Revision as of 06:05, 22 August 2015

Participants

• Fenris
• Kalt
• Kilani
• Lucasiel
• Rokarion
• Selena
• Zuri

Date

22/8/478

Log

Upon the table infront of her is a single box, covered in a plethora of runes and studded with crystals. Alongside it, sits a open map of the edges of the swamp lands, numerous marks have been made denoting breaches and where they have been sealed up... The more concerning factor being how closer to the camps the marks seem to be making their way.

Making her way into the perimiter of the swamplands, Selena breathes a quiet sigh of frustration, or perhaps tiredness. The canine makes her way into the tent, noting the marks of the breaches as she makes her way through the too-calm camp.

"Good evening. I heard you were working on something new here rather than just beating back the Craige. I thought I'd take a look." She greets, looking over the materials on the table for a few moments. "I'm Selena. it's a pleasure."

Kilani lands softly in a clearing nearby, arriving shortly after the canid being. She gives a short sweep of the eyes across the runes on the table, before finally adressing the darkly-feathered being which stands in front of her, and therefore behind the table. The greeting applies to all who are nearby, she supposes. "Greetings." She stares at the strange badges and symbols on the avian for a second, before continuing. "I have read about these... Craige. I feel it would be beneficial to take a field investigation." She omits her name for the time being.

Fenris saunters along the trail, hands jammed deep in the pockets of his specially tailored trousers. It was hard to find something that was resilient, had lots of hidden storage space and still managed to keep him from looking like a squeezed puff ball. A silvery little golem frolics along at his feet. He stops at the command tent and gives a loose salute and an uneasy look at the box. "I'll bite," he says, "What's in the box?"

Zuri follows in after Fenris, the small salamander dressed in his combat leathers and loaded for bear. He races in to join the rest of the group and peers at the map curiously while waiting for Rokarion to catch up.

Rokarion moved in after Zuri, partly because he wanted to check this device and mostly because he did not want to let his salamander go face something dangerous alone. The youth entered the tent, giving everyone a nod of greeting as he inspects both the map and the box.

Lucasiel makes her way through towards the camp, dresses up in her armour, shield at her side. "We have something to give us an edge?" She inquires plainly, helmet still perched on her head. She was certainly dressed for the battle she expected. "That is all I need to hear."

The sparrow officer looks to those who arrive, walking forward slowly to gently tap a finger on the box. "I am aware of who you are Selena, I frequent the academy. As for what is in the box, well let us say it's more complex than what I wish to describe. Now, as far as something to use against the Craige? That is what you will establish." The sparrow points to the map, where a recent mark had been made. "They sent up a group of diggers here. You will take the box there, and one of you with some sort of math ability, will activate this box. I want you to fight these craige, and tell me what it does to them. Questions?"

Selena nods, taking a deep breath. "Well, it's a pleasure nevertheless. If it's some form of magic, then I can certainly agree that some would take far too long to explain in any short period of time. Perhaps if you'd like to take the time to explain it a little later, once it's successfully been used or failed. I suspect you know enough about me to know I'm capable with magic." She replies, offering a hand out to Fenris as the tiger makes his way in, taking a step to the side to allow a little more room for the others. "I haven't seen you in quite some time, Fenris. You've been well, I trust?"

Kilani listends quietly to the instructions, and listens to Selena talk. While she does, however, she investigates the map carefully, and then looks at the box again. "One question. I notice you said activate the box, but there's also something inside the box as well. Is the thing inside doing the mathemagic, or is the box itself doing the magic and harnessing what's inside as energy?" The bat looks up with curious eyes, but a somber expression. It is a legitimate question, after all.

Fenris grins at Selena and takes her offered hand, kissing it gently and sweeping a deep courtly bow before she can protest. "I am well enough," he says, straightening, "Busy, as always." He frowns at the box, a little worried by its similarity to another artifact he had had the misfortune of uncovering recently. "Where does this thing come from?" he asks, "Is it safe for us to carry?"

Zuri turns to the sparrow to listen, his gaze shifting over to the box as it is mentioned. He wiggles his snout at it, not trusting the box or whatever it is supposed to do. He raises his hand at the sparrow. "Only one question Sir. Do we know if this is attuned to any particular branch of Divine Math, or even if it might respond better to one than another?" He looks around. "I'm not exactly the best at the math stuff, but I figure it might yield different results depending on what you put in, right? Or is it completely unknown?" He pauses, then giggles. "That was three questions, sorry!"

Rokarion looks down on the artifact and then back at the sparrow, "Yes, I would be interested in knowing how it works." the plant being says in his usual apathetic voice, "But first, since you want us to activate it, is there a specific way of how to do it, or just use any form on maths on it and it will activate?" he asks as he looks down on the chest again, "Also, is there an intended effect that we should be looking for? Or we don't know what this device will do and this is the first field test?"

"Magic is not much my strongsuit, compared to you," Lucasiel says, nodding towards Selena. "I will leave such things in your capable hands. But I will do my best to guard you while you work, and give you time to do... Whatever it is you need to do."

"Any math should work, it is safe to carry, it comes from my researchers, and unless you'd have me sit here all through the night, do not worry about opening it. All you need to do, is channel your spell into it and it should amplify it's effects outwards to effect an area. Now, we already tested this with focused spells, so your fireballs and the like will blow it up, and probably you as well. So keep to simple spells, and keep it guarded. This is the only one we have right now, and I want to be sure it works." The sparrow steps back as a young buck steps forward and pops to a salute. "Private Gunger reporting to lead you to the diggers when you're ready!"

