BW2: Planeshift ((read instructions first.))

[blackjack]

Blackjack gazed at the...vamp his wife had turned into. He quickly recomposed himself, closing his mouth and clearing his throat. "Well this is quite the surprise hun, you never told me you could shapeshift. Not that im complaining mind you."

Evan gaped open mouthed at his mom. She'd always been cool but this, this was supercool. "You look friggin awesome mom!" Evan's next sentance was cut off by the sound of a beast growling menacingly in the darkness in front of them.

[Griffin_2007]

Corrin folded her her arms and glared at her husband as the beast growled. "I can't shapeshift, thank you very much. Apparently, my mother thought having trigger or another would be handy. BEFORE you decided to keel over and die on me and send me on a one way pass back in time, you traveled with me exactly like this... Well, a much less pleasent version of whom you were suppose to help take over then rule the demon realm with."

The beast roared again, being easily cowed with a "WAIT ONE GOD DAMNED MINUTE!" Which shook the cave, sending rocks precariously rolling. "Anyway." she continued flippantly, as if halting a raging demon with one phrase was normal. "I suppose this means something important has happened, and yes, I agree, Evan is going to go far away from the house when we get home."

[blackjack]

"I see, well im glad something important has happened then." He grinned at Corrin before turning around. "And you're right Evan will have to get his camping gear out." He moved forward towards the waiting beast and slit it's throat with ease. "Right let's get this over with quick then."

Evan looked at his dad and his mom confused at what they were talking about. What was all this dying and time travelling. And why in hell's name did he have to go camping AGAIN. He shrugged and followed the group further into the cave untill they came to what looked like a small study.

"Hmm lets look around for some clues as to who is running this operation."

[Griffin_2007]

Roland moved slowly through the study, looking over the books as the family moved to get past the last door. It didn't take him long to realize something wasn't quite right. "'How to revitalize your sex life', 'Romance and Real Life', 'Midlife Midnight', 'Matchmaking for the Romantically Disinclined - Teenage Version.'" Roland looked over the many dubious sounding covers. "What the hell?"

Corrin caught the Paladin's confused mutter, but took it in a completely different contex. "I wouldn't look at those if I were you. It looks like this is a necrolum study, they dabble in mind control and necromancy. Ugly stuff if you ask me."

"'Preferences or Politics - Finding the Right Catch for your Children.' Yes, bone chilling." he drawled. Something on the nearest bookshelf caught his eye, it being a black lily and green rose intertwined on the woodwork. "Particularly when they have an affinity towards flowers."

Suddenly, Corrin stopped and looked at the Paladin. "What did you say?" she asked flatly.

"Flowers, they're everywhere." He motioned around.

Suddenly there was a flurry of motion as the woman began tearing the room appart, finally knocking over a shelf to bare a mirror to the occupant. It seemed whatever was going on was directly connected to the wavering black iridecent surface.

"Mother..." She hissed.

[blackjack]

A shiver went down Blackjack's spine at the mention of corrin's mother, his mother-in-law. He had only had the pleasure of meeting her once and had already concluded that he was far better off if he spent an eternity in the pain vats of the demon world. "You think she's involved? I do hope she doesnt bother wasting any time visiting us, i wouldnt want Evan to be scarred before he reaches 18."

Evan looked around the study finding nothing but uninteresting tomes untill his eye fell on a single piece of black parchement lying on the floor. He moved closer as if drawn to it by some unexplainable force and before he knew it he had put it away in his pocket while his parents were busy.

[Griffin_2007]

Roland looked at the two rather displeased faces and asked. "So... 'mother' is not a well liked relative, is she?"

"Of course I am, aren't I, my little darling."

Corrin cringed at the silky sweet voice of her mother, turning to glare heatedly at her. "Hello, Mother."

Roland stared at the new woman, who's mere presense made him willing to take women back into his life. her dark locks fell in curls about her face, down the the floor of which she hovered over.

"Hello, my lady." He gave a sweeping bow.

"Oh my. " She said, with false humility. "Aren't you just the handsome charmer. I'm Queen Mab."

Mab.... the FAE QUEEN. His thoughts rand frantic.

"The one and only!" She chirped, reading his thoughts.

