World Between: Chapter 11 part 2

“All I’m saying is that we’ve seen Meisa fight, and haven’t seen Talmo fight.” Aaron said. “So even if it is a trick, picking Meisa might still give us an edge.”

“Cain.” Jared began. “Has seen Meisa fight once. We have little to no information on either of them, or they’ll fight on their own.”

“Shouldn’t we still pick Meisa then?” Aaron questioned.

Lydria groaned as she slid down the wall she was leaning against. “I knew this was gonna take forever.”

“Seriously flip a coin or something.” Meisa replied. “You’ve been going over the same 3 points for an hour.”

“It’s Earth and Soul, or Wind and Soul. Probably strength or strategy, and Aaron is able to counter either.” Sofia said.

“If I just break this myself will ye lads go home?” Talmo asked. “Is this a human plan of some kind?”
“It’s not right?” Meisa said. “Because I don’t know if I even want to counter this.”

“It’s an unintentional side effect.” Sofia replied. “Usually, at least.”

“So that’s why you left.” Lydira said, earning a few chuckles.

 “Didn’t we request some privacy?” Jared asked.

“You’ve had it, but what else could you even debate?” Sofia said. “What else do you know? What other questions could you even have?”

“I’ll answer them.” Meisa raised her hand. “It would be more interesting than whatever this is.”
“What happens after we beat your weird panda?” Aaron asked.

“I don’t know what a panda is, but I don’t have another defense besides Ozzy the hyld bear.” Meisa replied, holding up her stuffed panda bear. “He is very important to me, so if there’s too much danger we run.”

“What about Talmo’s bird?” Jared continued.

“A golem falls all the time.” Talmo replied. “A summon ain’t pure magic. He is more for scouting anyways. Just a small bird.”

“So either 2 on 2 or 2 on 1.” Aaron said.

“What?” Meisa replied.

“I suppose, if you want to look at it that way.” Lydria began. “It’s not exactly wrong. Some summorers do put themselves on the field. Meisa couldn’t fight to save her life though.”

“I’ve seen Talmo use his bird while fighting.” Sofia replied. “Obviously it doesn’t provide as much support as Meisa is able to. Either way, it’s more effective to focus on one target.”

“No one is planning to jump in?” Jared looked around.

“Were you not paying attention?” Meisa said. “Go home right now, if you want to. The Gems were never gonna last forever.”

“Jumping in would be pointless. This thing has been breaking down portals anyways.” Talmo added.
“True.” Lydria replied as Sofia yawned and nodded. “A lot of plans are expected to run smoother after this giant thing is gone.”

“Where did they come from anyways?” Cain asked. “They always seemed like the most natural thing here.”

“Various theories were proposed, but none of them are provable, or rather yet provable.” Meisa said.

“Magic has to flow naturally first.” Aaron replied. “Yet another reason this has to be broken.”
“It didn’t have to be.” Meisa began. “This was just the cycle that those guarding the Gems had had enough. Rumors of that are already everywhere.”

“Just. Pick.” Lydria said. “We can answer the why later.”

Both Jared and Aaron looked at each other and nodded. “We’ll fight Meisa.” Aaron answered. “We still want answers.”