Brian: Girlfriend? *dodges slice* Well...she is s girl... *slices at Mordir's neck with his sword* And she is my friend... *creates another sword and thrusts at Mordir's chest* But...don't think I've ever heard it put together to make up "girlfriend". Beth?

Me: *head/desk* Girlfriend...hmm...don't think there's a term for that in my world. Goes to show how romantic I am. Sort of like a really good friend/spouse to be.

Brian: Oh...

Me: What? No snappy come back?

Brian: *shrugs* Don't entirely disagree with him.

Me: Ohh...that is so going in the book.

Brian: *glares*

Me - Brian's a brave character.

Ryan - So, here's an idea. You let me go, and we'll leave you alone, and you leave us alone. Howzat?

Zanya - For being trapped in a snake's hood, he's remarkably calm.

Silver - Let him go! (Dodges Suragore's tail)

Zanya - Any ideas, Rowen?

Ashrai - (Catches the knife by the hilt, and examines it) I am that. Suggestions?

Kuura'zan - (brings the swords around the staff, slashing at Seymour from both sides) Dancing with death must be a hero thing.

Sumira - Watch yourself, Seymour! His blades are poisoned like the Shards! (Steps closer to the duellers)

Kuura'zan - (Lashes out at her with one sword, narrowly missing before returning his attention to Seymour) Stay out of this, maid!

Sumira - (Nimbly dances back) I have the antidote for his poison . . .

Kuura'zan - (Growls) Stay away!

Sylvia - (Swings up on Ember as he takes off again)

Thysal - (From her position on the rafter) Yes, Skylar, but I can! (Dives towards Chayn and Skylar)

Me - Is Trina still on you?

Thysal - If she is, then she's in for a ride!

Trina: Oh I am so in for this ride. *leans in closer* Um, could I get my sword before we go??

Me: Sorry Bethy...

Elanhil: Cuoash! *props her up* Are you ok?

Cuoash: Mmmmmmm??

Rinifer: *leaps after Devon, attempting to tackle him*

Me: (@Caleb) Haha, that's fine. Just glad I didn't have to make Emuna do it.

Emuna: *crosses arms* Really, Bethy, I'm not germaphobic...unlike some people I know.

Me: *shudders* Doesn't matter. Rule one in the writer handbook: never make your characters do something you wouldn't.

Emuna: Since when?

Me: Since forever.

Emuna: So...you would, fight a dragon, go into battle, slaughter innocents, blow things up, cry in public, give your life up for your family, and figure out how to use a form of cobha...in under a month?

Me: *scowls* Okay, fine, it isn't a rule.

Emuna: *smiles* Good thing....because the books would be sooo boring if it was.

Me: I recent that statement!

I wouldn't have a villain.

Skylar: (@Thysal) And what can you breathe?

Devon: *steps neatly to the side so that Rinifer misses him* I don't think it would be a good idea to grapple up here.

Tynx: You can? That's nice. [Ducks and rolls, but gets his back leg caught in a beam. Then fires a very large light ball before shifting, when he's done. he's no where in sight] I can, too. [A small wasp buzzes around Fallen's head] I can be really annoying, too.

Hakor: [Expression hardens and draws another arrow] Let's see you laugh at my arrows now. [Fires another arrow at Devon]

Chayn: [Snarls and twists her head around to try and snap at him, while trying to reach around Shawn] Get off me, villain! [Spins, trying to shake him off]

Mordir: [Leans back to avoid the neck slice, then slams his blade down on the second sword, so it instead pierces his side a little] You know, you could make life a lot easier for all of your friends if you all give up now. It would save a lot of grief and lives.

Suragore: [Looks at Ryan, not blinking. He hisses, his snaked tongue just touching Ryan. He lowers his head and opens his hood] I will hold you to your word, wingless one. [He looks at each dragon, his eyes flaming, but he does nothing]

Mordir: Oh come on! What kind of villain are you?

Suragore: I am not a villain, simply a violent creature.

Mordir: Uh... what would be the difference?

Rowen: [Nudges Ryan] You're not hurt, are you?

