Magic In The Air

Degoth just rolled his eyes. "You know, I wonder if this has anything to do with why your inane quests never seem to get done. Fine. If someone actually bothers to ask, tell them whatever you'd like about her role. See if I care."

He glanced at Ari. "Adorable. Don't hurt yourself."

L"Fine."

*She takes her hand off of her sword.*

L"Lead the way...sir."

T"(I think she took that quite well, don't you?)"
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Merlin<I see...well, did he give any hint as to what he may have wanted?>

*Ari follows them, keeping his sword*

"All right, so I guess its settled. We'll be sneaking in as Degoth's servants."

*Samuel steps down from the window*

*Once inside the palace, the group, sans Degoth, somehow ends up squeezed inside a broom closet.*

"Okay. If you were storing an enormous, ancient dragon somewhere in your castle, where would it be?"

"Well...assuming I had a castle and a dragon...I wouldn't want it in my home. However, to stay on point, I'd say the dungeon."

*Samuel shudders at the word, obviously having spent a few lonely nights in one or two before*

[What is going on...?]

*They find their way to cavernous catacombs below the castle. The dungeons are a series of winding tunnels & caged-in cells.*

T"So now where do we go?"

*Soon after she says that, a wall breaks down. Out of the hole comes a strange monster, resembling a bhor atom, the 3 "orbitals" being flaming wheels covered in eyes.*

L"More importantly, what the Hell is that?!"

*A hoarse roaring noise somehow issues from the monster, the wheels separating from each other & spinning rapidly around the room, hurling fireballs every which way.*

*Samuel barely dodges a fireball hurled right at him*

"No, more importantly, how do we kill it!"

*He draws his sword, slashing at the many fireballs flying around him.*

Kelphy: <Other than pee on the rug and try to kill me?>

*She smiles awkwardly*

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*Ari dashes forward, leaping over the incoming fireballs, and slashes at the monster*

Merlin<He...urinated...on a rug...?>
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*Between the slash & the redirected fireballs, most of the eyes on one wheel are hit & it breaks apart. Grunting, the monster recollects its other 2 wheels side-by-side, generating enrgy spikes from its eyes & growing to take up the hallway. It then starts rolling towards them, trying to crush them.*

Kelphy: <That, he did, sire. Should I tell my uncle you'll meet him downstairs?>

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*Ari rolls forward and rams his sword into one of the wheels*