[ We find Our Heroes all gathered outside a large cliff about ten miles from the city limits of Brighthome, and about a mile up the cliff wall, making it halfway up. You pretty much had to fly to get there, but fortunately, some of you can do that. ] [ Thus far there has been no welcoming party. From the ledge at the mouth of the cave where you are, you can hear a very loud and very deep voice singing merrily in Draconic. It seems that Ganache the Red is as yet unaware of your presence. ] [ Time to prepare, folks. You've got a fight ahead of you! ] [ Session Start! ] * Tia sings along with Ganache the Red. She doesn't seem concerned, for whatever reason. * Tia grins cheerily. [ The lyrics, for those who speak the language, are very not- nice. ] * HKenji looks down. It's a long, long way down. [ Yes. ] * Ariake is pondering. * Tia doesn't seem to notice the lyrics she's singing. Either she doesn't understand them, or she just doesn't really process them as she sings along. * Tia prances in a circle around the party. * Patrick smirks as he stays near Seylin. "How long do you think it'll take?" ^_^ * HKenji looks towards Alcinoe and Will. "Begin preparations, please." * Seylin looks around. "I don't know. I'll bet you're ready for this, aren't you?" * Patrick nods and smiles. "Got a special surprise for him." ... y'know, I think this is probably the stupidest thing I've ever been prepared to do. I am as prepared as I can be, barring some help from the priest and priestess. * Ariake nods. "I think I'm ready." * Will cluches his symbol of Bahumut tightly, looking noticably nervous. * Tia leans over toward Kenji and grins. "Hee!" * Alcinoe lets out a breath and draws her longsword. For the record, she's wearing shining full plate - not as thick-looking as Will's - and carrying a shield with golden runes on the front. As opposed to Will, she looks more focused than nervous. "Get close, y'all. Better get this party started." * Ariake nods. Not that I'm chickening out, mind. Just noting. Walking into the cave of a merrily singing red dragon... not smart. I'm ready! o/` * Tia is still singing along with the dragon. * HKenji steps up next to Alcinoe. "The dragon sings his death song." * Patrick looks as confident and cocky as ever. "Don't worry. We'll take care of it." ^_^ [ Kardos is with you, as well, dressed as he always is - he has his sword, but no armor. He's been silent most of the time, being as he is too shy to speak in the presence of one or more attractive women. ] Hey, I'm singing his death song too! * Tia grins. * Tia grins at Kardos. "Hiya, Kardos!" * Istvan gets close to the priests. He's decked out in his mithril full plate, which looks even shinier than ever, and has his pick in his hands. * Seylin gets close to Will and Alcinoe. (Of course she was close to Patrick already.) She has her halberd out and her mail shirt on. It too, looks shinier somehow. * Patrick is, for reference, wearing black leather armor which did, in fact, come from a dragon as there are still scales tastefully imbedded at points, increasing its strength. KenjiKenjiKenji! * Tia grins. "Are we going in yet?" * Istvan lets the flames on his pick flicker on, then off. "Hadta be a red dragon... no flames. Ah well. Gonna hafta do this the old fashioned way." *pauses* "S'just a big rock wall. With teeth. And claws. And firey breath." * Ariake gets close, as well. She's wearing one of her usual sets of robes. It's a dead rock wall. ^_^ Don't forget the spells. And spells. Thank you Kenji. Don't forget the wings and tail, either. Those are potent weapons. ... those too, yeah. And it could probably eat you too. ^_^ * Alcinoe has her eyes closed and sword before her, whispering a prayer. There probably wouldn't be anything unusual about it if a radiant circle of white didn't spread from her, clinging to everyone in it for an instant before fading. * Tia falters a little as she nears Kenji and she turns a little green. Kenji? Any suggestions on what you'd like me to do? * Tia sinks back onto her rump. "Oooh, I don't feel so good." * Ariake nods. "...you okay, Tia?" * Seylin then blinks at Tia, concerned. "Tia? What's wrong?" * HKenji frowns. Sometimes the blessings of the ancestors are... overstrong. * Tia shakes her head. Did I eat something bad? I apologize, Tia. No. The fault is mine, dear one. * Tia blinks at Kenji. "You don't have to apologize." You will