Suragore: [Pushes Rowen's nose away, hissing] I have not harmed the boy, dragon. [Looks at his wings] I'd say you have done more harm to me than I you.

Rowen: [Snorts, accidentally burning the grass] Baloney! You started this whole thing!

Suragore: [Roars at Rowen, but says nothing in reply.]

Zurik: [Swings his sword] Battle should liven anyone's spirits.

Seymour: [Jumps back, but springs forward and brings his blade down diagonally across Kuura'zan's chest] I do not play with death. That is a fool's game. And besides, [Spins his staff and rams the butt end into Kuura'zan's middle] I can't dance.

Me: You can't?

Seymour: Can you see me dancing?

Me: Kinda.

Tesmir: [Trying to hide a smile]

Rune: [Hits him]

Seymour: [Glances at Sumira] I will keep that in mind.

Jek: [Looks at Trina and Thysal] Thysal, fly under me so I can drop Trina her sword.

Tounon: Can I do anything to help?

Cassie: I think so...

Rune: [Looks at me with a raised eyebrow]

Me: What? I can better picture it, if not completely.

Cassie: [Shivers with excitement] This is fun!

Meriak: [Dive-bombs Rinifer]

Aris: [Fires an arrow, making Meriak back off] Let him be, weirdo.

Meriak: [Hisses and attacks Aris]

Me: Hey, wait a minute, you need to be the healer, here!

Aris: [Ducks and sidesteps as the Meriak hurtles down at her, landing roughly] Corelle's better than me.

Corelle: I don't have your gentle touch.

Aris: I don't have your experience.

Tesmir: Wow, girls argue over the weirdest things.

Rune: It's a mystery we men should probably stay out of.

Me:

Brian: *second sword disappears* What would happen if we gave up? *creates large orb and throws it at Mordir* Nothing. Except giving you villains the satisfaction of having won. *throws five more orbs at Mordir* And I'm not about to let that happen,

Devon: *side-steps again, but this arrow skims his arm a little*

Skylar: Wooooooooooaaaaaaah! *gets dizzy* Won't get off!

Try doing it yourself in real life. That might help.

"That is good! Now, you try it."

Rinifer: *expecting this, he soars over and catches the next rafter, where he swings around and comes back with a kick to Devon's chest, intending to land where Devon now isn't*

Cuoash: *recovers rather quickly* Thank-you, Elanhil. But I'm afraid my neck is still cut here on the side. *she points to a gash on the right side*

Elanhil: *looks at it* I- I can't do anything about it... I'm not a healer...

Merashath: *hisses softly and takes flight again, veering towards Thysal*

Me: What is with you and attacking girls, or dragons with girl riders??

Me: *yawn* Too early to be getting into battle...play nice in this post, k, guys?

Brian: Uhh...fighting a dragon-like thing or whatever it is? Is it possible to play nice?

Me: Okay, fine, you're excluded.

Brian: And isn't it almost ten....?

Me: What? I can't be sleepy?

Brian: Yah, but it's not Earl-

Me: I wouldn't be talking...gives Mordir an opening to slice you in two...

Brian: *is silent*

Emuna: I might be able to help with that, Cuoash. Just give me a second and I can clean and bandage it...might sting a little, though.

Me: See, Brian? Emuna knows how to play nice.

Brian: *crosses arms* You're just saying that because she's your favorite.

Me: Okay, I'll admit, I'm a little biased.

Malladryl - "I am a healer, *grabs rune-stones, the wind picks up and leaves start to fly around in circles, a white light shoots down and surrounds Cuoash, it raises her up, then she reappears, the cut healed and gone, only a small scar remaining* How does that feel Cuoash?"

Cirindiel - *nods approvingly*

Winnie - *giggles*

Atti - *rolls eyes*

Fallen: *deflects the light ball, taking a couple of steps back* *surrounds herself with armor of light* An insect, now? How appropriate. *light blasts out from all around her*

Mordir: What do you mean, nothing? [Slashes his sword through the orb casually] You would save your friends a lot of harm. Like Emuna, or Cuoash. No one would die, no more pain. No more drama.

Me: Um, I'd like to point out that the moment you asked to start a rebellion, the drama automatically comes with it no matter what.

