***An Unfortunate Entry***
Nildi quickly composed himself, pretending that he was not about to vandalize the front door, but instead had just lost his balance momentarily. Following Zavistic somewhat sheepishly, he stepped across the portal and into the Guild.
As he crossed the threshold, passing through the protective magical field that surrounded the tower, his dragonstone pendant glowed so brightly that it nearly blinded him. It seemed caught in the field for a split second, pressing against his skin as he walked forwards through the doorway. The doors suddenly rattled and buckled violently against their hinges. Then he was inside. With a quiet click, the doors swung closed and the pendant was shining no more.
Zavistic appeared to not have noticed the episode at all and instead was fiddling with something on the other side of the wide circular room.
“Tea?”
“Oh, um that would be lovely. Thank you,” mumbled Nildi, still somewhat unsettled from the events that had just occurred.
Then from the corner of his eye he caught sight of one of the top door hinges, warped and splitting from the wall. This was not good! How would the wizards cooperate with him if they knew he was responsible for damaging their very seat of power? He approached the doors again, wondering if he could repair the metalwork, but suddenly his pendant began to glow again and swung out towards the perimeter magic field. He backed hurriedly away, but not before a brass nail rattled free from the shaking hinge and flew into the air with blinding speed.
Seemingly in slow motion, the nail spun across the room. Nildi watched in horror. It ricocheted off the rim of a vase with a hollow thunk and sped across the room again. Nildi’s jaw dropped. It glanced off a candelabrum, leaving candles to spray hot wax across the floor and flew across the room again. Nildi stared after it, speechless.
“Sugar, Nildi?”
~continued~
07-Nov-2006 04:53:34
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