need to stay at some distance from me for the time being. The ancestors have seen fit to grant me some measure of power against this dragon, and it appears to be having some effect on you, as well. * Will follows suit, whispering a series of prayers. Holy energy glows around the symbol of Bahumut as he starts to bless the party with protection. But, Kenji... * Tia's ears droop, but she obediently backs away from Kenji. Trust me, dear one. It is only for a short time. * Tia nods glumly. "Okay. Promise?" Promise. ... if the dragon doesn't kill me, the sugar will. *smirks* * Tia breaks into a grin. "Okay!" * Patrick laughs. * Alcinoe presses to her sword to her shield, eyes still closed as she continues to pray. The shield seems to glow a bit, and she calmly ignores all the conversation around her. * HKenji nods grimly. "Or maybe I will, Istvan." He shrugs a little, trying to get his gleaming suit of samurai armor into a more comfortable position. Hey! I thought I was the one making silly threats in this relationship. * Seylin giggles quietly, keeping most of her attention on the two clerics. * Tia returns to singing along with the dragon. She takes out her new axe and grins upon seeing the butterflies that Istvan had carved on the blade for her (if he had done so). * Patrick snickers. * Ariake smiles. Can I make silly threats too, Isty? Feel free. Ummm...what counts as a silly threat? Threatening to turn us into butterflies would count. Oh, heehee! "Grrr! I'm going to turn you all into butterflies!" * Tia wags her tail. * Patrick raises an eyebrow and smiles. "I've seen my mother turn people into frogs before. Don't be too quick to judge what is silly and what isn't." ^_^ * Istvan nods. "Yeah, like that. When we finish this, Tia, I'll try'n find the time to carve the butterflies into your breastplate, if you want. Carving adamantite takes time." Yay! Thanks, Isty! ( ribbit ) * Tia runs up and tackles Istvan in a hug. * Ariake snaps her fingers, remembering something, and casts a quick spell on Patrick's arrows. "That should help things." * Istvan oofs, but doesn't get as squashed as others might, due to a) being big himself; and b) Wearing full plate. "No prob. Please don't crush my armor." *grins* [ Kardos shakes his head as Will casts Air Walk at him. "It is unecessary for me, but thank you. Cast it on another." ] Oh, sorry! * Tia grins at Istvan as she lets go and wags her tail. * Seylin waits, and wonders if there's anything she should be doing... * Tia resumes prancing around the front of the cave, singing the dragon's obnoxious song. * Will replies to Kardos. "Really? Okay. Thanks for telling me." [ Kardos blinks, then nods. "Of course." ] * Alcinoe reaches out, almost in a trance, and places a hand on Istvan's shoulder. She whispers another word and he starts floating. This is followed by herself. * Patrick shrugs and whispers to Seylin. * Istvan adjusts his armor, then starts floating. "... woah. Freaky." * Seylin nods and whispers back. * HKenji shudders a little. "An... interesting sensation." * Patrick scratches his head and smirks, whispering back. * Istvan climbs back down to the ground. "You ain't kidding. Gimme good ol' ground anyday." * Will stops chanting for a sec. "Kenji, I'm gonna make it so that I share some of the damage you take okay?" * Patrick nods and smiles. o/` Ya don't mind if Ah do the same for ya, Ariake? Not at all - thank you! * HKenji frowns. "So be it. You have my permission." Hey, Kenji. You're commander here, I'm trustin' you to make sure we whip this thing's ass. ~_^ * Will nods at Kenji's acceptance and continues his casting, his symbol of Bahumut glowing once more. Lalalaaa! o/` That is why I am accepting this... shielding spell. Ordinarily I would never allow such a thing. Another taking my wounds on himself is... * HKenji trails off. Important if we need ya. * Patrick smirks. [ Say it. ] Is what, Kenji? * Tia stops singing and wags her tail. Nothing. * Alcinoe places a hand on her shield, and then Ariake; some of the light seems to seep into her. It simply is not done. I'll follow your orders, Kenji. Just let me know what you would have me do. * Patrick nods and grins. * Ariake nods. "You're a much better planner than I." * Tia nods. Everybody stay close. Once Ariake has cast her first two spells, scatter. But, Kenji, you told me not to... [ Kardos nods absently. ] * HKenji walks