the-stormcatcher-clone

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

How do you feel about Unions? Are you pro union or anti union?

HAPPY WORKERS ARE BETTER WORKERS. IF MY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET THEN I WELCOME THEM TO INFORM THEIR OVERSEERS AND NEGOTIATE IN ORDER TO CHANGE THIS.

SO I SUPPOSE I AM PRO UNION IN THE SENSE THAT I APPROVE OF THOSE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THEMSELVES AND OTHERS WHILST WORKING.

LESS PRO UNION IN THE SENSE THAT THIS OUGHT TO BE BAKED INTO THE SYSTEMS I SET UP. IF A UNION HAS BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY BY ANY OF MY WORKERS THEN SOMEONE HAS DONE SOMETHING INCORRECTLY. SOMEONE IS SKIMMING WAGES OR CUTTING COSTS... AND IT RESULTS IN BAD WORK!

AHH..... MORTAL MANAGERS..... SOME OF THEM SIMPLY DO NOT SEE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF CARING FOR THOSE THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN CHARGE OF...

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

Any significant updates?

THE SANDSURGES WERE UNEARTHED RECENTLY. CAUSED A BIT OF A PAPERWORK KERFUFFLE.

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

(Btw if you put something like “The Stormcatcher is a capitalist” or vice versa in the tags for your reasoning I will explode you with my mind)

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

I did hear you and the Plaguebringer arguing just now. I believe everyone did.

[The Fae blinks slowly.]

The Stormcatcher instructed me to stay here and help if I can. Is there anything in particular that a Lightning dragon would be useful for.

Introducing [NAME NOT FOUND]

[A small Fae hovers in the Wind Palace and puts something glowy away in his bag. This celebration certainly hadn’t gone to plan.

He flits down in the performance hall, to where beds are being set up for the dragons that got caught up in the miasma and who were already growing sick. Someone in charge of organising things had decided that the hall was a decent size to host them all, and they were already there so it was just a matter of bringing in medical supplies. The Wind Palace’s Infirmary would be too small for so many, apparently.

The Fae joins in with a flock of other small dragons, helping to lift and distribute things throughout the room.]

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

Luckily not. I was on the other side of the room, near the buffet.

[The Fae has the typical monotone voice of his species, but also offers very little inflection from his fins.]

Did Irise catch the perpetrator before she fell ill.

Introducing [NAME NOT FOUND]

[A small Fae hovers in the Wind Palace and puts something glowy away in his bag. This celebration certainly hadn’t gone to plan.

He flits down in the performance hall, to where beds are being set up for the dragons that got caught up in the miasma and who were already growing sick. Someone in charge of organising things had decided that the hall was a decent size to host them all, and they were already there so it was just a matter of bringing in medical supplies. The Wind Palace’s Infirmary would be too small for so many, apparently.

The Fae joins in with a flock of other small dragons, helping to lift and distribute things throughout the room.]

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

Introducing [NAME NOT FOUND]

[A small Fae hovers in the Wind Palace and puts something glowy away in his bag. This celebration certainly hadn’t gone to plan.

He flits down in the performance hall, to where beds are being set up for the dragons that got caught up in the miasma and who were already growing sick. Someone in charge of organising things had decided that the hall was a decent size to host them all, and they were already there so it was just a matter of bringing in medical supplies. The Wind Palace’s Infirmary would be too small for so many, apparently.

The Fae joins in with a flock of other small dragons, helping to lift and distribute things throughout the room.]

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

[A Lightning Sprite speaks directly into one of Stormcatcher’s ears.]

MMHM.

I SEE.

IS THAT SO?

MM.

YES.

REALLY? HOW CURIOUS.

[The Stormcatcher pauses for a few moments, thinking, before nodding at the Sprite.]

LET HIM STAY THERE AND OBSERVE. HE MAY HELP IF HE DESIRES.

[The Sprite flutters off to relay the message.]

SOMETHING STRANGE IS AFOOT TO THE NORTH... 

[The Stormcatcher shuffles off to resume some paperwork.]

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

What's your favorite fruit flavor of the alphabet??? Mine's 3.3 repeating! ~Fruit anon

THIS YEAR I HAVE BEEN APPRECIATING THE [REDACTED]

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

I FEEL A SHIFT IN THE FABRIC OF THE WORLD...

