Skooter: *sees Trina sleeping and joins her*

Me: Oh, otters. There's no setting between off and full.

Fulgar: *to Stellwento* We need to get involved somewhere but it doesn't seem like anything is happening.

Melany: *grabs a chair and begins sewing*

Lakkerfax: *starts a pyro contest with Malcolm*

Tanner: *does push ups with Pernoxnix on his back*

Lumevita: It must just be one of those days.

Cassie: [Looks at Kimun] What kind of distractions? [Almost overbalances herself.] Oh, I get it.

Cory: So, we get to stay?

Me: Yes you get to stay. Tesmir and his siblings won't come. But Ashton, Gabe and the other two are leaving. I'm not sure how easy it would be to get Ponkin to leave, so he stays for now. Oh, and Werynn is coming back.

Mordir: You're not even entirely sure that that's her name.

Me: I'm pretty confident, alright?

Seymour: Don't bug her.

Mordir: I wasn't. I was stating the obvious.

Seymour: No, you were trying to get yourself into trouble.

Mordir: I'm a villain, I'm prone to do that.

Me: He was right. I messed up the name.

Mordir: See?! I told you!

Seymour: [Tiredly rubs eyes.] Stop now while your head is still firmly on your shoulders, boy.

Cory: Aris wouldn't do that.... would she?

Sylvia - (walks over to Arionwyn and Cory, watching curiously) How do you do that?

Ember - (Goes to check out the geckoes)

Thysal - (stretches) Well, if they attack me down here, I can handle them. I'm not fighting offensively anymore. Let me know when you want to take to the skies again.

Cassie:[Thinks for a moment.] I would focus on one at a time, but keep track of the other two, and try not to have my back turned to them.

Me: (At least that's what my brother suggests for video games.)

Seymour: I wouldn't compare 'video games' to real life battles.

Cory: [Holds still.]

Me: Kimun had done something to it, too. So now it'll heal twice as fast.

Cory: Cool.

Ponkin: [Sniff Mya's chin curiously.] Caffeine nuts are something that make you go crazy! Something called Mountain Dew? I dunno, but it's good! And the best part, they come by the barrel!

Tynx: [Slashes at Chayn to ward her off.] Wait a minute. So who's still on my team up here?!

Chayn: Come back here!

Tynx: Not on your life! Where'd Merashath go? Is he still up high?

Depends on the video game, haha.

"Yes, that is the basic principle. Keep them all in front of you, but don't switch from one to another quickly. This will weaken your ability to deal with any one of them, and will come across as hesitation. Gain complete control over one of them, and you will have the advantage over the rest. Use one against the rest by making it so that they have to capitulate to you in order to get him out of trouble."

Klasina: Where's Kai?

Me: Being fractalled.

Klasina:

Roel: So now what do we do?

Me: Go talk to someone! And stop being so annoying. You're next, ya know.

Roel: N-next?

Klasina: For fractalling?

Me: Yep.

Roel and Klasina:

Elanhil: Agh! *Let's Chase go momentarily, and twirls around with surprising speed to block Griffin's blow. He succeeds, but the unexpected force knocks him off balance, causing him to stumble a couple of steps backwards.*

Trina: *opens her eyes slightly and pets Skooter slightly. A small, pleasant smile creeps across her face.*

Hadwin: *signing quietly to himself* 'All around the world every boy every girl's got one shot, to prove what they're all about'

Me: Wha..?!?! Where did you learn that?

Hadwin: Who, me? I was just listening to your iTunes library...

Me: That's it. When I leave my comp I'm logging off and shutting down from now on.

Hadwin: *back to singing to himself* 'I am gonna sing of my God and it doesn't matter what's hot,'

Me: Ok, it's time for a memory wipe.

Hadwin: --

Me: This is going to be fun...

Hadwin:

Me: 'restore to book memory...' good. You're done!

Hadwin: ?? What is this place?

Cassie: What does capitulate mean? Would they gang up on me if I took on one at a time?

Chase: [Swings viciously at Griffin's neck area.]

Seymour: That boy is going to wear himself out.

Werynn: Why am I back here?

Me: Because I'd like an older girl. If you haven't noticed. I have only guys. One young girl, and a female dragon. You can't blame me for wanting to try and even it out a bit.

Cory: Well, the majority of guys here corresponds with your tendency to have more favorite guy characters than girls.

