[ We find Nebby and Fyril standing in a path through the forest, being stared down by a dragon that isn't a dragon because it's a Jabberwock instead, although Nebby and Fyril don't know this because they don't read enough Lewis Carrol. ] [ The dragon writhes, and then the two feel themselves infused with energy! As well as knowledge; Nebby somehow just knows, now, where Ada will be and how to get there. ] [ The dragon that isn't a dragon (which Nebby and Fyril don't know) then disappears, it's power apparently spent. Then, even as Fyril is marvelling at what just happened, an unusually large acorn - like, mellon-sided - falls on his head, knocking him immediately unconscious. ] [ Too bad the Jabberwock's gone, or it might've been able to do something about that. ] [ Session Start! ] * Nebrinel shakes her head, and turns to Fyril, stretching now that she doesn't feel miserable. "Well, that's better. We shoul--" She eyes Fyril with a frown. "You need to work on your danger sense." [Fyril, being a deep thinker, declines to say anything on the matter.] ( More like 'deep sleeper' ) * Nebrinel walks over to Fyril, and mutters, picking him up and slinging him over her shoulder. "Right. Time to go, then." She starts jogging as fast as she can, holding him over her right shoulder, for she is strong. Zoom! (I wanna see Nebrinel say that. "I jog as fast as I can, holding Fyril over my right shoulder, for I am strong! Zoom!") [ Nebby jogs! And jogs. And man, ain't it funny how people are always heavier than they look? Ah well. ] * Nebrinel mutters, "No more training over dinner for you." [ Soon, Nebby sees a clearing in sight with a river or gorge running across it. There is a bridge across the gorge, but on it is standing an immense fellow with a great big club. He looks really, really ugly, too, as he stands there and blocks Nebby's way. ] * Nebrinel's eyes widen, and she snaps her fingers on her left (free) hand. "Right, money." She reaches into cleavage-space and pulls out a gold coin, throwing it at him and yelling, "In a hurry, here!" [ The big thing catches the coin and smiles appreciatively. ^_^ "Hey, thanks youse. Youse okay fer Faerie. ...uh, he okay?" He nods at the unconscious person on Nebby's back. ] * Nebrinel grins. "Okay enough. Dangerous trees in these parts." * Nebrinel runs on! [ "Oh, okay. Hope he wake soon, den." ] * Nebrinel mutters, "So do I." [ He waves once Nebby's past him. "Good luck savin' ya friend! An' keepin' him safe!" He begins whistling idly and poorly. ] * Nebrinel keeps going towards where she needs to, as fast as she can while carrying the young elven thief. ( Oh, did Yu forget to mention that the acorn turned Fyril into a giant squirrel? ) (I just bought the first season of Rocky and Bullwinkle on DVD. ^_^) (I am not a moose.) [ Nebby comes into view of her destination just in time to see Sei and Ethan go in under the waterfall and into the cave mouth! ] [ If she drops Fyril and hurries, she can catch up to them! Probably. ] [She also sees, weirdly enough, an extremely small person with butterfly wings near the opening to the clearing the cave and waterfall are in.] * Nebrinel mutters. "Stupid Fyril." She starts slowing down a little as she runs to the cave. "I'll never catch up with them." [ There's an incline leading up the the cave entrance. Might be hard to climb with someone on your back. ] (Think he's giving you a hint, Nebbie? ;P) (Maybe.) * Nebrinel stops at the incline, and lifts Fyril off her shoulder with a grunt. "Alright, that's it. You're staying here, and it's your own fault." [ The miniature person flies over and peers curiously at Fyril. ] * Nebrinel eyes the miniature person. "Hello. You aren't planning on summoning things to eat the Faerie, are you? I really must go." [ The pixie blinks at Nebrinel. "Sey'ma-fa. An... no? He safe." ] * Nebrinel eyes the pixie, and shrugs, pulling out Plaguebringer and her backup sword. "Good enough for me. I'll be back for him later, okay?" [ The pixie hides behind Fyril the second Nebby pulls out her evil hate-filled sword of doom. Must not see many of those. ] ... Fear works. * Nebrinel eyes the cave, and starts up the hill, weapons bared. [ Nebby goes in! Meanwhile, further into the cave, Sei and Ethan are tromping along! Ethan's grown again, too, distressingly enough. ] * Ethan rubs his temples as he walks along, twirling his glaive. The twirling seems a bit more... intense than normal, and Ethan himself seems distracted. * Sei