Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

The faerie nods, "It was shorter too." She says.

 

Taking out my sword, I check how many armblades and talons fit in the holster.

 

"Seriously? If we haven't even heard of you, then your kingdom can't be big enough to pose a threat to us were we to decline."

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Sapphire sighs.
"Thanks. I have a sneaking suspicion..." She says, leaving and heading to the Shadow Palace.

You can fit one armblade in with eight talons.

 

The faerie seems confused, but goes back to eating sugar.


The guards, recognising Sapphire, open the gates for her.

 

Picking up my sword, I check how well I can scoop everything up and form a basket-like shape with my sword and free arm.

 

Sapphire stops halfway through entering.
"Would you know where an 'Angela' is, by chance?"

You can kind of hold everything, but the raptor talons are small enough that they keep falling out of your pseudo-basket.

 

Pressing the pseudo-basket to my chest, I tilt it as well, picking the items back up to put them in, seeing if the tilt and contact with my chest helps.

 

"If you mean the Angela who's recently joined the king and queen's group, I believe she was last with Stephanie, the queen's form, in the library." The guard says.

 

Sapphire nods before heading into the library.

It seems okay, but after you take a couple steps, it doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

Angela sits across from Stephanie on the ground floor of the library, the pair reading. Stephanie seems to be reading her tome, while Angela reads a fantasy book.

 

Sapphire checks Angela's shirt before approaching them.
"Hey, Stephanie. Any luck with Abigail? She said she'd return my mask, but... not only is she gone, but I went to her house to just swipe it back. Lo and behold, my mask is gone too." She says, mild frustration in her tone.

 

I put down the items, and empty my holster, piling the items, putting my sword back, and flying upwards, looking for Rineth.

 

Rineth seems to be circling over the lowlands, turning towards you once he sees you.
"Hey. Things still going well?"

 

"I need some help. Come down here, can you?"
I ask politely, dropping altitude.

 

He drops, almost landing on the pile.
"Oh boy, should I even ask?"

 

Angela's shirt is dark blue, though the front is mostly white, the silhouette of a wolf howling at the white moon on it.

"No, sorry. I have no idea where your mask is being kept anyway, so I can't help you there either. Sorry," Stephanie apologises, looking up, "I'm honestly quite worried for Abigail at this point. She's been missing for a long time."

"I saw a few people who looked like the decription of Abigail I've been told, but they were just normal fire guardians." Angela says innocently.

 

"Getting into the royal library. Don't worry, I didn't kill anyone."
I explain.
"I'm going to act like I did, though."

 

Sapphire tries to cross-check Angela's soul with Abigail's.
"I have an idea, judging on what I'd heard her complain about. Hopefully, I'm wrong though... because it would involve an earth guardian."

"Smooth." Rineth says, bundling everything up into a telekinetic ball. "Hopefully it goes well for you."

 

"Thanks. Can you fly while maintaining that?"

 

They match.

"What is it?" Stephanie asks.