Mythran's Master Of All

“Wheeeee!” Teepo chittered in delight as the magic of the collapsing tunnel shot Ren up the tunnel at ridiculous speed.

“Coming through!” Ren said, and a bunch of the pixies jumped onto him as he passed, while the magic picked up the others. They all laughed as they were shunted up the rest of the 1,300 feet of the tunnel and shot out the end and up into the air almost the same distance. Lots of them tumbled around and laughed, Princess brayed her enjoyment, and even Artemis had let the collapsing tunnel pick her up as well.

“When are we going to stop?” Suniva asked no one in particular.

“I'd say our momentum is going to an end in a few moments.” Ren said as he started to slow down. “We just have to decide if we want the ride to end here.”

“Keep going!” One of the pixies nearly yelled. Her hair was white and she looked like she had a wind-blown expression with her messed up hair and ruffled clothes.

“This isn't too rough for you?” Ren asked.

“I always look like this!” She laughed. “I'm a Windkin!”

“Oh.” Ren said as his momentum died. “Well, we're going a lot faster on the way back down.” He said, and they all started to plummet. “Everyone! Make sure you stop 300 feet above the ground!”

An outside observer, namely the High Elves that the tunnel in the ground had appeared next to, only saw a mass of something being tossed very high into the air, tumble around and spread out a bit, then start to fall back to the ground.

The pixies that had hitched a ride on Ren leaned out over his body to see the ground rapidly approaching.

“We're getting close.” Teepo said between chitters of laughter.

“On your signal, then.” Ren said. “Everyone, get ready to stop!”

“Aw!” The Windkin said.

“Don't worry. This is just the beginning of our journey.” Ren said.

“Three... two... one...” Teepo said. “Now!”

The entire mass came to a stop as if they had never been moving at all.

“That was fun!” One of the other pixies said, and Ren felt a general agreement from the others. The pile of pixies that had stood on Ren for the ride walked off, and he took out the covered cart from Princess' saddlebag.

“Can we ride in the half-carriage instead?” One of them asked. “I want to see out.”

“Is everyone okay with that?” Ren asked, and they all nodded. “Open carriage it is.”

The pixies watched as Ren put the cart back into the saddlebag and took the carriage out of his inventory and attached it to Princess, then saw him take a few minutes to make appropriate seating for them.

“There we go.” Ren said and looked at them. “Everyone on board!”

The pixies swarmed around the carriage and climbed in. Once everyone was seated, Ren sat in the driver's seat and Artemis floated beside him.

“You know the drill, Princess.” Ren said. “Although, they are a lot hardier than new passengers.”

“Understood.” Princess said and started to trot. Several of the pixies asked when the ride was going to start, and Ren told Princess to head to the High Elven starter city. She poured on the speed, and Ren felt the maniacal laughter from the Windkin. He looked back at her and saw there were several pixies with their hands in the air like they were riding a roller coaster.

Ha, a roller coaster. Ren thought, then smiled. I enjoyed those 'tests' Stella and Gloria put me through. Maybe others would as well.

I'd say so. Teepo thought back. Look at the other pixies!

Ren looked around at them, and saw expressions that ranged from mild amusement to outright joy, and felt the accompanying emotions.

“Go ahead!” Suniva said and waved to him. “You like these feelings the best!”

Ren felt the others offer their emotions up for him. “Thank you.” He said and absorbed them.

“Princess! Do a loop!” Teepo said.

Princess huffed and started to run up and over, then around and back down in a perfect circle. It was over in only a few seconds, and the pixies cheered and Ren was swamped with their joy and happiness.