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With confidence, she told herself that was all that was needed. Confidence.

The mists curled and twisted below as she dove downwards, the dim glow of the portal present in sight even as she knew the guards lurked around it. Somewhere, she knew.

She walked steadily towards the portal, a chance to actually explore beyond the realm of the Great Eye. It was something her group of friends had been planning for a while to try, in secret of course. One did not ask the Great Eye for much, most who did regret such, as the stories were told, not many say those who spoke the Great Eye again among the masses of the race.

She had volunteered to try first, the others were watching in the distance she knew, but no time to look back now, she was being watched by things other than her people. And so close she was, the portal was becoming clearer with each step forward.

Her black scales shifted through the fog as her horned head lowered peering forward through the mists as she drew closer to escape.

“What be of your business, Dragon?”

She nearly froze, the voice was singular and echoing, why’d it have to be them on guard.

[color=PaleGreen]“Valued Echoes, I was not aware you were guarding the portal on this occasion or else I would have sent word of my mission to-”[/color]

“-search and see beyond the portal and the various realms and deities beyond it? Not much does escape the sight of the Master, Dragon.”

The echoing voice was on the other side of her now, such was the way of the Echoes, always more than one, and not pleasant at that. Iom’dryrar turned her head to the first one who spoke now. It was of course one of the Echoes, they sat on three legs, none of them looked like the other, five arms grasped spears that dimly glowed of balefire, they had no proper face on what passed for their head, a series of shifting gaping maws into the dark void that was at the center of an Echo. If there was one you could, there were thousands more at the edges of your sight.

She replied in a small voice, the fog grew ever thicker around her, [color=PaleGreen]“I did not realize the Great Eye was aware.”[/color]

“The Master has awareness over all in the realm of his being, Dragon.” First voice behind her, and then to the side. “The Dragon would be wise to remember such things.”

Iom’dryrar kept quiet in the next few moments, turning her head to watch and look at the Echoes that surrounded her. They did nothing besides their usual shifting in and out of sight, that was not exactly a relief. Echoes were terrifyingly unpredictable, they were small but many foolish dragons had found themselves held in terror for not obeying the Great Eye’s will at the hands of the Echoes. They usually kept harm to a minimum unlike some of the far distant servants of the Great Eye.

She gulped, and then again trying to clear her throat. [color=PaleGreen]“So what happens now?”[/color]

A voice to her right, “The Dragon continues, the Master has approval for this action for now.”

To her left, “The Dragon is warned that many places are dangerous, and many more so because of the Dragon being and life is so fragile and tied to the Dragon-kind makers.”

Off slightly right, barely visible in the mists, “The Dragon will proceed, the Master has decreed. The Dragon Group that has sent this Dragon may follow in time, or may not. The Master will decide upon their fate as befalls this Dragon.”

Behind her, “Does this Dragon understand?”

She replied as quick as she could, [color=PaleGreen]“Yes, I understand.”[/color]

It came into her head as quick and brief as one could blink, an infinitely of voices, of clamoring sounds and calls of every sort and kind imaginable.

[color=Fuchsia]Good.[/color]

Iom’dryrar walked as steadily as she could through to the portal, the mists had only continued to build up and it was faint. As she reached close Echoes stood by, the portal suddenly expanding to make her body fit through, she pressed her wings flat as she could and stepped out.

[hider=Summary]We open on a Dragon, the majestic black scaled and horned Dragoness Iom’dryrar, approaching the portal to Antiquity. Alas she is caught by some of the servants of Thaa, The Echoes, looking as a mismatched horror, three legs, five arms and only gaping shifting maws on their heads, these are not the most pleasant of servants and she is much concerned and afraid that it was them who caught her. Not only this but apparently Thaa was aware of this attempt the whole time from planning to action which is only of greater concern.

Fortunately he has decided to allow her out to explore and possibly her friends who she had planned this with too should things not go too terribly awry. With some warnings Iom’dryrar steps out into Antiquity as the portal briefly expands to allow her through.[/hider]
[hider=MP Summary]None spent.[/hider]