Me: That's true. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

Seymour: I'm sure it's harmless. Your fair maidens are simply staying safely at home, and letting the men do the fighting.

Cory: Lorielle doesn't count.

Werynn: I'm not at home.

Me: That's probably why. But still, I seem to have a lot more favorite guy characters than girls....

Cory: You worry too much. Like Seymour said, it's harmless. But any suggestions from others would be good, too. Since you're basically arguing with yourself.

Mordir: Guys are just way more exciting than girls anyway.

Cassie: [Throws a rock at Mordir.]

Chayn: [Pursues Tynx]

Tynx: Oh come on! [Tries to lose her in the clouds.]

Umectra: *sighs, walks up to Jay, licks the snow pile once melting it, goes back to the river* You're welcome.

Me: Don't mind her, she gives everyone the cold shoulder. Boys, knock it off! you're going to burn something down.

Lakkerfax: Oh come now, I've got it under control.

Me: I know but the others who play with fire aren't Arcanes and they're going to get ideas.

Erronys: *snores quietly*

Melany: Vita, can you grow some chamomile so I can make tea?

Lumevita: With pleasure. *digs through the snow where she can smell chamomile and licks the ground*

Stellwento: *sees Ember approaching* Hey, care for a flight?

Chayn: [Turns sharply and climbs, following right after Tynx.]

Tynx: Oh crud! [Levels out and tries to hide in the thickest clouds.]

Chayn: [Flaps in place, lookign around.] Which cloud should we blow to bits first?

Werynn: [Looks at Lakkerfax] What kind of fire tricks do you know?

Merashath: Shreeeeeek!!! *Bolts straight upward, up for around the area where Chayn is. Suddenly, all the clouds leave in a sudden burst to all sides of the room.* Aha! Get em, Chayn! *flies towards Tynx.*

Elanhil: *Twirls around and with a horizontal chop at Chase, keeping a wary eye on Griffin all the while*

Trina: *Falls asleep on the ground.*

Imprass: Whats the point of me being here?

Me: You're right.

Imprass: *vanishes*

Me: hehe

Lakkerfax: *snorts a ball of blue fire* All of them.

Stellwento: That's our cue! *grabs hold of Fulgar and shoots into the sky bringing the clouds back with him but now darker*

Fulgar: *chuckles to himself and begins to cause static in the clouds*

Merashath: *gets lost in a cloud when it comes back--he gets rid of it, but now he's lost where Tynx is*

Chayn: I'm on it! [Flies after Tynx.]

Tynx: Sheesh, you're so persistent! [Flies higher with Chayn right behind him. Suddenly turns and glides quickly down at Merashath from above.]

Chayn: [Slows a little in case there's a collision.]

Cassie: Oh, I get it. So if I get a bad guy away form his sword and have mine at his neck, I can use that to make the other two do what I want. [Shifts her position to get ready to follow Kimun.] I'm ready.

Me: This is really good. I'm learning a lot.

Mordir: Thank goodness. Our fights might have more depth to them.

Seymour: You're just set determined to get yourself hurt, aren't you?

Mordir: I'm getting revenge. She left me in the Chat Room at the mercy of other authors. Which I did not receive, and was promptly beaten by Kai and locked in a closet. Goodness knows what else happened to me.

Me: But in my absence I didn't witness the rest. YOu deserved it, though, for laughing at my spelling.

Cory: It's a common mistake, you don't need to blow up on him about it.

Me: I wasn't blowing up on him about it, I was blowing up on him because he was laughing about it.

Mordir: Authors are tough.

Werynn: Agreed.

Chase: [Moves his sword to block. He twists it and shoves Elanhil's sword towards Griffin.]

Tynx: What on earth?! Where'd the clouds come from from?!

Chayn: The little flying geckos. This should be interesting.

Ponkin: [Settles down in Mya's arms and snoozes off again.]

Elanhil: I don't really understand how that worked...You were slicing at Griffin's neck...

Me: He was? Oops.

Chase: Thanks, Aris.

Me: OK, forget that last move.

Chase: [Doesn't have tme enough to avoid getting hit. Winces as Elanhil's blade hits his side. Backs up, grimacing.] That smarts.

Cory: You should probably quit now.

Chase: I'm not quitting just because I got hit. Most of the cuts have stopped bleeding anyway.

Cassie: Don't overdo it, Chase.

Chayn: [Sniffs the air.] I'm not sure. I don't think we'll have too much of a problem if it does, unless there's lightning. Then we'll have to duck out.

