The Journey Begins

Sam_Seymour walks along the corridor stepping over the buckled craft in places.....the edge of the candle flame shadow dancing and sending shadows everywhere....eyes narrowing as she just makes out the exit door...glancing over her shoulder " Just how big is this craft anyway?"

Flash_Guardian follows along behind Sam, frowning at the Triad's now twisted state. Something bad had happened when they jumped planes ... really really bad. "Not sure ... but it's wide enough to cover almost the entire clearing at the middle of redfang island. I'd say, probably a little over a hundred yards long?" Flash reaches an exit door, pushing on the handle at the door's center. There is a loud hiss as the airlocks decompress, then the door shudders open, struggling against its twisted state as it slides to one side to reveal the outside ...

Sam_Seymour eyes widen at the rippling effect now stretching across the open space of the door.....like heat waves rising in the air...her gaze sweeping over what is revealed of whats outside....stepping a little closer to Flash as she peers out " Jesus" her gaze sweeping over what she can see of the walls....well what's not covered by the luminous threads that seem to drape or stick over what she can see of the walls...a fine smoky mist seems to be seeping crawling up those same walls...rolling along from the ground...lost in its density

[Sam_Seymour ] " Emm.....I dont like the look of this"

Flash_Guardian looks out beyond the relative safety of the fallen Triad to the shimmering walls that lie beyond. "That makes two of us," Flash mutters to Sam behind him. He takes a deep breath, resolving himself to his task. "But I guess we've come too far now to go back empty handed. Let's go." Flash takes the first steps out of the Triad, touching ground and moving aside to let Sam follow him out.

Sam_Seymour nods blinking as Flash takes a step outside " Noooo wait!" hand darting out to grab him...and hopefully yank him back as he feels an almighty force slam into his body and feel like his body is being stretched and pulled those atoms making his frame being scattered

Flash_Guardian does indeed feel the force, an arm flailing back to grab hold of the door frame and, with Sam's help, pull himself back inside before whatever force is outside rips him to shreds. He puts a hand to his chest, breathing now with difficulty. "Whoa! What ... oh man ... ow!" Flash looks back to Sam for some kind of explanation, as she seems to know what's going on more so than he does.

Sam_Seymour brows knit " Damnit I thought him back there would be the one to babysit....didnt you find out from Viimz what this place was like?"

Flash_Guardian seems clearly annoyed with the situation. "Apparently not!" Flash frowns and contemplates, staring out into the walls that lay beyond. "But apparently this place doesn't get along with substance too well, be they metal or flesh or whatever." Flash rubs at his chest slightly, still aching just a little from the impact.

Sam_Seymour nods slowly eyes drifting over him really just checking to see if he's suffered any physical damage actually covering up her concern with a scrowl " Yeah well thats clear..." stepping away she crouches down as she opens her back pack removing the velvet pouch once more...hand dipping in as she pulls out the orb from the other day..." Well its a good thing one of us did.....though I had more time then you....and....well Famana is going to help us if she can." head tilting to look up at him....

Flash_Guardian prods himself on the chest once or twice, as if to make certain that he's still all there. As Sam starts to rifle through her pack, Flash squints his eyes outside the door, slowly raising a hand to tentatively stretch it outward just up to the point where he can feel that force begin to affect it ... if it's more gentle, he'll try to study it with his own senses. If it's more violent, he'll likely recoil like a hand that's just touched a hot oven burner.

Sam_Seymour rises abrow watching him.....only guessing at just how much force he must be feeling buffeted against his hand....cold hard steel like...licking her lips " I better explain to you....to get out there we need to not use our physical form......but some kind of spiritaul one....this is what Famana will do...we got to find a safe place on this ship so that she and.....well the sisterhood can protect our bodies while we're in the other form and go getting Glyniss...."

Flash_Guardian presses with a bit more force, testing against the barrier there, only to pull it back after Sam explains, looking to her. She can see where the force has affected his palm, as it's rather reddish from the impact. He doesn't seem terribly surprised though at her explanation, just nodding in agreement. "Okay. I'll see if I can help things along, then. Where can I sit?" Flash looks around for a suitable spot on the floor.

Sam_Seymour glances around after eyeing the reddish palm....eyes alightening upon a spot a little further to the back of the room..." Over there will do" pushing herself up grabbing her back pack....geez does this girl do anything without it......she walks to the back of the room....crouching down she nods opposite her..." Squirt there" not even waiting for him she begins muttering a soft chant....the orb placed once more upon her forehead....the place where it's said a witch has her thrid eye....

Flash_Guardian does as he is told and quickly sits in cross-legged fashion, resting his arms upon his legs with hands draped over his knees. He shifts slightly, straightening his back and leaning his head forward. A deep breath is taken as his eyes close ... and then all is still apart from Flash's breathing. On the outside, nothing in Flash is stirring. On the inside, Flash's mind begins to grow silent, his thoughts quieting in preparation for his spirit to leave the body for a time and quite literally 'transcend' to the plane just outside.

Sam_Seymour continues the soft rhymn of the chant filling the room.....the orb comes to life the bright spheres dancing and spinning inside then the zig zagging webbing begins to spark outwards touching Sam spinning itself over the orb she holds.....her head slumps forwards....and in Flash's mind he can hear the long distance echo of chanting....words said yet not heard...the echo of their being only present.....somewhere along the long Sam had stoped her chanting though its hard to know when it happened the distant chanting having somehow taken over...Flash feels a slight tugging....a lifting as if being asked to leave....and slowly very slowly his body seems to be emerging from the solid mass it once was...

Flash_Guardian 's spirit was just beginning to step outside the body when he feels the calling. Not fighting the summons in the slightest, he obeys the pull and lets himself be freed to rise above, leaving the body behind to float weightlessly along, still unaware of what is transpiring for a time as he enjoys the sensation ...

