[IC] Dragon's Awakening

[Evanist]

Elena saw Robert go pass the portal, and sighed at this. Here we go with another dangerous place. Dhe wished that they would find a safe place to be for just a bit. She guessed after all this she might be able to find some sort of safe place for a bit to regain her energy so she could fight again. she passed the portal also, looking around at the spiders that were scurrying around and away, scared by the sudden burst of fire that Robert had let out. she looked at the whole cave systems and though a bit. Her eyes were adapting to the sudden change in the light level. It seemed for her that having changed kinda made her able to see in the dark easier, cause her eyes adapted more then she though, seeing. almost as clear as in daylight. It was probably her magic reacting or something. At least she would not accidentally hit a wall while walking. She walked forwards a bit, a dark bolt in hand, ready to launch it if she saw something coming to attack.
"This place gives me the creeps. Giant spiders.... it had to be giant spiders." she then says.

[Noire]

"Rebuild society? Now, that's new." Connor muttered, staring off into the distant city. The skyline had been almost completely ruined by the rioting monsters, who had all but completely flattened every skyscraper there. "You honestly think we can save this?" He gestured toward the almost completely destroyed city. The loud, ear rending roars of riots echoed into the forest.

"I've been traveling for a good couple of hours now here." Connor said, watching as the two crawled up onto his wide shoulders. They perched on top of them comfortably, which was probably the first time that had ever happened. "I've seen whole lot of stuff out here in these past few hours." Connor began walking through the forest, swinging his arms back and forth.

"I'm sure that there are plenty of people out there who are still sane." Connor said, staring off into the city. Smoke billowed out of the rubble and ruins. "But they still riot. They see that society is breaking down, and they just decide to play along with the whole thing." Connor glanced at the two resting at his shoulders, stating between them. "Name's Connor, by the way."

Connor walked alongside the boundary between the city and the forest. He had to be careful in order for him not to venture too far into the boundaries. Several clusters of little creatures cluttered up around his feet, but they did no damage beside minor scratches. It was hard to find an area without any monsters lurking about. "Gotta be careful around here. Anything could attack."

Almost as if on cue, a Phoenix flew by, smoke flowing out of it's mouth, flames erupting from it's mouth. Connor suddenly raised his hand, his stone fist catching it. It fell to the ground, fire crackling and hissing as it faded. "Like that." Connor said, staring at it as it fell to the ground. "A lot of creatures around here are either insane or angry." Connor stomped on another small creature.

[Lugia]

[Tony]

After hearing everyone's complaints about my plan, I end up saying "Well, we can't just leave it like this can we? I'm sure we can and will find others who are willing to help us, and who will join our cause... and do you really want to live in this kind of world? Would you really like to live in a place where there are no laws, no rules, and nothing keeping anyone from brutally murdering everyone else? I know I don't." After calming down a little bit, I then ask "Would you like to join me? I, um, can't really think of a name for this group." I then remember something I saw on some random classroom wall several years back... You should always stand for what is right. Even if you're standing alone. I then await the responses of everyone else in the area, though, for some reason, looking down, I can't see the bodies of our enemies anymore... odd... where could they have gone to? It wasn't important at this time, however, and if we must defeat them again, then so be it... what was more important was the burning, the ashes, and the dust that surrounded the place, almost forcing me to put on that bandanna again, however, it wasn't bad enough for me to need to do that, so I simply kept it in my bag, where it will stay for when I actually need it again. I then look over to my prospective teammates again... one of them controlled an element that I was horribly weak to apparently, and the other was as big and heavy as a building, or, rather a small building, but still. I'm not sure where all of this lack of self worth came from, as it didn't seem like much could stand in the way of my giant friend whose shoulder I now sat on, and the phoenix seemed more powerful that he'd give himself credit for... though, as they've said, it might take more than three people to do this... it may even take an army, but it had to be done.

[KaBling]

Out of instinct, I just jumped through with the others. After passing by a partially dented car and the oddly mute bird.

It was a seamless transition from one world to another; it was like jumping through an open doorway. However, it was odd, since the ambient noise of gunfire and fire was replaced with echoes of a cave, with occasional water drops...

