"ugh, I'm gonna hurl!" Garry's stomach was very unhappy with that space movement spell. he could blam it that black swirling void where you could tell up from down was nauseating." why ugh are none of you effected?" his question was answered with different answers. "use to it" Sam said as he looked over Garry." rollercoasters," from daniel liked that explained everything and Tyrone looked confused from where he was hiding behind sam.
*splash*" HOLYSHIT!" daniel's reaction was reasonable as a shark-like creature but from the lake next to them. it was bigger than a house and that was what was above the water. Garry and daniel prepared to fight, Tyrone closed his eye clinging to sam's shirt while the raven uncapped his blood lust. all living things in the area froze dead, in their DNA a memory had been triggered, a memory of a disaster. they knew it had returned and they heard the message in the bloodlust, attack and die!
"what the hell dude!" daniel croaked as he tried to keep his leg under him. it wasn't even directed at him but he saw his life flash before his eyes,' did I really dress like that as a child?' it seems he was the only one affected this much, Garry had sweated through his shirt and Tyrone was unaffected." sorry just a little security cation anyway take look around and tell me what you think!"
'well this is a circle of hell', Garry thought looking at the dark water that creature came from a moment before. he was surely more than it was swimming around there. 'don't want to go near that!' looked to the mountain range where could see several glowing peaks most likely volcanos. [there no wifi here] at Tyrone showed this message to sam he looked into the distance the land strip between the enormous lake and mountains for some reason it made his skin crawl.
aster turning on the hover camera daniel asked sam how this training was supposed to go," you going to develops your special energies!" he got a confused cricket response. "to become strong you must attain power different from the masses, their ways to do this one is to develop an energy other than mana in your bodies." sam started walking towards the mouthing Tyrone at his heels," daniel you've ignited your breath, Garry your anger, and Tyrone your mind something you've been feeding since locking yourself away. each of these can become devastating powers if properly developed, for the record I don't know that sow ere doing things the sam way!"
that felt foreboding to all of them but they asked how they were going to develop their powers." well daniel you can to practice storing heat in large amounts, Tyrone has to break the limiter on his mind and well I can't say what Garry will do in front of a camera!" he kind of look scared hearing that, he knew it was something to do with his anger, was he going to kill someone? anyway, daniel you're heading up the volcanos, Tyrone you headed into a cave a fair bit away, and Garry you're taking a swim."
"in that," he pointed to the lake," with the gainst shark thing!" sam nodded as he petted Tyrone who making a decent effect to become his shadow. "what the hell," he whispered to himself wondering if it was too late to turn back.
"how closes am I supposed to get to these volcanos?" daniel asked this setting up the other cameras he was relieved to hear that it was up to what he could withstand. he turned away as Tyrone grabbed the horned raven's attention, after reading the message sam calmly explained how the cave would help him. "it trickery, the cave it makes one feel like there lives in danger even though it's not. Your task if you choose to take it is to ignore it, not drown it out let it hit you full force, and be unbothered by it."
[what the hell, how do you do that?]
"I don't really know but for now we're going to set up camp" with that sam picked up the pace the other following despite sam describing the way as a hike it far more like a weak death march. the air was hot and dry, the incline kept changing it was ungiving. not to mention they walked until the sun met the horizon and they got here at its peak, "that reminds me where are we?" Garry asked this face down in the grass path they just arrived in.
"somewhere in northern Canada, now stay here while I get food," Garry wanted to know how he sounded so refreshed and didn't want to know what he heard crying minutes later. Too bad sam dragged it towards them when asked what it was sam answered "dinner!" it appeared to be a cow with some kind of bush with fruit growing from its horns.
"a frenzied?" frenzied, living thing that went through a rather aggressive evolution it gained strange powers in exchange for whatever mind it had before making in frenzied that attacked anything, it was kind of like rabies. a whirlwind opinion of all of earth's sentient life was that frenzied should be put down before they could do damage. but unless that attacked first most people were willing to let them be, sam like usual did the strange thing and treated them like prey and food.
his friends watched turning a little green and he gutted and drained the blood, but afterward, he started a fire using a full tree. 'roasted by the fire and grilling on the stones. bones make simple tools, leather will be bedding.'
'i finally see it,' daniel has heard more than few stories about sam's camping experience, he wanted to pass it on to him Tyrone had a similar experience that was a less bloody version. "you work fast dude!" all the meat was cooking in some way, sam pulled some spices&seasonsings out of this bag, "what are you prepared for?" sam just flavored the meat grinning. after the muscle stopped screaming in agony the other teens gather around the fire watching the raven then something accrued to Garry.
"You're the only one prepared for camping!" this statement shocked the entire camp
"prepared, I only have the stuff I would carry when I was wondering." was it strange that sam was wondering what someone prepared for camping?
"you carried around seasonings and spices?" in truth daniel wasn't surprised neither was Tyrone. "nevermind, most people prepare sleeping bags and tents maybe other things depending on were there camping." sam nodded in understanding pulling plate and utensils from his bag." okay there as no way you went around with that!"
