A Parting of the Ways

Nick22 · **Reply #500 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:30:51 PM

"WElcome to the group Cesha said, Taking a seat. "That's 5 now, right? 5 more to go.. Come on people... where's your bravery.. "Plus if this crazy idea actually works, everyone involved becomes a legend.." She was appealing not only to thier bravery but the chance for noterity..."except for Stripetail.. He already is." She added smirking. Stripetail showed no reaction to the attempted flattery.

Threehorn · **Reply #501 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:36:16 PM

Elemental dragons took note that not many seem to be liking the idea of it "This seem to be a problem" the Ruby one spoke

"indeed" the Sapphire one nods

"Being what we are we couldn't help even we wished" Emerald one said they each just sat at one side of the tables watching what going on. "One step into his domain or off this planet his attenation will be fully on us only and he'd try everything in his might to take us dow....n" all three looked at each other with a smirk then turn to Stripetail and all three said

"Stripetail come over here for a second" they said together the look they gave made even Stripetail crigde a little.

Nick22 · **Reply #502 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:40:35 PM

"No" Struipetail said guessing thier game.. "You are NOT going to sacrifice yourselves.. Besides in order for this to work, we'll need as much suprise as possible..Having the 3 of you along would make secrecy impossible.."

Threehorn · **Reply #503 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:54:23 PM

"you've not heard us out" the Ruby one sneered "you've jump to conclusions yet again..." Ruby one was quite annoyed then turn with a snort. The other two turn away as well all rather feeling very insulted by Stripetail jumping the gun like that.

Redstar shook his head "Now you've done it. that all we needed... you've jump the gun Stripetail, one thing that no one can do is get inside their way of thinking, they will say something and you think that but it isn't. They not going to speak of it now until your really sorry to them in a way well they only know." Redstar said to Stripetail.

"only when that is done they will tell what they was going to say. they can be stubborn but they are more then very powerful dragons of the Red Dragon Legend they are very intelligete and what you've did was a insult to that" Redstar finished explaining then walk away to a table to sit down but "your problem now Stripetail. I can't help you in it."

Nick22 · **Reply #504 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:21:04 PM

Stripetail sighed as went up to the nearest Dragon "Look, Maybe I did jump to a comclusion, but In my view it was.."Logical?" The Sapphire one said, looking at him coldly. "Wizzin, you will find that reading our minds is far more difficult than you 've come to expect... Now, I'm going to ignore your inopportune remark... Provided you apologize. "Forgive my hastiness.. I'm trying to organize this group on the fly... I was too dismissive of your idea" stripetail said simply, aplogizing quickly..
"Fine...huddle' She said abruptly.. taking her wing and wrapping it around Stripetail Drawing him close to her. "Emerald, you will give the Wizzin our plan. She said formally to the Ruby and emerald Dragons, then turned to Stripetail. "You may not speak until he has finished outlining the plan." She said clearly as the other two came up to them, and gtthe four of them formed aclose huddle.

Threehorn · **Reply #505 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:32:58 AM

"Very well." Emerald said then start to explain it "Our plan is a joint one that quite the clever plan to get our little friend Carron chasing ghosts all over his void if time runs out. I believe we could throw in three objects with our power levels matching and speed around the void keeping distance from Carron when your time runs out. He be so mad sensing our power levels that he will try and take them done at all cost not realising that the element dragons he chasing are simply ghost images of ourselves but they will keep him busy by being chased." Emerald explained to Stripetail with a smirk on his face looking at the wizzin and the Ruby one lower her head to Stripetail

"So our little furry friend what do you think of that? we have smarts as well as power on our side and this little plan is what we was suggesting before you hastly jumped at us like that. next time you do that to us we'll have no choice but to put a curse on you that will last 5 years and one your magic can't undo. so try not to do something like this again alright" Ruby said with a low tone of voice and raise her head up the other two nod once confirming what she said and quite serious they would do it.

Nick22 · **Reply #506 on:** July 04, 2007, 09:54:01 AM

'Fine.. Stripetail said. 5 years was nothing to an immortal, yet Stripetail didn't like the thought of having a curse on him that he couldn't remove, for even a small length of time. "Actually, that's a very good idea, Have him chase phantoms for awhile which will give us more time to complete the task..He said thoughtfully."Is there anyway you can disguise the extent of your powers? Or is that possible for you.
_ Cesgha called out again.. "Come onwe only need 5 more... and we'll get out of this' She said, with a show of confidence. Privately, though, she feared that most of them were not going to make it..

