[IC] Magic RP (Open to new players)

[MarshiestMallow]

"That would have taken us ages traveling on foot" Nyx said to Lixia "so thank you" she smiled before starting to look, what if something had happened to the papers between lexia finding them and leaving them? "Where did you see them?"

[Aristocles]

Lixia looked around. She found the papers on the floor, much where she had first found them. Toby had recently added some things to his cave, like some new animal skins to serve as rugs, and more straw for the bed, so that it was now large enough for two dragons of his size. It seemed he wanted to impress her. "Right there" she indicated. Larek picked them up and read them. Toby's handwriting was somewhat sloppy, but it was legible. Asthia, the vampiric dracon who had raised him, had also taught him to read and write. Of course, she only raised him after kidnapping the young dragon, but that was another story.

"Hmm. I think I know what's going on. Dragons sometimes show greater sensitivity to the workings of the universe, but Toby... based on these visions, I think he may very well be an oracle. That would explain why Asthia wanted him all those years ago. She must have suspected it, being a powerful mage and all that" Larek said.

[MarshiestMallow]

"Still doesn't tell us where he has disappeared to" Nyx said, "Right? But he left the notes here, so either, he wanted someone to figure it out, or he thought he was coming back here, but something stopped him"

[Aristocles]

"Well... he says something about going to a town not too far from here" Larek said. "Something about trying to save it."

[MarshiestMallow]

"What towns are around here?" Nyx asked

[Aristocles]

"The only one nearby is called Moonstone. It's a market town for the surrounding countryside. I've been there a few times" Larek explained. "I remember it, so I can take you there with the gate stone. Lixia, you know where that is too, right?"

The stratodrake nodded. "I'll meet you two there!" She started to fly off to the northwest, in the direction of the town. "Nyx, take my hand and we'll be there in a moment."

[MarshiestMallow]

Nyx took Lareks hand, looking around once more quickly to make sure they hadn't missed anything, "Okay "

[Aristocles]

Larek focused on the town of Moonstone, forming the image of the town square in his mind. Lixia flew on ignoring her aching wings. It would take her about half an hour to get there at her current velocity.

The two dracons teleported to the center of the town, finding a modest settlement made of wood and straw, unusual building materials in the dracon lands, but common enough in the fertile valley. Citizens were seen running for their lives in the streets and screaming in fear. Before Larek could ask what was wrong, he looked up to see strange lights falling from the sky, looking much like meteorites. One of these lights fell directly towards Larek and Nyx!

[MarshiestMallow]

Nyx didn't hesitate. She was not going to die here, and neither was Larek, not when they had their egg at home. She grabbed Lareks hand, and pulled him along as she moved them out of range of the falling light.

"So, I don't think it was a metaphor for people dying. Actually falling lights"

[Aristocles]

"I think it was both" Larek said, noticing that the lights were explosive. There was a small crater where he and Nyx had been standing. Looking around, there were several other such craters, including a few with dracon skeletons in them. "And thanks for that, my love. I was about to leap to the other side when-" before he could finish, a dragon was seen flying overhead. The red beast flew after another one of the falling lights, breathing a gout of flame at it and causing it to explode in mid-air. It was Toby!

"He's... trying to protect the town!" Larek exclaimed.

[MarshiestMallow]

"Trying. Let's keep moving. If we stand here, we will probably get hit. What's causing them?" Nyx wondered glancing about

[Aristocles]

"I don't know!" Larek exclaimed as he grabbed Nyx, pulling her away from another falling light, which exploded near them. "Toby! Toby, can you hear me?!"

The dragon swooped down, briefly. "Can't talk now! Wait a moment! This wave is nearly done!"

"This wave?! What's that mean?!" Larek asked. The dragon gave no response, but kept attacking the lights. After a few more minutes, he landed, gasping for breath.

[MarshiestMallow]

Nyx wearily looked about, before heading over to Toby, "are you okay?"

