Author's Notes: Won't be too long before school starts. (Epsilon dodges all sorts of items thrown by disgruntled fans who are already aware of that fact) Unfortunately, that's reality. So dive deep into this episode and forget about your troubles...until I mention something like this again in the next episode unless I get more things to rant about.
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, all 'Invasion' dragon legends, all 'Legends' elder dragon legends, Tevesh Szat, 'Weatherlight' characters, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells, some quotes and lots of other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. One thing belongs to Mainframe Entertainment. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Eight
Chapter 15
"Come on, kid. Snap out of it!!!" The boy could only manage a groan. Darigaaz started to mentally panic. 'Lobotomy...it just had to be the Lobotomy. Unless it gets countered, it practically strips mages of their magic. The caster of the Lobotomy finds a spell in the spell inventory and erases it from reality, regardless of whether it has been cast or already cast.'
The cloaked figure started counting. "One...two...th-" Li shook himself out of his trance and flipped back up. "For a lady, you're pretty damn rude. You didn't even let me finish!!" He thrust his sword in her direction and the lightning that he had been storing up shot out of the blade.
The woman couldn't dodge it in time and fell to the burst of energy. "One...two...three...the battle is over. We recognize this boy as the victor. Since you would like to possess the charm of Crosis, the Purger, we give it to you as your trophy."
The arena suddenly vanished. Li stood in the middle of nowhere with another charm in his hands. Darigaaz flew up to him. "What puzzles me is the fact that you were unaffected by the Lobotomy spell." A small smirk made its way to the boy's lips. "Maybe it's fate, trying to speed up this mission and get this over with."
"An interesting theory but unlikely. The magic you possess is not the typical magic that mages in this world practice. Lobotomy attacks one spell and erases it from reality, regardless of whether that spell is in the spell inventory, their library of spells kept in their memory or in the graveyard after it has been already cast. You don't seem to possess any of those magical attributes." Li shrugged. "I guess that makes me a unique sorcerer." Darigaaz snorted. "All sorcerers are unique. Everybody may copy certain styles of magical combat but they each have their own specialty deep within."
"Right..." Darigaaz gave Li a glare. "I have witnessed your specialty in magical combat. It's your family sword which I thought you left behind. Don't you trust me to watch your back?" The boy looked at Darigaaz as if he was the biggest moron in the galaxy.
"I trust you as much as I trust Kero not to bite my finger when I call him a stuffed animal." The dragon blinked in confusion. "Kero...?" Li ignored Darigaaz and got back to the mission on hand. "Here charmy, charmy, charmy...I thought all the charms fused together into a Chinese dragon." The dragon shrugged. "With the Dragon Arch's current condition, everything has become disoriented from what it used to be. We better hurry up and find the rest of the charms. The planeswalkers' powers will have to wait."
Chapter 16
"You should have listened to me, Strider. Meddling has its price. I mean, look what happened to Polonius, the lord chamberlain in that weird play revolving around a guy who can't make up his mind!!" Sakura gave a start. "I thought you only ate, slept, played video games and helped me capture Clow cards. I didn't know you were involved plays!!"
"I read about it in the Dark Woods area in Zylon Warriors: Mystic Might expansion," said Kero proudly. Strider gave a telepathic snort. Why am I not surprised? Anyway, I made a slight miscalculation but now I only have to deal with five pissed off volvers. The disciples and their respective sanctuaries are sealed along with the armies of the Sunscape, Stormscape, Nightscape, Thunderscape and Thornscape. Had we not meddled, there would be no forest left, would there?
"I guess. But now you have to deal with those powerful spells that the volvers can cast like those freaky Prophetic Bolts and Death Mutations." Don't worry about it, Sakura. The Crimson and Obsidian Acolytes have sufficient power to stop those spells. I can also use their spells to my advantage with Misdirections and Deflections. I'll just have to be careful that the Rakavolver and the Cetavolver don't use a Suffocating Blast to counter my spells. Just keep going and I'll catch up to you at the Dragon Arch.