"Well, we'll be fighting spiders for a while. There should be a city at the end offf..." If I ever mentioned Noivern's Awakening, Elena and Robert would be chasing after my ass and trying to kill me. Because, obviously, in a world like this, someone's gonna want someone dead. Especially if they happened to possibly cause all of this. So, I had to drop things subtly... and (probably not) thankfully, since we weren't Pokemon, something was bound to change. "Uh. Yeah. Spiders. Some tiny buggers too not far from here." And then, I took several steps forward, stopping behind Robert's back as I looked around the place. The dim lighting basically hurt our eyes in the darkness. "Argh. I'd suggest burning the torches, but... we kinda do need them in the dark."

[Lugia]

[Robert]

I would have asked how Miles knew that, but, then I remembered that it didn't really take a rocket scientist to figure out that we would be running into a bunch of arachnids, given that we found at least four of them before even entering this place. The place... well, it was a cave, just like any cave before or after it, with its brown rock walls and stalagmites and stalactites dotting the ceiling and floor respectively. The floor was very cold, and this was one of the only times that I actually wished that I could still wear shoes like this. If I could, the cold wouldn't be much of a problem, however, my feet changed into something weird... as if it was a dog's foot or something. Since there was only one way to go, I decided to go that way... straight ahead, and nearly blindly into whatever dangers we might face. After not too long, I notice an arrow pointing to my left, as well as a path going that way. The path now forked. One path led to my left, and another just kept going straight... since the arrow pointed to my left, I figured that we might find something if we follow it, however, before I could start down that path, some sort of small creature made entirely out of rocks threw a punch at me, managing to hit my stomach, forcing me to kneel over as it seems to have knocked the wind out of me. I gasped for air for a few moments, which seemed to be enough for the thing to throw one of its rocky limbs at me... that's just about when I noticed the odd, shadowy aura-like thing around it. This isn't the same kind of whatever these were as before... no, I can almost feel an evil presence coming from this creature. I think as I barely manage to dodge the rock thrown at me. I then finally strike back with a lightning bolt to the thing's face, though, it didn't do as much as I had hoped it would.

[Riddles]

"I don't know. Maybe, after we have more people with us, it'll be easier, but like I said, at this point trying to fix everything will just get us killed." Ralph said. He looked down at the creatures below them. They didn't seem to be doing much to Connor, but being this close to the city made Ralph a little uneasy. "I think what we should do first is find ourselves a main base. A place that's easy to defend, preferably away from the city."
Ralph didn't like the idea of being in the cities. He wanted to be as far away from the chaos and violence as possible, at least until things calmed down a little. Unfortunately, Connor seemed to have other ideas. Ralph wasn't sure if he was staying close to the border, or if he was about to venture deeper into the city. There may have been bandits running around in the forest, but it wasn't nearly as bad as it was here. "I'm not liking this. Let's go somewhere where there's less people attacking us."

[Noire]

"In my eyes, there's not much left here to be saved." Connor said solemnly, looking over the city. "A couple of sane people in a world of rioting. Don't see what you're going to squeeze out of that." Connor shrugged. "But I suppose I'll join your little group. Since it looks like you're really dedicated." The massive golem swung another large fist, knocking a much smaller dragon out of the airspace. "Getting a bit cramped here. I suppose we should move out."

Connor continued his long stride down deeper into the forest, trying to avoid the city more. "I suppose you're not quite as durable." He began striding through the trees at a more quickened pace, resorting to his usual method of getting to places quickly. He used his knuckles to swing himself forward, his shoulders shaking wildly. He hoped he wouldn't shake off the spare passengers lying on his shoulders, but it must've been hard to cling to the shaking rock.

Finally, Connor came to a spot in the forest that seemed relatively calm. There were few creatures hanging around, but then again, it was hard to find a place without some lurking about. He could easily stomp on them if they tried to try anything, so he wasn't too worried. As far as the eye could see, pine trees covered the land, with the occasional jutting hill or massive boulder. In the far distance, the city stood tall, a good couple of miles away. Connor lay against a very small, grassy hill, which he could actually rest against like a seat.

Connor lay at the hill, gasping in air. Somehow he felt exhausted? Connor wasn't too sure about how that worked. He lacked lungs or muscles or nerves, but he felt fatigued. He'd assume it was from all the fighting he'd been doing in the past couple of hours. He'd never had a break, and had been up since 2 or 3 AM. He hadn't been too sure about that. Connor layed there, simply staring at the blue sky decorated with wispy white clouds for a second. A Phoenix soared by, passing them over.

"Alright, we can talk all we like without getting swamped by those things." Connor said, relaxing. His shoulders eased up, and his stone joints loosened. He exhaled a sigh of musky, mossy breath. "First order of business; finding a base." Connor relaxed against the hill, staring off into the distance. "I don't think we're going to find some massive bomb shelter stocked with dry food and water out in the middle of the forest. We're going to need to look somewhere else for a base."

