Adriannu followed Lisa outside of the room without a fuss and then followed after the faint blue line which lead her to the elevator. The whole time she walked, she would be looking around to see as much as of the Agate Breeze as she could. Upon reaching the elevator, the child would start to get on when Lisa put a hand in front of her to explain what would happen. As such Adriannu listened quietly as Lisa, but clearly looked intrigued by what she was saying. "That sounds really cool, I can't wait to try it." Naturally as a result, she would quickly jump over Lisa's hand if she hadn't already moved it in order to get on the elevator.
Once the elevator started to move, she looked totally enthralled by the ride and not remotely freaked out unlike how Lisa was the first time.
Once the elevator started to move, she looked totally enthralled by the ride and not remotely freaked out unlike how Lisa was the first time.
Alastor gives a sly smile and kneels down beside Raven. "Simple reason, really. I'm capable of carrying mine." He gives Raven a quick boop on the nose before laughing and standing back up. Giving Jules a quick tap on the shoulder, he then quietly says "Mind if we have a quick chat later? Nothin' serious, just want to check somethin'."
Alastor turned towards the now conscious Neo, letting out a slight laugh at his remark. "And the dead do rise! Welcome back to the waking world Neo. How're yeh feeling?"
Alastor turned towards the now conscious Neo, letting out a slight laugh at his remark. "And the dead do rise! Welcome back to the waking world Neo. How're yeh feeling?"
After the door closes, the magistrate's voice plays over a speaker.
"I'm glad to see that the two of you are doing well," he says, "I have unfortunately had to head back to the surface for another meeting, but can continue to speak with you regardless. If there is anything else you need before you go, food, a rest, to bathe, or anything else, please let me know and I will have those arranged for you. If you are already prepared to depart, however, I will simply direct you to the hanger bay where one of my shuttles will take you to the surface. Miss Adriannu, one of my people has retrieved your new weapons, and will give them back to you when you do go to the ship."
"I'm glad to see that the two of you are doing well," he says, "I have unfortunately had to head back to the surface for another meeting, but can continue to speak with you regardless. If there is anything else you need before you go, food, a rest, to bathe, or anything else, please let me know and I will have those arranged for you. If you are already prepared to depart, however, I will simply direct you to the hanger bay where one of my shuttles will take you to the surface. Miss Adriannu, one of my people has retrieved your new weapons, and will give them back to you when you do go to the ship."
She finishes the Catpack and smiles wide. She feels Alastor tap her shoulder. "Oh yeah, whenever works for me." She smiles back and directs her attention to Raven. "So what do you think? Sorry I'm not great at sewing." She chuckles as she shows her the bag.
"Like my body is shutting itself down one by one."I guess I could just...nah...just focus on protecting the shard.I'll leave that problem later...Neo slowly gets and pops his knuckles."Jules, nothing's wrong. Just going through power complications at the moment. He could hear Rudra answer, but it was a different one."Huh, now nothing's wrong."
"Well it appears we really should find my friend Angel then. She could help. But for now as long as you are alright that's good to hear." She smiles sweetly.
Victi Aurora Silverfur wrote:
The bike falls silent as soon as the assault on it stops, floating passively just above the ground, as usual.
In the stunned silence, Victi smugly sashays over to her craft, pops open the seat, and hauls out the bag of gold, as well as her own bag of looted coinage. "This should hopefully be adequate," she says, as if not standing in what amounts to a small war-zone, "Sorry about the damage, most of the defensive systems are self-governing. Anyway, do we still have a deal here?"
In the stunned silence, Victi smugly sashays over to her craft, pops open the seat, and hauls out the bag of gold, as well as her own bag of looted coinage. "This should hopefully be adequate," she says, as if not standing in what amounts to a small war-zone, "Sorry about the damage, most of the defensive systems are self-governing. Anyway, do we still have a deal here?"
The dragoness first surveys the warzone the craft had made of her perimeter camp, her expression an unusual mixture of shock, outrage, and...hinted the slight upward lift of her snarl, fascination. She loves watching powerful weapons in action, just not when they target herself or her allies.
Slowly, she lowers her gaze to see the offered payment and raises an eyebrow. These shinies should cover these damages and whatever happens on the job, still leaving behind quite a fortune.
"Open the bag and show me you have gold; I will also accept your offer to fix the enchantments on my handcuffs."
"Done," Victi replies, opening the bag, "This one's the gold, the other is other coinage. Loot I picked up on our journey so far. For the enchanting, I'm also willing to explain the process and theory I'm using to modify the structures so that you can replicate it more readily. It may not be in a style you're super familiar with."
Raven pounces on the pack and squeals. "I love it!" She lays down on top, hugging the pack and purring happily. From here she listens to the continuing conversation in silence.
