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'The Avlin Circle' is based on the theory that our universe is less than a papers width away from other universes beside our own and that to see the other worlds, to go the distance....one must only reach out....and touch....


The main characters are pulled into a specific universe known to them only as 'The Seventh World'.

Their mission is to help a young girl named Elina return to her own world, because her future self is ambassador between worlds and stabilizes peace between them.

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This time around Elina is older and normal contact between worlds is fast approaching. She is sent back into the seventh world, narrowly avoiding capture by forces who aim to stop her from reaching her ultimate destiny.</b>

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<b>This takes place two years after the end of the previous Avlin Circle| though Avlin Circle 3| Game play.

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Avlin Circle 4 Chapter 1 Page 1. The Return to The Seventh World

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Iemara swirled about topsy-turvy in the air. What's going on???
She landed on the ground with a loud thump.
"ow that hurt".

Cara grabbed at the air, to no avail, fell ontop Iemara.
"Ouch!!!"
Cara looked down, "oh hey, my bad"

Koryn fell to the ground in a puff of dust, or course being in his little fox spirit form he didn't get hurt.

"Gee you couldn't have used those awesome powers of yours to, I don't know, cushion the fall for everyone else?" Cara asked sarcastically. She was fast entering a sour mood.

Half Ling fell from the sky, hit a tree stump and ricocheted about the area.

"What the f*** is that!?" asked Cara?

Koryn giggled at his mistress and stared into space.

"Oi, get off!" Iemara shrieked, kicking her legs.

Koryn looked over at Iemara and Cara, and smiled vaguely at their silly predicament.

Half-ling managed to stop, by being lodged int a tree. She squirmed untill she was released, then squealed as she plummeted back to earth.

Cara pointed and laughed.

Iemara gave up and thought bad thoughts about Cara.

Laran secured his robes and his potions. "oh my word"
He'd been falling through the air for some time now. Although he wasn't disturbed by this fact, he was becoming a bit motion sick. His ride ended with sudden dive.
"That wasn't as bad as I was thinking it might be." He said aloud, a bit perplexed.

"Yeah well if I landed on two other people I'm sure it wouldn't hurt much at all!" Cara yelled, trying desperately to push him off.

"Oh come on!" Iemara growled.

"I can't some guy in a dress is just sitting there on top us." Cara said to Iemara, kicking her back.

"It is not a dress!" Laran sniffed, has he did a quick inventory of his potions.

"Get.Off.Me!!!1" Iemara screamed, thrashing wildly.

Cara glared has Iemara's flailing hands caught her hair.
"Okay. Thats it." she turned her body and kicked at the man in the dress with all her might.

Laran was flung into the air. He grabbed at all his potions.

"Thank GOD!" Cara grumbled, untangleing her and Iemara's legs.

"That was uncalled for." Said Laran. He pulled himself up and dusted off his robes. After a recount of his potins he looked around. This place seems oddly familiar..

Cara sighed and stood up. "That was a bother."

Half ling sat up, dizzy. "That was a far fall yes it was."
She shook her head and stood, leaning against a large stone.

"Ommph!" Iemara tried to stand and tripped on her skirts.

Koryn cackled manically.

Iemara scowled at the fox spirit. "That isnt very nice..."

"Do I....Do I know any of you?" Laran asked, his eyes a bit hazey.

Half Ling decided to take out her aggressin on the large rock.

Cara glanced over at the man in a dress. "From where I don't-..."
She trailed off. Fixated on his face. He's right. He seems so familiar...

Koryn skipped over to Half Ling. "The rock didn't do nothing to half ling, why you so mean?"

Iemara sighed. "Here" Greenish lights zoomed out of the jewel on her forehead and dissentagrated the rock with an odd hiss.
"Now there's no more rock."

Half ling fell on her face, she'd been leaning on it while Iemara and Koryn were talking.

Iemara turned to the other two. "You know you're right? You do seem familiar."

"It's strange isn't it?" Remarked Laran.

Cara shook her head and blinked. "Yeah, this place is giving me the willies. Anyone know where we are?"

Two dirty yellow puffs of smoke appear from where the large rock stood with a loud POP. A giant demon, near two stories high, of extreme nastyness leered at the group with a sword that matched its height clutched in its left hand.

A second figure loomed in the cloud of dust, but a moment later it was gone. dirt kicked up behind them and another figure appeared there, crouched low on one knee and coughing through cloud of dust.

The demon of nastyness glanced toward the newcomer. Chuckled and ugly chuckle.
"Bwhahahaha". He raised his left hand and swiped at the original group, knocking them over.

Cara fell on her back, hard. "oomph!"

Koryn snarled and called the demon's mother bad names.

The great beast growled a ferocious growl and held up it's enormous fist, readying for a deadly blow...

The demons sword came veering in with a low sweep, this was clearly something they could not hope to block in time. The coughing stopped behind them and again dust filled the air where the figure once stood and then the ring of steel on steel came and standing between them and the demon's sword was a lone elf. His katana like sword drawn and stopping the demons blade, and shoulder length silvery grey hair fluttering about. "Iemara...What a pleasant surprise." The elf Said in a less than welcoming tone.

