The Age of Summoners: Chapter 2 - Friend or Foe

[Inbred Chocobo]

Well it is not like it hurts now. Might as well go through pain now than suffer all night.

Alright then.

"He will stay still for you. And do not worry, he is in enough pain that he is willing to bere through whatever you will put him through."

It seems strange. She acts like we can't communicate with each other like we are doing.

Really? How can you tell?

When we first meet her, she threatened her summon out in the open. Yet we have been communicating with out her knowing for a long time and even now we still do. And her summon seems to always stay in the open.

Does this matter now?

Not really, but it could. Just keep that information to yourself. I think it would make things uncomfortable if she realized we are studying her like we are.

[Astral Harmony]

Angelith obviously wasn't a physically strong girl, and a section of wing near the broken bone in both hands, squeezing pretty hard. "Don't...throw me off, okay?" She said, hoping the Summon understand, and pulled with her might. The bone shifted slowly and suddenly came together, the break still visible but just barely. Straining to keep her balance, Angelith began her healing. "Try to keep still," she preached, her hands glowing as she held the bone in place.

[Inbred Chocobo]

As the bone was being pulled back, the Chimera seemed to grunt with pain. When Kelvin looked at his face, he could obviously tell the pain.

You okay?

What kind of question is that? Of course I am not okay. I have a broken bone that instead of taking the pain slowly in the night I take all at once in half a minute.

Well at least it is working.

Then Kelvin looked up at the Angelith. He saw her trying her best to hold the wing up while curing it, and seemed to be doing a decent job of it. Though just to be sure, Kelvin scaled the Chimera in an uncanny speed and helped hold the wing up. "Maybe you should let me hold the wing, this way you can consentrate on the healing part."

[Astral Harmony]

Angelith smiled and nodded, then turned to her Summon. "Cerberus, toss me the staff. I can heal for a bit longer with it."

Cerberus' right head snagged the staff in its powerful jaws and slung it in an upward ark, giving Angelith time to catch it with ease. Kelvin could see that the staff was covered in saliva in some places, but Angelith didn't seem to care. She took the staff in one hand, bringing her other hand to hover over the small, translucent orb set within a slot at the tip of the staff. The light her hands shed before glowed a little bit brighter, and Angelith continued working. She sacrificed pain alleviation and energy restoration to quicken the healing. The bone was slowly pulling itself together, but it was healing fast enough that a person could see that it was healing, at least.

[Inbred Chocobo]

After a few more painful moments of healing for Chimera, they were finally done.

Finally it over. Thought it would never be.

You feeling well enough to fly? I know a place where me an Angelith can rest at, though walking there would take forever.

Yeah I can fly you there, though you will have to get Cerberus up here first.

"Think you can get Cerberus up here? I know a place to eat and rest, though walking would take way to much time." Kelvin said to Angelith, then he looked down at Cerberus, thinking.

[Raiden]

(OOC: You wanted it, you prayed for it, hell, you practically begged for it. Well, here it is. The latest, and most likely not the last, LOTR reference.)

The Elves and the Gaian forces were still fighting in a hard lock. The Gaians had breached the walls, and the Elves were doing all they could to hold them back. They had only two summoners, and those summoners were being beaten upon mercilessly. With the gaurdian of the forest off being healed, there was little chance for reinforcement.

That is, until morning broke.

Up to the high hills, in the basking light of the morning sun, there stood Gabriel. He had summoned ArchAngel, and they both stood in all their holy glory, literally beaming with light. And behind him, was hope.

Before making it back to the church, Gabriel had paid a visit to the Almighty Highfather's Paladin Academy. It didn't take long to recruit several hundred Apprentice and Master Paladins. None had summons, but they were all trained in the arts of the sword and shield, along with holy magic.

Gabriel raised his sword into the air, and it glowed fiercely with holy magic.

"For the glory of the Almighty Highfather! CHARGE!"

With loud roars, the small army of Paladins rushed into the castle, with Gabriel and ArchAngel leading the charge. As many of the ones in front began to hack and slash their way through the masses of Gaian forces, Paladins that stayed near the back began to fire holy beams at the enemy troops.

Gabriel and ArchAngel fought their way through the enemy troops, arriving at a spot close to Tarathiel. He gave a small smile through his flying hair, and slashed down on a Gaian soldier that got too close.

"Thought you might need some help."

(OOC: I assumed that since the elves needed to win this battle, and there was no way in hell they were going to at the rate it was going, I brought in some reinforcements. It works with the story that the elves win, and it does it in a reasonable way. Now, in no way is this god-modding, because these Paladins aren't invincible. It's just a way of evening the score.)

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

OOC: Raiden, Tarathiel is currently locked in mortal (well... almost mortal) combat with Mikay quite a while away from the main army. Kithar is there, as is Catharsis. I don't think there are any troops that are attacking Tarathiel atm.... You're in the wrong place?

[Kildare]

OOC to Rhiya: Actually, we ARE sort of fighting next to the battle.

OOC to Raiden: Trust Arhra to uneven that score in his next post.(Who knows? Undead armies, hordes of demons? XD)

OOC: BTW, who's turn is it?

[Astral Harmony]

Cerberus growled, becoming alert again. Angelith knew why as she jumped down from Chimera's backside.

"Cerberus, they're just going to take us somewhere safe, that's all. Please return to me and I'll bring you back out the moment we get there."

Cerberus assumed the face that could make Angelith melt. What she called its "puppy dog face", this face made Cerberus seem less like a nightmarish beast and more ridiculously adorable. Angelith wouldn't let him have his way, though.

"We can't stay out here, Cerberus. There could be greater dangers than what we faced just a few hours ago, and you can't always protect me. We need to give this man as little a rough time as possible. Now, please."

Angelith walked over to Cerberus, smiling like a goddess and stroking Cerberus's central head. Slowly, Cerberus nodded and vanished in a theatrical flame of blackness, not hot to the touch but so broad and convincing that she leaped back. The flames quickly died just as they ignited, with Cerberus gone. Angelith turned to walked towards Kevlin.

"Okay, I'm ready. Let's get out of here."

[Bailey]

Andrew and Thunderpaw had just reached the fringes, not yet in sight due to the tres, but they could see the armies.

"Well, it looks like the Terrans are going to win. The two sides have approximately equal forces, but the Terrans are fresher now, because they just got some reinforcements, and it probably wouldn't be a far bet to say that our friends might have begun celebrating a little early, so they will be unprepared. Let's just stay out of it and retrieve the dead later. If any of the summoners have fallen, then they probably are hanging at near-death. Those we can save."

Andrew leaned against the nearest tree to wait, while ThunderPaw curled up to take a nap