Freddie and friends, see the bottom of the post for sparkly adventures.
Talking
"Yeah. That's probably the most fitting term. What ever happened, I'm no longer alive. I have no pulse and have lost skin before.
"So you got eaten and ... what? Pooped out like this? What kind of creature would do such a thing?"Bruford, Iron Golem.
Wait for the gnome to return. Do I have eyes to cover with my hands? At least try.
If the ball is very sparkly, it's definitely going to be enough to distract and lure the dragon.
(Forgot to include the name.)
I don't know, do you have eyes? I'd assume so, since you've been getting around and seeing things.
"Mhumum."
I shift back and yawn, fully relaxed, as I dry and re-dress myself.
"That was really nice. You're good at this."
If he lets me Im gonna hold his arm and just wander along half-awake. If I sit, lie down, or am put into a weapons rack then I'll probably just go to sleep. I'm relaxed, sleepy, and happy.
"Thank you. I do have some experience. Don't usually get feedback though. Except that one sword, but he was a bit of an ass."
You hold onto his arm as he tidies the place up before walking through Omega. He is interrupted in his walk several times by other beings discussing various things that you don't really care about or understand. You wake up later on a floor mat next to an unmade bed, no idea how you got there. The room is dark and cool. There are curtains over one stone wall, with light leaking around the edges. A sound in the opposite direction draws your attention - someone is moving about in a connected room.
Roar my victory before landing and putting the cat-thing down. What's next?
(3) you land with a harder thump than you intend, causing the catperson to squeak rather amusingly. You let go and it lays there, gasping for air for a moment.
You hear a startled 'ook' and turn your head to see Kongor wrestling with your tail. You didn't feel that. hmm.
if the cat is in imminent danger, free the cat. If not, tease Freddy by grabbing his tail
Well, Freddie lands and lets the cat go. it's still alive, you think, so you attempt to grab the thrashing tail. (3) It's trickier than you expected, but you manage to get your arms around it as it writhes in your grip. You meant to tease the Dragon, but ended up struggling to contain the tail.
Clunkers whirrs and clanks for a moment.
"Baffled query: This one does not understand. You mentioned that she is not in control of her powers, that they are steadily growing more out of control. This one knows this, because this one was part of the retrieval mission and saw the destruction to the town firsthand. And, by your own admission:
Begin playback:"Now, her magic leaks. Her sonic magic, if left unchecked, cold render the entire base mad, eating away at our minds over time."End playback.
Musing: Let us assume that this rag tag bunch of individuals we call the Legion is some kind of family, as you put it. Then surely you can see that this is an element that cannot be sustained? She is a defective cog in the machine, as it were. Trying so desperately to keep her in the family, even after what already has happened, would mean the eventual ruin of the entire familial group.
Statement: This one continues to believe that removal of the subject is in the best interest of the Legion. Removal of the threat nullifies the risks that mere containment inevitably brings with it, and seems in the best interest of the legion as a hole.
Begrudging addendum: However, this one is bound to servitude, and cannot disobey orders from a direct superior."
Converse some more.
"Yes, well ... I was having lunch with an officer once a while back during a rather boring mission. We were in a city known for political intrigue and causing trouble to the Kingdom. the whole County was a mess, with brigands and thieves and The Rot.I asked 'Why do we tolerate this place? The Queen should just send the Army and be done with it!'"
He frowns in thought. "I don't remember what he said exactly, but it as along the lines of 'Every part is important and part of the whole. We prefer to cure rather than to cut off. Besides, that coice is out of our hands - the Queen has ordered us here, and that's that.'
anyway, I think the idea was that we try to fix things before just writing them off as useless. That, or we just let Omega itself slip into the Void, right? Anyway, get to work, eh?"
[size=14]Gnomish Funball[/size]
"I brought it!" Shouts a gnome from up on a balcony.
And with that, his head disappears back behind hte balcony rail, and something sparkly appears over the edge. It slowly rolls up and over before falling straight down into the arena. It looks like the inside of a plasma ball - all glowing pink and blue tentacles surrounding a central sphere. tiny little sparkles of energy flicker among theslowly moving tendrils. The Ball lands along the side of the arena with a sudden brilliant flash
Bruford has his eyes covered so he just hears the dull whumph of something hitting the dirt
(4) Kongor is likewise unaffected due to his attention being rather diverted at the moment
(5) Freddie is looking at Kongor so all he sees is the entire arena ligthing up in disco style, but brighter. Everything goes multicolored.
(3) Catperson, already stunned and breathless, is disoriented by the sudden flash, with after images dancing in his already spotty vision.
The Ball sits, The central core held up by the lower tendrils which seem to constantly be in motion caressing the floor while the otehr tendrils wave around, sometimes stretching out double before flickering back to their usual length.