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Karal held his eyes for a moment, then nodded, looking down at his hands. "Thank you. If there is anything, I'll remember your offer," he said, weighing it up, then glanced at Altra.

The Firecat opened one eye again, flicked an ear, and said to Karal, :It's not a secret. Tell him if you want.:

"Would it help if you knew what was happening? Why I asked them to come?" Some people preferred ignorance; others were comforted by knowledge. John could make the decision for himself.

John took a deep breath, considering the option. "They say knowledge helps with understanding, right?" He could at least count on Karal not to water down the importance of whatever it was they were doing. "Hit me."

"It's complicated." Karal folded his hands on the counter, sorting through everything in his head, before he began. "My world, Velgarth, has magic. Two thousand years ago, there was a Cataclysm which destroyed large parts of the world and left even greater parts so twisted by magic no one could live there. It was caused when two great mages warred against each other," he explained.

"In their final battle, waves of incredible magical power were loosed into the world and into the ethereal planes. Now, today, those waves are echoing forward through time and threatening the countries of the Alliance and all of Velgarth. They are great storms, mage storms, that wreak havoc and destruction everywhere they touch." He glanced up at John. "Is this making sense to you so far?"

[ooc: And now I must sleep - back in my morning!]

Not really, but that was mostly because he was still in awe of magic stuff. Let alone magical storms. His mental picture of this was sort of like crickets.

"Completely," John replied. "Magic is threatening your world."

He smiled a little at John's response. "Yes, essentially. The mages of the Alliance managed to raise, well, think of it as a magical breakwater, to fend off the storms, but it is going to fall. In eight days. When it falls, if the storms are not stopped, the destruction will be unimaginable."

This bit was the most complicated, and he took a moment to decide how to express it. "One of the mages whose war resulted in the Cataclysm sealed his most dangerous magical devices, ones that were two dangerous for him to use, in a vault before he died. That vault is buried deep under the ground, and guarded by an entire nation, one which is part of the Alliance. Until several weeks ago, this was a secret. Among those devices is one which can counter the storms, but it's one that draws power from my world, from the ethereal planes, and from other worlds. It uses people from those other worlds as conduits. Four of them." He took a deep breath. "Jaina, Andrew, Gavin and Evey."

Edited 2008-04-25 13:02 (UTC)

"So, you're using them as extension cords to their dimensions," John said. "And Jaina said it was no big deal." They were so going to talk.

[How is this you sleeping?]

Karal blinked. "Extensions cords to..." Altra opened both his eyes and stared at John. "Umm, actually, that's a very good way of describing it," he said slowly, exchanging a look with Altra. "And I don't know if it is a big deal to a Jedi. And Altra has given his word that, should anything begin to go wrong, he will Jump the four of them to safety. The worst they should suffer is a few days of being very tired, a headache, and soreness from several days of riding."

[hush, you! I'm totally going now.]

John nodded, he was surprisingly capable of condensing complicated things into simple ideas at times. Even if magic was freaky.

"Nothing's ever a big deal that that Jedi," John informed him. "Mostly because she's been through so much, but it still sounds dangerous to have that much energy moving through a person, regardless of it being a worthwhile risk."

"There is some risk," he acknowledged. "Which is why I asked Altra to promise he'd Jump them out at the first sign of danger."

"Okay," John nodded, trusting Karal had taken necessary precautions. "So you're sure there's nothing I can do to help out?" He was bad at this sitting home thing, but it seemed to be his lot.

"There is one thing," he said hesitantly. "I'm leaving Trenor here. Aravis is looking after him, but if you wouldn't mind spending some time with him?"

He certainly had John's attention with the hesitation. "It'd be my pleasure," John replied easily. "It'd give me a nice distraction while you're all gone. Your time is equivalent to ours, right?"

Karal smiled and relaxed a little. "Thank you. I'll be less likely to worry with two people watching over him," he said. "And it's almost the same. I don't think we'll be gone for more than a week, ten days at the most, Fandom time."

John was relieved by that answer. "All the potential time differences get a little headachey after a while."

"When I first arrived, time ran slower there than it does here, a day there to a week here. As the storms grew worse, the time difference changed." He rubbed his temple. "It was quite a surprise to return and find that out!"

"That's pretty wonky," John said, eyes wide, wondering how the time might change after the problem was solved. "I should probably get going if I'm going to pick up my tux before language club. Thanks for the information, it helped." More than Karal could know, really.

"I'm glad it helped, John." He glanced at the floor then back up. "I wouldn't have asked them at all if there'd been any choice," he added, then smiled. "And you'd better hurry. I don't want to incur the wrath of Jaina if talking to me makes you too late to fetch it."

"I promise not to blame you if I'm late. Sometimes it's fun to incur a little wrath," John laughed slightly, teasing.

Karal shook his head. "Oh no, no wrath, thank you. Definitely not!"

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