Cannon fodder (fantasy superpower rp) (closed, started)

[nuba km]

Number 3 walked up to ivaan 'what book are you looking for? if you tell me I can go and fetch it. Also were are you taking master?'. At the same time the hansav hissed out 'why don't we ssscoop out hisss brain form his neck stump, you know just to make sure you finish the job' from the shadows of the top of the book shelf's.

 

[hiei82]

As the paralysis faded, Claire slowly worked her way back up to her feet. Her body ached a little, but she was mostly unharmed. She took a second to shale her head clear of the residual affects of the blast, before noticing William's state. She made her way over, careful not to aggravate any known or unknown injuries, and wrapped her good arm around him. "It's okay William - everyone's okay."

 

[Floris2123]

William looked at the ash cage he had made. He kept staring at it, afraid that it would move. People were talking around him, but he paid them no mind. Suddenly he felt an arm being wrapped around him, he looked surprised as he turned to face Clarie. He looked at her and a smile spread across his face, she was so beautiful. "It's okay William - everyone's okay."

He placed his hand on Claire's head. "I am happy to hear that everyone is okay, but I am especially happy to hear that you are okay." He gently kissed her head and then released her. He focused on the ash prison once more, and it seemed to form into a round prison. It flew over to him, and he placed the ball in his bag. "Alright it seems we are finally done." He said to no one in particular. He then placed his hand on Claire's back and asked with a worried expression. "Where are you hurt?"

 

[maninahat]

"why don't we ssscoop out hisss brain form his neck stump, you know just to make sure you finish the job."

Now that Abumot seemed fairly dead, the prospect didn't bother Bom too much.

"I'm not putting my hand in there. Who knows what'll happen?" he said to the Hansav.

"...Also were are you taking master?"

Bom thought about it for a moment.

"Just for a walk. Shouldn't take too long, but you should keep the place tidy whilst he's away."

"I am happy to hear that everyone is okay, but I am especially happy to hear that you are okay."

As William kissed Claire's head, Bom finally realised what had been going on this whole time. He slowly exhaled and considered the development.

"Alright it seems we are finally done."

He nodded in agreement. With the others seeing to their wounds, and Claire being back on her feet, Bom gestured towards the exit.

"Shall we make a move?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

The exchange between William and Claire rubbed Karen the wrong way, not that she was against the idea of romance in general, she was just against in on the battlefield "Well if you two are done, I'd like to be out of this miserable country sooner rather then later" Karen said in a slightly annoyed tone.

Rias just sighed at the whole mess and started for the exit

 

[hiei82]

"Where are you hurt?" William asked, after kissing her. Claire hadn't really expected the kiss - she'd been more concerned with calming him down, but then she wasn't complaining either. "I'll be fine - there are no new wounds to speak of." she said, which was mostly true. She was sure she'd cut herself when she fell, but it wasn't anything nature wouldn't solve in a few days. If she'd hurt anything, it was her pride: her attempt at diplomacy proved ineffective and in the end she'd had to end the fight herself. It wasn't anything she liked to admit.

Mr. Bom broke her train of thought, saying "Shall we make a move? and gesturing toward the exit. Claire was in agreement, save one last task. "Sure, but first: what should we do about the library? I certainly don't like the idea of leaving it here for just anyone to dig up, but I don't like the idea of just burning it either - even knowledge of necromancy can be used for good; like stopping undead. I don't know if we can transport it..." she said, trailing off without anything else to add and out of ideas.

"and what about the... er... grave robber. Didn't he need something here?" she added as an after thought, while looking around for the gaseous thief.

 

[olza]

Ivaan looked to the creature offering his service.
"I need all the books you can find on beings with innate magical power, not learned but grown. Like us.
I also need a book information on fighting undead, and a book that can help us fight powerful wizards or sorcerers."
Ivaan looked up at the tall book cases.
"Are there any books on those subjects?"

"why don't we ssscoop out hisss brain form his neck stump, you know just to make sure you finish the job"
Ivaan raised an eyebrow at the thief.
"Not now, no. But if he causes any more trouble" Ivaan made sure the head could hear him for this; "I might change my mind."

