I turned around to see Tim, "I'm so sorry I didn't manage to get back to you! Being the only engineer here I had things I needed to sort out." Tim apologized profusely. As he pulls me to the side so we don't hold up the line.
"It's okay I understand you have other priorities" I replied.
"Did Scarlet provide any help? She left in a hurry when I said you needed help." Tim asked.
"Ohh yeah, thanks for asking her, she couldn't help Caroline either sadly," I said with a frown.
"It's okay we will try and help her any way we can." Tim reassured me.
"Ohh by the way, do you happen to have a mobile communicator?" I questioned.
"Well I don't have any but Scarlet will have one, all S ranked students in Atlantis are required to have one on at all times for emergency situations, can I ask why?" Tim explained.
"Well I was hoping to communicate to Caroline with it," I answered
"Sadly it's not that simple firstly Caroline would need one and then on top you will need to pair it with her just to start communication," Tim explained
"Damnit, why is it so bloody hard to contact people here?" I said in anger.
Tim was speechless unsure how to respond. "I guess I'll have to send a message or use the send message spell. God this is stupidly infuriating, why the F are people forced to go somewhere against their will." I began clenching my fist in anger, I punched the wall next to me, and a resounding crack echoed through the room leaving a large crater where my hand impacted the wall.
"Ummm...…. Emilia are you okay?" I heard Tim question me in hesitation
My jaw dropped and my mind froze, "Tim? Did I do that?!" I asked. Tim clearly just as shocked as I was nodded up and down. "How the F did I just leave a crater in the wall?!" Tim started gesturing to me to calm down.
Tim grabbed my arm "we should get going" he instructed, as he pull me toward the portal pushing through the crowd, stepping through the portal I was momentarily blinded by the sunlight. "This is Atlantis" Tim proudly beamed.
Atlantis was truly a sight to behold, a huge archway of floating stones welcomed us with the giant glowing tree pictured behind it perfectly behind it. "Magnificent isn't it?" Tim asked rhetorically.
"Yeah," I looked on in awe.
"That is called a World tree, there are two known world tree's in this world, this World Tree alone absorbs and emits enough Arcanum to power the whole of Atlantis. You might not feel it right now but it also makes the whole of Atlantis rich with Arcannum making it easier for our students and residents to learn and grow as well as perform duties." He explained.
"Oh." I nodded in understanding but didn't quite understand the impact of what was explained to me.
"Another small fact, if you look closely as well, you'll see that its glow is actually with all colours, we believe that's because it emits all types of Arcanum for everyone to use." He smiled.
"Oh wow," I answered still a little unsure why the city would need to be powered.
I looked around feeling a little excited, Atlantis looked like a dense metropolis of buildings of different sizes and shapes, some look very modern while some looked very midlevel-esque, build from old stones and a very old style.
As we were led further into the courtyard I couldn't help but imagine it was like Central Park, it looked like a large green spaced area-specific placed there for convenience and beauty surrounded by buildings.
"Hey Emilia!" I heard Jay shout as he jogged towards us.
"New friend?" Tim asked.
"Ohh yeah, we talked a little during Brann's speech" I answered
As Jay arrived Tim held out his hand, "Hi I'm Tim". Tim introduced himself.
Jay shook his hand "Jay" he answered. "So who's tour are we gonna join?" Jay questioned.
I took a glance at Paul's group as it was filled with all sorts of students of different ages, who all looked extremely excited with huge smiles talking to one another.
"Generally freshmen take this chance to meet and talk to S-Ranked sorcerers," Tim answered.
"I wouldn't mind going to Scarlet's group,!" Jay smiled.
"Really?" Tim let out a big laugh like he knew he was gonna regret it.
"Sure let's go with Scarlet's tour! Since I can also probably introduce you, too Jay!" I joked.
"Sure! You gonna join us, Tim?" Jay questioned.
Tim laughed a little, "Sadly I'm not a freshman I'm actually a 2nd year." Tim replied.
"Woah! That's so cool! What sort of subjects do you specialise in?" Jay questioned.
