, watching him flail as he was carried away by the current.

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For the love of God, don't tell her.

Ava could see Alexandros' subtle way of trying to tell her not to say anything about Raychelle, the maid-like nanny they had last year and Kelly, the nanny for the Davenport family across the street. She knew he didn't want Audrey to know about them and how he seduced them on several occasions or how they both got fired because of how they foolishly thought they could outwit Alexandros. But it was her brother that got the worst of it when their mother scolded him and banned him from driving his favorite Ferrari for a whole month. She knew that he didn't want any of that made public, yet Ava was feeling especially devious this morning, not to mention this would be the perfect chance for her to get back at him for all last week when he didn't have her side regarding how she stayed with Jackson for those few hours.

Payback's a bitch, ain't it, Alex?

"I imagine it's something very similar to how you two ended up shacking up," Ava shrugged, assuming Alexandros did the same thing. "Maybe the only difference was you didn't have a job or your professional reputation to worry about - just your personal one." Ava mused, glaring at Alexandros who seemed to be hiding some kind of painful anguish. "Though, the funny thing about our previous maid, Raychelle, she actually got her revenge. After she got fired, Alexandros was actually grounded from driving his Ferrari. He had to settle for his BMW. As I'm sure you could imagine, he took it hard." Ava thought on that, "kind of like those nannies did when..well, you know."

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"Whatever happened to you being a man, huh Larry?" Savayna kept on teasing and mocking him as she couldn't help but notice how he tried to soak up the warmth from Grant's cloak. His comment about it being cold only made her laugh. As an ice-user, she had an additional resistance to cold weather. She felt at home when it was freezing cold.If it wasn't for it actually raining and her not wanting her hair to become all poofy and big, she probably would do away with the cloak.

She stopped, looking at Lorenzo. "Poor baby can't handle a little chill." She got real close to him, smiling coldly. As she did, Savayna flipped her hair. "If you let your whining go, you'd see the cold would never bother you, anyway - just look at me! I'm barely covered up and I can't hold it back anymore." Savayna got even closer to Lorenzo, "just let it go, Larry."

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Rain or shine, Lorenzo never fails to complain. honestly, Savayna could remember how he was when they arrived at the gates of Rabanastre about how hot and humid it was and now he was bitching about how wet and rainy it was. If she hadn't needed him to build this damn contraption for Grant, she would've simply made this journey with Grant. However, seeing as how that was not the case and Lorenzo was the only one who could build it, she had to make due. It didn't make her growing annoyance decrease, though; from where she was walking, despite trying to distance herself by pulling Grant in a brisk walk, he still was as loud as ever.

The trio would make their way in the entry point of Giza Plains and it was amazing how green the plains got in such a short amount of time. Truly it was one of Ivalice's several mysteries that couldn't be explained properly. The only thing that could be said was how amazing it was to see. And, of course, the swampy ground made it a hell for anyone in heels. Luckily, Savayna could use her magick to flatten her heels until they got to Ozmone.

As they traversed further into Giza, without warning, a lightning bolt came down and struck near Lorenzo just as he was commenting about how hard it rained. "I think the gods are trying to tell you something, Larry." Savayna mocking Lorenzo. Since he had the tendency to forget people's names, she would accidentally forget his. She chuckled; though she caught Grant's approving glance.

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After a while, she had started talking to herself, those around her worried she might go and do something crazy, or that she was crazy. Truth be told, she was barely holding it together. Grant, of all people, knew that she was impatient. She valued punctuality above else, so imagine being her and it running on nearly ten minutes of her having to wait for them. Mateus tried his best to distract her, but he was met with such an icy retort that not even his inner realm could reach such cold temperatures. One might say that he retreated into his domain and cut off contact with her for the time being.

Only when Savayna heard Lorenzo’s voice did her mumbling and rabid tapping cease. The same could not be said about her face. She was absolutely livid with them right now. “It’s Savay--oh, you know what? Just forget it. We’re running late as it is.” Savayna roared, turning around as the two were probably behind her.

She briskly walked, leaving the Rozarrian brothers behind her chilly path of at least five paces. She approached the gate and was met by a couple of Dalmascan soldiers. She requested they open up the gate. After a brief exchange of words, they happily did it; though one of the partial reasons was to not feel Savayna’s cold wrath. Even to them, she displayed a nasty snarl like a Behemoth in the winter of Omisace.

The large gate sent vibrations through the most southern portions of Rabanastre. Even those in the palace could hear it. It was so loud it would bring an uncomfortable feeling for about five seconds until the sight of the plains came into view. And as their luck would have it, they chose the day it was the wet season. Thankfully, Savayna prepared herself for it and had brought her snow-colored cloak that perfectly matched her light blue and silver dress-armor set.

Briefly, she looked at Lorenzo and Grant who took advantage of the time the gate took to open. With a one-second glance at both of them, she noticed Grant came prepared, but Lorenzo was wearing nothing to protect him from the wetness of the rain and the shocker of possible lightning. “Now that’s what you get for keeping me waiting, dumbass.” Savayna told Lorenzo, whacking him on the back of his head as she led the charge into Giza, her fur-edged cloak over her head and icy eyes focused on the sight ahead.