Hmm...they're talking about visiting some girl named Angel. That sounds fun but apparently, it has nothing to do with the shards and more to do with getting a grip on Neo's powers. Good for him, but she doesn't have time for a side quest like that.
Hmm...they're talking about visiting some girl named Angel. That sounds fun but apparently, it has nothing to do with the shards and more to do with getting a grip on Neo's powers. Good for him, but she doesn't have time for a side quest like that.
While uncomfortable, knowing what's actually happening and see Adriannu having a good time soothes Lisa's nerves. She listens to the message calmly with her arms crossed over her chest.
Baths, food, sleep. All sounds great, but she'd rather do it when her feet touch the soil again. Although, as long as they're here, she doesn't have to worry about the sorceress. Right?
Right?
There's...no guarantee; besides, Raven is back home either completely alone or with that lunatic who wrecked the cabin. Either situation is terrible for everyone involved.
No. Lisa wants to get planetside as soon as humanly possible.
And she's about to say so when she stops to consider her companion. Adriannu has been through a lot, and not just after receiving the Magistrate's warning. That much the chimera inferred from the way the child was behaving around her and Kylarion even before she outright explained she lives alone in the wilderness, relying on the shard's blood magic to survive the harsh winters. The girl could use a break.
Besides, the child seems to love being on the ship; I should ask-
"Hey, uh...child. What do you want to do?" She waits for an answer while trying to remember if she'd ever gotten the girl's name.
Baths, food, sleep. All sounds great, but she'd rather do it when her feet touch the soil again. Although, as long as they're here, she doesn't have to worry about the sorceress. Right?
Right?
There's...no guarantee; besides, Raven is back home either completely alone or with that lunatic who wrecked the cabin. Either situation is terrible for everyone involved.
No. Lisa wants to get planetside as soon as humanly possible.
And she's about to say so when she stops to consider her companion. Adriannu has been through a lot, and not just after receiving the Magistrate's warning. That much the chimera inferred from the way the child was behaving around her and Kylarion even before she outright explained she lives alone in the wilderness, relying on the shard's blood magic to survive the harsh winters. The girl could use a break.
Besides, the child seems to love being on the ship; I should ask-
"Hey, uh...child. What do you want to do?" She waits for an answer while trying to remember if she'd ever gotten the girl's name.
"I am very happy you like it! Do you want any assistance putting it on?" She smiles warmly.
Adriannu's ears pricked upon hearing the magister's voice and paid close attention to it. As he made his offers of things such as food, rest, a bath or other things, what the child was really interested in was the chance to further explore the ship and nearly asked for such while looking around excitedly, so very nearly bouncing up and down, being almost unable to contain herself. There was so much she wanted to see. First the cathera wanted to look out a window, then see how the ship was controlled and they had baths in here! Indoor baths were something only rich people had and they even had warm water! Then she wanted to look out some more windows and see even more of the ship followed by...However he then mentioned the fact that her new weapons has been recovered and that brought her mind away from her childish excitement and back to the surface. So now thinking of what had happened back in the cabin, her choice became clear.
So after calming herself down, and taking one last look at her surroundings, trying to commit it to memory, she said. "Kylarion, can we go back? I'm worried about Raven. Also thank you for getting my new weapons back for me." Then to Lisa, she quickly said. "My name is Adriannu, so don't call me a child anymore and I want to make sure Raven is ok." It was a decision that may come as a surprise to both the Magister and Lisa. She was sacrificing her chance on the ship which was something she had clearly shown great interest and enthusiasm for, all for Raven's sake.
So after calming herself down, and taking one last look at her surroundings, trying to commit it to memory, she said. "Kylarion, can we go back? I'm worried about Raven. Also thank you for getting my new weapons back for me." Then to Lisa, she quickly said. "My name is Adriannu, so don't call me a child anymore and I want to make sure Raven is ok." It was a decision that may come as a surprise to both the Magister and Lisa. She was sacrificing her chance on the ship which was something she had clearly shown great interest and enthusiasm for, all for Raven's sake.
Jules Geist wrote:
"I am very happy you like it! Do you want any assistance putting it on?" She smiles warmly.
"Please!" She purrs. She slips off of the bag, now with long black cat hairs clinging to its surface, and stands still, waiting patiently for Jules to fix the bag to her back. After she does that, Raven will snatch her shard from the ground and hand it specifically to Jules. Trusting her and only her to actually put the shard in the little pack where it belongs.
Adriannu wrote:
Adriannu's ears pricked upon hearing the magister's voice and paid close attention to it. As he made his offers of things such as food, rest, a bath or other things, what the child was really interested in was the chance to further explore the ship and nearly asked for such while looking around excitedly, so very nearly bouncing up and down, being almost unable to contain herself. There was so much she wanted to see. First the cathera wanted to look out a window, then see how the ship was controlled and they had baths in here! Indoor baths were something only rich people had and they even had warm water! Then she wanted to look out some more windows and see even more of the ship followed by...However he then mentioned the fact that her new weapons has been recovered and that brought her mind away from her childish excitement and back to the surface. So now thinking of what had happened back in the cabin, her choice became clear.
