[Pinkie]

"What year is it..." Mizuki said looking to the male before him "You have got to be kidding me right?" He said as he walked around the male reaching a hand out and touching the back of his head "How hard did I actually hit you?" He asked looking over the spoke that seemed to be a little bruised at best. Shaking his head he moved out in front of the young male again "The year is 1812...." Mizuki said looking to him "The army is wiping every magical creature from this earth" He said.

After a moment Mizuki sighed and sat back in the chair that was before the male "The king calls it a cleansing" Mizuki said before looking up at the male before him "His goal is kill and dismember every magical folk around and so far they have done one hell of a job" He said with a sigh "Luna is the last Dragonoid in this area and I the last Elven" He spoke "Before long even simple mages and magic users shall be wiped clean as well"

Hanging his head a little Mizuki let the quite of the room help sink the words in deeper to the male in front of him before he began to speak again "Family...friends...all have died by the hands of the southern king. He wont stop till 'a modern world' Lives...or so he says" After that Mizuki stood again "Any and all that serve him...will die" He said looking to the male hanging by the post "You my young lad...joined the wrong side"

[Rosekitten]

He didn't want to hear the answer he had gotten from the one before him. "1812... that's... that's not possible." Nothing could make this possible, though he did admit to seeing some plant life on the short walk he had that had long ago stopped growing in these parts. But that didn't mean anything someone could have planted them or something. Maybe he was dreaming all of this, he had spent too much time in the library again and fell asleep while reading a book. That had to be it or so he wanted to think.

He kept thinking no trying to figure out what had happened, what could explain this. He was of science, there was no such thing as magic you couldn't go back in time. All the while the other spoke, talking about killing the other side to theirs and that the king is killing all who have magic or are born of magic. None of this added up the king lost this war years ago, the rebels had won but there was no knowledge of magic in any of the texts he had read.

"Wrong side? I didn't join any side!" He half exclaimed knowing this ... elf in front of him wasn't going to believe him. "None of this is real, the rebels won this war years ago. It says so in the history books." He shook his head a little knowing this all sounded crazy. "You can't go back in time, if there was a way to do that then the world would have unraveled itself already."

[Pinkie]

Mizuki looked at him "History books....traveling in time?" He said tilting his head to look at him "You know...I have no idea what is compelling me to do this" He said before moving to stand behind the male. Soon the chains were undone and the man was free. Taking a moment to look him over Mizuki gave a sigh "You know...im not one to believe in...time travel as you so say" Mizuki said lightly moving so he could stand in front of the young male.

This is when he looked the young man over in front of him. Something was different about him. Maybe it was the way he spoke or acted. Maybe it had something to do with the hope the young male gave Mizuki that they had indeed won the war that was about to take place.

Mizuki shook his head lightly before holding the long braid to his chest and bowing "My name is Mizuki Kinsaki" He said "Leader of the opposing force" He stated as he stood up right again before looking at the young male before him "You are free to go or stay" He stated "Though a little warning...if you turn out to be exactly who you say you are not...I will kill you myself" He stated "Either by my bare hands or maybe a drink to dry you from the inside out...?" He shrugged his shoulders.

[Rosekitten]

He listened to the other as he freed him and introduced himself. As well as the quick threat on his life. He almost wanted to cringe at the thought, there were a few toxins that he could think of that would pull off such a feat. None of them he really wished to encounter for himself. Who knew why it seemed the man before him trusted his word, but he was glad he did. For a while there he thought for sure he was to be marked off as a crazy and he would be killed. Odds where he was still to be killed, maybe this was still some game he was playing.

"Evan Hansen, high school student and the guy who always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." The last part was more of his humor on the matter. Though it wasn't really funny in truth. Here he was talking to the rebel leader that was reported dead many many years ago... he needed to figure out a way to get home, staying here was not a good idea.

"er.. well if you have my bag somewhere I can prove what i have been saying is true." It wasn't the book saying the rebels had won the war but it was still in this same time period, and would show there was no mention of magic anywhere among it's pages. Though at the same time odds where that the book might be blank... that'd be rather cute for him to try to convince someone he wasn't lying and show them a blank book.

