Andrea and Blaize intro

[10:24] <Earthflame> ...It's been a long walk. The Dragonborn woman sets down her pack on the smooth, dry grass, sitting with a sigh and looking up at the sky. The sun shines brilliantly from her platinum scales... It's cooler than her home, but tolerable. She flexes, the scale armour atop her true scales clinking, the metal shining less than than the platinum of her form. A stranged curved sword rests at her side
[10:24] <Earthflame> and a shield is hooked over the back of her pack... But for now, those things aren't needed, and she closes her eyes, basking in the sunshine...
[10:35] <Blaize> There is a sudden sound of high pitched screaming from above...
[10:45] <Earthflame> ...Eyes flash open, staring up, half blinded by the sun. She raises a hand, covering her eyes and gazing up in confusion...
[10:46] <Blaize> And a small figure, not much larger than a cat...impacts her face. The figure is red-hot...and burning. "Aaaa-ooofff"
[10:47] <Earthflame> ...That makes her cry out, a rather guttural bellow of pain as she jerks her head, trying to toss it away, bringing her hands to her face... And exhaling a breath of cool, frosty air, cooling her painfully hot scales...
[10:51] <Blaize> The figure is thrown...and Andrea hears them hit the ground and bounch, spouting...some strange tongue she doesn't understand...
[10:52] <Blaize> *bounce
[10:53] <Earthflame> Andrea lets out a draconic growl, rubbing her eyes and letting the blur of pain clear... Before she hops to her feet, one hand on her sword and the other gripping the rim on her shield, peering at the... thing that hit her in the face. She'd thought it was projectile, but... It's a person?
[10:56] * Blaize is lying on the ground, moaning. She's a red haired...fairy, with wings of flame. She's strong and athletic looking...for her size at least and dressed in a simple white Tunic and Pants, with heavy boots and gloves.
[10:58] <Earthflame> Andrea takes a step towards her, a tall and muscular Dragonborn woman underneath the armour, with a plain grey tabard belted around the scale. Her own scales are a brilliant metallic white, the tone of pure platinum... When she speaks, her voice is low and husky, very deep for a womans voice. "Hello?"
[11:04] * Blaize looks up...and speaks...again in the strange tongue. It sounds like a flickering flame...then like a hailstorm...and then a gentle gust of wind. She sits up, hands on knees.
[11:08] <Earthflame> "I... Don't understand you." She frowns, trying a few growling words of Draconic <Hello?>
[11:17] * Blaize stops and blinks a few times. Her voice changes, a lilting, elegant language...elven...
[11:18] <Earthflame> Andrea frowns and snorts, cold mist rolling from her nostrils. "You fall out of the sky and hit me in the face, and I can't even ask you why..."
[11:22] * Blaize frowns, trying again... "Squeak, Squeak...bark...Squeak...Meow." ...is she making fun of Andrea?
[11:23] <Earthflame> ...A brilliant eyebrow rises. "Really?"
[11:25] * Blaize huffs and ponders. "...how about...this? I've run out of civilized tongues..." She smiles though.
[11:27] <Earthflame> "...You spoke the common tongue from the start?" She stares at the little fairy... And then lets out a deep laugh. "Fall out of the sky into a dragons face, and you can still crack a joke? I like you!"
[11:29] <Blaize> "It wasn't from the sky! It was...well...look, ok...I jumped into a portal and...well, yeah. Now I'm here!" She dusts herself off.
[11:30] <Earthflame> "The portal must have opened in the sky! Because that's where I heard you screaming when you smacked me in the snout." She chuckles, hands leaving her weapons and rubbing at her face. "...What shall I call you?"
[11:42] <Blaize> "Me? Oh, I'm Blaize!"
[11:43] <Earthflame> "Blaize! A fine name. I am Andrea!" She leans down a bit, offering a scaly hand to Blaize.
[11:45] * Blaize reaches her own small one up to shake Andrea's hand.
[11:46] <Earthflame> Andrea grips Blaize's hand carefully... Both not wanting to hurt the little fae, and being somewhat concerned that she might burn her again.
[11:48] * Blaize seems to have cooled down to a more reasonable temperature. Still pretty hot but not as much as before...
[11:49] <Earthflame> Andrea's scales are rather cool, but she smiles and seems able to bare the contact. "So... I take it you didn't intend to fall from the sky when you stepped through a portal?"
[11:50] <Blaize> "...no, I thought I'd get back home.
