Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Whoa, these are sharp!" I say happily, summoning the shuriken back to my hand.

Abigail delicately takes the claws out from her gauntlets, holding the 6 individual claws carefully.

 

"I'll go for simple reinforcement, and a little surprise enchantment to try and make it up to you for earlier."
She moves the steel and claws onto the anvil, along with some of the diamonds.

 

"Thanks," Abigail says, smiling, "Blacksmithing is not unknown to me, but I trust someone as skilled as you to deal with my claws over myself. I don't want to accidentally damage them."

 

"Strange the things people do to get things... they could probably get at least part of what they want by asking."

Aura looks at him back curiously.
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"I am Anna. I didn't examine you... who are you?"
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"Thank you, Mistress Xlentia."
Arnold goes to the library and goes towards the second floor where the novels were.

 

"How about a little enhancement to your hands, too? Two linked warpgates could add greatly to your ability to close distances between you and prey."

She moves quartz and cobalt up.

 

"How would that work?" Abigail asks, curious.

 

"True."

Sgavrinn tries to look friendly.
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"Anna? My name's Reed. Why were you examining us?"
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You find that you've taken a wrong turn, wrong staircase, or something...
This isn't in your language.

 

"What other abilities do you have?"

Aura shows a similar look.
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"I needed a physical form and I'm picky, so it took me a while to choose. I also wanted to get to know everyone the easy way before I had to take a physical form."
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"Oh well... I guess it can be hard to find something again in a library like this."
Arnold looks shelf by shelf for anything which he can read.

 

"Two projectile launchers, and bind them. They can open portals for you to go through that only work for you and close after you use them. Ihra, would you please demonstrate?"
"Sure!"

She throws a small crystal out a decent ways, then reverts her staff to an axe. As she swings it towards the ground, she disintegrates. She reforms where the crystal was, leaping into the air with an upwards strike.

She then reverts back to a staff and blinks back.

"Like that, except they'll have a timed activation. You can set them up midair, and launch them without throwing them physically."

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"I'm an oracle. I can look into your future. That's it. I'm nothing fancy."

Sgavrinn hums a bit, happy.
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"Wh-what?!"
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The more you wander, the more lost you get...

 

"Whoa, that sounds cool. How would that work with my gauntlets, though?" Abigail asks, "Could I simply point to a location to warp there?"

I fall through a portal beneath my feet, leaping out of one behind the wooden dummy and slicing it in half.

"I'd venture to guess you could do this, Abigail!" I shout over.

 

"Kind of. Pointing with two fingers would release a projectile that freezes in place after about a second. Doing the same with the other gauntlet would activate it; then it's a matter of jumping through one portal and doing like Aj just did out the other."

 

"That sounds like it could help," Abigail says, taking off her gauntlets, "Thanks!"

"I guess you could say you're thinking with portals." I say, falling through a portal nearer the group.

 

"But that's actually a good ability! You can help others find out what their future is."

Aura tries to hum, but it comes out as a slightly metallic rasp.
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"If you're worrying about me doing that again, then I can't anyway."
"I think he's confused actually."
I start floating down towards her.
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"Hmm... strange. I should have found at least something by now. I wonder what's wrong..."

 

"I didn't mean to be so rude and harsh earlier... Needless to say, I'm not good with introductions. But, as Myria said, criminals aren't let off because they regret what they did. This is the only way I can think of to prove myself.

First, the claws."

The ritual repeats, though it takes noticeably less energy. Her horns drain to half.

"And now, the gauntlet add-on..."

She sets the claws aside, then uses darkness, diamonds, and cobalt... and some of her own blood?

After the ritual to fuse them together, she works with the gauntlets by hand, careful not to damage the tech.
"You've got some fancy stuff in these, Abigail."

She sets the claws in while she's at it.

Her horns don't have much color left in them, and she's not able to get out of the lava pool to hand the gauntlets back to Abigail.

"Done... Here. Take them before I get too dizzy and drop them..."

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"I know, but it leaves me... Well... Unable to survive on my own. I'd be happy to show you yours, but know I don't control what I see; I feel like there's more sincerety in showing the subject their future as I see it.

Sgavrinn smiles a bit, then hums back.
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"Very confused. Are you trying to kill someone?"
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What's wrong is that you're now back at the entrance.
Take two...?

 

"Thanks, I worked on improving my armour with technology. My helmet has a visor that can 'lock on' to targets, in a sense, so I can keep track of them. Aj's helped me with it so I can see invisible targets too." Abigail says, lowering her visor as she takes her claws back.

Abigail uses her new abilities to teleport a short distance away, before teleporting into the air and gliding back.

"Whoa, these are so cool!" Abigail says happily, landing next to the pool.

Myria nods approvingly, smiling at Ruby.

 

"Glad you... uh... like them..."
Ruby passes out in the pool.

"Are her horns an indicator of her energy?" Ihra asks, looking over at her tail floating on the surface.

 

"Looks like it. I hope she's alright." I say, concerned.

"Hey Aj...do you think you could carry that anvil over here?" Stephanie asks. She seems to be standing in a strange, circular spirograph of sorts.

"Oh, sure." I say, growing a pair of shadow wings to carefully extract the anvil from the pool, taking it to Stephanie's circle.

A few iron bars and what looks like a lead pipe of sorts lay in the centre of Stephanie's circle.

"Thanks..." Stephanie says, sitting at the edge of her circle. She focuses, and a white glow comes from the lines in the circle.

 

Once we make it back into the village, I say, "We lost many brave men tonight. Many of our own lie still in enemy territory. Still, we cannot give up. Most of the Nok-naan village is destroyed. Their tribe is weakened. However, there were too many troops to have just been one tribe. I doubt it was the Nii-Tan, we have usually been at peace with them. The Bo-Kraa or Bor-Ka are most likely to have allied with them. I apologize, but I cannot let anyone leave. The enemy is likely in pursuit." I send for the women and children of the village to tend to my soldiers burns.

 

"What're you making?" Ihra asks, curious.

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They do as you say, and an envoy from the Nii-Tan raises their hand silently, asking to approach you.

 

"Yes please. I guess it might not be good, but I might as well have a look."

Wind starts collecting around Aura.
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She laughs lightly.
"Oh no, I'm not going to hurt anyone here. If it helps, I'm also confused about something."
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"This is weird... I guess I should try again."
Arnold tries looking for a book with a title he can read, this time trying a different pattern.