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Post by misslynx on Jul 12, 2005 10:31:50 GMT -5
((...Oy...Sorry for not replying for so long...I erm, lacked the inspiration...))
Lysander entered her room without a word. She shut the door behind her and sat on her bed with a sigh.
Being so far from the ground felt...awkward. Even though she had a solid floor beneath her feet, she didn't feel as comfortable as when she walked on firm land. You couldn't tear a hole through the dirt with an axe, as you could with the floor. And wood didn't have much minerals in it, unlike natural ground.
She lay down on her back and toyed with her slingshot, lost in her thoughts. She barely took notice of it when night was replaced by day.
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Post by OG Loc on Jul 12, 2005 11:57:24 GMT -5
"You have the powers of the sun," said Kaythar cooly. "I've done enough research to know that someone with that power can turn night into day in nothing flat." He quickly snapped his own fingers. Day turned back into night. "See? I have the opposite power. Now just don't turn night back into day again unless you have very, very good reason, okay? Throws things off-balance, not to mention I was just thinking in my room."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2005 13:20:25 GMT -5
Junkyard blinked. Then he slammed the door in Kaythar's face and walked back over to his bed, looking at the floor. "Stupid...wait, I don't even know his name. Not like I'd want to know. Pfft. Powers of the sun. Yeah right. He needs to look at a clock more often. We obviously were up too late, and by the time we got here, it was nearing sunrise." Junkyard looked up at his window, and his jaw dropped. It was night again; the moon was high in the sky, the stars were twinkling, and there was not a single trace of the sun in the sky. Junkyard sat down and took out his orb again. It was once again not glowing and it would not float. "Maybe...maybe he was right..."
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Post by OG Loc on Jul 12, 2005 14:49:32 GMT -5
Kaythar decided to simply go back into his room. He knew that it must have been Junkyard. The Sun Orb gave it away immediately that he had sun powers, plus he could tell somehow. He sat back down on his bed again, breathing in the moonlight more. He decided that if the sun came up abruptly again, he'd resist the temptation to go back and yell at Junkyard; he'd simply make it night again.
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Post by Tyrannitar on Jul 12, 2005 17:06:37 GMT -5
Surdith awoke to Kaythar's voice as he talked, rather loudly, at Jimmy. Eyes ebbing with exhaustion, he got out of the bed and opened the window, looking out towards the night sky. His window was on the other side of the Inn so he didn't realize that the other people were also looking up at the same moon. There was one odd thing, though: the sky was devoid of stars. He quickly got out his Cosmic Throwing Stars and threw all three of them towards the moon. They appeared to richochet (sp?) off it and bounce everywhere across the night sky, and everywhere it touched more stars appeared. Soon, when they returned to him, the night sky looked like someone had spilled glitter all over it. Satifisfied and calmed by the light of the stars, he prepared to shut the window and go back to bed when he noticed that the area of courtyard directly below his window was inaccessabile unless someone jumped, and tonight the moon was shining exactly on the right place so that he could see it was a gigantic hole. Making sure that his door was shut and that no other people were looking out the window so that they could see him, he leapt on to the sill and jumped the length of five stories into the hole. BAM! He landed in a large mound of dirt that was created as if for someone who jumped in to cushion their fall. Brushing some of the dirt off of him, he could see that the tunnel led into darkness. Looking up towards the sky, the stars twinkled magnificently. He held up two of his throwing stars and raised them, one in each hand, above him. Both of them started to glow, and one provided an extremely bright light so that he could see in front of him. The other one started growing until it was about the size of a standard round table. He climbed on to the enlarged star (which was also glowing brightly), held out the hand with the brightened star, and floated down the tunnel. The star was extremely fast, so that he didn't see any of the many gems that lined the walls, like a gigantic mosiac. When he got to the end of the tunnel, all there was was a round door with two jewel-encrusted words in Chinese on it, but he couldn't read the letters or open the door. Sighing, he turned the star around, and within minutes was back in his own room. He hoped that no one had seen him, but if he was right, then the door was directly underneath the area of Waste Lake... he remembered Mayi's shampoo. 'Essence of Waste Lake.' Closing his eyes and falling back on to his bed, he tried to recall the words on the door, but before he could, he had fallen asleep, just as the sun rose once more. (and this time the sun ACTUALLY rose  ) |
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Post by OG Loc on Jul 12, 2005 19:08:36 GMT -5
(Does Chinese even exist in this Medieval/Fantasy world?)
