Vakkler blinks. His crossbow is in the air, pointed at Nasima.
The kobold quickly lowers it, and nods to himself, as if inspecting its effectiveness. It's not very convincing.
Vai jumps straight back this time, able to feel Nasima's sudden power surge. Spluttering at Nasima's seeming unawareness, Vai tries to continue the conversation, obviously shaken: "Y-yes Nasima, I a-agree. Let's go." Vai slowly recovers her composure. What did Nasima say she was here for? Learning to control... something? She couldn't remember what Nasima had said yesterday. Too much happening, I guess
As Fly Free finishes their second song a voice calls out.
"Hey, is this a private party or can anyone join in? Wouldn't want to let you guys have all the fun now. And we've got the perfect song. Yes, Pan, I do remember that we've only rehearsed it once and it's still rough. Come on, we've got this. And if we don't who cares? I think we're all just happy to be alive."
Getting a nod from the others, FAIN starts to play.
She hadn't made it all the way back to her room. She was so overwhelmed with the feeling of sleepiness. Alarm bells were going off in her head, but she was too tired to even react. She slumped over in the hallway falling deeply asleep right there on the floor.
After fixing the structural damage to the building caused during the fight, she ended up putting her brand new improved security system on high alert before heading up to the office. Ryo was going to need a hand dealing with the resignations. There was already a line.
Nasima walks into the infirmary arm-in-arm with Vai. She moves from person to person, being to being, just trying to say hi and be nice, but really she's there for one thing. To no one really in particular she calls out. "Uh, has anyone seen Ephebe Sunwake? She was in here, I thought. Anyone?"
"I brought her in here first, after she was stomped by the dragon construct, then I started ferrying other students. I passed out for a bit, but she was just here..."
"Oh no, not again. Okay. Maybe she's still just in the school. Krays, do you have that...magic thing on her? That spell you do? Can you, like, I dunno, sense her or something?" Nasima stops and appears to collect herself. "Ugh. Listen to me, I sound like a jerk. I'm sorry, Krays, are you okay? You said you passed out? What from? I'm sorry." She puts her hand on the kobold/dragon's shoulder and gives it a friendly squeeze.
"Sure, I have a..." his face grows concerned
"I had a status spell on her, and it just...she is either on a different plane or it's been dispelled...she could be visiting Chr...err her patron."
"Oh I'm ok, Nasima. It was just the amount of energy I spent keeping people alive...it's very taxing to hold death at bay. Is Taron still in the basement, do you know?"
After walking and thinking for a while Enre heads to the Headmaster's office. Knocking on the door he waits for the Headmaster to answer him.
Nasima smiles at Krays, then closes her eyes calmly and concentrates on all the Little Guys in the school...
...where is the one we call Taron...
...presently she opens her eyes. "Yes. He is. Still down where there's apparently still music going on!" She smiles. "Should we split up? Maybe one of us can get her parents or Headmaster Ryo and the other can get Taron?"
"Well, I'm not sure there's anything wrong, per se at the moment. Taron has a strong link with his siblings, so if anything were wrong, he'd know."
"Oh, right. Right. Well, I'm gonna head down there, then. Vai! Come on, we're on a mission, now!" The sylph grins at her new friend and guides her out of the infirmary. "You coming too, Krays, or do you still have stuff to finish here?"
Jiminy teleported into the infirmary. He looked pale and worried. "Has anyone seen my sister?"
He looks around and spots Krays and Nasima. "Please tell me you know where Ephebe is."
"Why go down there, when a message spell will suffice?"
Casts message to Taron...
::Taron, lost contact with Ephebe, she ok?::
"Hi Jim. Well, I had a status on her, and it jsut winked out. that happens everytime she goes to visit her patron, but its usually no more than a minute at most...I brought her here during the dragon fight, but lost track of her since...I jusut asked Taron if he knows anything..."
"I can answer that for you and it's not good. You know that the three of us have an empathic link. Even when she steps outside of time it's still there. It's like static. You can't get a signal, but the channel is still open. As of a minute ago, she's not there. She's just gone. There was no sign of distress or anything. Something is very, very wrong."
"Well then, we need to let your parents and uncle know, and hopefully they can do something to point us in a direction."
"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no." Nasima hugs Vai to her. "Krays, Jiminy, what can I do to help? Anything? I don't have magics like you guys do..."
"Well then, we need to let your parents and uncle know, and hopefully they can do something to point us in a direction."
"Yeah," Jiminy said, running a hand absently through his hair. "Okay, I'm calling a family meeting. Five minutes from now in Ryo's house. Krays, stick with me. I think you should be there for this. Sima you can come too if you want."
All of the Sunwake/Antairus family members are interrupted by a mental bellow. ::Family meeting. Five minutes from now. Uncle Ryo's house. It's about Ephebe and it's IMPORTANT.::
Nasima nods, her face set. "It beats the heck out of sitting here and just worrying, y'know?"
"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no." Nasima hugs Vai to her. "Krays, Jiminy, what can I do to help? Anything? I don't have magics like you guys do..."
"You're her friend. Just come to the meeting and help us think of ideas for how to locate her. And I've seen what you can do. Don't sell yourself short. We may need your help to rescue her once we do locate her."