"You've evidently been busy." She comments with a wry smile, nodding back tot he sparrow. "You encounter some things like this when you begin looking at three-dimensional magic, as well. I'm rather impressed you've managed to make something like this effect any magic, though, that's no small achievement." The canine gives a respectful nod, though Fenris's gesture is met with a slight scowl, gripping and shaking his hand before it's retracted. "This will be quite helpful though, thank you."

turning to the others, she continues; "some magic is activated with lunar dust as opposed to with a spell. It's especially true for creator spells or some 3D magic, when it becomes to complicated or taxing to cast alone. At that point some spells still require a caster to direct them, but it depends on how they're constructed."

Kilani nods, listening carefully and silentlyy to the explanation. Learning new things is always very good. "I believe we've spend enough time talking at any rate. We should get moving, before the creatures move from their grounds. If they move from the grounds at all." She considers this for a second, before picking up the box. "Does anyone wish to carry it in particular, or should I?"

Fenris nods to the sparrow and gently takes the box from Kilani to tuck under his arm. "Happy to help," he says with a smile. "Lead the way, Gunger," he says amiably, following after the stag, "Let's get this madness underway, shall we?" His silvery little otter golem capers along at his feet.

Zuri nods, smiling. "No further questions!" He peers over at Klami as she asks who's going to carry it, which draws a grin from the small salamander. "Dibs not me, that thing's as big as I am!" He notices Fenris as he volunteers to carry it, and quickly escapes back out of the tent, his tail whipping happily behind him.

Rokarion rubs his chin as his first question is answered before taking out his sketchbook and pen and beginning to pen down some personal notes. Rokarion then moves outside the tent following Zuri, while busying himself with adding a number of doodles to the sketch book.

Lucasiel adjusts the weight of her shield and rolls her shoulders. "I do some magic, of course. Water and wind, mostly, but... Not very often. I much prefer my physical combat," she says. "But this should be an interesting trinket to observe, certainly."

"Good luck!" The Sparrow cries out as the group leaves, the enthusiastic private leading down the entire way through the camp. Soon enough the group is pushing their way through knee-high brush as they make pace. "Right then, when we get there, we should have a deep gulley as of right now. Normally we'd swarm them with pikemen, and collapse the tunnel, but today is the test. Should just be a handfull in there for you lot to clear out no problem, after you finish them off though you -need- to tail it on out of there. I guarantee ya there will be more heading right up for you lot. Thats where us pikemen will come on in to push them back as you head back to the camp!"

Sure enough, as soon as the young buck finishes his sentance, the group comes into contact with his unit. Thirty pike-men of varying races and clans sat concealed mostly in the brush, ready it seemed to rush forward into the gulley below at a moment's notice. The Gulley itself is rightly five feet wide, permitting two beings shoulder to should, at a steep incline into the half finished Craige caves below. Ten regular craige workers scurried about, the lizard like beings emitting a soft glow from under their scales in the night sky as they rip off pieces of rock in an attempt to widen the path. Near the wider entrance of the tunnel, is a single draconoid figure. This one looks different from the work overlords of the past, as it carried a large two handed sword in it's grasp. The metal of this sword seemed to streak blue with a cold air, it's quality almost equivilant to a master craftsman from the city as well... The being itself did not glow as the others did, instead he seemed to lack their burning touch all together.

Selena stretches as the group approaches the gulley. "If I may - the box? And which of you will be on the front lines?" she asks, moving over to Kilani and resting a hand on it, "I want to test this quickly before we get too close, and one of you is more likely to benefit from this than I am." She explains, looking around for a few moments before casting the spell on whomever requests it.

Kilani hands the box over to Selena without a word, and the removes her gun from her waist and checks the ammo. She's not exactly an excellent shot yet, but it'll certainly help if she gets close enough. If the enemy is right by you, aiming is a moot point. After doing that, she checks her bow, noting, "I am not yet sure what it actually provides a being. I am quite uninclined to be the test subject here."

Fenris leaves the box with Selena and prepares himself for whatever comes next, keeping his golem and weapons close at hand. "Ready when you are," he says, "You need me to get that thing in close?"

Zuri nibbles on his lip as he observes the strange creatures. He's had no previous encounters with the Craige himself, but has heard the tales, and can recognize the trouble when he sees it. He opts for range, drawing his recurve bow and nocking an arrow in preparation for the skirmish that was about to take place.

Rokarion rubs his chin as he looks around, marking the overseer before moving closer towards Zuri, idly resolving the equations in his head as he places a hand on the salamander's shoulder, attempting to ensure he is better defended for the coming fight.

Lucasiel hums softly as she takes in the sight and the blade the creature held. Securing her shield, she reaches around to pull her heavy axe free, instead. "I am ready. I don't mind taking the fore and the distraction," Lucasiel says, thumping a fist on her breastplate. "I am geared for it."

The box glows a dull green as the party finds themselves slowly being covered in a reinforcement of stone, ensuring some extra safety for the group! Zuri finds himself pumped up a bit more as his stony cover is amplified by rokarion, making a rock armored salamander! Gunger slowly looks at the group, before sneaking his way into the bush to give them all a clear path as he whispers. "The lead is yours." The Craige, unsuspecting of the assault, wander back and forth hacking at the walls of their little gulley as they keep working to widen it. One particular one seems to stop and sniff at the air, before slowly approaching at the lip leading to the brush concealing the freeswords!

Lucasiel tightens her grip on her axe, waiting. As soon as Selena's earth magic reinforces her already significant armour, she charges out of the bush to meet the one that was coming close head on. "Hope you're ready," she says as she goes. "Because we're taking initiative!" With an axe.