follows Ethan, looking a bit more worried. Man it's hot in here... *wipes his brow* I'm sweatin' like hell. Hmm...how much farther is it? * Ethan brings his free hand to his stomach, and wobbles a bit, still unaware of his growth spurt. "Dunno... not sure." * Sei nods. "You feeling okay...?" ... not really, no. Heart's goin' a mile a minute, brain seems like it's filled with peanut butter... Should we turn back? That really doesn't sound good. * Ethan pounds the blunt end of his glaive against a nearby wall, hard enough to knock off a chunk of rock. "NO! ... no. We gotta make sure Ada's okay." [ Ethan's muscles bulge and ripple unnaturally, almost like they're trying to get past that pesky skin that's holding 'em in place. ] * Sei nods. Er...Ethan? I think it's happening again. * Ethan keeps moving, using his glaive almost like a walking stick. "What's happening?" It looks like you're growing very quickly. Huh? What're you tal- *looks down at himself* ... hey, when'd I get so big? * Sei nods. "It was happening slowly, but..." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 6. * Ethan eyes Pantryfiller. "No. Nononono. No you don't. Not now. Not fucking now!" Nebby shows up! And it's time for you three to roll init! ... Sei. Something's happening... you need to run. Fast. NOW. *falls to one knee, growling* d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (d6+9) and gets 12. Right! * Sei turns - d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (d6+8) and gets 13. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (d6+5) and gets 7. [ Ethan, Nebby, Sei! GO! ] * Sei blinks, and looks down at his sword. * Ethan backs away from Sei as fast as he can, further into the cave. "Get back now... fucking curse... dammit! So angry... c'mon, spleen! Vent, already!" [ Nebby, go! ] * Nebrinel comes storming in, swords at the ready. "What in the hell is going on?" Nebrinel?! Yeah, people trying to kill us, Xivilai sent me, we'll catch up on the details later. [ Sei, go! ] * Nebrinel eyes Ethan warily, but not knowing what the hell is going on makes it hard to act. So. * Sei backs further away, with Nebrinel between him and Ethan. "This place is making his curse go out of control. He's not himself." ( Using Nebby as a shield? How gallant. =P ) We should get out of here. (Ungallant, but realistic.) * Sei blinks, and draws his sword, then peers at it. "What?" * Nebrinel snorts. "Like hell. If I don't bring Ada back to Xivilai, I'm on the run for the rest of my life from more people." She continues eying Ethan. "What to what?" (She has not eyes in the back of her head!) [ The white half of Denlar's Healing Blade is glowing brightly. ] The Healing Blade... [ And now it's Ethan's turn again! ] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Ethan suddenly freezes, stops running away from Nebby and Sei... and sloooooowly turns back towards them. "... more bad people. Want to hurt me. Want to hurt Ada. Ada wants to hurt me too. Dunno why. Can't let bad people hurt Ada, though... can't!" * Ethan walks, hunched over, growling, towards Nebby. "Get back! Not gonna let you hurt me, hurt Ada!" *slashes once horizontally at Nebby* 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 4. [ Nebby needs melee defence! ] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-3) and gets 6. [ Ethan attacks savagely, and Nebrinel's attempt to parry the blow is only partially successful! ] * Ethan swings again. His attacks lack any of the skill and precision that Ethan normally wields, but he seems to be relying on pure rage instead, and it ain't doing half bad. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 3. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-1) and gets 10. [ Ethan's next attack wrecks Nebrinel, cutting into her ribs from the side and making a really awful noise. ] [ And it's now Nebby's turn! ] (XMMS: Devil Went Down to Georgia) (I want that. Share.) * Nebrinel falls back, and coughs up some blood, so now her face matches the color of the right side of her body. "By all the gods!" She backs away two steps, and presses her right hand to her side. "Heal, dammit." ( Yes, Virginia, Ethan is no fun to fight in melee. ) 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-8) and gets -2. (Yeah. Go DS.) [ Nebby gets to fixing herself! Sei, go! ] * Nebrinel is almost completely healed! Still bloodied, though. She snarls. "Must not be rested up enough. No more kid gloves." * Sei runs forward, and swings the healing side of his blade at Ethan. