[IC] Dragon's Awakening

[Lugia]

[Robert]

"Right," I say as I feel my arm getting healed by some strange magic. Elena seemed really tired after healing me, but, after all of that, my arm was almost usable again... well, at the very least, it didn't hurt at all. Maybe time would allow the numbness to go away. Figuring that we wouldn't get attacked, and that something big was probably coming up, I sat down, and dug through my bag trying to find any food I might have brought along. Unfortunately, it seemed as if my bag was completely empty. I really hoped that the next place we went to had some sort of food. Either way, after a rest, it seemed as though we were as ready as we could be for whatever we would face next, and I got up, and say to my team "Well... this is about as ready as we'll get right now. We should move on before Carl gets any bright ideas involving that plate piece," I then head off, with Chance following me, grumbling about a lack of food and someone's empty head forgetting to pack any while he was home. I was certain that the rest of my team would follow me as well, but, I looked back just to make sure. After heading up the stairs, I find myself in a room with a giant, possibly steel, red door, and a strange glowing blue spot on the floor. "Well, if that's not ominous, then I don't know what is," Chance comments, looking at the door with a somewhat ticked off expression on his face. The blue spot looked a bit like some sort of save point, and the door looked as though it was a 'boss door', which only added to the possibility of us fighting some horribly strong monster once we get to the other side of that door.

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[Tony]

"I think we should be far enough," I say to Ralph as I continue to dig. Of course, I didn't have an idea of the layout of this place, but, with any luck, I'd just pop up in front of their leader without warning any of the guards. I use my earth magic to create a hole above me, and a second time to propel me, and possibly Deravan out of the exact hole. Once outside, I note that the place seemed to be covered in white tiles, completely contrasting with what you'd expect, but, more importantly, there was a single, iron door in front of us, and the trio of new recruits right next to it, exhausted. Tyler, the zombie dragon then spoke up, saying "We weakened him... erm, the one that's beyond the door, but he's just too tough for us," Dylan then asks "By the way, have any of you noticed a lack of guards patrolling the area?" That was odd... I've encountered a few, but apparently, these guys haven't even seen a single one... why would that be? Why would the guards stop patrolling their own base? I shook that thought for a moment, and decided that I'd deal with that later. "So, there's someone tough past this door... I'm guessing he's their leader. Let's go in, and finish him off," I then say to my group, waiting for their response before I open the door. If they weren't ready to fight someone like this, I'd understand, but, without guards, this seemed like a good time to attack someone this strong. Even if he wasn't their leader, us being able to get rid of their strongest member would definitely bring down their morale.

[Riddles]

Ralph flew upwards the moment Tony opened up the tunnel. He expected to find a room filled with guards, but this room was completely empty, save for Tyler, Dylan, and Mike.
"Where is everybody?" he asked.
He looked around the room they ended up in. He expected it to be filthy and half-demolished, just like every other building in this city. This place was surprisingly clean, though. White tiles covered the floor, walls, and roof, and there was an iron door in front of them. According to Dylan, there was a really tough enemy on the other side.
"Well, we might as well go for it." Ralph said. "There's only one guy in there, right? It would be better to finish him off now, before reinforcements arrive."

[Evanist]

As Elena took some time to rest up, she looked around the place, taking in deep breath to make sure that she would end up with enough energy to continue on the way. That healing magic had drained her so much... She felt like something bad would arrive if they didn't get to the plate soon. With how Carl seemed to be rising living dead here, it would be best to get rid of him as quick as they can before things would get bad. She moved near Robert, looking at him and then the big red door. She stares at it before walking to the blue spot, wondering what it was exactly. It seemed like a save point in those games her brother use to play. Well... she was guessing what they were looking for was after the door. Where else could it be? She looked at it for a bit.
"I am guessing we are gonna have heck of a fight waiting for us after this door.... I mean... we are kinda high up now and I am guessing we will end up fighting something big and dangerouns." she says, unsure now.

