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Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:45 pm

Nystan just chuckled. Walking out to the middle of the meadow, Nystan set down Moira and stamped out a largish circle around them. Muttering soft words, Nystan moved around the circle, setting wards of protection. "You forget that I am a mage" said Nystan, sitting down next to Moira and taking off his pack.

Mid · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Mid** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:56 pm

"A legend... here...?" Elisha mumbled in awe as she kept her weapon steady. It took her a moment to realize Constance was still out for the count and the boys were still missing in action. "Just me and the dragon.. great.." The beast reared again and prepared to lunge. Elisha ran forward; jumping from the island to a smaller island in hopes of keeping the dragon's attention away from the fallen girl. "This better be the last time I risk my life for a human." She thought as she continued to move with her staff lighting the way, it's light growing dimmer as the seconds went. Taking a look back Elisha wanted to see if the dragon's eyes had followed her. It was only then when she realized the Leviathan had disappeared. This made her nervous; taking a step back Elisha waited for some form of movement. Her elven ears twitched under her scraf for any kind of sound. Yet the only thing she could hear was her own heavy breathing.

Within a flash, the beast rose up behind her and struck hard. Elisha jumped into the water as the dragon's face smashed into the island she was just standing on. Her weapon slipped out of her hands causing Elisha to swim deeper in hopes of reaching it. While this was happening, the Leviathan was above thrashing about wildly in the dark.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:57 pm

Moira pouted, and turned to check their surroundings for any signs of danger. Satisfied that nothing lurked in the shadows beyond the light of the mages staff, she looked back at the human. "And why, exactly, are you travelling through the forest? You never mentioned it earlier." she asked, curious as to where he could be going and why.

Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:05 pm

"My master as sent me to collect a few people for him" said Nystan, unstrapping his belts and laying them on the ground. Pulling out the tin of pellets and a cricket he had caught in the grass, Nystan released the lizard. The lizard bounded up Nystan's shoulder, where Nystan held out the cricket first. "What do you know about the orb little one?" asked Nystan, as the lizard crunched on the cricket.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:12 pm

"Orb?" Moira questioned. "What kind of orb would you be talking about, mage. There are no orbs that i can think of in this forest that would interest you. Maybe elsewhere, but not here." She watched the lizard warily as the human feed it. She could hear the crunching noises it made as it munched on the juicy cricket.

Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:19 pm

"Did I just say orb?" asked Nystan, 'I meant to say orbs. What do you know of The Orbs?" The lizard finished the cricket and grabbed a pellet from between Nystan's fingers. The lizard munched on the dry pellet and eyed the fairy.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:25 pm

"The Orbs?" Moira asked. "Now that's curious..." she mused to herself. Something fluttered in her mind, a long forgotten memory. It dangled just out of reach, teasing her with scant glimpses. It was something important, something she should remember, but the memory kept eluding her grasp.

Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:29 pm

"Yes" said Nystan, "The Orbs." Nystan paused for a moment, tired. "You do know what The Orbs are right" asked Nystan. the lizard began to slowly move towards the fairy.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:34 pm

Moira concentrated on the memory, to no avail. "I'm sure I've heard of it before, but I can't remember where." she replied. She tried harder still to grasp the fleeing memory. Something about orbs, and guardians, that much she could tell. But beyond that, the details remained ever elusive.

Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:41 pm

"The Orbs of power" said Nystan, "My master wishes me to gather and protect the new heroes, detained to weld the Orbs." Nystan layed back, resting his head on his pack. The lizard stalked towards Moira, until Nystan reached out and picked him up. "Now what did I tell you about eating new friends?" said Nystan, putting the lizard back into his pouch and buckling it.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:50 pm

"Oh, I see" Moira replied. The Orbs of Power. She remembered that now, how there were nine orbs, each with a guardian, and scattered around the land. She watched Nystan pick up the lizard which had been stalking towards her and replacing it in his pouch. "Quite a big task, I would think." she replied.

Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:55 pm

"I guess" said Nystan, taping the crystal once. the light slowly dimmed to nothing. Nystan stared up at the night sky, the stars twinkling. Resting his head on his hands, Nystan began to drift off the sleep.

Blue_Strife · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Blue_Strife** on Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:03 pm

They’d reached the island-type structure too late, as Elisha was nowhere to be seen. Victor instinctively ran to Constance’s side, as Kray frantically looked for the mage, in vain. The beast loomed overheads, staring intently on the water and snarling ever loudly as if it was going to lunge through it- it thrashed around beforehand, Kray noted; why? It didn’t give Kray the time to think of it anymore as it turned its attention to him, the bridge he traveled along being the closest to where the beast had previously been.

