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[ Where did this weird lizard tailed girl come from? Why is she holding a microphone stand under water? How is she not electrifying everyone around her as a result of that?

At least she's fully covered up this time, wearing ruffles over her chest rather than the weird strap dress she usually has on. Seems she has some kind of magic on it to prevent it from getting wet.

Either way, here's your local chaotic evil demon and dragon mash up. Please don't mistake her for a mid-boss or even a trash mob. ]

Are you going to explore the dungeon? [ It's a temple, but details... ] A five man team is ideal and I see you're short a fifth ♥ Good thing that Eliza-chan's here to fill in that last spot.

[ Did she just invite herself along? Yes, yes she did. ]

[Belth wanted to see what's in the temple so of course he called on all his mage friends who would also be interested in this. He's not expecting to see the girl he cursed out once in person, however, and he damn near hides behind Eithan when he recognizes her.

He's not very proud of what he said the other day.

However, he doesn't let the panic sit on his face; he tries to feign apathy.]

Oh, it's you. Can you actually do anything, or are you here to get eaten by monsters?

In the hierarchy of monsters, it's survival of the fittest. [ Lancer flashes him a knowing smirk. ]

Even if I'm regarded as a monster, it's the expected duty of a countess to help out those in need.

[ Holding out her microphone stand, the seemingly useless object changes appearances to reveal what it truly is: a spear. What a suitable weapon to use under water. Not that the water around her seems to affect her as her dress and hair seem to be falling properly around her as though she were on land. ]

Are you calling yourself a monster? [He looks her over.] I didn't know they were supposed to be so... girly.

[Though, her mic stand turns into a lance and he is, in fact, surprised enough to say something.]

Oh. Perhaps I underestimated you, Lady Cupcake.

I'm just saying what's on everyone's mind. [ She's here to prove that she's not a monster, in a roundabout way. ]

Are you going to send me a party invite or should I just invite myself? I heard a tale once where a king and queen didn't invite a very powerful lady to their daughter's christening so she cursed them. I don't really want to have to curse you.

[Well, she looks capable. He won't be sure until they actually see some action.]

I thought you already invited yourself, and I hear no objections from the others... so I guess you're coming with us.

But if you get in my way, I'll make sure to turn you into a fish and feed you to a shark. Understood?

[He's had to be dragged along, away from his work on methods of methods for a code for the Interceptor fleet that he would pass along for others to modify until they had something that Atroma hopefully wouldn't crack or intercept.

Unfortunately, he had no really convincing arguments as to why he shouldn't join this little adventure, however much he would have liked to keep working. So he instead threw his cloak over his shoulders and let him be drawn down to the planet for this... adventure into an old temple. He wasn't sure it was his, or anyone's, place to explore this planets temples but since they had no objections-]

I don't suppose anyone has supplies, at least? We're not just leaping into this?

[ They can both thank Belth for dragging them along, at least. Perhaps there's camaraderie to be had in that? Maybe? ]

I mean, I've got some first aid stuff, but... beyond that, I dunno what to prepare for. What were you thinkin'? Should we go do some shoppin' first, you think?

[ ~~Give him an excuse to go back. Please.~~ ]

[Camaraderie for all! And luckily, it's not the first time Khadgar's been dragged along somewhere. ~~Medivh. Maglor.~~]

I'm not sure we have time now. [Hm.] First aid is good though. Maybe we'll find some fish?

[~~Take him with you.~~]

Supplies? [Yuan tilts his head, considering.] I have my sword, but there isn't really any place to buy battle medicines here, as far as I can tell. We'll just have to fall back if someone gets hurt, unless one of you knows healing magic.

[Someone seems to have forgotten that most people need to eat more than once every few days.]

I... I thought about packing lunch, but in the end, I couldn't figure out how to waterproof pastries. Do you have any ideas, Khadgar?

[He pats his shoulder bag.]

I did craft a few potions for the journey. If anyone needs healing, I have salve as well.

And I'm decent at basic first aid. [Apprentices got a little reckless sometimes. And magical burns are a bitch.]

Everything is underwater so fish would be plentiful at least? And maybe this planet has fruit that grow underwater.

Yes... it would be a bit slapdash, but doable. No worse than camping. A lightning spell could be localized enough to only affect the fish... though it would still end up dangerous without the right precautions.

I could still try conjuring, though.

Supplies? [ This is the face of someone who doesn't really need the basics like food or sleep. They help her recover, sure, but they're also mostly unnecessary. ]

You don't need anything like that, right? Let's just go.

[All he can do for the moment is stare at her, mind going back to the massive horns and fel flames that distorted the Guardian's body shortly before he'd been brought by Atroma. Except she's different enough- so much pink- that he can only hold onto that for a moment.]

We don't know how long this might take, we might need some. Yes.

