"Okay. Get in. Get the info. Get out." Marissa breathes. She peers around the corner to find more guards posted outside a door. She takes a steadying breath and thinks. Slowly, she raises a hand, lavender smoke rolling off of it, and sends a blast of light at them, knocking the guards unconscious. She darts over to then and examines the guards, checking for injuries. "Leave no trace. Leave no trace." She repeats to herself. Standing up again, she brushes the smoke off of her hands. "That was surprisingly easy." She observes. Gently, she opens the door. She's greeted by a crystal bowl filled with berries. "Ooh, yummy! I love blueberries!" She picks up a handful and is about to pop it int her mouth when something stops her cold. A man with a swirling beard lies dead on the floor, berry juice staining his mouth. Quickly, she drops the berries and rips open a portal.
"TrailBlaiser!" Sapphire screams. The other agents stare at her in alarm as she comes running through a portal, terror marking her face.
"What's wrong, Sapphire?" Terrance asks. She shakes in fear and tries to form words.
"Th- the berries... B-bad berries! And he w-was j-just dead!" she stutters. TrailBlaiser parts the crowd and watches her former apprentice disdainfully.
"Sapphire. If that bothers you, being a Realm Traveler isn't for you. We look death in the eyes and sneer." RiverFlyte puts a hand on TrailBlaiser's shoulder.
"Yes, while others run at him and make out." he teases. TrailBlaiser bats him on the arm. "The idea is to toughen you up by giving you that kind of mission. Death and danger are part of our everyday lives. We usually try to avoid putting ourselves in dangerous situations over trivial things, though." TrailBlaiser whirls on him.
"Oh, so now I'm a bad Realm Traveler? Just because I don't like watching the innocent die?" she shouts.
"I didn't say that... specifically." he counters.
"Would you rather I let people die because of protocol? Heck, I'll give up my life a thousand times to save others!" she barks. RiverFlyte's glares hard at TrailBlaiser.
"I know! Stupidly! Just once could you possibly think about anything other than being a hero?! It makes me sick how you always decide that it's your duty to kill yourself to protect a tree from a woodpecker!" TrailBlaiser's face burns with anger and her amulet starts to glow. RiverFlyte's amulet emits a protective shield of blue in defense. "Did Aslan give you a frequent flyer card of something? 'Cause you sure seem to take lots of trips across the crystal sea!"
"Shut up!" TrailBlaiser screams. "Shut up! I'm sick of you always calling me out! We're through!" Her aura blazes fiery red and smoke rises from her hair.
"Oh, we've been though for a long time!" They turn away from each other and stomp away, RiverFlyte outside to the courtyard and TrailBlaiser to the Elemental Commons. They're gone with a simultaneous slam of doors. The agents stand awkwardly in confusion.
"Did anyone understand what just happened?" Rabbitleap asks. Swiftwind shakes her head.
"Drama. As usual. You take RiverFlyte, I've got TrailBlaiser. They had better not still be fighting by our Veteran's Day mission or the Revolution won't be the only war we see."
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