Chronology: Era IV

Everything is a spoiler. Everything.

Character Ages and Birthdays.
Era IV starts on June 4th 2019. All current ages are to be compared to this date.


 * Serina Morriyane: February 14th 1872. 147.
 * Nobuo G. Warholm: March 25 1990. 29.
 * Ttopia Adonna: July 17th 1994. 24.
 * Hitoshi: April 20th 1998. 21
 * Aisling Callagy: 19th January 2000. 19
 * Aikanami: June 26th 2001. 17.
 * Toby Mcleod: July 13th 2001. 17
 * Deviké Mcleod: Jul 13th 2001. 17
 * Zephira Takahashi: August 16th 2001. 17
 * Morgana Beryllia: October 4th 2001. 17
 * Mmanuell Matsuda: November 18th 2001. 17
 * Hiro Taganis: December 25th 2001. 17
 * Daichi Yamazaki: January 1st 2002. 17
 * Rei Kiyota: February 3rd 2002. 17
 * Shoto Kawauchi: March 2nd 2002. 17
 * Hikaru Tsuneo: May 12th 2003. 16

The Hosendale Verloding (June 4th 2019)
Mmanuell Matsuda kills fellow classmate Mmcha Rakter. His entire town disdained him and his family for enabling Mmanuell's sociopathic behaviour. Mmanuell's parents have to spend all of their money on sending him to Tsunia and buying him a house. They have to talk to an old friend, Draden Mcleod, to weasel him into the Yggdrasil Zone Academy of Arcane Pursuits in order to give him the chance to become a King's Agent and have his crimes pardoned. This isn't something Mmanuell's parents wanted to do at all. Cryotians do not like Tsunia and they way they live their lives. Draden is a Cryotian living in service of Tsunia. Teegan and Ttala see him as a traitor. But Nevertheless, it has to be done if they do not wish for their son to be executed.

Mmanuell's on his way to Tsunia (June 5th 2019)
This is 95% Likely to be the first chapter of Elementalist:44 (A rework revitalised). This is all pretty rough too so excuse the poor writing.

Mmanuell wakes up with a heavy heart. Today's the day they're moving to Tsunia. Mmanuell's never moved house before. It's 8am, time to get ready for the big move. After Mmanuell gets dressed and stuff, Draden knocks his door and comes into his room, telling him it's time to help get the house up in the air.

That's Mmanuell's Godfather. He follows him outside of the house. He walks down the stairs and passes the kitchen door; his mother is sitting on the table with her head in her hands. Mmanuell opens his mouth to say something to her, but Draden places his hand oh his shoulder and slowly shakes his head, advising against it. They continue out the front door. It's bright, warm, and sunny. But it's also snowing heavily. Hosendale, the town Mmanuell lives in, is right next to the Inani Montibus. It's always snowing around the Inani Montibus regardless of the actual weather.

Mmanuell's father was already outside, trying to remove some graffiti. "Murderer", "Filthy Verlodist", "Evil", to name a few, were scrawled upon their front garden's wall. Ttala tells Draden that since nobody will sell them anything anymore, it's not gonna come off unless they destroy the wall, and they need to wall to pick the house up. Mmanuell keeps his head down and averts his eyes from his father's as he is completely ignored by him. "Is everything inside bolted down?" "Yeah, we're good to get this in the air" "Come on then"

Mmanuell's house is a long, thin, rectangular detached three-floor house with a decent sized front yard, with a wall going around the entire thing. The corners of the garden walls have giant metal loops attached to the top, meant to be used when raising the house out of the ground. Mmanuell's father creates four giant chains of Ice, which he attached to the house's tethers. He grabs all four and flies up above the house, pulling the entire thing a several meters out of the ground. Draden pats Mmanuell on the back and hopes that he's in shape, this next bit is gonna be quite hard. Draden is a tall man, so he has to crawl underneath the house to get into position; Mmaunell just walks through though. One the count of three, Draden and Mmanuell lift up the rest of the house with all their might, and once Draden is able to stand up straight, he shoots blazing hot streams of Lava out of his feet and takes off into the air.

Mmanuell doesn't have to help anymore so he jumps back into the house. He walks past his mother in the kitchen table again, who still hasn't moved. He tries to talk to her, small talk about how the house is in the air now and that Draden said it'll take about 10 hours to reach Tsunia. No response. He says his mother's name and walks a little closer to her, but has the kitchen door slammed in his face with a gust of Wind Magic. Oh.

He goes back into his room. He is aware that he's really fucked it up this time. But to him, he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary so he's confused as to why everyone's acting like he's the spawn of Lucy. For now he'll just half-pretend to be ashamed of himself. Mmanuell decides to just go back to bed; nobody exactly likes waking up at 8am on a Monday...

When he wakes up again, Mmanuell instantly realises that they're no longer in Cryotia. It's hotter. Way hotter. Like, 5 degrees. He gets out of bed and looks out the window. One of his dad's ice chains is blocking the view, but Mmanuell can barely believe his eyes. He runs downstairs and bolts for the kitchen door. He barely glances at his mother, who's now drinking a cup of tea.

Right. This bit is a bit of a mad ting. This will be Mmanuell's and the reader's first look at Tsunia. He's also a few hundred meters in the air so the view is bound to look amazing. We can spend like two paragraphs describing Yggdrasil Zone City before Mmanuell remembers that he's 300 meters in the air and isn't flying. Propelling himself like his father and godfather does doesn't work, so he creates a rock of Ice and holds onto it for dear life. Good thing he isn't afraid of heights. Well, dad isn't gonna wanna talk to me, let's distract Draden a bit.

He's just really excited about being in Tsunia, and proceeds to bombard Draden with questions.

"Is it always this hot?"

"Yes, quite. It gets quite cold during night-time though.

"Six months of this? That's horrible."

"You get used to it. Don't worry"

"Ooh, and are all the buildings made out of trees?"

"For the most part, yes. Except...you see underneath Yggdrasil in front of us?" Makes note of YZAAP.

"Yeah I see it, that's where I'm going to school now innit? The Yggdrasil Zone Academy something-something. Nice"

"...of Arcane Pursuits, yes. You'll be spending the next four years studying to become a King's Agent. Once that's done it'll be like you never did anything wrong."

Yeah...

"But four years? isn't that kind of long? I'll be 19 before that's over"

"Well child, you don't have much of a choice now do you?"

"...No, sir."

...

"So. Does Yggdrasil really go into space?"

"Enough questions, Mmanuell. We're here."

Now that they're closer to the ground, Mmanuell can really see how much bigger Tsunia is than his dreary little town. It's literally bustling with activity. People flying around left and right carrying huge boxes of who knows what. Random other people just, on the ground just walking around. Not a cell phone in sight, just people living in the moment. Lovely atmosphere. There are people smoking Xeplair in broad daylight, like what?! Mmanuell's going to enjoy two years in the future when he's allowed to do the same.

Nearly every building is just a bunch of hollowed out trees that grew into each other and fused into a larger one, and the buildings made out of concrete and brick are absolutely overrun with vines and bushes. They have roads, which doesn't makes much sense since there's barely any people in all of Arcerra that own cars. These same roads have flowing water running over them, which drains underneath the pavements and people just...throw their garbage on the floor and let it get swept away by the stream? Waste of water.

There's an empty space inbetween a bunch of other grown-over houses which looks like it fits Mmanuell's house perfectly. As Draden and Ttala lower the house into the gap, it becomes apparent that it actually does fit inside perfectly. Almost looks as if it's been there from the beginning.

"Right, now that that's done. Mmanuell, I'll take you to your hotel now. Your parents don't want you living with them anymore."

(This will most likely be the end of the first chapter)

What. WHAT. ARE YOU FOR REAL?! YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME. Of course, Mmaunell cannot vocalise his disbelief to his parents who are already mad enough at him, so he can only squeak out a submissive "Ok, i'll get my stuff" in it's stead.

Draden takes Mmanuell to his, admittedly quite fancy, Hotel stay and gives him an engraved Metal Token. "Quick reminder that Tsunians don't use Money. They grant goods and services to whoever wants them based upon their status. You are my Godson. With proof of that (Valid for the next month ), you can pretty much get whatever you want. But, be mindful not to go wild. You'll be denied access to a lot of places if you take that token for granted." That sounds absolutely ludicrous to Mmanuell, just about anyone who isn't Tsunian probably finds that monetary system idiotic. But it's worked for centuries now and Mmanuell can buy whatever he wants until next month, so he's not complaining. Draden also hands him an obviously dumbed-down Tourist Map of Yggdrasil City. He circles a specific point of YZAAP with a pen and reminds him that he absolutely has to be there on the 24th of June otherwise his life is over and he'll be executed in a few years time. So don't forget. Mmanuell gulps. "I won't, don't worry". Draden is about to leave the room and leave Mmanuell on his lonesome, before he remembers something of slight importance. "Oh, also. My niece and nephew in-law, Deviké and Leon, are also going to be attending Yggdrasil Zone Academy this year. They're the same age as you and they have the same last name as me, so it shouldn't be too hard to find them. They can be a little difficult, so please be tame." Ah yeah I remember Draden mentioning them the few times he's visited our family. Just some in-laws who are talented mages. Whatever. "Ok, sure thing" Thumbs up. Everything's fine now, so Draden leaves the hotel room. Leaving Mmanuell on his own. This is the start of something mad.

Culture Shock Arc (June 5th to June 24th)
Now that Mmanuell is on his own, he may as well explore the city. The first thing Mmanuell decides to do in the Yggdrasil Zone is try some food. He knows what pizza is from the stories that Zephira used to tell him, but he's never got to actually try it...and of course, fate bends to his will as he now lives literally on the same road as one of the Yggdrasil Zone's most acclaimed resturants that also has really damn good pizza (according to Zeph, at least.: Three of Diamonds.

"Also use this scene to display how Tsunia's Personal Value System works. Mmanuell is the godson of a Distinguished Aspect, so he'll never have to worry about expenses as long as he's in Tsunia."

The waiter who serves him notices that he's foreign, to which Mmanuell responds that one of his good friends loves this place and he couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit while he was in the country for the first time. He basically beelined straight here (true). The waiter is visibly pleased, tears in his eyes, after hearing that; the only reason Three of Diamonds exists is to spread the joy of good food all across Arcerra, and what Mmanuell just said is living proof that they're succeeding. By Ethraksha, he'd give him a free pizza but they're in Tsunia (pause for laughter), and on top of that he's also...

The waiter/manager looks at Mmanuell's PV card and his eyes widen. He looks at Mmanuell, who is staring him dead in the eyes with the most soul-piercing gaze you've ever seen, hands on his lips, slowly shaking his head. The Distinguished High Houses are like celebrities, the Yggdrasillian public know nearly everything about what they do and where they go and are always the topic of news and discussions. That Mmanuell's arrival wasn't accounced like he was a Distinguished Mage himself is unheard of in the gossip scene. Mmanuell does not like this. The more people who know his face, especially next to where he lives.

The waiter gulps, then leans in closer to Mmanuell, using a menu to shield his face from the rest of his customers and mouths the words "Draden Mcleod, Aspect of blight" he points right in Mmanuell's face "You're his godson?"

"Yes, and I'd appreciate it if that doesn't become common knowledge, sorry but there's Distinguished Mage stuff reasons. I, and the rest of High House Mcleod, would really appreciate it if you kept that little fact to yourself." Mmanuell isn't sure if that would be interpreted as a threat. He hopes so, people don't fuck with the Distinguished Houses' business beyond a certain level right? Surely pretending that his identity is being kept under wraps for a reason (which it technically is), would stop this guy from spreading rumors.

Sure enough, it did. The waiter/manager stands upright and nods respectfully to Mmanuell "of course, as long as you eat here every day, eh?!" he winks and nudges the air with his elbow "Your food will be ready in twenty minutes." and off he goes into the kitchen area.

Twenty minutes later and Mmanuell is eating his food in peace, until the hum and hubbub of the restaurant's chatter is broken by exasperated snapping and retorts. There are two people arguing. It's the waiter/manager and some girl. She's about to be kicked out and banned, but Mmanuell picks up a few key points about their conversation (high status, similar age, sociable, obviously knows the city and the people in it), and decides to intervene purely for his own benefit. Not because this girl is extremely hot and 100% Mmanuell's type, no, not at all.