Kaythar was annoyed again to see the sun rising, but at least took comfort to know that it was nature doing it again, and he knew the importance of the balance between day and night, and of all nature, for that matter. He'd not gotten any sleep, but he certainly got rest, and an unusual peace was in his heart. He almost didn't feel like yelling at the child Junkyard as much today. (Okay, maybe a little, but not as much.)
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Post by misslynx on Jul 12, 2005 20:23:43 GMT -5
Lysander was awakened by the birds chirping outside. She grumbled. Why did those stupid birds have to sing so early anyway?! Often the sun hadn't even appeared at the horizon that they were already chirping, always the same old song, in the same old rythm that was typical to each of their species.
She got up, washed her face in the sink and brushed her hair, then hurried downstairs, back to her element, the ground, back to where she felt safe. Or at least, safer than on fifth story.
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Post by OG Loc on Jul 12, 2005 21:30:18 GMT -5
(I keep saying things like this, sorry if you're annoyed, but I don't think people used sinks in medieval times. They's just wash themselves with buckets of water; Oh, nevermind.)
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Post by Tyrannitar on Jul 12, 2005 22:07:13 GMT -5
(I keep saying things like this, sorry if you're annoyed, but I don't think people used sinks in medieval times. They's just wash themselves with buckets of water; Oh, nevermind.) This isn't all medieval-schmedieval, there's a little bit of modern added in. That's why we all rent nifty cars and drive where-ever we want! (kidding) ----------------------------------------------------- After everybody finished their breakfast, Surdith layed out a hand-drawn map of the area of Clokend. It didn't show much, just the major cities. (check the portion on the map on page 1) 'We need to decide where to go,' said Surdith. 'Where do you guys think we should-' But suddenly, the door burst open open and the scary old lady from Under Aslgo tramped in. Mrs. Furberworth approached the table and before she could say anything she spotted the map. Excited, she sat down (unwelcome) and pointed at an area south-east of the map. 'I saw those wicked shadow bandits that stole my precious Nani!' she said, sounding more controlled now. 'I was going to go to Spring Meadows when I saw them emerging from a building here in Mitris! They were rambling about taking some girl that resembled Nani's description (and probably was) and going to Thetra Town! You must come help me find them!' 'Were there two?' asked Surdtih. 'Yes they were, but they were both male... but that's odd, I remember that one of the bandits that fought us back in the alleyway was a girl...' 'I think I know where she went, but that's not too important now,' said Surdith, trying to get the conversation away from Ma *intentional space* yi. 'Well, what do you guys all think we should do?' he asked his fellows, as he quickly and causally took back the purple ring from the innkeeper's finger as he laid down food at another table. (no one saw him) |
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Post by Kat on Jul 13, 2005 8:05:51 GMT -5
"I say we KICK BUTT!" yelled Reina excitedly, walking in on the group. She had gotten up late, having enjoyed a wonderful dream last night about becoming queen of some fantastic land. The girl quickly squeezed between Junkyard and Lysander to see what was going on.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2005 8:10:54 GMT -5
Junkyard was not really paying any attention to a word any of them were saying. His Sun Orb was glowing and floating again and he watched it float around in his palms. When Reina had squeezed into him, Junkyard finally woke up. "Huh? Wha?" He looked around and quickly stuffed the Sun Orb back into his pocket. "Erm, I'm going with what Reina said."
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Post by OG Loc on Jul 13, 2005 8:12:55 GMT -5
"I'll go, but only because I have nothing better to do," said Kaythar.
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Post by Kat on Jul 13, 2005 9:15:28 GMT -5
"Seriously, sometimes the only way to get the job done is to beat the idiots into a pulp," added Reina, slamming her left fist into her open palm. "We can't always be goody-goody angels who fly and flit about not minding the things that could happen right now in such a dangerous world - I SAY WE KICK BUTT!" She waved her Sun Dagger into the air, and then quickly put it back in its fireproof sheath before burning anything or anyone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2005 9:18:48 GMT -5
Junkyard stared at Reina. She seemed to have a fiery personality. Before she could notice him staring at her, Junkyard quickly looked back down at the table. "Yeah, what she said..."
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Post by Kat on Jul 13, 2005 9:24:11 GMT -5
Reina felt something prickle at her back, and stared at the nearest person. Junkyard's head was slightly bowed down, as if there was something interesting on the table. Shrugging it off, she turned back to her other comrades. "Well? What are we waiting for? Christmas?"
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