RPG event - Quest NPC Contact

[thalassino]

◣ Quest NPC Contact ◢

Below is a place to thread out quick little conversations with the NPCs that aren't worth an entire log. Vatheon's staple NPCs will have postings here, and all the other new quest NPCs will simply be listed under the "Quest NPCs" comment header. Please put in the subject line which quest you're talking with an NPC about!

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[unconchonable]

[As much as Eridan thinks magic is a bunch of stinking HORSEFEATHERS, he knows how this all goes, he's a mage in this weird curse bullshit, and he needs to take away as much weakness as this class gives him, so with no other choice he'll humor this guy and his little quest.]

Alright, I heard you got some way a makin' a... [Through gritted teeth:] mage learn how to cast his spells faster. Seein' as that's a great fuckin' adwantage to hawe, I suggest you get talkin'.

[Eridan ever the impatient and demanding. Sorry Tiny Robed Man, this is what you have to deal with.]

[thalassino]

[The man lowers his book very, very slowly. If Eridan's not careful he's going to find this to be an extremely unpleasant learning experience.]

Is that how you ask a favor, young man?

[unconchonable]

Ask a fawor?

[He looks almost perplexed by the question, but then his features fall into something more flat as he sneers.]

I think you're confused, I wasn't askin'.

[thalassino]

Oh, I see! Well then, I'll be sure to teach you in the fastest way possible, sir.

[Eridan has crossed the wrong mage master. The library around them vanishes, and suddenly he would find himself face to face with a massive minotaur, seconds away from being smacked into a wall.]

[unconchonable]

Good--

[The word barely leaves him before everything's changed and suddenly there's some musclebeast-looking creature about to smash him! His eyes widen in surprised, and for a second he looks as if he's going to panic--but no, he's dealt with worse! With a snarl, and look of determination, he holds up his staff, aiming the tip at the minotaur...]

Freeze!

[Of course, he doesn't know if he'll be able to get it off in time, but that doesn't stop him from trying!]

[thalassino]

[Freeze is a spell that can be cast pretty quickly and it might just slow the big guy down. Good thinking, Eridan! Too bad this is the old man's dream world, and he's not happy with Eridan. Sass the little old man, will he? Can't even be bothered to say please, can he?!

The minotaur swings at him widely. If it connects, Eridan would find himself about ten feet away from the thing after hitting a wall. It might not be reality, but it feels like it!]

[unconchonable]

[Man, rude! Sure, Eridan's a little rough, and not all that polite, and would sass even Mother Theresa... Okay, no he totally deserves this.]

[For a second, Eridan thinks that the spell went off, and that he might have opened the beast up for a spell--but then the monster's swing connects with his body, and he's hurled through the air. Solidly connecting with the wall.]

...Fuck. [He practically hisses.]

[After a few moments of writhing from the pain of it, he forces himself to stand, because he hardly has the time to lose over something so minute like pain. Eridan usually can take more damage than this, but that's the wonderful thing about this curse, his own personal strengths mean nothing. He levels a glare at the beast, and again he raises his staff.]

Bolt!

[He focuses on the beast, letting the electrical energy surge through the air, arching from the tip of his staff towards the minotaur. If anything, that hit served to give Eridan the safety of distance to properly retaliate, even if it was a hefty price to pay for it.]

[thalassino]

[The bolt hits, and though it does look like it damaged the minotaur, it keeps advancing. It'll take a lot more to get it to slow down. Like a couple spells in quick succession, perhaps. It's too bad Eridan can't just bend time to make things a little easier...]

[unconchonable]

[Eridan looks somewhat proud when the bolt hits... but then the Minotaur is still coming at him. He grits his teeth, thinking quickly and... He feels something, he isn't sure what, but maybe if he focuses a bit, and...]

Water!

[He casts that quickly enough, sending the jet of water barreling towards the minotaur, but maybe he can just...]

Bolt!

[He surprises himself, feeling as though he did much more than just cast another spell, but did so in rapid succession. Sending the arching bolt of lightning to follow swiftly after the previous aquatic spell. Maybe he doesn't need the old man anymore, maybe he's got this shit figured out and that tiny robed man can suck his bulge! He's clearly a master mage here.]

[thalassino]

[A thought process like that makes him want to let the minotaur crush Eridan, even if it's only in dreamland. He's not that cruel though, and the whole scene vanishes in a flash of light after Eridan manages to bend time, revealing the man still sitting down and looking completely relaxed.]

Well? It was fast, wasn't it? Ohohoho.