The Warped (2nd Party)

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Volgus had looked back at Mortis when she had her outburst, "Don't be mad at Lord Filadius. He is the only one who knows the Prophecy in its fullest. He kept you all secluded from each other for a reason. Even more so, we all only know the basics of the Prophecy. We didn't even know names until you told us. Being the most knowledgeable is a curse, contrary to popular belief. Filadius doesn't wish anyone's destined ill fate, but he has to weigh the life of the timeline over one. He bears a huge burden, so please..." When he led them all outside, Moon laid there waiting for them, and stood up, alert more at the presence of Septar than the fact that there was more than Volgus coming out of the tree entrance. She cautiously walked up to the small dragon who stood as tall as she was on all fours, and sniffed her. After catching faint scents of Filadius on Septar, Moon backed up and pushed herself up, letting the image of Filadius come out.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis merely shook her head and walked past the others when they got outside. She didn't go too far, she was still able to be seen as she stood outside and stretched. She took in deep breaths of the fresh air, attempting to clear her head from thinking too much. The most knowledgeable one is often the one in control of everything. To do as they wish and manipulate all of us to do their bidding. Her expression was of disgust, but then it shifted to a more neutral state. She felt like she wanted to believe that everything was going to be okay, but something in her just wouldn't allow her to do so. She crouched down and looked up at the sky.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance didn't move from the bed when Macid layed down next to her. When he took her hand and looked at her she gave a weak grin before sitting up. She pat her wolf on the head, scooting her legs off the bed to plant then on the floor. "Maybe the new girl can heal my ankle. At the very least, she better be able to fight. With...Max gone...And me still too injured to fight efficiently...We are in a bit of a bind." she said, giving a slight chuckle at the end. She got up and grabbed her cane beginning to head the way the others went. "I'm sure Filadius will try to explain everything. Might as well have a listen." she said, motioning for Macid to follow.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid said nothing as he got up and followed Constance. There was nothing he could say to make the situation better, or so he thought anyway. A bind is putting it nicely. Constance is the only one right now, not counting Moon, that can actually fight hand to hand with someone. Mortis can summon things but that takes time and I only have this fire wall for defense. Macid looked at the ruby in Anon as he thought. I sure hope she can fight as good as Max did, or its gonna get alot harder for us.

[[Sov]]

Septar was unsure of the feral dragon as she sniffed her. Moon stood the same height as her on the ground. She stood behind Volgus as the image of Fladius appeared. She turned around and looked at the cat and the lynx appeared from inside the cavern.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Filadius bowed to the group after appearing, "Let me first send my condolences. Unfortunately, there was nothing I can do. In order to save the future, YOUR future, I cannot tell you anything, and must fulfill your destiny. I had tried to bring up Max correctly, hopefully delaying or changing his destiny to perish by making him more agreeable with others and less pigheaded to walk away from the group, but I guess destiny takes what it must."

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance stood and listened to Filadius. She was not amused by his secrecy like he normally spoke. "So you KNEW he was going to die? And you sent him anyway? What exactly IS in store for us?! Are we all just going to DIE?! We are not in good standing right now if you haven't noticed! We just lost our best fighter. And you KNEW it was going to happen! You couldn't prepare us for this?!" She sounded very angry as she went on her rant. Her wolf who was next to her whimpered a bit, being a bit scared, which was her true feelings which she was hiding.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid said nothing as Constance barraged Fliadius yet again with her words. He was starting to feel bad for Filadius a bit, since every time he appeared he was being yelled at by them. He put his paws on Constance's shoulders before trying to calm her down. "It's gonna be ok Constance. Don't let it all out on Filadius, he can't tell us everything. Maybe the new girl has another weapon that can work better than Max's." He turned his head towards Septar and looked at her with a very serious gaze. "I'm Macid. This is Constance, that's Mortis, and you've already met Moon. We just lost our friend who has been with us since the beginning of our journey and it's hard for all of us. What is your name?"

