Vin_Da_DM: Previously on Warriors of Destiny: Back onboard the Ettik the group set off to follow RD�s fleet in hopes of getting Clarissa and Stryder back, again. In the mean time Clarice confronted Tewyn about his attitude change.
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse also explained to Luna what happened after he parted company to deal with his past. And elsewhere Clarissa was stuck in a dream-world where a mysterious man spoke of her being troubled and that she was brought there for answers.
Vin_Da_DM: To Clarissa�s surprise she met Vincalis, her dead grandfather, and the two had a conversation about the choices that lay ahead of her. Vin helped Clarissa decide between the dark and light paths that awaited her.
Vin_Da_DM: Ready to make her decision Clarissa was released from the dream-world to face the harsh reality that awaited her while the Ettik and its crew speed toward an uncertain rescue attempt.
Vin_Da_DM: *Timeframe: A few moments later*
Vin_Da_DM: As the Ettik streams along in hyperspace the coms are suddenly flooded with an odd pulsating signal in a short burst before going quiet.
Vin_Da_DM: Cringing at the noise Eclipse eyes the speaker, �What in the world was that?�
Luna_Faline rubs my ears, �I don�t know,� looking at Eclipse.
Vin_Da_DM: Perking his ears Midnight glances around, then barks at the tree Fern is merged with.
Fern pulls herself out of the tree and looks at Midnight.
Vin_Da_DM: Vincent wakes up suddenly to a sharp and foul odor in his nose. The Guardian looks down at him and retracts the vial and covers it.
Clarice lays in the bed in the room next to Luna_Faline�s quarters and stirs restlessly in her sleep.
Vincent jumps up, �What in the hell is that?�
Vin_Da_DM: �A suitable way to awaken most humanoids,� Guardian says as he tucks the vial back into his chassis, �I see you are whole again.�
Vincent looks at his arm, flexes his muscles so the blades slide out, �Guess so, man.�
Vin_Da_DM: Ettik quietly exits hyperspace as several small craft fly past the windows.
Vin_Da_DM: Almost on cue Alexei�s voice follows on the com, �Now, this is interesting...you guys might want to see this.�
Luna_Faline looks around the hall, �Maybe we should go see what is going on?� I ask Eclipse as I turn toward the bridge.
Fern flicks into bird form and heads towards the bridge.
Vin_Da_DM: Elsewhere Clarissa feels the cold air cling to her skin in the bedroom. �Arise, dear Clarissa.�
Vincent stands up and looks at the Guardian, �Well, big guy, I�m heading to the bridge, ya coming?�
Vin_Da_DM �If it is important, then of course.� The Guardian heads out into the hallway.
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse follows after Luna, �Back to the action. Seems I didn�t miss much after all.�
Vincent looks at him, �Hey, wait, ya big metal thing you!� Then follows him out.
Clarissa rises to a sitting position on the bed and looks around the room before allowing her eyes to rest on the person who spoke.
Fern swoops at Midnight, flying upside down looks into his eyes and then swoops ahead again.
Luna_Faline shakes my head, �We rarely have down time,� in a purr tinged with regret.
Vin_Da_DM: Shaiya leans against the doorway, her black dress flowing around her as usual, she smiles evilly. �It was only a matter of time before you returned to me.�
Clarissa watches Shaiya closely, �Seemed like an eternity, Momma Shaiya.�
Vin_Da_DM: In the bridge Alexei is watching the main screen. Ahead of the Ettik the small craft are circling what appears to be one of RD�s ship engaging it.
Luna_Faline enters the bridge looking around. �Well, hell!�
Vincent looks at the Guardian, �So ya have a name or do ya go by �The Guardian�?�
Fern reaches the bridge and flicks back into human form, exhilarated by the flight and having been merged with her tree.
Vin_Da_DM: Alexei eyes the scans, �Interesting...never seen them before, but seems they don�t like them either.�
Fern: �What�s going on, Alexei?�
Vin_Da_DM: �If you wish, you may call me Phalanx. Though I have not been called such often,� the Guardian looks at Vincent before opening the doors to the bridge.
Luna_Faline crosses my arms into my sleeves feeling suddenly cold, �I hope they have better luck then we have.�
Vin_Da_DM: �From what we can see, I would say those mysterious ships are fighting the battleship,� Eclipse replies to Fern as he crosses his arms.
Vincent: �Ok, Phalanx much better than �The Guardian,� steps into the bridge with Phalanx.
Vin_Da_DM: With another pulse on the coms Alexei tilts his head, �Looks like they�re asking us for help.�
Tabris shakes his head then looks at Claron, �Hey, everyone�s probably already on the bridge. Think we should go?�
Luna_Faline shivers in my cloak as I turn away from the view. �What kind of help?�
Vin_Da_DM: �Your injuries have been dealt with.� Shaiya moves closer to Clarissa, �Stryder, on the other hand, wasn�t very cooperative with our attempts to help him.�
Claron: �Might as well, we can�t find the children if we stay locked away together.�
Vincent leans up against the wall staring at the view. �I say we keep moving and leave �em.�
Vin_Da_DM: �Ettik is having trouble with all of it, but something about �joining the glory of the hunt�.� Alexei looks at Luna and shrugs, �Whatever that means.�
Luna_Faline: �Glory of the hunt? More like the hunter will be the hunted before it�s over,� I growl.
Vin_Da_DM: The small ships continue their firefight as a few go up in small explosions, their weapons do more damage to RD�s battleship than one would guess.
Clarissa tries not to let Shaiya sense any type of fear in her, �Please�take me to him, Momma Shaiya.�
Vin_Da_DM: �You can find him yourself, dear.� Shaiya watches Clarissa before turning to the stone hallway, �You will want to hurry, the guards get bored quite easily.�
Clarissa hops down off the bed, �Cara didn�t exactly make it easy on me.�
Fern looks around at the others and stays quiet.
Vin_Da_DM: �The beating was not entirely one way,� Shaiya smirks and begins to walk down the hallway.
Fern bites at her lip for a minute. She wonders what is happening but does not want to intrude.
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse watches the battle with curiosity, �Looks like they�re doing quite a number to it.�
Clarissa nods her head then bows low before turning and heading out of the room to see Stryder.
Vincent looks around the room, �So, I guess were gonna do the hero thing again, huh?�
Luna_Faline: �I doubt it is the ship we are looking for, that would be too easy,� looking up at Eclipse then over at Guardian.
Vin_Da_DM: Guardian crosses his arm watching both the view screen and the group, �Any action must be agreed upon by everyone.�
Fern shrugs, �I don�t know what the fuck is going on with any of this. So I honestly cannot make any decisions.�
Clarissa thinks to herself, �Couldn�t have proven it by me.�
Vincent: �Heh, flip a coin�heads we help the shrimps, tails we help the big one.�
Claron and Tabris make their way to the bridge.
