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NecroWolf Paladin Walked through the thick woods that surrounded a nearby village. He knew a large storm was approaching and that he would have to sleep at an Inn tonight instead of out in the wilderness as he was accustomed to. He didn't need to use any of his normal senses to how the weather would be, he could feel everything around him through the flows of magic running threw him. He always held on to at least one thread of each element just in case he had to weave together a spell to save his life. He could feel the earth through these magical threads and it told him of the storm that was coming. So once again he found himself facing the tough decision of whether to brave the storm or to head into a village. The severity of the coming storm made his choice for him.
He could almost tell already that no matter how low he attempted to keep himself there would be another riot here by the time he left. He could never understand why people always saw him as evil just for the magics he practiced. After all people alway ask themselves why their friends had to die. NecroWolf remembered hearing over and over when people wish out loud that their loved ones would return. But every time he even brought up, with some, the possibility that he could do this for them they would, curse his name, throw sharp things at him, and chase him out of town. But he had almost mastered the art of res-erecting the dead with souls intact. At the moment the best he could do was to animate corpses and stick souls into them temporarily, but they always died within the day. NecroWolf felt disappointed with himself for not grasping what in all reality should be a simple task. He was starting to wounder if the paladin order he had started in was right. If maybe creating life was best left in the hands of God.
So NecroWolf walked around the village once and found an Inn closest to the forest. He put up his hood, made sure the paladin markings on his sword were well hidden by the scabbard he placed on his back, and walked slowly out of the woods toward the Inn. "The Dragon's Claw Inn" read the sign above the door. He took a deep calming breath and entered. He signed into his room and after going over one of his masters old books on necromancy1 for probably the 30th time he walked out to the Inn's bar, ordered a drink, and sat down at a corner table in the back to drink while he observed the bars guests.
1 Just in case some people don't know necromancy is the art of magically res-erecting people from the dead.
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Nyx was chatting with the others at the bar like usual. She loved serving up drinks. Though, if it were her choice, she'd make them using her own tools instead of the things provided. She enjoyed practicing magic as all dragons did; but it was unfortunately frowned upon in many places she'd known... In fact she'd been fired from a lot of bar tending jobs for using magic to do simple things like slide a drink to the customer, or employing a rag to wipe down the bar on its own.
Sighing, she grabbed a wet rag and began to clean the bar while carrying on a conversation with a customer who'd obviously had too much to drink and serving some gin with her tail. Sometimes this bar seemed to be busier than the front desk at the Inn.
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NecroWolf looked back at the bartender taking her in really for the first time. Hmm she's a dragon, Necro thought to himself. Like most dragons I can feel a strong magical tenancy in her. I would rate her potential in the field as very high. Then again most dragons would be the same. So why would a dragon be serving in a bar and not even using a single tread of magic. ??? Should I stir the magic in this place a bit and see if it gets her notice. Most people and even some entry level mages don't notice all the magical energy around them, and only the best are aware of all magical beings around them without trying to look at them individually. I'm nowhere near that good yet. Thats almost sage level, but I'm sure if I did stir the magic in here, a bit, she would notice.
I know this is how it always starts. I feel the need to talk with people and before long everyone knows exactly what I am and chase me out of town. And yet it seems I have to do this yet again. I wish both her and me better luck then I usually have. *Necro tugged at a few strands of each element, half wove a spell, and let the weaves drop and disappear* Why do I do this? Why do I feel this need to meet people? Oh well whats done is done. 'The die has been cast' as some would say. Now all I can do is see if she's as good as I know she is.
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Nyx's ears perked and her pale lavender eyes were drawn to the wolf in the corner. He didn't just... Did he...? Nah... she thought to herself. No way he'd try to draw attention to himself using magic... Especially when there are so many around who disapprove... She finished wiping the bar and placed the bottle of gin back its place with her tail as she rolled up her sleeves. Her gaze was still fixated on the wolf when he looked up at her. She turned away and acted as if she were staring at an ornament that hung on the wall next to him. Curiously, she built up her potential energy as if she were preparing to cast a spell to see if he would respond... If he were a being of magic like he was trying to imply, he would certainly feel the change.
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Alkina was in her tent. Business was slow that day for a "fortune teller." She wished her powers could be of better use... she moved her head and her head band's jewel strings shimmered a little under her small hood that wrapped over her mouth.
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Just as I had thought, no one here has any skill in magic, except her. He had felt her magical increase. An appropriate response, something only people of our magic level would see. Maybe I should stop now. I can't possibly feel everyones power at once and it's possible that I overlooked someone. On top of that there are ways to hide your power from all but the most skilled. I wish I could but this pain inside demands I meet someone anyone who is capable of of understanding me. Anyone who might one day ... be my friend. *Necro grabbed a few more threads of each element raising his power as well.*
Anyone who knew what to look for would easily feel the magical tension in the air, including the paladin that was sleeping upstairs in his room. The paladin had been dispatched to find the magic user who's been causing riots in the area. But know he was fast asleep and not at all aware of the magic occurring downstairs.
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The wolf's power increased as well. Nyx stopped; and the magical tension around her took a steep dive... It didn't feel right. It was as if she were paranoid of someone besides that wolf catching her in the act of using magic. She didn't sense any other magic users aside from him... But there were some people capable of detecting the unnatural. Casually, she reached under the counter top of the bar grabbing fruit juices and blends to mix herself a non-alcoholic drink; trying to push the thoughts of magic to the back of her mind.
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alkina's head started pulsing at the raise of magic in the air, so she sent out a mental pulse to all magic users yellling ; "Come to the tent, I refuse to leave my tent when theres an increase in magic. AND STOP SENDING OUT PULSES!"
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Necro felt the dragon drop her power and did the same. She's right we've identified each other there's no longer any need to risk this any further. Necro was planning to wait till the bar closed or the bartenders changed shifts to talk to her when he felt a mental message. 'come to the tent. ... AND STOP SENDING OUT PULSES!' Great we've been felt, but at least it seems by someone who cares about magic users instead of an enemy. NecroWolf looked at the dragon knowing that she must have heard the message too and nodded slightly. He finished the rest of his drink and walked out of the Inn to find this tent where the mental message came from.
Eric was in the inn's bed dreaming of being promoted to the top of the paladin order. One day he would get there then he could use his influence to change a few rules in the order. There would be no more of this trial nonsense, anyone caught using dark magic for any purpose would be killed on sight. Dark creatures were what was ruining this world. Once all darkness was destroyed there would be peace at last. And glory he'd go down as the strongest bravest and all around most perfect paladin of all time. No one would question his authority not even. 'come to the tent. ... AND STOP SENDING OUT PULSES!' What was that? Eric woke up and instantly felt the dieing magical tension in the air. and part of the weave he felt contained dark energy. Perfect this case is just what I need to be promoted to the next rank.
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"come in quick" alkina said hastily
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Nyx nodded back knowing where the wolf must be heading. The tent she was supposed to be heading to with him... But she couldn't abandon her shift, and so she sat behind the bar, drinking her own concoction of drink, ready to serve whoever came to the bar. Energies shifted once more and suddenly she had a heavy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Something was wrong...
(( My character's a dark dragoness, so I suppose she's included in the dark kind that are supposed to die...? ))
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NecroWolf accepted the invitation and entered the tent. "Is there something urgent I should know about?" He suspected it would be something along the lines of how dangerous it was to do what he did. He knew it was dangerous but anything specific would help him in the long run so gave the fox his full attention.
Eric jumped out of bed, grabbed his sword and other paladin items, and hurriedly exited the Inn in search of the tent.
As Eric left the inn a person stepped out of the forest and followed him at a distance. So Eric you've once again taken off to blindly slay on impulse. The head Paladin was right to order an investigation of you. Let see if you follow any of the protocols.
((I try my hardest to make sure that no real characters die. only no playable characters meet death in my rp's. But yes Eric would include her in his "to kill" list))
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Nyx was cleaning a glass when a man rushed pass heading out the door. He seemed to be tending to an urgent cause, and once he was gone, the heaving feeling in her stomach dissipated. She sat the glass down with a sharp 'clank' and looked to the bar tender that was swapping shifts with her who just so happened to be a tiger. "Now that's strange... Strange indeed." Nyx said as she untied her apron and tossed it to the tiger. The tiger looked back at her as if he were confused, then slipped the apron on and snatched the glass the dragoness had left on the counter to finish cleaning it.
"Now I suppose I should head to where that message came from..." she continued in her conversation with herself, walking out of the Inn's entrance.
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"I hope you know I had to put us in danger to get you here right?" hands him a glowing substance alost chalk like "draw a sun , moon, star , and cirlce around the tent. then i'll cast the speel once the dragoness is in and we'll be hidden"
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Necro understood now, there was another magic user, one who might be against them. He drew the shapes quickly but making sure they were the right size and structure. I'm not sure why she's having me do this, is she going to draw on my magical strength to help hold the seal? "Done. I'm pretty sure they are in the correct positions for the barrier you wish to erect, but i must tell you my specialties lie in ... .. other areas, so I may have varied a bit.".
Eric was never particularly good with magical skills that didn't involve blasting his foes with light energy. he took a wrong turn in following the voice to the tent and was delayed in finding it.
Eric's follower sensed the dragon leaving the Inn behind him and took extra precautions to avoid being seen or sensed until Eric's test/ trial was over.
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temporarily puts up a barrier that only the dragoness will be able to see "this is an illusion to them it'll look like she flew off instead of ran in"
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I jumped off a roof, I was watching them the whole time.... I was at where the tent should be and sighed at the fortune teller's terrible illusion skill.... I sent an eletrical current thru my arm.... "How pitiful..." I smashed my hand into the ground and the tent flew up and revealed the three.... "You're illusion skill isn't so great." I told the fortune teller....
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i smirked at him and snickered in an evil way "Then you'll love this parlor trick" I said and let out a maniacl laugh and made the 3 of us disappear in a mushroom cloud of smoke which instantly made it pitch black my voice fading as we are no loner there "Your next!"
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Necro was surprised by the tent being blown away, but immediately started taking in the situation. 'your illusionary skill isn't so great' Necro assumed this person to be an enemy and pulled several elemental threads to him. Before he could think of a spell to weave (he probably would have made fireballs) the fortune teller had made a large cloud of smoke that suddenly turned all around them black.
Eric felt it again only stronger, this time spells WERE being used. He turned around in time to see a huge mushroom cloud of smoke rapidly covering everything in darkness. He followed the strongest magical pulse, this one had darkness in it. Equal amounts everything just like before.
The Paladin following Eric just managed to get out of sight as Eric ran back toward him and the tent. Eric was following darkness magic instead of looking for evil intent. The paladin wrote in a note pad taking off a few points from Eric's evaluation. He then followed Behind Eric keeping out of sight.
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I charged a purple ball of lightning in my right hand... I could slightly see all of them.... "Prepare to die..." I said in a cold voice... I crushed the ball into the ground and jumped back, the ball had exploded killing butterflies, insects, and maybe the fortune teller and her friends..... "I'm not evil...I just hate it when people insist on trying to kill me..." I said....
