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Traveler 06-17-03, 04:40 PM	(OOC: Hello! Nothing has changed, business as usual...just a little funny looking, in my opinion! :) The rest of our thread can be found forever, by clicking here: MTaCI (http://hometown.aol.com/yaacovfin/MTACI.html) )
Traveler 06-17-03, 05:17 PM	Alighan laughed. "Oh allright, Acaed!" Jaego nodded his head briefly as they flew...understanding. "No harm done..." he shouts. On they flew over Halderas's great forests... Now and again a tower spire rose from the tree tops. "This one!" Alighan shouted as another spire came into view. Jaegofen began to circle, preaparing to set them down.
Zella 06-17-03, 07:40 PM	((new boards......*monty python voice* "And there was much rejoicing..."))
Acaed 06-18-03, 09:32 AM	Acaed simply smiles, and looks down below. Yeah, and a dragon isn't going to give us away as much as magic or psionics would... Acaed laughs at his thought.
Traveler 06-18-03, 11:42 AM	Jaegofen set then down on a hill less than a mile away. "I suppose I should remain here. You'll be wanting to get back as fast as you got here I am sure." "Thank you, Jaego," Alighan said with a smile. She laid a hand on Acaed's arm. "How are you doing?"
Acaed 06-19-03, 09:20 AM	"I'm fine," he says with a glint in his eye. "Let's get this done quickly...and quietly. You know what we're up against."
Traveler 06-19-03, 03:26 PM	"Yes, I do." She looked at Acaed. "How are you at climing, moving silently, and spying?"
Acaed 06-19-03, 09:39 PM	"How adept? Quite. I was trained as an assassin, after all."
Traveler 06-19-03, 09:46 PM	"Then this should be easy." She led him down the hill. "We are going inside, only rules...no one sees us, no one hears us, no one "senses" us."
Acaed 06-19-03, 09:53 PM	"Ah, no magic or psionics, hmmm? Give me a second, then." Acaed turns his back to Alighan and strips off his tunic, and puts on a black one from his satchel. He does the same for his trousers, and he takes off his satchel and places it on the hillside. He is fully clothed in black, and he puts a black hood up over his head. "Ready."
Traveler 06-19-03, 09:56 PM	Alighan politely looked away when Acaed was changing clothes. She looked down at her own dress, sighed and then grinned. "Oh well, time for a bit of theivery then I think."
Acaed 06-19-03, 10:02 PM	"Really? I think not." Acaed retrieves his satchel, and opens it, digging through it. He hands her something square, tightly folded. Once unfolded, she can see it is a woolen, homespun dress with the proper livery colors embroidered on it. At the look she probably she gives, him, he shrugs. "Don't ask," he says, laughing.
Traveler 06-19-03, 10:12 PM	"Well," she said. "I did supply the dragon." She smiles again and takes the dress. "Thank you...turn around." She changes dresses with speed and dexterity, tucking hers away under a rock. "Now. To the castle!"
Acaed 06-19-03, 10:23 PM	He turned, as she asked. "Indeed...wait a second..." Openeing the satchel a second time, he pulled out a tunic with the colors and badges of a captain of the guard on it. He takes off his shirt, not bothering that Alighan sees ((Why would he? ;) )) and puts on that tunic. "I've got an idea. Pardon me." He walks over to her, and gently rips down the front of her dress, so it shows some cleavage. At what is probabled a startled expression: "A maid and a stranger in black at night would be suspicious. A captain of the guard with his 'tavern wench' won't be noticed at all." He notices that he is still gently holding the front of her dress, and he turns red and backs off sheepishly. He regains his composure and takes a bottle from his satchel before laying it down once more. Acaed takes a swing from the bottle, and then pours a tad in his hands, and rubs his neck and face. She can tell from the smell it is heavy wine. He comes back over to her, and rubs her neck and face, and offers her a drink. "Not real alcohol. Fake. Just smells like it."
Traveler 06-19-03, 10:35 PM	Startled was not the word... His touch was... "Brilliant," She said taking the wineskin. "Now let us go find a convenient curtain." Her expression is still something between dumb surprise...and a smile?
Acaed 06-19-03, 11:13 PM	A half of an hour later, Aceda, Captain of the Guard, and Ligahna, his tavern wench, drunkly walk through the town. He has his arm thrown around her, drunkly bawling out bawdy songs admidst his exploration of his wench's body. ((Okay, getting a lil to close to the COC for comfort, I'll stop now, hee...)) This is...more fun than I thought. I wonder what Alighan thinks of it? For an added affect, Alighan, before entering the town, rubbed rogue on both of their faces, so as to complete the image of high drunkeness. Acaed, or, Aceda, began to kiss Lighana, or Alighan's neck, and nuzzles his way up to her ear. In between nibbling on it and kissing it, he manages to whisper: "Where in the nine hells are we heading?"
Traveler 06-19-03, 11:24 PM	She was behaving drunkenly, stumbling around in the arms of a man whose words were positively wicked... The ploy was brilliant, but she was not thinking about that... The rouge was doing comparatively little to redden her face... She was not doing much thinking at all. When he whispered in her ear, it took a moment before the words registered. "The road beside the castle," she mumbled suggestively.
Acaed 06-19-03, 11:33 PM	"Sure, sweet thing," he said out loud, and loud. He manged to steer them towards the road beside the castle. To effect the image of a taven wench and cpatain of the guard, he gently, (but rough-looking to anyojne watching them), 'threw her' down into the grass next to the road to the castle. He laid on top of her, and leaned down to whisper in her ear: "Okay, now what?" She can tell that it is harder for him to keep up the appearance of being drunk...he is sweating fiercely, but...from being so close to her, or from exertion, she can't tell...
Traveler 06-19-03, 11:46 PM	Thinking was practically impossible, with him so near, so... "listen," she managed to breathe... so near... "Still no word!!!!!" The loudest of roars pierced the night from a window above them...
Acaed 06-20-03, 11:12 AM	He listens, trying to stem his ragged breathing...he must be working harder at his than thought...
Traveler 06-20-03, 11:20 AM	"I have no sympathy for you," came another calmer voice. "You chose to disregard my advice..." "You are still wrong!!!!!!! A bargain is a bargain rules are rules..." "These are deamons!" "Hush!!!!!!" The voices grew lower. *** Concentrating was so very hard for Alighan...
Acaed 06-20-03, 11:36 AM	Someone could be heard coming up upon the road. Acaed pushed himself down onto Alighan (he had been propping himself up on his arms) and hissed at her: "Make some noise or something!" He began to kiss her fiercely, to allay suspicions, should the traveler see them...
Traveler 06-20-03, 11:55 AM	Acaed's words were wasted, for even as he spoke she let out a loud gasp. ...and then he was kissing her.... *** The patroler came up the road. He snickered as he passed the two lying in the grass, but did not so much as pause.
Acaed 06-20-03, 12:06 PM	After the patroller passed, a long while after, Acaed rolled off of Alighan. "Damn," he whispered, "I can;t hear what they're saying anymore!"
Traveler 06-20-03, 12:09 PM	Alighan just lay there for a moment...her eyes wide, her breath coming far too quickly... oh my.... "Climb!" she whispered finally, blinking and looking upward. "We need to get in there."
Acaed 06-20-03, 12:14 PM	Acaed gives a look At Alighan, which she can tell means "You're in no condition to climb." "Are you okay?"
Traveler 06-20-03, 12:21 PM	"Fine," she said. "Now let's go!" She carefully took stockof their surroundings minding every potential sight point. Then she looked at the wall, and thought for a moment. "Here," she said at last, finding a favorable pattern of shadow. "We climb here." This was where the stone of tower was interlaced with that of the wall. Perfect for climbing and well hidden.
Acaed 06-20-03, 12:23 PM	"Ladies first," observed Acaed, lookign her up and down. "And that you are..." he says softly to himself, not bothering whether she could hear him or not.
Traveler 06-20-03, 12:31 PM	floating... That was the only way she could describe it. It was joy like she had never... ...and they had work to do! It was one of the most difficult things she had ever done. "Later ," she breathed almost inaudibly, and began to scale the wall.
Acaed 06-20-03, 12:46 PM	As she scaled the wall, higher and higher, he obligingly averted his eyes, for obvious reasons. After a while, he looked up to se her gesturing to him from a small ledge. He nodded, and scaled the wall even quicker than she, and he only used his arms, keeping his feet limp, and quieter...
Traveler 06-20-03, 12:54 PM	It was a strange little ledge they stood on, apparently decorative... Alighan pulled her sleeve over her hand and lightly touched the wall in a certain spot. A thin door swung open. It would look no more than a shadow form below, nestled in the crook of the wall as it was. In moments, they were inside the castle, and no one below was the wiser.
Traveler 06-20-03, 01:10 PM	She took Acaed's hand even as they went thorugh the door, and now she led him down a dark corridor...and then carefully down a stair. She paused for a moment, and then led them in another direction, sharply to their right, and then to their left, and up some stairs. Finally they came to the lit outline of a doorway. Voices could be heard from beyond. She pushed the door open on silent hinges... They stood on a landing, behind a tapestry! "I am trying!" Came a voice through gritted teeth. It was trhe voice of the second man from before. "You don't like the speed of my scrying than you do it yourself!" "Hurry up!" Alighan pulled Acaed back behind the dark door. "Now we wait here, to listen," she whispered. "This way the dark will hide us from other spies and those are our biggest threat."
Acaed 06-20-03, 01:13 PM	Acaed nods his agreement, and listens.
Traveler 06-20-03, 01:17 PM	There is silence for a moment. "They are laying siege to Jon's castle," came the second voice at length. "Just like you asked. Now will you leave me alone?"
Acaed 06-20-03, 01:23 PM	Acaed's face remains the same, but it is plain to see that a million thoughts are running through his head.