"I think one of the best places to find a base would be at least somewhere close to the city, considering that's one of the few places where there are actually some buildings there." Connor said. "Unless you somehow want to make your little fort, which is going to require a lot more than some pine trees and rocks." Connor stated, uselessly kicking aside a smaller tree that could easily kill someone if it fell on another creature. "The best place to find materials or something like that would be in the city.

[Lugia]

[Tony]

"So... away from or close to the city?" I ask the other two, one of whom seemed to want to stay here in the middle of the forest, while the other seemed adamant about heading into the city to build a base. I, on the other hand, was fairly indifferent towards either location. Being in or close to the city would make it easier to recruit others, however, staying in the forest would make it a more concealed base, which will make it harder for our eventual enemies (it's impossible to start a group without making a few of these) to find the place, making it better for that... then again, with the city, it shouldn't be hard to find an abandoned building to call our own, and out here, we could still find a decently large cave... heck, I shot out of one to get to here... and if we use some sort of code or markings, it would make it easy for the enemy to get lost in the system... but... we'd have to actually light the place, map out the tunnels, AND come up with a way for us to figure out where we are in said tunnels... more work for better defense, or less work, more recruitment, but at the cost of being easy to locate and destroy? I knew they were going to ask me what my opinion was, given that we now had two possibilities, and one vote for each... but, where? Both options certainly seemed to have their ups and downs, with neither being the clear choice, and I'm certain that the other person, as in, the one whose option wasn't chosen would still go along either way... but I just couldn't decide. Of course, it seemed as though Ralph was afraid of the city, which may be due to the higher population, and the fact that a lot of the population was going crazy at the moment... though, Connor had a point about the ease of recruitment, and the wealth of supplies that staying in the city would give... I just couldn't make up my mind right now.

[Evanist]

As Elena was walking in the portal and looking around the place, feeling the cold floor under her. it did not affect her too much.... it did seem that temperature changes did not really affect her that much anymore anyway. She looked around and fallowed Robert. Soon after, they were attacked by a strange shadow golem thing. She started at it as it attacked Robert quickly, wanting to help but having a bit of trouble aiming with. Robert in front. She then quickly moved to the side, and got to a wall, before shooting a condensed water jet towards the golem, pushing it away and eroding slightly his rock armor. Just then the golem switched his attention to her, before quickly rushing towards her and punching her hard with its stone first, sending her flying a couple of feet. This though made her more angry. as she quickly made a barrier made of water and shot it towards the golem,sending it to the wall, getting crushed slightly by the amount of water before freeing itself and looking even more angry now. That thing did look resistant, she could at least say that.

[Riddles]

"If we set it up in the city, there's no way it'll last long. They'll rip the whole damn thing apart before we can even fortify it." Ralph said. "Yes, we'll probably have to build it ourselves, but it'll be less vulnerable and easier to defend."
Tony seemed to want to stay neutral. Normally, Ralph wouldn't mind, but at the moment, it seemed like they were at a stalemate. "Come on, Tony. You're the deciding vote. What's it gonna be?" He left the city for a reason. There might be a few people in the forest who would be willing to kill them, but compared to the city that was nothing. He hoped he wouldn't have to go back.

[Noire]

"Let's look at here. We got a small, forest. Not many people, but if we were ever to get attacked, we would easily be destroyed. All these trees around here? And the fact that phoenixes can use fire to their avail? We'd be burned to ashes within a couple of days. Well, some people." Connor said, shrugging. "In the city, we don't necessarily have to make it in the heart of anarchy. I'm sure there are still some areas of the city that haven't completely gone to hell."

"In the city, we have all the supplies at our fingertips, waiting to be raided. In the forest, we'd have to travel for ages to get some supplies, and just barely be able to carry some back without getting swamped." Connor continued his point, trying hard to persuade Tony. "There are also many more people in the city than in the forest that might still be sane; we could rescue them from the rioting and have them assist us in "bringing order" to the streets."

Connor stared off into the distance. He could just barely see the city over the waves and waves of trees that covered the grassy green lands. He had some of his own personal reasons for preferring the city. Somewhere, out in the city, the man who had gotten him all into this mess was still there. The corporate lackey who had sent him the Email offering him to go to the city for a new job. Connor would make sure his death was long and drawn out. And if he already was, then Connor would beat up the body.