[[Sov]]

"I'm Septar, It's nice to meet you Macid, but I'm very sorry that it's under such unfortunate circumstances, and I'm sorry about your loss.... really I am. I know what it's like to lose someone you care about. I'm really unsure why I'm here right now. The old, er- Filadius," she glanced at his image and Moon, and then back to Macid, "told me the story, but I don't completely understand what's happening. Nor do I know what you all have been through already. Hearing Constance, and Mortis' words are very unsettling to me. I don't have any weapons, unless there's something in this box with my name on it." She held the box up with both hands and walked towards Filadius, the opening facing her. She was unsure if she could open it or not, partially because of fear of what could be inside of it, and partly because she was terrified that it wouldn't be up to Macid, Mortis, and Constance's approval. Septar didn't have a fighting background, maybe getting beat up a couple of times at school, but overall she was just a home schooled orphan, and kept quiet most of the time. On top of that she was a pharmacist, how is that helpful in a battle to save the world?  "Filadius, is it safe to open this box?" the dragon questioned, her wings were beginning to release from her back a little bit, starting to at least feel less threatened.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Filadius sighed, "As I said, I thought that trying to raise Max better would help him, but it failed. I can't tell any of you what will happen or else the plan will fail and your future will be lost forever, making you cease to exist." When Septar walked up to him with the box, he raised a hand over the box and what looked like a yellow barrier appeared and dissipated. The lid lifted and revealed a single, elbow-length gauntlet. "Septar, your commitment and ability to work under pressure to help people, destiny bestows Lariat to you. This gauntlet has 2 powers. The first, is that it gives your arm mighty strength, enough to break boulders and stone. The second is that it can heal minor injuries, by placing an open palm on the wound. However, beware, it does NOT heal poisons. If you heal a poisoned wound, you're sealing in the poison into the person's body."

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance put her paw to her face, mainly to hide her misty eyes. She felt a little better when Macid put his paw on her shoulder. She listened silently to everything else, her ears perking up when Septar's weapon was described. Her tears had gone as she looked at her. "You can try it out on my ankle. The healing part that is." she said.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid was surprised at the description of Septar's weapon. It was just what the group needed, a healer and a fighter, all in one. When Constance mentioned her ankle, Macid nodded and spoke to Septar. "We've had a string of bad luck, to say the least. We've been beaten and knocked around by both guards and behemoths. Having a healer would certainly help out alot. Would you please try it on Constance?" He stepped back from Constance to allow room for Septar, giving her a genuine smile to try and say it was allright.

[[Sov]]

Septar took the gauntlet out of the box and slid it onto her right arm, fastening it securely. It fit perfectly, and she flexed her fingers and wrists to test out the flexibility. "Lariat," she said aloud, admiring the gleam of the armor that had special powers, the armor that gave her special powers of strength and healing. She looked over to Macid as he gave a brief run-down of what they've been through, and then looked back to Filadius, "H-how exactly does the healing work?" she asked him. She then walked over to Constance and looked to Macid again, "Please hold her for balance, because I don't know what's going to happen next." Placing her open palm onto Constance's left ankle, the one she had noticed she'd been favoring since she arrived out of the cavern. She closed her eyes tightly, bracing herself in case anything extreme was about to happen.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

A gentle light emitted from the point of contact, which stayed there for about 10 seconds before disappearing. After fading, ten small lights glowed on the side of the gauntlet, 5 were rubies and 5 were sapphires. Filadius noticed it and walked over, pointing at them, "These are the limiters of your abilities. The rubies represent how many power hits you can use. Please keep it in mind. Whenever you strike anything with this arm, you use up 1 ruby, which takes 12 hours to recharge from the time you use EACH. If you strike more than 5 times, it will take up 2 sapphires. Each time you heal, it uses up 1 sapphire, but you cannot heal more than the number of sapphires you have."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis had only stopped looking at the sky when she caught a glow in her peripheral that hadn't been there prior. Glancing over, she saw the dragon doing something to Constance's leg. A healer, maybe? Hmmm. She was still pretty upset altogether with the whole situation even if the old man had given them a healer. She finally stood up and started to make her way to the group, still visibly upset.