Traveler 06-20-03, 01:28 PM	So I was right... She grimaced in the darkness, having wanted to be wrong. This hell raising was all part of a blasted court intrigue! *** "Where is Bal..." "AHM!" The second man lowered his voice again. "Never that name aloud!" "Where is the leader?" The first man said again, his voice rife with irritation. There was more silence. "The leader is somewhere east of here. He is...feeding."
Acaed 06-20-03, 01:31 PM	That's not good...
Traveler 06-20-03, 01:42 PM	So it's true...gods! *** "All right." The first man grumbled. "But if I do not hear soon..." "Why don't you just play along?" The second man intoned. "All this carrying on is bound to catch someone's notice!" An angry noise issues from below. "If you are thinking of crossing me...!" "I? Never. But you know what I mean..." "Shut up wizard! Shut up and be gone!" The sound of footsteps is heard followed by a door opening and then closing.
Traveler 06-20-03, 02:48 PM	Alighan touched Acaed's arm. "How was that for clear?" she whispered.
Acaed 06-20-03, 02:54 PM	"We need more adventurers," he grinned.
Traveler 06-20-03, 02:57 PM	"Yes," She was grinning too. "But first we must throw a spear through his wagon wheel."
Acaed 06-20-03, 03:07 PM	"Indeed...how do you propose to do that?"
Traveler 06-20-03, 03:10 PM	"Well we..." She whispered something in his ear...
Acaed 06-21-03, 09:31 PM	He nodded appreciately. "That should be doable."
Zella 06-24-03, 11:29 AM	Zella raced through the woods, the pounding rain making the already well hidden game trail well nigh invisible. The howling was getting closer, with the forest itself seeming to turn against her, tree limbs tearing at her robes and hair, as well as rocks appearing at innopurtune times. The cleric stifled a cry as her foot caught in a rabbit hole twisting her ankle unnaturaly. Zella could hear the dogs crashing throught the underbrush, her heart was beating so fast she thought it might fly from her chest. She struggled to stand but a heavy wieght landed on her from behind. Screaming she thrashed trying to throw off the animal but to no avail. Suddenly there was a hiddious shriek and everything seemed to freeze. The noise came again and the trees melted like frost in the noon sunlight. The dog on her back whimpered and fled, leaving the girl staring up at the most beautiful sight she had ever seen; A golden peacock feathers out spread, light seeming to shine from within the creature. Zella squinted, the light was becomeing almost unbearably bright. She closed her eyes tightly, the opened them as the light dissapeared. the face abover hers was unfamliar but the cold nose in her ear informed her that she was quite awake. there was a quiet glow, coming from the man who's face was drawn, with exauhstion and worry. She smiled as best she could, murmured "Thank you." and fell back into a dreamless rest.
Acaed 06-29-03, 03:31 PM	"Ready?" Acaed asked.
Traveler 06-29-03, 05:58 PM	She nodded and then grinned. (OOC: I am going to wait for you for this next bit too.)
Acaed 06-30-03, 11:54 PM	Acaed grabs Alighan and begins to fiercely kiss her on the nape of her neck. The Lord of the tower, hearing noises from behind the tapestry, goes over and peeks behind it. The moment the Lord's head appears from behind the tapesty, it meets with a punch from Acaed which breaks his nose and sends him reeling. Acaed swiftly wraps up the Lord in the tapestry which he pulls from the wall, and botts him down the stairs, to land with a slight crunch at the bottom of the stairs. Acaed dusts his hands off and returns to where Alighan is. "Easy."
Traveler 07-01-03, 01:19 AM	Alighan just beamed. (OOC: I will introduce the next scene on thursday. Can't wait to see waht you have planned! ;) )
Kirya 07-02-03, 10:27 PM	During Kirya's times of wandering she found her way around the tower and its grounds. Until at last Kirya found herself once again in the gardens. Such a simple and peaceful place, kirya though to herself. Finding a tree she like, kirya sat down underneath it long branchs. From her Coat she pulled out a bundle of scrolls and a book that was held together with ribbon. Place these down besides her she opened the book gentaly. Turning the pages of the old tome until she came to the page she was looking for she began to read. Long had it been now that she had sat down to contiune her reaserh... but for the moment, thier was time. And thier was no hurry.
Traveler 07-03-03, 05:32 PM	Story Line The wizard moved about his chamber muttering to himself as he gathered his things into his sack. It was long over time to be gone...
Acaed 07-03-03, 10:06 PM	Acaed and Alighan, having found their way down to the wizards, chamber, stand outside the door. Acaed motions for her to stand in a recessed alcove so that the wizard, upon opening the door, cannot see her. He kneels, and takes an immovable rod from his pocket and places it at ankle height in front of the door. Acaed gives Alighan a malicious smile, and he lays down the carpet he had dragged from upstairs, spreading it out. Then, he hides in another recessed alcove, and waits...
Traveler 07-03-03, 10:32 PM	Story Line The wizard was in great haste... He even left half the things he owned. He had a bad feeling. He detected magic and then evil...and found nothing. Relieved, but only a little, trapped his deeppockets and walked out his door.
Acaed 07-03-03, 10:37 PM	The hastily-leaving wizard trips right over the immovable rod, landing face down on the carpet. Acaed rushes over and rolls up the wizard in the carpet, taking care to seperate him from his things, and to gag him and bind his fingers. "Done. Like I said, easy." He grins at Alighan from his position atop of the carpeted wizard.
Traveler 07-03-03, 10:41 PM	Alighan stifled a laugh She made a shouldering motion and then gestured to the way they'd come in...
Acaed 07-03-03, 10:42 PM	Acaed hoists the wizard over his shoulder, not too gently, and heads up the stairs behind Alighan.
Traveler 07-03-03, 10:58 PM	As they walked along, the wizard began to squirm...
Acaed 07-03-03, 11:06 PM	Acaed sets the wizard down, on the stairs, and violently kicks him in the side, breaking not a few ribs and knocking him unconcious. Acaed then picks up the wizard again and heads back up the stairs, resisting the urge to hum.
Traveler 07-03-03, 11:10 PM	Alighan winced ahead of Acaed as she walked up the stairs. Back at the landing, Alighan motioned a halt. "That was not wise..." she hissed.
Acaed 07-03-03, 11:18 PM	"Why not? Remember, he's one of the bad guys!" Acaed hisses back.
Traveler 07-03-03, 11:21 PM	"There are friends and there are enemies, there are no bad guys!" She paused. "This fellow was worth something! Information at least! Perhaps ransom!? I need him alive and unahrmed!" She whispered.
Acaed 07-03-03, 11:24 PM	"Well then, you can carry him, if you need him unharmed so badly," says Acaed, grumbling, but he does not set down the wizard. It is his way of saying he doesn't want to artgue with her and will do what she says from now on.
Traveler 07-03-03, 11:26 PM	She sighed. "Why did you kick him in the ribs?"
Acaed 07-03-03, 11:33 PM	He grunts; his way of saying, 'drop it'.
Traveler 07-03-03, 11:42 PM	"Don't grunt at me! Tell me why you hurt that man for no apparent reason?!" She was still whispering but there was no mistaking the hurt and dissapointment in her tone.
Acaed 07-04-03, 09:15 PM	"He was wiggling...and look, down the stairs. His gag fell out. At least now he's silent. She's getting moody...
Mechail 07-05-03, 05:05 AM	I emailed Traveler about me stopping my adventures in the Court Intrigiue. I just wanted to say that I think you guys (Traveler and Acaed) should do something more with your writing skills. It was a HONOUR to be part of this story but unfortanetley this is where it ends. I wish you all the best of luck and happiness. Have fun with the game. And if you ever need someone to fill in a hole in the story, don't bother to ask me. All I need Traveler, is a scene rammed down my throat, heheh. Danny
Traveler 07-05-03, 11:28 PM	There was silence for a moment. "Let's get out of here," she whispered suddenly. She began to lead Acaed, carrying the now motionless wizard back out he way they came. When they reached the landing... Jaegofen's head popped up suddenly over teh ledge at their feet. "No questions!" He hissed. "You took to long. Now get on and be quick about it!" He had obviously been hiding on the wall itself blending ito the shadows below.
Acaed 07-06-03, 12:05 PM	*Hops on Jaego's back, the wizard still slung over his shoulder.*
MaliciousAngel 07-07-03, 07:25 PM	The grey man sat pondering from on high..."Well, most curious. You should think they were in a hurry with a need to be eh? Heh...Travelar. You rtracked me down, so lets see where you go now..."
Zella 07-12-03, 07:41 PM	Zella squinted up at the ceiling, it was the same as it had been ten minutes ago. She had asked, when she had wakened, if Alighan and Acaed had returned, It seemed like days since they'd gone, but in truth, it was only hours. "I want to get up." "You are not well. Sleep." The bedridden cleric sighed. "I've BEEN sleeping." The no-nonsense healer snorted. "But you haven't been resting." Zella sighed again, frustrated. "Sleeping resting. What's the difference?!" "A great deal." "Argh."
Traveler 07-12-03, 11:44 PM	Muttering something under her breath, Alighan jumped on Jaego's back in front of Acaed. In an instant they were soaring, high above the city... They traveled in silence all the way back to the Tower. In her mind she saw Acaed maliciously throwing and kicking the wizard, heard the sickening sound of bones breaking...over and over again... No reason....! Jaegofen landed them just inside the tower wall. "To the healing hall." Alighan spoke consciously or unconsciously in a tone of command. They left Jaegofen standing...shaking his head...
Acaed 07-14-03, 10:22 PM	Acaed lets go of the wizard...but the man in the carpet just floats along behind him, suspended psionically... He follows Alighan.
