Username:Abraxis
Name:Realgar (pronounced re-al-gur)
Gender:Male
Favorite Stone/Mineral:Apatite
Why:Realgar had been a big science fanatic ever since he was a kid, he especially loved doing experiments especially with phosphorous, which is how he found Apatite, little did most know he had actually done an experiment himself to find this mineral looking at its formula which is Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH), he had tried multiple experiments with multiple combinations of all the reactants being, Calcium, Phosphorous, Oxygen, Flourine, Chloride and Hydrogen, it was a lifelong project of his, millenia of combinations he had tried and failed, but he never did give up, until one day he had eventually.
Story:it was about the 18th of March, he had all of his equipment set out on a tree stump that was partially rotting, but it was sturdy at least, the sky was a murky grey, suggesting a storm was nearby, or at the very least approaching, he sighed shaking his head, looking down at the tree stump,
"ok, conical flask, bunsen burner, uhhhh...... test tube.....",
his voice trailed off into the distance, his mind was shrouded by his thoughts, he shook his head again and proceeded with his experiment, he looked beside him, his sack like bag by his side, he gently reached into the bag and raised a bottle acid out with extreme caution, he placed it onto the stump, he raised his paw, counting to see if all of the equipment was there,
"One, two, three, four........five",
he sighed with relief,
"Alright, everything's here, now to go on with this",
he placed the test tube between the clamp claws, held it with one hand and tightened the claws with the other, he tugged on the test tube a little to make sure it was secure, it stood still, he looked over at the measuring cylinder, edged it closer to him slightly, he moved his left hand toward the acid, held it over the cylinder top, gently squeezed it, measuring exactly 10 ml's, his hand was slightly shaking, obviously nervous, but he didn't want to over do the reactant,
"ok.... perfect",
he exhaled,
"That's the first part of the solution done, flourine, chlorine and hydrogen, now for the other half",
his hands were shaking more and more now, the closer he got to accomplishing his life long dream, the more nervous he got, he held his arm down, the last thing he wanted was to alter the reaction in some way, he breathed in deeply, he did this a few times, he sighed again, looking at his right paw,
"You can do this",
he repeated a few times, he held his breath as he added the other solution, he closed his eyes, awaiting a sound, any sound, a sign that something was happening, his mind was full with doubt, there was a sudden fizzle sound, he looked at the test tube, the acid's and the alkali's were mixing together, creating a blue color, forming a solid, around the formatting solid though, there was a blue aura surrounding, he watched it, he didn't move an inch, he was amazed at what he was seeing, the fizzing had slowed, the reaction had run its course and had formed its product.
Realgar untightened the clamp, he tipped the crystal into his palm of his paw, it started to glow a brighter color after being in contact with his skin, he closed his palm, he kept it firmly shut, the crystal felt like it was melting, but he could still feel the sharp like edges of the crystal, his paw began to glow, steadily it covered his whole body, he didn't struggle or fight it, he felt like this was his fate, he felt he was getting stronger, becoming consumed by the crystals power of strength and somewhat of its beauty, he could feel his appearance changing, but he didn't dare open his eyes, not until he felt like it was over, he blinked a few times, the sun was shining, the crystal was still embedded in his paw he walked over to a nearby pond, it glistened with the sun rays reflecting of it, he looked in, to see, his appearance as been altered by the crystal, he now had a mane like mist and a few stone engravements on his mane pelt, he did feel kind of strange afterwards, he had never expected the crystal to change his life, he opened his paw, to see where the crystal lay, it became partly transparent, he placed the crystal on the ground beside him as he got a drink.
Unaware, he had kept on drinking as the crystal was now hovering in mid air, it was glowing a bright blue, made some kind of fuzzing noise, which alerted him, causing him to look out of it, he backed up slightly watching its every move, it seemed to be stretching oddly into the form of a viscet, which he thought was incredibly strange for a little mineral to do, he watched it cautiously, if it could do this, there is no telling what else it would do, it stayed in one form for awhile though, it was in the shape of a young viscet, it was no longer glowing, the color between the lines became to solify, to a dark-ish blue, the crystal lowered to the ground, there lay a baby viscet, with black and blue spikes, she was quite cute as she slept, he nudged her slightly, causing her eyes to open blink by blink, adjusting her vision, he was astounded at what the crystal had just done, it had just created an infant viscet out of nothing, thin air at least, she looked up at him with eyes similar to his,
"Who are you?",
he questioned,
"Im Bleu, but where am i?",
she said looking around,
"Oh, your in Avridge",
"Oh, makes sense i guess, though i dont understand why im here",
"That sucks, im Realgar by the way",
"Hi Realgar, nice to meet you"
Bleu started looking around, she saw the crystal and picked it up, holding it in her hands looking at every detail, she had a familiar twinkle in her eye,
"What is this?",
she said at last,
"My lifelong project",
he replied back proudly, but he was not prepared for what had happened next.
Bleu had started to run, far away from him, he was outraged, his only creation was slipping from his grasp, before he could start to run, she was out of sight, she must have been super fast, he was dazed and confused plus lost as well, he walked back to the stump and just looked down at it, the very thing he had been working on his whole life gone, within seconds, he sighed, just sat there and thought, he gazed off into the distance where Bleu had left, he got up and started running, in the direction she had gone, he was going to get his creation back.
He had came across something peculiar, it was like he had left a reality and entered a world of upside down, like a twisted reality, everything was upside down, which made him kind of dizzy, he could see Bleu she was on what seemed to be a roof, but it could have been a floor, but he had no time to ponder on it, Bleu had noticed Realgar,
"Ahhh, so i underestimated you",
she snickered,
"What are you on about?!",
he yelled,
"Well, no one can enter this realm unless they posses the power of the Apatite",
her voice echoed, bounced from wall to wall,
"Give it back, you did not spend your lifetime making it",
"Your right, i didn't, that i will fully admit",
"So, why did you take it?",
"I need its power and no one, even you, can stop me",
his blue carvings started to glow, showing his bond with the rock was more powerful then hers was, the more he concentrated on controlling it, the stronger he became, Bleu was trying her best, but her bond diminished, the Apatite soon came to his side and further changed him, him possessing more power from the mineral, his markings permanently glew and because of this Bleu was in fear, she tried to run, but the crystal had surrounded her, trapping her back into the crystal, causing the place to flip, leaving him more bonded with the crystal then he ever would be, leaving him a permanent guardian of Avridge, they all forgave him for his mistakes, but it did take time, and a lot of it, he did do years of thievery, millions of dollars worth, to pay for science supplies, which his guardianship payed for, keeping them from all threats.
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