The Temple of Time

[vynfyre]

*Pulled through the river of time against his will, Vyn Fyre has desperately sought to find a way home and see his family and friends and his girlfriend once again. However, through many attempts with many masters of magic from high priests to even necromancers, none have been able to send him back to where he belongs. The magic in his blood seems to be too weak for him to get back himself, it is also uncontrollable. His time traveling is random and at times is confusing to those around, so that is why he travels alone. But with his recent findings, Vyn has found out about a place of high mystery in which he may be able to learn to control his powers and gain strength enough to find his way home. This place is known only as The Temple of Time and in order to reach his destination, Vyn must recruit a party of brave souls that are willing to take risks to help him fight through the unknown dangers that surround this journey to the Temple of Time which no man nor creature has ever returned from and has such a strong mystical aura that prevents and clouds the ability to teleport in out of it and its surrounding forest. Vyn Fyre begins his journey by first visiting a tavern belonging to many adventurers:*

*Vyn opens the door in front of him with both a cautious and curious intensity about him. Although he has been in this strange world for over a year, he has come to find that not everything is as it appears and there are still many things he will never understand.

The place is filled with interesting characters and some that Vyn wishes he never saw. With a fluid and silent stride into the nearest booth, he waits and scopes out possible candidates to join him on his journey.*

[AntonyJC]

*AntonyJC, a dwarf who was was a regular at the tavern, sees this scrawny figure walk through the door. He follows the figure with his eyes as he finds an empty stool at the bar. JC gets up and walks over to the fellow*

"Hello stranger, what may be your name?" JC asks
"My name, sir, is Vyn Fyre" says the strange man
"Hmm, that name sounds familiar." *he thinks, and finally says "oh now i remember you are the fellow with the time traveling powers"

*Vyn Fyre nods his head in agreement and then describes his epic story to JC. but has to say it agian because JC had a little too much to drink that night*

"Well if you need a partner, dont look any further than me. I have been on many many treks all over the kingdom. But we must have atleast one more person to go with us" proclaims JC

*He searches for the last person*

[Krasor]

*Krasor made his way slowly through the halls of the temple, the bottom of his priests robes barely touching the floor. As he made his way forward his footsteps made no sound. Passing through the hallway he came upon an altar set on the ground and kneeled before it. After one of his previous journies to unlock the secrets of the Valkyrie he had come upon the temple and unwittingly become the steward. This however was a welcome duty to him, though he was now bound to the temple until a new steward was selected he had access to the it's archives of knowledge, and the secrets that lay within. After kneeling at the altar for a short time he stood up opening his eyes, which stared forward as if viewing a scene unfolding infront of him.*

"Yes I understand....I will be sure to drive these events torwards their correct path, I will let none interfere."

*He than turned away from the altar and traveled down the hallway once more disappearing into the ever changing labyrinth of the temple.*

[vynfyre]

*Vyn stares blankly at the dwarf as his own mouth seems to form the words to his tale without his will to do so. After he stops talking he puts a hand to his face as the dwarf answers.*

"Thank you for joining me, and I agree that we will need another traveler before we embark.

*Vyn runs a hand through his hair and some small bits of twigs and mud fall out. He hadn't come across a stream to bathe in for weeks and was still use to the showering once a day habit that almost no one in this time seemed to abide by.*

"Do you know where I could get cleaned up, um, sir? What is your name by the way?"

*Vyn waits for the small man to answer.*

[AntonyJC]

*JC thinks to himself that he forgot to tell the fellow his name*

"Oh, my name is AntonyJC, im from the Clan Demon Guardians. I can show you the bath area. Follow me." says JC

*JC and Vyn go through the back of the tavern that most travelers do not about this back area. Once they get there JC asks Vyn*

"So what kind of person do we need? An archer? A warrior? or another mage?" JC asks

[vynfyre]

*As Vyn follows JC, with a rising hope for a nice hot shower and then his hopes and dreams crash and burn as he sees a simple looking tub. However, Vyn looks to JC gratefully and responds to his question.*

"Thank you for showing me this area, it looks relatively unused... which is good for me I guess! As for the other traveler we need in our little fellowship, I am not entirely sure. It would be helpful to have more than one more, but that may be aiming to high."

*Vyn looks back at the crowd of creatures in the main area and shudders.*

"I guess since you seem to be the type of brute strength, we should find some sort of a mage. Since I am pretty well balanced between the two, it would do us some good to find another that is well balanced, or more towards the magic side. It would also be helpful if we could get an archer as well.. but I don't want to wait around to long to get started, it might happen again..."

*Vyn strips down to his boxers and grabs a cloth from the shelf to wet and wash himself.*

[Raistlin]

((O.O.C.--- JC, you need to stop moding RPs. You can't make someone else talk. You can be making others follow you either. If you want someone to go where you are headed you have to grab them and take them there. Saying the person follows you is taking control away from them. You can only control yourself. I thought we had this talk.))

~In the top of the Tower of High Sorcery was a dark lab. Lit only with a single candle. A robed man reads by this light and has nothing else bothering his mind at the time. That is until a crystal on a shelf glows slightly. Raistlin looks from the corner of his eye at it. He feels a ripple. Closing his book he steps up to the shelf. The crystal was a specially enchanted time crystal. It was altered to be able to sense time disturbances. Raist looked at it intently. The glow was strong now. The disturbance is not just a common ripple. This required further looking into.