Zella 07-15-03, 03:51 PM	"Are they back yet?" "No" She waited a bit, "Are they back yet?" the healer who had been so patient finally snapped. "NO they are NOT back yet and if you do not be quiet I will put you to sleep magically!" Zella was about to begin her full force pout when the door burst open. "Alighan and Acaed have returned!" Nosey squeaked angrily as The cleric shot up and attempted to stand. "Oh NO you don't!" the healers hands pressed her back down onto the bed. "But they're back!" "Lie down." "But...but they're BACK!" The matronly woman sighed. "Thats no call for you to go gallivanting about." Zella was about to protest, when her body decided to let her know JUST how many aches it was feeling. She pouted and did as she was told.
MaliciousAngel 07-18-03, 12:02 AM	In a dive of a bar is a man...Loose and flowing in his appearence he has the strut of a man of the world. His garb is weathered from his well worn boots to the weathered leather armor he wears. His loose fitting linen shirt sways about with his movements, and the scabbard that hangs jauntily from his shoulder with it. He smiles to the room under his shaded eyes. His hair beaded in places and long. He smiles and talks to his company... "Sir, and what is the word?" "The word sir? Far too absurd. To speak to me yet never be heard?" "Well spoken Mr.?" "The name is spoken oft by the living and the dead...The name dear sir, Captain John Falsted..." "Have you sir sailed around the nation?" "Pardon, but not to my degradation. You think I would say my desination? Such is beyond your expectation." "You have a problem bub?" He takes a chug of his mug... "As much with you as the stars above." "I hope you are good with your sword sir...You have met the roughest sort of blaggard. You would be best to flee from this one..." "Well I would sir, but I have yet to see one. And if you decide to enter this fray, you shall know it as the one you should have run away." "Aha! that was out of flow sir...I know a thing or two about words." "Is this the five that you know? You the six that you heard?" The other man at the table takes out a large cudgle and advances menacingly...John whips out a long rapier...He deftly cuts the cudgle in twain and uses the but to knock out the man... "They come as they wish, I have nothing to hide. But he should remember this day as he almost died." He looks down at the man. He grabs a three pointed hat that is as old as the black great coat he took off the chair...Sheathing the rapier, he flicks a copper on the counter and leaves...
Traveler 07-19-03, 10:23 PM	(OOC: Thank you to the player of Mr. Falsted for the introduction. This char will be joining us shortly after the party leaves the tower, which should be happening within the ingame hour.) Alighan shouts for Namern as soon as they reach the healing hall. The healer came running...seeing the bundle, he ran faster. "What...?" He began to ask Aligahn. "Take him down and take care of him!" She shouted urgently as Namern moved past Acaed to the bundle beyond him. "We, " she continued shooting Acaed a look...anger laced with intense hurt, "will be going to check on the Cleric Zella." With that she turned around and swept down the hallway.
Acaed 07-21-03, 10:08 PM	Acaed does nto follow Alighan down the corridor. He simply frowns, then steps into a wall, reappearing elsewhere on the Tower's grounds. "Zella's fine, I'm sure. And I can't stand to see her mad at me...I need to get away... Why won't this damn locket work?" He opens his satchel and glares at the locket.
Zella 07-22-03, 07:04 PM	Zella was fidgeting as she waited for her friends to reappear. "Where are they? They got back minutes ago!" "Not everything revolves around you." The motherly reprive made her wince. "I know, I know...I just...." She gave up with a sigh and began to stare holes into the door.
Traveler 07-26-03, 11:33 PM	She walked to Zella's room slowly. Her eyes stung. The image of Acaed, the hate on his face as he kicked the already captured wizard.... She could not get it out of her mind. She wanted to be outraged. She wanted to be angry with Acaed...yet she could not...all she could do was... ...cry....
Acaed 07-27-03, 01:20 AM	"Dumb locket." Without thinking, Acaed threw the locket. Far. It lands with a splash into a creek. Wait...a creek?! "****!" Realizing he may just have thrown his ticket away from this land into a nearby creek, he throws off his satchel and leaps in headfirst. He frantically searches the bottom, inhales water as he tries to curse, comes up for air, retching up water, and cursing, and then he dives back to bottom again.
Zella 07-27-03, 04:55 PM	Zella's eyes drooped, as she continued staring at the door. "You're tired you should rest." the cleric blinked, "But....They didn't...." The rest of her sentance trailed off as she fell forward. The healer caught her and laid her back gently. "There, there. I'm sure it was important matters that kept them away. Zella slept, a true sleep, replenishing her strength for the next time she awoke.
Acaed 07-28-03, 09:51 AM	Acaed frantically dives to the bottom again, and comes up with naught but mud. ...hours later, wet and exhausted, He crawls up on the bank--it is near dusk. He lays down on his back in the grass by the bank, and sits up in pain--he has lain on something hard. He reachs around behind his back, and picks up something hard and metal--the locket! He did throw it in the creek after all...then what made the splash? He peers over the creek bank, and a frog lands on his head, dunking him, then leaps off his head into the creek with a 'plop'. Acaed glares at the frog, sitting on a log out in the middle of the creek. It lazily snaps up a nearby fly, and looks content. Acaed opens his satchel with one hand, still looking at the frog... He takes out his arquebus and aims it right at the lil' bugger... And then it spits water right up the barrel, soaking the powder. "Damn! You've got to be kidding me!" The frog looks at him, then rolls of the log to disappear under the water. Acaed lays down, at length, onto the grass.
MaliciousAngel 07-28-03, 03:34 PM	A man in a dark gray greatcoat walks up with a rapier at his side. His long blond hair is bound in a pony tail. A three corner hat is jauntily set on his head. Looking down at Acaed he crouches down on his haunches... "Well sir...You fancy a swim? Or washing clothes while residing within?" He smiles wryly and chuckles... "Well, now you know the water nymphs wrath...Be more gentle next time you would take a bath..."
Acaed 07-28-03, 03:52 PM	Acaed looks up at the man, with one eye shut. "Who're you, if'n ya don;t mind me asking?"
MaliciousAngel 07-28-03, 04:00 PM	He laughed aloud... "Well the funny thing is that if I don't...Someone will, even if I won't. But a rose by any other name. Many romantics in this world, I am the same. So, If I am better off living or better off dead, the name good sir is Captain John Falsted...Be it you pick the first or last, do so to your discression but do it fast. Good company is hardly around. For so quickly I leave and never again found..." He sits down...seems to ponder something... "Now is that because with friendship comes a cost? Or is that because I am frequently lost?"
Acaed 07-28-03, 04:03 PM	"Perhaps, it is because you do not wish to be found, so you lose yourself?" Acaed replies. "I'm Acaed. Just Acaed. No last name." He lifts a hand to shake John's.
MaliciousAngel 07-28-03, 04:12 PM	John nods thoughtfully and shakes the hand heartily... "The pleasure is all mine, and may your name shine. But be it one way or the next, I find myself perplexed. In my travels too severe, I know not how I got here..." He looks utterly confused...
Acaed 07-28-03, 04:16 PM	"You seem to like rhyme...you...do it all the time?" Acaed grins. "I didn't know, how I got here either. It just happened. Maychance we have more in common than at first glance."
MaliciousAngel 07-28-03, 06:48 PM	"Maychance? Indeed...A glance to succeed. But to value on this creeper you need moreso come looking deeper. I would succeed in the need for greed for no another reason then lack of mead which unfolds my tongue to be freed. So rhythmic or not, a friend begot, thought nothing I saught, and needed naught...Under the assumption that one would need nothing. Hmmm... Well one would have thought it would leave me scarred, I simply came in and walked past the guards. Civilians they wanted naught, so I assumed it was not me that they saught. I walked by without their notice. They saught what causes damage...Not this..." He chuckles meekly... "But you know how that goes...It is not what you ponder, but all that shows...This is the measure of all they know."
Acaed 07-29-03, 11:31 PM	"Indeed." With that, Acaed sits back, to ponder. She's angry at me...
MaliciousAngel 07-30-03, 11:58 AM	All of a sudden a fresh wave of confusion meets up with John... "Actually I do not remember walking past a one. I was being chased, and broke out to a run. And all of a sudden a tower arrives. Found safety I did, not wasting my lives. Any of the nine I possess. Well, I am at least one shorter, I confess...Well...Some things are best left for me not to understand. I was running for my life, this was not planned. In the times of my trade this was not taught...But a wise man ever claims to know only naught..." He takes out a small leather flask and drinks...
Traveler 07-30-03, 10:55 PM	...and find Acaed instead. She ran back though the tower halls. She asked a passing healer where Acaed had gone. He pointed her outside. Acaed was quite hard to find when he did not wish to be found. She tracked him though, with all the skills of her youth, to the creek that ran through the wilder area of the grounds. She saw him sitting by the creek, a pensive look about him and came no further...suddenly unsure what to say... She did not even the notice the blond man further up the bank. From her vantage, she could not see him.
Acaed 07-31-03, 10:38 PM	"Oi..." Acaed sits up, and looks around; he does not see Alighan. All of a sudden, the locket next to him blazes into life, a silver aura glowing around it, spreading into what appears to be a door--and through that door, one cannot see forest...one can see tall, white, snow-capped mountains.... Acaed begins to stand. "Why the hell..." He picks up the locket as he stands. He looks around. "Maybe, John, somethings aren't meant to be." He takes a step towards the portal, his heart aching... But I can't let what happened to me happen again...
MaliciousAngel 07-31-03, 11:50 PM	The man with the pony tail and the shaded eyes takes off his hat and has a look too thoughtful to be natural... "My friend many things are naught to be. Such as me to be locked up and away from the sea. I have an allergy to prison cells. Been spat out of the nine hells. An aversion to being chased. I like running from nothing, it is a disgrace. And I was never meant to be royalty. Or really in any position of authority. But here I am the Captain of one. Not the way it started when my journey begun. But here I am little old me. The food smells nice, the board is free. But here I do add one thing more...Methinks you were never meant to walk through that door..."
Traveler 08-01-03, 02:01 AM	"Acaed!" She shouted wide eyed.