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Necro could feel the energy this time as the attacker charged up for another strike. He remembered the last attack, the energy ball is going to hit the ground again. Quickly he touched the ground with both hands and absorbed as much energy from the energy ball as his body could handle. It was not enough to stop the attack bit it took most of the bite out of it. "Who's trying to kill you? From my point of view you're the one who started blowing things up unnecessary!"
Eric rounded the corner of a building just in time to feel the leftover magic from that last attack. "Pitiful creatures of the dark, I have come to slay you and put an end to your miserable existence! Too long have your kind pledged humanity you vile scum! Die passively and maybe the lord will have pity on your wretched souls!" He Shot A large beam of light magic that threatened to burn a hole threw everyone around where the tent used to be as well as all the houses that were behind it..
The mysterious paladin following Eric had just about seen and herd all he needed for his report and was debating stopping his assault. 'Dear head leader of ours the exclusive paladin order; Eric has in my opinion completely failed as a member and thus a representation of our establishment. He has focused all his attentions on darkness beings and fails to see the threat of evil among light beings. He blindly runs into situations without taking even a moment to consider whats happening around him. He also attacks blindly in uncertain situations endangering innocent civilians. I recommend he be stripped of all rank and titles and banished from the order. Yours truly, Fredrick, Inquisitor rank 4 of 10. PS That Necro kid you saved from the death pealty is his current focus. I really hope you knew what you were doing.'
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I casted a shield over me.... "You blindly attack and dont bother to see what's happening.." I told the idiotic paladin.... I Wind Dashed behind him then drew my katana Wind's Shadow and stabbed him in the back..... "Im Neutral not Evil...Although I study in Necromancy...." I said to him as i ripped my hand out and he fell to the ground....
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"I think its time we go I'm not evil I just stand up for whats right, I know about things you are still trying to comprehend" i let out a laugh "We'll see what my ' illusion ' does to you hoep you get your sight back!" with that she waited
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Eric saw the creature run out of the darkness but wasn't able to react in time to stop the attack. "How can filth like you claim to be neutral but still you insist in meddling in evil arts and attacking holy men?" He could feel his life slipping away. How is this possible? Shouldn't God's light save me from these evil vermin? Could it be his will that I die here? No, ... I wont die. I can't die. "I REFUSE TO DIE BY THE LIKES YOU! YOU AND ALL YOUR FILTHY KIND!" Gathering all the energy he had left in him and pulling on the life energies of those nearby he slowly got up pulsating with a strong, but short lived energy. With incredible speed he turned around and punched the person who stabbed him. He then realized that he didn't have time to kill or even fight very well. "I will kill all you dark creatures nothing will stop me!" He ran threw the village and into the woods faster than should be possible.
Fredrick sighed. He finally learns how to use life energy just in time to desecrate our art and be banished from the order. At this rate we may never truly see to his popper disposal. I am pretty sure at this point that's what he's going to be sentenced with. Well I have no reason to be here anymore I might as well leave. He turned to walk out of the village.
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"I didn't wanna have to reveal myself like this.." wit that she lets her cloak and hood fall to the ground around her and wings of light apppear and she looks like an angel "I'm afraid you have no idea who's innocent and who isn't...Your slaughtering people that are trying to defend themselves....Killing makes you lower then them" she says with a worried expression
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"I'm not killing anyone, but dont you think casting an illusion spell on your tent and letting people inside to discuss....certain things is a bit....hmm....weird." I replied sighing at the pathetic paladin's attemopt to kill me.... "I'm a demon, it's gonna be hard to kill me....especially if a lower Paladin tries...." I muttered under my breath.... "For the last damn time, I'm Neutral " I said sighing.....I sheathed my katana...."Necromancy is not Evil you *** Paladin...." ((i play oblivion i should know XD ))
(( ALSO theres that part of the forum it says "***" and a admin put it there -.- +++2 ))
Not any more.
~Ephemral~
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Red eyes watched as the paladin was dying. I smirk spread across her face '...this should be fun....' she thought.
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"You know, now that I think about it, you never did get to tell any of us what it was you wanted to tell us. Before the paladin attacked you seemed to be nervous about something. Is your message still urgent, and what was it?" Necro didn't mean to sound pushy but this whole affair had distracted him from the point of his coming to the tent. As a magic user he knew distraction at a critical moment could lead to death and thus was inexcusable. He had also forgotten why he came to the village in the first place, and was reminded when the sky started darkening an a light rain started to pour. Necro had felt this storm coming earlier and new it would soon become much worse. "Maybe we should go inside somewhere first, those of us that aren't out to kill the rest of us."
He could feel his life slipping away. ... No, ... I wont die. I can't die. "I REFUSE TO DIE BY THE LIKES YOU!..." Gathering all the energy he had left in him and pulling on the life energies of those nearby he slowly got up pulsating with a strong, but short lived energy. ... He then realized that he didn't have time to kill or even fight very well. "I will kill all you dark creatures nothing will stop me!" He ran threw the village and into the woods faster than should be possible.
Eric was now far from the village, the last of his energy draining out. He collapsed in a clearing and breathed what he was sure would be his last breaths. He felt his life slip away. ... And then he felt his life slip back. Someone or something was healing him. He couldn't summon enough energy to turn and see who or even to open his eyes. But somehow he was going to survive. Before he slipped into an uneasy sleep he vowed on his renewed life that Necro and his friends would die at his hands.
A shadowy figure emerged on the scene of the fallen paladin. He had fought hard and even discovered on his own how to use life energy. He is blind to all evil except that which lies in the dark, making me completely safe. I wonder, how he would fair in a rematch with double his original power. The figure bent down and healed the paladin. Then he planted some of his own strength within him. "Listen Eric," he said with a hypnotic tone in his voice, "God has revived you and doubled your powers. He commands you to kill all those of darkness starting with those who just killed you." He knew this seed wasn't necessary, but if he took too many chances his Identity might get found out. If that ever happened it would be far to difficult to worm his way to the top of the paladin order. He faded back into the shadows.
