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There probably won't be much need to roll at this point, we're pretty much wrapping up Chapter 1.
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There probably won't be much need to roll at this point, we're pretty much wrapping up Chapter 1.
At Skobeloff's words, Garrock reflexively folds his wings tightly against his body. "I assure you," he says quickly. "It's merely a small bite. Nothing to worry about." Still, he doesn't sound nearly as prickly as he was earlier, clearly softened by his earlier conversation with the trickster.
Fogdance, who only seems to have noticed Garrock now, takes a step away from the pixies and towards the other bearded dragon. "You're hurt?" she asks. "May I see?"
Instinctively, Garrock shrinks back. "You're all making a fuss over nothing, I tell you!" he says.
However, Fogdance doesn't let up and, very slowly and carefully, approaches Garrock. Seeing she's not about to back down, Garrock reluctantly opens his wing and lets her have a look. Fogdance inspects his injured wing for a moment, a frown forming on her face. "Well spotted, Skobeloff," she says after a moment. She looks up at Garrock. "Small bite or not, corruption has obviously gotten into this wound. You're lucky Skobeloff noticed, or this could have been a lot worse." Her tone is surprisingly sharp as she addresses him, very different from the softer tone she had been using on the drakes or the pixies, though not entirely unkind either. "We should deal with this immediately."
Garrock opens his mouth to protest, but seeing the seriousness in Fogdance's eyes, stops himself and merely lowers his head.
Fogdance gestures to the twins to come and aid her, and together, the three of them set about at using moon magic to remove the darkness from Garrock's wound. It takes a good couple of minutes, as it seems the dark markings on Garrock's wing are just as stubborn as he is. However, they do eventually fade to the healing light of the three's spell, and once gone, Garrock's wound heals up very easily. The twins step back to give Garrock some space as he flexes his wing. "Now doesn't that feel better?" Fogdance says.
Garrock doesn't answer right away, taking a moment to examine the wing. Skobeloff can see that the older dragon is trying not to look at anyone else in the room as he eventually says, "Much better. Thank you." A few of the pixies giggle at his indignation.
The rest of the group seems to relax slightly once the shadow dragon is out of sight. Kyte in particular gives a smile at Stargaze's cheering, while Alpin can be heard making an audible sigh of relief.
"I think my heart stopped for a moment," he says. "Did anyone else's heart stop?"
Kyte gives a snort of laughter at this before they, Fellwing and Shieldwing all start joining Stargaze in dispatching the vines. As guessed, they very easily relent to the strikes and pulls of the dragons' claws and teeth. It isn't long before they uncover their first dragon, a blue dragon with a mane of white feathers. Fellwing recognises him from her vision as the dragon Altostratus and quickly informs the group of this. Upon hearing his name spoken aloud, the blue dragon's body begins to shift, clearly beginning to wake from his forced slumber. He slowly begins to stand up, shrugging off the last of the vines as he spreads his wings, throws back his head and gives a small yawn. Once he finally opens his eyes, he gazes sleepily at the group before beginning to survey the rest of his surroundings. The confusion is clear on his face as he turns back to Stargaze and tilts his head at her in a questioning manner. Clearly, he has no idea where he is or how he got here.
Fogdance, who only seems to have noticed Garrock now, takes a step away from the pixies and towards the other bearded dragon. "You're hurt?" she asks. "May I see?"
Instinctively, Garrock shrinks back. "You're all making a fuss over nothing, I tell you!" he says.
However, Fogdance doesn't let up and, very slowly and carefully, approaches Garrock. Seeing she's not about to back down, Garrock reluctantly opens his wing and lets her have a look. Fogdance inspects his injured wing for a moment, a frown forming on her face. "Well spotted, Skobeloff," she says after a moment. She looks up at Garrock. "Small bite or not, corruption has obviously gotten into this wound. You're lucky Skobeloff noticed, or this could have been a lot worse." Her tone is surprisingly sharp as she addresses him, very different from the softer tone she had been using on the drakes or the pixies, though not entirely unkind either. "We should deal with this immediately."
Garrock opens his mouth to protest, but seeing the seriousness in Fogdance's eyes, stops himself and merely lowers his head.
Fogdance gestures to the twins to come and aid her, and together, the three of them set about at using moon magic to remove the darkness from Garrock's wound. It takes a good couple of minutes, as it seems the dark markings on Garrock's wing are just as stubborn as he is. However, they do eventually fade to the healing light of the three's spell, and once gone, Garrock's wound heals up very easily. The twins step back to give Garrock some space as he flexes his wing. "Now doesn't that feel better?" Fogdance says.
Garrock doesn't answer right away, taking a moment to examine the wing. Skobeloff can see that the older dragon is trying not to look at anyone else in the room as he eventually says, "Much better. Thank you." A few of the pixies giggle at his indignation.
The rest of the group seems to relax slightly once the shadow dragon is out of sight. Kyte in particular gives a smile at Stargaze's cheering, while Alpin can be heard making an audible sigh of relief.
"I think my heart stopped for a moment," he says. "Did anyone else's heart stop?"
Kyte gives a snort of laughter at this before they, Fellwing and Shieldwing all start joining Stargaze in dispatching the vines. As guessed, they very easily relent to the strikes and pulls of the dragons' claws and teeth. It isn't long before they uncover their first dragon, a blue dragon with a mane of white feathers. Fellwing recognises him from her vision as the dragon Altostratus and quickly informs the group of this. Upon hearing his name spoken aloud, the blue dragon's body begins to shift, clearly beginning to wake from his forced slumber. He slowly begins to stand up, shrugging off the last of the vines as he spreads his wings, throws back his head and gives a small yawn. Once he finally opens his eyes, he gazes sleepily at the group before beginning to survey the rest of his surroundings. The confusion is clear on his face as he turns back to Stargaze and tilts his head at her in a questioning manner. Clearly, he has no idea where he is or how he got here.
