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Post by Venus on Oct 14, 2008 15:14:24 GMT -5
~I'm not sure. Not really aware of much apart from the stuff Kre sees, so I couldn't tell... how much...~ His voice stuttered out towards the end of his sentence.
~Running out of time.~
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Snarling, Rafael released a barrage of razor feathers through his black fire, down towards Isandre. She almost didn't see them coming, cutting off her fire and moving to duck and roll away. Two of the feathers hit the mark, slashing across her snout and falling just shy of her eyes. Isandre roared, and Rafael snickered.
To his left, her picked up on Neraika's losing battle. Time for intervention.
Twisting away from his fight with Isandre, who now looked decidedly bloodthirsty, crimson dripping from the twin lines marring her hide, her locked his wings and dropped towards Sheakria like a stone. The razor feathers flew again, down towards the dragoness below.
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Post by Fury on Oct 14, 2008 15:18:41 GMT -5
Esmeya turned confident. ~Then it doesn't matter. We'll have to try. Be ready Raf... You should start sensing lots of light energy soon.~
And with that Esme released her light, immense amounts radiating off her body and outwards in waves like before. This time their aim was not to keep Kre at bay but to find Rafael. ---
Sheakria roared, the feathers catching her off guard. She removed her tailspike and stumbled sideways as she felt them stab into her flesh. "Bastard! she smarled.
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Post by Serrion on Oct 14, 2008 15:22:21 GMT -5
Lich felt his energy begining to weaken. Death was a near limitless plane of power but... But there just seemed to be know end to the Hellkite's flames.
The flames around Crimson seemed to flare brighter, and it took a second to realize that something had come out of the fire. The red dragon from before seemed to have sepporated from the fire avatar, it flew into the air above the flames and then dived down. Lich cursed his luck as the other dragon came and smashed into him from above. Lich's own blast was cut short and the flames from the fire dragon burst through, engulfing the two in a burning inferno. The fire dragon did not hesitate to enter the torrent of fire.
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Post by Venus on Oct 14, 2008 15:23:38 GMT -5
A quiet snarl rippled through the silence of Kre's consciousness as Esme's light magic came into what remained of his conflicting magic. Other than that, Raf said nothing, and simply waited.
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Rafael smirked, tilting his head as he levelled off his flight, just above Sheakria. "That's me. Anything else?"
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Isandre caught what happened as she spun around to give chase after Rafael. A menacing growl slid easily from her throat, and lifting a talon to wipe away the blood from her face, she began to move slowly towards her escaped adversary. Tipping her head back, she released another torrent of sapphire flame, and navy eyes burnt with an entirely different heat to the kind coming from between her jaws.
Anger was, after all, a very powerful thing.
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Post by Serrion on Oct 14, 2008 15:28:00 GMT -5
Though the flames were too large to see through clearly, there was an obvious struggle within the burning wall. Every once in awhile the flames would twist this way and that, revealing openings in the constantly changing form. The two dragons were fighting tooth and claw, the skeletal dragon again the red scaled dragon who's eyes burned stronger than the flames. The flames would dart asside, as if cringing away as the dark claws of the skeletal dragon would slash into the golden scales of the red's chest. Then they would build up, hiding the action that changed the tide of the brutal combat, only to clear an opening to see the red dragons tail smash hard into the Lich's skull. It was hard to say who was winning, but Serrion did not look at all ready to fall.
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Post by Fury on Oct 14, 2008 15:28:05 GMT -5
Talana held herself at the ready, body held low and prepared to strike when the chance arose. It seemed that currently Serrion and Crimson had the Lich under control but it was just a matter of time before she would have her chance. She settled her weight back onto her hind legs and kept a minor swirl of magic hidden within the gold of her eyes in case it was time to use it. Ebony had taught her well as a young dragon and she was wanting to show off, test, and apply that skill. ---
Esmeya amplified her magic and continued to seek Rafael. Once it found him it began to form a lifeline, leading him away. She held it tight and steady...one slip and the magic could fade. ~Got you!~ ---
Sheakria glared at Rafael. "So you are the reason for this? Fine then. You must be a better adversary than your failure here." She was referring to Neraika. At the same time as her challenge she was distracting so that Rafael, no...Kre...wouldn't see Isandre coming.
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Post by Serrion on Oct 14, 2008 15:35:53 GMT -5
Serrion moved in the cover of the fire, at the moment it burned even him, but not as much as it burnt the skeletal dragon. He moved under the Lich's attack and rammed into the dragon with his shoulder, knocking the both out of the dieing flames and into the open. He rolled away from the Lich, who was looking not the best of shape, even for a skeleton. His bones were burnt black, a few ribs were even broken. He hissed and stood on all four legs weekly.
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Post by Venus on Oct 14, 2008 15:37:44 GMT -5
A light chuckle vibrated down the line. ~You got me, Es. Now - we have to get out. Never thought I'd be saying that about my own body, I mean come on!~
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Isandre's gaze flicked to take in the fight between Serrion and the Lich, as well as Talana waiting for her chance to strike. They had it under control. The blood ran into her eyes again, and she reached up to wipe it away. Irritating. Moving slowly, predator-like, Isandre stepped through the air until she was above Rafael.