...AS IF SOMETHING ONCE BROKEN HAS BEEN MENDED...

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

“DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS ALL THOSE TORNADOS WERE IN THE SHIFTING EXPANSE? THE MEASURES WE HAD TO TAKE TO PROTECT EVERYONE WE COULD FROM THE WINDSTORMS? I’M SORRY FOR PRIORITISING MY CHILDREN OVER YOURS,” snapped the Stormcatcher, though Windsinger’s words cut off any further bite he might have been planning to add. He turned to the elder deity and scowled at the state he was in.

Well, well, well, so this was where the little snake had ended up as well. She and Plaguebringer’s little whelp looked... Well, he had something to fix that.

“YOU’RE LUCKY I MADE UP MORE DOSES OF ABYSSAL CURE ONCE I FIGURED OUT THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE PLAGUEBRINGER HAD NEEDED. ITHERE ARE TOO MANY DETAILS FOR THIS TIME AND PLACE, BUT THE SHADE WARD HAS BEEN BEING MISMANAGED FOR- TOO LONG TO GET INTO,” Stormcatcher said, retrieving a couple of vials from a pouch he was carrying. “HERE.”

Windsinger had spent a solid minute using his wind magic to try and pull Plaguebringer out, only to feel a couple droplets hit his face. He stopped, confused, and wiped the droplets off his face. He looked at the droplets, and recognizes what it was instantly. It was the same liquid that Abyss had used to take him over.

“DAMNIT!” Windsinger darted back into Abyss’ dimension, there was no time to lose. Thanks to the Shade’s ‘help’, he already knew where Plaguebringer was being held at, he just needs to get her out before Abyss gets a chance to take her over again. All the while, he made sure that the hand holding Valor and Clarke was closed tight to make sure they couldn’t wiggle their way back out once they went in again.

(( @mother-plaguebringer @chaosrune @silence-in-the-abyss ))

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

The Stormcatcher, having followed the little red Spiral up to the Scarred Wasteland, happened to arrive just as the other two deities tore through back into Sornieth.

“WHAT IN THE ELEVEN REALMS IS GOING ON HERE?” Stormcatcher bellowed, all the faux calm he’d been projecting evaporating in an instant.

Windsinger had spent a solid minute using his wind magic to try and pull Plaguebringer out, only to feel a couple droplets hit his face. He stopped, confused, and wiped the droplets off his face. He looked at the droplets, and recognizes what it was instantly. It was the same liquid that Abyss had used to take him over.

“DAMNIT!” Windsinger darted back into Abyss’ dimension, there was no time to lose. Thanks to the Shade’s ‘help’, he already knew where Plaguebringer was being held at, he just needs to get her out before Abyss gets a chance to take her over again. All the while, he made sure that the hand holding Valor and Clarke was closed tight to make sure they couldn’t wiggle their way back out once they went in again.

(( @mother-plaguebringer @chaosrune @silence-in-the-abyss ))

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

“...”

Stormcatcher looks down at the little Spiral, struck speechless for a moment. Then his face contorts with rage, and he drops his pile of paperwork.

“WELL THAT EXPLAINS WHERE THAT MISSING DOSE OF ABYSS CURE WENT.”

Stormcatcher closes his eyes from a moment, and is very clearly counting backward from ten.

“SHOW ME THE WAY, LITTLE DRAGON.”

[A little maroon Spiral races through the Tempest Spire as fast as his wings could carry him, ignoring any and all guards that tried to stop him.]

URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE WYRMWOUND! URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE WYRMWOUND!

[He yells the phrase over and over again, his red eyes flitting this way and that as he tries to locate the Stormcatcher or one of his clones.]

The Stormcatcher sticks his head out of an office room.

"OH, FOR THE LOVE OF-"

He grumbles, shifting a pile of papers in his arms to free one up so that he can wave over the frantic little Spiral.

"NOW WHAT DOES THE PLAGUEBRINGER WANT? THIS HAD BETTER BE IMPORTANT, I'VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SOME SIGNIFICANT MISMANAGEMENT IN SOME DEPARTMENTS AND I AM. VERY. BUSY."

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

[A little maroon Spiral races through the Tempest Spire as fast as his wings could carry him, ignoring any and all guards that tried to stop him.]

URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE WYRMWOUND! URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE WYRMWOUND!

[He yells the phrase over and over again, his red eyes flitting this way and that as he tries to locate the Stormcatcher or one of his clones.]

The Stormcatcher sticks his head out of an office room.

"OH, FOR THE LOVE OF-"

He grumbles, shifting a pile of papers in his arms to free one up so that he can wave over the frantic little Spiral.

"NOW WHAT DOES THE PLAGUEBRINGER WANT? THIS HAD BETTER BE IMPORTANT, I'VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SOME SIGNIFICANT MISMANAGEMENT IN SOME DEPARTMENTS AND I AM. VERY. BUSY."

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

The Stormcatcher growls at the receding Shade, a sound just a little too low for a Spiral to be making.

He falls silent and looks to Valor.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THIS.

NOW, LET US MOVE SWIFTLY AWAY FROM THIS DIM, DREARY PLACE, YES?

There are groups who would take her as she is as well.

Some not touched by you and your kin

in places where magic is scarce.

My promises are not empty for we make no promises at all. None other than that you shall leave the young mortal be.

-V/M/d

[A large shape fills the narrow space between them, something dragon like but difficult to identify in the telltale dark but not dark of the shade. It towers over serthis and spiral both, facing the god with its many eyes.]

You and your siblings have chased this one to the ends of the earth and sown fear in her.

Even before this day her treatment was harsh, and now she has found a way to better herself and the

claw͕̫̣̦͝s̵̬̦̘͍̠̳ ͎̯̺͔͢

c͇lo̻͕̘͕̱̜̕s̼e̖̥͉̖̯̹̕

 ̠͙͓̣̪̺̤͡in͈̜̰̖̜̙̤ ̴̟̩̹̺

how shamefu̵̽ͫ̐ͬ̈̒ͥͬ͆ͭͨ̅҉͟ l. You yourself admit you cannot say that this will harm her. Just as well for it will not.

OUR fight is not with her kind. It is with y̡ǫ̛u.

Leave the mortal where she lies. If she protests, I shall deliver her back to you.

-UNISON

@thewinglesswindsinger @the-stormcatcher-clone

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

IT IS BEST PRACTICE TO ALLOW THOSE UNDER LIGHTNING’S CARE TO HAVE AS MUCH SAY AS THEY CAN HAVE. YOU WOULD DICTATE WHICH TREATMENTS FOR SHADE MANIFESTATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY, OR YOU COULD REFUSE THEM AND SIMPLY REMAIN UNDER OBSERVATION.

DRAGONS WITH SHADE INFECTIONS ARE LOCKED DOWN, BUT AS BEASTCLANS REACT DIFFERENTLY, THERE ARE OFTEN OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAVEL AND VISIT OTHER PLACES - PROVIDING YOU ACCEPT THAT A GUARD GOES WITH YOU, JUST IN CASE. 

MOST PATIENTS PUT DOWN THE NAMES OF THOSE CLOSEST TO THEM, SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS, THOSE OTHERS CAN CHOOSE FOR THEM. THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE ANYONE TO ASK WILL BE PROVIDED AN ADVOCATE WHO WILL STICK AS CLOSELY TO YOUR WISHES AS THEY ARE ABLE.

WE WOULD AIM TO GET YOU A SERTHIS ADVOCATE, OF COURSE.

YOU COULD LEAVE ALL OF IT, OF COURSE. BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT IS THAT YOUR MOVEMENTS WILL BE TRACKED AS THE POTENTIAL VECTOR OF A SHADE INFECTION - AND NOT JUST BY ME. YOU HAVE ALREADY COME ACROSS ONE OF ICEWARDEN’S SEEKERS, HAVE YOU NOT?

THOSE DRAGONS DO NOT EASILY GIVE UP ON THEIR PREY.

...ALL THAT TO SAY: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME WITH ME, AND THIS IS NOT A THREAT, BUT YOUR CHANCES OF LONGTERM FREEDOM AND SURVIVAL WOULD BE SLIM... EVEN WITH THE SHADE’S HELP.

