Faster than anyone, Mithias dives for the orb, catching it a split second before it would have hit the ground. He rolls onto his back, holding it in his palms and gasps at its black color with the concern of a parent wih a sick child. "What happened to it?"

Strygwyr 's toothy grin bows downward to a frown in disapproval and he crouches low between his tonfas with a dscontented soft growl. 

Eclipse by now has calmed his rage... At least to manageable levels. He looks at the dark man on the staircase as Teo suddenly throws hiself unceremoniously into the slime. "Hope didnt damn you shadowmage, and you couldnt have lost it completely, or you wouldnt exist. In fact it might be only thing keeping you alive."

Mithias gets up. "Who are you and what happened to you? ... And where is that girl?"