[IC] "Shadows of the Past", a Warcraft Roleplay

[Sinerathin]

"I hope no one stood directly on the other side."

Sharon privately thought as he suddenly saw Mei get picked up and pulled right into the portal, as if the portal was the mouth of some extremely ravenous gulper fish or something.

Suffice it to say that anyone getting hit by an eight feet tall Draenei warrior flying at what looked reminiscent of terminal velocity would not have a good day. Yet he could not find himself too worried by the whole circumstance, something that that the High Elf would chalk up to his extended experience with Liaena and Rithrynn having increased his tolerance for catastrophies in general.

And the fact that he was currently more worried about the giant demon rampaging around Stormwind...

"Thank you for the shopping experience," The High Elf would turn and nod before stepping into the portal, giving a brief wink to the Gnomish shopkeeper.
"I apologize for any slights caused by my purple friends, though I will not claim responsibility for their behavior!"

And with that, Sharon brushed away his guilt and stepped into the portal; his surroundings shifted from the mostly mundane and only slightly sparkling appearance of Gimpsy's shop, to a suddenly, almost overbearing and blinding pink and purple of the Exodar!

"My eyes!"

The High Elf found that he had to instinctively shield his eyes as he appeared in the Exodar, the blinding purple and pink light of the absurd amount of crystals surrounding them from every possible angle at every possible moment being more than a proverbial eyesore of legends!

"I'm sorry, but Draenei architecture is never going to get my vote!"

He looked around, noticing all the tall, blue and tentacle faced Draenei standing all around them as they had stepped out of the portal. However, most of them were not looking at Sharon or Vashi. Rather, their faces were contorted in worried expressions, as they all seemed to look ahead.

"I guess I know where our Draenei friend went..."

"Alright, anyone seen a very big and airborne Draenei shooting out of this portal here recently? Her middle name is 'Cannonball' and should be impossible to miss!"

Sharon called out to the gathering crowd of Draenei that towered feet above him, all the while bringing out a silk bag from his pouch and cast a freeze spell in it, causing multiple cubes of ice to fill the silk bag up, and jingled as he started to walk towards the disaster zone.

Given the landing, someone might need some ice...

[rivaan]

'Ohhh there we go again...' Me thought when she felt the pull of the portal energy as all molecules in her body were been attracted towards the magical phenomenon just as Vashi was about to say something. Mei wished to struggle so she can hear what the night elf was going to say, but no amount of struggle or desire could stop this as she was hurled through the portal at what appeared to be a balista bolt speed. Lights, shadows and images flashed before her eyes as she arrived on the other end, flew past some draenei and straight into the Exodar bank.

*Outside the bank~~~*

“Hmmm?” A draenei woman with pure black hair and very pale blue skin blinked as she was passing by the bank, noticing the portal that stood there. Next moment a draenei shape and colored someone flew past her into the bank, with a surprising not crashing sound following. She blinked a few times when the guards of the bank entrance joined her as a night elf also showed up through the portal.

“Are you with Meirie?” One of the bank guards asked Vashi, smirking with very suggestive smile, after having heard Vashi's way of addressing the berserker.” She's inside the bank.” They pointed the entrance so Vashi can storm into it.

Then a high elf showed up to their surprise. None of them were aware Mei had picked up adventuring away, non the less form a party to adventure with! This was huge news! Meirie had vanished years ago now, many had wondered where she was and now she shows up with a party no less!

“There in the bank.” The draenei replied to Sharon, their worried expression changing into slightly amused ones.” She was flung like always, I do believe we put that huge plant thing at the corner in front of the doorway to break her occasional appearances no?” One of the guards asked the other one as they burst out in laughter, returning to their duties. Apparently Mei being flung out of portals at the bank was not a new occurrence!!!

*Back into the back~~~~ *

“Hey, Meirie!” The bank clerk shouted in surprise as she realized who came flying and impacting into the big plant thing they kept nearby. It was a big bush like plant tree thing they had put there years ago.” You've returned!” The clerk shouted, the attention of the other two newer clerks already attracted by the big warrior woman who now was slowly standing up from the bush.

“Yeah... things happened... My vault still standing?” She asked, walking over to the counter.

“Of course! We kept everything secure, waiting for your return.” The woman replied as Vashi stormed into the bank after Mei.” Here's your key, but I suppose, there's no need to walk you to the vault?”

“No need, I know the way.” Meirie replied turning to her companions.” I will go grab my gear, going to return in a few minutes.” She stated, placing a hand on Vashi's shoulder.” You wait for me here okey? Withdraw some gold coins from my account.” Meirie asked of the night elf and turned to the clerks.” She's got right to withdraw from my account from now on.” She stated and looked at Sharon.” You can ask Vashi to draw the money for the portal runes, but I'm pretty even I don't have enough to pay for the repair on your mansion, sorry. Alright be back in a few minutes.” She said with a smile, storming deeper into the bank.

“So... you're the little thing who have our every sad and lonely warrior all active and pretty in love by the looks of it?” The clerk asked Vashi, judging by how Mei acted towards Vashi and the fact she was allowed right to withdraw money from the account. Mei was know for not trusting anyone even her former party with her bank storage.” Then what are you? The lover?” The clerk asked Sharon with a smirk.

[Feychild]

“Li, it’s on the move!”

“Yes, I noticed!!” Liaena snapped back as she skiddied over a canal bridge, screeched to a halt, then back-peddled several steps to look up at the distance form of Malizia in the gap formed by the waterway. Even without the visual evidence, it would have been quite clear that something was gravely amiss in the city, as the thundering footsteps of the demon made the very paving slabs underneath them shake, and the splintering crashing of wood and stone from buildings the demon simply ploughed through was clearly audible.

“Oh Light…it’s like the Dragon all over again”

“It seems to be on a rampage”

“--Noticed that too!”

“….not in the direction of the mountains” Kathlin finished her sentence as she stopped beside Liaena to also gaze out upon the carnage. “I don’t think the gryphon plan is going to work”

“No, no, we can still fix this. We’ve got the time…” Liaena muttered distractedly, before being interrupted by a tug on her sleeve from her companion as she pointed at the sky.

“Time isn’t the problem here, Li”

Overhead, the sky was filled suddenly with gryphon riders, clad in the Stormwind colours of blue and gold as they swooped down towards the demon. The rider in the lead, raised a plated hand to point it down at the creature. This signal was immediately followed by a volley of rifle mortar – shots barrelling into Malizia, who dealt with this minor irritation by twisting around and yelling something incomprehensible at this range. The riders pulled out of their dive after the first bombardment, to start turning around again.

“Yes….they have gryphons. Good idea, Kitty!”
Liaena exclaimed, to which her companion gave her a bemused look. “What idea?”

“We can hitch a lift! They’re soldiers. Say it’s on Holy business”

Kathlin gave her friend a Look, which strongly implied she was running through all the many, many problems she had with this plan, only to settle on the most obvious. “How do we get up there?”

In answer, Liaena merely glanced around, before darting off the bridge and along the canal path until she reached a small open-fronted store. It was completely abandoned, the owner presumably having long since fled in terror as the girl stuck her hand in the front to pick up a small bar of chocolate. She then stepped back into the middle of the path to proffer the chocolate at the sky pointedly.

“CAW!”

“Ow! Watch the talons, idiot bird” Liaena grumbled as Hester the owl landed serenely on the bridge rail, half of the chocolate bar already vanishing down her gullet. The girl then turned back towards Kitty. “Come on then. I’m running on emergency reserves of shrinking-potion. Let’s not waste it”

[Rithy]

Vashi stared about at the new surroundings with wide, blue shimmering eyes of amazement!

She had never actually been to the Exodar before, even if it had just been a simple boat trip away for her. She had heard stories about the place too, supposedly some kind of flying-inter-dimensional fortress of some kind that had crashed onto Azeroth! But what none of those stories had ever managed to get quite across was just how awfully, terribly, amazingly...

SPARKLY

... everything was!

All around her, the streets, the pavements, the alcoves, the roof; everything was made either wholly or partially of crystal; and whatever structures didn't feature crystals in their design had chunks of the shiny rock things jutting out at odd angle, as if they had just burst forth from the very seams of the buildings.

"This is all so... incredible alien!"

“So... you're the little thing who have our every sad and lonely warrior all active and pretty in love by the looks of it?”

It took a while for Vashi to even register that she was being addressed; looking about, noticing the clerk talking to her, and realising it was about withdrawing money.

"Oh, yes... do we need money?"

Vashi suddenly asked, throwing a quizzical look over at the accompanying High Elf; who looked as if he was currently trying to acclimatize to the utterly incandescent nature of their new surroundings!

But why would they need money? Mei was already going to get her equipment, and there was no chance in hell they'd ever afford the repairs; nay; wholesale reconstruction of Sharon's now demolished mansion! And Vashi doubted that they could ever defeat Malizia by simply throwing gold at the giant demoness!

"Uhm, I think twenty silver pieces is all I'll need." Vashi finally continued, looking over at the awaiting clerk with a cute smile as she adjusted her staff, moving it to her left hand.

*

Slowly sitting up from the now hoof-like crater in the middle of the street, with bits of dirt and small pebbles rolling off her purple form; Serphia would move her head from right to left.

*CRACK* *CRACK*

Adjust her shoulders a little bit.

*CRACK* ... *CRACK*

And finally, lean her back forward, then backwards...

*CRA-CRACK* *CRACK* *CRACK-BOM-CRACK!*

"Mistress... what should we do?" One of the Sentinels asked, a desperate looki in her eyes as she watched Serphia slowly loom up from the crater. Serphia stared ahead for a moment, an angry frown forming on her features, before she finally called:

"Bring me a catapult!"

*

A frantic chase took place in the middle of Stormwind city!

A tiny, furry rodent skittered across the bridge to the trade district; passing through the feet of unsuspecting citizens; only to be shortly accompanied by a large, ferocious black war cat(in all actuality, a sabercat!) with fur as black as death and eyes gleaming with intensity at the hunt. And all the while, a screaming girl currently tied to the top of said nightsaber!

Both scared and surprised townspeople, guards, beggars and clergy jumped aside to let the beast through; looking in puzzlement after the strange sight, only to let out yelps of terror as a massive, giant red towering demoness suddenly crashed through half a tenement house on the side of the mage district; sinking one hoofed foot knee deep into the canal as she almost stumbled, having to lean herself against the tall, towering fortifications of the Stockade to prevent herself from face diving into the canal!

"SWEETIE! COME BACK, I PROMISE I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER UNTIL THE END OF TIME!"

Malizia shouted out in an equally terrifying and forlorn voice as she looked after the disappearing nightsaber and Silje! However, it did not take long until yet another pesky mortar shell exploded against her large, left wing and she turned around; her deep feel green eyes now burning with fury as she eyed the pesky Gryphon Riders keeping just out of reach of her claws!

"If I just knew how to use these accursed wings... !!"

"Get out of the way of love, mortals!" Malizia shouted, as she reached down to pick up a terrified cow from the other side of the canal; despite the startled protest of its farmer; and suddenly fling the horrified animal up into the sky like a missile!

"What? That's a... MOO! MOOOOOVE,-"

"MMMOOOOOOOH???"

*SMACK*

The Sergeant tried to shout out, until suddenly, the flying bovine flew into the formation of Gryphon riders, hitting one of them and causing both the rider and gryphon to go soaring through the sky together with the cow!

[Sinerathin]

"That's a bill I doubt few could ever match." Sharon answered with a tragi-comic grin as Mei ran off; but mainly only to hide his own feelings of the situation.

"Well... except perhaps that old insurance deal I made a while back. I wonder if it applies to houses trashed by giant demons. As long as I don't mention how I sort of created her, I think it should be good!"

Sharon privately imagined ten different strategies on how to approach the Dwarven bankers he had made the deal with, all the while eying the Draenei clerks around the bank. At least they should be easy to deal with when compared to Dwarves! Though when one of them asked both Vashi and him, Sharon chuckled.

"Whilst some may call me a lover, it's these two that are together." Sharon said with a charming smile as he motioned towards the direction Mei had ran off to and back over at Vashi. However, said maneuver would only make the High Elf attentive of just what sort of withdrawal Vashi was actually making!

"Excuse me, I do not mean to interrupt!" Sharon was quick to pull Vashi a little aside, despite her being a good head taller than him, before pulling her a little down so that he could whisper into her ear.

"Listen, Vashi; your thoughtful attitude is endearing and all, but we may need a bit more than just money for the rune. Remember, for the fight, we might need to stock up on potions, equipment, ingredients, buy new weapons and keep a little-something should some unforeseen investment options appear. Not to mention for stay, preferable above-average level of comfort, as my mansion; as discussed earlier; has been wholly demolished."

...

"In short, you may wish to raise that withdrawal amount with a few thousand gold pieces at least!"

[rivaan]

'She's so bloody adorable!' The bank clerk's expression clearly stated as she listened to Vashi.” So this's the reason why Mei fell for you. Hehehe...” The draenei woman smirked in amusement, throwing a look at Sharon.” She's not like your typical night elf, this one, isn't she? No wonder, no wonder.” She the clerk continued to smirk in amusement. She had known Meirie for centuries actually more like 1500 years or so. She even knew Mei's husband and children before the... The clerk closed her eyes for a moment, pushing that image aside.” That's good, she deserves someone good in her life... Instead of simply wasting somewhere drinking her eternity into oblivion.”

Well the clerk clearly understood why Mei fancied the night elf mage. She was cute, cuddly looking, adorable manners and tickled that maternal instinct to protect her. Though she was never going to say that out loud of course. Mei's choice of companionship was her own.

“Well you can withdraw that amount, Mei's account's been left untouched for decades.” The clerk nodded, throwing a look in the direction of the vault. The berserker was probably getting changed right now... She was a really speedy one too, more likely she'd return in a few minutes tops.

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Mei started putting on her armor as soon as she stepped into the vault. She undressed in pretty much two moves and steps, quickly starting to put the armor pieces one by one. They still fit her perfectly as in the day she got them. Her trusty armor... a creation unique in a few ways. An armor forged specially for her as a berserker, made to work with her way of fighting nto against it. From the chest piece to the greaves, boots and gauntlets. All pieces fit perfectly one by one, if she still had her long hair, it would have been like no time had passed since the day she last took it off.