There are groups who would take her as she is as well.

Some not touched by you and your kin

in places where magic is scarce.

My promises are not empty for we make no promises at all. None other than that you shall leave the young mortal be.

-V/M/d

[A large shape fills the narrow space between them, something dragon like but difficult to identify in the telltale dark but not dark of the shade. It towers over serthis and spiral both, facing the god with its many eyes.]

You and your siblings have chased this one to the ends of the earth and sown fear in her.

Even before this day her treatment was harsh, and now she has found a way to better herself and the

claw͕̫̣̦͝s̵̬̦̘͍̠̳ ͎̯̺͔͢

c͇lo̻͕̘͕̱̜̕s̼e̖̥͉̖̯̹̕

 ̠͙͓̣̪̺̤͡in͈̜̰̖̜̙̤ ̴̟̩̹̺

how shamefu̵̽ͫ̐ͬ̈̒ͥͬ͆ͭͨ̅҉͟ l. You yourself admit you cannot say that this will harm her. Just as well for it will not.

OUR fight is not with her kind. It is with y̡ǫ̛u.

Leave the mortal where she lies. If she protests, I shall deliver her back to you.

-UNISON

@thewinglesswindsinger @the-stormcatcher-clone

[the-stormcatcher-clone]

The Spiral puffs up a little as the Shade speaks, glaring as if he could will the Shade to shreds with his gaze alone.

MY FIGHT INVOLVES STEPPING IN WHERE YOUR SIGHTS MIGHT BE SET ON THE MORTALS WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES.

I DO NOT TRUST YOU SO FAR AS I CAN THROW YOU, AND AS YOU ARE OFTEN LITTLE MORE THAN SMOKE AND LIES...

His eyes slide back over to Valor.

I ALSO DO NOT TRUST THAT THE SHADE WILL LEAVE YOU UNHARMED, BUT IT MAY BE SO. HOWEVER. AS YOU CAN SEE, VALOR, THE SHADE HAS BEEN WATCHING. LIKELY VIA YOUR NEW FEATURES.

THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE SHADE. ALL ITS PARTS ARE INTERCONNECTED. WHEREVER ITS PARTS MAY BE, IT CAN SENSE THEM AND SENSE THROUGH THEM. THIS IS WHY ICEWARDEN’S PLANS ARE SO, SO FOOLISH.

YOU COULD KEEP THAT ARM AND EYE, VALOR. IT MIGHT EVEN BE SOMETHING THE SHADE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO, DESPITE ITS PROCLAIMED ULTIMATE GOAL OF ‘RECOMBINING’ ALL OF ITSELF. WHY MIGHT IT NOT TAKE BACK WHAT IT SEES AS ITSELF?

WHAT’S A EYE SPARED FOR A LITTLE SNAKE, BUT ANOTHER FOR IT TO SEE THROUGH...?

There are groups who would take her as she is as well.

Some not touched by you and your kin

in places where magic is scarce.

My promises are not empty for we make no promises at all. None other than that you shall leave the young mortal be.

-V/M/d

[A large shape fills the narrow space between them, something dragon like but difficult to identify in the telltale dark but not dark of the shade. It towers over serthis and spiral both, facing the god with its many eyes.]

You and your siblings have chased this one to the ends of the earth and sown fear in her.

Even before this day her treatment was harsh, and now she has found a way to better herself and the

claw͕̫̣̦͝s̵̬̦̘͍̠̳ ͎̯̺͔͢

c͇lo̻͕̘͕̱̜̕s̼e̖̥͉̖̯̹̕

 ̠͙͓̣̪̺̤͡in͈̜̰̖̜̙̤ ̴̟̩̹̺

how shamefu̵̽ͫ̐ͬ̈̒ͥͬ͆ͭͨ̅҉͟ l. You yourself admit you cannot say that this will harm her. Just as well for it will not.

OUR fight is not with her kind. It is with y̡ǫ̛u.

Leave the mortal where she lies. If she protests, I shall deliver her back to you.

-UNISON

@thewinglesswindsinger @the-stormcatcher-clone