DragonCountess: *Ryujinn walks over, carrying a mangled, drool-covered, white book...* <Looking for this?> *drops it on the ground in front of Simgar, grinning*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Laughes*
SilverPhoenixGod: Seriously, I'm laughing aloud
DragonCountess: ^_^
SilverPhoenixGod: Although it gets less and less humurous every time I read it...
SilverPhoenixGod: Except for that time...
DragonCountess: Then stop reading it...duh.
SilverPhoenixGod: You have to imagine it...in your head
SilverPhoenixGod: "Ready?"
DragonCountess: *grins* I've been ready...
SilverPhoenixGod: *Sits up and wipes the sand from his eyes*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Now how did THAT get in my eyes?"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Looks over at Ryujinn*
DragonCountess: *Ryujinn settles near him* <Don't ask me...>
DragonCountess: Well, I suppose I'll go to a cave now?
SilverPhoenixGod: "Everyone still know the plan?"
DragonCountess: Yah, pretty much. 
SilverPhoenixGod: Ok then...
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well here goes"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Mounts Ryujinn*
DragonCountess: I can always improvise, ya know...*grins* Good luck!
SilverPhoenixGod: *Chuckles*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well Ryujinn lets go"
DragonCountess: *Ryujinn flaps his wings furiously, lifting off the sand* <To Sirtax!>
SilverPhoenixGod: <simgar...where are you simgar??>
SilverPhoenixGod: <Simgar...did you leave me?>
SilverPhoenixGod: <Simgar!!!!>
SilverPhoenixGod: {It's alright Sirtax, I'm on my way}
SilverPhoenixGod: <Oh good....>
DragonCountess: *continues flying* <Hello again, my friend...Simgar and I have some great news!*
SilverPhoenixGod: {Yes, we do. }
SilverPhoenixGod: {We found something, but Ryujinn is too big to fit through it}
SilverPhoenixGod: {And I can't go alone}
SilverPhoenixGod: <Oh...where is this...place?>
SilverPhoenixGod: {We'll meet you, and we'll show you}
SilverPhoenixGod: <See you at our place>
SilverPhoenixGod: *nods*
DragonCountess: *flies straight ahead towards Sirtax's home*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, so far so good"
DragonCountess: *privately* <Let's hope it stays that way...>
SilverPhoenixGod: Who's gotta go to the bathroom????? 
SilverPhoenixGod: ME!
DragonCountess: {Oi.....}
SilverPhoenixGod: "Almost there, Ryujinn?"
DragonCountess: <Yes. A few more minutes...>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Wow...can you feel the heat?"
SilverPhoenixGod: "It's getting hotter"
SilverPhoenixGod: "It's usually not this hot though... I wonder why"
DragonCountess: <Unfortunately, it is so...I don't do well with extreme temperatures...>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Aye. Same here"
SilverPhoenixGod: "It's never this hot though... it's never supposed to get this hot ever unless...." *voice trails off sharply*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Oh my god..."
SilverPhoenixGod: *Pulls the parchment out*
DragonCountess: <What does it say?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "In the case of extreme temperatures, groups of Phoenixs generate this case of extremity"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gasps*
DragonCountess: <Do you mean Sirtax has company?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Usually, when groups of Phoenixs band together, it is for clans, and fierce combat arises to show off to the females in the group"
SilverPhoenixGod: "This is not good"
SilverPhoenixGod: "I hope Sirtax is alright..."
SilverPhoenixGod: {Sirtax, are you OK?}
SilverPhoenixGod: <Simgar...>
SilverPhoenixGod: {SIRTAX!!}

DragonCountess: *flaps faster* <We must hurry...>
SilverPhoenixGod: <Simgar why aren't you here?>
SilverPhoenixGod: {Almost there, friend}
SilverPhoenixGod: *Points finger* "Look at that bright light!"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Frowns*
DragonCountess: *swoops down to the ledge outside of Sirtax's home* <Let's go.>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Demounts*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Runs over to Sirtaxs nest*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Gone."
SilverPhoenixGod: "He's not here"
DragonCountess: *approaches cautiously* <But...Why?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Ryukinn...call Shinketsu and tell her"
SilverPhoenixGod: "They might have taken him...or he might have been..."
