01<@Ardweden> [Day: Saturday, September 25. Time: ?] 01<@Ardweden> [Hien, Imp, and Joan are gliding down to a city by a waterfall. Well, Hien and Imp are gliding. Joan's being carried by Hien. But not by Imp. They're going to save Natalie! At least, that's the plan. Not in the plans: Kali going with them. That USED to be in the plans, but it seems Kali decided it wasn't her plan.] 01<@Ardweden> [Regardless, the city is just as they remember it as they touch down on the cobblestone below.] 01<@Ardweden> [Session Start.] 06* Hien gently sets Joan down, then closes her eyes and concentrates on Natalie again. 06* Imp will cirlce down and land on Hien's head. 06* Joan gets down. But not in the boogying sense. 01<@Ardweden> [Hien gets a fairly strong pull, leading her down the road. Does she follow? Y/N] 06* Hien follows: Y! 01<@Ardweden> [Hien follows, eyes mostly closed as she leads you on a winding path through the city (though more than once Joan or Imp may need to stop her from accidentally falling in a river or running into a wall). The streets now seem lit with swarms of fireflies, giggling and swirling around you.] 06* Joan eyes them. "Are zose fireflys laughing at us?" 06* Imp frowns. "Don't listen to them. They are horrible." 06* Hien opens her eyes and looks at them. "I don't know. I feel like we're being watched, but I don't think it's them doing it." 06* Joan nods. "I was thinking ze same." 06* Imp shrugs. "It's probably that hat guy who I won't name." 06* Hien attempts to subtly look around and see if she can pick up anything on who might be watching. Emphasis on "attempts." 01<@Ardweden> ["Your face is horrible!" one of the fireflies zings as it zips by. Another five go by until another one stops, hovering right in front of Imp. "HEY I KNOW YOU!"] Go away assholes. You were unhelpful last time. 06* Hien looks at Imp. "You've talked to these guys before?" Yeah. I have. 01<@Ardweden> [":(" it says, literally drawing a frowny face in the air, before dropping off the edge of the road and zipping under the bridge.] Zat explains a lot. They are like hyperactive five year olds that want to cause you harm. I can't imagine why they'd want to cause you harm. 06* Imp settles back down on Hien's head. I can. 06* Hien sighs. Apparently sarcasm doesn't carry as well in dragonvoice. She resumes concentrating on Natalie. 01<@Ardweden> [A number of the glowing lights fly up and start gathering around, forming a ring of light around Joan's head. They're singing about... something. Well. It's not in a language she understands.] 06* Joan looks up at them. "Um." 06* Imp frowns. "Don't pay attention to them." 06* Hien opens one eye. "They seem to know a bit about Joan of Arc." You zink? Maybe zey just like me. They like any one they can annoy. 06* Joan looks at a nearby building. "Whatever ze case, zey may 'ave just 'elped, indirectly or non." She starts heading for said building. 06* Hien looks at Joan. "Oh?" She starts following her. 06* Imp frowns but stays on Hien's head. 01<@Ardweden> [As Joan approaches, she sees the shadow slink back, then zip off down the street. Now *everyone* can see it since they're looking: a figure that practically sinks into shadow, wearing billowing robes (or a cape, or something), and tall - well over six feet, possibly even as tall as Kali.] 06* Imp straightens up standing on Hein's head and then bamfs over towards the wall. 06* Joan quickly follows. 06* Hien looks at the shadow and frowns. Is the direction it ran the same as where Natalie is? 01<@Ardweden> [Hien feels Natalie pulling her in a different direction - right instead of straight towards the fleeing shadow and her companions.] Guys! We need to go this way! 06* Hien starts heading right. 01<@Ardweden> [Imp BAMFS to in front of the figure, and it weaves to the right. A small swarm of firefly things chase Joan as she chases the figure, laughing the entire time and making the shadow easier to see.] 06* Imp stops and looks over at Hien and tries to scurry that way after the dragon. 01<@Ardweden> [Joan keeps chasing! Imp and Hien break off to head towards where Hien feels Natalie proooobably is, with a small group of lights trying to harrass Imp into a game of tag.] 06* Imp tries to bamf ontop of the dragon's head. 01<@Ardweden> [He succeeds, releasing a cloud of stink! "It got me!" one of the lights calls dramatically, falling to the ground.] 06* Imp tries very hard to ignore it. 01<@Ardweden> [Another calls, "Oh, the humanity!"] 06* Hien continues her pursuit of Natalie, though she can't help but chuckle a little at the antics of the lights. 01<@Ardweden> ["Hey. Hey. Hey!" One of the lights pops up in front of Hien, and this close, she can see it's actually almost like a little fairy? Just glowing so brightly that it's nearly indistinct. "Are you his friend?"] 06* Hien points at Imp. "This guy?" 01<@Ardweden> ["Yeah!"] Kind of, I guess? 06* Imp glances down at the top of Hien's head, not saying anything, waiting. 01<@Ardweden> ["How'd you get him to like you?" Another mote-fairy- thing pops up next to it. "Yeah, he's kind of mean." "And stinky," a third one adds.] I let him ride on my head. I don't think that's going to work for you guys. 01<@Ardweden> ["Ew, yeah, he'd squish us!" the second one yells, and the other two giggle.] 01<@Ardweden> ["Maybe we can ride on his head!" the first suggests.] I don't think that's going to get him to like you. Probably the opposite. I wonder what ball of deep fried annoyance taste like... probably spicey. See? 01<@Ardweden> [The little things pout - Hien and Imp can just feel it. Then, hesitantly, the third one asks, "Well... can *you* be our friend?"] Sure! 01<@Ardweden> [There's a great cheer between the three of them, and they start dancing, making swirling paths of light before Hien and Imp.] 06* Imp just looks down at hien more. He shakes his head slowly. "You don't know what you just did..." Maybe they can help. Yeah. Maybe. 06* Imp sounds sure they won't. 01<@Ardweden> [Susano-O steps out of a door and into the street up ahead. One of the dancing light-fairies runs into him with a tiny "oof!" and pings into the other two.] 06* Susano-o starts, looking down at it, clearly confused. "Hello." 06* Hien waves to Susano-O. "Hey!" 06* Susano-o looks up at Hien, and waves back. "That was sudden and speedy. But that's probably good." 06* Imp waves at Susano-o too. 06* Susano-o nods back, and looks around. "So where are we?" Looking for Natalie and making new friends. 01<@Ardweden> ["We're friends now!" one of said new friends chimes in helpfully!] 06* Susano-o looks for where this voice came from. 01<@Ardweden> [It's one of the little light motes! Another one hovers in front of Susano-O's face. "You're tall," it says, matter of factly.] 06* Hien resists the temptation to point out that she's taller. We aren't in the swamp I first met these guys at 06* Susano-o nods, and says "I am," before looking at the Imp. "They followed you?" 01<@Ardweden> [What does he say? We might find out next time!] 01<@Ardweden> [Session End!]