Mitch smiled. "Maybe we could get Alderic and Orion to be on a team..." He said smiling at her as he leaned back a little looking up at the sky.

A'ine sighed. 'No, you aren't. I did that. Alderic's going to help her out a little. He has five sisters.' She sent looking at A'eda'n who hugged her. She felt awful about the whole thing. It really was her fault, it just Orion and Jora had been here this wouldn't really have happened.

Alderic walked past Orion not even bothering to say anything to Jora as he slowly caught up. "Go away." He heard her say as she kept going. He walked right up next to her. "Nope. I know from my sister's that you don't mean that. Now what's eating at you?" He asked and she stopped where no one could see them or hear them. "I'm not a good friend. You all are helping me and I'm going to get you all hurt. Look at what happened to A'ine." She said not looking at him as her hands shook even more. "Quit fighting it. The more you fight it the harder it'll be to control when it forces it's way out." He said and she looked at him surprised. He picked up her hands. "Come on I'm a fire monster too. The best way to explain it is it's kinda like a sneeze. If you hold it in it'll build up until it's loud but if you let it go you have a better chance of controling it to make it quite."

Saquia smiled. "Exactly. You ready?" She asked.

(Just so you know. No one can find Phinesa. ^^)

Ember curled her knees up to her chest, and followed Mitch's gaze. "I'm assuming you would be the snowball provider?" she asked. She took another bite of the snocone which she was about half-way done with.

Orion nodded, and walked back to A'ine. "You didn't make it worse. If anything, you've helped her more than any of us could," he said, telling A'ine what he believed was true.

Saffy nodded, and darted off. She ran into the forest, and found a tree with thick leaves. She gracefully climbed it, hunching down in a fork in the branched. She decided to wait a bit before going off to look for anyone.

(Got it!)

Mitch smiled closing his eyes laying on his back. "Yup. If you want to I can do that." He said pulling his arms behind his head after shoving the point of the cone into the ground.

A'ine stared at him with her ultra blue eyes. "Oh yeah? If I hadn't gone into Jora's mind in the first place yesterday non of last night would have happened." She crossed her arms closing her eyes.

Jora stared at Alderic as he flicked his fingers making a candle flame above his fingers. "I want you to think about the beauty of fire. Think of how a candle flickers in the wind." He said moving her hand to where two fingers stood up. Jora closed her eyes trying to think of what he had said. "Open your eyes." He said quietly and she opened them and looked at her fingers, the flame he had made was now there. "I can feel it..." She whispered looking up at him in disbelief.

Alderic sighed. "Again with the disbelief... How about this, you walk back through the woods to your dorm and take a nice hot shower, let some steam off." He said smiling. Jora closed her fingers, the fire disappearing. "could you tell Orion I'm not mad at anyone? Well, I am but just at me. But don't tell him that okay?" She said shyly. "Alderic the magnificent at your service." He said with a sweeping bow. Jora started running back to the area with the girl's dorms.

Saquia ran off to hide deep in the woods hoping to keep at least out of sight enough to where Phinesa would find Saffy first.

Phinessa smiled from her perch as she saw Saffy and Saquia running to different places.

Ember relaxed a bit, but she still didn't lie down. She focused on eating her snow cone for a bit, finding the silence comfortable, rather than awkward. She was happy to not speak for a bit.

"And if I hadn't been stupid enough to swim up to her in dragon form, she wouldn't have almost drowned!" Orion shot back. Then his tone softened. "My point being, we've all made mistakes, and you allowed her to get some of her problems off her chest last night. I think that's helpful," Orion said.

Saffy leapt to the tree next to the one she was in, and, without touching the ground, began to head in the direction she last saw Phinesa.

Mitch sighed relaxing into the silence. He could hear a few of the outside noises like the wind. It had been a long time since he had just sat there in the quiet.

A'ine glared at him. "Who had her under the water in the first place?" She said bitterly. "Who made it even worse for her before it got even a little bit better?"