Acaed 08-01-03, 03:07 PM	"Huh?" Acaed steps half-way through the portal, and hears Alighan's voice--he stops. "Alighan, I..." He begins to say, a single tear running down from his eye to his chin... When, all of a sudden, his foorting on the other side mof the portal crumbles, and he slips--falling into the portal! The gate stays open behind him. Sitting on the ground is Acaed's satchel, and his dual swords.
MaliciousAngel 08-01-03, 06:03 PM	With a soft chuckle the odd man looked down to his boots. "Well that was interesting. Did not know that his best thing was questing? So why did you not grab him? Just goes to show that the unintended is oft to happen. Words are a many splendid thing to flow from the lip. But how was it to prevent his unschedualed, trip...Ho...But life is common to work this way. Some leave, but others stay. You loose one you love to find another. Even if it be ones uncle or brother. Not for myself of course, I do jest. But I would not put it past some to delight in insest. Give me naught a dirty look, you did let him. So you gonna stand here? Or you gonna go get him?" He chuckled again and looked not particularly amazed with too much. Or at least too ignorant to comprehend...
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:21 PM	Alighan charged...there was no other word...through the portal, puuting a feather between her teeth and concentrating as she ran. Her senses were fully aware...she even remembered to leave a Thread of Opening in the gate as she closed it behind her, swooping down after Acaed as he fell. ---- By the time Falsted finished his rhyme, there was no one there to hear it.
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:24 PM	Alighan sees Acaed standing in midair, about 80 stories down a 300-story cliff. He dosen't see her, as he looks down and swears: "Damn! That's a long way down!" He sits down in the air, knees pulled up close, one leg of his trousers ripped and bloody.
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:26 PM	She stops in midair beside him. "You don't jest," she said through her closed teeth.
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:27 PM	"I didnt mean for that to happen like that." With that, he begins dropping rapidly, hurtling down 5 stories, then coming to a slow stop on a ledge there. He is still sitting.
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:32 PM	She flew down the five stories herself. "What were you doing?" she asked, her teeth still carefully closed over the feather.
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:34 PM	He looks at her. "I was running. It's all i know how to do." He comes right out and says it, he dosen;t try to hide it or sweeten it up. "I...after what happened to Life, I can;t let that happen to me or anyone else again..."
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:36 PM	"What can't you let happen again? "
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:39 PM	"What happened to Life..."
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:42 PM	"What in the world makes you think, that would happen again?"
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:45 PM	"My luck."
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:50 PM	"Your luck?...You think you are cursed with bad luck? ...Acaed, that is the one thing in the world you can never know for certain, for every day one lives ones luck can change."
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:53 PM	"Really? That's why my fiance died on our wedding night, and I have satan's general inside of me."
Traveler 08-03-03, 10:56 PM	"You would be utterly amazed to learn the illfortune one can suffer, before the tide fianlly turns. " He can see in her eyes teh depth of the pain of memory.
Acaed 08-03-03, 10:59 PM	He shuddered. "I...I..." He appears to be at a loss for words.
Traveler 08-03-03, 11:05 PM	"Had I...given in to feeling like...liek nothing would or could ever change...I.I-I never would have become a champion among wizards...never would have been chosen by the Lord of Spirit...never would have met you..." As she spoke she moved closer to him. They were close...close enought to see eachother's eyes. Her were filled with such love...strong love...love for Acaed...
Acaed 08-03-03, 11:10 PM	She can see something in his eyes...it is hate. But, she knows it is not he that hates her; he knows this, too. "How can you love a man who carries inside him a demon who is your enemy?"
Traveler 08-03-03, 11:23 PM	"Because I do. " She moved even closer. "I am in love with the man who hates bullies, the man who's heart is so strong as to resist the deamon who.." who still mourns his dead wife, becasue he loved her so, with the man who plunged into hell for the sake of that love...who was willing to pay the ultiumate price" ...can love so deeply...who has learned the song of my heart.... "I love you Acaed, with all of my heart and apollyon's presence cannot destroy that, neither can my anger...neither can your fear, for my love stands with or without them!"
Acaed 08-03-03, 11:27 PM	He is silent, his leg leaking blood.
Traveler 08-03-03, 11:30 PM	She put her hand over his wound, pressing hard. She leaned her face up to him. "Nothing can destroy that...nothing...do you hear?"
Acaed 08-03-03, 11:37 PM	He is still silent, then he looks up at her. "Promise? 'Cause if you die, I'll go drag you down from Heaven myself. I;'ve already trespassed on hell...I'll go for heaven, too." He smiles, and stands...then winces.
Traveler 08-03-03, 11:40 PM	She put her other hand on his shoulder, standing right in front of him. "It is a promise, I swear it by the mother and father of all who live, and upon the earth that holds all life." It was the strongest oath one of her people could take. She leaned up to kiss him.
Acaed 08-03-03, 11:42 PM	He kisses her, deeply. ((now for that dickens!))
Traveler 08-03-03, 11:54 PM	They rose then, still in eachother's embrace, rising back to the edge of the cliff. She kept her hand upon his would releasing a healing power form deep within her...something as old as the earth and stars... Wihtout taking her arms from around Acaed, Alighan twisted her hand, widening the thread of opening and turning it back, reopening the portal. Together, they steped to safety back on the tower grounds. Alighan let the portal close behind them. That was when a burst of magical force, independant of the now closed portal, knocked them over! Familiar laughter floated through the air...and then it was as if something magical slipped back into place. Alighan and Acaed were on the ground, tangeled up with eachother, at falsted's feet.
Zella 08-04-03, 01:35 AM	Zella woke to a dim room. She had been asleep, but something had woken her, probably a door shutting down the hall. She closed her eyes trying not to concentrate on the presance around her, waiting, for the walls to go down. She knew it would not last forever and she dreaded the day that her safety would end. "But I must be strong. I failed Carli and Josh and Alighan....everyone...I can't....I won't fail again!" A sleepy squeak from next to her, caused her to sigh softly. "Sorry Nosey, I didn't mean to wake you." A squeaked question, "Yes I'm fine. Go back to sleep, I'll follow you shortly."
MaliciousAngel 08-04-03, 12:02 PM	He smiled and chuckled... "Now that is the right proper way to grieve...Forgive me now...I take my leave..." [/i]He takes off his hat and bows. Reapplying it to his head he walks away across the grounds...A grin on his face...[/i] "Never meant to intrude. Perhaps the fight was just the prelude. Never would have thought the lovers so shrude. But such dainty arguments I believe too crude. How to be. Just and imperially? They be not royalty just as the same can be said for me...Such trauma...I will take my freedoms, you keep your drama. Be it known for such flighty displays, it has come over me that this is aghast to amaze. Or perhaps I am of wise a tongue that it is only wise to those who have none. What does it matter? Betwixt love and the sea, I pick the latter...Or perhaps each are one and the same? A simular concept no matter what the name..." He dozes by the door to the tower. His moment of rest from a long run...And what rhymes with that? He takes out a hip flask and drinks till he can sleep...
Traveler 08-04-03, 05:36 PM	She took her bloody hand from Acaed's, now healed wound. She touched his cheek with her other hand and smiled. Slowly she looked over at Falsted. "Any idea who he is?"
Acaed 08-04-03, 05:45 PM	"Captain John Falstead. Captain of what, I do not know."
Traveler 08-04-03, 05:51 PM	She made a dissmissive gesture. Him they would deal with later. "How are you feeling?"
Acaed 08-04-03, 05:53 PM	"Better..." He smiles, and takes a kerchief out of his pocket, wiping the blood off of her hand.
Traveler 08-04-03, 05:57 PM	She gazed past his head at the sky. "The sun is up," she said softly. "Zella will be waiting."
Acaed 08-04-03, 06:05 PM	"Yeah..." He kissed her lightly, then stood up, helping her to her feet also. "Let's go, then." She has not noticed that he slipped the locket into her pocket.
Traveler 08-04-03, 06:15 PM	Together, they made their way back into the tower. They found their way back to Zella's room. The door was open. Namern himself got up to greet them. "She has been sleeping peacefully mostly through the night. Are you leaving now?" "Soon," Alighan answered. "May we come in?" Namern let them through.
MaliciousAngel 08-04-03, 06:32 PM	All of a sudden a louder disturbance comes from the door into the center confines... "Whosewhat!?" John shakes himself awake.... "Huuuuughh...Would you not know...Even as the head spins, the drop wakens and John Falsted wins...Or is it Jack? I forgot. What was it again that I sought?" He lazily looked around his surroundings... "What is the word, was is the scam. How on earth did I get to this land? ANd why am I sleeping on the floor...Oh yeah...I passed out under this door...And look, it is open. Allow me a peak and to take a token? Perhaps though that guests are not allowed...Well, no one has said such thing out loud..." He grabs his things and puts on his hat following the winding halls and stairs, half at a stumble but still somewhat a walk, he finds the party just inside Zella's room...With curious eyes he looks to his closer company... "Pardon my intrusion, It is moreso my fault I fear. But I..Sought the privvy. And found myself here...Yes...I search about through all these rooms and all these floors...If yoiu want this not to happen, then you should not have so many doors..." He hiccups loudly and smiles sheepishly...
Traveler 08-04-03, 06:58 PM	DM's Note: Namern scowls, pushing Falsted out of the door intothe hall, pushing it closed behind Alighan and Acead. "Now just a moment...! "Who are you?! What do you here?!"
MaliciousAngel 08-04-03, 07:14 PM	John staggers back a bit... "Hey friend...Not so rough. Or you will find that it is more then my company you shall have enough. My name is unimportant and so my means of transportation. I have a long path in this life. This is merely a station. Now whose company did you just shut away? Such rudeness from you, I do say. To continue such action is to guarentee to suffer. Someone should have better selected their butler..." A wink comes to his eyes and they sparkle like a malevolent light...