[Pinkie]

After the male shared his name as well Mizuki raised an eyebrow at his name. He had never heard such a...simple name in all his years of living and he had been living for a long time. Shaking his head lightly his ears flattened to the sides of his head to show his annoyance with himself. After the male now knowen as Evan mentioned his bag Mizuki wondered if it was a good idea to give it to said male.

Mizuki thought for a moment before he walked over to a table in the room that was covered in different tools and gadgets. Taking the bag from the corner of the table he walked back over and handed it to the young male. "I was admiring the stitch work on the satchel" Mizuki said looking to the bag as the male began to open it "Such care and time went into ever stitch to make it so well" He stated once more.

[Rosekitten]

"It was my father's, it's been handed down throughout the generations. It's not like most of the things during my time, most items are mass produced by machines and people are just employed to do minor tasks and to ensure the machines keep running." He stopped after that and thought about what he had just said. "You probably don't understand what I just said at all heh.." How was he suppose to explain metal arms did most of the work and things like this bag were hard to come by seeing as most didn't have any form of a trade skill. Let alone did he mess up by sharing such information? Was he going to unravel the future by talking about such things in the past?

Finally finding the book he pulled it out an handed it to Mizuki. "This is one of the history books, the events are around this time but it's not the one on the war... but at the least it can prove there was no mention of magic at all in the future." He had checked the book to make sure the words didn't vanish on him, at his luck they would have. But apparently just because he went back in time didn't mean that things just disappeared that came from his own time. Not that he still believed this whole time traveling business.

"Though I suppose you could say i made it all up and printed a book on it..." It was a thought, though that would be some impressive planning, aside from that his other clothes were still in the bag so if anything they could prove he wasn't from here, they didn't have such styles back during this time.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki took the book and looked it over. The binding was something he had never seen around before. Opening the book he looked over all of the pages running his fingers over different pictures knowing some of them Mizuki smirked. A soft smile grew on his face as he looked over the images but then his smile faded as he began to read the words that were beside each picture "Do you know how many things within this book of yours are false?" He asked looking over the pages turning them and looking over more.

Mizuki shook his head a little as he stayed on one page. It was a page describing a king that ruled with kindness and equality "See...if you knew him like I did...you would agree hes an ass" Mizuki said pointing to the picture of an elderly king. "Not only that...it dose not mention in anyway that he was a mage. He ruled his kingome and still dose with an iron fist of magic..."

After a moment Mizuki handed the book back to him "You know...I am not sure why you are here" He stated "Nor do I know how you got here" He stated "Or how to get you home" Mizuki said at the unasked question that was floating around in Evans head.

[Rosekitten]

He shrugged a little listening to him. "It's a history book, as far as where I come from is concerned you aren't a elf. Nothing in the books say anything about magic or mythical beings." Maybe everything that he knew was false, this world seemed to be real enough, maybe he really had bumped his head on something and this was all in his head... he had been reading a few too many history books in the past month.

"He probably was... most people in any position of leadership tend to be an ass." That was his experience anyway, king or government alike it was probably all similar in how they treated most people. "I'm not sure where the person who wrote the books got their information... magic would seem like a important fact to include... though in the modern world there isn't any such thing unless you could little magic shows and all they are is cheap tricks."

He looked away from Mizuki as he said he didn't know why or how he got here let alone how to get him back home. "Not like it matters... I probably wasn't going to live up to the name I was suppose to fulfill anyway." He shrugged slightly at the thought, it was bothering him more than he was letting on. He wanted to go home, his mom he knew for sure would break apart if she ended up losing him as well.

"So now what? You could always still kill me, I could be a threat if the other side found out there was someone who was from the future." If the other even really believed that story, though it was hard for him to make up such things that was for sure.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki sighed a little "You wish to return back to where you came from" He stated thinking to himself for a moment "Well first step to solving this would be to see the great mother" He spoke lightly before raising his head. This is when Mizukis light lavender eyes looked right into those of Evans "Though she is all knowing and powerfull and everything that is said must be what your ready to hear" He said.

