Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"The Shadow King was going to send Katie to check there, since they're good friends. It's unlikely she'd hide somewhere so obvious, but still worth a check." The sand guardian says.

 

Pause.
"...Can you open the door?"

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"Should I notify the drow to search?"

 

"Oh, sorry."
I say, going up to the door and opening it.

 

"That'd certainly save time." The forest guardian says happily.

 

The raptor steps in, startled by Avis' notifying cries.
"Who's there, girl?" Xephyr calls as Avis flies back and shifts into you.
"Thirteen?"
Avis shifts into the raptor.
"Huh? Well... I guess they can come!"

"I'll do that on my way out. Thanks for your help."

 

"Oh, this is the cryo room. I guess I have been here."
I say, stepping in with the raptor.
"Hey, Xephyr!"

 

"Hey! Can you and your bird buddy come up here?"

 

"Yeah, sure."
I say, walking to her and motioning for the raptor to come.

 

The raptor follows.
"Woah... are you a frost dragon?"
"Hehee, no, I'm a draconian. I am an ice element user, though. Where are you from?"
"I don't know the name of my home. We just call it The Ruin."
"Oh... that's too bad. Well... welcome to my room! I keep things frozen and preserved here."
"That sounds taxing."
"It... is."

 

"The portal room calls your home Maralune, whatever that may mean."
I explain to the raptor.

 

"Maralune? That name sounds kind of serene... how very unlike my home."
"Oh, it'll be okay! I'm sure you'll be fine."

 

"Some change is going to happen soon."
I encourage.

 

"Oh? What do you have planned?" Xephyr asks.
The raptor seems equally curious, though silent.

 

"Their planet's a dead one, so it tends to be hard to live on. The humans, however, created Ruin's Respite, a castle which keeps the ground alive and well, and able to live on."
I say, giving exposition.
"They did this with a thing they call the inhibitor, and somewhere along the way of this whole thing, the king made a pact with a dragon to sacrifice his son for something. I think. That's just me taking pieces and putting them together. Point is, there are humans, and so called 'monsters', which, as the librarian put them, 'They cut down everything they come across! No respect for belongings, borders, or resources!' and 'All they do is take, take, take! Disgusting...'."
I quote.
"Sorry."
I say, turning to the raptor.

 

"That sounds disgusting..." Xephyr comments.
"They describe themselves well." The raptor growls.

 

"Point is, they have the only key to possibly restoring the planet to any of its glory. And they hate 'monsters' and will probably not stop until every single one of them are dead. Now, I would have no problem helping the 'monster' folk murder pretty much every one of them, if I knew more about the inhibitor and how it worked. And I can't help the humans because they're dicks, and they can't possibly kill every monster there is. Oh, and the humans have no idea how the world died, whatsoever. So, unless I find a way to one, get extreme amounts of info on the inhibitor and then maybe kill all the humans, or two, band everyone together somehow, everything's going to go downhill."
I explain.

 

Both the raptor and Xephyr cringe.
"Then how..." Xephyr utters.
"Sounds like you figured out the only thing the tribes can agree on."

 

"And the humans don't."

 

"So... uh, on a lighter note... do you have a plan to help the situation?"
"Or can my tribe get the hell out in the case you destroy the planet?"

 

"You too." The sand guardian says cheerily.