Mordir: I wasn't talking to you.

Me: Just sayin'.

Mordir: Well stop saying!

Hakor: [Nocks two arrows at once, then fires]

Chayn: Will get off! Hang on Shawn! [Flies toward a wall, slams all four feet into it, then takes off again spinning frantically while trying to snap at Skylar]

Ruen: She'll run into something if she doesn't look where she's going.

Tesmir: I don't think she much cares.

Cassie: OK! [Slowly goes through the steps] So, I turn my head and then slip out?

Me: Yeah, but my siblings would look at me as if I'd gone nuts. I think I've got it mostly pictured in my head, though.

Tesmir: But what happens if that 'mostly pictured' doesn't work in real life?

Me: If I'm being strangled in real life, we should probably ask why I'm in that situation in the first place, without a man around.

Tesmir: Yeah, that would be a good idea.

Tynx: Oh- [Gets blasted several yards away] OK, that's it! [Shifts into a human form. He looks like any other human, but his eyes are the same amber color] I'm not holding back now.

Me: You were holding back?! You used all the abilities I gave you!

Tynx: Yeah, but now I can hold a sword.

Me: Here's a picture of Suragore.

Me: (@Mordir) Uhh...don't think you can slash through one of the orbs...every try slashing through a strike of lightning?

Brian: *chuckles* Wow, you must really think I'm stupid. *throws five more orbs at Mordir then quickly thrusts at Mordir's stomach with his sword*

"Keep your head straight, use your whole body to move your head out. It is stronger and more efficient that way, using leverage instead of strength."

* laughs * My siblings are used to stuff like that.

Mordir: Oh. I thought I remembered cutting through Emuna's once. [Jumps aside to avoid the orbs, but gets hit by the blade. WInce and brings his blade around at Brian's neck without moving back (to dislodge the sword)] You will be one of the first to die, boy. And I assure you, it won't be quick.

Me:

Cassie: OK. So I just need to wedge my shoulder- [Wiggles around so her torse is more or less sideways, and her shoulder pressing against Hetsila] and then I slip out, right?

Me: [Remembers victory move video] I'll bet. I'm not one for acting, so stuff like that would make them wonder if something's wrong.

Tesmir: Something would be wrong.

Me: If I were you, I'd be closing that hole of yours.

Tesmir: [Mutters something under his breath]

Emuna: (@Mordir) If you cut through one of my orbs I assure you, you would be dead.

Gavin: What a lovely thought.

Emuna: Do you have any lovely thoughts you'd like to share with the class, Gavin?

Gavin: Uhhh....nope.

Emuna: *scowls* Some help you are.

Gavin: Well, I can't be very helpful when I can't do anything.

Emuna: You can wield a sword, send a punch, shoot an arrow, strike a blow, and throw a dagger. I wouldn't say you can't do anything?

Gavin: Fine, I can't do anything against people with powers...

Brian: Well, that's not fair, Gavin. *blocks Mordir's sword with his own, creating an orb in his free hand and throws it at Mordir while kicking Mordir in the chest* Really? You're going to kill me first? What a complement when there are so many other people to kill. *creates another sword in his hand and swings and Mordir's arm*

Fallen: *takes a few steps back to keep out of melee range and fires multiple beams of light at Tynx*

Devon: *bends in half from the kick, but grabs Rinifer's foot* *twists, sending Rinifer towards the ground*

Skylar: *dizzy but hangs on tighter*

Mordir: Oh. I don't quite remember what I did, or if it was somebody else. [Cries out in pain and gets thrown back a few paces. He struggles to get to his feet, with a smirk on his face] You seem to be better with your tongue than with your blade. [Blocks Brian's attack] But how are you with speed? [Throws a dagger at Emuna]

Tynx: [Jumps and rolls to the side, quickly getting back on his feet. He fires a very large light ball, but at the ground between them. The ball explodes, sending up smoke and dust. Tynx suddenly lunges throguh the smoke, slashing at Fallen with a sword.]

Me: And where, may I ask, did you get that?

Tynx: I had it with me.

Me: Oh?

Tynx: Yes.