[Aristocles]

Toby gasped and panted a few more time before answering. "I'll be fine. These lights have been threatening to destroy the town for the last two days, or so. I've lost count of the time, actually."

Larek ran over to the dragon. "Toby, my friend, what's going on?"

"I had a dream. A series of dreams, really, each one more lucid than the last. It took me a while, but I realized that these dreams were really visions. At first, I thought it had something to do with Dememoras, but now I see that it's probably not that at all. I was being warned that something is trying to destroy the town."

"You mean, the lights. What's causing them?" Larek wondered.

"I don't know. All I know is that the falling lights come back every ten minutes, and they last for about an hour each time. I've been trying to keep the town safe since then" he slumped to the ground, lying on his stomach.

"And you've been going at this for two days straight?"

Toby nodded. "As I said, I lost track of the time."

"How long can you keep this up?"

"As long as I have to" he replied, yawning.

[MarshiestMallow]

"You're going to end up killing yourself!" Nyx said, "The lights have to be coming from somewhere! Someone must be controlling them!" She said, looking up at the sky, "It just isn't possible that they are natural"

[Aristocles]

Toby sighed. "What else should I do? Let the town die?"

"Toby... there are some things you can do and some things you can't. Remember when I was burned by that mimic's acid bomb?"

"Yeah. You were only ten years old, roughly. I remember fighting alongside your aunt Tala to defeat it."

"Right. That was something you could do then, but I couldn't. Grandma Iskra had to take me upstairs because I couldn't handle it, even though I wanted to fight alongside you, my friend."

"Is there a point to this? The lights are about to come down again?"

"I'm saying there are some thing that you can and cannot handle. The town can be evacuated. Nyx is right, you're only going to get yourself killed. You're not invincible, you know. Even you will get tired sooner or later."

Toby growled. "I couldn't save my mother, but I can save these people!" He turned to Nyx. "I'm not sure where the lights are coming from, but there is a cave in the hills near here that lights up at night. I think someone's in there, but I don't know if that has anything to do with it." He pointed at the mountains in the distance. "Someone or something is in there but I don't know if-"

The lights appeared again, hanging over the town. "Here they come again!" Toby flew into the air again, but his left wing gave out, and he fell to the ground. Luckily, he wasn't very far up.

[MarshiestMallow]

"Let's get the people out of this town" Nyx said "that's something that we can do, and then you can go rest before you do end up killing yourself" she said to Toby

[Aristocles]

Toby gasped. "Ah... my wing... my foot!" he had fallen on his left hind foot and was limping along. The lights were still falling. "There's not much the two of you can do to get the people out in time, but you can get to that cave!" One of the lights was about to fall on Toby. He looked up and tried to dodge, but his injured foot gave out and he fell on his stomach. The red dragon shut his eyes, not sure if he would survive it.

Suddenly, Lixia arrived and fired a gout of flame at the glowing green sphere, causing it to explode just out of harm's way.

"Toby! Gods, what happened?!"

"No time! Hold off these lights for as long as you can! Larek! Nyx! You two just get to that cave and see if you can stop this!" Toby roared.

"Right. Let's go, Nyx!" Larek said, starting to run, seeing that several of the multi-colored, explosive lights were incoming fast. Lixia flew up and began to intercept the lights as fast as she could, but she wasn't as strong or as fast as Toby. She could keep it up, but not for nearly as long.

[MarshiestMallow]

Nyx looked back, worriedly, and nodded, "Lets be quick"

[Aristocles]

They ran from the town of Moonstone into the hills. Looking back, Larek could still see Lixia fighting to hold off the exploding lights, but many were getting past her anyway. Shrugging off the worries, they made it into the cave, finding a weird glowing diamond set into a holster. The diamond's color changed every few seconds, and the colors matched the lights that were threatening the town.

"Alright, seems pretty clear" Larek, drawing his sword. He swung it at the diamond, only for the gem to shock him with whatever energies powered it as soon as the sword connected. The dracon screamed in pain and fell to the ground, dropping his sword, still very much alive, but stunned.