Chains of Dragons (No LSU's)
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three words for ya all: I. Hate. School. especially college applications. Luckily it's Spring Break now.
Vared
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I had little interest in shopping or cheking out the beach, so I just wandered around town, looking for something interesting.
"Let's see what there is in this town." I said to myself. I looked at the various buildings in town."...I'm not hungry, I don't need any new clothes, I don't want any tourist's trinkets...hey, a library. Those are always a good place to kill some time." So I went into the Termania Public Library.
It was nice and quiet inside, and had a faint smell of old paper. The librarian's desk was off to one side, where it didn't block thne view of the rows upon rows of bookshelves. Not having any particular book in mind to read, I walked around to see if a book caught my eye. Before any of them could, I found the card catalogue. (I assume they wouldn't have computers to serve the same function.hmmm, come to think of it, it's been a while since i last saw a card catalogue, much less used one...)
After wondering a moment about what to search for, I decided (predictably ^_^) on dragons. I wasn't surprised to find that most of the books on the subject were fiction, and sounded like children's books. I was about to give up the search when I saw the last card on the subject. It was for a book on a collection of myths from over 4000 years ago titled simply Legends of the Ancient Dragons (so sue me, i couldn't think up anything more creative.). After writing down the title, author's nam,e, and call number on one of the pieces of paper left near the card catalogue for that purpose, I went to find the book.
It was a very old, dusty book in a section full of other old, dusty books, a few of which were actually scrolls. It was bound in cracked brown leather, and the thing felt slightly brittle. I picked it up off the shelf and carefully started flipping through. The writing was faded in most places, but I could pick up some of the writing here or there, sometimes up to a full sentence.
demon...Necrosan...ultimate (something) will bring peace to the world...Dragons...
I was trying to puzzle out a phrase that looked almost readable when the doors of the library banged open. I wasn't in view of the door, but because the building was so quiet I could easily hear a gruff voice talking to someone, probably the librarian.
"I have reports of a young woman coming in here a few moents ago. We have reason to beleive she may posess an item that belongs to my employer. Do you know where she is?"
The librarian said something in a much quieter voice, but I didn't need to hear any more anyway. After spending a second trying to decide weather or not to take the book, I decided I'd rather not be stuck with legitimate charges of steeling and quietly put the book back on the shelf. If I was lucky I might be able to get it at an antique store somewhere. Then I walked as slinetly as I could toward a window I had seen in the back of the building.
The window was open, but there was a guard nearby. He seemed to be just patroling around though, so as soon ashe was out of signt I pushed the window farther open.
Or at least i tried. It was stuck, and after a lot of pushing and wiggling the window, I managed to only open it about another inch or two.
"There she is!" the gruff voice caled from behind me. I glanced over my sholder to see a soldier running down a narrow row after me. As quick as I could, I formed a ball of flames in my hand. The soldier didn't hesitate a bit, but the attack wasn't for him.
"Fireball!" I shouted as I tossed the flames at the window and jumped to one side. Whatever glass and wood that didn'y immediately burn or melt to nothing went flying in all directions. Before the shrapnel even finished landing, I jumped through the window and dashed away. I had to get back to the inn fast, but i couldn't let the guards catch me. I ran in a diferrent direction than the inn, started darting into streets at random to shake them off, and doubled back a few times. I eventually made it to the forest around the edge of teh town, then stayed inside that untill I got back to the Black Forest.
. Now, the Black Combination is merely using the Dark Dragon technique to increase the potential of another of his techniques by making it go faster. The Shadow Needle technique he used was actually performed in less than the blink of an eye, and that is all. I hope I didn't confuse anyone. Also, Kage is now quickly on his way to the Ruins, where all of you should also be arriving at as well.
