Brother Brwaktor, you are troubled?
BRAWK!
I am sorry noble Alderyk, but I have learned of a dire catastrophe in the farther spheres. My presence is needed. May the winds always give you good counsel!
A team of four Utahraptors appear carrying a jeweled palanquin. Brwaaaktor clambers inside and the palanquin with its reptilain bearers shimmers out of existence.
Mmmmmm.......roadkill
BRAWK!
I am sorry noble Alderyk, but I have learned of a dire catastrophe in the farther spheres. My presence is needed. May the winds always give you good counsel!
A team of four Utahraptors appear carrying a jeweled palanquin. Brwaaaktor clambers inside and the palanquin with its reptilain bearers shimmers out of existence.
I wonder if someone should go with him...
The Winds go with him, so he is never alone or unprotected, Jay.
Go if you must, Brwaktor, though remember your place here, where there is always an honored place for you.
Rawk!
The kobold skull sadly floats from his Profile, surveying the Place of the Winds. He sees Alderyk, and flies over to him. "I need your help." He says. "I do not ask your kind to get involved in a war, for that is not your way. But I require a sacrificial cow, and your place seemed the best place to get one. The only other place of which I know of is the 444th layer, and the Tribble Lord would not help me if he knew what I planned. Will you help me in this way?
"I am going away, to find the Artifact. I need the cow."
Mmmmmm.......roadkill
Rawk!
The kobold is bringing us fresh beef! Finally, we are rewarded for redirecting his fate!
Rejoice, brethren, aiehrk-k-k-k!
Brethren, the kobold tarries with our sides of beef. Let us join together and call him to our repaste.
Brethren, the kobold tarries with our sides of beef. Let us join together and call him to our repaste.
Umm...I wasn't actually going to give you the cow, but if you want one...
*Goes off to raid monastery outside Board*
Stops by to check the sensors, Install a new reactor and leaves
A jeweled palanquin borne by fearsome Utahraptors shimmers into existence. A grizzled chicken descends from the device, waves a wing and the palanquin fades out.
BRWAAK!
I have returned after giving counsel to a wroth simian power! Peace has been restored amongst the demithreads!
GRAAWK!
Is that feedcorn I see?
The chicken pecks contentedly at the golden grains.
Welcome back, Brwaktor. You have earned your feed, spreading the wisdom of the Winds. Your place at the council is valued, especially in these winters days when so many of our brethren seem to have a greater need to nest in their roosts.
Rawk!
BRAAWK!
The ChickenMind stands prepared to assist your councils noble Alderyk!
GRAAWK!
Pecks at the feedcorn
*Suddenly, Jay Frogskin wakes up*
My friends! Kobold Cleaver is in danger! He is attempting to help Lynora become free from the goddess's control! Should...should we help him? He brought me back, and apologized for his sins. I vote yes. But we must asct soon, before the Lemmings are overwhelmed.
The small chicken looks up from his corn
GRAAWK!
What does he require in assistance?
BRAAAWK!!
The small chicken looks up from his corn
GRAAWK!
What does he require in assistance?
BRAAAWK!!
I think...the Defectives are attacking. Is there anything we could do to stop an enormous army?
The ancient chicken bobs his grizzled beak
I will summon the power of the ancestral ChickenMind to their aid..
GRAAWK!!
Brwaaaktor raises his wings and screeches. A shadowy army of dinosaurs appear around him, then fade
The mighty ancestors of Chickenkind go to their aid.
*Beathes*
Thank you.
AWWWRK!
Thank us not for our bounden duty. We of the winds must protect the balance of the demithreads.
The small chicken looks more haggard than usual
They are fierce, these Defectives, and they drain the ChickenMind sorely. I must rest now.
The small chicken settles down and croons almost inaudibly
RAWK!
Come winds! Fill the Jay with your power that the kobold may overcome his foes (and bring us a nice sacrificial cow)!
RAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
*Flies in*
KC is gone. He sacrificed himself to keep the Goddess trapped. It was the only way....
I must rest.
The small chicken snorts and awakens to TW's pronouncements
BRWAAK!
This is dire news indeed wasp! The ChickenMind would attempt to assist, but our energy is perilously low after attacking the Defectives. We need to rest. I will tell the others when they wake!
GRWAAK!
RAIK!
Snatching the wasp out of the air with his beak as a little snack.
The kobold averted his dark fate, only to sacrifice himself. Very curious indeed...we must ask the Winds for greater knowledge of this mystery. If he returns, I hope he will not be undead this time.