DragonCountess: <Will I need to fetch her too?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Runs back to Ryujinn*
SilverPhoenixGod: "I can fog here and back in less than a minute"
SilverPhoenixGod: "but..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "No! I can't!
SilverPhoenixGod: "The barrier...."
SilverPhoenixGod: *Grumble*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, I guess we should just do what we can now"
DragonCountess: <Shinketsu had better just wait to know...We need to go searching first.>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Mounts Ryujinn*
SilverPhoenixGod: "I can try and locate him"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar appears to be focused*
DragonCountess: *flaps over the forest, looking for any signs*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar's face pales*

SilverPhoenixGod: *Studies the parchment carefully*
SilverPhoenixGod: *blinks*
DragonCountess: <What is it, my friend?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *examines it more*
SilverPhoenixGod: *flips it over and looks on the back*
SilverPhoenixGod: "It ends..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "It says about a secret place...but it's been torn out of the Histories"
SilverPhoenixGod: "You never can trust merchants..."
DragonCountess: <Would you by any chance have some idea at to where it would be?>
DragonCountess: *as
SilverPhoenixGod: "I'm guessing it would be in a very hot place"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Which would be...where Sirtax usually stays"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Gefnor."
DragonCountess: <Oh joy...Sounds like fun...Direct me.>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Let's go get Shinketsu"
SilverPhoenixGod: "She might know something"
DragonCountess: <All right.> *turns around immediately*
DragonCountess: *dives toward her cave* <Shinketsu! Come here! We have an emergency!>
SilverPhoenixGod: [brb gotta put medicine on cat sorry]
DragonCountess: No prob...
SilverPhoenixGod: [As I said, he hurt his paw]
DragonCountess: {Yah, I know}
SilverPhoenixGod: "So, do you anything, Shinketsu?"
DragonCountess: *Shinketsu emerges, and climbs on once Ryujinn lands* Pardon?
SilverPhoenixGod: "Ah, you don't know, do you?"
DragonCountess: *looks at him* Know what?
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, we believe that Sirtax has been taken away by other phoenixes."
SilverPhoenixGod: "It happens every 15 years"
DragonCountess: <We'll explain further on the way...> *flaps off again*
SilverPhoenixGod: "When all the phoenixes travel to a place, where they "live" for awhile"
SilverPhoenixGod: "That's all I know"
DragonCountess: So this plan will have to wait, huh? Very well then, but where exactly are we going?
SilverPhoenixGod: "I think the first place to check is Gefnot"
SilverPhoenixGod: "The active volcanoes"
SilverPhoenixGod: "I have no idea if the heat is even bearable for ur"
DragonCountess: *falters in his flying, then steadies himself* <Active, did you say?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *nods*
SilverPhoenixGod: "That is why Sirtax always goes there"
DragonCountess: I know you're probably tiring of us asking, but can you concoct a fire-proof spell, perhaps?
SilverPhoenixGod: "Hmm..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, if I could make Sirtax able to swim, then I'm sure I can do that for us"
SilverPhoenixGod: "just a few barriers..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "But...I would need an herb to replenish my strength"
DragonCountess: <Do you know where to find one? I'm sure I can stop by.>
DragonCountess: {BRB}
SilverPhoenixGod: "You might be able to find some on the western plains...but I'm not quite sure. They were always given to me by the Healers"
DragonCountess: {Back...Had to rescue my Backstreet Boys CD...} <All right then. Let's go.>
SilverPhoenixGod: It is the Toran Leaf, if I'm not mistaken.
SilverPhoenixGod: *Torban
DragonCountess: *heads toward the plains* <What do they look like? Perhaps I could spot them.>
SilverPhoenixGod: Ah...circular leaf, bright pink flower
DragonCountess: *turns to her airheaded self* Oooh...Pretty! *smiles*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Chuckles*
DragonCountess: *searches the plains, then exults* <Ah ha! A single flower, there!> *swoops down gently, next to the flower*
SilverPhoenixGod: "That was quick"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Get a hanful of them...never know"
DragonCountess: <I told you I had keen vision. Don't tell me you're beginning to doubt me...> *grins*
DragonCountess: *Shinketsu jumps off* Need help?
