Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-32004538-20170914023137/@comment-26510374-20171025185438

I was left alone in the tent.

I silently padded to the corner of the cage closest to the water trough. Concentrating hard, I slowly lifted it into the air. Noticing more water troughs, I moved the water carefully into each and combined it with my water.

Eventually, I had a very large water ball.

I heard footsteps approach. A wolf entered the tent, keys in hand.

I got so excited I nearly dropped the ball, but then I quickly regained concentration.

"Council wants me to get you out so you can fight with some kinda dragon," the wolf said gruffly, edging towards the cage. "I don't think that's all righ an' good, but if I refuse they'll think I'm powered and throw me in 'ere, along with my family." He eyed me wearily as I backed up.

"I'm sorry, real sorry. But my children, see, they definitely wouldn't cope well in here. They're both young an' weak."

I felt bad. This wolf must not be as opposed to my kind. But it was the only way.

''perhaps you don't have to kill them all. Perhaps you could get the commonfolk to trust the magikin...''

"Sorry," I whispered, and dropped the water ball on the wolf.

He wasn't killed by the impact, fortunately, but it knocked him out cold. I used part of the water to collect the keys and after a bit of struggling I had successfully unlocked my cage.