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A Tale of Talons, Fangs and Claws

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My longest story to date! (whether or not that is a good thing I don't know ^^)

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The weekend had come again, the time of the week Ion always looked forward to as he had freedom from the responsibilities of going to school and studying for the week's work, it was time for him to develop his other skills, ones you can only gain experience in by adventuring out in the wilds with his friends. Ion got dressed in his adventuring gear, though deciding to wear the overcoat without his secondary undershirt, the weather was getting a lot warmer and the multiple layers made Ion feel way too hot, it was taking away a small piece of armor but aloud Ion to move quicker in a pinch so for him the tradeoff was worth it to stay cooler. Fixing his sword to his back and his prized hat on his head, Ion jolted down the stairs and out the door of his family's estate, not even noticing his father standing back in the hallway a bit to see his son off, Ion was always quick out the door and Ivan became accustom to it, even though he wished Ion would slow down a bit. Outside Ion ran as fast as he could through the front ground of the estate, across the gardens there was somewhat unusual scene, by the gate Flint was there waiting for him, talking to one of standing guards. Normally Ion would go to the city square and meet up with Zephyr before heading to Flint's tribe's lands in the south to meet him but with the lands over there mostly explored by the three boys and the lands kind of unexplored in that area across a river currently off limits due to an encounter with the floof dragons, they decided to turn their attention to the lands in the north instead, causing Flint to have to meet his friends in the city first before they all would go off adventuring. With Ion living in the centre of the city of Eios and Zephyr living more in the north part of the city, Ion's family estate was the natural choice for Flint to meet up with Ion before the two of them would travel to Zephyr's home to get him and then set out, departing towards the north gate and out into the wild lands there. After the unusual greeting, Ion and Flint saluted the guard that was keeping Flint company while he waited before they both traveled down the winding streets full of somewhat taller buildings with overhanging balconies on the more residential ones, though instead of racing like Ion and Zephyr would do, Ion and Flint took their time as they parkoured around the buildings, while both were fairly great with their parkour skills, Flint had a slightly harder time due to his skills being more honed in the woods and around nature then Ion who had more time in the city, though Flint was still able to keep up abet with Ion going at a slower pace then he normally would. Getting to a row of side by side multi level home buldings along an upwards curved street, Ion and Flint knocked on the door of a home with a crest of swirling lines, when the door opened a slightly taller female arctic fox with long blue hair stood in front of them looking somewhat annoyed. Ion and Flint smiled and gave a small wave as the female fox sighed before turning around and yelling up the stairs "Ze! Your friends are here!" Rumbling could be heard from the upper floor, with the sound of metal hitting the ground followed by a frustrated swear before the rumbling continued, as Zephyr darted down the stairs, "thanks Zuri, tell mom I will be staying at Ion's tonight and won't be home until tomorrow evening" Zephyr excitedly said, putting on his boots and then joining his friends outside. Rolling her eyes and sighing again, Zuri closed the door to the outside as the three boys headed off towards the city's north gate.

"Does your sister always act like that?' Ion asked as the three boys ran down the streets, "No, I think she still does not like you very much, she kind of recognizes you from that group of kids you use to hang out with that picked on me and still doesn't trust you" Zephyr replied. Ion and Flint looked somewhat down from that statement, feeling the mood drop a bit Zephyr quickly tryed to change the subject looked over to Flint to see this new little claw like trinket around his neck, "hey Flint were did you get that?" Zephyr asked as he pointed to the necklace Flint was wearing. "What this" Flint said while holding the claw like trinket in his hand, "this is something my tribe gives to warriors that are deemed master bowman, it is made out of a talon of a hawk, signifying those with 'hawk's eyes'." "You really already got to that level? I know you are good but I didn't think you would be a 'master' yet" Ion started to say but Flint retorted "hey, I am better with a bow then a lot of our full fledge warriors, if you don't believe me then why don't you just go and ask our chief." "You think I won't?" Ion responded in a cheeky manner to which Flint glared at him and said, "What you think i got somethign to hide? As I said before go ahead, Ember will tell you the same thing I just told you!" "Ok, ok you two settle down" Zephyr chimed in, "look we are heading into the wild lands now and we need to keep a keen eye open for any nasty critters or even larger beasts, with the warmer weather, there are sure to be more of them around and we don;t know their habitats in this area yet" he continued as the three boys exited the city into the wilderness. As the morning went on, Ion, Zephyr and Flint continued their journey into the new northern lands, the sun started beating down on them hard and combined with the more then usual fighting of small beasts, as there seamed to be more of a population of them in these parts combined with the weather, they were quickly getting over heated. As luck would have it though, as midday broke, the three boys discovered upon a small pond with a small waterfall roaring in the background. Not wanting to actually go swimming or get overly wet, Ion, Zephyr and Flint took off their boots and sat on the shore as they let the small waves wash over their legs, greatly cooling them down. "Now this feels nice" Ion exclaimed as both Zephyr and Flint nodded in agreement, some time passed as the boys just let the waves to continue flow over them, the peaceful sights of the nature around them filled their eyes as did the sounds of birds, though all three of them felt like something was a bit off, like eyes piercing the location they were resting, like maybe there was someone watching them.  

