Reprise! Act 1!

[Rezantis]

"Wonderful.  Dig the damn thing up, please, some of us LIKE forests . . ."

[Carthrat]

"Hell no! It's turned on. You wanna kill everything for 300 miles?" replies Carthrat, shocked.

[Rezantis]

"Aren't you about to do that anyway?"

[Carthrat]

"No, this way, it won't actually kill *people*," replies Carthrat, oblivious to the way the elf has produced a dagger and is repeatedly (and ineffectually) trying to stab her with it.

[Rezantis]

Relm waved a hand and threw the elf about twenty feet away, conveniently (but completely by accident) straight towards Ryoma.

"You said nonintelligent life.  Sun'y'dale is that way."  Relm points.

[Carthrat]

"Hey, you're right!" replies Carthrat, returning to her usual cheerful self. "Here, hold this," she says, handing the big club to Relm before producing a shovel and moving to dig up the box..

[Rezantis]

". . ."

Relm stepped out of the way as the club fell over with a thump.

[Carthrat]

"Oh, come on. It's not *that* heavy," states Carthrat, pulling up the Black Box (which is emitting a foul-smelling black fog.)

She chucks the thing *high* in the air, and grabs her club, waiting for it to level...

*PoW!*

Onlookers see a trail of black smoke flying across the horizon towards that happy little town..

[Rezantis]

"Nice shot."

Relm paused.

"Of course, now you really -do- deserve what they're going to blame you for, but who cares . . ."

So saying, she promptly gestured again and created another ball of fire, about twice as large as the previous one, and threw it towards where she'd thrown the elf.

"Stupid bastards.  Anyway, let's go!"

[Carthrat]

"Well, hey, if they're gonna chase me, may as well give them something *real* to complain about," replies Carthrat, shrugging.

[Rezantis]

Relm waved in the general direction of the fireball.

"Ditto."

[Carthrat]

The elf takes a spit-take at the second fireball hurling towards him, which promptly explodes, covering a fairly decent radius around him..

[Bean Bandit]

Ryoma moved through the forest as quietly as he could, frowning as he heard the voices in nearby. Friendly bunch. He thought dazedly, shaking his head and moving on, trying to get away from where he could hear them.

His efforts were interrupted by the arrival of the elf. Sighing inwardly, he dropped his pack and sword and prepared to snag the hurtling body out of the air by the collar, but his eyes widened as he saw the fireball on hot on his tail. Dammit...Can't let the poor idiot get fried...Even if he probably deserves it...Probably finish cauterizing my arm, anyway..

Decision made, Ryoma's wings burst from his back and he dove at the fireball as fast as he could, his fingers closing around the elf's singed garments as the fireball exploded. He leapt upwards, his wings beating hard as he caught the updrafts from the flames and soared into the sky.

"Goddammit, I am SICK of being set on FIRE!!!"

[Rezantis]

Relm spun around at the movement and saw the spectacle . . . and also heard the annoyed yell.

She sighed.

"Waste of a good fireball.  Oh well,"  She turned to Ginn and Carthrat,  "Shall we go?"

[Bean Bandit]

Ryoma cast a quick glance down, and saw the group of people who'd apparently cast the fireball.

They were more or less ignoring him, and since the woman had looked up and seen him, they apparently weren't spoiling for a fight. Ryoma smiled to himself. Good luck at last... Returning the courtesy, he ignored the people on the ground, and flew to the edge of the explosion, (The far side) and alighting on the ground, he retracted his wings and dropped the elf.

"I've had a REALLY bad day." Ryoma warned. "If you don't plan on either being grateful, or leaving quietly, I'm going to hit you. HARD."