Traveler 08-04-03, 07:20 PM	DM's note: "You are in no position to make threats! You stand outside the room of one of my patients...what mean you..." "What indeed?" Lord Arminy intoned coming up behind them with a passel of guards.
MaliciousAngel 08-04-03, 07:43 PM	A wide smile crosses John's face... "Outstanding sirs, you are right on time. Take this man away for his heinous crime. A woman walked in and this man mocked her. And I hear he is even impersonating a docter. No worries though, I will not press charges. Let bygones be bygones, and us be at large yes? On one one hand you have him, and let him be gone before he had at me. This man is unstable, he intended to attack me. But again I know it is not his fault. Let him be in this tower, till he finds the vault. This man is an innocent trust him in an instant. As long as you are not human, and are not an infant...Well, I suppose I should get back to the convent...Yes I know, wrong sex, but you know, I am God sent...To them above and to you as well. May you live far too shortly and go to...Dwell..." He smiled and turned around to walk up to the hall...
Zella 08-04-03, 09:44 PM	Zella sits up and looks in relief at Aligahn and Acead. "You're back! Are you okay?! What happened?" She listens to the noise outside her door for a bit. "And who is the one who speaks in verse? But not now, sit sit!" She points to the chairs in the room. "And tell me what you've been up to."
Traveler 08-04-03, 09:58 PM	Alighan sighed. "We found the man who instigated this whole elaborate assassination attempt on King Briarhedge. He has been robbed of his claws and fangs."
Zella 08-04-03, 10:04 PM	Zella waves her hand dismissively. "Oh? And how did you manage THAT little feat? You didn't put yourself in TO much danger I hope? And how did those, *points to wounds* Come about?"
Traveler 08-04-03, 10:13 PM	DM's note: "Well aren't you going to arrest him?" Namern asked indignantly. "Not if he tell me who he is and why he is here," Arminy said projecting his voice for Falsted to hear as well. "Now."
MaliciousAngel 08-04-03, 10:25 PM	He turns around with a strained smile on his face... "Well it is funny that it is that you should mention, for that above all is my only exemption. You see while this gentleman would insult me and jeer, I really have no clue how I got here. As i have said a dozen times before..." He counts the guards and smiles... "...Well I guess it wouldn't hurt one time more..You see I was running quickly for, reasons unknown. And now I seem to be calling this place my home. Or at least as much a home as any before. And as for being here, is this not the tour? Oh yes, and you did ask one thing more. My name I believe for sure? I left my name as i left the shore. I mean to say for certain a name is nothing you need under this curtain. I mean, what harm do I do, I am just a man. Who has found his way here without a plan...My business bringing me in the company of slobs...I mean, at the moment I suppose I am between jobs. " He strains some laughter and smiles widely, and that shows a couple of teeth reinforced in gold...
Traveler 08-04-03, 10:30 PM	DM's note: Brian Arminy studies the newcomer for a very long moment. "Fair enough..." he says at last. "Fair enough." He narrows his eyes. "What would you ask of us here?"
MaliciousAngel 08-04-03, 10:55 PM	He looks at the guards with a different sort of look, but the emotions behind it are pretty much fogged... "What do I want from you? A roof over my head and a pint of brew. And if you really are in a generous mood, my old ship back would put me in the mood. Or another would be just fine. Just fast and sleek and have it be mine. But I am no so picky. Just enough hostility and to be sure I need not be tricky..." That flare erupts from his eyes again...There was more to this man then meets the eye...He flashed a smile again and walked further down the hall...
Acaed 08-05-03, 05:41 PM	Acaed sits. "What wounds?" he asks guilty, shoving the bloodied kerchief into his back pocket. "...and I'm more concerned about you at the moment, Zella. Alighan, is there any way to check if there are any 'taints' on her?"
Kirya 08-05-03, 06:37 PM	From down the hall Kirya stoped momentarly. Glaceing over everyone... particular over the new commer. After a moment, she walked on.... disappearing down some corndor.. away from view.
Traveler 08-06-03, 05:01 PM	(OOC: Kirya, there are some major cast changes going on here. Are you still with us?) "We managed "that little feat," as neatly as possible. " She waved her hand dismissively at Zella's concern for their safety. "We're fine. Tiem runs short though, we only have so long before the 'deamon hoarde' realizes their summoner is...no longer in a position to summon. Can you travel?"
Zella 08-06-03, 05:58 PM	Zella grins, "Can I? You bet! When do we leave?"
Kirya 08-06-03, 09:21 PM	(( As far as I know.. yes :) *will warn you I will be away for the next 5 days so if the local of the group changes please bring Kirya along with you all* This quest is twisted and werid.. I would like to see how it concludes :D ))
Traveler 08-07-03, 10:58 PM	DM's Note: Hobbes was walking down the hall towars teh commotion. His ill fiting robes, were now torn as well. His dirty hair and face seemed dirtier than ever. Hiso scowl was a prize winner. "Where are they?! Where! Are! They?!?!?" He sees Falsted. "And who are you?"
MaliciousAngel 08-07-03, 11:08 PM	John looks to the new man with a smile... "Were are they, a question come from the night and the day. But is this because you sir are blind? Or because your brain left town with your body behind? That is under the assumption you had one to start. Or does a sack of manure still play the part? Well sir, my name is of no concern. And neither my title which I assure you I earned. And as of your friends, I believe them to be on this floor. Perhaps those you seek are just beyong this door. This I shall say and one thing more. Let me be, and show me the shore..."
Traveler 08-07-03, 11:10 PM	DM's Note: Hobbes growled and tossed a force spell as Falsted's midsection...
MaliciousAngel 08-07-03, 11:22 PM	Falsted's eyes goggled for a moment then resumed a steely stare as he twisted aside taking most of it on his armor...In a sided position he looked at the man who had just made a big mistake...Not finishing him... "Well...Here is a chance of a new sort...And a man of my beliefs thinks not of court." The rapier that came from his side in a flash took to the light well and had an eerie glow of it. "You have your spells, without being able to even keep your word. But my rules sir, stem from the sword..." His words held a malevolence as he raised the sword in a salute... "You have made a challenge, now stay to it gnave...For your skill with a blade separates you from the grave..."
Traveler 08-07-03, 11:32 PM	DM's Note: Hobbes concentrates... ...and cast a spell of holding. Falsted cannot move.
MaliciousAngel 08-07-03, 11:46 PM	"Well I see, and as such oddities come to pass. It is easy enough for things to be turned by a lass. But not to say I think in such a way. Perhaps I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. With flutters fleating imagin meeting such a prince of poverty. Well, this is coming from me? Heh...So what is your intention with my unlawful suspention? My lack of locomotion persay?" A light air is to his voice...
Traveler 08-07-03, 11:52 PM	DM's Note: "Simple," Hobbes sneered. " I am goign to kill you , you " he called him a very nasty name. "Hobbes!" Came the tower Lord's voice. "You will do no such thing! By the law!" He looked at Falsted. "You, sir, woudl stay healthier longer if you did not outrageously insult everyone you meet, before the person in question has a chance to utter so much as a word." "Do you want me to release him?" Hobbes asked, dully. "What will you do if he realeases you?" The tower lord asked. "Truth now, I will know if you lie."
MaliciousAngel 08-07-03, 11:56 PM	Falsted smiles... "well in a time of truthfulness I was under duress, and he elevated my stress with his most gallant display of rudeness...And while it is well for others to dwell on the delightful smell of his luggage that he knows too well, he is no peach himself and can go to hell. But I am an honest man, so I will kill him naught. This is my word, and thus I have been taught. For if the code didst say naught that way, it would still allow me to sleep at the end of the day...Eh?"
Traveler 08-08-03, 12:02 AM	DM's Note: "Realease him, Hobbes." Lord Arminy commanded. Hobbes did just that...but being Hobbes... He released Falsted, but also sent another blast of air, knocking Falsted backward (and oddly cushioning him as well)...against Zella's door. The door opened...
MaliciousAngel 08-08-03, 12:10 AM	Falsted slides into the room... "Third floor, lingiere...Shoes and shirst are on the way. Pardon is this the changing room?I rode on a dream and was pushed by a loon. And I mean not the bird. I would have, but he is more assured. Assured of what? We shall see...My dignity is far from free...Yeah? But forgive me, I have interupted a party. Very well, introductions, and we shall not start with me..."
Zella 08-08-03, 02:20 PM	Zella looked at the strange man on the floor, raising an eyebrow. "Introductions eh? But not starting with you? How rude! You barge into my room then decline to present yourself properly, tsk! Such a lack of manners! But I'll be obliging, I'm Zella."
Traveler 08-08-03, 04:20 PM	Alighan's eyes widened a little at the intrusion. HEr face twisted into a smirl as she heard the famliar blustering back out in the hallway. She looks down at Falsted. "I see you've met Hobbes."
Zella 08-09-03, 01:20 AM	OOC(( Well peeps the cartrips starts tomorrow so my posting is going to be rather erratic, I may have time for one post before we leave but thats iffy, I WILL be looking for internet capable computers along the way so I will post! have faith!)) Zella sighs, "I don't see what you all have against the man, he's just a bit gruff."
Acaed 08-09-03, 08:30 PM	Acaed laughs quietly to himself when Alighan mentions Hobbes. If the dragon is still nearby, he sends it a TP: <Feel free to eat Hobbes, my friend. Feel free.> Acaed laughs some more, to himself.
