primals

the man with amber eyes gave a half smile, waving a bit before returning to his drink, the gesture seemed innocent, but everything already felt off here, it felt amplified.

I tried to stand but Rayas hand grabbed my arm, stopping me.

"I'm just gonna talk with him, relax."(syn) I assured her.

she removed her hand and I resumed standing, awkwardly shuffling around the table and walking over to the man, casually sitting next to him at the bar.

"you the reason everything feels off here?"(syn)

he looked at me and answered, just not how I thought.

"why yes, I am the fear serpent primal, I've been looking for you."(FSP)[in primal]

"this won't be anything painful, will it?"(syn)[in primal]

"no, no, I'm just here to officially welcome you into our dysfunctional little family."(FSP)[in primal]

"sounds fun, can my friend there tag along?"(syn)[in primal]

"she's not human so I see no issue with it."(FSP)[in primal]

I nodded to the man and he nodded back, the tense atmosphere in the room dwindling onto non-existence as we both stood from the bar, me following him.

"names Jyn, system likes to give primals names with Y, don't ask."(jyn)

"noted..."(syn)

now that we were close I couldn't help but notice the fact that we looked really similiar, almost identical, that had only happened one other time.

"yes, the system gives all primals the same human form, your face is very expressive."(jyn)

I thanked him and went back to silence, trying to think of what the other primals were like.

we made our way to Raya, I nudged her shoulder amd told her to, "cmon." waving my hand and gesturing to follow.

annoyed she stood, an eye roll and a sigh all coming from her.

she dragged her feet as she followed, me and the other primal leading, a group of other look alike me standing in front of the tavern.

"so this is the infamous evole primal!"(death dragon primal)

"he does look like us."(warboar primal)

"his aura does match with ours in many ways."(leviathan primal)

"I wonder how strong he is?"(gorilla Brute primal)

all in all, besides myself, the group was 5 strong, myself making 6.

well that would be right if a female version of me didn't walk from the bar stumbling, cursing a man loudly.

"I'm totally sober, you asshole!"(flame ox primal)

now there's 7 of us.

the female one, apparently the only female primal, was the strongest, leader of the primals, she seemed.....enthusiastic..

"so there's the newest and smallest primal!"(flame ox primal) greeted.

"smallest?"(syn)

"our true forms easily dwarf yours, but your strength, it dwarfs some of ours."(flame ox primal)

"names Lya, I'm the leader of this here family."(Lya)

the leviathan is Ty, the war boar is Dyso, you've met Jyn, the gorilla brute over there is wydo, the grumpy dragon there is vyde, your name of course is Syn, and you already know the name of the flame ox."(Lya)

"nice to meet you guys, that's Raya, she's, well, it's complicated."(syn)

they all waved like we were in some sort of support group, turning their attention back to me once they finished.

a gleam of intrigue glowing in the dragon primals eyes as he turned to me.

"I hear you stole the authority skill from those winged pests!"(vyde) exclaimed.

"steal is a strong word, more like my body consumed it while they tried to use it on me."(syn)

"you let them?!"(vyde)

"no, it just kinda happened."(syn)

"were off topic."(Lya)

"I wasn't."(vyde) grumbled unhappily.

"so you're on your way to kill the demon queen."(Lya)

I just simply nodded, I felt that if I said anything I would only mess something up, I'd never felt that before, at least not here.

"ok, as long as you don't close the underworld gate well help!"(Lya)

a collective group nod came from the other primals.

Raya stood there dumbfounded while I just nodded, I understood why they said that.

"why can't we close the underworld gate?"(Raya)

I answered first, the others quieting, Lya nodding in approval.

"fighting strong opponents is fun, cut off strong opponents and you get some really bored really powerful beings on your doorstep."(syn) I explained.

Lya looked almost...proud?..

[primal family complete, all primals together, hidden group quest completed, body limiters unlocked]

at that exact moment all of our auras exploded, the different colored energies violently racing into the sky as they whipped about the surroundings, our auras taking the shape of our true forms above us, clashing for dominance.

for minutes our auras and our true form projections would battle, some came out on top and others got chances to comeback, over all none of us were too weak or too strong for one another.

a sense of family was growing in me as I looked around the group with a smile, my aura and projection glowing a bit brighter before all of our auras exploded, the shockwave rocking the already near collapsed overgrown skyscrapers nearby and wrecking a few huts.

newfound strength and power was flowing through my body as I'd felt better than I ever had before, a glow in everyone's eyes.

but my glow would dim a little, my head would turn and glance back at Raya, the others seeing this also dimmed, a nod to one another before they walked up to both me and Raya.

"the vampires don't have a primal yet, while not entirely creature they are inhuman and not demon, they have animalistic survival instincts."(Lya)

"what are you saying?"(syn)

a pause was created as no one said anything, the atmosphere changing as we stood there, Jyn stepping closer and speaking.

"we can make her a primal."(jyn)