CHAPTER 2
GURIS: YOU ARE NO LONGER A HUMAN. THE POWER OF THE ESSENCE OF THE GODDESS’S SOUL WAS TOO POWERFUL FOR SUCH A BODY TO HANDLE. INSTEAD, YOU HAVE BECOME A FYREKIN. A CREATURE MADE PURELY OF A GREEN MAGICAL FLAME.
VYN (EXCITED): DOES THAT MEAN I'M SOME KIND OF MYSTICAL CREATURE WITH ABNORMAL TRAITS?
GURIS: WELL, SORT OF. THE FYREKIN ARE A RACE OF ANCIENT SHAPESHIFTERS WHOSE TRUE FORM IS THAT OF MAGICAL FIRE IN HUMANOID FORM. SUCH CREATURES NO LONGER EXIST IN THIS WORLD, THOUGH SADLY, DUE TO THEIR BEING HUNTED DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT FACTIONS OF HUMANOIDS THIS WORLD HAS.
VYN (EXCITED): DOES THAT MEAN I CAN TRANSFORM INTO ANYTHING I WANT? EVEN A DRAGON, OR MAYBE A DEMON?
GURIS: IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT. YOU CAN TRANSFORM, BUT ONLY INTO CREATURES THAT YOUR FLAMES HAVE CONSUMED, AND THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS ON YOUR TRANSFORMATIONS. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN INDEED CHANGE AT WILL TO WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TRAITS THAT SHOW YOUR TRUE NATURE, SUCH AS, IF YOU WERE A WOLF, YOU MAY LOOK LIKE A WOLF MADE ENTIRELY OF FIRE OR MAYBE JUST HAVE FIRE LIVING INSIDE OF YOUR EYES AND MOUTH. THAT BEING SAID, YOU WILL GAIN TRAITS FROM THE CREATURES THAT JOIN IN YOUR FLAME'S EMBRACE. SUCH AS IF YOU HAD DRAGON WINGS, YOU COULD USE THEM TO FLY OR USE THE EYESIGHT OF A CAT.
VYN (CURIOUS): ARE THERE ANY OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS YOU THINK I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MY NEW FORM?
GURIS: YES, YOUR EMOTIONS HAVE A LARGE EFFECT ON YOUR TRANSFORMATION, MEANING IF YOU DON’T CONTROL THEM, YOU MAY WILDLY SHIFT FORMS IN A WAY YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO. ALSO, YOUR FLAMES ARE CALLED ETERNAL FLAMES BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER GO OUT SO LONG AS YOU KEEP THEM FED AND AVOID LETTING THEM GO OUT. YOU CAN EVEN MAKE YOUR FLAMES SAFE FOR THOSE YOU TRUST, BUT THAT DOES NOT EXTEND TO NON-LIVING THINGS SUCH AS THE GRASS YOU ARE CURRENTLY SCORCHING.
VYN (SHOCKED): OOPS! I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT WAS ME MAKING ALL THIS EXTRA FIRE. WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT IT?
GURIS: YOU CAN TURN YOUR SKILL-CONSUMING FLAMES FROM AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL. THIS WILL MAKE SURE YOUR SURROUNDINGS ARE SAFE, BUT IN RETURN, YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR FLAMES ARE PROPERLY FED AND DON’T GO OUT DUE TO A LACK OF FOOD. JUST CHANT OUT LOUD "CONSUMING FLAME," AND IT WILL CHANGE MODES.
VYN (RUSHED): CONSUMING FLAME
FEMALE VOICE: CONSUMING FLAME IS NOW ON MANUAL. THE STATUS BAR FOR HUNGER IS NOW ACTIVATED.
VYN (RELIEVED): PHEW, I AM GLAD THAT SCARY MESS IS OVER. I CAN EVEN SEE A LITTLE BAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY VISION SHOWING HOW CLOSE TO EMPTY I AM. THAT'S PRETTY HANDY FOR ME; IT'S MUCH EASIER THAN HAVING TO EAT EVERYTHING. I GUESS IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE SOME
[IN AN EXAGGERATED SKIPPING-LIKE MOVEMENT, VYN BEGAN TO MAKE HIS WAY DEEPER INTO THE FOREST.]
LATER THAT DAY, IT STARTED TO RAIN. VYN ATTEMPTED TO STAND IN THE RAIN BESIDE A HOLLOWED-OUT LOG, NOT REMEMBERING HIS NEW FORM.
