Francis Myre

“Francis” she replied with a sigh, “You weren’t and never shall be my brother. You weren’t when my father took you in” She took a step closer to him, “And you certainly aren't after what you did” Francis studied her with squinted eyes.

“Then why did you allow my freedom?” he asked and she snorted at him.

“You aren't free, your chained to the government idiot. And the only reason I gave this offer to you out of the five virtues down there is because I want to know why” She replied, knowing he understood her question.

“You know why, you weren’t deaf Amber. You know what he did to me” Francis said, holding her blue gaze.

“What do you mean? You suffered nightmares-” She was interrupted as Francis erupted with laughter, it was cold and harsh though.

“Nightmares? Was that the story you got fed?” He asked, a glint in his eye suggesting he was losing what control he had over his emotions.

“Your the idiot Amber. The biggest mistake I made was showing that, that...” He searched his mind for the right word, “Monster! what I could do” Amber gulped and waited for him to continue.

“You don't want to know Amber. He was sick and twisted. Trust me when I say I did the world a favour when I drove that poisoned dagger into his side” Amber flinched at the mention of the dagger, her expression flinted through various emotions as her mind tried to decide if she should believe this dark-haired stranger she had grown up with.

“Training starts tomorrow” Amber finally said stiffly, “Then in a months time when your body should be recuperated you'll be sent on your first mission” She finished, her eyes growing shiny,

“Now please go” Amber said, her voice breaking slightly at the end. Francis walked towards the door without a second glance. Amber just didn't know what to think anymore as she watched his frame go. Francis ignored the stab the sound of her quiet sobs caused as he walked back to his room. It was easy to remember the route from her office, even if he had first been dragged along it.

Francis endured training the next day and the day after, and the day after that. He honed in on the skills he already had and began developing new ones. In the month of training and rebuilding his body he didn't see Amber once. Then his last day before he was to be sent to unlimited HQ she was there, waiting in the archway that separated the training grounds from the barracks building.

“Just answer me one question” She said as he approached her. He shrugged, wiping sweat from his brow as he did.

“Why didn't you tell me anything?” She asked, her eyes watching his every move, she would know if he attempted to lie, so Francis told her the truth.

“I was scared, and I didn't want you to know such things about your father” He replied. Amber breathed deeply.

“Thank you” she asked before walking away. Francis had no doubts. He was never seeing her again. The next day he set out on foot, he had been given a small amount of money and had been told if he didn't reach the HQ within three days, he would hunted down as a virtue. The word sounded foreign to him. When he first discovered his ability growing up he didn't worry about it. He knew of the gifted, he was ready and willing to join them. But Lexington messed everything up. Now he felt like he couldn't trust anyone. He just hoped they would allow him to work alone. Because he had a feeling he wouldn't like anyone they might attempt to team him up with.

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Terms for knowledge:

Cosilla (cos. la): the powerful country in the west that owns 3/4 of the world

Cosillants (cos. lents): the citizens of Cosilla

Virtues: people with powers not with the government, they mostly roam on their own

Gifted: people with powers that work for the government to hunt down Virtues

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Characters:

elf
Name: Kathrin Taylor
Age: 26
Appearance: Kathrin is quite tall. Light skin with a nice body shape. Her eyes vary. If she is using water they are sea blue (more turquoise) If she is using air they are sky blue. Using earth they are brown. And using fire they are a faint yellowy green. Her hair is always tied up in a bun. It is a silky golden blonde.
Ability/Power: her first and strongest power is to control the four elements. With this power though, each element has it's own personality inside her. But she has a second power which is to control other animals (human included) she can only control one at a time though as it tends to weaken her to much. If she holds control for over 5 minutes, she faints and awakens with a searing headache.
Allegiance (at the beginning): Gifted

Cat_Monty
Character Name: Francis Myre
Age: 23
Appearance: 6'0". Well-built with short black hair and hazel eyes. Has a burn scar on his wrist and others on his back.
Personality: Francis (or Fran as he can be nicknamed - though he dislikes this) is judgemental and at times harsh. He doesn't hold back from speaking his opinion. It's easy to assume he is emotionless but he just holds it in and deals with it by himself.
Ability/Power: He is a very stealthy person naturally, on top of this he has the ability to "fade" into any shadow - this is harder during the day. This enables him to better sneak upon people or to turn invisible if its required.
Allegiance (at the beginning): Gifted

Lilley
Name: Darkstar
Age: 29
Appearance: 6'3". Tall, broad in chest and shoulder with rough masculine face with a long scar stretching above his right eye and down to his collar bone. Purple eyes.
Ability/Power: Ability to extract and delete information or images from a persons mind, also able to project images into their minds for a short period of time.
Allegiance (throughout): Virtue

rhetoric
Name: Atherin Gallows
Age: 24
Appearance: Roughly 5'8". Glossy white-blue eyes and extremely long, curly black hair. Her features are sharp but delicate, very mysterious and dark. She has the body type of a ballerina.
Ability/Power: Atherin is able to manipulate the weather. Atherin also has the (rare?) ability to create and perform charms, curses, hexes, and small nature-oriented spells.
Allegiance (at the beginning): Gifted

llmay
Name: Mariette (Marie) Sommer
Age: 31
Appearance: 5'11". No sign of aging what-so-ever. Lean with thin but strong muscles. Black hair just above shoulders and crystal blue (almost white) eyes. Very striking on a whole.
Ability/Power: Psychokinesis (Telekinesis). Time manipulation, though she hasn't used it often it hasn't brought harm to her.... yet.
Allegiance (at the beginning): Gifted

WithClawsToWrite
Name: Damian (or Ian for short) Rade
Age: 26
Appearance: Chocolate brown eyes, dark brown shaggy hair with silver tips. 5'11" in height and his body type is slim and lanky, with a slightly unshaven chin.
Ability/Power: Arms can transform into large battle axes for a set amount of time. When any straight eye contact is made, Ian can see deepest fear or weakness of the person.
Allegiance (throughout): Virtue

updated Oct 17 '11 by llmay