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by DarKnight36 on Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:34 pm
OOC: Kamachi would probably like fighting Darius too, lol.
Anyway, recap for my story arc real quick: Maria and Rune are heading to the earth crystal to try and destroy it. Darius and Teresa are trying to find the refugees. Tyre, Highwind, and Dyran are looking for Princess Sarah. If you want anything more in depth than that, PM me or reread my other posts (if any of you even CARE, lol)
BIC:
"They certainly knew we were coming," Rune said, studying the guards' routes around the large building that supposedly housed the Earth crystal.
"Why do you say that?" Maria asked, brushing her hair out of her face.
"This elaborate setup," Rune said, gesturing at the guards. "Don't you think it's odd?"
"It looks fine to me," Maria said, peeking around the chimney she was sitting against.
Rune grunted. "We're sitting on the rooftop directly next to them, and they haven't even noticed us."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Maria asked, raising an eyebrow. "We were hoping not to be seen."
Rune didn't answer. Instead, he rose and began walking down the roof towards the house next to theirs.
"Where are you going?" Maria asked, puzzled, unsure whether to follow or not.
"Stay here," Rune answered. "When you see the guards react, give me a mental poke, OK?" He jumped to the other roof and disappeared on the other side.
"Mental poke," Maria growled. "Doesn't even wait for me to say, 'Oh, yes, OK, Rune, whatever you want, Rune, how about I massage your feet while I'm at it?' Jerk..."
Despite her protests, Maria turned to watch the guards. After about fifteen minutes, she noticed one of them looking around like he'd heard something. Curious, she gave her mental jab to Rune and settled back to wait. Rune showed up quickly.
"That was...quite the poke," Rune said under his breath. Maria showed him her teeth. "Anyway, it's just as I thought. The guards aren't even really there."
Maria stared blankly at him, then it dawned on her. "Oh, relay illusion. They're projecting the guards onto this house so that no one will realize that the other house, the real one that has the Earth crystal, is the right one."
"So any would be thieves would try to sneak into this house, undoubtedly into the muzzles of automatic turrets or stationary guards that would blast a few hundred holes in them," Rune finished. "As I said, they knew we were coming. This is much too much elaborate for some common burglar. This is top of the line security."
"Of course," Maria said, "they don't know we've figured it out..."
"But it doesn't really matter," Rune shrugged. "I found the house by throwing rocks into the yard, but I couldn't see any guards or anything like that. Without being able to see them, we won't be able to get past them."
"They must not the know the extent of my powers," Maria said, rather haughtily. "I can hook this image into our minds so we'll be able to see the guards and take them out if need be."
Rune blinked. "That's... useful."
"So, show me the house," Maria said, standing up. Rune nodded and led her to another mansion, this one empty of any guards, though it did have a high fence.
Maria concentrated, and the air shimmered. The guards suddenly appeared, oblivious that they were now visible to the two would-be thieves.
Rune smiled. "Very useful. Thank you."
Maria grinned back, then realized she was actually getting along and exorcised the expression from her face. "Just don't take too long getting rid of them."
"Actually, I wasn't planning on fighting them; that would probably bring the whole house down on our heads," Rune said. "I was planning on sneaking inside."
"I don't sneak," Maria said flatly.
"You either will sneak or you'll get shot," Rune retorted, and Maria grimaced.
Rune helped her down off the rooftop, then jumped down after her. Together, they watched the guards, then sprinted forward towards a break in the fence.
Until I get a signature image, this is all I have.
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