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[ This temple is massive in scale. They've been here a while now, and he's pretty sure they've barely even seen everything. Not only that, but with how narrow and winding most of the corridors are, and how full (of traps and bullshit puzzles) all of the rooms are, the whole place is just so claustrophobic, it's ridiculous. Of course, if you ask Eithan, being underwater makes the closed-in feeling all the more prevalent. But he might be biased.

One stupidly narrow hallway leads them into a stupidly cluttered room, as is typical. What isn't typical, however, is the light - patches of it, in fact, filtering in through gaps in the ceiling. It's one of the first thing Eithan notices. Well, that's worth investigating! He starts toward the closest "illuminated" space on the floor, curious to see if it's pointing out anything in particular or if it just happens to be this way...

But once someone in their merry band of misfits tries to walk by him, onto the shadowed patch of floor next to the light, Eithan's demonic reflexes kick in (thank the Goddess) and he grabs them by the shoulder, yanks them back and away before--

shnk!!

Yep. Spikes. They pop right up out of the tile, almost instantly.

He stares at them for a moment, then nods at whoever he just grabbed before letting go again. ]

Careful, yeah? No idea what this means, but... I think we've gotta figure it out and watch our steps if we're gonna get any deeper.

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Edited (GRAMMAR OH MY GOD.) 2017-03-12 09:16 (UTC)

[The tiny mage squawks indignantly as he's grabbed by the collar like some kind of runaway kitten. He's about to scream at Eithan but then there are spikes and he realizes that his friend did, in fact, just save his ass.]

By the Light!

[YIKES.]

So stepping on something that isn't illuminated will trigger a trap... Look, do you see the patterns? Different tiles have different markings on them. The one we're on is a blue rune, but the one I stepped on is a gray arrow-- do you see?

[ SORRY BELTH. But better yanked than skewered?? ]

Welcome.

[ Well, he sees now. He hums, thoughtful, grabs a rock and pitches it over the same tile. And yep -- spikes. ]

Looks like it's not just steppin' on it. Swimmin's out. [ He crosses his arms, looks to Belth. ] So... only stay over the blue runes, no matter what?

Hmm. [Yuan knows temple puzzles usually plan around shortcuts, but also he has some abilities that couldn't really be expected from the locals. A moment's focus has him extending sparkling, translucent pink wings from his back, and a few breaths later he teleports onto an illuminated tile visible from where they're standing that's about halfway through the room, leaving a few pink feathers drifting to the ground in his wake.

He pauses there tensely for a moment, ready for another trap. When no attack comes, he calls back to the others.]

Looks like I can scout things out this way. It'll be a pain if I have to ferry you all through this one by one, though.

Oh! You can blink like a mage! I suppose we could all find our way across, then, except...

[He glances over at Eithan.]

... I don't suppose you have a natural aptitude for warping space and time?

[Khadgar watches in silence, wishing he had something to write runes with when Yuan 'blink's' into a patch of light. And then swiftly recalling when he and Belthazar met, the criticism at still needing runes, and the fact that the Guardian had easily teleported three people from Karazhan to Stormwind.

And he'd beaten the Guardian and whatever demon had possessed him. If Mesdivh could do it...]

I can teleport, I know you can to. I believe I can imitate the Guardians technique without Atiesh.

[Or-]

Or I can try to make a shield covering the spaces between safe tiles. Even demons claws have trouble getting through one, I doubt these spikes could match that.

[ He watches Yuan teleport effortlessly - that's pretty convenient! But that's for psychics, in his world. Eithan's no psychic. So... he's pretty much stuck.

He looks at Belth... and deadpans, ] You know, I think I left that in my other coat.

[ Sigh.

He listens to Khadgar, and. Welp. Okay, looks like Eithan's definitely a liability for this one! Doesn't feel great. So he pushes a hand through his hair, starts looking all around the room, trying to see what he can figure out from this position. ]

Yeah, since I'm clearly not teleportin'... [ He looks over to Yuan. ] Can you see anything that'll like, turn the spikes off? Or at least tell me where to step? [ Then, to Khadgar: ] Otherwise, yeah, I might have to take you up on that shieldin' thing. Or somethin'.

[Yuan looks around, and spots something.] There is some kind of a switch over here. Let me just... [Another shimmery effect, and he teleports somewhere out of sight of the party now - his voice is slightly muffled as he calls back to the others.] I'm pressing it now, look around.

[The effect isn't hard to notice, though: the spikes immediately shoot out of their hiding places all at once, and then slowly retract.]

...Well, that was...

[Shoonk! And after about ten seconds, they do it again.] ...The switch flips two ways. I can probably turn that back off.

[Belth snorts at Eithan's dry as hell delivery.] Right, of course. My apologies.

