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« on: June 20, 2010, 06:08:30 pm »
"Indeed... Very well, Illiath; consider your task fulfilled."
The goddess took two steps back and seemed to explode into a cloud of black smoke, which quickly dissipated, leaving only the desolate landscape of the asteroid behind.
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The mad dwarf suddenly stopped it's crazed charge down the corridors of The Library as a stronger force asserted it's control, jerking it's legs from under it like a puppet on strings and sending it stumbling. Elzeru swore sulphurously as he and the stolen tome were thrown off, but sighed with relief when they landed on a sheet of ice that ran down the corridor, losing little of their former momentum. He turned and saluted up to the rafters where his fellow Fey hid; she winked back at him.
Ohhh yeah. Life was good.
Even better then he expected, in fact: his heart swelled with hope as the shadows coalesced ahead, and Satae emerged from them. He'd actually pulled this off!
"Ah, Mistress! I--"
She raised a quizzical eyebrow, and he noted with mild surprise that he seemed to be falling through the floor.
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Satae scuffed her foot across the tear on space, sealing it. Whatever her minions were up to, it was a matter for another time- now, she had business to attend to.
"Servant, summon your master. I desire to speak with him, of a matter he will find of great interest." She said, hailing a passing Librarian.