Warlocke draws a protective circle. Warlocke then removes the red rose from his robes and sets it on the ground directly in front of him. Ryoko raises her hand, and a small, enchanted dagger appears. Ryoko throws the dagger to the ground where Warlocke's shadow is. Warlocke is rendered immobile Warlocke, without moving, teleports behind one of the rocks where Ryoko cannot see. Ryoko looks at her hand, and a ball of golden light appears... Ryoko sends the ball of light into the sky above the rocks. The light then brightens intensely, eliminating all shadows in the area Warlocke peers from behind one of the rocks and chants. A cloud of black smoke appears over the red rose. Suddenly a red dragon emerges from the cloud of smoke and attacks Ryoko Ryoko says : "Oh. Dragon." Ryoko takes a pinch of dragon's bane herb and tosses in at the ground where the dragon is advancing towards her. Ryoko utters some arcane words, and the herb grows up and around the dragon, encasing and binding it firm Warlocke returns to the center of the ring Warlocke stands under a tree... You raise an eyebrow. Warlocke begins to glow$B)ï(J Ryoko looks to the ground around where Warlocke is standing... A huge thicket of purple thorny poison-tipped vines grows all around Warlocke -- to the sides, back, front and above Warlocke explodes out and jumps upward and in a flash becomes a leaf on the tree, one of millions. Warlocke flies from the tree and in a cannonball zooms toward Ryoko He stops halfway and slowly levitates downward. Ryoko floats up to the tree, sprinkling golden faerie dust All of the sudden, the tree lights up with many tiny, golden faeries. The faeries all gather into a large arrow, pointing to the leaf that is Warlocke... Warlocke recognizes the old "purple stuff" chemicals and, through a bit of alchemy, douses himself with a fluid contained in one of his pouches from his belt. Warlocke , now in elven form, stands in the center of the circle... He glows again, this time brighter Warlocke points to one rock, then another, then another... Electricity begins to jump from one rock to the next Ryoko levitates into a casting position... Warlocke begins to spin as the electricity jumps from rock to rock in a complete circle ever faster... Ryoko holds out a solitary finger... Warlocke has created a great whirlwind of electricity which sucks Ryoko from here casting position and rips and fries her simultaniously Ryoko lets all the electricity flow into her single finger. Ryoko's hair begins to stand on end with static electricity as the she absorbs the bolts as they streak towards her Warlocke wonders what she intends to do about the horrendous winds that are also approaching her... Ryoko walks towards Warlocke, slowly... The crackling of static electricity fills the air Ryoko takes a deeeeeeeeeep breath Warlocke levitates on a disk of earth, thinking that Ryoko neglected to tend to the tornado still moving toward her... Ryoko blows a counter-wind that meets the tornado, dispersing it harmlessly Ryoko's hair is a mess You hmm. Ryoko straightens out her hair Warlocke begins to run really fast Ryoko touches a rock with all the electricity stored in her. (the rock that nako is sitting on)... The ground begins to rumble beneath the rock as electricity flows into it. Warlocke realized he almost ran right off his floating disk... Nakoruru frowns. Ryoko says : "Rise, my pet..." The rock begins to take shape as an immense humanoid. The golem turns to Warlocke, looking down upon him with gleaming crimson eyes... Warlocke floats a little higher... Nakoruru has moved Ryoko stands directly behind the golem and touches it. The golem glows with a golden color The golem attacks Warlocke Warlocke drops a bucket of sulfuric acid on the golem You drop the sturdy, old bucket. A sturdy, old bucket is lying on the ground. Ryoko raises an eyebrow, as the acid falls from the golem Ryoko says "Glad I enchanted him!" Ryoko watches as the golem proceeds with its attack Warlocke produces a piece of bark and sets it on the disk in front of him... Ryoko watches as the golem raises its immense hand, poised to strike Warlocke Warlocke breaks the bark in half the long way Just then, the ground rips open wide and deep beneath