The best kind of correct.
Twisting Paths
- Thread starter Hiver
- Start date
- Location
- England
I hoard hordes of harems from the Horde.
It's something to do, while bored.
48
My pulse pounded in my ears as I dashed and wove through the demonic forces. Then I was suddenly in the open outside the ship.
Five seconds.
I ran and jumped, diving through a hole torn in the heavy side, landing inside just as the invisibility spell faded away, leaving me panting.
Damn, that was hell of a lot more tiring than a thirty-second run should have been. I blamed the adrenaline of running and dodging through a demonic legion knowing that the slightest mistake would make them discover me.
Struggling up to sit, I leaned back against the side of the hill behind me, struggling to get my breath back as I looked around in the smoke-filled twilight of the dark hull. Everything was a mess and somewhere close by something was burning from the scent of the smoke.
Getting back up, I pulled my dagger and looked around before moving through the hull, carefully keeping as quiet as I could. I wouldn't have needed to bother as there was the sound of battle all around.
It was dark inside the hull and the smoke didn't exactly help. Nor did the fact that everything was on its side and broken.
But the Orb should still be relatively easy to find, it was in the middle of the ship and securely bound into the structure. It should still be here.
Besides, if it broke there wouldn't have been any ship to hide in. Or valley for that matter if it broke in just the wrong, or rather right, way.
Pushing a fallen mana laser to the side, I spotted a fallen dragonkin. The big, bipedal half-dragon had fallen to the ground.
Kasago. That was his name.
I hesitated and then quickly knelt down to feel his pulse, not that there was much chance he was still alive, there was a big cut in his side and it wasn't bleeding anymore.
Sorry.
Sighing I got up and continued, quickly making my way over to the mounted power source, finding that the Orb of Black Ice was still not only intact, but actually mounted in place and channeling power. Shit, I'm better than I thought.
Even with half the ship in pieces, it was still working. Well, not working, working, but the core parts were not broken. A month and I should be able to get this thing back into the air. Right now, it was a actually a problem though, you couldn't just pull it from its mountings or it might object and all that magic had to go somewhere.
I didn't have time to do it right, though, someone might show up at any moment, digging into enchantments, even to break them took time, especially if I didn't want a face full of mana strong enough to burn my eyes out.
I needed to get it out of there.
Fuck it. No time for something fancy. Dragon in a china shop it is.
Turning around, I stepped over the fallen dragonkin and picked up his dropped mana laser before taking aim, turning my head away and pressing the trigger.
The magic lashed out and blasted the mounting pylon into pieces, pieces raining down across the internal space of the ship.
Lowering my arm from where I had been protecting my eyes, I saw the ruins of the mounting, the Orb of Black Ice laying on the bulkhead of the ship where it had fallen.
I quickly broke the enchantment of the Mana laser before I dropped it on the floor, just to make sure it didn't end up in the claws of some demon before I rushed over to run my hand across the air above the Orb.
Mana radiation within acceptable limits, power reserves… fifty percent. Enough to trigger the weapon.
I quickly snatched it up and put it in my satchel as I stood up, looking around before making my way back to peek out through a hole in the hull, spotting myself laying on the ground, a Doom Lord standing above me, it's big hoof on my chest.
I was about to be captured and brought to be tortured for days.
Stopping it now… I could do it. I could kill the demon and get my old self out of here. But… it would fuck the timeline horribly. If I didn't, I would suffer.
Watching the Doom Lord reach down and pick me up by my armor, I closed my eyes for a moment and took a long, slow breath.
Think. Do not feel.
Facts, not emotions. Things happened, things will happen. If I acted, things would be worse than if I didn't.
Reaching down, I tugged my tracking necklace off and clenched my fist around it, channeling magic and reshaping it in my hand before taking aim and throwing the dart.
The metal dart flew fast and true, hitting my lifted body in the back, attaching to the armor. Spreading out and digging needles into the leather as it re-shifted into a circle, clinging flat against it.
They would remove the armor, but not before they reached their destination.
Turning away, I recast my invisibility spell and broke into a run back towards the hiding place where I left Alexis.
Things were still in disarray, the demon legion's attention focused on the counter attack by the defending allied forces and strafing dragons who took advantage of the distraction of the ship crash.
On the way back to the hiding place, I had to recast my spell twice, but I was fairly sure nobody spotted me as they were quite busy being set on fire by dragons.
I slid down next to Alexis in a small shower of pebbles, panting softly.
"Took you long enough! What the hell happened!?"
I just shook my head and pulled the Orb from my satchel, handing it over. "Take it back to the cave. I'll be back in a week, two at most."
"What the fuck are you on about!?" Alexis exclaimed, "We've got to go!"
"I'll be fine." I answered. "Your tracking necklace, give it here. I have a promise to fulfill."
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
Five seconds.
I ran and jumped, diving through a hole torn in the heavy side, landing inside just as the invisibility spell faded away, leaving me panting.
Damn, that was hell of a lot more tiring than a thirty-second run should have been. I blamed the adrenaline of running and dodging through a demonic legion knowing that the slightest mistake would make them discover me.
Struggling up to sit, I leaned back against the side of the hill behind me, struggling to get my breath back as I looked around in the smoke-filled twilight of the dark hull. Everything was a mess and somewhere close by something was burning from the scent of the smoke.
Getting back up, I pulled my dagger and looked around before moving through the hull, carefully keeping as quiet as I could. I wouldn't have needed to bother as there was the sound of battle all around.
It was dark inside the hull and the smoke didn't exactly help. Nor did the fact that everything was on its side and broken.
But the Orb should still be relatively easy to find, it was in the middle of the ship and securely bound into the structure. It should still be here.
Besides, if it broke there wouldn't have been any ship to hide in. Or valley for that matter if it broke in just the wrong, or rather right, way.
Pushing a fallen mana laser to the side, I spotted a fallen dragonkin. The big, bipedal half-dragon had fallen to the ground.
Kasago. That was his name.
I hesitated and then quickly knelt down to feel his pulse, not that there was much chance he was still alive, there was a big cut in his side and it wasn't bleeding anymore.
Sorry.
Sighing I got up and continued, quickly making my way over to the mounted power source, finding that the Orb of Black Ice was still not only intact, but actually mounted in place and channeling power. Shit, I'm better than I thought.
Even with half the ship in pieces, it was still working. Well, not working, working, but the core parts were not broken. A month and I should be able to get this thing back into the air. Right now, it was a actually a problem though, you couldn't just pull it from its mountings or it might object and all that magic had to go somewhere.
