The Kethencian College of Magic RP (Part 3)

[Philote]

Billy appears in the air next to Zauber, startling him. At first he thinks its part of the illusion they are watching before slowly realizing its Billy.

He catches Billy up on the situation, emphasizing the fact that they need to gather information on their enemy while they can watch it safely.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Thank you, Mr. Zaubar. Were you able to catch up with that girl? Was she all right?"

Billy watches the thing in the cloak, and the strange gleam it gives off. "Sir, I may be wrong, but is that person metal?"

[Philote]

"I'm afraid I haven't been able to catch up with her yet" Zauber apologizes "But I believe she is in the crowd somewhere."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Oh, that reminds me. I have to find someone myself. Please excuse me, we can meet later. As in immediately after this because I have something I want to give you. Bring her. And any of the gang you can round up." Billy bowed slightly, and made his way through the crowd, looking at his feet, letting out a muffled "'Scues me, so sorry, pardon, so sorry, really my apologies" whenever he bumped someone.

It wasn't long before he found what he was looking for. It rushed up and clamped itself around his leg.

"Well, hello Mr. Gob. I'm sorry it took so long to find you. There was something important I had to do. Did Mr. Stacy treat you well?"

Stacy's group, to his credit, had gotten on just fine during the incident by hunkering down in the back, out of the way of all the fighting. They had apparently stayed hidden throughout the entire ordeal, even when it got quiet, only popping up out of their makeshift fort once they heard the headmasters voice.

Billy was very relived. He would have to find Stacy and thank him personally later. For now, though, he had to watch and listen.

[Philote]

With Billy leaving, Zauber turns back to examining the scene around him. Until he got the information from the Headmaster though, he would not be able to collect all the details himself. He needed more perspectives and minds working on a solution, so he heads out to find the others while he has a chance. Zauber starts by walking over to Piper and delivering Billy's message before heading off with her in search of the others.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Wulf watched the scenes play out in a sort of stunned amazement. So many questions...

[Philote]

Zauber comes up with Piper behind Wulf and taps him on the shoulder "Come, follow me. We can talk once we have most of the group together."

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Wulf eagerly turns from the display and follows Zauber.

[Philote]

Zauber leads the two over to Asoka and greets her. This would be the most he could get together of their group until Billy returned. Tiberius, Eric, and the others were nearby he believed, but he had not caught sight of them yet.

"Alright, while we wait for Billy to join us we are going to gather as much information as we can. Several important figures and events are being shown to us and it would be a waist to have our attentions divided. Each of us should choose a specific aspect of this illusion and study it as thoroughly as we can."

[Marvelous Miscreant]

The scene below progressed. The Hero, as he was now, raged into battle with the Red Eyes. With his vision cleared and his morals reborn he fought with more passion. Not passion of greed, but for life. He wanted only to stop the Red Eyes.

But the Red Eyes was too powerful, too persistent. It would not die. So the Hero had only one choice. In a final battle, he claimed the well of magic and used it's vast power to cast a spell. The words to which appeared in his mind as if whispered from some long forgotten voice. The Spell bloomed across the hill and the field of battle. It pulled in the Red Eyes. It forced in down into the well and sealed in there, locking it away where it could hurt nobody. But the spell was not enough to hold the creature. It had to be locked with the creatures true name and a guardian to protect it.

The hero spoke the creatures name, shouting it to the heavens and became the guardian.

It was then, just before the words of the Creatures name reached the students ears that the magical scene died away. Once again they were in the forbidden section.

The Headmaster Looked to them and spoke. "That is all I am able to show you, but the rest is simple. The Red Eyes was sealed away, but it left behind pieces of itself in the form of it's Acolytes. They are the ones who will try to raise the Red Eyes. But they will have to go through us. Come, we have much to prepare for."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Billy followed eagerly after the Headmaster, Gob carried along on his back.

He gently shoved his way through the throng of students until he was right behind the man. "Sir, how? What do you mean by Acolytes? People who have existed since it's time or..." He looked back over his shoulder, into Gobs face. He turned back"...or does it have ways to recruit?"

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"Oh, they aren't people...not in the slightest. They've borrowed different shapes across the years and they've hijacked others to serve their cause, adding to their ranks, but the seven.....the original seven....."

The headmaster looked Billy Dead in the eye, "...they've always been around. Always watching. Always waiting."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Billy shuttered at the fact that all of his fears were justified. That had never happened before.

"Like Kyrse, sir? Because, I put him in the ground. You mean he can just come back?"

[Marvelous Miscreant]

The Headmaster's face faltered. "Oh yes, even if it takes awhile, he'll find a way back. They've pledged their very being to their master and not even death will keep them from fulfilling their duties. They're very stubborn that way."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"They're ghosts?" The words came out hollow in his throat.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"Worse, they're evil incarnate. They're constructs of ideas, concepts and thoughts of the Red Eyes. As long as their master remains, so do they."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Billy breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, literal projections of it's will? Fragments of it's personality. Dreams?"

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"More like nightmares."

[Philote]

"Do they always take the same form? I mean, if Kyrse comes back will he be the same paper monster we witnessed before?" Zauber asks.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"It's difficult to say. They have rarely attacked in the past."