"Well then, it looks like fourth period will have to be it. But not in the gymnasium. I have a feeling these sessions have too much potential for destruction. I'll have a practice room made in the basement. With extra shielding. That should keep things sufficiently contained.""I would be more at ease with such precautions, thank you," he replies.
"You will...notify me when these preparations have been made?"
"Of course. I don't imagine it will take more than a day or two. I don't think there's anything to be accomplished by delay."
"Of course. I don't imagine it will take more than a day or two. I don't think there's anything to be accomplished by delay."
"As you wish. I will endeavor to obtain my meals quickly, then, and consume them on my way to the practice room," he says as he begins to climb back down to the palette for another box.
"Of course. I don't imagine it will take more than a day or two. I don't think there's anything to be accomplished by delay.""As you wish. I will endeavor to obtain my meals quickly, then, and consume them on my way to the practice room," he says as he begins to climb back down to the palette for another box.
"I'll see you then. I'll let you get back to work now," she says jumping down. "In the meantime, you have any problems, don't hesitate to come talk to me. I'm here to help."
"I'll see you then. I'll let you get back to work now," she says jumping down. "In the meantime, you have any problems, don't hesitate to come talk to me. I'm here to help.""Of course. I don't imagine it will take more than a day or two. I don't think there's anything to be accomplished by delay.""As you wish. I will endeavor to obtain my meals quickly, then, and consume them on my way to the practice room," he says as he begins to climb back down to the palette for another box.
"Thank you, Instructor," he says with a bow before he resumes his stocking duties. :)
Is taken in by the beauty of the scene, only to have it ruined by screaming...he gives Taron a 'What's with this kid' look.
Fieri looks around.
"Somehow I think I'm the only one who thinks this qualifies as a vacation spot," she said dryly.
Is taken in by the beauty of the scene, only to have it ruined by screaming...he gives Taron a 'What's with this kid' look.Fieri looks around.
"Somehow I think I'm the only one who thinks this qualifies as a vacation spot," she said dryly.
"Most of us don't swim in volcanoes as a general hobby," he said, wincing at the sound of Tom's wails.
Tom stops screaming
Ephebe continues to comfort Tom, so that he doesn't start screaming again, but now she also takes some time to look around. Something about this place was strange. Well, other than the volcano.
"Taron? Do you have any idea where we are?"
"Umm. Yeah. We're playing hooky...here?"
"Umm. Yeah. We're playing hooky...here?"
"Well, Fieri likes it at least," he quipped, looking around at the unfriendly landscape warily.
"Oh. Right. Sorry, Fieri."
"Oh. Right. Sorry, Fieri."
"It's alright. I'm pretty sure volcanoes aren't a good vacationing spot if you don't happen to be made of fire." ;)
"Yeah, that'd look to be an advantage here..."
"Wait, you're made of fire?"
"Yeah, that'd look to be an advantage here..."
"Wait, you're made of fire?"
"Well, yeah, it'd be awfully uncomfortable living in the sun if I weren't," she said, confused."But it's totally contained. It's not like you'd get burned from touching me. I'm not an elemental."
"Wow..."He reaches out to touch her...
"May I?"
"Wow..."He reaches out to touch her...
"May I?"
"Ummm...sure, go ahead."
When he touches her arm it feels much like any other person's arm might. Perhaps a little warmer than the average human, but not extraordinarily so.
"Hmmm. You're no warmer than anyone else..."
Removes his hand
"That's kinda neat." he says as he smiles.
"Hmmm. You're no warmer than anyone else..."
Removes his hand
"That's kinda neat." he says as he smiles.
She smiled back. "Well, the normal rules often don't apply to magical creatures. And firebirds are certainly that."
"Magical indeed" he says, then gets a hopeful look on his face "Do you think it is ok to fly here?"
"Magical indeed" he says, then gets a hopeful look on his face "Do you think it is ok to fly here?"
She frowned. "I'm not sure. I'd like to have a better idea of where here is first. Something pulled us off course. We should probably stick together, at least until Taron is recovered. Also, with that volcano belching ash you'll want to be very careful since the air may be abrasive and difficult to see through or breathe if we were to get too close to the eruption."
"Oh, right", he says somewhat embarrassed.
Ephebe continues to comfort Tom, so that he doesn't start screaming again, but now she also takes some time to look around. Something about this place was strange. Well, other than the volcano.
"Taron? Do you have any idea where we are?"
"No." Taron says as he stands up shakily. "Someone must have done something in the tunnel.. I think the others are okay though.."
"I think I can explain." Says a disembodied voice. "You see, I brought you here. You did want to get out of Agartha, didn't you?"
Looks around
Perception:
"Why bring us here?" Kam asks.
"Do you really have to ask?" The voice asks with a sigh. "By order of the Ancient Gold Wyrm of the Planet Yikoleng, I am charged to kill all Amythest Dragons. That clear things up?"
