"Dammit, I can't do anything because Tam's right there!"
"..."
"&*%$."
Ryo sits down and clasps his hands together. His shadow starts to writh and buck like a living thing, and surges out to connect with Dantyre's/Tamrin's. It almost looks like it's pulling, and everytime it pulls, Tamrin feels a jerk, like something is trying to pull him from the dragon's clawed grip.
"Come on, you can do it..."
"I'll take that as your answer, then. Such compassion you have for your fellow man," the Silver roars as he brings his other foreclaw together with the first...
"No! Please! Don't hurt him!"
Aananda sees Tam look at her for a brief moment, then the claws obscure her vision of him. The sound of his body being crushed, however, deafens the wind itself.
The Silver flies away, releasing his grip as he does. Something...unrecognizable plummets to the icy surface of the comet below...
Aananda's scream rends the air. Every piece of earth anywhere near her begins to rise, and then flies at the Silver as he tries to retreat.
Aananda's scream rends the air. Every piece of earth anywhere near her begins to rise, and then flies at the Silver as he tries to retreat.
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The sickening sound of splitting ice echoes across the landscape as stone is wrenched from the depths of the comet. The sheer force of the impact knocks the Silver out of the sky, sending him crashing into the side of an ice cliff and back down to the ground about 200 feet away from Aananda and Ryo.
"Tam..rin?"
The shadow slows his fall, setting him gently on the snow in front of Ryo. The remains right in front of him, Ryo can only think to do four things. First, he places the card Depicting the serpent-staff onto Tamrin, hoping to atleast make him look.. more like him before Aananda gets back. Next, he places a shield around Tamrin, with a bit of fire to keep him from freezing. Then he detonates the two fire bombs he put on Dentyre.
The last thing he does, is stand and let the shadow form a very large orb next to him.
"Release and Dispel."
"Tam..rin?"
The shadow slows his fall, setting him gently on the snow in front of Ryo. The remains right in front of him, Ryo can only think to do four things. First, he places the card Depicting the serpent-staff onto Tamrin, hoping to atleast make him look.. more like him before Aananda gets back. Next, he places a shield around Tamrin, with a bit of fire to keep him from freezing. Then he detonates the two fire bombs he put on Dentyre.
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7d6The last thing he does, is stand and let the shadow form a very large orb next to him.
"Release and Dispel."
The last thing he does, is stand and let the shadow form a very large orb next to him.
"Release and Dispel."
The orb explodes, revealing a figure all too familiar.
"I suppose you want me to kill it?" A nod from Ryo is all he needs, and Keaton takes off into the air as he sends an eldricth blast at the downed dragon.
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Ryo realizes that the way Tam's fireball spell that breached the Silver's spell resistance reacted was almost identical to the way that the Silver's breath reacted when Tam's protective spell absorbed the damage. The Silver's got to have the same spell protecting him - which means that fire won't do squat to him unless that element is almost exhausted.
The fires detonate, and some of the flames finally get through to the Silver, scorching his hide slightly as he struggles to get up.
The bolt of eldritch energy crashes into him like a thunderbolt, slamming him back into the ground.
He isn't struggling to rise anymore...
Aananda lands, drooping with exhaustion. That attack had taken everything she had. She walks over to the Silver, checking to see if he is still breathing.
Keaton drifts lazily above the scene, ready to strike again.
"Don't tell me I was pulled out of my rest for this... there wasn't much excitement to be had."
Aananda lands, drooping with exhaustion. That attack had taken everything she had. She walks over to the Silver, checking to see if he is still breathing.
The Silver is still breathing, but very haggardly. He appears to be unconscious.
Aananda rips the Silver's throat out, thus ending the problem of him still daring to be breathing.
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Aananda rips the Silver's throat out, thus ending the problem of him still daring to be breathing.
Keaton watches dispassionately before he flies back to Ryo and slides into the shadows once more.
"I'm going back to sleep. Next time, call me when you really need help."
Aananda rips the Silver's throat out, thus ending the problem of him still daring to be breathing.
The Silver's lifeblood pours out of the wound, scarlet against polished silver. He takes a few more shuddering breaths, then no more.
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When she is adequately satisfied that the Silver is very very dead and could not be otherwise on account of his head no longer being attached to his body, she steps away. The rocks fall off her body and she transforms back into a human girl. She stumbles back over to Tam's barely recognizable body and drops to her knees, her whole body shaking with sobs.
Light years away, on-board the Harbinger Ascendant, Ryleh watched the events of the battle unfold...but in the shock of the scene before her, she notices something in the mangled ruin of Tam and his possessions. She notices a slight glint of ruby red...
Light years away, on-board the Harbinger Ascendant, Ryleh is probably feeling the mother's instinct to check in on her daughter all of a sudden...
Razzy runs to the bathroom and promptly vomits.
Light years away, on-board the Harbinger Ascendant, Ryleh is probably feeling the mother's instinct to check in on her daughter all of a sudden...
Ryleh watches helplessly in her mirror. She knew this pain, all too well, and would have spared her daughter this if she could.
She pulls out the communicator Aananda left her and tries to contact Ryo.
She curses silently and tries again.
The signal is crackly and faint, but she is finally able to get through.
"Ryo! Ryo, please be listening. There's something I need to tell you. Tam's ring. The one with the rubies on it. It's right there in front of you. Can you hear me? I don't know how long this connection will last. Ryo, use a wish. Pick up the ring and use a wish to bring him back."
She curses silently and tries again.
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Ryleh jumps at the sound of a knock on the threshold to this part of the library where she is sitting.
"Whoa! Easy, Ms Ryleh! It's just me, your good Doc Zeppler. I come in peace, I promise," he says with his usual easy-going smile.
"What's the matter - hardware malfunction there? You seem awfully upset over something like that, though..."
She curses silently and tries again.
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Ryleh jumps at the sound of a knock on the threshold to this part of the library where she is sitting.
"Whoa! Easy, Ms Ryleh! It's just me, your good Doc Zeppler. I come in peace, I promise," he says with his usual easy-going smile.
"What's the matter - hardware malfunction there? You seem awfully upset over something like that, though..."
She vaguely heard him as the connection finally crackled through, and waved him away as she tried to get the message to Ryo.
She vaguely heard him as the connection finally crackled through, and waved him away as she tried to get the message to Ryo.
Ryo, numb now that the battle is over, answers slowly.
"Hmm?"
She vaguely heard him as the connection finally crackled through, and waved him away as she tried to get the message to Ryo.Ryo, numb now that the battle is over, answers slowly.
"Hmm?"
"Ryo! Listen to me! The ring. Tam's ring. It's right there in front of you. Use it! Use a wish! Bring him back. Did you hear me? Use the ring, Ryo!"
"Ryo! Listen to me! The ring. Tam's ring. It's right there in front of you. Use it! Use a wish! Bring him back. Did you hear me? Use the ring, Ryo!"
For a brief moment, Ryo is confused and doesn't realize what his mother-in-law is saying. The his hands blur as he grabs for the hand(what's left of it) Tamrin wore the ring on.
"I.. I wish Tamrin was still alive, and in unharmed..."