VYN (IN PAIN): OW, DAMN IT, NOT AGAIN. I AM IN A WHOLE NEW WORLD WITH AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BODY, YET RAIN STILL HURTS ME! THAT IS SO CRUEL, DON’T YOU KNOW?
VIN QUICKLY RUNS INTO THE LOG AS HE WAITS FOR THE RAIN TO END. [HAVING TAKEN DAMAGE FROM THE LITTLE DROPLETS,]
GURIS - I ASSURE YOU, YOUR MOTHER DID NOT INTEND FOR YOU TO BE "ALLERGIC" TO FLUIDS AGAIN. IT JUST SO HAPPENED YOUR SOUL COULD NO LONGER LIVE IN ALMOST ANY OTHER BODY THIS WORLD HAD TO OFFER.
VYN (CALM): I WOULD NEVER BLAME HER FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL SHE HAD DONE FOR ME. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH SUCH THINGS ANYMORE, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN I DON’T LOVE MY NEW LIFE. I WILL MAKE HER PROUD.
SEVERAL HOURS HAVE PASSED, WITH IT NOW BEING AROUND MIDNIGHT. THERE ARE TWO MOONS IN THE SKY, ONE BIG AND GREEN, THE OTHER SMALL AND RED. VYN, STILL EXPLORING, HAS COME ACROSS A LURKING PAIR OF WOLVES.
VYN (INTERNALLY): I DON’T THINK THEY WILL ATTACK ME DUE TO MY FLAME FORM BEING SO EVIDENT. IN ANY CASE, THERE ISN'T MUCH TO EAT HERE.
[IN A FLASH, THE LEADER OF THE PAIR IMMEDIATELY LEAPED AT THE SMALL PLANETOID, BARELY MISSING AS HE HOPPED BACKWARD.]
[VYN THEN BEGAN TO RUN, NOT KNOWING HOW TO FIGHT THEM.]
GURIS - DON’T FORGET THAT YOUR WHOLE BODY IS A FLAME THAT CAN BE USED AS A WEAPON. SINCE THEY ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN PUT OUT A FIRE, THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO FEAR IS IF THEY GET A HOLD OF YOUR CORE.
VYN (PANICKED): CORE!WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MY CORE?!
GURIS: YES, EVERY MONSTER HAS A CORE THAT ACTS AS THEIR HEART. EACH MONSTER'S CORE HAS DIFFERENT EFFECTS WHEN CONSUMED BY A NON-MONSTER RACE. YOURS, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD MAKE SOMEONE LIKE A HUMAN IMMORTAL DUE TO YOUR CORE'S UNIQUE EFFECT, "ETERNAL FLAME," WHICH IS WHY YOUR SPECIES WAS HUNTED INTO EXTINCTION A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
VYN (ANNOYED): WELL, THAT WOULD’VE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW BEFORE I WENT WALKING AROUND LIKE A FREE SNACK.
[VYN SUDDENLY STOPPED IN PLACE, ATTEMPTING TO USE HIS TWO ARMS AS TINY LITTLE FLAMING DAGGERS AGAINST THE FIRST WOLF TO REACH HIM.]
THE WOLF BEGAN TO CRY OUT BEFORE LOSING THE ABILITY TO STAND. THIS MADE THE OTHER WOLF FREEZE IN FEAR.
[VYN THEN BEGAN TO LOOK VERY SAD AS HE MOVED TOWARD THE OTHER, KILLING THEM WITH HIS FIERY BODY.]
LOOKING OVER THE LAST ONE, HE SUDDENLY REALIZED HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE. THE LAST ONE WAS A MOTHER WOLF WHO HAD LEFT THREE PUPS BEHIND, HIDING BENEATH HER. [THERE WAS A WHITE ONE AND TWO BLACK ONES.]
VYN (GUILTY): WHAT HAVE I DONE? I AM SURE THEY WERE JUST PROTECTING THEIR CHILDREN.
GURIS: DO NOT LET YOUR FEELINGS GET OUT OF CONTROL, OR ELSE YOU COULD HURT THEM. JUST STAY CALM AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT. YOU ARE A MONSTER NOW, WHICH MEANS YOU FOLLOW THEIR RULES NOW. IT'S SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE THE STRONGEST HERE.
VYN (SAD) (INTERNALLY) I CAN’T JUST LEAVE THEM HERE ALL ALONE, THOUGH THEY DON’T DESERVE THAT FOR MY SINS.
GURIS: MAYBE YOU COULD LOOK AFTER THEM THEN. AT LEAST UNTIL THEY ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN.
