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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5377303" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Session 31, Part 21</p><p></p><p> Time became a blur, an endless sequence of <em>stepping</em> into a henge surrounded by a nearly-opaque shimmering gray bubble, grabbing the artifact sitting in the center, then stepping back, handing the True Stone to Keeper so he could stow it in the Black Carriage, and <em>stepping</em> back again.</p><p> </p><p>It might have been hours or days later that they had the last of them, so many that they were in loosely organized piles in the lower floor of the Spire, the Carriage's interior literally packed to the roof.</p><p></p><p> Kormak wiped his brow and glanced outside. The island was scorched and blackened, all the plants burned away by the immense heat radiating off the outside of the Spire. Through the heat-shimmer, he could see the Radianus Sink bubbling and boiling. It seemed strange that it could be so cool inside the Spire while it looked like that outside.</p><p></p><p> “The Machinery of the Continent is extremely efficient, but the power required to fly a continent is... almost inexpressible,” Keeper said, following Kormak's glance. “If we take too long, the Sink – which was created just for this purpose – could boil away entirely.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak shook his head and looked at the Carriage. “So what are we going to do with the rest of these?”</p><p></p><p> Just then, Suniel and Bail <em>stepped </em>back from somewhere, carrying heaping armloads of fishing nets. “Never mind,” Keeper said.</p><p></p><p> An hour later, the Carriage was the most powerful, ridiculous looking thing Kormak had ever seen, the outside completely covered with nets absolutely bulging with artifacts, hanging off the side like so many potatoes in a sack.</p><p> </p><p>“Now what?”</p><p></p><p> Keeper walked down the ramp from the upper level. “The Risen Felskein should be settling back in the Sands soon. The Grimwythe is loose – there's a wall of black energy nearly miles tall closing in on us from all directions. The moment we land, we need to get the last nine True Stones and get them away from Felskein as soon as possible.”</p><p></p><p> “Away from Felskein?” Bail said. “Now that the last of the Skylands have merged with the continent, there's nothing else out there.”</p><p></p><p> “Keeper and I will take them to the far side of the world and wait for the Grimwythe to take them,” Suniel said softly. “That way we can be sure that the job is done correctly.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak and Bail stared at the elf for a moment. “And what happens when the Grimwythe reaches you?”</p><p></p><p> The floor shook and they reached for wall or nets to steady themselves. As the shaking subsided, Keeper nodded. “It is done.”</p><p></p><p> Suniel smiled. “Time to go.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak glanced outside and saw, through the rippling heat and haze of the water, a distant shimmering black wall that seemed to grow even as he watched. A momentary flashback to the vision pool on Velea's Skyland left him shaken. He shook his head and began to turn, but something in the distance caught his attention. He turned back and squinted, making out two massive dragons, one silver, one gold, locked together in mortal combat in the distant sky. As he watched, the silver's wing was torn from its body and it plummeted, but not before grabbing onto to gold's tail. Together they plummeted for several seconds before the advancing energy of the Grimwythe consumed them.</p><p> </p><p>“That's that I guess,” Kormak said.</p><p></p><p> “What?” Bail said, glancing over from where he and Suniel were discussing the collection of the last True Stones.</p><p> </p><p>“Nothing, I'll tell you later.” Kormak joined them and together they <em>stepped </em>to their designated henges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 5377303, member: 60965"] Session 31, Part 21 Time became a blur, an endless sequence of [I]stepping[/I] into a henge surrounded by a nearly-opaque shimmering gray bubble, grabbing the artifact sitting in the center, then stepping back, handing the True Stone to Keeper so he could stow it in the Black Carriage, and [I]stepping[/I] back again. It might have been hours or days later that they had the last of them, so many that they were in loosely organized piles in the lower floor of the Spire, the Carriage's interior literally packed to the roof. Kormak wiped his brow and glanced outside. The island was scorched and blackened, all the plants burned away by the immense heat radiating off the outside of the Spire. Through the heat-shimmer, he could see the Radianus Sink bubbling and boiling. It seemed strange that it could be so cool inside the Spire while it looked like that outside. “The Machinery of the Continent is extremely efficient, but the power required to fly a continent is... almost inexpressible,” Keeper said, following Kormak's glance. “If we take too long, the Sink – which was created just for this purpose – could boil away entirely.” Kormak shook his head and looked at the Carriage. “So what are we going to do with the rest of these?” Just then, Suniel and Bail [I]stepped [/I]back from somewhere, carrying heaping armloads of fishing nets. “Never mind,” Keeper said. An hour later, the Carriage was the most powerful, ridiculous looking thing Kormak had ever seen, the outside completely covered with nets absolutely bulging with artifacts, hanging off the side like so many potatoes in a sack. “Now what?” Keeper walked down the ramp from the upper level. “The Risen Felskein should be settling back in the Sands soon. The Grimwythe is loose – there's a wall of black energy nearly miles tall closing in on us from all directions. The moment we land, we need to get the last nine True Stones and get them away from Felskein as soon as possible.” “Away from Felskein?” Bail said. “Now that the last of the Skylands have merged with the continent, there's nothing else out there.” “Keeper and I will take them to the far side of the world and wait for the Grimwythe to take them,” Suniel said softly. “That way we can be sure that the job is done correctly.” Kormak and Bail stared at the elf for a moment. “And what happens when the Grimwythe reaches you?” The floor shook and they reached for wall or nets to steady themselves. As the shaking subsided, Keeper nodded. “It is done.” Suniel smiled. “Time to go.” Kormak glanced outside and saw, through the rippling heat and haze of the water, a distant shimmering black wall that seemed to grow even as he watched. A momentary flashback to the vision pool on Velea's Skyland left him shaken. He shook his head and began to turn, but something in the distance caught his attention. He turned back and squinted, making out two massive dragons, one silver, one gold, locked together in mortal combat in the distant sky. As he watched, the silver's wing was torn from its body and it plummeted, but not before grabbing onto to gold's tail. Together they plummeted for several seconds before the advancing energy of the Grimwythe consumed them. “That's that I guess,” Kormak said. “What?” Bail said, glancing over from where he and Suniel were discussing the collection of the last True Stones. “Nothing, I'll tell you later.” Kormak joined them and together they [I]stepped [/I]to their designated henges. [/QUOTE]
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