#Clem is the heist teams orange mage!

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I actually wrote something for once. Thanks @loopyhoopywrites for the tag 😘

You get a fairly long one cause uhhhh I make the rules ok thank you

The second target was - somehow - more inhospitable than the first. 

To get in, Clem kicked the front door in. When they had warned Fina they were going to do it, she had been excited, expecting something epic - a mighty battle with an impenetrable slab that they emerged from, exhausted but victorious. As it was, the door gave in after the first collision, rotten wood splitting inwards easily. 

The disappointment must have shown on her face. After picking their way in and holding out a hand to help her, Clem smiled. “Don’t worry. There will be other doors. You can beat the next one down, if you want.”

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Happy Storyteller Saturday! Can we have a breakdown of all the colours in the colour story please?

Happy STS :)!

YES.

Colour story takes place in a world where some people are born as either a secondary - able to control only their secondary colour (orange, green, purple), or a primary - able to control one of three primary colours (red, yellow, blue) as well as the two secondary colours that connect to it (yellow being green and orange, etc).

Mages can strip their colours from the landscape or creature around them, and channel them into various uses - attacks or industry or what have you. In-world, dyes and precious gems are quite important, as well as working with the land to have a better advantage over others.

There are also colour storms that occur in the story, that... ever so slightly alter the mages in question, in both mood and potential controlling ability? I will discuss this as well, as it is quite important to the story!

Within the story, we also have a little heist team, which involves one of each colour. I'll talk about them too because it's my ask and I do what I want.

Red

Red mages control both red and orange (NOT purple - we are working with the light spectrum, not the colour wheel!). Their storms typically make them hot-headed or manic, and more impulsive. Arguably the weakest of the primary colours, given that they only have orange to control as well.

In-story, our red mage is a terrifyingly powerful man, nicknamed, uh. Red. He survived a colour swarm and emerged much more manic and much more powerful than when he entered, and has a very intent obsession with tracking down the people who 'killed' his sibling, for. Revenge. He is incredibly affected by his storm.

Special note - he uses his colour to navigate the world! Lad has been blind from birth, but uses his magic to 'see' where red and orange things are, in order to get around. Isn't flawless, but does help.

Orange

Orange mages control only their colour, orange. Their storms make them paranoid and jumpy.

In-story, our orange mage is a visiting scholar from the country of Jaque named Clem. They were studying colour storms, specifically the mysterious purple storms, when they were framed for academic misconduct and expelled, then almost killed. They are incredibly affected by their storm.

Special note - during the attempt on their life, they ripped the brown from their eyes in order to survive and escape. Their eyes are now permanently white.

Yellow

Yellow mages control their colour, yellow, as well as orange and green. Their storms make them cheerful and chipper.

In-story, our yellow mage is a hitman for hire, Sunny. He's quite distant, selectively mute, and very efficient at what they do. Red has been hiring them for a while, and has a professional trust in them. They are mildly affected by their storm.

Special note - they work in this field because it pays more than traditional work does, and they want to support their grandparents who helped raise them.

Green

Green mages control only their colour, green. Their storms make them passive and inactive, patient.

In-story, our green mage is Red's long-standing business partner, Lief, known to most as Leaf. She used to date his sibling before they 'died'. She takes care of the ground work and funding for his work, and is available on-call for any work she may be needed for. She is mildly affected by her storm.

Special note - she keeps a nice rooftop garden tended to, which is handy for mages needing to practise pulling colours, as the flowers blooming occur in every colour you could want.

Blue

Blue mages control their colour, blue, as well as green and purple, making them arguably the most powerful primary, as they're the only primary with access to purple. Their storms make them sorrowful and depressive.

In-story, our blue mage is the heir to a conglomerate dye industry, Brighton. He's hired Red's team to take down a mysterious White threat, and is one of the most unlikeable people you could ever meet. Most of his work is making sure his sister, Bernadette, doesn't take his inheritance away. He is incredibly affected by his storm.

Special note - he invented a device called a colour containment capsule colorb, which traps a high volume of highly concentrated colour in a small orb, ready to use when necessary.

Purple

Purple mages control only their colour, purple. Their storms make them... well, in-story, there are no purple storms, so no-one is really sure what their storms do. Purples are also incredibly subservient and passive, making the ideal slave for those who can afford to buy them. As a result, purples are rarely seen as people.

In-story, our purple mage is the young and incredibly sheltered hellraiser, Fina. She was saved from being snatched away by Red, and decided to follow him to learn how to use her magic like he does, then got roped into his heist. She's excitable, eager, bookish, and not very experienced with magic, but is keen to learn.

Special note - she is lovely :)

Bonus...

White

White mages are a new phenomenon and are formed through a very delicate and painful procedure wherein mages have their colours stripped away from them and replaced with basically a chemical void. They should not exist and are a huge threat to society as a whole.

In-story, our white mage is the only survivor of the aforementioned very delicate and painful procedure, Elan. They're twitchy, boiling with fury, and caught in a twisted and toxic love affair with the person behind their forced change, Bernadette. They are actively hurt by the presence of colour, and work tirelessly to strip it away from their surroundings - be that landscape, objects or people.

Special note - this is Red's sibling, who is very very very much not dead.