Sighs
"Where are we then?"
She stood up and shoved Tom gently towards the others.
"Tom, stay back," she said, her voice sounding strained. "The Hunter isn't after you."
Her head throbbed like mad and she had a bad feeling about this.
Varakler Relkav. Your duty calls!
Vakkler's eyes widen. My kobold senses! I'd almost forgotten I had them! But what was the trigger?
The kobold professor wracks his brain. His eyes narrow. "Ah. The path is clear.
"Sorry, Mr. Sinh, but I must depart. Thank you for your time."
He bows and walks off. As the door closes, Mr. Sinh hears the kobold mutter something.
"Playing hooky, eh?! Not on my watch!"
"As 'energetically' as you can risk. He's formidable in both melee confrontations and magic ones, so tread lightly."
Sinh nods and drinks his tea with a grimace, the Disco Fever clearly lending it a poor taste. "I'll keep my eyes open, Master. Though it's none of my affair, why exactly is this fellow hanging about? Is it mischief, monkeyshines, or whatnot? I don't mean to pry into your business, Master, but it might help us to figure out where he might be lurking. This school is awful big - hidden steam tunnels aside."
Sinh, finding Vakkler's precipitous departure curious, trails the kobold discreetly. "Yes, Master. I should be about my own tasks as well. We seem to be going in the same direction."
"As 'energetically' as you can risk. He's formidable in both melee confrontations and magic ones, so tread lightly."Sinh nods and drinks his tea with a grimace, the Disco Fever clearly lending it a poor taste. "I'll keep my eyes open, Master. Though it's none of my affair, why exactly is this fellow hanging about? Is it mischief, monkeyshines, or whatnot? I don't mean to pry into your business, Master, but it might help us to figure out where he might be lurking. This school is awful big - hidden steam tunnels aside."
"Erm...yes, quite. I don't know why he's hanging around. He's a bit odd. A derro, you know. I spent five years with them in the war, and I still don't understand them."
Vakkler is holding something back, or outright lying.
"Very good, Master Vakkler. I'll just keep my nose in the wind and hope to run across... hm... anything unusual."
Sinh keeps moving in the same direction as Vakkler, idly swiping fixtures with his rag as he ambles by.
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"Very good, Master Vakkler. I'll just keep my nose in the wind and hope to run across... hm... anything unusual."
Sinh keeps moving in the same direction as Vakkler, idly swiping fixtures with his rag as he ambles by.
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Sighs
"Where are we then?"
"I believe were either in one of the 9 Hells, the Abyss, or a demiplane created where the two connect. Probably the last one."
She stood up and shoved Tom gently towards the others.
"Tom, stay back," she said, her voice sounding strained. "The Hunter isn't after you."
Her head throbbed like mad and she had a bad feeling about this.
"Quite right, monster, I am not after him. You and your brothers however..."
The voice starts to chant, and the world seems to grow dim as a sickly looking moon(the first some of the group have ever seen) appears above.
"O, Grey Spirit! King of the Hunt!
You are not allowed to close your ears to the call of your True Name!
Obey the Covenant, come at once and obey me!
LOBO GRIS!"
There is a bone chilling howl as the moon shatters and something falls from it. The light returns and standing in front of everyone is a demonic wolf that looks bigger than a house! It snarls viciously at Ephebe.
Pain shot through Ephebe's head like a spike. She felt like she was dissolving from the inside.
"Demon," she managed to gasp through clenched teeth and then the pain took over.
All at once she stopped trying to run away and stood very,very still. All traces of expression left her face and her eyes briefly showed their draconic form before the pupils faded out entirely leaving them a dull glowing purple. Her hands changed slightly as her draconic claws came out even though she didn't transform the rest of the way.
And then she moved, fast and graceful, like a dance, her claws slashing out as she moved.
With Ephebe's claws slowing down as they hit it's demonic fur, the massize lupine snaps it's fangs at her, intent on ripping her to pieces.
With Ephebe's claws slowing down as they hit it's demonic fur, the massize lupine snaps it's fangs at her, intent on ripping her to pieces.
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Ephebe danced and dodged with surprising grace, just barely ducking in time as the demon wolf's teeth closed on air.
Taron tries to go and help Ephebe, but four babua appear and halt his progress as they attack Kam and Taron.
Fieri conjures a flame sphere and tosses it at the wolf.
The flame sphere hits the wolf dead on, but the resulting fire washes across it like water..
"Oh, we can't be having that, now can we?" The voice asks as a pit filled with acid appears behind Feiri. "Huh, misplaced it."
Jiminy pushes Fieri away from the pit so that she doesn't fall in.
"Take to the air," he told her, shifting into his dragon form and following his own advice.
Ephebe stops, looks up at the wolf as if analyzing it and then renews her attack, pirouette, plie, slash, kick, move and so on.
And at the end of her dance she stops and lets loose with her breath weapon.