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 Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:29 pm
Paladine begins to shrink even more, until he is barely 6 inches tall. "Don't ask..." he says grumbling to himself. "The things I do to get through to that guy..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:33 pm
*The wyvern, which is about six feet tall, picks him up in a claw*
Hold on tight then...*Flaps off and through the shield*
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:52 pm
Paladine waits until the wyvern lands, then asks where Kerobian might be.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:55 pm
*The wyvern points to a cave, high on the mountainside*
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:59 pm
Paladine thanks him and flies up towards the cave, keeping his senses open for some form of shielding.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:04 pm
*There is no shielding...but the cave itself is very high up...too high for a wyrmling like he's been taking care of...Paladine himself is out of breath reaching it...*
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:09 pm
But reach it he does, eventually. Crawling to the entrance and collapsing just inside. He looks around, seeing if he can locate Kerobian. He doesn't want him to know he is there just yet.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:12 pm
*He finds the mage sitting on the lip of a wide pool of water, staring at his own gaunt reflection...suddenly...he fleshes out...becoming what he could have been...then it goes again, and he is the pale, emaciated creature Paladine knows...*
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:45 pm
Paladine sighs. This was far worse than he had feared it would be. Moving silently into the cavern he creeps to the mage's ide and touches his hand, filling him with strength and purpose, plus a great deal of life energy.
"There are peopl who are looking for you, my son... people who love and care for you very very much. He whispers in Kerobian's mind.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:48 pm
*Kero sighs...and dissolves into dust, flowing into the pool...slwoly, it swirls into a nebulous cloud...then...it's gone, as dirt vanishes into water...*
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:03 pm
Paladine sighs and curls up by the pool, waiting him out. Hlal-soon and Silveria were doing a fine job with the revival of the draconic council. Though he had truly been shocked beyond all sensibility once he had determined that his shield over the ancient hall had been broken, so much so that he had come rather close to throwing a royal tantrum. But then three small dragons had faced him down and told him off. He found himself chuckling still whenever he remembered the scene. Scared half out of their wits, but certain they were in the right, the three dragonets had put themselves between him and Hlal-son and... well, quite literally told him off.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:05 pm
**Let me guess....an Auricupric, A Wounded Copper, and a Red in a Jeweled Harness**
*The dust does not rise...and Paladine notices an inscription on the wall of the cavern*
Here lies Kerobian, Mage of the Void...free at last, his work is through...may he rest in peace.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:09 pm
Paladine merely closes his eyes and continues to wait. There was no place for him back in Dragon Valley, so if he needed to wait a million years before he faded away. This was as good a spot as any.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:10 pm
*A misty shape soon rises out of the water, forming into Kero*
May I ask why you still wait here, father?
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:22 pm
"No reason, I suppose... just one old fart waiting for another... you sure are a stubborn cuss aren't you." says Paladine without cracking an eye.
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