Threehorn · **Reply #507 on:** July 04, 2007, 10:52:38 AM

"We can but it something else to it more then you can see, we are what we are, unlike you we can't change appearances or make ourselves look something else. Soon as our scales touch that rift he will sense us in seconds." Emerald stated to Stripetail. "That why we made the suggestion of launching ghost versions of ourselves into the domain without costing you three places through the Rift Gate. That all we can do for you, even leaving the planet will get him drawn on us, as he believes we still encased in the cards of Nova has. We left forms of oursevles almost like a shadow in the cards so he can still use." He finished explaining to Stripetail.

"We can't do anything else but what we planned. it might buy you some short time but that is all" Sapphire said to Stripetail. "And if she don't stop yelling like that to get others to join we going to curse her and we don't care who her father is, she showing false confidence and it will pay heavy when things get tough, we don't like seeing those that be false to themselves making others believe she something that she not." Sapphire hiss lowly out of hearing of Cesgha.

Nick22 · **Reply #508 on:** July 04, 2007, 11:06:25 AM

Cesha! Enough" came a commanding voice. It was her father, Admiral Taskor, who was the ministrer-designate. He looked at his daughter. "I don't approve of this, you are my only daughter.. and if anything happens to you I will have Para Skinned and mounted on my wall" He grumbled, and Cesha became very quiet.

Threehorn · **Reply #509 on:** July 04, 2007, 11:16:20 AM

"I beg your pardon" Emerald stared right at Taskor. "What did you say about the Dragon Lord?" he stood before Taskor his head lowered with the eyes staring right at Taskor's "care to repeat that to me?"

Nova hoping he wouldn't cause that one thing he knows never speak of harming dragons before the three element dragons.

Nick22 · **Reply #510 on:** July 04, 2007, 11:30:34 AM

"You don't frighten me; Taskor said, his eyes glaring. "The Dragon Lord Of Dinoton answers to ME, you can take your dragon martial Law and stick where the sun don't shine. I'm holding him resposible for the welfare of my daughter, and if anything serious happens to her, he'll regret it. As for the Gold Code, if only one Dragon Lord being threatened is enough to activate then , tell me, then why has it not been in constant activation over the past 10 years? Wayne's life has been threatened numerous times, and yet the Gold Code was never activated until yesterday. Nor was it activated for tHe Dragon Lords of other planets.. who likely have threats against or thier lives put in danger..yet it was never activated.."This retort took emerald and the other Element Dragon by surprise

Threehorn · **Reply #511 on:** July 04, 2007, 12:53:25 PM

"Because it only if a Red Dragon threatens a Dragon Lord's life. In the past there was a massive dispute with dragons of all kinds and the Red Dragons. it got to the point that it was very unstable and the dragons created the Code Gold to protect all high forms of Dragons including Dragon Lords from us Red Dragons, last time that was triggered was from a Red Dragon threatening to harm and even kill a Dragon Lord on Earth for interfering with a test. that brought a war that lasted only 1 hour and destoryed our home world. I was there" Blackstar spoke up and stared at Taskor.

"And if you speak to me like your doing to our legendary guardians then your going to forget this ever happened and put to sleep to this is all over. all we don't need is a hot headed made tempered old dino yelling about one life. this is all lives we talking about here. the universe which I mean. One life don't count for all those others. If your child dies for the course of trillions then so be it, it her choice not Para's and if you think you can boss around a Dragon Lord like your chess piece then your going to regret it" Blackstar said not in the mood for this hot tempered Dinoton.

"Wayne is only responsable for so much. your her father and that makes you fully responsable for her safety not Wayne Para. You doing this cause you need someone to blame if something happen to her and your easiest target is the Dragon Lord." Blackstar walk up to him and everyone step out of the way. "Now I will give you a simple choice..." Blackstar grab him by the jacket with both hands pulling him right to his snout. "Behave and stop using Wayne as your tool and be a father you should be to your child or... I could make you very sorry for crossing the line with me" Blackstar stared at him coldly. "Now are you going to speak like that about the Dragon Lord?" 'I bet he will try to stand up to me, big mistake if he does'