"Alright, so if we make it to the city, we can head to a less densely populated area then all of the chaos in the center and around large areas of the city." Connor argued. "We can set up a base there, and sometimes send people to recruit others in all of the anarchy, or head out into the rioting areas for.. other reasons." Connor was really trying to prove his point now, his stone body actually getting somehow tenser. " It's all up to you, Tony. We can play it safe or we can get ourselves killed."

[KaBling]

"Oh... if only we were Pokemon." I muttered. I had subtly guided the three of us in the cave system, only to find that Golurk was still there... albeit, as a golem.

I'll be honest. My roleplay ended about six months ago, so I was pretty confused when it came to this, especially as I couldn't remember everything. There definitely a cave system, but it was in twos, not threes... I also didn't remember a cold atmosphere that caused me to shrivel a bit.

At least we were on the right track. If we encountered the 'Golurk,' then we were stepping correctly. "Uh, uh..." I stammered, trying to find a way to handle that thing. Normally, I'd chest-laser it with a pair of Pokemon with combo moves, but seeing as I wasn't a giant red bird... this was going to be hard. "Oh heck."

One thing I did know was that I wasn't to be knocked out easily, being a slime. Normally, they pretty much absorb physical damage. So, bravely (and shaking nervously), I began running up towards the thing, covering its arm as it uppercut my chest.

Uh... I couldn't really see, as my eyes had suddenly deformed, as well as the rest of me. I could feel my way through the golem though, and that enough to end up charring him. How? Well, he accidentally collided with a torch. And set me on fire.

[Lugia]

[Tony]

Hm... they both have some pretty good points. The city, or the forest? Perhaps a compromise? AHA! I think as I look towards Connor first, and then towards Ralph. I then finally say "How about both? As in, a cave that's still somewhat close to the city? It would be less difficult to find than a building, and wouldn't have a flammable forest surrounding it, and, as a cave, wouldn't really be flammable on its own. We'd still be near the city, so getting supplies and recruits wouldn't be too hard, and we'd still be out of the city, so it can still be a secret to those who may want us dead." I then take a breath, and hope that they'd take kindly to my idea. Another thing I thought about was doors... with a building, Connor's massive frame wouldn't really fit in it too well, and he'd risk breaking the base if he wanted to *ahem* make improvements to the structure, given how weak most buildings seem to have gotten. They were literally falling down left and right. A cave, however, may very well have an entrance that's large enough for Connor, as well as whomever else we may recruit, to fit in nicely. Of course, we'd still have to make changes, so, gathering wood for supports would be the first thing on the list if we were going to do this. Heck, with how big the cave system might be, we could also easily expand, or, better yet, have Connor expand the cave if our base has gotten too big... not that I wouldn't help him, as I seem to have some sort of ability with rocks, now. Thankfully for this idea, we lived in a very mountainous area, so it was very likely that there were more than one cave within walking distance from the city, itself.

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[Robert]

I watch as Elena pelts the thing with water, and Miles get uppercut by the miniature golem. It then walked back a bit, as Miles seems to have caught on fire from the torch. "Miles, no!" I shout, thinking that he was dying. "Elena, try putting out that fire, I'll handle this golem thing." I say to Elena, hoping that I could save his life. I then fly up to the golem, and slash at the thing a few times before getting a left hook to my jaw. A few teeth popped out of my head from the blow, but I wasn't going to let that stop me. I roared, something I never thought I'd do back when I was human, and I fired three lightning bolts, and one fire breath at the thing, which was still alive after all of that... well, given that one of the lightning bolts missed, I wasn't too surprised, I was, however, running on adrenaline, which was both a good thing and a bad thing. Good, 'cause I won't feel too much pain for a little while, bad 'cause I'll feel all that pain, and probably then some once I crash, so to speak. I fly higher in some sort of bid to get out of the thing's reach, and the thing counters with some sort of jumping uppercut, one that hit my jaw again... this was about the time where I hoped that dragon teeth were like shark teeth, or, at least, I had hoped that they would grow back... I mean, what's a dragon without teeth? I was undeterred thanks to the adrenaline rush, however, I was starting to worry about my dental health... either way, I blasted the thing with fire again, hoping that it would be enough to destroy it... and, finally, it was. The thing broke apart, and somehow, there were a few copper coins, and a flask with some weird red liquid in it, capped off with a classic cork. My adrenaline ran out at that point, and I shouted in pain from all the abuse I took... just as well, as I felt as though someone took a hammer to my head five times, well, mostly my snout, but still. That, and dental pain can be the worst kind of pain. I ended up landing as well from all of that.

