Aiden Returns, Alien Plant in Garden

[King Nicho Klojhen]

While drinking some water in the castle after a good workout, Nicho suddenly hears a call in his mind, grabbing the bar for support as his knees buckle for a moment. He looks at Kolava. "Did ye hear that?" Getting only a mew for response, he stands, saying -

Nicho TGM: There is something very wrong... come.

John Belet: Shall I follow as well M'lord?

Rob87DM: ::nods, rubbing against the boy's ankle::

Nicho TGM: Aye...Sir John, thy sword shall be needed.

John Belet: ::he followed them standing closely as he looked about::

Nicho TGM: ::Nicho will step into his office and quickly change his shirt, putting on his mail underneath, then strapping his swords back on, he nods to them as he heads out the postern door::

Nicho TGM: ::Across the fields and into the forest, travelling at a fast pace::

Rob87DM: ::the creature follows Nicho hesitantly as he moves::

John Belet: ::His light green eyes would study the surroundings closely as he watched for any kind of movement in which he should be alarmed of::

[King Nicho Klojhen]

Nicho TGM: ::He seems to be walking in a straight line through the forest, it almost seems as if some of the trees and plants move out of their way as they pass::

John Belet: ::he raised a slight brow as he kept up with their fast pace, he knew he must keep up or something would most definatly happen::

OrphianEntourage: ::even with the fast pace, the travel is long and ardouos. Finally, as Aiden's fading energys can be felt, the three step forth into a bizzare scene::

OrphianEntourage: ::the sphere is a region of warped growth, where the trees stricken dead by having their life force drunk are regrowing as twisted abberations::

Nicho TGM: ::Stopping at the edge of the warped area, he looks anxiously for the lion, frowning when he is nowhere to be seen::

OrphianEntourage: ::in the center is a flower, blooming in a beautiful prismatic display of druidic...yet alien...power::

John Belet: ::he looked about at the plants and trees thinking to himself that he had never seen anything like this even on his journey to Constantinople, France. ::

OrphianEntourage: ::there is no animal life in this place except for a spider that sits on the scorched, barren earth around the flower::

John Belet: ::he stopped as well just a few feet vehind Nicho as he would look around not knowing what he was looking for but yet he looked::

Rob87DM: ::the creature stayed at Nicho's heels, stopping when the boy stopped and glancing to the side around his legs::

[King Nicho Klojhen]

John Belet: ::He held his double bladed sword steadily ready for anything to happen or so he thought::

Aiden Raa Corm: ::Somewhere on the alien flower, a very exhausted spider rests, drawing strength from his connection to Gaea of this world::

Nicho TGM: ::The boy will step into the area slowly, as if lothe to feel the alien corruption, walking towards the blooming flower::

OrphianEntourage: ::there was only silence, not a single songbird nor even the wind could pierce the stagnant clench of this sphere::

John Belet: ::he then followed behind his king knowing he must as to protect him for he was a knight. His light green eyes watched Nicho carefully and studied what was going on around him::

OrphianEntourage: ::the closer Nicho stepped to the flower and the nexus therein, the stronger the pull become; it was like cutting a larger and larger hole in the bottom of a barrel suspended over a bottomless chasm::

Aiden Raa Corm: ::Seeing them approach, the spider waves a few legs at them, all thousand eyes focused upon them.::

OrphianEntourage: ::there would even, momentarily, be a spark of dull green radience from Nicho's being into the scorched ground, but this would cease as soon as the boy noticed and regained control::

Aiden Raa Corm: ::The spider then goes back to work, as they look at the flower they see that it has been building a web across the nexus within the bloom::

John Belet: ::he stared at Nicho as he stopped dead in his tracks as he had saw the green radience he blinked once or twice not believing he had saw what he had saw::

OrphianEntourage: ::the nexus's choice of manifesting as a flower was fitting, as it was incredible, but fragile and fleeting, barely able to be touched without shrinking away somewhat::

Rob87DM: ::the creature padded in a slow circle, his ears perked and his tail swishing with agitation::

John Belet: ::he looked about and then to the flower as he spoke softly to Nicho:: Nicho....I don't like this....

[King Nicho Klojhen]

Nicho TGM: I do nae like it either, but t'would be a shame to destroy it just now.