I didn't have time to do it right, though, someone might show up at any moment, digging into enchantments, even to break them took time, especially if I didn't want a face full of mana strong enough to burn my eyes out.
I needed to get it out of there.
Fuck it. No time for something fancy. Dragon in a china shop it is.
Turning around, I stepped over the fallen dragonkin and picked up his dropped mana laser before taking aim, turning my head away and pressing the trigger.
The magic lashed out and blasted the mounting pylon into pieces, pieces raining down across the internal space of the ship.
Lowering my arm from where I had been protecting my eyes, I saw the ruins of the mounting, the Orb of Black Ice laying on the bulkhead of the ship where it had fallen.
I quickly broke the enchantment of the Mana laser before I dropped it on the floor, just to make sure it didn't end up in the claws of some demon before I rushed over to run my hand across the air above the Orb.
Mana radiation within acceptable limits, power reserves… fifty percent. Enough to trigger the weapon.
I quickly snatched it up and put it in my satchel as I stood up, looking around before making my way back to peek out through a hole in the hull, spotting myself laying on the ground, a Doom Lord standing above me, it's big hoof on my chest.
I was about to be captured and brought to be tortured for days.
Stopping it now… I could do it. I could kill the demon and get my old self out of here. But… it would fuck the timeline horribly. If I didn't, I would suffer.
Watching the Doom Lord reach down and pick me up by my armor, I closed my eyes for a moment and took a long, slow breath.
Think. Do not feel.
Facts, not emotions. Things happened, things will happen. If I acted, things would be worse than if I didn't.
Reaching down, I tugged my tracking necklace off and clenched my fist around it, channeling magic and reshaping it in my hand before taking aim and throwing the dart.
The metal dart flew fast and true, hitting my lifted body in the back, attaching to the armor. Spreading out and digging needles into the leather as it re-shifted into a circle, clinging flat against it.
They would remove the armor, but not before they reached their destination.
Turning away, I recast my invisibility spell and broke into a run back towards the hiding place where I left Alexis.
Things were still in disarray, the demon legion's attention focused on the counter attack by the defending allied forces and strafing dragons who took advantage of the distraction of the ship crash.
On the way back to the hiding place, I had to recast my spell twice, but I was fairly sure nobody spotted me as they were quite busy being set on fire by dragons.
I slid down next to Alexis in a small shower of pebbles, panting softly.
"Took you long enough! What the hell happened!?"
I just shook my head and pulled the Orb from my satchel, handing it over. "Take it back to the cave. I'll be back in a week, two at most."
"What the fuck are you on about!?" Alexis exclaimed, "We've got to go!"
"I'll be fine." I answered. "Your tracking necklace, give it here. I have a promise to fulfill."
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
So. It is time to keep promises.
49
"Well, continue?" Selatar commanded as his new pet stopped talking. "You were saying something about modulating magic flows?"
The dragon let out a breath and nodded. "...Yes, master. By modulating the magic flows in the jewel power storage…" it said before it trailed off. "…Master?"
Selatar sighed. "Yes?"
Stupid creature, get on with it! Selatar scowled, he just wished that it would give him what he wanted to know so he could get to work, properly training it as soon as it didn't need its mind anymore.
The Dragon raised its head. ""I will be back. And when I am, I'm going to rip and tear."
What!?
The dragon disappeared in a flash of searingly bright light and Selatar surged to his feet. "Find it!"
Xlak charged into the space the dragon had been in, the demon roaring and swinging its big axe, hitting nothing but air before he snarled and turned to Selatar. "Where is he?"
Selatar gritted his teeth. "I don't know. It somehow teleported away. It can't have gone far with these blocks in place. Find it! Find it!" he yelled and threw the book to the side.
That infernal dragon! It had been so close to…
Snarling to himself, he spun around and headed back towards his tent. Finding out how that ship worked would have been enough for Selatar to get rewarded with ascension! Or at least a promotion. Away from interrogation duties.
As fun as it was, he wanted command of a legion.
Brushing past the cloth covering the entrance, he crossed the tent and picked up a bottle of wine, filling up a goblet before pulling the dagger from his belt, regarding it for a long moment. At least he still had the dragon's weapon.
For all he could see, it seemed like a normal dagger. But reports said that that it was so much more, able to shift into different weapons at will.
If they could figure out how it worked… it would be guaranteed to earn him an ascension and it would greatly strengthen the Burning Legion. The Great Master would reward him personally.
Yes. It would have been easier with the dragon, but this could still be saved. He just needed to get some enchanters to figure out how it worked.
Good. That meant that if the dragon was recaptured, he didn't need to keep it intact. He could play with it properly.
Turning away from the tent to send of the head enchanter, the air rippled and a blue-haired man stepped out into the open, his big hand snapping out and grabbing Selatar by the throat, lifting him off the floor.
"Ghu!" Selatar choked out in surprise and pain, stabbing at the man with the dagger, only to find the dagger caught in the other hand and taken from him.
"Thank you for hanging on to that for me." The man… no, the dragon… said calmly, spinning the dagger between his fingers, shifting it to a spear and then back into a dagger. "How have you been doing, master? It's been a while."
"Gak!" Selatar choked, pulling and punching at the arm, trying to kick the dragon as it watched him, looking almost bored.
"I remember making you a promise." The dragon said and started to slowly squeeze harder. "Sorry for keeping you waiting."
Selatar felt his vision start to darken and he pulled on his magic, felfire responding to his command for a second only for it to suddenly slip away and the growing darkness was filled with a almighty cracking sound and then nothing.
Everything whirled and shifted around him and he recognized what had happened. The dragon had killed him.
The energies and darkness of the soulstone was all around him. How did the dragon do it!? How did he escape, how did he get into the tent!?
How did he get healed!?
If the dragon was still there when he returned to his body, then Selatar would blast him into little pieces for what he had done! No… binding spell.
That accursed thing would learn to serve the legion! Learn to serve him!
Triggering the soul stone, fire and smoke whirled as he felt himself reform, a spell on his lips as he threw himself to the side only to have his face suddenly hurt and the ground hit him hard.
"Oh please." The dragon snorted, a boot pressing against Selatar throat. "I was tricked by that once. Fool me once and all that…"
Selatar struggled, channeling his fel magic to lash out at the attacker only for the dragon to wave his hand, a ripple of blue from it just dissolving the spell before anything could fully form.
"Just die already." The dragon said, the weapon shifted into a spear and it was the last thing Selatar ever saw.