Time to go on their adventure!

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Ava eyed Audrey as if she was a dumb blonde or something. “Yes, another one; as in it’s more than one - dos, if you will.” Ava retorted with her usual sarcasm, though she did notice that Audrey leaned into Alexandros, wondering exactly what she was saying to him. Knowing him and what she [Ava] had just said about Alexandros’ sexual endeavors, it didn’t mean good things for him, which brought a proud smile to Ava’s mouth as she happily dug into her food.

On the other end of the table, Alexandros felt that familiar chill down his spine as Audrey not-so-subtly threatened him. What a wonderful feeling it was getting these on the regular basis. The first time was Alexandros’ fault, of course, but every time after that seemed to be the work of someone else. If it wasn’t Florence, then it was Ava. He never did seem to be able to catch a break when it came to this woman. At the least, though, he knew she cared. The fact that she was worried she caught something brought a smile to Alexandros’ face and he stared back at Ava who only looked at him with a confused expression.

Ava raised her eyebrow at Alex but then heard Audrey. “Oh right, I think you asked about my brother’s refusal to use condoms.” She smirked at Alexandros. “To answer that would be to dredge up ancient history.” She glanced at Alex, seeing the oh-so-subtle gleam in his eyes that was telling her not to do it.

“Ava..”

She contemplating for a moment. As she hummed lowly, seriously considering her options, she gave Alexandros a beaming smile. He knew what was coming.. “So would you like to know about the time he did our last nanny or our neighbor's nanny?”

And there it was. The obvious war between siblings was on. Alex drew the line in the sand and Ava crossed it, boasting her military arsenal of secrets. In that moment, Alexandros knew there was nothing he could do. For once, the half-Greek God of Greatness was at the mercy of the artful Ava.

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Savayna had been the first one to wait by the Southgate, which was surprising. She was often the last one up due to her innate ability to be one of the laziest people in all of Ivalice. However, she seemed extra motivated. She didn't have a lot to gather. The rations that she needed was on her person at the time. She had a few potions in her pocket and when she got to her room, she grabbed a small pouch which had some other medical supplies in it. After she would grab that and a cloak in case of the rain season in Giza, all she would need was her sword. As soon as she had placed that on her hip, she had left.

"What the hell is taking them so long? I told them thirty minutes, not thirty-one, not thirty-two - but thirty fucking minutes." She tapped her heel rather loudly against the stone-plated ground.

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“You’ve got a point there.” Ava echoed Audrey’s sentiments. “You can’t give him any sort of gratification or his big head might explode. Or worse, he might think he’s a god or something.” She let out a sigh.

Alexandros couldn’t help but feel attacked, though he didn’t show it. To him, it was Ava just being her usual, jealous self. It must be really hard not being perfect. Their parents thought highly of her, sure, but there was nothing like being the first-born. No matter what any parent might say to their child to assure them they love every single of their children equally, there’s always a part of their hearts where their first-born child resided. Even if he was wrong, if Ava thought it to be true, then it was worth rubbing it in her face. After all, regardless if it was true or not about what she just said, giving her any gratification about being right was also something he wasn’t about to let happen.

But, enough of that. Alexandros was rather interested in how this was going to play out. His sister and his...current house guest were having a conversation. On one side, Ava wanted to know what on earth had gotten into her to sleep with Alexandros and in the corner of Audrey, she simply didn’t give any hint to that. Don’t disappoint, ladies.

Ava eyed Audrey closely. This girl was skilled in the art of the poker face. It was hard for Ava to get a read on her. Still, something had to give. “I hope you used a condom. The last thing mom and dad want is another pregnancy scare by your current hussy,” she looked at Audrey, “again, no offense. You seem like a real charmer, but you wouldn’t believe the company he keeps.” She let out an exasperated sigh, glaring at Alexandros who had simply smiled, feigning innocence about Ava’s claim.

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"Fine, I suppose there isn't any avoiding it." Savayna let out a sigh, looking to the Roselia brothers. The disappointment couldn't be retrained as Savayna would give Lorenzo an annoyed glance. She understood the logic, though. No matter how inconvenient it was, it also made sense. She might not have known much about magicite, but the theory was if you have foreign magicite in a magicite-powered machine, it would get sucked into it, and that could be catastrophic for said machine, especially if those machines had people near it.

Besides, there was a lot of truth to what he said. Ozmone was just a few hours away from Rabanastre. The journey did wholly dependent on whether or not it was the wet season in Giza Plains. It was so random that one day it was dry as the Dalmassca sands and the next it was like a monsoon. If it was dry, then the journey to Ozmone was two hours tops, but when it was wet and water flooded the plains, they would have to find alternative routes across the vast wetness. Not to mention there was the immediate danger of lightning storms. With Savayna being an ice/water magick user, that didn't spell good things for her.

"We'll meet at the southgate in half of an hour. That should be plenty of time for us to get what we need for the journey ahead." Savayna told them. She gave both of them a nod.