The Alima (IC)

It was dying. There was no doubt about that. There was nothing keeping it alive, and, in turn, soon there would be nothing left to keep the Alima alive. Those Celi, those demons, had won. How they had been allowed too....they didn't know. The Alinacis sighed, in the most metaphorical sense, with the weight of the thousands of those who it was made up of. They couldn't go and get the Artifacts back themselves, right? They were growing far too weak for the job. No......the only way would be if the Alima did it. It would invoke enormous risks, and would speed up the Alinacis's death. But if they succeeded, the rewards would be too great, immeasurable greatness, not of the superficial kind. It was a risk they had to take.

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Allanah Oakley was far from normal. She didn't look it - you would have never have guessed she could turn into a wolf at will if you saw her walking the streets of Portland - not that you were likely too. She preferred to spend her time alone in her cabin in the woods, only making trips out to the town when she had too. Today was one of those days. She picked up some groceries and a few new CDs, and was walking back to her car, checking Twitter - which she never posted much on. Maybe I should transform to make this quicker, she thought to herself, before brushing the thought. She couldn't risk it, not here. In the midst of her distracted thoughts she didn't notice the great big oak tree in front of her, nor the peculiarity of it appearing out of thin air onto the middle of the road. She looked up, and gave the tree a puzzled look, and attempted to stop and walk around the  tree. But her feet, by some strange force, kept carrying her towards it. Allanah's eyes widened in alarm, anticipating a crash, but was startled to find herself going into the tree. She wanted to scream, but couldn't, just gawp at what surrounded her. She was in a lush green forest, smelling of pine needles. A sparkling lake was not far off, and the undergrowth was rich. In the middle of the clearing she found herself in, four stone pedestals, entangled in moss, stood empty. She had no idea what had happened, or what to do. She must have been brought here for a reason, after all. So, she waited to see what happened.

OOC: I'm guessing we can post in this now?

IC: Alice Mildstone was walking to the cafe to meet her best friend, Jessica, all the while humming the newest hit song of some new band. You would have never known it but in this small town in whales this 18 year old could turn into a red wolf at will, and the only times she would is when she's alone and running along the moors or in the woods by her self. She had thought she was the only one in the world but boy was she about to find out she was wrong, way wrong. She meet Jessica and they talked for about half an hour when Alice had this feeling she had to do something in the forest. "Jess i have to go I'll see ya when I see you!" She said and quickly ran out and to her home to ditch her bag and go to the forest. She ran to the forest but suddenly stopped as she saw a huge oak tree and by some miracle in this forest. It was not uncommon to find a few big oaks scattered among the forest. But this tree had never been in the middle of the forest before and she had a strong feeling she was supposed to touch the tree. So she walked over and touched it only to be sucked in a popped back out somewhere in a different forest with four stone pedestals. What in the world..? She thought and saw another girl.

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Vanessa Heart was on a school trip to the San Diego zoo with her class. The little nine year old girl was shot a few glares and smirks from the other boys and girls in her class, but she ignored them. She leaned over the side of the Serval pen to see them sleeping. They looked up and her and she waved when one boy rudely came over. "Hey Vanessa! why are you waving to the stupid Serval's it's not like they could understand you!" Vanessa just ignored the boy and he growled, not animal like in any way. "Hey stupid I was talking to you!" Vanessa turned around, gave a brief look at the teacher who was photographing some giraffe's on the other side of the Serval pen then back at the boy. Her brown eyes locked onto the boys blue ones and he came closer. The boy shoved Vanessa backwards to the edge of the Serval pen and she hit her back against the wall. Wincing in pain the boy came closer. "What's the matter stupid? Got no words? I bet you'll have some words when your being torn apart by the Serval's!" the boy said and Vanessa's eyes widened as the boy pushed her over and into the Serval pen. She landed with a thump on the Serval's big bed and thankfully not on any of them. The Serval's came running over and Vanessa held out her hands to them and them came over like big curious house cats and laid down with her. She looked around at her surroundings and noticed some big trees and one huge oak tree. Going over to the oak tree nobody paid her any mind except a zoo keeper who screamed and ran down towards the tunnel to get to the girl. Vanessa looked back and saw all the Serval's following her as she walked right into the tree and disappeared. She landed in a forest with two girls and four stone pedestals.

