Sinegard Academy for the Wayward

[milkmaiden38]

Angela

Angela vomited up the hound’s blood she drank. “EEWWW” She complained as she wiped her mouth and headed over to Ravyn.

“I think the hound broke her neck” She stated as you got closer to Ravyn.

Angus was with Gem

“Gem… Gem are you ok?” He asked

“No… my back is all torn open. I might pass out” Gem said weakly.

“She is the only one that can cast healing spells” Callo stated as the shadow dragon looked for any more hounds.

“There are some healing potions in my bag” Gem said in a whisper and then collapsed to the ground. Angus searched her bag and found a few bottles.

“I hope these are for healing” he said as he turned Gem over on her back and poured the potion down her throat. Gem gagged a bit but with in 6 seconds she was awake again and her bleeding had stopped.

“Here” Angus said and tossed a potion at Angela.

“I’m not sure I should give it to Ravyn… she reacts badly to healing magic. M’Kael… what should I do?” Angela asked her brother.

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

“Leave her,” M’Kael replied as the shadows retreated, sucked to his feet like a pool of black ink. The black eyes fading until they looked humanish again. Though his iris and pupil were still black and he was covered in that weird armour. “She’ll be back in a minute or so.”

Right on cue her neck twisted and popped as it reset itself, the torn meat closing up and hiding crushed vertebrae.

Blinking Ravyn rolled her neck with a sickening crunching sound as her vertebrae settled into place, before she looked at the others. “I guess we won?” She asked, with a yellow glow inside her eyes, the demon letting everyone know he was still around.

“Told you,” M’Kael quipped as he rubbed the back of his neck like he’s the one that get a broken spine.

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[milkmaiden38]

Gem
“Shit,” Gem groaned, dragging herself upright. Her clothes clung to her, soaked through with blood—most of it hers, courtesy of the hounds' clawing.

“Here. Another potion.” Angus knelt beside her, pressing the vial into her hand with urgency.

She downed it in one swig, wincing at the taste. “I really hope healing potions don't cause cancer,” she muttered, half to herself. The magic surged through her, mending tissue, stitching muscle. Not perfect, but enough to stand. She caught Ravyn’s eye and managed a grim smile. “You bounce back better than I do.”

Gem shook out her limbs and exhaled. “Alright. We’ve got a bit of breathing room with the hounds down. But that devil and the engineer won't stay clueless for long.”

She paced as she spoke, fog swirling around her.

“So, here’s the plan. We planar shift to the Endless Maze—Layer 600 of the Abyss. We solve the riddle, survive the traps, and get an audience with the Prince of Beasts. We tell him what the naughty devil and that deranged engineer have been up to. He’ll thank us... probably with snarling teeth and grabbing his axe. And right before he decides we’re next on the menu—bam—we shift out.”

She looked between them. “Questions? Complaints? Existential dread?”

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

“So basically we planar shift to the Abyss, get lost in an unsolvable maze, get killed by one of the billion or more traps and monsters, and then we ‘insist’ o an audience with the only being to solve the maze and it took him a CENTURY!”

“Then we brag about how badly we’ve been kicking the Engineers ass and beg for his help in solving the issue. And then, and then, we book ass out of there before he eats us?”

“I’m going with existential dread.” M’Kael complained, as usual.

“Well, with the coin I know I’m getting out. One way or another.” Ravyn sighed as the last vertebrae popped into place with an audible sound. “Question. How do you plan on solving the maze? Like M’Kael said, it took him a hundred years.. probably more. And he’s a Minotaur as well.”

“We’re going to die,” Magdalena sighed, gripping her spear tighter, as she prayed.​

 

[milkmaiden38]

Linear Thinking?

“I didn’t know it took Baphomet a century to solve his own maze,” Gem muttered. “None of my books on demon lords mentioned that. Maybe this isn’t such a brilliant idea after all.”

“It’s exactly the idea we need,” Angela snapped. She turned to M’Kael and Gem, eyes bright with conviction. “You’re both thinking too linearly. We don’t need to solve the maze—we just need to enter it. Baphomet will come.”

“Come to kill us, you mean?” Callo corrected dryly.

“Precisely,” Angela said with a thin smile. “He’s the only one who can navigate that place. If we’re inside, he’ll find us. We don't need to find him. We draw him out, let him chase us a bit—you know, chat while dodging that monstrous glaive of his—and then when he knows what evil is afoot with the devil and engineer, we shift out.”

“Simple,” Gem deadpanned. “Suicidal, but simple.”

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

“The Maze was supposed to be his prison. It changes. It evolves and adapts.” Ravyn commented.

“I don’t know about ya’ll but when I die I’m gonna make a bright white explosion and ascend into the Seven Heavens. I’m pretty sure you will just stay where you are… in hell.” Magdalena chuckled. “But it’s gonna be a wild ride. And I’ll get to kill a few demons during the trip.”

Ravyn looked at Gem. “Suicidal for you. But it’ll just be another death to me.”

“Yeah, and a nightmare for me.” M’Kael snapped.

“You do realize demons, Daemons, and Devils do evil things right? So why would Baphomet care about the Engineer and the other guy doing evil things?” Magdalena asked.​

 

[milkmaiden38]

Angela

Angela got a funny look on her face when Ravyn said “Suicidal for you. But it’ll just be another death to me.”

“Hey, wait a second… I just thought up another idea. If Ravyn can’t die… why not just send her to the maze? Baphomet can’t kill her, she can leave the maze when she wants with her coin, no other demon or devil would dare to go into the maze to get. No chance of sex in the maze… unless Baphomet is into her. While Ravyn is there, she can talk him into getting rid of the engineer and that devil lord.” Angela suggested

“That is an interesting thought, but I think we all should go into the maze” Gem countered “And it still does not answer Magdalena question. Since demons, Daemons, and Devils do evil things… why would Baphomet help us with the Engineer and the other devil?” Gem asked

“Demon and Devil are idiots. They do the opposite thing you request. For example, if Ravyn were to asked Baphomet to save The Engineer, and The Devil Lord… that will be the last thing he is going to do.

“Stop talking in hypotheticals, what is the plan?” Gem asked

“How about we leave a clue for The Engineer and the Devil Lord we are hiding in Baphomet’s maze. Then when we get to the maze… we tell Baphomet The Engineer and The Devil Lord are our ally and they will be killing him soon. What do you think the big brute would do? Kill The Engineer and The Devil Lord as soon as they show up. The Engineer and The Devil Lord dead. Problem solved.” Angela said with a smile.

 

[The_Weeping_Angel]

“Ok, Devil’s.. advocate here..” M’Kael said. “If the Engineer and whatever his name is were our allies, why would we go into the maze and tell Baphomet?”

“Sounds like a bad Bond movie. The evil guy spills his plan to Bond, just so Bond can disrupt said plans.”

Magdalena looked at Angela, “He has a point. And No, I don’t have a plan yet.”

“I’d go under the assumption that any being as powerful as Baphomet, already knows what his lackey’s, or allies, are doing.” Ravyn said. “So we need to get them to chase us into the maze. Then we leave via the coin. Or Gems spell.”​