"Thank God for that." Corrin muttered. Then she cleared her throat. "What do you want. You never put this much work into anything, just to say hello."

Mab pouted. "I feel unappreciated, my dear."

"Good."

"I can see why he won't sleep with you." Mab drawled, motioning to BlackJack. "I thought he was being difficult, but obviously not."

"What?!?!" Corrin shrieked in complete shock. Then she remembered the title Luther had read off. "Mother." She gasped. "You didn't do all this because you thought I was lacking a SEX LIFE, did you!"

"Well, obviously." she returned flippantly. "I wanted grandchildren and you only gave me one. I know you have perfectly functional ovaries and his spe-"

"MOTHER!!!" She cut in.

"Well everything works right! There's no excuse for only giving me one utterly hopeless grandson!"

"Did it never occur to you that perhaps I only wanted one child!" Corrin begged.

Mab blinked a moment, then asked rather confused. "Why ever would anyone stop having sex after one child? Oh goodness, you've been without it so long you've forgotten how good it feels. I mean the - "

"MY SON IS IN THE ROOM!" Corrin screamed, utterly nerve-racked. "DO YOU MIND!"

Mab looked at Evan, then back at her daughter entirely unpreturbed. "I don't mind at all, but if this is the closed homelife he has, not wonder he's as sexually frustrated as the rest of you. Its not natural for a boy his age to be a virgin. Rather pathetic really."

Corrin, let out a pained whine, hiding her face in her palms.

Roland simply blinked and continued to watch. This family was more then a little entertaining....

[blackjack]

Evan looked around confused at what was going on. So much was happening so fast he couldnt keep up, the only thing he did know for sure was that he hated this new woman, this Mab. In just 5 minutes she had called him utterly hopeless, sexually frustrated...although he was still a bit confused about that, and pathetic. That was more than one insult too many. He gritted his teeth and pulled out quite the cocktail of spell components but before he let loose with the biggest spell he had he changed his mind and only kept the feather and the shard of glass. "Well it was nice seeing you but im sure you really have to go." Evan uttered a few words and before Mab could react she was swept out of the room and through the tunnel at a maddening speed.

[Griffin_2007]

Corrin looked up in time to scream her protest to Evan's spell just as it swept away her mother. "NO! - Oh dear...." she bit her lip, nibbling it nervously as she looked at her husband. They both remembered you did NOT piss off the Queen of Fairies, or she tended to be rather... oh yes, what was the word - ah, that's right.

Evil enough to make Satan piss his pants.

Speak of the devil.

Mab reappeared with an ear splitting crack, right behind her grandson. The warm and glowing Fairy from before was gone, now the same woman in black robes, a craggy crown filled with blood rubies that matched her eyes and flaming halo.

"That." She spat. "Was entirely inappropriate."

Evan was hurled across the room, crashing into the mirror, rushing dark goodown his shoulders. It wrapped around his throat, sifting up him mouth and nose, choking him. Corrin rushed to stop her husband's immediate charge, reminding him with her hopeless gaze that there was nothing they could do to stop the immortal Queen's true powers.

"It seems your mother has been far too lax in teaching you etiquette." She said in a bone chillingly innocent voice. "I think I may have to remedy that."

The same vicious fire that had been hovering about her head materialize in her hand, licking hungrily at the young man.

"Stop it!" Corrin cried. "He didn't know!"

Mab ignored her, slamming her hand against his chest.

Roland, who had watched everything with interest, realized that things were no longer innocent family games when Evan had flown past. Now, as the boy struggled to breath, scream, anything, he unleashed the only power he had.

"FOLCUM'S SILENCE!" He bellowed.

Suddenly, the room was in an uproar, the image of the study shattering like the mirror. Mab screamed in rage as her magic was thrown from the cave, pure light pulsing from Roland's hands. Corrin shifted from the young demongoddess she had become back to her human counterpart, sagging against her husband, his visage flickering dangerously between human and a winged monster.

The choking tendrils around Evan disolved into a black mist, floating away on the unfelt wind.

[blackjack]

As soon as the black goo was gone Evan started gasping for air, he brought his hand up to his throat and rubbed it trying to ease the pain a bit. When he finally recomposed himself he stood up and glared at the..well no one in particular. "I swear on my life that i will find some way to knock that unholy COW down a peg or two."

