Posted by Alyson and Seriah on 10/18/2009, 1:22 pm, in reply to "Battle!"
Once the Adventurers reached the entrance, they saw below them an Orc battalion spread out in battle formation with The Dark Lord in the lead astride his Nightmare. Suddenly a loud cry of war horns went up as the Orcs yelled, roared and jeered at the Adventurers as they reached the top of the stairs and looked down upon them. Shadow Demon stood ever present by his Master's side.
"Well," the Gamer murmured, "it's a target-rich environment, that's for sure."
The assassin glanced over at the gamer talking to himself again.
"Now I know how Custer felt at The Little Bighorn," the Swordsman gasped.
"Elementalist! Gamer! Swordsman!" declared Venger without ceremony, "Come before me and yield unto me my treasure!" Pointing directly at Alyson, the Dark Lord snarled, "And you shall be the first to taste of its power, woman, once I order you to kneel before me and call me master!"
From the shadows of the mouth of cavern where the group exited from the assassin knew Venger had a back up plan of his own. Bringing such a large force was intimidating but....now knowing that he prized Alyson bothered Seriah a bit too much.
The Ranger gritted his teeth and his grip on Kana's Lightning Bow as he marched down the long flight of stairs towards the Dark Lord.
"Alyson! Seriah! Are you guys ready?" asked the Swordsman without looking back to his compatriots.
"No. I'm not liking this one bit," Alyson grumbled in disgust.
Tommy shrugged. "Just about, I supp- hang about." He paused as he caught something out of the corner of his eyes. "Hold one just a sec," the Gamer said pleasantly, holding up a finger towards Venger. He walked over to where a wicker Basket was concealed behind a rock, just a few paces away. "I was wondering where this had got to. Picking the Basket up, he pulled out a small towel and began rubbing the runes painted on his face as he walked back to the group. "Here you go," he said, tossing the towel to Alyson. "I don't know about you, but I think we're done with the whole peace and love thing."
The elementalist remained quiet. Not a word slipped from her mouth as she took the towel from Tommy.
Willow Bark watched the Orcs like a hawk. Never once did he draw his attention from them.
"Anyway," Tommy continued, looking up at Venger innocently, "where were we? Oh yes, the Talisman. Irzen?"
The Drow Swordsman stepped forward yet he did not present the Talisman to The Dark Lord, "Before I give you what you want, Venger, there is something you must do first."
"Oh!" The Dark Lord raised an eyebrow, "And what is that?"
"Restore Quake!" demanded Irzen, "High Lady Alyson told us how you turned Quake into a craven coward by stripping her of half of her normal power. Return Quake to normal, I will give you the Talisman and then our deal will be done. Understand?"
Quake huddled in the far corner, quivering which quite unnatural for a dragon and rather embarrassing too.
"I understand all too well, Irzen," snapped the Dark Lord as he summoned a globe of red energy into his hand, spotted Quake hiding behind some nearby boulders out of the corner of his eye and hurled the magic globe at the Dragon Elemental, "I understand that you are using excuses to waste my time and prolong my inevitable victory this day. So be it."
Once Quake was fully restored, Venger turned to the Drow, "Now, you have no more excuses, Irzen. I have fulfilled my end of our bargain. It is time for you to fulfill your end of it as well. Render unto me that which is mine and be done with it."
"Huh?" Quake blinked jumping around like a happy puppy, "I'M ME AGAIN! YEA!!" Her excitement disturbed the intense scene taking place between Venger and the party.
The Swordsman sighed, walked up to The Dark Lord, dropped to one knee, bowed his head and raised in his outstretched hands The Talisman of Dragon Control, "As you have asked, O Dark Lord, I present to you The Eleventh Talisman. We have fulfilled our end of the bargain. Honor has been kept."
Venger raised his hand and levitated The Eleventh Talisman until it landed lithely around his neck. Turning towards the Elementalist and her Draconic Elemental, the Dark Lord commanded, "Elementalist, kneel before me and call me Master as you did at Taubin's Tor!"
The elementalist went rigid. Saying something against her nature was going to be very....very hard. Still, she inadvertently changed the last plan of Irzen's and hoped this plan will succeed. Gritting her teeth, Alyson dropped to her knees but couldn't bring herself to call him master but she said it anyway, "master."
Pointing to the rest of The Adventurers, Venger ordered, "Elemental, slaughter my enemies and bring me their weapons!"
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