[h3][u][b][color=fff200]Aerarius[/color][/b][/u][/h3]
Aerarius slowly regained consciousness as the sealing spell wore off.  As mana coursed through his body, his auditory sensors were filled with the soft humming of his internal mechanisms as they started back up.  For a minute he lay there as clarity slowly returned to his mind and his body regained its strength.  He wasn't sure if it was by design that the sensation of waking up as an automaton would be so similar to that of when he was human, but he was grateful for it all the same.

[i]Why can't I see anything?  This isn't a charging station.  Oh yes, that's why,[/i] he thought to himself as his mind became clearer. He extended his hand and felt the coffin's stone lid, as he recalled the events that led to this.

[i]They sealed us away.  Wanted us to strike a blow at the enemy when they became complacent and believed themselves victorious.  We must have awakened[/i], he concluded.  He had clearly been shut down for a while- his joints had an uncharacteristic amount of friction within them, and a few were even entirely stuck, his half-awakened body unable to produce the force to move them.

Above the ambient noise of his own body, Aerarius discerned sounds from outside the coffin.  The most likely conclusion was that the others had awakened as well.  He waited another minute or two, patiently allowing his body to regain its strength.  He exercised his joints in his arms and dislodged those that had become stuck, at least as far as he could inside the cramped coffin.  When he was satisfied with the lack of resistance in his joints and the strength in his arms, he opted to emerge.  He put his hands on the lid and pushed, flinging it open, completely ignoring that it was meant to open on its own.

[i]Did I force it took hard?  It's no matter.  We're never using these things again, [/i]he thought as he climbed out.  His legs were still stiff, but they possessed enough power to push through the resistance.  He glanced around, looking at the others that had awakened.  So far, the young beast-man, the petite demigoddess, the Grand Magus, and the towering half-elf had emerged.

"It appears the sealing spell was successful," he vocally noted, producing a human but slightly distorted voice.  He couldn't be sure what sort of side effects the spell could yield.  Such was not uncommon when dealing with untested magics.

In fact, he didn't need to look far to find an unforeseen "side effect".  Emerging from Efander's coffin, and draped in his clothing, was what appeared to be a young girl.  She appeared to possess the Great Sage's unique mana absorption, leading Aerarius to conclude that she must be Efander, somehow shifted into another form.  Taking into account his own mana absorption ability, which he assumed was deactivated while he was sealed, he instinctively glanced down at his own body.  To his relief, his brass frame was the same size and shape as it had been when he had been sealed.

"It looks like the spell has had some unforeseen effects, however."