ORIGIN

Standing with Blackberry, the moose nodded.

"Where are we going Miss Blackberry?" He asked sleepily. She seemed angry but ignored it in his just awoken state. He yawned, wondering why Blackberry was so upset. She seemed to care a lot about him a few nights ago. She even called him his real name.

But that was in this past. And she was his friend, so it didn't matter, right?

@Blackberry

The young goose wasn't the only one in the caves plagued by memories. Faelan lay curled against a half wall, his eyes fluttering behind closed lids as images flashes before him. He saw a huge, male lion, as dark as shadows, with deep blue eyes. A beautiful and sad lioness appeared next, sitting before a colossal mushroom. A black colt, roan filly and some kind of striped horse suddenly ran past, drawing his mind's eye away from the lioness and on to the towering white and blue dragon that sat a little ways away. After that, the memories came faster, too fast for him to catch them all. He caught sight of a snake though, and a drawing on a cave wall.

The strange, swirling lines of the drawing were the last thing Faelan saw, and the image lingered with him even after his golden orbs popped open. He was breathing fast, he instantly noted, and his heart was pounding like he had been running with the equines. For some reason, uneasiness turned his stomach. He wanted to remember his life before, and yet, some part of him didn't. It seemed to be blocking him from remembering, or the memories from surfacing maybe. They were anyways though, more and more every day. Still just flashes, but he knew beyond a doubt that he had emerged from a chrysalis before.

If the pictures from his past hadn't convinced him, then the few young Gembounds he had met recently had. They had all been young, some literally just hatched from their gem. And yet he was full-grown, towering over most of them. Looking down on them felt strange though, and walking around in this cumbersome frame felt even more alien. He kept thinking it'd become easy, but every time he woke up, he still felt out of place inside his own skin.

After heaving a heavy sigh, the tawny brute pushed himself up slowly, stretching along the way. He wouldn't get anything done, or discover anything more about himself laying around. He knew because he'd already tried. So, after a quick glance about, he turned left and started up one of the valley's slopes. It seemed like most Gembounds could be found around the tunnel entrances, so he'd try looking there now. It also seemed like meeting Gembounds that were the same species as Gembounds he knew in the past made him remember things faster. So, the best way to remember everything possible, he thought as he walked along, would be to meet every single Gembound that he could.

@Blackberry @blueberry

Blueberry was giddy. Sure, this freaking thing was twice their size, but they could do it. Berry was sure of it.

"Yeah, come at us if you dare!" He shouted, his voice eager and excited to fight. He was giddy, practically hopping up and down. This was his chance to prove he could be useful to Blackberry, so she'd keep him around forever.

@Blackberry @Faelan

The fresh scent of other Gemboounds washed over the roof of Faelan's mouth at the same time his golden eyes fell on them. He breathed in deep, trying to discern their unfamiliar smell and appearance as he slowed his steps. The pair had already heard him though, and they nearly turned as one to face him.
As soon as they did, he was certain he had never seen Gembounds like them before. The tall, gangly one was similar to a horse, but its head was larger. The other one looked like a feathered, hard-mouthed dragon. They were both smaller than him, making him assume they were younger.

Their sudden shouted taunts didn't attest to their youth though. Or maybe it did, and Faelan just couldn't figure it out because he had been a completely different kind of youth. Since the broad-shouldered lion still had the same personality as when he first emerged from his chrysalis, he didn't understand these two. Why would they threaten him? Was this a different kind of show of fear, he wondered as he slowly drew to a halt.

"I don't mean you two any harm," Faelan said with a tentative smile. Perhaps, if he tried to talk to them like he had with Sebastian, they would understand. Meeting the younger feline had shown him that not every interaction with other Gembounds meant they ran away in fear. It should have been obvious to the lion that these two weren't planning on that, but his hope for friendship blinded him to the imminent danger.

@Blackberry

The lion's brow furrowed in confusion whenever he heard Blackberry's promise of pain. She wanted to hurt him? Why, he wondered silently, before the spark of magic caught his eye.
His golden orbs narrowed as he watched the goose wince through the sparks that were dancing along her wings. This kind of magic was new to him, but it seemed to harm the user, just like Fire. Hopefully, that would deter "the terror of the caves" from trying to use it anymore. Faelan truly didn't want to hurt the pair of youngsters, but he also didn't plan on standing around and letting them hurt him.

"You don't have to do this," Faelan said, even though he was already reaching for his own magic. Perhaps, if he could knock them over, he could make a run for it. Or, if they realized that he was dangerous too, they would calm down and tell him why they wanted to hurt him. Since literally anything but standing here and being hurt sounded good, Faelan reached for whatever piece of power he could find.
It was difficult, more so than he remembered it being with Sebastian. In fact, whenever he finally managed to summon the spell, it was as weak as it was hard to find. The ground around him shuddered for barely more than a few seconds before fading into useless quivers that disappeared far faster than he would of liked.

Well, the lion thought as he finally looked back up at the goose and moose, this wasn't going to be good.

@Blackberry
@Blueberry

Round: 1/10?
Attempt: Pebblequacke - knock them over/disorient them
Defense: none
Injuries: none