MaliciousAngel 08-10-03, 12:40 AM	John smiles and stands up...Brushing himself off he straightens his shirt. The effect is lost as much of it is worn, dotted with small amounts of blood, is cut, or is stained otherwise. He also brushes off his longcoat but to the same effect. He goes to straighten his hat, but...Well...you get the point... "Heh...Well I see...You I know, and you I don't...You I do, but wish I won't...You are Acaed, and you Zella. You are the dame that is associated with that fella. And yet these are the first words you say to me...I suppose the logical thoughts would be what more do you want from me? So Hobbes was the name? I have known many others that were the same. By title I mean, or more so label. People so cruel are not seen in fables. But I have known men with the name who have been jewels, rulers, murderers and thieves. Taffards and mappers, and the men in the grieves. Mighters, blighters, and even a fool with a grin. I have even known...Wait...The last...That was him...Don't get it, don't get him, or his beef. But lets see how he laughs when he has no more teeth....But I am sorry, I probably jest. I would be kindly instead. For this is the day you meet, Captain...John Falsted..." He bows and his hat falls off...While still down with his head to the floor he places it back on his head, stand back up straight, and looks like the chesire cat with his grin...
Traveler 08-10-03, 02:48 AM	Alighan sighed, closed her eyes and then opened them again. "Hello captain. My name is A. Damon...and you will learn fast that I have no flamin' patience for back talk or wise talk from you, nor from anyone else who decided to do...anything at all that goes against my desire. You can ask a Lord west of here, who felt strong my ire. That was only a threat if you want it to be, that is by playing you didn't hear me. So what do you here? What made this place find you? Take care who you speak near, some folk here can bind you." (OOC: :D )
MaliciousAngel 08-10-03, 12:50 PM	John looks at Allighan and it seems that he is appraising her to see if someone such as her could be real... "A. Damon? Is there a B. instead? If all females be so frigid, the race would be dead. Pardon...By B. I meant the insect, nothing more. How did I come to need this place? I don't follow. I was supposed to refit my vessel tomorrow. Now I suppose I could still do so. But the repairs alone would make it un-usefull. Not to mention impractical. The boat I believe to be a bit overly nautical. Or at least, as much as any boat can be. That is probably fine by you, but not by me. What would I do? Drink myself to pleasant dreams if it was fine by you. Though I do not really feel like asking for rum and roast, I think it is best seeing as you are my host. Or maybe not, I do not care. I would leave if you wish, but i know not for where. I am as lost as any could be. If you ask for more, the cost is free..." He seems a bit downtrodden...A change from his original spirits...
Traveler 08-10-03, 01:07 PM	Alighan maintained the appearance of being entirely unmoved. Her voice as continues is very, very dry. "So you say, my good captain. What a rotten thing to happen. Go drown your sorrows if that's what you're wanting. There's pleanty of drink in this place to be having. I want sterling behavior, but that's all I ask. While for any misstep I will take you to task, I feel no real compulsion to make your life scary. Of trouble, I assure you, I am far beyond weary."
MaliciousAngel 08-13-03, 10:03 PM	John looks at Allighan and smiles... "Sterling behavior? Could you be any grayer? For what is good for you may not be for me. I am used to such trivialities...My good behavior involves not following the full ideals of the jolly rodger. Which is not so jolly as far as you saw me because I am a badded old codger...However you ask for the general good behavior that is expected in society, you won't be able to measure my piety, much less then you would normally by from me, I shall be good..." John takes another step closer to Allighan in an instant, almost in her face...Leaning back he looks her up and down... "My dear, MY DEAR, what do I see here? May I inquire if, were you ever a pir....a woman of the trade..." He takes a closer look shakes his head and takes three steps backwards in an overly dramatic fashion... "Of course not...The lingo be fine, just not divine, if it were ever so to begin with. So ever I smile, all the while for such things are such great to grin with. So you see me here, post-beer, but you see, here is the clencher...Where could a man without a plan find himself a bit of adventure...You have troubles yes? You shall myself far more valuable, when I find a quest..."
Zella 08-15-03, 03:10 PM	OOC: I said I would! Ha ha! Greetings from Oregon! Zella is looking quite confused, "Must we speak in Ryhme all the time? Or only when talking to Captain Falstead? Must we at all? Because I must admit my verse is plain awful." Nosey squeaks in agreement and clambers up to perch on Zella's shoulder.
Traveler 08-15-03, 06:01 PM	(OOC: Heya, Zella! Thanks for remebering us folks back home! :D ) Alighan shook her head and laughed a little at Zella's remark. She looked and Falsted and sighed. "Looking for adventure? There's not much to mention. Certainly not of the kind, one such as yourself would have in mind. Go to your drinking, back your your thinking...think of your ship...or was that sinking...?" "Alighan are you quite finished?" Lord Arminy interrupted. "This man is under arrest. Hobbes!" Alighan blinked inspite of herself, wondering whatever that was for. Hobbes was already entering the room, brandishing a sheild spell.
MaliciousAngel 08-15-03, 06:33 PM	John looks at the man who would give him such lovely jewelry... "Arrest for what crime? Do you know of a reason? Or have you naught the time...The time to think of one at least...Or is that a job of your friend...The beast. Who knows, who cares, lest you be caught unawares unwarily...The sentence lets share? The boat? Yes it is sunk. And the horrors of that experience would not be gone if I were drunk. Beghast and gone with the heat of the night. Horrific hazes of surreal symbols wreck for me that fight. For a pirate, lass, is not entirely afraid of any death. But just the ones in which there was no chance for us, those left. Pirates die commonly for nothing. But all is well, for heaven or hell, as long as we die while fighting. But here I stand aghast....A demons skull and wings, with a lion brings, heated dreams from on that mast...And for what? A box, without locks, that talks...Thats what you get for stealing rocks....If I remembered how to cry, I would know how to cry on...No let me guess....Clap him in irons?" He raises his hands to Lord whats his face...A sheepish smile on his face...
Traveler 08-15-03, 06:37 PM	As Alighan fumbles for a reason not to arrest him... Even as Falsted speaks, he is being descended upon. Guards clasp cuffs about his waiting hands... "Wait!" Alighan shouts. "What was that about a demon's skull and wings?" Oh no....
MaliciousAngel 08-15-03, 06:42 PM	John smiles again... "Oh merely that they pounded my ship to dust. I would say more, but away go I must. You offered free room and board? Well down in the underbowels I shall be moored...And I think I have more unpleasant men to greet. Come boys! Take me to my suite!" He starts goosestepping out the door in a foppish way...
Traveler 08-15-03, 06:45 PM	"Not so." Alighan said simply. "Guards, Mister Falsted, stay where you are." She looked at Falsted. "Please?"
MaliciousAngel 08-15-03, 06:52 PM	John looks back for a moment... "Well look here. I told you what I meant , and my fears. I told you all I saw. Nothing more then seeing the appparent apparition from hells maw. And though I bombarded it as I might, it shrugged off my attacks in spite. That is how I got here. I have no ship, no crew, and nothing to do. Cept be locked up of course, though I still see no reason. My worst crime was treason. Though I claim no king...What more whould you know?"
Traveler 08-15-03, 06:54 PM	"The flag, Mister Falsted. That's what's important. You described a standard...or began to. Can you decribe it again, in as much detail as you remember?"
MaliciousAngel 08-15-03, 07:01 PM	John's eyes roll up a bit and his fingers dance in half finger gloves seeming like they are doing some kind of mental math... "A crowned skull on dragons wings...A lion rising behind...Perhaps the mail he brings. The last I might have made up. But is that what you think best me to give up? The body was black, and the rest red. I would have assumed that I was dead. I never would have wanted to be there. And I have never known the need to care..."
Traveler 08-15-03, 07:16 PM	"That's it." Alighan told him looking very worried. "That's what I was fearing." The standard was the same as those who laid siege to the Keep. "Mr. Falsted...would you please sit a while? Brian, go get us some good strong spirits." "AHEM!" The tower lord shouted. "I just gave an order...!" "And I am annulling it," she returned with a cool stare. "Go away, Hobbes," she said and then turned back to Falsted.
MaliciousAngel 08-15-03, 08:23 PM	John looks at her, then the guard and her in succession. "Well...Pardon as I sit and yawned...Get these men away from me, and this iron jewelry pawned. Well here you came to make an arrest, and who would have though instead you would be opressed. Well, that is what i guessed. You thought yourself the champ and instead got dissed. You came close to getting me...Now you shall not be missed. Away!" He walks into the room and sits down, but not before whispering a quick thank you to Allighan...
Traveler 08-17-03, 11:45 PM	Alighan gave Falsted an almost imperceptible nod as he passed her. No more was needed. She then turned her best arch mage worthy glare on the guards and other tower folk, until they had all moved out into the hallway. Then she sighed and turned back to Falsted. "So...this flag was flying on the ship that attacked you? Was there any...provocation?"
Acaed 08-18-03, 11:08 AM	Acaed simply sits back and listens.
Zella 08-18-03, 10:47 PM	OOC: Howdy from Arizona! =^_^= Zella is looking more and more confused by the second. "Wha-? Why?" She splutters unintelligently for another second and the purses her lips, and listens.
Kirya 08-19-03, 06:27 PM	Kirya once again found herself in the gardens. Was a place she found herself in quite a bit of late. Her companions keeping to themselfs and doing missions here and thier. Siting down by the foutain once more her thoughts went to the mission at hand. And drifted to that of Avalar......
Acaed 08-20-03, 11:22 PM	Acaed listens... ((Falls asleep, dies...rots...:P ))
Kirya 08-21-03, 01:20 AM	(( hehe don;t quit on us now Acaed :) we still have a long way to go ))
MaliciousAngel 08-21-03, 09:11 PM	John smiles in his seat... "Aggression? You mean me to them or them to me? Such questions are a triviality...Does it matter so much if they attacked me? The end is the same when at the sea. I would assume you mean had they reason to chase? Well, don't they all of that race? And think not their violence give you reason for shock...All of this trouble for some damned rock..." He leans back in his chair and sighs as he look into the sky...
Traveler 08-21-03, 09:18 PM	"Of course it matters that they attacked you....but a moment on that...wht rock would this be?" Alighan was looking at him intently.