Nick22 · **Reply #512 on:** July 04, 2007, 02:52:26 PM

Suddenly a huge blsast passed through Blackstar;s body and he fell backwards, When he came to, Taskor was standing over him, a strange blastor in his hand, and a look of cold fury on his face. "Look in the mirror, hypocrite, before you go criticizing others..I" He said fiercely "I will not be spoken to like that, I don't care what or who you are! While I was in the military, I gave orders and I expected them to be followed. .If they weren't I disciplined those responsible. Sometimes I demoted them, othertimes I simply gave them extra chores as punishment.I expect the same deference as Minister, although I am well aware of public opinion." Blackstar put his claw to his stomach and found to his horror that Taskor had blasted a huge hole though his body, and blood was spilling from the hole. Taskor sighed "I respect Wayne, But he is NOT above me in rank, so he listens to me, if he doesn't I may discipline him, I reserve that right" Taskor said "Wayne is not a sacred cow, to be protected from discpline in every circumstance..sometimes harsh disipline is deserved. Furthermore, How dare you make any comment about my abilities as a parent! You have NO RIGHT! I will hold myself responsible for what happens, but I also must hold Wayne responsible as well, because I entrusted him with her safety."
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"Enough!Sapphitre said. looking at Taskor. "Put your weapons away.. we need no more bloodshed here. Let us resume the council, each of us has a part to play. You three, take Blackstar to the hodspital wing for treatment" she said to threee nearby dragons, who quickly obliged picking up Blackstar tenderly, and carrying him from the room.

Threehorn · **Reply #513 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:55:27 PM

Redstar saw what happened and fury was really raging inside him no one does that to his brother and gets away with it. "Curse on you will come... moonlight you will not see yourself a dragon of that you harm you will become a reddragon on the moon of full till see fit your punishment will end..." Redstar whispers out of hearing of everyone and his curse was done and walks away then stopped by Emerald "I am going to use my powers to hear my brother now get out of the way" Emerald let him by and he heads off after his brother no one aware of the curse that was placed on Taskor.

Enerald raise his hand the weapon vanishes from Taskor's hands and into a three glowed crystal orb that sits on the table "I am sorry but I won't allow you to harm anyone else with that weapon with your anger. You should never use it with someone that don't harm you in physical form and to resure your stupid pitfully argurments. So till I see fit you will not have it back." Emerald said look to the orb "We also drained all of it energy so it unless as well." Emerald then look to Stripetail

"This is serious, if he ruler of this world now I want you to have a quiet time with him get him to understand things and how the Dragon Lord works. I won't allow harm to come to that Dragon and to others. if he harm another we will have to punish him and we will. And we will have to relocate the temple and the dragon lord so try to resolve it please." Emerald said to Stripetail only him hearing his voice at the moment when speaking to him.

Nick22 · **Reply #514 on:** July 05, 2007, 12:29:56 AM

'i will try but remember that he is of the miltary, thier roles are clearly defined, the superior officers give orders to thier subordinates, and exopect them to be followed without question. he considers wayne a subordinate, and expects Wayne to follow his orders without question. He places no importence in him being the Dragon lord, and he doesn't care for the overprotection you are giving him. His threat was metaphorical rather than literal, he was not really going to skin Wayne alive, he simply was going to read him the riot act if something bad happened, and thier professional and personal relationships would be greatly impacted negatively.'
-As Stripetail finished the orb shattered and the blaster floated out. It had reacted of its own accord. it flew to Taskor's hand. "Sorry, but only I can shut off this blaster, and was specially designed to be immune to magic or powers of any kind. But as a goodwill gesture I will shut it off " He pressed a button on the blaster and the glow around it vanished. He put it inside a holster in his jacket, and ziupped it up.

Nick22 · **Reply #515 on:** July 05, 2007, 01:21:17 AM

Stripetail then came up to him/ "Minister we need to talk in private" Very well" Taskor replied and the two of them walked away
:You are the Wizard correct/" Taskor asked. "Trin's told me a few things about you... although I haven't really believed anything of what he said. " Stripetail said nothing, then he sensed the curse Redstar had placed on him. "It would be wise Minister if you kept your anger in check in the future,. As it is, a curse has been placed on you>' Taskor burst ouit into a derisive laughter. 'Cursed?! I don't believe in curses wizard and that is half the battle right there, the other half is adressing the issue that resulted in the reputed curse..
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Such as you blasting a huge hole in Blackstar's gut?' stripetail replied tersely. Taskor's eyes flashed dangeriously. "Self-defense wizard, I will not be threatened like that, not by anyone. If you had done it, you would have suffered the same fate>.'
_ In which case, I would have responded in kind" Stripetail replied in a harsh, cold voice. "And of the two of us, you'd be the worse of minister. ""I'd suppose you's curse me" Taskor said. "Minister I know literally thousands of curses, all of them powerful, and each of which I could place on you and it would stay firmly on you for as long as I wished." Stripetail said firmly "I could easily put a curse on you for the rest of your life, with no way to remove it, other than asking me."
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Are you really that powerful?' Taskor asked very quietly. Was this wizard delusional or telling the truth? "YES" Stripetail replied simply. Now Taskor was not a creature who was easily awed, but this was one of those rare brief times, that he was.

