<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/IZHVGdB.jpg)</div><br/>Smoking Clover transmitted back to Solar Flare:<br/><br/><em>"Doesn't sound like anyone I know, is she a powerful wizard of some kind? Can you be more precise? A name or gimmick would be helpful. So far, I can only tell you that Paratha knows a lot of wizards. She's an ancient dragon of unspeakable power, after all, and half the wizards I've heard about seem to have very... interesting outfits like you describe."</em><br/><br/>Solar Flare could hear alarm klaxons in the background.<br/><br/>Smoking Clover said,<em>"More details, eh? Sorry, I'm having a bit of trouble at the moment. Have I ever mentioned my arch nemesis? They're... a bit active tonight."</em><br/><br/>The sounds of a fire extinguisher going off filled her ears. She could have sworn she heard him curse. Smoking Clover did not curse. Something was seriously wrong.<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fireemblem/images/c/ce/Ophelia_portrait.png/revision/20151126043036)</div><br/>As Solar Flare discussed the situation with her colleague, things had gotten interesting for Calanthe: after all, she had determined quite quickly with her incredible senses that while Elizabeth was certainly speaking, she had no physical body to emit the sound. This image in front of them was some kind of fake. However, Alexandra could see more. Energies were cascading throughout the castle from the base to the tallest spire: the ritual did exactly one thing, it cut the tallest spire off from the rest of the world in its own pocket dimension. There was a second ritual that was keeping all of the doors and windows barred with magic, obviously to keep someone like, say, Rainbow Bunny from simply exploring the entire castle in a matter of seconds. However, past the various defenses, before the tallest spire, was a gateway to the hidden world the real party was taking place in.<br/><br/>RB had rapidly appeared and disappeared in bursts of light around the room, and found nothing of note, and found herself face to face with Elizabeth Darkmind's projection. The projection didn't seem to care.<br/><br/>Elizabeth said, "As you may have guessed, I'm not actually here. This is an astral projection, nothing more. That said, 'Alexandra', or should I say Triple A? Paratha has given me some wonderful ideas for insults, but lets cut to the chase, hmmm? Tonight, I get to see the Watcher dismiss you. There is no way out of this situation that doesn't involve you doing something so fundamentally stupid, that she would not consent to keep you. I'm going to win, 'Alexandra'. And I may even get to play with some of your friends before the night is out"<br/><br/>She motioned to the double doors at the end of the entrance hall, as well as a set to the left wall and right wall near the end.<br/><br/>"That said, Paratha is a fan of party games. Currently, your mentors are observing your actions, as part of a game she likes to call 'Trial by Dragonfire.' That said, for you technologically minded poltroons, we've done our best to eliminate your advantages: there is no wifi in the castle, and we've called upon the notorious 'Darknet' some of you keep hearing about to... cause some trouble. Of course, I have no doubt you'll find a way to bypass some of the things that are waiting. I'm a powerful mystic, not a technological genius. You have three doors to choose from. Split up, or take them one at a time, I care not which."<br/><br/>Elizabeth licked her lips as she looked the new arrivals up and down.<br/><br/>"So", she said to Rainbow Bunny, "Is it true what they say? About Rabbits?"<br/>