The Quest for the Crystal

[Aruneko]

Aruneko ran to the scene of the fighting within the tunnels, and watched in amazement as a slimy mass of white oozed up a female diaboli\'s leg.  The diaboli was the one who had come out of nowhere to lunge upon the... thing.

Aruneko saw his blade on the ground and swiftly picked it up.

Aruneko was at a loss of what to do.  He took the first action that came to his mind and neatly cut into the blob\'s pulsing ooze with his blade.

OOC: EDIT: I forgot Aruneko had gotten his blade stuck in the mimic earlier.

[FyreBlade]

Fyre and Pheonix stood at a stalemate for several moments. fine then Fyre snapped his daggers away, slapped away Pheonix\'s knife and stepped back.
listen, it looks like we\'re both doing the same thing. watching that party. now if you can swear allegiance with the cause of good, i\'m willing to work with you in watching them and doing what\'s best Fyre holds out his hand. agreed?

[Pheonix]

Looking over Fyreblade slowly Pheonix took his hand
Agreed ...... but tread carefully betray my trust, however thin it may be with you and..........
Pheonix left his threat unfinished and bowed toward Fyreblade, while at the bottom of his bow he picked up his bow and the loose arrow. Putting the arrow in his quiver he turned his back on Fyreblade and walked slowly toward the party

[Silverblade]

Tegdaen, charged in after the rest of the party, as fast as his little legs could take him. When he reached them, everyone was standing around, ready to fight, but nobody seemed to know what to do.

The stranger that attacked the creature from behind seemed to be in trouble, but Tegdaen did\'nt know whether to help her or not.

Who are you, and what are you doing here? He yelled.

[Wormtail_]

Rantal was about to release the arrow from his bow, but at the last second, he hesitated. He certainly didn\'t want to accidently hit someone who helped them. He decided to put his bow and arrow away, took out his staff, all while yelling, \"Hey! That creature; the one that\'s supposed to be dead; is wrapping itself around your leg, stranger!\" Rantal, oblivious to the second stranger, lunged foward with his staff.

[FyreBlade]

FyreBlade, looked at pheonix, yeah, i trust you too he muttered. as pheonix was walking toward the party, a knife spun past him and slammed into the rock next to him. there was a note attached to the knife. don\' t tell them i\'m here. Fyre then slid back into the shadows, to watch and wait.

[Fiere]

Fiere sucked in her breath as she felt a cold tendril work its way up her leg. She held as still as a statue.

Somone called out
\"Who are you, and what are you doing here?\"

Frustrated by her own foolish mistake and the stranger\'s ill timed question Fiere gritted her teeth.

\"None of that will matter if I\'m dead!\" she retorted.

Slowly she bent towards the creature and drew one of her throwing blades. She neatly sliced off the tentacle at its base and stepped back swiftly. She threw aside the remainder as she moved.

\"Anyone know how to detroy a mimic?\"

[Pheonix]

A knife flew past pheonix as he was walking toward the part with a not attached. He glanced at the note, after reading it he pulled out the knife and stuck it in his belf discarding the note in a crumpled ball.
Pheonix walking up behind the distracted party and folded his arms waiting to see what they were going to do. He took a carefull look over the shapely Dioboli.

[Wormtail_]

Rantal managed to stop running towards the creature as the Diaboli managed  to cut off the tentacle, pick up and throw the tentacle, and move swiftly aside. She then asked, \"Anyone know how to destroy a mimic?\" Rantal kept a close eye on the mimic as he answered, \"I might have read about mimics while at the Acadamy of Magic... It says that to kill a mimic, you must somehow get it to eat something that will kill a living thing, I think. Or, you can just cut it into little pieces, too. And this mimic is still alive, too...\" Rantal stepped back as the mimic moved slowly foward. Rantal continued, \"Mimics also have rather large mouths. I\'ll try to get a spell into the mouth, if I can cast a spell. Lets see what happens to it when we give it unedible stuff to eat! Anyways, mimics might have brains, or something simliar to one. If we can locate the brain, we\'ll have no problem killing one. If it doesn\'t have a brain, well...\" Rantal aimed his staff at the creatures mouth and muttered something. Some golden stars flew out of his staff and into the mimic\'s mouth. \"Lets see what happens now...\" said Rantal, watching for any effects to take place.