Fern looks at Vincent with a raised eyebrow, �Are you serious?�
Tabris: Entering the bridge Tabris whistles, �Well, well. Another space battle, who�s winning?�
Vincent looks at Fern, �Err�sure why not? No matter what, I get to hit something.�
Claron nods her head at the others in the room.
Fern: �But�isn�t it important to help those who are not nasty arse pricks?�
Vin_Da_DM: Alexei inputs a few commands and various scans show up on his HUD, �Looks like neither side is really winning...wait a minute.�
Kat|e awakes in her quarters again, sitting up, and sighing, �Dammit, this is gettin old.� She changes her clothes and wanders out into the hall to look for everyone.
Fern: �And how do we know who they are?�
Vin_Da_DM: After Shaiya disappears down the hallway Clarissa hears the faint sound of a large group of people moving outside.
Vincent: �Doesn�t matter to me! Let�s have them pay us and the ones with the more money�we help.� Starts to laugh.
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight pauses in the hallway in front of Katie and looks at her curiously tilting his head.
Clarissa hears the noise from outside and stops a moment to look.
Luna_Faline looks at Alexei, �What?�
Kat|e: �Hello, you scoundrel. Where the hell is everyone else?� She scratches his head affectionately.
Vin_Da_DM: Outside several large explosions rip through the engine pods of the battleship, a large cloud of blue vapor begins to pour from the tears.
Vin_Da_DM: Enjoying the scratch Midnight turns and sniffs around before bounding off down the hallway.
Vincent: �That looks oddly beautiful.�
Fern looks at the Guardian, �What am I doing here? I can�t help with this stuff. I am not a warrior like these others are.�
Kat|e follows, smiling faintly.
Vin_Da_DM: Guardian looks down at Fern and blinks, �There is a reason for everything, Fern. It is simply a matter of when it will become apparent.�
Luna_Faline watches the vapor, �What is that?�
Fern snorts.
Vin_Da_DM: �I�m not sure, readings say�� Alexei scrolls down just as a few of the small fighters shoot again, one of them striking the blue vapor causing it to ignite.
Vincent looks as Fern snorts and begins to laugh, �Heh, lil pig, lil pig, let me in.� Shakes his head laughing.
Fern flicks into pig form and grins pig-like.
Vin_Da_DM: In a spectacular show of color the battleship implodes into a small wormhole that begins to pull everything toward it.
Luna_Faline: �I don�t like the looks of that.�
Fern flicks back to human form.
Vincent: �DAMN, I HOPE WE HAVE THAT TIVOED!!�
Vin_Da_DM: �Pulling away!� Alexei presses hard on the controls as Ettik banks right hard. Severe shaking tosses everyone about as Ettik tries to fight against the pull.
Kat|e slams into the wall, knocking her breath out of her.
Kat|e: �OOF!�
Claron watches the appearance of the wormhole then looks over towards Alexei, �DO something!�
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight slides across the floor landing against Katie
Vincent face plants on the floor 2 feet away from Midnight.
Kat|e: �You alright, laddie?� She pats him.
Luna_Faline falls against Eclipse and grabs him.
Vin_Da_DM: �I�m trying to!� Alexei begins to curse as the shaking becomes worse and Ettik is drawn closer.
Fern whacks her head against the floor and sees stars.
Vincent sits up, looks around the room and wipes off the trickle of blood from his nose.
Claron manipulates the gravity within the bridge.
Vin_Da_DM: Outside Clarissa�s window is the massive courtyard of Shaiya�s citadel. Below are several battalions of troops composed mostly of demonic creatures. One large horned demon looks up as if noticing Clarissa several stories above him
Vin_Da_DM: Claron manages to keep everyone on their feet, but the shaking still rattles the bulkheads.
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight shakes his head and barks as he tries to get up, only to be shaken back.
Luna_Faline hangs onto Eclipse without thinking, �What happens if we go in that hole?�
Fern holds her head in pain and curls up into a ball.
Vincent looks at Midnight, Fern, and Katie, �You guys okay?�
Vin_Da_DM: �We�re about to find out�� Eclipse looks at Luna concerned.
Fern: �No.�
Kat|e holds Midnight close to her, nodding.
Clarissa catches sight of the large horned demon, then remembers her grandfather and what he had shown her as she continues on towards her brother.
Vincent looks at Katie and nods then looks at Fern, �What ya hit?�
Fern: �My head, I can�t see properly, my eyes are all blurry.�
Vin_Da_DM: In a blue flash Ettik disappears into the wormhole, a blurry torrent surrounds the ship on the view screen as Ettik tumbles through.
Vincent: �It�ll pass, you�ll get used to it after bout the next 20 times.�
Vin_Da_DM: Guardian eyes the torrent, �Interesting, unstable wormhole created by the ships main drive. I haven�t seen this in a long time.�
Vincent: �You seen this before, Phalanx?�
Clarissa slows her approach down as she comes up on the guards outside the room Stryder is in.
Vin_Da_DM: �Indeed. Though I was never inside one after it opened,� Guardian continues to watch.
Fern looks around at the others. I notice something strange about them.
Luna_Faline hides my face against Eclipse�s chest, �I can�t watch it,� I whispurr.
Vincent: �Damn, I should of stayed knocked out. At least there, I was surround by a dozen naked chicks.� Shakes his head.
Fern blinks her eyes, I look again.
Fern: �Um��
Vin_Da_DM: The two guards, little more than demons in ragged armor, flank the door. �Comes to see him, haves you? Or comes to �deal� with him?�
Vincent leans over and pokes Fern in the head.��Um, what?�
Fern: �You are all shining.�
Tabris: �Shining?� Tabris looks at Fern with a raised brow, before leaning over and kissing Claron on the cheek, �Nice save, Babe.�
Vincent: �Yup, I know we�re are all sexy biatches...thank ya.�
Fern winces and nods head.
Fern: �No, you have auras around you. All shimmery like.�
Tabris: �I think you hit your head a little too hard,� Tabris shrugs at Fern.
Kat|e raises an eyebrow, still bracing herself against the wall.
Vin_Da_DM: �Perhaps you should see what you can do for her, Luna.� Eclipse says as he looks over at Fern.
Clarissa tosses her head as she places her hand on the door, �That is none of your concern,� slipping into the room. ~Stryder!~
Luna_Faline prays silently to Selenia for strength before pushing away from Eclipse and moving over to Fern.
Claron smiles then looks over towards Fern.
Vin_Da_DM: The room is almost a prison cell. Stryder sits in the corner of the room, staring blankly at the window set into the wall.
Luna_Faline puts my paws on either side of Fern�s face and looks into her eyes.
Fern stares back fuzzily.
Luna_Faline: �I think that hit affected your vision,� as I heal her head injury.
Vin_Da_DM: Ettik shutters with a final shake as the torrent suddenly breaks apart sending the ship drifting into normal space. Several pieces of debris drift out as well as one of the small mysterious fighters.