Chayn: [Roars in anger and spins some more] You asked for it! Rowen!

Rowen: What?

Chayn: Get Shawn off me.

Rowen: Excuse me?

Chayn: [Snarls as she flies past, still spinning]

Rowen: Alright, alright. [Takes off after them. Gingerly picks Shawn up off of Chayn while trying to keep up] Hang on little one, I won't drop you. [Tries to form a sort of seat with the talons for Shawn] Don't do anything reckless, sister.

Chayn: That's precisely why I asked you to get Shawn off [Dives to the ground, spins upside down at the last moment, and lands hard on her back, creating a large crater]

Me: They've all gone insane, they've all gone insane.

Tesmir: I'm still sane!

Tounon: Me too!

Skylar: Oof! *is squished* Hey, I can't breath down here! *starts stabbing Chayn's back with his pocketknife*

Brian: *throws orb at Mordir and it explodes near his eyes* *quickly spins on his heels and throws another orb at the dagger heading towards Emuna, sending it off track. It lands in the dirt a few feet away from Emuna* *turns back to Mordir* You shouldn't have done that...

Emuna: *strolls up to Mordir and Brian* No, you really shouldn't have. It's usually rather hard to make Brian mad...but if you do, I would suggest running as a fall back plan.

Me: The brown haired one speakeths the truth.

Gavin: *head/desk* You're reading Ted Dekker books again?

Me: Ye speaketh as if thoust thinks literature is something that falters.

Gavin: Do the characters even talk like that?!

Me: No, but it is fun, yes?

Me - Oh for crying out loud.

Niarah - What?

Me - I thought I had posted this earlier.

Ryan - My word is always good.

Silver - What? What are you doing?

Ryan - Back away, Silver. Looks like Rowen's already gone, Suragore.

Me - Love the picture, BTW.

Zanya - (Clinging to Rowen) Wow, I'm still up here. Good thing I'm a lightweight. How're you doing, Shawn?

Silver - (Lays her headfin back and backs away slowly) Fine.

Thysal - Ember! Get Skylar! (Flies beneath Jek) Catch that sword, Trina!

Ember - (On the opposite side of the room) Gotcha! (Flies towards Chayn and Skylar) Too late!

Kuura'zan - (Turns as he steps away; Seymour's slash catches his shoulder, but the end of the staff misses) If that is a fools game, then you are a fool, because I am Death! (Snarls, slashing horizontally at Seymour's torso, while stabbing with the other blade, in an attempt to drive the Luvarian to the wall)

Ashrai - (mutters) He flatters himself.

Me - I'm still polishing his style, so he might be disjointed or doing the physically impossible . . .

Niarah - Seymour? You want someone to fight with you? (Readies her staff)

Me - Get used to it, you're taking him on alone at the end of your story.

Niarah - (Looks slightly unnerved)

Ashrai - Great idea, Zurik, but I don't pick fights if there's nothing to gain.

Sumira - Such a mercenary . . .

Me - I didn't contradict any other posts, did I?

Fallen: I object to the sword! He clearly didn't have it with him--he was an insect only moments before!

Me: Objection overruled. You forget that I may very well allow my shapeshifters to keep their clothing and any equipment they're wearing on their human body when they shift back and forth. So I'm not about to complain about anyone else doing that.

Fallen: Hmph!

Me: Look, just respond to the attack, k? You're probably going to need to deal with melee fighters in the story.

Fallen: *grumbles* Fine...*started backing up as soon as the ball exploded, but is still almost hit by Tynx* Yaahh! *hurls a ball of solid shadow at his chest* *scrambles backward*

* laughs * Yeah.

Hëtsila steps back slightly, so that Cassie isn't pressing against her, and guides her body with her hands through the motion. "You don't touch the other person, it is a simple sweep with your body. See?"

Trina: *catches the sword neatly and holds it so the blade is not a hazard to Thysal*

Cuash: Thank-you, ... , Hmm, not sure we've met before... *turns to Emuna* But thank-you too. The will is what truly matters.

Elanhil: Thank goodness you're alive!!!

