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The last time Daine so thoroughly exhausted herself was during the siege at Pirate's Swoop, so it's no great surprise that in her dream, that's where she wakes. She sits up on the cot they've set up for her in the stables, where the ponies could keep an eye on her. Her head swims, and she grips the edge of the cot until the sensation passes.
A familiar gray nose enters her field of vision, and Daine smiles as Cloud, her pony, sniffs her over. "I'm fine," she reassures the mare, reaching up to give her neck a pat.
You're no such thing, Cloud replies tartly. You've drained yourself again. I won't always be there to lend you strength when you need it.
"Good thing you're here now, then." Daine steadies herself against the pony as she rises to her feet, ignoring Cloud's irritated snort. "Where's Numair?"
It's trouble enough to keep an eye on you, let alone the stork-man.
Daine sighs. "Fine. I'll find him myself."
She makes it to the stable doors before the scene begins to disintegrate around her. Daine whirls about to look for Cloud, but the stable is gone, replaced by nothingness. Within moments, nothing remains but the planks below her feet - and then they, too, crumble away. Daine drops into the Dreaming with a cry of dismay, not knowing where she'll land.
[OOC: Daine's taking a two-day nap after the events in this thread, giving her enough time to drop into the minds of a good number of people. Go nuts!]
A familiar gray nose enters her field of vision, and Daine smiles as Cloud, her pony, sniffs her over. "I'm fine," she reassures the mare, reaching up to give her neck a pat.
You're no such thing, Cloud replies tartly. You've drained yourself again. I won't always be there to lend you strength when you need it.
"Good thing you're here now, then." Daine steadies herself against the pony as she rises to her feet, ignoring Cloud's irritated snort. "Where's Numair?"
It's trouble enough to keep an eye on you, let alone the stork-man.
Daine sighs. "Fine. I'll find him myself."
She makes it to the stable doors before the scene begins to disintegrate around her. Daine whirls about to look for Cloud, but the stable is gone, replaced by nothingness. Within moments, nothing remains but the planks below her feet - and then they, too, crumble away. Daine drops into the Dreaming with a cry of dismay, not knowing where she'll land.
[OOC: Daine's taking a two-day nap after the events in this thread, giving her enough time to drop into the minds of a good number of people. Go nuts!]
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The monster isn't even trying to be quiet. From its hissing, its claws scrabbling over the ground, and the rattle of its tail, she gets a clear enough picture of where it is and how quickly its moving.
The first arrow strikes its shoulder, and the Coldfang lets out a furious shriek, bearing down on her as she sets the second arrow to the string. Even without bat's ears, she could hear where to send her second arrow. She looses, and the Coldfang's scream is abruptly cut off. It collapses to the floor a few feet from where Daine is standing, the arrow tip protruding slightly from the back of its skull.
Daine shifts her ears back and opens her eyes, looking down at the Coldfang's body. "Well, there's that done," she says unsteadily. Then she turns away and leans against the wall, endeavoring to not be sick.
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This has the unforeseen consequence of bringing him quite a bit too close to face-to-face with the dead Coldfang. Andrew freezes for a few seconds before he realizes he's doing it only out of his own reflex, his eyes free to wander over it and see the arrows protruding from its head and shoulder.
"...You've killed it," he says stupidly, staring at it with wide eyes.
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"I trust you," he says.
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After a minute, she sniffles and scrubs at her cheeks with her sleeve. "How do we get out of here?"
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He blinks. "I can't remember now."
Now, in his mind, the library stacks are nearly a labyrinth built of books. The Master must have led him through when he installed him at that desk. For some reason, though, Andrew doesn't feel frightened by the thought.
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He slips his hand into hers and gives it a squeeze. "We need to stay together," he tells her firmly.
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"All right," she agrees, getting to her feet and using her hold on Andrew's hand to pull him up after her. "I could take bird shape, though, to scout a little." It might not be the best idea, but she thinks it's still worth mentioning.
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The Coldfang's body might be gone, but the bow remains, a quiver of arrows conveniently resting beside it. Daine shoulders the quiver and grabs the bow. There's no sense in leaving it behind, and Mithros only knows what else might be in the labyrinth.
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"I don't think he can find us in here," he says blithely.
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"And if we do run into him, I'll throw a book at his head," he says cheerfully.
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"Encyclopedia Britannica," he decides. "Volume thirteen, I think." He turns when the wall opens up to their right, tugging her along the new walkway.
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"Strange to see so many books in one place," Daine says as Andrew pulls her along. Books aren't a rarity in Tortall, but they're not so easy to produce there as here, it seems. Her anatomy book is a prized possession, and Numair had had to argue with her to even get her to accept so valuable a gift. Seeing them stacked atop one another all higgledy-piggledy is a bit unnerving, now that she thinks about it.
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He looks at her in mild surprise. "Is it? Would you believe me if I told you I've been to a library that took up an entire planet?" Because yeah he needed to bring that up.
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Daine gapes up at him, wondering if he's being serious or pulling her leg. "A whole planet?" She shakes her head; that must be nonsense.
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