Posted by Irzen, Willow & Serna
on 6/4/2009, 2:25 pm
As the last Guardian disappeared, the glowing circle dimmed, then went dark. The normal light of the Suns returned, with only the central seal continuing to glow. The Gamer faced the open gate within the darkness. “I see,” he said, and with two quick strides stepped with the gate and vanished. With a great clang the gate slammed shut. The non-wind picked up again, blowing the last shreds of blue mist back through the gate. Wind faded, the gate faded, and finally the darkness faded. All that was left was the Gamer's supine form, non-moving within the seal.
"Wow!" gasped Serna as she shook her head in disbelief.
"By the scales of Bahamut himself!" Willow shared Serna's astonishment, "What did we just do?"
"Tommy! Are you alright? Tommy!" Irzen ran towards his friend, dropped to his knees and rolled him over to examine The Gamer, "Speak to me, pal! Come on! Speak to me!"
The most obvious thing was that Tommy had reverted to his human form. He was breathing slowly, and there was a faint but steady pulse, but he did not respond to Irzen's actions.
“He’s alive, thank God,” exasperated the Swordsman as he detected signs of life from the Gamer. Opening one of his friend’s eyes, Irzen studied his pupils and noted, “The lights are on, but nobody’s home.”
Kana stood in silence as the extent of what had just happened sunk in. After all those years, she was a bit fearful that she was dreaming and was going to wake up on the Tree. After a minute of nothing changing, she fell to her knees and started to cry, allowing the tears to flow freely and fearlessly.
Serna turned towards Kana with a questioning look, “Mistress Kana, are you alright? Is there something wrong?”
Then when the emotions could no longer be held, Kana howled a long, mournful howl for all those that were lost due to the Mercy's reign. Then after a moment of silence, she crawled over to Tommy to see if he was ok.
When the Wolfen was finished with her mournful bale, Serna moved towards Kana and wrapped her arms around the Wolfen to give her some comfort, “It’s alright, Mistress Kana. Everything is going to be alright.”
“Is there anything that we can do, Irzen?” inquired Willow reaching into his pouch for some herbs and other remedies he believed might help the situation.
“I don’t know,” replied the Swordsman with a questioning gaze to everyone, “Is there anything that any of you can do? Kana? You know of any magic that can rouse our friend? Alyson, do you know of any elemental spells that bring Tommy out of his coma? Seriah, you’re an Assassin. You know how to take life. Do you also know how to restore it as well? Heidi?”
The Swordsman turned to where The Lady Knight had been standing but noted that she had suddenly disappeared along with The Lieutenant.
“They picked a hell of a time to step out for tea!” snapped the Dark Elf before he turned to the others, “Is there anything anybody can do? Any ideas would be most welcome.”
((OOC Tommy: Tommy's physical condition is stable, but any attempt to waken or communicate with him will fail. On the off chance that anybody has some magic or ability that would allow them to detect such, his soul is not currently in residence.))
((OOC: An intriguing dilemma to say the least. Resolving this one should be interesting.))
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