Mmanuell "pays" for Genesis' food, saying that she was the good friend he mentioned who persuaded him to travel all the way from Cryotia to try this godlike food out (lie). Mmanuell also uses his own name in that sentence so Genesis' follow up doesn't fall flat. Luckily, Genesis realises that she's being saved from the situation and goes along with it.

Crisis averted, they sit down and talk. Mmanuell notices eyes on them. Bad because more people are getting a good look at his face, good because he may just get waved off as one of this girl's many goons and fans. Genesis thanks him for getting her out of that. Mmanuell says that the pleasure is all his, tries to be charming, and asks for her name, something Genesis was not expecting to hear. She squints and tilts her hear at Mmanuell, leaning in closer towards him and saying in a bewildered, hushed tone. "do...do you not know who I am?" She isn't being high and mighty here, it's genuine confusion. Is Mmanuell meant to? Probably, but he doesn't so she's gonna have to enlighten him. Genesis gives a sigh of relief, telling Mmanuell that she doesn't know how happy she is to meet someone who isn't a groupie or someone trying to leech off of her. She's famous, you see. You remember the Arc-Hive City Fire? No? (Passing detail about how atrocious it was) Ok, so you probably also don't know the only person who survived. Me, that's me dude. She notices Mmanuell becoming more and more uninterested (Genesis is slightly insecure about her image as being perfect.) "B-but I don't make it my whole personality though, you know...that's, like, corny, and shit. As you already know, I...like pizza", Genesis says in the most convincing and secure voice you've ever heard.

blah blah more talk

blah blah they live next to each other

blah blah party in a few days you should come

blah blah yeah sure

blah blah flirty hug

Mmanuell goes home to ask his parents if he can come home. No. :(

Mmanuell flies back to his hotel room. The Yggdrasil Zone looks beautiful, forestry. A bird flies near his window. He kills it by slicing its chest open with a blade of Ice Magic, then flings it into the alleyway around the corner (His window in at the side of the building.) The corpses pile up over the entire arc.

Mmanuell witnesses people living like they don't have a care in the world. People eat like two bits of everything they eat then throw it away. It's horrible. It wasn't all too bad though.

Mmanuell is incredibly enamored by the architecture. He didn't know it was possible to live in a trees. He also didn't know there was a way to control how they grow, he's seen some really conveniently shaped trees. Most of the trees in Tsunia were planted with the intention of turning it into a building in mind.

Mmanuell fiddles with his PV card while laying in bed. He runs his fingers of the punches holes in it, noting how much "Family of High House Mcleod" sticks out. Now that he thinks about it, every store he "buys" stuff from is gonna find out who he is if his PV card has such an attention demanding title on it. Mmanuell will get it changed the next time he sees Draden.

(Internal monologue about some psycho shit. Genesis...hm. Are all Tsunian kids his age like her? It's surprising that someone could be so popular that they literally get confused when someone doesn't know who they are. Works for Mmanuell though, he doesn't think Genesis has noticed that he barely gives a shit about her. ...actually wait can't lie Mmanuell actually kinda like her. She doesn't seem like a pushover or a bitch, pretty based dare he say. Mmanuell also doesn't think he's ever seen someone with Gates in their hair, hard to say how strong she is like that since she's got black hair. I'll think of a way to force her to use Magic tomorrow. (Genesis will do that to Mmanuell instead.). Mmanuell turns his light off from his bed with a finger of Ice Magic and thinks about how much fun he's going to have in Tsunia until he falls asleep. To Mmanuell, this is a hunting grounds, a place where he can truly be himself...and he can't wait to see what he's capable of.

The King's Agency is taking advantage of the insane amount of parties and socials that happen in the Yggdrasil Zone to get their new batch of King's Apprentices acquainted with each other. Tomorrow Genesis and Mmanuell go to that thing they were talking about. It's house party inside a huge Mansion (A massive spire of a tree that directly supports the weight of one of Yggdrasil's branches.) the entire thing must be like 100m into the air. It's in a shaded area of the city, so the light beams in through the canopy like they're in some magical grotto (technically are but shush). All owned by...they don't actually know Genesis gets invited to nearly every party in the city. One of the spires branches is a massive basin filled with water. (there's a massive pool). We'll meet Rei, Shoto, and Zephira here.

Mmanuell and Zephira catch up for a bit

Genesis is a surprised that they actually know each other (she thought mmanuell was lying) Mmanuell's real reason for being here is not mentioned.

They admire each other's Gates and show off their Magical Prowess.

Zephira knows that Mmanuell, like her, was born with her Gates and thus the ability to use Magic from the get-go, but she best just follow the script and touch on everything.

Damn, those are nice patterns Mmanuell, but your Gates are a bit dim right? Still no good at exuding Flow? You gotta think of it as exhaling through your skin dude....wait, no way. You-are you still in the habit of using hand signs when you use Magic?

"No, Zeph, I stopped doing that years ago! Do you still suck your thumb?"

Zephira makes a fist and smiles at Mmanuell with pursed lips, her eyes betraying her obvious guilt. Still covering her left thumb, Zeph points a finger right in Mmanuell's face and jokingly tells him to shut the fuck up with a laugh that screams 'let's change the subject'. "Never mind that. But I'm being serious Mmanuell, if you're not an all rounder when it comes to your Magic usage, like, you have to be good at creating lots of Flow and you gotta, like, control it all really well. You're gonna get eaten alive. Everyone our age can use Magic dude I'm not joking, like, this ain't Hosendale bro where nobody even needed to use it. Everyone is strong." Zephira makes a 'cut it out' hand gesture. Is she trying to tell Mmanuell to be humble or some stupid shit like that? Don't get him wrong he loves her like a sister and respects her opinion deeply, but telling Mmanuell, nay, IMPLYING that he's going to get beaten up (that's what she's saying), is down right disrespectful.

"You calling me weak, sis?"

"What, no! I'm just saying- uh- ok, nevermind that let's just go to the roof."

To the other party-goers, these two are just flexing. We're gonna show off the concepts of Gate Darkness and Complexity.

Maximum Output

Mmanuell holds his breath and tenses, causes clouds of sky-coloured, gas, flow, to flow from the Gates on his body, it rolls and sweeps over the ground around him. You shouldn't have to squeeze like you're trying to take a shit. Look. Zephira releases a lot more Flow than Mmanuell with little effort at all and collects in a large sphere over her head. I told you man, breath out through your skin.

Flow control precision

Zephira tells Mmanuell makes a replica of her using Ice Magic, or as close to one as he can get. "Alright, well I'm no Davinci but here we go." Mmanuell visualises the girl in front of him and enforces that vision onto the Flow under his control. Through that same will, the Flow within him seeps from his Gates and forms the beginnings of a human body; the limbs, torso and hair become apparent. Mmanuell tries to visualise some of her finer features like her delicate freckles and individual locks of golden hair, but such precision eludes him. Not gonna get more detailed than this, Mmanuell wills the gaseous structure to Transmute into Ice Magic, causing the wisps of Flow to become illustrious, glass-like Ice. Within seconds, a life-sized replica of Zephira Takahashi stood before the two Mages. I don't have a face and my hair is a trapezoid sticking out of my head, but that's pretty good.

Elements

You have an Ice Affinity, obviously, so that means no Fire, Earth or Lava Magic for you innit? Well I have a Wind Affinity so I can't use Fire or Lava either, I'm still pretty shit with Earth Magic, and you're on your own with Steam Magic since that's a Null for me too, but with Sand Wind, Ice, and Water I'm all yours.

Right, before we get to the Element Transmutation, I gotta ask. Mmanuell, do you have AFC yet? What the hell is AFC? Zephira rolls here eyes and lays it out for Mmanuell simply. Can you control and Transmute the Flow in the air with the same amount of freedom as you would your own? Mmanuell, understanding what Zephira is insinuating, scoffs in disbelief. What? No! I can try but I'll just get a Mind Crush. Well, that's no good is it? Right, I understand it's an advanced Non-Elemental Technique that we probably won't ever use, but look up. Zephira gives Mmanuell a shit eating grin and points upwards. Mmanuell fills with envy as he looks towards the sky. A few meters above their heads, the words "HI" appear out of thin air in the form of grey, churning Wind Magic and float above them. Mmanuell looks as Zephira in disbelief, who's trying to hold back the pain from the sheer amount of concentration such a feat demands. Ok I cant hold his for long. Zephira relaxes her body and the Magical text dissipates back into the air. You didn't have to show off. Ha! Coming from you(!) you used to gloat at every chance you got. If you're jealous, then catch up! Zephira sneers and sticks her tongue out at Mmanuell.

Mmanuell took offense to that. Doesn't say anything about it though because as well as being his friend, Zephira is right.

Mmanuell rolls his eyes. Ok, well I can control my Ice just fine. My secondaries are as good as you'd expect but I prefer Water Magic over Wind, sorry. I suck with Sand Magic, but I can control Steam just fine. Both of them seems to smile at the mention of the last Element.

You remember that time I nearly got caught stealing my sweets from the teachers desk and I had to stick next to the wall and go completely invisible for a whole minute?

hahaaaa, ahhh yeah I remember that. that was the funniest shit i've seen in my life. You could see your face going red even through the camouflage.

I swearrr I was going to die from a Mind Crush if she stayed there for another second. I'm telling you man that is the reason my Gate Patterns are so detailed. It was stressss.

Ah good times man, that was like a week before I left for Tsunia. Glad I got to see it happen. Ah, speaking of home, how are my parents?

Well, that took Mmanuell aback. "Excuse me? Zephira's parents, the ones who borderline abused her as a kid? It hasn't been that long since they abandoned her that she'd forget everything they put her through. Why the hell would she want to talk about them??" Even as a kid, it was pretty obvious that Zeph's mum and dad never gave a shit about her. Mmanuell's own parents cared for her more than her own.

"Do you...do you actually care?"

Zephira's childhood nostalgia calms down, (insert words)

"I just wanna know."

"Well they seemed fine enough for the five years you've been gone. Not much changed with them. Still bastards. We didn't really talk with them, but mum and dad invited them around for holidays and stuff. "Oh but, this one time I must have (insert atrocity here), and they got super pissed about it. They were calling me and "evil child", psychotic, deranged. Everything under the fuckin' sun man. They even called my parents, I'ma quote this." Mmanuell clears his throat. "Good-for-nothing whores who can't 'discipline a child like they could'."

Mmanuell and Zephira shrug at each other trying the comprehend the hypocrisy in that.

"Yeah I know right?" Mmanuell dramatically flails his arms and spins in a circle. "They blamed me for 'the way you turned out', which doesn't make any sense because if you turned out "like me", that's for the better. I mean come on, did they want you to be a rollover pussy like everyone else in Hosend-"

Zephira is crying. Oh for God's sake. Well, Mmanuell wasn't really sure why she'd want to hear about her childhood trauma out of nowhere so like...her fault, but at least he knows he should stop talking. Let's change the subject. "Ok we're getting off topic. Let's-"

Zephira interrupts him. She looks away from Mmanuell and begins to walk to the emergency exit door they came up from.

Dumbstruck and at a loss for words, all Mmanuell can do is purse his lips and nod in acknowledgement. Making people cry, especially people he likes, gives Mmanuell a weird feeling in his stomach. Is it guilt, or sympathy? Nah, it couldn't be. Zeph was the one who brought them up so it serves her right, not Mmanuell's fault at all. She isn't with them anymore, nor does she need them, so just forget they exist! Right?

Some loser tries to white knight for zephira, thinking he made her cry. by the time it might get serious Zephira comes back to the roof with Rei and Shoto.