He took the crystal and a jar of water from the shelf then went to a bowl. Mixing come spell components in the bowl he stirs it around and says a quick magical word. Smoke rose up then quickly gets drawn back into the liquid now in the bowl. He takes the lid off the jar of water and places just a few drops in the bowl. When the water hit the liquid inside it was like drips on glass. The liquid was unaffected by the water. Replacing the lid on the jar of water he used the time crystal to make a circle with the water on what was liquid at one point. The liquid in the circle then starts to ripple. He touches the left side of the circle with the crystal and an image forms. He sees a man appear from thin air. The man is disoriented. Raist then notices a sense of realization and horror in the man's eyes.~

"Clearly you knew you were time traveling, but it seems you are not where you want to be. This deserves a closer look."

~Touching the circle further to the right of where he first touched it the scene changes and now the traveler is in a tavern. Raist watches intently until something dreadful happens.~

"Oh no, JC. Why is it you always get yourself involved in these things. He is in for trouble that you shouldn't be a part of. Damn. Looks like I'll need to keep an eye on this."

[vynfyre]

((OOC: By the way, if you want to be more in-the-know about whats going on, read my history in my character bio/app/sheet.))

[SForce]

~SForce notices the dwarf make some bluntly drunken comments towards some humble man and stares as he escorts the fellow to the back room. He looks down at the table and back towards the door the two just walked through.~

"Damnit you stupid dwarf, there is a reason no one knows about that room. Why are you taking some dirty stranger back into that room?" SForce says to himself.

~His temper starts to flare for no apparent reason. Hell, if he wanted to, he could get the entire Demon Guardian fortress to arrest and even kill this stranger. Why was he getting so worked up. He took a sip of his Rouge Martini and closed his eyes, listening closer to the sounds coming from the back room. A few mumbled words he couldn't make out and the faucet to the bathtub turning on was all that seemed to be interesting.~

"Why did I pick this...this...thing, as my best friend" SForce mumbled to himself, refering to the ignorant and blatently stupid dwarf.

~He leaned back in his wooden chair so it rested on its back two legs. He looked around at how busy the tavern was, but didn't bother to pay attention to what was going on. He was hooded and mysterious behind his cloak and wasn't bothered by anyone here. If so, they would answer to someone they never would have expected to be amongst the common folk.~

~Just as the elf reached for another sip the man suddenly reappeared in the middle of the tavern. Half naked and with a wash cloth in his hand. SForce all but spit out his martini at the sight of this. What was going on? It wasn't this man that could have done that, he wouldn't have embarrassed himself as so...~

~SForce stood up and glanced around, thinking what could have happened. He decided to help this poor man. He was unknown to him, and he could have been an assassin for all the elf knew, but he was in the middle of a loud crowded tavern and he needed to be elsewhere.~

~The elf walked up to the man, and, instead of escorting out of the room, he figured this was the best time to question him.~

"Welcome to this humble land, may I ask who you are?" SForce asked

[Raistlin]

~Raist watches as the strange man is confronted by SForce.~

"Let's see what he has to say for himself. My guess is he has an interest in the Temple of Time. If so that means I may be confronting an old friend."

[vynfyre]

*Slowly Vyn looks up to the towering man covered in a hooded garment. "Um, I am Vyn, Vyn Fyre, and I was looking for some help to get to this place... it will help me get back home."

Vyn doesn't understand why he is so nervous, but something about this man gave him the chills. He slowly retreats backwards into the wash room to save himself from further embarrassment, but alas, he falls backward over a stool and crashes to the floor, his face turning a nice scarlet red.*

[SForce]

~SForce dips his head down slightly, shaking it from side to side in either disbelieve or stupidity. He walks over, very smoothly, to where the man fell, pushing a few peasents out of the way that were drunkinly curious as to what happened. He gets a few feet from the man and tosses him a robe.~

"Don't want you chilly in the gates of hell now do we?" SForce sarcastically said in referance to his fortress.

"Please don't fret over me, I will cause no danger to you....unless...." A smirk came across the elf's face. However, there was nothing serious about it. Rather, he was just playing with the man, senseing all the fear and embarrassment in him the elf found it apropriate to toy with him a little.

"....unless you tell me exactly why you are here. This is my home, but I originate from the forest where my old village was burned down. But this isn't about me, and my history to you is worthless. But you....Vyn Fyre....you have stumbled into my home and unless my memory forbids me, I do not recall ever seeing you before. And that magic you pulled just a few moments ago either means you're an apprentace mage that is trying a spell he cannot handle, or something else did that to you. And I don't think you are an apprentace mage." SForce said sternly

"Please, like I said, unless your intentions are otherwise, I mean no harm to you. Now speak."

[AntonyJC]

*JC walks out from the back room to see Vyn tripping over the stool and laughs because of his drunken state. he sees SF helping him up and sees this as something different from SF. He usually isnt this helpful to strangers he doesnt know.*

*JC walks over into the middle of the bar and says "Hello SF. I see you have met Vyn" SF shakes his head.*

[Raistlin]

((O.O.C. JC, sorry, but I had to take out that last line 'cause I am not anywhere near the bar so I couldn't have been walking in it. If you had read my first post you would know that I'm in my tower watching though a magic pool in a pot.))

[SForce]

((OOC: nor did I shake my head according to your last three words; but since you said that I will do so. But next time I didn't shake my head))

"I see I have met this man yes, a little obvious don't you think you drunken slob" SForce says to the dwaft furiously. "May I ask why this man was taking a bath in the back room?"

~The elf pauses a moment, sighing calmly to himself, but nonetheless, his emotions still get the best of him.~

"It's meaningless" SForce shouts, reverting his question for another time "Get this man some clothes, be off with you, I do not want to see you again until your task is complete" SForce says shaking his head in dismay