The Carnival

[acetalon]

"Alright then.  Check the mirrors?"

Verato stood in front of the first mirror closest to him and stared at it, looking for something out of place, something to grasp so he could open it.

[Chilord]

He found not latches or seems, only himself suddenly staring back at him. His mirro image came back in sudden focus, each detail exact as it looked back at him, only every color of his body was inversed. Light become darkness mainly.

[acetalon]

Verato stepped back, surprised.  He peered at his reflection suspiciously.  A trick of the light maybe?  

"Raya, was it?  Can you come here for a moment and tell me what you see?" he asked her quietly, touching the mirror and seeing his reflection do the same..

[Chilord]

In response to Verato's touch, the mirror suddenly shimmered and seemed to flow into him. He could feel a sudden tingling rush through his body as if he had suddenly been dunked into cold water. When it was done, the way before them was open, and he... he now appeared as his reflection had.

[Dracos]

Raya's eyes widened, "Verato!" she shouted in shock, still a few feet behind him.

Fearless leader

[acetalon]

Verato looked at Raya curiously.  What was she so surprised at?  They had a way out now.  

"What's wrong?"  He asked, somewhat curiuosly, somewhat irritated.

[Dracos]

"Look at your skin!"

Fearless Leader

[acetalon]

What, was this some sort of joke?  Verato looked at his hand.  

"..."  His expression was a mix of shock and horror.  He rubbed his hand over his sleeve, thinking this could be just some cheap trick.  

"It's not coming off,"  He muttered.  "What is this?  Raya, what is this?"

He was starting to act irrational now.

[Dracos]

"It looks like magic...don't worry... I can fix this!"

Raya looked him over and attempted to call her magic, muttering the incantation to summon Luna the spirit of the moon to her side.

Fearless Leader

[Chilord]

And Raya found... nothing happened. In fact, she could now realize what it was that felt like it was gone when she first arrived. Her magic had either been taken or sealed away by the carnival.

[Dracos]

Raya's eyes widened in a bit of fear....she'd never been without her magic.  she gripped tightly to her staff, her last way to defend herself.  "No...my magic...it's gone!"

Fearless Leader

[acetalon]

"Magic...you know magic?"  Verato knew what that was.  Conjuring things out of midair, creating illusions, creating destruction with a few words.  It was supposed to be nothing more than a children's fairy tale to him.  But then again, this carnival seemed like nothing more than a fairy tale as well, and here he was.

Heavy with these thoughts, as the ordeal with the color of his skin, he panicked.  

"W-who are you?"  He stammered, looking at Raya in fear.  "What are you?"

[Dracos]

"Mou...I told you...I'm Raya Sprite," her purple eyes looked dark as she looked around.  She turned and peered at the mirror to the right of where she was.

Fearless Leader

[Chilord]

As she peered into the mirror, Raya saw herself, only slimmer, with a pair of gossamer wings lifting out of her back, a pair of black antennae at her head, and almost crystalline eyes of pure blue.

[Dracos]

Raya shivered a bit.  "Come on, let's move on...we have to find our way out of here."

She turned from the mirror and walked past Verato into the new room, looking around it.

Fearless Leader