Vincent: �Yes, maybe we will get some sweet HLA action here.�
Clarissa feels the pain and sadness. ~It wasn�t suppose to be like this.~ Reaches her hand out and touches Stryder gently as she kneels down beside him.
Vin_Da_DM: �Dead in the water...looks like we�ll be here for a while.� Alexei pounds his fist through the holographic keypad. Sighing he turns to the bridge exit. �Might as well get comfortable while I see to the systems.�
Luna_Faline: �What do you see now?� I ask Fern as I massage her temples.
Vincent: �What about that other ship?�
Fern: Touching my head I look intently at Luna, �I can still see it, but it does not hurt anymore.�
Vin_Da_DM: Stryder shimmers and re-appears on the window sill, looking out over the bleak landscape surrounding the citadel, �How could you?�
Luna_Faline moves my paws over her eyes and tries again. �Now?� as I pull away.
Vin_Da_DM: �Assuming it�s still got power, it�ll probably leave,� Alexei comments as he disappears to do repairs.
Claron gazes at Tabris, �You heard the man! Might as well get comfortable,� smiles as she notices Kat|e.
Fern: Blinking I look around, �It is gone.�
Luna_Faline nods slowly, �Let me know if it returns.� Standing up slowly, I take Fern�s hand and pull her to her feet.
Vincent lays down on the floor of the bridge. �Yeah, so�where did Fern come from?... She wasn�t here last time I was awake.�
Fern: �Phew, that was not nice,� I say as Luna pulls me to my feet.
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight gets to his feet and nuzzles Katie before padding around the room watching everyone.
Kat|e gives Claron a small smile and a wave.
Vin_Da_DM: Guardian glances over the HUD before turning for the door and quietly leaving.
Luna_Faline looks down at Vincent, �Are you injured?�
Tabris: �This�ll put a damper in finding the kids,� Tabris sighs as he leans against the wall.
Vincent: �Nope, had a lil bloody nose�� laughs, �Had worse,� looking at his hand.
Clarissa: �I thought it was to protect you...I see clearly what I couldn�t see before.�
Luna_Faline shakes my head at Vincent then steps past him into the hall. Heading back to my room, I pause to check on Clarice.
Fern: �I come from Eire, but I don�t really know how I came to be in Aventine�where I ran into the Guardian.�
Clarissa: ~Did HE not come to you, too? Did you not see HIM~ whispers in her mind.
Vin_Da_DM: �See it now, do you?� Stryder stares at Clarissa, �The lies, the secret meetings, watching her. All of it...do you really see?�
Vin_Da_DM: �Eire?� Eclipse looks at Fern questioningly, �I haven�t heard of that planet before.�
Claron moves closer to Tabris, �Its not like we have much of a choice here.�
Fern: �It�s a country on Earth.�
Vin_Da_DM: �Earth? Right�� Eclipse shrugs.
Clarice lies quietly in the bed.
Tabris: �So you�re a half-terry, Fern?� Tabris smirks, �Not the one I know, I�m betting.�
Claron hears the word Earth and thinks about home.
Luna_Faline sniffs the room for a moment, then satisfied that Tewyn is not hiding in a shadow, I close the door softly and move to my room. As I enter I remove my cloak and pull the sai from my boot laying it on the altar.
Vincent stands up looks around the room quickly, looks at Fern�s butt then at the view port.
Fern: �I am in no way of human descent at all, if that is what you mean, Tabris.�
Tabris: �Just some slang we Marsies use for Terrans.� Tabris notices Claron�s look.
Clarissa nods her head, �Grandfather... he helped me to see.�
Vincent looks at Fern, �Do you have in demon in you?�
Vin_Da_DM: Outside the view-port is a typical starscape. A couple nebulas flank the view as various chunks of debris float around and the small fighter continues to drift silently.
Fern: �I am a dryad. We are not demons.�
Vincent: �Would you like to?� Starts to laugh.
Fern rolls her eyes and smiles reluctantly.
Vincent turns and walks out the door and heads to the galley.
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse pauses outside Luna�s quarters, hand hovering as he decides whether to knock or not.
Kat|e closes her eyes and remembers her last days on Earth, then sighs and heads to the galley to slump into a seat.
Luna_Faline: I sit on the bed and remove my boots. I lay down and curl up, as I try to close my eyes I get visions of my time as RD�s captive. I open my eyes wishing it would fade away.
Fern follows Katie to the galley and sits across from her.
Vin_Da_DM: �Grandfather? Lies...he is long dead and not even I can commune with ghosts.� Stryder looks at Clarissa again, �Are you here to torture me? Or is that being saved for the brutes outside?�
Vincent steps into the galley grabs three beers and some burgers, looks at the girls as they walk in, �Here�have a beer.�
Fern: �Thank you, I love beer.� I grab the beer and gulp it down in one swallow.
Claron watches as Kat|e leaves, �Might be a good time to try and help refresh Kat|e�s memories.�
Kat|e grabs the beer and chugs half of it, then grimaces.
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight pads into the galley after the others and takes his place lying down under the table near the others.
Luna_Faline looks over at the rose on the altar. �Why do I remember what I don�t want. And struggle to find what I do?�
Tabris shrugs at Claron, �If you want to.�
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse knocks lightly on Luna�s door, then waits.
Kat|e: �Gads, I hate this stuff. Marco uses to dri---� her eyes widen. �Marco used to drink this stuff, and I snuck a sip and just about gagged.� She smiles and closes her eyes.
Fern looks at Vincent, �I love candy more though. Do you have any?�
Luna_Faline sits up on the bed, �Yes?�
Vincent plops down in a chair and looks at his claw to see how it comes out. Looks at Fern, �Damn, girl...no, no, but I can get some!�
Fern grins engagingly, �Please do.�
Kat|e shakes her head. �Always on the make, aren�t ye, laddie?�
Vin_Da_DM: �Can I come in?� Eclipse's new-voice rings with a deeper tone as he speaks.
Luna_Faline: �Please do,� I call out as I wipe my paws over my face.
Kat|e chugs the other half of her beer, feeling kind of pleasantly fuzzy.
Vincent: �On the make?? Are you hitting on me there, Katie?� Goes to the food thing and asks for a bowl full of candy.
Kat|e snorts.
Clarissa�s eyes show the sadness she feels at Stryder�s comments, as well as the hurt she feels that he doesn�t believe she actually saw their grandfather, �But�I really did��
Vin_Da_DM: Entering Luna�s quarters Eclipse smiles at her lightly. Walking across the room he leans over and smells the rose.
Fern watches Vincent intently, noting what he does to get the candy.
Kat|e: �As if it would take much, ya shifty rogue.�
Vincent: �Hehe, not much, not much at all, Katie.�
Luna_Faline: �It�s beautiful, thank you,� I purr softly as I watch Eclipse at the altar.
Claron smiles back at Tabris, �Then shall we?� as she locks her hand in his.