Rinifer: *falls downward, but twists so that he is falling head-first, slicing through the air. Surprisingly he does not hit one of the rafters, but at the bottom catches the last one and uses it to swing around and land safely on the floor. He retrieves his sword, and swings back onto the first level*

Merashath: *attempts to knock the sword away from Trina, but fails and falls behind Thysal. He veers back on-course and rushes towards her again*

Emuna: *smiles* You're welcome and my apologies for Brian's...interesting way to get out of situations. His mind falters on the part that warns him not to antagonize villains.

Brian: *chuckles* Not entirely false and...*watchs Merashath* Again with the attacking girls!! Do you never stop?! Gavin! Stop him!

Gavin: I can't.

Brian: Why not?

Gavin: He won't attack me...I'm not a girl. *whispers* Thank Elah.

Emuna: I heard that!

Thysal - Again? Really, Merashath? (Whirls into a spinning dive, swooping towards the floor and coming up behind Merashath) Trina, I'm not sure how you put up with that guy . . . .

Me - Get used to it; you'll be dealing with gryphons soon.

Thysal -

Merashath: It works so well. Heroes just love little girls. *spins down after Thysal, and let's out a long stream of fire that hits the ground just as Thysal swoops up, and then turns around to face her*

Trina: Well at my time he can't physically attack me. But he can penetrate your mind.

Devon: *climbs up higher*

Skylar: *under Chayn* *mumbles to himself* Don't you think it would be more useful if you attacked Chayn, Merashath? *keeps stabbing Chayn*

We'll see. True he doesn't know much about grappling, but he is extremely strong.

Griffin: (used Beduun's forward motion to throw Beduun over as he goes forward, he pushes off of Beduun and lands on his feet)

The strongest men in the world wear themselves out by their own strength.

Bëduuín hooks with his legs and uses his hands to stop himself. He maintains the mount.

Mr: *cough* Using variations of this quote sometime *cough*

Gavin: *grumbles* Quote fanatic.

Merashath: Sorry Skylar. I need to remove the thorns from my feet first.

Trina: *twirls her sword around and jabs up at Merashath*

Cuoash: *stands, and looks up at Merashath* And now he's after Trina. I swear...

Elanhil: We must make ourselves useful. *looks for overpowered heroes*

Rinifer: *Swings upward and upwards* Come, you coward.

Me: You'd better watch, he'll get you alright, once you're worn out. He had amazing endurance.

Chayn: [Roars in anger and pain, she rolls onto her feet, making a point of dragging her back along the ground as long as she can] You're luck y I don't eat you.

Tesmir: She can do that?

Rune: Make her angry enough, and she could probably do a lot of things.

Mordir: [Ducks and shields his eyes. He stands up slowly, glaring viciously at Brian] I'll take my chances. [Slashes at Brian's stomach, then thrusts upward at his throat]

Suragore: [Leans close to Ryan for a moment, then straightens] Thank you, wingless creature. [Looks at Silver, hisses, then flies off, struggling to remain upright. But he eventually collapses back on the ground, he slithers into the darkness to recuperate] But I will be back.

Tounon: Doesn't say much, but he gets his point across.

Rowen: [Flies in small circles near Chayn]

Seymour: You are death? I expected death to be more sinister, and dark. Not someone who uses poison to do his dirty work. [Meets the first blade with the staff end, then sweeps it in a circle and pushes the second blade to the side and counters with a diagonal slash of his own] I do not fear death. [Looks at Niarah] The more the merrier.

Me: The other end of that staff opens up so many more moves! It's awesome!

Tesmir: [Rolls eyes] She's been reading.

Tounon: Of course she has. SHe always is. Authors have to do that, I think.

Tesmir: They do? I thought they just write and act all weird.

Tounon: Well, yeah, that too. But they read some, to know how to write. They get ideas from reading.

Tesmir: Oh.

Rune: [Laughing very hard in the background]

Zurik: One less villain for you heroes to deal with.

Tynx: Wasps don't normally carry swords, madam. I'm a fantasy human. Thus, I wear a sword. [Jumps to the side, but then drives his sword forward, getting hit by the edge of the shadow ball]

Cassie: OK. So I just duck under and come back up and out of your arms?

