The Sereni-Tree, the Immortals, the Octagonal Order, and the Harbinger of Darkness
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Saturday, November 11, 2006 15:48
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The three Wisps had worked all night and had finished all of the tanks. The A.I.E was finished and gunned out the Behemoth was a rolling fortress and the smaller tanks were all wired up and ready for battle. They were all crowded round a selction of screens and blackboards discussing big words and building wierd devices. The Magical team were sat around talking and A Wisp would occasionally ask the Mage to do something magical while the others held equipment.
The group were slightly afraid of the devices as the technology was mind boggling and had always been evil. They werent at all phased by the fact that there were three of them though.
Sir Devan entered the room and was surprised at their progress over the past day. Inside he felt strange to be putting so much faith and hope into something he didnt understand. When they saw hime the three Wisps beckoned him over to theyre screens.
"You have been busy"
"We know and weve just made a big breakthrough" The Wisp in the middle said in a pace quick with excitment "We know the answer"
"To what??" Devan replied
"Magic"
Devans face was struck with a kind of horror as a strange man with a mysterious apperance could have answered a fundamental constant.
"Ok heres the thing. On this planet there is a type of wave/particle which IS magic. Its formed by the decay of a very rare isotope that is abundant in your sun."
The next Wisp took over "This Wave/particle isnt enough for people to use magic which is why I cant and other people cant"
"Its all in the genes!!" The third Wisp added quickly. With a huge grin.
"Guidan [the wizard] here and you and anyone who can use magic has an extra chromosome. This produces proteins, enzymes, chemicals, even neural structures that are affected by these magic and react accordingly. For example When Guidan creates fire he secretes 2 chemicals from his hands which react exothermically. When he levitates an object a structure in his brain harnesses the magically waves and use them to alter the physics around the object."
"Weve identified certain charicteristics in these mutations. Power, Control and Specificity. Power is the strength of the harnessing of the waves. You will have more power than Guidan and The immortals have more/= power to you. Control is very important. Some people have the correct genes for magic but they arent expressed. And some are expressed wildly. Ergo some lower level mages with treatment could become high level ones. And equally some high level ones could be reduced by chemical agents. Finally specificity is the proteins you have. For example we Guidan doesnt have the protein for somethings that the immortals do and neither have you so perhaps with a retroviral sample of their DNA we could make you have theyre powers"
Sir Devan didnt understand the words tehy used but understood the principle in their emotion that they had weapons or ideas of them. This Was what he needed to defeat the immortals.
"We have one last thing" They unveiled a long cylinder device covered in wires pipes and switches. "This device collects and re-emits magic waves over a broadband of frequencies and wavelengths. This will block the effects of all the natural magic from your sun. Your natural waves are inbuilt into the physiology of everyone on this planet. This device will kill them."
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The dragon riders flew down to the valley and began to circle and swoop into the cottages and such. There were three main towns each with a collection of villages. Each dragon took an individual town and began to terrorise it. The summoning of these beasts took a lot of power and they couldnt exist outside of the lava for long, so they tried to cause maximum damage in minimum time. The Inn of the Sereni-tree-ers was in an outlying village of the central town and a dragon took extra care to burn it down when Sir kei steps outside.
OOC- do you know how long it took me to invent a scientific explanation for magic???
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Seryn decides to remain in the inn.
Thats right, she stays put. and out of danger.
She feels she's grown as a person. Instead she watches from the dooor way, then starts marshalling the inn staff into turning the inns sturdy stone cellars into a safe spot and HQ, just incase it all goes hideously wrong. Somehow.
(ooc - but doesn't finding a scientific explaination for it kind of ruin everything? Isn;'t the great thing about magic the fact that its seemingly magical?)
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Sir Kei pushes his chair back and stand up, raises his arms parallel to the floor and looks up to the roof.
Ruby’s eyes widen in dismay. “NO Kei!! Not...” She trails off as little bits of metal enter the building, making little holes, and start spinning around Sir Kei. Shortly he is obscured by the tempest. The wind eventually dies downs and Sir Kei stands dressed in his armour.
“...inside.” Ruby finishes in a small voice, surveying the damage around her.
“You know magic??” TRM asks incredulously.
“Tis but a small trick, and the only one I know. Tis handy when there is no phone booth to be found. I once again find myself apologizing for interrupting your meal. Now if you’ll please duck your head.”
A whistling sound fills the air and TRM obligingly ducks as a huge broadsword, in its scabbard, crashes through a much repaired window. Sir Kei catches it effortlessly.
“Many thanks, kind sir. Now if you’ll excuse me...” Sir Kei walks out the front door of the inn.