[Riddles]

"You know what? I like that plan." Ralph said. "I'm not too thrilled about being so close to the city, but as long as it's hidden well enough we shouldn't have much trouble from other people."
As long as Connor agreed, they might have found a perfect place to set up. Now, they just needed to pick a cave. There might be plenty nearby, since they lived in a pretty mountainous area. Unfortunately, Ralph had no idea where to look.
"So, do either of you know of any good caves nearby? Because I sure don't."
The question was directed to both of them, but he only expected a good answer from Tony. He was the one who suggested it, after all, so that probably meant that he knew there would be a cave nearby that they could go to.

[Evanist]

As Elena saw Miles taking fire, she quickly rushed to him and then tried to remove the flames as Robert said, sending a good amount of water towards him, hoping it would stop the flames. At least that was the plan. She did not know what it would do. She then saw Robert yelling in pain after the thing was beaten down. She rushed to him quickly, before going next to him, and getting some cloths out of a bag, and then applying them as bandages at the places that seemed hurt, taking care of the injuries.
"God that thing really did a number on you.... " she says, taking care of blocking off the injuries, before having a idea of using her water magic to use a gentle jet of water to wash off the wounds and apply the bandages on places that were hurt. She could not help his dental plan though... that seemed to have taken a beating.
"We are gonna need to find a way to heal that jaw of yours... you took really a lot of damage." she says. She continues her threatment on other wounds. She felt lucky to have taken those first aid courses. Never know when a tourist would get hurt.

[Noire]

"A cave?" Connor began thinking it over. On one hand, it would be relatively close to the city, allowing them to easily gather supplies close to the city. It would also be sufficient in holding a large amount of people, with the massive space and room for more than plenty of creatures. It might also support his bulky frame, which would honestly be a first since about a day or more ago. He could easily comb through the city at any time he really needed.

"Sounds good enough." He grunted, looking between them. He had a strict list of priorities right now. First of all, he would have to find the one responsible for him in the city. Connor's hands tightened into fists at the mere thought of this. Smashing his ugly face in would be his first thought. Next, though, he'd immediately have to start heading far, far out north once this whole "save the world!" deal was done. He would have to find something he'd misplaced. "We'll have to find a good, relatively hidden one though."

Connor plucked a tree from the ground as easily as a farmer reaping the crops from his field. "It'll be relatively easy to gather the materials; as long as we can still gather them from the city." Connor swung the pine like a baseball bat, causing each of the tiny evergreen needles to slide off their branches. "We're going to need some support pillars, but we shouldn't completely make it out of wood, or it's going to burn down prettyyy quickly."

Eventually, the pine tree had turned into a long wooden log. Several branches jutted out of it. "Already have one ready. But most of the other materials? Those we're going to have to take from the city." Connor began walking off into the general direction of the city, swinging the wooden pillar around as he walked. "It might take a while to find the perfect cave for our needs. The area has to also be sparsly populated; a densely populated one would increase our chances of being found."

On the way through the forest, he found a fair couple of caves already, and he had just barely made it to the city. Most, however, were only mere smidgeons of holes in a little hill or something of the like. For most, he could probably only fit most of his leg into, or sometimes about half of an arm. They really would need a big one for him, he realized, or he could just sleep out in the open, which would definitely not be the safest choice for someone of his stature.

[Absol]

Dark grey fur falls on the vulpine's sleek frame as she walks along the forest floor, her steps light as she walks along. Deep purple eyes flick back and forth cautiously, as she stopped, ears pricked for any sound. A soft thumping sound drew her attention, and she silently trotted over, the thumping getting louder until the fox decided to keep her distance, settling for summoning a small blue flame that floated just above her nose, lighting up the area for a few meters as she studied the immediate surroundings. To her right was the thumping, rhythmic and rumbling. She felt the ground beneath her paws shudder with each thump, and eventually, curiosity got the better of her.

Padding silently towards the sound, voices started drifting towards her, making the vulpine jump in surprise. Voices? Who is out here? Verlassën thought, her muzzle forming a perplexed frown as she moved closer, completely forgetting the tiny blue flame as it hovered just above her nose until it was too late. Realizing that they'd be able to see the flickering from the flame, Verlassën quickly snuffed it out, but knew that they had already probably seen the light. Still, she waited, hoping that there was a slim chance that they hadn't seen the flames.