Hakor: [Nocks another arrow, but this time, he aims at Merashath, but it falls short and strikes the ground by Cassie and Hetsila] Sorry!

Jek: [Has been maneuvering his way down off the rafters after dropping Trina her sword] OK, if you have to apologize twice for shooting an arrow, you might want to just stop. Be useful and find my sword fro me, will you?

Hakor: Yeah, sure. [Looks slightly hurt, but inches his way down off the rafters and slides onto the mangled vine net] Where is it?

Jek: [Drops down another rafter] Dunno, somewhere up there.

Hakor: [Grumbles] Real helpful, brother. Real helpful.

Corelle: [Walks up to Elanhil and Cuoash] Can I get anything for you, dear?

Rune: Where's Aris?

Me: She's fighting Meriak... somewhere. Maybe they'll find Mark.

Tesmir: Or maybe you'll remember him.

Me: [Glares]

Brian: *backs away from sword but neck gets nicked by the tip of it* *grimaces and wipes blood from neck* Fine, but it's your funeral. *backs away slowly and lifts hands up* *a boulder-sized orb is formed above Mordir*

Emuna: Okay...I didn't know he could do that.

Me: *cough*not until book four or five *cough*

Emuna: Well, that explains it...

Brian: *drops orb on Mordir, incasing him inside it like a sort of prison* *makes the orb translucent so he can see Mordir* So...I can crush you, which, trust me, would be effortless. Or, you could surrender, call your men off, and leave. Us. Alone. Your call.

Devon: What's with everyone calling me a coward? *sits down on the rafter* *kicks Rinifer hard in the face as he comes close*

Skylar: Ow. Ow. Ow. *gets up*

Mordir: [Glares at Brian, but says nothing]

Me: You're in no position to stay quiet, you know-

Mordir: I don't care what you think!

Tesmir: Dude, even I'm smart enough to know not to yell at our author.

Tounon: He's a crazed villain.

Mordir: I am not!

Me: You should answer Brian.

Mordir: I don't have to answer right away.

Me: You should.

Mordir: What do I care?

Me: Um, your life in hanging by a thread right now. All the other villains are currently engaged in fierce combat, and you're stuck in an orb that can crush you. That reason enough? Now answer the young man before I answer for you.

Mordir: [Crosses his arms defiantly]

Rune: Give him time. A night in that orb will help calm him down so he can think straight.

Tesmir: [Whispers to Tounon] I don't think he could ever think straight.

Rune: [Swats him upside the head]

Tesmir: Is there anything I can say that won't get me hit?! I'm entitled to my own opinions, aren't I?!

Me: Enough. Mordir, you need to answer.

Mordir: Do you think it's that easy for me to do that? I can't call them all off. It's gone too far, and they're all deep in battle. A lot of 'em probably won't listen, anyway. I don't command them.

Rune: But you're the one who rallied them. Surely you can do something?

Mordir: Request one helps another, maybe. But I don't have complete domination over them. Besides, I'm not doing it.

Tounon: You want to die?

Mordir: They're fine without me. I've been stuck under dragons half the time, and bickering with all of you for the rest of it, with an occasional battle here and there.

Tesmir: You're crazy. Wait... can't he come back? It's not permanent here, is it?

Me: No, but that doesn't mean I'll bring him back.

Meriak: [Suddenly barrels into Brian]

Tounon: Didn't see her coming.

Aris: Sorry! I thought I had her!

Jek: Why are you people apologizing?!

Chayn: [Leans head in close to Skylar's, baring her teeth just slightly. She bumps him up against a tree, staring hard] Now, what lesson have we learned here?

Thysal - (Snaps at Merashath's neck) You annoy me.

Kuura'zan - Isn't death the unexpected? (Crosses his blades in a block to Seymour's slash, kicking upwards beneath the weapons at Seymour's torso, claws extended.) You can laugh in my face all you want, but even as we speak . . . (Twists away and slashes horizontal with both swords in the same direction) . . . the poison is working in you.

Niarah - (Dives at Kuura'zan's back, stabbing with her staff) You snow viper!

Me - Aren't those staffs great.

Kuura'zan - (Twists sideways, away) Calling names, now?

