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	'''SEGMENT 2 â THE NEW LIFE'''		'''SEGMENT 2 â THE NEW LIFE'''

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'''SEGMENT
2 â THE NEW LIFE'''

â''You will never understand the true meaning of your life, until you travel and experience how others are living theirs.''â

'''5:'''

âAaaandâ¦ touchdown!â Cheered Azura Wilder
as her brother guided the Origin onto the ground, setting the ship down as
gently as he could, given that it was his first time piloting the thing. âYou
did it!â

âDid I?â Her brother looked out of it as he
leaned back in his chair, rubbing his eyes. âWhat, uhâ¦ what time is it?â

âIamos, itâs, like, past seven!â Azura
blurted. âYouâve been flying for ten hours?â

At her words, Iamos exhaled and laughed
softly to himself.

âNo wonder I feel so tired.â He muttered.

âYeah, no duh!â Rolling her eyes, Azura leant
forward and ruffled her brotherâs hair. He groaned in response.

âDonât do that.â

For her part, Azura simply flashed him a
coy smile before turning on her heel and practically skipping away, listening
to the clank of her feet on the shipâs metal floor. She had to admit, she was
growing to love the sky boat. Something about the hum of the engines and
grinding of the mechanics was soothing, and she had found herself falling
asleep the previous night faster than she could remember. It didnât help that
she had the unfortunate habit of having bad dreams, so she would often wake up
early and have to wait for her brother to come and calm her down. Though, that
seemed to have not happened this time. Which was good, because her brother had
been busy driving the ship and he wouldnât have had the time to stay with her â
which was fine. She understood.

â''Weâd
all be dead if big brother had stopped flying during the night.''â Azura
mentally reminded herself as she walked happily up the rusting set of stairs
that led to the largest room, at the top of the ship. It was something like ten
meters by ten meters wide, and there was a big round table in the middle of it,
made of wood and with some chairs beside it. A perfect meeting place.

Already sat around it were Loden and Daiyu,
who looked pretty tired themselves (though not as tired as her brother), as
they had spent a portion of time scouring the ship to see how big it was and
how many rooms there were.

âWe landed?â Loden asked, as Azura wandered
into the room.

âWe landed.â Confirmed Azura. Loden clapped
his hands, making Daiyu jump.

âGreat.â He declared. âNow we can discuss
what happens next.â

âWhy do we need to discuss?â Whined Azura
as she plonked herself down on a chair. âWhy canât we just goâ¦ wherever we want
to go?â

âWe have to decide where that is first.â
Loden told her, to which she frowned and folded her arms. Sure, she guessed it
made sense, but she didnât like how everyone had to meet and talk about it.

âCouldnât we just put some places in a
hat?â She protested.

âDo you have a hat?â Asked Loden back.

Azuraâs face fell. âNo, I forgot mine.â

âWell we canât very well put place names in
a hat if we donât have a hat.â Loden informed her, like she didnât already
know. âLook, we need to focus on this.â

He pulled a battered bit of paper out of
his pocket.

âWhatâ¦ what is that?â Daiyu asked, saying something for the first time
since Azura had entered the room.

âItâs a map.â Loden told her, as he
unrolled it and began to peer at it again. âIt looks like it encompasses the
entire continent.â

âLet me see!â Azura sprang forward to have
a look for herself. When she saw, she glared in disappointment. âIt doesnât
look special.â

âWell, I donât know. Iâm not an expert.â
Loden shrugged. âIamos seemed to think it was-â

âRainer.â Iamos interrupted, entering the
room. Azura considered flinging herself at her brother but stopped herself when
she saw how tired he looked â honestly, he seemed to be about to fall over even
without her help â so she settled for waving vigorously.

âMaster was the one who emphasised its
importance.â He continued, plodding forward before collapsing into a chair. âI
donâtâ¦ know why. But Iâ¦ I trust him.â

âYeah, could we have some background info?â
Loden pressed his friend. âI mean, why was our house on fire?â

âI donât know.â Confessed Iamos. âI meanâ¦
there was a man. Another alchemist. And heâ¦ he fought Master, they duelled with
alchemy. And Master told me to get the map, and get the Origin-â

âThe what?â Azura spoke up. âWhatâs an Origin?â

âThatâs the name of the ship, Azura.â
Explained Iamos.

âWhat kind of name is âOriginâ? Or âThe
Originâ, or whatever itâs called? We need a proper name for our ship.â

âAnd what do you have in mind, o authority
on naming flying ships?â Loden asked her.

âUhâ¦â Azura was forced to ponder the
question. ââBig Metal Floaty Thingy-Thingâ?â

âYeah, weâre sticking with the Origin.â
Declared Iamos, sinking back in his chair and letting breath slip through his
lips. âLook, feel free to make a plan without me. Iâm going to go to sleep,
because I feel like I could slumber in this bony wooden chair if I tried, so
just tell me what you have in mind when I wake up.â Having said his piece, he
rose onto shaky legs and plodded down the stairs.