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (2d6-5) and gets 1. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 4. [ Sei swings his sword true! ...well, actually, the sword really swings Sei, but the result is the same; Ethan is hit with the white, beneficial side of the blade! The sword passes through him harmlessly, emitting a great deal of white light as it does so! ] 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-4) and gets 1. * Ethan freezes for a moment, then staggers backward, clutching his head. After a moment of staggering around, he falls to one knee, shivering... then looks up. "... oh fuck. I lost control again." [ Ethan looks okay! ] * Sei sheathes his sword slowly, turns around, and casts Cure on Nebrinel. "No permanent harm done, though." [ Combat over! Move move move! ] * Nebrinel frowns, and wipes blood from her chin. "Yes, you did." * Ethan grabs his glaive with both hands and, with *great* effort, pulls himself up to a standing position. "... Nebrinel? What're you doing here?" * Nebrinel says angrily. "This isn't the only threat in town, so to speak. The sooner we find Ada and get her back to Xivilai, the better, for all our sakes. If you can keep from killing us for just a few more minutes, of course." * Sei looks down at his sword. "I have no idea what it did just then..." ... sorry. My curse... I couldn't control... dammit, no excuses. Sorry. When this is over, you can punch me in the face a few times. No soul sucking, though. * Nebrinel slips back to a deadpan. "We'll work it out. Now, if you would get out of the way so we can continue?" She gestures appropriately. * Sei nods. "Let's go." * Ethan looks down. "Why am I still bigg-" *shakes head* "... nevermind. I'll figure this out AFTER we finish this up." * Ethan spares one last apologetic look at Nebby, then makes with the moving fast through the cave. So who the hell is after us now? * Sei follows Ethan, as fast as he can. [ Ethan slowly starts losing mass. This is probably a good sign. ] * Nebrinel speeds through the cave, weapons still out. "The elf we fought back in Menevia has not forgotten about our weapons. A great nearly unkillable evil who is nearly immune to everything but great weapons, at the heart of the empire. There will be more details as they become relevant." The fact that he is after anyone who he believes to have a great weapon, however, is of the most importance to you. ... well, on the bright side, he might solve my Sadira problem. ...how can I possibly respond to that? Other than by cursing. [ Our Heroes come around a corner to see Ada! ...in combat! With some thing that looks like a woman, but with the lower half of a snake and six arms! The thing lashes out at Ada with all six arms, which sharpen into points and extend swiftly towards her! ] * Nebrinel says bluntly, "Cursing works." Then she comes upon the combat. "Well well." [ Ada manages to dodge, and then gets out of the way just in time to avoid the shower of rock that is loosed by the thing freeing it's hands! And now you all need to roll initiative! ] d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (d6+9) and gets 12. * Ethan skips the witty banter, settling for a simple combination of yelling "ADA!" and charging full-speed. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (d6+5) and gets 11. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (d6+8) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (d6+7) and gets 9. * Sei decides that the charging part sounds like a good plan. [ Order: Thing, Nebby, Sei, Ethan, Ada! ] * Ada snarls at the thing, hands pressed together, then jerks her head towards the sound. She looks furious. "What are you doing here!" * Ethan unfortunately still is a bit woozy, and gets a fantastically crappy start. "Saving you from the snake woman with the six arms!" [ The thing scowls your way as you come into view. "Pheh. You disappoint me, human. I'd hoped you would kill them, or at least delay them longer." She casts a spell! ] [ A ball of something red and black and unpleasant-looking energy flies towards the three newcomers, impacting more or less in the middle of them and exploding! They all need defense rolls! ] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 3. [ Everyone but Sei gets out of the way in time to avoid the blast! When the dust clears, Sei is still intact behind the disappating remnants of his Air Valm spell. ] [ Nebby, Go! ] * Nebrinel lands from her dodging, and says, "Sent by a dragon and your master both, I could not very well refuse, or allow you to die. Vacuum Blade!" She gestures with her right hand, and a wave slashes through the air at the snake. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-5) and gets 0. (That's probably a success, I think.) ... you're the one who's been making me go nuts? Oh, I'm gonna turn you into a pair of shoes for that! [ The blade slashes into the thing, cutting it in half!... for a while. It's top half lands back on it's lower half with a sort of wet *plop* and it's almost as good as new, if you discount the blood and flesh that were torn loose in the attack. ] I'm touched. [ Sei, go! ] * Sei re-casts Air Valm, moving to the side of the group. [ Ethan, go! ] * Ethan charges in, trying to interpose himself between Ada and the snake lady. "I'm nuts enough as is without you messin' with my head! So STAY THE HELL OUT!" *stabs upward at its neck, then turns, spins, and slashes diagonally along its torso* 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 2. [ The thing laughs, evading the first shot easily but getting cut open by the second... not that it seems to bother it too much. "Ha! Do you honestly think I care at all about what you do and don't want me to do, foolish human?" ] [ Ada, go! ] * Ethan just growls. He's evidentally not in a bantering mood. * Ada isn't, either. She just spreads those hands apart, the crackling black energy forming between, and hurls it at the demon with a scream not entirely unlike Nebrinel's usual tactic. "Void Spike!" 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 4. [ The black crackling energy goes right through the demon, doing absolutely nothing! Apparently, anyway. ] [ The demon, meanwhile, reaches out with all six arms for Ethan! Ethan, defend! ] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 9, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts, either." ( ... yep, that's my Dicey. Back to one critfail/game. ) (Oooh, that's gotta sting!) (Only one?) ( At minimum. ) (I think Dicey's celebrating being back with ND by being a new and annoying bot. It's like a new lease on life.) ( Nah, it's always done this to me. =P ) [ Ethan's hand is wrapped in the arms like they were taffy! "You didn't do well as an unwilling assassin, beast. Let's see how you manage as an unwilling weapon!" And she swings Ethan at Nebby! Nebby, defend! ] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-3) and gets 4. [ Nebrinel barely gets out of the way in time to avoid being smashed! Ethan's not so lucky, and gets slammed head-first into the stone of the wall. ] ( HA! Hit him in his least-vulnerable, place. ) [ And so now, it's Nebby's turn! Go, Nebby! ] * Nebrinel waves her hand again, and a sort of liquid flame flies towards the snakewoman. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Nebrinel (2d6-5) and gets -2. [ The demon is hit square on, bursting into flames! ] [ Sei, go! ] * Sei casts Cure on himself. That's all this turn. ^_^ [ Selfish little so-and-so. Go, Ethan! ] (Hey, no one else is injured. :P) ( HELLO? Head slammed into wall? =P ) (EXCEPT ETHAN.) ( Ethan just got slammed into a wall. ;P ) (Oh, him? He'll be fine. Probably. ^_^) (*snicker*) (Nebby would be proud, if you weren't such a wimp.) * Ethan tries to cut through the 'arms' holding him, then charges and leaps foward, rearing back with Pantryfiller and trying to drive it straight through the snakelady's head. (Called shot on the 2nd) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-3) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love the smell of a crit in the morning." [ Ethan cuts himself free, then does an amazing jump and strike, the point of his glaive going straight through the demon's head and pinning it to the wall! ] (The demon's flaming head!) (It's like a grilled demon-ka-bob.) NOBODY... messes... with what passes for my sanity! [ The demon gradually slides off. "Nobody? But I already did." And once her mouth is in one piece again, she smiles. A wide smile. "And it was unbelieveably easy. You really have no idea." ] [ Meanwhile, it's Ada's turn! ] * Ada snarls, the air swirling around her and gathering in a fierce gale. She thrusts one palm towards the demon and forces it to burst forward. "Shrieking Wind!" 