Niarah - Seymour, go get the antidote from Sumira!

Ryan - (Mounts Silver) See? Suragore wasn't so bad.

Silver - I'll be wary, just in case.

Merashath: Good. I succeed, then. *snaps back*

Trina: *twists her sword neatly around and drives it through Merashath's neck*

Merashath: *loops over and kicks them from the other side*

Elanhil: Yes, she is fine. But come, Cuoash, we must get you far from here!

Cuoash: *glances around* What if Trina needs me??

Elanhil: Then you can come. But the battleground is no place for a woman.

Rinifer: *is hit full in the face and blood spurts from his nose, and sweat flies from his hair. He swings up and swooshes over to land behind him*

Fallen: That doesn't make sense! You didn't have the sword a minute ago, so how can you have it now?

Me: He didn't have clothes a minute ago, either.

Fallen: ...okay, fine, shutting up now.

Ark: *watches in the background, trying not to laugh*

Fallen: *spins to the side, away from Tynx* *solid darkness wraps around Tynx's wrist, giving his arm a quick tug*

Seymour: It can be, I suppose. [Levers his staff downward, so the butt end meets Kuura'zan's foot.] But I suppose it all depends on whether or not you know where you're going afterward. [Steps back a bit and swings his blade down, knocking one sword off course, the other cuts his middle] I am not laughing. [Steps back, smiling slightly, as Niarah attacks] But, if you will excuse me for a moment, sir. [Turns and walks toward Sumira]

Me: Sometimes he can be so odd.

Seymour: Thank you.

Corelle: [Looks pointedly at Aris as Elanhil says the battlefield is no place for a woman]

Aris: What? I was trying to be helpful! What about Cassie? She's more or less learning how to fight.

Me: That's more like self defense.

Corelle: Alright, alright, I didn't mean t get anyone riled up.

Aris: Then don't stare.

Tynx: [Tries to follow, but nearly loses his balance when his arm is pulled] Which arm?

Me: If his having a sword is a problem, he can shift into something else.

Elanhil: *Grabs Cuoashes arm and leads her through the forest and hides her in a small natural cave* Stay here unless I come to get you.

Cuoash: *nods, and cowers back*

Elanhil: Now I have to see if I can go get Trina.

Trina: No way!! I'm dealing with this overgrown rat.

Elanhil: No you're not! Get down!

Trina: Don't listen to him, Thysal. I want to fight.

Me:Sorry, should have specified. Whichever one has the sword. Oh, and his having a sword is not a problem at all.

Fallen: Yes, it is!

Me: You hush.

Me: My bad if you said something to me and I missed it, I totally just scanned over the post. Busy weekend. Anyhow, quick fix.

Brian: *sees Meriak (probably spelled wrong) out of the corner of his eye* Emuna.

Emuna: I honestly don't know why I help you, Brian...you're going to end up getting us killed. *calmly makes large orb and throws it at Meriak, it incases him as well, though it is not as strong and will wear off in a few min-err posts.*

Brian: Well, you probably should have thought about that before going ahead and starting a rebellion, Mordir...now...I suggest you think of a way to stop it...because this orb shrinks quite quickly. *orbs grows smaller until Mordir has to crouch to stay inside it*

Me: Whew! That was a mouthful...my bad for any typos! Must run!

Skylar: (@Chayn) Lesson? Bah! I get enough of those in school. Have you ever tried learning Chemistry? *makes a face* *tries to stab Chayn in the eye again*

Devon: *comes to his knees* *uses one of his legs to sweep Rinifer off the rafter again*

Alexis: *restless*

Me: *groans* "This is what I get for being off a week due to internet restrictions. Will someone please take mercy on me and give me a summary? I read up through 192..."

Shawn: *holds on to Chayn* "Wherever we can help."

Me: "Oh..."

Shawn: *throws a knife, hitting Skylar in the arm*

Pirzak: *glares*

Jay: *attempts to stand*

Me: "I don't think that's wise."

Jay: "Okay, okay, I noted you opinion. Done now?"

Me: "Translation: You didn't hear anything I said? Look, don't do-"

Jay: *grumbles*