Your World

Brief History

You had finally made it up to the surface. It was weird, how isolated mages were from humans. Humans lived up on this beautiful surface, constantly going back and forth during their normal days whereas the majority of the Mage race lived beneath them in tunnels and dig out through rock. Unfortunately as a Justice Mage you were forced to live above ground.

"Is everything ok?" You looked over to see Copper cautiously looking around. He had calmed down a lot after you had told him your name, a comfortable silence accompanying you. But it appears he picked up on your attitude. You knew that he was actually wanting to know if he was safe, but you couldn't stop yourself from being slightly happy that he was worried about you.

"Yeah. Just hittin' human territory." He gave a nod to that, though you got the impression he didn't quite understand.

You stuffed one of your hands in you pockets, leaving the other one out. A grimace set upon your face as you entered town. It was fairly empty, it was getting to be nighttime after all, but there was still the chance human around and you didn't particularly want to get into anything tonight.

A couple walked by and your pointed ears flicked as you heard their comments. Shrugging you continued on, huffing slightly. As soon as you got out of human territory all tension left you. Copper looked up at you curiously.

"What just happened?"

"What do ya mean?"

"Why'd you get all tense and then just stop?" He tried to motion with his hands, but quickly stopped once he realized he was jostling his brother. You looked at him weirdly. How long was he with those kissers? Did.... did he really not know? You took a minute to look around for any humans that might overhear. Yes you were in mage territory, but it's better safe than sorry.

"Well, geez, I, uhm, never thought I'd have to explain it. I guess you were with those kissers for a while huh?" You ignored his confusion over the term.

"Uh, alright, so humans and mages kinda don't like each other....at all, really, uhm, we kind of actually hate each other, so the reason I stopped being so tense was just cause we got outta their space and into ours"

"Why do you all hate each other?"

You started to sweat. How do you explain generations long hatred to an outsider? Not to mention the rings, the collars, all the shit that goes down. It's really hard to put into words.

"That kinda takes place a long long loooong time ago. Back before I was born, which is kind of a feat in and of itself." You chuckled lightly but it didn't ease the atmosphere at all. " Far as I can tell humans and mages got into a big war, all over magic. Well, more over the fact that humans lack it. They got, I don't know, scared I guess? They feared we were going to take them over, despite living peacefully for, oh eternity. So they started fighting each of our factions, taking them on individually with technology that surpassed ours. They integrated us into their society and made us their bitches."

"But that happened a long time ago right? So why do you still hate each other now?"

You jumped at the new voice, looking around startled. Your gaze didn't land on a human, but that didn't calm you down at all. You weren't in trouble. Stop freaking out. A small cough caught your attention and you looked over to see the now awake brother of Copper.

"I'm very sorry human, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It-it's fine kid." You bit your lip as you saw him brighten considerably now that he knew everything was okay. It was silent for a bit as you continued to stroll towards your house. You were only 5 minutes away when the little blue one spoke again.

"So why do you still hate each other?" You sighed heavily.

"It's cause of these lil buggers here." You pointed at your neck where the collar sat.

"It forces our magic down, only allowing us to only transform at certain times of day, blocking us from using it on humans, yada yada. Also forces us to listen to any and every command a human might have." You avoided looking at the pair on your shoulder as you spoke, not too happy about revealing its use.

"Sounds like it sucks." Copper stated softly. You chuckled gruffly, no amusement actually tied to the motion.

"No kiddin'. That being said, my home isn't exactly the best, so try your best not to complain too hard when we get there, yeah? It's the best I can afford." You winked at the two to take any venom out of your words. Copper chuckled softly, but it was the blue ones serious nodding that really got you. You giggled with Copper as the five of you approached the house.

"Alright. Home sweet home."

You were right. Your home was an absolute dump. Everything was worn down and looked well used. The living room alone only had two bookshelves and a comfy couch that looked like it could fall apart any moment. The kitchen was right across the way and it was arguably the cleanest room with white counters and a microwave. A small oven sat nestled in the corner by a door to some other room. You turned right and set the bitties all down on the table.

You flipped the switch and small yellow light filtered down onto the table. For a minute. It flickered and then went out causing a loud grumble to come from you.

"Wait here for a minute." You quickly left, the front door opening and slamming as you exited. You wandered to the back of the house and kicked the generator. You watched the lights flicker then turn back on. With a small nod to yourself you entered the house again.

Time to run the gauntlet you guess.