[ This whole thing still feels like part of an elaborate dream to Calvin. As he walks towards the dinning room he's subtly pinching at the skin around his palm. No good, he can feel the pain, and it doesn't seem to be jolting him awake. He knows there's a number of other things you're supposedly not able to do in a dream, but he'll be damned if he can remember what those are.
So instead of running through the "am I dreaming?" checklist, he takes his spot at the table and eats in silence as he tries to take in the scene around him, and listen in on whatever conversation he can.
That includes that little exchange at the end of the meal between the Queen and Allairavar. Nothing about Allairavar's demeanor makes Calvin feel like he really wants to get close during the conversation, but he does want some answers from the woman he thought brought him here in the first place.
So when she sweeps off with Verim, Calvin takes off after her.
Only by the time he makes his way across the dinning hall and into the hallway proper, the Queen isn't anywhere in sight. That leaves a confused teenager standing there looking completely lost as he glances around, and tries to decide which way to go. ]
B. BLACK OUT
i. arriving on the scene
[ Prince Loren is kind enough to provide everyone a useful tutorial to teach them air-walking, and Calvin, newly powered (and barely at that) mess that he is has given up pretty quickly on getting the magic right. There were a few cursory attempts made as he charged down the streets, but they were eventually deemed useless distractions, and promptly abandoned.
That means when he arrives on the scene he's taken the long way to get there, is now panting heavily, and is doubled over a short distance away from the gathering.
Give him a second. Hold on... ]
ii. actually doing some saving
[ The condition of the plant's floor means that Calvin is unable to pass on learning that hastily taught spell any longer. It's a little wobbly, but he is in the air now, a torn and soaked shirt sleeve pressed over his nose and mouth as he makes his way deeper into the building, to see if he can find anyone to help.
He arrived late on the scene, and some of the fire seems to have been put out, and the people closest to the front rescued. That means he has to travel in deeper to find the remaining survivors, with a Breaker in his free hand, because there's no way his White jewel is going to do the job of breaking those shields. ]
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[ This whole thing still feels like part of an elaborate dream to Calvin. As he walks towards the dinning room he's subtly pinching at the skin around his palm. No good, he can feel the pain, and it doesn't seem to be jolting him awake. He knows there's a number of other things you're supposedly not able to do in a dream, but he'll be damned if he can remember what those are.
So instead of running through the "am I dreaming?" checklist, he takes his spot at the table and eats in silence as he tries to take in the scene around him, and listen in on whatever conversation he can.
That includes that little exchange at the end of the meal between the Queen and Allairavar. Nothing about Allairavar's demeanor makes Calvin feel like he really wants to get close during the conversation, but he does want some answers from the woman he thought brought him here in the first place.
So when she sweeps off with Verim, Calvin takes off after her.
Only by the time he makes his way across the dinning hall and into the hallway proper, the Queen isn't anywhere in sight. That leaves a confused teenager standing there looking completely lost as he glances around, and tries to decide which way to go. ]
B. BLACK OUT
i. arriving on the scene
[ Prince Loren is kind enough to provide everyone a useful tutorial to teach them air-walking, and Calvin, newly powered (and barely at that) mess that he is has given up pretty quickly on getting the magic right. There were a few cursory attempts made as he charged down the streets, but they were eventually deemed useless distractions, and promptly abandoned.
That means when he arrives on the scene he's taken the long way to get there, is now panting heavily, and is doubled over a short distance away from the gathering.
Give him a second. Hold on... ]
ii. actually doing some saving
[ The condition of the plant's floor means that Calvin is unable to pass on learning that hastily taught spell any longer. It's a little wobbly, but he is in the air now, a torn and soaked shirt sleeve pressed over his nose and mouth as he makes his way deeper into the building, to see if he can find anyone to help.
He arrived late on the scene, and some of the fire seems to have been put out, and the people closest to the front rescued. That means he has to travel in deeper to find the remaining survivors, with a Breaker in his free hand, because there's no way his White jewel is going to do the job of breaking those shields. ]