Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"So she's like a normal dragon! Can she fly too?" Ihra seems to be both curious and scared.

 

"Yes, but she mainly uses her Magma Boots to do that. Using her hands leaves her with only one method of attack," Artemis says, "There's a reason her nickname is Dragon Breath."

Artemis winks.

 

Even up close, the cold affects the Drakonshade very little. The Drakonshade locks onto Xephyr and starts to fly towards her.
The wyvern, while it doesn't like the cold much, likes the Drakonshade even less. It continues blasting fireballs at the Drakonshade, though it stops once it gets nearer to Xephyr.
Idala suddenly shouts, "Nobody seems to have known this before now, but the Drakonshade is very resistant to ice. But it might be-"
Hythania says, "Weak to fire, yes we know."
"Oh... what did I miss?"
"Not much."
"Then let's see what I can do to end this."
Idala then goes back to doing nothing and being surrounded by the purple aura.
I try to get closer to the Drakonshade. A dark aura starts to surround me.

 

"Ah I see." Upon hearing the last part, I let out a small chuckle. "It's sort of obvious at this point. Though, might I ask, why does she seem so...naive sometimes? However, please do not get the wrong idea. I have nothing against her."

 

"Has AJ ever eaten roasted flesh with her around?"
I jokingly inquire, butting into the conversation.

 

"Yeah, she sometimes burns people to death and serves them for Stephanie and him." Artemis says offhandedly.

 

Ihra chuckles.
"So she's pretty much a dragon. That's interesting."

"If I were to equate her mental state to a human, she's about seven years old. She's also had her fair share of traumatizing experiences, so... she hasn't exactly had the best childhood."

"Resistance doesn't mean immunity."
Xephyr waits until the Drakonshade is upon her, then freezes herself to it.

"Some call me the Ice Queen... Let's see if you know what Absolute Zero is..."
Both Xephyr and the Drakonshade are frozen to the point where neither can move.

"Just do something..." Xephyr utters telepathically.

 

"Hey, why are we in this dome?" I say to Abigail.

"I think they're playing on our immersion into SDR...rather rude." Abigail says, looking around the dome.

"Hmm, these don't look like Artemis' sort of vines. Want to get Ihra back?" I say evilly.

"What do you mean?" Abigail asks, confused.


"Well, yes and no. She's often confused as a dragon, especially when she uses her full set of armour, but she's really just a Guardian like me. Though, she can-" Artemis is cut off by a large roar.

The wooden dome explodes outwards in a fiery blast, a large dark red dragon shoots out of the mist and flies above the party. It lets out a large roar.

 

Ihra faints.
Rineth glares at Abigail, poised to leap at her.

 

I suddenly blast lightning straight at the Drakonshade.
The wyvern starts blasting fireballs at it again.

 

The dragon swoops down and breathes a white fire over the party. It doesn't seem to be harmful at all, it's just a little windy.

The dragon lands in front of Artemis, roaring at her. Artemis doesn't even flinch, she just stands there. "Stop being idiots. You made Ihra faint again." She says with an annoyed tone.

 

The frozen state already seems to be wearing off.
The two crash into the ground, and Xephyr roars as this snaps her back to normal.
The Drakonshade doesn't have control of its wings yet.

Xephyr circles around and dives at her opponent with a ball of ice in front of her.

Rineth growls at her, turning to revive Ihra.
"Don't keep doing that, else I'll see just how resilient you are."

 

The dragon becomes engulfed in a large fire, before dissipating. Abigail and I stand in front of Artemis.

"Aj, you should've known better," Artemis says with a disappointed tone, "Scaring Ihra again?"

"Well, you see, turning into a dragon wasn't my plan." I say hastily.

Artemis raises an eyebrow.

"I said to Abigail "Oh hey you could like make a giant flame chainsaw and cut our way out of here." and she said "Oh no lets turn into a giant dragon and scare her""

Abigail nods sadly, looking at the ground.

"Why did you think that was a good idea Abigail? You scared Ihra and she fainted!" Artemis says angrily, turning to Abigail.

Abigail just stares at the ground shamefully.

"See, it wasn't my fault! It was Abigail's!" I say, trying to sound innocent.

"You're not out of this yet, you still empowered her to help her transform." Artemis says, turning back to me.

"She was going to kill me!" I say with a nervous tone.

"Is this true?" Artemis says, turning to Abigail.

Abigail nods, avoiding eye contact.

Artemis sighs, "I guess we're fated to have bad first impressions with Ihra." She says, walking towards Ihra.

"Is she alright?" Artemis asks Rineth.

 

The wyvern swoops down, claws extended.
Eras follows the wyvern, then stops. He starts preparing to charge his dark beam.
Idala suddenly starts flying high into the air with surprising agility. She then falls down even faster, smoke trailing from behind her as fire starts to surround her, halberd extended.

 

"Yes. I'm getting a bit tired of this, though..."
Same three pokes along her back and Ihra jumps back to consciousness.
"Rineth... what happened?"
"They scared you a bit too much. You're okay."
"Ugh... why do they keep-"
"I don't know. You have asked them to stop, haven't you?"
"Not yet..."
"Then I'd do that before you trap them in a field of light magic."

Ihra crawls to her feet.
"Could you please not... scare me so much?"

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Xephyr releases the sphere, turning away to avoid collateral from the impending everything.

 

I point to Abigail, "She did it."

Abigail just looks away.

Artemis seems suspicious, "Hey Abigail, there's a tsunami behind you." she says.

Abigail stares at the ground, avoiding eye contact.

"Aj, could you take off her helmet for me?" Artemis asks.

I grab one of Abigail's helmet's horns, pulling it off her head. Rather loud music can be heard from the helmet.

"Hey! Give me back my sweet tunes!" She says, trying to grab the helmet.

Artemis is infuriated, "IGNORING ME BY LISTENING TO MUSIC!?" She says, floating off the ground slightly. Artemis' eyes and hands glow green.

"Bring it, sister." Abigail says, smiling at Artemis with determination in her eyes. Abigail's hair bursts into flames, and her eyes glow a fiery orange.

They both charge at each other, Artemis holding Gaia's Scythe in her hands, Abigail's obsidian claws igniting.

 

Ihra spits between the two, looking at Abigail in frustration.
"Stop! Don't..."
Ihra then realizes ticking off Abigail might not be a good idea.

 

They simply avoid the hole and start fighting. Artemis swipes at Abigail, yet her claws block the scythe. Abigail quickly dodges the next swing and manages to cut Artemis' shoulder. Artemis grabs Abigail with a thick vine hand, and prepares to cut her in half. Abigail struggles, trying to burn through the vines.

 

"STOP!!!"
Thick vines completely cover the two of them. Flowers grow over some of them, releasing a somewhat calming aroma.

 

They both stop fighting. Abigail burns through the vines, and Artemis causes them to wither away.

"Heh heh, it's fine Ihra, we weren't actually fighting, were we Artemis?" Abigail says happily, turning to Artemis.

"Nah! We were just playfighting! Except for the fact I was actually trying to kill you." Artemis says evilly.

"Hahaha, wait wha-" Abigail quickly grabs the blade of Gaia's Scythe, holding it mere inches away from her face with her claws.

"Flower Power what the hell is wrong with you!?" Abigail says with fear. She looks to Ihra and I with a look of desperation and terror.