The Last Dark Child

[Darksider]

As the young, slightly mudokon-esk creature walks toward the small village, he begins to probe with his mind into all of the inhabitants. The dwellers of the city all feel his mind pushing theirs, a slight headache to some less Psychicly and Magically gifted, a dull roar to the stronger Psychic locals. He probes into their minds, and some he releases right away. Others, he probes deeper, feeling the Psychic strength, the Magic flowing through their bodies.
Three creatures in the village, however, he finds supremely interesting. Dark Hood, he finds the name readily, Rettick the Slig, he finds it as if unguarded. The third drains much of his energy, but he finally finds it. Kugal.
He nears the tower he has identified as Kugal's. His powers draining, he makes a little effort, pushing the thought into the head of Kugal to go check the doorstep. As a Magic user, he had learned to trust such impulses, and he opened the door to a terribly stormy night.
Kugal; what have we got ourselves here?
Unknown Creature; help.... me....*creature faints*
Kugal looks at it. He reaches down to the hand, picks it up, and looks at it.
On it is an imprint signifying the thing is a Darksider.
Kugal carries the creature inside, and sets it on a chair. In a moment, the thing wakes up.
Darksider; uuunnnngggg...
Kugal; drink this, friend.
Darksider*drinks the soup given to him*; i am Keristillax of the Darksiders. You are Kugal the Mage.
Kugal; you are a young Darksider; how are you even alive?
Keris; I am the last of my people. I sense your power in the magical arts. I need your aid in teaching me how to use my abilities.
Kugal; let me see your spellbooks.
Keris reaches into a pocket in the cloak he was wearing. He pulls out a spellbook and opens it.
Keris; have a look.

_________________SPELLBOOK___________________

(OOC:an asterisk(*) signifies the ability is unlearned.)

*Probe-feel into the others minds, send minds a simple message. 2 Trains to learn.

*Psionic Waves-Wound an enemy's mind- five points of damage. 5 trains to learn.

*Divine-See a limited part of the future. The most powerful divination spell. 20 trains to learn.

*Mutate-change the body of the target into another creature. 25 trains to learn.

*Imbue-(Darksider only)give a Darksider Staff power to channel the energy of the Darksiders. 15 trains to learn.

*Psionic Surge-create a surge of Psychic and Magical energy, causing fifteen damage points. 30 trains to learn.

*Shapeshift-Mutate ones own body into any magical or nonmagical item, creature, or entity, giving all of the powers due to the thing mutated into to the Shapeshifter. 35 trains to learn.

*Psionic Fusion-the most powerful in the Darksider's repotoire of spells, this allows the Darksider to channel it's very essence into one powerful blast, killing the Darksider and the target. 50 trains to learn.

______________END OF SPELLBOOK_______________

Kugal; fascinating, my friend. I will try to find someone to help you, if you wish.
Keris; thank you *falls asleep in the standing position*
Kugal; *exits the room to return to his slumber*(whispering); Sleep well, my friend...

[ June 15, 2001: Message edited by: Darksider ]

[Darksider]

The next morning...

Keris awakes to find the sun shining brightly. He is still standing where he fell asleep last night. he picks up the scroll and exits the tower.
Upon exiting, he finds a strange looking slig, named sligit, waking up from his slumber the night before.
Keris; who are you?(OOC:he drained his powers earlier, so he is extremely weak and cannot find his way into the mind of Sligit to dig his name out.)
Sligit; hey, sonny, looks like you had a nice little sleep. My name is sligit, and these are my two pets, Ted the Telum and Max the Meetle!
Keris; glad to meet you.
Sligit; well there, young 'un, im gonna go get a drink in ARAT, wanna come along?
Keris; well, i suppose i shall.
The two now-friends walk towards ARAT, each finding more out from the others.