Free Fantasy

[Jake the Sage]

Savas goraned, figuring out that she was not in any harm . . . however unfortunate that was, and followed her outside after a moments pause. He didn't like being bossed around but there wasn't much he could do about it. Even if he didn't go outside to speak with her he still had to go outside. That simple fact made it impossible [i]not[/i] to follow the idiotic order he had been given. Now outside he could see the sun setting in the distance and waited for Fiera to speak. He really didn't want her too, but since she had been dragging him around all the time he felt he might as well listen to her a little bit longer. I mean what harm could it really do? He already gathered she got stronger when it was night time, but he still had never shown his true strength in battle . . . yet.

[GreyCat]

Jyran shook himself and narrowed his eyes. Those two were not getting along. He could smell the hostility between them, most of it coming from Savas. It was not the Spring or Late Summer Fever, so he did not think that was the cause. Maybe Savas did not like the authority Fiera possessed. Jyran didn't mind, His wandering were aimless at best anyway, so it was a somewhat pleasant change to actually have a goal. Even better since the goal was a hunt. But he decided to step out and hunt. he had not eaten in cycle or so, and he was getting hunger. He nodded at the others and slipped out, passing Fiera before switching to quadruped and racing away form the town towards the fields where larger prey would roam.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Fiera Giggled and said "Sadly Savas, I haven't figured out how to 'pay' you, since i cannot touch Gold, However, Whenever i forge anything out of Silver, Some of my magic tends to get trapped in whatever i make, Giving it Unusual properties, I consider the Sword made from just 1 of your own sin Payment enough, Now you should also think about what The council had done to you". The sun had completely set, She then had asked "Perhaps you would like to Spar with me? Cause i wonder if 'Little One' is Truly a very appropriate title for you compared to my powers" She giggled, She knew how to piss people off, and despite the threats, she actually got a kick out of it.....

[Jake the Sage]

Savas got a smugg ass grin on his face, knowing that now not only did she get stronger at night, but she couldn't physically touch gold. Nodding his head he took a couple steps back and readied himself for the "sparring match" Fiera had suiggested. He wasn't going to go easy on her by any means. He never did regardless of gender because, to him, if you had the gall to make a challenge you deserved whatever the outcome was- the same thing applied if you accepted a challenge. Unseathing his sword he held the book out to his side and summoned three demons with distinct appearances that suggested their use in the coming fight. The first one was a bulky looming giant with forearms that dwarfed the rest of it's body. The other was a slim and tall with wild streaks down it's side and it seemed to not be able to stand still. The final one was a small diminutive serpent like creature that kept close to Savas as it wrapped around his arm and shoulder, "Well come on . . . if you aren't afraid."

[Master Red]

Rhett shot up in a sitting position "Merril!?" He called and looked around himself frantically, being disappointed to find that it had, in fact, all been a dream. Of course it had all beena dream, there was no way for Merril to be around him anymore. Merril was dead, she had been for several years now and that would never change. Yet he could've sworn he had felt her near him that [s]night[/s] morning, her touch, her voice, her smell... had he really imagined it all? He thought he had gotten past that now, maybe not...

He got up to a standing position and stretched out his limbs, not that it was really needed but it did feel good. He had started to grow pale once more, he'd need to feed again, there was nothing human in the cave so he couldn't feed from them. Well, he could, but it would be quite worthless in terms of gaining energy back and looking alive and healthy. He still wondered why these people had saved him, they didn't seem to have anyone guarding him either so he could easily leave this cave and be off, and what was with the scythe anyways!? They had to have some ulterior motive, it made no sense that they'd save him without reason.

He took the scythe and exited the cave, only to jump back inside again as he saw that birdwoman facing a man with 3 beasts of darkness beside him. They seemed to be busy with eachother however, if he ran as fast as he possibly could he might go unnoticed. It was worth a shot, he sprinted with increadible speed out of the cave and towards the woods. He couldn't run towards the town like this, any Lamia seeing him would immediately know what he was. He'd escaped death yesterday, he didn't feel like trying his luck.

