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Warforged Mods ([personal profile] modforged) wrote in [community profile] warforged2014-03-21 08:05 pm

your hands protect the flames

Who: The Dragonsworn
What: The first arrival of the Dragonsworn goes a bit...awry.
Where: Scattered around the perimeter of Suramar.
When: Dawn on March 21st
Warnings: Please PM the mods if any warnings are needed

It is almost as if you've woken from a daydream when the ground meets your feet. The stench of fire is overpowering, and though dawn is just approaching in the canopies of Kalimdor, bright flashes of green can be seen between the branches of impossibly tall trees. If that doesn't snap you out of your surprise, then the sound of nearby spitting in demonic tongue may persuade you to get a grip and notice your surroundings -- you are not alone. There are others like you, huddled just a bit too close, with a somewhat familiar face keeping you from advancing further. Looking down at your hands may briefly reveal a momentary flash of color, but nothing lasting more than a few seconds.

The mages of each flight take the helm of their charges, and they are quick to notice any movement from their groups despite channeling some sort of spell to keep you protected. Stray fire will bounce off an invisible shield that ripples when anything make contact with it. There seems to be nothing in sight but your new comrades, and your guardian -- at least not on the ground. The sky has flying demons swarming a pack of dragons -- and the dragons are very clearly losing. Look just a bit farther, and you might find more dragons, though these clearly have different colored scales than the ones above your head.

While distracted, you may hear your guardian speak to you. "There may yet be wounded nearby -- if you care to, bring them here, and we will tend to them from the Sanctum." Briefly, they gesture skyward, toward the dragons flying overhead. "Do not bring to us any that are not our own, lest you invite their demise!"

But the mage is focused on casting -- they are in no position to halt your advance, and they know it. They speak with concern -- concern for you, concern for the dire situation at hand. The demonic cackling is drawing near. The forests are rapidly becoming overrun, and there are already a few dragons slain on the forest floor.

"Take care, Dragonsworn -- I am bringing us to safety, but it will take time. To wander far is to invite your ruin, and we cannot afford the loss of your life."

[OOC: You are free to mingle on this post as you choose, despite the flight groups being scattered through the forests around Suramar -- after this log, you will be separated into your sanctums, and your interactions will be watched much more closely. Attempting to enter the city itself will result in a vicious attack from demons that will kill. The Dragon Mages will be tagging sporadically to heroes of their matching flight, and the conclusion of this log will lead Dragonsworn through portals to their Sanctums.]
beholdthedrums: [EoT] (in the chill of the night)

[personal profile] beholdthedrums 2014-03-24 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I'll find a third option. [He doesn't know what, but he'll find it. See this expression, Doctor? It's determination.

...actually, he looks more crazy than anything. But. Potato, potahto.]


I don't need you, I don't need them, all I need is myself.
raggedydoc: (soulful puppy eyes)

[personal profile] raggedydoc 2014-03-24 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Pretty much all of the Master's expressions look crazy, he's used to it. He just shrugs at his declaration.]

If that's your choice, then so be it.

[He starts to walk away, then halts, turning back around like he's just remembered something.]

Gallifrey's still out there, you know. Frozen in a moment in time, hidden somewhere, waiting to be found. I saved it. All of my selves saved it.

[Because the Master's the only other person who can appreciate what this really means to him. Sure, he's crazy, and he'll probably spit on his accomplishment, but he has to tell him.]
beholdthedrums: [EoT] (it's not my family)

[personal profile] beholdthedrums 2014-03-24 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[That causes him to pause, which is good since it means he doesn't waste any of his energy sending it at the Doctor's back for thinking it was a good idea to turn away from him.

He supposes, had it not been for the Burning Legion and dragons, he'd be frozen on Gallifrey. There's something calming about that; it means that Rassilon wouldn't have been trying to kill him right away.

His lips quirk into a small smirk.]


Of course they did. As if you needed anything else to add to your hero complex.
raggedydoc: (insistent)

[personal profile] raggedydoc 2014-03-24 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oi! I do not have a...a hero complex!

[Yes, Doctor, you do.]

I was just righting a wrong, that's all. Well, I suppose it was less righting a wrong than making sure I hadn't done it in the first place and continuing to think that I had, but...well, you know how time travel is.

[He droops a little, although he refuses to admit to himself that he'd been secretly hoping for the Master's approval.]
Edited 2014-03-24 02:56 (UTC)
beholdthedrums: [EoT] (tear it all anew)

[personal profile] beholdthedrums 2014-03-24 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Give the boy a prize! [He rolls his eyes.] What, should I clap? [Give him another taste of the drums as backup percussion? Because it's not like those have shut up. Wouldn't that have been convenient?]

Please, Doctor, really. You should have let them burn.

[It meant he would have burned, too, but at least Rassilon would have suffered, and that almost mattered more than the Master surviving. Feeling his anger starting to return, this time he turns his back on the Doctor. He's had enough of this.]
raggedydoc: (i have something in my eye)

[personal profile] raggedydoc 2014-03-25 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, a little bit of appreciation would be nice, what with saving their entire species from extinction and all. He looks a little crestfallen at the Master's suggestion; the Doctor's always been a bleeding heart.]

No. There'd been enough deaths in the Time War, enough planets destroyed in the wake of civilisations clashing. I couldn't let it happen again.

[He thinks about saying something when the Master turns his back on him, but he realises it's probably better to let him go. Their conversations work best when kept as short as possible, and this one has already gone on too long.]
beholdthedrums: [EoT] (I'm not the idiot side of the coin)

[personal profile] beholdthedrums 2014-03-25 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, he's heading back to the other blacksworn, but it doesn't mean he can't hold a conversation while he walks away. Some part of him is happy to see and talk to the Doctor, after all. Even if it is with his usual disdain. Habit.]

Even if you didn't kill them, someone else will. [Demons, remember? Whole reason they're here? He cocks his head to the side and glances over a shoulder, eyes suddenly serious.] Do try not to die yourself, hm, Doctor? I'd hate for someone else to have the honor.
raggedydoc: (insistent)

[personal profile] raggedydoc 2014-03-25 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
I'll do my best to avoid it.

[Because what the Master doesn't know, of course, is that he's on his final regeneration. As far as he knows, any death he suffers here will be permanent.]

And you-

[He hesitates. Anything he says will likely be disregarded as his usual foolish sentimentality, but he can't just let the Master walk away without a parting word.]

If you need any help, come and find me.

[...yeah, totally not going to happen, he knows, but he has to make the offer anyway.]
beholdthedrums: [EoT] (Again? Seriously?)

[personal profile] beholdthedrums 2014-03-25 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, "foolish sentimentality" is a sign that the Doctor is still the Doctor. The Master's only reply is a sharp bark of laughter; he's already made his statement about not needing the Doctor, and he's going to stick to it, seeing no reason to change it.

He doesn't turn around again, and slips back into the chaos around them.]