MoonLight, Deepest Night, Within the Glade a Maiden Dances

NathreeDe'Shezbron · Post by **NathreeDe'Shezbron** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:21 am

Zazzt came to Lothir, "Hmm, this one is unknown to me. Perhaps..." Zazzt walked over to the mage, "Seems fairly recent... that is even more unsettling." He turned to Lothir, "Perhaps it wasn't you, or your swords that opened the door, it is possible, as with any door, to force it open, and where devils are concerned, I suppose nothing is impossible..." He turned back, stoking his chin, "One Hells of a devil though... Nice spell though." He turned back to Lothir, smiling.

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:35 pm

"Yeah, nice spell. Which one is it?" he asked. "Anyway, if he killed a high mage, it must've been one strong one... Or a swarm." he said to Zazzt. "Say, if we left the door open, I bet they could swarm the place." he said, as he pocketed the dead mage's money.

Aylstra Illianniis · Post by **Aylstra Illianniis** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:51 pm

The young drow rolls his eyes. "Stealing from the dead? You have no shame. Then again, I suppose he has no further use of it- still seems disrespectful though. By the by, the spell was a rather simple one- it copies any non-magical text. Handy for situations like this, don't you think?"

He starts to pace around the room, looking for signs of what killed the High Mage. Nothing yet, but still....

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:32 am

Hey, I'm desperate." he said. "And anyway, what spell is that? Name or anything?" he asked thoughtfully. "Also, you really shouldn't look for the thing that killed it without help, don't 'cha think?" he stated. "I mean really, that is like walking into spikes to check if the last person that did is OK." he said to him, seeming to have a bit of anger in his voice. "So I will come with you." he said in a way happier tone.

Aylstra Illianniis · Post by **Aylstra Illianniis** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:20 pm

Lovely, he thinks, I'm hunting some sort of devil or demon, and now I'm playing nanny to a half-wit thief.... By way of answer, he replies- "I beliece it was simply called 'scribe'. And I fight best alone, if it comes to that. You really wouldn't want to be within five feet of me once I'm in the dance- you're likely to get cut. Have you ever seen a dervish? Rather like a rage, only much more sophisticated. Pity the poor devil that becomes my dance partner."
He gives Lizarus a wicked grin, and a few quick spinning moves to demonstrate.

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:09 am

"Whatever. I still have a great sneaking skill, and it will match your swordplay." he declared. He WAS one of the only thieves in the underdark. As anyone could see, his boots were very tight wraps of black, thin leather. Made directly for sneaking, and nothing else.

"I bet you can't hear this." he said silently and gleefully, and he silently walked deeper in. "And those wily devils won't have better ears than a drow." he mumbled, walking even further in the hall.

Aylstra Illianniis · Post by **Aylstra Illianniis** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:32 pm

"No, but I'd lay down odds they can smell and see perfectly well..." he mutters, pulling up his hood and fading into the shadows. A bit of friendly rivalry, he tells himself. Nevermind that the thief's overconfidence could get them all into trouble if whatever killed the mage is still lurking about. He's been making so much noise up to now that they likely already know the party is present.

I hate not knowing what is lurking here, he thinks anxiously. It reminds him of home, where one had to watch his back- and front, AND sides- at all times for some stray dagger or spell, or crossbow bolt, or..... He shakes his head. That life is behind him now. Or at least he hopes it is. All I need now is for my homicidal sister to show up, and this would be the perfect outing, he thinks sourly.

Then he hears a sound from somewhere within the next room. There is a small plaque marked "archives" on the wall beside the door. He slips deeper into the shadows, hardly daring to breath, and peeks in....

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:09 pm

Seeing him so panicked, Lizarus took out his daggers. "Rusty," he thought. "Haven't killed in awhile." he readied himself for sneaking and stabbing, right behind Lothir. Thieves were good, and hopefully, they couldn't see, or hear Lizarus.

"But they can smell perfectly well." he thought glumly. At the moment, he was thinking on the bad side of things with the devils of the place, and that didn't cause good morale with anyone.

