[Year 536, December 21st]
South Kokino, also known as the poorest region of the capital.
Most of its population is made up of commoners seen as "unfit" for combat, due to their commoner heritages, its also assumed that their magic is quite weak, its rather sparsely populated, mostly made up of farmers and other oddjob folks.
Falu finds himself in this place, looking around, the people seem oddly content, happy even?
He's not quite sure, but it's not like he knows much about the world anyway.
Ssskrtch. Bang!
Falu hears the sounds of impacts and swords grinding on eachother, coming from under a nearby bridge.
He makes his way onto the bridge, finding a young girl crying, an older boy at her side trying to comfort her.
Falu quickly descends the hill, rushing onto their side.
["Hey! Whats going on?"] He asks hastily.
The older boy replies with a guilt filled expression.
["W-we were practicing and i accidentally..."] he cuts himself off, pointing to the young girl, there's a pretty long wound running across her arm.
["Did you do this?"] Falu asks.
The young boy starts tearing up aswell.
["I-i did..."] he admits.
Falu lifts up the girl's arm and engulfs it in his white flames.
The young boy becomes scared, and starts trying to shove Falu away.
["What the hell are you doing?! You're gonna hurt her!"] He shouts.
The young girl has stopped crying by now,
["S-stop brother! I-im not burning!"]
Falu looks at the young boy and gives a sheepish grin.
["Dont be silly! My flames help people."] He says proudly, contuining to heal the girl's wound.
["My name is Falu, by the way!] He exclaims.
The other boy speaks up.
["I-im Miekka."] He says begrudgingly, followed up by the young girl.
["Im Vomva..."] she says, a dreamy look in her eyes as she looks up at Falu.
Falu is looking around, looking confused.
["Where are the swords and stuff? How'd you hurt her?"] He asks curiously.
Miekka looks at his sister and sighs.
["Sword magic!"] He shouts. A dozen swords of varying shapes manifesting around them.
He walks towards a specific curved sword.
["T-this is my magic."]
Falu looks astonished, but also very excited.
["So cool! I didnt know magic like this existed!"]
He tries grabbing one of the swords, but it instantly shatters under his grasp.
Miekka chuckles.
["No one else can pick up my swords."] He says, snapping his fingers and making them all dissapear.
Falu quickly gets up to his face.
["Hold up! So you were just attacking your defenseless sister?!"] He says with an unreadable expression.
Vomva quickly seperates the two of them.
["I'm not defenseless! Look!"] She shouts, grabbing onto a rock.
["Vomtier! 10 seconds!"] She shouts, throwing the rock onto the air.
After a few seconds, the rock ignites into a small explosion.
Falu looks up dumbfounded, but overtaken by joy.
["So cool! You guys have such weird magic!"] He yells excitedly, turning over to face Vomva.
["So how does it work?!"] He asks.
["I-i can turn objects into bombs..."] she says shyly
Falu steps back looking amazed.
["So cool!"] He shouts loudly, his words echoing throughout the sparse, empty landscape.
Miekka quickly grabs Vomva and begins leading her towards back towards the hill.
["Come on, lets go back."] He says hastily.
Falu follows them.
["Wait up!"] He says.
["What do you want?"] Asks Miekka.
["Why were you guys training?"] Falu asks curiously.
["We are going back home... mom doesn't like it when we use our magic."] Vomva admits, dodging the question.
Falu continues following them uphill, now looking confused.
["But why?"] Falu questions.
["Your powers are incredible!"] He says praisingly.
Vomva and Miekka both sigh.
["We were told there's no point. We would never be let into the military, even if we are unique."] Vomva admits.
["That's stupid! You guys are more than capable!"] Falu declares.
["What would you know? You just randomly showed up. We've never seen you around here."] Says Miekka.
Falu scoffs.
["So what? You think that means anything? You're just making excuses to invalidate what im saying!"] Falu says irritated.
Vomva steps back, sensing hostility from the two boys.
["Shut up! Shut up!"] Miekka screams.
["What do you want from us?"] He questions.
Falu jumps on top of Miekka and pins him on the ground, wrapping an arm around his neck.
["Listen to me! You dont have to listen to anybody!"] He declares, trying to keep Miekka from escaping as he struggles against the headlock.
Vomva picks up a small rock.
["Let him go! Vomvtier! 5 seconds!"] She demands and yells, throwing the rock directly at Falu.
The rock explodes against Falu's face, and he falls back, letting go of Miekka.
He gets up and covers his face in white flames, trying to heal the damage from the small explosion.
["Damnit! What the hell..."] falu says, clutching onto his flame covered face, watching as Miekka and Vomva run off.