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Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

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[Okay, there's a dragon on the field. This is normal.

Wait, THERE'S A LARGE DRAGON ON THE FIELD! Well this gives her an idea, but first...] Hey! Need some cover!? [She's only asking to tell Xzana that she's nearby, since even if she says no, Karis won't let her fight alone, it was far too dangerous for that.]

[There is a large dragon on the field indeed! The two small blue wings that fade out to white at the tips nestled between two large white wings seem to be the cultist's aim that rush after the large beast that stood just over a story tall. She's not doing too badly at taking care of herself. Chomping down on cultists foolish enough to be near her mouth, shaking them, then tossing them away as he large tail swings left and right to bowl any near her legs.

The hard part are the cultists flying above her. There are only so many angles she can cover at once. While she won't call for help, unable to form words in this form, she will growl with frustration as a couple cultists land on her back. They cling on and try to reach those delicate Luceti wings as she thrashes to get them off. Not wanting to roll over and expose her less protected belly to those still on the ground.

She may not be asking for Karis's help, but she could really use that cover she was offering!]

I'll take that as a yes! [Especially with those cultists on her back. Better help take care of those first! Karis trusts herself enough to where she could get those cultists off of Xzana, even with the thrashing, but not with a bullet, she doesn't want to find out how well scales work against those just in case she misses.

Karis studies how the few cultists move as she reaches into a pouch, pulling out a pair of marbles to channel her magic. The marbles won't last long though, for they'll crack and crumble to pieces the moment arcane energy passes through them, but it results in the formation of two, floating ice lances. When the moment is right, she let's them fly right toward the cultists wings, hoping that the injury it would cause them to lose their grip.]

[And not a moment too soon for the dragon. The cultists have just reached her wings when the two lances reach them. The fighters cry out in pain and topple off of the dragon.

The big blue beast isn't sure at first what caused them to finally fall from her back, but she will waste no time stomping down on their heads to make sure they're dead unless she's stopped.]

[Karis smiles when they drop, and gladly lets the dragon stomp on those cultists, as they're better off dead anyway.] Excellent! [Though that show certainly didn't go unnoticed, and once the cultists start turning on her, that's when her smile drops.] Ooooooooh archmages!

[Xzana may be dumb to many ways of humans, but in fighting she is rather quick. It doesn't take her long to figure out that the ice sticking out of the cultists she had just smashed probably came from the girl who was being surrounded now.

There is something interesting about ice. In that it is made of water. Something the dragon with the blood of water nymph running inside of her quickly takes control of it. Karis may be surprised when two cultists suddenly drop with her ice lances removed from the first cultists and into two more.]

[It was a surprise, but also a relief! Two cultists down already meant less ammo to chew through. Karis drew her pistol and began to fire away with some pretty deadly accuracy, however, it'll be impossible for her to get all the cultists approaching on her own. A few will make it through to her, their blades eager to bite into her skin!]

[The big dragon jumps at the sound and flash of the pistol. She was not expecting something so small to be so loud. It takes her but a moment to get use to. As she doesn't understand that something so loud could hold something so deadly.

It's good that she does recover quickly from the startle as when those men get close her long neck reaches out and plucks them up. A quick shake of her head and the man's spine snaps as she tosses him away. Suddenly those men coming close to Karis sees the problem of ignoring the dragon in the room. Yet, they can't forget Karis either.

Bit of a problem they have here with these two.]

Haha, thanks! [The dragon's got her back, and that's enough to put a smile on Karis's face!

The cultists problem is about to get a bit bigger, as Karis does have a habit of pulling out her tricks one at a time, and another one is being put into play! There's too many cultists flying around, and it's time to change that.

Fire dances around the pistol, illuminating the area, but only for just a moment. It's raised up, ready to take down one of the airborne targets, but when the bullet flies out of the barrel, it's coated with fire. Unfortunately, the little light show Karis just pulled gave the cultists a good idea that she was about to do something nasty, and it was enough to where that fire bullet simply grazes one. What they failed to realize though, was that the moment the bullet even came into contact with something, it would explode right then and there, so even if the bullet didn't hit the intended target, the flame burst spell would.

Karis turned toward Xzana, a grin spreading across her face.] I could probably get better shots in if I was on higher ground! [Basically she wants to ride on your back Xzana.]

[The light show doesn't phase the large dragon. Fire magic is something she's seen before. She leaves the ones in the air for now to the magic user. Deciding to cover her back as she aims. The cultists may try to strike her with blades, but they bounce off her scales what few manage to hit.