XXXXXXX
I shifted my weapon back into its dagger form, shaking the blood from it as I looked down at my dead tormentor. That was less satisfying than I thought it would be. Then again, I didn't particularly want to draw it out.
I didn't really care how he died as long as he did. Be it by my hand or in a threesome with blonde twins.
As long as he was dead, it was good enough for me as it meant he wouldn't hurt anyone ever again. Holding my weapon up, I felt through it with my magic, feeling the enchantments. Everything seemed to check out, he didn't seem to have damaged or corrupted it somehow.
Nice. But I should still go through it properly as soon as I got back to camp.
Leaving the dead warlock behind, I turned and walked out, weaving an invisibility spell around myself as I did. Time to get out of here.
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
The dragon let out a breath and nodded. "...Yes, master. By modulating the magic flows in the jewel power storage…" it said before it trailed off. "…Master?"
Selatar sighed. "Yes?"
Stupid creature, get on with it! Selatar scowled, he just wished that it would give him what he wanted to know so he could get to work, properly training it as soon as it didn't need its mind anymore.
The Dragon raised its head. ""I will be back. And when I am, I'm going to rip and tear."
What!?
The dragon disappeared in a flash of searingly bright light and Selatar surged to his feet. "Find it!"
Xlak charged into the space the dragon had been in, the demon roaring and swinging its big axe, hitting nothing but air before he snarled and turned to Selatar. "Where is he?"
Selatar gritted his teeth. "I don't know. It somehow teleported away. It can't have gone far with these blocks in place. Find it! Find it!" he yelled and threw the book to the side.
That infernal dragon! It had been so close to…
Snarling to himself, he spun around and headed back towards his tent. Finding out how that ship worked would have been enough for Selatar to get rewarded with ascension! Or at least a promotion. Away from interrogation duties.
As fun as it was, he wanted command of a legion.
Brushing past the cloth covering the entrance, he crossed the tent and picked up a bottle of wine, filling up a goblet before pulling the dagger from his belt, regarding it for a long moment. At least he still had the dragon's weapon.
For all he could see, it seemed like a normal dagger. But reports said that that it was so much more, able to shift into different weapons at will.
If they could figure out how it worked… it would be guaranteed to earn him an ascension and it would greatly strengthen the Burning Legion. The Great Master would reward him personally.
Yes. It would have been easier with the dragon, but this could still be saved. He just needed to get some enchanters to figure out how it worked.
Good. That meant that if the dragon was recaptured, he didn't need to keep it intact. He could play with it properly.
Turning away from the tent to send of the head enchanter, the air rippled and a blue-haired man stepped out into the open, his big hand snapping out and grabbing Selatar by the throat, lifting him off the floor.
"Ghu!" Selatar choked out in surprise and pain, stabbing at the man with the dagger, only to find the dagger caught in the other hand and taken from him.
"Thank you for hanging on to that for me." The man… no, the dragon… said calmly, spinning the dagger between his fingers, shifting it to a spear and then back into a dagger. "How have you been doing, master? It's been a while."
"Gak!" Selatar choked, pulling and punching at the arm, trying to kick the dragon as it watched him, looking almost bored.
"I remember making you a promise." The dragon said and started to slowly squeeze harder. "Sorry for keeping you waiting."
Selatar felt his vision start to darken and he pulled on his magic, felfire responding to his command for a second only for it to suddenly slip away and the growing darkness was filled with a almighty cracking sound and then nothing.
Everything whirled and shifted around him and he recognized what had happened. The dragon had killed him.
The energies and darkness of the soulstone was all around him. How did the dragon do it!? How did he escape, how did he get into the tent!?
How did he get healed!?
If the dragon was still there when he returned to his body, then Selatar would blast him into little pieces for what he had done! No… binding spell.
That accursed thing would learn to serve the legion! Learn to serve him!
Triggering the soul stone, fire and smoke whirled as he felt himself reform, a spell on his lips as he threw himself to the side only to have his face suddenly hurt and the ground hit him hard.
"Oh please." The dragon snorted, a boot pressing against Selatar throat. "I was tricked by that once. Fool me once and all that…"
Selatar struggled, channeling his fel magic to lash out at the attacker only for the dragon to wave his hand, a ripple of blue from it just dissolving the spell before anything could fully form.
"Just die already." The dragon said, the weapon shifted into a spear and it was the last thing Selatar ever saw.
XXXXXXX
I shifted my weapon back into its dagger form, shaking the blood from it as I looked down at my dead tormentor. That was less satisfying than I thought it would be. Then again, I didn't particularly want to draw it out.
I didn't really care how he died as long as he did. Be it by my hand or in a threesome with blonde twins.
As long as he was dead, it was good enough for me as it meant he wouldn't hurt anyone ever again. Holding my weapon up, I felt through it with my magic, feeling the enchantments. Everything seemed to check out, he didn't seem to have damaged or corrupted it somehow.
Nice. But I should still go through it properly as soon as I got back to camp.
Leaving the dead warlock behind, I turned and walked out, weaving an invisibility spell around myself as I did. Time to get out of here.
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
Atregos has anger issues. He is always dragon out his grudges.
Itsune
Eldritch horror, Ship's Cat, Emergency Gunner.
- Location
- Somewhere in King County Washington
Well, Duh... that's the Kind of thing that Dragons do.
Any thing to protect the Hoard.
Atregos' Hoard just happens to include his mates, friends, fellow dragons and thereby most of Skyrim.
Do not mess in the affairs of Dragons, For you are Crispy and will taste better with ketchup.
50
I came in for landing before folding my wings, returning to mortal form before the invisibility spell fade away.
Mixing it with a blurr spell to keep me from being easily spotted between recasts was tricky, but worth it.
I quickly walked into the cave before the true invisibility faded away into nothing, finally letting out a sigh of relief as I did.
Looking down at my weapon in my belt, I touched the hilt as I walked through the anti-magic barrier. I did it. Forget killing the elf, it was a pro but not the main goal. The main goal was to get my weapon back.
Rounding the corner into the main chamber I was met by a deep growl as Chromie got onto her paws as she spotted me, "Atregos."
"I know, I know." I sighed before I shook my head, "Foolish, foolhardy, reckless, yadayada. I got what I went out for and I wasn't disc…"
Chronormu pounced with a snarl.
If I wasn't so tired, I should have realized it was not smart to mouth of to a dragon that's already seriously annoyed at you, especially if she is your superior.
Throwing myself to the side, I shifted back and growled as I twisted and went at her in turn. I hit the much larger dragon in the side, scrambling up over her side as we went rolling through the cavern;, snarling and roaring as we struggled get get an advantage. She may have weighted five times as much as I did and was much larger, but I was faster and more nimble.