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Tobi Shade was paying for some new headphones and fiddled with the necklace her mother had given her. The necklace was shaped as a 3 dimensional stone diamond and was her prized possession. After her parents died at a very young age from some unknown cause she was always alone. Ever since her parents had moved to Tokyo, Japan she's been able to hide herself away in a small apartment at the edge of the city. There was so many new things coming out in Tokyo that Tobi was thinking about moving to someplace more open to a gray fox. But she grew up in Japan, knew how to speak three languages and was learning two more for fun. Tobi was nineteen and had just finished collage a few months ago due to her extensive intelligence and her love of learning. She finished paying and walked to her car and drove home to her small apartment where she open the new headphones and put them on and grabbed her French, and Spanish books to finish learning their languages. But then she had a weird feeling and grabbed a good sized suitcase and stuffed all her valuable things in it, money, a change of clothes, all her learning supplies, her drawing stuff, some ct food and treats and the little foldable cat bed and some food and water bowls. "Mochi! Here Mochi!" She called and her pretty calico cat came into the room. Tobi smiled and pet Mochi for a moment before picking her up and placing her into her rolling cat carrier with a space for a suitcase at the bottom and closed the carrier door. She started to finish packing her things and had a feeling she wouldn't be coming back here again. The last thing she packed was her bag of family valuables: Her baby brothers booties and mittens, her mothers jewelry, her fathers camera, her sisters little doll and and her family photos and wrapped them up and placed them into a velvet back and tied the green ribbon and set it down. She went to her medicine cabinet and got all the things she needed, like Mochi's medicine and placed them into the big suitcase. Once she was done she packed everything into the suitcase and then put the suitcase under the cat carrier. Grabbing her keys she pushed the cat carrier to the elevator and went down to the lobby to go to her car. She loaded the cat carrier and suitcase into the car and drove off and to the forest. She did the same as the others and took her carrier and suitcase into the tree with her and landed with three other girls in a forest with four stone pedestals. (She cannot love her cat anymore than she does right now lol.)

With a final huff and the last of the ridiculously heavy crates loaded, Tiresias said a brisk goodbye to the shopkeeper he had been dragged into helping. He started his walk home, as he always did. The man liked it here in this small Norwegian village he called home, quiet and even in this season, not sweltering in any way. His glance around the bright green spaces wasn't as nice as it used to be, his eyesight was failing now. It was ironic, named after a blind person, he'd end up blind sooner or later. He just hoped he didn't also turn into a woman. Names weren't that accurate, were they? He snapped out of his thoughts by the environment dimming slightly as clouds passed over the sun, he shook his head, he was being too jumpy right now. Then, he felt an odd feeling as he passed a large tree, it felt like someone was staring at him. He wanted to investigate now, as he went to get a closer look, he tripped and fell straight through the tree. Tiresias Paragon was in for much more than his walk home, he realized as he laid dazed on the ground.




Leid Crossman fiddled with the small wooden necklace around his neck as he took one of the leisurely walks he often did through the forest, it was always new, always changing every time he went there. Sure, some things were the same but, nothing ever seem that way. Looking around as he kicked a rock, he found the path he had often found himself on, it led to a small hill, nothing really special, but, when you got to the top, the view was fantastical. Most of the skyline was out of the way, leaving the Californian coast clear to see. He'd go sometime, when he wasn't busy with work. He promised himself that much. He got ready to leave, leaning on one of the large trees next to him, he fell through, catching his balance before he had fallen and took a look around, it wasn't the same place at all. He gave the other's there a questioning look as he tried to make sense of this.

Allanah gave a startled look and instinctively turned into a wolf as other people started......popping out of thin air? She padded over to one, an alarmed and untrusting look in her eyes. "Who are you.....how did you get here......" she snarled. "What are you.......?"

As the girl turned into a gray wolf Alice was surprised and turned in a cream colored red wolf with blue eyes. "Who am I? I'm Alice Mildstone. And I'm trying to figure out what this place is to missy!" She snarled baring her fangs.

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Vanessa's eyes widened and she turned into a Serval and clawed her way up the nearest tree. She hid and peered her green eyes at them from below.

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As the three promptly turned into animals Tobi turned into a a gray fox with an orange tail paws and mask and jumped on top of her cat carrier. "Calm down the both of you! You scared the little girl!" She said rolling her eyes.

Ramonaci was practicing her flying and swooped down as an owl

Jamie was chasing after the owl in a Tight skirt and Tank-Top "Come Back!" She shouted after the owl, before she looked back down on the sidewalk she turned into a raccoon crashed into the wolf

Ramonaci glided down and started to giggle after she turned human "Hey!"