So after calming herself down, and taking one last look at her surroundings, trying to commit it to memory, she said. "Kylarion, can we go back? I'm worried about Raven. Also thank you for getting my new weapons back for me." Then to Lisa, she quickly said. "My name is Adriannu, so don't call me a child anymore and I want to make sure Raven is ok." It was a decision that may come as a surprise to both the Magister and Lisa. She was sacrificing her chance on the ship which was something she had clearly shown great interest and enthusiasm for, all for Raven's sake.
So after calming herself down, and taking one last look at her surroundings, trying to commit it to memory, she said. "Kylarion, can we go back? I'm worried about Raven. Also thank you for getting my new weapons back for me." Then to Lisa, she quickly said. "My name is Adriannu, so don't call me a child anymore and I want to make sure Raven is ok." It was a decision that may come as a surprise to both the Magister and Lisa. She was sacrificing her chance on the ship which was something she had clearly shown great interest and enthusiasm for, all for Raven's sake.
She stares at her, floored. "Adri-Ah...you...want to-" her voice catches, her throat too tight to get the words out. The child, Adriannu, giving up her one chance to explore the Agate Breeze to help Raven, Lisa's closest friend. It was the one answer, the one motivation, she hadn't even thought was possible to hear from someone else. And while she obviously isn't doing it with Lisa's best interest at heart (why would she?) she can't help but feel moved by the selfless gesture.
She draws a breath and lowers herself to the child's eye level. Hopefully before Adriannu realizes she's crying, she throws her arms around her and pulls her close into a tight hug. Although strong, Lisa's grip is almost excessively gentle. She holds Adriannu gingerly like being too rough would cause the younger girl to break like an already splintering work of glass.
She holds on as long as the child allows her, then whispers a hushed "thank you" before backing to the opposite end of the cramped elevator. She nods her agreement with the girl's request and faces the near wall as she brushes the tears off her face.
Victi Aurora Silverfur wrote:
"Done," Victi replies, opening the bag, "This one's the gold, the other is other coinage. Loot I picked up on our journey so far. For the enchanting, I'm also willing to explain the process and theory I'm using to modify the structures so that you can replicate it more readily. It may not be in a style you're super familiar with."
Aurora huffs; clearly, while the cuffs are in desperate need of patching, she's not in the mood to sit through a lecture on some alien system of magic. On the contrary, she wants Victi out of her camp as soon as possible. She turns her attention away from the clients and their gold to bark orders at her crew, demanding that those uninjured or only mildly so take the wounded to their medical tent.
Then, she approaches Drake. They meet eyes for a second, holding a brief glaring contest (Drake loses) and she undoes his cuffs by slicing them apart in one swift and deadly-accurate swing of her tail blade. In spite of himself, Drake yelps and jumps back, raising his hands- his nails shifting into claws and forearms sprouting armor -in self defense.
Feeling much better after that little show, the dragoness scoffs before turning her attention back to Victi. "I'll accept the patching after the job is finished. For now, hand over your gold and the relic."
"That's fine," Victi replies, passing over the objects, "Unless you'd like more info, we'll be leaving."
She really hoped it was the case at this point. Food and sleep were becoming better and better ideas with each passing moment.
She really hoped it was the case at this point. Food and sleep were becoming better and better ideas with each passing moment.
She takes the gold in one claw and snatches the shard between the talons of the other. "Please, see yourself out. Before I change my mind."
Drake, rubbing his kind-of sore wrist laughs nervously. "Yeah, deal's sealed. Let's go." He turns to the Shriker.
Drake, rubbing his kind-of sore wrist laughs nervously. "Yeah, deal's sealed. Let's go." He turns to the Shriker.
Once the two are a good distance from the camp, Victi slows down and says, "Food, sleep. I kept some coin in my tails, hopefully enough for meals and a room. Back to that last town, or should there be somewhere closer?"
Drake, having been strangely quiet throughout the entire ride, squints his eyes and thinks. "Uh...there might be a village the way we're headed, but I can't remember if it has a tavern-and-inn." He laughs a bit ruefully, "Sorry, love; all I can think about right now is food n' sleep. Our best bet is to head back the way we came. I don't wanna get us lost."
She sets the Shriker to plot a course back to near that town, since they hadn't teleported and ruined its intenal map data since.
"Wake me up once you see lights," she mutters, and flomps her head on the console.
"Wake me up once you see lights," she mutters, and flomps her head on the console.
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