Sinegard Academy for the Wayward

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Gem

“The wards are down.” SGR-1 announced sadly

“Shit… those wards should of lasted longer than that!” Gem said with some confusion.

“It’s not too late to jump back to the pocket dimension” Van suggested

“With the forbiddance spell in place, that is not an option.” Gem informed Van

“Courage… is the quality of being ready and willing to face dangerous situations involving pain or death. Showing courage is often thought of as facing such situations without fear, but I think it involves facing them despite fear.” Angus explained. “Courage everyone… Now it our turn!”

The evil horde of goblins, kobalds, and orcs, came running at the house in a full sprint. The house however was warden. As they got within 100 ft they impacted the first layer! A sticky web sprang up and stopped them in their tracks. Many broke legs, arms and neck as their fellow horde crashed into them.

“Fun” Angus said with glee, followed quickly with “FIRE!” he bellowed like a bull. Then he fired his RPG.

Van, Callo, Ramzaheed all started to firing. Van with his 50 cal machine gun, Callo used a wand of fireballs… and Ramzaheed a mark25 grenade launcher. It did not take more then 20-30 seconds before the horde started to run away from the house.

The ground was littered with bodies and blood. Red, black, and brown were the new colors of grass in front of the once a quiet professor's housing area of the university.

The air was now thick with smoke, ash and embers.

“I guess our enemy has no courage” Angus said

“DRAGONS…” SGR-1 announced in a panic as the flight of evil dragons flew out of the thick smoke and over the web ward which had no effect on them. Dragons are some of the most powerful creatures in the world. Their dreaded breath weapons, claws, teeth, and tails are all deadly.

Dragons fall into the two broad categories of chromatic and metallic dragons. The black, blue, green, red, and white dragons are selfish, evil, and feared by all. The brass, bronze, copper, gold, and silver dragons are noble, good, and highly respected by the wise.

This bunch of dragons was clearly evil.

“WINDOWS” Angus yelled. Everyone closed their windows, as the dragons breathed flames all over the professor’s house! Engulfing it in pure super-heated flames. The yard burst into flames! But the house was unharmed.

“I did cast fire protection on the full house.” Gem announced with a smile. “There is also a physical force field. It will protect the house for a while… but you need to get rid of those dragons!”

“Counter with our dragons?” Callo asked.

“No… I want to keep them in reserve. Isabeau, you got a solution?” Angus asked as Van, Callo, Ramzaheed and himself reloaded getting ready to fight the dragon, with modern weapons.

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

Being insects, and without evil or good, and without magic, the insects that creeped, slithered, buzzed, and crawled passed through wards without disruption.

Standing outside the Forbiddence spell the Engineer murmured words. The cube shifting into a spiked star as lightening crackled around the engineer and between the acolytes.

Snapping forth the lightening rippled across the Forbiddence spells, cracks splintered across the dome, spreading faster and faster like shattered windshield glass.

Countering the Dark Priest, “The Engineer” Isabeau was doing her best to hold the spell in place, even as The Dark Priest and his Acolytes were destroying it.​

 

[milkmaiden38]

The insects stopped at the fires burning around the house caused by the dragons.

SGR-1

SGR whispered a few magical words and glowing runes appeared over The Dark Priest and his Acolytes. Suddenly, they were sealed in a cylinder designed to hold them. They couldn’t willing leave the cylinder and they were at disadvantage to avoid damage.

At the same time, Ramzaheed pointed the magic missile wand at the acolytes and emptied it. 20 magic missiles, which never miss, ripped into The Dark Priest and his Acolytes!

“That should break their concentration” The Ramz said

Angus

“Ok, Isabeau is busy… forget the dragons focus on the priests!” He ordered.

“FORGET THE DRAGONS?” Van gasped

“Ok, You keep them at bay, Callo… let’s get those assholes while they are trapped and at disadvantage” Angus ordered

He opened the window and fired RPG after RPG at the Acolytes. Callo added some fireballs.

Van did the best he could with the 50 cal machine gun, but the dragon pounced on the opening and blew flames through the open windows!

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

Sweeping in a red dragon exhaled, fire ripping through spells and wards, setting grass, and bushes aflame. Licking across the rooftop the tiles began to smolder.

A blue dragon followed, lighting arcing from it’s jaws. Attracted by the metal of SGR1, the lightening targeted the Robot.

“Danger! Danger! Overload imminent! Overload imminent! Danger, Will Robinson! Dang” With a loud thunder bang, super-heated metal warped and blew apart. One claw ripping through a burnt flower bed as the head blew upwards like a spinning top. Pieces of the robot lay everywhere, smoking and warped, wobbling in the heat wind from the red dragon.

Moments later a green flew overhead, belching acid onto the defenders.

M’Kael slipped through shadows as inky darkness wrapped around the legs of the Acolytes, pulling them down into the darkness. But they fought back as magic missiles skittered across their own defensive wards.

Dropping a marble disc face generated a light nearly as bright as the sun, forcing the shadows to retreat, but leaving him partially submerged in the ground.​

 

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The Team Punches Back

“I didn’t think we’d lose this fast” Ramz yelled as he ducked for cover as the lightning bolt blew SGR-1 apart.

“IT JUST GETTING FUN” Angus yelled as he stepped away from the wall as he swung his war axe right into the red dragon’s snort breathing fire in the open window. The axe split the dragon’s nose and mouth open. It screamed in pain and backed away from the window.

