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Keehaar's sudden change in attitude and outlook, causes Freefall to ruffle his feathers a bit.

::It's okay little hawk, there was quite a lot of screaming just a moment ago. Everything is fine now, so try to get back to sleep, okay?::

Keehaar wakes screaming

The Scion of Night! Nooo!

Freefall dives back into the nest and moves to comfort Keehaar.

::Little one, be calm. Did you have a night terror?::

night terror= nightmare.

Freefall tries almost frantically to calm the younglings, even going so far as to do a little dance. When they finally calm down, he goes on recon just above the Eyrie.

The ominiportal flashes as Aidan and Allura step through. Aidan begins to look around for someone who could help him find Alaina almost immediately.

Lk shifts back into his human form, and tries to push the bigger wolf of him,

"Come on, I told you I'm not going back! Your not even sure the portak still works are you?"

The larger wolf shifts, and Kiba is crouched next to Lk, holding him down with a hand.

"And yet, you'll still be going back. If the portal doesn't work, this era's wolves will babysit you." He turns to JH, "I apoligize if he has caused any trouble, and considering the fresh bandage under his shirt, I think he may have."

Arielle looks up.

"Uh-huh. There's a big wolf behind you, but it's okay. He doesn't look mean." She tilts her head. "I think I've seen him before but I'm not sure."

"Oh *weak expletive*."

Lk shifts into a little white wolf and tries to run away... fast. He is easily caught by the larger wolf though, and is pinned to the forest floor.

The Eyrie was built in a mountain right?

He looks at the essense. "I welcome you to the Sanctum."

Detect Chaos/Evil/Good Law

Chaos and Good.

Turning from the window, the boy bows slightly in acknowledgment, then places his fingers to his throat in the explanatory gesture of one who is mute.

"OK. Let's see if we can head him off at the entrance. We can come back to the star search later."

JH takes Arielle's hand and they Earth Glide to the entrance to the arena.

The pair manage to rise in front of the entrance just as Lk was about to disaapear into the crowd outside the arena. Their arival is so perfectly timed in fact, Lk actually bumps into JH and falls down.

Anger and tears show on his face, and his eyes have change to wolfen yellow.

This one's on you. Esmarelda is waiting for answers to her divinations. :)

I had not realized that.

As Esmarelda uses the letter to scry for Oroth, she see darkness parting as light streams through to show a tower. This tower is at the top of a building seemingly occupied by a large sun. The magic zeros in on the room and she sees a strange golden mist, within which Oroth seems to reside.

I haven't meet Esmerelda, or at least I don't think I have.

She's one of KC's aliases currently in the Oasis of Still Water trying to scry Oroth(the essence) for Aidan.

The essence becomes more distinct as it slowly stands and turns toward the Oasis. Now the form of a teen boy in armor can be seen within the strange sunlight-like mist.

Meanwhile, the essence becomes more distinct and the head seems to look toward the Oasis.

The pair find Aidan under a palm tree, arms around his knees and staring at the clouds floating past. He notices their arrival, but says nothing. Leaning against the tree next to him is the thin blade Oroth favored.

Gotta go, I'll be on later.

A large wolf finds a good spot and flops down, trying to get some sleep before it continues its search. He isn't paying attention to the world around him.

High above, in one of the temple's little-used towers, and shining essence waits. Soon another essence arrives and joins the first. Slowly, ecer so slowly, it begins to take the shape of a humanoid. What is strange is the humanoid appears to have wings and is already outfitted with gear.

This essence can be moved, but reappears here after a few hours. No matter what! It is only visible during the day.

Allura spends another cure critical on Oroth, and activates the omniportal. She's not really sure where it's set for, and she's hoping she has a way back because she's more than a little concerned about Devlyn, but first she needs to get Oroth to safety.

Allura steps throught the portal to find a barely furnished cave. At the foot of a bed sits a locked chest, and a few feet from that sits a desk and chair.

"I don't know about better - have you checked your breath lately? You could make an orc gag on that stench!"

Snarling with rage, Shadow Pelt leaps at Devlyn, only to be blasted of course by a weak ray of eldritch shadows. Landing on his feet with ease, Shadow Pelt turns on Oroth. "You have no part in this fight, yet still you choose to defend him? You will pay." Suddenly, Shadow Pelt is only a few feet from Oroth and leaping at him. Unable to stop SP, oroth falls to the ground, trying his best to fend of the savage shadow cat. There is a burst of darkness as unseen gems explode and unleash the wrath of eldritch power, blowing SP high into the air. Shadow pelt doesn't land as easily as he did before, and returns his attention to Devlyn.

The shadow weave making Oroth look older has faded out of existence, leaving his true self visible.

*Rio wakes not to long after that, and it takes him awhile before he finds her footprints and tracks them to the portal. He can only guess as to where she has gone, and that prospect does not sit well with him.*

Despite the urgentness of the situation, Kaelar secretly remains behind.