Citlali ran through the arid landscapes that she had learned to call her home, long yellow grass and desert shrubs being the only kind of vegetation surrounding her, rocks, dry dirt and sand making most of the ground. The day was beautiful, with no clouds in the sky. For most people this would be a bad thing, as the sun made the heat on these areas almost unbearable after a certain period of time, but for the rattlesnake girl, the sun only gave her more energy. Yeah, she wasn’t exactly a cold-blooded creature in this specific form, but after so much time of getting used to those kinds of things, certain elements still made her react in certain ways.

She wasn’t afraid or dehydration or hunger, she had a small backpack with everything she needed, and in case of an emergency she simply would need to go back, she never went too far from the town in which she lived…or more like where she slept, as she spent more time here than there.

It wasn’t before too long before she noticed the oak tree that was sticking out like a sore thumb, it was so green and full of life, something that was almost impossible in this specific place. Curious, she walked towards it, this was so…unreal, she even pinched herself to make sure that she wasn’t dreaming.

For some reason she felt tempted to try and climb it, and though hesitant, she couldn’t help but give in. However as soon as she tried to start climbing she went right through it, like if it never had been there at all, and fell on a soft green surface. She looked around, an unknown forest welcoming her instead of the desert she was in only a couple of seconds ago, her clothes, especially her shoes, being proof of it.

It took her a second or two to notice the ones that were in there with her, looking at them silently for a second or two before finally speaking “H-hi?” She wasn’t even sure of what she was supposed to say or do now.

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Lance walked silently through the streets, his eyes looking at the people going on with their everyday lives without much interest. He just wanted to take a walk that day, though he wasn’t sure why. His feet led him silently through the streets until he reached the park, a place he used to visit on his free time. He liked it because it was calm and rarely anyone bothered him at all, allowing him to just spend some time on his own without worrying about having to reply to a certain someone or start a conversation with them.

The warm sun was pleasant that day, and he must admit that he wouldn’t mind to take a small nap under the shadow of a tree. With this thought in mind, the fennec fox shifter walked towards what he thought to be a randomly picked tree on the loneliest place of the park, a tall oak that if he wasn’t so focused on his mission he would’ve noticed that he hadn’t seen there before.

He sat at the base of the tree and closed his eyes, but as soon as he tried to lean on it to take his nap he fell on his back, and when he opened his eyes he was welcomed by the sight of an unknown place and more people…great.

Allanah's eyes widened. "Wait...you're all like me? You're all Alima, right?" she growled, surprised, but sceptical. "But....but I thought I was the only one...."

(OOC: Remember, the Alima have absolutely no idea that others like them exist.)

She knew she wasn't allowed on the roof, but she decided to go up to it anyway. Minors under the age of 20 weren't allowed on the roof of her apartment complex, it was used as a community garden. Sometimes, she would just sneak up there for the fun of it, maybe even to pocket some fruit before her evening walk. Plucking a couple of strawberries from one of the garden boxes, she glanced out into the city. The tall buildings of New York seemed like giants compared to her apartment complex, and only a few trees were planted along the streets and sidewalks. She could stay up here all day...
"The door is open, someone is up there." A voice came from the entrance to the garden roof. The girl occupying the roof didn't panic, she simply spun around on her heel and calmly hauled a long piece of wood froim behind one of the garden sheds. She used this thing all the time to keep people out. Shutting the door and barring the residents out of the roof, she shoved the wooden board through the doorknobs. The door repeatedly was vibrating, the banging out hands on the door was the cause of that.
"Nice try!" She called out mockingly.
The residents on the other side of the door started yelling.
"Eden Blake, you horrible, disobedient child, let us in!" One called.
Eden shook her head, smirking, they always would call her horrible, disobedient, and other synonyms of those words, but that just fueled her actions. She turned to face the garden once again. Her eyes immediately were drawn to the community tree. A tree that every resident that was allowed on the roof helped tend to. Eden always loved it. She walked towards it, smiling. Maybe she could water it...
When she placed her hand on it, it went right through, as if the tree was air. She walked forwards, confused, but her entire body went straight through it. For a while, it felt like Eden was falling, then it felt like she was spinning, then she just...appeared somewhere. She saw other people where she was. She didn't know her surroundings. This couldn't be New York, she knew every alleyway and bridge in that place.
"Who are you all?" She asked impatiently, "You little punks better not be starting any trouble with me. I have my phone and I'm ready to call the cops." She threatened.