Dodging away from one of her strikes, I ducked under her, flapping my wings once as I twisted and dug my claws into the scales on her shoulder.
Chronormu twisted and rolled, snapping after me and I jumped back, only to get knocked sprawling by a swipe of her forepaw.
I came to a stop on the sand, panting for breath, only to find a frontpaw pinning me down as Chromie growled down at me, "Atregos. I need you to not act your age right now, drake." She growled and when I growled back, she pressed a bit harder, "Running off like that could have risked the entire mission. Think."
"I… got it back."
Chromie growled deeper, "And if you did not? If you were spotted… or worse, killed or captured?"
I whimpered as she flexed her claws before I nodded, "…Sorry."
Pulling her paw back, I rolled onto my paws and got up only for her to swat me back off my feet and onto my side.
"Stay," she growled, "You are not leaving the cavern alone until it is time. If I can't trust you to think before you act, then you can't leave. You have already taken too many risks."
I stared at her for a long moment before I stopped, barring my throat for her.
The larger dragon snorted at me and retreated to where she had been laying previously. I just relaxed on the spot.
Chromie was right. I had risked a lot with my stunt- Azeroth and Kalecgos, possibly everything, Azeroth and Kalecgos.. The lives of my friends to get… what? Revenge on an elf that didn't matter? A weapon I could recreate as soon as I had a month to do it?
"You okay?" Alexis asked as she walked up to look down at me.
"…I feel like an idiot."
"As you should," she said and shook her head, "Are you hurt?"
Everything ached, but that was to expect after what just happened. I finally shook my head, "Nothing serious. But check on Chromie would you?, I think my claws got through the scales on her shoulder."
Alexis nodded and stepped over my tail as she rounded me, making her way over to the other dragon. I didn't feel like moving.
Also, pretty sure Chromie would object if I did. Not that she was wrong.
"Atregos?"
I opened my eyes again to look up at Ajani, "Ajani."
He crouched down, "You found what you were seeking?"
"Yes. No… maybe. I did. Not sure it was worth it though." I answered, raising my head to look at him before I sighed, "I acted like an idiot."
Ajani regarded me for a long moment before one of his ears flicked, "The young sometimes do. It is difficult to remember at times, but you are young."
"…I'm over thirty! I'm close to your age!"
"And how old is that for a dragon?"
I hesitated at that before I sighed and put my head back down. He might actually have a bit of a point there. In dragon terms I was a teenager and barely at that. The ages didn't translate over well because dragons didn't die of old age, but developmentally?
My age might translate to something like mid teens. No fucking wonder I was such an idiot at times. Not that it was an excuse.
"Not an excuse," I told him and sighed, "No-one got hurt in the… well, it wasn't much of a fight…right?"
Ajani smiled, "Chronormu warned us to stay back and Alexis pulled us to the back of the cave. Getting between two dragons is not a way to live a long life so Lilliana, Chandra, Alexis and myself set up behind a barrier at the back of the cave. You did trample Alexis tent though."
Oops.
He must have seen my cringe as he patted me between the eyes with a smile, "You'll learn. Now get some sleep, we go over the plan again tomorrow." Before he got up and started to move around, collecting his scattered belongings. Lilliana was watching me dispassionately from where she was sitting with a book while Chandra was shooting me and Chromie wary looks.
I just closed my eyes again and wished the ground would open up and swallow me.
This was so embarrassing.
AN// Big thanks to PseudoSim for betaing this section.
Mixing it with a blurr spell to keep me from being easily spotted between recasts was tricky, but worth it.
I quickly walked into the cave before the true invisibility faded away into nothing, finally letting out a sigh of relief as I did.
Looking down at my weapon in my belt, I touched the hilt as I walked through the anti-magic barrier. I did it. Forget killing the elf, it was a pro but not the main goal. The main goal was to get my weapon back.
Rounding the corner into the main chamber I was met by a deep growl as Chromie got onto her paws as she spotted me, "Atregos."
"I know, I know." I sighed before I shook my head, "Foolish, foolhardy, reckless, yadayada. I got what I went out for and I wasn't disc…"
Chronormu pounced with a snarl.
If I wasn't so tired, I should have realized it was not smart to mouth of to a dragon that's already seriously annoyed at you, especially if she is your superior.
Throwing myself to the side, I shifted back and growled as I twisted and went at her in turn. I hit the much larger dragon in the side, scrambling up over her side as we went rolling through the cavern;, snarling and roaring as we struggled get get an advantage. She may have weighted five times as much as I did and was much larger, but I was faster and more nimble.
Dodging away from one of her strikes, I ducked under her, flapping my wings once as I twisted and dug my claws into the scales on her shoulder.
Chronormu twisted and rolled, snapping after me and I jumped back, only to get knocked sprawling by a swipe of her forepaw.
I came to a stop on the sand, panting for breath, only to find a frontpaw pinning me down as Chromie growled down at me, "Atregos. I need you to not act your age right now, drake." She growled and when I growled back, she pressed a bit harder, "Running off like that could have risked the entire mission. Think."
"I… got it back."
Chromie growled deeper, "And if you did not? If you were spotted… or worse, killed or captured?"
I whimpered as she flexed her claws before I nodded, "…Sorry."
Pulling her paw back, I rolled onto my paws and got up only for her to swat me back off my feet and onto my side.
"Stay," she growled, "You are not leaving the cavern alone until it is time. If I can't trust you to think before you act, then you can't leave. You have already taken too many risks."
I stared at her for a long moment before I stopped, barring my throat for her.
The larger dragon snorted at me and retreated to where she had been laying previously. I just relaxed on the spot.
Chromie was right. I had risked a lot with my stunt- Azeroth and Kalecgos, possibly everything, Azeroth and Kalecgos.. The lives of my friends to get… what? Revenge on an elf that didn't matter? A weapon I could recreate as soon as I had a month to do it?
"You okay?" Alexis asked as she walked up to look down at me.
"…I feel like an idiot."
"As you should," she said and shook her head, "Are you hurt?"
Everything ached, but that was to expect after what just happened. I finally shook my head, "Nothing serious. But check on Chromie would you?, I think my claws got through the scales on her shoulder."
Alexis nodded and stepped over my tail as she rounded me, making her way over to the other dragon. I didn't feel like moving.
Also, pretty sure Chromie would object if I did. Not that she was wrong.
"Atregos?"
I opened my eyes again to look up at Ajani, "Ajani."
