18 Perform like Trash (2/2)

Noctis chimed in not letting his chance slip away, ”Maybe if your brain and my sister's brains are re-hydrated, you'll end up with an influx of brain cells! You might become smarter!” Before another argument exploded, Solis stepped in. ”Are the Ten Tails going to disband as of today because of petty arguments preventing any growth?”

At that, all was silent. ”That's what I thought. Sit down and let me tell a short story. Now I've been with Serenus for 8 years. I made my first bond with her when I was 7. Like what Lord Neutrum said, when you make a bond with any of the almairusks, you get a fragment of their powers as well.”

He turned to Cometes, seeing that he didn't want to continue for him, Solis could only explain further. ”The almairusks have seven attributes - Heavenly, Hellish, Godly, Humane, Light, Dark, and Spatial or Galactic. The attributes come in pairs with the exception of the Galactic. It's purpose is to basically assist or make the other attributes happen.”

He grabbed a set of color pencils and started drawing different symbols. He pointed to the pair of clouds, one yellow, the other red. ”These are the Heavenly and Hellish attributes. They allow the almairusks to pass judgments on people's souls. Rewards or punishment.”

Next he pointed to a pair of human figures, one had a Spectra of lights coming off of it while the other had a cacophony of colors within the body. ”These are the Godly and Humane attributes. Like the names suggest, they allow them to accomplish tasks with the ability of either one. So, either the power of the mind, or the power of abilities.”

The next pair of pictures featured two light bulbs - one lit, the other unlit. ”These are light and dark. They allow the almairusks to manipulate any light and any shadow. Light is particle wave right? Using the light attribute, they can actually isolate specific characteristics of light to best sit their needs. Darkness is an absence of light therefore making it an absent space.”

The last picture was indescribable. It's shape was random with a ripple effect that was supposed to be around it. It looked like messy spiral art. ”This is the oddball. It doesn't have a defined shape. It takes on whatever shape the almairusks borrow from it. It allows for spatial manipulation. Basically, warp travel as well as teleporting are possible along with a lot of other things. Depending on the universe, they might not be allowed. Someone could theoretically use this power to erase an entire galaxy since it exists within a space. They wouldn't do that, but it is possible for them to do so.” Getting a cup of water and a pat on the back by Cometes, Solis whet his throat.

”Any questions?”

Tellus raised his hand, ”Is there a bond that would give us full access to the full extent of their powers?”

”No. No matter how many bond they create and we inherit, we will never have the chance to be on complete equal grounds with them in terms of raw power.”

Caligo raised her hand, ”I heard some people say here and there that there are announcements made through telepathy.”

Meteorum cut in, ”Oh yeah. Almairusks can broadcast their thoughts telepathically to whomever they please and as soon as you make a bond, you'll be able to do the same. The only thing is, the lower your bond, the shorter your messages are. To put it in simpler terms, it's kinda like having a data limit with an emergency supply, too. Your messages can't go to as many people because the size would be too much and they can't be too long or else they'll be choppy or cut off entirely.” Caligo nodded her head and Nubis continued.

”How do we know what the limit is?”

Solis answered as Meteorum had forgotten. ”You'll have a small number on the wrist opposite your dominant hand. That's why entire families follow them and it's also the reason why there's a minimum age for getting a bond. The numbers look like tattoos and in some of the more extreme cases, according to Serenus, a great grandmother saw the ”tattoo” and threatened to flay the skin off with a flaming hot machete.”

They all stopped thinking about the almairusks and their responsibilities at that moment to appreciate the insanity of humanity. Some time later, the ever silent Cometes opened his mouth.

”If there aren't any more questions, it's about time we started with the studying.”

Sighing, moaning, and groaning, the children all began to meticulously rewrite their professor's notes.

. . .

Ignis was currently in the middle of a group of chimpanzees dueling for a refrigerator.

”Furvus, be a good boy and hand over the box and plug.”

'Scratch that idea. They're animals and trainers.'

Furvus almost handed it over before shaking his head vigorously and pouting. ”Gladys, my biggest bro, it's not fair to use that voice of yours and your eyes to cheat me out of the fridge.”

Albus complained, ”Furvus, just give it over. Why do you even need the refrigerator anyway? You get easily cold.”

”I don't want him to have it.”

Sighing and shortly struggling to recompose herself, Albus questioned him. ”Why do you not want our friends, Gladys and Bea to have the refrigerator?”

”I want to keep booze in our room.”

Speechless, Albus stalked over to him. She yanked the things out of his hands, kissed him, kicked his shin, and whispered in his ear. ”I need a bed coolant. If you don't want to fill that role anymore, I'd be happy to ask Ignis.”

”Love, he literally uses fire in every single one of his forms. If I keep the fridge, I can give you the box.” With that offer, she hesitated.

”If you let us have the box, I'll help you build a house out of boxes and you can have Bea in three days to play around.”