Nods, and follows
Nasima gives a sideways smile. "Heh. Thanks, Jiminy. Okay yeah; let's go..."
Jiminy led the way to a corridor that contained a doorway that hadn't been there before and they headed through the door into a house, the walls and floor changing from stone to wood. They went downstairs and headed for the kitchen where Ryleh was already waiting pacing anxiously back and forth.
"Honored elder" Krays says to Ryleh in draconic, as he bows.
Ryleh nodded back, but she wasn't thinking very clearly. She held a crystal in her hand and kept looking at it every few seconds.
Vai grips Nasima's hand tightly, sensing her friend's fear, and sharing it. Somehow, everyone connected to Ephebe had had their links cut... where was she? So many people she didn't know, and so much happening. Vai remains mostly quiet, holding Nasima's hand. Comfort for both of them. Vai struggles to come up with the words and speak to such a large group, but when the oppurtunity presents itself, Vai says, not looking at anyone in particular: "Um, I owe Ephebe my life... anything I can do to help her, I will do.... but I'm not completely in control of... my... myself." she finishes awkwardly. She's fairly certain she can trust these people with her secret, but it's still hard to talk about.
Ryleh stops her pacing for a moment her eyes turning draconic as she takes a good look at Vai.
"Thank you. I do not know what has happened to my granddaughter, but more help in finding and retrieving her certainly cannot hurt," she said simply.
Nasima smiles at Vai and gives her hand a gentle squeeze as they follow the others.
Aananda rushes in, slightly out of breath. "The others aren't here yet?"
Nasima smiles at Vai and gives her hand a gentle squeeze as they follow the others.
Bows to Aananda.
Nasima takes a cue from those around her -- especially Krays -- and curtsies politely before Ryleh. She can see the woman is distracted, though, so she keeps her peace for the moment.
...'sides, this is a family thing. Family first.
The sylph closes her eyes halfway and finds her Center, breathing calmly and evenly.
Aananda rushes in, slightly out of breath. "The others aren't here yet?"
"Right behind you, honey," Tamrin replies as he teleports in behind her, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Do we have anything yet, or do we need to break out the big guns to find her?" he asks to the assembled group, his face grave and his tone not at all relaxed (as is his norm).
"I'm all for the big guns." Taron says as he and Kam walk into the room. "I can't feel her anymore, and that means trouble."
Aananda rushes in, slightly out of breath. "The others aren't here yet?""Right behind you, honey," Tamrin replies as he teleports in behind her, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Do we have anything yet, or do we need to break out the big guns to find her?" he asks to the assembled group, his face grave and his tone not at all relaxed (as is his norm).
"All I can tell you is that she's still alive. Aside from that, no we have no idea where she is. I can give you more detail of what I know when everyone is here. Better not to go over the same material over and over. Too much opportunity for confusion."
"I'm all for the big guns." Taron says as he and Kam walk into the room. "I can't feel her anymore, and that means trouble."
Jiminy nodded, looking grave. Fieri slipped in behind Taron and Kam and grabbed Jiminy's hand trying to be reassuring.
"It's a complete blank where she's supposed to be," he agreed.
"I'm being blocked too, and not much can block out a High Seer. I even got my original cards out of storage for this. I've got Keaton searching the school grounds just in case. He's getting a live feed of what is said here." Ryo adds as he slips in, unaware that they're being followed by his children.
"Since we're all here, I'll show you what little I've been able to find out," Ryleh said, placing the crystal she was holding into the base of a mirror that was sitting on the table.
"This is Ephebe's crystal that I always keep tuned to her. You can see that she is here in the infirmary after the attack by the mechanical dragon. And here she stops to speak with this boy, who I suspect from the tone of the discussion is more than what he appears. But she doesn't seem alarmed or threatened. I doubt this is related to her disappearance. Then she gets back to work. And after putting a blanket over Krays she heads out of the infirmary yawning, one would presume to get a nap herself. She looks to be headed towards her room. And then she suddenly stops and lays down fast asleep. At which point the display goes completely blank. This shouldn't even be possible. I know she's still alive, because if she were dead the crystal would have cracked. But nothing I do can restore the picture and none of my divinations can find her location."
"Do we even know if she's in any of the Known Planes? I could ask my mom for help, or...*sigh*...or my dad. They can call a lot of favors and move unhindered between most planes. I don't think they'd find her, but they might be able to get a hint or...something."
"Do we even know if she's in any of the Known Planes? I could ask my mom for help, or...*sigh*...or my dad. They can call a lot of favors and move unhindered between most planes. I don't think they'd find her, but they might be able to get a hint or...something."
"At this point we don't have any leads at all. We have no idea of where she is. Something very powerful is keeping her hidden."
"How powerful? Deific? Greater?"
The children start whispering to each other hurriedly and as quietly as they possibly can.
"How powerful? Deific? Greater?"
"I don't know," Ryleh said, putting a hand over her face as she tried to keep tears at bay. She'd lost so many, many children. To lose her granddaughter now, like this, it was too much.
"Okay, I'm definitely calling in mom and dad, then. At the very least, they might be able to get ideas of what forces have been moving. I'm...probably overdue to call, anyway." she admits this last a bit sheepishly.
She looks so sad and grand. Poor Ryleh.