Mmanuell nearly gets in a fight with another random bozo (who we're gonna use to showcase a bit more Magic, anything we haven't seen already). Shoto descalates it and the party continues, but Mmanuell and the bozo are still beefing. Party carries as usual until Mmanuell knows that nobody is watching him, then he flies off from the party on purpose, making sure that the bozo notices and follows him thinking that he's vulnerable without his friends. They get into a fairly even fight, but Mmanuell still wins. He beats him senseless, stabs him, buries him alive then leaves him for dead. He wonder how long it'll take for him to fully get used to the idea of killing, since his hands are shaking and his pupils have shrunk into microscopic dots. Don't think about it too much, that bozo was asking for it, plus he's not dead, if he can't dig himself out of a 15 foot hole then that's not Mmanuell's problem (his selfish reasoning clouds his judgment and justifies his actions).

Now that Mmanuell's collected himself, removed any evidence, and finished cleaning himself up, it's about time to return to the party. He'll just say that the lean didn't agree with him and he didn't wanna vomit in someone else's house, yeah that's a good excu-. Zephira is floating right in front of him. Fuck. Mmanuell looks suspicious as fuck. If only he was a little closer to the spire then he wouldn't be so worried about being found out. Zephira doesn't know anything. She can't. Unless she followed him. Not possible, he made sure nobody except the bozo saw him leave. She cares about him, she probably went to look for him. How long was he gone? 15 minutes? He left his watch inside. She doesn't look like she saw anything, she just looks worried. Scared, even. Play dumb, the lean excuse still works. Mmanuell is aware that his voice and audible heartbeat will give him away. Will he have to tell Zephira the truth? She may even get suspicious about the other truth, too. Damn, today was going so well as well.

"Mmaunell? Are you okay?"

Fine. The lean stuff didn't agree with me and i needed to throw up.

Where's Bozo?

Mmanuell slows down his flight into a halt. Silent, he turns around and looks Zephira dead in the eyes.

"He left."

zephira is incredibly scared of mmanuell still

shes a lot ruder than when mmanuell remembers, not obeying him as obeidently as she used to

Zeph gets the message and follows him home.

This

manuell brings zephira home. Draden is also home. Mmanuell acts as if nothing is wrong. Mmanuell's parents can't believe that he's done it again. Hasn't he had enough?!

Zephira is frozen in fear, for she knows what they're talking about but is too afraid to confirm it for herself. She always knew Mmanuell was sick and twisted, but to think that he has it in him to end a life is something she always feared would actually happen. She lowers her head and turns to face Mmanuell through the corner of her eyes, too scared to look at him head on. They're dead...and cold. Jaded? That'd be assuming Mmanuell once felt remorse for his actions; never in the 14 years they've known each other has Zephira seen Mmanuell feel sorry. No, that's the face of someone who is staring into the abyss of his sins and yet, somehow, isn't fazed. Reminiscent of the uninterested stare a child gives when being scolded, every single ??? and insult being thrown Mmanuell's way is going in one ear and out the other. Zephira faces Mmanuell head on and asks. "What are they talking about?".

The entire room looks at Zephira.

Explain. Maybe a flashback chapter. Yeah a flashback chapter.

She asks if it was self defence.

...Yes.

Mmanuell's expression shows but the slightest hint of remorse. Not because of his heinous actions, but because he made one of his friends cry. That's the way he works. Only cares about himself, and by proxy his friends, not because he likes them for who they are, but because they're literally his friends.

Tegan Matsuda hugs Zephira and wipes her tears.

"it's ok baby. we didn't want to see you again like this either, after all those years. we're so sorry to ask this of you, you've been through enough as it is." She covers Zephira's ears and screams at mmanuell to get the fuck out of her house. Mmanuell is extremely taken aback, barely able to comprehend a reality where his parent's aren't on his side. He leaves, flying through the front door and shutting it behind him with his Magic. He didn't turn around. Ttala comes from upstairs an gives Zephira a ???, saying it's a reunion present.

Mmanuell is still in that shocked state and not saying a word as Zehpira flips the fuck out on him. She must have said something along the lines of "wait until your new friends get a fucking load of this".

"How? The only way they will ever know is if I get caught, which I won't...unless someone baits me out." Mmanuell looks at Zephira with that 'well??' face.

Zephira instantly regrets saying that. Mmanuell does that 'ah, psshh' hand motion, laughs and hugs her. "I'm joking! I know you wouldn't." He leans into her ear. "But, just in case the implcations of that conversation we had with my parents are lost to you, because I know you're forgetful..."

Zephira get's struck with the first instance of terrific infatuation in the series.

"...Tell any of those guys what I'm really like...and I swear to Ethraksha I will kill you too."

!!!

Zephira's always been scared of Mmanuell and being around him affects her mental health, but she's known him for a long time and understand that it's better to comply than to not be on his side.

So then they go back to the party which was just finishing anyways and nobody noticed they left for like half an hour.

And then the next day, there's another party. But it's a posh people party because it's being held at a Distinguished High House so everyone has to dress nice.

So Draden picks up Mmanuell, Genesis and they all fly to High House Mcleod, which is like an entire town in and of itself because Ygdrassil is made out of 35 other, also massive, networks of trees and forests (which are called Roots) that all fuse into one huge tree trunk, and then those spiral into each other and fuse again to form the rest of Yggdrasil. High House Mcleod owns an entire one of those for themselves, so you know they're living lavishly.

So they're at the Distinguished Mage party (just think eccentric rich people) and there's like a good hundred or so people from each High House and Draden goes around introducing Mmanuell and Genesis to the other kids their age because he doesnt trust any of them to behave. Rei's there too but her family, High House Kiyota, are some of the most powerful people in the country, so they've forced her to dress like a posh white girl and stop her from talking to everyone else because she has to act like a lady and behave.

Draden introduces Mmanuell to his wife and her family, which are the Aspects of Blight, the leaders of High House Mcleod ALSO some of the most powerful people in the country and Mmanuell barely cares. Deviké, Devonte, are off in the corner because Deviké was barely allowed be here and Devonte refused to come unless his sister did too.

Rei manages to sneak away from her family and change into a better outfit. So she's back with Mmanuell, Genesis as they try and say hi to the twins. But Deviké is rude for no reason because she doesn't believe that they're cousins and now Mmanuell despises her.

So then Draden is about to bring them to where High House Lavenblood is but July does his job for him, comes out of nowhere, starts talking to those two like she's known them her whole life,

leaves it at that, but tells Mmanuell that he's going to be eaten alive if he doesn't get used to the way that Tsunians behave. This isn't the small town of pushovers that they were brought up in. Tsunians...have the same logic that Mmanuell does. If he's going to be in YZAAP, then he also needs to INSANELY good with your Magic. Zephira isn't fucking joking, the people here are on the same level as Mmanuell's dad, who is the strongest Mage Mmanuell knows (was, for Zephira).

YZAAP Induction Ceremony/Divine Blessings Ambush Arc (June 24th 2019)
Saturday morning, June 24th. Make note of the sun moving a little bit. Make not that it is very early in the morning.

Mmanuell makes his own way to the Yggdrasil Zone Academy of Arcane Pursuits. He only lives about half an hour away. He's the first one to arrive. He meets Aisling Callagy, who volunteered to be in charge of a few kiddies today. Mmanuell can tell just by looking at her gates that she's stronger than anyone her age he's ever met in Hosendale. Mmanuell goes to sit and wait in main hall. It's evidently been here for hundreds of years, don't they renovate these places? The hall is shaped like a university lecture hall, only with several dozen rows of seats instead of your usual 12 or something. The entire floor is made out of marble and lined with gold accents (classy), which includes the stone carved seats with booty grooves in them. The ceiling is a good 30 meters in the air, with incredibly bright chandeliers made out of actual steel, so it's obvious this place has resources to burn on décor.

Well, Mmanuell would be lying if he said he wasn't excited, but he still doesn't have a good grasp on the gravity of the situation he's got himself in to. Guess he doesn't really have to as long as he just goes along with it. Draden said that the Yggdrasil Zone Academy of Arcane Pursuits (or "YZAAP" for short) is gonna spent this weekend letting potential new students get used to the academy and make friends before the year starts, but since they're called "Induction Days", so Mmanuell wouldn't be surprised if the next two days were just boring ass presentations and a bunch of "team activities" that nobody participates in. Don't lie, that's what always happens during induction days. They're boring af.

"Well, I am the first one here, so I'll just sit... right in the middle of the hall. Where I belong" Mmanuell arrogantly says to himself out loud with a smug grin to match. Nothing beats sitting in the middle of the room: everyone ends up flocking towards you, and it makes you seem more important than you are. Which, for Mmanuell, isn't that much more (according to himself).

Speaking of such "people", here's one now. A voice can he heard talking Aisling from the reception area. From what Mmanuell can hear...it's boy Mmanuell's age, probably short, and they seem like an insecure loser. The talking's stop and footsteps coming Mmanuell's way; time to see if his guess was right.

And it's exactly what Mmanuell expected. He's a small, frail-looking kid with bug eyes darting around the room like he's a nervous animal about to get eaten or something. Then he sees Mmanuell and, almost as if reading off a script, shuffles his way towards him while trying to make it not look obvious.

"watch this, I'm gonna scare the shit out of him."


 * Sho Mupopo Arrives and attempts to make friends with Mmanuell. Info dump on Flow System.
 * Literally everyone else taking the exam arrive at the same time. There was a bus going around picking students up. Mmanuell missed it because he left out too early.
 * Enter Deviké Mcleod who picks a fight with Mmanuell for reason. They now hate each other. Sho tells Mmanuell that he really doesn't want it with her, since she's- Mmanuell doesn't care.
 * Daichi Yamazaki decides to approach Mmanuell and Sho after that small altercation with Deviké. She reassures them that she isn't gonna bite their heads off as she gets closer, introduces herself, and tells Mmanuell that he's got balls to try and beef Deviké Mcleod. Mmanuell remembers that Ddrade said his neice and nephew were also going to be enrolling to YZAAP in the same year as Mmanuell. "That's Deviké Mcleod?" "The one and only Crimson Witch" "So that was her twin brother Leon next to her" "Yeah" "Draden's niece and nephew?" "Yeah, do you know him or something" "Yeah, he's my Godfather" "...no way. that's crazy. so are you lot like cousins?" "Never met them before, I don't think they like me very much" "Yeah doesn't seem that way. Well hopefully you'll be friends eventually, wouldn't want to stay on their bad side would ya? Hahaha! Ok see you two later" "See ya"
 * After Daichi walks off and starts to socialise with other people, Sho asks Mmanuell if he's seen that face before. He does not. Sho reminds Mmanuell that she's the Archive #1 survivor and he does a double take. Then he notices all the people watching him after being spoken to by her and it sums up.
 * Several King's Agents make an appearance and welcome everyone and all that stuff. They're gonna do it like all the members of each class are to go to their home rooms and get to know each other. Everyone was given a card when they walked in that shows them where to go, and everyone is dismissed.
 * It's Daichi chapter time. If she has to talk to another random person again she's going to throw up. She's already added about 80 people to her friend's list on the way here. She's just tryna see her classmates. Daichi finds the door she's meant to be in and opens it. The classroom looks old as fuck. Polished Marble floor with under-floor heating, clouded glass lights on the walls, all that vintage stuff. "Hey, is this the right room for the Elite AML?" She already knows it is, she's just being polite, first impressions are important. Speaking of which, the Cryotian kid with the high top is none other than the...26th, person she met today, Mmanuell!
 * Told you it's worth it being nice sometim-. "Wonderful, one of them recognises me..." Aikanami (Mainly Manami) stands up and greets her, saying it's really nice to meet her; they've seen her on the news and in papers, but nothing beats "seeing a celebrity in person". (That REALLY needs to make the reader suspicious) "Yeah, you caught me, haha! what's your name?" "Manam- Aikanami." Morgana doesn't seem to know who Daichi is, but just seems happy to meet someone new. "HI!, I am Morgana, very nice to meet you..." "Daichi" "Daichi! That is a very nice name!" "Aw, thanks..." Morgana just smiles at her, not understanding that she's meant to tell Daichi her name. "Jesus christ" "What's your name?" "Morgana Beryllia" "Yeah? Ok, thanks Morgana" Daichi has already met the guy who dragged a table and chair to sit in the dead middle of the room, so she casually grabs a lone chair, plops it on the opposite side of his table and gives him an impressed whistle. "Hey Mmanuell. Who'd have thought you're 1% material?" Daichi jut stroked his ego there, evident by the smug grin smeared over his face "Well Daichi, I could say the same about you! Little miss popular's got what it takes to be a Mage yeah? Man like". "You already know bro" Daichi spuds him. Decent guy. Either way it's time to come up with an excuse to stop talking. "Alright you guys, um, since there's meant to be 8 of us here, why don't we hold off on any proper convos until the other 4 get here? Don't want to exclude them from the group before they even get here, naa'mean?". The other three all agree, and so they sit in silence...for literally less than a minute before the other four arrive in a group of their own, and Daichi couldn't be any less out of luck. It's Deviké Mcleod, Leon Mcleod, and Rei Kiyota of the Distinguished Houses of Tsunia: Nobility. The fourth guy, Daichi doesn't know who that is. Random guy. Time to do what you do best, Daichi. "Hi, you guys! Took you long enough, haha! You four are the rest of the Elite AML I take it?"
 * More small talk that gives base level insight into the personalities of whoever's talking. Mostly Daichi. Deviké and Mmanuell start another fight, Leon interjects. Mmanuell backs off, but Deviké makes another comment and things get magical. Hitoshi was in the room (invisible) the whole time who'd've thought!? He says that's enough, Overrides Deviké's control over her Magic, then shoves it all out the window. "Aika, get some fresh air in here please". Aikanami draws in some fresh air with Air Pressure Manipulation. Hitoshi greets them all and tells tham that he's gonna be their tutor for the next two years. Aikanami gives him a round of applause. Explain how the school year's gonna go down. Hitoshi starts flicking through some papers to check if he missed anything. "Ok, I'm pretty sure that was it. Aisling, come in!" The girl who was behind the reception counter comes into the room and waves as everyone. "Aisling is a second year Elite AML student. She's gonna give you all a tour of the academy. Be nice, she chose to spend her weekend doing this." She'll be able to handle herself.


