(This quest is mainly four boss battles - two in Crab Alley and two in Zafaria - but I did detail the last two bosses for everyone. I am only giving this quest for Christina here as she got to Level 75 first - I'll do the other two minions in a later update as I don't need them for Sierra or Grace yet.)
(Also I splashed in the training point quest involving said character. The quote is taken from Google because obvious reference is obvious. Enjoy!) (I watched the show when it was on PBS, back in the early days. I was a big fan of it.)
"No," I said. "You are not."
"Oh dear," said Umlilo. "I can't say any more or those Blackback Soldiers will punish me. But you don't seem afraid of them. Can you thrash a few?"
"Okay, but I don't know how we'll do with one short," I muttered.
We did pretty well, despite the lack of Christina.
"Please, Rra Sunchaser, you will be fine," said Grace. "We are here to rescue you!"
"You must rescue my people first," said Umlilo. "The Black Tusk cult is draining their magic to power their spells of compulsion."
"So THAT is what is making the elephants in Stone Town go crazy!" I said. "Don't worry, we'll rescue everyone."
They didn't need to ask me twice. I was able to undo the wards and break the other Flameingos free.
"The Overseer is the one holding me captive," said Umlilo. "If you can defeat him, I'll be free. Oh, and if you find a ball of fire, that is our Eternal Flame. If you can recover it..."
"No need to ask," said a voice. "We're here."
"Chris!" I said, turning to our errant member. "Where WERE YOU?"
"Looooong story," she said. She took out a glowing red orb. "Professor Balestorm wanted me."
"Rra Balestorm?" said Grace. "Why would my professor want you?"
"Well...."
"He said I was up for a new minion. I was pleased, the Mander was okay but showing his age and the Spectral Minion was a random chance. So I was pleased to hear about a minion called Nerys Barbed-Heart, and he was a spriggan."
"I heard about Spriggans," I said. "That girl we met in the Spiral Cup, the exchange student, told us they live in her world, Avalon. That's awesome."
"So he told me to meet this guy called the Professor," said Christina.
"Professor who?" I asked.
"I asked that too," laughed Christina. "He told me he usually hangs out in Marleybone, I found him in Regent's Square near Scotland Yard, next to a phone booth. Turns out that thing we got from the Spider Witches in Drum Jungle, the weird device, was his 'cosmic caliper' something whatnot. I gave it back to him and he told me to say hi to Inyanga." (This is the second training point quest Inyanga gives you, but you need to be Level 64 for him to give it. You talk to him, then defeat Spider Witches in the Drum Jungle for the Cosmic Caliper, talk to Inyanga again and then come to this guy and return to Inyanga to get your training point! I cut this all out.)
"Rra Whitestripes must have known him," said Grace. "What did he have to say?"
"This Professor guy said I needed this," said Christina, pointing to the orb in her hand. It pulsed with weird energy. "It's called the Orb of Peladon and would allow us to locate minions."
"Turns out it was hidden in the Deep Warrens so I spoke to old King Thermidor, told him about you guys and he let me enter the tower." Christina smiled. "You really were popular there!"
I nodded. It was long ago when I was just a rookie in Wizard City - me and Grace defeated the fake Riverclaw who was posing as king of Crab Alley and restored the crab king to his throne.
"I had a hard time - I was first attacked by a crazy ghost who looked like Queen Calypso..." (Each school had to fight two bosses here; the first has 3000 HP and the second has 6000, but they have different schools and forms. Sorcerers deal with Lost Celeste, who is Death.)
"Then I fought this frog sweep who had a grudge against the Professor, I walloped them both," said Christina, smiling. (Balance Wizards then fight Mr. Solly Flood, who is Storm. Neither is too tough if you have three boosts and a full-pip Judgement. ^_^)
"Well, I got the orb..."
"And took it back to the Professor."
"Then what?" I asked.
Christina sighed. "He told me to find the Kasbah of Zanj, so I did what I was smart to do - I spoke to the librarian in Baobab, he pointed out that a zebra warlock had that pedestal and was hiding in Stone Town, so..."
"I had to deal with the guy I was going to be summoning later - that rascal had the minion bound to him by the pedestal." (Yep, you have to fight the spell minion in a two-boss gauntlet. Freddo had 1900 HP and is Ice, and Nerys has 1750 HP and is Balance...)
(Nothing a good Chimera can't deal with. And we didn't even get Colossal yet! :p)
"Then I canned that Keeper Yartek and his can for that!" Christina groaned. "Carrot fairy, remind me NEVER to PvP with you!"
"Medusa?" I asked.
"BASILISK." Christian wiped her brow. (Yep, Keeper Yartek has 6500 HP and is Myth, which means he can Quake your blades away. Luckily he wasted his turns on Minotaur and the Lisk.)
"I spoke to the Professor after I released the curse on Nerys and he gave me a card to summon him..."
"So I tested the guy out in Dragonspyre."
"Why there?" I asked.
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeell..." She sweatdropped heavily. (FINALLY GOT THAT TOME QUEST OUT OF THE QUEST! Yes, I missed a Dragonspyre history book in the Drake Hatchery with Christina Dawnblade and didn't get it until NOW. I have the Lazy Trait. @_@)
"You think we can use that to summon minions of our own?" asked Grace.
"Can't hurt to ask," said Christina.
"Well, once we rescue Tziri, we'll check it out," I said. "We have to keep going."
And...
We...
Had to rescue...
Umlilo. "Got it!" I said. "Let's get out of this freaking place!" (Zalakir has 5000 HP, but he's Fire. Grace owned this battle but Medusa FTW. And they were STILL using Gargantuan. This is when I went to complete the Sun magic quest and replaced that with Colossal. ^_^)
I held up the flame and it melted the barrier away. "Thank you for freeing me!"
The picture filled in again. Grace sighed. "Only the Prince is missing," she said.
"We know where he's going," said Christina. "And now we have a new ally on our side, Morgie is not going to get the Swords."
I sighed. I wish I was as confident...
[To be continued...]
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