Aylstra Illianniis · Post by **Aylstra Illianniis** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:43 pm

He doesn't even know what he's looking for, which makes him uneasy. And then the thief's too-casual attitude is grating on him, but he says nothing. Devils are nothing to joke about, he knows. As bad as demons, in their own way, if a bit more predictable.

Cautiously, they delve deeper into the darkened room, even his darkvision having difficulty. He glances about, nerves on edge, wondering where the thing- or things- might be. And just where IS Zazzt? he wonders worriedly. He motions Lizarus to wait, as he slowly circles the room, hoping to take whatever is lurking by surprise....

NathreeDe'Shezbron · Post by **NathreeDe'Shezbron** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:36 am

Zazzt stood back by the doors, not particularly interested by the books that he had already skimmed most of them, and the ones that he had found to be of interest were safely hidden in his tower. While the others snooped around Zazzt cast a spell that probed the surrounding area... unfortunately his spell stopped just past Lothir, but within its range nothing living lurked that would cause them harm. Zazzt walked forward carefully towards Lothir, putting a hand on his shoulder just as he leaned forward, "Wait I still have to check that room." He signed in the drow hand code. He pulled out a simple wind-up toy mouse, and threw it in the room. Within moments, the little toy vanished in a burst of black fire. Zazzt winced and shrank closer to the wall. He carefully looked around the corner, and saw a large pit fiend standing just there, chuckling, the black fire just curling around its fingers, "I know you are there, fools."

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:25 pm

"That mouse sure kept us hidden." he said, fuming with anger. "Now, would you rather deep fry me, or torture me?" he said to the devil.

"Well, you know what? I'm leaving." he said, dropping his daggers to the floor. "This is just too much." he said, trying to leave the library.

NathreeDe'Shezbron · Post by **NathreeDe'Shezbron** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:02 pm

The pit fiend stood straighter, "WHAT?" it boomed, "A THIRD!!" The black fire flared through the door way again, almost frying off Zazzt's face in the process. The devil waved its hand, and a trio of lemures appeared before it. "Kill the fools," it hissed, "The book I seek is not in this room." And with a whirl of fire, it vanished. The lemures, squelched toward the doorway, unsure of what to kill.

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:51 pm

"He seemed happy to see me." he said, picking up his daggers. He picked up his daggers, and stood there for a moment.

"After the doorway is clear, I'm leaving." he said, taking out his drawn medusa scroll, and preparing for the very worst.

Aylstra Illianniis · Post by **Aylstra Illianniis** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:22 pm

"AH! And now the fun begins!" he says in a grim tone, and tosses his lute into the air, chanting a quick rhyme as he does. It hovers in mid-air, about eight feet above his head. "Play me something lively!" he says with a wave of one hand.

It begins on a fast, intense tune, and he closes his eyes for a moment, letting the sound flow over and into his being. Within seconds, he finds himself falling into the rythm and tempo of the song, and with a wild, ululating cry that sounds like something between a holwer monkey and a gale wind, he leaps into the midst of the lemures, blades drawn and flashing. Before anyone can comprehend what is happening, the drow bard has begun to spin, twist, weave, and leap in and out in what can only be described as a dance, with his two sabers slashing out in a complex pattern of death.

He slices and thrusts at the trio of devils, his blades moving so fast they almost sing. Each tries to retaliate, but he moves too fast- one moment he is between two of them, the next, pivoting away to spin around behind the third, his eyes blazing like blue flames in a kind of ecstatic frenzy somewhere between bloodlust and sheer joy.

"That boy needs a new hobby," mutters the thief, shaking his head in disbelief as he moves in from behind towrd the nearest of the disgusting devils.

"You think?" replies Zazzt. He just gapes at the suddenly insane whirlwind that is Lothir.

OOC: Hope you don't mind me takeing a small liberty with your characters, guys. I just thought that they might react that way to seeing a half-crazed bard in a dervish frenzy....

Lizarus Alkaven · Post by **Lizarus Alkaven** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:45 pm

(I perfer not to say the thing about his hobby, but I don't care about gaping.)

As he started to duck, he swiftly picked up the rusty things that are his daggers. He snuck directly behind one, and quickly stabbed it right through its chest.

Lizarus did nothing but smile, and wallked right back to the place he was standing before.