John Belet: ::he looks around a bnit more and then to Nicho:: Yeah, well...I think I'd be singing a different tune if something destroyed us...

Nicho TGM: ::Chuckles to John:: Lend me a bit of they strength. ::He reaches out a hand to the knight::

Rob87DM: ::at last the agitation's source was found: the crystal upon the creature's brow that was trying to be useful, but ended up barraging the clueless Kolava with information he didn't need::

John Belet: ::he nods as he would take Nicho's hand into his own ::

Nicho TGM: ::His other hand touches Kolava's Ghid, quieting the creature as his aura blends with the two of them, their minds open to each other::

Rob87DM: ::the creature sighs with relief, and the crystal quiets with a mental click::

Aiden Raa Corm: ::Unbeknownst to them, the spider finishes the web across the nexus and jumps onto Nicho's shoulder::

[King Nicho Klojhen]

OrphianEntourage: ::those delicate petals are now bound, as is the nexus within, by the druidic web::

Nicho TGM: ::Drawing strength from both of them, he begins chanting:: Ram en' templa, runyalanta gonea, tangwa en' templa.

*OnlineHost*: Nicho TGM rolled 4 32-sided dice: 21 16 16 24

Nicho TGM: ~*~ Nicho TGM scored 6 poynts damage ~*~

Nicho TGM: ::An almost visible force now surrounds the flower, containing it within::

Rob87DM: ::for a split second the creature hungrily eyes the spider, but then, recognizing it as Aiden, those eyes go back to the flower::

Nicho TGM: ::He draws earthbinder, the blade glowing a fierce green in this alien blight, touching it to the ground and digging up the plant::

OrphianEntourage: ::almost immediately does vitality return to the surrounding forest, whose blighted plants are finally allowed to die and rejoin the circle of renewal::

Nicho TGM: ::cutting a cone shaped circle around the plant. He might not get all of the roots, but enough for it to survive::

Nicho TGM: ::He then smiles to them both, sheathing the blade and picking up the plant, beginning the long walk back to the castle::

Rob87DM: ::looks up from a rock he was sniffing, and darts over to him to follow::

Aiden Raa Corm: ::The spider, or Aiden, will transfer what he knows and saw to Nicho, then drop off into the forest to recover and perhaps seek Maggie::

[King Nicho Klojhen]

Nicho TGM: ::It is a weary boy who finally makes his way into the garden, while a plant may not be that heavy, the nexus even sealed grates at the boy's mind as he carries it::

Rob87DM: ::Kolava seemed strongly opposed to leaving Nicho's proximity for any longer then could be helped::

Nicho TGM: ::He will take the plant past the lake and waterfall to an infrequently used area, once more drawing his sword, Earthbinder, and inscribing a circle in the earth. A low wall of rock forms, a containment circle about seven feet in diameter::

Nicho TGM: ::He will step into this circle and plant the strange flower in the center, calling several sprites to sprinkle the containment stones with their magic dust, enhancing his own magic::

Rob87DM: ~ What are you doing? ~ ::he spoke at last in that timid voice::

Nicho TGM: ¤ I am containing the blight within the circle... we would nae wish the entire garden corrupted. ¤<br>
Rob87DM: ~ What about...~ ::he seemed unable to discern one magic from another, and assumed the boy's spell would destroy the flower::

Nicho TGM: The flower is intact, we may yet be able to recover thy... kerchief..

Nicho TGM: But any who try to enter the gate from the other side will be met with a storm of meteors and a locked gate. If by chance they get through that, then there is the druidic seal and the castle wards. The sprites will keep an eye on it also.

Rob87DM: ~ What about my bandanna? ~ ::it was a truly ingenuous question, spoken in all seriousness::

Nicho TGM: ¤ We can perhaps recover that too, but I would not enter the nexus unless sufficiently prepared and with considerable backup ¤<br>
Rob87DM: ~Oh. Can we get It back?~ ::the questions followed an internal logic that wasn't very quick::

Nicho TGM: ::the boy will pat the earth around the base of the flower, stepping back as the blight spreads within the circle::

Nicho TGM: ::The flower still lives, the web sealing the nexus a minor distortion of light, not enough to harm the plant contained in the circle::