[Then Yuan teleports away, only to change the puzzle drastically. Belth squeaks at the SUDDEN ONSLAUGHT OF SPIKES.] By the Light! Turn that off!

[That taken care of, he takes a moment to calm down and keep thinking.]

A shield could work. I don't trust any variation of slow-fall to help us swim across. [He bites his bottom lip, judging the distance.] A short-range portal could also do the trick.

[He glances at Khadgar.]

It may be necessary for one of us to keep the portal open on each side, but I know we could do it.

Edited (oops forgot to respond to that) 2017-03-23 20:53 (UTC)

Fuck--!

[ At least it's not a squeak?? But he does put a hand over his heart as he exhales. Geez, at least no one was standing somewhere dangerous! ] U-Uhh, yeah, off, please? 's probably best. Thanks.

[ Bless you, Yuan.

He listens to Belthazar pitch his idea, nods along, understanding - he knows about portals, they're what mages and scientists created together to connect the realms back home - so he's not at all confused, at least! Just impressed that it could be done so easily here. ]

I'm up for portal attempts if y'all are, honestly.

[Khadgar's impulse is to throw himself backwards, away from the spikes he's clearly in no danger from.] Please! Yes turn them off!

[Before someone slips and gets shanked.

Belthazar has good thinking though. They could fairly easily two-way portal this. They're both talented enough mages. It really makes hm wish they were from the same time, they probably could have pushed each other a lot in the Kirin Tor.]

I think we could, yeah. Let's try it, otherwise we came all this way for nothing.

[Yuan flips the switch back the other way while they discuss portals, and shows up back with the group in another burst of feathers.]

I don't know anything about 'portals', but if there's a way I can contribute power safely, I'll do what I can.

[He waits until Yuan is safely nearby just in case something goes wrong. It's important to stay together.]

All right. I'm going to conjure a portal and go through it. It should keep going for a few seconds, but after that it will try to unravel. I'll be able to keep it up at the exit, but Khadgar-- I need you to support this side until Eithan is through.

After that, you can either jump through yourself or blink across, it matters not.

[He holds out his hands, then, and begins conjuring. There's a distinct shift in the way the water feels, as if someone is warping it around without actually touching it. Tendrils of magic both visible and invisible coalesce into a small ball between his hands, and then he widens it, until a little window appears. The shimmer looks like the other side of the puzzle, where of course another portal has appeared.]

Oh, and one more thing. [He looks at Eithan.] Hold your breath and try not to throw up. It never ends well.

[And in he goes!

Belth pops out on the other side without incident. The portal starts to fizzle out, but Belth immediately resumes spellcasting on his end, and it seems to stabilize for the moment. He could probably do this by himself-- probably-- but he'd deplete the rest of his mana, and he doesn't want to approach that topic with Khadgar around. Not yet.

Better to just split the work.]

I'm not great at blinking yet.

[So he'll probably end up hopping through the portal. As soon as Belthazar is through and starts stabilizing his side, Khadgar sets to stabilizing his, letting his own magic slip in and around the portal.

It takes a moment before he's comfortable with how the portal is settled and he nods to Eithan.]

It's ready when you are. Remember Belthazar's tip.

[ Well, this is all incredibly interesting! And no, that's not sarcasm. For once. Eithan can feel the way the magic warps and bends, and he watches as the portal is stretched into being. Consider him duly impressed. Though when Belth gives him that little piece of advice, Eithan just... blinks. ]

... 's it really that bad?

[ It's not that bad back home... Then again, those are professionally constructed, carefully planned-out portals between the realms, not something people just, well, poofed into being like that.

He waits for Khadgar to be ready - though he does blink again at the mention of Belth's tip. ]

Uh, okay?

[ Here goes nothing! He takes a deep breath, holds it, and in he goes.

... And wow, no, that's not like the portals back home, that's pretty damn unpleasant. Wow. He pops out safely on the other side, letting out that breath he was holding along with a noise of disgust. ]

Dear Miina, holy fuckin' hell.

[ Okay. Well. World's spinning a little, but! No big deal. Yeah. ... At least he's not gonna throw up??? ]

[Eithan pops out on the other side looking a bit like his stomach has been twisted inside out and shoved into another dimension, and it kinda has. Belth gives him a smile of sympathy.]

Wormholes. You'll be okay in a minute.

[He keeps channeling mana into the portal.]

Come on, you two! I am going to outlive half of you if you take any longer!

[Yuan was distracted by the feel of magic doing things he's never seen done - at least not on such a small scale. Belth's call reminds him that he needs to step through, and he does so a little apprehensively.

It's not much worse than teleporting, really. But he's also grateful he doesn't need to eat often.]

I really doubt that, kid.

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mages LFG water temple

entrance | introductions

open, also hi guys she is just force joining your party

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puzzles | combat

spiiiikes! and a light puzzle!

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