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Sep 11, 2009 19:24

Continued from hereThe wave summoned by Elimyr rushes through the city center, flattening everything in its path. Because of the gap in the city center's walls, it emerges flowing fast as a river, dashing down the city streets in a roaring flood of debris and living people ( Read more... )

npc: river royal, cassandra of troy, taryn, npc: kale, npc: rusoren, npc: mikney, bret mcclegnie, npc: elimyr, barney stinson, cho takahashi

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rowan_narrators September 13 2009, 06:08:59 UTC

Kale is feeding power to one of the other mages, Charis, who can work air as well as fire, when the wave comes.

Water, everywhere, slamming him through the city, closing relentlessly over his head -

he is four years old and he went through a door he shouldn't and he can't breath can't breathcan'tbreathe

Kale sprawls in the grass, choking. He has been battered too many times in the last few weeks. Aching and gasping, Kale slides into unconsciousness.

tenuefarfalla September 13 2009, 21:18:46 UTC

Cho has always loved swimming, but the water has always been a soothing, peaceful, calming thing. This is vicious and cold and cruel, sweeping her up and battering her against walls and it's all she can do to keep her head above the surface. Then Kale slips under and she's not even trying, but even underneath the water, it's too intense for her to see him.

He's there on the grass, though, when the wave finally slams them into the ground. Choking and obviously in pain, but that means he's alive. Cho's lungs are on fire, and she aches everywhere, but when he stops choking - stops moving completely - she forces her body to work enough to crawl over to him. She gets her hand on his neck, pushing away the collar of his shirt to feel for a pulse, and when she finally finds it, it's steady.

She can't see Niko, can't see Bret, and her head is still pounding like it's about to burst. And that's all she's got - she collapses, taking care not to actually collapse on Kale. When the ground starts shaking she forces herself back up, moving in ( ... )

go_for_barney September 13 2009, 06:23:59 UTC

His chest burns and aches like he's dying, and seriously, he hasn't ruled that out as a possibility; but Barney lifts his head, takes a look around if only to see how badly he's boned right now.

Hey, Royal's here, and holy shit he's a fucking badass. Jesus, nothing can keep that guy down. Wait... are those gills? That's awesome!

"Dude..." he croaks, and even that small sound hurts his throat, but he crawls to his knees anyway. If he's gonna die while something awesome is happening, he wants to at least see it. Especially if Royal is there.

Fuck it, he's in pain here. He can be honest with himself for a change.

His eyes flick from Royal to the sorcerer, to the girl who called the water, like he's not sure what he wants to look at most. And then the ground starts shaking.

Well, at least he lived an awesome life. Even legen-

He sits there on his knees and waits for it.

Waits for it...

Fuck, he doesn't want to die.

rowan_narrators September 13 2009, 06:26:03 UTC

Elimyr watches Mikney, her eyes shining with delight. So much power, and she wants it. She's strong. She's better than them all. She wants to stay that way. The ground starts to rumble, and she laughs.

Her movements are fluid, with the water held close around her still. Sounds murmur and distort themselves. Her unblinking eyes finally slip from Mikney to the tree. So much power and force and life and its just amazing.

He drowned. She felt it. Nothing happens in her water that she doesn't know. Maybe he could fight her. Maybe he could win. But not if she can get him first. SHe calls to the water again, forces Mikney to the center of a whirlpool, because she saw the fear. The panic and the terror is what she knows.

It's what comes just before they break.

man_and_monster September 13 2009, 06:29:27 UTC

Another mermaid's blood staining the wet grass, and Royal plunges his sword point-first into the ground, dropping to the ground next to Barney.

It's a second to breathe, but the ground is rumbling, and the rain has stopped, and both of those things mean that a magic battle is coming up the likes of which hasn't been seen in this world for thousands of years.

Mikney isn't one of Royal's.

And even if he was, Royal has done all he can to help his odds.

Royal backhands Barney across the face. "Get up!" he shouts.

mikney September 13 2009, 06:32:44 UTC

The druid doesn't waste time. He doesn't remember what it was to hesitate.

Instead, he gathers all the forces he has at his disposal. Through him, the wild rush of the wind, the solid rumble of the earth, the burning pain of fire.

He sends it all at her: a cyclone of earth and air and fire, lightning blasting the sky open, tearing the world apart.