[ST] Elemental Call

[Wistful Dream]

They were going home. Well at least to their mother's home, when one was of two such different races there really wasn't a home; besides, elementals, especially water ones moved and flowed throughout their lifespans. Which could be quiet long, if they weren't foolish or greedy. Althia Thui and her sister were neither thankfully, though she did spare a moment to wonder if perhaps doing this was foolish. A sigh parted her full lips as the tall slender female halted and sank down onto the river bank that fed into Untouched Lake, their destination. She wasn't sure she was up to seeing her mother.

Leda had been an odd creature for her kind, after Neputnite women didn't normally sleep with men of Air and Fire. Yet Leda had, and had born a child for each. And had not stayed with either, for a water nymph Leda was a paragon for inconsistency. Althia had always felt more kinship with her father then her mother, Air and Water had balanced out the major character flaws she saw in each of her parents though, but it made her perhaps too reserved and careful; too withdrawn from all but Leala.

The pale female idly toyed her fingers through strands of grass, inhaling the clean scent of the plants around her. At least this close to Untouched Lake there was no pollution to bother her senses or cloud them. It was useful to have Leala to travel with her because when impurities made her feel weak her sister could use her fire powers to burn them away, just like Althia could use Air to aid her sister. Althia was not one who easily opened her thoughts or emotions to anyone, however she did trust her sister more then anything. A sister that was currently missing.

Leala was more curious and brave in nature then Althia, Thia preferred isolation and solitude, nature and quiet, too many people upset her at times, though she could hide it. All she wanted was what she had right here, to be left with the sunshine pouring down and over her pale skin and the plants blooming and surrounding her, the sound of the brook just a few feet away moving. Her tumble of black hair flowed down and framed a elegantly structured face, clear silvery eyes at peace as she hummed softly to herself. Leala should be reappearing soon.

[RedSong]

It's been said that water and fire are opposites. One has hot properties, the other is known for being cold. It's thought they are at odds with each other. Leala Thui followed a different sort of logic. They couldn't be completely opposites. No, the way she saw it, both elements were similar in form and behavior. For instance, Water had no shape except for that of its container. In a nymph of water, a Neptunite, they simply had no container. Fire, while it had no definite shape, either, had some sort of texture to it, at least in appearance. In an Ascherite, That fire was taken and inserted into their composition, taking away any sort of texture. Therefore, the existence of both elements in one body like hers was not so unusual. Water could take on fire like properties, it could bring itself to become a holder for heat before it vaporized. Inversely, fire was not hot all the time, there were varying degrees of heat in the element before it was completely put out. Therefore, in her lifetime, Leala had taken both fire and water and used them simultaneously without either canceling the other out. She had spent her whole life trying to justify her identity with logic and reason and now, here she stood, leaning against a tree, trying to calm herself before venturing out with her sister to the Untouched Lake, the home of their mother, Leda.

Leala could tell that Thia did not want to visit their estranged mother. Honestly, neither did she. Leda had introduced Leala to Althia and her father during her first few years and was perhaps a bit too willing to let her stay with them. Either way, she was much happier with her sister and her step-father than she ever was with Leda. She and her sister shared much more in common than a mother. Another reason not to want to visit the Untouched Lake laid in its name. A paradise for Neptunites only and those that they chose to welcome. She knew that at least her mother would welcome them, but...that was only one of them...the other Neptunites would most likely shun them in their own ways. All that ostracism and intolerance was just a bit unnerving.

However, she and her sister both had equally mixed blood. Not only that, but no matter how much they were not accepted, she knew that the love of her sister was worth much more to her than the hatred of others. Her silken dress shifted a bit as she moved standing with her own feet, away from the tree. The soft gold shimmered something close to her skin's shimmer, but lacked the skin tone underneath the metallic appearance that her skin did. It was like a golden-tinted pearl. The skirt of the dress stopped right below her knees for easy movement on the road. Her light sandals supported her feet just enough as she turned to find Althia. "I apologize for taking so long," she said, having found her companion. She knew that an explanation was not necessary. The two nymphs had known each other for so long that they could almost read the other's thoughts in their actions. "Should we complete our voyage?" she asked, her eyes following the movement of the stream to the Lake.