Breath of Fire Arc

[RyderHakubi]

"Hmm?  Human encampment?  Ami, ask him where he found this encampment, please." Ryder asked as he collected the blankets and stored them into sub-space.

[Shukuen]

Ami rubbed her eyes and asked blearily, "Where is this encampment and are the locals hostile?"

[Dracos]

"Encampment 20 miles south by south west.   Danger level: Uncertain, data corrupted."

Fearless Leader

[Shukuen]

"A shame. I suppose data files are unrecoverable?" asked Ami in a hopeful tone.

[Dracos]

"Affirmative."

Fearless Leader

[Shukuen]

"I suppose we have no choice but to check it out," said Ami as she motioned to the others. "Zitwan, you lead the way while we follow in the car, all right?"

[Dracos]

"Affirmative."   hovering above the sands, Zitwan blasted off towards the encampment.

Fearless Leader

[RyderHakubi]

"I'm gonna drive!" Ryder shouted with enthusiasm as he hopped over the driver's side door and flopped into the driver's seat... to the dismayed looks over Ami and Hotaru...

"Come on girls, we're in the middle of the desert!  What could I possibly hit?" Ryder asked...

[Shukuen]

"...I guess you have a point," conceeded Ami, albeit, very reluctantly, as the girls took their seats.

Hotaru's response was to buckle up very tightly before Ryder jinxed them all.

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder maniacally grinned as he reached under the engine to put start the car...

"This is gonna be fun!" Ryder exclaimed as the engine starts... the engine's small hum becomes a roar as Ryder shifts into drive and speeds off, following Zitwan...

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ryder joyfully screams...

[Dracos]

Something bumped up against Ami's foot.  A small white box that scooted out from under the seat.

Fearless Leader

[Shukuen]

Ami blinked as she felt something bump against her foot. "Hey, what do you suppose this is?"

"Do you think it feel out of one of those crates?" Hotaru asked, noticing the decorated white box that Ami pulled from under the seat.

"I'm not sure," Ami answered, opening the box to reveal -- "Playing cards?"

For some reason, she had the strangest urge to look at the cards, and so, taking the top most card, she flipped it over to see...

[Dracos]

An open hand, palm raised to her surrounded by glowing purple.  In the center of the palm was a closed eyelid, purple... which slowly opened, seeming alive.   Suddenly it flashed, glowing with awesome power as reality shifted around the hand of fate.  The endless hand eye found within the pupil of the eye within the hand.

Suddenly Ami felt power running through her veins like nothing she'd ever felt before.  Her sense of being felt distorted as she felt a wheel in her hands.  Blinking her eyes she realized she was in the front seat of the car, at the wheel... and a sand dune was getting close very fast.

Meanwhile Ryder blinked in disoreinted confusion as he felt weaker than he'd ever been, sitting in the back seat of the car where Ami had before.

Fearless Leader

[Shukuen]

Ami released the wheel, feeling disoriented. "What the... Aah!" She suddenly was reminded of the reason one should not let one's hand off the wheel of a moving vehicle as the giant sand dune loomed ahead.

Swerving the wheel quickly, the car nearly tilted over when the balancers in the hoverpads reached the dune, and found enough gravity to hold it steady as the car followed the dune and drove around the obstacle. Once clear, a now level headed Ami calmly returned to the flatter desert scape and continued after Zitwan, wondering what the hell was going on.

[RyderHakubi]

OOC: *Ahem*

IC: Meanwhile, Ryder screamed... loudly... Hotaru better have been wearing earplugs...

"WHAT DID YOU DO!!!" Ryder shouted as he looked at his wrists, seaching for a sign of the gems... and only seeing a bright red scar where they used to be.