SilverPhoenixGod: "I never doubted you. I was just surprised you can see it from that far up"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Slides off Ryujinn*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Grabs a handful of leaves and stuffs them in his drawstring pouch*
DragonCountess: <It was lucky. Bright pink against green.>
SilverPhoenixGod: *shrug*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Hmm...there's got to be more"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Forages around, but finds nothing*
DragonCountess: *Ryujinn scans the extent of the plain* <Nothing now...>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, I guess that's it"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Climbs back on Ryujinn's back, feeling the comforting feeling of his scales*
DragonCountess: *follows* If you need some more later, I'm sure we can find some...
SilverPhoenixGod: *nods, sure of her assumption*
DragonCountess: *flaps off* <Ready then?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *nods, unsure of the heat*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar appears distracted*
SilverPhoenixGod: "He said something!"
SilverPhoenixGod: "He's alive!!"
DragonCountess: *smiles* Good. Ask him of his location.
SilverPhoenixGod: *frowns*
SilverPhoenixGod: "He doesn't know where, but it isn't hot there"
SilverPhoenixGod: "He says...that it's cold there"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well that's strange"
DragonCountess: <Where is the coldest place around here?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, I believe it is furthest south"
SilverPhoenixGod: "The north is inhabited by trolls,  and is basically all mountains anyway, and he said it's flat"
DragonCountess: *turns around yet again* <Let's hope this is the place...>
SilverPhoenixGod: "I wonder why he's there..."
DragonCountess: Could it be that the other Phoenixes are holding him captive for some reason?
SilverPhoenixGod: "I suppose so..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "But why?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <Sirtax...do you know why you're here? Are there others?>
SilverPhoenixGod: <There...are none>
DragonCountess: <One mystery right after another...>
SilverPhoenixGod: <I awoken, and it was all cold...it was everywhere....it....was.............>
DragonCountess: *suddenly* Simgar, can the cold hurt him? Or is it just water?
SilverPhoenixGod: {Do you know where, Sirtax?}
SilverPhoenixGod: "Well, water more...cold....just stunning, I believe"
SilverPhoenixGod: "And if you lay unconscious for a long time...you die"
SilverPhoenixGod: "So basically I'll have to heat him, or the place to an inferno"
DragonCountess: *a worried look flashes over her face* Ryujinn could do that, couldn't he?
SilverPhoenixGod: "Yes, I could too. wouldn't hurt for him to heat the room..."
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar appears distracted, and his eyes look blank*
DragonCountess: Simgar? You OK?
SilverPhoenixGod: "He is 5 miles southwest of here"
SilverPhoenixGod: "I was locating him"
SilverPhoenixGod: "apparently the other phoenixes left awhile ago"
DragonCountess: *adjusts his path slightly* <I wonder why...Is this all part of the courting process?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "No...it couldn't be"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Or...it could be something else entirely"
DragonCountess: *quietly* Is it some kind of...punishment?
SilverPhoenixGod: "You might be right...maybe........."
SilverPhoenixGod: "Maybe they sensed that he did what he did... that he was not supposed to"
SilverPhoenixGod: "And now he must pay"
SilverPhoenixGod: "I think that's it"
DragonCountess: *looks away* I'm sorry...
SilverPhoenixGod: "Of course I might be wrong"
SilverPhoenixGod: "He might be doing this to himself"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Maybe he wants to know if I really care about him, since I have been spending so much time with Ryujinn"
DragonCountess: *startled* You mean, he could be attempting suicide?!
SilverPhoenixGod: "Suicide...if you could call it that. But maybe he is letting us know because......because of me
SilverPhoenixGod: *points forward* "Look! I think that's him!"
DragonCountess: *flaps harder* <All this flying...Nevermind that, let's go.> *dives forward*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Sirtax! Are you alright?"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Goes over to hug it*
SilverPhoenixGod: "OW!"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Backs away quickly*
SilverPhoenixGod: "It's...not him"
DragonCountess: *screeches to a stop on the slippery ice* <What do you mean?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "It can't be him..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "This one is much too big...and...it burned me"
DragonCountess: Ask him if he knows where Sirtax is...