He crouched down, "You found what you were seeking?"
"Yes. No… maybe. I did. Not sure it was worth it though." I answered, raising my head to look at him before I sighed, "I acted like an idiot."
Ajani regarded me for a long moment before one of his ears flicked, "The young sometimes do. It is difficult to remember at times, but you are young."
"…I'm over thirty! I'm close to your age!"
"And how old is that for a dragon?"
I hesitated at that before I sighed and put my head back down. He might actually have a bit of a point there. In dragon terms I was a teenager and barely at that. The ages didn't translate over well because dragons didn't die of old age, but developmentally?
My age might translate to something like mid teens. No fucking wonder I was such an idiot at times. Not that it was an excuse.
"Not an excuse," I told him and sighed, "No-one got hurt in the… well, it wasn't much of a fight…right?"
Ajani smiled, "Chronormu warned us to stay back and Alexis pulled us to the back of the cave. Getting between two dragons is not a way to live a long life so Lilliana, Chandra, Alexis and myself set up behind a barrier at the back of the cave. You did trample Alexis tent though."
Oops.
He must have seen my cringe as he patted me between the eyes with a smile, "You'll learn. Now get some sleep, we go over the plan again tomorrow." Before he got up and started to move around, collecting his scattered belongings. Lilliana was watching me dispassionately from where she was sitting with a book while Chandra was shooting me and Chromie wary looks.
I just closed my eyes again and wished the ground would open up and swallow me.
This was so embarrassing.
AN// Big thanks to PseudoSim for betaing this section.
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esotericist
A Weary Hand
- Location
- Lacey, WA
Foregone, and yet not something that can be skipped.
Dominance is a thing, being reminded you aren't invincible is a thing, and being reminded you are a child is a thing.
Also, don't forget to fix Alexis' tent.
Dominance is a thing, being reminded you aren't invincible is a thing, and being reminded you are a child is a thing.
Also, don't forget to fix Alexis' tent.
Serpentine
Dark Arts Enthusiast
- Location
- The Tower of Ghenjei
Paddles and dragons. Naughty dragons. 
Edit: Also, I feel mildly surprised the cave didn't collapse, I think my mind had size proportions confused a little.
Edit: Also, I feel mildly surprised the cave didn't collapse, I think my mind had size proportions confused a little.
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51
I looked into the dark cavern. Everyone else seemed asleep. The only movement was Alexis summon sitting by the entrance guarding it in case something find it.
The last two weeks had been spent planning, preparing. It all depending on a couple of minutes and it all had to work out perfectly.
It was all tomorrow.
To say that I was having trouble sleeping was a bit of an understatement and my part of it was… if I fucked up, there wouldn't be a second chance. If I fucked up, the only chance we would be to try to fight or escape.
If we ran, Azeroth was dead.
If we tried to fight, we had to go up against Sargeras. A god that killed an entire species of gods. Gods that created my kind, shaped Azeroth.
I was terrified.
My claws scraped against the rocks beneath me as I shifted slightly. Not that I needed to worry about that. If I fucked up, I would likely be dead before then anyway.
"Can't sleep?"
I blinked in surprise, looked over at Alexis and then shook my head.
"Yeah, me neither," she sighed and sank down to sit with her back against my shoulder, crossing her arms.
Shifting, I put my head next to her and she put her hand between my horns. "We can do this."
"We can," she agreed. "we have to."
"Sorry I got you into this. Sorry I got all of you into this."
The human tapped my snout with her hand. "None of that again. How many get the opportunity to save the world?"
Baring my teeth I raised my head and said: "I promised your father that you would get home. As soon as your spells are cast, I want you to Walk."
"Atreus, I-"
"Promise," I growled. "There will be nothing more you can do. At least… you will be able to tell everyone what happened. Take Chromie, Kalecgos and yourself and Go. Keep them safe."
She hesitated and then nodded. "I promise."
"Good human." I purred and gave her a lick straight across the face.
Alexis froze and then reached up, slowly pushing my snout away. "…Ew."
I just chuckled at her and put my head down across her lap. "Try to get some sleep."
"You too. Night."
"Night."
I closed my eyes and did my best to relax. Sleep was long in coming, though. Time just dragged on as the night slowly crawled past.
"No, sorry, this won't work. Too heavy." Alexis finally said and pushed at the side of my head. "You need to move."
"Sorry." I mumbled and put my head next to her instead and she went back to relax against me, scratching idly between my eyes. It didn't take more than another hour before her hand stopped slowly moving and so did she.
She was asleep.
Opening my closest eye, I glanced up at her. Asleep indeed. Now I didn't dare move since there was no way it wouldn't wake her.
I closed my eyes again and was once again alone with my thoughts.
Sheila… Zrazta… Rengosa.
My mind was whirl of emotions, thoughts and images.
Suddenly my eyes flashed open to show everyone already getting ready, Ajani was sharpening his axe weapon, Alexis was getting ready. Chandra was adjusting her leather armor and Lillian was reading her book.
"Awake?" Chromie asked from right next to me, laying almost close enough for her side to touch mine.
Blinking, I nodded. "I… yeah." I said and raised my head. "I think so."
Nodding, she bumped the side of my head with her snout before getting up and stretching. "We have three hours to get into position.", she announced to the group, "Get ready. I will carry Ajani and Alexis. Atregos, you take Lilliana and Chandra to their positions and then rejoin us.""
Letting my breath out, I struggled up and answered, "Right." before stretching my wings and legs, arching my back before I worked my jaw.
Then I moved over to Chandra and Lilliana. "You two really think you can do this?"
Lilliana closed her book and looked up at me. "Is it not a bit late to ask that?" she asked in return as she got up, adjusted her dress and brushed back her raven-black hair, "If you get us there, Dragon, we will distract the legions."
Chandra nodded. "Yep."
"I was talking about riding me," I snorted."I noticed that neither of you are actually a fan of dragons."
"To say the least," Lilliana said and looked at me. "Don't betray us and we won't have a problem."
"Fair enough."
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
The last two weeks had been spent planning, preparing. It all depending on a couple of minutes and it all had to work out perfectly.
It was all tomorrow.
To say that I was having trouble sleeping was a bit of an understatement and my part of it was… if I fucked up, there wouldn't be a second chance. If I fucked up, the only chance we would be to try to fight or escape.
If we ran, Azeroth was dead.
If we tried to fight, we had to go up against Sargeras. A god that killed an entire species of gods. Gods that created my kind, shaped Azeroth.
I was terrified.
