shesepankh
"Well, we'll reconstruct it and make lots of copies, you can be in the research arm of my school. Anybody know how long the spellbinder knockout usually lasts?"
shesepankh
"I don't think it matters. I'm staying here until he wakes up regardless of whether it's another five minutes or several hours."
shesepankh
Phix snuggles her coughing boyfriend. "Note to self, do not be interrupted while incanting," she mutters.
from_scratch
"I'll stick around in case the dragon decides to continue to be dangerous under several tons of osmium."
onthewind
"Meh. I've got magic to study up on. Good luck with the dragon, come get me if you need me."
And she too departs.
And she too departs.
shesepankh
"I hardly know where to start. It's not every day I have the guy who's been trying to have me killed, kidnapped, and tortured at my mercy in my - is this a stronghold? I think it's a stronghold. In my stronghold."
"Phix," snorts the dragon.
"It's short, it's memorable, it's punny, and since there aren't any other sphinxes around, it's unambigous," snaps Phix.
"Phix," snorts the dragon.
"It's short, it's memorable, it's punny, and since there aren't any other sphinxes around, it's unambigous," snaps Phix.
shesepankh
"There must," mutters the dragon. "If there is you there must be more -"
"There was my mom. Would you like there to be more sphinxes? I have a friend who can resurrect the dead. We can fetch some more sphinxes. We've been waiting because if you were just going to kill her again it'd be pointless, but now here you are. At my mercy. In my stronghold. Totally, spectacularly mistaken about how many of me there are, rather hilariously in context."
"There was my mom. Would you like there to be more sphinxes? I have a friend who can resurrect the dead. We can fetch some more sphinxes. We've been waiting because if you were just going to kill her again it'd be pointless, but now here you are. At my mercy. In my stronghold. Totally, spectacularly mistaken about how many of me there are, rather hilariously in context."