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<blockquote data-quote="Canaan" data-source="post: 4381304" data-attributes="member: 40239"><p><strong>Chapter 40: The Gift</strong></p><p></p><p>A flash of energy burst forth from the Mirror, blasting all of us roughly back. When we recovered, Balian, the Horror and Illyria were gone and the Mirror was closed. The column of white fire was extinguished. I grimaced, as I got up and looked around the chamber.</p><p></p><p>Balian and Lilian’s body were gone. They were trapped in the Realm of Insanity with no way to return. I had sentenced them to a fate worse than death. I lowered my head in despair.</p><p></p><p>Shallahai must have seen the look on my face. “It was not your fault, Evora. You could not have known the result of the ritual.” The druid tried to soothe me. But his words were nothing to me. I knew the risk. Orolde warned us. </p><p></p><p>A wry, self-depracating retort was on my lips, when Hu Li cried out. “Oh by the Eyeless Hollow Ones, priest! You should never have tried to master such powerful magics. They are well beyond your puny ability to comprehend the Art! Now, look upon oblivion!” </p><p></p><p>Startled by his expression, I looked at the mage. His eyes were wide and he was pointing to the center of the pool. A spark of energy pulsed in the air. It grew as we stared at it, bulbous, like a growth of purple algae. As we stared further, the growth became the size of a child’s ball, then it grew to the size of a lockbox, then a chest. We all began to back up. Had the mirror not closed?</p><p></p><p>A squishing sound began to emanate from the growth as it reached the size of a human. It started heaving as it squished, like it was trying to cough something up, its heaves becoming increasingly forceful, building into a crescendo that ended with Lilian’s body being expelled from it in a cascade of slimy liquid smelling of bleach! Canaan be praised! </p><p></p><p>A shared a look of ecstatic surprise with Shallahai and when I turned back to the body, my heart sunk at what I saw emerge from the heaving sphincter. A jellyfish like creature emerged above Lilian’s body, making a slurping sound as it entered our world. But it did not attack. It merely hovered there for a moment. I looked questioningly at Hu Li. But his gaze was transfixed on the creature.</p><p></p><p>Then it spoke in our minds.</p><p></p><p><em>Thank you for your assistance in showing me the way home. This sack of water and sponge does not belong in my realm. I find your emotional interaction with it interesting. I would study this interaction if I could tolerate your harsh climate. Perhaps I will return some day. In the meantime, I have returned to the sack its power source. It should function without assistance, now.</em></p><p></p><p>The jellyfish-like creature disappeared back into the rift. The Ebon Mirror was still and silent. </p><p></p><p>Lilian gasped for breath and her chest rose and fell. Tears of joy fell undeterred down my face as I wept for joy.</p><p></p><p>And Hu Li fainted dead away. </p><p></p><p>“Magics beyond his puny ability to comprehend, indeed!” Shallahai sneered at the mage as the thud of his head hitting the stone floor echoed through the chamber.</p><p></p><p>I fell to my knees in praise to Canaan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canaan, post: 4381304, member: 40239"] [b]Chapter 40: The Gift[/b] A flash of energy burst forth from the Mirror, blasting all of us roughly back. When we recovered, Balian, the Horror and Illyria were gone and the Mirror was closed. The column of white fire was extinguished. I grimaced, as I got up and looked around the chamber. Balian and Lilian’s body were gone. They were trapped in the Realm of Insanity with no way to return. I had sentenced them to a fate worse than death. I lowered my head in despair. Shallahai must have seen the look on my face. “It was not your fault, Evora. You could not have known the result of the ritual.” The druid tried to soothe me. But his words were nothing to me. I knew the risk. Orolde warned us. A wry, self-depracating retort was on my lips, when Hu Li cried out. “Oh by the Eyeless Hollow Ones, priest! You should never have tried to master such powerful magics. They are well beyond your puny ability to comprehend the Art! Now, look upon oblivion!” Startled by his expression, I looked at the mage. His eyes were wide and he was pointing to the center of the pool. A spark of energy pulsed in the air. It grew as we stared at it, bulbous, like a growth of purple algae. As we stared further, the growth became the size of a child’s ball, then it grew to the size of a lockbox, then a chest. We all began to back up. Had the mirror not closed? A squishing sound began to emanate from the growth as it reached the size of a human. It started heaving as it squished, like it was trying to cough something up, its heaves becoming increasingly forceful, building into a crescendo that ended with Lilian’s body being expelled from it in a cascade of slimy liquid smelling of bleach! Canaan be praised! A shared a look of ecstatic surprise with Shallahai and when I turned back to the body, my heart sunk at what I saw emerge from the heaving sphincter. A jellyfish like creature emerged above Lilian’s body, making a slurping sound as it entered our world. But it did not attack. It merely hovered there for a moment. I looked questioningly at Hu Li. But his gaze was transfixed on the creature. Then it spoke in our minds. [I]Thank you for your assistance in showing me the way home. This sack of water and sponge does not belong in my realm. I find your emotional interaction with it interesting. I would study this interaction if I could tolerate your harsh climate. Perhaps I will return some day. In the meantime, I have returned to the sack its power source. It should function without assistance, now.[/I] The jellyfish-like creature disappeared back into the rift. The Ebon Mirror was still and silent. Lilian gasped for breath and her chest rose and fell. Tears of joy fell undeterred down my face as I wept for joy. And Hu Li fainted dead away. “Magics beyond his puny ability to comprehend, indeed!” Shallahai sneered at the mage as the thud of his head hitting the stone floor echoed through the chamber. I fell to my knees in praise to Canaan. [/QUOTE]
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