My claws scraped against the rocks beneath me as I shifted slightly. Not that I needed to worry about that. If I fucked up, I would likely be dead before then anyway.
"Can't sleep?"
I blinked in surprise, looked over at Alexis and then shook my head.
"Yeah, me neither," she sighed and sank down to sit with her back against my shoulder, crossing her arms.
Shifting, I put my head next to her and she put her hand between my horns. "We can do this."
"We can," she agreed. "we have to."
"Sorry I got you into this. Sorry I got all of you into this."
The human tapped my snout with her hand. "None of that again. How many get the opportunity to save the world?"
Baring my teeth I raised my head and said: "I promised your father that you would get home. As soon as your spells are cast, I want you to Walk."
"Atreus, I-"
"Promise," I growled. "There will be nothing more you can do. At least… you will be able to tell everyone what happened. Take Chromie, Kalecgos and yourself and Go. Keep them safe."
She hesitated and then nodded. "I promise."
"Good human." I purred and gave her a lick straight across the face.
Alexis froze and then reached up, slowly pushing my snout away. "…Ew."
I just chuckled at her and put my head down across her lap. "Try to get some sleep."
"You too. Night."
"Night."
I closed my eyes and did my best to relax. Sleep was long in coming, though. Time just dragged on as the night slowly crawled past.
"No, sorry, this won't work. Too heavy." Alexis finally said and pushed at the side of my head. "You need to move."
"Sorry." I mumbled and put my head next to her instead and she went back to relax against me, scratching idly between my eyes. It didn't take more than another hour before her hand stopped slowly moving and so did she.
She was asleep.
Opening my closest eye, I glanced up at her. Asleep indeed. Now I didn't dare move since there was no way it wouldn't wake her.
I closed my eyes again and was once again alone with my thoughts.
Sheila… Zrazta… Rengosa.
My mind was whirl of emotions, thoughts and images.
Suddenly my eyes flashed open to show everyone already getting ready, Ajani was sharpening his axe weapon, Alexis was getting ready. Chandra was adjusting her leather armor and Lillian was reading her book.
"Awake?" Chromie asked from right next to me, laying almost close enough for her side to touch mine.
Blinking, I nodded. "I… yeah." I said and raised my head. "I think so."
Nodding, she bumped the side of my head with her snout before getting up and stretching. "We have three hours to get into position.", she announced to the group, "Get ready. I will carry Ajani and Alexis. Atregos, you take Lilliana and Chandra to their positions and then rejoin us.""
Letting my breath out, I struggled up and answered, "Right." before stretching my wings and legs, arching my back before I worked my jaw.
Then I moved over to Chandra and Lilliana. "You two really think you can do this?"
Lilliana closed her book and looked up at me. "Is it not a bit late to ask that?" she asked in return as she got up, adjusted her dress and brushed back her raven-black hair, "If you get us there, Dragon, we will distract the legions."
Chandra nodded. "Yep."
"I was talking about riding me," I snorted."I noticed that neither of you are actually a fan of dragons."
"To say the least," Lilliana said and looked at me. "Don't betray us and we won't have a problem."
"Fair enough."
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
- Location
- Dodging chaos dragons in Limbo
Minor error that Mr. Rook missed.
- Location
- Elsewhere
should be either
'the only chance
or
'the only chance we would have is to try to'
52
I slowly beat my wings, circling high in the air with Chromie, Alexis riding on her back as I once again wove an invisibility spell, casting it on them before renewing my own.
We were flying as high as we could, just beneath the edge of the dark clouds, covered in a blur spell.
That and the wisps of cloud hid us from sight as I renewed the true invisibility spells on us every thirty seconds.
Ajani, Chandra and Lilliana were down on one of the slopes down to the valley, ready to cause whatever distractions they could when it was finally time to move.
The two armies were getting ready far below. Fliers had passed within a hundred meters of us, but mostly the demons were matching altitude with the dragons below.
That was something I noticed when reviewing the recording before. Quite frankly, it was fucking stupid, but then again, they were demons and probably not used to facing any real opposition. What flier would willingly abandon the energy initiative?
A dead one, that's who.
A small surge of magic and my magic armour deployed across me, sliding across my wings and head, moving along my tail and down to cover my legs and claws.
Then I wove another invisibility spell to hit the females with as soon as they faded into view before renewing my own as well. I wish I had a longer duration one, but that's something for the future. Or just build a permanent one into a ring or something.
Mentally filing that note away, I watched the mortal army start to move forward, supported by their cavalry, the dragon fliers and Kalecgos moving along above them.
It was strange, really. I wasn't nervous or terrified anymore.
I felt calm. Focused.
I suspected that the auras and other enhancing spells Ajani and Alexis had layered over me earlier helped. I felt… strong. Fast. Durable. I felt like I was ready to go punch a god in a face.
The assault below started and the clash was on, demon against dragon and sword. Up here it was remarkably quiet, the sound of battle from far below didn't really get all the way here.
"Ready?" Chromie rumbled as she flew up next to me, resting on her wings. "Renew your spells and then we go."
I started to weave a new invisibility spell for her. "Stay safe."
As soon as her spell broke, I cast another one at her and Alexis clung to her back in the saddle as they faded into nothing and went into a dive.
Then I was alone.
I renewed my own spell and started to descend as well, though staying a couple hundred meters above the battle below.
Now I could do nothing but wait and trust that my friends could pull this off. Meanwhile, the dying went on below. Spells and weapons flashing and burning as Azeroth made its last stand against the Legion.
Kalecgos was in the middle of it, spells burning the very air as they swatted demons from the air and the ground, the Flight Leader being death incarnate to any demon unlucky enough to get through the screen of dragons around him.
The plan was for Chromie to tag him with the soul stone I crafted earlier and stick close enough to save him when he went down and then bug the fuck out to the forest in the next valley where Alexis could Walk them to Skyrim.
But I couldn't worry about that now, I had my own part in this. I just had to trust them to be able to pull it off.
I tightened my hold on the Orb of Black Ice with my left front claw.
Do it perfectly or Azeroth dies.
I would just need to be perfect then.
The dragons below pushed forward, leaving the mortal armies without their air cover and I beat my wings faster, renewing the invisibility spell around myself as I matched their speed. Almost time.
In the distance the green portal started to glow and Kalecgos was met with more and more spell fire, so he crafted a massive magic shield to keep him and his escorts safe as they engaged the flying demons.
Time.
I folded my wings and went into a dive directly for Kalecgos. The wind whipped past me as I peered through it, wisps and smoke hiding the view for split moments as I kept adjusting my course with small shifts in my balance and wings.
