Just in case it wasn't obvious, this chapter is entirely flashback.
Oly smiled. Malkinai was right. Fire magic was worth it. Very worth it. The fire licked his palms, but it didn't burn him. Instead, it changed color. One moment it was dark green the next sky blue, switching so quickly Oly could barely recognize a color before it was gone. He loved it. He could do magic. Magic. Only the Coliniasian were allowed to do magic. They had even gone so far as to saying that the Lironi couldn't do magic. Those Aramarnin. He'd show them.
He'd show them.
- NOOOOOO! LINE! YOU'VE BROKEN! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT YOU!? LI-I-I-I-INE!
Crisanthia frowned. Something was off with Oly. She felt it. It was like the time he had lied to their parents about his report card, or when Tesimika had been picking on him in school. This, though...this was bigger. He was spending time alone voluntarily, which was something she had never seen him do before (just thinking about Oly in solitude seemed wrong). Then, when he thought nobody was listening, he'd talk to himself. He'd ask himself a question, there'd be a pause, and then he'd answer the question. Sure, sometimes the answer was a 'I don't know' or a 'I'll find out later', but that was still weird.
She sighed. Maybe she was wrong, maybe there wasn't anything Oly was hiding, maybe he was just growing up. This was talking away valuable time from her schoolwork. Crisanthia dug her claws into her desk. She'd figure it out later. Right now she had to write a paper.
-GUYS, LINE'S GONE AND I MISS HIM.
T84. What a stupid name for a dimention.
Still, if the Axolotl said they were here, they were here.
'Here' was a planet inhabited by boring humanoid reptiles who never did anything. They never even said they were going to do anything. These creatures were dull by nature. They did what the higher authority told them to do. Nothing more, nothing less.
This had got to be the worst mission to get sent on ever.
The inahbitents of T84 knew there were dimentions other than their own, and as such, paid no mind to the human woman walking down the street except to say a few hellos, good mornings, and how do you dos if she happened to run into one of them.
This was a fool's errand, but she couldn't give up.
-LINE! COME BACK! NOW!
Juniper watched him thoughtfully. After all, she and him were a lot alike if you thought about it enough. She had no doubt that was why he had chosen him.
That, or he had simply needed someone genuinely intelligent. He was like that.
Okay. She might have had some doubt in her mind, but not much. Not much.
-GET WELL SOON?
Cipher. It was fitting. She'd have no choice but to adhere if he called himself Cipher. Besides, it was just a joke.
He winced.
Of course it was just a joke. Everything was with him, wasn't it?
That was him.
Just one. Big. JOKE.
-PLEASE?
It was cold. Really cold. Olyxian shivered. Should he really be doing this?
"Moricino," he whispered, and a fire sparked to life in his hands. He smirked. Of course he should. If he didn't, who would? Not his sister, certainly. She was too good. She'd refused to come with him.
He continued through the snow.
So, Line might be in trouble, but he's probably not. Ignore Asterisk if she freaks out. She's like that.