Fulgar: *chuckles his deep, slightly-reminiscent-of-evil laugh*

Pernoxnix: For those of you who didn't translate his Latin based name: keep your wits about you.

Me: Well, he probably could have still avoided it, just not with his sword. Oh well.

Elanhil: You all right? *before receiving an answer, he chops from above, passing just in front of Chase's head.*

Me: If any of the moves he does just don't really make sense duel-wise let me know. I don't know enough about sword fighting.

Merashath: *hopes for lightning.*

Me: We need a Narrator who controls the weather and climate of this room...

Chase: I'm fine. [Jumps backward, once he steadies his footing he brings his sword down at Elanhil's wrists.] Aris, you better not have messed up again.

Me: I'm in the same boat. My fights don't usually have too much description.

Tynx: That laugh didn't sound good.

Chayn: Where is it?!

Tynx: I don't know.

Cassie: [Nods and follows along, watching Kimun's movements. She slips up a few times, but nothing horrible.]

Werynn: [Cautiously reaches out to pet Silver.]

Cory: I doubt he'll bite.

Werynn: My homeland has none of these majestic beings. I'd rather not get off on the wrong foot with a little one. Goodness knows what the larger ones will do.

Mordir: Eat you alive, probably. [Swats away a huge dictionary.] Missed.

Me: Say it again and I won't.

Cory: If characters ever come out of their stories and Aris is stuck with Mordir, they'll kill each other.

Mordir: But she'd just counter with the fact that I won't know if I die if I kill her.

Me: You lose.

Mordir: [Growls irritatedly]

Stellwento: *begins flying in circles, forming a small air-borne tornado*

Fulgar: *manipulates static field to form lightning* Someone call for a meteorologist?

Me: Don't know where he learned that word...

Stellwento: You call down the thunder, I'll rig the whirlwind!

Me: Happy Nix?

Pernoxnix: Well there is more space than that chat room you let them into.

Me: That's what gives them more potential...

Lumevita: *brings Melany the chamomile* You may want Fax to make a fire.

Tynx: Aw no! Hold on, Iri! [Chucks the idea of diving into Merashath and hurtles downward.]

Thysal: Coward! [Flies after him.]

Tynx: Lady, being a coward is what will keep myself and my rider alive and un-burnt. I would rather face the shame of being called a coward than the wrath of Lady Eruwaedhiel's characters if anything happened to their friend.

Seymour: So long as you're careful, you should be fine at a lower hight. It'll give you more time to see and avoid lighting bolts.

Thysal - Call us if you need help, Tynx!

Niarah - In that storm? I would just assume that he needs you guys.

Thysal - I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.

Ryan - Silver's a girl, not a boy. (Kneels by his dragon) You can pet her.

Silver - (watches Werynn with wide blue eyes)

Ryan - She doesn't bite.

Silver - (gives a toothy grin)

Ryan - Knock it off.

Silver - *snort*

Ember - (sits in the middle of the geckos, watching everything with rapt interest)

Me - I was going to put in more, but it's late and my brain isn't functioning . . .

Umectra: And to think Fax, you're now considered one of the sane ones.

Lakkerfax: All the more build up for later.

Umectra: Ah yes, another one of your talk versus action statements.

Lakkerfax: *snorts and lights a fire for Melany*

Melany: That's enough Ume.

Lumevita: *to everyone still on the ground* Melany is making tea if anyone cares to join us while the storm... *looks at the sky and sighs knowingly* while my brother passes over.

Tanner: *sits by the fire*

Erronys & Malcolm: *come close to the fire to provide warmth for the others.

Elanhil: *Keeps his sword moving so it is well out of the way when Chase brings his down. Just as Chases is low enough, Elanhil pulls his sword up and thrusts directly at Chase's belly.*

Trina: *eyes blink open when she hears the low rumble of thunder. She sits up.* Ah, not a storm. *spots the campfire and walks over. She sits down on the ground.*

Hadwin: *Walks over and stands by the fire as well.*

Merashath: *continues to fly upward, until he is in the storm. The winds carry him around, but he doesn't mind.*

Tynx: I'd love help!!! [Spirals upward, trying to lose Chayn.]

Chayn: I don't know.... it might explode. Shall we try it to find out?

Chase: [Tries to bring his sword up to block, but Elanhil's blade hits before he can get out of the way. Gasping, he stumbles back, but watches ELanhil and Griffin closely.]