 * School tour.
 * After the tour is over of this year's YZAAP students are rounded back up at the hall for a speech by the Tsunian Diarchy. The King, the Queen, their princess and prince, and their children.
 * A small bit of lore about YZAAP. Mythological stories say that the Great Kings of Tsunia built this as their palace. Nobody's denying that this building is old as hell, but nowadays it's used for a better purpose.


 * Divine Blessings attack the place with 30-50 feral hogs Taurelions. Everyone assumes that they're trying to assassinate the King and Queen, so they use this opportunity to build their reputation by defending the Royal Family with "honour and determination"
 * Mmanuell nearly has his head bitten off by a Taurelion which doesn't sit well with him since he's afraid of dragons.
 * Daichi goes absolutely berserk; she blames the Archive #1 fire and the death of her parents on Divine Blessings. She barely had any proof they even exists until now. She killed 10 taurelions and three fully-grown adult Mages with her bare hands.
 * Divine Blessings confirm that Hiro Taganis and Aikanami are persons of interest and plot to capture them both.
 * Lessons begin on Monday.

Lessons begin (June 26th 2019)
im gonna change this entire thing anyway lmao

They're King's Apprentices now, expected to do actual jobs. They're gonna be busy doing random shit all year. The overarching plot takes precedence though. They probably ge tsent on missions that are way above their skill level too in an attempt to trim fat.

They have to be up, dressed, and in their homeroom by 9AM. Hitoshi explains that he has control over the Elite AML for the first day to conduct a bunch of tests to determine what Mentor each child will have. They're gonna be sharing these Mentors with a kid from AML-2, who'll they'll meet in a while. Hitoshi uses Magic to give each Elite-AML student a piece of paper that they should write what they want for lunch down on. They all do so and Hitoshi scoops them back up. The class is lead outside. On the way there, Leon starts talking to Mmanuell (Hitoshi told them to stay at the front of the line). He tells Mmanuell to stop getting onto his sister because he's making her look like a fool. Mmanuell says that's because she is a fool. Leon punches Mmanuell, but Hitoshi stops him before anything could connect. Mmanuell realises his lapse in judgment, he didn't have time to react to that at all. Mmanuell plays it off with a smug grin and pretends he didn't flinch.

Hitoshi tells them both to relax, there'll be time to fight after Hitoshi's done his job. Now they're outside, Hitoshi picks everyone up with some Steam Magic and carries them towards the middle of the field that YZAAP surrounds. They can see the Certamine Autem Casia stadium, it's huge. There's a bunch of equipment laid out in the area that Hitoshi stopped. Hitoshi explains that they're gonna the most important P.E lesson they've ever had. It's seven tests that will determine your Magical and Physical prowess in a multitude of areas. Like a stats in a trading card game. It should take too long, they're gonna have half an hour breaks in between each test and each test should only take 20 minutes, so they should finish around two or three, but 30 mins breaks are a bit generous, so Hitoshi will only give them 15. At least they get lunch earlier than everyone else.

 Magical Technique  is tested by having them all maintain a certain volume of Affinity Transmuted Flow and morph it into various different shapes within an increasingly small time frame.  Magical Power  is tested using Dobble Blocks: Large Pallobalt boxes of varying sizes that can measure how quickly they can be filled with Flow by the person inside of it and, by seeing how quickly they can blow the box apart, the magnitude of their Magical Output: Physical Technique is determined by Hitoshi himself, no official tests. He told each student to try and land a hit on Hitoshi without using Magic or weapons: Physical Power was measured using Brute's Trial: The student must destroy and step through as many of the Trial's 100 Brick Walls as they can within five minutes. The first wall is 1cm thick, and each one after that 1cm thicker, reaching 1 meter thick at wall 100. Steel Armguard are given for protection:  Intelligence  is graded through the written test results of the Entrance Exam. The results are as follows:  Speed  was measured using two 100m sprints: one run without the use of Magic, and one Magic-assisted run:
 * 1) Rei instantly copied everything perfectly with little effort. Passed the entire test. (10).
 * 2) Mmanuell had to focus and look at the Shape Hitoshi made for a few seconds before copying, but it's clear he's talented in this area. (7).
 * 3) Daichi copied shapes as quickly as Rei, but made mistakes (7).
 * 4) Morgana's transitions from one shape to another were incredibly smooth, but took a lot more time. It is clear that Magic use isn't her forte. (6.5).
 * 5) Shoto didn't need a lot of effort, similar to Rei, but was fooling around and didn't focus properly resulting in an average performance (6.5).
 * 6) Leon, like Shoto, wasn't paying much attention and probably didn't care that these stats won't change for half a year. Mediocre for a Mcleod (6).
 * 7) Aikanami, being what they are, had to give Aika the reins for this test. We already know he's not great at precision (6).
 * 8) Deviké's Magical Style doesn't take precision into the equation altogether, which may be the only thing that excused another poor performance from a Mcleod (6).
 * 1) Deviké excelled at this test. Able to Transmute Airborne Flow, Deviké easily filled and broke the first three Boxes in under a second each. The fourth box took a little more effort but was still completed easily. Outstanding Performance (9).
 * 2) Leon did not fall far behind. As with his twin sister, he can Transmute Airborne Flow and the first three Boxes were aced. Toby's Gates are a little pale from underuse, so the fourth Box took about 8 seconds to fill and left him visibly tired. Breaking it took more effort than Leon seems to care to use, and finished the test in a bad mood (8.5)
 * 3) Aikanami also completed this test easily. Being a Fleshstepper, they have the Flow output of two people at their disposal. Gates aren't very dark, however, leaving them unable to fill the fourth box at all.
 * 4) Daichi showed above average Magical Power by instantly completing the first box and taking the average amount of time to complete the second box. Daichi met a little bit of trouble at Box three since her Magical Style of gathering all of her Flow in small, concentrated orbs stops her from even completing the Dobble Box test efficiently (7).
 * 5) Rei hit the 15 year old female Dobble Box test averages on the dot. Well done (6).
 * 6) Shoto used a considerable amount of his stamina to complete this test. He seems to struggle with outputting Flow at a decent pace and was unable to fill the third box. The explosive force of what little Flow Shoto's can expel is commendable; he broke boxes 1 through three with ease (6).
 * 7) Morgana is a very balanced Mage and had average scores similar to Rei, but Flow Output was a little subpar (6).
 * 8) Mmanuell couldn't break the first Dobble Box and it took him 30 seconds to fill it. Unfortunate. (3).
 * 1) Morgana is a Coastguard Martial Artist trained from a very young age and has the same natural ability as a full fledged King's Agent. Hitoshi actually had to take her test seriously. No question that Morgana is the most talent fighter in the Elite AML (10).
 * 2) Mmanuell has his own way of fighting, courtesy of copying what he's seen and movies and read in books. Mmanuell's fighting style is unprofessional and akin to a unhinged beast. He moves all of his limbs independently of one another allowing him to cover any distance created by dodged attacks. Any attacks that are blocked result in unshakable grabs that limit options without Magic. Unnecessarily violent and reckless, the only reason such a vile style gets the second highest out of the Elite AML is because his brute strength allows it to work. (7.5)
 * 3) Deviké actually asked Hitoshi to fight her. She specialises in reversals and counters to make up for her frail body. Hitoshi was visibly impressed and only manage to get through about 15% of the time, which is impressive. Would be a perfect 10 if she had any offensive ability at all (7.5).
 * 4) Aikanami performed averagely. Would they be allowed to fight the way they are used to with Aika and Manami splitting and refusing from the legs up as they overwhelm their opponent, as we have seen with them in the past, they would have scored higher. However they were more concerned with not revealing the fact that they're a Fleshstepper Fusion than they were actually fighting. Hitoshi wishes he could grade her higher, but until that time comes, it a 6 (6).
 * 5) Leon and Deviké were trained by the same people, so he also knows all the reversals and counters she does as well as being able to utilise offensive techniques. However, Leon decided that he would only fight seriously for about half a minute and gave up after that, saying he doesn't care what score he gets for this tests and goes back to sleep. Hitoshi was forced to attack him, allowing him to see that his defensive options are very strong. But the lack of effort is horrible (5).
 * 6) Rei unlike the most of the AML, has no prior knowledge of Martial Arts. Her reactions are incredibly sharp, not all opportunities to get a hit in where Hitoshi left himself open purpose, but she is slow and was not able to capitalise on any of them. Much potential in Rei for the future (5).
 * 7) Shoto, while being incredibly fast and able to keep up the pressure, has no knowledge of Martial Arts and seemed to be copying moves he's seen in media. Also seems to be impartial to using his wide vocabulary to verbally agitate Hitoshi. Annoying his opponent seems to be something he excels at, but no real physical technique was displayed (4).
 * 8) Daichi was an unfortunate sight to behold. She was extremely nervous about this test and may have been intimidated by everyone else's displays of prowess. Aimless flailing and blatantly open swings was the best she could manage (2).
 * 1) Mmanuell beat the entire test. Easily. Took him about three and a half minutes. Literally walked through walls 1 to 5. Had to push through walls 6 to 15 and punched through the rest with ease. Mmanuell is the strongest in the Elite AML (10).
 * 2) Aikanami beat the entire test, as is expected, but took about 4 minutes 50 seconds. They required a bit of cheering from the other students to get through the last wall, at which point they were visibly exhausted. Very good display of strength nonetheless (9.5).
 * 3) Rei got to wall 82. While very strong, Rei has little stamina to speak of and was exhausted by wall 20. Trudged through all the walls she could before she ran out of time. Ability to exert herself for extended periods must be worked on (8).
 * 4) Morgana would have beat the entire test, if not for her determination to destroy every wall with a Coastguard technique. The technique in question was the Dredge-Anchor-Style Admiralty Fluke, normally used to scoop the organs out of downed opponents, which includes a long wind-up into a devastating blow. Needless overkill on the first 20 walls. Impressive consistency in her punches throughout test. Only reached the 38th wall before running out of time.(7.5).
 * 5) Leon got to wall 63 before running out of time. As to be expected of the heir of the Mcleods. (7.5)
 * 6) Daichi got to wall 38. She aimed for creases and cracks in the walls to make it easier for her since she seems aware of her lack of strength. Daichi could not break past wall 39 and the test was ended 2 minutes in. (7)
 * 7) Shoto got to wall 28 and could not break any further. Surprisingly weak among his peers. (5.5)
 * 8) Deviké got to wall 20. With very little physical strength to speak of Deviké only managed to get to the 20th wall before her blows were unable to do anything to them. Poor, but luckily she doesn't rely on her fists to fight. Physical training is in order. (5).
 * 1) Daichi scored 99%
 * 2) Aikanami scored 93%
 * 3) Shoto scored 91%
 * 4) Mmanuell scored 88%
 * 5) Deviké Scored 87%
 * 6) Rei scored 78%
 * 7) Toby Scored 50%. Seemingly on purpose. All answers alternated between correct and incorrect.
 * 8) Morgana scored 30%.
 * 1) Shoto is the fastest student the Capital Academy has seen in years. He finished the Non-Magic sprint in 6 seconds, fucking smashing the previous record by one whole second. Shoto finished the Magic-Assisted sprint in three seconds, something unseen in the Capital Academy in 20 years. Undoubtedly the most speedious of all (10).
 * 2) Deviké's non-Magic sprint was quite impressive considering her stature, coming in at 13 seconds. It took her 3.24 seconds to finish the M.A 100 sprint. Very impressive, valuable skill for a Magic-Orientated fighter (8).
 * 3) Morgana. [A little above average]
 * 4) Dachi [Average]
 * 5) Aikanami [Sluggish due to weight]
 * 6) Mmanuell [Sluggish because they can't run]
 * 7) Leon [Sluggish because he's lazy]
 * 8) Rei is a very poor runner. It took her 23 and 15 seconds to complete her two sprints. This is still an issue of her physical stamina (4).