Kat|e: �And nae, I ain�t hittin on ye. I�ve no use for eyes that won�t stay focused on me.�
Vincent laughs then looks at the food thing, �Where is candy!! Grr�
Vin_Da_DM: �So you say...but how much stock can I take in that?� Stryder hops off the sill and rolls up his sleeves showing several long burns and bruises, �Given �with love from your sister�, they told me.�
Tabris: �Nothing else to do, I suppose.� Tabris grabs her hand as the slowly walk down the hallway, �But I�m not in any hurry.� He grins.
Fern: �No candy?� I ask worriedly.
Vincent looks at Katie, �Heh, my eyes have roamed yer body a few times!� laughs.
Kat|e sits back in her seat, laughing like she hasn�t laughed in so long she can�t remember.
Vin_Da_DM: The food replicator is currently offline, the power in the galley being used to the maintain the low light level.
Fern: �How about lollies? Maybe that is the word to use.�
Clarissa face pales, �I didn�t do that!�
Vincent: �Grr, power is gone.� Looks in the fridge.
Kat|e: �Oh, ye be a slick one, indeed. The kind me Da used to warn me about.� She looks startled. �Me Da. Tall man with shaggy hair and a smile that would light an entire city. Used to swing me up on to his shoulders when we walked through town.� Her eyes sparkle with tears.
Vin_Da_DM: The galley fridge contains a few drinks and several wrapped things that look unfamiliar.
Fern: �Midnight,� I say as I look under the table, �Can you sniff out some lollies for me?�
Claron chuckles, �I recognize that look in your eyes.�
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight perks his ears at Fern before getting to his feet and looks around.
Kat|e: �It comes and goes, this memory bank.�
Vincent: �Sweet,� picks out some random stuff and walks over to the table and puts them down. �Well, your dad is a smart one, Katie.�
Kat|e: �Was,� she says softly. �Before those bastards murdered him.�
Luna_Faline tilts my head as I watch Eclipse.
Vin_Da_DM: �Of course you didn�t. You never did anything.� Stryder lowers his sleeves as he wipes the cut on his cheek. �I tried...but you did nothing.�
Vincent: �Ohh, sorry bout that...here have a wrapped�errr,� looks at the wrapper, �Whatever the hell it is.�
Vin_Da_DM: Kneeling in front of the altar Eclipse turns to Luna, �Does it help? Really?�
Kat|e looks at the wrapped item suspiciously.
Fern looks at Katie. I smile gently, �I am sorry for your loss.�
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight paws at a closed cabinet near the food replicator, then turns back to Fern.
Clarissa: ~He said you were the one that would inherit something he was responsible for in the line.~
Vincent gets up and grabs more beer, �Let�s all get shit-faced!� Passes out a few beers and pounds one back.
Fern looks at Midnight. I get up and go over to the cabinet.
Vincent grabs a bowl and pours some beer in it. �Here, Midnight buddy, drink up!�
Luna_Faline moves off the bed and kneels next to him. �The rose told me you were still alive, it was reassuring, but I still missed you.� I struggle to talk over the sudden lump in my throat.
Vin_Da_DM; ~Maybe...~ Stryder shimmers again reappearing behind Clarissa with his arms near her throat, �You trained them...knowing full well what they would become. Look outside that window...that army is for them and you helped them!�
Fern: Opening my beer as I walk I upend it and drink it, �I can�t get drunk on beer.�
Vincent: �There might be some harder stuff around here.�
Vin_Da_DM: �It did as I meant it to,� Eclipse smiles at Luna lifting a gloved hand to touch her cheek, �I meant the praying. I was never one for such rituals, but I am curious.�
Clarissa clears her throat, �I believed her... and now I know that she never intended to keep her promise to me...You were right��
Fern: I open the cabinet and see all the shelves filled with lollies, suddenly remembering Alexei showing me this cabinet when I first came aboard Ettik. I grin and roll my eyes at my own forgetfulness.
Kat|e tips back her own beer. �I can. And I think I just might.� she grins and belches delicately.
Fern: �Oh, I have hit the mother-load!�
Vincent pounds another one, �Yeah, let�s go on a quest to find the mystical alcohol of drunkedness!�
Vin_Da_DM: �Here...in the seat of her power do you choose to believe me?� Stryder moves around Clarissa lowering his arms, �How do I know you do not share her ability for deceit?�
Luna_Faline leans my cheek against Eclipse�s hand, �I believe it helped in my other incarnations,� with a sigh, �But in this one,� lowering my head, �I have struggled so much.�
Vincent gets up and searches for harder alcohol yelling, �TOGA, TOGA, TOGA,� over and over in his head.
Kat|e rolls her eyes and continues to drink.
Clarissa: �I can�t change what I have already done, but I can gain control of the future.�
Fern looks over at Vincent as he searches, �I have yet to find any sort of alcohol that will intoxicate me. I would love it if you could find some.�
Luna_Faline: �I felt so lost and disconnected from her. When we left Aventine last, I took these few things from the temple,� motioning to the items on the altar.
Vin_Da_DM: �Life can be complicated or simple, but rarely is it one without the other.� Eclipse shifts his hand to Luna�s chin where he tilts her head up, �Perhaps if we prayed together it would help.�
Vincent tosses another beer at Katie and Fern, �Believe me, I would too. Hehe.�
Fern catches the beer. I laugh in his face.
Kat|e hears a conversation in her mind, �Hey, Claron. Look at the ass on THAT one!� then a giggle, �Oooh, yeah, it�s nice. Wouldn�t mind grabbin some of that.�
Tabris pauses in the hallway near their room looking around, �Did you hear something?�
Vincent bends over with his head in a box looking for some more booze.
Luna_Faline: �The last time I knelt here, I invoked the Goddess and she empowered the sai,� as I look into his eyes.
Vin_Da_DM: �Empowered it enough to send bolts of energy to destroy it�s target, so you said.� Eclipse eyes the sai, �So your prayer worked that day.�
Clarissa: ~You know me like a book. I believe what I saw. I will do what I must.~
Kat|e: �Oh, yeah. Would love a handful of THAT.� She remembers murmuring, then smiles and shakes her head, wondering when she had that conversation.
Luna_Faline: �Not the way I had hoped, but yes I suppose it did,� looking down at the sai. �What would you like to pray for?�
Claron stops for a second listening, �What is it you think you heard?�
Vin_Da_DM: �If you truly believe...then what is your plan?� Stryder walks away Clarissa, watching her over his shoulder, �One cannot simply walk out of here.�
Kat|e: �Wow,� she shivers, giggling. �The more I drink, the more flashes I get.�
Kat|e pops open the next beer, taking a few long swallows.
Vincent grabs a bottle of something takes off the cap, sniffs, �Don�t know what it is, but it smells strong!�
Tabris: �There it is again�� Tabris motions down the hallway where a faint noise of rustling seems to come from.
Vincent takes a lil sip and hopes he doesn�t fall over dead.
Kat|e: �Y�know, � she says to no one in particular, �I used to have a bottle of scotch hidden under my bed when I used to be in�� she hiccups, �th� military.�
Fern just sits and eats and eats all the lollies.
