Through the sea of sand (Open)

[Roger Smith]

As Alex spoke up with his thanks, Erik merely waved it off with an inclination of his head. "Think nothing of it. I recall very much wishing for even a small piece of such information having been so readily available to me when I was still fresh to this world and confused...I spent so much time stumbling about and confused, and did some dreadfully stupid things..." He sighed, holding both hands up in a clear 'I don't know' gesture of defeat. "But luckily all of that is a thing of the past, and I am much the wiser for it, all things considered. But that does bring to mind one other important bit of information I would be rather rude to withhold." He stood up once again and stepped lightly off the edge of his sand yacht, touching down almost weightlessly on the dry earth.

"Should you come across any individuals in armor that is entirely white from head to toe, it would be unwise to antagonize them." He seemed more amused as he spoke than anything else. "They have a habit of taking any affronts to their number personally, and you might just end up with a bounty on your head. I most certainly wound up with one on my head at one point. Please pardon me for a moment, this may take a moment..."

He turned his attention back to his means of transportation and held one hand out toward it, palm up, as he had done with his demonstration of Omnilium just moments ago. Nothing happened for several seconds, but then the land boat started to....sag, by all appearances, as if it were a balloon the air was rapidly being let out of, or perhaps it was melting. It fell to pieces, in the most literal sense, folding in on itself until it was more a shapeless blob than anything recognizable. And then it started to melt even further, giving off faint glimmers and sparks of the myriad colors of omnilium, flowing up and out of the muck and into Erik's outheld hand, forming into a single, perfect sphere. That too soon broke apart and flowed toward his torso, seemingly to be absorbed into his body.

"Now that that's done..." His outstretched hand closed into a fist, only his index finger still pointing outward, and hovered over to point at the Kid. "As for your question, dear lad: that is correct! You can summon people and creatures just as easily as any other object." He brought his arm up and tapped at his forehead with his index finger. "Merely put your mind to it and focus, and you will find it comes naturally to you, very much as if you'd known it all along! It is quite remarkable, indeed."

"And with that, I believe it might be time for us all to be on our separate ways, hmm? I cannot speak for you two gentlemen, but I do have an engagement to keep and I would not wish to be unduly late for it." He bowed low at the waist, offering a final, "And so, farewell, for now." And then he was up, and off, bounding away over the sparsely tree-dotted ground toward the gate to the Nexus.