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'....hmm, he doesn't seem to have noticed my presence....' the showed figure thought. 'Maybe I should make my way out of here before he does....'
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(ooc: sorr y i got confused who was killing who) "I think first you should follow me" I drew a star on the ground with a chalk and jumped through the center disappearign through the earth
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I turned back..."Might as well...I'm not evil...." I muttered as I jumped into the star..thing....
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Necro looked around before entering the star. Many houses were completely destroyed, most of them by Eric. A small but angry crowed started to form. The crowd's size was reduced by the falling rain and the number of people who'd rather ignore the crisis and be left alone than risk their lives to remove the menace. But even still many people were anxious to be rid of him. Necro knew this was going to happen, this always happened every time he entered a village. Well it looks like theres nothing left here for me. Necro turned and stepped into the star and disappeared into the earth..
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(is flying n senses magic tensions and relaeses in the air currents) *thinks about it....'no..it couldnt be...'*
(lands in center n glares at the vilagers, sending firebolts at random furries)
im getting a bad feeling about this place....but i need to find another magic user....i need to...
(grows to full form, wings out, teeth, tail, claws ready)
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The crowd that had gathered hastily ran away as a dragon landed throwing around firebolts. Fredrick had sent a messenger with his letter containing Eric's evaluation and was nearby to witness as the dragon became even larger. He ran out to the dragon. "What purpose do you have here? Please cease your attack on these people or I might have to restrain you myself. I'm sure that if you have issues with these or any people in general they can be worked out without the burning down of this village." He took a moment to magically put out some of the residual fires making sure he kept an eye on the dragon so he could react should the dragon decide words weren't worth having. The sky darkened as the storm approached, winds picked up and the rain fell harder putting out the remaining fires.
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(hears yelling but it sounds faint. i look down to see a furry glaring at me. i shrink a little and curl my tail around my body., my wings still outsretched, the lights behind me casting a weird light to them, showing off my tattoos...)
im not gonna hurt anyone intentionally, srry... where are the magic users i senced earlier?...
(growls loudly, feeling warmth carress my normally cold neck)
guys....
(the red gem on the chain around my neck starts to pulse and darkness crowds my vision)
GUYS!!!
(blood-tears start up and i grow three times my earlier size)
the human tagging along on my back screams...
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*Crawls back up through the star* What in the name of furress is goin on here?!
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Nyx was walking in the rain... She sensed magic like crazy... It was driving her wild, tempting her to use her own... When she arrived at where the tent would have been, nobody was there.
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*snarls and lashes tail at a nearby inn*
the human screams again...
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Necro climbed back out of the star after the fortuneteller in time to see the dragon lash it's tail at the Inn and to see Nyx walk up. Necro wanted to make sure the town wasn't destroyed any more than it had to be. "Listen, whatever you're looking for, destroying the Inn will only make people want to kill you. I know if your goal was to destroy this place it'd be in ruins already. So please calm down and tell us what you need." Necro wasn't skilled at the types of barriers that are meant to hide people but through necessity he had learned to create protective shields of decent strength. Necro erected a wall around the area to protect bystanders and buildings. Necro left the top open so that the dragon could leave if he chose to. He wanted to make sure that his actions wouldn't cause the dragon to feel threatened and possibly retaliate.
Fredrick noticed Necro make a barrier around the buildings and used some of his own power to reinforce the gaps in it. "I generally don't find myself agreeing with necromancers, but it is vital that you try to control yourself and calmly tell us whatever it is you need. I'm afraid, as I have said before, that if you prove to be a threat to this village we may have to subdue your actions. So please what is it that you want here?"
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Nyx caught sight of the dragon, and shifted to her feral form. (Which looks something like THIS (http://www.pixibilities.net/catalog/images/Cormyr.gif).) She approached the other dragon and pushed a thought into her mind, The human is right. I've been able to live safely in this town... If you give us dragons a bad name, dragon slayers will come and hunt ME as well as you down. And I will not allow that. She was sure to emphasize the 'will not' enough to give any creature a mild head pain.
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*snarls but lays head down, the human slides off*
"She's upset, I don't know why....She doesn't talk much since the accident. I'm not sure if she's angry or lonely or anything.....And I'm scared for her..." the human announced, loudly enough for the entire village to hear. He turned to me and cocked his head, listening...
i want to be happy again but i dont think this will help, my familys dead, my friends are missing and i hate happy lokking places....i want to make everyone feel like i do...im srry i thought, confused and scared of the other magic users as i was a child in magic....
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I jumped outta the star...."Where does that thing lead anyway.." I asked kit....
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*whistles softly, looking for a reply, head cocked at an odd angle*
"I don't understand, why this village? These furries?" He asked me, confused and unsure bout my intentions...
this place reminds me of my home...the accident has given me a selective meory and thre furries look a lot like the ones i knew...
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"So what is it you're after?" Necro couldn't quite place his finger on the dragons want but hoped that she wasn't asking for a complete restoration of her family. Necro could animate dead bodies, and even attach souls to them. But no matter how hard he tried he could never hold the soul to it's new body for more than two hours at best. He was missing something, something his teacher wasn't able to tell him before she died. Thinking of her now, how kind she was, how sympathetic to his loss. She showed him dark creatures weren't all evil. But then the very creatures she called her friends, killed her. There were too many, it was all he could do to get away. NO! PLEASE DON'T KILL HER! NO! NOOOOOOOOO! Necro forced himself to end the thought before it got out of hand and effected his reasoning. "Are you looking for someone to restore your family to you? Because if you are, I'm afraid the best I can do is reunite you with them for an hour or so. If however you'd like someone to help unlock your memories, I think I know enough to help with that. Maybe not enough to completely unlock your mind but possibly enough to jam a wedge into that locked section to where you can pry it open the rest of the way.
