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<blockquote data-quote="Cafu" data-source="post: 6449535" data-attributes="member: 6692807"><p>We drew back, John keeping the ribbon out of her reach when, quick as a flash, her demeanour changed and she grinned at us naughtily: </p><p></p><p>“You are very clever though. How did you take my ribbon? I haven’t seen anyone do that before.”</p><p></p><p>Rather anxiously, I told her: </p><p></p><p>“Well, we’d love to tell you but our friends…….?”</p><p></p><p>And I pointed to the floor beneath us. </p><p></p><p>She just waved her hands: </p><p></p><p>“Oh, don’t worry about them. My friends will catch them and bring them back. Now tell me, how did you do it?”</p><p></p><p>John began explaining his technique to her: </p><p></p><p>“Well, one of my talents is for deception. My hand is faster than the eye.”</p><p></p><p>She looked at him crossly and put her hands on her hips: </p><p></p><p>“Not faster than my eye. Your hands didn’t come near me. Now tell!”</p><p></p><p>He looked at little deflated and then said again: </p><p></p><p>“Well, I have a few tricks up my sleeve and some of them are assisted by magic. One of these is to slip small items away from people while I am at some distance. You want to see?”</p><p></p><p>She nodded eagerly and he gave her the ribbon back. Then he stepped away and concentrated; sure enough, the ribbon slid out of her hand, flew half way across to John and then seemed to disappear until it was suddenly in his hand. </p><p></p><p>Flight clapped her hands and squealed again: </p><p></p><p>“Ooooh, again, again!”</p><p></p><p>John grimaced and said: </p><p></p><p>“I can only do it so many times and I can’t do it again today.”</p><p></p><p>She flew towards him with dizzying speed again until she was next to him, took her ribbon from his hand and said seriously: </p><p></p><p>“Well, it is cheating…….” </p><p></p><p>Then she grinned: “…..but its clever cheating. Will you teach me?”</p><p></p><p>Thinking quickly, John said: </p><p></p><p>“Of course; can’t do it now as I have to go with my friends but I’ll come back and teach you.”</p><p></p><p>By this stage, Felix, Longhelim, Victor and Drudge were floating around us, being held up by something unknown and looking rather bemused by this whole conversation. </p><p></p><p>I turned to them and said: </p><p></p><p>“John’s going to teach her.”</p><p></p><p>This made them look even more perplexed but wisely, they just nodded and did not say anything.</p><p></p><p>Flight nodded as if satisfied and then frowned and said: </p><p></p><p>“This won’t do! My friends can take you to the other side of the cloud but they can’t leave and as soon you leave, you’ll start to fall down again. I know; I’ll make you all fly. You won’t be able to fly fast and you won’t be able to spin and wheel and dive and lots of other things but at least you won’t fall down and you won’t have to ride those silly looking horses any more.”</p><p></p><p>As she said that, I felt a peculiar lightening and somehow, a new trillith power had joined Vigilance’s Boon and Agony’s Gift. I was already pretty certain that Flight was a trillith but this just confirmed it. In fact, I suspected that the vast majority of beings we encountered here were going to be trilliths of one of form or other. In fact, I hadn’t actually made up my mind if Sagrimar was a trillith who decided to look like a tiefling but it didn’t really matter. </p><p></p><p>Then Flight scrunched her face: </p><p></p><p>“You have to go. You won the game, even if you did cheat. Now hang on really tight!”</p><p></p><p>We barely had time to comply when she grasped Longhelim and we sped away through the cloud at such speed that I barely saw what was happening. We weaved past wind funnels and tornadoes, lightning blasting all around us; I could have sworn that a couple of times, the bolts sizzled in exactly the spot where I had been a moment before. She also dove with us and sometimes we climbed straight up. It seemed as if we were playing some deadly game of catch with wind and lightning! The speed and grace of the flight as we all hung to each other was astounding and after a few moments, I actually began to enjoy it. I was hanging on the Felix who in turn was hanging on to Victor while Longhelim clung to Flight; John’s hands were grasping my belt and at the end, Drudge had a firm grip on John ankles; our reasoning being that the most stressful position in this row would be at the end and an archer’s hands would be abnormally strong. We were screaming as we sped past all the obstacles, flying through, past, above, below and beside them. </p><p></p><p>All too soon, we stopped; suddenly, it was dark. I didn’t quite understand why it was so considering we were in the Dreamlands but there were a lot of things I didn’t understand about this plane. </p><p></p><p>Flight turned to us and said, her face serious: </p><p></p><p>“It’s dark now. I have to go but find a cave down there and stay until light. The monsters won’t get you then. Good bye! And don’t forget! You promised to come back and teach me!”</p><p></p><p>A moment later, she had disappeared back into the cloud. </p><p></p><p>We were still quite bemused by the whole event, floating gently, testing our new ability. </p><p></p><p>Suddenly, Longhelim said: </p><p></p><p>“Could someone look at my wounds? I got scratched quite badly by Flight. Oh, and could someone tell just how we won please and just what went on?”