She quickly turned, and reached to grab her swords, first was the red crystal two handed sword that radiated with malicious energy and then there was the jagged steel one which's tip tore a lot more flesh than cut or slice. With those two on her back, she quickly walked out the vault, her steps giving of distinct heavy sounds from the metal armor and her current weight with all the equipment on.

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“Ahh there she is. I can hear her steps.” The clerk stated as Mei showed from the corridor she ran in. Her presence was different from before she put the armor on. The former feeling of a washed out warrior down on her luck, was gone as now her patched up simple clothes were replaced by the high quality and clearly well maintained armor. The swords on her back gave off a rather uncomfortable feeling to the surroundings though. Sure draenei used crystal weapons a lot, but those were usually blue ones. Her bloody red crystal was not the typical ones. This one's energy was violent and oppressive.

“Okey, I'm done.” Mei stated, clenching her fist, feeling the gauntlet's resistance.

“Hey Mei...” The clerk called, drawing the berserker's attention before hitting her right in the head with a bolt of magical energy. The other two clerks were kind of shocked at least until they saw the effect of the spell. Then they became confused.

“Dammit... Zazi, you didn't have to... GROWN MY HAIR LONG AGAIN!” Mei shouted in anger as her hair was once more long as it was in the past.

[Feychild]

“Go on, get moving, we need to get closer” Liaena instructed Hester irritably.

Floating serenely through the sky, the owl seemed none too eager to obey her “mistress”. Perhaps a rational stance on her part, given missiles of the equestrian variety were soaring through the sky and Malizia had a not-inconsiderable grab range. It seemed likely that in the event they did attract her attention, it would be a matter of ease for the demon to turn them into owl and human paste.

“Oh Light – that’s Silje” Kathlin said suddenly, peering down at the street.

“Who!?” Liaena demanded, before Hester took an unexpected bank to the left just in time to avoid an out-of-control Gryphon that came hurtling through the sky towards them. Man and Gryphon alike were screaming with mingled hysteria and anger as the creature arrested its fall with its wings, just in time to avoid crashing through a window.

“Whoa! Careful – easy! EASY!”

“That’ll do” Liaena muttered, before turning behind to face Kathlin and placing a small vial – currently also miniaturised – into her hand. “You’ll need to jump it, in three, two –“

“What?”

“One!”

“Gaaah!” came the startled scream as Hester banked up obligingly, and Kathlin received a strong push in the back to propel her – rather ungracefully, through the air to crash into some rather pungent, smooth leather. She had landed on the gryphons armoured rump. “…I do wish she wouldn’t do that”

Paying more attention to the vial in her hand, the girl yanked it off with her teeth to down the lot in one gulp. Already feeling her size increasing as she shuffled around, Kathlin tugged nervously on the guardsman lapel “Er, Sir? Captain?”

“Eh…WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP HERE!?” Initially twisting around sharply, the man yelled in utter disbelief as his eyes bulged at the dishevelled young woman. As if sensing his discomfort, his mount cried out angrily as it beat its wings laboriously towards the battle. “Wha—HOW---WHY??”

“Church business!” Kathlin cried out hopefully. Pointing at her blue and white apprentice robes as if that counted for evidence, she pointed up at the demon hopefully. “The church has a plan – to lure the demon out of the city with minimal damage. You need to get me over there!”

“….please?”

[Rithy]

Malizia continued onwards, like an unstoppable wall of big, red demon as she barreled through the comparatively undersized streets of Stormwind; knocking out walls and windows as she struggled to get room, and all the while trying to reach out and nearly throw herself after the surprisingly agile nightsaber as it and the terrified, screaming girl on top of it kept just constantly dodging her big, red hand whenever it snatched down to grab them!

Feeling another lance of one of the gryphon riders suddenly poke her in the butt; more teasingly than actually rather harmful given the size differences, Malizia gritted her bright, yellow teeth as she let out a growl!

"By the Naar,- by the Shado,- by the WHATEVER! I swear I'll not hesitate to use the old and the crippled as ammunition if they keep this up!!"

Malizia cast a quick glance behind at the gryphon riders circling and enroaching from behind, fel green eyes flaring, before she turned back towards her chase. However, as she continued in a mixed half-run, half-crawl after the fleeing nightsaber and Silje; a thought suddenly struck her, causing her fel green eyes to suddenly widen!

"Was that... ??!"

Suddenly committing to a complete stop, Malizia would barrel face-first into a small tower, knocking it down and demolishing another house as she skidded across the ground on her chest and knees. However, she did not even wait for the momentum to stop before she suddenly spun around, her wings creating a small tornado in the process as she looked up at the incoming gryphons with a look that could only be compared to that of a little girl whose parents had just pulled out a secret gift on Winter's eve!

" ... MY LOVE, HAVE YOU COME FOR ME?!?"

Malizia's burning, feel green eyes were now fixed upon the gryphon Kathlin was riding, currently coming right towards her! The giant, red demoness threw her arms out as if to welcome her, naked & runic tattooed chest visible and all!

"But what about my other precious?"

For a moment, Malizia agonized over the fact that Silje was getting away. For right now though, another amazing love, Kathlin; was coming towards her, with all her adorable, cutesy and slightly nerdy features that simply made her all the more irresistible! She had to take this chance! She could always go after Silje after she had accepted Kathlin who was coming right towards her.
Feeling her stomach fill up with demonic-butterflies, Malizia would suddenly move her legs into a squatting position; before suddenly launching herself up into the sky with a gleeful smile on her face! Her great, tattered demonic wings flapped frantically in an attempt at flight; motivated by the irresistible Kathlin, as the giant demoness came flying straight up towards Kathlin on the Gryphon rider, her arms splayed wide out as if to embrace Kathlin in a great; and very bouncy; demonic hug!

"COME TO ME, SWEETNESS!"

*

Vashi listened to the High Elf's argument, though found it difficult do disagree... nor agree.

Truth be told, her experience of economics did not extend beyond simple reagent shopping trips. Before she had started her mage training, she had lived far off in some isolated corner of Ashenvale, isolated even by Night Elven standards. During her mage training, everything had been laid out for her.
And when she joined Serphia's warband... well, the rest of her sisters hadn't even allowed her to touch any money for fear of her accidentally cursing it or somesuch thing!

"Uhhh, alright. We'll take that amount."

Vashi finally said, deciding to land on a decision. After all, if it was too much, she'd still be with Mei, so it would be fine. However, as she had barely managed to do the withdrawal, Vashi would turn to suddenly see Mei come walking back; now dressed in her full, green armor.

... and with a smashing haircut cue Zazi's shenanigans!

Vashi's jaw momentarily dropped at the sight of the whole ordeal! Part of that was because she had never realized there was a spell for exponential hair-growth; thus immediately sparking her academic curiosity; but also because the new hairstyle looked rather...

" ... I think the new hairstyle adds to your look," Vashi finally commented, now suddenly with a coy smile on her blue lips as she watched Mei approach.

Despite the rather unusual new weaponry Mei was now suddenly sporting, it seemed as if her hair had stolen all of the Night Elven Magi's attention.

It took a moment for Vashi to finally snap out of it, realizing;

"Ohh, right. The withdrawal... and portal. Sorry," She said, turning to the clerk and gave her a smile as she fumbled to find the portal rune.
"We kind'a promised we'd save Stormwind from a giant marauding demoness. It's... kind of important!"