Nick22 · **Reply #516 on:** July 05, 2007, 01:55:02 AM

'now about Wayne" Stripetail begam. The Awe Taskor had felt quickly dissipated "Oh him... Remember wizard, I am Minister now, Wayne is my suboridinate. From the way those dragons act, he should be protected from even the slightest punishment!. Esgads, He is not a babe! I will treat him no different from any other Dinoton. What is so special about him being Dragon lord? He is young brash, and foolish, If he were Experienced, reasoned and wise, I'd see thier point, and treat him differently.." Taskor said. "It does not matter how young or old or weak or powerful he is, to them it makes noi difference, they respect and revere him all the same..You do not understand this...Minister, and unless you change.. you never will" Stripetail said sagely.

Threehorn · **Reply #517 on:** July 05, 2007, 09:02:45 AM

Redstar arrived to his brothers side and then using a symbol spell and the injuries soon fully healed Blackstar's injuries in seconds "As long as we live brother we will protect each other and the family" Redstar said and Blackstar put his hand into Redstars with a smile.

"Thank you for the healing brother just to be safe I am staying right here. His dangours and we need to talk of relocation of the Dragon Lord and his temple if Taskor don't change is attuide to him. I will not have one of our Lords treated like some chess piece by someone that been in the army, I did that once and I hated what I did afterwards, I won't let it happen again" Blackstar said to Redstar.

"I agree and Stripetail we let you hear this so you know what Taskor is facing." Redstar said in a unpleased tone of voice then look to Blackstar "I am going to sit right here brother till we go and prepare our little fake base." Blackstar chuckled a little and Redstar sat by his side in silence.

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Other dragons was allow to listen as well part from Taskor, they all looked right at Stripetail and nod once showing that the action that Redstar spoke of will be taken if Taskor don't buck up his ideas and they all showed three fingers raised telling how many years Taskor have to change or they would do it.

Nick22 · **Reply #518 on:** July 05, 2007, 02:55:24 PM

Stripetail understood it.. But from his first impression of Taskor, he was a creature, who, once his mind was made up, almost never changed it, until he was proven completely wrong.. "Have you no respect for thier traditions?'
'Wizard-- Stripetail, right?-- I have no use for any government that allows a subordinate member to declare martial law and seperate himself from the government, with no controls or limits on his actions.We will resolve this matter forthwith. I must be permitted a say in matters like that, if they don't permit it, then our relationship wil not be good..
Stripetail repled"It's not good already, you have not gotten off to an amicable start Minister with them..You're very set in your ways.. "
"i have become used.. to certain priviledges, yes, But I'm not an authoritarian Stripetail." Then he noticed the number of dragons holding up the three fingers. "3? 3 what? What does that meam?"
"YEARS. you have 3 years to change your ways, or Wayne will leave and the Dinoton temple will be moved as well.." Taskor scoffed. "They can go ahead and do it now, for all I care. They will have to earn my respect before they get any from me. I'm a 'what-have-you done-for me-lately?' type of guy, and as I said before I will treat him no differently than anyone else, no worse, no better.That's how I work.."
Stripetail sighed, his hunch was correct.
"Let me take you to Blackstar, so you can patch things up with him. bring him some flowers or food or something to show you meant no hard feelings. Or are you one who holds grudges?" "I'm not someone you want as an enemy, let's put it that way..But your rquest sounds reasonable..' the Minisater said

Threehorn · **Reply #519 on:** July 05, 2007, 05:49:20 PM

Blackstar was listening in and almost chocked and his eyes narrowed "Only if he destory that cursing weapon he can go near me, till then keep that mad dinoton away from me" Blackstar sneered "that is my condistion to having a patch up on what he did to me. If it wasn't for my brother I would be dead. I have little trust in that Dinoton as long as he holds that weapon. He is a danger to all that near him" Blackstar said. "And maybe Redstar will also remove the curse"

"I am fine with that if that dinoton destory that toy of his and promise to never build such a dangoues toy again, then I will remove the curse and Blackstar be happy having him patch things up... that our condision and we not going to change it" Redstar confirmed it they both very controled in their words and very clear with them.