</p><p></p><p>As Felix, John and Drudge began to heal the paladin and Victor, I took the opportunity to tell everyone what had happened. </p><p></p><p>Then Drudge said: </p><p></p><p>“Flight was right. Down there is one of those strange peaks that juts out from the floor of this plane and I think I see some openings in the side which could be cave entrances.”</p><p></p><p>Testing our new flying powers gingerly we floated down in the direction that the ranger had indicated and indeed, it was one of the peaks and there were several openings. We looked into each one carefully but they were all empty. </p><p></p><p>So we chose the largest one and flew in. </p><p></p><p>It may have been in the Dreamlands of Trilla but this cave looked pretty much like all other caves we had been in; fairly featureless bar a large column in the middle, stretching into the ceiling. </p><p></p><p>We set up our usual camp and I said: </p><p></p><p>“Well, since it’s dark, I may as well try to rest and learn spells. I haven’t cast that many but there are a few I could learn.”</p><p></p><p>Longhelim took out his pipe and commented: </p><p></p><p>“Go ahead. I am not tired. Victor, join me?”</p><p></p><p>The warrior nodded and Drudge said: </p><p></p><p>“I can’t sleep either so I may as well watch.”</p><p></p><p>Leaving them to it, Felix, John and I settled down.</p><p></p><p>It seemed as if we were asleep for only a few minutes when Drudge woke us up quietly: </p><p></p><p>“There’s something out there. It looks like a cloud in the dark but it’s not behaving like a cloud.”</p><p></p><p>I frowned: </p><p></p><p>“You think it’s someone in mist form? Like when Felix casts his spell on us?”</p><p></p><p>The ranger whispered: </p><p></p><p>“No more like the spell you showed us; when you turn into mist and go under doors or into cracks.”</p><p></p><p>I nodded, remembering the spell which to which he referred. </p><p></p><p>Just then, we heard Longhelim say quietly: </p><p></p><p>“The cloud is drifting closer; yes, it’s in range and….yes, it is evil. It’s not a cloud. I don’t know what it is though.”</p><p></p><p>Drudge muttered:</p><p></p><p>“That’s good enough for me,” </p><p></p><p>And he shot off a volley of arrows into it which precipitated movement from the cloud away from the cave mouth; now that I saw it, I easily recognised it as the arcane spell which allowed one to turn into mist and hide in nooks and cracks as well as travelling under doors and through the tiniest of spaces. The major issue with the magic was that it one could only move very slowly while in this form; and it was not a defence against being shot by Drudge’s arrows. </p><p></p><p>I told the others and Drudge immediately said: </p><p></p><p>“It’s a scout for something else. It’s what I would do.”</p><p></p><p>Even as he said this, we could hear a scrabbling from the outside and suddenly several……things made an appearance, or flew in, I should say. </p><p></p><p>The first was a collection of flashing lights, another looked like a demonic figure covered in tattoos, yet another looked like a walking tree, literally and the other, well the best way I could describe it is a collection of beetles that kept swarming and changing shape but always came back to the shape of a small cat. If that sounds insane, well that was what they looked like; and we were in someone’s dream. </p><p></p><p>Finally, we could also see a huge giant, with fiery red hair but it was very pale, dressed in full plate armour and carrying a hammer of black metal looking very similar to Victor’s sword so very likely to be adamantite. </p><p></p><p>The first four beings wasted no time and spells began flying. They may have looked very strange but they were certainly no slouches at magic and the first thing I felt was being affected by a spell of speed but reversed as I became far more sluggish than normal and could only move very slowly. </p><p></p><p>After their spells, two of them moved into the cave while the other two and the giant stayed at the entrance.</p><p></p><p>Drudge was wholly unaffected by this magic and began firing into the collection of lights and Felix managed to put a wall of blades between the two ranks of enemy, across the entrance of the cave. I felt my sluggishness being cancelled as John cast a spell of speed on us and then I managed to cast my most damaging spell on the whole group. That obviously hurt them. Victor concentrated on the glowing lights and Longhelim stepped forward to meet the tattooed demon. Suddenly a new figure appeared from around the side of the entrance: a collection of swirling blades and appropriately, it put a wall of force blades between us with Longhelim and Felix on one side and the rest of us on the other, neatly separating the group. </p><p></p><p>Thankfully, Victor managed to hit the collection of lights so hard that they quickly ceased to glow. There were still so many spells flying around that it was difficult to keep track of them, including several quite mysterious ones; when the glowing lights went out, some sort of magic occurred but we didn’t know what. </p><p></p><p>Felix called down a column of fire upon the tree and the tattooed demon and then Longhelim confronted the latter at as well. The paladin hit so hard that it also disappeared, causing yet more unknown magic to be triggered. </p><p></p><p>The other peculiarity was that the giant was behind the wall of blades and did not seem to be doing much except just looking at everything we were doing; I thought she was getting ready to counterspell at one point so I engaged in spell dueling