[b][color=yellow]"There it is!"[/color][/b] He shouted above the wind. Below him he could see the Black Fortress, the home base of the Ebony Strykers. It was rather imposing, as expected of the guild. He was high above it riding his lance like a broomstick though and the novelty helped with that.

[i][color=yellow]I'm like the wicked witch of stabbing![/color][/i] He thought.

Still, he wasn't going to see much while he was up here. People were finally starting to come in now but he wanted to be in the throne room to hear what was going on.

[i][color=yellow]Okay, just angle it downwards...[/color][/i]

He pushed the point of his lance downwards and his acceleration increased dramatically and he rocketed towards the fortress.

[i][color=yellow]Whoa! Too fast![/color][/i]

At the speed he was going he was definitely going to brain himself if he hit the fortress. His lance would also probably break and that wouldn't be good. He turned off the rocket booster but he didn't slow down any.

[i][color=yellow]Ah, fuck gravity![/color][/i]

The other bane of his existence was probably gravity. Because he was going down gravity acted on him and his momentum wasn't going to decrease. His life flashed before his eyes as he desperately reactivated his rocket booster and pulled up. Gleaming steel spire brushed by him as his momentum changed from downwards to forward. Time seemed to slow down and he became aware that the tip of his lance had pierced glass. It shattered before him and he went straight through.

The lance slipped from his hands and continued forward impaling itself in the wall, while he fell to the floor far below him. His back impacted with the ground, sending a shock through his body but it was dulled. Deep Ground limited pain after all. His health meter went down as time sped up again and he realized where he was, the Black King's throne room.

He only had a minuscule amount of health left now. It hadn't even been high to begin with and fall damage was sort of brutal. He got up into a sitting position rather unsteadily and put on a sheepish smile.

[b][color=yellow]"Hi there Black King."[/color][/b] He said.