forum At War // OxO // Closed

Started September 19, 2021 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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“Always apologizing…” he observed again, close to drifting off. His ear twitched. “Mm…”
For a few moments, the only sound he heard was his own rhythmic breathing, and then it faded into nothingness. Thank the great ancestors in the stars, his sleep was dreamless and no nightmares haunted him.

(timeskip?)

Nikolas eventually fell asleep, leaning against the wall of their cell, face directed towards the door. If it opened, he wanted to be able to see who it was immediately, without having to move much.

Kaylum woke, sunlight tickling his eyelids. For a moment he didn’t recognize where he was, how he got there. Then he saw Nik beside him, and let out a sigh. He sat up, and could audibly hear his back popping. Last night had been an uncomfortable one. Perhaps he should start sleeping in dragon form.

Nik was still asleep, though he had slipped down until he was curled in a ball on his side, head still turned towards the door. He seemed smaller, somehow, now that he was asleep and relaxed, even if he was lying on a cold, hard floor.

Kaylum stretched out his limbs, then popped his neck. Once all the stiffness in his body had been taken care of, he yawned, looking over to Nikolas again. Should he wake him up? Although, he could already think of a better way to spend his time. He laid back down again and astral projected. Just how big was this camp, and how many humans did it hold? Kay intended to find out.

The camp was not massive, but it was not tiny either. There was quite a good amount of humans, but not anywhere near the amount that you would need to wage war on one country, let alone two. This would point to Nik being correct; Seren intended to get Kevra's crown from Nik, then use Kevra to take over Tesh.

Kay stalked the camp, surveying the field of faintly glowing souls, most of them living. It was a little strange compared to seeing the shining, multicolored stars of dragon shifters. The physical world shifted in and out of his perception, but Kay could easily gauge the size of the place. There weren’t enough souls to make up an army, but it was easy to see why they overwhelmed the Tesh and Kevran camps. Was it possible they could escape with this many humans around? The forest would be a good cover; the problem was the matter of getting there.

The tent the two princes were in was rather close to the center of the camp, and there were guards outside it. The other difficulty to escape would be Nik's leg; he would hardly be able to walk on it, much less run, and while Kay could easily outpace him, would the shifter leave Nik behind if he had to?

Seren's command tent was close to their cell, and Seren himself was currently in his tent, seemingly deep in thought.

Kay’s incorporeal form shivered. He couldn’t fly, and Nik couldn’t run… and all these humans. Perhaps he could let Nik ride on his back. Xiomara and he would sometimes do it when they were younger. One would be in human form, and the other in dragon form, and the human would ride the dragon. Kay wouldn’t be able to fly, but he could still use his teeth and claws on anyone who got in their way.
But of course… there was a chance they could be overwhelmed by the number of soldiers. And getting out of the cell was probably a matter of timing. He hummed softly. He should probably discuss this with Nik, he was the one who had fought in battles.
Passing by Seren’s tent, he decided to peer inside.

Seren was seated at his desk, a pen in hand and his gaze slightly unfocused. He was deep in thought, not really doing anything actively, nor was he speaking. There was no way to know his future plans.

(villainous plotting intensifies)

Kaylum only studied him for a few seconds. There was nothing he could do here.
He went back to the cell and hopped back into his body. Sitting up, he stretched again and peered over the other man. "Are you awake yet?" he asked.

(ajhjkfb)

Nik stirred faintly when Kaylum spoke, cracking an eye open to blink hazily at the dragon shifter. "'m trying not to be." he retorted, slowly pushing himself to a sitting position with a grunt.

“Oh, sorry,” he backed away. “You can go back to sleep if you want, but I have some things to report.”
He busied himself by taking out the silver clasp that held his dreads together. His fingers ran through them, but they were so long he didn’t get to their ends before he pulled his fingers away.

He shook his head, twisting and turning and popping his neck and back. "No, 's fine." he said, looking over at Kaylum. "I won't be able to now, and I'd rather hear what you have to say."

“I, uh, went out again. And I have an idea.” He swept his dreadlocks over his shoulder. “We’re near the center of the camp. There’s some few hundreds of people here. We’re also surrounded by forest. I figured, if we manage to escape our tent, we can take cover in the forest. Since you can’t walk, I’ll let you ride me. The only problem is the distance and the amount of adversaries that would potentially get in our way. And of course, getting out of the cell in the first place.”

Nik nodded faintly. "I see. I'm just…I'm not sure how well it would work. They could shoot both of us with arrows, and…" he shook his head. "We can try, but I'm just not sure about the logistics of it all."

He casually threw his hands up. “Just an idea. Never said it was a plan. On another note, it would be useful to figure out why most of powers aren’t working. Teleportation would be really helpful right about now.”

(sure!)

Nik nodded slightly. "Teleportation would be perfect right now." he agreed, a faint smile tugging at his mouth. "And it's a good idea, it is only that I am worried about the logistics of it."