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 Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:57 pm
(before we all lose our minds, I'll try to give this think a little jolt of life.)
Narrator: And so the day closed for all the weary adventurers. Some had just been pulled into journey while others were ready to continue. Maybe allies had been gained, but what waited in store for them all would test their strengths. With a new day, a new mission would begin. And so would a fight for survival.
As the sun began to rise, a soothing sense of tranquility swept over the city. People began to rise from their beds and get ready for the day ahead. This morning had an unusually enlightening effect on people, making everyone happy. A good day...they thought.
(I can be very patient...until it runs out. Let's roll!...play.)
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:17 pm
Flint opened his eyes, still sleepy and rather stiff. He was sorta disoriented and had no idea where he was, or even what happened the night before.
All he knew was the remnants of a fire glowed in front of him, and that there was some loud snoring beside him.
He rolled over on the ground, pulling away from a small log he had fallen asleep against. Curled up about 10 feet away from him was a dragon.
Flint jumped, and almost yelled. Then he remembered that he recognized that dragon, and he began to remember the events of the day, the night, and that he was currently in a forest near Mike and Ashe.
Not wanting to wake the two of them, deciding it best to leave a sleeping dragon and demon be, he turned back, laying on his back and starring up at the slowly brightening sky.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:44 pm
And she awoke. Nixe turned in her rather soft bed and glared at the ceailing above her. Flint was not in the room, all for the better, she supposed. Nixe said nothing and quickly packed up her few things, putting Isk back on her belt and taking the staff. She walked out of the inn without paying, the keeper already had enough gold coins to lat him a week's worth of good food. Once on the street, she started her trek through the town rudely interrupted by her onset of fatigue. Since leaving her home she'd gone in a straight line through every town, not by just coincidence either. She felt something pushing her the right way all the time. She wasn't even sure where she was at the moment, though it's not as if she cared. Isk twinkled and purred and attracted strange looks at her side, though Nixe herself attracted such looks on her own.
The gate neared and she stepped through without a second glance. ust a sleeper town. Up ahead was a crude road paved through a forest. Nixe advanced within anyway. She had more then enough power to defend herself from common bandits.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:40 pm
Ashe's tail twitched as a leaf landed on her nose, causing her to sneeze. And being an air dragon, this caused all the trees from where they where sleeping to the city walls to lose their leaves. She blink sleepily and looked at the destruction. Her eyes then snapped open when she remembered her companions. "Flint? Mike?" She looked around. Flint and Mike were behind her, safe from the blast.
((How 'bout that for a wake up call?
Blue: If you want, the blast could have come from the direction you were heading.))
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:00 pm
Mike had changed overnight. He had been happy in the moon, but as it faded away, so did his joy. When he began to wake up, he was more in the mood to continue his journey and not care about anything else. He was back to being a lone wolf. Then Ashe sneezed, and Mike was wide awake. It was hard to sleep through a near sonic boom. Mike leaned forward and braced himself up with his arms and wings. He was never a morning person. Then again, he wasn't a day person either.
After cracking his wrist he said "So what are we going to do today?" The had planned to see the king. Mike was sure he could fake his way in by pretending to be a bard from a no longer existant village. He had the ocarina as proof. Ashe could probably be a dancer if she wanted, and Flint...Mike couldn't remember what Flint wanted to be, though Mike thought a body guard suited him. Dwarves weren't known for being patient.
Mike closed his eyes for a moment and saw a quick flash of a summoning circle. A memory. He remembered the circle that summoned him, and saw an inscription on the side. But it was just a quick flash, and he couldn't recall it. Something was happening. He had never had these many memories come to him in such a short time. Either something bad would happen, or his end was near.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:59 pm
Flint turned to Ashe when he noticed some movement, and opened his mouth to say something, before the blast of air stopped him. His ears rang a little bit from the sudden roar of wind.
"Whoa there!" he said, louder than he wanted, mainly because he couldn't hear.
"You could try..." he began, his hearing returning suddenly and his voice dropping. "You could try to not deafen us, please Ashe?" he said, looking at Mike as he spoke.
"I don't know...it's you guys' call, not mine. I'll just follow you all around. But maybe we should include your girlfriend in this decision." Flint added, talking about Sorrow. He wanted to see Mike's reaction to that, and made a mental note to continue to refer to Sorrow as Mike's girlfriend if the reaction was good enough.
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:36 pm
Nixe didn't even stop to think when the wind suddnely hit her. I less then a probable second she had a shield up and running wiha nother hand drawing essence from a tree. he stood like that for a few seconds, an invisible magic creation on the palm of one hand and wispy essence floating around another. When she realized that no such ambush from another mage was coming, she lowered her hands and advanced more cautiously. The sudden gust came from somewhere far northeast and had de-leaved all the trees from that general vicinity. How very, very unusual. She decided weather or not to investigate, and her thirst for knowledge got the better of her. She followed the ruined treeline in that direction, still on guard. Isk was not at all stricken by the wind and the movement, he simply swam away in that little jar of his. Lucky creature, he didn't have to deal with any emotions.