[Twig]

Toto and Oto have been standing there for a while, and it didn't look like there was going to be any killing.

"Maybe they're friendly."

Oto gave a disapproving nod. He still wasn't sure about saying hi to some kind of giant robot golem thing that's at least seven foot higher than them.

"How about this. You can stay here. I'll say hi. If they actually want to kill me, I can easily run away. Deal?"

Oto finally approved, and Toto started walking up to the strange beings.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Fiera's Eyes Glowed red and the Inside of the Circle of her Scythe Sparked a ball of darkness, She plucked a few feathers from her side and after throwing them upward, muttered "[i]De Terrio Vier Dounaer, Birka Torricia![/i]" The Red tips of the feathers all pointed at Savas, Then they Disintegrated all at once into a a very strong gale, In fact, It was so strong, that it was throwing chunks of the ground at Savas and the Demons. She laughed Maniacallly and said "It's no use little one!"...

Savas does not realize this, or even his demons, but to the others, it looks like nothing is actually going on, that the 2 is standing there....

[StealthyTyranitar]

Luke saw the Lamia run out, and luckily, Ronyages were some of the only creatured faster than a lamia. He ran really quickly, and pulled in front of Rhett. Why did he always have to do this? "Ssstop. why are you running from usss. We only wish to help. If you're wondering why we sssaved you, we need help to fight the 'Rising Darknessss'. Why do you run? We only wish to help." Luke was ready to fight, but he doubted he would have to. Thank god for his legs.

[Master Red]

((OOC: You can't say he's faster than Lamias in general as the speed of them varies with what they were before they were turned and how old they are. I can accept he's faster than Rhett as he's only been a Lamia for about 10 years, if I remember correctly, but not than all Lamias.))

He skidded to a stop as that snake-spider-thing suddenly was standing before him. He glared at him and then turned around, walking in another direction. "You saved me and I am thankful for that, I never signed up for the stop-the-rising-darkness-patrol though" He said, looking back at the rontage and juggling the scythe between his hands. "You can't force me to stay and you can't force me to help you either" He then said, matter of factly, turning to face the snake-spider once more. "And even if I was to help you I would still need to leave that cave to hunt, I can't live of off any of you and you can't expect me to live on small forest creatures" He added, turning on his heel again and starting to walk back towards the town. He still had some of his things in that Inn and he intended to get them, without them he wouldn't be able to travel during the day without getting fried. Travelling at day time was exhausting anyways, his body would scream for sleep, even in a well rested and healthy condition, but it could be done with enough will power.

As he walked he looked down at his reflection in a nearby lake. Lamias had been spreading lies about them not having reflections for centuries, just to confuse humans more about what a Lamia was like. What he saw in the lake made him jump a bit though, not because of his own reflection but from what else was visible in it. In the reflection of the lake he didn't have a scythe in his hand, instead Merril was beside him, holding his hand and leaning against him. He stared at the reflection in awe, and he moved his free hand up towards his left shoulder, where Merrils hand was rested. There was no hand there to touch, yet in the reflection his hand was laid on top of Merrils.

"Merril..." he mumbled, his eyes watering a bit. She looked exactly as he remembered her, the long thick wavy blonde hair that reached her lower back, her milky white skin, those sapphire blue eyes with a tint of violet in them, the full red lips, her slim waist... everything. She was even wearing her favorite sky blue dress. But how could she be there?

He knelt down by the water and let his hand touch the surface, the rings caused too much disruption on the water and the image of Merril was lost, leaving the scythe visible in his hand instead.