[Mid-episode interlude]
(Hey, it's done all the time in Action Man: Doom Strikes Back)
During the third phase of the war when each type of magic turned away from its allies and fused with their enemies, factions had erupted from within each plane of magic. The Stormscape had been attacked by the Ceta faction, who wanted to ally with Fire and Nature, Water's enemies. The Sunscape ran into the Dega faction who had plans to ally with Fire and Death. The Thunderscape became surprised by the appearance of the Raka faction. The faction's allies were Water and Light. The Thornscape became overrun with Death and Water mages from the Ana faction. Then it came down to the Necra faction, who started the entire process by acquiring spells from Light and Nature and combating the Nightscape. Each faction had several disciples who were the equivalent of apprentices. They also had volvers, a fusion of battlemage and master. Finally, the sanctuaries provided a base of operations and gave additional bonuses which were only activated if permanents of their ally colour were present in the base. The Dega sanctuary gave life, Necra sucked it from opponents, Ana gave creatures attack and defense bonuses, Raka dealt damage to its enemies and Ceta gave methods to go through the spell library quicker for its mages.
[End interlude]
"I don't suppose they're going to let you seal them easily as you did the others." Relax, Kerberus. I already have my little trap set up for the Cetavolver, the Necravolver and the Degavolver. All I need to do is activate the Order side of the two split cards I recently drew into my spell inventory.
[Mid-episode interlude]
Split cards have two separate spells on them. Mages can choose which side they will use. After they have chosen, they declare which side they choose, pay the mana cost and that side will activate. While the spell is resolving, the side not chosen remains out of phase. As for the origins of split cards, that will have to be told in another story.
[End interlude]
The Wall of Nets, enchanted with Entangler and Inviolability will erase the ground volvers from reality until I'm ready to seal them. Order will do the same since the Rakavolver and the Anavolver are on a rampage. How are you guys doing? No response. Hello?
"Strider, I'm going to put this as delicately as possible," stated Kero. An explosion rocked nearby. "We're doomed." Sakura gave him a glare. "Kero!!" "Let's face it, Sakura. We can't take on Treva and her two giant mechanical dragons at the same time. We have to retreat!!"
"Forget it!!! I'm not even considering that option!!" Sakura flew back into battle while Kero gave a sigh. Well, this is an interesting development. Kero dodged another strike made by one of the mechanical dragons. "She's in one of those moods again. I told you we're doomed!!!!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
The last part is a part I saw on TV. One of my old favourite TV shows to be exact. Two more episodes to go.
Next episode: Freyalise gives Li a warning while the trio tackle Draco and Tek, who can't be easily killed thanks to Treva's healing power...
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, all 'Invasion' dragon legends, all 'Legends' elder dragon legends, Tevesh Szat, 'Weatherlight' characters, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells, some quotes and lots of other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. One thing belongs to Mainframe Entertainment. I only own Strider.
Chronicles of the Ur-Dragon - Episode Eight
Chapter 15
"Come on, kid. Snap out of it!!!" The boy could only manage a groan. Darigaaz started to mentally panic. 'Lobotomy...it just had to be the Lobotomy. Unless it gets countered, it practically strips mages of their magic. The caster of the Lobotomy finds a spell in the spell inventory and erases it from reality, regardless of whether it has been cast or already cast.'
The cloaked figure started counting. "One...two...th-" Li shook himself out of his trance and flipped back up. "For a lady, you're pretty damn rude. You didn't even let me finish!!" He thrust his sword in her direction and the lightning that he had been storing up shot out of the blade.
The woman couldn't dodge it in time and fell to the burst of energy. "One...two...three...the battle is over. We recognize this boy as the victor. Since you would like to possess the charm of Crosis, the Purger, we give it to you as your trophy."
The arena suddenly vanished. Li stood in the middle of nowhere with another charm in his hands. Darigaaz flew up to him. "What puzzles me is the fact that you were unaffected by the Lobotomy spell." A small smirk made its way to the boy's lips. "Maybe it's fate, trying to speed up this mission and get this over with."
"An interesting theory but unlikely. The magic you possess is not the typical magic that mages in this world practice. Lobotomy attacks one spell and erases it from reality, regardless of whether that spell is in the spell inventory, their library of spells kept in their memory or in the graveyard after it has been already cast. You don't seem to possess any of those magical attributes." Li shrugged. "I guess that makes me a unique sorcerer." Darigaaz snorted. "All sorcerers are unique. Everybody may copy certain styles of magical combat but they each have their own specialty deep within."
"Right..." Darigaaz gave Li a glare. "I have witnessed your specialty in magical combat. It's your family sword which I thought you left behind. Don't you trust me to watch your back?" The boy looked at Darigaaz as if he was the biggest moron in the galaxy.