[Sinerathin]

The sight that met them when Mei finally returned was that of a towering Draenei dressed in rather dashing armor; additionally featuring two swords that looked oversized; even for their already towering wielder; and suddenly a completely new hairdo that together with the rest made it look as if Mei, in another time, might have been a stage player in a heavy metal band; especially given the sheer headbanging potential alone.

The High Elf did not say anything. Instead, he simply gave a slight nod of acknowledgment towards the towering Draenei.

"I wonder if I should mention the dangers of transmuting hair. There's a host of potential side effects to it, hence why most people use illusion magic."

Sharon took a moment to simply throw a gauging look towards the Draenei supposedly called Zazi; trying to assess the big, blue and slight-tentacly faced Mage's skill, though it was difficult to say. Alternatively, he briefly considered simply warning Mei of some of the countless possible side effects from hair transmutation magic, be it odd-color changes, irradiation, arcane spitfire, or the possibility of her hair suddenly becoming an extra, ravenous limb being some of the lighter ones.

However, Sharon would eventually decide against it, knowing he did not want to have one of their most competent warrioresses stuck worrying about her hair during a battle with Malizia.
Especially when Liaena's life was on the line; the thought of her smashed or eaten during Malizia's rampage; and the High Elf severely doubted that Liaena would ever be able to forgive him if he let her Cathedral get smashed up by a giant demoness. Exactly which one of those she'd be the most angry at him about though was debatable however.

"A battle of life and death against an overpowering demonic foe is never an excuse not to look stylish." Sharon spoke out with a wry, handsome smile on his face; flowing his fingers through his own illustrious, long and almost shimmering High Elven blond hair.
"I'll give you two a moment and get a Portal Rune, we still need to buy one."

He quickly added, deciding to do a flashy disappearance by suddenly blinking away in a sudden arcane puff of smoke; immediately reappearing 40ft ahead as he walked out of the bank.

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"Are these reports correct? There is a giant demon currently rampaging through the city?"

Sherpa's normally nearly colorless grey eyes and pale, ghostly features looked noticeably flustered through the magical crystal ball as he looked up at the robed and richly adorned gipsy figure looming over it. She stood on the top floor of an open roofed small courtyard atop a three story tall building.
In the distant background across the rooftops around, Malizia could be seen moving about, smashing cities and buildings with ridiculously easy.

"Yes. And the demon looks surprisingly similar to Captain Malizia, if I may say so." The woman in the heavy robes spoke, eying the orb with deep, amber eyes between her tanned, brown skin.

" ... "

" ... I believe the two are related."

Sherpa's already long brows were furrowing now more than even before conceived as possible by elvenkind, despite their already impressive brows.

"That's... ignore her, Kalyssa."

"Ignore the giant demon currently razing the city?" She raised a visible eyebrow as a distant heavy crash could be heard.

"Correct. Your main goal is to continue to monitor Sharon Dal'dieb's activity. You said he teleported out recently?"

The robed diviner apparently named Kalyssa turned to look over at a strange set of magical runes carved into a makeshift bar table, with strange, crystal beads lying on top that seemed to move on their own accord, some vanishing and disappearing as mystical runes briefly appeared and shifted out of existence together with them.

"Yes. Since the demonic attack, teleportation activity has spiked, but he did not escape my notice."

"I know my brother. He is far too self-righteous to simply run away from the city, his 'noble ego' could not allow it. I want you wait for him or his minions to teleport back. Sabotage his teleportation."

"That could kill him."

There was a moment of silence from the other end of the crystal orb, as Sherpa's pale face grew a wry smirk.

"That I do not care about." He said, with the smirk growing into a full blown wicked smile, before he continued.
"I will make arrangements to deal with... our Captain. I appreciate her little city wide rampage, as the devastation is most likely going to raise our stocks. Though I wouldn't want her to accidentally step on something or someone valuable to us. And besides, she is still one of ours."

From the other side, Kalyssa could see past her clothed mask as Sherpa leaned back in his sunchair with a glass of wine in his hand.

"If I may... may I inquire about why you did not send Valion or Salithrielle to do this job for you? I never thought of you to outsource any job this sensitive, despite our past work relation."

"Valion and Sathrielle are both... preoccupied. Consider this my boon to you." Sherpa would respond after a pause, before giving her an nod.
"I leave the details to you. Out."

And with that, Sherpa's face disappeared from the crystal ball. Kalyssa's eyes lingered on it for a moment, before she turned to look over at her runic map of Stormwind and the surrounding land; but not without throwing a quick, worried glance off towards the rampaging Malizia out of fear she might be over her current building any moment now.
Focusing, she would place her hands down onto the runic map, sensing her connection with the extra planar magical ley lines that surrounded the city. She felt a host of signals coursing through her thoughts, distant echoes of mages going in and out of the city; but mostly out, probably 'encouraged' by the giant mess currently going about. However, she mentally visualized the elf Sharon and his known associates, focusing her spell towards them, ignoring the others.

As soon as he or his friends would attempt to return by portal or teleportation, her spell was ready to warp said transportation mid transition, for all the worst effects.

"I almost feel sorry for him... "

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A few minutes later, Sharon had returned to Mei and Vashi, carrying a fresh bag of six portal runes in his hand.

Yet the High Elf looked visibly disoriented as he came towards them, leaning slightly more towards the right than the left, as if he was about to fall over at any time during her walk.

"This place is a lot more confusing than I would care to admit... I think I might be developing a headache." Sharon commented with not much enthusiasm as he walked up to the two taller women, holding up the bag with his staff hand and rubbing his forehead with his other.
"It might be a habit thing, but I am ready to return to Stormwind now. Are you ready, or is there anything we still lack?"

Sharon inquired, throwing both Vashi and Mei a brief look.

The fact that his mansion was in utter ruins did sort of dim his desire to rush back to Stormwind to save the city. Malizia had already wrecked it, burnt it down, then stomped and danced on the ashes of it. He could not discredit the Night Elves and Serphia who had done no small part themselves, but mostly, the honor went to Malizia.

"I wonder if I can sue a demon for recompense... "

[rivaan]

"Thank you for the compliment, Vashi." Mei replied with a smile when the night elf said her hair suited her. She had no had this long of hair in a long time, but the problem was another." Zazi! Don't you remember the last time you used my hair as a test subject! Then it started behaving like it was always immersed in water! It was such a nightmare to explain to people why my hair was constantly floaitng about! Had to wait years for it to grow normal enough so I can cut away the enchanted parts! And not to even get on the previous cases!" She shouted at one of her long time friends. Really long time ones.

"Ohh don't be silly! People loved your floating hair! It made you seem so strong back then!" Was the bank clerk's excuse with a smirk." Besides I've gotten better than before! It should be decently normal... with 95% chances of nothing happening!" The draenei mage stated as Mei sighed and looked at Sharon who decided to leave for a moment it seemed.

"Yeah... I'm so 'sure' that's the case..." Mei replied not really convinced. THough even if it was the case with Zazi's success ration, it didn't mean it won't get screwed up and she would end up in the remaining 5%. She looked at Vashi. Who now held the money." Vashi, you keep the money, okey? It will only snow me down when I have to fight." She explained with a smile, running a hand through her hair just in case. So far so good... there didn't appear to be any side effects.