[11:50] <Earthflame> "...Ah. Where did you come from?"
[11:54] <Blaize> "...the City of Brass..." She looks down, frowning
[11:55] <Earthflame> "...I've not heard of it." She admits.
[11:57] <Blaize> "...elemental Chaos."
[11:58] <Earthflame> "...Is that on another continent?"
[12:03] <Blaize> "...plane of existance."
[12:03] <Earthflame> A long pause. "...Ah."
[12:09] <Blaize> "...you still don't know what I'm talking about, do you?"
[12:17] <Earthflame> "...Not at all."
[12:18] <Blaize> "...far far away. Where...have you seen an elemental before?" She sighs.
[12:19] <Earthflame> "...I've killed wild ones in the jungle. Once. And a few on the battlefield."
[12:23] <Blaize> "...hope I didn't know them then. The Elemental Chaos is where elementals like me come from."
[12:24] <Earthflame> "The wild ones were mindless, but..." She shrugs. "The others I only saw at a distance."
[12:25] <Blaize> "I see...but yes. Elementals, Djinni and...well, Mephits like me all come from there."
[12:26] <Earthflame> "Ah, a Mephit?" She nods. "...I see..."
[12:32] <Blaize> "Yes, I'm a Mephit. It's...well..." She gestures to herself "This."
[12:32] <Earthflame> "Ah... I am a Dragonborn."
[12:35] <Blaize> "...I kinda guessed. That or a salamander." She grins.
[12:35] <Earthflame> "...Do you know where you are?"
[12:40] <Blaize> "Absolutely no clue!"
[12:51] <Earthflame> "...Ah." "...I'm not quite sure either. I came here from Argonessen some time ago."
[12:52] <Blaize> "Oh, ok. Well...I'm pretty sure it's not the elemental Chaos. Really doesn't look right for that."
[12:52] <Earthflame> "I think this continent is called 'Khorvaire'"
[12:55] * Blaize nods "So do you know where the nearest metaplanar portal would be?"
[12:56] <Earthflame> She gets a worried look. "...I've never heard of those before."
[13:01] * Blaize sighs and rubs her chin. "Well...hellfire..."
[13:01] <Earthflame> "...I'm on my way to a city. They might know better there?"
[13:03] * Blaize stands up, hovering up to eye height with Andrea "...yeah, that sounds like an idea."
[13:03] <Earthflame> "...So how did you leave your home?"
[13:04] <Blaize> "...wizard." She huffs. "She summoned me."
[13:04] <Earthflame> "Ahh..."
[13:11] <Blaize> "She wanted a familiar. I didn't spend my life as a borderline slave to let some stuck up, knife ears..." She starts to trail off into that elemental tongue again...as her hair lightens to white...and Andrea can feel the temperature around her rising...
[13:12] <Earthflame> She smiles. "I'm glad you managed to escape, then."
[13:14] * Blaize is ranting very loudly by this point, all hissing flame and the crack of breaking stone...and her hair shifts again, into a brilliant blue that mimics the sparks of flame jumping off her every now and again...
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[07:45] <Earthflame> Andrea spends a moment looking at Blaize, her eyes cool... And then she speaks, her voice thundering like a winter storm. "Blaize! Rejoice in your freedom! However you have arrived here, your path has intersected with mine, and I will travel with you! I pledge by his shining scales that I will not rest until you have found your way home... But until then, journey by my side! I am on a holy
[07:45] <Earthflame> quest, and I believe it is fate that brought us together... The will of Bahamut himself!"
[07:45] <Blaize> "...what are you talking about?" She swaps back to common, looking confused.
[07:47] <Earthflame> "Siezing the day! Not becoming lost in regret or sorrow, but going forward, Together!" She raises a fist, curled tight, scales shining brilliantly in the sun.
[07:47] <Earthflame> *Seizing
[07:50] * Blaize pauses, staring. "...am I in the Far Realms?"
[07:53] <Earthflame> "I know not what that place is... All I know is where we are, here and now! And this is a land of Opportunity!" She grins, reaching a hand out to Blaize. "Divine vision led me here, and cruel twists of fate took you from your home... But I believe it is all the calling of destiny. You need not be lost and alone, so far from home... For you have a friend, and a purpose, and that is all you need
[07:53] <Earthflame> in life!"
[07:53] <Blaize> "...ooooohhhhh...divine vision. Got it. You are crazy." She nods.
