Suddenly Tim woke up startling you out of your sleep.

Tom ran over to Tim and gave him a red potion with a few silver traces in it. Tim quickly downed the drink like he hadn't drank anything in a week. You feel sympathy towards Tim about that feeling but can't place when you ever felt that thirsty.

You begin feeling scared , for you had just realized...

You

Can't

Remember.

You frantically search over yourself hoping for something to tell you who you are. ' please let there be something' ' let there be what?' You look up and see Markus looking over at you. Well, more like his head is turned towards you with his lack of eyes. ' do you remember anything past waking up in the tavern?' 'No, I guess not, but what are you looking for?' He thought out ' I'm looking for some connection to my past. Do you have anything?' You thought.

' I don't. I literally only have the clothes on my back, my soulstone, and this extremely useful coin pouch' he thought. Suddenly he bent over clutching his side. You can feel his pain due to his telepathy and apparently so can everyone else in this room, as they all wince and glance at Markus.

You go over to Markus and ask " are ok?" ' no, obviously, my soulstone had been hit.' " what?" You say confused. 'My soulstone? The thing that animates me? Have you never meet an elemental?' He thought looking at you quizzically 'if I had I forgot' Markus holds out his hand and you suddenly see a dark shape move from out of his sleeve, up his arm, and finally rested in his hand. It was a stone carved in the shape of a heart but had a few blue veins of magic running around it. It appeared to have a large scratch over a couple of the veins that looked like they're fading.

" what do we do about that?" ' you find a mason or a mage' " I'll... I'll be back guys" you say to everyone. You get out from the hatch and run out onto the street from the shop and look around. You see a store called mark's magical merch. Thinking that that would be a good location to find a mage or something similar, you run over and into it.

Inside you see rows of alchemical items as well as some other items that are on the more mystical side of things. After moving around you finally find the store clerk, who coincidentally, is an acid elemental. You walk over him and see that he, unlike Markus, actually had a face. He glanced over to you and said "well hello, weary traveler. How may my wares be of interest of you?" You speak while wearing a face of unease "my friend has been stricken with an injury that I possess no knowledge on how to treat." He glances at you then starts rummaging under the counter and pulls out a bottle with a red liquid, the liquid was swirling in the bottle on its own accord. He says " this should patch him up. That's three gold." You wince thinking ' oh, he doesn't know that it's for an elemental.' " actually that won't work. For you see, he's an elemental. His soulstone was injured." The elemental, who you believe is mark, looks shaken at this and motions you to a door you didn't see before.

He opens the door and you follow through. Suddenly the door closes behind you and you hear a click when the darkened room suddenly fills with light. You stumble back but quickly adjust. You see mark rummaging around the room then looks back at you and says " what kind of elemental is your friend?" You reply " acid" he then goes straight back to scrounging around. He emerges with a vial of a green gray substance. "This should heal him right up." You pull out your coin purse but mark, wearing acid proof gloves, gently pushes it down." No need for payment. We elementals help each other, especially us from limbo" confused you thank him and leave.

You return to Markus, who was waiting for you.' Where's the mage?' " well I had found a different way." You say as you reveal the vial. 'Well it can't hurt' he thought as you applied the strangely gelatinous liquid to the crack on his soulstone whilst avoiding his acidic body. "Annnnd done" you say after finishing spreading it around. The liquid suddenly appears to harden and merge with the stonework while the blue lines that were severed, reconnected.

" so now that you are healed, are we ready to go?" After you said that there was a collective nodding around the room as Tom scooted over closer to Tim. You and the rest of your ramshackle team head out. As you all reach the streets you see a flier on the side of the building that says 'wanted: worthy adventurers. Reason: mercenary job. Come to village leaders house. Signed, chief king.' 'Well' you think 'there's nothing better to do' you turn around to tell your friends about it but it seems that they are already reading it. " mercenary job? I'm happy as long as I get bash some elf heads" said John. You are unnerved by this statement. All agreeing on this course of action, you head to the leaders house.

You all arrive in front of the chief's house after asking a couple of locals for directions. You walk in as the figurehead of the team. You see a second door in front of you with a man clad in what appears to be leather studded armor, on his back is a sword that is almost the same length as his leg. He raises his hand and keeps it level with your chest with his palm turned towards you. "What is your business?" John pips up from your left "We came for the mercenary job, if its still open." "Welcome and please don't start any funny business." The armored man says as he lowers his arm.

The armored man the opens the door and the bizarre team walked in to confront the chief about the job.

It's a me hades! Sorry about late posting again. Agh I feel lazy. Welp hope ya liked the chapter!