Total Recall

Tell me! What did you mean? I shout at the dragon as we get ready for battle. But instead of answering they disappear in a cloud of darkness. What the… Before we realize what happened they emerge from behind, and spray a few of us with acid. This is going to be a tough battle. I get a few hits in, and so does everyone else, but the beast has a lot of reach and on top of the acid they spit out insects and vermin that are also attacking us. And even though the darkness disappears again, it keeps reappearing. I try to hold on to their leg or tail, but I can’t seem to grab either. The dragon even resists Kallista’s magic, although she landed a few really good hits before. Eira supports as well as she can and heals us whenever possible, and that feels incredibly good. I’m just so grateful they’re all around.

Fate Flight the Hope Devourer is brutal. They hit me a few times with claws and tail, and everything goes black. As I come to again, they’re still in front of me. Kallista keeps stitching me together magically. I grateful. Without the group I would have been dead already. Then the darkness comes back. The magic one, not unconsciousness. This is so confusing. I hear the dragon take to the air and sprint after them, sliding down the pile of gold to get at least one last good hit in. I’m not feeling good, but I have to protect these friends I made. Squishy folks need Casrus. My axe connects with the dragon’s leg and I can see splintered bone. But it is not enough, and now I have a hard time getting the axe out of that bone. Well, here comes the tail and the world goes dark again.

I have to protect them. I will not let… I blink, everything is in slow motion. My axe is still sticking in the dragon’s leg and I am tumbling backwards. Is this it? Flashes in my mind. I remember something. And then I feel. Love, loss? Father? And where is Wolf? I’ve got to let them know. They might all in danger, and we have already lost so much time.

With my last strength I reach for the small bundle of cloth that I keep at my side. I always keep it close, and now it makes sense. I feel it comforting me just by touching it again. Maybe if I hold on to it, it will all be fine and I’ll wake up, and everything was just a dream.

No, this is real. I throw the bundle over to where I think Eira is. Just for a second our eyes meet. She still freaks me out a bit. I will never get used to that pupil-less stare. Like she can look right into your soul. I think I will miss that. “Remember. Us.” are the last words I can shout before the dragon’s bite forces all air out of my lungs and the pain is drowned in darkness. It’s in their hands now.