Welcome to Gaia! ::

((Meh... I'm changing the colour I do Talmaya's actions to dark blue to contrast more))

The third summon seemed to not comprehend either Rena nor Joe's explanation. However, she got the basic jist that she was far from home. However, looking around simply told her that. The idea of her body breaking down, however, made her a little unnerved.

"Is it like... dying? The body breaks down and releases the spirit so that it may travel... am I dead?"

A bony hand, covered in tanned skin, reached up and gently twiddled with the veil that hung over her mouth.

"Rena? I will call you Rena then. You're a little... cuter than I expected a demon to be."

Merasha cleared her throat, eyeing where the portal had been. It wasn't responding anymore. Things were going wrong, and it was heaping trouble and stress upon the summoner. She finally turned to the three and inclined her head.

"I can't send you back. The other half of the spell is in the hands of my half brother." There was no point in continuing the charade of potency. The summoner seemed to visibly deflate. "And this tower is a prison, and I its prisoner. It took a lot to smuggle in the components to do the summoning ritual... but... I had to improvise on some of them with, uh, close substitutes," the summoner shyly admitted.

She listened to her master closely, wondering just which components were substituted, and what kind of effect it would have on the spell. She did notice that she would occasionally look back to the portal, almost as if she were expecting more to come out of it. Looking at her, she said. "Master? Is there supposed to be more summons coming through? Oh, and I'm not a demon. My kind are called fairies. I've never seen a creature like yours on my planet. May I ask what race you are Master?" She was very curious about the different races that had appeared along with her. She had never seen more than the forests in her home, so all races outside of it were new to her.

Joe noted with interest the magical marking on Talmaya's head before he turned his attention to he summoner...yet again.

"Listen to me," Joe said, stepping close and letting his voice drop dangerously. "I did not wake up this morning with the intent of being pulled forcefully out of my own world into a prison by some bumbling summoner. If we get you out of here, will that expedite the process of you returning us home, or finding your half-brother, or whatever? Because I'll get you out of here in a heartbeat if it means getting home."

Merasha continued to frown at Joe. However, she was beginning to understand that she'd be likely just as unhappy torn out of her own world. It wasn't at all what she thought would happen.

"YES! I summoned you for the purpose of getting me out and exacting revenge on my husband for locking me here in the first place! And THEN help me find my half brother. Once we find him, you can go home, as he's more of the expert on these spells. I'm just an apprentice, but I DID summon you, therefor I AM your master, so YOU!" she pointed a finger at Joe, "Had better start acting like it!"

She cleared her throat noisily, rolling her shoulders. "At any rate, my name is Merasha Kol..." she says more or less to the two who had appeared after she eeped her name out at Joe in response to his threats.

"Now... if you will please... the door looks wooden, but it has iron bars on the outside. The halls are routinely guarded by large hulking men with spears and swords. On the outside of the tower are posted archers. At the base of this tower are conveyance and divination wizards... and they will likely be on their way up considering the amount of power this sort of spell would make."

Talmaya listened patiently to the fairy, nodding as she spoke as a signal that she was listening. "I am.. to serve... her?" Talmaya winced a little, hearing Merasha speak of her intentions. She furrowed her eyebrows, gripping her hands into fists, but remained quiet still. At least, until Merasha was finished explaining.

"I can rust iron easily. It will make less attention than trying to force them..." Talmaya offered, in her low, husky voice... but there seemed to be a bit if hesitance, perhaps even a slight grudging tone in her voice.

Joe scoffed at Merasha. "I will treat you as my Master when you demonstrate that I should. Merely using your magic to tear me out of my world and into this one does not make you superior to me - would you like me to use my magic to make you call me Master? I thought not. Now, to the matter at hand."

He looked at the door in thought. "You said they'll be coming up here soon? Instead of blasting our way out, then, I say we wait for them to come and open the door to investigate. We can subdue their mages before we make our way out of here. I can handle the guards, no worries there. Are they magical as well? If so, what kind of magic?" He seemed much more focused now that he had a task.

Merasha crossed her arms as her uppity summon continued to be disrespectful. "Now listen here... you may be strong, but you are overlooking one little fact - you know nothing about this world. No one but me will help a demon.... but it doesn't matter. The fact remains is you won't find my half brother, and therefor, get home without my cooperation."

Merasha glanced over at Talmaya for a moment, hearing her suggestion. However, she inclined her head towards Joe as he began plotting.

"It would be best just to lure them in, as... erm... the obstinant one says. What am I to call you? And you... over there... what is your name?"

Talmaya darted her eyes between Joe and Merasha for a moment or two, until her name was asked. She nodded her head. She, too, was unhappy at the thought of serving this strange being that had dragged her away from her small oasis village, but less inclined to make her feelings known. "My name is Talmaya Naveh."

"I see... well... as for the capability of the guards, for the most part they are just brutes. Some of them don't really think much for themselves, but quite a few of them are crafty... it depends on who is on duty. That I do not know. All I know is as far as magic goes, they are uneducated, and happier for it. The wizards however..."

She trailed off as there was a loud crackling noise. She turned around, looking about frantically, half expecting a wizard to have appeared someplace in the room. However, that was not the cause.

There was a flash and energy began striking out and the portal opened again, preparing the arrival of a fourth being.

Rena flinched at the loud crackling sound, and thought it was an attack at first, but when her eyes met the portal, she realized that one more creature had been summoned. Her eyes practically sparkled at the thought of one more friend, and she happily flew over to her and said with a smile. "Don't worry, you're with friends. You've been summoned to help master escape this prison and find her half brother and live happily ever after...or something like that. Anyways, what's your name? My names Rena!" She giggled and then stared at the girl with happy eyes, not caring that she had never met this creature before and didn't know whether she was hostile or not.

"Wah!" She flew back just as that paw swiped at her. Her heart now racing and careful, she gave the creature a pout and said. "That wasn't very nice. I'm not your enemy you know, so we can be friends. And no matter if you accept master or not, you're magically bound to her now that she summoned you, so denying it isn't going to change a thing. We can't go back to our homes since her half brother the only one that can take us back, so instead of fighting, we should help each other to get to him." She smiled, hoping to make this creature see her as a friend, and not a threat.