Me: Well, the only problem here is that I don't know enough about which moves would be best for which situations...

Chase: You think?!

Seymour: It would be wise to pull out while you're still standing.

Chase: I'm not quitting. I don't want to quit, I've come so far already.

Mordir: And you've taken more hits than the other two combined.

Chase: No one asked you.

Me: Knock it off, both of you. Chase, just be careful.

Cassie: [Corrects her grip.] I would try to discover who the spy was. and if I found out, I would kill him. But, I'm not sure what I'd do if I didn't find out... I'd probably try to keep counsel meetings small, only those I know for sure I can trust.

Werynn: [Smiles and pets Silver.] She is a marvelous creature...

Cory: Hey, what's this about a story?! You're messing up the time-line!

Me: No I'm not. You need to stop snooping. I haven't done anything, there's no plot. You aren't in it. It's more or less of a start over... maybe. I'm not all sure what's gonna happen.

Seymour: You have odd ideas, Aris.

Me: Which is where you've come from, my friend.

Seymour: I'd also like to know what happened to Mordir in the chat room.

Me: He um, got hit with some kind of tranquilizer... while battling Kai.... when he was really angry. That's about all I know.

Cassie: Oh... so make false plans to screw up the spy's reports, then change plans for an advantage over the false ones. [Frowns in thought.] Well.. I could begin a combination of moves, something my opponent might know, or could guess where I'm going with it, and prepare to defend himself from it. But then i could quickly take the move the other way and attack an opening while he expects to block the other move. But I would have to be fast, and know what I'm doing, when I'm doing it.

Me: This is fun.

Thysal - Am I up for it? Boy, you'd better hang on to your hat. (scoops Jay up and tosses him on her back) We're coming, Tynx!

Niarah - And you just promoted her to the Council of Lords in Ilaria. Brilliant.

Me - Maybe she needs to be toned down a bit.

Niarah - You think!?

Zanya - (listening to Shawn's and Jay's conversation) Curiosity killed the cat? Wait, what? (Immediately switches to human form)

Sabre - It had nothing to do with you.

Zanya - After all we've been through, you can never be too careful.

Sabre -

Ryan - @Werynn: Thanks, just don't tell her that. It might go to her head.

Silver - I'm very humble, too.

Sylvia - (picks up Ember and sits by the fire with Riniel's characters) It's getting worse up there.

Ember - (sniffs the tea suspiciously)

Me - (Takes notes from Kimun's and Cassie's conversation)

Akira - (walks over and sits by the fire as well, still in wolf form) I want to go to the chatroom sometime, it sounds like a fun place.

Niarah - Probably not if you're a villain.

Elanhil: Need me to back off? I think the best move for that situation would be an upward chop. I think...

Me: Hey, I just got beat by my brother. He attacked my hand, the dirty player...It's all bruised...

Trina: *begins to hum an old song*

Merashath: *dive-bombs Tynx.*

Me: *feverish writing* Recalibrate his ideas... *scratching pencil* Ok, got it.

Elanhil:

Cassie: I didn't think of that. Um.... [Shifts a little] Would, would hiding that stuff affect normal life? I mean, would hiding what my eyes would normally reveal hide them when not fighting?

Me: I never knew I'd learn this much. Between Cassie's lessons and reading Binding of the Blade, I'm learning a bunch of sword tactic.... stuff.

Mordir: [Looks at Akira.] It's fun there so long as you don't get yourself into trouble.

Me: But you just can't seem to avoid that, can you?

Mordir: My name means doom's shadow. What'd you expect?

Chayn: Hold on! [Flies straight at a lightning bolt close to Tynx and spews a fountain of poison at it.]

Tynx: Aw shoot- wait! Thysal, stay back for a minute! Iri, hang on! [Hopes nothing blows up right away. Flips over and meets Merashath head on. He grips Merashath tight and tosses him toward the lightning bolt, but finds himself also rather close.]

(Big explosion)

Tynx: [Gets blown halfway across the thread, scrambling to recover his balance.]

Chayn: That was your big idea?

Tynx: it was. Jealous?

Me: Do I even want to ask why you were fighting with your brother?

Seymour: Sibling rivalry.

Me: Not asking you.

Chase: I think I'll be OK. Thanks for the tip, though. You go on and hack away at Griffin, I'll pop in when the bleeding's slowed.

Me: