The Slayers Quest

[Corwin]

"Sold!" Lina agrees readily, and picks up more bags of treasure. "Let's go, guys! We can't keep Mr. Ashford waiting!" After grabbing all that she can carry, Lina heads outside, whistling merrily.

[Merc]

"...but," Kizel starts, stretching his hand out, only to lower his head and sigh. Keeping the attention of these guys was harder than he'd expected it to be.

Gourry dutifully follows after Lina, his small brain stuck on the thought of Dragon cuisine, but Amelia and Zel take more time. The chimera seems to remain interested, even with the lack of clues.

At the same time, however, Zelgadis also wishes to avoid commiting himself to what could be potentially another dead end in his search for a cure. Lina herself had already dismissed it as a wild goose chase apparently, and he did trust her instincts when it came to treasure for the most part.

With a sigh, the partly-human man likewise leaves after his other two companions, leaving the princess alone with the ex-bandit and her thoughts.

Like with the chimera, Kizel can't make out quite what's keeping the princess, but as even the interested Zelgadis has departed, he can imagine the end result. "Won't you be leaving after your friends?" he asks with a dejected tone.

[thepanda]

"Well, it does sound interesting. But..." Amelia hesitates.

[Merc]

"...But you'd rather eat Dragon Cuisine than chase after an ex-bandit's 'wild goose chase', despite his almost dying over a map for it. Yes, I understand perfectly," Kizel says depressedly before sighing, and sitting down on the rocky ground, looking upwards. "I guess all that's left for me to do is to continue to hunt more clues. If even the greediest of persons won't take a chance on this, why would anybody else?"

He figures he'll head back to the remains of ol' Salazar's base. He'd found one key there, he might find something else there to gain help with later on.

[thepanda]

Amelia pats him on the back.

"That's the spirit! Never give up on your dreams Mr. Kizel! Even if it is hunting down some moldy old bandit's lair. You gotta believe!"

Amelia poses dramatically for a moment, head held high.

"I have a dream. That one day, the light of Justice will shine into every heart, everwhere. And though there's been hardship (Ms Lina) and danger (Ms Lina) and misunderstandings (Ms Lina too, come to think of it ^^;) I shall never give up! And I really want to try that Dragon Cuisine!" Amelia runs out of the cavern, yelling for the others to wait up.

[Merc]

Kizel shakes his head amusedly at the princess' speech, and shrugs. "Maybe I'll give that dragon cuisine a shot too before heading off clue hunting."

With that, he likewise leaves his ex-home, pondering on the thought.

[Corwin]

Once outside, Lina puts her bags next to Gourry, and casts Boost. Then, using Levitation, she floats high in the air, hanging above the entrance to the treasure cave, and chants the Dragon Slave incantation during freefall.

[Merc]

Zel steps out in time to see Lina casting Boost. Looking around, he stands ready for attack, when he notices Lina levitate. Before he can ask what is going on, however, spellwords for the Dragon Slave begin to be chanted, and he yells into the cavern for Amelia.

Amelia and Kizel are not far from the exit, however, and start running at the sound of the chimera's words. They are just at the cavern mouth when the red-headed sorceress finishes her chant and the ball of power that was forming is launched from her out stretched arms.

An explosion follows as the cavern explodes upwards in a mushroom cloud of devastation from its inner depths outward. The explosion reaches right to the tip of the entrance, flinging Amelia and Kizel outwards.

Amelia flies into a tree, and begins crashing down, until her robes snag onto a branch. She is left dangling there, her eyes once more swirling, sticks and leaves sticking to her clothes and hair. She was far enough however to no be burned.

Kizel is not so lucky. While he does not travel quite as far, his back is exposed to the edge of the blast area, instantly charring his clothing and leaving a burned backside, as well as a bald spot in the back of his head, just before he is flung forward. He crashes into the blond swordsman, and the combined impact of the man and the winds caused by the spell, they both come crashing downward to the ground together, buried under the spilling bags of treasure atop them.

Zelgadis is luckier than the three, having readied himself better. Though pushed backwards a ways, he experiences no damage whatsoever.

And perhaps the luckiest of all is a grinning redhead as she lands lightly on her feet, the winds having never even touched her as she fell. She stares at her handiwork, even as Zel stares at her with a gaping expression.

[Ebiris]

Gourry digs himself out from under all the spilled loot. "Lina, what was that for?!" he asks, visibly agitated.

[Corwin]

"If I can't take that treasure, no one else can!" she lectures her traveling companion. "Isn't that obvious, Gourry?" Walking towards her bags with that same grin on her face, she picks them up, and heads towards the awaiting Dragon Cuisine!

[Ebiris]

"But..." Gourry looks over at the Princess who was nearly buried alive, then hangs his head and sighs. Not like he could ever talk sense into Lina...

"Hey, are you okay?" He looks down at Kizel and removes some of the loot which is burying him.

[Merc]

Kizel just groaned, not bothering to get up. His whole body -hurt- right now.

[Ebiris]

Gourry bundles up all the loot, and, satisfied that Kizel's life isn't in immediate danger, hurries after Lina. It wouldn't do for her to eat all the Dragon Cuisine first, after all...

[Corwin]

"~Dragon Cuisine~" Lina sings to herself, giggling at the thought of finally tasting it, as she walks.

[Ranma_007]

Zelgadis heads over to Kizel. "Recovery!" Zelgadis then heads over to Amelia. "Recovery!" As the healing magic washes over the two, he shakes his head.