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Rio is glad to see at least the goblins couldn't pierce his veils. He readies himself for battle, just in case something does happen. Armor appears on him and his daggers slip into his hands. He moves just barely into the cave and watches from it, intent to keep intruders out.

When the cave is finished, Rio leads Serafina to it and begins placing what meager wards he can. He then asks if she would like him to go with her or wait outside the cave until she is ready to come out.

Serafina manages to stop crying, but still has a wild shocked look

Rio, I need to go somewhere where I can be alone for a while.

She rubs her tear-streaked face.

Can you take me somewhere?

"I'll have my friends -my pokemon- make a cave if you want. It won't take them long While they are doing that though, why don't we get under some trees? We should probably stay out of sight for a while."

*He gets up and helps her to her feet. Then lets his pokemon out(Aurora flies in) and explains what he would like them to do. Then, holding her steady, Rio leads Serafina under some trees. He casts a few illusion spells to odscure their position and a few divination blockers just to be safe.*

Ready when you are. But only for the next 2 hours.

Rio, Pokemon Trainer wrote:

"Hello Serafina, it's been a long time hasn't it?" He leans in and hugs her, comforting her as best he can.
"The djinn is right, you didn't do any of what you think you did. I know that is true and so should you."

Serafina cries and clutches Rio

I don't deserve to be alive, Rio. I don't ..

She begins to wail again

"If I thought that would I be here trying to help you? Do you truly belive I would be helping you if you deserved to die? You didn't do any of those things. The instant you were bitten, you stopped being Sera. You deserve to live the life that was taken from you!"

*He hugs her again tightly, letting silent tears flow.*

If I don't reply to her next comment, I'll be able to after school's over.

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...

"Hello Serafina, it's been a long time hasn't it?" He leans in and hugs her, comforting her as best he can.

"The djinn is right, you didn't do any of what you think you did. I know that is true and so should you."

*Rio calls Aurora out of her ball, along with Whirl, and hops on. With his bow drawn he starts to snipe undead while Aurora and Whirl hold the wraiths back.Despite his father's warning, he is moving closer to Innocent Blood. At least until a song forces him back.*

"You dropped something a few days ago," Poetry says handing Rio the box with the Pokeballs. "I've been trying to find you to give them back."

*Rio grasps the box gently, and places it in his pack.*

whispering
"Thank you."

*Frustrated that Mask got away, Rio turns his attention to the undead gunners. Jumping off Aurora, he gives the command to cool the molten rock before it spreads to much, staying out of bullet range while doing so. Maving too fast for bullets to matter to him, Rio almost flies through the undead hoard, daggers flashing. Undead stay standing for a moment before they split and crumble.*

*Rio bows*
"Thank you Great Erl. I will treat this place with the proper respect and defend it as best I can."
*Rio walks to a small hill and lays down to watch the clouds go by.*

"I like it here. May I stay, Great Erl?"

Edited

"I like it here. May I stay, Emperor7?"

*The omniportal opens, and out soar Rio and Aurora. Both wear armor and are ready for battle.*
"Hey did we miss it? Took a wrong turn and ended up in the Astral Plane."
*He walks over to AoV and and quitely says*
"Have you told them what happened?"

"I wasn't able to help those here... Aurora?"
*He walks over to his faithful dragon-type, hopes on, and they go into the omniportal, shimmering as armor and weapons appear on their forms.*

"Serafina? Delvyn what happened in there?"
*Rio moves toward the doors, planning on seeing what happened for himself, not waiting for an answer*

*One of the windows in the treehouse opens and Rio sticks his head out*
"Hey, did you just hear tha-"
*Rio's eyes glow faintly as he surveys the destruction*
"The smell of blood and shadow arts... what happened here?"
*He looks around the area, his eyes filled with sadness*

"KC is dead Rico," Poetry says. "I saw him get killed with my own eyes."

*Rio is shocked by this news. Then his eyes glow with dark blue light. When he speaks again his voice has changed. It is scary calm and you can sense the fury behind the voice...*

"How did he die?"

"Hey everyone. Have you seen KC lately? I've got something for him."