Laran stood up quickly, holding tightly to his potions, stowing them within his robe.

"I think I know you too" Cara remarked, absently.

Iemara stared in shock on the elf. "No..no it was all a dream. You're not real. This isn't real!!!"

The demon held tightly to his own blade and poured more pressure against it. Furious that this elf should stand in its way.

"Though I really shouldn't be surprised to see you now should I?" He turned his attention back to the demon. "As for you, you've caused me quite enough trouble, and it seems as if you've become weaker from your imprisonment, while I on the other hand." The elf said and gripped his sword tighter and began pushing the demon back. "Have not!" He said just as sulleny as ever and with a mighty push the demon stumbled back and nearly fell over. The elf, simply waited.

The beast regained his balance and growled as a long thin crack danced up his sword. Swearing oath in his nasty demon language he turned and fled, to return another day.

The elfen warrior turned around and his gaze fell on Iemara, the witch that sealed him in that rock along with the demon. "I simply must ask." He began as he sheathed his sword. "Just what are you doing back here in this world?" His tone did not some threatening, but it did not seem pleasant either.

"I, I don't know. I sort of fell from the sky." She replied tonelessly, fingers twitching, on edge.

Laran noted the exchange but chose not to comment...for now.

"Well I know DO know we are somewhere in the Seventh World. What I dn't know, is where." She studied the elf. "You apparently know. So, where are we?"

The elf looked around for a moment studying faces old and new and then turned his attention back to iemara. "Unfortunetly my time sealed has all but destroyed my memory of our travels together."

Cara groaned. "So, we don't even know which planet we're on...ugh"
She stretched, cracking her back and fixed her braid. "So, would you guys want to travel together until we get to the nearest village? If there's you know LIFE on this planet."

Koryn rolled in a patch of grass batting at star shaped butterflies.

"That would be fine. Fine for me." Laran assented, straightening his robes.

Iemara, whose eyes hadn't left the elf's, nodded. "Yes, I think moving in a group would be best for everyone." She put a slight emphasis on 'everyone'.

Koryn caught a butterfly and chomped down on it, only to release it moments later with a yelp. It had zapped him. "Lightening flys..." he whispered, backing away whimpering.

Cara picked up the fox spirit, stroking his fur. "How much light do you think we have left in the day? Can we walk some or should we search for a place to stay the night and something to eat and drink?"

"Of course there is life here, I traveled with Iemara for years, a short walk should bring us to a town or at the very least an inn." Kezka interjected, he seemed awfully tired all of the sudden.

Laran cocked his head "You've been on this planet before?"

Koryn squirmed in Cara's arms.

Breaking her gaze finally Iemara glances at the others. "no...no I haven't..." she trailed off again, looking around thoughtfully.

"Alrighty well I personally think we should find some place high to get a good look at where we are and then we can decide from there if we want to journey today or find a place to stay the night."

"there's a plateau." Laran said.

Iemara looked over.

Cara played with her braid absently, waiting.

Laran blinked and noticed they were still looking at him.
"Over....There..." He pointed off in the distance to the far right.

koryn shielded his eyes against the sun, "me thinks i see it"

"Well, let's get started then." And with that Iemara shrugged and began walking.

Cara followed suit, keeping an eye on Kezka. She a strange lingering feeling of bad experiences...

Kezka followed them quietly, his left hand resting on his sword's sheath. He seemed distant, displaced as though his mind was elsewhere, but at the same time his eyes would meet any who looked his way.

Iemara walked along, head tilted slightly down until the sun was behind them. Her thoughts flitted about her head and every now and then she shook her head and whispered quietly to herself.

Half Ling skipped along sweating happily in the intense heat.

Koryn made entertainment for himself by racing along beside Half Ling and occaisonly batting at her legs.

Laran walked along cheerfuly enough, although a jittery fellow he vowed to be plesant.

Half Link screamed and gigled hysterically at Koryn's batting.

Cara grunted as they made there way up the plataue. The path became crumbly the further they walked.

Iemara pulled up her skirts and walked along easily. She had lived the mountains all her life and felt quite at ease. She smirked at Cara's clumsyness.

Half Ling fell down and tumbled several times, having to resort to using a stick.

Cara wiped the sweat from her brow, and heaved herself along. Looking up she could see the top of the plataue was near though it did little to lift her spirits.

At the top of the plataue a winged man landed. "Need help getting up?" he asked.

Cara stumbled a bit, startled.

Iemara eyed the newcomer warily, This all feels oddly familiar....

"Who be you? Who!?" Koryn demanded.

Pulling a chunk of his long bangs from his eyes, Laran squinted up the hill. He didn't like the idea of appraoching strangers, but they couldnt very well walked back down just because he didn't have a good feeling. "Sure, why not." He yelled up.

"Why, you got a rope?" Cara asked.

"no but i can carry one person at a time up also you can call me Rodric"he said down to them.

AC4 CH 1b