((OOC: Ugh, crap post is crap :/))

[KaBling]

Okay. Things did not go as planned.

In the original version, I helped blast the golem with a death ray from my chest. Now, I was burning like hell. (Pun intended.)

"Argh! I'm on bloody fire!" Of course, Elena here was kind enough to extinguish me, letting me flop down to the floor safely. When I returned to a dragon form beside the dead and... fading golem? Whatever, I had lost my arm. I regrew it, but I felt slightly... smaller. A few centimetres, in fact. "Well. That worked." I said, noticing a few char marks and partially melted stone on the golem, before he disappeared completely. "Alright. Let's just... er... um... continue forwards." I was pretty hesitant. I just recovered from being on death's list, so I wasn't like myself for a bit. "Oh, right. Spruce Robert's teeth don't seem too well." I said, picking up a tooth and... huh. I had just dried the thing and sucked the pulp out. With my fingers. Feeling disgusted, I just flicked the thing onto the ground. "Nevermind." I quickly said, backing away a step or two. That wasn't too good, but hopefully we'd be able to find a potion.

You know. In my roleplay, we had potions and stuff. If it could fix sword wounds, it could fix someone's jaw.

[Lugia]

[Robert]

"Whoa, you're still alive?... er... I mean, um, are you doing alright?" I say to Miles just as I turn back to see him. All Miles was doing was pointing out the obvious that I wasn't doing well, Elena was worrying about my jaw as well. Unfortunately, all I got was a weird drink, and a few coins... somehow, I doubted that would do anything. "Great, my jaw's busted, and all I have is this weird drink" I say with difficulty as I show the drink to everyone else. It looked a little odd, as it was clearly bottom-heavy with a very round bottom, and a very thin top. The liquid inside was a bright red, and there was a classic cork on the very top of the flask, obviously, to keep the mystery fluid in. I then start to head down the hallways of the cave, following the red arrows, as they were the only indicator of any sort of direction in this place. I started to zone out after a while of nothing but walking, snapping out of it only to hear a hissing sound coming from below. I expected to see a snake when I looked down and jumped back, however, it was actually a giant, dog-sized spider. The thing was a dark brown, furry, and had a bright green X in a bright green circle as a symbol on its, er, thorax. The thing let out a weird smell, and a trio of smaller, symbol-less spiders surrounded the thing. Why was this thing bringing its kids into the fight? Well, either way, I simply blew fire on it... but, surprisingly, to no avail. "What the heck!? Why didn't that hurt you?" I shout, though, again, it was difficult to say with my teeth busted, whether or not my teammates were around at the time.

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[Tony]

My cave suggestion seemed very popular, as the other two seemed to find few problems with it. Connor basically crafted our first support beam out of a tree he just randomly picked up and swung around, and somehow shaped into the support beam. He then gave a small tour of what caves were nearby, though, he couldn't find any that were large enough to support him. I then recall that cave that I came out of... though it happened recently, it almost felt as though it was a long time ago. "I know just the place! It's got an old minecart track, and is large enough for all of us." I announce. I then give directions, based on where I headed after I landed. "So... first things first, head south until you find a WAY out of place minecart, and after that, head east until you come across the cave. It's actually not too far from here." I then wait for Connor to start heading in that direction. Sure, things were still bleak right now, but they were looking up! After all, a group dedicated to restoring order to the Earth has just been formed... sure, it only has three members right now, but any start is still a start. I wonder if we'll ever get back to where we were when we were humans... that would be great. Maybe I'll make that a goal. I then think as I watch out for any possible attackers that Connor might have trouble with, and prepare to heal him should he need it... though, it didn't seem like he would for a while, at least. I then notice a light nearby... perhaps a new recruit, or perhaps an enemy. Either way, I should probably check into that issue after we check the cave to see if Connor could fit, or if the cave might work for all of us.

[Absol]

The fox froze as the voices drew closer, mentioning something about a mine cart track. Verlassën held her breath as the voices drew closer, before finally fading. Oh thank whatever gods are still here! They didn't notice me! She thought happily, grinning as she silently trotted around behind the group, tailing for a little ways, before finally deciding to tough it up and introduce herself. Walking to the side, Verlassën purposely stepped on a branch, making a loud crack. She waited where she was, fidgeting nervously, icicles forming on her horns as she built up her ice powers, her breath billowing out in foggy clouds. Never want to be too careful - especially if you don't know whatever it is you're about to say 'hi' to.