Freeing the Bird

[piwakawaka]

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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Re: Second Team

[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."

Re: Second Team

[notthatpotter]

"They haven't hurt you, have they?" he asks. It's difficult to see very much through the cage.

He straightens to inspect it again, hands searching for hinges.

"I haven't any idea how to get this blasted thing open."

Re: Second Team

[piwakawaka]

Tiwa's not sure how to answer that since she doesn't want him to worry more but she does hurt,

"I'm still in one piece. Not sure, has to be someway since its made by a wizard."

(OOC: For getting it open, simple things will work and let me promise you as the storyteller, try whatever ideas you have.)

Re: Second Team

[notthatpotter]

"It's made by a wizard? Surely not the same sort in my world," he says, looking thoughtful anyway.

"I wonder ..."

Lifting his wand, he tells her: "Try to crouch down and get as far back as you can."

Re: Second Team

[piwakawaka]

"Nope, like your sort of wizard better."

She nods and crouches down, there's not a lot of extra space but she finds it.

Re: Second Team

[notthatpotter]

He offers her a smile. "Yeah. Our wizards don't tend to cage people up like this."

Well, not that he knows of anyway.

Then, focusing once more, he says in a clear voice: "Confringo."

He isn't sure whether this will work, but it's worth a shot anyway.

Re: Second Team

[piwakawaka]

The cage trembles and starts to vibrate before bending outward like an odd sort of flower. Tiwa looks up at James and gives a much better grin though half her face hurts.

She moves to stand up and wobbles since she's just been sitting too long and as she stands up the stray light shows better how much she is hurting. Her face has a nasty bruise on one side, there's a bandage on her neck and on the inside of her forearm there are some bad cold iron wounds.

With a deep breath, she gets over what's left of the cage and just hugs James, its a good way to hide how she's trembling and feeling unsure if she can stand.

Re: Second Team

[notthatpotter]

He nearly drops his wand with the suddenness of her around him, but he doesn't hesitate to tightly wrap his arms around her.

He's really glad the spell managed to work so easily; it's the first time he's ever really put spells like that to use.

His free hand reaches up to touch her hair before pressing his cheek to the top of her head.

Re: Second Team

[piwakawaka]

Tiwa tries to be strong and finally looks up with a kind of smile though the bruise makes smiling hurt,

"Are you okay, how'd you get here?"

Re: Second Team

[notthatpotter]

Lightly, James touches the bruise with his fingertip.

"Yeah, I'm okay," he says, noting the strange irony of the question. Shouldn't it be him who asks whether she's all right?

Of course, the bruise in question answers that question for him.

"I met Liam," he says then. "And your brother Tane, too. They came looking for help, so me and a bunch of your mates from the bar came to find you."

Re: Second Team

[piwakawaka]

Its odd to have him touching the bruise and sets her off trembling as she peers around at the fight,

"Didn't want anyone else to get hurt."

Re: Second Team

[notthatpotter]

"You honestly couldn't stop any of our lot," he says, raising an eyebrow. "I doubt any of them mind."

He gives her another quick hug.

"And I reckon they'll want to see that you're all right."

Re: Second Team

[piwakawaka]

She leans into the hug and nods, can't fall apart just yet though she's feeling tired and just hurting,

"Will be, promise."