They checked out the rest of the cave but as expected they found nothing. They made their way back to Addy, Mercutio, Drakkan and a fully recovered Cailan.

(Drakkan teleports them home yada yada they have dinner yada yada Roland was invited too.)

Evan motioned for Addy and Cailan to go upstairs so he could fill them in on what happened at the cave, minus the insults thrown at him and the near death experience off course.

[Griffin_2007]

Addy sighed girlishly as she listened to Evan go on about the daringly dangerous battle with Mab. "Oh Evan." She sighed. "If only you were a girl. Roland daving you and whisking you off your feet. How romantic."

She giggled and spun around their room (she and Evan shared) humming silly nothings to herself. Evan had such horried luck with the few girls they did meet. I mean, even Cailen had wooed a few, and he had bloody horns on his head. Roland knew he was a demon and dashed to save him. Jsut like a gallant knight...

The teenager glanced at Evan, then gave a mournful sigh. There was no way he would ever be a graceful lady, though, so any romantic advances would be taking place only inside her head. She glowered at her cousin, marching up to him and whacking him with a pillow.

"God damn, you suck!" She yelled, moving to sulk on her bed, leaving the poor harrassed half-demon to be entirely confused.

-

Dinner had been excellent, BlackJack apparently being quite the cook.

The last twenty minutes had been tedious, four pairs of eyes watching him without a word.

From what he collected at dinner, the smallest and most recently introduced woman was Cailen and Addy's mother, Drakkan's wide, and Corrin's older sister. It seemed odd to him that, even though she was older and had no magical powers, she seemed no more then thirty, while her younger sister had that aged respecting beauty.

Not only that, but gold eyes were incrediably disconcerting when they were glaring at you, particularly when from a small woman in a very large minotaur's lap. Then again, the demon shrapening knived while eyeing him wasn't much better.

Twenty-five minutes....

[blackjack]

Evan just rolled his eyes at Addy's reaction to the story, girls, too crazy for words. "But anyway guys i found something awesome in that cave. Everything vanished except for this which must mean it was already there, the cow probably thought it was nothing special but someone as smart as i am can recognize and read the writing on it. It seems to be a mix of lots of different languages actually, Demonic, Devil, Draconic, Silvian, Mermaid, Celestial, Archonic and slyph. And to top it all off it needs an anchor! and not just any anchor a human anchor! this spell is bound to be something heavy duty!"



Drakkan sat at the table trying to keep his composure. He wanted to strike up a conversation with Roland but he had already learned not to save someone from a Valis woman, and this guy had two of em on his back.

[Griffin_2007]

"Pfffft!" Addy rolled her eyes. "Unless it can make someone fall for you, I think you'd be better off raiding Cailen's 'physically expressive art books'."

-

After sitting there for a good half and hour, the smallest woman spoke. "Give me one good reason why I should rip off both testicles and turn you into a soprano singing woman."

Roland blinked, clearing his throat nervously. "Because I sing such a lovely alto?" he offered.

Mercutio looked pointedly at Corrin, who inturn looked at BlackJack and Drakkan.

[blackjack]

"Well if you're scared of a little magic ritual i'm sure i can find someone else to take your place." He took out a small black crayon and started drawing a complicated ritual circle. When he finished drawing the circle he set up a few candles and spell compoents and turned to Cailan. "You're not chickening out right?" Cailan just shrugged at him knowing all too well that arguing would be pointless.


Drakkan and Blackjack looked at eachother before looking back at their respective wives and back at Roland. Oh this poor dead fool.

[Griffin_2007]

"No, I'm not chickening out, but you're an idiot. If it needs a human anchor, you seem to be one ingrediant short. More then likely they have to be pure human, not half minotaur. Whatcha gonna do, ask Mom to help?" Addy sneered.

[blackjack]

"Not really, but there is that paladin." he grinned visciousley. "All i need is his name written in his blood on an anchor contract. And lookie here i seem to have a small vial of his blood from when i accidently cut his finger passing the knives." Evan showed the small vial triumphantly before drawing up the contract.