Fredrick was worried now. Having to lend his hand into necromantic activities could get him in an inquiry. At best he'd loose a rank at worse he'd be compleatly banished from the order. He was completely sure that the death penalty couldn't possibly apply to such a situation, but it was still something he wanted to avoid. "Necro I'm afraid that if you try your necrotic arts I'll have to make a show of trying to stop you, I hope you understand." Fredrick gathered hims thoughts and looked at the dragon. "Anything that has to do with memory manipulation I can handle. As an inquisitor of the paladin order it's in my training to be able to read sealed portions of the mind. If what you need is a memory boost your very fortunate that you found me. I would be able and willing to help you."
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*snarls and slaps the frederick. looks at necro longingly*
i just want to talk to my master again but he ran away and i cant find him
*snorts unhappily, curling into a ball and huffing smoke out my muzzle*
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"Are you saying this human isn't your original master?" Necro thought for a bit. "Do you have any kind of magical bond with your master? Something that could possibly be used to sense where he is in relation to you." Necro had never really messed around with bonds and bonding, not including bonding souls to flesh which left no trail because the soul and that which it moves is already as close as it can possibly be. From what Necro had read bonds should tell both members where the other is, if only a direction and not distance. And what few books he had read on dragons said that the majority of the ones that allow humans to team up with them use a type of bond. Necro looked at the fortuneteller. "If she has a bond couldn't you follow it? After all don't psychic links between people use a similar energy to that of psychic imprints of the future?"
Fredrick was knocked down by the force of the dragons slap. He had allowed his focus to slip to Necro and was I'll prepared for anything else. He got up and slowly backed away from striking distance of the dragon. "What was that for? Necro made the exact same offer I had! All I did was state that I'd know more about memory manipulation than he would." He heard Necro's idea of following the bond between dragon and master and nodded in silence. "If she dose indeed have such a bond that would indeed make this a great deal simpler." He turned to look at the human. "But that still leaves you. How did you come about this dragon and why did she allow someone who wasn't her master to not only approach in a time of uncertainty but to also board and ride her." He looked back at the dragon. "I guess I really should be asking you. I don't mean to sound suspicious, I just think we should learn the names of both the people we're going to help."
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*looks at frederick and growls*
Paladin Order my @$$. You were a bunch of fools a century ago and you still are. Im Saphirblick and this is  Vorsicht. This human is my temporary master for now. Necro seems more trustworthy than a Paladin.
*lays beside the human and shrinks to chibi form, crawling to his neck; purring softly*
"I met her on my travels and announced myself, very cautiously approaching her and telling her I would help her talk to the people of the villages in return for a warm place to sleep and a ride... I didn't think she'd be so upset when she finally got there." He said, petting her head. He looked at Frederick suspiciously.
No more time left...i can sense trouble coming...Hunters, big pack, Halph-Blood Hunters... i thought, looking up at Vorsicht and over to Necro, worry written all over my face.
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"I agree...Paladins are just a bunch of nimrods who think they can do whatever they want..." I said to the two paladins...
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*smiles at the wolf warmly, crawling over to him and looking at him*
Owner??
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"Thats one of the reasons I left the paladins. From what I've heard most of them have improved, but I'm still not convinced that gathering a bunch of self righteous people and telling them they can judge who's worthy to live and who deserves to die will ever be a good idea."
"What do you mean 'left'? You were banished, shunned, kicked out. You never had a complaint about the order up till the day we discovered you practicing those dark unholy arts of yours. And just so you know, after you left we had major reforms and set strict guidelines for ourselves. Before members were declaring people as evil and slaying them for reasons as trivial as not liking the types of shoes others wore. Now we have to strongly believe someone’s evil to detain them and know it to kill them. Back in the day it would have been common for me to have slain this dragon for just appearing at this village in her true form, but I gave her many chances to calm down and look where we are. Instead of a dead dragon corps to clean up we have a noble mission to reunite her with her master. Eric is one of many giving us a bad name and we are slowly but surly removing the likes of them from our ranks. So please, if you would think twice before lumping us all together in one insult, it would be most appreciated."
“Wow, I guess you sure told us then. Listen if loving your parents and friends enough to want to bring them back disqualifies a person from being a paladin then I’m glad I was banished!â€ÂÂ
*smiles at the wolf warmly, crawling over to him and looking at him*
Owner??
Necro was confused at the question. "Do you think I'm your owner or are you trying to remind me that we need to find him? I still think if you have any type of bond, even a very weak one, tracing it to your master would still be the best way to find him."
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*she crawled towards shinzu and sat quietly*
This one reminds me of him a lot. And frederick, 1. I ever hear that come out of your mouth again, about me or anyone else and I will personaly assassinate you. 2. The Paladin order has never changed, the selfrighteous will always judge the non. It will be the start of the war unless you let a new Paladin into your ranks that will show you your actions through anothers eyes.
Paladin Demons... *i grumbled, glaring at Fredrick angrily*
*looks at necro motherly*
Necro, I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused and I will fix the village back the way it was WITHOUT MAGIC. If Fredrick says anything about it, I'm'll throw him into a tree. You don't insult a dragon and then expect to go freely, Paladin.
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((Sam, stop avoiding word filters and edit your post.))
