Pernese dragon Hatching, with a little more.

OOC: sorry about the bad post, will do better next time.

IC.
Drawn by the violence and emotions of the selreen attack, something that resembled a light and faintly lumniscent mist started to seep out of the sand in one end of the Hatching Ground. And for several minutes, it hovered in place, almost seeming to observe as the battle continued. However, suddenly it moved, sending out undulating tendrils and splitting up as it spread. Some parts headed for dead or dying creatures, while others continued on-- slowly surrounding attackers and defenders alike.

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Possibly warned by what minute parts of their minds that were still coherent, the attacking selreens seemed to slow as more and more of their numbers were lost into the black hole. But while the majority did continue their attacks mindlessly, a few used a more intelligent tactic-- focusing on those who seemed to be the bigger threats. Dodging as best as they were able to, the creatures changed-- their forms becoming larger and more capable of dealing with larger creatures and resisting damage.

"Drat.. the darned things are getting smart" Cin said testily. She had hoped that the multiple efforts of all the defenders would be enough, but it looked like things were just getting more complicated. And what was that bleeding white mist?

It was time for drastic measures.. Cin mindsent an emergency call to her best friend and ally, Archmage Datan. Within minites, a portal opened and the advanced students of the Meridian Wizards academy came pouring thru, with Datan leading the way.

Datan took a look around and quickly sized up the situation.. detailing out a dozen students for rescue duties..people, eggs, hatchlings and kittens. Then with half the remaining students in a wedge formation behind him, their attack began. The rest of the students formed a second wedge behind Cin and linked their minds to hers.

The two wedges marched forward with Datan and Cin holding magical staves before them. As they neared the attackers, the staves were pointed at them and streams of vitriol poured out upon them. The vitriol worked like super-concentrated hydrocholoric acid, dissolving the creatures on contact.. then dissappearing when it touched the sands. Altough produced by magic, the vitriol itself was not magical.. being a type of multi-dimensional, concentrated acid that affected living things, but not the environment.

With a startled roar Mrlarr leapt into the air as the remaining creatures seemed to grow as he watched. Turning his head in sudden panic he sighed in relief as he saw Platinum was still there.

"A little warning next time Mrlarr dear? It would be appreciated"

An embarrased look flitted across the face of the large dragon before he turned to look downwards again.
*It's not looking promising Platinum, shall we call in backup?*
Not waiting for a reply he listed his head and bugled a short note that reverberated through the minds of those below, giving it the feeling that it travelled a lot further than it seemed.

No more than a few moments passed before an immense dragon burst into the air, shadow darkening below as he passed between the sun and the earth. Nodding to Mrlarr and Platinum, he hovered there, watching Mrlarr. With a nod the pair split off and attacked. Mrlarr summoned forth a gout of water, blasting it at the creatures whilst Platinum hardened some of it into long deadly spears. As the water and ice spurs hit the creatures and slowed them, the Quasar, a striking make of black with silver patches by the name of R'kimet dove downwards at them, landing heavily and crushing a few of them as he did so. He did not escape unscathed however, as he rose into the air with a pained roar, blood dripped downwards.

Sure, they could probably make a dent in the creatures but they could well be seriously injured in the process, R'kimet was heavily armoured and was still injured. Recalling him, they went though the same process again, successful again, but wounding the Quasar in the process.
Platinum looked around desperately, someone had to do something...

::Watch out everyone, and stay out of its way. Unless it seems to like you, in that case it will probably be friendly...::

Released from the stasis device it had been kept in, something that looked most of all like a tangle of animated razor wire hauled itself out of the glass-like container. For a moment or two, it remained relatively still, its form shimmering in a pattern of silver and jade green as whatever it was seemed to orient itself.

An instant later however, it became a furious whirl of slashing tendrils-- each sharp enough to cut through anything it touched. And whatever that might pass for the creature's mind giving off a bloodthirsty screech, it turned on the selreens. It didn't much care about how it got at them-- whether it was just rolling over them, snatching them from the air or from the bodies of those about to become their victims, it welcomed the act of killing.

Still, despite the abundance of targets and its own eagerness to take them out, the juvenile kih'maerith knew that it could not continue for long on its own. Soon it would need a bearer, which shouldn't pose a problem, it seemed like there was plenty to choose from.

::Who?:: it asked, needing to hear a potential bearer to make a choice.

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Still standing by the empty stasis device, Ijlarin watched nervously as the kih'maerith moved about. She had taken a chance when teleporting it to the Weyr, but those selreen creatures had proved so damned tough, and a creature like the kih'maerith could be useful where magic might fail.

Already a lot were out of the fight-- dead already or too injured to be of much use, and she wasn't anywhere close to as good in fighting yet, or magic for that matter. That black hole her father had generated did help, but by the looks of it, she doubted that he would last for much longer.

And in the middle of it all, the eggs were still hatching, something that felt almost surreal. Those hatchlings were safe certainly, well protected by various people who did their best to ensure that despite being preoccupied. It was obvious that the young ones were frightened, but she hoped that they wouldn't be permanently damaged due to this.

