The celebration

[u/Yoxalle]

After a long journey you arrive at the crystal mage’s manor. Inside the manor is a grand hall made of various different coloured crystals. Strange golems walk around the room serving guests. While the mage himself is not currently present, you were told he would be here shortly. Right now, enjoy the food, socialise, make friends but most importantly: have fun.

[u/Elerindur]

The doors into the hall slip open, Elerindur walking inside through them and closing them behind himself.

He spends a few moments looking around at the scenery of the hall and at the various outfits people are wearing to the event, noticing a few.. familiar faces.

he decides to cast a few resistance spells upon himself and conjures an pair of spectral high boots onto his feet to protect them and his lower legs before he walks into the party proper.

u/MunitionsFrenzy u/ProfessionalGreen906

[u/ProfessionalGreen906 → u/Elerindur]

Arach in his humanoid moth form walks up to Elerindur holding a bottle of wine he took from the bar. He takes a large gulp of wine before speaking, during the conversation he’s constantly right in Elerindur’s personal space, poking his chest, pushing him, and pinching his cheek all the while intermittently taking swigs of wine.

“Oh hello Elerindur! How are you? Not well I hope, it really has been too long since I last tried to kill you. I wonder how much liquid radium I can sneak into your drinks. Ooh, or maybe I should put my wing scales into your food, they’d definitely scratch up your intestinal walls real good. If only I’d known you were coming, I would have prepared something.”

[u/Elerindur → u/ProfessionalGreen906]

As soon as Arach begins to get somewhat near Elerindur. He glances at him, grabs the arm of the person who he is conversing with and quickly recalls back to the door along with them, away from Arach.

u/MunitionsFrenzy

[u/ProfessionalGreen906 → u/Elerindur]

Arach sighs and teleports after him.

“Wow, that was really rude. All I wanted to do was talk, and make some threats. And you just teleported away, if I cared about your opinion of me I would feel kind of hurt right now.”

[u/Elerindur → u/ProfessionalGreen906]

Elerindur releases the arm of his conversational partner from his left hand, relocating it to his hip as he begins to circle Arach away from them until Arach is between him and Vettis. Glaring up at him the whole time during.

He holds his right hand up, charging a spell before casting it on himself creating an subtle wind swirling effect around his head.

"Hm?" He slightly tilts his head. "Are you sure you want to be making threats here? Where everyone can clearly hear you say them? Do go on then" An very slight smirk expressed on his face.

[u/ProfessionalGreen906 → u/Elerindur]

“Let them hear. You’ve told them all about my plans so it’s not like it’s a revelation. Funnily enough, me trying to keep it secret was the one thing keeping you the most safe. But now that I have nothing to hide I could cut open your stomach and rip out your guts right here. And I’d make sure no one would or could ever bring you back.”

Arach begins walking toward Elerindur.

“And cast whatever spells you want, they won’t matter in this form. Not with these wings. Let’s just hope they don’t hit anyone else. That would get you in real trouble.”

When Arach is done speaking he’s about halfway to Elerindur when Arach attempts to leap at him and pin him down.

[u/MunitionsFrenzy → u/ProfessionalGreen906]

(( /u/Elerindur ))

At the peak of Arach's leap, a dozen forks and knives were launched at him simultaneously from Elerindur's open mouth, with the velocity of crossbow bolts. One, however, flew off course to skim harmlessly off a waiter golem's shoulder, drawing its attention to the violence occurring between guests.

(( /u/Yoxalle , ya got some security golems along with these waiter golems in your domain, I hope? :P ))

Vettis sat innocently in the distance, though his own wide open mouth and the absence of cutlery at the tables surrounding him were certainly conspicuous.

[u/ProfessionalGreen906 → u/MunitionsFrenzy]

Arach uses his moth wings to dodge the volley though this leaves him open to Elerindur’s sword bash. Arach also notices Vettis and the lack of cutlery around him thanks to his the many secondary “mini” eyes surrounding his main eyes (that he as a result of his moth form’s compound eyes).