Sam_Seymour looks up....finding herself in the same state as Flash.....lifting a hand to her face as she stares at it....turning it over....before looking over to Flash....their shapes were a darkish grey....shadowery.....glancing down she can see their bodies slightly slumped forwards....the crystal orb having long since been placed between the two.....webbings from it was lacing over each of their phyical form connecting it to the orb and each other.

Flash_Guardian 's spiritual essence at last opens its eyes to look around him, a face full of wonder and alive with inner peace. He smiles to Sam, glancing briefly to their physical forms suspended below. A voice seems to emanate forth from Flash's being. 'Ahh ... just like old times.' Something unusual can be said about Flash's spirit now that it is made readily apparent ... there are 'scars.' Jagged lines that show, as one who was attacked by a savage beast and stitched back together. Where the lines appear along Flash's spiritual form, a faint and subtle glow can be seen, the essence of whatever mortar was used to fill in the cracks and make Flash whole again, infused within him and part of his very being.

Sam_Seymour blinks at Flash....noticing his own scars never realising he had so many....as lifting one leg she seems to step towards him....hand reaching down to grab her back pack frowning as her hand passes right through it....looking up at him with a grin and a soft chuckle....straightening as she steps towards the door

Flash_Guardian chuckles, a light and airy sound as Sam reaches for her backpack, her proverbial 'security blanket.' 'You've heard the expression, Sam ... you can't take it with you. Well, now you know what they were talking about first-hand.' Flash simply 'floats' after Sam, moving through the air with little more than a gesture of his hand and a thought to propel him forward.

Sam_Seymour nods " soo it seems...." looking at the back pack as she glances back and to think only yesterday she mentioned about feeling naked without it... head turning back to the open gape of the door....the heat ripples although there still didnt seem so bad for some reason....waiting for Flash to join her " Shall we emmm step into the unknown together?" one foot poised ready to step out

Flash_Guardian sighs and shakes his head. "Sorry, Sam. Already been there and done that." Flash twists in midair, leaning backward as his feet kick off from nothingness to propel him towards the door, gliding through the air with his face to the ceiling as he whisks past Sam and through the door. Indeed the circumstances aren't beyond Flash's memory. He's seen heaven, and he's seen hell. He's battled with angels and chatted with demons. He's gone ethereal, astral, out-of-body spiritual, and even bodily without a spirit. While nothing here is specifically new to him, it has certainly been a long time.

Sam_Seymour head tilts as she watches Flash move over her and head outside....emm well that'll teach her she guess....taking her first step outside.....feeling a slight ripple before she gazes about where she finds herself and......blinks.....reaching out to tap Flash as she nods to the far wall......more preciously the point where wall merges with spacecraft...." Emmm.....wonderboy....that supposed to be happening?"

Flash_Guardian is pulled from his blissful hovering by Sam's prodding, looking back now to where the Triad should be ... and indeed the walls of this place seem to have physically merged with the outer hull of the Triad. And not just one wall, but many, it would seem. "Wowww ... that can't be good." Flash's upper body halts, allowing his legs to swing underneath him, orienting him in an upright position once more, facing the Triad's side and taking in the sheer immensity of the Triad's deformation.

Sam_Seymour shakes her head...just as you think things are going well for you.....something else is throw up ....letting Flash do the inspection of the traid she instead inpects more closely where they are......her hand seeming to glide over the wall of this place.....rough like stone to her mind...a fingertips brushing against one of the many lumionous threads that seem to be attached to the walls....the faint glow giving the tunnels a wishy washy appearance. amazingly the thread seems to pull and tug at her finger...stepping back eyes dropping she saw the misty smoke covering rolling in waves over the surace of the ground...a slight swishing sound giving the hint of water somewhere beneath the surface of the mist

Flash_Guardian surveys the Triad only for a moment longer, bringing his hand to come into contact with its hull curiously. Curious, he closes his eyes and leans a bit closer, feeling in spirit. "My gosh ... there's a spirit there, Sam ... it's Triad! He's ... trapped, and ... uncomfortable. But mostly confused." Flash opens his eyes, looking back to Sam with concern. "Scared, too. Hey, what'd you find over there?" Flash asks her, gesturing to one of the glowing threads.

Sam_Seymour frowns glancing back to where Flash was.....rubbing a piece of the thread in her fingertips " If I didnt know better I'd say it was some sort of webbing you know .....like spiders webbing" head looking up and quickly about.....she wasnt liking this at all

Flash_Guardian kicks off again, feet gliding over the surface of the ground as he makes his way to Sam's side, ceasing the air before her to give the thread his own close inspection. Interesting, Flash says, taking the thread and rubbing a piece of it between his own fingers. His eyes follow its length away from the Triad. 'Maybe we should follow the thread to its end ... the spider would be at the center of his web, right?'

Sam_Seymour blinks at him...." What.....you actually want to find out if it is one...are yiou just hunting trouble......" her brows beginning to knit as she rubs her fingers absently over where normally the leather strap would be ....

Flash_Guardian pauses to consider. 'Or,' he reasons, 'this could be something else. If I know one thing about demons, it's that they're paranoid about uninvited guests. Perhaps the spider at the center of this web isn't the demon, but some cruel and unusual form of demonic security.' Flash gazes around, eyes following the walls around him. 'But in any case, we're not getting any closer just standing here. Maybe we should follow this passage and see where it goes, at least.'

Sam_Seymour nods " Well now your kicking" turning around head up as she looks at the eerie lite tunnel......and not even looking back begins moving off....not used to this state like Flash seems to be..

Sam_Seymour nods " Well now your kicking" turning around head up as she looks at the eerie lite tunnel......and not even looking back begins moving off....not used to this state like Flash seems to be..