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Deravan looked around, seeing the distinct lack of guards. He growls a bit at this, having a very bad feeling about this. The iron door had a ominous feeling to it that is for sure. Just then something made him realise something. He looks at Tony.
"If there no guards... maybe... maybe they are out to go get our prisonner..." he then says worried. He knew that could be the case, and maybe that prisoner was lying all along and this was just a trap. He felt a bit stupid to have fallowed everyone to this, but they had no choice now. It was now or never. They had to react before more guards came back and possibly go and ruin their plans. And seriously, he though going underground would have been easier, but seeing how much unguarded this place was, he felt like it was going to be a trap.

[KaBling]

Shortly after Robert's wounds were quickly healed, we began moving again. Slowly this time, since there was a sense of an ambush in this clockwork tower. "So... what did you guys do before all of this?" I asked, curious to see who I was hanging out with and trying to see if they'd be similar to those in my roleplay. "You know, it would be nice to know each other before dying in this world."

As expected, we came across a door. In fact, the last door before the boss battle. Just how I described it... "Red, bolted, a fitting ornament over there..." This was all too familiar. Chances are, we could die against Carl, thanks to the way I described him. Then again, if we died, this would prove my earlier hypothesis. The walls at this point covered up more of the pipes and gears at this point, and was even quieter up here. No more gears grinding or steam hissing. It wasn't fully quiet, yet still ominous. Chance had given that a thought while I just stood there, dripping and thinking about the hell I'd put everyone soon... yet, if I were to say anything, I'd be blamed for all of this shit. "Well... anyone up for an epic boss battle?" I said rhetorically, facing everyone by turning around. "We'll get the plate alright, it's just the matter of whether we get it today or tomorrow."

[Lugia]

[Robert]

I look over to Elena, who headed towards the blue spot for whatever reason, and turn around once I hear Miles ask me about what I was doing before all of this. "Well... it's kinda funny, I was actually just about to start my first real job, and I was just about to move out of my parents' house when this whole ordeal started," I answer Miles. I then check on Elena, again, but she seems to have gone missing somehow. I would have shouted, but it seemed rude, given that Chance was just starting to answer Miles' question. "I was actually called into war. I was about to head to the base, but, well, this happened instead, and I decided that the war's kinda over now, anyways," I then finally ask "Hey, Miles, you wouldn't happen to have seen Elena anywhere, have you?" I then look around the place, knowing that we wouldn't be able to take on what I've figured out would be a boss without a full party, that, and she's the healer. I head over to the blue spot, myself and hear a feminine voice "Could you wait a moment, bird-boy? I'm in the middle of a talk with Ms. Scales," Bird-boy? I mean, I know I have feathers, and all, but I'm pretty far from a bird... right? I think as I check the wall, which looked as though it had been polished recently... somehow. That was the first time I noticed that my snout, all this time, actually sort of formed into a beak towards the tip... well, that and the fact that my arms looked like bird's talons, feathers included. I don't let this bother me, and say "Well... looks like we're going to have to wait. I mean, unless you want to head into that possible boss fight without a way to heal our wounds," Chance shakes his head, and adds "Sounds like a suicide option to me," Soon enough, the blue spot expands, and lets Elena out of... wherever she was, earlier.

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[Tony]

"We don't really have any other choice," I say to my team. I really did think of any other possible way to approach this, and none of them worked really well, well, at least, not in my head. I finally open the door, and reveal a very large, hulking monster that only vaguely resembles other dragons, and more or less resembles a giant, angry, alligator. "Who the hell-" He starts to shout before turning towards us, and smiling. "Oh, I didn't expect any new subjects, today... heh, you're a little scrawny, but you'll do," what was strange about the man was the fact that it was obvious that he experimented on himself, as there were random lumps all around his body, his right eye, and his left arm were both much larger than their counterparts, and his wings were tiny, and shriveled up for whatever reason, but thankfully, his clothing still fit... even if he was fifteen feet tall and about as wide. He then ran up to us at a surprisingly fast pace, and tried, and thankfully fails to grab me. "Huh? HEY! Your spirit's supposed to be broken! You're not supposed to fight back!" He sounded angry, and threw a punch, aiming for my face, well, given the size of his fist, the entire face, and unfortunately, he actually managed to hit me, and send me flying several feet towards his lab table. I tried to conjure up that rock spire that nearly killed Mike yesterday, but he stepped back and simply stomped on the thing, shattering it. He laughed at that, which gave me some time to shoot him, and even aim... right for his right eye. The bullet went right through its target, yet, he barely even flinched. "What... are you?" I ask, astonished, in a shaky voice. My attempts at hurting this beast seemed to be completely futile, but, perhaps one of my other teammates was capable of damaging this thing.

