The Beginning

[3kul]

((Oh Raven, you'll be so disappointed when he finds out how The Sommelier actually extracts emotions ))

"I prefer titles to names. Referring to people with such familiarity is... unfitting of one such as myself." The Sommelier explained. "I am well versed in Dojodian lore. The 'Queen of the Night' is one of the more popular titles for you, referring to your dark nature, preference of the night itself as well as your passion for some of the more unseemly activities commonly associated with that particular time. I believe that it suits you quite well."

He looked about at the three legends gathered here. He had succeeded in calming Raven down, but in this dopey state none of them would be of any use to anybody. "Please excuse me Yellow Guardian, but your presence is required elsewhere. Blue Lady, perhaps you would like to stay and explain more to the Queen of the Night? We shall not be gone for long." The Sommelier moved to pick up Coolpikaaa, who no doubt required medical attention. Even if he didn't, it would be for the best of all present if he was far away from Raven when the mellow vapours lost their hold over her. It had been a small bottle, and this was a large cave, so his best guess was that he had just a few minutes to get the tiny Guardian to safety.

[Raven]

"Naaaah Mr. Sommelier." Raven drawled, motioning him to put the yellow critter down. "Let's all chill, darling~~~" The drowsy tone of her voice was accompanied still by the dopey smile. Turning her head to Fade, or more like flopping it in her direction, she smiled. "How's my favourite assassin doing~?"

Her eyes were rather heavy, and her mind blank. Surely this wasn't a good thing, but she couldn't bring it to herself to care. Although her speech was getting a little more legible, her mental capacities seemed... challenged for the moment.

Pulling herself up slightly, she crawled over to the duvet she's brought with her and wrapped herself up in it like a cocoon. "Hahahah~ I'm warm."

(( It wasn't about how you extracted it. Just... why Sommelier was at a 6 year olds birthday party. *Coughs* ))

[Coolpikaaa]

Staring at the ceiling, the somewhat inebriated Coolpikaaa slowly became aware of The Sommelier's presence over him.

"Please excuse me Yellow Guardian, but your presence is required elsewhere."

"... Kay."

The electric rodent moved to get up, but stopped short, a sharp pain racking his chest. He half managed to lean against the wall and grab his charm as if to go, yet the pain was far too much and he was forced to lay back down. On the other hand though, If not for the effects of the mellow gas, he probably wouldn't have even got this far...

Luckily, The Sommelier had moved to pick him up, and he was carefully lifted away to wherever the next goal may be.

(( :O A quest!))

[3kul]

((Obviously he was there to extract joy from children in order to make one of his more popular beverages. Why does he need any other reason to be there? :-/ ))

"It's fine, we shan't be gone long. We just need to get some snacks." The Sommelier replied. He wasn't sure why but generally when under the effects of the mellow vapours many of his targets felt overwhelmed by a desire to graze on snack foods. As such, the promise of snacks should be enough to allow him safe passage outside of the cave... although even if it didn't, the Queen of the Night was hardly in any state to stop him. "You just stay here and relax." He spoke in the same sort of suggestive tone that he did when he asked them to relax a few moments ago, knowing that they would respond positively this time as well.

With that, he left the Cave with Coolpikaaa in his arms, walking briskly. As soon as they left the cave he took off his mask and left it next to the cave entrance - perhaps this would serve as a warning to the more observant wanderer. It is a completely normal face mask, so anybody could wear it if they wished, and if they wished to enter the cave this was probably a wise thing to do. He remembered that Aster, the tiny yet well-armoured soldier (who unfortunately had probably inhaled a substantial amount of mellow vapours by now), mentioned something about a campfire, so perhaps if this place had anything along the lines of a doctor then that might be where they were? The Sommelier was not sure, unfortunately he had only been in this world for less than an hour, and as such he was not exactly familiar with local customs and cultures. He didn't even know where the nearest city was.

"Excuse me, is there a doctor or healer present?" He asked, approaching the campfire. "My friend here does not appear to be feeling so well." Unfortunately it was quite dark, and while he thought he could see figures sitting by the fire he couldn't really make them out. Ah, of course, how foolish of me. The Sommelier realized - he hadn't taken his reading glasses off since reading those letters, no wonder his eyesight was so poor.

The cool night air would be sobering Coolpikaaa up quite a bit quicker than he would have been in the cave, and the mellow, relaxing feeling that had previously clouded his mind would soon be lifted.