VYN (HAPPY) (INTERNALLY) THAT IS A GREAT IDEA!
VYN (PANICKED) (INTERNALLY): WAIT! WAIT! WON’T I HURT THEM LIKE THEIR PARENTS IF I TOUCH THEM?
GURIS: YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO THEY WON’T BE HARMED BY YOUR FLAMES. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS PLACE YOUR HAND ON THEM AND CHANT PROTECT. THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY MAKE IT SO NONE OF YOUR PASSIVE ABILITIES CAN CAUSE HARM TO THE TARGET, BUT DIRECT ATTACKS WILL STILL CAUSE THEM HARM, SO BE CAREFUL.
[VYN SHYLY PLACED HIS LITTLE NUB ON THE LITTLE PUPS ONE BY ONE, CHANTING PROTECT IMMEDIATELY, MAKING THE SCARED CREATURES WAG THEIR TAILS AS IF NOTHING BAD HAD JUST TRANSPIRED.]
VYN (SMILING): FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, YOU WILL BE MY CHILDREN. THEREFORE, I SHALL NAME YOU AS SUCH.
GURIS: YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME AS WHAT YOU DID BEFORE WHEN YOU NAMED THEM. THIS WAY, YOUR WORDS WILL TAKE ON A MAGICAL FORM, EMPOWERING THEIR NAMES BASED ON YOUR POWER. THIS ONLY WORKS FOR MONSTERS, THOUGH, AND FOR HUMANOIDS, YOU CAN JUST USE A TITLE AND HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
VYN (SURPRISED): OH, OKAY, LET ME TRY IT, BUT I HAVE AN IDEA THAT MAY TURN OUT EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE.
[VYN BEGAN BY PICKING UP THE WHITE ONE, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A BOY.]
VYN: HMMM
VYN, I WILL NAME YOU FARKAS.
[SUDDENLY, THE SAME SYMBOLS THAT WERE PLACED ON VYN DURING HIS REINCARNATION WERE NOW PLACED ON THE PUP BEFORE IT FLASHED AND APPEARED AS A SMALL PALE CHILD WITH WHITE WOLF EARS, BLACK HAIR, AND GREEN EYES.]
[VYN CONTINUED THIS STEP WITH THE NEXT TWO, NAMING THE BLACK WOLF PUP BOY ALISTAIR AND THE FEMALE ONE GAIA; THEIR BODIES WERE DIFFERENT, THOUGH THEY HAD BLACK EARS WITH PINK EYES AND WERE NOT PALE.]
FEMALE VOICE: FARKAS, ALISTAIR, AND GAIA HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED TO YOUR MAGICAL FAMILY. THEY CAN NOW COMMUNICATE FREELY BETWEEN DIFFERENT WORLDS USING FAMILIA CONNECTION.
VYN (CHEERFUL): AWWW, YOU ALL LOOK SO PRECIOUS. OUR PLAN SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED FOR THEM, GURIS.
GURIS - IT WORKED SPLENDIDLY, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULDN’T DO THAT FOR JUST ANYONE. I KNOW YOU TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR NEW CHILDREN, BUT IF THE WRONG PERSON RECEIVES SUCH A BLESSING, THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT HARM THEY COULD DO.
VYN (SERIOUS): YOU’RE RIGHT, BUT I AM STILL THANKFUL YOU DID THIS FOR MY CHILDREN. I AT LEAST OWED THEM THIS MUCH FOR MY SINS.
GAIA (GUILT): IS UNCLE GURIS MAD AT US, FATHER?
VYN (SHOCKED): OH NO, NO, SWEETIE. HE WAS JUST EXPRESSING CONCERN FOR OUR FUTURE. I PROMISE, YOUR UNCLE GURIS JUST WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR US.
VYN'S IDEA WAS FOR GURIS TO ALSO GIVE A NAME AS VYN DID, WHICH WAS VYN’S SURNAME. [THIS ALSO OFFICIALLY MADE THE PUPS MAGICALLY RELATED TO THE TWO, TRANSFORMING THEM FROM NORMAL WOLVES TO WOLFKIN.]
GAIA (CHEERFUL): OK PAPA.
[VYN] PROCEEDED TO GIVE THE TWO DEAD PARENTS A PROPER BURIAL. BEFORE SITTING BESIDE THEM.
VYN (SAD): I AM SORRY FOR YOUR SUFFERING, AND FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, I WILL LOOK AFTER THESE THREE. I KNOW IT WON’T ERASE WHAT I HAVE DONE, BUT IT IS ALL I HAVE TO GIVE.
