That was a bit more of a ride than Hermia had bargained for. She shivers and picks at her now matted hair before managing a nod.
With a flutter her wings are dry. Mostly anyways.
Your wings are cold--so cold. This world has its grip on you.
The human sits down under a tree and brushes clean an area of dirt, setting the knife down on top of the fish.
He then gets out another knife, and chops a set of branches. You expect him to start a fire the old-fashioned way, but then he does something different, after collecting a pile of twigs and wood on the ground. He gets out his sword, and stabs it into the earth.
"Lend me thy spirit," he says calmly. The sword glows brightly and fires a beam of light at the woodpile, setting it alight.
"I don't plan to eat it here," he says, roasting the fish over the fire.
"But that fallen star might delay us, depending on what's inside."Name: Hermia.
Trinket: A silver spoon.
Wing Color/Style: The wings of a crow.
Hair Color/Style: Black as night, long with flow, strong bangs. Complements silver eyes.
Outfit: Tight leather pants, some masculine leather boots, a deep red wool sweater with good volume and a silver necklace. She wears black gloves.
Fairy Alignment: Confusion
Natural Element: Lykathium
Night's Gaze - Can reduce the temperature of substances
Blindness - Can negate a creature's senses
Illusion - Can replace a single thought or object at a time in someone's mind
Shadow Hands - Can project limbs out of darkness within a short range
Astral Knowledge - Can lift the veil of the future (divination)
In the other conversation, it seems like there's another fairy! You hear her say, "You there! Fix up some refreshments, will you? Some squishy things with meat inside them, por favor!"
The man hears the call. "Sorry, her Highness calls!" he says to you, revealing where his true loyalty lies.
You find yourself without an audience.
The man did say something about his companion having sandstone sculptures. That thought hangs in your mind.
Name: Hildegard
Trinket: A small lump of sandstone.
Wing Color/Style: Brown, speckled owl's wings.
Hair Color/Style: Long beige hair tied in a flowing ponytail.
Outfit: Practical work outfit in shades of tan, with trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, and a jacket over it.
Fairy Alignment: Wonder
Natural Element: Cthonium
Soulsteel - Can coat objects in a thin layer of iron
Earthblight - Can inflict a slow, petrifying disease on living objects
Crystalize - Can cause minerals and rocks to reorganize themselves
Tremors - Can create a minor earthquake, cause an avalanche, or trigger a rockslide
Earthsoul - Can animate puppets out of sand or pebbles
"There we go. All that's needed now is some snacks."
Yuktuk snaps her fingers at the butler-man.
"You there! Fix up some refreshments, will you? Some squishy things with meat inside them, por favor!"
Take control of the situation!
"What is this?" Butler-man asks, flummoxed about the pint-sized orders coming from a pint-sized flying... person... thing. He is quick to point out the difference in rank.
"You must have mistaken me--this young woman is princess Bryn Lockmoor, to whom we owe our respect and our servitude. But a hired servant I am not--I am a salesman at the bazaar, so if you would be so kind as to explain why I have to make meat dumplings..."
"Why don't you? This is a reunion!" said Seren.
Bryn looks up at the sky, expecting to find the sun and determine time of day, but finds none. There is no sun.
"This is all just a sick illusion."Bryn Lockmoor: Questioning Reality.
"Seren," age two: Eager!
Butler-man: Indignant.
Name: Yuktuk
Trinket: a ball of blue lint grown fat over weeks upon weeks of neglect.
Wing Color/Style: white, stringy and plantlike, like somebody's stuck two flexible dandelion parachutes into her back.
Hair Color/Style: blue and uncannily reminiscent of a troll doll's plumage
Outfit: an oversized, loosely woven silvery dress, no shoes, a black sooty bead on a string around her neck
Fairy Alignment: Excitement
Natural Element: Aurium
Electricity - Can emit a small electric shock that causes pain
Featherweight - Can rob an object of most of its weight through contact
Codex of Knowledge - Can answer questions about the sciences
Transmutation - Can transform substances into inert metals
Atom Clock - Can halt time for short periods
"Lets see now, how am I going to get through?" she pondered before a idea came to her.
Transform into spider and fit through the gate, then resume fairy form and check out the man who appears to be sprawled on the ground.
Ah yes, the gate must be there for a reason. Put there by fairies, clearly meant to keep fairies out. Fairies that can't transform into spiders, that is.
You don't actually need to, because both you and the object of interest are outside the gate, but it's good to have that power in any capacity.
The man sprawled on the ground seems weak. But he isn't dead--he breaths slowly, but regularly. You notice he is wearing a plaid robe, green and black, and a bag of coin at his waist. Well-off or not, depends on the society. But he does seem to need a doctor.
You hear shrill voices from inside the green house.
...laughing?
Name: Lilth
Trinket: Violet and silvery matching pair of ribbons for wearing.
Wing Color/Style: Two pairs of violet silvery, flower like.
Hair Color/Style: Violet and silver flowing hair, in a celtic braid.
Outfit: A elegant black dress with matching heels, red twin flowing ribbon traveling length of her dress to her arms.
Fairy Alignment: Suprise
Natural Element: Enkorium
Trance - Can suppress a creature's higher thoughts, while amplifying others
Deep Magic - Can speak to animals and inanimate objects
Mindreader (basic) - Can sense emotions from a distance
Animation - Can control inanimate objects that are wrapped in wire
Shapeshift - Can take the form of a similarly-sized animal, and grant the same power to a human.
(Sorry about that!)
"Why was I not expected? Am I... abnormal?" Bors looks around, and attemtps to communicate with the bed. "Can you help me learn?"
"You are... well...""An Earthseeker! Like, a fairy that can go between worlds, right? That's what I always heard.""He was probably born from that book, so you're right..." she refers to the giant book you're carrying.
"Yeah, just send him across. Have him make a mirror on their side, and we'll make one on our side."Meanwhile you commune with the bed.
Heavy... it moans.
So heavy... if you help me, I will help you, yes? Please get this... thing off of me...Name: Bors
Trinket: A grey leather journal, the last three pages blank, save for a large winestain.
Wing Color/Style: Bor's wings seem more mechanical, made up of a combination of paper and wire.
Hair Color/Style: Black, with streaks of grey and white.
Outfit: A dark grey leather cloak.
Fairy Alignment: Curiosity
Natural Element: Enkorium
Trance - Can suppress a creature's higher thoughts, while amplifying others
Deep Magic - Can speak to animals and inanimate objects
Codex of Knowledge - Can answer questions about the sciences
Transmutation - Can transform substances into inert metals
Animation - Can control inanimate objects that are wrapped in wire
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Topic: False Illusion - Step Past the Mirror - IC (Read 14418 times)