Then with out another moment Mizuki turned on his heal and headed for the tent door. Once he reached it he looked behind him "Well...come on" He stated before leaving the tent. Mizuki stopped and waited on the other side of the tent for the young male before he continued walking. Mizuki took Evan through the camp. Everything ranging from Drows to Dragonoids and Griffens roamed around them including Mages and Humans.

To Mizuki this was an everyday thing. Not a single one of these creatures he called friend and family seemed mystical to him in anyway. Though from a place where magic dosent happen...the thought was enough to send shivers down Mizukis spine.

Before long they reached a large tent in the middle of the camp. The tent had different crystals and herb bunches hanging from it. Painted images of creatures lined the tent in many colors. Mizuki turned and looked to Evan "I take this time to warn you" Mizuki said "Great mother has lived many a year and her appearance maybe one of shock to you" He stated "She is the last elder of my clan" Mizuki said with a tone of sadness as his ears flattened in sorrow "Speak calmly and gentle" He said before pulling back the tent flap and stepping in.

Once inside the tent the smell of flowers and herbs all around greated you. Around the edges of the tent different pots of herbs sat along with crystals and rocks. This all led up to a plush center of pillows where an old woman sat. Her long flowing hair grey with age fell out around and behind her to scatter like silken strands. Her old skin rinkled with age showed a face weery with time. Ears no longer pointy but folded half way, different crystals hanging from them.

Mizuki motioned for Evan to step forward. Infront of the great mother sat more plush pillows and here is where Mizuki instrucked Evan to sit before joining him. Softly Mizuki then spoke "Good evening great mother" He said in a low voice the words rolling off his tongue with many years of practice. Raising his head a soft smile on his lips the great mother spoke.

"Hello dear child" She said "Your presence is most welcome" a weery voice cracked with age said "But I see you are not alone today" This is when she drew her attention to Evan sitting beside Mizuki "Hmmmm..." She hummed "Your aura dear is not one of this time" She said lightly "It squiggels and squirms with unease and worry" This is when she tilted her head a little "You seek answers to questions that seem far off"

Mizuki looked to Evan who seemed to be in a trance staring at the elder before him. This is when Mizuki shook his head a little "Tell her your questions" He said when the young male still did nothing.

[Rosekitten]

Sure he wanted to go home, but he wasn't sure at the same time. What if everything that was told in his time was wrong, if this was indeed the same world why did magic vanish? His head hurt for a number of reasons, thinking too much and the fact that he did get a nice blow earlier. But he still had to wonder why or what force could cause history to forget that such beings and magic existed. Sure they were spoke of in legends and myths but if they were real why hide them? He wanted answers and he knew he would probably never get them.

Following Mizuki he couldn't help but look over the variety of being in this camp, to see such things actually breathing and going about a daily life was almost unbelievable. Though he did do his best not to stare and a number of the beasts and other beings he knew from books or games he had read or played over the years... to admit it made him more then a little uneasy seeing some of them in the flesh. A number of them being known for their tempers or fighting skills, he was hardly willing to test his luck by offending any of them. Or at least if he could help it...

Once they seemed to come to the tent Mizuki wanted to take him to he listened once more to the other before nodding a little. He knew how to talk to his elders, and if this being was a elf.. who knew how hold she really was. The concept of immortality was something humans sought after so to be face to face with a being that very well could be as close to immortal as you could get was exciting ... even if he still wasn't sure he trusted all of this magic business.

The woman was indeed old, her age he had tried in his mind to guess but he quickly gave up not wanting to offend her in the event she had some sort of powers to read minds. Though in truth he probably would have guessed way younger then she really was. Though he was brought from his thoughts when the woman spoke to him talking of his aura and how it seemed to be acting. In truth it was exactly how he felt, he was uneasy and had a bit of worry he was stuck here. Not that it was all bad, so long a a dragon or something didn't eat him...

He nodded a little when Mizuki seemed to tell him to ask what questions he had, he wasn't sure where to begin but he'd try to start somewhere. "Why... why if all of this exists now why not in the time I come from?" He seemed to pause a moment sure he could have asked how to get home or why this happened to him and not someone else but not all things needed a answer just yet, nor did he expect such questions to have something so simple as a answer. "Everything I know of the world seems to be wrong as far as history is concerned..."

