Academy of Drell, Part II

[Lichtenhart]

Victor nods and smiles.
No strong objections

 

[Jeremy]

Rallyn Loddry

Rallyn finishes escorting Serbanas to Yodwin, and upon hearing Maerath's request to aid Arana and --Victor?

Probably the singer

Oh.

---he leaves Yodwin to the assembled students and Serbanas's glare and hurries to help the separated students in the courtyard.

 

[evileeyore]

Kith watches Keith in action

Kith recoils slightly at the venom in Keith’s words. He begins to step forward and speak when Ellie cut’s him off.

Her words are smooth and and calm.

I couldn’t have done better myself

Nope you couldn’t have…heh. Hey where’s Rallyn goin’?

Not sure little buddy, why don’t you go check it out?

’Cause that sounds like work, I figure I’ll keep an eye on this conversation, you go check it out… *yawn*

Five reasons say your going; One if this Keith punk pushes Yodwin too hard he’ll have to be hurt, and you can’t handle him; Two you’re a bit sneakier than I am Your damn right mostly due to size Ba-pssssch; Three I am the Master in this relationship Ba-psssch so Four until you can reach the ‘magic food cupboard’ I control the snack supply; Grrrk, and you don’t want to hear Five…

Man, you had with the snacks…

Turin tumbles out of the vent and poings of after Rallyn.

Now I’ll just watch this youngster and make sure he does have to get hurt…



Editted for clarity

 

[Zhure]

Keith subtly threatens Yodwin while asking for him to come clean with all he knows about the book.

Ellie reinforces Keith's play, also imploring Yodwin to reveal what he knows.

Arana comes forth with a plan to lure the inky creature down. With Victor's implied approval she continues with it, leaving her precious, practically irreplaceable spell book where the black manta is sure to see it.

Rallyn goes to aid Arana and Victor, arriving at about the time Arana expresses her plan.

Kith sends Turin off to follow Rallyn and waits to back Keith up should things go poorly. Turin scampers off in hot scrabbling pursuit.


Serbanas also looks on expectantly. You suspect the half-orc's presence may have as much to do with Yodwin's reply as with any threats he may have received.

Yodwin bursts out, "It's not my book, you meddling young fools! It's Xargon's. I don't remember all of it with clarity, but I do remember this: Xargon will be the doom of us all!"

Pausing for a moment, collecting his thoughts, Yodwin continues, "Xargon is a protector of the Empire. He's been alive forever, at least as long as the empire* itself. His desmense is to the far north, farther north than even Drell. He guards against the incursion of the giants of Jotunland. His book is here, and I don't remember why!"

He looks sad for a moment. "I am an old, old man. I don't even remember how old. When I found the book in the archives, I was delighted by it, but couldn't read it. It seemed to bring back a few faint memories, but I'm too doddering to puzzle it out. I thought maybe Maerath could decipher it's secrets. So I gave it to him. Maybe handling the book triggered some sort of spell, or made Xargon aware of it's presence here. Something summoned him to Drell and he wants the book. If you have it, maybe you should just give it to him."

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Meanwhile, outside, Victor and Rallyn watch as Arana drops her spellbook beside a tree, with a light glancing teasingly off of it.

The inky, gelatinous manta-ray creature still flaps around the courtyard but doesn't seem to pay any attention to the spellbook.

*The Empire has been in existence for just over two millenium. It was united under a Dwarven King, Kazak the Conquerer, who banded together a loose coalition of human tribes, then went on to either ally or defeat all those who stood in his way. Eventually Kazak became Kazak the First, Emperor.

 

[Jeremy]

Rallyn Loddry

Rallyn takes a moment to look at the ne--to look at Victor. After a moment he nods to himself and whispers to him, "I believe I might be able to hurl the creature into the wall and pin it there for questioning... What do you think?"

Around how big is the creature? My sized? Victor's size? I take it from "flapping around" that it is flying somehow?

 

[Zhure]

Re: Rallyn Loddry

Around how big is the creature? My sized? Victor's size? I take it from "flapping around" that it is flying somehow?

It's medium sized and looks a lot like a stingray in general shape, but has no discernible anatomy.

 

[Tokiwong]

Yodwin bursts out, "It's not my book, you meddling young fools! It's Xargon's. I don't remember all of it with clarity, but I do remember this: Xargon will be the doom of us all!"

Pausing for a moment, collecting his thoughts, Yodwin continues, "Xargon is a protector of the Empire. He's been alive forever, at least as long as the empire* itself. His desmense is to the far north, farther north than even Drell. He guards against the incursion of the giants of Jotunland. His book is here, and I don't remember why!"

He looks sad for a moment. "I am an old, old man. I don't even remember how old. When I found the book in the archives, I was delighted by it, but couldn't read it. It seemed to bring back a few faint memories, but I'm too doddering to puzzle it out. I thought maybe Maerath could decipher it's secrets. So I gave it to him. Maybe handling the book triggered some sort of spell, or made Xargon aware of it's presence here. Something summoned him to Drell and he wants the book. If you have it, maybe you should just give it to him."

Is that all...

Keith thinks for a moment, "So this Xargon will be the doom of us all but we should just give him the book? You are a doddering old fool, perhaps we should research just what this tome is about and pursue the best course iof action. And just what are these Giants of Jotunland?

Hmm I think we need to keep this book...

"Anything else old man?" he asked menacingly... but reserved.

 

[Dalamar]

Why do they question Yodwin so much? He was attacked for the sake of the Spirit!
Because they think he isn't telling everything he knows
Do you think we should go help the ones who found another one of those shadow creatures?
They can handle themselves, trust me.
I still aren't convinced.

 

[perivas]

Arana retrieves her spellbook....

Arana comes forth with a plan to lure the inky creature down. With Victor's implied approval she continues with it, leaving her precious, practically irreplaceable spell book where the black manta is sure to see it.

[color=sky blue]OOC: Oh, the sacrifices one makes for the greater good.[/color]

"Well, so much for that plan. And I was so sure it would work." Sadness and disappointment permeate her posture. With a heavy sigh, she goes about retrieving her possessions. "Fooie. Well, that ray is no fun to play with. Or just plain dumb if you ask me. We could keep tailing it, but I suspect that it's probably just dilly-dallying about. Let's go and find out what the others are doing. That's probably more interesting."

What those last words, Arana stands up in plain sight and sheds her air of melancholy. She then proceeds to walk to the library in plain sight.

 

[Zhure]

Part 3

http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12571

I know the pace picks up on the weekends, so I started a new thread.

Greg