Burnt Amber eyes watch the two from the cliffside.  A gentle sigh comes from the person.  A young girl bounce next to the person.  "What's the verdict Flare?  Think they can be trusted?" the girl asked.  Her voice filled with anticipation.  "Want me to take 'em down"?  The person made no reply.  They just kept watch.  "They have veils over them.  More advanced than Arithnia.  If Crimson was up he would have a better time on this.  But for the time being I put a dome around them to hopefully seal some of their magic.  And as anyone knows, Arithnias magic interwinds itself with others magic." the voice was stern, male clearly, and yet very troubled.  "We should proceed with extreme caution.  They were digging around for something.  Who knows what they are.  If you can Lady Fang, please wake Crimson and bring him here.  Do NOT tell him where they are." Flare ordered, and Fang listened and dashed off.  Flare put on his coat and dusted off his shirt and sat down on the edge of the cliff.  Ready to move at a moments notice.  

(Please feel free to experiment and try all sorts of things!  I don't mind!)

Flare watched the two beings with an odd sense of responsibility and observed their movements.  He dug into his pocket and pulled out a ornate silver pocket watch and observed the time.  "It's close to sundown.  I wonder if they are humane in any way.  Considering their forms and wings.  They are close to a Kasani.  I wonder if they get cold...perhaps I should make a small fire for them..." Flare thought to himself and put the watch back into his pocket and clasped both his hands together and whispered something into them.  A small and dull ember flew out of his hands and gently landed onto the beach, creating a small, but warming flame.  Shifting between a light crimson and orange color.  "That should keep them warm until we can find what to do next.  I hope Crimson and Fang return soon." Flare once more, spoke to himself.  

(Don't underestimate Arithnia's inhabitants.  He doesn't know that at all.)

"They have Veils.  How interesting.  I can see why Fang said it was urgent.  They aren't Arithnian by any means, but they hold a lot of power.  They are the Sun and Moon incarnae.  How funny.  Helios would hate hearing that someone took his job." Crimson snickered.  The man was a tad bit pale and walked with a stick.  His outfit was a simple medical gown formatted for the outside.  Fang chirped behind him, her eyes filled with pride.  "Yeah, ya see now.  What else can you tell from them?  Do they pose any threat?" she asked him.  Crimson shook his head.  "Not that I know of.  Them again, you never know.  Flare, I do hate to ask you to leave your post, but I will have Infinity and Fang look over me tonight.  Please keep watch over them for tonight.  Make sure to hide yourself too.  If they break the dome, send word and I will have Azure help." He ordered Flare, who nodded and closed his eyes.  

Crimson and Fang sat next to one another and Flare smiled softly.  "I know not of my true family. but this is a nice break.  I am sorry this had to happen while you were recovering Crimson.  But I will do as you wish." Flare admitted.  Crimson laughed heartily and patted Flare on the back.  "Yeah, I know ya will ya nutcase.  Glad you kept them warm.  Then again, I'm not too sure they needed it...well actually I take that back, the dome is hindering their powers aren't they?..." Crimson asked.  Flare simple watched the sun go down and softly confirmed it.  "They will be safe and sound." he said.  

Crimson slowly got up with the help of Fang and hugged Flare goodbye.  The two walked back into the small town as Flare kept watch over the two...no, the Sun and Moon incarnate.  Stars from the heavens above.  He softly spoke a small prayer and his burnt amber eyes gave a soft glow atop the cliff like a lighthouse before going dim.  

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(Don't worry, that will be explained here in a moment.  But for your sake, in Arithnia, there is a special type of magic that is natural to the world called a Veil.  It's a covering for anyone who lives and enters Arithnia.  The Veils help conceal high levels of magic, or more like suppresses them.  Think of foreign magic like gas.  The Veil is a covering that limits or prevents that gas from killing people who have no immunity to the toxins.  I hope that helps.) 

Flare watches the two snuggle up and breathes a sigh of relief and cups his hands together and blows into the air a small light blue mist that covers the two, lulling them to a gently and eased sleep.  As soon as Flare is sure they are asleep, he pushes off the cliff and in a twist of his body he burns away into the form of a Phoenix and flies down next to the two and covers them with blankets of gentle fire to keep them warm.  His amber eyes looks more closely at the two and faintly gasps.  Crimson was right, they are incarnates of the Sun and Moon.  How...interesting.  "Blessings be upon your sleep 'O son and daughter of the heavens." Flare told himself and flew back to the cliffside and in a spire of orange flames, transformed back into his well-kempt suit and sat back down, keeping watch over the sleeping two.  

(Glad to see you enjoying it!  And goodnight!)

Caligo watched the mist with fascination and distrust, it doesn’t feel natural, but it doesn’t seem harmful either, he doesn’t know what it purpose is, other then being pretty.

He freeze when a flaming bird suddenly descend upon them, he is ashamed to say he couldn’t do anything but stare at the strange creature,

He finally snap out of his stupor when the creature retreated up toward the cliff, they threw the blanket it put on them off herself and rushed to the base of the cliff.