âSee you later bro!â Azura called after
him. He raised a hand in acknowledgement before vanishing.

âSoâ¦â Loden said once Azuraâs brother had
vanished. âWhere even are we going, anyway?â

âWe need to sort out a list of priorities!â
Azura stated. âWhat do we need?â

âI didnât find any food on board.â
Contributed Daiyu. âWeâll need some.â

âGot it!â Chirped Azura. âWhat else?â

âWe have no idea what these engines run on,
do we?â Loden thought, an unusually pensive expression on his face as he spoke.
âSomeone needs to look into that.â

âI can do that!â Azura volunteered,
remembering the nice noises of the engine. âAND I can check and see if theyâre
broken or not!â

âUhâ¦ okay, Azura.â Loden nodded, letting
her see his smile. âSo weâll need food, and we might need fuel. Whereâs the
nearest place we could get some?â

âCan I see the map?â Asked Daiyu. âI know
the country pretty well.â

âRight, of course, âcus of yourâ¦â Loden
trailed off as he gave the scrap of paper over to Daiyu, who peered at it
before nodding in a confirming sort of manner.

âYes, Iâ¦ look.â She turned the map around
and pointed at a dot on it. âThis is the nearest city that I remember.â

ââPhek-kaiâ.â Recited Loden. âWhatâs that
city like?â

âActually, thatâs the capital of our
Empire.â Daiyu revealed. âI think. In any case, itâs, uhâ¦ itâs a big city.
Supposedly the Emperor and his family live thereâ¦â

âWell, that looks like a good place to
head. How long dâyou think itâll take using this ship?â

âWell, i-it would help if we knew exactly
whereâ¦ where we are.â

âI could always go for a bit of a wander?â
Loden suggested.

âIâ¦ okay. Youâll need to look for a sign or
something.â Daiyu advised him. âAll we need is our location, so once you find
something, come back.â

âAs you wish, maâam.â Loden shot her a grin
and a mock salute, before sauntering down the stairs. Daiyu then turned to
Azura.

âDo, umâ¦ do you want to go downâ¦ toâ¦ to the
engines?â

âYou got it!â Azura declared, almost
tripping over her own feet in her hurry to descend to the engine room.

Her feet were once again echoing through
the shipâs corridors, and once again Azura slowed down to appreciate the sound.
It wasnât like he had walked on pure metal before, after all. Heck, being
surrounded by so much was a new experience in itself. If this was her new life,
she was okay with it and then some.

The engines themselves, she remembered as
she found the engine room, looked like giant eggs from the outside. But inside
was a mess of wiring and cogs and so many other cool mechanical things. Azura
peered into the dimly lit room. There were a few gauges on the sides of
different machines, so she looked for the one marked fuel (as anyone else would
logically do when looking for a way to check how much fuel the engines had).
Eventually, she saw one marked âfuel levelsâ. Luckily, the indicator thingy was
still in the green section of the colour-coded ticker â so unless whoever built
the engines was colour blind, they still had plenty of fuel left.

âGood.â She said out loud. Without fuel,
they wouldnât be able to get anywhere, and that would be a disaster. A
travesty. An utter catastrophe, even. She wanted, some might even say desperately,
to go somewhere.

<nowiki>**********</nowiki>

A significant amount of time had passed
before Loden had returned. Azura herself couldnât possibly say how long,
because she had spent the whole time examining the engines, but it was long
enough that when she heard Lodenâs voice and tried to stand up, her leg cramped
and she had to give it a bit of a hasty massage before rising and hobbling
after him.

She saw him in the corridor, and called
after him. âLoden!â

He turned around where he stood. âOh,
Azura!â

âSo where are we?â

âWeâre outside a village called âZutarosâ.â

âIâ¦ haveâ¦ absolutely no idea where that
is.â

âWell, with any luck, Daiyu will. Or at
least, itâll be on the map.â

âGoodie!â

With no more words required, the two
hurried up to the meeting room, where they saw Daiyu asleep and leaning across
the chair.

âDaiyu!â Azura bellowed as she entered,
causing the ravenette jerk awake with a shriek. Whoops. She had never been one
for gradual awakenings.

âI-I-I â what â where?!â Daiyu sputtered
before seemingly regaining her senses.

âThe nearest village is called Zutaros. Is
that on the map?â Loden asked her.

âL-let me check.â Daiyuâs hands shook as
she brought the map closer to her face. âY-yeah, itâs o-on here.â

âHow far away is it from Phek-kai?â He
pressed.