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 2. [The demon is hit full-force by the wind, knocking her back against the wall she was just about to get unpinned from. "How dreadfully inconvenient."] * Ada starts to draw her rapier with her other hand. "Yeah, I'm going to stop because it's fucking inconvenient." [ The demon tries reforming itself and is partially successful. "Sadly, I think I'm going to have to break off our play-date; this isn't going the way I'd hoped. I don't want to be stuck here long enough for you to actually figure out how to hurt me." ] [ The demon works it's arms in a weird sort of pattern and vanishes. ] ... why does nothing stay stabbed anymore? *muttermutter* [ Combat over! BRB! x_@ ] * Nebrinel stuffs her backup sword back in her chest, Anthy-style. "Because that's too easy." * Sei sighs, and heads over to cast Cure on Ethan. * Ethan turns back to the others, but wobbles, clutching his head. * Ada slams her sword back into its sheath, glares at where the demon stood, and starts walking steadily out the cave. Ow. Even with my thick skull, that hurt like hell... Hold still for a second...this should help. * Ethan holds still... mostly. His eyes follow Ada as she walks out. Remarkably, though, he managed to keep silent while Sei does his thing. Must be the shot to the head. * Nebrinel eyes Ada, and shakes her head. "Apparently, we interrupted something important. A pity." She eyes Plaguey, and sheathes it. * Sei finishes healing Ethan, and heads after Ada. * Ada glances back. "Thank you." She turns forward again and bites out the words, "You came to bring me home, Nebrinel?" * Ethan pauses to shake the cobwebs, then looks up at Ada. He's still not thinking extremely clearly, what with the recent brain invasion and all. In theory, yes. The elf that was involved in the battle at Menevia is an ancient form of being that is also nearly immune to anything. But Great Weapons. And he's after all of us, or so Mario says. Fyril sends his regrets at not also annoying you by helping, but he lost a battle with a falling acorn. [ Hey, those dire acorns are vicious! ] ... Sei, I think I need s'more healing. I thought I just heard Nebrinel say Fyril lost a battle with an acorn. No, Ethan, I heard it too. * Ada stops and turns around. "You talked to Mario. And Fyril fell to an acorn." ... oh, good. Then we're both going insane. At least I'll have company. * Nebrinel adds, "Yes. And you can't really blame him. It was... a very large acorn." * Nebrinel deadpans, "He must have been too tired from taking down the big metal beast to dodge. Shall we begin returning, or is there business yet here?" * Ethan idly downs a roast chicken. Yes, an entire roast chicken. Now might be a good time to remind people that Ethan is quite a bit bigger at the moment than he should be, both in terms of height and muscles. * Ada doesn't quite nod. She looks past Nebrinel for a long moment, though her voice doesn't lose its snappish quality. "Well. If you were sent to take me back, then perhaps we should go." (I guess there is!) * Sei nods. "What...happened, Ada?" * Ada goes back to walking out of the cave. "I was almost killed." * Ethan finally manages to put together a coherent thought. "... what the hell was that thing?" *starts following Ada, though not making much of an effort to catch up* * Nebrinel will follow, because empty caves are no fun. * Sei is already following. That thing was the witch. Or acting as her. ... aw cripes. So it was impersonating... cripes. Yeah. * Sei rubs his temples. "Damn..." * Nebrinel looks impassive, because she hasn't been here for the past week. "A thing like that impersonating... a witch? That would explain the changes around here." ... if it helps, next time we see her I'll skin her and use her to make you a new cloak. *weak grin* * Ada glances at Nebrinel. "You were here before?" * Nebrinel nods. "Perhaps 10 years before you were born, I would say. I couldn't afford to ignore even a rumor of magic." * Ada nods. * Ethan sighs softly as he realizes that, no, it won't help. I have to say, the place has gotten more interesting over the past 30 years. Hence my comment about the changes. Just trees and rocks before? A pixie or two? More or less. No packs of deadly giant metal dragons to destroy. * Ada nods again and keeps walking. * Nebrinel certaintly hasn't stopped. Don't forget the huge goat-eating bastard. * Nebrinel shrugs. "I must have missed that one.' Dragon-like thing. Attacked us because we weren't from around here. * Sei nods. * Nebrinel mms faintly, but doesn't respond. Was really big. With wings, even. Hit it a bunch, but it didn't wanna fall