((OOC: Others cannot see Merril in reflections except for, perhaps, Feira. She can sense her, that's been established, but it's up to scarlet if she can see the reflections))

[Jake the Sage]

Savas gritted his teeth, the wind kicking dirt up into his face to make it more difficult to see, and felt his body being pulled up and away by the strong force. He might have flown away into the air if the sturdy demon hadn't held him down and made that an impossability. [i]"She is quite adept,"[/i] he said in a sturdy voice and Savas agreed, [i]"Aat leasy during the night she is."[/i] Nodding to the other demon it raced towards Fiera and began to land any blow it could on her and make the wind die down. As long as it did the Sturdy Demon, Savas and the serpent demon had to stay in one place or have their summoner being tossed around in the air. Savas didn't like the idea but if he had too he could take a trip into the air and get caught once the wind died down.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Luke came over to Rhett, talking to him "On the risssinng darknessss, you don't have to help. But if you wan to, you can." Luke walked away. ahe missed home. He needed to stay away. He will probably be prosucuted if seen home again. He walked back to the cave, and announced tthe following: "The lamia hasss decccided he does not want to help. Alright. Where do we go next?" Luke really wanted to leave and fight something. He then realised that he hadn't eaten for days. One problem with Rontages. If they don;\'t eat for a while, they get really hungery.

[Big Bad Pennar]

(> OoC: @ Red: We'll see about it <)

Fiera saw the demon go up to her and try to get a punch at her, that is until She slammed her Scythe into it, Then Small bullets of Darkness fired out of the Scythe in a spread. She plucked another feather from her side and it disintegrated in the Gale, pieces of feather flying at Savas and the Demons, If any bit were to hit the eyes, they would cause a lot of burning and pain. She then Yelled at Savas "Is that all you have Savas!? cause it's quite Pathetic!, Perhaps 'Little One' DOES fit you being compared to me." Fiera knew that wasn't all Savas had and is expecting some other Attack....

[radio414]

Four groups of drones were created this time, each one ready to scratch a reply to a different part of this creatures message. This time, though, there were fewer straight lines, and so Illith couldn't directly help her Drones by scratching something down. The only real way that she could help was by getting out of the way, something she did by moving towards the two creatures watching the events unfold.

The group degignated for the final part of the message had finished, and Illith immediately sent them to work on the third part. The final part was admittedly terse, but there was little else to write after that without seeming terse anyway.

The collective "Third Group" was done, and moved on to the second part. All of the Drones moved over to work on the second message. All of her Drones except for one, the one she sent investigating the two things that were until recently in a Drone's "sense" range. They may have moved by now, but Illith wanted to make sure, and possibly invite them in.

The secind message was done, and all but one of her Drones scrambled to finish the first sentence. It would be pretty soon before she could have her Drones step back.

Yes, done. 

Having all her Drones step back so that her designated reader could read it, it now clearly said:
1) I can only mentally transmit empathetically. If you would like, I could send some sort of coded emotions, but I prefer this.
2) I am a Slian Brood Mother, a being designed to create Drones like these, and are subservient to a Queen.
3) The only city/town that I am fully aware of is the location of my Queen. That's probably not what you had in mind, though.
4) I am currently not in need of any assistance, thank you. 

[GreyCat]

The hunting was good away from the town. He caught a two good sized bucks, tearing out it's throat with ease. He snatched up two rabbits and caught a bird of some kind (it smelled tasty) to test the bow. A slim shaft of wood pierced it neatly through it's breast and out it's back. He ate the smaller buck before heaving the larger to his shoulder and stringing the rabbits and bird together with some vine he sgry stronger. He Skimmed back to cave to save time. Skimming was like drifting, but not a full teleport It was just carrying the body along the outer edges of the other with diving in like a drift. It allowed fast movement and those looking on would only see a faint, almost ghostly image of something moving in a coating of mist.

Skimming in bounds and stretches of sprinting, he passed the trail the La-mi-na man took, scenting him as he moved. He assumed he was just off to gather things and headed back into the cave. Fiera and Savas were still at it too, but he ignored them too. He exited his Skim with a slight gust of wind as the air he caught up in the Skim's warp burst free. "I hunt, see. Bring buck and rabbit and bird back. You peoples need eat, get strong, yes? So I bring you food." He lay his kills in the center of the cave and waved his tail happily. "Here now, you eat."

[Master Red]

Rhett looked at the scythe, and then into the water again. How could Merril be visible in the water instead of the scythe? Was the scythe actually Merril? But that made no sense, Merril was dead and gone, how could she possibly have been turned into a scythe?