âNot too far, by the look of it.â Daiyu
informed him. âMaybe another few hours? Iâ¦ I guess it depends how fast the ship
is.â

âLetâs hope itâs nothing longer.â Azura
looked down at her stomach as it growled a rather unpleasant growl. âMy
stomachâs beginning to realise that breakfast hasnât arrived yet.â

âIt might be longer, Az. Iamos needs to
sleep, remember?â Loden pointed out.

âShoot, youâre right.â Said Azura. âCan I
wake him up?â

There was a brief silence. Eventually,
Daiyu turned to Loden.

âH-how long has it been?â

âAt least a couple âa hours.â

âAnd how much sleep canâ¦ can Iamos function
on?â

âHeâs a deep sleeper, and he doesnât get
much. If we wake him now, heâll be cranky, but he should still function until
we get to Phek-kai.â

âThen Iâll go wake him!â Volunteered Azura,
thundering down the stairs before either of the others could stop her. âBig
brother! Big brother! We need you!â

There was no reply. Azura, on her quest to
find her brother, began to poke her head through every door she came across,
calling his name each time she did so. She had gone through almost every door
of the ship before automatically sticking her head through the cockpit door and
seeing Iamos curled up on the three seats, which he had dragged into a line for
him to lie on.

âBig brother!â She cooed, marching forwards
and leaning over him. âWe need you to fly us to Phek-kai!â

âTo where?â He groaned, turning over so his
face was pressed against the back of a seat.

âTo a city!â She emphasised. âWe can only
get there by flying!â

âOkay, can I justâ¦â He groaned and shifted
himself into a sitting position. âRight. Flyingâ¦ ok, Iâm going to need someone
to be here with me.â

Azura raised an eyebrow. âWhy?â

âTwo reasons.â Her brother held up two
fingers, scratching as his few-days old beard as he did so. âSo that they can
guide me, because I have literally no idea where fleck kai or whatever is. And
so that they can stop me from falling asleep in the chair. Because this chair
is comfy.â

âFair enough.â Azura conceded. âIâll get
Daiyu, is that ok?â

âFine.â He waved her off. âSheâll be quiet,
at least.â

âGood luck, bro!â She called over her
shoulder as she headed back to the meeting room for a third time. Poking her
head above the floor of the higher room, her eyes met Daiyuâs lilac irises for
a brief moment before the other girl looked away.

âIamos needs you to show him where to go and
keep him awake.â She explained.

âIâ¦ uhâ¦ okay.â Daiyu nodded, and Azura
hopped up the last few steps before motioning to her, who in turn travelled
down them on her way to the cockpit. Once the sound of her footsteps stopped,
she turned to Loden, who was looking at her with an inquisitive grin on his
face.

âWhat do you think?â He asked. It was
Azuraâs turn to smile.

âOh my gosh theyâre, like, perfect
together.â

âThink so?â

âYep.â

âOkay, well donât try and interfere. Most
of the time this stuff doesnât work out because ofâ¦ uhâ¦ external interference.â

âOk.â

âAnd you have to not be sad if it doesnât
happen, because sometimesâ¦â Lodenâs smile faded away. âSometimes these things
just donât work out, you know?â

âI know.â Azura nodded, trying to act as
sagely as her brother but probably failing because she was still grinning like
a maniac. When Lodenâs smile returned, it looked more tired than she remembered
it.

âNow,â he said with what struck her as
forced enthusiasm, âletâs get to Fekky!â

âIs that what weâre calling it?â

âYep.â

âFine by me.â

<nowiki>**********</nowiki>

The hours passed slowly.

Azura passed her time by either gossiping
with Loden, meandering around the ship (and getting to know where everything
was because she wasnât really good with directions) and lying in the engine
room, listening to the hum â no, it was more like a purr, like there was a big
cat beside her â of the engines. She had decided that it was her new favourite
sound. Something about it was just soâ¦. soothing. She couldnât quite put her
finger on it. It was like how her brother liked the smell of old books, but
didnât really know why. It was just one of those things, she supposed.

She had found a nice space to lie, just
underneath a jutting metal box with a bunch of wires sticking out of it. It was
about as high as a table, so there was enough room for her to turn over and
stuff. A couple of cables draped over her as she lay, which was a bit annoying
and probably unsafe, but aside from that it was really nice, with the heat
emitted by the machinery stopping her from getting cold and fan she had
positioned her face under stopping too much dust from getting up her nose.

A way she had found to not die of boredom
was to look at all of the different symbols and diagrams decorating the various
metallic components of the engines, and try to figure out what each one stood
for. Some were obvious, like a symbol that looked like a flame was probably a
warning against fire. But some, like that one that looked like a circle with a
line through it, were more difficult. No ball games? Not to be left out in the
sun? Ah well.

