(ooc: Morguerat, you forgot one person in your roll call: StoneRock.
And to everyone: if you don't like this post, just ignore it, okay? [img]smile.gif[/img] )
"Not before I take with us another magical artifact!" said Magnus, lifting a finger with a wink. Reaching into the same chest from which he took out the Amulet of Time, he now took out yet another curious magical device. It appeared as a wand, only considerably thicker and with what would have seemed raised hieroglyphics on its surface. Jewels embedded into its side flashed and sparkled, and at one end of the contraption was a large ball of crystal.
"I call this the
Shrinking Ray Gun," said Magnus with a grin. "When pointed at an enemy and the trigger pulled, it fires a bolt of magical force which
shrinks your enemy down to one-third his original size, his speed of movement and capacity for sustaining damage being likewise affected, leaving him a considerably weaker foe indeed. The effect doesn't last long, though -- in a few moments he'll begin slowly to grow back to his original size. Here, you might like a demonstration."
Pointing the device at Dantes (ooc: Azrael, you don't mind
), Magnus fired. A thin ray of red light shot forth from the gun and struck the mage -- now suddenly reduced before everyone's astonished eyes to a diminutive figure running around. "Magnus, you fool, what have you done to me?" screamed Dantes in a somewhat squeaky voice. "
Restore me now!!"
"Don't sweat it, you're already slowly being restored," replied Magnus. Dantes found that it was indeed the case, with his level of vision slowly rising until it was the same height as before again. "Magnus, it would be greatly appreciated if you stopped playing such pranks in future!" protested Dantes. Magnus only laughed.
"Oooohh, this
fun!" exclaimed Fenric, jumping up and down. "Do again! Do again!"
"Sorry, Fenric, my dear," said Magnus, patting the beast in the back. "This thing hasn't that many charges left -- and it can only recharge by being placed in sunlight."
"Hey, seriously," said StoneRock, "this would be yet another great help in our quest! Magnus, you're a real bag of surprises!"
"Thanks for the compliment," replied Magnus with a bow.
"Look, Magnus," cried Khadgar excitedly, "you've
got to tell me how you got all these toys!!"
"I made them myself," said Magnus with a nod. "Took
years and years of research. These toys are the fruit of a greal deal of mental labor! And, oh yes, Khadgar, I'd certainly like a spirit steed -- though old boy Dantes' pegasus is much better-looking," remarked Magnus as he shot a mischievous glance at Dantes.
"You
must show me how to make those toys, Magnus!" said Khadgar.
"I will," replied Magnus, "if you promise to teach me in future how to cast the
Fire Aura of Brihaspati -- which I reckon you could cast on all our friends' weapons now, in preparation for what lies ahead!"
[ 04-17-2002, 05:50 AM: Message edited by: K T Ong ]