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[Timdood3]

On the slope of Mount Illegible

Jane gave her reasoning for the attack, and Joey was unsatisfied.  "'It was getting boring'?  You had just arrived.  And why me?"  He sighed, the past is irrelevant.  "Nevermind, it's not important.  What do you think we'll find at the summit?"  Joey looked around for anything unusual or suspicious, and all he saw was Chip curled up next to a hot air vent.

Spoiler for Fucking lazy cat:

Have you ever gone more than an hour without sleeping?

[Silver Emerald]

Magma Mountains - Gravity Basin

"...yes, yes we also arrived through a portal. And time seems to be passing rather quickly...so we may want to get a move on?" Aurora glanced on ahead, murmuring to herself, "Maybe at some point time won't be an issue..." For now, with the three tails waving behind her, she nodded to the others and started the hike around the side of the volcano...only to be interrupted by sharp tremors which nearly threw her off-balance. "...how about we get moving right now?"

[Solaris]

On the slope on Mount Illegible

Chip stirs awake, fanning himself with his wings

Spoiler for Inner thoughts:

Geez, it's hot here... I've gone 1 hour and 1 minute, I think.

He springs to his feet, batting away a small ember.

Spoiler for Inner thoughts:

I suggest we get a move on. Pronto.

[Timdood3]

On the Slope of Mount Illegible

The ground Began to shake slightly, and embers were starting to stir in the air from the vents.  A red glow was present, serving to make everything more ominous and threatening.

Spoiler for Oh god oh god oh god:

If this thing blows, not even being in the air can save us.

Joey bolted upright, beads of sweat flying off of his body, from equal parts heat and stress.  "I guess resting isn't an option.  This thing is going to blow, and we need to bail."  Joey tapped his watch and started voice communication with Aurora.  "Aurora, this is Joey.  This place is about to go up in flames.  Get as far away as you can and find cover."  He looked up and the summit, and down to the base.  They were about half way up.  He watched the sun set, but it got no darker; all of the light was coming from the mountain's fiery build-up.

Joey took off, expecting the others to follow.  He wasn't really sure which direction he was headed or where he was going, but he knew that in order to survive they'd need to get far away.  They could only fly so far before the ashes and fumes caught up to them and they'd be run to ground.  Or maybe they could get high enough to avoid it.  The air would be thin and they wouldn't last long up there, so that was out.  THe only option was to fly as far and as fast as they could, and hope they ended up hear the Basin.

[Zyardran]

Magma Mountain

Jane snapped into realization, and panicked. This thing was a ticking bomb. It would give t any moment now. She scrambled to her feet, waiting for Joey to make the first move. He looked unprotected, and the lava would burn him alive if he didn't get out with chip first.
"Let's go Joey, I don't want to stick around here and get burned alive please." she felt the uncomfortable feeling rising fast in her chest, and felt close to pushing them off.

[Arum]

No Man's Land to the Kingdom of Light

James had barely a moment to recover from the stunning bolt before a concussive distortion in space time swept him off his feet and blasted him across the circle.

Mivlya, James thought, dazed. He was incredibly tired, as if the desire to slow down had robbed him of all energy. Toss in an unexpected attack and all James wanted to do was sleep.

So he did.

[Naesala]

No Man's Land to the Kingdom of Light

The woman yelped in surprise as she saw her traveling mate knocked aside by her burst of magic. "Shit," she whispered to herself, "shit shit shit, this is why you never made friends, Renae. Always fucking up one thing or another." As she whispered to herself she moved to the lizard's body and gently propped it up against a rock.

"Alright. Alright. This is why we requested light magic, in case someone got hurt. Focus..." She lifted her hand and, loosely aimed at James, began to channel the light into him, hoping to heal him back to health and consciousness.

[Arum]

No Man's Land to the Kingdom of Light

James definitely woke up, but not in the way Mivyla intended, because James woke up screaming.

His scales were sizzling and oozing, the dark green being overtaken by the oily dark red that comes from massive burns, such as the ones now covering his chest down to his stomach.

[Naesala]

No Man's Land to the Kingdom of Light

"Oh shit! Shit shit shit!" Mivlya remembered now, the lizard had chosen to have darkness as one of his elements. Now not only had she knocked James out, but she had seriously scarred him as well. Her instinct was to run and hide as she heard him scream, but instead she just stood there, unsure now what to do. Healing him would just hurt more, and she didn't have any life magic. Maybe...maybe she could take him to the Forest of Life. It was in roughly the same direction they were going.

"James...? James I'm so sorry, I'm sorry. This was an accident."

[Arum]

No Man's Land to the Kingdom of Light

No longer being assaulted by killing light, James takes a few moments to gather his surroundings.

Damn, his front really hurt. Burns from light magic were definitely not fun, James decided.

"James...? James I'm so sorry, I'm sorry. This was an accident."

Mivlya almost kills him, after almost killing him... She really is bad luck. James says as much.

"You almost killed me after you almost killed me," finished off with a wry grin.

James sits up, immediately wincing at both the pain on the front and the sensation of having sat on his tail. That was incredibly unpleasant. He looks around for a stone to lie against, and seeing one a couple metres to his left, he pushes on the ground, hunched over, and leans against it, tail safely out of the way.

"I'll be fine, give me the night to rest. I've dealt with worse, we'll see how it is in the morning."

Neither knew that the flash of light, much like a nuclear bomb, left a toxic residue behind in James.

[Timdood3]

About to die in the flames of Mount Illegible

Joey led his troupe of two away from the mountain, flying desperately toward the Basin.  But they were still on the far side of the mountain, so they had to fly toward the summit to get away from it to get where they needed to be.  With Chip directly below him with just enough room to flap his feline wings and Jane just a few feet behind, they flew hard and fast, hoping to beat the explosion.  They did.  Sort of.

They were about twenty meters past the summit when it just kind of...popped.  A loud sound was accompanied by a wave of scorching heat as Joey wrapped his arms protectively around his feline friend and fell.

Spoiler for The inner thoughts of a dying man:

We're dead, aren't we? ....I hope Jane will be ok.  She's got dragon scales, hopefully that will protect her.

....I don't know about us though.

They rolled through the air and tumbled ever downward toward the ground.  By some miracle of luck or fate, Joey did not feel his body collide with the rocky terrain.  He opened his eyes and they were assaulted by the ashes and fumes.  He could see the ground first rushing up toward him, then slowing, and then stopping altogether.  He was simply floating...Or more accurately, being suspended.  That didn't last long however, as he was dragged again away from the ground, now ever upward.

Spoiler for OOC:

So...We're now being taken away by a Crimson Dragon.  Blame Arum.  [00:48:20] ‹Arum› Maybe Chip gets eaten by a crimson dragon, so you and jane go and fight it
Anyway, feel free to save us Discord.

[Naesala]

No Man's Land to the Kingdom of Light

The anthro flinched at his response, the look of guilt on her face very real. She even folded her ears back and lowered her tail in true animalistic fashion. He asked her to let him sleep, so she nodded and scurried off to the opposite side of the campsite, giving him plenty of room. Since she herself wasn't tired, and paranoia gnawed at her mind, the skunk decided to watch the camp throughout the night until the sun would rise again.