A large fireball catches him square in the chest throwing him backwards splintering the front door of the inn in his momentum. Sir Kei skids backward across the floor scattering tables in his wake until he comes to rest against the back wall. He sits slumped, smoke rising from his armour.
“Sir Kei?” Seryn asks.
“You know...” All are surprised when he speaks, or more that he is able to. “There are but a few things in this world worth cherishing.”
“The warm embrace of a woman,” He waggles his eyebrows suggestively at Ruby, who groans loudly and rolls her eyes “Sharing good food and drink with fine folk,” He bows grandly to his new found friends “And clean armour.”
Sir Kei storms out the front door again. The broadsword sings as it clears his scabbard. “First my good lance and now my good armour?!? Prepare to pay fell dragon!!”
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"Stop doing that thing"
"What thing"
"That thing where your mouth moves and noise comes out"
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*appears back on the ship (finally!) I mean really for magical shoes the travel time is just ridiculous.
Wonder what everyone's up to?
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Quote:
Originally posted by jake7:
Well, if they're chickens, yes. If they're part chicken, well, it's hard to say, but I'll give it a shot.
I do have my remote with me, so everyone who wants to, stay close to me so the force field will encapsulate us all. At least we can be protected while I check to see if my confusion powers work. No sense in getting in harm's way when we don't have to!
**With that, Jake7 and the gang go outside to see what's going on. Once outside, she checks to see who's around her (OOC: I'm not naming names in case one of you doesn't feel like being in the field).**
Get in close guys!
**As the group settles in, she activates the protective force field and they all stare down the street**
Uh, TRM? What do you make of that?
Standing next to Jake7, TheRealMe whistles. "Lava dragons? Never heard of them. And lava riders? Weird. Look, one is coming in for a run at us. Okay, CONFUSE!"
It so happens that TheRealMe has no idea how Jake7's chicken confusing power works, if it is an aura around her or if she must activate it somehow...
The lava dragon slams directly into Jake7's force field, slumping down to the ground and shaking its head. Then it hops up and takes to the air again.
TheRealMe turns to his companion. "Jake7, did you confuse it, or did it slam into your force field because it is just stupid?"
From the inn, Sir Kei looks to have recovered his footing and is approaching again.
OOC: Whew! I'm glad that Mai has turned up on the ship again. I was thinking that we needed to start Mai-Quest 3!
TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree
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OOC: I never said what ship I showed up on. 
I just wanted to play with the magical shoes. You would have thought I'd learned my lesson from the magical wish granting planks.
Also, much with the brain fry-age at the moment so I haven't decided weather I've made it home safely or not.
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*is mightily impressed that Sir Kai managed to get up on his feet again in full armour*
"Oh!" she remebers something she bought for SR, waits fro the dragons to regroup then runs out and ties a small bag of stinky herbs around his neck "It probably won't work, but it doesn't hurt to have them anyway. " she retreats back to the inn and continues preparing the cellers.
"Ruby, i'm terribly sorry to ask this, but could we possibly smash something up, soak it threough with water and secure it on top of the trap door? it might stop them burning through quickly...."
Ruby just about manages to not, and Seryn pours her a strong gin while the barmaids start gleefully smashing some furniture to bits.
"We can pay you back for it i promise"
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Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
TheRealMe turns to his companion.
"Jake7, did you confuse it, or did it slam into your force field because it is just stupid?"
**Jake7, wiping tears of laughter from her eyes at the spectacle of the dragon slamming into the force field, turns to TRM**
It's just that stupid! Though, it *is* hard to see this shield. These dragons must be color blind and can't see the light transparent blue of the shield.
**A lightbulb goes on over jake7's head**
Hey! I wonder if the color has to be transparent, of if just this color will make us hard to see?
What do you guys think? Is it worth a shot? If not, we still have my protective shield to use in the meantime, but I don't want to run the batteries down again like that one time!
**Meanwhile, the dragon has taken another whack to the head from trying to get past the force field and is standing up, but quite wobbly on its feet.**
Well, time to see if this thing is part chicken or not...
**jake7 takes a deep breath and begins clucking like a chicken. The wobbly dragon stares at the group and tries getting through the force field again. This time, he knocks himself out cold.**
Well, not sure if I confused it or what. But, hey, it's out cold so we should do something with him before he awakens!
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Home at last!
*walks through the ship and notices everyone busy at work on the... wm whatever that is there busy at work on. looks scary.
Guess I'll go in search of something to eat. All that sleeping made me famished.
*On the wrist com: Hey Serenity! I'm home. I need baby time! Need a sitter?
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MAI! Hey! Good to have you back! What's going on planetside?
I'm sure Soul would not mind being relieved of babysitting duties. He's still squeamish about changing diapers.
Did you happen to get any shoe shopping in while you were down there?
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
http://callmeserenity.livejournal.com/
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