 Teamwork  was a very hard one to grade. What was meant to be a few basic team-building exercises turned out to be a disaster when Mmanuell and Deviké disrupted the whole test:
 * 1) The other members of the Elite AML absolutely adored Aikanami. Friendly, patient, mellow, and a great listener, Aikanami was able to make it through every activity easily. Was able to work with Deviké and Mmanuell with no problems whatsoever. Potential Leader (9).
 * 2) Morgana's personality makes her a great team member, open to the ideas of others and happily going along with the team. Her dialect left her teammates wondering what she's saying at times. A little submissive; Morgana did not take up a leadership role in any of the activities. (8)
 * 3) Shoto's charisma shone through these tests.(7)
 * 4) Daichi. (7)
 * 5) Leon. Lazy and not much participation. Works well in a team, mainly because he won't have to do anything. Leon has good leadership potential, but it's not worth much if he can't act upon it.
 * 6) Rei. Poor team player who didn't want to engage in the activities because they didn't want to do any work. (3.5)
 * 7) Deviké. Was a distant and overcontrolling when working with everyone else. Started a fight with Mmanuell. Disrupted the entire test (3)
 * 8) Mmanuell. Very clear who he likes and who he doesn't. Works fine with Daichi and Aikanami. Seemingly neutral with Rei. Doesn't appear too friendly towards Morgana, Shoto, or Leon. Visibly shows hate towards Deviké; started a fight with her that disrupted the test (2)

Hitoshi has to intervene when Deviké and Mmanuell go at it again. Hitoshi gets fed up and ends the tests. He's seen enough and they're on the last one anyways. Everyone go eat lunch and be back in homeroom by three. Hitoshi tells Mmanuell to stay behind. While they are in YZAAP and fighting is encouraged, don't do it in his lessons. If he does start another fight while he's teaching, he'll expel him. Hitoshi knows Mmanuell's situation, so he shouldn't try it. Mmanuell decides to behave. Hitoshi tells him to go catch up with everyone else. By that point he's got all the information he needs to pass onto their tutors and the day is over.

They manage to finish at lunch time.

This scene is gonna be important for establishing a couple of things.

the lunch hall is pretty. the Elite AML get whatever they want.

Mmanuell doesn't concern himself with the people has hasn't met yet, but he sees Zephira sitting with a couple of random people. He approaches the empty seat next to her and bumps into Jeht Decson, who was also going to sit there. Neither of their lunches spill, Zephira caught Mmanuell's with Magic and Jeht caught his own. Jeht says that he only got up to get his food. Mmanuell says he doesn't care and the seat was empty. He sits down and tells Jeht to go somewhere else. Jeht, still holding his food, gets pissed off and gets close to Mmanuell. Mmanuell stands up, punches Jeht's food onto the floor, and screams "WHAT BRUV?! DO SUTTIN!" right in his ear. All of the chatter in the lunch halls dies off and cheering starts. One of the guys sitting next to Jeht says it's not worth it, and they (Ramiya, Eastane) leave to another table. The cheering dies down after the onlookers realises an AML fight isn't gonna happen. Mmanuell pushes what's left of Jeht's meal away from his table and scoffs at Zephira "Am I right? The people here are so rude how do you deal with it?" Zephira asks Mmanuell what the fuck that was. Mmanuell justifies it saying that he should have just moved, he got there first, nobody can claim a seat. Zephira scoffs and says yeah, and if it was the other way around you'd still be sitting here wouldn't you? Zephira isn't really surprised, Mmanuell's always been like this. Mmanuell says that's a hypothetical situation, totally different than how it would really play out. She stares at him for a couple of seconds, and they go back to regular conversation. Mmanuell asks Zephira why she's in YZAAP, the AML no less. Zephira says its because her grandad's business, the book store, has influence and it seemed cool. Zephira asks Mmanuell why he's here, she didn't get an answer last time she asks. He says she doesn't need to know. Zephira says that he really hasn't changed a bit. It's about five minutes until the lunch bell rings, Mmanuell says that he needs to go, he forgets how to get to his homeroom sometimes. Zephira waves his off as he walks out the lunch hall. Most of the AML-2 give him rotten looks. Mmanuell smiles and waves.

Mmanuell is the first to get back to homeroom. He didn't like the seating plan, so he's changing it. He takes Hitoshi's chair and drags it to the middle of the room. It was heavier than it looked, but it's his now. He gives Hitoshi a kiddie chair. Deviké's chair is behind Mmanuell's, she can't see. Morgana and Aikanami who were at the front have been moved to the side. Everyone else is the same.

Everyone comes back as a group. Mmanuell plops down on his new chair and tells everyone to deal with it. Morgana doesn't really care since she's still next to the window. Shoto just asks why. Mmanuell says it's because he's always sat in the middle of the room. Rei asks Mmanuell why he's being to extra. Mmanuell doesn't even answer her, just stares. Deviké sighs and tries to move everything back with her magic. Mmanuell creates a bunch of heavy Ice Magic to keep everything in place. Mmanuell seriously doesn't understand how anyone can dispute this. Mmanuell wants to sit in the middle, everyone else shouldn't care since they're just seats. Rei: So what about what everyone else wants? Mmanuell gives her a dismissive shrug. Everyone erupts into argument, besides Morgana. She's staring out the window.

Hitoshi walks in to a bunch of arguing kids.

Hitoshi takes his chair back and says he doesn't care about the rest. Mmanuell gives one of those hahaa get fucked laughs.

They've decided what AML-2 kids and mentors they're gonna be with for the year. Everyone has to go to a larger classroom.

meeting AML 2 and Serina. Mmanuell makes note that he's already seen most of them at lunch time. The light skin girl has a fucking robot wtf. The black guy with flowing hair looks annoying.

Hitoshi calls out each King's Agent then the two kids they'll be mentoring in Fire-Lava order.

Nobuo G. Warholm. Daichi Yamazaki and Tyrell Stackerson.

Hitoshi Masuno, Myself. I'll be mentoring Shoto Kawauchi and Eastane Frostflame.

Peppermint Foster, my sister and AML-2's Tutor. She has Aikanami and Beatrix Tilt (the girl with the robot)

Serina Moriyane. Mmanuell Slayson and Hiro Taganis. Mmanuell is not happy.

Bradley Wilhelm. Deviké Mcleod and Julia- "JULY!" "..July, Lavenblood.

Marina Beryllia. Morgana Beryllia and Jeht Decson. Morgana gives her sister a hug and says hi.

Zelene Williams, Rei Kiyota and Ramiya Bijili.

Draden Mcleod. Leon Mcleod and Zephira Takahashi.

I'm not sure what's up next. I think today is just getting to know one another. There's no training today. Hitoshi lets everyone do what they want for half an hour.

Draden steals Deviké from Bradley for a couple of seconds and brings her and Leon to Serina and Mmanuell. "Hitoshi tells me none of your are getting along. You're cousins. Start acting like it." Deviké and Leon did not know that before. "HOW?!" Deviké's pale skin turns a sickly shade of purple as her anger gets the better of her. "I'm his Godfather." Deviké does that yellow diamond face, absolutely horrified. Leon's a little surprised, but he doesn't really care. "Weren't gonna tell us, Mmanuell?" "Honestly I thought you knew." Devike is still in disbelief "You're joking? He's- he- whenever you go to Cryotia to visit family you- HIM?!" "Yes, Dev. Now can you please get along? I would hate to tell your parents about this, all three of you."

Serina tells Mmanuell that she helped her father deal with the Random Wyvern Event.

Hiro greets Mmanuell. Mmanuell is not happy.

Next day.

Mmamuell starts getting onto him for not much of a reason. Nobody is pleased with this since they all love Hiro (not really he's just popular).

Altercation reaches a breaking point for Mmaunell. He attempts to "seriously injure" Hiro,  but only succeeds in denting his arm a bit.

EVERYONE DISLIKED THAT.

At this point his classmates are really beginning to hate Mmanuell.

His Dormmates, Leon Mcleod, Jeht Decson, and Eastane Frostflame, refuse to let Mmanuell safely sleep in his own dorm.

Not really, but Mmannuell interprets it as a threat to harm him in his sleep.

He can't go home either since his parents (who also hate him) won't take him in.

Mmanuell, very ashamedly, turns to his old friend Zephira.

She lets him stay at her place outside of the Capital Academy. (yay mmanuell still lives outside of a three of diamonds again yay)

Less Negative:

Zephira accidentally lets some of the other AML members find out that he's been staying at her place.

Zephira forces Mmanuell to apologise to them by giving him a twisted version of "treat others how you wish to be treated"

They barely accept, letting him know that they still don't like him.

Positive?

Mmanuell is starting to avoid certain behaviours under Zephira's guidance.

Despite him needing constant reminder that he's not in hosendale anymore and people aren't pushovers in tsunia, Mmanuell IS being less of a dick.

Zephira also works a little more magic, and gets the other AML members to be nice to Mmanuell first, which he repays.

Positive

After a few days of being treated the way he likes, Mmanuell's attitude to (nearly) everyone does a full 180.

We actually see what Mmanuell is like when he's nice for once.

We're probably only a few days in at this point. By the way. :/

Everyone finds out Mmanuell is a Verlodist :( (like july 10th)
Both AML classes have a joint lessons about why it's important to keep your Flow intake/outtake under control.

They're taught about Flow Sickness, Mind Crush, Flow Deprivation, and Flow Overload (called Verloding). In that order.

Live demonstrations were given for all, but since that just isn't possible for Verloding, something else is planned.

>>The King's Agency has footage of the last (documented) icident of Verloding that is to be played to the entire class.<<

The incident occured only a few weeks ago in Hosendale, Cryotia. The footage comes from a security camera outside a store.

A joke is made about "How the cold would drive any Tsunian mad."

The fact that Mmanuell is from Hosendale is mentioned.

Mmanuell SINKS INTO HIS CHAIR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT'S ABOUT TO PLAY.

Then, just like that, every single person that Mmanuell had JUST become friends with instantly despise him.

The video of Mmanuell killing Mmcha is played in it's entirety.

Let it be known that how he killed him was identical to the way that Mmanuell was about to attack Hiro Taganis.

Everyone is either disgusted or scared of him.

Even though they're straight back to hating him, nobody dares provoke Mmanuell anymore since they've seen how he wouldn't hesitate to Verlode someone over

something as simple as a lunch table seat. Jeht is scared af.

