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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5109477" data-attributes="member: 60965">Session 29, Part 7  Bail waved at the Skyland, hoping Meepo was paying attention.  He was just about to give up when the Skyland began to drop, drifting towards the cliff on which they stood.  Bail, Kormak, and Harold jogged towards the cliff edge, but slowed as they got closer.The Skyland wasn't stopping. “Uh... run!” Kormak shouted as the Skyland came piling into the cliff, the ground heaving and cracking, rocks and dust flying and swirling in all directions.When it all cleared, the Skyland was securely piled into the rock. “Not exactly as planned,” Harold said. “But you know, it just might work,” Bail said.  “This way we don't have to find a place to land the thing.” “Right, so what's the plan again?” Kormak said as they jumped across the broken rubble where Skyland met cliff.  Meepo came bouncing down from the henge. “I do good Bail?” Bail nodded and patted the kobold on the head.  “Good Meepo, just might want to go a bit more slowly when you're bringing it in next time.” “Meepo will do!” “Ahem,” Kormak said, waving his arms in front of Bail.  “What are we doing?” “You two are getting the True Stone of Air, then using it to summon spirits of air to go fight that thing,” Harold said. “We are?” Kormak said. “Do you not remember how?” Harold said. “Of course we remember how,” Bail said with a growl.  “What do you mean you two?  What are you doing?  Where are you going?” They stared as Harold ran back towards the pyramid. “Or, you know, whatever,” Kormak said to Harold's back.  He turned to Bail.  “So, do you know how to do that summoning stuff he mentioned?” “Yeah, but let's get this 'litter' stored somewhere first.” “Let's just stack it near the henge since that's where we're going anyway.” A few minutes later they stood staring at the henge and the True Stone floating on the pedestal in the center of it. “So, do you think Meepo plowed this thing far enough into the cliff face that it won't fall if we take the True Stone?” Kormak said. “Guess there's only one way to find out,” Bail said, taking the True Stone.  Immediately, the faint glow inside the crystal of the henge dimmed and the Skyland lurched.  They stood for a second, arms out, balancing and waiting for it to shift more, but it seemed to have settled. “All right, let's get off the Skyland in case it falls before we start this,” Kormak said. Bail nodded. Ten minutes later, with half-a-dozen air spirits swirling about them, the ground suddenly shook.  They stopped chanting and stared at the pyramid, to see the ground heave and visibly ripple out from it, stones raining down, ruins toppling, and cracks forming in the ground. “What was that?” Kormak said.  “More importantly, what did Harold just do?” Bail just growled and stared at the pyramid.  A few minutes later, it compressed in violently, held for a second, then exploded apart, massive stones flying in every direction and another rippling shock wave traveling through the earth. A second later, they saw a tiny figure pull himself out of the top of the shattered pyramid, a brilliantly shining object in hand.  The figure half-ran, half-slid down what was left of the pyramid as it came apart. “Run!” Harold shouted, his face clearly covered with blood and dust even from a distance. Dwarf and half-dragon exchanged a glance, then complied, sprinting for the Skyland.  The Skyland was falling out of the cliff face in terrifying lurches as they scrambled across it towards the henge.“What going on?” Meepo wailed as he scampered after them. Bail ignored him, thrusting the True Stone onto the central pedestal of the henge.  As soon as the henge began to glow, he grabbed the Stone.  Fly up, fast! he mentally commanded. The Skyland complied immediately, drifting upwards and away. A few seconds later, Harold reached the henge and doubled over, breathing heavily, the True Stone of Light clutched tightly in one hand. “Where's Velea and the guardian?” Bail said. Harold shook his head and opened his mouth to speak. The sky began to fill with light. Bail glanced back towards the pyramid and saw the ground heave upward.  On instinct, he grabbed the True Stone of Air again and tilted the Skyland so the bulk of its mass was between them and the pyramid.  A second later, the world turned white.  The crystals of the henge flared blue in response, a crystalline ringing from the henge warring with a tremendous, deafening roar from all around them. The Skyland lurched, the thundering crack of stone breaking and shattering joining the ring and roar that filled the air. Then in a flash, the whiteness intensified, until there was naught but light and energy...</blockquote>

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