On her arrival, she spotted glowing embers between the treeline and... Flint? As well as a large dragon and somebody with large wings. What the hell?
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:45 am
Ashe snorted at Flint's comment. "Be lucky I'm small compared to the rest of my kin. If they had sneezed around you, you really would have lost your hearing."
She looked at Mike and Flint, "I was planning on helping your girlfriend with the costumes. Or..." She looked up, "I'm sure the king wouldn't dare turn down a dragon's request to take on the quest."
She too caught the feelings that Sorrow and Mike had for each other, though they apparently didn't.
Ashe heard movement in the leaves, and since her sneeze caused many trees to lose their leaves, they didn't provided good cover. She looked towards the noise and saw the Elf from last night. "Good morning," she said curtly at the wide eyed woman.
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:38 pm
"I don't plan to meet many of your kin." Flint said, chuckling a bit. "I don't do well around things that are about 10 times my size, and that's just their head." he explained, laughing again.
He looked at Ashe for a moment, then nodded. "You're right, it would save us some time. We could always try it." he said, hearing some steps behind him.
"Good morning," Ashe said, looking somewhere behind him. He turned his head, and his mouth opened a little.
"What the...Nixe?" he said, a little confused. He thought she was still in the bar...but that was yesterday. He made another mental note to check his stuff when he got back. "You remembered to lock the door, I hope?" he added.
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:13 pm
"Ugh..." was all Mike muttered. He was a little depressed that everyone kept saying 'your girlfriend' instead of Sorrow. He was still mystified by her, but from this point on he would swear that was because of what they were. The darkness always seeks to destroy the light. Maybe affection was the way he was trying to extinquish her. Mike did smile though when Ashe suggested that the king wouldn't turn down a dragon. The smile slowly faded into a wicked one as he thought what the king would do if a demon and a dragon gave a request. But the smile faded when he realized that the moment he transformed, he would have a multitude of holy swords to his throat.
Mike had noticed the girl right before Ashe. He focused directly on her eyes, taking note that she was looking at Flint more than she was at him. With one quick clawing motion Mike had slid himself behind Ashe and transformed back into a half-elf. "If she asks about Nero, say she must have been seeing things after the gust of wind." Mike quietly whispered to Ashe as he stayed hidden behind her. He would come out eventually, but not unless he had to. Till then, he pretended to still be asleep.
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:04 pm
"I was leaving for good, so I didn't bother with the room. You'll have it all to yourself when you get back" She stated plainly. "I wouldn't want your things anyway." Nixe took a glance at the strange dragon-creature. "Hello." she replied, equally as curtly. "I think I've intruded on something," Her eyes shifted to a shadowy form that had moved behind the great dragon. Not her business, not that she cared. "Perhaps, I shall take my leave." All throughout this talking her voice remained the same bored monotone. There was no more act, it had exhausted her enough and it was hard being nice to people she had nothing to do with. Nixe turned away without another word. Whatever.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:49 am
Flint simply starred, and shrugged. He only half believed her about his stuff.
"Too bad we didn't get to know each other better." he joked sarcastically, not really wanting to have known her. She seemed almost the complete opposite of everyone he'd met in the group, and chances are would hate the company.
Once she turned to leave, he turned back to Ashe, and not caring if Nixe could hear, said: "Now you know my ex-roommate, and now you know why I needed to talk with someone a little less uptight." he said simply.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:53 am
Ashe choked on a laugh. "That's why I offered her my room. What's she got? An oak tree as a spine?" She shook her head and looked behind her, where Mike had hidden himself. "I'm glad you think my size was suggnificant cover, but I'm going to change now. Besides, she's gone."
She closed her eyes and changed into her human form. "Now, what say you we go find Sorrow and head to the castle?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:18 pm
She rolled her eyes. "The benefits of better breeding." She replied coldly. Where too now? Oh right. The path. She retraced her steps and began her walk anew. It was time to continue from this place, and hopefully never see that motley crew again. She'd rather boil herself in acid.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:58 pm
Mike was glad he was just flexible enough to stay far enough out of sight. Her size was just enough to keep him hidden. He had transformed back...for the most part. He was still pale and had small fangs, but he couldn't risk the large flames that would have came out had he completely transformed in that instant. He rolled away from Ashe and completed his transformation. He was a little more on edge because he was in his unatural state after being in his demon form for so long. He wished he could walk around like that, not worrying about people running or wanting him dead. Alas, he was a demon, so he was supposed to be damned.
"Sure thing. We might as well get this show on the road. No point waiting around when we could be productive." Truthfully, Mike just wanted to be back on the road. Waiting wasn't a concept that he had a good grip on. He wanted answers to his past and why he still existed. He wasn't even sure if this was reality, because for all he knew, this was his punishment. Still, if they didn't get moving within two days, Mike would have to decided whether being in a group was better than being by himself.
Though he had never remembered so much at one time as he had within the group.
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