Zephira kicks him out. Luckily he gets the space in his room back because nobody wants to sleep anywhere near him anymore.

And that'd probably be the end of the first basic arc. a short one. probably only two episodes worth of content.

BUT AFTER THAT

Mmanuell doesn't want "Verlodist" stuck over his head for the rest of his life. That's why he's here.

He realises that his horrible mistake will follow him wherever he goes.

The King's Agency is corrupt as hell and many of them have committed far worse atrocities, but not BEFORE actually joining first.

Mmanuell needs to go full damage control before the King's Agency can't accept him as an Agent without looking bad, which they DO NOT WANT.

He'd most likely be REALLY struggling to not fight every two seconds. Turning the other cheek is something Mmanuell has literally never had to do.

Cult Hunter (mid july)
Mmanuell can write a letter to his parents. No Response

During the 5 days between Mmanuell getting baited out and Eastane's Speedrunning Event.

We'll have the training drill that I thought of (being dropped in a pool with weights around your ankles and using your magic to not drown.)

We must establist friendships between Mmanuell, July, and Shoto. July doesn't care if Mmanuell killed someone, he's based. Shoto is aware that befriending Mmanuell is benefiical (he's still in the side character mentality)

Morgana can ask Mmanuell why he did what he did during a training session the next day. He's aware that nearly everyone stopped what they're doing to listen to what he says in response. He has to be careful, otherwise his relation with his peers will worsen. To Mmanuell, the Verloding of Mmcha Rakter was totally justified. (Describe Mmcha the same way as Hiro).

Mmanuell gives some basic-ass damage control response. Morgana doesn't understand half the words that Mmanuell used, and says that even though he's done a horrible things that makes her very sad, she can also see it's making Mmanuell feel very sad and guilty too, so at least he isn't a psychopath. Morgana says that Mmanuell isn't a good person, but he will be, so Morgana will be his friend.

The other students realise that Mmanuell just said he killed someone because he didn't like them, and start getting onto him. Mmanuell really wants to start a fight, but he can't 1v12, so he ignores the best he can.

Hitoshi sees all this and decides that he'll intervene before Mmanuell's classmates really start to hate him.

End of the day, some of the students from both AML classes are rounded up for a tutor meeting. Mmanuell is called in early to this. Hitoshi and him talk about what's been going on. Hitoshi tells Mmanuell that they played the video of him Verloding that kid knowing full well what it was. Mmanuell realises that Hitoshi was taking him for a fool when, last week, Hitoshi made him shut up by threatening to tell everyone about the same thing he was just exposed for. He's not happy.

The entire school board knows. Hitoshi probably attacks Mmanuell's personality, calling him out on his egotistical and manipulative nature.

That's not a bad thing. Not at all. Desirable even. To be able to kill at such a young age. Saves them the time and resources. Trust him, someday they're all going to have to kill. Nothing wrong with a headstart.

Also, Mmanuell, you must have noticed. None of the Distinguished children care as much as the regular citizens. Do you want to guess why? They know that, between him and Mmanuell, King's Agents do WAYY worse on a daily basis. Don't beat yourself up Mmanuell, you're already more of a King's Agent than the rest of them.

Halfway through their conversation, Aikanami bursts in with an emergency.

They call Hitoshi by his first name (everyone else uses sir or mr masuno) and sit in the chair directly in front of Mmanuell.

Mmanuell doesn't think he's ever going to get used to Aikanami's Fleshstepping, and how they're able to mould their own body like a piece of gum. Hitoshi is unfased.

Aikanami stretches their arms out in preperation to split but Hitoshi stops them saying now's not the time for that.

"Ahhh, but we've been fused for over two days now sir :( come on, just for a minute before everyone el-

Shush.

Aikanami slumps in their chair, rips their arm off, and starts playing around with it like a pieces of putty.

Mmanuell is mortified. Also what the fuck did they mean by "fused".

Before Mmanuell can even get his thoughts straight, the Steam Magic Hitoshi has wrapped around Mmanuell begins to squeeze him, painfully. although still invisible, Hitoshi looks at Mmanuell dead in the eyes. Mmanuell understands that look. If he askes any questions, he will die.

...

Anyways, the students that Hitoshi asked for start rolling in: Shoto, Morgana, Daichi, Jeht, Hiro, Zephira, and Beatrix. All the hecklers.

Once they're all accounted for, Hitoshi begins talking.

I'm not gonna chat shit or beat around the bush. I'm not making this speech. All seven of your are on the verge of being expelled.

We do not condone the condemnation of violent behaviour at YZAAP. You understand what you lot are studying and training to become, right? King's Agents. Elite Mages who are prepared to fight, kill and die for this country. There is no space in your hearts to value life whether it ends by your hand or another's, because let me warn you..." Hitoshi's tone gets more and more serious and he begins to create life-like illusions out of Steam Magic. "...When the day comes when one of you have to kill a man, woman, or child, and you freeze because "all life is precious", it'll be YOU who ends up on the floor, mangled and broken, gasping for air, as the life fades out of you." At the same time, each student begins seeing an illusion of themselves dying in the exact say Hitoshi just describes; the same fate that Mmcha Rakter met.

"So get that out of your heads." The illusions dissapate into Flow, and the room is filled with piercing silence for a good 5 seconds.

Hitoshi accidentally also reveals that Mmanuell has been in the room the entire time (although whether it was an accident or not is now debatable in light of his earlier conversation with Mmanuell)Well here he is. You can dislike his personality all you want, but dont degrade him for doing what you lot apparently will never have the guts for. If killing someone else is something you cant get to terms with, then you dont have a future in YZAAP, let alone the kings agency. Murder is something we must all come to terms with. Think about the students who arent in this room right now. Take a wild guess. yeah.

Mmanuell tries asking Hitoshi about what Aikanami said about being fused for 2 days straight? Hitoshi ignores him and leaves. Mmanuell follows him out the door but he turns himself invisible.

Saiki-type skits

Aikanami and Coffee

Trying to find out Aikanami's gender.

All eight of them are sitting by the AML eating area. Aikanami gets saying "we need to use the toilet"

Nobody pays it any attention. Shoto does a double take. Aikanami said they. Everyone else doesn't think it's that

deep but shoto's determined to find out whether Aikanami is a boy or a girl. Rei follows him because she wants

to see too. They follow them around half the school. They're both invisible thanks to some skilled Steam Magic use.

after about 20 minutes and skipping over 15 other bathrooms, Aikanami stops at one. Labelled "Aikanami".

It's literally only for her.

This Arc needs a rework. Since Mmanuell is no longer Divine Blessing's Target. They're going after Hiro and Aikanami now. Hiro because having him on their side is strictly beneficial, and Aikanami because they'd be a perfect Ethr Host for Crimson when they find him. The Arc starts with Eastane making a fuss about a Speedrunning event that's happening in a few days, including a professional tournament that'll put Eastane on a lot of people's lists. Don't have any specifics, but most of the AML come to see what's up. Speedruns are magic-enhanced parkour races, basically. On the day, Eastane has his race and wins. After the main event, there's also a small beginner friendly Speedrun being held to try and get more people into it. Only a few of the AML partake though, most of the others were either not interested or not fast enough. Including Hiro Taganis, whose made a friend with a random citizen. She tells him to follow her to a shop that sells great snacks and like an idiot he does, and as soon as they're out of sight she knocks him the fuck out and kidnaps him. Ah, but Aikanami saw all of that, and tries to alert everyone else, but this mystery kidnapper grabs her with magic and does her in too.

So, how exactly would anyone know what just happened?

I also have to think about the fact that we can't reveal any sort of headquarters for divine blessings this early on and so easity.

Well, there's the grand church of silvanism. there are also other, smaller churches.

if a church got blown up, and people knew it was a church, that would cause some panic right?

Yeah, sure. But the King's Agency will probably just keep it under wraps. no official statements and stuff.

ok cool

Daichi is in the second race, and as she's leaping over rooftops and stuff, she see's Aikanami being dragged into a body bag. So she just quits the race and watches, and guess what she sees? The person kidnapping Aikanami and someone else (Hiro was already bagged up, she had no idea it got got too) was wearing the same type of mask she saw during the Archive 1 fire, the same one that her parent's murderer donned while she watched helplessly.

So, who else was racing? Zephira (friends with daichi, follow her), Mmanuell (only wanted to win the race, doesnt stop for hiro and aikanami), July (hates hiro, doesn't care if he's going to die). Yeah. Daichi sees whats up, zephira sees daichi, july sees zephira and daichi asks them what up, they tell her, she doesnt care and ignores them and finishes the race, mmanuell sees whats up, doesnt care because he wants to win the race, only reconsiders when july tells him again. here we see that mmanuell does have some kind of care for others. He's already won the race. he whats happening until july tells him. here we see that mmanuell does somewhat care.

but before that, Eastane Frostflame from AML-2 invite the Elite AML to a Speedrunning event. I'll probably just use this bit to prove who's faster than who. Ttopia, in plain clothes, starts talking with Mmanuell-Khan after he comes like 5th in the race; he doesn't know what's up, which is why he gets knocked the fuck out atnd kidnapped by Ttopia. Daichi recognises Ttopia from the entrance exam ambush and gives chase. Zephira and Nobuo, who was with her at the time, follow her.


 * Some ingnorant pawns dont know nobuo is playing double agent. he kills them before they bait him out
 * Daichi goes ham. again.
 * bam now it's one queen vs them five
 * Seriana Explains to a confused Mk that he has 44% ethrA, without actually calling it Ethraksha Affinity.
 * The mentors discuss why the cult is making moves after so long and why they would want mk
 * Its almost definitely because he has the life essence of the great frost wyvern within him
 * Its almost definitely because he has the life essence of the great frost wyvern within him



Beatrix finds D.T (November 2019)
Eh, I think the King's Agency just get on-sighted by Divine Blessings again. Massive fight.

There was a huge fight between two of the shadow cults. a massive hold was blown into one of Tsunia's roots. Beatrix was near the impact zone. She found D.T in a disconnected room with what might have been another 10 dozen identical copies (they were too damaged to tell).

It was human sized, half buried in the wall and breaking down; exposed circuitry, deteriorating exterior. It was also made out several Ethr Crystals with an empty heart shaped container embedded in its chest.

Beatrix got closer to it and tried to touch it. It activated, and began to to absorb all the Aura in the surrounding area, including Beatrix's. She lost so much of her own Flow that traces of Ethraksha were drawn out of here too. That's not Good. There is no situation in which that is a good thing.

The robot apologized and explained that it was programmed to drain the magic out of anything that gets too close so it can reactivate, if it were to shut down (which it was). It calls itself a 'sentinel' from long, LONG ago, and from what it can see, times have changed. It did hold back some information, however. That's for another time.

Uh. It notices Beatrix cant talk, so it makes an offer to her.

Apparently, the sentinel knows a way to give Beatrix her speech back. But it doubts that the device needed will be lying around in a store. The sentinel has an idea of where it could be, but wont tell Beatrix where until she fixes him.

Beatrix has to become a King's Agent and be given access to the Artifact vaults. She also cannot tell anybody about her true intentions, since she'll be in huge trouble. But aside from that there are other repairs Beatrix can do to the sentinel to repair it further.

Rebellion Arc (late 2020)
Right. This is a new arc. Morgana gets kidnapped. Artifacts are truly introduced. we'll have the AML visit an Artifact Shrine. The same Artifact is stolen the next day. A couple of emergency meetings later the thief attacks YZAAP. They only target the King's Agents who teach the AML. So, very obviously, someone is traitor. Someone figures out that Tyrell Stackerson was never in any danger the entire arc, unlike everyone else. The jig's up. Time for rebellion to attack. Everything I already have for this arc still works ish.

Where is it?

The Sandbox Arc (early 2021)
Hitoshi's foster-father, John Foster, is the King's Agency's head research engineer.

For the past five years or so, he's been working on restoring and modifying a broken Relic in order to repurpose it into a device that can train soldiers in a safe way.