[07:55] <Earthflame> She laughs. "People have called me crazy, but I know the truth. Bahamut calls to me, and I answer his challenge... Just as the world challenged you, taking you from your home. Any barrier can be broken, any obstacle can be overcome... Join me!"
[07:57] <Blaize> "...yeah, going with crazy. I'm not a god follower."
[07:57] <Earthflame> "Then what do you believe in, Blaize?"
[08:01] <Blaize> "...that I'm going to be strong. Stronger than...them." She frowns, her hair lightening again.
[08:01] <Earthflame> Andrea laughs. "Belief in yourself! That's power, Blaize... Power we share. I love Bahamut, but I do not use his power... I fight with my own strength! With blade and shield and word!"
[08:02] <Blaize> "...very loud words." She raises an eyebrow...but gives a hint of a smile.
[08:02] <Earthflame> She laughs again. "If something is worth saying, it is worth saying with force and vigour!"
[08:08] <Blaize> "I repeat: Very loud. And I've met dragons."
[08:09] <Earthflame> She grins. "I am glad to hear I am getting better. The old Dragon King I served under always made me feel small when he gave a speech to the entire city at once!"
[08:11] * Blaize rolls her eyes. "I have very small ears, so could you tone it down a bit?"
[08:12] <Earthflame> "Of course!" ...Well, that Was a little bit quieter.
[08:13] * Blaize hovers in front of Andrea "Anyway...you think there will be wizards in the nearby town?"
[08:15] <Earthflame> "My path leads me towards what I am told is a great city! If there are not wizards there, I'm sure they can direct us to some."
[08:23] <Blaize> "...do you always talk like this?" She rubs her temples "It's like dealing with Storm Paraelementals all over again."
[08:25] <Earthflame> She smiles a little bit, voice getting softer. "Not All the time... Only when I think it necessary."
[08:33] <Blaize> "And you think it's needed when dealing with strangers?" She laughs, smiling though.
[08:34] <Earthflame> "When dealing with moping little fairies who fall out of the sky?" She chuckles, smiling back. "I felt it appropriate."
[08:35] <Blaize> "One: Not a fairy. Two: Not moping. If I was, there'd be fire all over the ground."
[08:36] <Earthflame> "You look a lot like a fairy. And you seemed pretty close to the second."
[08:38] <Blaize> "I'm a Mephit! These are two completely different things!"
[08:38] <Earthflame> "Oh. I just thought it meant a sort of fire fairy."
[08:41] <Blaize> "No. I'm a being of elemental power formed by spontainous manifestation of...arg!" She throws up her hands, her hair flaring white.
[08:41] <Earthflame> "...Spontaneous manifestation of argh?"
[08:45] <Blaize> "....spontainous manifestation of elemental energy, infused with life...in the case of Mephits, they are...you have no clue what I'm talking about, do you?"
[08:47] <Earthflame> "...No."
[08:55] <Blaize> "...do you know anything about multi-element sciences? Or...the interaction of elemental and paraelemental forces?"
[08:56] <Earthflame> "...In wars among the Dragonborn, you see a lot of Elemental Breath on the battlefield... But beyond that, no."
[09:00] <Blaize> "...really? I mean...I never exactly went to the high academy of brass...but this is basic knowledge!"
[09:02] <Earthflame> "This isn't the... What did you call it, elemental conflux?"
[09:04] <Blaize> "...Chaos. Elemental Chaos. How do you not know this?"
[09:07] <Earthflame> "Where I grew up, we learned the lore of dragons, the basic skills of life... And then the tools of our trade. I learned to fight and to lead troops. The arcanists might know more about this, but... I never had any aptitude."
[09:12] <Blaize> "...this is a basic skill of life. How else will you know what two elements, say, lead to the paraelemental effect of dust?"
[09:12] <Earthflame> "...I've never needed to."
[09:12] <Blaize> "...really? Huh...wow."
[09:14] <Earthflame> She shrugs. "I've only ever really had to work with elemental frost..." She angles her head up, breathing out a narrow spout of brilliant azure flame that creates a cloud of cold mist as it flares momentarily.
[09:23] <Blaize> "...really? No dealings with Fire Elemen...right, you said you'd only encountered Feral ones."
[09:23] <Earthflame> "A lot of other Dragonborn breathe fire..."
[09:31] <Blaize> "...yes but...Djinni...Efreeti...the Elemental Lords?"
[09:31] <Earthflame> "...Doesn't ring any bells. But I'm a soldier. Arcanists might know... And of course the Dragon Kings would."