It didn’t take long for it to thrust itself in the broadsword-wielding man’s direction, and it almost took the same man too long to dodge. He narrowly missed being chomped in half as he felt the creature’s breath on his skin, rolling to the side, feet skidding on the decrepit island’s ground. He looked sideways at the beast as it’s entire body kept moving past him- huge it was, and longer still. There was only one way to bring it down, Kray noted, and he wasn’t really too keen on pulling it off.

Constance lay unconscious across the other side of the medium-sized structure, Victor at her side as he looked over her. He considered leaving them and there with her, taking the shining-blue orb beside her as a memento- she was found, there was no more truce and he had no obligation to help the other two. Resolving that fact to himself grimly, he took Constance in his arms, Orb in pocket, as he regrettably turned to the bridge to leave. It wasn’t long however, before he heard a roar coming from behind him, and instinctively jumped into the structures passages to hide himself and Conny. Without fail, the serpent-like dragon threw its body forward, but- it never crossed Victor’s line of sight. ‘What gives?’ the thief thought, poking his head out to see where the thing was- only to be knocked to the ground as that same serpent bashed it’s head against the structure-wall, hoping to bring part of it down on the two would-be thieves.

Seeing the beast go after Victor after passing himself, he figured he’d go lend a hand. Elisha was nowhere to be found, but he could not search for her with this thing in the area. Without a second thought, he broke into a sprint, sword swinging in the air beside him, a blur almost as it thrashed around the air. When he reached within a few feet of the monster- which was pre-occupied with Victor at the moment- he made a leap to the back of it’s head, latching on with his hands wildly. It didn’t take too long to notice as it in turn reared it’s head, body and all, as the small human dangled from it’s neck for dear-life, trying and failing to slash it across with his blade.

Kray felt himself slipping. He couldn’t hold on for much longer as the scaled-hide of the monster was slippery in nature, a slime covering the extent of its body, most likely from the depths below. With a howl, it whip-lashed itself, flinging the largest man of the group across the island and flailing about the ground, hitting a stone pillar with a thud. He groped his ribs in pain, having taken the impact with them- standing up he looked to the water, swearing he could see bubbles and a light growing larger from underneath them. He had no time to wonder at it though, as the serpent turned to him now, deeming him a bigger threat than the thief. Gripping the only dagger with him from his arm, he ran off to the side of the structure, another plan in mind.

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Far from dragons and battles, far from would-be knights and thieves, and the magic permeating the air with them, a lit-lantern flickered about, casting shadows ‘cross the room. A man sat in his study, the lantern light playing with his shadow as he perused a book, forgotten by time almost as its pages threw dust as if it were air. One of many, he slowly read on, grin growing as he whispered a single word to himself in the dark confines of his room: “Soon.”

Mid · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Mid** on Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:33 pm

As she reached down to grab her weapon something caught her eye. Elisha used her light and looked at her surroundings but she was unable to find what it was. Shrugging it off as nothing Elisha looked up. She could still see a part of the monster above and decided it was better to swim to a place furthest from the beast. As she swam, Elisha noticed aside from a growing underwater garden there was treasure mixed in with the greens. "Those thieves would just love to be down here." She thought as she continued her way. She needed to hit the surface soon because her air was thinning as the moments passed.

She decided to take a chance and swim for the surface but her cloak was caught on something. It yanked her back hard; choking her. She tugged at it but her cloak refused to be freed. Taking a closer look, Elisha yelled out releasing only bubbles. What she had seen was a decaying body attached to her cloak firmly while reaching her one of her legs. Elisha felt some water in her mouth and realized she was almost out of time. She turned and aimed her foot for it's head. It connected; the monster released it's grip on her.

Elisha swam as fast as she could feeling her body begin to tire. As she broke through the surface she breathed too quickly and started to cough uncontrollably. When she was able to stop, Elisha could feel the water move around her again. She turned to see what was coming at her but it was fast. The animal came at her from behind with it's jaws open; Elisha dodged. The water was weighing down on her body causing her reflexes to slow. She just barely made it; the beast turned to strike again. "Shit.."

She turned off her light by tapping it twice and she slowly moved away from her previous location. It was almost too dark to see anything except the dragon which seemed to glow in the darkness. It roared in anger at the disappearance of it's prey and slowly sunk to the bottom leaving only it's face showing as it searched. Elisha neared the island Kray was on, she wanted to move but didn't want to make any noise that could give the monster a hint as to her whereabouts.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:06 pm

Moira watched the human drift off to sleep, then turned on her side and got ready to sleep. It felt weird, sleeping in the middle of a clearing, after being used to hollows in trees. 'I hope the human doesn't move in his sleep' was her last thought as she drifted into oblivion.

Blue_Strife · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Blue_Strife** on Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:52 am

Victor was covered in rubble. The smaller man was having a hard enough time carrying the unconscious Constance, let alone having to avoid falling stones and debris as the dragon tried to bury them. Poking his head out of said rubble, he could not see the aforementioned beast anywhere. ‘Where the hell did it go now?’ he wondered to himself, trying to stir his companion as he thought it safe for the moment. His blades were in reach next to the girl, just in case the creature reared its head again.

