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Ryo watches as Tamrin's remains start to 'knit' themselves back together, sealing cuts and mending bones, Ryo notices a few changes.
"Um, Aanada? If Tamrin didn't come back um, human, what would your reaction be?"
She looks up through her tears.
"Come back? You can bring him back?"
She sees Tam's body starting to mend in front of her.
"OH."
She looks up through her tears.
"Come back? You can bring him back?"
She sees Tam's body starting to mend in front of her.
"OH."
"You can thank your mother for this. She reminded me of the ring he had on. I wouldn't have thought of that..."
"The ring. I had forgotten about that," she said, as she anxiously watched Tam, noticing some minor differences.
"It was one of those rings? The ones with a sense of humor? I hope he doesn't mind..."
Having probably never seen this spell function, Aananda is torn between being completely sick at her stomach (considering this is her mate's mangled corpse), and being completely fascinated by the magic - it is literally 'assembling' a new body from the remains of the old, as well as some of the surrounding material. It kind of reminds her of the nanites, actually...
Ryo picks up his communicator and tries to contact Ryleh, to see if she can see the good news.
But only gets static.
"Is it working? I can't get a clear look. But Aananda isn't crying anymore. So it's probably working."
She glanced over at the doctor. "I apologize for my rudeness. I was dealing with an emergency."
"Is it working? I can't get a clear look. But Aananda isn't crying anymore. So it's probably working."
She glanced over at the doctor. "I apologize for my rudeness. I was dealing with an emergency."
Zeppler waves a hand dismissively.
"No harm done - sounds like it's not an emergency anymore, by your tone now. Hopefully that's good news...?"
"Yes, hopefully. Presumably the wish worked and Tamrin will be back among the living shortly."
Her shoulders slumped a little and she sighed. "Chan'trikalliax has yet more to answer for."
As Aananda takes a look around, parts of the landscape start to look familiar. It looks like the portal is just beyond the ice cliff where the Silver crashed.
Scattered around it are several of the crates and containers they saw in the hold of the Garnet. However, there is also movement down there now...
She sees several metallic objects come through the portal. Some are humanoid, while others appear to be somewhat disc- or lens-shaped, with multiple arms depending from their circumference and underside. They are about to pick up the remaining containers, when they stop in unison, a red light on each of them flashing suddenly. They then turn around and go back through the portal with haste.
She uses every curse word she ever heard Master Quo use over the years as she runs back to the others.
"We've got a problem. Several of the crates have already gone through the portal. And it gets worse. They were being carried through by droids. How the hell did they get droids? They ran off when they saw me, which is worse because if my image is in their database then my brother will know I was here. And I'm not sure how to keep them from grabbing the other crates while we're not looking..."
"Yes, hopefully. Presumably the wish worked and Tamrin will be back among the living shortly."
Her shoulders slumped a little and she sighed. "Chan'trikalliax has yet more to answer for."
"Excuse me? Tamrin isn't among the living right now? WHAT!?"
She uses every curse word she ever heard Master Quo use over the years as she runs back to the others.
"We've got a problem. Several of the crates have already gone through the portal. And it gets worse. They were being carried through by droids. How the hell did they get droids? They ran off when they saw me, which is worse because if my image is in their database then my brother will know I was here. And I'm not sure how to keep them from grabbing the other crates while we're not looking..."
"Excuse me? Tamrin isn't among the living right now? WHAT!?""Yes, hopefully. Presumably the wish worked and Tamrin will be back among the living shortly."
Her shoulders slumped a little and she sighed. "Chan'trikalliax has yet more to answer for."
"Apparently that thrice-damned Silver's idea of negotiation was crushing Tamrin like a bug," she said grimly. "Which turned out to be a rather glaring tactical error on his part as my daughter did not take that well, as you might imagine. I had given Tamrin my last ring of three wishes in case of emergencies. I told Ryo to use it to bring him back as Aananda was too hysterical to speak at that point. As far as I can tell, it seems to be working."
She uses every curse word she ever heard Master Quo use over the years as she runs back to the others.
"We've got a problem. Several of the crates have already gone through the portal. And it gets worse. They were being carried through by droids. How the hell did they get droids? They ran off when they saw me, which is worse because if my image is in their database then my brother will know I was here. And I'm not sure how to keep them from grabbing the other crates while we're not looking..."
1d20+23She uses every curse word she ever heard Master Quo use over the years as she runs back to the others.
"We've got a problem. Several of the crates have already gone through the portal. And it gets worse. They were being carried through by droids. How the hell did they get droids? They ran off when they saw me, which is worse because if my image is in their database then my brother will know I was here. And I'm not sure how to keep them from grabbing the other crates while we're not looking..."
From her voracious consumption of the Imperial database, she realizes that the droids weren't reacting to her presence at all - the lights came on a few seconds after they came through the portal, and they didn't even look around before fleeing.
She seems to recall reading about short range data transponders that can alert people or machines to changes in conditions. That applies to environments, items...or living (or recently deceased) creatures. She's betting the Silver had some kind of sensor on - or in - his body that would alert the droids to bail out if his vitals stopped.