"HEY YOU BURNED POULTRY COME BAKC DOWN HERE AND FACE ME" They screamed up at where he assume, the bird is. Frustrated with the situation and how they are being treated,

(That’s fair, sorry for the delay had stuff, in my mind as long as their respective astre(?) is up, and they are alert, they don’t need sleep, and Caligo being so stressed and alert meant the mist wouldn’t work, to me that’s how it would work at least)


The moon watched the stranger move around the area, Caligo has no idea what they are looking for, they seem to be looking for or at something, they decide to keep a pair of eyes of the newcomer, he, is it a he?, wasn’t agressive but had what is clearly a weapon, not one they had ever seen but the there was an unmistakable blade on the object.

the other pair alternated between looking at the surrounding area and checking on his sun.

All her eyes refocus on the maybe enemy once he stop and turn to them.

"…what do you want with us?" He ask carefully, magic already pooling in his hands just in case.

His wings twitch in their invisible confines, being forcefully grounded doesn’t reassure him about his odds in a fight, if it come out it.

(That’s great! Leaning is fun, especially if it’s while doing something fun)

Caligo winced, taking a step back as the blade made contact with, what he can only assume to be an invisible barrier?

How did they not notice it before? Granted it’s invisible, and even now that she knows it’s there he still can’t sense it, what sort of magic is this?

They really don’t get the stranger’s intention, they seem, annoyed, with them.

Think Cal, think!  He put a hand on his chin, thinking. The man attacked the barrier thingy, does he want them to break it? She has no idea how strong he is, but it’s likely they are stronger then him, especially since it’s night time now.

The winged one nodded, understanding what the other meant, they summoned a similar weapon as the other, it looks pretty cool and badass so why not? And attacked the barrier.


(He has two brain cells your honour and he lend both to Aestus)
(Cal: ah yes this creature attacked the thing, i shall do it too.)
(In his defense Flare did that after Cal asked what he wanted with them so, miscommunications, at least that will fix it? I think it’s funny either way)

(Those are their pronouns! I didn’t notice about that preference, I mostly alternate so it’s not confusing, if I need to refer to one than the other in the same sentence I will use different pronouns, I mostly rotate them)


Caligo got frustrated, that weird barrier didn’t seem to give under his weapon, and the stranger was unhelpfully just staring at them. He seems deep in thought.

With a sigh, she deformed the weapon, they aren’t even sure he is wielding it right…

That’s it! He was using it wrong that’s probably why they can’t pierce that barrier, she need a familiar weapon. That’s easy, a spear! Lunaros spears were always his favorite, he look at it fondly as she summons it (see below). She is biased toward moon symbols he admit, but it does look nice if they say so themself,

They rolled (?) her shoulders, the joints were starting to hurt from the strain, he will regret it later, but they must press on!

They stabbed at the barrier once again.

Caligo paused as the glint of metal catcher one of his eye, they, forgot about the stranger and the fact they actually have no idea what he wanted.

She tentatively raised a hand, mirroring him, and unsurely waved. Her joints truly hurt now, thankfully the strange man doesn’t seem interested in harmed them, even if he did have a weapon, he looked more worried about them raising their weapon against him

… that’s good enough for her. As long as he doesn’t get close to their sun.

Seen the other put his weapon down, Caligo did the same, his weapon disappearing into light.

They observed the strange human draw on the barrier, he was too fascinated by the fact it could be fogged up to notice what was being drawn until her attention was drawn to it.

It took him a second to realise. He blushed a deep blue realising what this was representing. They quickly did a cross with their arms and shook their head

They did look longingly at their sun, but quickly looked back at the man to shake their head again for good measure.

(hitting him right in the crush ah! Poor Cal, thought he was subtle about it)

Caligo is quite embarrassed about this, why this of all things to ask?

His attention was quickly taken by the weapon suddenly turning into ash, it remind them of the way their own weapon disappear.

She wasn’t prepared for the barrier to turn to dust, they sputtered as some got in their mouth and eyes, they shook themself trying to get it off

"Agh! why!" They cried, trying to blink the dust away, having four eyes was truly a disadvantage in this situation.

(It's the dead of night.  Around midnight now.  They are asleep.  Day will break soon though.  I'm keeping track of time passed.)

"Ah, it looks like Arithnia is starting to meld into you.  Well that makes things much easier.  I am Flare, advisor of Kyng Crimson, the man whom watches over this coastline city we call Hanai.  Who might you and your...lover be?  And might I also ask what business you have had digging in our tombs and beaches.  I was not happy to have to put either of you into a trance.  But observing and safety come first for our people." Flare explained, relying more onto his hands to help communicate as he spoke slow.  

Flare grumbled for a moment and sighed.  "Questions...one at a time please.  First of all, please answer my questions first.  Then we will get to yours." he said, slightly annoyed by the lack of manners from Caligo.  "This one really is like Fang...always asking questions and being hyper..." he thought to himself. 

Flare's face dropped in horror.  "You...dug up burial stones?!" he cried and took the stones and with a soft word, they vanished into ash.  He sighed again, heavily this time and rubbed his eyes.  "Who are you two, name wise, and what are you doing here?" he asked.