Red Seas

[Shadis]

*One of the other two mages spoke up* "I will keep an eye on it, don't you worry. Go now, dear Joesph, and eat." *The other two mages led them to another building that served as a medium sized dining hall, full of food, ready to be devoured. There was far more food that what Cassandra and Joesph could possibly hope to ear on their own.*
 
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*The Bloodied's voice resinated throughout Scarlet's mind.* "Bbbbloood. brrrring me blllllooodd. Frrreessshhhh blllloooddd. Living blooooood. gooooo."

[Aldrea945]

Danny leaned against a wall, tired and a bit scared.  Two of the bodies, patched together from segments of fleshed and sewn together by the new tissue she'd had to make, stood up as best they could.  Skin was rotted and patchwork, organs sloshed inside, and neither had eyes or half their organs, but she'd have to work on them over time.  Doing everything in one hit would exhaust her resources.  She took a deep breath.  "Stand at attention."
 
The bodies stood in front of her.  She'd not been able to spark life like a necromancer, but she could spark some obedience.  They'd follow her orders for a small time.  She'd need to hurry though.  It took a drain on herself to move them like this.  "Gather dead flesh."
 
The two bodies, one's upper body hunched forward, the other's thrown backward, immediately lumbered into motion for the things she needed.  She slid down the wall, watching.  Occasionally they'd bash into each other or trip and fall.  She groaned.  This wouldn't make Scarlet happy.

[Cifero Windtail]

Joseph raised his eyebrows. "Wow," he said. "I take it you get guests often?"

[Kaya]

casandra looked around a small smile on her face. "this is great... but.. you are not like the Fay in the fact of food or beverages i hope..."

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scarlet relayed the orders and the wraiths flew off to hunt. she could not help but smile a bit. it was nice to be out of that place... things were going to get betteer.. she dreaded the day she was no longer of use to The Bloodied. That she did not want to think about... she then stood and went to go check on Danny.

[Aldrea945]

Danny groaned as she dragged the two limp bodies to her work area.  Within minutes of starting her experiment, they'd taken to attacking eash other for flesh to use.  They had managed to stumble on some needed things for her though, so that was good.  Two halves of two brains, a lung, an eyeball, and four pounds of flesh sat beside her, a fairly good catch for two things without a single brain cell between them.
 
She set to work, attaching one part or another.  Part of the trouble of bring rotted or rotting bodies to a usable state was that she often had to piece the bodies together like a puzzle.  She had to heal things from existing tissue, even if it wasn't very big.  She could duplicate organs or flesh, but that was far more tedious.  Brains and hearts gave her the most trouble.  If those rotted out too far, there'd be nothing to drive the body.
 
As she worked healer's magic to get the eye implanted in one of the bodies, she glanced around quickly.  Much of what she'd need for even two full bodies had rotted away already, including intestines, windpipes, and the aortas.  Without those, the bodies would be completely useless to even the most experienced necromancer, at least if they wanted any intellegence.  Otherwise they'd be nothing but puppets: useless in a corner without a master.  She sighed and poked the lung, thoroughly squicked out when fluid drained out.  She'd have to fix that before she wove it in...
 
(I swear she isn't a necromancer.  She manipulates energy to get the muscles to work, but has all of her focus on movement.  Anything else is residual energy that her manipulation kicks up.  ...If I hit godmodding, please tell me.)

[Shadis]

[Not at all! I love the creativity and wise use of your powers! Well done Aldrea!  ]
 
*The mages laugh lightly* "No, not at all. Please, feast. Eat all you can. We will join you, to prove nothing is wrong with your food." *They all sit down at various places and begin to eat. Meanwhile, the speck on the horizon gets slightly closer.*

[KittKat chunky~]

Katka stared at the nearby wall as Shadis explained everything, her ear flicking in his direction as the only indication that she was listening. As he explained the prophecy and the peril of his friends she sighed. Idly she ran two fingers over one of the heavy iron bolts in the hull of the ship, a small spark of magic jumping through her gloves. She glanced across at Shadis and muttered "You need not apologize... I had no emotional ties with Don."


With that she sat down on a nearby crate of supplies and lifted the pendant she wore over her head, clenching the silver chain in one gloved hand. The gold symbol glinted in the flickering light of the oil lamps. Katka gave small sigh and flipped the pendant into the palm of her hand. A brief shimmer of magic and it flowed molten and writhed, forming and reforming into different shapes as she muttered quietly "I was shocked at his death, and the idea of someone killing another is strange."


Katka glanced up at him, the gold in her palm shifting back to its original shape, as she stared at him with a curious look in her eyes "Perhaps I spend too much time with machinery. Sometimes I forget how... squishy.... people are. And that they cannot simply be repaired or fixed."

[Cifero Windtail]

Joseph takes an apple and sits down, saying grace before taking a bite. "So... do you grow your own food? "he said after swallowing.