down. Didn't even scratch me... though it did gouge large crevices into my chest. That almost describes the metal dragon like beasts. Wasn't shiny, though. * Nebrinel looks down at her side, and frowns, creating a ball of water and washing the blood from her right side. "Mmm-hmm." * Ada lets Ethan take over and stays silent. * Ethan starts to say something else, but instead just falls silent and shuffles along. He's still not looking like he's entirely there. * Nebrinel frowns. "As a future note, Ada. If I weren't in the process of trying to keep Plaguebringer from revealing my position, I would have pointed out that it seemed to want to attack that snakewoman. Perhaps that is the weakness she spoke of." ... on the bright side, the fact that it was that snakewoman making me insane and psychotic, and not my curse itself, is probably a good thing. I think. Likely. Pity I don't have one. * Ada shrugs. Must be just Plaguebringer, then, 'cause Pantryfiller didn't do squat. * Ethan gives Pantryfiller the evil eye. Mine only reacted to Ethan's controlling...it's the first time I've seen it do that. * Nebrinel smiles faintly. "Pantryfiller is also not in the business of 'stealing souls', as you so colorfully put it." [ You get out of the cave! 'Cause the Gm's recovered by now. x_x ] (Aah, the sun! No, not the sun! *hsss*) (*combusts*) ( I'm meeeelting! ) Oh, and Nebrinel... you can take advantage of those punches you owe me sometime *after* the herd of cattle stopped stampeding through my skull, okay? [ So, uhm, yeah. You guys gonna walk all the way home or what? ] * Nebrinel says, "If you insist." She stretches, having washed off most of the blood. "Aah, that feels better. It has been a long day." She looks about for Fyril. * Ada is? What's the setting? Is Fyril still alive? Is the pixie there? :P [ You're outside! The pixie has been joined by about a dozen friends, and they're all seem to be having a lively debate about just what the heck Fyril is. Fyril is still alive, although blessedly unconsious. ] * Sei heads over to fix up Fyril's injuries, waving to the pixies. (He got _hit_ on the _head_ with an _acorn_. It's just subdual damage.) (Hey, can't be too careful. Or tired. z_z) * Ada looks somewhat passively at the pixies. ( Dr. Ethan, the seltzer bottle. Seltzer bottle. *SPRITZ* AAAAAAAAH! ) (...Dr. Ethan. *shudder*) * Nebrinel walks over, and pats Fyril on the head. "Found him cooking in a resturant, and now he's surrounded by a gaggle of pixies. ( "My leg hurts!" "... I see. The problem is with your spleen." "..." ) ("I'm afraid it will have to come out. *RRRRIP*") * Ethan plops down against the incline, a few feet from where Fyril is, and rests his head in his hands, letting Pantryfiller lean across his shoulder. * Ada glances at Ethan, then looks over at Nebrinel. "You can stay here if you want. I need to check something." [ The pixies wave back to Sei, and then crowd him, asking questions about Fyril. Like, why's he so short if he's a Faerie? Meanwhile, a slightly older looking one asks, curiously, "Did you manage to kill it?" ] * Nebrinel eyes Ada critically. "Are you up to defending yourself if one of the beasts shows up?" I'm afraid we didn't, but we may be able to. It's going to be angry now, though... * Ada raises an eyebrow. "Do I look tired?" She turns and heads into the woods. [ The elder pixie nods while the others go back to their debate, for lack of new evidence. "We should be safe after you leave, then. It won't need to use the forest anymore." ] * Nebrinel says, turning to the group in general. "Apparently not." * Ethan once again uses his glaive to push himself upright, then ambles shakily after Ada. Ethan, don't bother. * Ethan looks back at Nebby, smiles sadly, then keep on walking. After a few steps, though, he pitches forward and keels over face first. * Sei sighs, shakes his head, and goes to make sure Ethan's face-up and not injured. * Nebrinel shrugs helplessly. "I tried to warn you." She eyes off Ada's direction, and frowns. "If it would make you feel better, I could follow in your place." * Ethan doesn't seem to be injured. Just rather solidly unconscious. * Sei shrugs. "I'm pretty sure that we'll hear it if there's any more trouble." * Nebrinel sits down, and pulls out the components of an unfinished arrow. "More than likely." She begins fletching, waiting for Ada's return. Or Fyril to wake up. Something besides the walking dead. * Sei sits down as well, and stretches out. [ Session end! ]