((Who's left sitting by the campfire? Anybody? ))

[Swix]

((Uh, I think it's just Mary and the little tiny black dragon of Jodies called Shadow outside at the minute 3kul, as rosebarks's char Ell'ri left the RP and she was the last one there. Also CloudCaptainCassies Trance *was* there, but she's disappeared too. Draconorns char has followed Markus to a Psiot City, so uh, unless CCC or rose comes back, there won't be anyone up by the campfire))

Fades body was shaking with the giggles, her head resting on on her knees with her eyes closed whilst her hands remained tightly wrapped around her bent legs. The 'Blue Lady' opened her eyes and looked up however when The Sommelier walked over to the yellow rodent that had caused the giggles and said he was going to take him away-in which something suddenly seemed wrong. "Heeey" she mumbled, as Raven gestured for him to put CP back down-that was good, that meant she didn't have to bother getting up and go do that herself, it seemed more effort than it was worth.

Fades watery grey eyes then looked up to Raven as she flopped her head in the assassins direction, her own tilted to the side at an odd angle as it rested on her knees, with another dopey grin plastered on to it "I'm... I don't know... what am I doing?" she said, puzzled, before she smirked at her own sentence "I'm making no sense... I didn't know you even had a favourite assassin Raven" she said-now apparently talking to herself, as Raven had moved over to the duvet she'd brought with her and wrapped herself up in it. "Hahah, you're warm... and I'm... lukewarm" she said, then smirked again and went into a smaller fit of giggles.

After the last fit, though, Fade just managed to look up at The Sommelier leaving the cavern, raised a hand (a lot of effort) and actually managed to raise her voice (even more effort) "Hey, don't go dying on me" she yelled after them " ...little yellow rodent thing, we''re not done yet". Fades hand flopped back down in relief, and her watery grey eyes moved over to Raven in the duvet as she rewrapped herself back in her own arms "i'll tell you more about this place... later" she said, now the faintly twisted smile was back "it's too much effort right now, okay?"

[Jodie]

(Shadow)

Shadow tilted her head then she heard a voice by the fire and walked over curiusley

"What in the world is that?" She asked looking at the Strange Yellow Mouse like thing in the mans arms

[3kul]

"'That' is the illustrious Yellow Guardian, last of the Guardians of the Blackstar Dojo." The Sommelier replied somewhat bluntly. Obviously this creature was far too ignorant to show proper respect where it was due, but even still, such rudeness was unsightly. "Are you the only one here? I was under the impression that there might be more people at this... settlement."

Taking his reading glasses off to get a better look around, The Sommelier couldn't help but feel that calling this hole in the ground a settlement was being far too generous. This was very odd, he was quite certain that he'd been told that Pax was a settled realm...

"I am in need of a medic or healer. If you are neither of these then could you please point me in the way of the nearest place where I might find one?"

[Jodie]

(Shadow)

Shadow tilted her head then said "I don't know much of this weird Surface world but there is a funny cat like human like thing and a normle looking human"

*She pointed in Mary and Athena's Direction*

She then gulped then said as calm as she could but still sounded nervius "If my parents find me up here I am sooo dead"

She then sighed "and I'm going to die from talking to surface Dwellers too... Another rule from my parents broken..."

[3kul]

The Sommelier paused for a moment, staring at the tiny dragon. It seemed pitiful in a way, still but a child, lost in a place it's parents may never find it. He knelt down next to Shadow (he would have placed a hand on her shoulder to reassure her but he couldn't do so without dropping his injured charge) and decided to explain. "You do not seem to know the truth of this world... This will not come easily to you, but you have been transported to a realm known only as 'Pax'. Some of us, like myself, come here willingly, others, like yourself, are not so lucky. Your parents are not here, and you need to realize that you may never see them again."

"Regardless of how this makes you feel now, eventually you will come to understand the gravity of this truth, and you may lose your way." He had a distant look in his eyes, as though he knew this from experience. "At that point in time I would like for you to come and find me. Many can teach you how to conquer your enemies, but only The Sommelier can teach you how to conquer your own heart." He stood up, looking in the direction that she had pointed. It was time to move on. "Thank you for the directions." He said, farewelling Shadow.

The Sommelier then left the small dragon, walking towards where she said that the 'funny cat-like human-like thing' and the 'normal-looking human' were. He couldn't see them but it was night time, and he had no reason to believe that the dragon was lying. "Excuse me, is there a doctor or healer present?"

[Jodie]

(Shadow)

Shadow was confused, She was unsure wether to be upset or happy about being away from her parents.

She watched as the man walked off and whisperd to herself "Ok I always wanted a vacation away from my parents but... Possibley not seeing them ever again..."

She sighed and started rolling a pebble around

(Mary)

Mary was waiting for Athena to respond but then looked at the man then jumped back

"I remember a hume was telling me about Those Yellow creatures, Thats a Pikachu Isn't it?" She was both Exited and a little scard then she notaced it was injured

"Oh no poor Pikachu" she said sadley looking at it then sighed "at times like these I wish I could learn white Magic..."

[Swix]

Ana (Camp, Fade)

The assassin sat in the corner and giggled insanely to herself like a little teenager-a time of life which most people would be familiar with, but which this particular woman had never experienced, so the fits of finding things amusing were rather intoxicating to her. On the other hand, she was just beginning to become aware that there was something wrong here, but it seemed as though whatever held the answers to what and why was keeping it's mouth tightly shut for now.

Ana (Camp, different cavern, Furnace)

Over in one of the many dragonmade caverns, as the one who'd made them had provided one for each of the original camp 'settlers', a wisp of smoke began to arise from the entrance as two draconic, bright red, slitted eyes that glowed with internal fire made their presence known as the owner stared outside at what was going on. There were three-no four-new scents now, three of them outside. One, a very well dressed looking man that carried himself with a rather proud bearing. He was also carrying something else which gave off one of the new scents-yet it was familiar to the dragon, as he and the Yellow Guardian had crossed paths before. There was also a completely unfamiliar yet familiar scent, that of a young dragon of a completely different species, and his eyes moved to stare at the baby creature. Well now, that was interesting.

Furnace hadn't actually come back uo here to find newcomers-he wanted to know what was wrong with a certain person, as their link-which he'd agreed to during a mission of vengeance between the two unlikely partners-was giving him weird and unsettling feelings. However, since he'd come up in the wrong cave he'd started watching the soft-skins outside, to see if he could figure out was going on. It hadn't helped of course, although on the other hand the fourth scent happened to be from someone he trusted, and was along with his unlikely partner. He could wait for a bit-that there was another dragon here was interesting.

~Hey, kid!~ the adolescent beast sent via telepathy towards the tiny creature, his mindvoice full of dark mischief ~Wanna play a game?~

[Jodie]

(Shadow)

Shadow was quietley watching the fire and rolling a pebble around
She then jumped as she wasn't expecting to hear a voice in her head,

She then looked around then sniffed the air curiusley and could smell the sent of another dragon, Then giggled to herself

"Well atleast I'm not the onley dragon here"

She then sent Back telepathy

~Ok but where are you and who are you?~

[Swix]

(Furnace)

Furnace snorted, and rolled his reptilian eyes at the baby dragons questions. A much larger puff of smoke accompanied the wisps that were rising out of the cavern he was in-in the darkness, of course, this was hardly noticeable. The burning red eyes looking out of the entrance however, were not. ~Hrrmph. If you must know to play, I may as well ask you your name~ he sent back, his enthusiasm for the game slightly curbed, but made up for by the first sentence ~My name is Furnace, and I'm in the cavern with the two glowing red eyes looking out of it-where the smell of smoke is coming from. Surely such a fine young dragon as yourself must've noticed them?~
He finished, snorted again and thrashed his spiky tail impatiently. What did a dragon have to do to have some fun around here?

[Jodie]

(Shadow)

Shadow giggled then ran over to Furnace was and said

"Well I am still a dragon in training, And my names Shadow"

She then Giggled "so what are we going to play?", She jumped around exitedley

[3kul]

"I remember a hume was telling me about Those Yellow creatures, Thats a Pikachu Isn't it?"

"As far as I know of, yes." The Sommelier replied, looking to Mary for a little more than blatantly obvious observations.

"Oh no poor Pikachu... at times like these I wish I could learn white Magic..."

"I must admit that I am somewhat surprised to find that there is no healer present." The Sommelier said, not seeming very surprised at all. "I had expected that I would land in a city, or perhaps a settlement, but this seems unusually primitive for a new world. Even an exploration party would be better prepared..." He sighed, then turned his head to gaze upon the night sky. He seemed to be looking far, far away... "But I suppose that this is merely the way of this realm. Those who are here, by and large, do not seem to have chosen to be here."

The world was almost whimsical in that regard. He had chosen to come here, and had solicited the services of a transdimensional mage in order to 'ride' the celestial winds that swept people off their worlds and on to this one, but he was still not quite where he wanted to be. The right place, but the wrong time... Was this merely bad luck, or was the planet itself punishing him for attempting to cheat his way here?

This mystery would haunt The Sommelier for a long time, but for now he put it outside of his mind. "Please tell me young lady, are there any other cities, or even settlements, nearby? One where I might find a doctor or healer?"