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insects provides a constant background buzz, punctuated by the more distant | insects provides a constant background buzz, punctuated by the more distant | ||
cries of larger animals. | cries of larger animals. | ||
- | and hisses forms an audible pattern - the sound taking a form in your minds. | + | and hisses forms an audible pattern |
- | From your brother' | + | From your brother' |
jungle part to reveal a large circular clearing, 100 feet across. | jungle part to reveal a large circular clearing, 100 feet across. | ||
black dragon paces around the center point of the clearing, a ring of small | black dragon paces around the center point of the clearing, a ring of small | ||
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Atop each stone stands (or coils) a Yuan-Ti sorcerer, chanting in an arcane | Atop each stone stands (or coils) a Yuan-Ti sorcerer, chanting in an arcane | ||
- | language - their narrow forked tongues producing nothing more than a constant | + | language |
- | hiss to the untrained ear. But this is more. This is not just language - but | + | hiss to the untrained ear. But this is more. This is not just language |
magic. | magic. | ||
- | [[Mosargrax]] paces back and forth, shifting direction frequently - but never | + | [[Mosargrax]] paces back and forth, shifting direction frequently |
moving closer to the stone circle. | moving closer to the stone circle. | ||
Ignoring your brother' | Ignoring your brother' | ||
- | Ahead, the jungle parts into the clearing - but at a point nearly opposite that | + | Ahead, the jungle parts into the clearing |
of your brother' | of your brother' | ||
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[[Mosargrax]] roars. //(or is that a scream?)// | [[Mosargrax]] roars. //(or is that a scream?)// | ||
- | Its wings melt - as if doused in its own acid. The twin, forward-arching horns | + | Its wings melt -- as if doused in its own acid. The twin, forward-arching horns |
- | on the sides of its face recede back into the skin - as the rest of its face | + | on the sides of its face recede back into the skin -- as the rest of its face |
shifts into a new shape. | shifts into a new shape. | ||
fill with color. | fill with color. | ||
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It seems to lose its balance, clumsily crashing to the ground as its legs melt | It seems to lose its balance, clumsily crashing to the ground as its legs melt | ||
- | under it - leaving a massive snake where once [[Mosargrax]] herself stood. | + | under it -- leaving a massive snake where once [[Mosargrax]] herself stood. |
Raising its head high, the snake scans the circle of Yuan-Ti and speaks. | Raising its head high, the snake scans the circle of Yuan-Ti and speaks. | ||
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curved weapons from their belts and draw the blades across their own necks. | curved weapons from their belts and draw the blades across their own necks. | ||
Blood from a dozen veins spurts in all directions. | Blood from a dozen veins spurts in all directions. | ||
- | and roars - but was that pain, rage, or triumph? | + | and roars -- but was that pain, rage, or triumph? |
- | **" | + | **" |
the world to dust if it so much as spoke the right word. | the world to dust if it so much as spoke the right word. | ||
- | But then it snaps its head to the side - its eyes focus on a point at the edge | + | But then it snaps its head to the side -- its eyes focus on a point at the edge |
of the clearing. | of the clearing. | ||
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subconscious. | subconscious. | ||
- | A moment later, your senses return - only to see a massive snake head hovering | + | A moment later, your senses return |
only a few feet from you. Its eyes glow with a red fire. | only a few feet from you. Its eyes glow with a red fire. | ||
**"Two so alike -- yet so different." | **"Two so alike -- yet so different." | ||
- | as if studying you. Its eyes seem to pierce your mind - exposing you to it body | + | as if studying you. Its eyes seem to pierce your mind -- exposing you to it body |
and soul. | and soul. | ||
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