"Here, Vashi take this. It should be of use for you." Mei suddenly said, pulling what appeared to be a magical necklace from a smal pouch. It was a small almost cage like structure that held inside a small blue gem." Keep this on at all times." Mei stated, putting it around the night elf mage's neck." It's supposed to have protective qualities among other things. My mother gave it to me when I was young. Truth be told it turned into my lucky charm after all those centuries. Now you wear it so you don't get in much trouble, okey?"

~

"Hey, Sharon's returning." Mei said after a few minutes when the mage was back in viewing distance and near enough. Suddenly she realized something else though. She was with her backtowards him and she still saw the elf. She was so focused on the night elf and chat with her that...

"Uhhh oh..." Zazi mumbled and blinked away before Mei could throw one of her swords at her. It had taken some time, but Mei's hair had started to turn into snakes! It wasn't all at once, but it was gradually so currently she looked like she had snakes in her hair. Snakes that seemed to move sort of by her wishes though it was instinctual right now.

"I'm going to kill her this time..." Mei stated, as one of the snakes moved around her shoulder.

[Feychild]

“Pull up! Pull up!” Kathlin squeaked as she tugged on the gryphon’s bridle hopefully. The captain’s mouth went slightly slack-jawed for a moment as he took in the sight of the huge Demon bearing down on him, before briskly twitching the reins as he dug his knees into the Gryphon’s side. “Scooby, down!”

The gryphon dived, wings brushing between buildings as they swept only a few feet above the cobbles of one of Stormwinds main shopping areas in the Trade District. Normally bustling, it was now silent as the grave, grave, carts and stalls overturned.

Malizia’s plated metal boot loomed before them. The gryphon swept by with moments to spare to dive straight through her splayed legs and continue at full pelt in the opposite direction to Malizia’s trajectory.

“You called your gryphon Scooby?”

“WHAT? THAT’S your concern!? The Captain roared as he dragged on the reigns to bring the Gryphon into a turn, back towards the fight. “Why did the church send you!? WHY IS THAT THING FOLLOWING US!?”

“Long story – difficult to go into” Kathlin said breathlessly as she clung to the saddle. “The demon’ll follow me….head to the mountains to the north. Get it out of the city”

“…..”

“For the love of the Light, this is insane” the Captain snapped as they completed an arch to slowly circle around the demon. They were now between her and the mountains, the latter looking temptingly close. Looking around in bemusement, the pair saw the giant Malizia’s eyes obviously focus on them again as her irises burnt a brighter shade of red. “Smushy-face!”

“Run” Kathlin instructed her companions. “Er, Fly. Retreat!”

“Back! Back!” The Captain roared as his mount, who jinked around to break into a frantic dive again as a massive hand reached out for them. “…Light protect us”

*

“This counts as progress” Liaena mused as Hester hovered just above the level of the houses, well above the fight taking place. The girl watched as the gryphon containing her friend turned to flee, pursued a moment behind by Malizia. “…she could use backup. Hester, yip!”

“….”

“….move, you bloody bird” Liaena growled after a moment of Hester showing disinclination to follow the crashing noises of Malizia, or indeed do anything besides float serenely through the sky. “Chocolate!”

This invoked a reaction of Hester starting to graciously flap in the general direction of where the gryphon had just gone. They were of course, travelling many magnitudes of speed slower.

“…eh, they’re bound to slow down at some point” Liaena said to nobody in particular with a confidence that sounded not particularly convincing. “….can’t you go faster?”

“….”

“I swear to the Light I will have you in a pie”

"cluck"

[Rithy]

"Now you wear it so you don't get in much trouble, okey?"

Vashi glanced down at the caged necklace, then back up at Mei, then down at the necklace, and again back up at Mei; her face flush with bot surprise, embarrassment and even a small bit of agitation!

"You're giving me your luck charm?" Vashi said sharply. She felt touched, but at the same time, it all felt deeply wrong. She hadn't even examined the necklace to tell if it actually held any true magical power or if it was simply a personal pretty bauble, but it still didn't make her feel comfortable about this.

"Mei! You are going to go off to fight a giant demon! And a Death Knight! A giant, demonic death knight! If anything, you should keep i,-

*Hiss*

"Eeeeuuuhh???"

Vashi's expression turned from agitated into a confused frown as she gazed back up at Mei, who's hair was now a large, vicious collection of live snakes that moved around on their own, snapping and hissing at the air and any other Draenei in the bank that came too close to her!

It was, quite frankly, a rather unsettling sight!

"Mei! Are you alright?!"

The Night Elf mage first threw Mei a look of deep concern, then glanced over at where the perpetrator had once been; there being nothing left of Zazi's presence other than a rapidly disappearing thin cloud of arcane mist.
Apparently whoever this Zazi Draenei was, she had become very adept at bugging whenever an altercation had occurred, which admittedly spoke a lot about her character...

"Hold on, let me try to help!" Vashi said as she chanted up a charm spell, aiming her staff at the hissing snakes on Mei's head as she cast a spell of lethargy, sapping some of the will and energy from the snakes as they began to suddenly move much more slowly and slovenly, as if merely moving required a tremendous amount of willpower.

"Is that better?! ... we at least won't have to worry about you accidentally devouring any passer-bys... "

*

"CUTIEBUM! I'M COMING FOR YOOOOOOOOU!"

As a matter of fact however, Malizia would rather NOT come for Kathlin, as the Gryphon rider carrying her precious little human priestess managed to narrowly fly right below the soaring demoness; as Malizia flailed effortlessly after her with her arms.

"NOOOO! SWEEETIE! COMES BACK!!"

The giant, green eyed demoness would call out as she continued to 'fly' through the air, madly flapping her wings in an uncoordinated movement around her, and clearly failing, as gravity began to pull her back towards the city below...

*CRASH!*

A plume of dust would be thrown dozens of feet into the air high above Stormwind's trade district!

The short, white apron wearing man who had been standing behind his desk in his cheesery stared forward in wide eyed bewilderment as two enormous, voluptuous red orbs of demonic flesh had just demolished the entire front of his shop! As Malizia slowly recovered from her fall, she managed to pull her own chest out of the cheesery, shaking her head as ruin and debris fell from her hair, and turned around to look back at the now escaping silhouettes of the gryphon rider carrying her beloved Kathlin!

"Oh no! You come back, my love! I promise I would destroy this entire city if that was just your desire!" Malizia called out with a lovestricken, forlorn voice as she got back onto her hooves and bounded across the city in a wild chase after Kathlin! The giant demon made a couple of leaps, madly flapping her wings and even managing to glide a few moments through the air, high above the building! But just as much of Malizia's chase consisted of her falling over and tripping on awkwardly placed buildings and stone walls, frantically crawling forward only to take an accidentally head-dive down into the canal!

*

"HIIIIIIYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Aleena screamed out in a crazed battle cry as the Night Elven warrioress flew high above the rooftops of Stormwind, having mere minutes ago been fired by the the catapult by Serphia and the rest of her warriors; her having been the only volunteer!

In her grip, and pointed forward, she held the long, sanctified pike she had received from Serphia; held out in front of her as she flew through the air, and pointed directly towards the distant target that was Malizia's big, red and winged form as it crashed through the city!
Her hair flowed freely out from behind her black, ornamental Night Elven helmet, and Aleena could feel the passing air cause her shimmering elven eyes to begin to water!

