Posted by Tommy Tanaka
on 6/8/2009, 12:55 pm, in reply to "Re: The Curious Case of Tommy Tanaka"
"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!"
Alyson knew what had happened and why Tommy had passed out. The strain of such high magic takes it toll on those who are willing to pay the price for such an intense ritual. Especially when invoking the aid of powerful beings.
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.”
"It's just so much to take in," Kana told Serna. "I just don't think that it has fully set in yet, nor will it for a while."
“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.”
"The same thing that would of happened to me, had I done the ceremony," The elementalist knelt down on the side opposite of Lord Irzen. "He will be fine in a day or two depending on the deal he made with those spirits. It could be three hours, or three days. Only the wisest, or fool hardy attempt such ceremonies, and only those who have prior experience," Alyson paused and looked at the others in the party, "And I would say that would be Tommy and me. Looks like I'm not the only sorceror in the group. Sorceror's magic is natural and comes from within people like the gamer and myself. We're born with it. Wizards and mages must learn magic and rely on wands and staves and other trinkets to supply magic. Without them, they're just ordinary people."
Kana had a small nagging thought that seemed to connect to what Waylon had said about her people and the Pack, but wasn't sure how to proceed.
"How does he channel the magic?" Kana asked curiously as an idea started to form into her mind.
((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.))
*********** Interlude ****************
It is dark. You cannot see anything, hear anything, smell anything, feel anything or taste anything. You are not even certain who you are.
>z
It is dark. You cannot see anything, hear anything, smell anything, feel anything or taste anything. You are not even certain who you are.
>z
It is dark. You cannot see anything, hear anything, smell anything, feel anything or taste anything. You are not even certain who you are.
>z
It is dark. You cannot see anything, hear anything, smell anything, feel anything or taste anything. You are not even certain who you are.
>z
It is dark. You cannot see anything, smell anything, feel anything or taste anything. You are not even certain who you are.
>listen
"About time."
I knew that voice. It was my own. And yet…
"Did you think it would be easy?"
No. Of course not. But if I'm here again…
"You aren't dead. Not exactly. But you aren't alive, either."
Schroedinger's Tommy.
"Close enough. What you did was a bit more than just opening a Shadow portal. Mortal magic, even from that Source, cannot encompass such feats."
And yet I did it.
"And yet you did it. You are not of the Blood of Amber, not truly – even less so in your current form – but there is some spark of the Pattern in your Essence. Else you never would have met the Pattern Ghost, or followed the resulting path."
So, what, I'm like one of the Celestial Exalted?
"An apt analogy. And you attempted what would pass for Solar Circle Sorcery."
Ah. And like Icarus flying too close to the Sun…
"More like Phaethon than Icarus, but yes, you got burned."
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
"Hubris, perhaps. But knew there would be a price to pay, if you chose to not play by the rules."
Hey, I'm the Gamer! I play with the rules, not by them!
"Just so. But now, falling star, your descent is almost at an end. You have reached the bounds of your own existence; your energies will shortly be exhausted, you will die unless you do something quickly.”
What is that?
“Begin to draw power from the Pattern itself – the primal Pattern within the Jewel.”
How is this achieved?
“You must surrender to it, release yourself, blot out your identity, erase the bounds which separate you from everything else.”
I've heard these words before.
"Then you know what you must do.
Yes…
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