[Sarah]

Rettic#4f2620

The metal colored Soveris alit on a wooden landing platform. Beyond it were a few simple wooden huts. They were built into the tall sturdy trees of the rainforest and connected by simple rope bridges. Far below was the forest floor, and somewhere nearby a river could be heard moving water lazily through the forest. The world was peaceful, simple, forgotten by the rest of Evelon.

[Sarah]

The outside world was dangerous to the Soveris. People hunted them for their pelts, and powers, and for what information they still held from the time before they were Soveris. Many of their kind had settled in the rainforest, but some still remained in the civilizations totally unaware of their history.

[Sarah]

It had been his task to venture out to the human cities and retrieve any of his brethren that remained. He had not succeeded in his quest. Where his search failed, another had not.

As he walked from the landing platform and towards the first hut, the world shimmered and warped around him. The illusion allowed him to enter and he found himself home. The once drab wooden huts and dangerous rope bridges transformed into architectural marvels.

[Sarah]

The wooden huts turned into multi-story, ornate houses. Flowers and gemstones decorated the houses, and the place seemed to come to life. The rope bridges became more complex, and incorporated wood supports and walkways. Many of the constructs were held up by magic and built around the trees as opposed to being directly built into the trees.

[Sarah]

The city, now revealed, was really no more populated than the illusion. Their species was not large, and children were rare among them. Outsiders were too dangerous to bring in, and their settlement was only months in the works.

Rettic did see two newcomers milling about one of the houses. For convenience he changed his form, an easy task for his species, and began to look human. His wings did not leave him, but the rest of his Soveris anatomy had. For all intents and purposes, he was human.

[Sarah]

Alaine#679b81 & Josie#054466

The two Soveri spotted him and followed suit. Their human forms still bearing a sharp resemblance to their Soveris ones. They both appeared solemn and Rettic wondered what they’d gone through to get to this place.

Rettic also wondered how much they remembered of the time before. He himself had taken months to regain his memory. Beyond that time consuming task, he discovered that he had not had much interaction with his family before Evelon.

[Sarah]

”Hello,” Rettic greeted, once he was close to them.

The woman, who had dramatic pink hair, smiled. She seemed to relax a bit from before. “You are Rettic?” she asked.

“I am. Although I must admit, I do not know who you are,” he said. Rettic couldn’t help but wonder if she had known him once.

“You would not. We have never met,” the woman explained. “I am Josie, and this is Alaine,” she said, gesturing first to herself, and then the man fidgeting next to her.

[Sarah]

Someone must have told them to wait for him. Rettic had figured he’d be showing up to a mostly empty city. He hoped the two had not waited very long for him. The rainforest was not so welcoming in the beginning.

“Who brought you here?” Rettic asked. He was curious to know where they had come from. The sector he’d taken had been wholly empty of his own kind.

[Sarah]

”Artemis, and her brother Apollo,” Josie said. “Unfortunately, they had to return and make sure no one could follow us,” she added.

“I am sorry to hear you were hunted,” Rettic said sadly. He’d seen to many of his brothers and sister get cut down in this hedonistic place. His species had once been the guardians of all life, and now they were little more than a trophy to be won.

[Sarah]

”We have been able to settle in,” Alaine spoke up. He seemed far more apprehensive than Josie, but as they’d been talking he’d loosened up. “Josie is even beginning to remember,” he added.

“That’s wonderful to hear,” Rettic said. “I know it took months before I began remembering,” he told them. He got the feeling Alaine was frustrated and doubtful because he was not regaining his memories.

[Sarah]

”Wh-what about the others?” Alaine asked.

“Most of the others never forgot. The few of us that had forgotten had to build our strength and mental fortitude before we began to remember,” Rettic said. Alaine seemed very timid for one of their kind. Rettic hoped that would go away as Alaine remembered. They did not live in a reality that treated the meek kindly.