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Jayo lingered in the room where the statues dictated the possibilities of the split paths. For a while, he stared at the sphinx, then to the other creature, one more repulsive that the glowing woman followed. Her light had almost vanished from his sight before he too, followed slowly behind her.

Around and around the pathway wove, going up higher and higher inside the unknown tower they were climbing. No steps lit the path, just the gradual but evident grade. With the hallway growing tighter, Jayo paused a moment to tuck his wings in more closely pressed against his back side, and once the pair reached the top, a peculiar smell came up through vents within the ground.

This path was made of grated, vented iron, and a massive room opened up below them. But it was darker than night, and nothing could be seen, but it's presence could be felt through the winds that swept through the slats below.

And so the path continued, Jayo following after the girl before he paused and noticed a sound. It was faint at first, but a light scraping could be heard within the darkness below. The pair had made it to the center of the iron-grated path to where iron grates also lined one side of the path's wall, to where Jayo now peered out into the nothingness...
and then the first strike came.

A sharp puncture of it's tail struck at the rotting iron and broke clean through, and now the path way separated between them- keeping Lumira on one side, and Jayo ont he other; and as the tail slid away, the creature below let out a terrifying caw, and what sounded like the creature scaling the walls could be heard scraping against the stone wall sides.

With his mind jarred, Jayo tried to make sense of the situation but with the iron path now open to the pit below them, it seemed they had little choice but to either continue forward, or drop down into the pit below with the angered monster.
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Alleta

A blast of foul-fetid breath brought Lumira to her knees. She spun just as the brown, glistening tail broke through the grates below and sent broken iron daggers sailing through the air. She drew Stellæ from its sheath at her waist and glided forward to meet the monster she had chosen.

When it struck next, the vicious barbed tail pierced the path behind Lumira, marooning her on an island of rusted iron. She drew her blade across the stem of the poisonous tail, and ruby red blood flew through the air. A horrible screech echoed up from the dank and dark below. The tail pulled back only to strike again. It took Lumira all her strength to defect the blow, and a hideous whining split the air as the scorpion's tail and her sword clashed.

The tail withdrew, and Lumira looked back to where the man was, separated from her by the large maw where the iron path had been ripped away. Suddenly, the grates below her own feet began to shake, and she knew that soon the whole platform would crumble and fall to the depths. And when it did, their path forward would be gone, leaving only the path down.

Lumira looked back at the man, then down at the distance between them, where it seemed a large, yellow eye glowed with ancient anger. "Quickly!" she shouted, beckoning him forward.

visualspice

Quickly? But it seemed too late. The iron was old and rotted, and Jayo didn't have to take a step for the entire bridgeway to collapse, sending him tumbling intot he darkness. The iron flooring clattered to the ground, sending the enormous creature below in a frenzy of shrieks. It turned now, feeling threatened by the collapsing walk way as it backed away from the pile. It eyed it over, it's eyes glowing yellow, like the moon, all the while the pathway Lumira had been perched within remained int he world above, though it whined and threatened to spill down into the darkness below, it still held fast...
For now.


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"Stars!" Lumira swore. She heard the iron hit the ground and grinned. "That's perfect!" She fell to her knees, and placing her hands around two links in the grating, let her hands burn with light. The iron became red and as hot as a star. The whole platform groaned with the stress as the metal stretched and burned, turning into a fiery brand poised just over the great beast below.

visualspice

After a moment, the pile of iron began to move. Though Jayo was no where to be seen, the hawk-headed scorpion beast wasted no time as it's tail struck forward. But that was it's first mistake. It let out a hiss, it's body recoiling instantly as it's tail hit against the blistering metal and bubbled and hissed the ends of it's tail flesh. The noise it made was blood curdling, and while it was shuffling back into the corner, Jayo finally appeared from beneath the pile of rubble- very much alive, slightly bloodied with one crumpled wing...
but he was ok.
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I ran the Connlaothian civil war. For more info, check out it's page here. The war has now turned into a 'Cold War' with it's plotting page found here. It's no longer a huge site wide event but the scars are there.

My currently active characters:
Grand Duke Calent Allarrick // Aella Coleridge // Blaith Harmond // Kella Harmond  // Hope Allarrick // Krah Mordeth // Mehtwald Allaen // Zannrick Austengarde // Katahnia Harmond // Jinai Rinstgate  // Leif Arrant // Dekka Blade  // Kentamin Dhelsbar  // Dahnny Quills  // Victoria Armani  // Ohna Waitsmith  // Jarrett L'isson  // Trest Arristaire  // Clayton "Jack-in-the-Box" Wilson // Cullen  //  Vels // Shay // Killian  // Fluke  // Mellesta // Danning // Petrin // Gavriella // Dornsley // Miersck // Aelith // Iyla // Angel // Ellarrah // Persea Ah'nikh // Phone // Jace // Ne'friss // Opus Dey // Lord Amalin // Ehvren // Narophne // Edward // Dehzrehn // Chase Vander // Valeska // Jayo //Layana // Rezvek // Red Sun // Harmanaija // Mirajah // Liana // Oska //Hay-gee // Beatrice // Ninn // Dao'bachpa //Pao'orha // Mae'leena // Davishire // Davina// Gemla // Hyathia //Thethysis // Urd // Missendria // Ina-herit // Feni'tat // Phen // Evelyn // Kell // Striker // Ithica // Connor // Vlint // The Gambler // Lord Aegis // Thomas // Quince // Althea // Vaeyna // Ihlsepar Asawa'eht // Krazxick // Djchastese // Katoma // Na'o // Moonlight // Bluesong //Caollette // Artemis // Arrick // Evetta //Jackal // Winston //Lenny // Anphis // Hebara //Ibra // Dre'hn // Veride // Arthund // Kao

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