Clarissa watches Stryder, �I do not know...yet...A Warrior miracle might be nice.� Clarissa cracks a smile.
Vin_Da_DM: Vincent feels a very strong flavor ooze down his throat, a sweet ting floods his mouth shortly before the booze-equivalent of an inferno shoots down his throat.
Claron nods her head, then follows Tabris towards the sound of the noise.
Vincent: �WOW� coughs a bit, �Hehe, ya�ll have to try this pass the bottle.�
Vin_Da_DM: �I do not know, you�re the expert at this,� Eclipse smirks lightly at Luna as he studies the altar.
Kat|e watches his eyes water and shakes her head, �No thanks. I like my esophagus too much.� She laughs hard.
Vincent looks at Katie, �Ya sure it�s good...or are ya scared you�ll get drunk and hit on me,� laughs.
Vin_Da_DM: The noise leads Tabris and Claron to the closed storage room nearby. An odd puddle of light-green liquid is on the floor as well as a smear on the door itself.
Vincent tilts the bottle towards Fern, �Ya want some?�
Kat|e: �Oi, ya cheeky bastard.� She grabs the bottle. �I�ll prove to ye I�ve got more sense than that.� She takes a tug, coughing and sputtering, then laughs hoarsely. �Nah, ye STILL don�t look to me!�
Fern: �Sure,� I mumble around a mouthful of lollies.
Vin_Da_DM: �A miracle...if such things exist here�� Stryder paces over to the window, �Even if we got out...where would we go?�
Claron notices the green liquid, �How you suppose this got here?�
Vincent laughs, takes another swig and passes the bottle to Fern.
Tabris: �Beats me...sssh, there it is again.� Tabris looks at the door hearing shuffling noises behind it
Luna_Faline reaches up and slips the amulet from around my neck. Holding it in my paw I take his hand so that we are both holding it. Nodding I take a breath and begin to pray �Lady Luna, Diana, Selenia and a thousand other names. Goddess of silver love, shine upon us in your fullness turn our darkness into light.�
Fern puts the lollies down for a minute and takes a drink from the bottle.
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse listens to Luna and looks at the amulet intently.
Vincent: �Heh, so�yeah, some more of this�I might end up doing something stupid like running naked around the ship,� laughs and looks at Fern as she drinks some and downs another beer.
Fern smirks at Vincent and eats more lollies.
Clarissa: �We have to get back to them.�
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight sits at the end of the table, watching the three drink and watching Fern eat her lollies.
Vincent takes the bottle tilts it, �To the two cutest girls on the ship!� Takes a big swig and puts the bottle on the table and add more beer in the bowl for Midnight.
Vin_Da_DM: �Yes...I know that part. But do you see any means?� Stryder shakes his head, �They won�t let us borrow a ship...and the guards will wonder if you take much longer.�
Fern: Noticing Midnight I offer him some lollies.
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight tilts his head at the beer in the bowl and the lollies.
Luna_Faline pausing for a breath I glance at Eclipse, �I draw you down, within, that I may share your wisdom with my sisters, my brothers of the earth. I offer you my prisms, my amulet and I beseech you, charge them with power that only you can emit.� Squeezes Eclipse�s hand, �Hear us, Goddess of the Moon! Reveal to us the mysteries of starlight and moonbeams of universal light of faeries and gnomes and angels. This is my will. So Shall it be.�
Fern starts to feel a tingle.
Fern: �Mmmmmm,� I tilt my head at Midnight, �What is that?�
Clarissa: �I guess shimmering us to the bay of ships and stealing one is out of the question then?�
Vin_Da_DM: As Luna prays the altar begins to glow. Eclipse blinks, �Is that suppose to�� In a bright glow Luna and Eclipse find themselves in cloudy mist with a large moon glowing above, �...happen? Well, this is new.�
Vincent looks at Midnight then sits, �So, yeah, what shall we do now?�
Vin_Da_DM: �Tried...and was rewarded for my efforts,� Stryder turns to look at Clarissa so she can fully see the cut on his cheek.
Luna_Faline looks around in awe, �This didn�t happen last time,� I purr softly, looking up at Eclipse.
Clarissa: �Then she is just going to have to be made to believe we are worth more to her on the other side then.�
Vin_Da_DM: Ahead of Luna a semi-transparent Selenia appears, �Luna, my avatar. Eclipse, my champion. Together again as was destined. What troubles bring you to this sacred place?�
Vincent takes another swig and passes it to Katie.
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight sniffs the bowl before lapping it up, then inhales the offered lollie from Fern.
Tabris: �Maybe we should see who or what�s inside?� Tabris looks at Claron then at the door.
Kat|e shakes her head, �Nah. liquor after beer it will just make me blow.�
Luna_Faline: �Oh, Mistress, there is much trouble among us,� I cry moving to kneel before her.
Fern: �Can I have some more?�
Fern: �It is making me feel all tingly.�
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse quietly moves to stand behind Luna, watching as Selenia rests her hand on Luna�s head, �Then speak of these troubles to me and release some of the burden you carry.�
Fern looks at Katie, �Maybe it is the liquor and the beer is okay. Try it.�
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight sniffs the empty bowl then sits again, apparently unaffected by the booze and candy.
Clarissa reaches her hand up grasping Stryder�s chin and turning it look at her, �I will do anything��
Vincent pours some of the hard stuff in the bowl for Midnight.
Fern giggles for no apparent reason.
Vin_Da_DM: �Anything? Are you sure?� Stryder looks toward the door, �They�re coming in.�
Vincent: �Cheers, pup!� Takes a swig and passes the bottle over to Fern.
Fern: �Oh,� looking surprised I poke at my stomach.
Claron shakes her head, �Count of three...1...2...3.�
Vin_Da_DM: Licking the bowl empty again Midnight tilts his head at the others, oddly still unaffected.
Luna_Faline: �I have no real memories from my previous lives. Tewyn has turned evil, I fear he is working for the Knights now. And I am having a very hard time resisting this urge to kill him. I feel like I have killed many in the past not in self defense, but have no memory of it.�
Clarissa stands watching the door, �Anything��
Fern grabs the proffered bottle and upending it takes a large chug.
Tabris hits the console to open the door and looks inside. �It�s dark...of course.�
Fern comes up for air, eyes wide opened in surprise.
Vincent looks at Midnight, �Wow, Midnight,� looks at Fern, �Holy shit, girl! Slow down on that stuff!�
Fern: �I have never been drunk, is this what it feels like?�
Vin_Da_DM: The two guards burst into the room and look at Clarissa and Stryder, �Talkings is over. Leaves now, boy must go see the Master now.�
Vincent: �How ya feel?�
Fern giggles, �All funny, like my body is not mine.�
Kat|e grins.
Kat|e: �Oh, yeah. She�s gettin shit-faced.�
Fern rubs her tummy and suddenly flicks into dryad form.