In truth he wasn't sure this question even had a answer, even if this elder was wise she might not be able to provide such a answer. Everything just felt like it was happening too quickly like all of the information he had read needed to be redone or relearned because the books were wrong. What happened between now and his time to cause magic to all but vanish from the world?

[Pinkie]

Mizuki looked to Evan and the weird question he had asked. Most humans concerned themselves about themselves. So to see another ask something that didnt help himself in any sort of way made Mizuki a little shocked. The statement also brought back the great mother alittle as she thought of the question but she didnt let her shock show. Thinking of the perfect answer she spoke in a soft voice to Evan.

"What once was there always shall be" She stated "Though the hearts of the weak have friends with a shadow, and light is the enemy" She said in a hum as she tilted her head a little "One love to last the time has the power to shine..." Turning her head she looked directly at Evan "One love to give hope is the same love that will destroy" After she had spoken she nodded her head.

This is when Mizuki stood up and gave a bow to the elder before grabbing Evan and heading out of the door "Did...you get the answers you needed?" He asked still thinking of the mothers words. Lately everything with her had been a love to hurt and heal and he didnt understand why.

[Rosekitten]

He didn't think his question all that strange, he was due to be trained as a doctor so why shouldn't he think of others as his father had during his time. Though he wasn't expecting such a riddle of an answer. Maybe he should have though, all of the elders he had questioned or talked to even in his time never gave a straight answer. It was good enough for him, it would allow him something to think on and keep his mind off of the situation at hand.

When Mizuki seemed to be ready to leave after bowing to the elder Evan quickly did the same knowing at the least he could try and show the best respect he could to the woman for trying to help. Even if the answer was more of a riddle then anything. What did she mean by her words, what did love have to do with any of this? Maybe in due time answers would come, though some of her words gave room for thought. She mentioned that once something was there it shall always be... did that mean magic wasn't gone from the present time?

He was snapped out of his thoughts as Mizuki asked if he got what answers he sought. He nodded a little weakly before speaking. "More or less. Good thing I seem to have free time..." He'd be needing it to figure out the little saying she told as the answer. Maybe if he figured it out then he could return home as well? There was the thought in the back of his mind that he was stuck here, maybe he'd never go home and in the present he just vanished from thin air.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki was glad that the male had at least got some answer that was needed. "So since you have no place to go" Mizuki said looking to him "Let me house you till your departure" He said with a little bow. Next Mizuki thought of where he would be able to place the male and the only thing he could think of was something he was not sure that Evan would like all to much.

"Fallow me" He stated turning on his heel and heading to the south end of the camp. Leaving the camp they walked a little into the trees before they came to a larger tent then most seen in the camp. Pulling back the flap Mizuki walked inside. To one side of the tent sat a table and chairs, the table littered with different maps and stones. Across from that sat a fire pit with a still roaring fire in the middle, a mettle pot hanging from it and steaming.

A little ways towards the back was a large spread of fur pelts stacked high with large pillows layering the outsides to form a large square. Mizuki walked a little ways into the room before sitting down in front of the fire and smelling the boiling water that turned out to be tea. Taking it off Mizuki looked up to Evan who was just standing there.

It seemed weird to him that some one of his...look ended up back in a time like this "So..." Mizuki began as he moved a cup of tea to the other side of the fire then took his long braid brought it over his shoulder to lay on his chest and he leaned back with his own cup. "So..." Mizuki began "How old are you exactly?" Mizuki said with a tilt of his head "I mean if I were to guess it would be in the early 20s range"

[Rosekitten]

Evan started to protest but changed his mind on doing so. It would be rude to turn down such a offer... not only that but he had no idea when he would be able to get back to his own time. Was time even passing there? Was he reported as a missing person by now? There was too many questions he could think of and most of them he feared the answers to. So instead of giving himself a further headache he tried to stop thinking about them. At least for now, he didn't even want to think about the answer the elder had given at the moment.