SilverPhoenixGod: "If it was Sirtax, it wouldn't have burned me"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Excuse me..."
SilverPhoenixGod: "Have you seen another Phoenix?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <......there was..........too many...... I>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Sighs*
SilverPhoenixGod: "I guess he got hurt"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Where did they take him?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <not.........far......away......couldn't.........too........cold>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Mounts Ryujinn*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Come on! Let's go!>
SilverPhoenixGod: "LEt's go the way we've been going....he should be right ahead"
DragonCountess: *struggles for a lift in the ice cold air*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Anything I can do?"
DragonCountess: *flaps his wings as fast as he can possibly flap* <No...I'm fine...Do you see him?
SilverPhoenixGod: <Sirtax.....can you feel us? Where are you?>
SilverPhoenixGod: <go....east....>
DragonCountess: *straightens up suddenly* Wait! Shouldn't I hide somewhere?
SilverPhoenixGod: "Why?"
SilverPhoenixGod: "We....can explain later....when he's better"
SilverPhoenixGod: "The whole thing..."
DragonCountess: All right...*eases up*
DragonCountess: *turns eastward* <Any sign of him, Simgar?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Not yet....this wind makes it hard to see"
SilverPhoenixGod: *A loud screech pierces through the chilly air*
SilverPhoenixGod: "That's him!"
SilverPhoenixGod: "Follow it, Ryujinn!"
DragonCountess: *flies hard against the hard breeze* <Right...>
SilverPhoenixGod: "I see him!"
SilverPhoenixGod: *points directly down*
DragonCountess: *swoops down, skidding to a stop on the ice* <Go.>
SilverPhoenixGod: "I have no idea how we are going to save him though"
DragonCountess: <Fire?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Jumps off and runs to Sirtax*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Sirtax Sirtax!!! Are you alive?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <It's so.....cold....>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Ryujinn, now!"
DragonCountess: <Move.>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures and utters a phrase of magic*
SilverPhoenixGod: "I can handle it"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures at Sirtax*    *A beam of fire hits Sirtax, and is absorbed*
DragonCountess: *inhales deeply, then exhales in a large burst of flame aimed directly at Sirtax*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures and uttes a phrase of magic*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures at Sirtax. Sirtax is surrounded by a white light*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures and utters a phrase of magic*
DragonCountess: *inhales and exhales again, increasing the heat of the fire*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures at Sirtax* *Sirtax seems to look a little better*
DragonCountess: <Again?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *opens his pouch and gets the leaf*
SilverPhoenixGod: *pops the leaf in his mouth and eats it quickly*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Sirtax do you feel better?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <I....can move now... too weak too fly>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Again."
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures and utters a phrase of magic*
DragonCountess: *inhales an even larger breath and exhales, using the maximum heat possible for his body to handle*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures at Sirtax*   * a ball of hissing flames hit sirtax in the neck! His flames go brighter*
SilverPhoenixGod: "This...is exhausting"
SilverPhoenixGod: <Just a little more....and I should make it>
DragonCountess: <Back off. I
SilverPhoenixGod: "Wait...."
DragonCountess: *ll handle it.>
SilverPhoenixGod: "I can try something...."
SilverPhoenixGod: "I can try to fog us out of here"
SilverPhoenixGod: "I would probably pass out after the effort, but, eventually we will all freeze to death!"
DragonCountess: *walks over with Shinketsu on his back* <Go ahead. We'll take care of you.>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures and utters a phrase of magic*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Hugs Sirtax's neck*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Alright everybody....do what you can to hold on"
DragonCountess: *places a taloned foot on Simgar's shoulder*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Prays to the gods, beseeching guidance and mercy*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gestures*
SilverPhoenixGod: *The world around you turns to a complete halt*
SilverPhoenixGod: *You try and speak, but are unable*
SilverPhoenixGod: *You are paralyzed*
SilverPhoenixGod: *You feel like your body is being torn to pieces*
SilverPhoenixGod: *You awaken at the rim of Gefnor, molten rock hissing and spewing throught numerous cracks*
SilverPhoenixGod: "What!!! I didn't want to go here!"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Stands up slowly, and collapses*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Sirtax...are you alright?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <I feel fine....already I feel much better>
DragonCountess: <Can you fly?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *gets the remaining leaves from his pouch and stuffs them in his mouth*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar's body convulses shortly*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar stops moving, and appears fine*
SilverPhoenixGod: <Simgar.....Simgar are you OK?>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Sirtax nudges his companion with his talon*
SilverPhoenixGod: "Sirtax! You're alright!"