Nyx looked back at the others as she just sat watching, and, like a sponge, absorbing the conversation. She closed her eyes and listened, though, she, like the other dragon was not too fond of the on called Fredrick. She wasn't too fond of anyone now. Answering a little late, Nyx eyed Necro, "What book did you hear of dragons making bonds with humans frequently? That book is wrong. Dragons know many secrets of nature that many beings do not... In fact, we are bonded with nature's magic, and can understand the way the world works better than anyone else. Any dragon who would dare share those secrets with man is daft. Man never uses knowledge correctly. He does not think of anything but his own personal gain... Which is why, if anything, we dragons shy away from such bonds."
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"I'll say it again....Paladins are idiots...." I muttered to myself....
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[[i wasnt doing it on purpose]]
*she looked at the other dragon and smiled*
Very few of us remember that lesson. Who might you be?
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"You can call me Nyx." she said nodding as if it were a hello.
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*nodds back and thinks*
so when did you first run into the Paladin order and what did they do to you?
I wonder if there are any other dragons left..Other than me and Nyx here...
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I've never really run into them because I have been able to evade them for so long, but I hear they are the reason why there aren't very any of our kind. I remember being young and seeing paladins wearing armor made from young dragon scales... Yet boasting how they've slain huge dragons. I believe they might be behind the disappearance of my parents, but I'm not sure left. I raised myself.
Looking back to the other, "I haven't seen any other dragons other than myself... And dark dragons like myself are supposed to be even scarcer than normal dragons. My kind are killed more often because we are considered evil because of our dark arts..."
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No wonder I felt a connection to you other than the normal dragon one.. you've lost your parents too. I'm srry bout the Paladins, I was trained as a Paladin Target...
*glares at Fredrick*
I dislike Paladins because, 1. They used me for an anti-dark arts target, 2. They took my family away when I refused to be thier doll anymore a decade ago and , 3. Paladins don't understand what thier actions do to the families of magic-users.
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Fredrick saw this conversation was going nowhere fast so he attempted to make final amends before taking his leave. "Yes it's true a while back slaying dragons was the big thing among paladins. We are indeed responsible for the near destruction of your race. I know it's a hollow gesture, and I can't speak for all of us, but I apologize for the way you were mistreated by us. If it means anything I have never slain a dragon nor have I been present as one was being slain. The thing that's changed, but only recently, is that our head leader died and was replaced by a promising young lad who's changed a lot of our codes of conduct. Necro you'd know him, he's the one who pleaded with the head paladin of the time to banish you instead of executing you. I'd think you'd do well to give him a bit more respect than that. Well anyways, I feel none of you desire my assistance so I'll take my leave before I say something that causes one of you to try to kill me. Live always in the, oops, thats right. We don't define those who are good by light anymore. Well ummm, take care of yourselves and .... don't ... make sure to.... never mind." Fredrick dropped his part of the force field wall and turned to leave even though he shouldn't be able to go through it.. "Oh by the way Necro, you might want a bit more practice with forcefields." Fredrick easily opened a hole in Necro's wall and walk through it. "I wish you all good fortune."
Necro was surprised to hear a Paladin admitting a fault, even if Fredrick did it in a highly self righteous way. He remembered, there was a paladin that was concerned by his imminent death sentence. Christopher, one of the few paladins he was willing to call a friend. "so," he muttered quietly to himself, "you made head paladin. Good for you." He wasn't sad to see Fredrick go, especially since he had to show off by dispelling a portion of his force field. I'm going to need a lot more practice if it's really that easy to disspell. Necro let go of most of the spell so that it's only current perpose was to keep out the large group that had gathered to watch and if necessary to riot up. He felt things would go much smoother now that he was gone. "Well I have to admit, I've only seen two books that even really mention dragons so I can't call myself any type of expert. Those books focused more on the magical items that dragons can produce, I ripped out and burned most of those sections leaving only the sections that didn't involve inflicting pain to them. :"> I was kind of kicked out of that town rather quickly. I suspect a lot of them had dragon slayer ancestors. All the more reason it's a good thing I burned those pages." Necro made a point of wiping out this 'bond' idea and replaced it with this newly gained info. "So if following a magical link is out of the question dose anyone have an idea what to try next?"
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*feels a slight shaking under her and snarls*
Wat the H3LL IS THAT??!!!
*grows larger and snarls again, the shaking knocking her off her feet*
Nyx, can you feel it too?
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I slipped a diamond out of my pocket, jumped into the air and threw it a short ways below me, then a platform was created.....
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{everything goes black, her eyes no seeing anything}
"where am i?" she looked around and couldn't place it but she was getting bad feelings from this place. "what happened to the others??"
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Necro was confused about the blackness and the shaking ground. The storm had finally come in full force but Necro didn't remember feeling an earthquake when he was checking earlier. Then again, he was focusing on the weather, which might have blinded him to signs of other disturbances. The people of the village were scattering in a massed panic. A few thought the group behind the barrier were the cause and started attacking Necro's wall. Most were just running in any direction without thinking. A recent shake made him loose his balance causing his wall to fall, letting in about 5 angry villagers who immediately decided to attack the two dragons as the biggest threat they saw. The darkness rolled in and it was hard to place where anyone was anymore. Lightning struck the village in several places as the wind picked up. "Where is everyone!" Necro headed toward where he thought he had seen the platform appear. "If you can here me hear me please shout back! I'm headed toward the platform I think!" A villager came out of the darkness with a pitchfork and tried to stab Necro. Necro side-stepped the attack and knocked the pitchfork out of his hand. Necro then reached up to the villagers neck and paralyzed him with electrical magic. Necro continued forward listening for the others.
