Precious Pet|Flux

[Kender Bard]

Dreamwarp took a strand of Adam's hair and curled it around her finger as she seemed to contemplate deeply on something. "I might have a job for you later. Think you could deliver a note for me? Once I've gotten it ready?"

[tuo]

Adam leaned in slightly to Dreamwarp's petting. "Of course mistress. I'd be glad to do so."

Drake rolls his eyes and shook his head before gulping down the rest of the drink and setting the mug down somewhere.

[Kender Bard]

"Good boy," she cooed, and started to leave until a racing priest nearly bowled her over. She grumbled and got back up as the man ran around in circles in the room, shouting at the top of his lungs, "High Priest demands an assembly! Assembly in the prayer hall! Everyone MUST attend!" And once he'd repeated that a few times, the man ran off to go deliver his message elsewhere.

Dreamwarp dusted herself off, seemed to consider this, then beckoned to Adam and Drake. "Come, boys, let's go to the meeting then."

[tuo]

Drake shrugged and pushed himself off the wall. "I was getting bored..lead the way I suppose."

Adam nodded. "Of course mistresss. We are right behind you."

[Kender Bard]

Dreamwarp glanced back; everyone who was in the room was filing out obediently. She grinned and winked at the boys while walking, "You're about to witness something very, very rare boys; an order has been issued and I doubt there will be a single priest in this temple that isn't going to obey it."

[tuo]

Drake glanced around to the others filling out of the room. "Oh yeah? Why is that exactly?"

[Kender Bard]

Dreamwarp laughed quietly to herself before answering him. "Look at it this way. Nikholas has issued an official summons. Some of the priests will obey simply because he is our high priest, to be obeyed. Some of us will obey out of curiosity, since it's been ages since the last official summons. The rest of them will go because they know Nikholas is wrathful, and he will punish those he finds out did not attend."

[tuo]

Drake shrugs and continues to follow Dreamwarp. "Those reasons sound pretty good to me."

The two brothers continue to follow Dreamwarp to the meeting room.

[Kender Bard]

Once assembled, Dreamwarp had to push and elbow her way to a good spot. Having good prestige and seniority, she manages to secure a place closer to the front until she's amongst her peers in the heiarchy of the temple; at which point she settles down and draws her boys closer to herself and points to where the high priest stood.

Nikholas held up a hand for silence and mostly got it, which was good enough for him. "My brothers and sisters of the cloth, I regret to inform you that I think our fair city is under attack." Murmurs arose but he quieted them again. "Although we would normally welcome any form of bizarreness with open arms, this goes beyond simply strange to a menace. The dead walk again, through means not yet known to us. The downside is that they are mercilessly attacking and killing all the citizens of Flux, and will likely reach the temple at the rate they are going."

[tuo]

Adam's eyes widen at the news that the people of flux are being attacked. "What can we do to help?"

Drake eyed his brother at speaking up but couldnt help but know where he was coming from..also a good fight does sound good at this point..

[Kender Bard]

Adam wasn't the only one asking this, though there were also more cynical questions, along the lines of "Can we go watch?" and "I'm taking bets, anyone in?".

Nikholas paused a moment before going on, voice rolling over the chatter, "Generally we have adopted a policy of letting the children of Soahc sort themselves out, as befitting our beliefs. However, there comes a time when we as the tenders of our flock must pick up our staves and go defend them from the wolves." Or rather, the wolves from something even worse, was the unspoken joke that floated amongst the more senior priests. "Now is that time! We must defend our home and our people. Wrathful, step forward!" Even as he said it, he himself was taking a step forward. Though he refered to people on the path of wrath, anyone who felt themselves of a warrior nature followed suit.

Dreamwarp stepped forward.

[tuo]

Drake smirked and stepped foward as well with Dreamwarp. Adam hesitated momentarily before stepping foward, uncertain about how he could fight in this case but still greatly wanting to help the people of Flux.

[Kender Bard]

Dreamwarp gave him a long look. "Adam, your place isn't here with us. You're not a fighter." She hesitated. She hadn't actually seen him in training, but that might not mean anything. Still, she couldn't see him down there with the rest of the bloodthirsty, laughing in the face of death - literally. She glanced sideways at Drake. "Is he a fighter?"

[tuo]

Drake glances at Adam before shaking his head. "If it were just ordinary people I trust Adam to hold his own but not against something like this....stay here brother..try to meet with anyone here willing to help the people of Flux in other ways and work with them."


Adam wilted slightly but nodded. "..all right...I just dont want to be useless..."

[Kender Bard]

Dreamwarp softly pushed him back into the crowd of other milling priests. "We might find a place for you yet."

Nikholas nodded in satisfaction at the turnout and continued, "Now those of you who have come forward will be doing battle with the fiends. Everyone else is free to find some other way to help. If you get recruited by one of these fine individuals then you will obey them or else." His glower left no one wondering what 'or else' would entail; it'd be painful at least. "I suggest the most pacifistic of you all set up something of a healing workship for the citizens or at least for our people here." With nothing left to say, the high priest stalked off, leaving everyone to their own devices. There was a mad dash of the wrathful as they went to collect their armaments. Dreamwarp started to pull Drake along.

"Do you feel absolutely comfortable with your chain yet?" she asked as she headed towards her own room for her things. "It's a dangerous weapon, but if you're not yet completely proficient, I think you should stick to your knuckles. A wrong swing of the chain will incapacitate you or someone you're trying to help."