The Slayers Quest

[Merc]

"KIZEL!!! TRAITOR!" the boss bandit shouts from up high, noticing his main target as Lina activates the Boost spell on her talismans. His forces, destroyed, all because of one man. "I'LL KILL YOU!"

Roy and boss bandit begin to sweep towards, regardless of danger to them from Lina Inverse. And hey, they might be able to take her out first.

A shout of "TOAST ALL WHO STAND IN MY WAY!!!" is all that's needed for the dragon to open it's mouth and fire a jet of fire downward towards the tavern as it continues to dive towards Kizel.

[Corwin]

"Darkness from twilight, crimson from blood that flows;" Lina chants, surrounded by a corona of darkness. "Buried in the flow of time; in Thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness!" An angry red ball of energy gathers in her cupped hands. "Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess!"

The beautiful young sorceress thrust her hands upwards, right at the dragon and its owner, and cries out, "DRAGON SLAVE!!!" sending a ruby spear of death at them.

[Merc]

Lina's spell flies fast and true, obliterating the jet of flame as it goes through the dragon's open mouth and exits through his tail before exploding. Both the dragon and its master are vaporized as the ball of death grows and grows, gales of winds pushing outwards and buffeting against the mess that is the town, blowing apart some structures to some degree, but for the most part managing to do little damage to the town.

"It...it's a miracle!" the waitress cries. "I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIVE!!!!"

Kizel gives a sight of relief as he stares upwards towards the disappeting explosion, his eyes slowly closing, the loss of blood once more taking back to the realm of unconsciousness.

[Ebiris]

As the buffeting from the explosion passes, Gourry stands up from his shelter, dusts himself off, and returns to the tavern to join the others.

[Corwin]

"Hey! DON'T DIE!" Lina yells, shaking the once-again unconscious guy violently. "Amelia, get over here and heal him!" she calls out. "I still haven't been paid yet!"

[thepanda]

Amelia just stares in awe, stunned that the city still stands.

"A miracle..."

[Merc]

Kizel springs a leak in his head as blood begins spurting out from all the shaking.

[Corwin]

"AAHH!!" Lina yells, dropping him, and running around the ruined inn like a headless chicken. "My fee! Not the fee!"

[Asrana]

Caelena shook her head as she watched the goings on. "Really is the enemy of all who lives," she snickered, watching Lina shake the man.

"Wonder if he'll die before a healer gets there." Shrugging, she went back to attending Raquel, looking up every so often to keep abreast of the situation.

[thepanda]

Amelia finally comes out of her shock and realises the situation. A mighty leap takes her to the fallen ex-bandit. She smacks him in the head.

"Recovery!"

[Ebiris]

Gourry enters the inn and notices Lina running around in a panic while Amelia is healing the man. Shrugging, he goes over to check on Zelgadis.

[Merc]

Kizel starts feeling warmth seep into his body as light surrounds him. Amelia's spell does the trick as his wounds close and his body starts to regain some of its lost coloring. Slowly, his eyes open to the sight of Amelia above him.

"You know, getting saved by someone as pretty as you has got to be the only perk of being injured that much," he whispers quietly with a rakish, but forced grin.

[thepanda]

"All in a day's work!" Amelia boasts, striking a pose. "Where ever evil pops it's ugly head out of the ground, the hammer of Justice will be there to bop it."

[Corwin]

Noticing that Amelia healed her cash cow, Lina zooms over, and grabs him by the lapels of his coat. "You're alive! Excellent! Let's talk about--" her lips curve into a smile "--payment!"

Lina holds him up with her right arm, ticking off the points on the fingers of her left hand as her smile becomes a full-fledged grin. "One bandit leader," she murmurs. "Twenty minions." She giggles to herself. "A black dragon."

"Money!" Lina finally exclaims happily. "I smell lots and lots of money!"

[Merc]

"I did say I'd pay anything, didn't I?" Kizel said. "Would the bandits' treasure suffice? I can lead you to their base, you can keep anything you find there. We had quite a hoard before I left them."

Meanwhile, while Lina and Kizel do 'business', the waitress proceeds to start digging everyone out, hunting for where her boss and the cooks were. If they were still alive, she could convince them to let the others have their meal for free. That way she wouldn't find herself having to pay for the girl's meal. Somehow she didn't feel like protesting that Lina had refused her offer to pay for dinner and try charging her, and she wasn't sure it wouldn't take years to pay off her debt if she did pay for it.