Thread: Mage games

Lox calmed significantly with the touch of her finger against his lips, and unfortunately for him he inhaled quickly with that touch effectively filling his head with her scent. For some reason the way she smelled mad his head fuzzy, especially after he had just woken up and it took him a few seconds to digest what she said and exactly what she had asked him but he was silently for a little while. He actually curled into a smaller ball with his tail wrapped around the top of one ear and down his back as he seriously thought about weather or not he should tell her more than what she already knew, giving her a better hold over him besides already knowing he was at the school illegally. With a deep sigh and burying his head into the sheets for a moment he looked up at her with a more than a little bit of apprehension and a touch of suspicion. Meric's just a little edgy that something here will make me snap... He's been my friend for a long time now and he doesn't want me to repeat what happened a few years back... During the species war that ended three years ago the only reason I can think of why it stopped so suddenly was because of the explosion at Pikes valley... His eyes slowly roamed up wards and his head tilted ever so gently up to look at a large glass cylinder that was at the head of his bed, and etched into it were numerous tiny sigils that alluded to some sort of reaction that was supposed to take place within the glass container. Meric was a mercenary then too... and I sort of used his help to plant one of those things in the center of the valley before the battle occurred. I think he's afraid I would set one of those off again if I lost it here, but I wouldn't do something like that again... I think they stopped fighting because both sides lost too many people in one battle... To have a temper was one thing, and to be proficient at magic didn't help in the least but the fact that he had somehow managed to build a bomb that further cratered a valley was more than enough reason for someone to be wary of a bad tempered mage. But since then Lox hadn't even attempted to perfect the experimental device to yield a better explosion, the first had been more than enough to deter him from ever pursuing such things again. The thing that was really getting to him was why exactly was he telling this woman all of it? Maybe it was because her insanity would discount such a ridiculous claim as a student of the academy annihilating two separate armies in one go but proof enough rested just beside Lox's bed to remind him never to repeat such things again. Or it might just have been because she was just as depraved as he was and could understand what might drive him to make such a weapon. Regardless as utterly mad as it was he was telling her the truth about what was really eating at him, and it kept coming as he sighed and continued. Uncurling from his spot he reached over the side of the bed and slid a long wooden box out from under it to lay beside him and opened the lid, releasing a plethora of tiny gold and sliver critters to tumble out and meander around the sheets of the bed. I think she wants all of these... I wasn't referred to go to this school because mages guilds require a full examination before joining so I kinda... payed my way in by selling these little guys to nobility who fancied them. All the money I got almost always came from a private source so she could have been buying all of it secretly or maybe she just came across that dragonfly by chance and found out who was making them. She sure as hell took the time to figure out who I was to track me here... With all that being said Lox left off talking to idly toy with a little tiger prowling about on the sheets, and by the way he cut off his explanations there was something more he was hiding but was unwilling to say at the moment. He was sure every sane person would have taken his words for complete bullshit but Meric had a good reason to try and console his friend even if he had told him he wouldn't repeat the past. Why is your friend so skittish around you? I can see easily enough that your not what others would consider normal but you've got something your keeping hidden away too. I told you some of my secrets, and you stumbled on one that I've been trying to keep for a long time. It's only fair to share some of yours, that way I won't feel so worried. I doubt anyone would believe you if you told them but I want to know you a little too...