Kaelar and Oroth walk into the portal, ready for battle.

After night next falls, Kiba finds the small cave Rio and Serafina are sharing. Sniffing the air, he recognizes Rio's scent quickly. When he identifies the other scent however, his hackles rise and his mouth twists in a soundless snarl. He is about to rush in when Rio appears at the cave's entrance, wearing armow and holding a dagger in one hand and a pokeball in the other. He stares into the night, trying to see if anything is out and about. Silently, Kiba moves away, confused by what he has just seen. He moves quickly for the Oasis, hoping he does not have to wait long for The Bard...

The ruined house is unfortunately unstable, and Lk disturbs a crucial part of a pile of collapsed timbers, tiles, and rubble. With a slithering crash, a miniature avalanche of stone and charcoaled beams envelops him.

You could jump out of the way, or you could be buried and wait to be rescued... :D

I honestly expected something like that to happen.

Unable to leap out of the way in time, Lk's lower body is pinned by rubble. Try as he might, he just can't push it off. After much frustrated struggling, he finally calms down. He looks around for something to dig his way out with, and finds only a small board. Nevertheless, he attempts to dig his way out. After a much smaller avalanche, he notices the shiny is close enough to grab. Clutching it tightly, he begins to selectively pulls pieces of rubble off him.

Meanwhile, having overheard the conversaion between the pretty air genasi and the merchant, the young boy begins to carefully pick his way through the ruins of the house to get the shiny for her.

Yes, Lk has a small boyhood crush on her.

Keehaar stirs in his sleep, once again in starhawk form. He ruffles his feathers and mutters in Avian while dreaming

Mother ... blood in the water ... blood in the vaults ... Spring has fallen, but always rises again ..

Head tilted one side, Freefall watches Keehaar with new interest.

On the dawn of the morning, a young waif scampers out from blind duck alley. He scans the streets of the Bazaar searching for his next meal.

Walking through the Bazaar, a young boy spies the waif, and 'drops' a coin , and continues walking. As he walks past it, he spies something shiny in the razed house.

Can Lk go for the shiny left in the burned down house?

When night has fallen and all is silent, a lone wolf cub moves quickly toward The Tree of Life. Shifting to the form of a small boy, the little one places a shining speck in the roots of the Tree, and runs off, hoping he hadn't been seen.

Nimora arrives at the portal to see Kaelar dodging 3 sharks while he tries to stab them with a rapier.

As Djuhah departs, the hooded person scans the area for any who might be still lurking. Seeing none, the figure kneels. He begins to remove his hood so Serafina can see who he is...

"But I still cannot abandon this girl to the care of a stranger. If you can help her than I would be glad to let you. But first I must know who you are."

Moving the hood, Djuhah sees the face of this stranger clearly, and he is shocked to see who he talks to.

"See? You need not worry for her safety. All I ask is that you tell no one I'm here."

"I am sorry, my friend. My lady would not wish me to abandon this girl to the care of a stranger. I can best honor her memory by continuing her work."

"If LJ is the one you speak of, her essence is scattered across the Threads, my scrying revealed a shard in the Dream Realm. I think I can help this one more than you can right now, so go and find the Star Song's shards. Perhaps when they are all together she can be reborn."

With the battle over, Kiba, Aidan, The Bard, and Oroth leave with only Kiba heading for the Grove. The others do not ask why he chooses to be alone. Sky slowly flies for the Eyrie, not saying a word as he leaves the battlefield, wondering why he hasn't risen as the Champion of Wind, hoping LJ may still be alive...

Serafina wrote:

The young girl begins to wail in heartwrenching sobs, but they blend in well with the wails of the mourners discovering wounded and slain friends on the battlefield. She hugs Djuhah tight.

The djinn will hold her for as long as she needs, repeating over and over that she was not responsible for the things that she was remembering, until she is ready to listen to more than that.

Are they still in the RPG? If so...

A portal is ripped into existence as Nimora falls. "Go, show them what you have learned. But leave the Tsar to me..." Both figures jump into the portal.

Letting out a feral shriek, Sky flings himself into the air, soaring toward the wraiths. His claws and talons cause the air to whistle as he bigins a deadly aerial dance. He stays near LJ.

Kiba roars and charges the Tsar as well, crushing those who would wish to attack E7 from behind, but is forced to help Spring Sapling instead. He does not notice a small white wolf cub watching from safe distance...

Far away, two figures watch all this happen from the peak of a volcano. The smaller one moves to help, but the other stops him. "It isn't time."

The boy in dark armor notices the rain finally and dissapears.

Over rolling hills hundreds of portals appear.

A small white wolf slips through a portal just before it closes, unnoticed by the scores of other creatures that followed E7. He slips into the hills quietly, staying within a quarter-mile of the assembled army of forest creatures.

