A Little More About Us

So, last time I made the giant mistake of letting Isaac do the post... and then Marcie took over... I am very sorry about that, readers. Especially since this means that now Minni, Sean, and Coal want turns. I'll do my best to dissuade them, but I can't garuntee anything.

Anyway. Since you know which one of us has the affinity for which Spirit, I thought you might be curious as to how things are for us as teenage kids trying to do something extremely out of the ordinary. It really is weird. See, when Isaac found me, I was sitting in a tree in Central Park, watching the people of NY do their stuff. (Yeah, now that I think about it, I guess that IS a little creepy... it's fun, though. It feels powerful, to watch an entire town go about its business without the slightest idea that you're watching them.) He called me a Dryad, and some other things like Tree Spirit, Nymph of New York, etc. I thought he was flirting with me. Apparently, he had figured out that I was the Earth Spirit, and he wanted to gain contact.

The funny thing is, he didn't know about Minni. Marcie figured it out, actually, when the four of them abducted me in an alley later that same day. Minni pounced to my protection--she's my best friend, so she's allowed to pounce for such things--and Marcie hissed at her without even thinking about it. Somehow, Spirits can sense each other (apparently. I still can't) and since Minni is Water and Marcie is Fire, there's a natural dissent between them that caused Marcie to unconsciously hate her from the first second. Minni accused them all of being nuts, but when they took the two of us to see the Guardian (the Jedi Master, as Minni calls him), he immediately assured us that they were correct.

So that's how we got here. Questions?
-Thalia

What We Are

Hey, everybody. Thalia's got training today, and so she told me to post a few words about what exactly an Elemental Spirit does.
We can control our elements. That's about it.
Isaac

OW! Fine! Geez. Okay, that was Marcie hitting me with a book for not doing a good enough job explaining. Y'know what? I think I'll let HER do it, then.

Ahem. This is Marcie, and I will actually be explaining what an Elemental Spirit does. We can control our elements, but it's not quite that simple, either. I'm Fire, so obviously I have a very close connection with--you guessed it-- fire. That doesn't mean, however, that I can just be like, "Yo! Fire! Come burn this guy Isaac 'cause he's annoying me!" and expect anything to happen. There has to already be some fire for me to kind of influence, or something flammable for me to give a little spark to.
The same principle applies to everybody else, too. Minnie can make the pond behind the Sanctuary into a wave pool, but she can't make it rain unless it's already humid and warm, or even stop the rain (she can sort of get it to miss us on the downfall, though, which is nice). Isaac isn't a flashlight, but he can intensify light that's already there, or dim light if it's too bright. Ditto on Coal, except that he does it in the opposite way since he weilds Dark.
I think that's about it. Hopefully Thalia can come back and do this next time.
Marcie

We, the Spirits

Hey, everybody, it's Thalia again. Yesterday I told you that we had six of the seven Spirits together, so I figure that today you might be interested to know who's who.

Earth = Me
Air = Sean
Water = Minni, my best friend
Fire = Marcie
Light = Isaac
Dark = Coal
Spirit = ???

Like I said, we're looking for Spirit, and our previous hunch turned out to be completely wrong. I can't tell you where we are, but if anybody knows anything-- like if there's been suspicious activity where you live, or you find that you can see auras or talk to ghosts or something-- please, comment. We're chasing shadows here, and the longer it takes us to find the seventh Element, the more likely it is that whoever it is that's hunting us down will find them first.

Thalia

Welcome

Hey, everybody. This is Thalia Lane, the Earth Spirit. ...That is so weird to say that I'm still not sure it's true. I guess that since this is my first entry I should kind of explain what's going on, so you aren't all totally lost.

What you know about magic and stuff is wrong. Unless, of course, you happen to be in the group with me right now. Still, that's six people out of the whole world, and I doubt the rest of you are totally caught up. Anyway, here's the gist of things: Every so often, the Elements of the natural world wake up and take the form of humans. Generally, all the Elements don't wake up at the same time, because there are seven individual Elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Dark, Light, and Spirit. For some reason, though, they've all woken up at the same time right now. It's the first time in several hundred years, according to the Guardian. He's our mentor, by the way.

SO. I named this blog "Thalia's Elemental Mission" because that's what I'm on. A mission. Phase one is down (getting to the Guardian), but Phase two is proving to be a little harder. Phase two involves finding the Spirit... spirit, I suppose... and getting him or her to come with us. Phase three is staying alive, and obviously has to be done during the other two Phases as well as after.

Isaac wants to discuss some strategy right now, so I can't write any more today. I'll be back later, and try to explain a little more.

Later,

Thalia.