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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 699234" data-attributes="member: 96">Session Nineteen, Part Three: The Dragon-God (II)Dru could smell the stink of the creature from where she crouched, creeping closer.  It was acrid, a stench that penetrated the nose and made the skull ache.  Feathery streamers of dull green mist rolled from its jaws and floated above the ground, spinning in eddies as her invisible form moved past them.  I hope it doesn't notice.  At least it doesn't look very bright.Shesara's song continued, the liquid notes spilling out over the beast, wrapping it in a net of music.  Dru silently cursed the thing again for not landing in the tar pit like they had wanted it to.  Mired in the tar, it would have been an easy target.  Now, she had a feeling they were in trouble.She licked her lips as she studied the massive reptile.  Half-dragon, eh?  The low-slung body, long jaws, and powerful tail reminded her of the giant crocodiles they had fought in the swamp - not as long, perhaps, but the arc of the slowly flexing wings made the beast seem even larger, more menacing.  Guess the dragon was really hard up for a mate.Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Di'Fier crouched under the hut, blade in his left hand, the right ready to summon magical energy to assault the half-dragon.She took a step.  Another.  Was that a flicker of its eye?  Did it see movement in the noxious fumes it drooled?  No time to think.  Just strike.The monster's mouth gaped in a hoarse roat as Dru's blade plunged home.  Even before she was completely visible, she had drawn it and thrust it deep again.  She heard Benares' shout from behind her as he charged from his hiding place, staff gripped firmly in his hands.The spell of the music broken, the creature spun with terrifying agility to confront this new opponent.  Dru could hear Shesara's song shift in timbre, becoming urgent, and martial.  She recognized an old war hymn that Jalin often hummed, and she prepared herself for the onslaught.<img src="http://www.io.com/~jeffj/b2sep.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The dragon's mouth opened, and Di'Fier saw Dru vanish in a roiling cloud of gas.  He triggered a spell, sending four glowing bolts of mystic energy twisting into the creature's back.  Benares' blows bounced harmlessly off of the plated scales as the thing rushed forward.The foul breath of the thing dissipated under the assault of its body and wings, and Di'Fier cried out, launching another volley of eldritch missiles. It spun, its tail sending Benares through the air to land in a heap beside the hut, and Di'Fier's words froze in his mouth.Dru, bloody, choking and struggling, was trapped in the creature's jaws.Di'Fier watched in sick horror as the wings began to spread.  "No!" he cried, his arcane bolts stitching a line across the creature's side - but it was not enough.The massive wings beat once, twice, and the creature leapt into the air, Dru still clenched in its jaws.  An arrow from Benares' bow glaced from the scales, and Di'Fier sent his last prepared magic missiles into the dragon's underbelly.It circled the village once, then banked towards the ocean.</blockquote>

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