"was I supposed to eat with my hands?" that's not to say sam didn't eat with his hands but he caught multiple things doing that. shacking off the unpleasant memories, instead of giving out potions and preparing to store all the meat after it had been cooked. "this is a lot better than I expected!" this is by far the simplest meal daniel as ever had but not the worst tasting that honor belongs to a certain casserole.
after the good was eaten or stored the dishes washed sam showed the other how to soften the ground they were going to sleep on. daniel had some vocal complaints and Tyrone had written ones, but Garry knew it was in improvement for the times he slept outside against his will.
the next morning sam got up before the sun, well in truth he didn't sleep much. he knew the other didn't pick it up but every hair of his was standing on end, there was so much danger out here in the open. more to his then sam himself,' they aren't mine just friends they belong to themselves'. shacking off the possessive thoughts sam went to prepare some fruit for breakfast then make sure the paths were safe.
when the rest were up sam quickly got the feed and on the way to their training spots." why am I not surprised ?" daniel asked this as sam tired rope on his as they stood on the edge of an active volcano already feeling the heat. "well let get this over with" taking a seat right there he wasn't more a step closer and sam was happy with that. leaving daniel some food for lunch he went to take Tyrone to the cave, it was actually part of this volcano near the base hidden by a rather large boulder.
"I remember putting this here. the cries were getting my nerves." the question Tyrone had was answered when the rock was moved by the raven's mana enhanced might and horrifying despair filled cried filled the area. in response to the older male turned down his hearing and handed the younger some moss earplug, these measures could only protect them in a physical sense. 'why am I trembling?" Tyrone didn't get it the air was warm but he could feel ice growing in his heart.
"it's okay" there was a hand on his cheat it was warm, he opened his eye, when did he close them? "it okay!" sam repeated this many times until Tyrone's mental state was calmer." this is the power of the cave! even without entering it effects this much." Tyrone looked up at sam confused, the cave was supposed to make him think his life was in danger so what was that response but he knew the answer in the back of his head. it was the same response he had since that day," hey!" sam cut off any dark thoughts before they could form," do you remember what I said when you were in the hospital?"
now that was a memory, since sam rescued in Tyrone was into a state of dissociation he wasn't reacting to anything. it was during the middle of the night when he heard the raven, you are alive, that means you can grow and change. sam didn't visit after but amazingly Tyrone's condition improved after that, over the years sam helped him grow just like he was doing now. "now are you ready to start?" he nodded hesitantly then stopped before Harding his resolve and nodding again. he was going to grow and change always as long as he was alive.
sam smiled fondly before taking his hand away let the cave affect the smaller teen once, he started trembling once more but didn't lose touch with the world too much. "you're doing well! now set an alarm for 5 minutes after it goes off leave the cave until you're feeling well then go back for 5 more. do this until the sun sets at that point I'm coming to get you." he asked if the younger male was okay with this looking him in eye,"y-yes i-i am!"
"he spoke!" that got Tyrone to smile but sam had honestly been surprised by that, "well I'll see you at sundown!" descending the mountain sam thought about how he was going to help Garry it was going to hurt. 'anyway I'm glad my youngest is determined...he now mine!' good mood a little dampened he arrived at the camp where Garry was still sleeping," he looks cute like this."
"AAAHHH!" it was a little mean to throw him into the cold lake especially seeing as something followed him whole not moments later." ah, well the works" sam commented watching the lake preparing mana to save Garry if needed. it wasn't as the surface exploded and Garry landed creating a mini creature." what the hell was that!"
"to get you mad" sam voice was colder than the lake," you've never tapped into the power of your rage and to control it you must recognize it fist-he turned to Garry-so get mad madder than you've ever been or you won't catch your dinner!"
"I'll right to catch my...dinner??"
"that is an incredibly irritating species of fish in this lake, find it eat it that is the first step of your training!" those were the instructions sam gave before trying to push Garry back into the lake but he was onto him this time. after climbing into the lake mostly nacked Garry asked for a description of the fish," I gave you one, it incredibly irritating you recognize it when you try to catch it." knowing he wasn't gone get more with sam in a mischievous mode Garry took a breath and dived into the lake he.
"now that he bussy I should deal with you" he looked to the foolish fish that tried to eat his Garry. the teen wasn't a killer so he knocked it out, to bad he would let it escape sam's rath." I'm going to make an example out of you!" sam's leaking blood lust revived it in time for it to shit itself before the horned teen pounced and the koi like creature cries filled the area.
'yeap, incredibly irritating' Garry's been swimming around this lake for hours catching and releasing fish. he may have been imaging it but they looked scared at shit at the sight of him,' probably never sen a human before' he reasoned. at one point he found what looked like freshwater coral but that water was murky and he was deep, from the coral appeared a fish no bigger than a minnow mostly grey but looking like it was smirking at him. unlike the other fish, it didn't run away but stared directly at him.
when he tried to grab it moved just enough to avoid his hand still looking at him, he tried several more time before noticing it smile was getting wider. it was fucking mocking him, now annoyed he was determined to catch the fish but he didn't have gills so he had to surface for air. only for the fish to fucking followed him "I see you found it!" sam didn't even look up from his book sounding a bit too amused for Garry's liking.
"yeah I found it all right" then he tried to catch it only for it to move out of the way again." what's up with this fish?"
"it feeds of stress" Garry had to have heard that wrong." how does something feed of stress?!"
"not sure don't care but that's how it is. though it tastes pretty good grilled, catch it and I'll tell you how to cook the little shit!" sam laughter followed Garry as he dived once more.