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Post by Dionisia on Aug 18, 2021 3:36:08 GMT
Hearing her ally she nods "Hmm i see."
When the general comes in view she points down.
"Land? Or shall we first oversee the situation a bit more?"
Dio herself just stops to go forward and keeps herself hanging in the air while looking down.
Seeing what the general does and what her ally wants to do.
She keeps an eye out for more demons like the one she encountered.
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2021 4:30:27 GMT
"Observe if you wish. I will report to the General."
Dio can see most of the city from this height. Once again, the oddness of this world, the constant pulling down, has kept the buildings squat and low to the ground. A mighty river flows near the city, once again a weak thing unable to rise above the land and disappointingly made only of water. Some sprites in the world have figured out how to resist the pull and fly about the city, yet often are forced to come to rest on the buildings while they regain their strength. Far in the distance, almost at the limit of her sight, Dio can see a pair of carpets flying away from the city.
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 18, 2021 4:35:39 GMT
Dio amazed by the strangeness of this world almost seems lost in it, Until she spots the flying carpets going away from the city she looks down. Seems that the woman ahd not seen it yet. Since the world pulls down towards it she stops fighting it and lowering herself on the airstream. she swoops passed the woman with a short message.
"Two flying carpets leaving, checking it out."
She then quickly beats her wings again to lift herself up. It feels so limited. the pull going only one way. With a few quick beats of her wings she is on the desired height and goes after the flying carpets.
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2021 4:58:07 GMT
They are far distant and she is unable to match their speed.
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 18, 2021 5:00:36 GMT
When she realizes that she can't keep up she stops her flight and stares towards them as long as she can to see what direction they are going. It might be nothing it might be something. But better to keep an eye on things. When they are to far to see properly Dio returns to the market square where the general and the others were standing.
Before landing she checks ofcourse of any potential danger.
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2021 17:47:45 GMT
The square is still mostly empty when Dio returns. The few people foolhardy enough to return are scared away again when they see Dio and her wings.
Under the eaves of a small building facing the square, she sees the General and two of his demons, one of which is the woman she travelled from the library with. The General is throttling a human.
"Dionisia, you are just in time. This local has handed over what we need."
He holds a torn sheet of paper with some glyphs drawn upon it.
"Easterly. To the Mountain of Madness, as he calls it."
He twists his hand and breaks the human's neck. Two flying carpets rise from the ground.
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 18, 2021 17:52:51 GMT
Dio looks at the general and the poor sod with a now broken neck.
Then realizing she has no clue what east is here. This world is so confusing. She asks
"East is what dorection then? I just saw two flying carpets flying out of the city."
She points in the general direction she had seen them go.
"If that is east then we are behind. They were fast."
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2021 18:17:18 GMT
[OOC: Would 'east' even have any meaning to Dio? The concept seems to rely on a place with a stable magnetic field and the invention of compasses. Or one sun and a land with normal geometry.]
"that'll be our quarry. Everyone on the carpets," the General says gruffly.
The three others get on and wait for Dio to join them.
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 18, 2021 18:37:40 GMT
Since Dio still only knows the group she came with she figures it is best to stick with them. This horrible person Vada still needs to be found. She steps on the carpet holding herself steady to stay on it.
"What would someone want with this weird place anyway? You said there was something she was after yes? Could those people leaving on carpets be that Vada we are after?"
She looks at the general.
"Are all her minions like the one in the library? if so, is there a better plan then just attack?"
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Post by Admin on Aug 19, 2021 15:56:07 GMT
"I don't doubt that that was them.
"It isn't this shadow that she wants, but I suspect it is something in this shadow. Something in this Mountain of Madness.
"That demon was a special summoning. I doubt the pack she ravels with is of the same calibre. Anyway, we came across them in a pitched battle with others and then - poof! - that explosion you felt. Afterward, only a few survived to continue with Vada. Just like only a few of us are left to continue."
The band fly from the city, across the mighty river and into the lands beyond. The General often looks at the paper and consults an odd disk with its own arcane symbols and pointers. On occasion, the path of the flight is adjusted to avoid mountains, drops to follow valleys and rivers, and to correct direction.
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 19, 2021 16:02:33 GMT
Dio silently nods. She did learn a few things in the convent one of them that assumptions can be deadly. Especially when working with demons.
She adds softly "I understand."
Seeing the only few they have left a worry and doubt comes to her if she just shouldn't have stayed in the convent waiting patiently for her parents to pick her up.
In silence she ponders on things while looking in amazement at the strange lands below her.
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Post by Admin on Aug 19, 2021 16:13:33 GMT
[OOC: might need a slight delay in posting to see what the others get up to. I should only be a day or so at most.]
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 19, 2021 16:15:44 GMT
[Ooc, that is fine. Running into eachother is a tricky planning. ]
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2021 17:22:03 GMT
The woman stands beside Dio.
"Odd isn't it? The constant 'downness' of this place. Who would have thought something so boring could produce such interesting sights. And what is under the land? If it were gone would we fall forever in the void?"
The ground below becomes hilly then flattens onto a vast plateau. In the hazy distance ahead there are the purple peaks of distant mountains.
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Post by Dionisia on Aug 20, 2021 17:28:48 GMT
"It is so strange, no land masses floating. Everything connected downwards. "
Staring in the distance to the purple peaks she tilts her head.
"Those to will be connected to the rest of the land mass. And it would be curious to see what is underneath. Perhaps an abyss like we know. Or more dirt.. who is to say. "
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