Star 015

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[AAAAAAAAAANd it's time for everyone's favourite Isaac! And he's all grumbly now, and CAKED IN SAND RAAARGH. But yes, grumbly. Partly from what's been happening at home and partly because...]

Where the heck did Toph go?

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[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[Rofl, hard to recognize you when you're a sand monster.]

... Isaac?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Shaking his hair out] Oh, hey Frog.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

I could fetch a bucket and water if you'd like to wash. I wouldn't trust my water magic on a friendly target just yet.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Nah. Water would make it cake, but thanks!

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

A towel, then?

It sounds painful, but alas, there's naught much else I can do.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

That'd be nice! This desert isn't half as bad as the last one we had to slog through, even if the whirlwinds are annoying.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

Very well.

[He disappears briefly, returns with a plush crimson towel that looks suspiciously like it was stolen off a curtain rod. Don't ask. He's in Magus' lair, after all.]

Here. ... Could you not dispel a whirlwind with a gust of opposing direction?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! [He takes it and proceeds to brush sand off his neck and then towel it out of his hair.]

No, They're being made by these crazy lizards. We have to kill the lizards to stop the storms. A good dousing does the trick too, but Mia's wearing out pretty fast.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

... I see. You'll have to conserve your strength, particularly in a desert.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

It's not too bad, but she's the best we have for a healer.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

I have some restorative items I could lend you, perhaps.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

That'd be nice, actually.

How're things going for you?

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[He reaches into his pack for a Mid-Potion and an Ether.]

We're finally within the reaches of the Fiendlord's fortress, which is both massive and populated with a hundred monsters. But we're very close. I can feel it.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Takes them happily, adding them to his pack]

Hey good job! I don't think a hundred will take long for someone like you.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[That makes him smile a bit.]

It's the sheer numbers that are overwhelming, to be honest. But there are quite a few of us now as well, so I am confident that we will be able to reach the dark lord in time.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Once you get started, it'll feel like no time!

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

[...There is a sand monster on the Plane. It sounds like that Isaac guy.

...

What.] ..."Toph"?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Blink] Hey. Yeah. Toph. [Gestures with his hand] About this tall, black hair, blind? Have you seen her?

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't.

... Did you get into a fight with a beach or a desert or something?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Huh.


Bunch of lizards that whip up whirlwinds of sand, actually.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Friend of yours?

Oh. That explains it, then.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Haven't seen her lately.

It's only bad if they get you in the eyes.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Hmm...Maybe she's decided t' take a break from visiting here for a while?

[Ponders this for all of two seconds.] Yeah, that does sound bad.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Maybe. Then again Felix just kinda vanished, too...[He looks ever so slightly worried now]

On the upside, they're not hard to kill. And this desert isn't evil.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

And didn't come back, ever? ...that doesn't sound good at all.

Oh. Well, then, that's not so bad.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Nope.

Definitely an improvement, at any rate. Still hard to get through, though.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

I wonder what it means...

'Cause there are no roads or anything, right?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Me too.

Nope. Barely even a path.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

That is my hope.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]