Merril only smiled towards him in the water, where she stood beside him in place of that scythe. He got an idea suddenly and placed the scythe in the water, perhaps it was a sign that Merril would come back if he did so? as the scythe was laid down in the water nothing happened, Rhett was disappointed of course but he cursed himself for being so foolish and thinking that putting a scythe in water would bring back the dead.

He sighed and got up again, looking down into the water again, taking another look at the image of him and Merril, hand in hand once more. It was a trick of some sorts, it had to be.

After he had gone back to his Inn and picked up his things as well as paying for his stay he hit the road again. He didn't have a place in mind, but he guessed he would just follow his feet and see where they took him. He had made a quick visit to "the warrens", as they were known in the city, to feed of some poor man he'd come across. He'd probably done the man a favor by killing him, he couldn't possibly have lead a worthy life if he was living in the filth of the warrens. It hadn't tasted good as the man was sick from god knew what, but as Rhett was dead.. well, kind of, he wouldn't be affected by it.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Luke noticed the food, reilefed. When a Rontage gets too hungry, it kills the nearest living thing, and eat it. He quickly ean over to eat something, and chose the smaller buck, and swallowed it down. "Ah, that's better. Thank you, by the way. I never got you're name." He said, realising the cat didn't tell him his name. He tried not to call him cat-man, as that might offend him. If someone called him a snake spider, that would make him mad. Luke was fully sastified, so he sat down.

[Jake the Sage]

The demon which had been sent after Fiera was sliced in half, quite nicely Savas had to admit, by the woman's scythe before she pulled out more feathers from her skin. He wondered what they were for, he knew she had summoned this gale with their aid, but not much else. A catalyst possibly? The stormwinds was making it almost impossible not to be thrown away and tossed around, something that Savas was still working out, [i]"There has to be something . . . oh wait . . ."[/i] Snapping his fingers he looked at the stronghold demon keeping him down and gave a nod, being released to fly high into the air as it charged at her.

Spinning around and around Savas had nearly no control over where he was going, only able to follow the path of the wind, but the stronghold demon below couldn't be tossed around. Smashing it's way over it loomed above Fiera and swung one if it's mighty fists towards her.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Fiera saw the Lumbering Demon advanced towards her and threw a punch at her, She clasped her hands together and Concentrated the Gale completely on that punch, easily blocking the punch with a more powerful gale, and even knocking it back a couple of inches, but it also knocked her back a decent amount, She hovered above the ground before landing quite a distance away. She muttered "Pterro Diamakuria!", at which a Sphere of darkness appeared in front of her, At which she yelled "Diveriaku!" at which the Sphere split into thousands and thousands of balls of darkness, At which Many shot towards Savas and his Demons....

[Jake the Sage]

The moment Fiera concentrated all of her magical energy into a gale to block the stronghold demon Savas was freed from the spinning and landed on his ass. What did you expect, him landing on his feet? Standing back up, dusting his rear free of the gravel and dirt, he picked his weapon back up only to see the enemy focusing her energy into a dark orb. [i]"Not good master,"[/i] Gritting his teeth he watched as the dark magical energy was dispersed into thousands of magical bolts stricking towards him and his minions, [i]"No sh*t!"[/i] Exploding on impact the stronghold demon wavered in place, having barely survived the majority of the blast, but now smoke filled the entire area to prevent anyone from seeing. This also made it hard to pinpoint where Savas was and, likewhise, where Fiera was, "That was some kind of magic you put out there . . . has to be getting to you though."

[i]"Master now?"[/i] the last demon he had summoned asked, but he did not give the order.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Fiera Giggled as she heard that and said "Alas, That was just Icing on the Cake, Little one!" She Flew up and Said "[i]Restriction R Released![/i]", At those words, all of her surroundings turned Grey, aside from Savas and The Demons, She then Grunted "There you Are!" as she spotted the group in the Dust cloud "[i]Diemvarkuna Tsarnira Viernasu Dieku Vieta, Silvira Meaku![/i]" she yelled, at which a portal appeared in front of her, It did not have the "Black hole" effect as the Last time she used it, but she could feel something coming out of it... "Hows this for your Payment Savas!" at which a Chunk of Pure Silver the Size of a house shot from the portal and at Savas, after which the Portal closed and everything returned to their normal colors...

