Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

Without looking at Artemis and completely guessing, I say "Hahah! Don't even you try!"

 

Artemis steps back in fear, aiming the paralysis arrow.

"Whoa, dude, 'chill' out." Abigail says, winking.

 

"Hah! You wish! I could hit you with some ice and lets see who's 'chilling out'" I turn around and aim my crossbow at Artemis. "Ah, so I was right. I had a feeling someone was gonna kill me." I precariously touch the handle of my sword, prepared to draw it. "Look, you can put your bow down and I can put my crossbow down, and I'll tell you why it feels like I'm hiding something."

 

"How about we do that?"
I say to Artemis and Rob.
"I don't want more people hurt. As in, ANY more people hurt."

 

I keep my crossbow pointed at Artemis and my free hand on my sword handle. "I also vouch for that, but unless Artemis over here puts down that arrow, I'm keeping my crossbow pointed."

 

They don't react, most likely dead.

"Mmm... Those are the soldiers Faelar sent, recently killed by magical means from the looks of it. Just emphasize caution."

You continue down the twisted path, avoiding the giant roots of the trees. You hear a scraping sound, getting louder as you continue on. The golden blood looks more recent.

The scraping sound gets so loud you can hear nothing else, not the birds or the predators or anything, and you round a corner to find the black dragon, limping and dragging himself through the dirt in a desperate attempt to get deeper into the forest. He's moving very slowly.

He smells you and turns around (pretty pathetically), snarling.

 

Good story ( sorry if I interrupted the posts)

 

Ihra holds her staff in the middle of the ring.
The crystal glows intensely.
"Stop. Both of you..." She utters shakily.

I try to cast a simple heal spell.
"Hey... I don't mean any harm..."

 

He stares at you for a few seconds before rolling his eyes and turning back, lifting his wings and attempting to fly.

He's only able to fly a few feet up before his wings give in and he falls back to the ground.

Growling, he continues into the forest at a faster pace than before, leaving you behind.

 

I chase from underground, emerging beside it.
"Don't think you're going to lose me. Skies or ground, I've been told to see if you were okay."

 

"I won't unless Artemis puts down that arrow." I let go of my sword and focus on just my crossbow. "Someone disarm Artemis, and I'll back down."

 

He growls for a moment, but stops himself short. He flings himself off the path and into the forest, gliding and stumbling.

A bolt of lightning strikes where he had been a moment ago, leaving a smoking crater at your feet.

 

"Artemis, please..."

"I know you can hear me!"
I dive underground, feel for the vibrations of him stumbling, and start circling him from below.

 

"Artemis, put down the arrow. I won't shoot if you put it down."

 

He hisses, annoyed. You feel a buzzing prescense in your head.

"I don't need help. The only thing I need is to run. They're hunting me, and if they catch me again I die. Please just stop following me. They'll kill you too."

 

"Keep moving. I'll draw them off you. Try to, at least. Hang in there."

I leap out of the ground and cover the ground around me in a wide area in a mist that's impossible to see through from above.

 

He wastes no time, heading deeper into the woods.

Everything goes nearly silent. At least until one of the trees gets split entirely in half. The massive wing of a red dragon had cut straight through it. The dragon circles the mist, it's rider scanning the area.

"My dragon can smell you. Come out or die a cowards death, burning in agony!"

 

I leap above the fog, looking to see what or who it is.
"You want a fight? Better bring more than that little wyrm..."
I draw my rapier.

 

"ENOUGH!" I shout, and the world around Artemis and Rob shimmers and warps, tumbling around, until they lose their balance and fall to the ground. To everyone else, it looks like they just got a bit dizzy and fell down. Once they regain their balance, they are unable to focus their eyes on the location of the other.

"This is no time to be fighting amongst each other, assuming we're all on the same team."
I glance at each of the two in turn.
"Unless either of you two would like to change that?"

 

"I do not wish to change that, but I cannot speak for Artemis over here." I lower my crossbow, before putting it back up again.