at one point, but she just looked at me with interest. I cast a spell which sapped the energy of the enemy, causing them to be very lethargic, slow and weak but then I had my own troubles as suddenly I was hit from behind. Whatever it was hit me very hard and it was magically unseen and I just had just about enough time to cast a spell to outline it in light when it stepped forward and hit me again. John managed to tap me with his healing wand but it was not enough to keep everything from going black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cafu, post: 6449535, member: 6692807"] We drew back, John keeping the ribbon out of her reach when, quick as a flash, her demeanour changed and she grinned at us naughtily: “You are very clever though. How did you take my ribbon? I haven’t seen anyone do that before.” Rather anxiously, I told her: “Well, we’d love to tell you but our friends…….?” And I pointed to the floor beneath us. She just waved her hands: “Oh, don’t worry about them. My friends will catch them and bring them back. Now tell me, how did you do it?” John began explaining his technique to her: “Well, one of my talents is for deception. My hand is faster than the eye.” She looked at him crossly and put her hands on her hips: “Not faster than my eye. Your hands didn’t come near me. Now tell!” He looked at little deflated and then said again: “Well, I have a few tricks up my sleeve and some of them are assisted by magic. One of these is to slip small items away from people while I am at some distance. You want to see?” She nodded eagerly and he gave her the ribbon back. Then he stepped away and concentrated; sure enough, the ribbon slid out of her hand, flew half way across to John and then seemed to disappear until it was suddenly in his hand. Flight clapped her hands and squealed again: “Ooooh, again, again!” John grimaced and said: “I can only do it so many times and I can’t do it again today.” She flew towards him with dizzying speed again until she was next to him, took her ribbon from his hand and said seriously: “Well, it is cheating…….” Then she grinned: “…..but its clever cheating. Will you teach me?” Thinking quickly, John said: “Of course; can’t do it now as I have to go with my friends but I’ll come back and teach you.” By this stage, Felix, Longhelim, Victor and Drudge were floating around us, being held up by something unknown and looking rather bemused by this whole conversation. I turned to them and said: “John’s going to teach her.” This made them look even more perplexed but wisely, they just nodded and did not say anything. Flight nodded as if satisfied and then frowned and said: “This won’t do! My friends can take you to the other side of the cloud but they can’t leave and as soon you leave, you’ll start to fall down again. I know; I’ll make you all fly. You won’t be able to fly fast and you won’t be able to spin and wheel and dive and lots of other things but at least you won’t fall down and you won’t have to ride those silly looking horses any more.” As she said that, I felt a peculiar lightening and somehow, a new trillith power had joined Vigilance’s Boon and Agony’s Gift. I was already pretty certain that Flight was a trillith but this just confirmed it. In fact, I suspected that the vast majority of beings we encountered here were going to be trilliths of one of form or other. In fact, I hadn’t actually made up my mind if Sagrimar was a trillith who decided to look like a tiefling but it didn’t really matter. Then Flight scrunched her face: “You have to go. You won the game, even if you did cheat. Now hang on really tight!” We barely had time to comply when she grasped Longhelim and we sped away through the cloud at such speed that I barely saw what was happening. We weaved past wind funnels and tornadoes, lightning blasting all around us; I could have sworn that a couple of times, the bolts sizzled in exactly the spot where I had been a moment before. She also dove with us and sometimes we climbed straight up. It seemed as if we were playing some deadly game of catch with wind and lightning! The speed and grace of the flight as we all hung to each other was astounding and after a few moments, I actually began to enjoy it. I was hanging on the Felix who in turn was hanging on to Victor while Longhelim clung to Flight; John’s hands were grasping my belt and at the end, Drudge had a firm grip on John ankles; our reasoning being that the most stressful position in this row would be at the end and an archer’s hands would be abnormally strong. We were screaming as we sped past all the obstacles, flying through, past, above, below and beside them. All too soon, we stopped; suddenly, it was dark. I didn’t quite understand why it was so considering we were in the Dreamlands but there were a lot of things I didn’t understand about this plane. Flight turned to us and said, her face serious: “It’s dark now. I have to go but find a cave down there and stay until light. The monsters won’t get you then. Good bye! And don’t forget! You promised to come back and teach me!” A moment later, she had disappeared back into the cloud. We were still quite bemused by the whole event, floating gently, testing our new ability. Suddenly, Longhelim said: “Could someone look at my wounds? I got scratched quite badly by Flight. Oh, and could someone tell just how we won please and just what went on?” As Felix, John and Drudge began to heal the paladin and Victor, I took the opportunity to tell everyone what had happened. Then Drudge