*Rio glares at his father as he and Aurora land. But says nothing as he calls Whirl back into his ball. Whirl wasn't injured badly, nothing more than a few scratches, but Aurora had been hit with several arrows. He begins to hum as water flows from his hand to knit Aurora's flesh back together.*

*Kiba lands a few moments later, shivering and sweating with fatigue, but he isn't wounded.*

*Kaelar leans against the Portal, his bardic music nearly spent, and pulls a blue diamond from within his robes. Blue light flares from within the stone and flows toward the allies wounded, but he can do nothing for the dead.*

*Shadow Pelt dissappeared when Innocent Blood did.*

The Omniportal flashes as The Bard, Rio, Kiba, Aidan, and Nimora step through. They stare at the battle already in full swing.

"Aidan and Nimora, stick together and keep an eye on each other, I know you've been praticing but this will be your first real battle. Kiba, Rio, take to the air an do what you can to help the phantom Kittens. And Rio, stay away from Innocent Blood, she's too powerful for you. I'll stay here and guard the Omniportal in case any of those undead try to get through and if any of our allies come through."

Once he gives directions(not orders), Kaelar steps in front of the portal and starts to sing, the flow of Primal Music causing fire streaked blue to fly toward the undead. When his song changes, so does the fire, now nothing more than sonic vibrations that break the undead apart. His song changes several more times, swicting the power to ice, then acid, and back to fire or ice.

*The Bard suddenly emerges from his forge.*
"I fear something is happening at the Winds old stronghold. Who will travel there with me.?"
*Rio, Kiba, DbJ, and even Aidan chose to go. The omniportal flashes as the rush in.*

I have to go for now but I'll be back in a few hours.*

A young boy, about 12 or 14, walks through the Bazaar. He enters a small out-of-the-way shop and enters when he thinks no one is looking. An hour later, he walks out. His black leather armor is now studded with black opals. There is one on his chest, helm, upper and lower arms, uppern and lower legs, each foot and the back of each hand. No long after that he starts to explore the Bazzar.
If Devlyn cathes sight of the boy, he notices that he seems strangely familiar. To avoid time warps, he's not gonna leave until after, if at all, Devlyn decides to find out why the boy is so familiar.

Through the feather he gave her, Sky feels LJ straining under the amount of power she is channeling. He begins to lend her his strength, letting it flow to her until his vision blurs and he stumbles, leaning against a pillar to remain standing. The flow of power he's sending is cut off as he fall unconscious, still leaning on the pillar.

I'm back!

As the howl's echo dies away, the shapes darting through the forest emerge, revealing themselves to be wolves. Kiba gives a wolfish grin until he sees a small pure white wolf. A series of growls and barks make up the coversation between the two.

With the possible exception of JH and the sentient trees nearby, nobody can understand this next part, but I'll post it anyway. Insert story plot here!! ;)

K: "You go right back to the Valley! I told you not to come here because it was to dangerous for a pup!

Lk: "I won't go back! Your always telling me I can go with you when I'm stronger, but you don't help me get any stronger! I had to learn how to hunt, how to fight, how to track, all by myself because your never around!

*Even in his wolf form, its easy to tell the words sting Kiba harshly.*

K: "I.. I'm sorry. I promise I'll make it up to you later, but this isn't the time! Please go back to the Valley and play with Gip. I don't want to lose you..."

Now to be harsh...
Lk: "You lost me a long time ago..."
*The young white wolf runs into the forest, leaving a visible hurt Kiba behind*

And I'm gone, see you all later!

*Kealar and Rio aren't the only ones who answer a call for champions. Oroth and Aidan arrive shortly after the Water Champs. All of them ask the same thing.*

"What happened?"

*The Bard and Rio come running over a dune, but stop when they see the trouble has past. Oroth and Aidan also appear on a sand dune, though moving slowly and bleeding sluggishly from several small wounds.*

Two small objects float slowly through the Temple. One lands near the alter with a note saying: "For SGH, a draconic gift. Signed Db3." The other floats over to Acme, also bearing a note: "I'm glad your back, Acme. Have a small gift from the Sea. -Kaelar and Rio."

For SGH

For Acme

As the first rays of dawn shine past the dunes, Kaelar can be seen watching it of the water's surface. Later, Rio goes for a dip in the shallows. Oroth begins shaping his shadows and Aidan can be seen spinning his starknives. The were-eagle and Kiba are gone...

Oroth and Aidan can be seen in hammocks under a copse of trees eating, talking and laughing. As Alaina glances toward them , she sees two auras, one dark and one blue, but cannot tell who's is who's. She forgets about them when SGH speaks in her mind(see above post).

As a side-note, LJ might also notice the blue aura.

Alaina casts about, using her Greensight and her tie to the Sun to determine where this new energy is coming from

As Alaina talks to Delvyn and searches for the new flame, shadows darken her scrying, covering the Oasis in her mind's eye.

You didn't think I'd make it easy, did you?

*Alaina senses new fire, burning within someone at the Oasis, but she can't tell who it is.*