A deep breath, a quiet murmur of a spell, and blue fire rained down like comets from the sky - towards the feathered dragon. Isandre reached out to Fenrill, who immediately cast up a barrier around Sheakria to protect her from the ensorcelled flames.
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"Well, you could always test me and find out, hm?"
His gaze caught the reflection of... something, in a puddle of water on the forest floor. He turned just in time to meet the fire with a hastily conjured barrier of his own, and another volley of feathers towards Isandre. His back was to Sheakria.
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Post by Fury on Oct 14, 2008 15:38:10 GMT -5
Talana lunged, lashing out with magic and body at the same time. Her vines snapped up from the ground as she breathed out a bunch of silver fire. To finish the strike she spun and hoped to hit the Lich with her tail spike. --- Sheakria snarled. "I am Sheakria Anacria!" She lashed out at Rafael's exposed back with her razor sharp scytheblade of a tail-spike as well as with her talons. "Take this bastard!" --- Esmeya giggled. ~Well come on then. I'll start pulling you out. Just follow the line of light.~
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Post by Serrion on Oct 14, 2008 15:42:55 GMT -5
Lich looked down at the vines trapping his legs and growled. "You think this trick will work? Didn't you realize how useless it is against me the last time you tried to-" He looked over at Talana, his words stopped and with a growl he tried to jump out of the way of her flames, but his legs were tied down by the vines. The flames engulfed him and he lashed about as well as he could with his legs tied down. Fangs biting at air and fire, tail swinging wildly, just trying to fight it, trying to fight something he couldn't. Lich's head looked strait up in in the air, his roared, a roar not so much like a normal dragon made, it was more like the wailing of thousands of dieing souls. His body went rigged, and the skeleton crumpled to the ground in a heap of dusty bones.
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Post by Venus on Oct 14, 2008 15:48:00 GMT -5
He heard the rush of air behind him, felt the currents twisting and distorting as the blade and claws sung towards him. The fire was still falling from the sky, and his thoughts danced like swordblades, clashing and separating in a matter of seconds.
The fire, the claws...
Rafael smirked, and keeping the barrier up to his front, he dropped from the sky. One of Sheakria's talons caught him on the rib, and his feathers got singed by the spelled fire that just kept on burning - but he'd dodged, for the most part. Shaking off a moment of dizziness as he felt something pulled loose in his mind, Rafael threw his wings open again, releasing yet more feathers.
"Come on - surely, you can co-ordinate better than that?"
His attention was captured immediately as he saw the apparent demise of the Lich at the hands of the Blood Dragons. He snarled, violet eyes darkening to pitch, pupil-less and terrifying.
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Raf chuckled quietly, revelling in the feeling of being pulled free of the place that had been his prison for centuries on end.
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Post by Serrion on Oct 14, 2008 15:54:54 GMT -5
Serrion's head lowered to his feet and he rested there for a moment, breathing heavily. His eyes cooled into Serrion's normal tone. He looked away from the skeleton and up to the air, where he saw an opponent was still up and flying. He growled lowly and spread his wings. ~It's not over yet Talana... I'm so tired, but I can't rest yet...~ He sent to his sister and took off into the air.
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Post by Fury on Oct 14, 2008 15:55:09 GMT -5
Sheakria growled, pulling back. She watched Rafael's movements, prepared for anything. "Bring it then. Show me what you can do if you're so good." ~Isandre we have to work together or it's useless.~ --- ~Right...~ Talana said, her mental voice tired and grim. ~So let's show this feathered monster what we Blood Dragons are made of!~ Her eyes burned in between yellow and blue, a bright green of perfect balance. ~Because both Sama and I are ready!~ she announced, wings opening. --- Esmeya pulled and pushed until she felt herself and Rafael free from the black void of Kre's mind. ~Yes!~ she rejoiced.
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Post by Serrion on Oct 14, 2008 15:57:41 GMT -5
Serrion flew up to join the others in the air. He flew up to stop next to Sheakria. He was bruised all over, burned which was a strange thing for a dragon so used to fire, and there was a nasty rend in his chest from Lich's claws. But his eyes couldn't have shown more strength.
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Post by Venus on Oct 14, 2008 16:02:32 GMT -5
Isandre's eyes darkened even more as she observed the situation, the cuts across her face cast into shadow. ~You're right, Sheakria. I think a full-on charge should be alright to get him off balance, and then we can improvise from there?~
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Rafael chuckled, moving back until he had both of the dragonesses in his view. He turned that flat, murderous gaze towards Sheakria.
"Spending a few centuries sealed beneath an island is usually pretty good for devising battle strategies. I'd very much recommend it. Very theraputic." With that, he blurred into movement, swinging around so that he was behind the emerald dragoness, claws and teeth bared.
"Ladies first."
(Heh, used that line twice in one night Fury, couldn't resist. xD)
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~Nice one Es! Now, you get out of here. I'll use the energy you've given me to materialise out there.~ He jerked his head vaguely in a random direction, indicating the outside of Kre's mind.
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