Dimensional Descent

Joel and the others looked into the skies, only to find that Leonel was already there. He stood in the simplest clothes imaginable, without shoes or even a shirt. Nothing but a pair of sweats adorned his body, and yet it somehow didn't seem out of place. Instead, it felt natural and all-encompassing, almost as though these garbs were the most sacred in all of existence.

The skies blackened and lines of silver split it into twelve. The clouds vanished, and the blackness became dotted with sparkles of lights.

Soon, those sparks coalesced and began to form maybe the most beautiful sight they had ever seen in their lives.

The first, bright and imposing, formed a long chain of a body, curling into a point. It formed claws, and a carapace that looked as though it could within the wear and tear of ages.

Scorpius.

The second formed a balance in the air, one weighing a feather and the other a heart. Those that laid eyes on it trembled as though they could feel judgment being cast on them, their entire lives being seen through in a single breath.

Libra.

The third was a beautiful maiden, wielding a large leaf in one hand and a quiver of arrows in the other. She looked out of place, and yet so in tune with everything around her, embodying a childish naivete that was protected by the stars in the sky.

Virgo.

The first thing one saw when gazing upon the fourth was a valiant mane and a pair of bestial eyes. The aura of a King billowed out in waves, suffocating all those that saw it. Staring at it too long made a roar reverberate in your heart, and if you weren't careful, your flesh just might be rended to pieces.

Leo.

The fifth had a body not too dissimilar from Scorpius, but rather than being incisive and poisonous, this one exuded far more poise and patience, while hiding an even keener sharpness.

Cancer.

the skies, backs pressed against one another. One wielded a bow and the other a spear and shield. They seemed to carry the momentum of an entire battlefield on their own, standing up to

Gemini.

eyes, the first thing one saw was a pair of horns that could pierce through the stormiest of clouds and disperse the

Taurus.

pair of horns as well, but the aura it exuded was entirely different. Rather than piercing, it was blunt and violent, willing

Aries.

a pair of fish, both seemingly leaping over a dragon's gate, and both in perfect harmony with one another. They swam through the sea

Pisces.

in scales and wielding a trident. The mighty seas heeded his call, and

Aquarius.

mysterious in its existence and mythical in its temperament. Having the body of a goat and the tail of

Capricorn.

and final exuded a similarly mythical air, a creature of dreams and a warrior of nightmares. It had the torso and intelligence of a man, and the body and fierceness of a purebred steed. It

could sunder

Sagittarius.

countless individuals in the Godlen City felt their bloodlines thrumming with life and vitality, and

into the skies, their eyes sparkling with something

his eyes still closed and

Auspicious Air around him doubled every second, and soon

Spirits of

had been formed by the fusion of six. And then,

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