into the dragon's den. * Alcinoe falls into a much more relaxed position. "Ya know what we're doin' first thing, right Will?" * Tia hesitates, then shrugs and trots off after Kenji. * Will nods to Alcinoe. Yeah, I remember * Istvan follows, twirling his pick, singing something softly in Dwarvish. * Patrick looks over at Seylin and grins. "Shall we?" Yes. * Patrick runs in. * Tia hums along. * Seylin follows Istvan in. * Ganache is standing there, idly perusing a gemstone. He looks up as you come in. "Tiamat damn, so you did show." Took your sweet time about it, didn't you? * Tia stares at the shinies. I said we would show, and so we have. * Ariake follows everyone in. Hiya, Mr. Dragon! * Tia waves and grins. It is dishonorable to refuse a challenge. Well, you wasted my time, and oh. Ugh. Why did you bring THAT with you? * Ganache points at Tia. * Tia blinks. "Huh?" ... what, you don't like butterflies? * HKenji scowls. "You dare insult her? I'll have your head, creature." * Istvan smirks. Why's he pointing at me? * Patrick smirks and whispers to Seylin. * Istvan looks back at Tia. "He hates butterflies." * Ariake frowns. * Alcinoe walks on in. She smirks at Ganache. * Tia looks confused. "Who hates butterflies?" Filthy little halfbreed. Nasty, horrible perversion. Ugh. UGH! Now I'm all squicked out. * Tia blinks. He does. *points at Ganache* * Will walks in following along side of Alcinoe. * Seylin whispers back. * HKenji drops a hand to his katana. Why do you hate butterflies, Mr. Dragon? * Patrick nods and says something under his breath. Because they don't make much of a meal, but that's beside the point. Ugh! Stop breathing, you're getting my CAVE all dirty. * Tia looks confused, and she scratches her head in bewilderment. What's Mr. Dragon talking about? Don't worry about it, Tia. ... I think he's saying mean things 'bout your mama. Hit him extra hard. You need not worry about this insolent son of a fire lizard. About Mama? * Tia glares at the dragon. "Don't say mean things about my mama!" Ugh! Here! In my CAVE! I'm going to have to clean for a week! Blasted abomination, tracking filth and muck all about my cave.. * Alcinoe closes her eyes and whispers one more prayer, her skin changing just slightly under her armor. * Tia brandishes her butterfly-inscribed axe. I do you the favor of inviting you ALL out here, and you bring THIS into MY CAVE! * Tia paws the ground impatiently. * Patrick smirks. "Didn't say anything about her. In fact, I believe you gave the note *to* her." Why did you invite us here, pathetic creature? * Patrick whispers to Seylin. * Seylin giggles softly and whispers back. * Patrick chuckles. Well, OBviously, I brought you out here to kill you. So, you know, I don't have to do it later. * Tia roars menacingly. As you can imagine, we're not too pleased about that idea. Whacha got against the formal, outta curiousity? I don't give much of a damn about that. * Patrick smiles. "He just don't like us, do he?" * Alcinoe opens her eyes and glares at the dragon. "He's just lookin' for a fight." * Ariake nods. He said mean things about my mama! And I don't give a damn about the formal either, but your old fuddy-duddies up there have absolute scads... SCADS, you hear me? Of treasure! Gold and jewels and magic... That's okay. I'd imagine we're not terribly fond of him, either. * Patrick grins evilly. * Tia looks at Kenji. "Can I hit him yet?" Oh, Tiamat spare me. Let's just get this over with. So, wait. You plan is... to attack us, then attack the formal, then attack the school? ... damn, that's a crappy plan. * Ariake nods. "I think we can hit him now." * Patrick nods. * Tia roars again and raises her axe. Ah didn't know we needed permission. To this place I come. Kick ass and write poetry. Yet I have no ink. * Ganache rears back and readies himself... * Patrick laughs. * Istvan drops into his fighting stands, knuckles white as he grips his pick hard. "Dare to be stupid..." * Patrick snaps his fingers and his bow of badass appears in his hands. "Let's get things started." * HKenji drops into battou-jutsu stance. [ Seylin, Go! ] * Seylin grips the shaft of her halberd and shifts her stance slightly. She appears to be waiting for something. [ Will, go! ] * Will holds his sword much steadier in front of him now. Concentrating on destroying the evil in front of him has stayed his fear appearantly. The sword suddenly blazes brightly invigorating the entire party, especially those that follows the teachings of Bahumut. [ Suddenly, the fact that you're up against a Huge Fucking Dragon sinks in for some of you. ] * Tia trembles and backs away uncontrollably. * Patrick’s grin changes to a smile and his hand trembles slightly. * Seylin blinks a few times and bites her lip. Her hands shake a little. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all... * Ariake winces, and backs up a bit, her eyes wide. [ Ariake's turn! ] Ariake, NOW! * Ariake concentrates, raises an arm, and casts - not one, but two spells! Both are directed at the party; the first spell suddenly jolts everyone into moving rather quickly, and the second has a similar effect to Will's. [ Seylin, Go! ] * Seylin takes off! She chants something as she flies, and a beam of pure light comes from above, striking the dragon. * Ganache takes the shot in his shoulder and doesn't even bother to flinch. "Oh, Tiamat save me. If that's the best you can do, I have just totally wasted a day." [ Kardos runs up to the dragon and takes a swipe at it with his large, ancient-looking sword! ] [ Kardos' sword bites a small gash into the dragon's upper foreleg. Kenji, go! ] * HKenji blurs forward in a frenzy of motion, light glinting crazily off his mithril armor. Straight up to this insulting bastard he runs, drawing his blade forth in one MASSIVE sweeping motion. [ Kenji cuts a much more considerable gash into the dragon's front! ] [ Pat, you're up! ] * Patrick grins, and in a flurry of motion draws the bow five times and fires a flight of five arrows straight at the dragon. [ The dragon takes an arrow in the neck, and roars in pain and fury! Another strikes a less telling blow in the area of his shoulder. ] * Patrick smirks as the other three bounce off his hide. "I'm slipping." [ Alcinoe, Go! ] * Alcinoe raises her sword before her, and both it and her shield gleaming with a holy light as she chants in a powerful voice somehow like and unlike her own. It's hard to tell what she's saying even as it reaches her allies' ears, but they feel power fill them just the same. [ Istvan, Go! ] * Istvan mutters one last thing in Dwarven, then charges straight into the chest of the dragon, swinging down with his pick. [ Istvan's pick hits a hard scale and gets almost stuck in it. ] * Ganache opens his jaws and lets loose a huge blast of searing flame! Yay, flame! (Mmm, flame.) [ Tia's turn! ] * HKenji dives aside, his gleaming armor proving far more agile than that silly full plate stuff. * Istvan winces as the flames roll over him, but is thankfully unsinged. * Tia roars as the dragon's flames engulf her, but she charges through them and swings her axe. * Alcinoe scrambles, plate and all, nearly making it and getting scorched by the tail end of the flame anyway. She doesn't seem any worse for wear, though. * Ariake shields her face from the flames, but isn't harmed. * Patrick dodges to the side, avoiding most of the attack. The magical protection shields him from the rest of it, though. * Will wasn't able to duck out of the way completely, but his magical protection absorbed the damage nicely. [ Tia cuts the dragon with her axe! Will's turn!] * Will holds out the palm of his hand towards the dragon. A beam of searing light emerges from his hand and strikes towards the dragon. [ Will's spell splashes harmlessly off the dragon! Ariake, go! ] * Ariake points at the dragon and mouths the words to a spell; a cone- shaped ripple appears in the air, rushing towards the dragon, with very cold air radiating outwards from it. She casts a second, shorter spell, sending a lightning bolt shooting towards the dragon. [ Ariake's cone of cold hits the dragon hard! It bellows in rage! ] [ Seylin! ] Scatter! * Seylin swoops back down towards the dragon, hacking viciously at it as she passes. [ Seylin cuts the dragon! ] [ Kardos lands two blows on the dragon, which is starting to look in terrible shape! ] [ Kardos lands one more, stabbing his sword deep into the dragon's breast! ] * Ganache staggers about a bit as much as he can with the sword in him, moaning and gasping and panting and whining.... "Oh! You were ... too good... for me!" He collapses, and twitches. Then twitches again. * Ganache then proceeds to melt. No, really. * HKenji blinks. * Patrick blinks. * Seylin doesn't let her guard down yet. * Tia gapes. * HKenji