He recently completed it and named it the "Sandbox". It's basically a SAO-Style VR version of Arcerra with cheat codes activated. Things like having unlimited Flow, any Affinity you want, altering gravity, Nebula Skyfall buffs, Essence Hosting Replication, Body swapping, etc, become possible.

John Foster his daughter and foster-son, Peppermint and Hitoshi, to bring their students (the Elite AML) to test the freshly finished weapon. I'm not sure what the Big-Bad in this Arc would be. Maybe we don't even need one. We'll just use it to confirm power levels.

The Congreed of Truth (A few days before they become King's agents)
Not really an arc like 4 episodes.

I just wanna slap this arc anywhere that'll be good

maybe after the sandbox arc.

seriously though why wouldnt the kings agency just kill the damn ape? it knows things that most people dont. The truly important people (Distinguished heads, Dairchy, Cult leaders) know everything the congreed does (where do you think it got that information from?) But for the AML, the stuff the congreed is going to say will change their whole perspective on life. Ramiya might be a little more important in this arc, since she cares about this stuff.

In what planet does the congreed escape though? Nah, Ramiya probably sneaks down there (this thing in being contained several hundred meters underground) with someone who can use invisibility (Not Hiro, too pious. Not Shoto, he'll end up telling someone. Not Manami, too scared. Not Jeht, doesn't care. Not Leon, doesn't care. Not Eastane, can't use invisibility very well) She enlists the help of Mmanuell and Julia. So yeah they go down there find the thing. and talk to it. The congreed will mention: nobody's been off continent, nor has anyone come to arcerra from beyond its waters. Humans are the only animal who has pallobalt skeletons and three hearts. humans can only remember the last 80 years of their life, yet they live for three centuries. I remember the last 20 years of mine vidily. Why can't you? perhaps humans were never meant to live this long. Also mention the fact that they talk about places that do not exist in tsunia (when in rome, people talk english).

they get caught and are put into a lot of trouble.

Certamine Autem Casia (September 1st to 30th 2021)

 * The Tournament among the continent's top Mages has begun once again.
 * The September round robins begin to decide who will represent Tsunia's new blood in the upcoming event.
 * The fights here themselves will allow the reader to understand how much most of the cast has improved, and for other members this will be their first combat even if they have gotten stronger since the start of the year. The fights I have in store will be good. depends on the previous arcs though.
 * Mmanuell and Daichi win for the Elite AML. Hiro and Tyrell win for AML-2. Mmanuell and Daichi beat them both.
 * Everyone travels to the U.A.S.
 * Kainon Deronson is met for the first time. Daichi becomes friends with him.
 * There are other events during the C.A.C, but we dont care about those, only the fights with our guys and Kainon in them.
 * Mmanuell verses Kainon. He loses.
 * Daichi vs other Flame Kingdom candidate. She wins.
 * Daichi vs Kainon. She loses.
 * Kingdom of Flames wins this year
 * Everyone goes home.

The Elite AML become full-fledged King's Agents (April 2021)
Mmanuell becomes a King's Agent, and by doing so, all crimes has has committed in and outside of Tsunia are pardoned. At that, Mmaunell has accomplished his goal. But what truly made the past 4 years worth it was his change in attitude and perspective he gained along the way. He's put his ego behind him and has a full understanding on the concept of Altruism for the sake of helping others. No longer obsessed with proving that he's the greatest person to ever live, Mmanuell has redeemed himself. :)

Now he will go back to Tsunia, apologise to everyone in town personally. Mmanuell will meet his parents last, because he plans to surprise them: he's bought a new house and placed it where their old one was, mailed them tickets home and a letter of apology, and awaits their return.

Wonderful. Mmanuell plans to make his way back to the Ice Region, his home. But before he can, he's given a mission. He sends a messenger to his parent's house to tell them to wait until he's back.

Ethraksha's True Power (April 2021)
This Arc involves Mmanuell, Genesis, and Shoto. Mmanuell's first mission as a full-fledged King's Agent involves travelling to North-East Tsunia, near the Neruman border, to investigate some suspicious magical activity. There's a cult that worships these rare trees and believe that their god will be reawakened if they collect all of them, grind them up, and seal them inside the Revivion: some ancient looking founting that exdues a toxicatingly potent shroud of Flow. It wouldn't be anything they especially need to be worried about...if not for the fact that the area around their base of operations has Flow concentration levels literally never seen before.

Very strange. Could be related to Mmanuell's goal. And it's his job now. So he's gotta do it. Shoto and Genesis come along too since they were free at the time. Zephira is their ride, so she's here too. Ok so. That tree. Is full of C.G's Ethraksha. 20% of it. It's radiating aura is sickening. The cult members despise the King's Agency, so they attack on sight. Not good. Mmanuell and Zephira are attacked with pure Ethraksha. It, VERY LUCKILY, doesn't kill either of them. but I didn't say they wouldn't suffer.

Eventually they manage to "destroy" the tree. All cult members were neutralised. the building was burned down with Glaster, loaned to Shoto by the King's Agency..

Long story short. They hope they never have to fight anything like that in their entire lives ever again.

4/30 (April 2021)
This entire arc takes place in one day.

After that HELL in the Tsunian desert, Mmanuell once again plans to return to Cryotia and fufill his mission of redeeming himself.

Mmanuell once again sends Sho to tell his parents that they must make their way to their old home. After that he'll have a phone call with the Mayor of Hosendale to discuss his idea of apologising to everyone in town. She agrees, mentioning that she has been keeping up with Mmanuell's achievements in Tsunia and has actually been expecting that he do something along these lines. Mmanuell is told to make his way to Hosendale under a disguise so as not to recognised.

Once he arrives, he meets up with the mayor in person to go over how exactly he's going to do this: Mmanuell and the mayor will go to the house of every single one of Hosendale's residents who were around when Mmanuell killed pariston. The mayor will be present with him to stop anyone from overreacting and to make sure they don't tell anyone about this. Then Mmanuell will try his best to get the ones most affected by his crimes to forgive him, if they do not, then it is ok. AT least he tried. After he's gone to see those people, he'll hold a large meeting in the town square to announce that he is no longer a bad person and wished to do his best to erase his past mistakes.

That's a wonderful idea, and so they go ahead with it.

Not too sure what to include here, subject to change in the future. Will most likely see his old friends, his teacher, and paristons parents first. other people who didnt leave Hosendale come later.

While all of that is happening...

The Druids awaken Meadvale
Tsunia's Druids of Origin, led by Predaters Gurass and Cdnnzoa receive a prediction of the future from one of the cult's members. It foretells future events, specifically that the death of Meadvale, Cryotia's Region Tyrants, plays a massive role in forcing L.U.C.Y to return to Arcerra. The Druids revel in this latest uncovering, and immediately set out to slay the creature. They use the Ethraksha-Stealing Proxy to attack the Region Tyrant, successfully removing all Programming relating to it's hyper-aggressive nature.

The Weapon is complete.

''It works. Most of our kin are free.''

''???? gives us foresight. Meadvale's death will play an important role in L.U.C.Y's return.''

We shall use the Ethraksha-Stealing Proxy, take its malice, duplicate it, and give it to Gurass and Cdnnzoa.

After, we shall launch a real attack.

''Meadvale hibernates. All the easier.''

(After doing what they did)

''A success. Meadvale has awoken with a previous form. The Great Frost Wyvern.''

''Not ideal. A hinderance.''

''Not a problem. We should be able to dispose of it in due time.''

We're done here

The Great Frost Wyvern Attack
This would be where all of my old material on the gfw attack. Mmanuell's Parents die without seeing the immense growth their son has gone through, without even talking to him face to face. Sure they've talked over the phone and in letters, but what was the last words Mmanuell actually said to his mum and dad?

Absolutely horrible choice of words. Well hey, he didn't know those were going to be his last words to them. His parents, the reason he even agreed to enrol in YZAAP and go through all the shit he's been through these past four years, are dead without even being able to see changed man Mmanuell has become.

Mmanuell survives thanks to become partly made of Ethraksha, what happens when you fully realise the amount of EthrA you can withhold.

We can leave the detailed stuff for later.

This is everything that happens in the arc. we're good.

man this is peak.

this also means zephira's parents are dead. she doesnt really care.

2nd Tournament of Lavender (September 2021)
This one happens during a Nebula Skyfall. Very fun.

Daichi discovers her truth (October 2021)
After the Tournament of Lavender Daichi visits her parents grave on the anniversary of the Archive 1 Fire, this time taking her mentor Nobuo with her. Nobuo realises that Daichi is the Daughter of the Leaders of the Scientific Research Organisation, the ones he killed.

Nobuo thinks he's getting soft and gets mind-wiped by a Queen:

Daichi decides to round up her friends and do some investigating in the ruins of Archive #1. Mmanuell and Serina come with her because this is their jurisdiction.

Daichi finds out Nobuo killed her parents from some security footage.

Daichi becomes absolutely devastated and lets her rage take over. She makes a beeline for Nobuo's throne room in Yggdrasil with the intent to kill him. I can't even comprehend how she'd feel about this: Her parents murdered and her life ruined by the man she's been calling her Mentor for four years. Serina and Mmanuell follow her in an attempt to get her to stop since everybody knows that Nobuo is the King's Agency's strongest. She ignores them. They also cannot catch up to her because she's apparently gained full control over gravity with her Earth Magic Techniques and warped herself to the top of Yggdrasil in half a second.

Nobuo lives near the top of Yggdrasil's trunk, barely underneath the throne canopy that the royal family live in. So everyone on the ground saw Daichi use her gravitational manipulation skill to instantly propel herself several kilometers into the air and rip a a hole into the World Tree.

Nobuo is sat on his throne, he knew Daichi would soon come to take his life, so he deemed it wise to let her come to him and eliminate the only person who could revive the S.A.C that way. His purification from Bubon occured only a few hours ago, so he has absolutely no attachment to anyone from the King's Agency anymore. He's back to a ruthless zealot now. He also has Razer in his hands. The Artifact.

I doubt Daichi even says anything besides a bloodcurdling "HOW DARE YOU!" that's barely audible over the sound of Earth Magic being flung everywhere. And then they fight and it's all emotional.

Mmanuell and Serina finally catch up to Daichi. Nobuo assesses the situation and decides its time to kill all three of these potential threats and retreat. He uses the Razer Artifact to charge up the most devastating attack we've seen in the show. Serina dies protecting Daichi and Mmanuell. Nobuo retreats and rejoins Divine Blessings as their strongest fighter.

Mmanuell struggles to process everything that just happened. He's left holding Serina's corpse among the flames as Daichi gives chase to Nobuo.

She's flown about halfway across the Region by now, but Nobuo is just too fast, plain and simple. Daichi refuses to let up herself though, forcing herself to fly through the Tsunian skies until she passes out from Flow Deprivation...several hundred feet in the air. She suffers a disgustingly horrific fall and nearly dies.

A day later...

The King's Agency cover this up to the public by saying that Both Nobuo and Serina died "in the line of duty", and that the incident was caused by another attempt on the royal family's life.

Daichi wakes up inside one of Tsunia's best hospitals. She hit her head so hard that she's gotten amnesia.

Aisling and Daichi get into an argument over whether Aisling knew that Nobuo was a spy from the start or not. She obviously didn't. Kainon makes a reappearance, but since he's under the impression that Nobuo died and wasn't a traitor, he sours the mood greatly and Daichi attacks him. Morgana explains what happened, and now Kainon is just as mad as Daichi is.

Crimson Arc (October 2021)
Tragic. Such is the tale of the Crimson Witch of Blight. Deviké, eventually, finds Crimson. She absorbs it can for a moment, it would seem that her quest, her mission, her character arc, is finally over. But that moment was fleeting. Over the course of a week, she slowly begins to lose control over the Predater she holds within herself. Letting it break free. Nearly Killing her. They fight for nearly an hour straight. Crimson caught Deviké by surprise and began to dissolve her into organs and flesh. But Deviké isn't going down yet. She turns the tides of blood and reclaims Crimson as her Predater. That didn't last for long, though. She melted into a pile of Bloody Ethraksha, which split and reformed into two identical copies of Deviké. Did Deviké just become an Arkin? Is Crimson only using Deviké's Programming to copy her appearance? Which is the Real Deviké? Which is the Real Crimson? Who knows (I do) Then they fight. Ruthlessly. One kills the other and absorbs it.

