piwakawaka | Freeing the Bird

The shortcut through the Dreaming leaves them close to many warehouses and the water in Kaiwharawhara but only one has a palpable feel of magic and about ten young men simply hanging about.

As everyone starts to appear, a few of the men pull out various objects to focus as the magic grows in the air as the others who are a bit too pale just grin.

Teams: 1-Alex, Aiden, the Baron, Hamlet
2-Carl, Ben, James, Peron

Starting things off again and I'm just going to do the James' thread later and make it work.

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From:

piwakawaka

"Out of your reach."

There's a sneer in the apprentice's voice as the wind tightens.

From:

notthatpotter

He narrows his eyes, taking the briefest moment to recall all of the offensive spells he knows, picking the right one from his roster.

He watches the apprentice continue to flip through his cards.

"Why do you need her?" he asks, buying some time.

From:

piwakawaka

"Foolish honor and you'll give up all for her. My master has shown it will be so and if you don't, the iron will kill her."

The sneer turns into a laugh as the wind shifts to grab some gravel.

From:

notthatpotter

That's it.

"Yeah? We'll see."

He points his wand at him, and shouts loud and clear: "Expelliarmus."

From:

piwakawaka

With a blast, the cards fly out of the apprentice's hands and he almost falls over as the wind ends and he starts trying to gather them again,

"Why are you working with them?!"

From:

notthatpotter

"What? What are you talking about?"

He feels the rush of adrenaline, seeing his spell working successfully.

But mostly, he wants this to be over with so he can find Tiwa.

From:

piwakawaka

He's rushing to get his cards back together and starts shuffling them so that a very thin flame moves around James,

"You're one of us, they're thieves and hoarders!"

From:

notthatpotter

For a moment, he's distracted, watching the flame as it comes around him.

"I'm not one of you," he spits. "I'd never be one of you."

Thieves? Hoarders? This is the first he's hearing about this.

"What'd they steal from you?"

From:

piwakawaka

Since the Mage's concentration is disturbed, its not terribly threatening as he keeps ranting,

"They just sit on all that power and for what, dreams. No one will miss them."

From:

notthatpotter

"That's bollocks," James says. "Everyone'll miss dreams."

He points his wand back at the Mage.

"You're telling me you don't have any dreams?"

From:

piwakawaka

"Nothing real, nothing that matters, not like us, we shape the world!"

He laughs and finally has his cards sorted again and the flame grows higher.

From:

notthatpotter

James scoffs.

"Aguamenti!" he shouts, and a jet of water erupts from the tip of his wand, putting out some of the flames before casting a defensive charm over himself (to protect from the burns).

From:

piwakawaka

The water is a surprise and actually dampens the cards so the flames die out and the mage yells and moves to punch James, sadly physical combat isn't something he's been trained in.

From:

notthatpotter

Unfortunately, it isn't James' forte either.

O'course, this guy doesn't know what he's doing, so it'll be a little easier for James to claim victory, he thinks.

He shifts his footing so the punch hits the air.

From:

piwakawaka

Its hard to stop his momentum too so the mage yells and slips in the water as he tries to not fall over.

From:

notthatpotter

James allows himself to grin.

"Look, if you're not going to tell me where Tiwa is, you're really just getting in the way."

From:

piwakawaka

A BOOM shakes the ground from the warehouse and the apprentice just tries to hide as everyone starts to run towards the warehouse which has some smoke rising from it.

From:

notthatpotter

James is distracted for a moment, blinking to look up.

He notices the smoke and his first thought is a very clear: 'WTF.'

He needs to be there. Something must've happened.

Turning to the cowering mage apprentice, he expertly points his wand towards him and says: "Petrificus Totalus."

Then: "See y'later, mate."

Edited Date: 2009-04-06 08:56 am (UTC)

From:

piwakawaka

Everyone is moving towards the warehouse where the two doors are being pulled open though its hard to see too much inside with all the dust. There is a bit of strange shine off in a corner that might be Tiwa.

From:

notthatpotter

And that is where James follows very quickly after body-binding the poor defenseless bloke.

At the moment, James isn't sure he sees any of the others he'd come to this world with, but the shine does catch his eye.

He moves towards it.

From:

piwakawaka

Inside the warehouse its full of confusion but the closer he gets the more the outline of the cage with Tiwa inside of it can be seen.

Its an elegant and cruel thing with no door and just enough space for her to curl within it.

From:

notthatpotter

All things considered, he knows for a fact that no one - no thing - should ever be locked inside a cage against their will.

He rushes for the cage, not seeming to notice (or care) whether someone might be in pursuit of him.

"Tiwa?" he calls out.

From:

piwakawaka

She looks quite small and blinks in surprise at him, there's a bruise forming on one side of her face and a bandage on her neck,

"James?"

There isn't a lot of space but she tries to uncurl slightly and gives a strange little hurt smile.

From:

notthatpotter

"Blimey, Tiwa."

He can feel a tidal wave of relief flood through him as he crouches on his knees towards the cage. He scans it for a doorway or something with which to unlock her.

There's nothing.

"Are you all right?"

From:

piwakawaka

The Mage took great pride in creating a cage with no openings but it is a thing of magic. Tiwa tries for another smile though its a bit shaky,

"Still here."