Fredrick was tempted to go back and help the people he had left behind but decided they probably wouldn't have wanted him anywhere nearby. He took his horse from an Inn's stable and rode away from the village and the storm. The earth started to shake and he was thrown from his horse, who then ran away. Fredrick decided next time he'd sign out a paladin horse instead of purchasing an ill trained one. A darkness approached and he cast a light spell to disipate the darkness so he could still see. He headed toward the paladin orders HQ on foot. He wasn't prepared for what he'd find there. He had known evil hid in darkness, and was aware that there was evil hidden even in light. He however thought such evil could never infiltrate the paladin order. It was, after all, an inquisitors job, among other things, to make sure this never happened. He was wrong, the inquisitors had failed, they had failed miserably.
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Nyx's eyes glowed black as the villager approached. The darkness seemed to emit from her eyes as it spread. She could see perfectly fine in the dark, being a dark dragoness. It was one of her strengths... She quickly weaved around the humans who groped for something to attack; and headed to Necro. "I can hear and see you just fine!"
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*her eyes cleared up and she could see the others again*
wat was that?
*she looked around and sent a whisper to all the villagers, making them sleep on the ground for a few minutes*
Nyx, what's happening? I can see the others but they're all surrounded by walls. Where did my human go?
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I can't tell you, I'm confused myself... But whatever it is, it feels wrong.
She looks around, trying to locate the group.
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Necro reached the platform and ran into a wall. Whats this doing here? Necro used several different shield frequencies trying put a hole in the wall. Necro used some light magic trying disperse some of the darkness. "There's some kind of wall here! I don't know if I can get threw! I'm right next to the platform!" Why he had never studied barriers deep enough to learn to dispel them better was beyond him. Necro looked for the dragon's human. Maybe I should have put traces on these people while I had the chance, then at least I'd know If they are all still alive and where they are. Like I even know how to do a proper trace to begin with. Maybe I've limited my studies too much.
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*thrashes her tail on the ground, opening a hole up and pulling out a dark cloak*
this might help...
*puts it on and walks into necro*
oomf! there you are...can you see anybody?
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Necro got knocked off balance but trhis time was able to hold on to the spells he was using. "Well I'm glad you seem to be ok. I can just barely see past the outline of my illumination spell. I can see ok at night but unnatural darkness might as well be a smoke bomb for all the good my eyes do. I heard Nyx just a minuet ago and I suspect the one who made this platform is on top of it. As for the fortune teller or your human I wouldn't know where or how they are but I suspect that, unless one of us specifically was the target, that they should be in about the same shape we're in." Necro suddenly felt his spell slip threw the wall in front of him towards the platform. "I think if we get on this platform we should be above whatever spell is doing this." Necro looked out into the blackness. "I've opened the path to the platform! Anyone who can hear me please respond! I'm going up ahead I'll leave the wall wedged open!" Necro turned back to face the dragon. "Unless you can see everyone threw this we might as well climb up here. If you can see everyone that would be very helpful. I need to see if I can calm down the weather. If you have any skill in that type of magic I could use your help. When manipulating something this huge one person of any skill level would probably be less than enough." Necro started to climb onto the platform.
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"I hear you loud and clear!" Nyx shouted, finding her way to the platform easily. "I can see well in the dark, but I can't locate the others."
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"Where the hell am I?"
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I can see the others and i can touch them with this on.
*points at the cloak*
i'll find the others and bring them here.
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"Oh please.." I muttered....
I lit a spark using my finger...
"I can't really see too much.."
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*nods to nyx and necro, heading towards the villagers, lighting her way with her body light*
Come With Me!
*shouts, grabbing the villagers and heading bck ot the platform*
HERE!
*hands them up, walking back to the outskirts*
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As soon as Necro reached the top of the platform he knew there was magic manipulation in the air. Somehow the darkness must have hid some of it, but whatever spell made this mess was clearly visible from the platform. This spell was large and complicated, Necro suspected that a large group of spellcasters must have made it, but he couldn't be certain. He didn't want to mess with the spell, a spell that complex could have a trap or two hidden within it for those who attempt to dismantle it. Dismantling spells directly is difficult enough as it is, once you start taking a spell apart stopping half way could cause it to warp and become a completely different spell. Best case scenario is that it would fizzle out and do nothing, but chances are misdirected energy would channel out of it destroying everything nearby. Of course his view of magic isn't the same as everyones, magic seems to have no direct rules that aplly universally to everyone. It reveals itself differently to different people. It could easily be that one of the others had a different way of using magic and they could deal with this spell. Necro reached out and channeled into the storm. With any luck he could stabilize the weather enough to where tornadoes wouldn't form from it. Necro called out in the downpour. "Nyx I need some help. Can you see the spell? I'm not sure how magic works for you but I can see elemental threads woven in the sky. It's huge and looks like close to every element I know of is in it. I'm not entirely sure but I think I might even see elements I never knew existed in it. I don't think I can do anything with it, not without risking the safety of everyone and possibly wiping out all magic in the area. If you could help me a bit with the weather, I think together we can stop it from tearing apart this village." Necro smiled reassuringly at Nyx not knowing if his nervousness and uncertainty showed in his voice. He was never with anyone long enough to work on how he sounded to others. From near the end of his life with the paladins to where he stood now he's usually kept, for the most part, isolated in the woods. Necro looked out at where the fortune teller was. That was the only person they haven't heard from. Necro looked toward the dragons. "Can either you see the fortune teller?" Necro refocused on taming the storm.
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*feels jarring under her and gulp*
THEY'RE BACK!!!! get the villagers hidden, NOW!!!!
CRASH!!! BOOM!!!
*coughs, waving her tail in front of her and making it shimmer*
STATE YOUR BUSINESS
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Nyx stood strong beside Necro offering her magic, "I'll help in any way I can!"
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NOW!!!