[Shadis]

"We do indeed." *One of them said after whiping off their mouth* "Though it only takes us a few minutes to get from a few seeds to a whole baked apple pie, or an egg to a roasted chicken dinner. We have the power of life magic you see, and can manipluate it to our whim. Though, don't think we have any qualms about... devouring it." *The one said, before biting a tearing off a large bite of chicken and swallowing it whole, barely chewing it.* "We are ligers, after all." *It winks*
 
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*Shadis chuckled* "Yea, you will come to find people are not nearly as durable as the metal you have become so fond of. Though great darkness is comeing, as you will witness a great deal more blood shed in the times to come. Now, how close are we to The Isle of Vita. We should be close by now."

[Cifero Windtail]

Joseph smiled awkwardly. "Um... ok," he said, taking another bite of the apple.
 
(What? I like apples.)

[Shadis]

[Kitt, it's up to you when we arrive, though I suggest we do so soon  ]

[KittKat chunky~]

[yeah, sorry... I kept forgetting to post here  ]


Katka shot a furtive glance across to Shadis as she slipped the chain back over her head, letting the heavy golden pendant nestle in the fur at her chest. She muttered quietly "When I came down from on deck the island was in view, we are approaching it now and dropping altitude so we can land..."


As she spoke the ship juddered and from somewhere in the bowels of the aircraft a groaning and thudding issued. It stopped after a moment and the rhythmic -thud-thud-thud- of the engines settled in again. Katka sighed, frowning at the noise. She stood up and turned away from Shadis, pulling off her left-hand glove and placing her palm against the steel struts of the hull. Direct contact with the metal made her magic easier, but all the same she tried to hide the deep golden sheen of her fur from Shadis.


After a moment of sensing through the ship she opened her eyes again and hurriedly pulled on her glove again, muttering "I think there is a problem with one of the pistons again... I couldn't tell exactly what without being closer to the problem..." She sighed. Hopefully at some point in the future she would be able to pinpoint and fix the problem from anywhere on the ship. A flush spread through the white fur of her cheeks as she struggled to pull the glove on again, her fur glinting in the flickering light of the oil lamps.

[Aldrea945]

(Is Kaya around the Forums lately?  I'm waiting for her.)

[Kaya]

Danny groaned as she dragged the two limp bodies to her work area.  Within minutes of starting her experiment, they'd taken to attacking eash other for flesh to use.  They had managed to stumble on some needed things for her though, so that was good.  Two halves of two brains, a lung, an eyeball, and four pounds of flesh sat beside her, a fairly good catch for two things without a single brain cell between them.
 
She set to work, attaching one part or another.  Part of the trouble of bring rotted or rotting bodies to a usable state was that she often had to piece the bodies together like a puzzle.  She had to heal things from existing tissue, even if it wasn't very big.  She could duplicate organs or flesh, but that was far more tedious.  Brains and hearts gave her the most trouble.  If those rotted out too far, there'd be nothing to drive the body.
 
As she worked healer's magic to get the eye implanted in one of the bodies, she glanced around quickly.  Much of what she'd need for even two full bodies had rotted away already, including intestines, windpipes, and the aortas.  Without those, the bodies would be completely useless to even the most experienced necromancer, at least if they wanted any intellegence.  Otherwise they'd be nothing but puppets: useless in a corner without a master.  She sighed and poked the lung, thoroughly squicked out when fluid drained out.  She'd have to fix that before she wove it in...
 
(I swear she isn't a necromancer.  She manipulates energy to get the muscles to work, but has all of her focus on movement.  Anything else is residual energy that her manipulation kicks up.  ...If I hit godmodding, please tell me.)

scarlet watched a few feet away. this was interesting... very interesting. if she was crafty enough to use her life magic to control living cells... she may just be a bit of a threat. it would do well to treat her kindly.....

Scarlet cleared hwer throat. "i see you are not finished yet... but are further than i expected you to  be..v these bodies were quite damaged..."


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Cassandra began to eat... not too much... but little peices from here and little bits from there. she was not really comfortable eating other's food she did not watch them prepair...

[Shadis]

[Sorry for the delay guys. Skyrim is... addicting  ]
 
*If Shadis noticed the metallic gleen to Katka's fur, he didn't show or react to it. He simply smiled* "You will improve in time, fear not. Now, we must be to the Island by now. I need to report to my colleges what has happened. I would suggest you stay here while I go a-shore, but it is your call. You are welcome to come with if you wish. not many are allowed to freely enter this blessed Island, and I am one of the few who is allowed to bring friends." *He chuckled as he gets up and heads up the steps to get on the deck.*
 
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*Midway through the meal, one of the mage's stands and speaks.* "We have visitors. I shall greet them." *It said as it floated outside the room and to where the ship was docked.*