MaliciousAngel 08-21-03, 09:36 PM	John still lolled about in his chair... "Yeah...About yay by yay, sparkled in the night as it did in the day. Bright and black, and diamond sized. More value than I could have ever surmized. You ever known to be in shock? Pirates never seen such a lock...Heaven and hell know not such a making. The ship was theirs...But mine for the taking. Never have seen such a piece of ice. But such evil jewels have never made such a price." His eyes almost misted over...but he blinked it away...Whether or not he would give more then he had already said was questionable... "Sixteen men on a dead man's ship..."
Traveler 08-21-03, 09:38 PM	"This black diamond...do you still have it?"
MaliciousAngel 08-21-03, 09:42 PM	"They all died and it don''t mean spit. They all had their troubles now I am still free and they dwell with my treasure at the bottom of the sea...Sixteen men on a dead man's mind..."
Traveler 08-21-03, 09:45 PM	"I am sorry for your loss..." She frowned, then spoke almost to herself. "If that is what I think it is...the depths of the ocean are a poor barrier."
Zella 08-24-03, 05:10 PM	((OOC: I'm Home! I would have posted from Louisiana, but I fergot...^_^;; Sowwy)) Zella is still trying to understand what is going on, while attempting to remain quiet as well. But it is quite difficult to ask questions and be silent. "Erm, Is this a bad time to ask what exactly is going on?"
Traveler 08-25-03, 06:49 PM	Alighan looked at Acaed and then at Zella. "This stone is probably a...well...I don't know the word for it in the common tongue....but it sounds like the type of phylactery as a key portal allowing the life force of a greater deamon otherwise too powerful to control to come form wherever it had been banished into what ever holding place the bearer has fashioned." She looked back to Falsted. "You could not have chosen a more troublesoem treasure, sir."
Zella 08-26-03, 07:31 PM	Zella thinks for a second "So to sum up, it's a jewel that lets them summon a really powerful demon from where it was and into where they want it to be?"
Traveler 08-26-03, 07:47 PM	"Yes, that is exactly it."
Acaed 08-27-03, 08:16 AM	"And this has to do with our quest how exactly?" Acaed looks a mixture of bored, even though he understood all that phylactery stuff before, and grim. Quite a combination.
Traveler 08-27-03, 09:26 AM	"Have you been listening, Acaed?! The standard of the "pirate" ship is the same as the one born by those who lay siege to the Stormkeep as we speak!"
Acaed 08-27-03, 04:06 PM	"I didn't mean that, I meant that diamond."
Traveler 08-29-03, 01:57 AM	"Well...just what would the deamon crew in the primaterial need with such a stone hmmm?" She could not help the sarcasm.
Acaed 08-29-03, 08:29 AM	"I don't know--an empty phylactery is useless to them, those storage units can only be used for one soul, the one it is coded to. So, unless you're sarcastically hinting that the main demon in another plane would kill himself to go to his phylactery, then get a new body in this, a different plane, then I'd say that his servants are trying to raise him, so he can conquer this plane." Acaed looks smug, then realizes what he blurted out. "Oh, hey."
Traveler 08-31-03, 09:29 AM	((we wait for MA))
MaliciousAngel 09-02-03, 01:39 PM	John looked about kind of confused.... "Demons and damned, chaos was planned, Though I still am quite bewildered at what you say. You think we are in trouble to surf through the rubble and now you are resorting to pray...Most curious...Though the treasure was not ever mine, I still do remember the way it did shine...Empty or naught...I know the trouble that that trinket brought...But what is your verdict, and plan of action?Is there a plan for my vengeful exaction?" He smiles...
Traveler 09-02-03, 08:29 PM	"Well for the moment...I say we let the deamons do the retreiving...and then get it from them...easier than trying to beat them to it." She sighed. "Though that will have us go in a fourth direction..."
Zella 09-02-03, 09:08 PM	Zella frowns, "I don't think we have enough people for that." She blinks and looks at Alighan. "Do we?"
Acaed 09-04-03, 09:16 AM	Acaed answered Zella's question. "If we split up, we do. But after your close encounter, I don't want to spilt us up."
Traveler 09-04-03, 10:51 AM	She looked at Acaed, "You are absolutely right. Splitting up is not a sound course of action by any means." She looked at each of them in turn. "Any ideas?"
MaliciousAngel 09-05-03, 01:02 PM	John's head sneaks closer into everyone's view... "Pardon, but I know you mean well. But I care not if they be from heaven or straight from....Well...You see, we can do well without a division, for reacclamation is a pirate's first mission. Though it works nary so well for me, there are potent magicks that are on the sea. You wish the rock to help out the divine? Take me to the local of my ship and I will make it m...ours...You are knowledgeable I do give my respect. But nary shall the hostile finger touch my ship's deck..." A wily light touches his eyes as a smile graces his face...
Zella 09-05-03, 05:35 PM	Eyes Falstead warily "This makes me more inclined to worry, but if we're really in that much of a hurry, I guess the ship would be the best course, Providing you DO have room for us, And, Alighan and Acaed agree. But how do we know the gem's still at sea?"
Traveler 09-05-03, 05:35 PM	"I appreciate your position Mr. Falsted, but there is another matter more pressing. An evil, perhaps the very same evil threatens a city in the east. The truth of that must be found or many....even some among us here... " She glances at Zella and then back at Falsted. "...will not survive long enough to retrieve anything."
Kirya 09-05-03, 10:51 PM	(( Could someoen post exzactly were you guys are :) Its kind of confuseing since MA's appearance. ))
Zella 09-07-03, 08:44 PM	Zella shifts uncomfortably, "Please don't be hesitant on my account, I'll be able to keep up." ((*shrugs* As Far as I know we're still in my room.))
MaliciousAngel 09-08-03, 12:23 PM	John smiles... "Untill such time as they open their hearts to love's face, the gem shall stay right in that place. We may venture to cities besieged. But I am not good at such bloody things. Violence is not in my nature. Unless you count all that got me to this venture. Which I suppose is quite substantial, even if the causes were always financial..." He seems to be doing some math in his head...
Traveler 09-08-03, 01:27 PM	"Let me put it this way..." Alighan got to her feet. "The time for deliberation is over. I ride out for Enora within the hour. Who rides with me?"
Zella 09-08-03, 08:54 PM	Zella noded quickly and then stoped, because it made the room spin, (I've been sitting down way to long) She thought wryly. "I'll ride with you Alighan. I can still wield my mace!"
Kirya 09-09-03, 04:31 AM	A familar voice spoke up from the doorway, surpise everyone by its sudden appearance. " I will ride with you...." Kirya leaned agest the doorframe looking at everyone... a odd smile on her face.
MaliciousAngel 09-09-03, 10:29 AM	"Ewwww...Ponies...Such things spell disaster. Surely their is a far better answer? I mean is there not some sort of wizard...thing...spells? Horses and I share little liking, they smell. But of course they have said the same in turn about me. But who ever said a gift horse was free...But you are in liking of my plans? Then I suppose with you I stand. As long as we...erm...wait, this is for free? The concept alone is quite beyond me...Why not though...My payment may not be today, but tomrrow...I will ride, if I cannot avoid the cringes...But before we go, I have one bit of business..." He straightens his things...
Acaed 09-09-03, 12:23 PM	"Is this more to you liking, Mr. Falstead?" Acaed stands, and pushes Falstead backwards. Instead of falling back, Acaed pushes him down onto what appears to be a round disk of air. To everyone but Alighan, they can see a slight depression in the air. "I can take everyone on this except Alighan. Of course, it will be larger than this small one. This method might be the best for Zella, dont you agree, Alighan?"
Traveler 09-09-03, 01:20 PM	"No I don't agree, Acaed. How many times do I have to tell you. Whatever you are doing it is detectable. I reapeat I ride out..." She glanced out the window. "...Now." She walked most of the way to the door. "Any of you who are willing to brave horseback are welcome to join me. The stables are down stairs. " With that, she leaves the room, moving past Kirya, with the barest nod. She walks away down the hall.
Zella 09-09-03, 03:48 PM	Zella blinks then works on disentangling herself from the sheets, and donning her boots. "Lovely, I don't suppose we'll stop to eat?" stands up and continues without waiting for a response, "I thought not." She picks up Nosey, loops her sash into a belt to hold her weapon, grabs a small pack, and follows Alighan out. grinning at Kiyra as she passes.
Acaed 09-09-03, 04:35 PM	Acaed helps Falstead up off of the disk of air, and then banishes it with a thought. "What's gotten into her?" He takes one look back into the room, then briskly strides off down the hall after Alighan, moving to catch her. "Alighan." It wasn't a shout, or even a command. She simply said her name.
MaliciousAngel 09-10-03, 07:45 PM	John looks around and seeing nothing that had carried him, shakes it off and looks around...He starts to follow the group... "Well, if we float, or if we ride, you still do this for piece of mind. Which is a noble thing to be sought, and...Well...As long as my ship is not forgotten. So I stay with you with a slickness, but before I must one piece of business..."
Traveler 09-11-03, 01:56 AM	"Yes?" She does not look at Acaed or break stride.
Acaed 09-14-03, 10:40 PM	"Hey, stop and listen to me for a second, would ya?!"
Traveler 09-17-03, 10:17 AM	Alighan kept walking. "You want to talk? Talk."
MaliciousAngel 09-17-03, 11:23 AM	John walked with tall strides and found it not a problem to keep up with them... "Listen kiddies, in this fine garden, I know not how this row got started. Pardon me if I am intruding, I am not sure what you are concluding. You were mary and gay nary a way while ago...Or at least I thought so...Damn your arguments, for such is a orderly mob. Such would be useless. Keep your eyes on the job..." He shook his head and looked about the corners of the halls as though he was looking for something...
Kirya 09-17-03, 08:22 PM	Kirya followed behind as well, hearing the strange man speak up again.. Kirya couldn't contain herself anymore. " Someone mind telling me who this blathering idoit is? " It was clear who she was talking about, something about this man very much irritated her. Prehap it was the way the man dress... no.. it was clearly his way of talking that she disliked.