However, as she continued her approach towards Malizia in a perfect trajectory, Aleena would suddenly spot a small, feathered object flying notably slower than her, yet rapidly approach.

*BLAM*

With little warning for neither party, although perhaps more for Liaena and Hester thanks to the Night Elf's war cry; Aleena would suddenly crash right into Liaena and her owl from behind in a mid-air collision that would result in said Night Elf warrior getting a face-full of owl as she let out an angry curse!

"Ashhh! Fowl-vel alan! Stupid bird!" Aleena said, losing her focus and lowering her pike as she instead tried to grab at Hester!

The impact of the small owl and smaller human had done little to slow Aleena's speed throughout the air. However, the impact of a big elf zooming in from behind had definitely given both Liaena and Hester a noticeable increase in speed; whether it be desired or not; in addition to the obvious bludgeoning damage!

[Sinerathin]

*Sigh*

"I was afraid something like that would happen."

Sharon thought privately as he watched Mei's new serpentine hairdo. It was... disturbing, to say the least. He had never really gotten past the whole tentacle deal with the Draenei. However, the fact that Mei's hair had now become a slithering mass of snakes did not help alleviate any of that.

"The snakes are part of Mei, Vashi. Any spell affecting them is probably going to be affecting her as well."

The High Elf spoke with a warning yet not so urgent tone, like a class teacher silently remarking to a careless student in chemistry class who was about to set off a small chain explosion, yet felt no real urge to really stop the impending disaster. Perhaps even a hidden, small desire to see it all go down, just to break the monotony of class.

However, Sharon's attention would quickly shift towards the opening of the bank area, as he saw a small group of Draenei clad in their usual ostentatious, shiny and gem encrusted armor; looking more like something you'd pull out of the earth in a geological survey than professional guards, yet the High Elf knew better. They peacekeepers were conversing with some of the customers at the bank, one of the customers jiggling his tentacle beard and pointing in the direction of the party.

"I think we've overstayed her welcome here. It was nice meeting you all." Sharon said as he gave a friendly nod around to no one in particular, as the High Elf made sure to strategically position himself behind Vashi in a diagonal straight line to Mei.

Sharon was not too worried about the thought of being taken into an interrogation room and beaten for information. The Booty Bay style of policing was not practiced in the Exodar, as he knew the Draenei were in general too nice for that. Granted, he still did not wish a hold-up, no matter of pleasant, as he was fully aware that at this very moment; Stormwind was being ravaged by a giant demon that was, at least in part, his creation, and that Liaena was probably waiting for him!

"However, we have a city to save. Take care!"

And with that, Sharon had turned his back to Mei and Vashi; as arcane runes began to glow in the air around the High Elven mage as he summoned forth the magical power required to tear into the fabric of space and time; creating a shimmering portal looking straight out into the interior of disturbed Mage Tower!

[rivaan]

“Naaru help me...” Mei muttered, having been turned into something... unsettling. She could feel the snakes move about and there was an incredibly disorienting side effect of having snakes for hair... She could see from all their eyes! It was a full sphere view range! It was so strange to keep everything straight!” I look like a naga in the head...” She stated in despair, hands moving to her face and a snake wrapped around her right forearm for a moment, before she moved her hands away from her face.

“Vashi, stop it... it's as Sharon stated.” Mei placed an arm on the night elf's shoulder to make her stop with the magic on the snakes. Frankly it was good Mei herself was pretty willful and strong minded person and she resisted nearly all of what Vashi was attempting to do. Granted it was probably because the girl was attempting to subdue all those... who know how many snakes and each of them was Mei grade resistant kind of... sort off... That and she stopped her in time. Even Mei knew it that even the strongest mind would cave under strong enough of calming spells.

As Sharom was preparing for a portal to be made, Mei had a very unpleasant feeling that something was going to go bad. She saw the guards approaching and recognized some of the faces. She waved to them as they made surprised expression, noting her 'hair' and just as they were about to approach and question them about what had happened, Sharon opened the bloody portal!” Here we go... again.” Mei mumbled, feeling the huge attraction towards the glowing portal. Something was off about it though. Mei knew her portals... knew their presence and how they felt. This one was somewhat off.” Ohh bloody nether...” She mumbled, rocketing like a shot from a cannon straight into the portal, grabbing Sharon and Vashi by the waists as she did, pulling them with her with the incredible speed! Impossible speed!

Mid way through the portal something happened just as Mei expected. The portal shifted and distorted, but not all was lost! Their initial velocity served a great purpose as even the distorted portal couldn't stop their movement. With a painful snapping sound she felt wounds cover her legs and arms, but her two companions whom she kept slightly behind her would get mostly unscratched. A number of almost cut looking wounds burst through her body as they successfully appeared on the other side of the portal! Kind of...

The moment they appeared through the portal on the other side, Mei pushed the ones she held to the side, canceling their velocity to send them rolling to the side as she continued straight into the wall of the magic tower and actually precisely at a window, sending her almost flying outside. Both her swords were already drawn and stabbed one into the floor and the other into the stone wall, barley stopping herself with merely hanging outside the window.” I'm getting too old for this...” She mumbled.

[Feychild]

“Typical” Liaena grunted as she clung for dear life to Aleena, via handfuls of her long, bright purple hair. Hester let out several angry squawks as the bird disentangled herself from the strands, to plunge away from both the elf and the mini human riding her, and disappear.

“And naturally, the bird bails at the first sign of trouble. No wonder I call her a rat”

The girl found she could make herself slightly more secure in her position by standing on a large knot-snarl in the mane she found herself in. This happy discovery found, the girl barely had time to catch her bearings as she stuck her head out to see the view – aka Malizias large back, rapidly approaching. “Eh, could be worse”

“That was a really good dodge!” Kathlin said encouragingly as she clung to the gryphons back. The sergeant was paying only limited attention to his unexpected stowaway, thus it was doubtful he even heard it as he barked instructions at his mount.

“Down! DOWN! Dive!”

Scooby obeyed, flattening out to once again barely skim the paving stones of the streets they swept down. It all appeared for naught however, as Malizia’s pounding feet sounded incredibly close behind them and a large hand reached out. “HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY BELOVED!? I WILL DESTROY YOU!!”

*THUMP*

“Eh?” Malizia paused momentarily, more from surprise than from any physical damage at the feeling of a small object ramming into her back. This was followed by – a series of stabbing pains, as though she had been stuck with a pin. “HEY! Stop that!”

“This plan isn’t short term at all” Liaena spat as she clung onto Aleena, who was clinging onto Malizia, by virtue of two long knives now jammed into the small of her back. Using these as a foothold and handhold, the Night Elf was using her free hand to get even more stabby.

“OW!”

A large hand reached up to try and grab for the pair of them. Somehow, the Night Elf had been blessed with the fools luck to land in that exact location of the annoying itch – where it was most hard to reach.

“Do I have anything to add to this?”

Was Liaena’s thought as she gazed into her satchel – before her gaze alighted upon the shrinking potion she had just used on Kathlin and herself. A few drops left at the bottom, else sadly depleted. “well there's nothing to loose here, I guess”

“HEY! NIGHT ELF!” Liaena screamed as she pushed herself through Aleenas mop to shimmey down her bangs and swing insolently in front of her face. As annoyed silvery eyes focused in on her, she brandished the vial at her. “Try and get this into one of the cuts! All of it!!”

[Rithy]

“HEY! NIGHT ELF!”

"Whaaat?!" Aleena was currently riding the naked back of a giant, furious demoness with a pair of sleek, elven shortswords embedded into the deep red skin; trails of dark red, slightly green tinted blood pouring out of the laughably small wounds on Malizia's back and latching onto her hands and the handles of her shortswords, making it difficult for her to maintain her grip!

Her eyes narrowed at the tiny human suddenly dangling in front of her face, holding out an even tinier vial up at her!

It would have been nearly impossible for a normal person to tell what was in the nearly empty vial. However, thanks to her superior elven vision, Aleena would squint her eyes and barely make out the small droplets left in the vial.

"Are you daft, monkey? There's NO WAY that dosage is ever going to suffice! Plus, does it even work on demons?!"

"GAAAHH! GET OFF-GET OFFZ!"

Malizia would shake her back, the demon now standing on her knees as she tried desperately to reach back behind her back to get at the annoying little long-eared, purple mosquito who had nearly latched herself onto her back where her wings started. And her demonic wings, no matter how cool they might have made her look, did little to help catch Aleena!

"Goddess, I guess here goes nothing!"

Aleena, hanging from one hand, carefully snatched the tiny-weeny vial from Liaena's hand with two fingers, whilst grabbing the girl with her remaining fingers, and shoving Liaena firmly down into her purple cleavage before the tiny, black haired girl could raise an objection! With that, Aleena reached up to one of the recent stab wounds; which looked more like a barely noticeable mosquito wound on the giant demon; trying desperately to fiddle with the tiny cork on the tiny vial, before quickly giving up and resorting to simply crushing the vial between her fingers and stabbing her hand into the wound as it disappeared into a stream of dark red demon blood!

There was no scream of discomfort from Malizia, as the whole attack was hardly more that a tiny pinch. It was impossible to tell if it had any effect. Instead, like a dog trying to scratch her own back; if the dog had been a more than 50+ft tall giant, towering demoness; Malizia stood back up, arched her back, before throwing herself backwards down onto her back against the city below!

"Ohhh shiiiii,-!"

*

"Huh?"

...

"OOOOAAAAFFFFHHHGHH!"

Vashi had little warning before she was pulled alongside of Sharon by Mei and straight through the portal! While Vashi had no objections to portal or teleportation magic in general, actually finding them quite comfortable most of the time, this was anything but a normal, smooth teleportation ride!

They were thrustt hrough the portal with unnatural force, swinging around before appearing in a a wild leap right out into the mage tower! Vashi and the High Elf went rolling to the ground, whereas Mei was shot through the whole room like an unstoppable, big blue and snaked headed cannonball!

"That... wasn't normal *cough*" Vashi said as she sat back onto her legs, coughing and waving some dust away as she slowly got up onto her feet.

That was when she saw Mei in her armor, hanging halfway outside of what had once been a painted-glass window, and clearly not been designed to prevent a suicide attempt from a draenei sized individual trying to throw herself through it.

"Hold on!" Vashi was quick exclaim as she began to rush over towards Mei, reaching forward as if to grab Mei, but then held her hand back. As an excuse, she might say this was because there were better ways of trying to pull a 8ft tall, armored Draenei through a window than simply doing it the menial way, especially when you were a mage. However, the true reason for not wanting to get too close to Mei was the crazy new hardo of hers, as Vashi was still not sure if she could trust any of the dozen snakes currently writhing about on Mei's hair.

Instead, Vashi used a simple kinetic spell, grabbing hold of Mei and pulling her back into the window, allowing Mei to pull free her own oversized swords from the surrounding walls.

"Are you alright, Mei?!" Vashi asked with a voice of concern as she looked towards Mei, knowing full well how poorly Mei dealt with portals. The Draenei was a walking magical anomaly, and Vashi suspected that she may never truly be able to understand how she must have felt, especially when she herself was a mage through and through!

"With any luck, the fight won't be over yet. We may still have t,-"

*Thooooooom*

Vashi was interrupted mid-sentence when a deep, low rumbling could be heard from beneath their feet and off towards the distance; the walls and ground beneath them shaking gently and causing some dust and small pebbles to fall down around them as a distant, yet massive shockwave had just passed by them, causing a small but brief earthquake. If Vashi hadn't known better, she would have easily suspected it of being a meteor spell, but she looked back up at Mei, her eyes wide.

" ... I hope she didn't just smash something important! ... or someone... "

[Sinerathin]

"Someone addled with the spell!"

Was the first thought that ran through Sharon's head as the world finally returned to focus after the tumultuous portal ride, as the blonde haired High Elf reached up to rub his forehead as he staggered back onto his feet.

His illustrious, deep azure blue robes were in as great tatters as ever, the day not having been kind to them in the slightest; and his silvered chestplate was dented and scratched. Still, he was still alive, a matter the High Elf was quite grateful for, especially when he took into mind what he might have just gone through.

Tampering with portals was a dangerous act, and could easily leave whoever tried to use them afterwards bisected, atomized, or splattered across an area as wide as 500 feet in a liquid state.

"I should have known that my brother had a scryer looking for us." Sharon thought, privately cursing his own stupidity for what in hindsight had been a reckless move, but still, thanks to whatever forces had saved them, possibly Mei's own inability to get along nicely with portals, they were still alive, intact and in one piece.

Listening to the earthquake, his mind quickly returned to the reason they had returned to Stormwind in the first place.

There was currently a massive, red horned demonette raging about in the streets, and the collateral damage was at this point probably beyond a sum that the High Elf could even imagine. The only saving grace behind this all was that there was little chance they'd trade this back to him.

Hopefully.

"We still have an oversized demon to contend with!" Sharon said with a smirk despite the situation, approaching Vashi and Mei.
"I have a levitation spell. With your leg strength, you could kick yourself off the side of this tower and float towards the fight across the rooftops. Our quarry is the size of a tower, and so should be hard to miss."

Sharon said as he nodded the tip of his silvered battlestaff towards Mei, giving her a wink as he readied his spell.

"I will assume heights are no concern for you at this point."

The High Elf only hoped his trust in Mei's kick strength was accurate. It would have been awkward for Mei to kick herself off the tower, only to end up stopping and hovering a few hundred feet in the air above a random district or street, requiring them to come save her. Or accidentally miss and launch herself a mile or two in the wrong direction, or worse, right up into the sky.

"One disaster at the time. I can tell her the details once this job is done."

[rivaan]

“Thank you, Vashi.” Mei stated when her adorable night elf mage helped her get into the tower again. Truth was Mei would have been able to climb herself, but she just felt a little tired of it. When she said she felt too old for this, she actually meant it despite the fact draenei didn't really age as other races. It's just been too long since she started to deal with such nonsense so often.

“I doubt it, no one of importance would near Malizia.” She stated, using her swords as pivot, while waiting for her body to deal with at least some of the pain and wounds. She couldn't really heal herself like mages, but she had a degree of master over her muscles, allowing her to at least slow the bloodflow. She pulled a potion and quickly drank it all, causing the wounds to stop bleeding while slowly healing. It wasn't a true healing rapid potion, but more one that stopped bleeding and just slightly boost regeneration. She was a berserker after all. They got stronger the more injured they were for reason. Her armor wasn't damaged at the slgihtest, because of it's quality and materials, but underneath her body was a mess. Seemed like she'd have a few more scars to show at warrior gatherings.

“My leg strength is indeed great.” Mei confirmed with a frown, realizing Sharon's plans.” Though I'd advise against the exact plan you are having.” She stated, placing placing the twohanded swords on her back as the spell was casted.” I will use this spell, just not completely like you wish.” She explained as the spell was cast and walked over to the huge hole in the wall.” I'm getting too old for this..” she mumbled again as she took a few steps backwards, before speeding through the tower floor and hurling herself out the breech, but slightly at a downwards angle so she eventually wands.

The moment she was outside she moved with great speed as she impacted into a building quite far from the tower. Becuase of the levitation spell she didn't cause much damage to it. Using her guantlets and their pointy tip on the fingertips, she used to keep scratch at the building's stone as she ran by the wall, noting the huge demon and speed up once more, hurling herself as a missile at her right at the back of her head. Surprigingly enough her snake hair proved very useful at keeping track of flying objects!!!

Mei's speed was great as she approached from a blind spot right at the demoness's head!” I'VE GOT YOU NOW!” She shouted, grabbing Mali's hair and using it to pull herself on top of the demoness's head!

[Feychild]

“Light, it never rains…!”

Liaena clung for dear life to Aleena’s hair. Her predicament was that the mad dash for survival was now out of her hands and in those of the Night Elf. As soon as the latter had realised the peril she was in, Aleena had sprung into motion to climb up Malizia in a series of knife stab, using her long curved blade as a crampon.

Reaching her shoulder blade, Aleena hoisted herself up to dive over the arch of her body just in time. Malizia fell gracefully towards the earth, terrified citizens diving out of the way – or not, depending on their speed, dexterity and luck.

-CRASH-

The form of Malizia’s body smashed through a terrace of houses, her butt causing a small tsunami down one of the canal paths. Aleena and Li found themselves now resting comfortably on the demons naked bosom – which while admittedly confortable, was evidently not at all a safe location to be as Malizia’s eyes zeroed in on them with an evil glare.
“I’VE GOT YOU NOW!!”
“GRAAH! LEAVE ME IN PEACE! I HAVE A DATE!”

Like a fortuitously placed angel from the heavens, Mei appeared out of nowhere on Malizia’s head. Liaena squinted up at her as she took a firmer grasp of handfuls of her current ‘mounts’ hair, the Draenei dancing around on the demons scalp as Malizia made grabs, jabbing at her with her blade. The demon was demonstrating the reaction to the assault as it had to Aleena earlier: I.E. discomfort and irritation. “Please tell me you have something beside a sword! She won’t die of acupuncture!”

“I’m not sure what else I can do here…”

Assessing her options, none of them appeared stellar as Aleena scrambled to her feet, drawing her bow from her shoulder. Liaena clung on grimly, well aware of the likely ramifications if she lost her hold on her Night Elf mount.
She could remain in a shrunken state, using Aleena for protection. Or she could return to her own size and attempt to assist with the fight somehow. She still had a polymorph potion, but…lacked samples of suitable harmless animals to make use of it on the demon. Besides, recent evidence indicated that Malizia the Killer Rabbit with demonic superpowers was hardly an improvement.

“Also, where is Sharon!?”

Liaena cast her gaze about fruitlessly, before turning to glower at Mei – supposedly his bodyguard – a demonstration of anger which was doubtless entirely overlooked by the draenei currently going monno-a-monno with a giant demon.

[Rithy]

When you were suddenly attacked by a big, angry and flying draenei wielding two oversized blades, most people would probably react with alarm and great concern!

This, however, was not the case with Malizia today however.

As Mei managed to catch onto the white hair and ponytail of her horned head, there was a moment of pause on Malizia's face, her bright, shining and yellow demonic eyes staring straight ahead in a deeply, unimpressed frown; the realization hitting her.

"Not her! Not this time again!"

The way in which Malizia reached to catch the puny little draenei currently trying to give her a new haircut was in a manner less out of urgency, and more of bored routine and defeated resignation as she reached up to grab Mei! As she raised her arms up however, she would inadvertently press her chest together as well, causing her prodigious, red demonic bosom to suddenly squeeze in against Aleena and Liaena from both sides! Aleena, who was in the middle of drawing an arrow, would find the shot going wide as she was suddenly buried by two large red mounds from either side; now with barely a hand a pair of ears sticking out from between the smushed bosom.

"Gah! Why can't you go ruin someone else's day for once, Mei?! I don't have time for your 'epic duel of fates' or whatever it is you're hoping for!"

Malizia complained as she first sat up, and then began to rise back up; bits of debris and building material that had been pasted onto her back falling off in droves to land in the neat, Malizia-shaped figure imprint that her destructive backwards swan-dive had left in the block!

Mei, however, proved surprisingly elusive, and Malizia growled and gritted her demonic teeth as she found Mei constantly slipping out from between her fingers as she tried to snatch the little thing! Turning towards where she could see the flying gryphon riders with Kathlin in the distance, Malizia took one step forward, all the while shaking her horned head in an attempt to get Mei out of her hair; literally; her white ponytail slapping in every direction!

"I swear, if you don't get out right this second, I will,-"

...

" ... u-uoah! UOAAAHAH!"

Malizia's building threat was cut short however as she felt her hove get caught up mid stride, yet her body continuing to move forward. Looking down, she had expected to see her hoof tripped against the edge of the canal, but it was instead caught in a heavy metal rope stretched out across her path, and she could barely make out small, purple-ish and stealthed figures below holding the rope from the cover of buildings!

As she realized what was happening, and gravity took hold; there was only time for one thought.

"Oh crap!"

*CRASH-THOOOOOOOM-BOOM!"

With a resounding, earth-shattering crash, the giant, towering and winged demoness who had just recently gotten off her butt and onto her feet, found herself now falling face first and firmly faceplanting the other end of the canal in yet another crash that caused a heavy carpet of dust to rise over the district!

As the dust slowly began to clear, Malizia pulled her face out of the ruined cobblestone street, using her hands to push her top slightly up from the ground, and stared forward, only to see standing before her; a tall, white haired Night Elf, dressed in the usual elaborate, finely furnished but also almost non-existent armor of Sentinels; Serphia, who was pointing a single curved elven blade up at her!

"You stumbled right into my trap, didn't you now?!" Serphia exclaimed with unabashed pride, a wide, shining grin across her purple lips!

" ... seriously... ?"

Malizia, on the other hand, seemed less impressed. Or rather, her red, demonic face was contorted into that of yet another, deeply unimpressed frown as random bricks of cobblestone fell off her cheeks. She didn't know which was worse, the pun made by Serphia, or the fact that it seemed to have flown right over the Captain's already tall head!

In the meanwhile however, Serphia's silvery eyes would trail down from Malizia's face and onto a Mei who had also faceplanted the ground not far from Malizia's head, slowly recovering, and then over to a disheveled looking Aleena halfway out from between the voluptuous orbs that was Malizia's chest; the tiny figure of the human Liaena desperately clutching onto a strand of Aleena's vibrant, purple hair.

A frown of disapproval passed across the Captain's face at the sight.

"And you guys can stop playing around any time now... "