After doing some minor scanning of the area around them, the boys could not actually find anything out of place, trying to put those feelings of unease aside, Ion got a smirk on his face thinking about a conversation he had earlier in the day before turning his head over to Flint, "so master bowman are you ready to prove your skills?" he asked snarkly. Flint stood up from his sitting position and walked over to where Ion was sitting "I am up for anything you throw at me" Flint replied looking Ion straight in the eyes with pride in his voice. "Ok then" Ion said with a small smile as he got up and walked over to an apple tree, "see if you can knock down an apple but just by cutting it's stem without hitting the red part" A gleeful smile could be seen on Flint's face followed by a small chuckle, "not only can I do that but..." Flint started to say as he walked over to an a tree on the side of the pond, placing his talon necklace into his quiver, he jumped up and hung the quiver, full of arrows, on an extending branch before climbing the tree himself and hanging off a branch upside down, "I can do that while positioned like this!" Flint then grabbed an arrow out of his quiver and drew back the string on his bow, with his 'hawk eye' he stared down the length of the arrow, lining it up with the stem of the apple on the adjacent tree, taking a deep breath, he let go of the string as the arrow whistled through the air only to hear a small crack sound not long after as the apple fell from it's branch all intact. "See, that was noting" Flint exclaimed as Ion let out a small impressed whistle, "ok then" Ion started to say, "how about you hit the apple while Zephyr levitates it up and down with his wind psynergy?" "Bring it on!" Flint yelled out loud as Zephyr sighed, rolling his eyes as he got up from the shore of the pond and sat down on the grass near the tree, he started conjuring up some wind psynergy as Ion brought the fallen apple and tossed it into the vortex before lying down on the grass himself. The apple swayed up and down at a random rate, " Ok! lets see you hit that!" Ion called out as Flint readied another arrow unfazed by the challange. Flint locked onto the apple as Ion could see his eyes moving with the apple's movement, as Flint took a deep breath, a small smile could be seen on Ion's face as he pointed his finger ever so slightly in Zephyr's direction, letting out a small amount of his lightning psynergy on to Zephyr's foot, causing him to laugh uncontrollably. The wind vortex started fluctuating abnormally as Zephyr's concentration was interrupted with his laughing from Ion's lightning tickling his foot, causing the apple to move unpredictably just as Flint fired off his arrow, it missing the apple by just a small amount as an expression of anger could be seen on his face. "Stop tickling him!!!" Flint shouted as Ion just continued his smile, "I though you were up for anything I threw at you master bowman" he responded. Ion closed his eyes and started to laugh a little as a frustrated Flint grabbed another arrow and fired it at the apple, though it just grazed the side causing it to be knocked out of the wind vortex that Zephyr was still trying to make as he was still getting tickled by Ion's lightning. The apple then fell directly on Ion's head landing with a hard thonk, bouncing up just after striking as Flint readied another arrow and fired it off, this time making direct contact with it as the arrow with the apple attached striked the ground just in front of Ion's extended finger.  