looks rather taken aback. ... that's not supposed to happen. Wh-what's happening to him? No it's not. ^_^ * Ariake frowns, and is on her guard. "That's not normal..." Is this some sort of trick? * Alcinoe watches that, narrows her eyes, and snarls. "Ah bet it is." * Will pokes Alcinoe with his elbow. "I forgot. Do dragons normally melt like that?" [ The dragon melts into a pile of... snow? Can this be right? ] Naw. They don't. * Patrick raises an eyebrow and smirks. * Tia runs up to the snow. "W-what??" * Tia picks up a handful of the snow. * Alcinoe doesn't seem affected by the poke as, uh, plate armor. ...I was unaware that red dragons were made of snow. [ You hear eerie, booming laughter from -- above you! ] * Alcinoe shoots her gaze up. Up! * Tia looks up. * Ariake looks up immediately. * Patrick looks up. * Seylin looks up! * HKenji looks straight up. * Istvan glances up. "'course it can't be easy..." * Patrick points his bow up, too! * Will looks up in confustion. * HKenji sheathes his sword. * Ganache strides into the room, chuckling in a deep, deep voice. He's ... he's a crapload bigger. He's also sporting several large scars, and he's stomping into the room like he owns it. Because, you know, he does. "I AM GANACHE THE RED! Did you enjoy fighting a puppet?" * Tia gasps. "You!" Now THAT is what a dragon should look like. * Patrick grins. "Was that it?" * Ariake shrugs. "Figures." * Istvan blinks. "Not especially, no. Rather be working the forge, personally." * Alcinoe readies her sword. "Round two. Ya got any more tricks?" No tricks. Now, you die. * Tia readies her axe and stands resolutely, her claws gripping the ground. * Alcinoe grins. "Yer first." * Istvan mutters. "Why can't they ever say 'No tricks. Now I surrender in honor of your formidable skills.'?" Because they're generally quite a bit larger than we are. * Ganache lets loose with a burst of flame which is, like the dragon, quite a bit larger than before. * Will looks at the Ganache. "So this is the real one now?" Ah reckon it- yow! The real Macoy. ^_^ [ Everyone narrowly aboids burnination! Shields are down! Oh, dear! ] * HKenji dives out of the worst of the horrible stream of flame. [ Kenji, go! ] * Patrick still avoids the brunt of the attack and grins. "Hey, guess who dies now." ^_^ * Tia 's elemental shield burns off, but the flames lick ineffectually at Tia's scales. You do, I'm happy to say. * Seylin is fried! Well, no, the shield takes it, and doesn't quite go down, but it's still not fun. * Alcinoe can't manage to scramble away in time and just ends up taking the flame. Most of it's absorbed by the protection, but some gets through, scorching her nicely. * Istvan loses his shield, but his ring flares up, absorbing the remainder. * Ariake takes some damage, her shield lost. * Will is completely washed over by flame as he was caught unprepared with his head turned towards Alcinoe. Luckily his magical protection holds. Barely. * Alcinoe winces again, a few more burns showing up that probably shouldn't be there. She doesn't lower her weapon, though. * HKenji dashes forward once more, not quite so fast this time, slashing at the nearest immense leg. [ Kenji's sword impacts against a hard scarred-over part of the dragon's leg, doing NOTHING. ] [ Patrick, Go! ] * Patrick grins again, delivering a series of five arrows and loosing them at the REAL dragon this time. [ The dragon takes the arrows, but doesn't seem to mind! ] [ Go, Alcinoe! ] * Alcinoe raises her sword up, shouting a quick prayer to Galahad. Nothing much seems to happen, but you know that can't be the case. [ Istvan, Go! ] * Istvan charges in at the dragon, swinging with a right-to-left diagonal uppercut swing at its chest/belly. [ Istvan hits a tough scar! Tia's turn! ] * Tia runs up and brings her axe down on the dragon's chestplate. [ Tia hits something harder than her axe! ] [ Will, Go! ] * Will notices Ariake was singed by the Ganaches last attack and leaps over to help. Laying a hand on Ariake's sholder, Will mutters a quick prayer to Bahumut. "This should protect you from the flames a bit more." Thank you, Will. [ Ariake, go! ] * Will smiles. "Glad to be of help." * Ariake casts the same spells as before: a Cone of Cold, followed by a Lightning Bolt. [ That seems to really sting the dragon, and now it's Seylin's turn! ] * Seylin comes back around again and hacks at the dragon