It was after not only her leg but her
entire body began to cramp up that Azura decided to cut her losses and emerge
from her shelter, brushing grime from her long hair as she stood up and began
to tramp back up to the meeting room, where Loden was sat.

âIâM BORED!â She announced as she entered
the room, before taking a seat opposite him and peering in his general
direction. âEntertain me.â

âThere is literally nothing to do on this
ship.â Complained Loden, in response. âThereâs nothing I can really help you
with there, short stack.â

âThis is serious business, Loden.â Azura
complained right back. âWhatâs the point of going on awesome magical adventures
if weâre just gonna be bored the whole frikinâ time?â

âHeck if I know.â Shrugged Loden. âI donât
even know why Iamos wants to go through with this anyway.â

âGood point.â Mused Azura. âWhy couldnât we
just stay in the village until whatever was happening there had stopped. What
even was happening, anyway?â

âDidnât you hear?â Loden leaned back in his
chair. âSomeone attacked Rainer and burned the house down.â

âYeah, I know that.â Azura found herself
shuddering. She hoped Rainer was alright. âBut I want to know WHY. Like, just
why?â

âYour guess is as good as mine.â Said
Loden. âBut whatever. Maybe after Iamos rests we can convince him to take us
ba-â

âDonât even finish that!â Growled Azura.
âDonât you even want to go anywhere!?â

âNot really. I kinda just want to head back
once weâve made our Phek-kai pit stop.â

âYou havenât even considered that something
important slash awesome might be happening?â

âOf course Iâve considered it.â Snapped
Loden. âOur frikkinâ house burned down! But, Iâ¦ I dunno. I guess I just thought
we could sort it out within a couple of days, or something.â He glowered at the
table below him. âI didnât sign on for anything longer than that.â

âWell, feel free to get off when we reach
Pekky!â Azura told him.

âNo way in anything.â

âWell I- wait, what?â Azura found herself
understandably surprised at Lodenâs statement. It was a bit of a contradiction,
to say the least. âI thought youâ¦?â

âI may not like whatâs going on, but Iâm
not abandoning Iamos for anything.â He said.

âIâ¦ uhâ¦ ok.â Azura nodded, ever so slightly
dazed, before heading back down the stairs where she tried to process Lodenâs
actions, which really were quite inconsistent. As her brother would have saidâ¦

âThis requires ponderage.â Azura stated out
load, before stalking back to the engine room. For another lie down.

However, before she could get there, she
felt the ship lurch again.

And it didnât righten itself.

Worried, she ran to the cockpit, where she
saw Iamos and Daiyu staring as the ground rushed towards them.

âWhat are you two doing?â She almost
shrieked. âAre we crashing? Why are we crashing?!â

âRelax!â Ordered Iamos, irritation evident
in his sleep-deprived voice. âItâs called a landing, Azura. Just let meâ¦â

He tugged on the wheel, and the ship
stabilised with a jolt, hovering just above the ground.

âDaiyu!â He said. âButton!â

Nodding, Daiyu pressed a button to her
left. Azura heard a faint sliding noise, and Iamos brought the ship down onto
the ground with a final tiny jolt.

âWell, weâre here.â He showcased with a
wave of his hand towards the glass. âPhek-kai.â

Peering through, Azura saw buildings higher
than she had ever seen in her life. Below the hill they had landed on stretched
out a sprawling landscape of houses and roads, slums and palaces. She made to
ask her brother more, but saw with little surprise that she had already fallen
asleep in his chair, the bags under his eyes more prominent than she had ever
seen them. Sighing, she ruffled his hair once again.

âThanks, bro.â She muttered.

Foes and Heirs: Segment Two: The New Life - Revision history

Haroldosaur at 18:42, 3 February 2018

Haroldosaur: IT'S FINALLY DONE. THIS IS IT. OH MY GOD. MAYBE MY FAVORITE PIECE OF WRITING TO DATE. ESPECIALLY THAT LAST LITTLE SECTION, AAAAAHHHH

Haroldosaur: CHAPTER 8 IS UP FINALLY Also, I haven't been writing much lately because... well, my exams are pretty important. This applies to PoA as well - ESPECIALLY PoA. In about six weeks, I'll be able to write more.

Haroldosaur at 13:31, 8 April 2017

Haroldosaur: CHAPTER SEVEN YE GODS FINALLY I'm sorry, this chapter was just vERY HARD TO GET RIGHT. Enjoy! :D

Wiz Ardon, the Peculiar Enchanter: Adding categories

Haroldosaur: Adding categories

Haroldosaur: It's what you've all been waiting for for literally months! :P Seriously, I'm sorry it took so long. Here's chapter six in all it's Loden-y, guard bashing, character-introducing glory!

Wiz Ardon, the Peculiar Enchanter: Adding categories

Haroldosaur: Published part one of Segment Two!