Only slightly injured by the witch's actions, he chuckles and uses the clothing of the witch to clean off his weapon and then armor, wiping the blood off his face, as he looks down at the weapon.
"That was a good opening. A clean cut, I think. If I can manage a few more of those, there may be hope yet for me."
Even after wiping the blood away, the elf's face still is splattered with bits of warm blood.
Percy was officially in a good mood. The cackling madly at the demise of another sentient creature kind of good mood. The kind that makes the gods look at you sideways. Well, most gods. Not Imbrex. He doesn't move, after all.
Percy picks up the vials and starts examining them. These could be handy.
She scowls at the keys. Last time we dealt with witch keys it was very unpleasant. I hope these are nicer...
Running down the hallway with Lyosha, Sigrun comes to a halt as she feels the terror lose it's grip on her. "We...we should go back! We can't leave them." she says shaking off the worst of the witch's effect.
One fear gripping him and forcing him onwards it slammed into an all new fear once he saw Sigrun come to a stop. Why?! Was something up ahead?!
And then it all faded away.
"Da..." he agrees, confused, why had they been running away?
I never thought to say this, but.... I hope all that is left is a dragon.
He said with a slight frown carefully putting away his katana. He moved to head the direction the barbarians had ran too, with as quick as they moved her was afraid he would take a moment.
Oh, there you are, nasty spell throwing witches yes yes?
He began as he met the barbarians half way.
The witch has keys, though we are not sure what to.
He added as he spun about to rejoin the others.
Zses is the next one Ered turns to, nodding with a soldier's simple appreciation.
"You did well."
"The fear that gripped us was.....unreal. I may begin to share the little ones' hatred of witches." Sigrun says as they head back with Silence.
"Good job Gorgeous. And everybody else." Hobbes says giving Percy a peck on the cheek.
Zses catches his breath for a moment after the apparition is defeated, then kneels near Allie "You're okay, Allie?".
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"Oh! Thanks!" Zses replies to Ered. "I'm still trying to figure out what was going on here..." the witch looks at where the spirit was, and the now broken pile of cobwebs.
Percy returns the smooch and sorts loot quickly. Once the barbarians show back up, she urges the group on. We need to keep moving. I prefer to ambush the Dragon, not the other way 'round.
Allie, still breathing hard, nods to Zses. "I'm okay... I'm fine..." Allies face shows the concentration of a person torn in two.
Allie shakes her head. "We can't keep running head long into these fights. It won't work anymore. We need strategy. We should go back to the library, read about these dragons. We need knowledge. We won't be safe just jumping in like that. We know nothing about these creatures..."
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"We were trying strategy before someone drew blade..." Neverhome grumbles.
Allie groans. "She was ready for us, before she even saw him. And you ran off screaming! I don't think right now is the time for you to be preaching."
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Ered shakes his head.
"Enough fighting! The jadwiga is dead, and we are need to move forward. Argue later."
The military training of the elf obviously comes to the forefront as he leads them forward.
"Let's get healed up and move out!"
Neverhome glares down at the gnome. "I do not know why I was possessed to run, she shouted at us, so I assume witch magic was involved. And just because she was aware of us doesn't mean she would have attacked, given how many of us. Rats backed into corners strike out."
"Or maybe she's an evil witch who was gonna attack us anyway. What's done is done. Let's just move."
Allie ignores both Ehred and Hobbes. "Oh, just because you can swing a sword and hit things hard doesn't make you right! Gods! Your unpreparedness almost caused Zses to go blind! Can't you see you're not always right!? In fact, there is much you can learn! Especially from Silence! You treat him like he is an imbicile! Sure he has done some questionable things in the past but he does not ever mock anyone. He has true pride. I'm going to learn more on dragons. I'm not going to be caught unawairs. If you all want to rush in, do it. But someone is going to die. It's not gonna be me." With that, she rushed out of the castle, tears in her eyes.
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"I don't think word means what you think. We were being cautious, and as quiet as possible when witch called out. We were in doorway, witch might have not seen us until Silence strode forth. Just because he does not call out other's faults does not make him better person. And pride is worthless. Will get you killed." Neverhome simply states as Allie runs off.
"... you knew we were coming to kill dragon, why did you not study beforehand?" he thinks aloud as an afterthought.
The elf just grips the hilt of his blade and makes sure the weapon is entirely clean from combat, trying to still his frustrations.
I swear...we are surrounded by morons....
Silence was well silent for the moment, then he sighed for a long moment. His tail was lashing but then it grew decidedly still. His mind ran through a litany of things to say, but instead he merely grit his teeth. He was pretty sure they would need Allies fire for dealing with dragons, unless the thing kindly stood about on the ground for them to take turns pummeling it.
Since we are no longer trying to be polite, you are a foolish boy. Heed your own warnings about this being Irrisan, and everything here being evil, including old women in dragon towers that feed children to trolls please. Clearly she had magic, clearly she was on the dragon's side. Was it better to end her threat now, or would it have been wiser to let her show up un announced while we were battling a dragon to have her bespell you and sigrin?
He said simply before bolting off after allie trying to stop her from just high tailing it away.
Friend Allie wait please yes yes! He called trying to stop her before she left the grounds.
Ignore friend neverhome please, I do not believe we can do this without your spells, but it is something that must be done now. We have come too far. It will be our one chance.
Allie spun around, tears falling down. She wiped her eyes, sniffling. "Silence, we have the time. It is better to be prepared than to go in blind. I didn't have the courage to stand up for what I thought until now. I... I love Zses... The thought of him losing his sight... I just cant go in without any insight. He could die... You could die... We dont know if my spells will even effect a dragon. We dont know ANYTHING about dragons.." Instead of running off again, the tiny gnome embraces Silence, sobbing into his soft fur. "I cant take it if one of you dies. It will be my fault for not speaking up... And if Zses gets hurt... I dont know what I would do."