*she roared, pulling her magic out and blasting a small hole into the ground below her, feeling it shake again*
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Hearing the call to hide the villagers Necro erected a barrier, much like the one the fortune teller had used, around the platform. He rarely used camouflage type barriers, as a result his creation was distorted and left a definite impression that something was hiding whatever was under it. "Nyx I'm not sure I can do much better than this. I haven't tied off the spell, if you know how to make it better I'll pass the spell's weave to you." Necro was still attempting to quiet the storm, and was succeeding to a limited extent. The storm still raged on but it had stopped growing in size and strength. "Who's back? I can't see them. Should I be on my guard?" Necro half readied a Necromancy spell. He knew if he was attacked while holding the weave to the shield and the weave that was currently being used to calm the storm he would most defiantly drop them, and the two spells in progress would fade away as if they were never there. Not only that but anyone who had a talent for it could see the afterimage of his dropped spells and of those few some could duplicate it. The shield and his attempt on the storm meant nothing to others, however, he wasn't too keen on leaving the secrets to necromancy floating in the air for two to five days. Necro looked again at the huge unknown spell that filled the sky. Was it him or was that spell feeding off the strength of the storm. If it was, then shutting down the storm could end the flow of energy keeping the spell going. "I think the storm might be powering the spell thats creating the darkness and the walls and whatever else keeps happening."
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Its The Haunted, THEY'VE RETURNED! GET BACK!!
*roars again, shoving one away from her*
GET BACK YOU FOOLS! I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN!
*she was upset and she used part of her magic to quit the storms quickly, feeling the earth pulsing beneath her, she tapped into that energy and dispersed the walls quickly but left the darkness*
STAY BACK!!!
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Nyx took the weave from Necro, holding the barrier up and making it seem as if the others weren't there to the villagers.
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Necro turned to look at Saphirblick "'The haunted'? Who are they, how can I help?" Now that the storm and the walls were gone there was no longer anything holding Necro back. He could now use all his magical skills, and if these 'haunted' where as strong as their reputation with Saphirblick made them sound, then the best option was to use his strengths. Necro reached out with his magic to find the bodies of the dead. He made a point of avoiding the cemetery, he had no wish to defile the graves of others loved ones. He pulled on the plants in the forest for their excess life threads, which he would need to animate the corpses. The living dead rose up from places where they had lied, forgotten by time. Ten, he had found ten, how many could he have summoned had he reached for the graves? Twenty more, thirty? He hoped it didn't come to that. Ten were easy to maintain but if he went over twenty total his spell might start to kill the plants and creatures in the forest. If only he could see these haunted, he could have use their life energies for the cost of the spell. He knew reaching out blindly could very well end up killing his friends, and he wasn't about to lose what he had never had in the time after his banishment from the paladin order. The ten undead were slowly walking toward the platform where everyone was. They started attacking the haunted relentlessly from the back as Saphirblick did the same up frount. Necro wanted to be sure everyone understood what was happening. "The undead are mine. I didn't spoil any graves, these were left where they fell. If anything it might help them get a gravestone now." Necro hoped this was enough to stop or at least slow down the haunted.
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*snarls and pulls the darkness away, showing him the haunted*
GET BACK!!
*snarls, slapping him lightly with her tail*
LEAVE ME YOU GALOOTS!!
*slashes one with her talons, screaming*
{The Haunted were undead fursons, come back for reasons unknown and they were mastered at magic and darkness but not reg. combat. If she had've used her magic, they would've absorbed it.}
STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!!
*snatches another one and bites him in half*
One bows to her and stays there. "I bring news, Miss Saphir."
OHH GOD!!!
*hurls the one from her mouth to the other side of the town*
Call them off, NOW!!
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"I can't believe I'm doing this..." I muttered as I flipped out a golden staff...
I muttered a few things under my breath...
An enormous light came out of the staff, shining brightly allowing me to see that I was standing behind the Paladin...
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As soon as one of Necro's undead made contact with a haunted, Necro felt his magical powers being rapidly drained away. This isn't good, at this rate I'll loose all my energy, then I won't be able to channel, and I'll be too weak to fight. Necro ended his spell and all the undead corpses he made fell down. Necro now understood the only way out was threw direct combat. Though he had usually relied on magic, combat was also taught in the paladin training grounds. Necro pulled out the sword on his back, the handle and sheath of it looked ordinary. The blade of the sword glowed brightly as the power of light radiated from it. Then Necro realized that his paladin sword also used magic, if indirectly, and put it back. He could have summoned his dark magic staff which was propped against a wall in in his room in the inn, but it too had magic in it. The sword was for times when magic failed him or he faced an enemy that relied on darkness. Necro had never thought about a situation where all magic would be drained and used against him. He made a mental note to look up how to add that ability to his undead assuming he survived this. He was also going to need to purchase a weapon with no magical energies in it. Necro was helpless now and he knew it, He could have tried fighting had to hand with the haunted but knew this was no way to stop undead. "Can you see their master? ....... Do they HAVE a master. If one was nearby defeating him may end or at least weaken them!"
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*flicks her tail calmly around one of them and snaps it in half, snarling*
GIVE IT TO ME!!!!
*claws another one to pieces, anger and depression plain on her face*
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(( shut up you know who you are * ))
"My turn!"
I appeared next to Necro and took out my non-enchanted katana...
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*growls loudly and bows under the strain of the fighting and keeping the storm under control*
just tell me..is she dead or alive..
*collapses into a black, peaceful nothing*
"She is alive. I wish you luck in fooling your 'friends' and hiding your past from them. They'll fins out when they're ready, no matter how much you wish it not." He growls, walking away. The Haunted turn simultaneosly and follow, a steady roar the only indication where they were as their bodies slowly became invisible.