Vincent: �Heh, yup, yer drunk,� takes a swig then burps, takes another and passes the bottle back.
Fern: �Oh.�
Clarissa nods her head, glances briefly at Stryder before leaving the cell and hiding herself out of view so she can watch and follow.
Vincent: �Whoa!!� laughs and sips on his beer.
Fern shakes her head and flicks back into human form, grabs the bottle and takes another chug.
Luna_Faline: �You empowered the sai and it has such power it scares me. What if I use it wrongly and kill us all?�
Claron reaches in her pocket and pulls out a lighter.. flicking it, �How�s this?�
Vin_Da_DM: Selenia pauses for a moment before replying, �You must follow what your heart speaks, Luna. Take console with Eclipse, for he is the shield to your sword. But resist the temptations of darkness, for it�s taint will destroy all that is good within.�
Vincent looks at Katie, �Ya sure, ya don�t want anymore?�
Kat|e nods somberly and sips her beer.
Fern suddenly leans towards Midnight and smiles at him, �You are the best friend I have.�
Vin_Da_DM: Claron�s lighter reveals a small trail of the light-green liquid into the room.
Fern flicks into dog form and saddles up to Midnight wagging her tail and grinning doglike.
Vincent takes another swig of the hard stuff smiles and leans back in his chair, �Yeah, toasted�lightly toasted.�
Luna_Faline: �Clarice is heartsick, I don�t know how to help her. Tewyn has hurt her so badly. And we�ve lost Claron�s children to the darkness again. And now we find that Tewyn has fathered a set to �balance� the powers.�
Vin_Da_DM: Midnight eyes Fern then backs away from her with a short whimper.
Claron follows the trail of green holding her lighter out to try and get a glimpse of the surroundings.
Fern barks and flicks into human form again and pats Midnight, �Don�t worry, little buddy. I ain�t gonna hurt ya,� sits down at the table again.
Vincent: �Hey there, Fern, ya scared the poor pooch,� grins, �So you can change into anything ya want, huh?�
Fern turns to Vincent and squints at him, �I don�t know.�
Fern: �Do you wanna find out?� Grins impishly.
Vincent: �Hmm, ya never tried to turn into random things?...hmmm,� takes another swig.
Vin_Da_DM: �Fate flows like a river, it�s current carry you along but you can change where it takes you.� Selenia looks at Eclipse then back at Luna, �You must have faith that Tewyn will do what is right. Clarice�s heart will mend in time.�
Vincent: �Yeah!�
Fern: �What do you want me to be?�
Fern taps at her head, �I have been a dog, pig, hawk, lizard, human, and dryad.�
Vincent: �Heh, you should try turning into�umm�something female and naked��laughs, �Try a dog-lizard-pig-lady!�
Luna_Faline reaches back and takes Eclipse�s hand, �Thank you, Mistress�for protecting Eclipse and returning him to me. He feels such remorse for what he has done in order to return. Please relieve his burden as well,� I beg.
Vin_Da_DM: Ahead some of the boxes tumbles to the side as Claron�s lighter flame reflects off some metallic surfaces behind it that disappear deeper into the storage room.
Fern snorts, �I don�t do multi animals.�
Vincent: �That�ll be kinda cool.�
Vincent: �Errr, ok�How about a toy or something?�
Claron jerks back, �I am not enjoying the look of this.�
Fern: �I wonder if it has to be something that is alive?�
Vin_Da_DM: �I will do what I can to ease your burdens,� Selenia lifts her hands as Luna and Eclipse are bathed in a white glow, �The other answers will reveal themselves in the times to come, for now take my blessing, my Warriors.�
Fern hiccups and flicks into dryad form.
Vincent takes another swig, puts the bottle on the table and leans back again this time pushing too far and falling out of the chair in a backwards roll.
Fern laughs.
Kat|e watches him and grins lopsidedly.
Fern: �That was sooo funny�do it again.�
Vincent sits up shakes his head and laughs loudly.
Tabris looks at Claron, �Maybe it�s an alien from one of those ships from before.�
Fern pokes at Vincent, �Go on, do it again.�
Luna_Faline stands up next to Eclipse, �Blessed be, Mistress,� still holding his hand.
Vincent: �I think not there, Fern.� Slowly gets up to his feet gets a little dizzy grins and laughs again, �I haven�t got this drunk since��
Vin_Da_DM: From the back of the storeroom comes a low-chittering noise, following by a grunt of pain.
Fern looks at her own green hand in amazement, �Oh,� closes her eyes in concentration. Opens them again and looks at her still green hand, �I can�t change no more.�
Vin_Da_DM: �Go with the light, my children,� Selenia smiles as she fades away, the cloudy mist disappearing leaving Luna and Eclipse in front of the altar, kneeling.
Vincent hangs his head a little, �Probably cuz your wasted there, Fern.�
Fern: �But why in this form?�
Claron stops for a second reaches down and pulls one of her daggers out of her waistband before moving closer to the grunting sound.
Luna_Faline takes a few deep breaths and looks over at Eclipse, �That was awesome,� throwing my arms around his neck I hug him tightly.
Vincent shakes his head and walks over to a view port and stares out into space, �Is it your real form, Fern? That is probably why.�
Fern suddenly jumps up knocking her chair over, �Oh, my goddess, do you think so?�
Vin_Da_DM: As Claron moves closer the lights all over the ship flicker back on to full strength. In the corner crouched on some boxes is an armored alien clutching wounds on his thigh and upper arm.
Clarissa watches quietly from her hiding spot.
Vincent: �Don�t ask me. What was ya form when you were a kid?�
Fern: Turning in wide circles with my arms flung out I wander round the room.
Fern suddenly stops and faces Vincent, �That�s it! You are right!�
Vin_Da_DM: Hugging Luna back he grins, �Seems like it helped doing it together after all.�
Vincent: �Umm, okay.....yeah, I think ya had a lil too much there.�
Fern looks up at the ceiling, �Did the lights just flicker?�
Claron: �Alexei, we have an alien life-form in the storage room.� Turns her attention towards the alien.
Tabris: �Whoa there�� Tabris looks at the alien cautiously, �I hope he�s friendly.�
Vincent: �Yeah, I think they did.�
Luna_Faline: �She said your the shield to my sword, what does that mean?� I ask him, as I stand up and stretch.
Fern: Grabbing my tummy I look around worriedly, �Ooooo, I don�t feel well,� squeezing my eyes shut I let out the loudest longest burp.
Vin_Da_DM: �Storage room? Must�ve gotten onboard sometime during the power outage,� Alexei replies, �Keep an eye on him till I get there.�
Vincent looks at Fern, �Ya kinda over did it there, Fern.� Grabs her and guides her over to a chair.
Vin_Da_DM: �Well, I�m not sure, but I�d guess that means we work together. Like swinging the sword and blocking with the shield,� Eclipse makes mock swinging and defending motions as he speaks.