"Okay, maybe I'm overreacting. Maybe the droids just left because the Silver was dead. That could happen if he had some kind of sensor on his body. I'm still not thrilled that they were able to retrieve as much equipment as they did, or that my brother has droids. But at least he didn't get all of it. And we'll hopefully not be walking straight into a trap when we go back home..."
She sits down.
"I'm just going to sit here and wait now."
"Apparently that thrice-damned Silver's idea of negotiation was crushing Tamrin like a bug," she said grimly. "Which turned out to be a rather glaring tactical error on his part as my daughter did not take that well, as you might imagine. I had given Tamrin my last ring of three wishes in case of emergencies. I told Ryo to use it to bring him back as Aananda was too hysterical to speak at that point. As far as I can tell, it seems to be working.""Excuse me? Tamrin isn't among the living right now? WHAT!?""Yes, hopefully. Presumably the wish worked and Tamrin will be back among the living shortly."
Her shoulders slumped a little and she sighed. "Chan'trikalliax has yet more to answer for."
He looks at her for a moment, then lets out a breath.
"Well, let's hope that it continues to work - because I don't really want to be the one to tell Fivain that she just lost her prodigal student. Wow...this is turning out to be one helluva day." :)
"Apparently that thrice-damned Silver's idea of negotiation was crushing Tamrin like a bug," she said grimly. "Which turned out to be a rather glaring tactical error on his part as my daughter did not take that well, as you might imagine. I had given Tamrin my last ring of three wishes in case of emergencies. I told Ryo to use it to bring him back as Aananda was too hysterical to speak at that point. As far as I can tell, it seems to be working.""Excuse me? Tamrin isn't among the living right now? WHAT!?""Yes, hopefully. Presumably the wish worked and Tamrin will be back among the living shortly."
Her shoulders slumped a little and she sighed. "Chan'trikalliax has yet more to answer for."
He looks at her for a moment, then lets out a breath.
"Well, let's hope that it continues to work - because I don't really want to be the one to tell Fivain that she just lost her prodigal student. Wow...this is turning out to be one helluva day." :)
"I do not even want to contemplate it not working. My daughter is strong and she would find a way to go on, but I know that pain too well and I would rather she didn't have to go through that."
"And yes, this is turning out to be a hell of a day."
"I know that Fivain wasn't excited about the idea of the Silver ending up dead, but I'm afraid that's become a moot point. It is somewhat difficult for a creature to remain alive when its head is no longer attached to its body."
The hour passes. Aananda and Ryo both take turns keeping vigil over Tam's anything-but-still remains and stepping away to get sick (^.^)
As the magic does its work, they notice that Tam's body is changing. It's as if it's being rearranged a bit. It gets thinner, but longer. The face becomes younger, but a bit more angular. And the ears elongate into tapered points, not unlike...an elf's. In fact, that's exactly what he looks like now as the spell ends, his chest rises and falls with his first breath, and his green eyes open to the world of the living once more...
"Tam?" she asked breathlessly as she watched him finally breathing again and looking very much alive.
"I do not even want to contemplate it not working. My daughter is strong and she would find a way to go on, but I know that pain too well and I would rather she didn't have to go through that."
"And yes, this is turning out to be a hell of a day."
"I know that Fivain wasn't excited about the idea of the Silver ending up dead, but I'm afraid that's become a moot point. It is somewhat difficult for a creature to remain alive when its head is no longer attached to its body."
Zeppler nods sagely and sits down next to her, folding his hands on the table as if he was doing a consult with a patient.
"Yeah - I get that all the time in the medical bay. People bringing in folks with their head lopped off or just gone, and they want to know what's wrong with them. 'There's your problem' I tell them, every time. But they still keep bringing them to me...it's really hard to work with people sometimes, you know?" he says in a serious tone, but giving a sly wink at her. ;P
"Tam?" she asked breathlessly as she watched him finally breathing again and looking very much alive.
[Blink, blink]
Tam yells at the top of his lungs as he bolts up frantically, his balance totally off as he windwills about until Aananda (most likely) grabs him. :)
"I do not even want to contemplate it not working. My daughter is strong and she would find a way to go on, but I know that pain too well and I would rather she didn't have to go through that."
"And yes, this is turning out to be a hell of a day."
"I know that Fivain wasn't excited about the idea of the Silver ending up dead, but I'm afraid that's become a moot point. It is somewhat difficult for a creature to remain alive when its head is no longer attached to its body."
Zeppler nods and sits down next to her, folding his hands on the table as if he was doing a consult with a patient.
"Yeah - I get that all the time in the medical bay. People bringing in folks with their head lopped off or just gone, and they want to know what's wrong with them. 'There's your problem' I tell them, every time. But they still keep bringing them to me...it's really hard to work with people sometimes, you know?" ;P
Ryleh laughed in spite of herself.
"Yes, exactly."
She sat up abruptly.
"Look. I think it is working. He seems to be moving a bit....and...Oh. It was one of those rings. Well, I suppose being a live elf is better than being a dead human, yes?"