[Jake the Sage]

Looking up as Fiera flew high into the sky he knew she'd use that height advantage to spot him. What he didn't know was she was going to use a spell to enhance her vision, thus making him virtually stand out like a sore thumb. Cursing loudly, Savas was never one to hide his words, even if they were bad ones, he brought out the book once more and placed his hands on it when Fiera began chanting another massive spell. Then the giant house sized block of silver came at him. Silver. It HAD to be silver. Something that would affect his summoned creatures and weaken them enough to be squished by the projectile. Lukcily he didn't need to use a summon and instead made a quick escape with his book, transporting himself a few feet away but still close enough to get caught up by the impact.

[i]"Master are you alright?!"
"Speak to us!"[/i] the demons chanted as Savas rolled on the ground, not getting up; hHis stronghold demon had vanished from the silver block's impact.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Fiera looked as the Dust had settled and saw that she went a little too overboard with it and sighed, She cautiously flew towards Savas, Taking care as Savas could be in fact playing Dead and could surprise her at any time, She kept her distance to try to hear Savas's pulse, She approached Savas a little more to actually check his pulse and check to see whether in fact he is dead, however, her finger did not get close when she felt the Pulse, She knew the Destruction in her illusion can be mended, but not the injuries, So with that, She calmly chanted "[i]Tseusva Vienkuvar[/i]", at which energy poured out of the ball of darkness in her scythe and into Savas, Healing any sort of injury he had, She then whispered to Savas "Wake up Savas, This Sparring's over, I really do not want to kill you cause i know that you could be of help to ourselves"....

[Jake the Sage]

His eyes opening wide Savas got a wicked grin on his face. [i]"Now master?"[/i] the final petite demon said slithering under his shirt front, having been protected from every single attack by it's master's own body. Nodding his head he gave the order, [i]"Go now Serapentas and strike her down!"[/i] Bursting from his shirt like some kind of alien spawn the serpent demon opened it's jaws wide, the fangs shinning in the dim light, and bite down into the woman's skin to inject it's deadly venom. Savas had drawn her in by playing dead, but it wasn't so much playing . . . she had really f*cked him up with that attack, yet it all worked to his advantage. You have to take some damage to deal some damage of course. Quickly bringing the silver sword, graciously given to him by Fiera before the "sparring", he hurled it towards her; confident that the serpant-like demon's venom would have her paralyzed enough by now that she'd not be able to counter.

[GreyCat]

"As, yes, not give name yet," Jyran realized. The other races tended to trade names more often that the Dis Klahn did, and he often forgot the introduction part of interaction. "I have your name, but you not have mine. I Jyran. Jyran Ta'Vyrrn. I am Dis Klahn Cas'ten." He waved his arms to encompass the cave. "And this my cave. I travel to learn much. Fiera ask for help, so I offer mine. It is good chance for me to learn more and " He waved his tail happily again. With Savas and Fiera still fighting it out, he curled up on the ground and rested. Fiera was the one who knew were they were going, so it was up to her as to what they did and when they left. And since Savas was being difficult about leaving, he had a feeling that their agreement was going to be in more in the methods common to his people.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Fiera thought "Well whoop-dee-doo, Fall for the most obvious trick in the book" as the Snake-like What-the-f*ck-ever-it-is shot at her, she did not dodge it, but as it bit in her arm, Savas had also thrown the Sword she had given to him at her, but to possibly to his disbelief, It phased through Fiera and she disappeared into a gale, She had planned ahead as she appeared in the most unexpected of places, She burst out of the ground behind Savas and hooked the scythe around his neck, She giggled and said "That's got to be the oldest trick in the book, Sending your snake Whatever-it-is after me? oh puhlease". she tugged on the Scythe "This Sparring is over, as we have to move", At which she Snapped her fingers and muttered "[i]Dispeliriaku[/i]", She unhooked the Scythe from Savas's throat as all the Destruction turned out to had actually never happened, Aside from the Giant block of silver protruding from the ground.....