Seeing it only just in time as a selreen sprang at her, she gasped, managing to stop it by freezing it solid. However, despite her best efforts, she wasn't quick enough to catch the next ones. And falling under their weight, she called for help..

The selreen were getting more vicious and Platinum was getting tired. Mrlarr was drooping and blood dripped from their Quasar attacker. With a despairing cry she called R'kimet back for a moment, casting a ball of healing light at him as he neared them. She gasped then as something appeared in the hatching grounds then shrank back into Mrlarr's comforting hide as the voice called out to be careful. Disbelief crossed her face as the thing expanded and attacked the creatures below them. She straightened on her mount's nack and yelled in triumph, this thing was good!
Just as that thought passed her mind, it seemed to slow, then it called out.
Scarcely able to make her mind and mouth work, so happy she was with the apparent turn of events, she called out to it, almost unaware of doing so.
"I am here..."

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Exhausted and a little lighteaded from bloodloss, R'kimet more than welcomed the healing spell that Platinum all but threw at him. Still bleeding but not as heavily before he watched in fascination as the thing before them started in on the attackers below. He was less surprised than he could have been, however, when Platinum called out to it. She was like that after all...

His attention thus distracted he just caught the movement of the creature below towards one of the prople below. A fleeting thought of admiration crossed his mind as she deflected and froze the creature, followed by a look of anger as another few leapt for her. With a roar, he arrowed downwards and snatched left and right, lifting up again with clawfuls of the beasts, hoping that he had grabbed enough to have at least freed up the girl a little...


OOC: Delusions of grandeur here

Having never seen it's like before, they quick named the new ally a razor beast in their thoughts.. it's massive destructive power was unbelievable. The mage pair changed their tactics to take advantage of the situation. The streams of vitriol, became force whips.. together they started herding the creatures within reach of the razor beast.

The mental voice was not heard by Cin.. but Datan heard it loud and clear. *I am Datan* he replied, bringing a thought image of himself and his personality to the surface of his mind.

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OOC: depending on the game.. Datan could be considered a lawful evil or chaotic neutral character. He believes in himself and his power first, promises second, friends third and anything else on a case by case basis.. providing they don't interfere with the first three. He was originally designed for a RoleMaster game as an evil mage.

Nienya cut quickly and then jumpped up onto Shandu's neck and looked round to see a young girl get smothered in the creature. she got shadu to dive and helped the one already there to remove them.

Kit and the others were helping to keep the creatures from the hatchlings her daughters and her son Were helping by throwing healling spells at the defenders and at the hatchlings. She only hoped that this battle would end soon before more deaths happened.

OOC: oh, the mist and the kih'maerith isn't the same...


IC.
Almost too fast to follow, the juvenile kih'maerith moved, suddenly smooth tendrils attaching themselves to Mrlarr's scales as it pulled itself up onto the dragon's neck. There it paused, other tendrils shifting slowly in the air as it seemed to contemplate Platinum.

::Not a terranian, but strong enough. You will do,:: it said, ::it may however be slightly uncomfortable to begin with, I was not truly designed for another race. Nothing will be allowed to touch you till it passed, only a few minutes::

The kih'maerith did not wait for a response, as it proceeded to bond with its chosen bearer. Even as it took a slight amount of blood and energy to strenghten itself, it also bonded partially to its bearer's nervous-system, begining to repair damage and fatigue. There was pain as it adjusted itself to a lifeform it was not designed to certainly, but it was adaptable, and it did do what it could to lessen it.

::Time is still needed to adjust, I am young still and required to learn. I can prevent any injury however, you can be certain about that::

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Rather shaken, but quite relieved over avoiding being killed, Ijlarin gave a smile.
"Thank you, freezing them-- taking away energy, seems to work though," she said, a glance establishing that the kih'maerith seemed to have found a bearer.

She, nor the others, got much of a pause however, as the 'mist' made its presence very much known. The presence of their minds, that they had somehow managed to keep quiet, increased to a terrible and neverending shriek that seemed deafening to any mind-speaker within the Hatching Ground.

Moving by the wills of the creatures that had taken them-- many of those who had been dead or dying, even some of the young and vulnerable hatchlings, moved towards the Weyr defenders. And even as they attacked, others of the 'mist creatures' took their first victims-- hauling them up or away as they killed by slowly tearing and cutting them appart...

Feeling horror starting to build, Ijlarin did her best to strenghten her mental shields as she watched the brass hatchling zthlee turn with uncanny speed-- claws slicing open a young man from neck to stomach.

Right at the same time, though she didn't notice it, the black hole blinked out. And though seeming to strain, Yanarid stood up, eyes staring blankly as he turned towards the main group of fighters.

As the situation grew more confusing.. Cin, Datan and the students went more on the defensive. The two fighting wedges merged into a defensive arc protecting the hatchling blue Yareth and the unnamed kitten that Cin had rescued earlier. The group moved until they had the wall of the Hatching Cavern to guard their backs.. with the hatchling and kitten in the well protected center.

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OOC: last post until the fighting is over.