Ivaan looked to the others "Burning this much knowledge is out of the question. Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also." Ivaan scrunched up his muzzle.

"One last request my friend. Could you please get me all the more powerful and dangerous books on necromancy."
Ivaan would have to work out a plan for these books later.

 

[nuba km]

'well master said to only follow his direct orders, his last orders were to stick with him and bring books as requested' number three said it then faced the bag with abumots head in it and said 'I am meant to wait here?' the creature waited for a response, not getting one it started thinking, thinking hard 'I remember master said if he should stay quite I should follow his last orders'

"One last request my friend. Could you please get me all the more powerful and dangerous books on necromancy."

In an instant number three scampered off and started running between bookshelves, he returned with a large journal, hand made, some pages looked like they were about to fall out. Despite all this the book had a unnerving presence, un-understandable whispers could be heard form it, the air around it froze into mist, some of which for moments took shape everything from skulls to butterflies 'its masters journal, he says its the most important book he has, it contains everything he's discovered including how to create homunculus, he also said that non magic users also shouldn't look at it' said number three with awe.

 

[Floris2123]

Karen and Rias started to head for the door, but William wasn't quite done here yet. Then Claire spoke, "I'll be fine - there are no new wounds to speak of." He was very relived to hear that. "I am very relived to hear that Claire." She then asked a question, to which he didn't really know the answer. "And what about the...grave robber. Didn't he need something here?" She said looking up at the thief. He glanced around the library, the knowledge which was contained here was very dangerous.

"One last request my friend. Could you please get me all the more powerful and dangerous books on necromancy." He turned his head to see Ivaan, talking to the creature. Why does he want that book? What could he possibly have to gain from that? The creature ran off, and returned with a book warning how dangerous it was. William walked over to Ivaan, and looked at him with a questioning look. "Before you do anything else with that book, why do you even want to see it?" He asked sounding suspicious.

 

[olza]

Ivaan looked down at the book in his hands with more than a small amount of disgust.
"Could you get me the other books I requested please? the book on enchanted beings, the book on fighting undead creatures, and a book on fighting the wizards we may meet? Thankyou, number three."

"Before you do anything else with that book, why do you even want to see it?"

Ivaan laughed out loud.
"There is no way in the forest fires of the lowest depths of terror I am doing anything with this book."
Ivaan took cloth from his bag and bundled up the book.
"I'm taking it so that no-one else can find it and use it's secrets for evil purposes. Perhaps we shall meet a good sorcerer on our travels, if such a thing exists."

 

[evilengine]

"I'm taking it so that no-one else can find it and use it's secrets for evil purposes."

Reetch thought for a moment, then asked

"Why don't you just destroy it? If you just take it away then there's still a chance it can fall into the wrong hands."

He could hear the whispering even through the cloak wrapping, simply being near the tome made Reetch feel ill, it didn't take a magic user or a genius to know that thing, whatever it is, wasn't good news.

 

[olza]

"Why don't you just destroy it? If you just take it away then there's still a chance it can fall into the wrong hands."

"Because nothing happens only once. You watch."
Ivaan batted a hand on the book, looking over to bom;
"In a hundred or so years there will come along another necromancer. Maybe not as powerful, maybe even more powerful than Abumont, and we won't be around to stop them. And this... 'book'" Ivaan spat out the word 'book' as if he didn't want to call the fell elements by the name he called all other knowledge in the library; "May be the key to beating them."

Ivaan stuffed the now covered book in his satchel and hooked the bag containing Abumont's head to his waist
"Destroying it, destroying knowledge, is never advisable in the long run."

 

[evilengine]

"This... 'book' may be the key to beating them."

"You do what you think is right, Ivaan. But if it were me, I'd make it so that thing would be incinerated in a blacksmith's furnace before the day had ended."

Reetch looked at the satchel where the book now rested, then to the bag which held the severed head. He shivered. Ivaan may have a point about the unforeseen possibilities of the future, but Reetch's gut told him otherwise. The book was linked to Abumont, neither were to be taken lightly, if they had to destroy the necromancer then everything of his should go down the same path as him.

He tore his eyes from bags, looking away and trying to put both from his mind.