Fern sits looking at Vincent with total sobriety, �No, it�s gone now,� I laugh. �The burp made me sober.�
Fern: �That was the most amazing feeling, I enjoyed that immensely.�
Vincent: �Yeah, sure it did,� looks at her then shakes his head takes another swig and staggers to the door. �Well, it�s been fun!� Falls to his arse.
Vin_Da_DM: The alien chitters again before a small static-filled voice translates, �Knife will not cut the soft meat,? Looking at his wounds he glances around at the boxes then at Claron, �Healer?�
Claron extinguishes the lighter, then looks over at Tabris.
Vincent: �I meant to do that,� staggers to his feet.
Luna_Faline giggles watching him pretend to have a sword. �Listen to my heart? I have a hard time with that one. How do I tell what it�s saying isn�t coming from somewhere else?� sitting on the bed again.
Kat|e raises an eyebrow, but says nothing, just sips her beer quietly.
Fern gets to her feet and walks over to Vincent, �Something is happening, I can feel something.�
Vin_Da_DM: �I guess you trust your judgment on that one,� Eclipse sits down on the bed next to her, �But I think your heart is in the right place.�
Vincent: �Errr, maybe something always happens on this ship.�
Claron looks back at the alien, �What seems a life time ago, one could have called me such.� Glances over at Tabris before moving closer to the alien and slipping her dagger back in her waistband.
Tabris: �Go ahead, Babe...I�m watching him,� Tabris says as Claron approaches.
Fern: �Well, how do we talk to Alexei? He might know.�
Luna_Faline: �I�ll just have to wait and see, I guess.� Looking up at him, �That was something else wasn�t it?�
Claron nods her head as she reaches out her hand towards the alien�s wounds.
Vincent: �Just talk to him, he�ll hear ya�As for me, I�m a little�too�umm� inbrea�inbreateite...DRUNK!�
Fern: �Alexei!� I call loudly.
Vincent: �Oww, I said talk�not yell�ya crazy broad, ya.�
Fern: Ignoring Vincent I move away back into the middle of the room and call out again.
Vin_Da_DM: The alien shifts back for a moment, unsure of Claron�s touch then looks at her chittering as it translates, �Chavande. What is the soft meat called?�
Vincent shakes his head and wanders the hall until he remembers where his room is.
Claron remembers a different time and place as she lays her hands on the wounds.
Vin_Da_DM: Alexei comes over the coms to Fern, �What are you yelling for, Fern?�
Fern: �Ahh, there you are. What is happening?�
Vincent flings open his door and drops his clothes on the floor and falls onto the bed drunk and naked.
Vin_Da_DM: �I�m on my way to storeroom four to investigate a possible intruder Claron and Tabris found,� Alexei replies shortly before reaching the door to the storeroom.
Claron looks at Chavande wondering what soft meat means precisely, �I am Claron and this is my husband, Tabris.�
Fern: �Do you need us to do anything? Katie is here with me. Vincent is rotten drunk and of no use,� I laugh.
Vin_Da_DM: �It isn�t something I�ve seen before, that�s for sure,� Eclipse nods as he leans down against the bed.
Vincent rolls over with his butt in the air and lets out a loud fart as he goes to sleep.
Kat|e pushes her beer away and cocks her head, waiting.
Vincent falls out of bed and looks up, �I was stupid to do something�but what?�
Vin_Da_DM: Chavande looks at Claron, Tabris then over at Alexei, before replying. �Gul-Qian...strong hunter will help find clan brother?�
Fern turns to Katie, �Should we go and find them?�
Claron looks over at Tabris and Alexei, �Strong hunter? Brother?�
Vincent stands up looks in the mirror and grins, �I remember now!� Turns to his door and runs full blast out the door naked and runs around the whole ship yelling, �TOGA� over and over.
Luna_Faline looks down at Eclipse for moment studying his new face and body. Then I lie down next to him, �She said we were together again as was destined,� I whisper.
Vincent runs past the galley and waves as he goes by.
Vin_Da_DM: �So that�s why Ettik thought the code was familiar,� Alexei adds as he notices Chavande. �If I�m not mistaken our guest here is a Yautja.�
Claron glances down at the alien�s wounds.
Kat|e purses her lips, �Yeah, I suppose we should.� Gets up and walks steadily out the door, giggling at Vincent, then heading for the storeroom.
Fern runs to the galley door and stares out at Vincent�s retreating arse in amazement.
Vincent runs in front of the storeroom slipping on the creature�s blood and falling.
Claron: �You know of them?� she asks Alexei.
Luna_Faline lies still wondering quietly, �How many times has destiny brought us together?�
Fern catches up to Katie, �What is he doing?�
Kat|e: �Being an ass, as usual. And showing quite a bit of it, in the process.� She grins as they reach the storeroom to find him flat on his back.
Kat|e: �That�s gonna leave a mark�on the floor.�
Fern stares down at Vincent and pokes at him with her toe.
Vin_Da_DM: Rolling to his side Eclipse smiles lightly, �So we�re destiny approved now. I guess it�s good I liked you from the get go then.�
Claron eyes dart to the sound of the commotion outside the storeroom door.
Vincent: �What in the hell?� Looks at the girls, �Hey, don�t do that!�
Fern giggles.
Fern: �You look funny.�
Luna_Faline smiles, feeling butterflies in my tummy, �I liked you too, the first moment I saw you in the old subway station.�
Fern: Turning away from Vincent I look at the storeroom door.
Kat|e looks Vincent up and down. �Hmm. Just when I thought I�d seen everything.� She smirks at his �plumbing� then steps over him and into the storeroom.
Vincent: �You�d look funny too, drunk off ya ass, laying naked in green stuff too.� Stands up and looks into the store room then walks in, �Hey, who is the lil guy?�
Vin_Da_DM: �Yes. They�re a race that lives for the hunt, chasing down dangerous creatures to add to their collection.� Alexei looks at Chavande, �They make powerful allies and deadly enemies.�
Vincent stands there watching then scratches his naked butt.
Claron nods her head, �I�ll try to remember that.�
Fern follows the others into the storeroom. I stand up against the wall and stay quiet.
Vin_Da_DM: Chavande climbs off the boxes and stands up almost reaching the Guardian�s height. Eying the others in the room he cringes at his wounds again.
Claron: �What�s this �soft meat� he is referring to? Us?�
Vincent: �I take that back Whose the big guy?�
Kat|e: �In a guess? Yeah.�
Kat|e: �We need to get him patched up, if he�ll let us.�
Claron looks up at the alien, �Once I could have helped that, I did give you fair warning... Sorry.�
Fern: �Where is Luna? Mayhaps, she can help him.�
Luna_Faline reaches over and runs my paw thru his hair. Pulling Eclipse toward me I hesitate for a moment the give him a light kiss on his bottom lip.