Far from the structure, Kray stalked across one of the bridges. He noticed a light from the other side of the cave. The only one with a light was Elisha- and the beast was headed for the last known location of it. He had to get there first if she wanted to stand a chance. It had the capability to throw him around like a rag-doll, so he only imagined what it could do to the significantly smaller girl, despite her being an assumed mage. Still carrying himself across the earthen bridge, he heard a growl from the side, and as he turned, was attacked by a small beast-ling of sorts. Much akin to a dog, it mauled his arm as he grunted, blood splattering as he pulled his dagger free. In two swift motions his sword clattered to the ground and the blade of his dagger impaled the beast’s temple, killing it instantly. The carcass hit the ground with a thud, and he continued on, dagger sheathed and blade in hand; his free hand tightening a band of ripped cloth to his wound, attempting to stem the blood flow. Deeming the job decent enough, he picked up the pace, making it across the bridge, almost reaching his destination- before the dragon rose from the water before him, a thundering roar sounding from it’s maw.

The girl seemed as if she was waking up; Victor was pleased, if only mildly. But soon enough, a slight growl could be heard as two beast-ling dogs enclosed on the thieves’ location. Vic had noticed them almost too late as he reached for his blades, thrusting one into where he assumed one dog’s chest would be, as the other short-sword parried the second ones teeth, throwing it back and to the ground. The main threat had left them alone, as a resounding roar could be heard from elsewhere in the cave, but it seemed not all would go as planned for Victor, raising his blades as the dog reared on it’s haunches, preparing to leap yet again.

It didn’t take Kray long to react as he drew his dagger back, the plan from before coming to mind as the dragon launched its jaws towards him, hoping for a meal. Giving the creature nothing but rocks and crystal cave-wall for lunch, Kray flinched as he rolled away, most of the pressure being put on his already wounded arm. Trying to not waste time with his own pain, he threw his body up, leaping into the air, and brought the dagger down into the base of the creature’s neck. ‘This’ll work for the leverage… hopefully…’ thought the man, as the creature brought it’s body back to position, a pained roar escaping it’s gaping maw; Kray was again dangling from it, only this time, from his own dagger.

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Watching from the shadows of Kali Forest, a small sect of Arachi skittered about the ground, their legs scurrying in the dirt, arachnid fur being covered in it as they patrolled the borders of a meadow, per their mother’s orders.

They were a simple-minded race, obedient to none other than Naki- they had no other drive in life but to hunt, feed, and kill, for Naki. Naki was their life. They were Naki. As close to being a collective-consciousness without being one if there ever was. So, when they were told to patrol the open areas of the forest, they did as told. And ‘lo and behold, they found something of interest. Peering from the shadows using the trees as cover, they saw creatures. Talking. Muttering foreign tongue in the night air. One walked a circle, before both laid to rest.

Arachi may be simple-minded, but stupid they were not. Only one went to scout, reaching the sleeping bodies. The walked circle had a swath of grass pressed down; boldly, the lone spider stepped over it as the others watched the consequences.

Irish Wolf · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Irish Wolf** on Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:50 am

The crystal on Nystan burst into brightness as the Arachi stepped over the wards. A small glyph under the spider glowed and a bright bolt of lightning came down from the cloudless sky. The lightning burned the Arachi to a charred husk in a second. Nystan jumped p right after the lightning flashed and grabbed his staff. "We've got trouble!" shouted Nystan.

Myth · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Myth** on Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:57 am

Moira was awake within seconds. She took one look at the still smoking husk of the arachi, and got to her feet. She gathered magical energy towards her, and kept it there. The sparkling effect of it made her glow and illuminated the ground around her. She waited, looking towards the forest, trying to see where the others hid.

Blue_Strife · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Blue_Strife** on Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:39 am

The group of five remaining watched in what seemed like silent contemplation; their brethren’s fried husk of a body twitching on the ground. The arachnids had one order other than to patrol; hunt to kill on sight.

Four split off from one, as that one sped off in the opposite direction, on its way to report back. As similar to a collective-consciousness that they were, they were not telepathic. The rest will know. And the rest will swarm. Just as their race always do, the four that made their way to the two foreigners rushed to them, albeit cautiously.

One speedily made its way ahead of the other three, leaping over the line at which it’s brethren from earlier died upon. To its glee, no heating of the air had occurred, no sudden flash of death to rip at its flesh. With that, the three advanced, making their way to the mage; the remaining one eying the significantly smaller fairy as a tasty prize for Mother Naki.

World Collapse~

a part of “World Collapse”, a fictional universe by Mid.

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