A flying demon, four wings, two arms and a snakelike body passed through my path. I half extended my wings, allowing the razor sharp forward edge of my right wing armour to take its head off.
I barely paid it any attention as I watched a massive green beam of fel magic punch straight through the massive shield to shear through his chest, taking his right wing off.
Kalecgos roared in pain and started to fall. I couldn't worry about him. Not now. No time.
My eyes scanned the sky beneath him, seeking the glitter of metal and- There. I flashed past the falling wyrm, adjusted my course and snatched the weapon from the air before half spreading my wings and pulling up.
Recasting my invisibility spell, I beat my wings and started to gain altitude, heading towards the portal as I dug into the enchantment of the weapon, checking it over as quickly as I could, my mind half way into the enchantment matrix as Kalecgos hit the ground behind and below me.
I flew harder towards the portal where the massive hand was emerging.
That's when the ground beneath turned into a firestorm.
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
We were flying as high as we could, just beneath the edge of the dark clouds, covered in a blur spell.
That and the wisps of cloud hid us from sight as I renewed the true invisibility spells on us every thirty seconds.
Ajani, Chandra and Lilliana were down on one of the slopes down to the valley, ready to cause whatever distractions they could when it was finally time to move.
The two armies were getting ready far below. Fliers had passed within a hundred meters of us, but mostly the demons were matching altitude with the dragons below.
That was something I noticed when reviewing the recording before. Quite frankly, it was fucking stupid, but then again, they were demons and probably not used to facing any real opposition. What flier would willingly abandon the energy initiative?
A dead one, that's who.
A small surge of magic and my magic armour deployed across me, sliding across my wings and head, moving along my tail and down to cover my legs and claws.
Then I wove another invisibility spell to hit the females with as soon as they faded into view before renewing my own as well. I wish I had a longer duration one, but that's something for the future. Or just build a permanent one into a ring or something.
Mentally filing that note away, I watched the mortal army start to move forward, supported by their cavalry, the dragon fliers and Kalecgos moving along above them.
It was strange, really. I wasn't nervous or terrified anymore.
I felt calm. Focused.
I suspected that the auras and other enhancing spells Ajani and Alexis had layered over me earlier helped. I felt… strong. Fast. Durable. I felt like I was ready to go punch a god in a face.
The assault below started and the clash was on, demon against dragon and sword. Up here it was remarkably quiet, the sound of battle from far below didn't really get all the way here.
"Ready?" Chromie rumbled as she flew up next to me, resting on her wings. "Renew your spells and then we go."
I started to weave a new invisibility spell for her. "Stay safe."
As soon as her spell broke, I cast another one at her and Alexis clung to her back in the saddle as they faded into nothing and went into a dive.
Then I was alone.
I renewed my own spell and started to descend as well, though staying a couple hundred meters above the battle below.
Now I could do nothing but wait and trust that my friends could pull this off. Meanwhile, the dying went on below. Spells and weapons flashing and burning as Azeroth made its last stand against the Legion.
Kalecgos was in the middle of it, spells burning the very air as they swatted demons from the air and the ground, the Flight Leader being death incarnate to any demon unlucky enough to get through the screen of dragons around him.
The plan was for Chromie to tag him with the soul stone I crafted earlier and stick close enough to save him when he went down and then bug the fuck out to the forest in the next valley where Alexis could Walk them to Skyrim.
But I couldn't worry about that now, I had my own part in this. I just had to trust them to be able to pull it off.
I tightened my hold on the Orb of Black Ice with my left front claw.
Do it perfectly or Azeroth dies.
I would just need to be perfect then.
The dragons below pushed forward, leaving the mortal armies without their air cover and I beat my wings faster, renewing the invisibility spell around myself as I matched their speed. Almost time.
In the distance the green portal started to glow and Kalecgos was met with more and more spell fire, so he crafted a massive magic shield to keep him and his escorts safe as they engaged the flying demons.
Time.
I folded my wings and went into a dive directly for Kalecgos. The wind whipped past me as I peered through it, wisps and smoke hiding the view for split moments as I kept adjusting my course with small shifts in my balance and wings.
A flying demon, four wings, two arms and a snakelike body passed through my path. I half extended my wings, allowing the razor sharp forward edge of my right wing armour to take its head off.
I barely paid it any attention as I watched a massive green beam of fel magic punch straight through the massive shield to shear through his chest, taking his right wing off.
Kalecgos roared in pain and started to fall. I couldn't worry about him. Not now. No time.
My eyes scanned the sky beneath him, seeking the glitter of metal and- There. I flashed past the falling wyrm, adjusted my course and snatched the weapon from the air before half spreading my wings and pulling up.
Recasting my invisibility spell, I beat my wings and started to gain altitude, heading towards the portal as I dug into the enchantment of the weapon, checking it over as quickly as I could, my mind half way into the enchantment matrix as Kalecgos hit the ground behind and below me.
I flew harder towards the portal where the massive hand was emerging.
That's when the ground beneath turned into a firestorm.
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
Krazyfan1
Worrying for the future.
- Location
- Australia
Hiver, I love your work. But this is one of the few times I wish you wrote full chapters instead of daily digests.
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Baughn
Healing-type writer
- Location
- Dublin
You don't *have* to read the updates every day, you know.
That way you could have avoided this cliffhanger.
- Location
- somewhere over there.
- Pronouns
- They/It
Is Chandra ever not thinking that?
53
I glanced down as a wave of fire rolled across the demon army only to be followed by black shades of darkness.
Distraction indeed.
If I had been able to find them before, the first time around…
No. Not now. No time.
Turning my head back forward, I saw more and more of the arm emerge from the portal. Too far away. I would never make it before he emerged.
Pressing the Orb of Black Ice against the side of the weapon, I used some of the metal of my armor to flow around it, attaching it as I started to tie it into the enchantment matrix of the weapon while double checking that it was still active.
I beat my wings faster, recasting the invisibility spell quickly as I worked through the enchantments of the weapon, reworking them from an external power to working off the mana in the Orb.
Rolling to the side, I avoided a felfire spell, likely aimed at something behind me. I didn't pay it any further attention.
Instead I stared ahead.
Sargeras had arrived.
He was wreathed in flames, smoke moving around him. He was massive, standing on two legs and two arms. His head had two large, curled horns, more horns piercing the thick armor on his shoulders.
The demons around the portal were bowing, kneeling.
Sargeras spread his arms and roared at the skies and the storm responded, doubling its intensity. The sound echoed through my mind.