 

[hiei82]

"Destroying it, destroying knowledge, is never advisable in the long run."

"On the otherhand-" Claire said, interjecting, "-we can't be certain that the next necromancer won't find the book and use it for even greater evil. I agree we shouldn't destroy knowledge Ivaan - but don't use an unknown future to justify it." Claire finished, bothered by his logic. Books were just ideas and ideas were just tools that could be used for great acts of good OR evil - depending on the user. The issue with destroying a book, at least in her case, was that destruction of the knowledge didn't destroy the principle behind the knowledge. They could destroy the book, but not what it contained or represented.

"So what should we do with it?" she asked Ivaan, wanting to hear what the trained Animancer thought - being the closest thing they had to an expert (aside from the head in the bag)

As a second thought, she turned to the little servant of Abumot and asked "So how many books are there and how long would it take to transport them all somewhere else?" It was always a good idea to take logistics into account.

 

[olza]

Ivaan listened to Bom and Claire.
"You both have a point..." Ivaan felt the book's weight in his bag.
Life was never this complicated in the forest...
"So what should we do with it?"
Ivaan thought for a moment,
"Will, You have the final call, what do you think we should do with it?"

 

[nuba km]

number 3 thought a bit before saying 'I don't think we have any books on enhanced beings, there are two whole bookshelves about undead you would need to be more specific about what you need or do you want me to bring you all the books in those bookshelves? As for fighting wizards, well we have books apun books for each type of magic I would have to carry a lot of books. as for all the books I would say it numbers around 687,500, ALL OF THEM SORTED BY ME!' number 3 said with pride

 

[maninahat]

Bom thought about number 3's information.

"And what is the most...financially valuable book in the collection? Is there a book made of gold and gems or something? Could you bring us something like that?"

We might as well get something lucrative out of all of this though Bom.

He explained to the others.

"This entire library might be worth a fortune. Then again, if we hand it over to the nearest town, they might just pat us on the head, take everything and send us on our way. We might as well keep the best stuff for those who'll...show appreciation for it."

 

[Floris2123]

Ivaan laughed and said "There is no way in the forest fires of the lowest depths of terror I am doing anything with this book." William was relieved to hear that, though he could have guessed that he wouldn't. Reetch and Claire voiced their opinions and then Ivaan turned to him. "Will, You have the final call, what do you think we should do with it?" He looked at the book, and pondered over the question. He suddenly had an idea, he would give these books to the military. That would be the best decision, it would help them as well as their country.

Number 3 as he had referred to as before said "I don't think we have any books on enhanced beings....687,500, ALL OF THEM SORTED BY ME!" William turned his head in disbelief. 687,500 BOOKS?! Bom then asked "And what is the most financially valuable book in the collection?..show appreciation for it." William shook his head. "Selling these books will not end well, not for us or the people we sell it too. We should remember this place, and I will inform the military of what we have found." He said looking around the group.

 

[hiei82]

"...and I will inform the military of what we have found." William replied, creating a plan. It wasn't a great option - by no fault of William's - but it was the best they had as far as she could see. Still, she had an idea to modify it. "We should probably take the most important and dangerous items with us - we wouldn't want them falling into the wrong hands. We might be able to send some of them back early too; I will have some evidence to get to my father after all." she added, thinking it might help.

Turning to the little servant, she asked another question. "Are there any powerful or dangerous items here besides the book of necromancy you gave Ivaan? On a similar note; do you have a library catalog or a list of the library's contents?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

Rias stopped and turned "While no, we can't just leave these books here for some one else to find, and feel free to write this off as my utter mistrust of anyone of noble blood not in this room, but I'm not so sure that's a good Idea, after all was part of that agreement from early for proof about a noble traitor back in Embla? Where there's one traitor there's usually others." Rias said as she made her thoughts known "Though, that then raises the question of what do we do with the collection while the traitors are rooted out, and I admittedly don't have an answer for that, destroying them would be simple, but, like Ivaan and Claire, I find that idea rather distasteful, besides, who knows whats in these books, we could be sitting a on gold mine of knowledge that has piratical uses outside necromancy for all we know." she added, remembering how Abumot used several different magics to raise the dead