"See thats what you get for trying to trick me, a shot only a master bowman could make!" Flint snarkly called out as Ion now took his hand and rubbed his aching head, he looked over to Zephyr as he stopped laughing but was met fleeting eyes "well you did start all this, you got what you deserve" Zephyr said at Ion's gaze. Ion stopped rubbing his head as he got up from off the ground and dusted himself off, "ok, ok, ok you win, you are indeed a master bowman" he said as the pain in his head was beginning to dull. Satisfied, Flint unhooked himself from the tree and landed on the ground with ease, as Zephyr stood up as well as the three of them putt their boots back on, the boys then decided it was time for them to continue on their adventure, it was now almost mid afternoon and there was only a few hours left before they had to start heading back into the city. As they traveled along a path that sensation of the piercing eyes and being watched hit the boys again in full force, like something was following them and their movements, though whatever it was didn't seam overpowering, the warriors from Flint's tribe that would keep an eye on them when they traveled the southern lands gave off more of an impending aura then this. With their guard up a bit, Flint realized his talon necklace was still in his quiver from the game Ion made him play, pausing for a moment to retrieve it, something caught his eye as the bushes rustled beside him but before he knew it, Flint was knocked to the ground by something fast, as a red flash of light peered the side of his eye with a static feeling pulsing through his fur that was somewhat familiar. The talon necklace in his hand went flying up in the air as the being that knocked him over jumped up as the red flash of what looked like lightning wrapped around it's legs, catching the talon necklace in it's hands before it started darting forward. Ion and Zephyr could hear Flint call out from behind as the being rushed towards them, Zephyr got into his defensive stance but as he tried to grab onto the being, pulses of electricity jolted through his body temporarily immobilizing him, though Ion was able to dash to the side and cut off the being, grabbing it by the arm. The being, which Ion could now see was a bunny who was just a bit shorter then he was, with pinkish hair and markings around it's face of different fur colours, started to send off stronger waves of it's red lightning psynergy but Ion countered with his own waves of blue lightning psynergy effectively making a stalemate but at least he was still able to hold onto the bunny's arm, stopping it from escaping.

Flint got up from the ground with intense eyes looking forward as he stomped over towards the bunny that Ion was holding, "Hey! You give that back right now!" he yelled in anger which Ion or Zephyr admittedly had never seen him do. The anger in Flint's face intensified as he got closer to Ion and the bunny but as he did, the ground suddenly shook around him as crack began to form around the feet of Ion and the bunny, time felt like it slowed down as suddenly the ground gave way creating a small crater as Ion fell backwards letting go of the bunny. The bunny with it's dexterity was able to keep it's footing, as Ion fell onto Flint who changed course and rushed in to catch his friend, the bunny then conjured more red lightning around it's legs and darted off back into the woods around them. Ion got up and helped Flint to his feet as Zephyr was able to regain composure from being slightly electrocuted, "which way did he go?" Flint called out angrily to which Zephyr pointed to a direction deeper into the woods, "I saw him run off that way." as Flint started his pursuit. Ion and Zephyr followed after Flint as the boys ran after the bunny, treading like predators stocking their prey, like Hunters hunting their target, the light was starting to fade as the evening came in, the boys knew they had to head back as soon as possible but they were not going to leave without Flint's talon necklace. As they were getting closer to their target, suddenly the feeling of many eyes could be felt on the boys, as with the incoming darkness came the more nocturnal beasts, ones that were far more aggressive then those that roamed around during the day. Growls and snarls could be heard coming from all directions as shadows of large beasts started surrounding Ion, Zephyr and Flint, looking around them, they knew they were going to be in for a fight and with very little daylight left, this one was going to be tough, they needed to keep their senses sharp. The boys readied their positions, Zephyr conjuring up a wall of wind for defense while keeping a swirling vortex in his left hand for offense, Flint readied his bow as lightning started pulsating around Ion's sword. Lifting his hand into the air, Ion let out a large burst of lightning into the sky, it crackling with a deafening tone as it lit up the evening sky, scaring away many of the beasts that were surrounding them but not all ran off. As the remaining beasts closed in, Ion, Zephyr and Flint fought them off,  Zephyr carving through them with his scythe as well as blades of wind, still keeping up the defensive layer around his friends, Ion gutting them down with his sword in one hand while frying them to a crisp with his other, as well as strengthening Flint's bow string with small pulses of of excess lightning, making the arrows he was firing off hit with harder force making them extremely deadly, something Flint was in awe of as he felt the extended power of his bow but also of Ion, that he was able to do this for him while fighting the battle around them, it was like an intricate dance that Ion was performing flawlessly, like someone who was well on the way of being a master spellsword.  