Brother Jay, you know the mind of the kobold. Go forth and find that cow that is rightfully ours!
Raaaaaaw-tummy rumbles-kkkkk!
RAIK!
Snatching the wasp out of the air with his beak as a little snack.
The kobold averted his dark fate, only to sacrifice himself. Very curious indeed...we must ask the Winds for greater knowledge of this mystery. If he returns, I hope he will not be undead this time.
Brother Jay, you know the mind of the kobold. Go forth and find that cow that is rightfully ours!
Raaaaaaw-tummy rumbles-kkkkk!
Watch it, pal.
*Dives down stomach to avoid beak**Pulls out bgun with bayonett*
*Starts wreaking havoc*
Oooh, what's this? This looks pretty!
*Waits for regurgitation*
RAIK!
Snatching the wasp out of the air with his beak as a little snack.
The kobold averted his dark fate, only to sacrifice himself. Very curious indeed...we must ask the Winds for greater knowledge of this mystery. If he returns, I hope he will not be undead this time.
Brother Jay, you know the mind of the kobold. Go forth and find that cow that is rightfully ours!
Raaaaaaw-tummy rumbles-kkkkk!
*Looks concerned*
Um, you probably shouldn't have done that...alright, I'll go...*Frogskin looks rather nervous about the Wasp, though*
When the wasp continues talking in his beak, Alderyk quickly spits him out, having mistaken him for a lesser insectoid.
Rawk! Brethren, is there word from Jay?
Yes, Admiral Byrd, tell us what you have learned! Myself, I have sensed much hot air and stirring cross-currents!
I sense danger. Now that the goddess is gone, another plans to take advantage of her absence to strike, and strike hard. And these strange runes...they disturb me. The Emperor also speaks of another evil. We must consult the Winds.
Rawk! The Winds counsel me not to make the many obvious double entendres that are calling out to me, and paining me in my restraint.
Rawk!
We hear these things, and yet none come to us for counsel. What shall we do, brethren?
Rawk!
Who seeks to turn the counsel of the Winds against the Winds!
May they be blasted from the the face of the earth!
Begins calling up a fury of Winds in his rage.
*Sending* -
Guardians of the Sky. Great things are afoot. Knowledge better left forgotten has been released unto the world. Evil seeks this knowledge, to have dominion over the worlds.
It is not to be.
We must watch. We must be ready.
If need be the Earth shall destroy the knowledge and all that seek it. New seeds shall be planted.
BRWAAK!
It is a perilous time!
There is a disturbance among the spheres!
RAWK!
Elemental forces struggle for control. We must be the wing that holds the scales steady!
KRAAA!
Wanders in. Keeps falling over as one or the other wing keeps getting caught in the wind. She continues to struggle, but does not seem to be having much luck controlling her wings.
Could someone please help me? I'm having trouble remembering how to use my wings. And they keep knocking me over, she says plaintively
Only the Winds may do that, King Brwaktor. But we are the wings that call the Winds that balance the scales. Rawk! And that is enough for us.
Turns to look at befuddled and bedraggled goddess.
Ayeehrk! You have come alone? Where is the Jack that they call Hammer? He is not with you?
Only the Winds may do that, King Brwaktor. But we are the wings that call the Winds that balance the scales. Rawk! And that is enough for us.
Turns to look at befuddled and bedraggled goddess.
Ayeehrk! You have come alone? Where is the Jack that they call Hammer? He is not with you?
He walked out last night. I would have followed him, but I got distracted by the blinding pain of having my wings grow back. I tried to find him, but I keep tripping over my wings. So I came here. I thought you might be able to help me relearn how to control my wings, maybe even fly again.
Raik! Krr...Krr...
Perhaps you should resist here, lady. Let the brethren call soothing, gentle breezes to refresh you.
Raik! Krr...Krr...
Perhaps you should resist here, lady. Let the brethren call soothing, gentle breezes to refresh you.
Thank you. That's very kind of you.
*Sits down. On the third try actually manages to do so without sitting on a wing or falling over.*
Brethren! Invoke the divine zephyrs of calmness and respite to breathe softly on our guest!
Begins elaborate choreography of wings so that the Winds may lull her to sleep.
BRAWK!
As you wish Alderyk!
Begins the Chicken Dance
*Yawns.* I'm not really that sleepy. I just need to catch my breath for a minute...
She falls asleep, curled up into a ball, her wings folded over her.