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 Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:14 am
CrystalGuardian The Guardian quickly slid open the door to the chamber, glancing sidelong at the dimly glowing walls. She was rarely nervous, but it had been a while since the last summoning and she was anxious to perform another. Every passing second seemed a strain on the Crystal...
"Come forth, Tara," the wraith beckoned in her airy voice. She did not wait for the summoner to enter before approaching the altar, absently sweeping a cobweb off the stone tree in irritation. The spiders should know better.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:11 am
Tara Jenkins "I am here."
She could scarcely believe it was finally to be made real. The enormity of it would have kept her frozen to the spot, had the little Couerl's sharp teeth not nipped her heels forward. Even so, she was still too nervous to reproach him.
The tiny feline made a bite for the bare dark flesh again, hissing in agitation. Now, it was now, why was this human-girl-thing moving so slow?
Even slower padding behind them, the Tonberry made swips at the cobwebs the Guardian had missed.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:15 am
CrystalGuardian As the summoner stepped into the cloister, the runes on the walls vanished, dropping the room into semi-darkness. The only light was now just the faint glow filtering in from behind the curtains. Strangely, the feeling of power also seemed to disappear, leaving the room feeling and looking quite oridinary.
The Guardian tilted her head, but otherwise did not react. "Summoner," she whispered after a moment. "Approach, and place your crystal here, on the mount."
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:18 am
Tara Jenkins The summoner felt it too....the crystal she offered forth with shaking hands seemed to be drawing everything in the room as if in a breath, her heart included.
An exasperated yowl to the ritual, and the Couerl leapt to the summoner's head, then landed teeth-first into her arms.
"OW! KUJA!!!!"
The Crystal dropped unceremoniously into the mount, as the tiny Tonberry blinked up at the sound.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:59 am
CrystalGuardian As the crystal settled onto the mount, the summoning circle began its motions. It spun in slow circles around the shard, as if every movement was a great labor. When it neared the altar, it began to flicker and pulse as though there were an opposing force keeping it from touching. A low thrum rolled out of the crystal, vibrating through the floor as the circle pushed lower, flaring to life once before vanishing completely.
The Guardian's eyes became slits as she studied the silent crystal, wondering if something terrible had just occured. Had she failed?
But even as the thoughts took shape in her mind the circle reappeared, splayed in brillant white across the altar. The room seemed to fall away then, the walls shifting through a thousand colors, some that seemed alltogether impossible, until everything was white. That too did not last. The trembling crystal pulsed once, dropping the light again.
The wraith sighed inwardly, cursing the nature of non-elementals. But she sighed again in relief as a small form began to take shape above the crystal.
Floating there, a full half foot taller than normal, was the elysian. Sparks of energy flicked across its ebon skin as the elysian craned its neck toward its summoner, waiting.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:15 am
Tara Jenkins A strange sound between a squeak and a rumble broke the moment of waiting; purring, as the Coeurl tried to wreath itself about the Elysian's clawed feet, though they hovered quite beyond reach.
Tara approached, feeling her resolve returned in the Elysian's sightless regard. The creature seemed stronger than her, for the moment. She reached her hands forward.
"Kyoto." The name was like a secret shared at last. "We have been waiting to welcome you....for so long."
Talons met vulnerable fingers, clasped and supported the other. Obsidian wings mantled summoner and Elysian as the Bahamut touched ground at last.
The Coeurl circled their feet, seemingly ready to carry both of them if he must.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:20 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:22 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:28 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:32 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:33 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:34 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:34 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:36 am
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