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Back kids! =D
"Leetzan, use the whip to pull the crystal to us," I ordered.
She stared at the crystal in the other room for a minute, then looked back at me. "How?" she asked.
"Do the Indiana Jones thing."
The serpent halfheartedly swung the whip at the crystal, knocking it back a bit. She thought a moment, slithered out into the room, tied the end of the whip around the crystal, and came back. "Not quite Indiana Jones, but the same general idea," she said, giving the whip a tug. The crystal skittered swiftly towards the door.
As the crytal began to leave the room, I suddenly felt a warm, pleasant feeling. It quickly changed to a less pleasant feeling a I noticed I was feeling my own blood coming from several places, probably due to a crystaline spike that had shot itself through the length of my body. I tried to think of something to do, but there wasn't much I could do. Leetzan, panicing, threw the crystal back to the center of the room. The spike retracted into the ceiling, and I collapsed on the ground.
I struggled to get up, holding a hand over my wounds. The spike had shot itself through the top of my ribcage, which isn't usually a good thing. A puddle of blood expanded outward from where I lay, as Fawriel rushed forward to try and help me. I could briefly feel my irregular, dying pulse through my body. Then it stopped. He rolled me over, frantically trying to get the first aid kit open in time while yelling something angrily at Leetzan. I couldn't tell what; my ears had since stopped working. I could do nothing but watch the blood covered, icy floor fade away as darkness slowly crawled over my vision.
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Dev will pick up from Birdclaw mansion momentarily.
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