Skobeloff's gonna be kicking himself black and blue when he finds out he missed the main event.
Skobeloff: Hey I brought the cavalry, where's the bad guy!?
Stargaze:
Shieldwing:
Fellwing:
Kyte:
Alpin:
Shadow dragon is off to make the mother of all callout posts about Stargaze
Foxglove eyes both Skobeloff and the ribbon suspiciously for a minute before eventually lowering her sewing needle. She glances over her shoulder at the other pixies, who all nodded eagerly towards her, before taking the ribbon. "This," she says. "Will suffice as thanks." She wraps the ribbon around the hilt of her needle before sheathing it in her belt. "You say you know where the rest of our people are? Can you perhaps take us to them?"
Tamba also spoke up. "And you know where the other dragons are?" she adds hopefully.
At Stargaze's roar, the black dragon takes an involuntary step back, clearly startled by the white dragon's bravery. It turns its gaze towards the other members of the group, first Fellwing, then Shieldwing, then finally Kyte and Alpin, fixing each of them with that same searching eyeless stare. When it doesn't seem to find what it's looking for, it turns its head back towards Stargaze and lets out another horrible growl. Like Fellwing had in her earlier vision, Stargaze gets the sense of something looking through the creature back at her. She has no way of knowing who this strange other watcher is, but she feels undoubtedly that it feels a great rage towards her and that today, she has made a great most terrible enemy.
The black dragon's growls eventually cease as it spreads its wings and begins to lift off from the ground. It rising up into the trees, pausing for a moment to hover just in the group's line of sight as if gives on last look at each of them before it gives a final beat of its wings and takes off into the sky.
Almost the exact moment the black dragon is out of sight, the forest suddenly feels different. The group can feel the slightest of breezes start to blow through the trees, coursing the leaves to rattle ever so slightly. The shadows cast by the trees feel a lot less oppressive and through the foliage, the group can make out faint moonbeams breaking through gaps in the leaves. Most notably, the vines that crisscrossed through the area, while still present, no longer look so impassable, and the thorns that cover them no longer so sharp. It will still take some effort to clear through this area, but it no longer feels like an impossible task. With the right amount of manpower, this area can be made passable once more, and a proper search for those entangled within can finally begin.
Tamba also spoke up. "And you know where the other dragons are?" she adds hopefully.
At Stargaze's roar, the black dragon takes an involuntary step back, clearly startled by the white dragon's bravery. It turns its gaze towards the other members of the group, first Fellwing, then Shieldwing, then finally Kyte and Alpin, fixing each of them with that same searching eyeless stare. When it doesn't seem to find what it's looking for, it turns its head back towards Stargaze and lets out another horrible growl. Like Fellwing had in her earlier vision, Stargaze gets the sense of something looking through the creature back at her. She has no way of knowing who this strange other watcher is, but she feels undoubtedly that it feels a great rage towards her and that today, she has made a great most terrible enemy.
The black dragon's growls eventually cease as it spreads its wings and begins to lift off from the ground. It rising up into the trees, pausing for a moment to hover just in the group's line of sight as if gives on last look at each of them before it gives a final beat of its wings and takes off into the sky.
Almost the exact moment the black dragon is out of sight, the forest suddenly feels different. The group can feel the slightest of breezes start to blow through the trees, coursing the leaves to rattle ever so slightly. The shadows cast by the trees feel a lot less oppressive and through the foliage, the group can make out faint moonbeams breaking through gaps in the leaves. Most notably, the vines that crisscrossed through the area, while still present, no longer look so impassable, and the thorns that cover them no longer so sharp. It will still take some effort to clear through this area, but it no longer feels like an impossible task. With the right amount of manpower, this area can be made passable once more, and a proper search for those entangled within can finally begin.
Feeling a bit out of it at the mo. Will try and get the next post up in the next couple of days.
Kendra
"A vampire," Kendra repeats, making a face. "Wonderful." Well that explained the missing dog reports: he was a vampire who ate puppies. Exactly the person who they should trust in this investigation.
Jokes aside, while Kendra tried to keep a low profile in general and not engage too much with the supernatural community outside of what was necessary, the Night community - containing vampires, werewolves, ghosts and many other entities who had once been human - was the one they had least contact and knowledge of. Having access to a vampire's web of contacts might prove somewhat useful in this scenario. "Do you think he might know anything about this?" they ask. "I mean, worst comes to worst, if you're worried about falling further into debt with him, I don't mind taking up the slack. He might be interested in having an Oracle at his disposal."
I also got to love this running thing Skobeloff seems to have going: "If you are mean or unpleasant to me or my friends, I WILL learn your secrets!"
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Before I post IC, I'd like to know the answer to two questions I can ask from rolling an 11 to study Foxglove.
How could I get Foxglove to stop being hostile?
How could I get Foxglove to give away a secret or vital piece of information?
You can tell that despite her bravado, Foxglove is just as tired as the rest of her group, as well as concerned for the safety of her people. Doing as she says and stating who you are and how you got here, as well as showing in general that you are not a threat, will have her back down.
As for the second question, that's a bit trickier. These pixies are probably quite secluded and not quick to trust outsiders. However, Skobeloff has had previous experience with dealing with fae creatures. Showing that you are in the know about the ways of the fae might get her to let her guard down.
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