Now collapsing like the rain (Open)

[stormcalling]

Who: Valamia and open
What: Trying to shaman, now with rain showers
Where: All around the forest
When: A week around the beginning of August
Warnings: None

The Elements didn't respond to her the same in this time. Valamia had the same trouble when they first crashed into Azeroth. What little she knew at that time regarding shamanism felt like it was thrown out the window. Since arriving to this time on Azeroth she felt she same as she had then. It made her decision on what to do feel all the more strange. She was not the first person who wanted to jump up and make herself useful but she did need a distraction. That distraction was ultimately going to come in the form of attempting to keep the land and elements a pure and untainted from the Legion as possible. It may not be the boldest choice. It wasn't running headlong into the army or even removing a few imps. The task was however, was one that she truly believed she could manage. That was all that mattered to her.

And so she wondered the forest to a spot she felt or believed a pack of lowly demons had been slain. In each spot she set down two totems and sat between them. She would whisper briefly in Eredun and call upon a rain to cleanse the land. To answer her, the elements granted her that cleansing rain. It didn't encompass the forest, no it only stretched out around her for a couple yards at a time. Isolated showers weren't ideal but it did work. In time black smoke would rise up from the earth and begin to dissipate. Once the smoke stopped rising it was a sign to her that it was as close to pure was she could get it. The rain would come to a stop and she stayed seated. Considering that she was both wet and frustrated, she wasn't in any rush to get up. Her distraction wasn't leaving her to feel any better. Maybe the feeling of accomplishment for doing something for the greater good would kick in...eventually.

Comments

[theshadowkissed]

"Huh." That didn't jive with what Rose knew of shamanism. "On my world, shamans usually do this trance thing to talk to the spirit world, not the elements." They also tended to get high as hell, from what she remembered in her history books.

"At least among ancient humans. Elements are more Moroi. They're magic is exclusive to to the five elements, but I don't remember any of them commenting on the element they've declared actually talking to them." A beat. "They probably wouldn't share that info with us dhampir anyways," she added on with an annoyed frown.

[stormcalling]

If she had expected her to have any reaction to all of that beyond confusion, she would be sorely disappointed. Not a single word she said clicked in her head. The only part of that which was remotely true was the part of talking to spirits. It wasn't exactly something Valamia was keen on doing.

"You do realize all of that could be spoken in another language and make the same amount of sense, right?" Even exhausted she can't avoid smart-mouth commentary.

[theshadowkissed]

Rose gave a little snort. "And yet everyone that's familiar with Azeroth prior to coming here does the same thing to the rest of us that aren't. Funny that."

She shook her head a little. "Moroi are another race on my world. They possess a connection to the elements which they can command as magic. Whereas Moroi can use all the elements, they have a special affinity for one over the others. For many Moroi, not declaring a magic is like not going through puberty." It had been hard on Lissa.

"Until recently, it was thought there were only four elements - fire, water, earth and air. But there's a fifth one called spirit that very, very few Moroi can use. Because Moroi are all magicky, they're kind of shit in a fight. That's where my people from in. Dhampir," she pointed to herself, "are defenders of Moroi. Well, most of us are. We train to become elite bodyguards called Guardians. We keep the Moroi safe from evil immortal undead assholes that try to kill them. Unfortunately, there aren't enough dhampir, so only the royal bloodlines get Guardians."

She raised an eyebrow. "Make a bit more sense now?"

[stormcalling]

She could retort to that little snip. After all she was no native of Azeroth. It wasn't her home. She likely thought of it as strange and weird as Rose did. The only difference was she had a few years to try and live on it. It gave her a tiny advantage.

She does figure that answering with no, it all sounds weird to me may not be the best choice. On the other hand she didn't get this concept still of nobles and bloodlines being so important. Plenty of races on Azeroth had that mindset. Valamia had yet to get that concept. The idea of connecting to simply one element didn't make any sense either. How does one be a shaman and not hear all the elements? She wasn't curious enough to ask about it or express her lack of understanding. "About as much sense as anything else does when considering the situation." She shrugs. Why the woman cares if she understands is beyond her.

[theshadowkissed]

Really, Rose didn't care much about bloodlines and the royals either other than her best friend being the Dragomir princess. She'd been mouthy enough toward Queen Tatiana that it had been easy enough for people to believe she'd killed the woman. She hadn't, but the evidence against her was strong as she'd been setup very well. Hopefully, her friends would find the way to clear her name.

"So, is it working?" She gestured at the stuff set up around the draenei.

[stormcalling]

She stretches out and ponders whether or not she wants to get up yet. "That depends on what you call 'working." Valamia did feel like there was obviously some sort of corruption seeping into the land, by it the blood of demons or something else entirely. The problem was she still couldn't speak to the elements like she could. It wasn't entirely her fault and she knew it. It didn't help settle her uneasiness about it.

"What you saw means there is some form of corruption. It may not be grand but it does exist. It also poses the problem of figuring out what exactly is causing it, how to stop it and making sure it doesn't cause the elements to abandon us." Or if the worst were to come to pass, turn against them.

[theshadowkissed]

"Wouldn't corruption be caused by something unnatural to this land?" It might have been a simple way of putting it, but it's what made sense to Rose.

"Which would mean it's either the Legion... or us."

[stormcalling]

"Typically corruption happens due to exposure to fel energy. Considering the Legion is walking around wherever they damn well please..." She trails off and goes silent. She hadn't considered the idea any of the sworn could be responsible. What if one of them was? Dealing with a corruption brought by the Legion felt less disturbing then the idea of finding out another person brought here to do it.

"At the moment, trying to cleanse it may be the easiest way to please the elements."