[09:32] <Blaize> "...the Elemental Lords don't rule here?"
[09:36] <Earthflame> "No. Nor anywhere I've ever heard of."
[09:36] <Earthflame> "...Until now."
[09:37] <Blaize> "...they rule the Elemental Chaos. At least, after the primordial lords were cast down..."
[09:38] <Earthflame> "I only knew the rule of Dragon Kings until I arrived at this land... Dynasties of the lesser races reign here."
[09:39] <Blaize> "...lesser races?" She raises an eyebrow
[09:40] <Earthflame> "...Anything other than a Dragon, essentially. A True Dragon."
[09:40] <Blaize> "...really? What's so great about dragons?"
[09:42] <Earthflame> "...They are wise, ancient and powerful. They made this world in the far gone past and discern it's future, or so they say. They reign in the heavens above... And in the hells below." She chuckles. "...A few Dragons ascended to the heavens or fell to the hells in service of Bahamut and Tiamat... But the people of this land think that Those dragons are their gods. It is quite amusing to me."
[10:18] <Blaize> "...and? I mean...they are just big lizards."
[10:19] <Earthflame> ...That gets to her. Her eyes fix on Blaize, and she snorts out a cloud of cold mist. "Dragons are *not* just big Lizards... They are a higher order of being than you and I... And one day I will join them."
[10:23] <Blaize> "...they have scales and they breath fire. I've met Salamanders that do the same...in fact, it's kinda the defining point of Salamanders."
[10:26] <Earthflame> "...You fail to understand Dragons to just as great a degree as I don't understand the Elemental Conclave, or whatever it is."
[10:29] <Blaize> "...I've met dragons before. Coppers are nice. They actually are willing to talk to Mephits, rather than having thier heads up thier asses. Well, ok. THE copper I met was nice. I havn't met many. The Elemental Lords don't let them travel around the cities much."
[10:29] <Earthflame> "Would you judge all Dragonkind based on one Dragon? Should I judge all Elementals from the mad beasts of the jungle or the monsters called up for our wars?"
[10:35] <Blaize> "...I said the dragon was nice. I've seen a few others...but not spoken to them."
[10:35] * Blaize pauses...realizing something that was just said...her hair starting to whiten again...
[10:39] <Earthflame> "Dragons have the capacity to be kind and cruel, to be great leaders or terrible despots... But whatever a Dragon does, it is grand and mighty... They are beings of incredible power, far more than we lesser beings..." She shakes her head. "I told you, this very world was created by Dragons... Their bodies formed the sky, the land and the seas... And that which lies below."
[10:41] <Blaize> "And? I'm good at making things too."
[10:43] <Earthflame> "...It would have to be a very small world." She smiles again.
[10:50] <Blaize> "...being small doesn't matter...at least I'm not a slaver."
[10:50] <Earthflame> "Slaver?" She cocks her head.
[10:53] <Blaize> "You admitted to it! You called them up for your wars and enslaved them!"
[10:57] <Earthflame> "...What? Oh, the... The summons." That actually seems to make her pause. "...I had honestly never considered that before... Mages were taught to summon creatures for war as part of our standard practice... Others summoned beasts or even divine beings, but... I never thought about where they came from, or why they fought for us. Either they were on our side, and I was too busy fighting to
[10:57] <Earthflame> consider it... Or they were in our enemies service, and I was only concerned with keeping my men alive and bringing the enemy down."
[10:58] * Blaize waves angrily "Hello, I am an elemental. I JUST said I was summoned here and escaped slavery as a familiar to some ass of a mage likely not much older than me."
[11:01] <Earthflame> She nods again, and actually sounds a little ashamed. "...They didn't look like people. Columns of fire or moving lumps of stone... I never thought of them as beings in their own right, just... Weapons, either on our side or on theirs. Win or lose, live or die, they always vanished after the battle ended... And when called again at the next one, they never seemed to be..." ...She sighs, and
[11:01] <Earthflame> bows her head. "I am sorry, Blaize... I had not known that your world even existed."
[11:02] <Blaize> "They are people. Just as much as anyone else. Also: Getting stabbed in wars that are not your own? Hurts just as much as getting stabbed in wars that ARE yours."
[11:03] <Earthflame> ...She falls to one knee, bowing her head. "...I will make amends, Blaize... For the crimes of my people against yours. I will pledge to help you find your way home... And when I return to mine, I will talk to the mages... And see if something can be done."