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"You are smart...your are talented...organized and ready for anything."
Arleen was ready for her interview. She was going to be hired and finally start her business career. She took a deep breath. With her smoothie in one hand and her checklist clipboard in the other, she double checked that she had completed everything on the list. When everything was accounted for, she nodded, before starting out the door. The sidewalks of Orlando were crowded as usual. Kids walking by with their parents wearing Disney gear, either heading to Disney World or coming back from it. Adults were walking by chattering away on her phone. In speaking of phones, Arleen's iPhone began to vibrate in her pocket. She quickly pulled it out, fumbling with buttons before answering.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Arleen! Hi! Today is your big interview day, right?" The voice on the phone asked.
Arleen recognized the voice as her friend Krista's. She nodded, smiling, "Yes! I'm so excited!" She responded excitedly.
The building that Arleen needed to reach was blocks away, and walking would take a while. Taxis were messy and her car was in her garage at home. She was still in the neighborhood area, so perhaps she could go far out into the unclaimed woods behind the backyards and transform...
No, she wouldn't. She would just have to walk there by herself. She was so focused on her phone that she stumbled right onto a rock and tripped over it. Her smoothie flew right towards a tall tree planted in one of the front yards of her neighbors. It went right into it, it didn't even come out on the other side. With a gasp, Arleen walked forwards. Warily and cautiously, but curiously as well. Her hand went through it, then her arm, then her right side of her body, then her entire torso. Then she was gone. When she could finally see again, she was surrounded by other people. One had headphones strapped around her neck, and another who was way younger than the others, and plenty of others that seemed about her age and even older.
"Where...?" Was the only word she could muster.

Tiresias stayed where he was, not bothering to get up and join the madness around him. That was, until he saw the others morphing. He quickly got to his feet and moments later, disappeared into the canopy in a blur of white feathers. His golden gaze fixed on the chaos from this distance felt.. safe he guessed.

Leid took to his own defense, the male morphed into his animal appearance, easily towering the others. The maned wolf growled, baring sharp teeth. "I could ask you the same." He looked at Allanah.

Allanah let out a low growl at Leid - if he was going to be hostile, she would too. "I don't know who you are or where you came from. I don't know why everyone's turning into animals like I can, because as far as I know, I'm the only Alima!" She took a defensive stance, not at all intimidate by his height.

"We always thought we were the only two" Ramonaci said and pointed to Jamie who was straightening her dress and necklace.

(OOC: can they think that they were the only two? if not ill edit)

Kiki Tsume was racing through the forest in her animal form, seeing just how fast she could go. Hidden by her fur, the stopwatch on her left forearm kept time as she ran from the tallest pine at the start of the forest to the clearing in the middle. Panting, Kiki caught sight of the clearing just ahead. She put on an extra burst of speed, her lithe muscles rippling through her golden spotted pelt. But as she reached the clearing, changed back to human form, and checked her watch, she found that she couldn't stop running. Instead, she headed straight for a tree. Holding her scarred armed up reflexively to protect her face, Kiki braced herself for impact. But it never came. Slowly drawing her arms away, she found herself in a lush, piney green forest, very unlike the sparse, scraggly forest near her home. She saw a bunch of people, about her age, and a few animals- two wolves, a bird... Kiki instinctively morphed into her leopard form. "What is going on here?" she growled roughly.

Cristopher was sitting down on a bench in a park. Nobody can suspect a normal 18 year old walking along the streets of Bakersfield can turn into a Bengal Tiger at will. He saw a bird on the ground. He saw no one was there. He turned into his Tiger form. He pounced on it, but he went right through the creature. He turned back into a human. He tried to touch the bench, and his hand went through. He felt dizzy. Next thing he knew he was in a forest. He saw other people turning into animals. He turned into a tiger and walked over to them. He likes to be alone, lives in a cabin in a forest. Not like

"I thought I was the only one." he said.

Romanaci turned into an owl and flew up into a nearby tree, seeming to threaten the tiger "Try me and i will grind you into bits" she murmered to herself

Jamie got up and pulled Allanah up as well "Sorry, My name is Jamisona, but you can call me Jamie!" she said

(OOC: i just switched their animals around but it doesn't matter and it suits them better anyway XD)