Fifth Queen of the Derelict Throne (November 2021)
Immediately after the Crimson Arc ends.

With Nobuo back, the Queens of Divine Blessings decide that now is the best time to take Crimson to try and "save him". He and a few others are sent to Kidnap Deviké, she puts up a fight with her new powers which will be very fun read, but she loses because Nobuo is OP. The King's Agency are alerted of this and they rush to the scene, but they're too late and Deviké is kidnapped. Leon Mcleod, her twin brother, leads the main force trying to get her back. The Queens of Divine Blessings try to coerce Crimson to awaken from inside Deviké, who still believes that she is in full on control and alive. She tries to 1v4 them but only lasts a few minutes.

We'll have now be the time that the King's Agency finds Divine Blessing's current headquarters.

This Arc ends with Deviké Mcleod dying.

Elementary44 (Prequel Arc)
Can be put wherever feels appropriate. 4/30 Now happens in 2017, so I have seven years of character building potential here. We'll use the excuse of Mmanuell not remembering his childhood perfectly to make this Arc short. We'll make it so that each of those seven years has about an episode or two to themselves. I have to revisit the characters of Kkele and Sam, as well as shed some light on how Zephira's Parents were super abusive. I will MAYBE, use Mmanuell and Zephira remembering how they use to be as an excuse to have them flip back into savages halfway though the show. Maybe.

C.G's Reincarnation
There's 100 more of the tree's Mmanuell/Shoto/Daichi/Zephira had to fight in April 2021. A whole forest. That building they burned down wasn't their main base of ops. There was a larger one underground on the other side of the region.

A couple cool scenes later, C.G is back with a vengeance, except that there's nobody to take it out on because the Elementalists have been dead for thousands of years. Oh well, next best thing is their descendants: Tsunia's Distinguished and the royal family. The whole King's Agency has to fight this one kid .C.G kills the King and Queen of Tsunia. Hikaru, their son, wakes up and loses it. He 1v1s C.G and kills him for good. Now he's the King of Tsunia.

Forgotten Epiphany Prelude
During the fight with C.G, like simultaneously, Beatrix Tilt's sentry, D.T, spots an opportunity to find a copy of his original Programming. D.T implores Beatrix to follow her into the newly exposed chamber in Yggdrasil's trunk created within the ongoing destruction. Within, they find endless amounts of ancient looking Ethr Crystals in fancy looking labelled containers. Beatrix is amazed that stuff like this existed inside of Yggdrasil, since the only hollow parts anyone actually sees are the houses of the few Elementalist-rank King's Agents. As the two venture further inward, D.T spots what he's looking for and stops in his tracks. Beatrix notices he's acting weird and asks him i he's ok. D.T, now a totally different colour and shape than what we've all seen before, completely ignores her and starts scrambling towards a non-conspicuous looking container nowhere near the middle of the room. D.T grabs the container, sticks it into his chest and drains it for all the Ethraksha it's worth. Beatrix can't do much but stand and watch completely petrified as he life-long companion crumples onto the floor and deactivates. Complete silence fills the chamber. Rumbling and explosions from the ongoing battle shake the shelves along the wall as D.T's chassis begins to rattle. It bursts open and D.T's Arkin form, his true self, climbs out. Absolute Terror invades Beatrix's mind as the Arkin stands up fully. He thanks her for all of her help, but ever since they first met there's been one thing he's never liked about her. His name is D.A, not D.T. Beatrix isn't present for most of the fight between the King's Agency and C.G because this takes a while; by the time D.A is fully awakened, C.G is dead.

Forgotten Epiphany Arc (Directly after C.G)
Right.

D.A is going to absorb an Artifact. Quantum Discord to be precise. This Artifact was based off of his own Magic System, so he's just taking back what's rightfully his. The leader of rebellion is the current user of this weapon. D.A is gonna see him wearing it, crush him head and then absorb his corpse with the Artifact still on it.

Right. You know how everyone thought that Beatrix will die if she gets too far away from D.T, including herself? yeah about that. D.A was lying that entire time so she kept him around and the King's Agency didn't kill him. In reality, he just began to drain her Flow himself whenever she got too far from him in order to perpetuate the lie.

I don't actually know what he's going to do after he regains his soul. He could kill everyone, he certainly has the power to since 2 of Tsunia's four Kings and Queens are dead.

Maybe Beatrix says something to him and he flies off for a bit.

We might have to do that oh no. :(

Well I need to write more about past arcs before I can say for sure.

Druids of Origin become relevant
This should be the time that Mmanuell discovers that it was the Druids of Origin that was repsonsible for

Re: Arkin
This is where Genesis King starts to become a villain. After witnessesing the fight with C.G (barely within her comprehension), Genesis gains a better understanding of her role as the heir to the Scientific Advancement Council. At one point, they were powerful enough to rival such destruction with the power of science alone. She cannot allow tyrants such as these, would could end all life on Arcerra on a whim, to rule. She abandons the King's Agency and flees to the Arc-Hive City Ruins (Should think about the whole "being controlled by the media" part here. Hopefully it's resolved by here).

I need to think about exactly how Genesis manages to round up as many hidden SAC members as she can in order to sort-of revive the Shadow Cult, but she does. The Scientific Advancement Council is back baby and they all live to serve Genesis King and cultivate her into the pinnacle of Human Evolution. In secret, though. If she announced that then they'd all be dead. She did tell Mmanuell that she's leaving the King's Agency, though. They fight. Mmanuell wins but Genesis escapes.

Genesis, over the course of the rest of the show (or maybe this is just an Arc), rediscovers Ethraksha.

Over the course of this Arc. Genesis will figure out that her body is composed of some strange magical substance instead of regular flesh and blood. She'll figure out that it's Ethraksha (Won't call it that, though.). She'll figure out that it's Programmable (This will be a mind blow). She'll figure out that all of this HEAVILY relates to the research that brought her into existence. She'll figure out that it might be possible to create a human made ENTIRELY out of Ethraksha, transcending human limits and being able to bend reality to their will. Of course the next order of business is for Genesis to amptuate herself several dozen times in order to harvest enough Ethraksha to conduct meaningful research with.

She successfully kidnaps a lot of random people. Bastard Distinguished Mages, mainly. She figures out that the L.U.C.Y Gene and Inhibitory Factor of one Distinguished House is vastly different than that of another, with even more variation against regular Mages. She comes to the conclusion that this Gene determines how your Magic works. She has no explanation for the inhibitory factor difference for the distinguished mages.

Genesis tries to combine her parents research into how the L.U.C.Y Gene and the Arkin Preventative Measure affects humanity and her OWN research into how Ethraksha (which she just rediscovered) works by creating something OUT of Ethraksha that can alter the DNA of living beings, with the intent of REMOVING the Arkin Preventative Measure entirely.

She probably even tries to fight the Predaters since she figures that they're probably made out of Ethraksha too. I'm not sure what happens as a result. Maybe she just makes notes and gets on with her business.

Near the end of the Arc, Genesis creates a prototype for her new weapon (It will be a mangled clone of herself since she hasnt gotten the intricacies of Ethraksha Programming down pat). She uses it on one of her most valuable assistants and removes his inhibitory factor completely. 100% EthrA instantly. My man is in agonising pain and already half dead. I don't know who's gonna end up fighting it. Genesis decides that she needs to see more different L.U.C.Y Genes to understand how to replace the Flow System make her own. Removing it on it's own wont do much. Probably skip like 20 30 years.

The 4th Calamity.
Meadvale, Region Tyrant of Cryotia, dies. During a Nebula Skyfall.

Not sure why anymore since Mmanuell Matsuda has no grudge against it.

The fight was a year-long siege on the beast.

The other Region Tyrants don't take this too well. They were in hibernation, but Meadvale woke them up with it's dying breath.

Absolutely no cap here, the other Region Tyrants destroy Arcerra Attack-on-Titan-Rumbling-Style.

Everyone straight-up dies.

But I'm not done yet!

L.U.C.Y appears for the first time since the 3rd Calamity. This marks the beginning of the 4th Calamity.

Calamities are a selective time reset, so only some things are affected.

People were reset to a few days before the fight with Meadvale began, with their memories still intact.

Mmanuell realises that he's being enthralled by Genesis' Destiny; he's getting the same feeling from her as he did from Hiro/Mmcha. He kinda just stops trying to turn her good and just fights her from now on. It's not as intense as Taganis, but Destiny is Destiny nontheless.

All Ethraksha on the continent was reverted to the state it was in something hundred (???) years ago. This means: Please remember, ALL of their Ethraksha has been returned to them.
 * 1) Deviké is back to normal (not dead and taken over by Crimson)
 * 2) Artifacts that were depleted during the last fight have been restored.
 * 3) Zephira isn't possessed by Goolzengoast anymore (but Mmanuell's parents are still dead, killed by her in a rampage).
 * 4) Region Tyrants have all been reverted to their previous forms. Meadvale is no longer the Great Frost Wyvern, now taking on the form of the "I forgot the name but it's a massive snowflake"

The reason why Meadvale awoke 172 years earlier than predicted and destroyed Mmanuell's city was because the Druids of Origin used an Ethraksha-stealing weapon to remove Meadvale's hyper-aggressive nature. One of the Druids foretold that Meadvale's death plays a key part into forcing L.U.C.Y to return, who they want to use to reverse time back to Era II where Predaters rules supreme.

It's true nature restored, Meadvale is back in it's true prime. They were fighting it on baby mode and that took an entire year and dozens of them died. Now it's on fucking nightmare mode.

However, since it was hibernating all those years ago and it's Programming no longer contains the information that it's about to be attacked, Meadvale goes right back to sleep.

Everyone agrees NOT to try and fight it again, and that's the story of the 4th Calamity: the one that affected Arcerra the least.

Sike we're all about to die.

The main goal of Divine Blessings and the Druids of Origin is to figure out how to summon L.U.C.Y and use her for their own nefarious goals. They both just witnessed her reappear for the first time since the 3rd Calamity, over a Region Tyrant dying. If they knew that she'd return over something so trivial from the start this would've been so much easier.

The two Shadow Cults attack Meadvale with literally all that they have. They win in an hour.

Just like it happened last time, Meadvale cries out for help and awaken the other Region Tyrants and L.U.C.Y reappears in preparation to reset time even further because nobody is learning from their mistakes.

Right lets see. Not sure where I want to go from here. Many different options.

Possible Scenario #1:
The Druids probably steal Programming from the other Tyrants and use it to attack L.U.C.Y. Divine Blessings attack her with all they have, including their King who's only been seen fighting once.

Corale and Gurass, leaders of the Druids, go all out and actually manage to rip L.U.C.Y in half. The two Predaters absorb her and become hyper-powerful. They find out that it wasn't actually L.U.C.Y who was resetting time, so they can't either. They resurrect all the Predaters from Era II back to life, including the Original. everyone including divine blessings and the original himself have to fight off the predaters who have the power of L.U.C.Y

Possible Scenario #2:
L.U.C.Y ends up having to destroy the Region Tyrants. Why? The Region Tyrants, in their rampage, fuse together and absorb the Nebula Skyfall. Very scary. Resetting time doesn't work on this Xeno-Ether thing. She's gonna have to destroy it. We get Very, VERY close to destroying the entire planet. L.U.C.Y actually had to fight to prevent this. Eventually, she beats it. 100% for good. Resetting time on Xeno-Ether doesn't work and resetting the entire continent, in general, is too much of a risk since history will just repeat itself. The Region Tyrants are no more. Then she flies off into the distance, supposedly to another continent.

Possible Scenario #3:
(you know maybe we COULD just add the great kings in too for the sake of it, this is the end of the series after all)

Universal Ending
Regardless of what scenario I choose, this is how the Elementalist series will end:

The question of "What's beyond Arcerra?" is raised. Not a single Arcerran besides L.U.C.Y has left and returned alive in 20,000 years. And we'll never know. Because I'm ending the entire series after this.