the golem, and it plummets to its death. Warlocke duct tapes the bark back together and the ground closes, sealing the golem forever. Warlocke points behind Ryoko and says "Look, its Elvis!!" Ryoko innocently turns her head to take a peek Ryoko turns back to Warlocke "You're trying to trick me, aren't you?" Ryoko giggles Warlocke raises his arm to the mountains. Ryoko blinks. Warlocke jolts his arm in a half circle and boulders begin to roll from the hills toward the silent rocks. The avalanche is also on fire, burning boulders rush down Warlocke downs his cloak and disappears... Ryoko raises her arms, and many small golden faeries appear around her Warlocke reappears behind the avalanche, levitating beside a stone giant commanded to kill Ryoko Ryoko points to the boulders as they cascade down the hill. The faeries shoot out towards the flaming boulders. The faeries hold out their dainty little hands, and holy water gushes forth in front of the boulders, putting out the fires, and reducing the boulders to mud. Ryoko says : "Now for the giant." The mudslide harmlessly makes its way into the area Ryoko produces a single shard of crystal and holds it to the sky. A beam of light hits the shard and reflects off toward the giant. Slowly, the giant turns into a crystal statue... Blackfyre looks at the mud worriedly. Warlocke notices Ryoko standing in some mud and takes the opportunity to cast transmute mud to... LAVA Ryoko closes her eyes as the faeries return from the hillside and surround her once again. The faeries disappear Floyd tells you : Wait for your turn... Ryoko levitates off the ground above the lava Ryoko says [to you] : "Ah, ah sweetie!" It's my turn now!" Ryoko giggles You tell to floyd : ok, i just couldnt help myself ; ) Ryoko says [to you] : "I wanted to do something with the mud, but lava will do nicely." Warlocke snaps his fingers "darn" Warlocke returns to the circle and prepares himself Ryoko looks up at Warlcoke, hovering on his earthen disk...right above the lava. Warlocke moves suspiciously away... Ryoko sprinkles golden faerie dust Ryoko looks up to Warlocke and notices a little clump of moss growing on his disk... Warlocke creates a dome of water above himself... Ryoko watches the moss's growing destroy the disk, sending Warlocke plummeting to the lava Ryoko looks at the distance between Warlcoke and his dome of water increase dramatically... Ryoko gasps as Warlcoke falls closer and closer to the lava... Warlocke jumps, startled, up through the dome of water as the disk crashes to the ground. The water dome hits the lava before Warlocke does, cooling it to stone. Warlocke hits the lavarock with an "oomph" Ryoko says : "Ouch..." Warlocke gets up and brushes himself off, once again clearing his mind... Warlocke cleared his mind and prepares an attack... Ryoko is done clearing the dirty text Ryoko waits, levitating off the ground... Warlocke produces a tunning fork with the word "DECAY" written on it in an ancient writings. Warlocke points it toward Ryoko and gives it a single strike Warlocke listens to the strange, penetrating sound that will only effect Ryoko physically Ryoko peers closely at the tuning fork, then closes her eyes and folds her arms together as the decay vibration heads toward her... Warlocke brushes the lava off of a nearby bucket You pick up the sturdy, old bucket. You now have a sturdy, old bucket. Ryoko begins to also vibrate, as a golden light envelops her. This golden light begins to quickly expand outward...the vibration of LIFE counterbalancing the wave of DECAY. The two vibrations meet in a blinding flash, leaving behi Ryoko looks into the blinding flash. As the flash disappears, a solitary rose lay on the ground...half decayed, half healthy... Ryoko says : "I had intended to turn off that light." Ryoko smiles as she picks up the rose. Ryoko floats up to Warlocke and offers him the rose. You say [to ryoko] : Indeed a worthy opponent! Ryoko quickly turns the rose so that its healthy side is facing Warlocke. Ryoko giggles embarrassingly Ryoko hugs you. Warlocke accepts the rose, knowing that at any moment something could jump out and attack him... Ryoko tells you : "My last spell would have been Death by Curtsey." *giggle