Mn, just a note, that last scene follows the previous Song of Shadows snippet chronologically...and the first snippet with Zyn happens not long after this one.

Von and Ari'i have an interesting relationship...Von, rather obviously, could use some serious time with a therapist. Ari'i may be the only sane one of the lot, which is useful given that she's host to the really psychotic shade.

The story is divided into...three parts, so far. The Prelude is the story of Binzel and the shadow masters and Mikrel Academy. It basically explains the history of Imbrium and Umbra, and how they're connected to Nocturne and Moero. Aleks gets to be the main character, with Gavin as primary support, and Giselle and Sable as important minor characters. Sable is a bit more important towards the end, being the one who gets to kill everyone.

Hey, she's an assassin. It's her job.

The second part of the story is centered around Cata (Sable) and all the drama that is her life, especially once Zyn (Aleks) enters the picture. Imbrium and Umbra are shadows, not shadow masters, which gives them less power but more freedom. So even though Zyn is tied to Moero, whose element is fire, Imbrium can still use Zyn as a host. Imbrium makes Zyn do some evil stuff, Umbra makes Cata her new host and resurrects Nocturne, then finds Von (Gavin), who should have been her host to begin with. Somehow, Von and Cata, with Ari'i (Giselle), manage to get Imbrium out of Zyn's head and into Ari'i's, where he belongs, and to resurrect Moero. Things probably don't happen in that order. I haven't worked out all the plot points of the Theme.

The third part is basically dealing with the aftermath (ie the previous scene) and involves the original purpose of this whole mess; I wanted to write a super hero story. Naturally, I had to create such a crackheaded back story that I couldn't even give the actual story any thought until I worked through the Origins of ______. It was supposed to be just Nocturne, catsuited fighter of justice and whatnot, but now there's a team of them. I'm sure Von will come up with a catchy name for the four of them.

Mrr. Babbling. Stomach hurts. Spoke to the brother...had self esteem lowered. My self esteem doesn't even have an i. But no one will get that joke, because we're all english majors.

head hurts, too. Bloody parents. *sigh*