For now he followed Mizuki to see where he planned to take him to stay. He found it odd that he was being offered a place and not mere hours ago this same man had tried to kill him. Everything was just happening too fast for him. His head was still killing him in a combination of the blow and the fact he couldn't stop thinking. He hated his mind for being overly active at times, during his study it was a grand thing but now.. he wanted a off switch.

After a short while Mizuki seemed to enter a larger tent, he guessed this was probably where Mizuki lived in the camp. But why would he want or be offering him a place to stay here? If he was really a spy wouldn't it be safer to lock him up somewhere? Maybe he should just count his blessings instead of questioning everything. Some things need not be answered. Either way he followed Mizuki into the tent, and to be honest was rather impressed by the layout.

Sure reading details of how camps were set up in history books were one thing, but to see them in person like this... He wasn't sure if he considered himself lucky or cursed. Maybe after or if he could get some rest he could take out the sketch pad he kept in his bag and do some sketches. It was a thought to pass the time and to keep his mind at ease at the least, though he wasn't sure he wanted to risk going about the camp and sketching the beings there... he'd rather like to keep his head attached to his body.

He nearly flinched when Mizuki spoke again. He had been lost in his thoughts so he wasn't completely paying attention. "huh? oh ..." He shook his head a little. "your a few years off, I'm 18. Next month im 19." Why did it matter? During this era it wasn't unheard of for a teen to be a fighter, not from what he had read anyway. He was a little older then his peers though, but that was from his family moving a few times when he was in middle school.

"Dose it matter? I'm old enough to work if thats what your getting at." He was sure he was going to be put to work or the fighting lines sooner or later. Nothing came for free, so it was expected. Though to admit it he was at a large disadvantage having no idea how to do any of the common day tasks during this time. Well aside from making herbal mixes and potions...

[Pinkie]

Mizuki looked to him and nodded his head "Awww so that is what you think huh" He said looking to Evan before giving a shrug and a little snort "If you want sure but I really dont think your..." This is when Mizuki looked to Evan "..Body type is built for the kind of work the camp needs done" He stated lightly. "But there is more that could be done then manual labor" He spoke.

Mizuki then thought of it for a moment before he spoke again "Well we need more units thats a given" He said "But we also need more medical staff..." Mizuki said in a thoughtful time "But healing knowledge is hard to come by now adays..." This is when he looked to Evan "I mean...your a future dweller...tell me what kind of healing do you have?" He said with a tilt of his head. Mizuki had often thought what herbs and potions as well as magic would be life some years into the future. Being a race that lives for hundreds of years Mizuki would see the change for awhile to come yet.

[Rosekitten]

He couldn't stop himself from rolling his eyes at the comment of his body type. No he wasn't built, he was only 18 why would he be overly built at this age in the modern world. Sure he could pull his own or do work but it was probably for the best that he wasn't put to manual labor, not like he could have kept up with the beings that littered the camp anyway. Even the humans of this period had a struggle to keep up with certain other races. Though maybe he could still prove useful, after all they were letting him stay here and for the moment he still was alive. For however long that lasted.

He seemed to perk up a little at the mention of medical staff. That should be easy enough, he had read books on the herbs that grew in the around and a few surrounding ones back in the day. Though a number were rare and hard to find in the future. Maybe he could be of some sort of use after all. "heh... nothing like it is during this time. Most medicines come in a capsule or pill form. With more recent updates in medical knowledge a lot of them are even moving towards being chewy gummies that don't taste like medicine at all. Though I think that was mainly a development to assist with getting kids to take medicine.." Though it was slowly moving into the adult medicines as well. Mostly vitamins though.

"There are places you can pick up herbal tea mixes or blends similar to that of the pills you can buy.. but it's hardly common place to mix together your own herbs or potions." Though the basics that were taught still involved such methods in order to discover new medicines and cures. "But I do know of the herbs and potions of this time, a lot of the plants are rare back in my time or are only growing in areas where the environment protects them, making them next to impossible to get to." It was only then that he noticed he was sort of rambling at that point and seemed to withdraw any further thoughts from leaking out.