[Silverblade]

Tegdaen watched as Rantal cast his spell. Teg, didnt know if it worked, because he didnt know how to tell if a mimic was dead or not. Hell, he had never even seen a mimic before.

Glancing around, he saw an elf watching from the back of the group. \"What in the bloody hells goin\' on here\" he thought to himself.

[Aruneko]

\"Chopping it up into little pieces, eh?\"
Aruneko grinned.
\"I think I could do that.\"

The elf took a deep slice into the mimic, but it seemed to have no effect.  He began trying to cut the blob apart, but with no success.  While attacking it the blade had become stuck in it and was soon fully absorbed.

Aruneko backed off.

The mimic was not showing a lot of damage from being shot in the mouth nor hit with Aruneko\'s blade.  The only observable reaction was that of its speed-  the white slime had slowed its movement gradually.

[Pheonix]

Seeing the elf of their party fail to chop the creature into pieces, Pheonix stepped to the front of the group forcefully moving past the dwarves, he drew an arrow chanting an incantation .....took aim and fired hitting it in what could pass as a mouth, Instantly the creature burst into flames, the stench from the creature was quite horrid.

Pheonix being exhausted from enchanting the arrow began leaning against his bow, wiating for the onslaught of questions that would surely come,
eyeiballing the Diaboli again he began thinking of some questions he might ask her.

[FyreBlade]

as Fyre watched, the elf set his arrow on fire and shot it into the mimic. as the mimic flamed, Fyre nodded. good, he finally figured out one of the ways to kill a mimic. fire or acid. The fire soon stopped and the blackened mimic soon slumped to the floor. very slowly, small portions of it began to return to its original white color. apparently, none of the adventurers noticed, the elf being too tired and distracted with the diaboli, and the others being too distracted by the elf. damn, i was hoping i wouldn\'t have to do anything this must be an old mimic, to be so tough and smart. Fyre reached toward his belt and drew out a flask. He opened the top and looked inside at the sizzling corrosive liquid. Fyre nodded, then with a twirl of his fingers and another sign, he dispelled the enchantment on the flask. as it began to melt, Fyre  flipped the flask above the mimc in a slow, gentle, underhand throw. immediately, he flipped a shuriken straight into the flask, and moved away into a deeper pool of shadows to the right, cursing himself and hoping that he wasn\'t spotted. the throwing star caught the flask, causing it to burst and spilling acid all over the mimic, sizzling and melting it away. as Fyre settled deep into the shadows, he thought, there goes a perfectly good star, let\'s see what happens now

[Silverblade]

There was a small explosion over the blackened mimic, and a strange liquid poured down over the remains.

Everyone looked around to see where it came from. Xolon looked questioningly at Tegdaen.

I have no idea where that came from... but at the moment, I am not really concerned... as long as that thing is dead. He said to the whole party.

Now, I think some introductions are order? He directed at the diaboli and the Dermorian.

[Fiere]

Fiere smiled as she felt the eyes of the archer on her lithe form.  She flashed him a mysterious look with a flip of her hair as she turned towards the winged man examining the remains of the mimic.

As she swept past the archer a scent of cinnamon and ginger drifted with her,with the faintest hint of a candle recently extinguished lingering behind her passage. She walked beside the klyros and leaned in towards his experiment.

\"Something rather unusual about this one yes?\" she pondered aloud. \"The ones who have damaged the crystal have left behind other signs of their vulgar passage, and I\'d say the mimic was affected as well. The cavern beyond this entrance reeks of their foul magicks. What do you see?\"