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Cyril Darkcloud · 05-14-2002, 09:38 PM

Despair nearly takes hold of him there before the stone barrier. He knows of no strength that will move it and of no way to pierce it. The howling notes of wolf cries reach his ears and he forcibly calms himself. Above him, the collapse of the tower proceeds amid the crashing of stones and the filling of the air with dust and screams.

The notes of her voice have reached my ears! ~ The realization is sudden and a cause for relief. Air can still pass where bodies cannot and therefore the seal is not so tight as he had feared. He whispers, then, a few reassuring syllables that travel along the slender pathways allowed the air near the sealed doorway to the ears of the woman called TAO, “Keep them safe and I will do what I can.”

The air here has been still and dead for a very long time and it is painful even to breathe it. His eyes narrow as he concentrates and the still air moves slightly near the barrier. He smiles, then, the relived smile of one who sees unexpected reason for hope. ~ There is no way to pierce the barrier, it is far too strong and has been made to defeat such force. But one does not need to enter the chamber in that way.... ~ He turns his eyes to the place above the blockage, the place out of which it had moved to seal the passage. It is hollow where the barrier had been.

He steps away from the door and draws his three remaining arrows of dispelling. Firing them swiftly at the area he will strike, he notes the flashes that signal the dissipation of wards of protection. Grasping the axes once more, he stands with his arms outstretched expelling the last of his energy into the stagnant air around him. Burns cover his hands and creep along his forearms and the dead air suddenly erupts with life and movement. He screams with pain a coiled silver strike of lightning lashes suddenly outward striking the stone repeatedly until several long cracks appear in its surface. He releases the gathered violence of the winds in a single concussive blast and a large opening appears above the undamaged barrier.

He collapses to his knees, gasping for breath in the stale air.

ooc: I’ll let you guys figure out how to get a wolf out this way.

05-14-2002, 09:38 PM	#110
Cyril Darkcloud Lord Soth Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,980	Despair nearly takes hold of him there before the stone barrier. He knows of no strength that will move it and of no way to pierce it. The howling notes of wolf cries reach his ears and he forcibly calms himself. Above him, the collapse of the tower proceeds amid the crashing of stones and the filling of the air with dust and screams. The notes of her voice have reached my ears! ~ The realization is sudden and a cause for relief. Air can still pass where bodies cannot and therefore the seal is not so tight as he had feared. He whispers, then, a few reassuring syllables that travel along the slender pathways allowed the air near the sealed doorway to the ears of the woman called TAO, “Keep them safe and I will do what I can.” The air here has been still and dead for a very long time and it is painful even to breathe it. His eyes narrow as he concentrates and the still air moves slightly near the barrier. He smiles, then, the relived smile of one who sees unexpected reason for hope. ~ There is no way to pierce the barrier, it is far too strong and has been made to defeat such force. But one does not need to enter the chamber in that way.... ~ He turns his eyes to the place above the blockage, the place out of which it had moved to seal the passage. It is hollow where the barrier had been. He steps away from the door and draws his three remaining arrows of dispelling. Firing them swiftly at the area he will strike, he notes the flashes that signal the dissipation of wards of protection. Grasping the axes once more, he stands with his arms outstretched expelling the last of his energy into the stagnant air around him. Burns cover his hands and creep along his forearms and the dead air suddenly erupts with life and movement. He screams with pain a coiled silver strike of lightning lashes suddenly outward striking the stone repeatedly until several long cracks appear in its surface. He releases the gathered violence of the winds in a single concussive blast and a large opening appears above the undamaged barrier. He collapses to his knees, gasping for breath in the stale air. ooc: I’ll let you guys figure out how to get a wolf out this way.