Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
From Vignar's spell, a familiar face to both Emily and their opponents came to be; Octal Chaser, the third member of Sean's party who had previously been killed by the mother dragon. Bound to Vignar's commands, the ghost summoned a twin spirit which rushed towards Diane and assisted her in her escape from the quicksand; fragments before Steve jumped from it and attempted to swallow Diane whole, something it would've done weren't it for her and Vignar's quick reaction!
Fran, like Emily and Vignar, was entangled by the chains. It wasn't looking good, she sumrised in a daze. After all she wasn't used to battle like her mercenary colleagues. She left a small shriek fly, but came to her senses shortly enough to pull through... Now that Steve was above ground. Fran closed her eyes and cast a spell; green lines of light weaved underneath her feet and formed a cage around the battlefield; locking the librarians and their opponents away from the near drakes and werecats. She had created an isolated space to fight... And between Vignar's shout and Diane's song, Emily was by far the most powerful holder in said cage...
The cage rose above ground; dumping the sand back into the desert and giving the holders stability. Valor's chains became visible, and Steve had nowhere left to dig. Instead, the ragworm decided to lunge towards Vignar, who was still entangled in chains...
In an attempt to unbalance her, Valor's chains jerked at Emily's ankles. The arrow hit once again, but with slightly more power thanks to Vignar's support. It actually pierced into the armour, causing Sean to roar in pain. However, perhaps more notably, a part of the armour began to loosen. Scales dropped from the shoulder-pad like snowflakes from a tree it had bumped into. What did that mean?
Will 'o the Piper
Upon touching Charles, Sigmund, and even Eidren, felt their bodies being pulled from their world. Suddenly it was not the small creature and Charles growing transparent, but the world around them! They were being sucked into place that existed parallel to where they had just stood. The blades of grass that had previously existed underneath their feet passed through their bodies like ghosts and instead, the floor was like a pale glass. The stars in the sky shone far brighter than their counter-parts and illuminated the area. The river in this spirit world had even gained dozens of colours, as it was a mixture of green and blue lights. Yet amidst all this they saw something something even more amazing; Sophia, Medusa and Alyssa were given form! They no longer existed merely to their respective holders; but could be seen by all!
In the spirit world, more of the slimy green creatures their kin existed. As Charles had suspected, some of the previously kidnapped children were also present. Some played with the kappa, whereas others were sleeping in cages. However, there were far less children at the spot than multiple kidnappings would suggest.
The creature with the flute stopped playing, which would snap Charles from his dreams, to converse with it's kin. They seemed confused, but also panicking, but none of their spoken language would make any sense to Sigmund or Charles' ears. Yet it was clear the creatures were in disarray. Was it that humans entered their world on their own accord? Or perhaps something else...
A Clayman's Finale
Although clearly displeased with being reduced to a flying taxi, Noelle grabbed the researchers by their clutches and prepared to race them outside without even granting as much as a second glance at her colleagues. With one of Valenci's pawns in each hand, she rushed down the corridor, already spreading her wings; barely making it through the closing forcefield. It would only be shortly after until the leftover librarians would get a telepathic message from Ladon;
“Noelle says she managed to save... In her words, “Their sorry asses.” and will be back in as soon as she finds a passage. Please move on with the mission.”
And so they would. Soneillon would clear the traps in front of them as ordered by it's holder, soaking up multiple poisonous darts before Adeline and Maria entered the tombs Adeline had been before. It was a poorly lit, wide-open space, clearly robbed off it's treasures. There were smaller, simpler tombs spread around but clearly marks there had been larger ones... Such as the one that had been in the museum back in Calacany.
The room was deadly silent. Yet, according to the intel they had received from Nuka's Tsenahale before, there were voices coming from behind the walls. Now it seemed no such sounds existed anymore, but it was likely worth investigating as one of said voices had been doctor Valenci's... However, in the middle of the darkness of the room, something seemed to be moving...
Lux and Salia meanwhile, followed another path to an overgrown garden. It was in the open air, but filled with brightly coloured flowers... Although if they had read the reports of the Library's first mission in these ruins, they would know that a man named Ramza had reported the flowers to spread poisonous pollen at the slightest touch. In accordance, the movement of the entire ruins had shifted and shook the foundation of the garden, and the plaza seemed to be torn and twisted in multiple places. Paths varied from horizontal, to vertical to even upside-down! There were already pollen afloat and worse; there was a golem 'sleeping' in the corner...