once more! [ Seylin digs into its horn! Which does no good. ] * Ganache pushes off one leg and makes a CHOMP at Seylin! * Ganache snatches her up in his jaws and shakes his head vigorously! * Seylin screams! * Patrick glares at Ganache. "Okay, that's just not cool." * Ariake curses. "Seylin!" [ Seylin is tossed free of his jaws soon, and hits the wall! ] * Seylin hits the wall, slides, and lands rather ungracefully. [ Kardos beholds Seylin's fall, yells at the top of his lungs, and shines with light! ] [ Kardos makes three strong blows against the dragon, who's looking worse but not nearly bad enough! ] [ Kenji's first two strokes go clack clack against hard scales, but the third cuts deep! ] * HKenji chops away at the leg, and learns the hard way that chopping is bad. [ Patrick! ] * Patrick smirks. "That was a bad move. A very bad move." [ Patrick puts an arrow deep into each of the dragon's eyes. ] ... yeesh. Patrick must be really desperate to get some. Nice shot! * Seylin cheers while she's attempting to push herself back upright. * Tia roars approvingly. Shoot, Patrick! For great nookie! * Ganache shudders, coughs a bit of blood, and then just ... flops over with a thunderous crash. He's got to be dead, he's stopped talking. * Tia goes over to the head and kicks it. * Patrick runs to Sey's side, helping her up if she wants it. He smirks. "You really took a hit there. You okay?" * Alcinoe starts to run forward... then stops as the dragon falls over. "Right." ... anyone wanna help me skin this sucker? * Tia raises her hand. "I will!" * Seylin is helped up. "I'll be fine in a minute. Just... don't let go for a second, okay?" She smiles at him. * Istvan rubs his hands together. "Gonna make a whole lotta armor outta you, my friend..." Ah'd suggest ya wait 'till the fervor wears off. Yer gonna be feelin' it in a bit. That's two dragons you've taken from me, Patrick. * Patrick grins. "You don't have to worry about that." * Alcinoe sheathes her sword, which is just as clean as it was when they came in. * Patrick looks over at Kenji and grins. "Just doin' my job." * Ariake stretches and breathes for a few moments. "I'm glad that's over." * Seylin whispers her own healing spell. * HKenji goes to work taking the thing's monstrously large head. ... cripes. There's enough dragonscale on this to keep me making armor for a few months. * Tia runs over and hugs Kenji, then hastily drops him and backs up, looking somewhat ill. Good job, people. * Seylin feels most of her wounds close up, and she stands up a bit straighter. "Better." * Alcinoe whispers a quick prayer, healing her burns. * Istvan turns to Tia. "Go on the other side of the head and help Kenji chop it off." * Tia nods weakly to Istvan, and she trots off. * Seylin hugs Patrick. "How do you keep on doing that?" She laughs softly. * Ariake goes to work getting dragony bits for spell components. * Patrick hugs her back, whispering into Sey's ear. * Istvan walks around the dragon, surveying the skin. "Hmm... what kinda armor can I make from you..." * Seylin shakes her head and whispers back. * Tia recovers after a bit and takes to chopping. ... I think I have enough undamaged scales here to make a nice set of fullplate armor. * Tia finds herself singing the dragon's song as she works. * Ariake is careful not to damage anything Istvan could use. "I'm very glad these robes wash well." * Patrick continues whispering. Aww, so cute. * HKenji looks down the body at Istvan and gestures to his own great armor. "Or perhaps a suit like mine?" * Alcinoe notices Ariake. "Hey, you ain't lookin' so good. Lemme see that." She walks over and lays a hand on her arm, beginning another prayer. Ah, thank you. * Alcinoe nods, letting Ariake go when she looks more healed. "Ain't a problem." This is followed by a slight wince. ... I guess so. Be kind of a waste. We'll see. ... so whatcha gonna do with that gigantic head? * Tia finishes hacking off the head with one last blow. I mean, you gonna mount this sucker on your wall or something? I finished! * Tia does a little happy dance. Her wall's yer wall, Istvan. Essentially, yes. * Tia hefts the head proudly and attempts to hand it off to Kenji. * Tia tries to maintain her distance. * Ariake looks at the broken scales. "Istvan? I'll have some questions for you about armor later on..." ... mmm. Don't think I can use the talons or teeth fer weapons. Shame. You