ximilia | text | un: andy

I'll make this quick. [ on account of the big fucking dragon. text time because ellia is still literally nearby, and despite the oncoming chaos, andy thinks ellia's story deserves to be out there for real too. ]

Ellia Roundtree found me just now and warned us to stop searching for the heirloom. I got her to talk about what happened that day in the caverns, but she doesn't fully know. She felt a dangerous power from the heirloom and knew it wrecked her homeland. Among the four of them in the cavern, Jun was closest to the orb, and as she warned them to stay away, something mimicked her spell. She went to apologize to Jun after and he sent her away, and we know the rest of the rumors now.

I told her about the orbs' sentience and it seemed to give her clarity. We've seen the orbs do worse than cast a unique warlock spell. She was about to tell me who might make a shit deal and turn on her, but then the fucking dragon made an appearance, so I think it's as good as answered.

As a note, the top of her staff looked like it had another orb, but maybe that's just coincidence, maybe it's influence. It's from her mentor, hailing from the same homelands wrecked by the heirloom orb. [ she attaches a picture, but sorry, she's too old to have thought of recording the whole encounter when she can barely keep a regular cellphone for more than a day. ]

We could probably use her help, and not just from the Ultimate Cancel spell Joe got from her already - she's still here. I think she'd be happy to see this shitty ass orb gone.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

We should tell her the truth about Jun and the orb. And ask for her help- not just with the spell, but understanding how to fight a dragon.

She's probably the closest dragon expert. I was hoping to tell her Degar was alive too.

But I think she'd be extra amenable to helping if we told her we're trying to get the heirloom out of here.

Then let's tell her. Explain all of what happened, and ask for her help to stop Jun, and end his bargain with the orb.

After all she seems to have been put through because of the orb, she deserves the truth even if she doesn't help us.

But she helped my brother without ever having met him. I'll tell her what I can, when I can.

[ assuming the dragon doesn't get in the way. ]

Good scapegoat considering everything about her.

[a pause as he tries not to pass out again tbh]

Revenge would be sweet. Encourage her. And also please kick that asshole's ass for me.

It all seemed a little too convenient to blame on her, even from the start.

She's got more of a claim to revenge than we do.

Yeah, poor choice maybe but it also fit the bill in a hurry. Good thing he's easy to see through and we have no reason to blame her. We can help her.

I just want one good stabbing in my name. The rest can all be for her.

With any luck, she'll be able to help us too.

You got any clerics on your case yet?

I hope so. She sounds powerful, and she deserves to get what she wants out of this encounter.

McCoy and Cabrera. Still hurts like a sonofbitch.

She does.

Well, they probably won't let you out of their sight till they figure shit out.

I'm not sure whether to be overjoyed by that or not.

Good luck figuring that out.

That sounds... useful.

[He sounds a bit preoccupied by all the fighting though he was by no means completely winded yet. Still, it might be smart to switch to text so he takes a moment to get his thoughts in order enough for that to happen.]

That magic spell in particular. Has anyone actually looked at it and tried to cast it? She gave it to you, right? Remember your boy saying something along those lines. We should give it a try. I'd like to.

Oh and yeah you should definitely convince her to help.

Joe has it. He's chatted with people about it, no practice runs. Seems like it's a one and done spell deal. Using it against a giant dragon probably wasn't the intent, but I'm assuming it's powerful regardless.

She might not have much of a choice at this point, but I'll put on my best convincing voice.

If we're lucky it'll get rid of the whole dragon part of the fight. If the orb is mimicking local spells because that's what Jun Shortaxe knows then hopefully it's just another spell that the Ultimate Cancel can, well, cancel.

Sounds good. I'm rooting for ya.

If none of us can actually cast it, I could try to sway her into it too. She knows it better than anyone else.

Her priority is heirloom removal, so at least we're on the same page.

Probably an even better bet.

It's a smart page to be on.

Here's to her helping us out.

I think she will, but there's only way to find out. And we'll find out soon enough.

[ andy is ON it. ]

Good luck.

[a pause as he dodges out of the way of an attack. yeesh.]

To all of us. Goddamn these things are fast for their size.

text | un: andy

Text; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

no subject

no subject

no subject

text; un: felix

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

audio; to text; un: mafioso

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject