Spellbeast [Luck is dead]

[reflectiveRhino]

Looking at the powers, only bird makes sence.

seconded

[Askia]

birdcat

[cyber95]

Reptiles are awesome. I vote reptiles.

[WateryHell]

Avians all the way.

[Kaynato]

Avian!

Birdsong, all that.

Mostly being a cute bird though, haha.

[Kíeros]

Avian!

Birdsong, all that.

Mostly being a cute bird though, haha.

Exactly; that's the reason why I'd suggest that as well.

[Aleisha]

>Avian
Canvas size upgrade earned!

Your master gets up while you are thinking, and removes the blood from his shirt with a very weak resonant wave, literally shaking the liquid out of the fabric on a molecular level. It doesn't even stain.

Now that's classy.

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So have you decided?
Yep! I think I'll be more helpful to you with an avian body.

Your master prepares his magic-amplifying staff.



You now have a simple avian body. You can walk, jump, and glide, fly with a light load, and manipulate simple objects.

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Here, I think I had better explain what's going on.
My name is Evenos Alerana. I'm in training to be a future High Guard of the Grand Sound Temple in the capital.
Currently, the Sound element is allied to Time and Wisdom, and opposes Light.
Dark is allied to Light, so in order to win favor with Light, the Dark High Guard tried to kill me and the other guards-in-training.
Oh noooo ;^;
My thoughts exactly. I was stabbed, and once they left me to bleed out, I summoned you.
They're probably still here, going after the others. As much as I want to help them...
...I don't stand a chance against a fully-trained High Guardian.
Not so low on energy and with one basic Spellbeast as an ally.
So all we can do is run. We're lucky to be on the ground floor.
It'll make getting away easier. Would you mind scouting out an escape route?
Here, I'll sketch you a quick map of the ground floor.
I'll do my best, master Evenos! You can count on me!

You are currently in a small quiet-study room attached to the library. There is only one way out of this room, but multiple potential ways out of the training center- if there aren't any High Guardians in the way. You're excited, and a bit nervous, to have your first real mission from your master.

Feel free to draw on the map for suggestions of how to proceed.

[Whimbrel]

[Aleisha]

Seems simple enough. You sneakily make your way to scout out this route, see if it's all clear. If it is, you can have your master to safety in no time.



You have way too much fun sneaking through the bookshelves like a ninja. You're still totally on task, though, and you see that the library is pretty much empty. The body of a young Sound-guard who wasn't lucky enough to summon a Spellbeast to heal them is lying on the floor between two shelves, but nothing alive is in here but you.

You peek out into the hallway.



HIGH GUARDIAN HIGH GUARDIAN ABORT ABORT

Yeah, there was pretty much no way it was gonna be that easy.



You may now also attempt to command Evenos.
He can only be commanded when separated from Keto.

What will you do now?

[d2r123]

Well, we now have a one in three chance of being caught. The most likly place for him to enter is the first door. If you stay in the library, you will most likly be caught. After all, you can see through a book shelf. The second exit is a hallway. If he looks in or walks by the hallway, or if he enters the library and then immediatly takes the exit, you will be instantly caught.
So, that's a 2.3/3 chance of being caught in the hall and a 1/3 + susspition chance of being caught in the library or being backed into a corner. I recoment hiding in the bottom left corner of the room to your left. Quiet yourself when you move over there. After that, when you hear the dark guy walking outside of either of your only two exits in that room, run out the other exit and down the hall in the direction of the exit which does not require you tor turn around. One minute while I make an animation. The people will be colored dots.

[reflectiveRhino]

> Make a noise in the pretty gardens so that the guard goes there

[Kíeros]

> Try to head out the other exit from the room, and hope you weren't noticed.

[SNeakyRobot]

> Stun the guard and get your escape on!

[SonicLover]

>Peer out of the east exit and assess the situation from there before deciding anything hasty.

[Aleisha]

>Assess the situation

You quickly retreat to the safety of the library. You are almost completely certain you weren't noticed- you didn't make any noise, after all. Silence is a useful ability.

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Master Evenos? There's a High Guardian between the library and the gardens.
Damnit. Check the other door out of the library, and if that hall is clear, the empty music room across from it. I hope we aren't stuck in the library...
I'm on it.

Peering into the hall, it looks like the coast is clear. No High Guardians in range of sight. You quickly sneak over to check out the music room.


It's empty... there's a sheet music stand, and the door to the room in the back is closed. Your simple avian feet can't be used to open round doorknobs, so you can't check it out.



Should you scout more, or call Evenos over to this room?

[WateryHell]

>Scout just a wee bit more. You can never be too sure.

[SNeakyRobot]

> Do this

[Kíeros]

> Peek out the other door to see where the other guardian is.

[Askrei]

train sneak andget passedthe guard

[CthulhuZuzu]

> Use your sound magic to open the door instead with a small sound blast.

[Whimbrel]

Bring him over, and then more scouting

[Aleisha]

>Scout more

You take a quick look out into the hallway.


In the opposite direction from the library, you don't see any High Guardians. From what you can see of the main hall, they've been through there.


That High Guardian lady is still there. With that jackal mask, you can't really tell where she is looking at any given moment.



You decide to upgrade your map, and add a key.

What now?

[SNeakyRobot]

> Evanos: Grab a book and go into the second room with Keto. Toss the book across the hall into the adjacent room, run quietly back into the first room and out that near exit, assuming that the guard was successfully distracted.

[Kíeros]

> Evanos: Grab a book and go into the second room with Keto. Toss the book across the hall into the adjacent room, run quietly back into the first room and out that near exit, assuming that the guard was successfully distracted.

That'll probably work. Hopefully...

[Aleisha]

> Evanos: Grab a book and go into the second room with Keto. Toss the book across the hall into the adjacent room, run quietly back into the first room and out that near exit, assuming that the guard was successfully distracted.

Yes, let's throw a book directly across the High Guardian's line of sight. That's going to end so well.



You go and join Keto anyways because there is nothing to be gained standing around in that little room by yourself when the Spellbeast has already ascertained that there are no High Guardians in the music room.

Also you decide that even when you're with Keto, you'll consider well-thought-out commands.



You wonder where all the instruments went.

Anyways, what will you guys do?