Magical Fate

[Aldrea945]

Danny smiled back at them, all hints of anything but happiness gone.  "We're going to the training area.  Master Xing wants to see you all in action."

[Cifero Windtail]

Violet glanced back nervously at Craf, who was chuckling.
"Be careful what you wish for, Danny," she said, turning her gaze back towards the tiger girl. "By the way.... what's with the piercing? Does it have some special meaning or something? I was just curious..."

Craf rolled his eyes. "Why do you ask everyone what every odd thing that they have is for?"

[Kaya]

"oh sorry sir, im coming" she follows them the rest of the way, shadis as well.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Naer leaves the meditation room, his arms still coated in fire and making the air around him very toasty and dry. When Naer reaches Master Xing, he spreads his arms out before giving him a bow. "Excuse the embers, they are simply the results of some much-needed reflection. I had heard from down the hall that you were going to have us fight each other, or some form of test for martial skill." He then stood upright while tucking his wings away. In his eyes there was an eagerness for combat that seemed to glow like his own flames.

[Aldrea945]

Danny smiled.  "Just a trinket.  My mother was an engineer."
 
Master Xing stopped at an iron door.  A lock, barely the size of his pinky finger, sat in the middle on it.  He pulled a key out of his pocket.  Within a second of it touching the key hole, the door swung open to another greenhouse, a large mossy pit in the middle.  Circular ports sat in regular intervals arounnd the edge, benches just beyond.  Master Xing smiled.  "please, sit.  I will get the area ready."

[Cifero Windtail]

Violet nodded. "I see... that explains the shape."
Craf sat down and looked around the arena. "Hmm... he he he... this should be fun..."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Naer sits down at a bench, the fire spreading over the rest of his body and warming him down to the core of his being. He then drew out his bow, which seemed to be unharmed by the fire as well. He pulled back the string, and the fires from both of his talons came together to form an arrow, only to vanish as he slackened on the string. Arrows of fire... I suppose this will have to do since I would burn up my normal ammunition.

[Aldrea945]

Danny sat beside him as Master Xing prepared the trainers.  She kept a safe enough distance from the fire.  "So you can control fire?  Is that why it doesn't burn you?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Naer put the bow down on his lap and retracted the flame from his forearms, though it still stood around his biceps and upper back. "I can't say it is control, but I can give you a crash-course on how I tapped into my gift after the fighting." He then covered his talons in flame again as he pulled out his bow and shot an arrow of fire across the arena and watch it smash against the masonry with a scorch mark. A smirk played across his face while he set the bow down again. "As for the lack of burning, it's partially hereditary."

[Cifero Windtail]

"Really?" Craf said, drawing a long dagger. "That's... he he...  interesting...."

[Aldrea945]

"Really?  I'd love that."  She smiled, cringing at Master Xing's shrill whistle.
 
"Danny, you're first.  Show them what to do," he said, moving to a control panel.  "No destroying the machines this time.  ALL of you."  He looked pointedly at a certain half dragon sitting nearby before turning to the controls.
 
"Alright."  She stood up and walked to the middle of the rising pillars, waiting to start.
 
Pillars rose around her, nearly touching.  Gears could be heard turning inside them, clicking and ticking as weapons positioned themselves facing her.  Doors opened at the bottom of each.  A human sized bot, clockwork gears clicking away, walked from each one.  "Begin."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Naer watched with mild interest, then smirked when Master Xing said to not destroy the machines. The smirk grew when the clockwork androids appeared. He wondered what Master Xing meant by 'destroying the machines', as he made it seem like you had to avoid fighting these mechanical constructs as well.

[Cifero Windtail]

Craf stood up, his hood still on, and unsheathed what could only be described as some sort of sword with a blade formed out of light. He chuckled.
"This should be fun," he said.

Violet drew her own knives. "Yep... hopefully..."

[Aldrea945]

The robots attacked, clunky but fast.  Danny dodged easily, smiling and landing on one's shoulders.  The robots followed her, keeping up as she flipped and spun to face them.  For several minutes she elluded and teased them, outright showing off her skills, before she got bored and flicked the switches on the back of each, turning them off.  Master Xing seemed concerned.
 
"You're getting too used to this.  Next time, I'll have to raise the level.  Naer, how about you go next?  No destruction.  Let's see your skills."  He quickly reset the machines as Danny moved the machines back into place.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Naer started snickering and chuckling as he went into the center of the pillars. He then unfurled his wings and flew up onto a pillar. He was unaware if the robots had any form of long-ranged attacks, but he was at least out of the reach of one-handed weapons. From there, he took out his bow and waited for a back switch to be visible before shutting off a robot with a well-placed arrow. "I must thank Danny for showing where to shut them off, otherwise I might have needed to get a little... destructive."