Friend Neverhome and Friend Sigrun will not back down from the dragon, if we leave now, leave this. He motioned to the tower and their surroundings obviously.
Then when we return with that knowledge that may give us an advantage, their will be better defenses, and an even harder challenge. It will be an endless cycle. Your fire will be needed, You can protect Zses better from here than in a library, and more importantly, I will do all I can to keep him from harm yes yes? For you my friend. We need your fire, I did not mention it before, but like you I am afraid of so much right now.
He paused his tail twitching.
I made a fool of myself with that Wolf girl Greta, she sent me away and told me never to show myself again, I am a world away from a home that mostly wanted me gone, I spent most of my life alone in the woods with a Horse, well a really good horse but you get the idea. I do not want any of you to fall, but it is a Samurai's duty to Abide. We can do this, When this is all over, I will even risk annoying your sister and play distraction so you can speak with Zses if you like. He added coloring under his fur.
"And clearly I should have let you kept walking and attempt to open fake door, and suffer full brunt of Witch's wrath. Did she need to die? Da? Was there better ways of going about doing so without being moron? Also da." he again speaks as the other part of the conversation walks off.
Percy simply let's get head fall into her palm when her sister storms out. Give me a minute. She tells the group and follows after Silence.
Percy arrives just in time to hear Allie's confession. It strikes her like a bucket of frozen witch eyes and brings her to a halt in her tracks. She knew Allie liked the witch boy, but not this. Her jaw locks in place and she rounds silence's leg to stare at her sister. The flames in her arms flicker like blown upon embers in response to her mood. So, that's how it gonna be, huh? A witch? She asks in a forced whisper.
Though her words may sound overly hostile, Allie can easily recognize Percy's intent. Percy would never leave Allie. She would, however, protect Zses like family. Even if he was a filthy Spell Slaver. But only if this was for real. And she needed Allie to say it before she went against her beliefs to make it happen.
Zses smiles when Allie says that she's alright, but fails to add anything before things spiral out of control.
As Allie bolts out of the room, with Silence following shortly after her, Zses turns for a moment, bewildered, to the rest of the group, before running after the gnome and the caturai.
I should have noticed sooner that she wasn't sure about this whole thing...I'm so stupid! I told her that nothing would've happened to her as long as I were there: I'll probably get battered up a little, but as long as she's safe...
"I told you, no? I'm not going to leave you alone." he continues, gently taking Allie's face in his hands, conviction in his eyes "And I'm not going to allow some fat reptile to hurt you. I promised, no?"
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Hobbes will stick around as half the party just leaves unaware of the drama going on without him. He pets Hila and helps her pick bits of undead flesh out of her teeth.
Hila for her part just tilts her head.
"You fur-less people are odd."
Confused wolf is confused.
Ered looks at Hobbes and the wolf.
"I swear, now I see why my father went off on his own. This is strangeness."
Oh. No. She. Didn't. Percy's fire flares, then subsides again. Ya. That's what it was. D****t. Allie. We don't have time. When the Dragon gets back and finds his tower looted and a witch slain he's going to go beserk. I would. People are going to die. Innocents. We don't have time for the library. We have to go now. Percy grits her teeth and tries twice to say, I-- I will. I will protect him. Zses. For you. Because of you. As long as he is yours. Imbrex as my witness.
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Sigrun remained silent while processing what was going on around her, but one look at the flame haired warrior made it clear that she was angry.
"What the @#$%?" she mutters. " You take the blame because that idiot has almost gotten us killed on more than one occasion by not thinking before acting? Riding ahead and bringing back a swarm of enemies from a "scouting" mission? Walking blindly into just about everything because his Samurai honor will protect him?" she says, her words clearly building into a rant.
"And now we're supposed to suddenly take lessons in being prepared from someone whose idea of a plan is The nerve of that little...."
She pauses, getting a hold of herself.
Allie pushes her sister. [b]"Get away from me! I don't care if you protect him or not! Leave me alone!"
NO! Percy roars back. Her arms erupt into swirling flame. You didn't leave me when This, She holds up her blazing arms, happened. You didn't leave my side for weeks! I heard it all from mom and dad. Now you want me to leave you alone just because you're scared? Screw. That. I am your sister! I will be here for you and whomever you're attached to for the rest of your life. You got that, fire hair? We are family. We stick together. We promised mom and dad that when we left, remember?
Neverhome can only shrug at this point before placing a hand on Sigrun's shoulder
After Allie's outburst, Zses lets her sister respond before offering an hand in Allie's direction. "Shall we go?" he smiles at the gnome.
With their fireplug back along for the ride The felinerai would gladly return back up to the witch room more than a little curious about the keys.
One of the keys looks like it can open the witch's door. There's no sign of teleporters, but there is a staircase leading upward.
Allie playfully punches Zses in the leg. "You could have said something before I made a scene."
She takes Zses' hand and walks back to the group.
She takes Zses' hand and walks back to the group.
With a now oath-bound Percy just behind looking sullen. The oath hasn't been accepted do she want sure it was in effect. She decided she better act add if it were. At least for now.
As the others re-enter the chamber, Sigrun reins in her anger. "Are you all done and ready to take on the damn dragon now?"
"Still need to clear rest of floor." Neverhome lightly says as he leans over next to Sigrun's ear.
"Then we should just get on with it." She says irritably.
"As you command." Neverhome quips after giving Sigrun a quick peck on the cheek.
Neverhome sets out for the unexplored rooms.
"I tried to." Zses smiles, taking Allie's hand and rejoining the others.