SilverPhoenixGod: *Stands up slowly*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Jumps onto Sirtax's back*
SilverPhoenixGod: "We have no time....."
DragonCountess: <Will you both be all right?>
SilverPhoenixGod: <We will be fine!>
SilverPhoenixGod: <To the Lake....>
DragonCountess: *ignores the rude comment, and lifts off, using the warm thermals to get a nice lift*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Sirtax leaps into the air, and streaks across the sky leaving a red trail across the moonlit sky*
DragonCountess: *follows quietly yet quickly, thinking the whole situation over*
SilverPhoenixGod: *The volcano behind you erupts, ash and lava scatterd everywhere*
SilverPhoenixGod: <I am sorry, my friends>
SilverPhoenixGod: <I shouldn't have thought you evil, and unloving>
SilverPhoenixGod: <I sincerely apologize for all this>
DragonCountess: <Apology accepted.>
SilverPhoenixGod: <But we made it alright>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Approaches the shores and swoops down into the sandy beach*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar slides off Sirtax's back, and relaxes in the chilly water*
DragonCountess: *lands behind them, approaching softly* <Now then, what will we talk about?>
SilverPhoenixGod: "Thank you....Ryujinn and Shinketsu"
SilverPhoenixGod: "For...everything"
DragonCountess: *climbs off Ryujinn's back* You are very welcome, my friends.
SilverPhoenixGod: *Gets out of the water, and snuggles up beneath Sirtax's wing>
SilverPhoenixGod: "I must ask, Sirtax. WHy were they all there?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <It is a ritual, a thing done every year, when all the Phoenixes gather, to help the young ones find a companion"
SilverPhoenixGod: *>
DragonCountess: But why the cold?
SilverPhoenixGod: <They know where all of us are, and they came to me>
SilverPhoenixGod: <I told them...and they did not belive me>
SilverPhoenixGod: <I pleaded.>
DragonCountess: <Over what?>
SilverPhoenixGod: <They said that if my companion really cared about me, then he would come to my rescue>
SilverPhoenixGod: <They then attacked me...I woke up in the cold...it was too cold. They were all gone>
SilverPhoenixGod: <I called for help, and you came>
SilverPhoenixGod: <They nearly killed me>
DragonCountess: *walks over and lies down, Shinketsu curled up against his side* <I suppose that proves Simgar's loyalty to you...>
SilverPhoenixGod: <But, alas. Here I am, with my friend, Simgar.>  *looks at Simgar lovingly* <Don't you agree that we are matched well, friend?>                     
*Simgar merely snores, enjoying the warmth of Sirtax*
<I take that as a yes.> *A deep chuckle emerges from the phoenix's mouth*
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar awakes from the deep vibrations*
SilverPhoenixGod: "What....is going on, Sirtax?"
SilverPhoenixGod: <I'll tell you later...>
DragonCountess: *smiles* I suppose this is a happy ending, Simgar.
SilverPhoenixGod: *Simgar climbs up on top og Sirtax*
SilverPhoenixGod: <I suppose we will meet soon, friends.>
SilverPhoenixGod: <You have my gratitude...for everything>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Sirtax makes a dash across the shore, and then jumps*
DragonCountess: <Farewell, my friends...>
SilverPhoenixGod: *Flaps his wings mightily, heading in a northeastern direction*
DragonCountess: *Shinketsu climbs atop Ryujinn, heading off in the opposite direction* <I hope we will meet again soon...Farewell...> *the two fly off into the horizon, fading to a small black dot...then disappearing altogether*