need 'em for spells, Ariake? * HKenji cannot accept the head. Instead, he manouvres it down onto the ground and begins coating it with some sort of oil. Whatcha doin', Kenji? * Ariake nods. "If nothing else, we can sell them as collectibles." Preserving it. Oh. What's that stuff you're putting on it? Some of the things your gaijin wizards have come up with are quite useful. * Patrick and Seylin have been whispering to each other for a while now. Ah vote we all take one to the formal with us. Don't want Ganache missin' out on the big event. * Ariake continues looking at the scales, muttering something about tensile strength and friction. * Istvan shrugs. "Works for me. Not really in this for the money, but if I'm gonna be doing this often, I'd like to be well armed. And that costs money." * Ariake nods. "Exactly." ... and that's a damn good suggestion, Alcinoe. Need help, Isty? * Alcinoe grins and bows. * HKenji looks over at Istvan. "Speaking of the dance, do you not have something you still need to do?" Tia, can you chop a talon off for each of us? Don't think Kenji would appreciate us knocking teeth out of the head. * Ariake nods. "I like that suggestion...and for once, I have a date, too." * Istvan raises an eyebrow, and grins bemusedly at Kenji before turning to Ariake. "Really? Who's the lucky guy?" * Tia nods. "Okay!" She grins and starts walking around the corpse and hacking off all the dragon's fingers and toes. * Ariake smiles. "He's another technomancer, from the Curious Squid house." * Alcinoe picks up a couple broken scales and heads over to Will, her armor clanking as she walks. She hands him one. "Here ya go." * Tia finishes in record time and comes up to Istvan with a handful of talons. "Here!" * Will takes the scale from Alcinoe, "Thanks Alci." * Istvan stuffs them in his pack. "Thanks, Tia. I'll have dragon talon necklaces for everyone by the time the formal comes around." * Tia claps her hands. "Wow, really? Thanks, Isty!" Thanks! * Tia grins at Istvan. "Can mine have a butterfly on it too?" I... will not need such a thing, Istvan. Got a friend who does that kinda work. Figure if we just survived fighting this bastard, we might as well flaunt it. Might get those damn freshman to follow the rules. * Alcinoe turns the scale over in her hand. "Wonder what kinda jewelry Ah could get this made inta." * Tia dances. * Patrick and Seylin walk over, holding hands. They're both smiling rather brightly, and Patrick being the smartass he is, comments. "So, are you guys done picking apart the dragon or can we just help ourselves to the loot?" ^_^ [ The talons are about two feet long. That'll make some necklace. ] * HKenji finally manages to get the bloody head into the bag of holding. * Tia perks. "Can I have the shiny Mr. Dragon was playing with when we saw him?" * Patrick grins at Kenji. "Sorry about the eyes again." * HKenji shrugs. A minor matter. ... my friend's good, Kenji, but I don't think he can make jewelery outta that head. At least not anything you could wear to the formal. I don't intend to wear the head. Just bring it. [ So. Isn't anybody interested in the dragon's things? ] They shall witness proof of our glorious deed. Sure, Tia, I think you can have whatever you want. In fact, let's see what else he's got! * Patrick nods and smiles. * Tia runs around looking for shiny things. Shinyshinyshiny... * Ariake nods. "Rare items, rare items..." [ Tia finds a pile of gold hemmed in with treasure chests. ] * Alcinoe closes her hand around the scale and walks over for a look. * Tia runs into the first room and looks for the big gem that the fake Ganache had been playing with. s'long you guys give me some time to skin this sucker before we leave... * Ariake looks around for interesting magical stuff. [ Tia finds it! ] No problem Istvan. I'll even help ya carry it back. * Tia giggles and picks it up. "Looklooklook! I found it!" She plays catch with it. I foouuuund it! * Tia runs up to everyone in turn and shows off the gem. * Will walks over and looks at what the party is digging through in curiosity. * Seylin follows along with Patrick. "What'd you find?" * Patrick looks around for whatever this dragon may have been hording. * HKenji strolls through the piles of treasure looking for jade and other interesting things. * Tia makes her way back to the pile of gold and wades through it. "Shiny!" [ End session! ]