Van poured 50 cal rounds into the dragon’s head, taking out an eye and breaking several teeth. The breast was not stupid. It took off, flying away.

“MAKE THE MUSIC LOUDER” Angus told Gem. As he grabbed a 50 cal and started shooting at the blue and green dragons flying around the house.

Gem called down a meteor swarm onto the Acolytes and Dark Priest. They had been badly injured from the magic missiles, RPGs, and Fireballs… this was the last straw. Blazing orbs of fire plummet into them exploding on impact into 80-foot-explosions. They were all burnt to a crisp. Not even their dark robes remained.

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

As the Forbiddence spell finally shattered, the Engineer appeared behind the Priest as more acolytes come from the shadows.

But The Engineer was slightly different, his face marked by scares and some of his nails replaced by glowing spikes.

Twisting the cube in his hands a shimmering dome negating all magic surrounded the defenders.

“Shit!” Isabeau exclaimed as her spells failed.

Dropping to his knees M’Kael screamed as inky black that made up his armor vanished.

Walking through the flames The Engineer sneered at the group. “I will have the Girl!”​

 

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Angus

As the anti-magic field enclosed the house the music stopped.

“Ahh, that sucks” Angus complained.

Callo

“Fuck” Callo said

Van, Ramz

Both stopped fighting for the moment. Both still held their weapons, ready to keep fighting. But they were waiting for what was next.

Gem

Looked out of her window at The Engineer.

“Now you have done it. That was really fucking stupid” Gem pointed out to The Engineer.

Coming from the basement was Ravyn. She was not naked yet, still wearing her black clothing. But everyone could see it in her eyes. With all magic canceled within the anti-magic dome, the runes that contained the demon inside her were no longer in effect. This was true for the arcane marks on M’Kael and Ravyn as well.

Ravyn looked out to The Engineer. She walked directly at him. “Come and get me” She said

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

Smiling the Engineer looked at the group. “You’re trapped without magic, and I have mine. You can’t leave, unless you do enough damage to the dome.”

Looking over at the Acolytes he gave them a nod and the moves around the property, encircling it. “Break the dome and she’s subdued again. Or stay and do nothing.”​

 

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A waiting game

“Call in the dragons now?” Callo asked

“No… not yet” Angus said

“He can’t get in… and we can’t get out. But these barrier and anti-magic spells have a time limit. We just need to wait.” Gem explained.

“Ok… everyone reload and prepare for the shield to come down.” Angus ordered

“Ravyn… you’d best go back downstairs” Gem suggested

Ravyn nodded and headed back down the stairs.

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

As the defenders reloaded their weapons a second horde of goblins, orcs, and kobalds came running from the forest. Aiming their weapons at the defenders they cackled and jeered, jumping for joy at the ruin they would impart.

“Give me the girl!” The Engineer ordered. “I only want her. The rest of you will be unharmed and can go free.”​

 

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A Waiting Game part 2

“Your little chicken shit army of orcs and such can’t get through the barrier either.” Gem pointed out.

Van took the time to give the army the middle finger then he went back to smoking.

“How can we give you Ravyn? The barrier is in the way. You’ll need to lower it?” Gem pointed out. “Your obsession with Ravyn is a bit confusing. We are removing the demon inside her. Once that is done, you can get the demon from hell without losing all your evil minions” Gem suggested. She looked at the carnage already on the battlefield. There were piles of dead evil creatures. “You just need to wait a few hours and the demon inside Ravyn is all yours.”

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

“The girl, with the demon inside her. Before any ceremony.” The Engineer replied. “Once the barrier is down, my forces fire. Even if you kill a third, the rest will slaughter you.”

“I will sacrifice a world for my task.” The Engineer said gesturing to the battlefield of corpses.​

 

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Conference

Van gave The Engineer the middle finger again. Then he laughed.

Angus gave Van a puzzled look.

“Its fun… try it” Van replied

Angus gave The Engineer the finger as well. A smile broke out on his face. “Your right, that is fun!”

“Ok, let’s have a quick conference” Gem ordered. People stayed by their windows, but they were now listening to Gem. “He’s not totally wrong. As soon as the shield is down… we are back in a huge fight. Any thoughts or ideas?” Gem asked

“I’m not worried about the horde… it’s those f’ing dragons.” Angus said.

“As soon as the magic is back, I can re-ward the house and put forbiddance back up, but it will take some time. He might get in before I’m done.” Gem warned them.

“Any ideas from downstairs? Isabeau? M’Kael?” Angus asked. As he asked the question a roomba vacuum cleaner ran into his hoof. The Roomba “beeped” at him.

“SGR-1?” Angus asked. The Roomba beeped twice.

“Ok one beep for no and two beeps for yes. This there anything else you can do?” Angus asked

“Beep” the Roomba replied.

“Ok, well keep the place clean” Angus ordered as he waited for Isabeau, M’Kael, and the folks downstairs for ideas.

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

Isabeau and M'Kael:
“I have a spell ready as soon as anti-magic spell is gone,” Isabeau replied.

Grabbing one of the shotguns M’Kael called out. “I’m useless with the spell in place. But I have a shotgun until then.”

Enemy:​

Resting for the moment the dragons circled overhead, ready to spew forth their deadly breath as soon as the spell ceased.

The hordes had their weapons trained on the house and it’s windows, ready to fire when given the command.

Two balrogs stood in the background, ready to unleash hell upon the house.​