The fight dragged on a bit as the light became darker, though the beast's numbers were dwindling quite fast until there was only one left, the boys kept in their formation, readying to make the final blow when suddenly the red jolts of lightning could be seen again, piercing through the last beast killing it off as Ion, Zephyr and Flint looked over to the direction the bolts came from as they saw the bunny from earlier with his hand held out and a stunned look on his face. The anger came back to Flint as he rushed over to the bunny, his eyes squarely focused on him with a soul piercing stare, "Hey you! You got something that belongs to me!" Flint yelled but the bunny didn't seam to notice as he turned his palm towards his face and stared at his hand in shock, "I.. I never knew psynergy was capable of this kind of power" the bunny could be heard softly saying as his body shook. Flint though was still focused on getting his necklace back, snapping his fingers in front of the bunny's face which seamed to snap him back to reality, "Hey! Are you listening? I said you got something that belongs to me!" Flint loudly said as the bunny turned his eyes towards him. "Ye.. yes of course, here you go" the bunny replied as he handed back the talon necklace to Flint, "sorry I thought you stole that from someone in our tribe but upon further inspection, I see it was made by a different tribe, didn't realize you were tribal yourself" the bunny continued to say as Flint was caught a bit off guard. "You are from a tribe? I thought our tribe of fennecs were the only tribe in the area" Flint replied, "And I though the same of our tribe of cottontails" the bunny responded as Flint's anger nearly depleted as he started to feel a kindship with the rabbit. "Though I must say, I never expected a young one like yourself to be a tribal warrior" the bunny said starting to speak again after the few moments of silence, "in our tribe, we only have older fellows as warriors, while young ones have more simplistic duties and are not to bother elders" he continued. Flint became curious at this statement, "then what are you doing out here on your own if you are not a warrior?" Flint began to say, "you can't be no older then us by the looks of it, just how old are you anyways?" "I am eleven but will be twelve in a couple of weeks, what about you, I have never seen a warrior as young as yourself?" the bunny replied with a question of his own. "I just turned thirteen not too long ago" Flint responded, "I became a warrior when I was eleven but anyways, my point still stands, if you are not a warrior as you say, then what are you doing out here?" "Well to be honest" the bunny started to say "I am kind of not suppose to be outside our tribe's camp, I snuck away to have some time to myself as my duties were starting to get a little boring and I much rather be out here exploring the wilderness."

Flint became fully calm seeing the bunny was just like him in more ways then one, a small misunderstanding kind of brought them together and Flint was just amazed that there were more tribals like himself around here. Ion and Zephyr just stood back as Flint continued on his conversation with the tribal bunny, "so then what is you name?" Flint asked. "My name?" the bunny started to say, "well my name is..." "Mythos!" a voice could be heard calling in the distance, "Mythos are you out here?" "Well it looks like they found out I was gone" the bunny now known as Mythos said as he kind of put two of his fingers together, "looks like I should get going..." "Mythos there you are" a voice from behind could be heard as the now four boys turned around to see an older tribal rabbit standing there, fur painted in marks similar to Flint's signifying him as a warrior of the cottontail tribe, "who are these young ones with you?" Mythos tried to speak but the cottontail warrior cut him off, "it doesn't matter, none of you younglings should be out here, especially since it looks like a fierce storm is on its way in with all those bolts of lightning from a few minutes ago." "Actually that was us" Ion said as he spoke up, "we were fending off beasts with out psynergy and..." "You guys caused that storm?" the warrior cut in, "nonsense, younglings like yourself can't muster up psynergy to create a storm like that!" "It is true and it is not like we have never done it before, you can even ask Flint over there, he is a warrior of the fennec tribe and..." Ion continued to say before he was cut off again, "Enough! I don't have the time to hear fairy tales from little ones, now all of you are going to follow us back to camp and the elders will decide what to do next" the cottontail warrior said with a commanding voice, "you too 'warrior fennec' you should know it is disgraceful to don yourself in marking that you haven't earned, I will make sure your elders hear about this!" "Go ahead it would make my day" Ion could hear Flint snarkly muttering under his breath as he almost seamed pleased at the future reaction of the cottontail warrior when he would find out a 'youngling' was the same rank as he is. The four boys were escorted through the woods by the small group of warrior cottontails, them keeping a keen eye on all of them to make sure none of the younglings wandered off from the group, "see it is not fun when someone doesn't believe what you claim" Flint said to Ion with glee in his voice to which Ion just sighed, "look I am sorry about earlier, was just trying to have a bit of fun you know" Ion responded. "Oh I know, I just like playing around with ya" Flint said with a large smile on his face to which the two of them just laughed, much to the annoyance of the cottontail warriors watching over them.  