IN FRONT OF THE GODDESS NOW SAT TWO WOLVES, SADDENED BY THEIR DEATHS. SHE THEN BEGAN TO PET THE TWO OF THEM.
GODDESS - I APOLOGIZE THAT MY SON CAUSED YOU PAIN OUT OF FEAR. IF IT IS ALRIGHT WITH YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY WITH ME?
[THE GODDESS SNAPPED HER FINGERS, MAKING TWO MAGIC BOWLS OF DOG FOOD APPEAR, AS THE TWO WOLVES WAGGED THEIR TAILS AS IF TO SAY YES.]
ON A STRANGE ORB, IT WAS CLEARLY SHOWING THE NOW-REINCARNATED SITTING AT THE TWO’S GRAVES. THE TWO WOLVES SAT THERE EATING BEFORE LOOKING UP TO SEE THE SCREEN.
GODDESS - WELL, SEEING AS HOW YOUR CHILDREN HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED TO MY FAMILY, WOULD THE TWO OF YOU BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PART OF IT AS WELL? I KNOW IT MAY SEEM A BIT STRANGE, BUT THIS WAY YOU WILL GET TO STAY WITH ME AND HELP ME WATCH OVER THEM FROM HERE.
[THE TWO WOLVES, HAVING HEARD THIS, BOTH SUBMITTED IN FRONT OF THE GODDESS AS THOUGH TO ACCEPT HER BLESSING.]
[THE GODDESS, HAVING MADE UP HER MIND, PLACED A HAND ON EACH OF THE WOLVES AND CHANTED THEIR NEW NAMES.]
GODDESS: YOU, THE LOVING MOTHER, SHALL BE NAMED BEATHE, AND YOU, THE WILLING FATHER WILLING TO DIE FOR THEIR SAFETY, SHALL NOW BE NAMED BÀS.
[THE TWO BEGAN TO GLOW WITH TWO DIFFERENT COLORS OF LIGHT, THE FEMALE A WHITE ONE AND THE MALE A DARK ONE, AS IF THEY WERE SWALLOWING THE REST OF THE LIGHT IN THE ROOM BEFORE APPEARING.]
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THE FEMALE HAD REAPPEARED AS A YOUNG WOMAN WITH SILVER HAIR, GOLDEN EARS, AND A GOLDEN TAIL. THE MALE APPEARED AS A BUFF MAN WITH SILVER HAIR, EARS, AND A TAIL THAT LOOKED AS THOUGH THEY WERE PORTALS TO THE VOID.
BEATHE - THANK YOU, MOTHER, FOR SUCH AN HONOR, AND WE DO NOT HOLD ANY ILL WILL TOWARDS YOU OR YOUR SON. WE BOTH UNDERSTAND THE ROLE WE PLAYED IN THAT ENCOUNTER AND ARE NOW VERY THANKFUL, BOTH FOR THE CREATURE TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILDREN WITH ALL OF HIS HEART AND FOR YOU, WHO MADE US INTO DIVINE SPIRITS TO ALLOW US TO STAY AND SEE OUR CHILDREN GROW.
BÀS: YES, MOTHER, WE ARE EVER GRATEFUL AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO REPAY YOU.
GODDESS - THANK YOU BOTH, BUT DO NOT WORRY ABOUT REPAYING ME. VYN’S WILLINGNESS TO TAKE IN YOUR CHILDREN AFTER HAVING BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH WAS ENOUGH TO HEAL A SCAR THAT STILL HURT MY SOUL. NOW THAT HE AND YOU ARE IN THE SAME FAMILIA, YOU SHOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO FEEL YOUR CHILDREN'S SOULS FROM HERE AS DIVINE SPIRITS.
BEATHE, YOU'RE RIGHT! I CAN FEEL THEIR SOULS, AND THEY CURRENTLY FEEL SAFE AND WARM.
BÀS: THIS IS WONDROUS NEWS INDEED!
[BOTH OF THEIR DIVINE TAILS WERE NOW WAGGING AS THEY STOOD BESIDE THE GODDESS WATCHING OVER THE NEW FAMILY IN THE OTHER WORLD.]
VIN STANDS UP ON HIS TINY LITTLE LEGS. NOTICING THE CHILDREN HAVE ALL FALLEN ASLEEP CUDDLING UP TOGETHER NEAR VYN’S WARMTH,
VYN: I WON’T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO ANY OF YOU.