It sounded like…
It sounded… it was instinct. Like I was a dog and my owner had come home, telling me to sit. I faltered before I growled and pushed through it, my wings beating faster again.
No.
No. no. NO! You were a Titan, your people may have created mine! But we are not yours anymore! You killed them! You come to destroy, to corrupt their legacy!
Rage.
He tried to control me. To turn me into his weapon. He tried to kill everything, destroy Azeroth, kill Kalecgos.
Kill my Consorts.
I flew faster and harder, but I could feel the constant pressure just seeing him had on me and my mind. Part of me wanted to drop everything and land to bow down.
No. Not happening.
Holding the weapon tighter, I flew, diving to gather up speed as I growled deeply. It was time to renew the invisibility spell.
No. No fuck that. Fuck that and fuck him.
I started to channel another spell as I ducked beneath a large flying demon, avoiding it as my spell faded into nothing, leaving me in plain sight.
A roar pierced the air.
Someone had spotted me and the first attacker came towards me. I hit it hard and smashed it to the side with a swipe of my claws, pushing on hard.
Sargeras turned slightly, looking right at me and the pressure increased. I snarled and pushed on, but it felt like I was flying through water.
Growling deeply, I finished the spell and let loose the torrent of green mana and suddenly the demons flying to meet me were like gnats.
I smashed through the ranks and Sargeras roared at me before I slammed into the Dark Titan, clawing and ripping.
His energies tore at me, ripping at my armor as I knocked him backwards towards the portal. Sargeras took a step back and then pushed back, claws digging through the armor, tearing of pieces of it off as he gripped the sides of my head, twisting and pulling.
Twisting, I rammed a claw into his eye as I threw the weapon behind him, twisting around to rip at his throat.
Suddenly he was gone, replaced by nothing but howling uncreation and solid ideas. Whirling, twisting and fading away only to be replaced with other things, just as impossibly perfect.
Things pressed out in infinite distances and just next to me, close enough to press up against my glowing form.
Twisting around, I moved through the clawing winds of uncreation, moving towards the Plane of Tamriel, reaching for the infinitely big, almost invisibly small dot.
Touching it, reality crashed down around me and I hit something hard.
For a long moment I just laid there, panting against the ground, my mind just blank. My everything hurt and I was just… tired.
Exhausted really.
Did we make it? Did everyone make it out? What happened? Did we win? I had no idea what the answer to any of them was.
Right now, I couldn't really bring myself to care either.
I felt myself fade off to sleep. Or unconsciousness. One of the two.
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
Distraction indeed.
If I had been able to find them before, the first time around…
No. Not now. No time.
Turning my head back forward, I saw more and more of the arm emerge from the portal. Too far away. I would never make it before he emerged.
Pressing the Orb of Black Ice against the side of the weapon, I used some of the metal of my armor to flow around it, attaching it as I started to tie it into the enchantment matrix of the weapon while double checking that it was still active.
I beat my wings faster, recasting the invisibility spell quickly as I worked through the enchantments of the weapon, reworking them from an external power to working off the mana in the Orb.
Rolling to the side, I avoided a felfire spell, likely aimed at something behind me. I didn't pay it any further attention.
Instead I stared ahead.
Sargeras had arrived.
He was wreathed in flames, smoke moving around him. He was massive, standing on two legs and two arms. His head had two large, curled horns, more horns piercing the thick armor on his shoulders.
The demons around the portal were bowing, kneeling.
Sargeras spread his arms and roared at the skies and the storm responded, doubling its intensity. The sound echoed through my mind.
It sounded like…
It sounded… it was instinct. Like I was a dog and my owner had come home, telling me to sit. I faltered before I growled and pushed through it, my wings beating faster again.
No.
No. no. NO! You were a Titan, your people may have created mine! But we are not yours anymore! You killed them! You come to destroy, to corrupt their legacy!
Rage.
He tried to control me. To turn me into his weapon. He tried to kill everything, destroy Azeroth, kill Kalecgos.
Kill my Consorts.
I flew faster and harder, but I could feel the constant pressure just seeing him had on me and my mind. Part of me wanted to drop everything and land to bow down.
No. Not happening.
Holding the weapon tighter, I flew, diving to gather up speed as I growled deeply. It was time to renew the invisibility spell.
No. No fuck that. Fuck that and fuck him.
I started to channel another spell as I ducked beneath a large flying demon, avoiding it as my spell faded into nothing, leaving me in plain sight.
A roar pierced the air.
Someone had spotted me and the first attacker came towards me. I hit it hard and smashed it to the side with a swipe of my claws, pushing on hard.
Sargeras turned slightly, looking right at me and the pressure increased. I snarled and pushed on, but it felt like I was flying through water.
Growling deeply, I finished the spell and let loose the torrent of green mana and suddenly the demons flying to meet me were like gnats.
I smashed through the ranks and Sargeras roared at me before I slammed into the Dark Titan, clawing and ripping.
His energies tore at me, ripping at my armor as I knocked him backwards towards the portal. Sargeras took a step back and then pushed back, claws digging through the armor, tearing of pieces of it off as he gripped the sides of my head, twisting and pulling.
Twisting, I rammed a claw into his eye as I threw the weapon behind him, twisting around to rip at his throat.
Suddenly he was gone, replaced by nothing but howling uncreation and solid ideas. Whirling, twisting and fading away only to be replaced with other things, just as impossibly perfect.
Things pressed out in infinite distances and just next to me, close enough to press up against my glowing form.
Twisting around, I moved through the clawing winds of uncreation, moving towards the Plane of Tamriel, reaching for the infinitely big, almost invisibly small dot.
Touching it, reality crashed down around me and I hit something hard.
For a long moment I just laid there, panting against the ground, my mind just blank. My everything hurt and I was just… tired.
Exhausted really.
Did we make it? Did everyone make it out? What happened? Did we win? I had no idea what the answer to any of them was.
Right now, I couldn't really bring myself to care either.
I felt myself fade off to sleep. Or unconsciousness. One of the two.
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
pheonix89
Wants to be Seven Of Nine
- Location
- North American Plaguelands
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Atregos is a planeswalker artificer. Never give them prep time, they do things like create weapons that twist causality to make sure they're completed. That's canon, by the way - the Legacy Weapon did this bizarre thing where just plotting out the design made it grab causality and twist to make sure it was created and deployed.
Tisaku
Head Chief Thinkomancer
-As intended this is the silliest statement that I have seen to date on SV. Remember, 'The only unfair advantage is the one that you don't have.'-