Post by Josiah Gray on Apr 22, 2012 14:22:58 GMT -5
"CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP!"
The glowing aura of fire behind them enlarged, casting a campfire glow across the cave's walls, increasingly closer to the flying pair. The loose blue sweatshirt whipped around his arms, and the two ends of the scarf dangled out straight behind him from the faster-than-running speed the two had taken up, neither of their feet touching the ground.
"They breathe fire! You didn't tell me they breathe fire!" the dragon-like spirit shot with a tone of annoyance, even as he spun to erect the latest defensive barrier against a too-close blast of flame.
"It was implied!" the mage said frantically as he took the opportunity to turn and fire a testing telekinetic bolt through the defense. The nearest black dog was thrown backwards several feet, but it only stayed down for a moment before it joined the rest of the back, launching fireballs against the spirit's defensive barrier.
"Implied in what?!" the spirit yelled back as he threw the entire telekinetic field at them, digging out part of the rock wall on each side in the process as it crashed into them like a wave. Mage and spirit took off again.
"I said they were hell dogs!" the mage ducked down a right corner at a sudden split in the path, dogs close behind. The spirit grabbed the mage by the back of his sweater and suddenly pulled him bodily along, as the backward facing mage threw a few offhand bolts to keep the canines interested. "Hell is hot! What, you expected them to breathe cotton candy and rainbows?"
"Wait, you said 'hell dogs'?" the draconic figure asked flatly, head turning slightly for the surprise of what he'd missed.
"Yeah." An arc shot knocked two of the demonic creatures into each other. "What did you think I said? Turn right."
"I thought you said, 'Crap Hell! Dogs!', not 'Crap! Hell dogs!'"
The spirit couldn't see the look that suddenly appeared on the mage's face.
"What the hell is a crap hell!" the mage asked loudly, thought for two seconds, then rapidly added, "Don't answer that!"
"Well, excuse me! You don't come with speech bubbles!!" the snide dragon shot back.
Further conversation was lost as the ground took a downward turn, the pair keenly aware they were getting closer to their destination. The pack of helldogs kept close behind, fire breath and soaring sun-like spheres keeping them on their magical toes. The cave's small tunnel suddenly opened up into a vast space, firelight only illuminating a dim fraction of the space, where spires stretched from ceiling and floor alike.
The helldogs followed them right in, and like a pack, quickly scattered and spread out as if to enclose their quarry from all angles.
"You're sure you don't mind?" the squishy one double-checked as the guardian spirit slowed down.
The mage couldn't see the look that suddenly appeared on the spirit's face.
"I don't breathe."
With a nod and a gulp, the mage nodded, "I'll just take that as a yes."
There was a slight white light and suddenly the mage was gone, replaced by a swirl of snowflakes, leaving the anthropomorphic dragon-like spirit alone and on guard as the pack of demonic canines circled in, their every exhale a slight burst of flame. The spirit growled back at them.
There was a sudden crack of rock as the entrance to the massive room was suddenly blocked off with solid sheets of the neighboring stone.
A second burst of snow, above the crowd, saw the mage hovering just below the ceiling. An invisible blade carved out a large circle in front of him, dirt and dust falling down from the newly made crack. The mage reached forward, hands gripping tightly at the air in front of him, and a louder crack rent the room as the circular piece suddenly broke free, crashing downward from the ceiling. It brought a lake down with it.
The mage in blue clothing vanished even as the torrent flooded the room, dousing helldogs and throwing them around in the sudden tidal forces that crashed back and forth against the walls. A spectral dragon remained, undisturbed in the center as a material world passed him by.
The dragon breathed, and the water chilled. Black dogs, struggling to escape, paddled to no avail while their infernal heat was doused.
The dragon breathed again, and the water froze...
The glowing aura of fire behind them enlarged, casting a campfire glow across the cave's walls, increasingly closer to the flying pair. The loose blue sweatshirt whipped around his arms, and the two ends of the scarf dangled out straight behind him from the faster-than-running speed the two had taken up, neither of their feet touching the ground.
"They breathe fire! You didn't tell me they breathe fire!" the dragon-like spirit shot with a tone of annoyance, even as he spun to erect the latest defensive barrier against a too-close blast of flame.
"It was implied!" the mage said frantically as he took the opportunity to turn and fire a testing telekinetic bolt through the defense. The nearest black dog was thrown backwards several feet, but it only stayed down for a moment before it joined the rest of the back, launching fireballs against the spirit's defensive barrier.
"Implied in what?!" the spirit yelled back as he threw the entire telekinetic field at them, digging out part of the rock wall on each side in the process as it crashed into them like a wave. Mage and spirit took off again.
"I said they were hell dogs!" the mage ducked down a right corner at a sudden split in the path, dogs close behind. The spirit grabbed the mage by the back of his sweater and suddenly pulled him bodily along, as the backward facing mage threw a few offhand bolts to keep the canines interested. "Hell is hot! What, you expected them to breathe cotton candy and rainbows?"
"Wait, you said 'hell dogs'?" the draconic figure asked flatly, head turning slightly for the surprise of what he'd missed.
"Yeah." An arc shot knocked two of the demonic creatures into each other. "What did you think I said? Turn right."
"I thought you said, 'Crap Hell! Dogs!', not 'Crap! Hell dogs!'"
The spirit couldn't see the look that suddenly appeared on the mage's face.
"What the hell is a crap hell!" the mage asked loudly, thought for two seconds, then rapidly added, "Don't answer that!"
"Well, excuse me! You don't come with speech bubbles!!" the snide dragon shot back.
Further conversation was lost as the ground took a downward turn, the pair keenly aware they were getting closer to their destination. The pack of helldogs kept close behind, fire breath and soaring sun-like spheres keeping them on their magical toes. The cave's small tunnel suddenly opened up into a vast space, firelight only illuminating a dim fraction of the space, where spires stretched from ceiling and floor alike.
The helldogs followed them right in, and like a pack, quickly scattered and spread out as if to enclose their quarry from all angles.
"You're sure you don't mind?" the squishy one double-checked as the guardian spirit slowed down.
The mage couldn't see the look that suddenly appeared on the spirit's face.
"I don't breathe."
With a nod and a gulp, the mage nodded, "I'll just take that as a yes."
There was a slight white light and suddenly the mage was gone, replaced by a swirl of snowflakes, leaving the anthropomorphic dragon-like spirit alone and on guard as the pack of demonic canines circled in, their every exhale a slight burst of flame. The spirit growled back at them.
There was a sudden crack of rock as the entrance to the massive room was suddenly blocked off with solid sheets of the neighboring stone.
A second burst of snow, above the crowd, saw the mage hovering just below the ceiling. An invisible blade carved out a large circle in front of him, dirt and dust falling down from the newly made crack. The mage reached forward, hands gripping tightly at the air in front of him, and a louder crack rent the room as the circular piece suddenly broke free, crashing downward from the ceiling. It brought a lake down with it.
The mage in blue clothing vanished even as the torrent flooded the room, dousing helldogs and throwing them around in the sudden tidal forces that crashed back and forth against the walls. A spectral dragon remained, undisturbed in the center as a material world passed him by.
The dragon breathed, and the water chilled. Black dogs, struggling to escape, paddled to no avail while their infernal heat was doused.
The dragon breathed again, and the water froze...