in the year 1525 of the boniface calendar, a priest is preparing a ritual to teach his charge the answer "where did magic come from?" he is doing that by preparing a magic circle to show them what happened, using the symbols for time, vision and focus to make it, as well as one of the ashes of the first people. you will see more than they will because you get more than this chapter, aren't you lucky? after it is finished the two begin the lesson. (blinding light surrounds them and after it fades they seem to be in the middle of a field of tall grass)
This is the world of threa, a world that when the actual story is happening, is very similar to the earth of the mid-palaeolithic era. and right now, no magic...but these two neanderthals are gonna change that. the duo is two of the smarter ones in their tribe, after many attacks by other tribes lowering their tribe to a mere 164, they have had enough, they need something to make them become more powerful than their attackers, and they have found one way to do it.
the elders tell stories of people doing the impossible, like flying, living longer and stopping a spear with their bodies without a scratch, the two ask what they had in common, the elder telling them of rocks that glow slightly when near someone with a strong desire, after finding some as the tribe migrates with the game, they try to figure out how to make the rocks work. asking some of the others of their tribe to wish as well. they wished and wished and wished some more: for power, for bigger game to hunt, for strength, for knowledge on how things work, some wanted to know how to fix things like their pelts, some wanted to be faster, one wanted a bigger "spear" but most of all the duo wished to not be weak to enemy tribes advances.
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after a while of little to nothing but wishing. while in their tent, they both got really mad and smashed one of the rocks, causing an explosion that left a hole. Not a hole in anything in particular, just, a hole in the air. it was small like the palm of a hand. But the two could feel something different about themselves after the explosion, and after a few seconds, the other rocks began to float and converge on the hole. making it bigger and bigger, until it was the size of a man, and the duo could swear they saw something look back at them from the other side of it.
after a minute of stunned silence, the hole collapsed with a flash that enveloped the entire tribe, leaving a bolder in its place, after they were no longer blinded they saw what they were changed, vake[the female] looked sleeker but still with visible muscles, less hairy, and somehow way smarter, meanwhile khic[the male] looked bigger, stronger, but somehow smarter as well, their heads looked different as well, more like modern man.
after a brief moment to recognise each other, they sized up the other. Taking note of certain...size adjustments of the other. "....wanna mate?" one said, it doesn't matter which."yes" was the response. after exploring each other's bodies, they began to think, deeper than they ever thought before. about what to do now, what happened with everyone else, and what they are gonna do with that weird purple bolder