They arrived at the camp after about ten minutes of walking, it looked fairly similar to the one Flint lived in, though all the symbols and runes were a little different, the four boys were marched in front of the tribe's elder, with the warrior that found them going off on a little speech on how the younglings should be punished for for being outside the camp's grounds and for the 'lies' the fox ones continued to say, on top of the fennec one with the crime of impersonating a tribal warrior. The elder though motioned the cottontail warrior to the side as she stood in front of the four boys, looking them over, she seamed to focus on both Ion and Flint before a small smile could be seen on her face. "Well now, you must be that little warrior fennec I have heard so much about from Elder Ember, how is he by the way?" she began to say to which Flint responded, "oh you know, doing fine and keeping us busy perfecting our skills." "You can't be serious" the cottontail warrior blurted out, "you mean to tell me this runt is actually a tribal warrior?" "Yes indeed" the Elder bunny replied, "and judging from the mark he is wearing around his neck, he is in the master class of warriors, which if I am not mistaken, is a bit higher rank then you now is it?" she continued with a bit of flair in her voice. The warrior cottontail grunted and walked off muttering under his breath, to which only put a smile on Flint's face, "yep that really did make my day!" he said quietly. The Elder bunny then turned her attention towards Ion, "and you, aren't you the son of the overseer of Norland are you not? How is Isaac... er should I say, how is young Ivan by the way?" she asked to which Ion responded "yes I am and he is doing fine, I think, but this does bring me to the point that we need to be heading back to the estate, it is way past the time we should have arrived back home and we would have made it back in time if it was not for..." Ion began to trail off. "If it was not for little Mythos over there" the Elder bunny answered looking over towards where Mythos was standing, now with his head held down. "Er... yes... but please don't go too hard on him... he actually help us out a lot when we had to fend off some beasts and..." Ion started saying before the Elder bunny interrupted, "really now, well that is some good news but I still feel bad one of ours cause you so much trouble, I know you want to get home but it is really late and no matter how skilled you three are, I just can't let you wander out there in the middle of the night, so as a token of our gratitude we will host you boys here for the night and you can get a move on in the morning when there is more light out and less fearsome beasts roaming the woods." "Sure but my dad will still worry about where I am and..." Ion started answering back but was cut off again by the Elder bunny, "don't worry about that, I will send him a message by carrier falcon, the tribe elders keep in touch with the overseer with the falcon network and it will be easy to send him a message letting him know that you boys are safe and sound here." "Ok, I guess that will fine" Ion said, "Good, because there is really no other option" the Elder bunny replied, "now Mythos about your punishment" she continued as Mythos raised his head to look her in the eyes. "It will be your job to show these boys around and get them ready for a little festivity around the bonfire, I know Flint is ready to go but Ion and the other one need to get dressed in some proper attire, I am sure you know where to find some extra lying around." she said to which Mythos responded "yes... yes of course" "Good then after you will take care of them for the night as they will bunk with you in your tent before they set back out home in the morning" she added as Mythos nodded before taking Ion, Zephyr and Flint over to the main tent.