"I trust you as much as I trust Kero not to bite my finger when I call him a stuffed animal." The dragon blinked in confusion. "Kero...?" Li ignored Darigaaz and got back to the mission on hand. "Here charmy, charmy, charmy...I thought all the charms fused together into a Chinese dragon." The dragon shrugged. "With the Dragon Arch's current condition, everything has become disoriented from what it used to be. We better hurry up and find the rest of the charms. The planeswalkers' powers will have to wait."
Chapter 16
"You should have listened to me, Strider. Meddling has its price. I mean, look what happened to Polonius, the lord chamberlain in that weird play revolving around a guy who can't make up his mind!!" Sakura gave a start. "I thought you only ate, slept, played video games and helped me capture Clow cards. I didn't know you were involved plays!!"
"I read about it in the Dark Woods area in Zylon Warriors: Mystic Might expansion," said Kero proudly. Strider gave a telepathic snort. Why am I not surprised? Anyway, I made a slight miscalculation but now I only have to deal with five pissed off volvers. The disciples and their respective sanctuaries are sealed along with the armies of the Sunscape, Stormscape, Nightscape, Thunderscape and Thornscape. Had we not meddled, there would be no forest left, would there?
"I guess. But now you have to deal with those powerful spells that the volvers can cast like those freaky Prophetic Bolts and Death Mutations." Don't worry about it, Sakura. The Crimson and Obsidian Acolytes have sufficient power to stop those spells. I can also use their spells to my advantage with Misdirections and Deflections. I'll just have to be careful that the Rakavolver and the Cetavolver don't use a Suffocating Blast to counter my spells. Just keep going and I'll catch up to you at the Dragon Arch.
[Mid-episode interlude]
(Hey, it's done all the time in Action Man: Doom Strikes Back)
During the third phase of the war when each type of magic turned away from its allies and fused with their enemies, factions had erupted from within each plane of magic. The Stormscape had been attacked by the Ceta faction, who wanted to ally with Fire and Nature, Water's enemies. The Sunscape ran into the Dega faction who had plans to ally with Fire and Death. The Thunderscape became surprised by the appearance of the Raka faction. The faction's allies were Water and Light. The Thornscape became overrun with Death and Water mages from the Ana faction. Then it came down to the Necra faction, who started the entire process by acquiring spells from Light and Nature and combating the Nightscape. Each faction had several disciples who were the equivalent of apprentices. They also had volvers, a fusion of battlemage and master. Finally, the sanctuaries provided a base of operations and gave additional bonuses which were only activated if permanents of their ally colour were present in the base. The Dega sanctuary gave life, Necra sucked it from opponents, Ana gave creatures attack and defense bonuses, Raka dealt damage to its enemies and Ceta gave methods to go through the spell library quicker for its mages.
[End interlude]
"I don't suppose they're going to let you seal them easily as you did the others." Relax, Kerberus. I already have my little trap set up for the Cetavolver, the Necravolver and the Degavolver. All I need to do is activate the Order side of the two split cards I recently drew into my spell inventory.
[Mid-episode interlude]
Split cards have two separate spells on them. Mages can choose which side they will use. After they have chosen, they declare which side they choose, pay the mana cost and that side will activate. While the spell is resolving, the side not chosen remains out of phase. As for the origins of split cards, that will have to be told in another story.
[End interlude]
The Wall of Nets, enchanted with Entangler and Inviolability will erase the ground volvers from reality until I'm ready to seal them. Order will do the same since the Rakavolver and the Anavolver are on a rampage. How are you guys doing? No response. Hello?
"Strider, I'm going to put this as delicately as possible," stated Kero. An explosion rocked nearby. "We're doomed." Sakura gave him a glare. "Kero!!" "Let's face it, Sakura. We can't take on Treva and her two giant mechanical dragons at the same time. We have to retreat!!"
"Forget it!!! I'm not even considering that option!!" Sakura flew back into battle while Kero gave a sigh. Well, this is an interesting development. Kero dodged another strike made by one of the mechanical dragons. "She's in one of those moods again. I told you we're doomed!!!!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
The last part is a part I saw on TV. One of my old favourite TV shows to be exact. Two more episodes to go.
Next episode: Freyalise gives Li a warning while the trio tackle Draco and Tek, who can't be easily killed thanks to Treva's healing power...