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<Evanist (Elena)>: As soon as you reach the blue spot, it expands, and seems to take you into another dimension, where one other creature can be seen, even if only barely. A small, blue, lizardlike creature with what appear to be similarly-colored butterfly wings. The creature looked to be only about as big as your claw, and started to speak shortly after your arrival in this strange place. "Would you like to save the game?" It asked, its voice soft and feminine. She then laughed, and said "Wait, did you actually BUY that? Anyways, my name's Crystal, and, um, I'm technically a certified general practitioner, you know, a doctor, um, OH! And, I was given the ability to heal any wounds, as well as the ability to control time (and space to a limited degree...) and I already know that this fight coming up, it's going to chew you up and spit you out, so, I've set up a spot here for you," Crystal then goes on to add "Y'see, normally, I'm actually kinda weak, but when I'm in one of these spots, well, basically, I get all those powers I just mentioned, now, why wouldn't I just put the entire world into one of these spots? Well... this dimension kinda gets a little... how should I put it... glitchy, I guess, when there's more than seven living creatures in it... it wouldn't be pretty, trust me, I've already tried," a face then appears at what would have been a wall, Robert's face, and Crystal says "Could you wait a moment, bird-boy? I'm in the middle of a talk with Ms. Scales," the face disappears, and she finishes her little speech with "Don't worry, though, I can teleport you back here if you get into some serious trouble... and I'm sure you will," you are then put back where you were, with Robert looking at you, somewhat confused.

[Evanist]

As Elena was taken in the blue spot, she stared around a bit as she looks at the small blue lizard like creature. As she says something about saving the game, Elena just facepalm..... err... claw on herself as the thing that introduce herself as Crystal was laughing. Elena stares at Crystal for a bit. She stared at Crystal through what she was saying, her being a doctor.
"Well... thanks?" she says before she saw Roberts face and Crystal said that if they were to get in trouble she could bring them back here. She looked at her before she was transported back where she was, just staring everywhere.
"Alright... that... was seriously weird..." she says, shaking her head a bit after all this.
"I was warned that something big is in the next room and that if we fall we would be back in this room. We should get ready and rest a bit before going in there I guess." she then says, shaking her head.Crystal... using her powers in places like these and controlling time and space to a degree. And how the place was glitchy. Well.... those were technically save spots....

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Deravan saw the big creature that they had to fight, with how it was so big it could crush one of them easy. He growled at this before moving quickly around, hoping to see a weak point. Just then Tony attacked the beast which did almost nothing to it. He shook his head. This was bad... really bad. He then concentrated and though about it a bit. If stones would not do anything, they needed to use something else.
"Guys, we need to try other kinds of magic then physical. It seems that he is not affected by it." he says. He then concentrated and send pulses of dark energy towards the thing, hoping to do some damage and possibly get to know what kind of magic this guy could use. If he could use darkness, then maybe he could actually use it at his advantage, attempting to destabilize him and take his energy away from him. It was a risky move, but it might work.

[Riddles]

On the other side of the door was a severely mutated dragon. His large size, disproportionate body parts, and lumps all over his body suggested he'd been experimenting on himself. He went after Tony first, and seemed surprised that he was able to fight back. Tony's attacks didn't seem to be doing much, though.
"This one's tough, isn't he?" Ralph said.
Normally, Ralph would just fly out of his reach, but the ceiling was too low for him to do that this time around. He tried to put as much distance between himself and the mutant as possible. He then shot fireballs across the room at him, hoping they would do more than Tony's attacks did.