Flint waited outside the large tent and talked with some of the other cottontail warriors who were curious about him, while Mythos helped Ion and Zephyr inside change into a tribal outfit, though unlike Flint, they were not aloud to adorn any paint markings. As they walked back outside, Ion and Zephyr were greeted by some chuckles from Flint as he had never saw his two friends dressed in tribal outfits, though he had a thought to talk to Ember about getting some special tribal clothing for them and special paint markings, he had already been able to get boots for Ion. The four boys then made their way to the large bonfire where the small festivities began, dancers went around the fire in a spectacle, followed by the warriors with their own special dance to which Flint was invited up with, after following their movements, he started mixing in the different moves his tribe's warriors had, as for some moments everyone stopped and watched the way Flint moved before trying to follow with the new techniques. Ion, Zephyr and Mythos just laughed and enjoyed all the entertainment in front of them and Flint had a fun time being a part of it, bonding with his cottontail tribal counterparts. With the fire dying out and midnight approaching, Mythos took Ion, Zephyr and Flint back to his tent where he had set up sleeping arrangements for all of them. They sat and talked for a bit as Mythos was curious about the more offensive nature of the psynergy he had saw them using against the beasts in contrast what he was accustom to in improving one's own physical abilities. Ion though was more curious about another thing, "why is your lightning psynergy red? I have seen blue and yellow lightning psynergy before, my dad and some others have the yellow and I have the blue, but never seen red before" Ion started saying, "well from what I have been told with lightning users, the colour of the lightning is dependent on the psynergist's personality, yellow is more laid back while red is more reckless, while blue is more calm and controlled" Mythos responded. "Well that doesn't make a lot of sense" Zephyr blurted out, "calm and controlled does not really fit Ion" he continued, getting a glare from Ion as he tried to get a word in but Flint started to speak out, "no, I think it fits Ion perfectly, while he might be a little reckless, Ion is still the one when we fight that is calm, cooled and always in control, he has to be if he can fight while still powering up my bow with lightning without batting an eye and the fact when we were attacked by the floof dragons a couple of months ago, he was the only one of us unfazed and not scared of their attacks, as even their elder said, readying a killing blow" Flint elaborated which put a smile of Ion's face. Zephyr thought hard for a moment, "you do have a point there Flint, maybe there is more to this personality stuff with lightning psynergy then meets the eye" Zephyr confessed as Mythos just looked in awe at hearing these boys had actually fought dragons.

Getting tired, the four boys fell asleep not too long after, with them waking with the morning sun rise all fresh and ready to head out back home. The Elder bunny greeted them at the entrance of the camp and wished the three boys well on their journey, Ion, Zephyr and Flint thanked her and said their goodbyes to Mythos, promising that they would come visit next time they were adventuring in the area and maybe taking him along for the ride, if the elders would allow it. Before leaving though, Flint handed Mythos his talon necklace as a symbol of thanks and of friendship between tribes. With the sun directly overhead the three boys set off back in the direction of Eios, with the midday bringing them back to the same small pond by the waterfall as the day earlier. With the heat, they decided to do what they did yesterday, taking off their boots and sitting down on the shore and letting the small waves wash over their legs to cool off. "So are you sure you are ok with giving up your mastery trinket?" Ion asked Flint, "yes I am and I think Ember will understand, especially after how well the cottontail tribe hosted us, it was the least I could do to offer thanks between the tribes" Flint responded. "But isn't a talon a special symbol marking you as a master bowman with the 'hawk's eye'?" Zephyr asked "without it will you still be considered a master? I know how much these kinds of things and trinkets mean to tribal people" Zephyr continued. "Possibly" Flint started to say, "I might not be a 'talon' anymore, but that doesn't mean I am still not a master with a bow, I still have my 'hawk's eye' with or without that trinket." "Well, you will always be our talon, those bow skills of yours are really one of a kind" Ion said as Flint's face lit up, "and I guess you guys will be my... fang and claw" Flint responded cheerfully, which caused a confused look on both Ion and Zephyr's faces. "What do you mean by that?" Zephyr asked to which Flint paused for a moment before answering, "well Ion is a fierce, feisty attacker and a leader, like a biting fang of a ravaging beast and you Zephyr, are more reserved and protective, like a sharp claw of a defensive beast protecting their kin, I think the designation of Fang and Claw fit you both well." The three boys just laughed at the silliness of these titles but after some moments it did dawn on them that these would be great code names for when they would become Hunters, the Talon, the Fang and the Claw working together like one large and powerful beast, taking down those that would go against them, always moving forward, ever reaching towards their dream. With the afternoon coming in, the three boys stood up and put their boots back on so they could continue on the journey home, excited for the adventures that would come but unprepared for the events that would fatefully await them as another weekend came to a close.
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SageOfShadow
3 years, 10 months ago
And, one more story down ! Well, there is next part of course XP

I like the introduction, how Flint have to go to Ions place then they go to Zephyr one, the fact that Zephyr sister still have some resentment, etc ... ^^

