Whut inna wide werld o'sports is uh goin on heer?
Stuff an' nonsense son, stuff an' nonsense.....
The shadow of a black dragon circling casts itself over the company; with triple protections in place, Smagnavast dives down to hover with skillful flicks of his wings near the vampire leader of this army. He addreses her:
I gather that you're in charge here?
The shadow of a black dragon circling casts itself over the company; with triple protections in place, Smagnavast dives down to hover with skillful flicks of his wings near the vampire leader of this army. He addreses her:
I gather that you're in charge here?
"Pff. Ony because there is nobody else with the accurate level of strength at this current instance."
The shadow of a black dragon circling casts itself over the company; with triple protections in place, Smagnavast dives down to hover with skillful flicks of his wings near the vampire leader of this army. He addreses her:
I gather that you're in charge here?
Innocent Blood looks up and smiles
I suppose I am. What do you require dragon?
The shadow of a black dragon circling casts itself over the company; with triple protections in place, Smagnavast dives down to hover with skillful flicks of his wings near the vampire leader of this army. He addreses her:
I gather that you're in charge here?
Innocent Blood looks up and smiles
I suppose I am. What do you require dragon?
"I am inclined to believe that the nearby dragon, whose name I have heard but am currently incapable of recalling due to certain circumstances which render me significantly disoriented, is planning on ascertaining your collaboration in regards to certain matters which you are, with very little doubt, fully aware."
The dragon addresses Innocent Blood.
You seem to be charging in with very little strategy beyond attack and kill.
You don't appear to have any goals other than just 'kill everything and raise undead' which relies on brute strength and little finesse.
And sooner or later, you will exhaust your strength, and then what enemies you have left will turn on you.
If your allies don't betray you first and turn on you for their own purposes, that is.
At present you and your army offer me interesting possibilities. I am offering you the opportunity to surrender to me now and become my vassal.
You can settle down here in the swamp, make occasional raids against your enemies, and pay a tithe in return for my protection.
The dragon addresses Innocent Blood.
You seem to be charging in with very little strategy beyond attack and kill.
You don't appear to have any goals other than just 'kill everything and raise undead' which relies on brute strength and little finesse.
And sooner or later, you will exhaust your strength, and then what enemies you have left will turn on you.
If your allies don't betray you first and turn on you for their own purposes, that is.
At present you and your army offer me interesting possibilities. I am offering you the opportunity to surrender to me now and become my vassal.
You can settle down here in the swamp, make occasional raids against your enemies, and pay a tithe in return for my protection.
"Hmm. I was significantly nearby to the actual reality of the egomaniac dragon's original intentions.
"Dragon, what reason do you possess to prevent you from expecting your respective 'lackeys' to cease any semblance of obedience at the original opportunity?"
The dragon spares The Mask the briefest of glances:
Since you feign the ignorance of needing it spelled out for you - I doubt that you can be as genuinely stupid as you pretend to be - at present, I and my allies are not at war with the lady here.
If she presented herself as my vassal and then rebelled - well that would be rebellion, and I would be inclined to duly chastise her for her temerity.
The dragon spares The Mask the briefest of glances:
Since you feign the ignorance of needing it spelled out for you - I doubt that you can be as genuinely stupid as you pretend to be - at present, I and my allies are not at war with the lady here.
"I had never made any pretension that you were. I have to go."
The raven vanishes.
The dragon addresses Innocent Blood.
You seem to be charging in with very little strategy beyond attack and kill.
You don't appear to have any goals other than just 'kill everything and raise undead' which relies on brute strength and little finesse.
And sooner or later, you will exhaust your strength, and then what enemies you have left will turn on you.
If your allies don't betray you first and turn on you for their own purposes, that is.
At present you and your army offer me interesting possibilities. I am offering you the opportunity to surrender to me now and become my vassal.
You can settle down here in the swamp, make occasional raids against your enemies, and pay a tithe in return for my protection.
Innocent Blood laughs, a surprisingly girlish sound
Darling lizard, I have strategy enough. I just choose not to share it. I am not out to rule. I am out to pull the Green into the Black and sing as the last whispers of life rot and die.
She turns to the dragon, smiling faintly. Her black orbs bore into him
I have no allies, thus none can turn on me. I have minions, and only those I have created myself. What I DO have is this:
The pale girl gestures at a distant grove of trees. A pulse of energy races towards them, literally distorting the ground as it travels. The trees sprout fungus, withering and dying most rapidly. The skeletal trees then pull their roots up from the swamp and fall into the Army of the Damned. Dozens of skeletons emerge from where the tree's roots pulled free and also join the shambling horde.
You see, my darling lizard, I have no need of land, fealty or allies. I am Death. I have come to harvest the Green and drag it screaming into the dark realms. When I am through you shall join me as well...
Drawn by the powers, an old friend is freed and reborn. He surveys the scene of destruction.
Ahh, so sweet.
The army shambles closer, the zombies, skeletons, ghouls and vampires crushing everything in their way. The Steel Tsar rides a skeletal smilodon, its fang skull set in a ghostly roar. Innocent Blood floats by his side, the ground underneath her slender feetwavering and sprouting fungal growths as she passes by. More and more undead emerge from the ground as the Army of the Damned travels closer to the Threads of Light
Slowly, a shadow of a large cat stalks into the army. If asked it simple says it is after Devlyn.
If that is your choice, so be it.
I shall not detain your rendezvous with destiny any longer.
It sweeps from the thread.
The raven flies back in.
"Heh, heh. I would be cautious. That dragon will come back to bite you."
"Brave Madame Serefina ran away, bravely ran away, away...." The raven murmurs.
A shadowy figure observes the skeleton's advance
Hmm. An interesting development ..
Waving his hands, the figure sends a small force of wraiths against the intruders to test their mettle
The shadowed figure ponders recent developments as the red skeletons loot his thread
My daughter-in-darkness has been destroyed, as I had forseen. The vultures squabble over the scaps of my home, again, as I forsaw. Such as it will be. It is time to depart.
The form raises thin arms high
UMBRA VENIO SCUTARI!
A swarm of shadows coalesce around the form, then scatter, leaving only empty air.
The shadowed figure ponders recent developments as the red skeletons loot his thread
My daughter-in-darkness has been destroyed, as I had forseen. The vultures squabble over the scaps of my home, again, as I forsaw. Such as it will be. It is time to depart.
The form raises thin arms high
UMBRA VENIO SCUTARI!
A swarm of shadows coalesce around the form, then scatter, leaving only empty air.
Candle Lighter flies though, muttering to himself.
"Not good...with her dead, and the others in hiding, the forces of the Black are scattered. It's time to go join the others. And hide."He vanishes.