Alderic turned around and walked back toward the lake and saw A'ine and Orion bickering a little. He ran over and pushed himself in between them. "Whoa guys. Chill!" He said. "Jora's fine, that's all that matters right now, no need to be pointing fingers at each other." He said and rolled his eyes when A'ine looked a little surprised. "Come on! Is it really that unbelievable that I can have a level head and be serious sometimes?"

Phinesa smiled as she saw Saffy going in the other direction. It was one of her favorite tricks to pull on people.

Ember leaned back, her hands out behind her to support her. She still didn't lie down, but it was the most relaxed she'd been in a while. (Ember and Mitch are just sipping tea through all the drama XD)

Orion looked startled for a minute, and then laughed, rubbing the back of his neck. "We were pointing fingers at ourselves, not each other," he said. "How's Jora?" he asked, becoming serious.

Saffy sighed. She had been looking for a while, but she saw no sign of Phinesa or Saquia. She paused, and decided to wait and watch. She crouched in a fork in the branches near the top. The leaves hid her from prying eyes, but allowing her a good vantage point.

Mitch opened his eyes to look at the clouds feeling still. It was a great feeling to him.(XD I know. And now I have no idea what to do with our resident level headed dude XD)

Alderic sighed. "You knew what I meant. And she's fine, said to make sure you knew she wasn't angry. She went to take a nice long shower before dinner." He said smiling.

A'ine let out a breath. "What did you say to her?" She asked curious. "Alderic the magnificent does not revile other's secrets." He said in a joking tone before looking like a totally different person as he got serious once again. "I think we need to treat Jora differently. It's not helping her for us to act like she's so special, not that she isn't. She just wants to be normal." He said and A'ine nodded.

Saquia breathed quietly as she moved a little looking for Saffy, she knew enough to not go looking for Phinesa.

( I could make Ember feel someone else's emotions again. Would that help? Or should we let them drink their tea?)

Orion sighed in relief, and managed to smile at Alderic. "Thank you. And, yeah, I agree," Orion said. "THe thing is, I'm not good at talking to people in general." He said, half-joking.

Saffy kept an eye out for either Saquia or Phinesa, but she saw neither. At least she'd be able to see anyone coming towards her.

(I don't know... maybe make someone check the time?)

Alderic smiled and patted Orion on the back. "Ha! I just have a lot more practice then you. I have five sisters and I work in a circus. I talk to lots of people all the time." He joked chuckling a little.

A'eda'n smiled and stood back a ways. "And I'm glad for that. Thanks aain for being a good friend to A'ine." He said smiling at Alderic who laughed a little. "No problem! Like at all, I was glad to help." He said smiling back.

A'ine laughed a little. "Well, Jora's alright, so Alderic, did you want to start setting up for tonight or shower and dinner first?" She asked the boy. "I don't know... Oh speaking of that, you wouldn't happen to want to roast marshmallows too, would you A'eda'n?" He asked, "Uhhhh. Sure? What do we do after we roast them?" A'eda'n asked rubbing the back of his neck looking embarrassed. Alderic laughed loudly. "We eat them!"

Phinesa slowly sneaked up on Saquia and tickled her sister's hips. Saquia laughed falling down as Phinesa continued tickling her.

Jora got back to her room and stared at her hand. She tried flicking her fingers a few times attempting to do what Alderic had done. She gave up and started getting ready for her shower.

Ember looked around the beach for the others. "Hey Mitch. It looks like the others are leaving. And Jora's gone..." Ember bit her lip worriedly. She hoped Jora was alright.

Orion laughed. "Sometimes I have marshmallow sacrifices. Those are fun too!" he said, remembering burning the marshmallows and holding them up like torches when he was younger.

Saffy heard laughing and headed toward the sound. She saw Phinesa tickling her sister, and shifted into a cat, jumping onto Phinesa's head.