Most don't even come closer. She drives them away with her large body. Stomping down and biting any too slow to move out of her way. Xzana nearly misses what Karis says to her and it takes her a bit longer to figure out what the mage wants.

Higher up? She should clearly fly if she wants to go up higher. Oh, wait. She can't fly? Why that's just silly! Why would she be talking about being up higher if he can't fly- oooh.

Both Xzana's large set of white wings and her smaller blue wings flap a few times. She doesn't like the idea of someone in such a vulnerable and open position on her. If the mage suddenly decided to turn on her it would be awful.

So she stares dumbly at Karis for a bit. She is welcome to take that any way she wants.]

What? Don't want me to? [After her question, Karis turns her gaze away from the dragon and back toward the cultists. She doesn't want to take her eyes off of them for too long, but she will take a quick glance back at Xzana to see her answer.]

[When Karis looks away up at the cultists again Xzana settles on an answer. This little human did seem to be concerned with the cultists so perhaps she wouldn't turn on her. Or maybe it was the way she mixed her elemental spells the reminded Xzana of a friend from her home world. Being able to use more than one elemental magic was rare where she was from, not unheard of, but rare. She has not yet seen much mixing of magic within Luceti for her to think that it may be a common practice in other worlds.

It's a mix of both of those reasons that she lowers her body down so her belly rests on the ground beside Karis to get herself onto her back. She snorts an impatient gruff noise from her nostrils to alert Karis to be quick if she chose to take this chance. She did not want to stay still for very long. Her tail swishing back and forth in anticipation of rising up once again.]

[The snort was enough to make her look back again, though seeing Xzana's position made Karis smile like a goofball. She was certainly eager to jump onto Xzana's back, and the climb was quick, thankfully.] Alright, let's go! [There was a small part of Karis that prayed Xzana would take flight, but due to the situation, the larger part of her squashed that down, as that may more than likely end badly.]

[The dragon's muscles are a big tight under those scales as Karis climbs up. Xzana herself isn't too sure about this still and her smaller Luceti wings twitch and quiver. She does not like someone being so close to them, however, Karis seems to be leaving them alone for now.

Take flight she will. Once she feels Karis stop squirming on her back and hears the words for confirmation. Up was what had been requested after all. Hopefully Karis has a tight grip on something besides those slick scales. They're a bit pointy and sharp if rubbed the wrong way.

She's not very quick as some might imagine in this form. A quick flap of the wings in her more human shaped form and she'd be high up in the air. To carry all her weight is a careful balancing act in this form. Her large white wings spread out. They flap once, twice, three or four times and with a powerful push from her legs the two are up in the air.

It's just too bad that Xzana has never done this before with someone on her back. As she rises up in the air she nearly forgets Karis is there as she curves and twists her back as her lower quarter dips with gravity and her powerful wings keep her in the air.

Karis will have precious little time to get use to everything on top of that. Once the blue dragon is in the air she's flying straight for the cultists in the air with a roar. This is what the mage wanted, isn't it?

Just take care of those Luceti wings. Should those be pulled too tightly the two of them will be saying hello to the ground rather fast.]

OH BOY! [The only thing Karis can think to cling on was Xzana's neck, as there's no way she's going to snag either sets of wings.

The curves and twists do freak her out a bit, though Karis takes care not to cling onto the dragon's neck too tightly. Suddenly, this doesn't seem like a great idea.]

OH ARCHMAGEEEEEEEES [Flying would be a lot more fun if she had a much more secure spot, that's for sure!

But why not make her situation possibly worse with another idea?] Heh. You know, they say haste makes waste, but in this sort of situation... [Karis's hands glow a sandy yellow before it quickly envelopes the dragon.] I say, double the speed, double the fun! Even if it only lasts for five minutes! [That small glow was actually a haste spell, one that Karis casted specifically on Xzana, so the dragon's got double the speed for five minutes.]

[That was unexpected. The sudden burst of speed surprises Xzana and she over shoots the flying cultists. She blows right past them. Those that don't move out of her way she'll shove aside with her body.

She doesn't know how long five minutes is, but she'll guess short. Once she's up above them she tries to stop, but misjudges the speed a bit and ends up whirling around rather violently as she tries to face the fighters below them.

Now they had the upper hand of height, but they won't last this way for long.]

[Karis clings on tightly, as the violent whirl nearly causes her to tumble off. She sighs heavily when they finally stop and she's readjusted herself.] Okay...I'm fine... [She looks down toward the cultists below them, and some were fast approaching!

She takes the moment to stretch a hand toward them, palm open while feeling arcane energy gather again. Lightning danced around her fingertips, and although it won't nearly be as strong as when she'd have one of her marbles, it would still do.