[11:03] * Blaize pauses. She wasn't really expecting that. "Umm...thanks?"
[11:04] <Earthflame> She keeps her head bowed. "...War is a terrible thing, but I fought for my own reasons... I can only imagine how much your kind must suffer, being dragged into wars they have no part in..."
[11:10] <Blaize> "...well...umm...yes..." Blaize doesn't feel like it would be a good time to point out that elementals are banished, not killed...
[11:11] <Earthflame> She rises up, looking solemn. "...I was having a rest when you arrived... After your journey, would you like the same? We're a few days journey from the city, from what I understand."
[11:12] * Blaize shrugs "I'm not exactly tired. Portals are pretty non-tiring."
[11:12] <Earthflame> She smiles a little. "Well, I've been walking for the last four hours, so..." She moves to slump down at her pack again. "...Do you eat?"
[11:15] <Blaize> "I do. I have food in my bag."
[11:16] <Earthflame> "I have some rations, if you run short." Andrea mentions, pulling out a water bottle and having a drink.
[11:21] * Blaize shrugs "I'll be right." She draws out...what looks like a piece of obsidion.
[11:21] <Earthflame> "...You eat rocks?"
[11:32] <Blaize> "...it's rock candy. Elemental rock imbued with the softness of dirt and a nice taste."
[11:33] <Earthflame> "...Oh." Andrea pulls out a rough roll of bread, ripping a piece off and chomping on it.
[11:39] * Blaize bites into it. It clearly has the texture of cake.
[11:40] <Earthflame> "Do you have bread where you come from? And meat, and..." She ponders. "...Plants?"
[11:42] <Blaize> "...ish? I mean...some people do farming in elemental earth. It's an odd hobby and only rich people get to eat it."
[11:43] <Earthflame> "What do ordinary people eat?"
[11:43] <Blaize> "Mostly things like this. Oh, an I like soft coal. Soft coal is really nice."
[11:49] <Earthflame> "Soft coal?" She smiles, having another bite of bread, the loaf dappled with orange flecks. "What you eat as a normal diet might well be a rare delicacy in this place... I've certainly never heard of it." She tears off a chunk of bread, and offers it to Blaize. "...Try some of this? Just to see if you can eat it. It would be difficult if you couldn't cope with ordinary food."
[11:50] * Blaize takes it...and stares at it. "It's weird feeling. Sorta like...semi-hard mud. Squishy but not liquid."
[11:51] <Earthflame> "I'm not a baker... I just know spiced loaves are pleasant." She chuckles.
[11:53] * Blaize bites into it...and pulls a face. "Tastes funny." She eats it though.
[11:53] <Earthflame> "I'm curious... Could I try a bite of yours?"
[12:02] * Blaize hands it over "Sure, I've got a heap of it. I WAS on my way back to my sifu when I got yanked."
[12:02] <Earthflame> "Your sifu?" She peers at it... And has a tentative nibble.
[12:03] <Blaize> It's...sweet bahamut that's hot and spicy...like the hottest of chilli...
[12:04] <Earthflame> ...She gasps, breathing heavily... Cold mist pouring from her lips.
[12:07] <Blaize> "Tasty, isn't it?" Blaize grins.
[12:07] <Earthflame> ...The cloud of cool mist shrouds her face, and she has a long drink of water, staring at Blaize... And then taking another bite.
[12:07] <Earthflame> "...Pretty good." She manages to gasp out, between harsh breaths.
[12:13] * Blaize digs into her own "Yours isn't bad...but not enough flavor."
[12:13] <Earthflame> She takes another few deep breaths as she finishes it off. "You might need to... Get used to it. Most things aren't that hot."
[12:16] <Blaize> "...hellfire." She pouts a little "It's not even THAT hot."
[12:16] <Earthflame> "Different standards, I suppose." She smiles. "Maybe we'll find a place that suits your tastes in the city."
[12:25] <Blaize> "That would be nice. Some lava tea would be fantastic."
[12:25] <Earthflame> "Lava tea?"
[12:26] <Blaize> "It's not real lava...that's a bit hot even for me. Delicious though."
[12:26] <Earthflame> She chuckles. "If I was aligned to fire rather than ice I might have an easier time of it."
[12:36] * Blaize sticks out her tongue, grinning
[12:36] <Earthflame> Andrea laughs as well, relaxing and eating her meal...
[12:37] * Blaize does likewise