"Something to do with the ethereal, I guess. Don't worry, I'm fine. I shall try to stay away from his possesions. I wonder..."
*Rio walks off without finishing his sentence.*

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

KC sees Rio and widens his eyes. He snatches the book back, and hits the boy. His cold bony fingers sting against Rio's skin.

"How dare you, boy? Learn some respect! Touch ANY of my books again, and you will sorely regret it!"
He seems extremely angry.

The Dalesman comes up from the hot tub at that.

"Whoa, whoa guys, what in the blazes was that for? Why did you hit him!?"

*Rio, for some reason, defends KC*

"It was my fault, I didn't ask if I could see his books."

Yes, teenaged girls are a source of pure, unadulterated evil. Having two of my own, I know from where I speak ...

You think that's bad? I'm in a sibling 'rivalry'(war) with my sister!

*After the few dances he was allowed with Serafina, Rio went to bed(alone! He only just turned 13 for goddess' sake! Had his birthday during his dip in the Time Stream.) in a daze. The next morning he starts his day off by swiming with his pokemon and practicing his (appretice level) magic.*

I think we're kinda time-warped, but we can roll as if this is going on now.

Alaina looks over at Rio

Sure thing hun. Tell Serafina I said it was OK. But only one or two! We got business going on here!

*His face lights up at the chance to talk to Serafina again*

"Thanks Alaina!"
*He hurries to ask Serafina if she'd like to dance.*

I'm leaving this up to Pat or ...

The cambion shreiks, and starts out of his seat. He walks stiff-legged to the bathrooms, and doesn't return.

*turns back to Alaina and Lynora, the glow in his eyes fading*

"Alaina may Serafina take the time to dance with me? I'd like to show her I'm a bit more graceful when there isn't-"
*He cuts off, remembering what Serafina asked him*
"I'd like to show I'm more graceful than first impressions may have lead her to believe..."

lynora-Jill wrote:

Rio soon found that trying to keep up with LJ when she was focused on dancing was an act of endurance not many could meet. She waved to him as he finally had to sit down and take a rest.

As Rio dances that evening with Lynora-Jill and Alaina, he can't help but notice Serafina working hard at the bistro seats off the side of the dance floor. Something about the girl pulls his attention despite dancing between two paragons of beauty. When he sits down he sees a cambion slap her rump as she hurries to the kitchens.

*Anger flaring, Rio suddenly calms down, a mischievous grin on his face. He turns to Alaina and Lynora, his eyes glowing slightly blue.*

"Excuse me just a moment, I need to see what happens to a cambion's pants when they hit -20 degrees."
*He turns, his hand raised slightly. Blue light swirls along the floor, hidden by the Club's lights, before reaching the cambion and covering his pants in ice*

Lynora-Jill moves to the beat, totally focused on dancing. As she moves and shimmies a thin sheen of sweat starts to form on her skin. She is totally oblivious to what this is doing to the already thin fabric of her dress. Things have been much to serious lately and right now she just wants to have fun.

*Walking back onto the dance floor, Rio notices Lynora and Alaina dancing. He greets Lynora, having to look down because of his new height, after she stops dancing. She doesn't recognize him though.*

"Lynora! Hi, how have you been?"

A young Aasimar girl busses tables along the periphery of the pool. She has straight black hair, bronze skin and slightly tilted blue eyes. Her frame is slight, and she looks to be about 5'2" tall. She is dressed in the typical waitress wear at Club Calistria, black shorts and a yellow-black striped halter top. Her hair is pulled back in a ponytail. She loads the empty glasses in a tub and stats to bring them back to the kitchens when she accidentally bumps into Rio. The tray flies out of her hands and crashes to the ground.

OH! I am so sorry sir! She cries, dropping to the ground and gathering up the crockery shards.

Getting the pretty girl to bump into the teen boy? What are you playing at Pat?

*As he sees the beautiful young aasimar, Rio shows some teenage behavior: awkwardness*
"Oh, um sorry, it was my fault, here let me help you-"
*But when he bends down to help, he bumps into her and they both fall.*
"I'm so sorry, I'll help you up..."
*But as he stands himself he trips on some broken crockery, he stands again, his face scarlet with embarassment*
"Um, here you go, do you need any help...?"
*When she declines, he walks to an empty chair and start to mumble about how stupid he just was*

*runs over from the pool, eager to help the one who had use of mists, though he now stands taller than Dale*
"Here, let me you get to the Club, and I'll see if I can heal some of those wounds."
*As he inspects Dales wounds, his hands glow in a purple light. The wounds slowly close half way, before Rio stops, breathing heavily*
"Sorry I can't do more, but my power has yet to manifest completely. How strange, you smell of cats and... cookies? Why in the EPoW do you smell like cookies?"

