The Plot Thickens (Dae)

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Date: 4/10/2000 5:08 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Dae Dragonsblade

Daelin awoke the next morning with a jump. He looked around, and was immediately greeted by the pain racking his body from last nights Diamond Quest. He glanced at his right arm settled near him and noticed he was still wearing the Stormfist Gauntlet..it's silver gleaming in the morning light. He ran his left hand over it thoughtfully as he sat up..his fingers smiling as they trailed over Icedancer, the blue Opal
shimmering.

He silently wondered who won the DQ anyway. He slipped from bed and quickly threw on some clothes, making his way down the stairs and to the oaken doorway. He pulled it open, and made his way outside. He hoped it wasn't Avery, of course, he was his friend..somewhere deep inside, but he wanted to be the first to make that historical landmark. As he made his walk through the forests around the Castle Daelin though, he realized it wouldn't be all bad to
be the second one to accomplish that..as no one else in their whole career would even get close to doing it. He was in a good position to do it.

Suddenly he stopped..dead in his tracks outside the Inn. Something was horribly wrong. He felt it..glancing to Icedancer, his fears were confirmed. Since gaining the Gauntlet, he was more in tune with the Opal.

The balance of power has shifted. You now hold one, one is out of contact, and someone controls three.

Dae nodded softly. Three Opals, he wondered who could have accomplished such a feat. Ahh well, it would make no difference anyhow. Whomever it was, he would simply dupe or destroy them before they knew what was going on. Jaycy was the problem though..what if it was her? She had become too confident since winning control of the shadows. He wanted to do away with her as soon as possible, she could pose a thorn in his side. Wandering into the Outback,
he caught evidence of the epic battle that had taken place hours earlier..cinders and ash were cascaded around the floor. Most of the special rings had been decimated, the Bridge hanging loosely from it's position..Styx was totally devastated, a blackened symbol of what it once was. Part of the hood to the Pit was melted.

FireStar. Icedancer whispered sharply. The Wonder Boy must have put up one hell of a fight down here.

Daelin shook his head and settled down upon a chair, frowning slightly. He didn't know how he knew, but he knew that Avery had in fact achieved his goal..their goal. He wasn't as upset as he thought he would be..he'd just be second as all. Significantly less notorized, but that was fine by him.

Icedancer flashed brightly within the Gauntlet, and he raised his hands..Soon, very soon..he would have all 5 Powers of the Earth.

::scrawled in blazing blue ink::

~Daelin Dragonsblade~

~Regent King of Dragonia~

~Twice Baron of the Seventh and Current Baron of the Eleventh~

~Bearer of the Blue Opal, IceDancer~