The Unseen

[Chaos Creator]

*shadow looked to SF and pk, waving them toward the edge of the forest.*
Get out of here! There are more coming.

*more screams were echoing from the depths of the blackened woods, now, and the three left in the forest found themselves running full speed toward the lighted edge of the trees, where JC awaited them.*

[AntonyJC]

*JC is relieved to see his friends come back alive. He motions them to come back towards the Demon Guardians gate*

"So i think we should get Riastlin to send a flyer or something to enlist more men with magic powers like SFOrce. Or we can try to move in on them by chopping the trees down durning the day..."

*JC lets his friends ponder the questions*

"Lets move inside the walls there they cannot get us"

[SForce]

((if you look on my Char. sheet the only magic I can do is heal and cure poison, i cannot burn things, thus my magic would be pointless on these creatures))

*SForce stumbles out of the forest, panting a little at the speed he got out of there. It's been awhile since he's had a nice fight, kind of glad it finally came, and that he was still alive. His adrenaline was rushing through his body, his heart wouldn't slow down either. It wanted more action or more speed. After gathering his breath he spoke.*

"We need magic and light. Does anyone know a priest around here? We need light magic and holy water. I'm not sure what dark magic will do to these creatures..." SForce forced out of himself

*He placed another arrow on his bow and fired it dead on into the forest. No screams were heard and he sat down.*

"I guess they didn't follow, either that or they're just not straight infront of us." He said jokingly

[Raistlin]

~A squire enters the conference chambers and addresses the clan Leader.~

"Sir, there seems to be an incident just outside the castle gates."

~Raistlin looks up from his paperwork.~

"Of what nature?"

"Some of our clansmen went into the forest and came running out. Screams were heard from the same forest as well."

"Where is this information from?"

"The captain of the guards, Seneschal Morge."

"Right. Send in the captain of the guards. Have him report to me and describe everything in detail."

[Morge]

<When he saw what was going on outside the gates Morge dispatched a squire to send word to the Leader of what was partaking outside. The squire returned with word to go see the leader to report himself.>

"In time, but right now we have men on the outside in danger. Report to him that I'll be around in a moment with them to discuss this further."

<The squire left and Morge went to the gates.>

"Hurry in, my friends. The tower guard reports they maybe gathering near the border of the forest."

[AntonyJC]

*JC and the others follow Morge into Riastlins office and as Morge starts describing the incident from his perspective JC interrupts him*

"IF i may Morge, since i was there first hand. These things has white robes and thier only weakness is light, so we need for a mage or priest who harnesses the power of white magic. DO we have one of them here at DG?"

"Morge sorry for interupting you"

*JC waits for his response*

[phantomkiller]

*Phantom after entering Raistlin's room began to shift around uncomfortably from at the magical components. After hearing JC suggesting a white mage or priest coming in he started to talk before Morge had a chance to begin talking again*

"If your bringing in a someone with white magic, i prefer to not be here when he comes. While he's here i can always cast a enchantment on some arrows for the archers."

*With that PK walks out the door and disappears.*

[SForce]

*SForce pushes his companions outta the way and stands at the foot of Raistlins desk. Banging it and making the papers go everywhere.*

"My apologizes sir, but this is dire. As you just heard there are dark creatures out there, only vulnerable to light." SForce gains his composure back and looks around the room at everyone else. Let me speak to the leader alone please, try to gather some intelegence and think of plan while we speak."

[AntonyJC]

*JC goes as SFOrce says. HE goes to find Shadow to see if he is alright*

"SForce better think of a plan" JC mutters to himself

[phantomkiller]

*Phantom walks over to the armory and takes several quivers of arrows, taking them to his work-room. Then he goes and grabs SForce's arrows, takes them back to his work room. After about 10 minutes he put SForce's arrows back. Another hour passes until he finished enchanting the arrows that should have at least some effect against the creatures if only to cause them pain and slow them down*

[Chaos Creator]

*Shadow stood atop the battlement overlooking the forest. The moon was bright tonight, and he was thankful for it, for it had saved their lives. But now as he stood watching the edge of the copse of trees, he secretly cursed the moon's light. He knew most of the men around him could not see that far in just the moonlight, but his vampire nature imbued him with vision equal to that of almost any elven marksman. And what he was watching sent a chill down his spine.
The creatures were indeed moving very close to the edges. In fact they were testing the limits of how far they could actually go. Every few minutes, one would venture forth, seemingly unable to resist the temptation of an entire colony of souls so near at hand. Each time the things began to writhe in agony as the meager moonlight touched them. But perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the whole scene was the fact that the things had stopped screaming. Instead, each was issuing forth a kind of grunting, whining sound.
He watched for a few moments longer, wondering if it was possible for these beings to solve and overcome problems. He really hoped that they couldn't reason or plan'doe if that was the case it was only a matter of time before they found out a way to circumvent their deaths from light. Then, they were all doomed, he feared.
He turned, and caught sight of JC coming out into the courtyard.*

Hail. What news from Raist?

[AntonyJC]

*JC walks out to see Shadow gleaming into the forest*

"No as of yet, SForce is talking to Riast about it, but we should go back into the walls so these creatures cannot hurt us agian"

*JC leads shadow into the Tavern for a drink*

[SForce]

*SForce looks at Raist who has yet to answer.*

"Raistlin damnit answer me! Our entire town will die if we don't do something about this! A few of our men are at the edge of town, the creatures are at the borders of the forest and ready to strike when the moon dies behind a cloud or is doused for the night. We need a priest, a light mage and some holy water! What are we to do!?" SForce shouts impatiently

[Raistlin]

~Fists crash upon the desk. Thunder booms in the hall.~

"You want light!? I'll give you light!"

~Raist takes staff in hand and vanishes. Out at the castle gates Raistlin steps out as if they weren't even there. As he stepped out to the forest he watched the white creatures stumble along the boarders. As he got closer they began to moan. He looked dead into their vacant eyes. His own vision was aging the forest around them, but the creatures were forever ethereal. He stepped all the way to the boarder. The white hands stretched out to his face. He leaned in to it. The hand touched light and shook just an inch from Raist's face. He smiles a sinister smile as he raises his staff.~

"Shirak!"

~His staff explodes in a brilliant array of bright light. The creatures on the fringe of the forest are eradicated. In their disintegration there is a hollow scream. The light of his staff gleams brightly as he looks around. Satisfied that the area is clear he turns and heads back to the gates.~

"Dulak."

~Whispering that word extinguishes the light on his staff. He looks up to the battlement and sees the others watching.~

"Don't think for a second they're gone for good. They'll regroup and try again. We have some time to get prepared now though."

[Chaos Creator]

*Shadow sat in the Tavern with JC, draining a huge mug of honey-mead. The two knew nothing of Raist's appearance outisde of his office, or the magic he used to prolong their fates. But he did see the sudden bright flash through the tavern's windows.*

What in the Nine Hells was that?

*he was on his feet quickly, knowing that had been more than any flash of lightning or anything explainable. He moved to the window and peered out, but, not seeing anything, he went back to the table he shared with JC, and finished off his beverage.*