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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4950578" data-attributes="member: 3285">Ocean Meets Sky: Part 1 – Black HoleA vessel resembling an oblong sphere of seamless, shining metal jutted from the coral reef.  A long gash marred the otherwise perfect exterior, allowing water and fish easy passage into the interior.  Lengthwise along the equator of the huge ship, weapons and tools of all uses protruded from the hull, each near by a small porthole.  The metal appeared unaffected by the water.  There was a jagged opening in the ship, one that obviously should not have been there.  The explosion that brought the ship low left a gaping hole in its side.  The edges were ragged and blackened, with strange conduits protruding from the mangled remains of the wall.  They flashed with energy occasionally, all that was left of the magic that once powered the vessel. Sebastian spread his wings and snapped his tail behind him, gliding like a manta ray in the ocean depths as if he had lived there all his live.  Beldin wasn’t kidding, they had clearly practiced such a maneuver before.  Before Kham could get any closer to the ship, there was a rush of water around them.  K’n-yan, their arms close to their sides, were launched downwards into the water as if they had been propelled by great force.  “Guess they know we’re here.” Kham reached for his pistols, then stopped.  Firing the pistols would be impossible underwater.Sebastian was already gliding like some deranged manta ray towards the k’n-yan.  He said something, Kham couldn’t make out what, and suddenly the water before them was filled with superheated bubbles. Some of the k’n-yan returned fire.  Their strange rifles went wide.  Others reached for curved swords.  That gave Kham an idea.Beldin swam forward, swinging his axe clumsily at his opponents.  While he was certainly a devastating foe on land, without his footing Beldin was as ineffective as a fish on land.  Every swing of his axe knocked him off balance.  Kham was not so encumbered.  His ring bestowed the ability to move effortlessly in the water.  He drew Talon and Coomb’s dagger.Rays of energy spiraled through the bubbles and struck Sebastian again and again.  He floated backwards, weakened from the attack.Then they were upon him.  Kham dodged sideways as one of the k’n-yan attempted to skewer him.  It was so close he could see his reflection in its bronze exoskeleton…if it even was an exoskeleton.  Whatever the actual nature of the k’n-yan’s armor, they didn’t need to breathe.Kham plunged his dagger into the side of the k’n-yan and a chunk of ice cracked its way along the thing’s torso.  Then the ice yanked it upwards, out of Kham’s field of vision.Sebastian recovered his senses and another superheated blast of steam tore through their foes.  When he was finished, the remaining k’n-yan floated in the Pale Sea like bundles of discarded straw.“You okay?” Beldin asked Sebastian.The dark-kin shook it off.  “I’ll be fine.” Kham swam to the opening of the ship…and was rewarded with a jolt of electricity as he passed through it.</blockquote>

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