said: “Flight was right. Down there is one of those strange peaks that juts out from the floor of this plane and I think I see some openings in the side which could be cave entrances.” Testing our new flying powers gingerly we floated down in the direction that the ranger had indicated and indeed, it was one of the peaks and there were several openings. We looked into each one carefully but they were all empty. So we chose the largest one and flew in. It may have been in the Dreamlands of Trilla but this cave looked pretty much like all other caves we had been in; fairly featureless bar a large column in the middle, stretching into the ceiling. We set up our usual camp and I said: “Well, since it’s dark, I may as well try to rest and learn spells. I haven’t cast that many but there are a few I could learn.” Longhelim took out his pipe and commented: “Go ahead. I am not tired. Victor, join me?” The warrior nodded and Drudge said: “I can’t sleep either so I may as well watch.” Leaving them to it, Felix, John and I settled down. It seemed as if we were asleep for only a few minutes when Drudge woke us up quietly: “There’s something out there. It looks like a cloud in the dark but it’s not behaving like a cloud.” I frowned: “You think it’s someone in mist form? Like when Felix casts his spell on us?” The ranger whispered: “No more like the spell you showed us; when you turn into mist and go under doors or into cracks.” I nodded, remembering the spell which to which he referred. Just then, we heard Longhelim say quietly: “The cloud is drifting closer; yes, it’s in range and….yes, it is evil. It’s not a cloud. I don’t know what it is though.” Drudge muttered: “That’s good enough for me,” And he shot off a volley of arrows into it which precipitated movement from the cloud away from the cave mouth; now that I saw it, I easily recognised it as the arcane spell which allowed one to turn into mist and hide in nooks and cracks as well as travelling under doors and through the tiniest of spaces. The major issue with the magic was that it one could only move very slowly while in this form; and it was not a defence against being shot by Drudge’s arrows. I told the others and Drudge immediately said: “It’s a scout for something else. It’s what I would do.” Even as he said this, we could hear a scrabbling from the outside and suddenly several……things made an appearance, or flew in, I should say. The first was a collection of flashing lights, another looked like a demonic figure covered in tattoos, yet another looked like a walking tree, literally and the other, well the best way I could describe it is a collection of beetles that kept swarming and changing shape but always came back to the shape of a small cat. If that sounds insane, well that was what they looked like; and we were in someone’s dream. Finally, we could also see a huge giant, with fiery red hair but it was very pale, dressed in full plate armour and carrying a hammer of black metal looking very similar to Victor’s sword so very likely to be adamantite. The first four beings wasted no time and spells began flying. They may have looked very strange but they were certainly no slouches at magic and the first thing I felt was being affected by a spell of speed but reversed as I became far more sluggish than normal and could only move very slowly. After their spells, two of them moved into the cave while the other two and the giant stayed at the entrance. Drudge was wholly unaffected by this magic and began firing into the collection of lights and Felix managed to put a wall of blades between the two ranks of enemy, across the entrance of the cave. I felt my sluggishness being cancelled as John cast a spell of speed on us and then I managed to cast my most damaging spell on the whole group. That obviously hurt them. Victor concentrated on the glowing lights and Longhelim stepped forward to meet the tattooed demon. Suddenly a new figure appeared from around the side of the entrance: a collection of swirling blades and appropriately, it put a wall of force blades between us with Longhelim and Felix on one side and the rest of us on the other, neatly separating the group. Thankfully, Victor managed to hit the collection of lights so hard that they quickly ceased to glow. There were still so many spells flying around that it was difficult to keep track of them, including several quite mysterious ones; when the glowing lights went out, some sort of magic occurred but we didn’t know what. Felix called down a column of fire upon the tree and the tattooed demon and then Longhelim confronted the latter at as well. The paladin hit so hard that it also disappeared, causing yet more unknown magic to be triggered. The other peculiarity was that the giant was behind the wall of blades and did not seem to be doing much except just looking at everything we were doing; I thought she was getting ready to counterspell at one point so I engaged in spell dueling at one point, but she just looked at me with interest. I cast a spell which sapped the energy of the enemy, causing them to be very lethargic, slow and weak but then I had my own troubles as suddenly I was hit from behind. Whatever it was hit me very hard and it was magically unseen and I just had just about enough time to cast a spell to outline it in light when it stepped forward and hit me again. John managed to tap me with his healing wand but it was not enough to keep everything from going black. [/QUOTE]
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