Ion is not very nice to taunt Flint like that but i'm sure the later is always happy to prove his worth and that Ion might know it XD
Flint his awesome to be able to shoot in that position and Ion really is smart and sneaky (may not be the best word...). Tickling Zephyr to interrupt his concentration at the last second was a great idea ^^
So, if i understand well, making the apple fall on Ion was 100% on purpose, a master move indeed XP

I like the use of "the being", make it really understand that he was to fast to understand what he is ^^
The discovering of Flint mastery over earth is interesting to, if i have understood well...even if no one seems to notice or talk about it...for now...and that it have help the cute but sneaky rabbit escaped...XD

Damn, night time really is dangerous...even if it is the best moments for a shadow user ^^
Love the fight and the ability of Ion to infused others weapon with lightning ! Indeed a great spellsword...and not only sword it seems XP
Really remind me of Magus in pathfinder ^^

Nice from Mythos to come back to help ! And give the trinket back. Also, love the "my name is..." get interrupted "MYTHOOOOOS !!!" ... sigh..."Yep, that's me" XP

The demise of that bunny warrior also made my day XP
Love all those tribal moments, it always make me want to know more about them ^^

Hum...then what would it be for someone who can use purple lightning ? Or black >;3 ?

And then the reflection on code names, greatly done ^^

ANNND IT'S DONE ! My "story" en here XP
Talonfangclaw
3 years, 10 months ago
Not really a next part, again the following image is just paragraph two

Something different since I have used the Ion and Zephyr meeting up then going to Flint's a few times already, plus it would explain on why they never encountered the cottontail tribe before

Well it is just kids being kids, just playful ribbing that a lot of kids do and the fact that it just leaves more fun down the road, don't worry it is all in good nature and I do have ideas for future things where Flint gets to challenge Ion to prove his worth as well. I think the better word is sly then sneaky, a fox being a fox after all and yes Flint hitting the apple ever so carefully so it gets knocked off balance to hit Ion in the head was on purpose, same with him shooting it a second time after it bounced off to land just in front of Ion's extender lightning finger.

There will always be hints to Flint's adeptness to earth (I would not call him a master, nor Ion in lightning or Zephyr in wind at this point yet but especially Flint in earth) as he never discovers his adeptness before he passes but I have plans where he discovers it as Ion's familiar which leads to Ion training to learn how to control earth (as when combined, their minds are one and the same even if Ion is the one fully in control, when they split to from the familiar, Flint still gets the same memories as when they are merged) and even if Ion can't use it very well or at all sometimes, Flint as the familiar can use the memories of the training to do powerful earth moves himself.

It is still class of spellsword, even if infusing other things then swords with your "magic" it is still generally called spellsword, it fits great with Ion more offensive battle nature (again in reference to being a fang). Mythos did give the trinket back but then Flint also gifted it to him latter as well, the orgion story of why he has it (which will show up in future works with Mythos in his Hunter gear... hint hint).

Still trying to define the tribal people of my world but they may be close and inspired by some native cultures. As for the lighting, I do plan on showing more colours eventually, purple has came to mind as I have seen some cool images of purple lightning though what they mean I still have to think about it.

Well I did want to give lore on why Ion, Zephyr and Flint have been referred to Fang, Claw and Talon respectively in past commissions that was my main goal with this along with lots of other lore bits though my first ideas for this story were very different to what I did eventually write (as Mythos was at first not a part of this story at all, I decided to change focus when I acquired that adopt and made him into the new Mythos). My original idea I will save for a future story (one for which I don't have a commission in the works for yet so no timeline when that one will come to fruition) but no spoilers here

And I am done for now, with my longest story this is one of my longest replies XP
SageOfShadow
3 years, 10 months ago
YES ! SLY ! THAT WAS THE WORD I WAS SEARCHING ! XP
(even if my first use of that word was on a racoon *wink* XD)

Ooooh, Flint challenging Ion to prove his worth ? Oh, i'm curious...like throwing an apple toward Ion And he have to cut it in flight ? XP

Okay, the idea of familiar to train through Ion memories, that is awesome, i like that concept ^^

Yay, everything was long this time XP

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ! REPLY BUTTON WHY DID YOU BETRAYED ME AGAIN !
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