Karis lets a bolt fly, and although a few cultists manage to dodge it, it still strikes one of them before bouncing to a few others. For each bounce, the power of the spell weakened, but gave a powerful enough shock to cause them to drop from the sky, alive still, but she hoped that the fall would kill them.] Bullseye!

[There is a small problem with using lightening while riding a dragon who is made up of nearly nothing but water. She doesn't like lightening very much when it's happening behind a mountain. Let alone right behind her head.

After a few blast the terrified creature rears up and spins around mid air. Wasn't she above all the attackers!? Where is the lightening coming from? She twists her long neck here and there as she suddenly starts dodging left and right to avoid the lightening from a sky she can't really see. Didn't lightening usually come with rain!? So someone MUST be attacking!?

Xzana may not be thinking too carefully having seen one of her greatest fears streak so close to her face. She has completely forgotten her rider so Karis better hang on for her life. Literally. Unless she survive a several story high fall.]

Ah! Oh archmages! Calm down! Calm down! [Karis hangs on for dear life, but with only one arm still wrapped around Xzana's neck, she won't last for long.]

THIS WAS A REALLY BAD IDEA! [The movement throws Karis off of the dragons back, and with her fall, she's now an easier target.] SLOW FALL, SLOW FALL, SLOW FALL! [Karis is quick to cast the spell, and is thankful that she has it, for it slows her descent down to where she'll survive the fall, but the oncoming cultists are a different story.

She tries to twist herself toward where the cultists are coming from, but her cheek is quickly met with a fist, one she wasn't exactly expecting.]

[No, no, no, no! She refuses to calm down! DID YOU NOT SEE THE SUPER SCARY LIGHTENING! It was lightening and SUPER SCARY! For a few moments she doesn't even know that Karis has fallen off her back.

She's still not sure where the lightening has gone, it never usually leaves that quickly when it's natural, but it seems to be gone for now. The flash of white hair below her quickly being surrounded by cultists clues her in that she is missing a rider. She may be absolutely clueless to nearly everything to do with humans, but one thing she knows it that they can not fly.

She's already diving down and quickly when Karis's cheek greets a cultists fist. It may hurt for a moment, but it's going to hurt a whole lot less than the other cultists who find a rather angry dragon rushing through them with her sharp claws out.

Xzana is able to slice through them like butter and ignores all of the attacks they make against her. Most swords and spears bounce off, but a few do managed to get lucky and cut a small path through her skin. Not that Xzana notices it much. She has but one focus and that is to catch Karis. She doesn't really care too greatly if the humans who came with her die or not, but they will not die because of her.]

[That punch was strong enough to direct Karis's course a little. It also hurt like hell. With some of the cultists now directed toward Xzana, this gives Karis a bit of a breather, but she still had others to take care of.

She doesn't have time to grab a marble though, so instead, she opts to cast a small fireball on the poor souls that are too close to her. The explosive spell just took a small wave of her hand, and off it went. It was a dumb move, and Karis knew it, but the explosive blast of a fireball was needed, even if she did get scorched by her own attack. She had it go off at such an angle that it would slightly propel her toward Xzana, and away from more oncoming cultists.]

[Fire is something Xzana can handle. She doesn't even blink at the flare of light. The fire scorches the cultist's backs and more importantly their wings. It saves Xzana time by not needing to attack those that were already falling to the ground in pain. She uses her heavy bulk to plow through the rest, catching one in her teeth and with a quick snap bites him and crushes the man's chest.

The dragon lets the lifeless body fall as she finally get underneath Karis once again and is ready to catch the mage on her back.

[Thank's to the slow fall spell, Karis doesn't crash into Xzana's back, though the landing is still a little rough, especially with those sharp scales of her's. They've definitely been rubbed the wrong way while Karis tries to situate herself on the dragon's back, but she doesn't care at the moment, any cuts from the scales are better than having a sword or spear go through her chest.]

Thank goodness... [With her arms wrapped around Xzana's neck, Karis takes this moment to breathe a bit easy.] Nice catch!

[Xzana doesn't respond to the praise. Partly due to the fact that in this form she cannot form human words. Now that she feels the small weight on her back once again she aims for the ground. With lightening in the sky she was not excited about staying in the air.

She's going in for a landing so long as Karis doesn't protest this.]

[She doesn't protest at all, it was more of a relief at this point anyway. Falling wasn't exactly something Karis wanted to do again, too many factors could mean death if such happens again.

Instead, Karis just clings to Xzana's neck, not wanting to let go until they were on solid ground.]

Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

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