"Umm nothing too cool, I'm in the engineering department, we specialise in the daily operations of Atlantis making sure all the spell runes and artifacts are all working as intended and in good condition." He answered.
"So how long has Paul been in Atlantis?" I questioned.
"Hmm I think he and Scarlet are 4th years," He answered.
'Hmm so Paul arrived In Atlantis one year after his mum's passing, I guess around the time we broke up and when I told him to leave me alone.'
"Is it true that his capabilities are really unknown?" Jay questioned just as interested in Paul as I was just in a different way.
"That is weirdly true, no one or not many people have actually speculated him in a fight, we all know he is very capable not only that he is also very smart. His team is renowned for accepting the dangerous, requests and missions that pay handsomely for the risk level and even solve problems where many fail." Tim answered.
"And no one challenges him?" I questioned a little shocked.
"There are many that do, but he always disregarded them as a waste of time," Tim answered.
"That does sound a little like him, he never really cared for things like popularity and never needed to validate himself to others." I agreed with Tim.
"What you know him?!" They both looked at me in utter shock and confusion.
"Ohh no sorry, I got him confused with someone else I used to know." I instantly replied but they both still looked at each other like they got a gut feeling that something strange is going on here.
"Ummm, sorry guys but as much as I love making friends with freshmen I must dash, there are tons of things that need to be done and set up today. I hope I see you guys around" Tim said hugging me goodbye and shaking Jay's hand.
"Later bud!" Jay beamed.
"Take care!" I smiled.
We both started walking towards the crowds that formed near the world tree, I saw some students take a glance at me and begin chatting and pointing, "Looks like you're a celebrity." Jay chuckled.
"Ohhh god, there goes the plan to lay low," I said face palming myself.
"Ahh you'll be alright, I'm sure all the hype and gossip will pass sooner rather than later," Jay replied. there were three distinct groups waiting for their tour to start, everyone was super excited. "Which one do you think is Scarlet's?" I questioned looking at all the groups.
"To be honest something tells me it's the slightly smaller group that are primarily dudes," Jay said.
"That does sound right, to be honest considering her reputation, and boys will be boys." I joked as we slowly made our way to the group.
"By the way? Why does everyone speak English?" I curiously asked finding it quite the coninsidence that I'm able to talk to everyone.
"English?...?" Jay responded in confusion.
"Yeah, the language we speaking now....." I hesitantly replied.
"You mean Common?" Jay asked
"Common?.... no I literally mean the language we speaking right now," I replied
"Yeah we are speaking Common, like Elves have Elven and Dwarfs have Drawvern," Jay answered.
"Ohhh I see...." I replied nodding in udnerstanding
"Wait, where are you from?" Jay asked totally confused.
"Well, Earth? But I remember bran saying something like concen-something….." I hesitantly answered, he stepped back a little in shock, "See I don't get it why does everyone react like that!" I replied feeling a little annoyed.
"Because like only the most famous and strongest sorcerers came from there-" Jay explained
"I know I know I just want people to think that I'm normal and not special." I sighed.
"Well when you get famous, don't forget me." He joked.
"You never know the fame and fortune might get to me." I joked in return.
As we arrived at the group, I took a peep to see if Scarlet was there, I couldn't catch a glimpse of her Red hair, to be honest, I'm surprised I even tried to look for her, the absence of terrifying fear is already an indication that she's not here yet. The group to our left suddenly became noticeably louder, looking to see what was going on, I caught a glimpse of Travis walking out of a building towards his group. This time I got a better look at him, and I must admit that he is very attractive, his white vest did little to hide his hypnotizing physique the perfect muscular body but not too muscular he had the perfect upside-down triangle figure, he had some tribal style tattoos going from his shoulders down his arms, his hand were big and thick, parts of a large scar could be seen through his vest, his facial features were strong with some stubble that further exaggerate his strong jawline, even his walk exuded confidence which further increased his appeal. Just looking at him brought up some feelings.
"Do you wanna switch groups?" I faintly heard Jay joke beside me.
"Huh?... what?... no-no this group is fine" as I pulled myself together