I got real scared He says in a small voice

*He smiles as he kneels down*

"That's okay we all were scared. But you still went to fight didn't you? Remember, courage is not lack of fear, but doing something even if your afraid. Now, how about a swim?"

Margarine hops towards Rio

I thot you'd gone splat Rio! Me an' Lemmiwinks woke up in de forest right in de middle of battle, den we say this shadow guy an' we were real scared, right Lemmi?

"You don't have to worry, I'm fine. Better than fine. Look I'm standing on water! Also,"*Water rises up to swirl in his hand, making a Margarinefrog and Lemmi statue*"I can do this. What's happened in the months of we've been gone? Did you and Lemmi become heroes?"

*grinning as he waves hello*
"Hey Lynora!"

*As they fly through the skies, Margarinefrog, Lemmi, and Rio fight valiently astride Aurora, but they are wounded. Raining arrows down upoun the enemy, while blasting the opposing armies fliers out of the sky, the fall from the air into the nearby forest, sending many enemies to the Void as they do so.*

*calls out to those who are extremely stealthy*
"I'm gonna have have Ebb, Whirl, and Aurora put down a mist, so if you want to get a suprise attack off, follow me, but we have to do this quick!"

YAY! I like flies!

Hops up and down with excitement

"Come on I have an idea..."

*The trio climb up on Aurora, and take to the air, their bows ready. Whirl follows swiftly.*

Rio, Pokemon Trainer wrote:

*Climbing out of the pool, Rio picks up the froggie and lemmi*

"Why don't you stick with me for this? I can help you find some really cool armor, and you can help pick out a weapon! We'll be heroes!!."

*The trio stes off to look for an armory and come back decked out in cool looking armor, a short sword and light shield clutched in Rio's hands.*

YAY! I wanna be a hero like my pals! Can I have a sword Rio?

"I'm sure we can find you a sword, but how about a bow and some poisoned arrows? After this is over you can use normal arrows to shoot down flies!"

"Gah, hate Pokemon."

*anger showing on his face, Rio shouts*

"You won't hate them after they save your pelts!"

*Climbing out of the pool, Rio picks up the froggie and lemmi*
"Why don't you stick with me for this? I can help you find some really cool armor, and you can help pick out a weapon! We'll be heroes!!."

*The trio stes off to look for an armory and come back decked out in cool looking armor, a short sword and light shield clutched in Rio's hands.*

Sloshes to the side of the pool

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

*surfaces near Lemmi, keeping him from going under*

"Hey there little guy, sorry about that why don't you hang out with the froggie on his floaty?"

Rides the crest of the pool's agitated surface

WHEEE!

"Yeah, Leviathan tends to do that."

*taking off his shirt, he dives into the water, and begins swimming with pokemon, clearly enjoying the moment*

"Sweet, thanks Dad!"
*turns to the pool*
"Okay let's go swimming!! Ebb!
Flow! Whirl! Leviathan! Riptide! And finally, Aurora!"
*flashes of light erupt from each ball as it's thrown in the air, releasing their occupants into the pool*
"Alright!"
*jumps in the pool after them*
"Let's have some fun!"

*grumbles*
"Alright I'm up, I'm up. put that thing away. Perhaps you could let them go for a swim in the pool after I remove those accursed chemicals."
"I missed a lot during my trance didn?'t I

"Well hurry up will you? They haven't had a real good swim in a while..."

*goes to the pool waiting for his father to remove the chemicals*
"Hey froggie, lemmi, hows the floaty war going?"

miessed up the post had to fix it.

"Dad's a Champion of the Sea? Don't know what that means exactly, but it explains why I like water types so much..."
Looking closely, you can see that while The Bard is an elf, Rio is human.

*somewhat sheepishly*
Hi everyone.

*runs up and hugs The Bard, then steps back*
Dad where have you been? And why do you smell like fire and sea-water?