Welcome to Gaia! ::

Knowing he would not want to walk around at night he was grateful she invited him to spend the night. He was happy that there was an air guru so he could finally master his elemental talents.

" Thank you I guess I will stay the night. " May I ask where you live?"

Seth walked into the small but beautiful house. Fillled with blooming flowers, tall trees filled with fruit, and more. She escorted him into a room with a comfy looking bed. He immediatly thanked her for her hospitality and went to bed.

Then he had a dream. Once again he was only 2 or 3. He could see more cearly his parents moving things around with their control over air. Then three men dressed in dark coats broke into the house. Seths mother ushered him through a evitating closet that only air eementals could go to. Then he heard al kinds of things winds blowing lights going dark. Everything was the same as the fashback but so much more clearer. Then he heard a scream and woke up.

Panting and sweating he got up from the bed and sat un-abe to fall back to sleep. He was abe to make a little bit of cold air blow through the room to coo down but it didnt help much. He sat and waited for the sun to come up again.

Stop being foolish Marra, and go home before you get yourself in trouble.

Marra straightened up, taking a step away from the gate, then another, until her feet were carrying her away form the garden and into the city. The streets were crowded, and she turned her body this way and that to avoid the jostling and accidental jabs that city life always came packaged with. She scanned the crowd, looking for the Elementals who had been meeting earlier. Not that she could tell who was an Elemental and who wasn't. She just, for the most part, assumed that most of the people here were. No one else would stay here long enough to bump into her.

A frown flashed over and out from the stranger's cassually smiling face as Aoi introduced him. Situation, huh? Sounds like my words of flattery wouldn't work smoothly this time.

His distaste on his situation just became even worse when Aoi's own brother just seemed to challenge him with the sword. "Oh yeah? Do you really want to play with that little toy of yours? Heh! I bet that nerd of a brother of yours could take you on with his bare hands, given that he looks more muscular than you."

The stranger could only manage to give off a sigh as he imagined battling himself with the man. He'd hate to lose his chance of finally having something relatvely comfy to lie on. He could play pacifist for once. "Uh... sure. No big. Though the name Stranger appeals to my interest..."

The stranger cleared his throat before he began, "My name is Sid-" he almost said his whole name, and was sickened to his stomach, "Sid Kraine. You could call me Stranger, if you like, since I travel around anyway, and since you guys seem to be fond of calling me that way. Do that and I'd be fond of calling Mrs. Umizu here Mr. Aoi's sister!"

He lightly glanced over Mrs. Umizu, smiling with innocence.

Play nice, stranger. Play nice...

Mitsu stood up from the cliff he's sitting at. Turning around, he glanced one last time at the relaxing scenery. As he walked back to the city, he found himself in the town square. He looked around and sat down.

"We could've asked for something to eat, you know." Calib informed Alyssa, trying in vain to silence his growling stomach. "Well, we're almost there anyways, so quit your yapping." Alyssa rolled her eyes. "We're still lost. Any ideas?" Calib shrugged. "Let's ask for directions."

The next morning, Alex woke a bit before dawn. She streached briefly before getting out of bed. She quickly changed into some excercize clothes and walked out of the room.

Seeing Seth's door still closed, she headed outside to get her morning run in. Alex found that running for 30-45 minutews a day kept her awake and alert. Not to mention in shape.

After she finished, she took a minute at her garden. Sitting down, she greeted her friends. She waited til she got a response from each of them. Taking note of which sounded sick or hurt, Alex got up and went back to her house. She wrote down the ailing plants, then bathed quickly.

After she was dressed in a pair of dark blue slacks and a loose powder blue shirt, she walked into the living room, where Seth sat waiting. She noticed that he had bags under his eyes and wondered how badly he slept.

"Good Morning, Seth." Alex greeted him. "Shania, the Air Guru, we'll go visit in a bit. If I remember correctly, she isn't an early riser."

"So, anything in particular you would like for breakfast?" she asked the young man.

((I think we need to wait til the other group finishes their night, seeing as the air guru is among them.))