Vin_Da_DM: As Claron speaks Chavande nods pointing to everybody but Alexei, �Soft meat...,� looking at Claron he nods, �Where is healer?�
Kat|e: �Tis just what I was thinking, Fern.�
Kat|e cocks her head. �Is he Gul-Qian, too?�
Claron looks at Alexei, �Ettik, get Luna_Faline up here, STAT!�
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse blinks and looks at Luna, smiling he kisses her back.
Vincent puts one foot on a box doing a sort of Captain Morgan pose watching and listening.
Claron turns toward Kat|e, �Yes, he did say that.�
Vin_Da_DM: �No, he�s Yautja in common they�re often called Predators.� Alexei looks at Katie, then at the others, �Alright, clear on out of here so we can get him sewed up and hear what he has to say.�
Luna_Faline moans a low growl as I enjoy the kiss.
Claron: �And just precisely who will �we� be?�
Kat|e shivers as she hears �Predators�, thinking she�s heard that before, somewhere. She turns and exits the storeroom.
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse pauses and looks up at the wall, �Looks like you�re needed in the med bay.�
Vincent turns to the door, singing the �I�m too sexy� song quietly.
Luna_Faline opens my eyes and follows Eclipse�s look to the wall, �I didn�t hear anything.�
Fern looks intently at the alien, wondering if she could do it.
Vin_Da_DM: Fern gets a stare back from Chavande as she looks at him. He quietly shakes his head then looks at Alexei.
Vincent takes off running again.
Fern shivers, then leaves.
Vincent yells, �I�M NAKED!!!�
Claron watches Chavande unwaveringly.
Vin_Da_DM: After a short commotion and struggle the guards lead Stryder down the hallway into a lower section of the citadel. Leaving Clarissa hiding in the hallway.
Luna_Faline rolls out of Eclipse�s arms with a grumble, �Always lousy timing,� as I reach for my cloak. Pulling it on I tie the belt tight. Leaving my room, �So where are they?� I ask Ettik.
Vin_Da_DM: �I guess I�ll just wait here then�� Eclipse says as Luna starts to leave her room.
Vincent runs past Luna, �NAKED RUNNING RULES!!�
Luna_Faline jumps back against the wall as Vincent runs past, �Oh, good lord, I hope you don�t want me to heal that little thing.�
Vin_Da_DM: Alexei nods to Chavande and leads him to the med bay.
Vincent runs into his room and closes the door.
Tabris moves over to Claron and wraps an arm around here, �Strange one...a Predator, eh? Sounds nasty if you ask me.�
Clarissa watches her shackled brother being lead away, waiting briefly Clarissa makes her way quickly unobserved to the lower section of the citadel. Finding a hiding place resumes the �watch and wait� game.
Luna_Faline heads in the only logical direction, to the med bay...
Fern flicks into bird form and flies to the plant room. Once there I flick into dryad form and merge with what has become for me my tree.
Vincent sits on his bed.
Vincent falls backwards onto the soft bed and stares at the ceiling.
Luna_Faline: �So what is going on in here?� I ask as I enter the med bay.
Kat|e wanders to her room, laying down on her bed and staring at the ceiling, her mind getting fuzzy. �I�m starting to remember again, Daezhel. You always said I�d regain what I�d lost, but it�s all coming back so fast, now. I�m a wee bit frightened.�
Claron smiles as Tabris wraps his arm around her and follow Alexei and Chavande to Med Bay, �Sounds rather interesting to me��
Vin_Da_DM: �Hope you�re good with aliens, Luna,� Alexei says as he enters the med bay. Chavande follows him in and looks around before setting his gaze on Luna. �Soft meat healer?�
Kat|e closes her eyes, the jumbled pictures flashing past in rapid succession.
Luna_Faline moves out of the way for Alexei and his big friend, �I can try, I can heal most wounds.�
Vin_Da_DM: Chavande moves cautiously over to Luna, showing her the cuts on his arm and leg.
Luna_Faline steps closer watching his face, I place my paw on my chest and bow my head slightly, �Luna,� then I lightly place my paws on his wounds and send my healing to them.
Claron: �I do�miss...losing the power of healing touch,� whispers softly as she watches Luna_Faline.
Vin_Da_DM: The guards lead Stryder into a prison cell this time, across from another cell holding a tall alien in gold armor with skulls on it. The guards chuckle after locking the cell and leaving, �Master will haves fun with him later.�
Vin_Da_DM: Watching as his wounds heal over Chavande nods to Luna and pats her on the shoulder once, �Soft meat heals well. Now...will the strong hunter and soft meats help find clan-brother?�
Vin_Da_DM: �That depends on where he is,� Alexei looks at Chavande.
Claron: �Do you know where he is?�
Luna_Faline bows again then looks at Alexei questioningly, �Who is our new friend?�
Clarissa watches as the guards leave, timing her entrance into the area Stryder is in before carefully entering.
Vin_Da_DM: Chavande chitters quickly and fiercely as if cursing in his language before it translates, �Dark magic captured clan-brother. Metal-flesh knows where dark magic hides.�
Tabris raises his brow, �Dark magic...metal-flesh? You don�t think he means Shaiya and RD do you?�
Claron looks at Tabris before exclaiming, �The children...they could be there!�
Luna_Faline: �Metal flesh? Could he be talking about Guardian?� I look at Tabris.
Vin_Da_DM: Alexei listens to the group talking, �Well, if he�s after RD like we are we could help him.�
Vincent passes out and dreams the dream of a thousand naked women.
Claron: �I want Shaiya as well!�
Luna_Faline: �Yes, I think so. I believe when we find one we will find them all.� I tell Claron.
Vin_Da_DM: Chavande lifts his arm and presses a few buttons on his gauntlet. A silent holo-image of RD speaking with presumable Predator text subtitling it plays. �Metal-flesh leaves ships to stop the hunt, but prey cannot hide.�
Claron nods her head in agreement with Luna_Faline.
Tabris: �Then it�s settled. I guess we�re allies with this guy until we find our kids and his brother.� Tabris looks at the others and nods.
Vincent lets out a little fart and mumbles something about a burrito.
Luna_Faline heads out the door, �Well, if it�s all settled, I have something else to take care of.�
Luna_Faline enters my room and closes the door, I untie my cloak and let it fall to the floor. Crawling back onto the bed, �Now, where were we?�
Vin_Da_DM: Eclipse grins as he begins to slide off his armor, �I do believe we were getting to the entertaining part.�
Luna_Faline shivers as I watch him, �Destiny.�� I purr.
Claron: �How soon can we get there?�
Vin_Da_DM: Alexei looks at Claron, �We�re back online thanks to the Guardian�s help with repairs. So we can leave right away.�
Vin_Da_DM: As Clarissa enters the prison area the large double doors open with a loud clang a large red demon with black horns enters. �So, have you come to observe how we teach these prisoners proper respect for Lady Shaiya, girl?�
Vin_Da_DM: �Or perhaps you think to escape with them instead?� With a wide grin he chuckles in a deep echoing voice as he steps towards Clarissa slowly�
Vin_Da_DM: $ End