Acaed 09-22-03, 05:20 PM	I want to talk--and I will not talk to your back." He grabbed her arm--lightly, though, and he stops walking. If she continues walking, she can easily break away...
Zella 09-23-03, 03:23 PM	Zella turns to kiyra "Thats Mr. Falstaff, a Ships captain." She frowns a bit, "Or at least he was." she shrugs "He says he'll help us."
Traveler 09-24-03, 07:42 PM	"Then walk with me, Acaed." The extra meaning in her words was clear.
Kirya 09-25-03, 02:14 PM	Kirya shakes her head in frustration, and shrugs. " ... I hope he lives up to his words...as of right now hes no helpd at all.." Caring not that her words could clearly be heard by everyone.
Acaed 10-02-03, 12:02 PM	Acaed, as mentuioned before, has stopped walking and still has his hand on Alighan's arm. He lets go, letting his arm drop at his side. "I'm trying, I really am. I know you're tired of talk. I am too, but, for Zella's sake, and the future of this party, we need to talk. All of us. Together." If she walks off, he watches her go. If not...
Traveler 10-02-03, 04:19 PM	(OOC: Mechail, if you want back in fine. But you must actaully play. Hurry! The party is leaving :P Kirya, you too, if you want to stay with the group you must make an affort to really play. That means pay attention to EVERYTHING that happens and participate, both of you.) She turned to Acaed, pausing. "Then we can talk on horseback." She walked on.
Kirya 10-07-03, 09:32 PM	Kirya couldn't help but smile at the display of Alighan and Acaed.. muttering under her breath. " Looks like a lovers queral..." Looking over at zella and following after them to the stables. (( NP: Some times in the past I haven't felt thier a need to post something and for awhile i was away from the group :) I will keep things intersting don;t worry :D ))
Traveler 10-07-03, 10:30 PM	Alighan made her way outside, keeping her face a mask of cool unemotion. She walked straight to the gates without pausing. Waiting just inside the gates stood a tall and regal looking stallion, it's coat a deep rich brown. There was no bridle or saddle only a woolen blanket on its back atop which was curled a small grey cat. The cat lifted it's head and greeted Alighan with a questioning "mrow?" Alighan smiled. "Yes Cloudy, we are going now." She put her one hand to the horses muzzle and the other stroked his mane. "Perfect timing, Cocoa, As usual." She stood right next to Cocoa while Cloudy moved out of the way, and then vaulted up onto the horses back. There astride her horse, her cat about her shoulders she waited for those of the company who would leave with her.
Acaed 10-08-03, 11:48 AM	Acaed makes his way, after Alighan, to the outside of the castle. He is wearing simple brown travelling clothes, baggy trousers, and tucked in shirt. His dual swords are strapped to his back, his satchel slung over one shoulder. Conflicting with Alighan's current mood, he has grown more quiet and inflective, quite the introvert... he is silent as he walks past Alighan, heading towards the stable to recieve his horse. After he does, a large black stallion, he refuses silently the offering of a saddle. He hops on the back of the horse and uses his toes to get it into a trot. Acaed pulls up just short of Alighan's horse. He is silent...he seems to have a million things on his mind.
Zella 10-08-03, 05:40 PM	Zella trotted to the gate, after looking around she put two fingers in her mouth and whistled. A black gelding clopped forward looking sullen. The cleric bit her lip to keep from smiling. As she settled her pack behind the saddle and swung up, she pet the horse fondly. "I'm sorry Knight, I should have brought you an apple, but there was no time to get one." Nosy squeaked something to the gelding and it snorted. Zella rolled her eyes and waited for everyone else.
Traveler 10-08-03, 05:48 PM	DM's Note: For the general party, horses are being provided by the towerlord and are waiting in the stables.
Acaed 10-09-03, 11:21 AM	Acaed is silent...still. ((And I edited my above post...))
Kirya 10-09-03, 07:16 PM	Kirya looked over the horses, finaly selecting one to her aproveal. Hosting herself up with easy, it was clear to see what Kirya did not enjoy riding horses. The Forn on her face and the curse she spoke under her breath in Subtrannean elf were proof enof of that fact. Surpiseingly thought Kirya seemed very capable of riding and had little trouble making her way to the gate dispite her curseing. Looking over at Alighan she smirked and spoke again in Subtrannena Elf. " At least if we get hungry we can eat the horses.."
Traveler 10-10-03, 03:22 PM	Alighan seemed not to notice any snide remarks. She simply nodded her head and the gate was drawn open. Out of the gates she rode, keeping Cocoa at a walk, down the path leading away from the tower and toward the road east.
Zella 10-11-03, 11:23 AM	Zella urges her gelding after the taller horse, the solemn and grim atmosphere getting to her a bit.
Traveler 10-13-03, 12:43 PM	Alighan kept her face smooth still, and did not look better. Whatever feelings she had about that went unknown to her companions. "How are you feeling?" She asked Zella. Her voice was kind.
Acaed 10-15-03, 04:39 PM	Acaed nudges his horse gently to get it to start trotting after the rest of the party exits. He'll bring up the rear, so it seems. He pulls his bow out of his satchel and his quiver, and slings the quiver over his back.
Zella 10-15-03, 08:28 PM	Zella smiles, warmed by the concern. "I've been better, but It'll do. So what exactly is this . . ." She searches for the appropriate word for a moment, "Situation, we're walking into?"
Traveler 10-16-03, 02:27 PM	Alighan sighed. "Zella I do not know anymore than I have already told you. That is one of the many reasons why we must hurry." As she finished speaking an astonishingly cold wind blew about them. She shivered. "That is an ill omen, such an icy breeze in late spring."
Acaed 10-16-03, 04:01 PM	Acaed pulls his cloak around him as the chill wind blows...he pulls an arrow out of his quiver and nocks it to the bow, wary.
Traveler 10-17-03, 04:40 PM	On they rode...and the breeze grew no warmer. The world, while bright and green with spring, seemed hushed, worried, waiting.
Zella 10-17-03, 09:33 PM	Pulling her cloak tighter around her she moves a little closer to Alighan. "Maybe it's just me but," She shrugs a little hunching over. "does anyone else feel like we're being watched?"
Traveler 10-20-03, 12:38 PM	Alighan lowered her voice. "Of course we are being watched," she told Zella quietly. "I can even hazard a guess as to who is watching. The key here is speed and to keep the truth of our journey hidden as long we may." The cat lay about her shoulders as she rode, it's eyes alert ahead, it's ears perked up and listening. Suddenly the cat hissed. Alighan closed her eyes a moment and then opened them again. "Run." She told them. "No questions." With that she spurred cocoa to a gallop. The wind grew as cold as winter. DM's note: At this point Acaed should have a medium psionic headache. Zella may hear what sounds like low voices on the wind. (OOC: Since neither Kirya nor Avalar meantioned leaving, I am assuming they stayed behind. Sorry guys, I did warn you.)
Acaed 10-21-03, 04:25 PM	Acaed drops low to his horse, arrow nocked and drawn back. He spurs his horse faster.
Zella 10-22-03, 08:41 PM	Zella urges Knight to a gallop after Alighan while attempting to decipher what the voices are saying.
Traveler 10-23-03, 05:56 PM	DM's Note: Zella can make out very little, the words are demonic if she can tell. The words also grow louder to Zella's ears. They cause fear. "Keep riding!" Alighan shouts as the wind picks up.
Kirya 10-23-03, 06:52 PM	(( Sorry for being away so long my Net Connection got screwed twice (virus, and morons). As far being left behind... siting on a horse waiting at the gate with Alighan wasn't a strong enof signal?!??? )) Not realy knowing or careing about what was going on.. only that it didn't happen to them Kirya rode after Algihan and Zella, keeping an eye on Acaed behind her should something happen.
Acaed 10-24-03, 04:10 PM	Acaed hurries on, following the group.
Traveler 10-24-03, 04:13 PM	Alighan rode into the wind that now blew very strongly against her and her companions...
Zella 10-25-03, 04:36 PM	Zella resisted the urge to clap her hands over her ears, her heart was beating as fast as it had that day, the fire, the burning....No! She shook her head to clear it, urging knight to go faster, shivering as her cloak whipped around her. "Let us be safe..." the whisper seemed to be lost in the wind
Traveler 10-26-03, 05:01 PM	Alighan cast her gaze left and then right as she spurred Cocoa on. Suddenly, she slowed her mount to a walk and, holding up a hand to halt the rest of her party, led him under a large outcropping of rock among the trees. "Rein in!" She called to her companions.
Zella 10-27-03, 09:07 PM	The Hand signal caught her eye and the cleric brought her Gelding to a halt a few paces behind the Mage. She wanted to ask what was up but her teeth were chattering so hard she feared she might bite off her tounge.
Acaed 10-28-03, 04:09 PM	Acaed reins in his horse behind the others and follows them under the rocks.
Traveler 10-28-03, 10:52 PM	The wind howl across the road as the companions stay in the relative shelter of the rock. A long moment passes and then another...
Acaed 10-29-03, 05:57 PM	"Alighan," speaks Acaed for the first time in a long while, "What is after us?" He says in a gruff voice.
Kirya 10-29-03, 07:45 PM	Kirya looks about, seeing if thiers anything to be seen. A bit of sneer on her face for not knowing what was going on. Turning to Alighan at Acaeds question... prehaps she might tell us something... then again. Kirya though to herself.
Zella 10-29-03, 09:00 PM	Zella taps the side her her head as she waits for Alighan's response, attempting to disspell the remaining whispers, and fervently hoping they aren't a product of what is lying dormant within her.
Traveler 10-29-03, 11:31 PM	She said nothing but gestured for them to huddle closer together. ...the wind finally passed. She seemed to relax a little. "Nothing has changed, Acaed," She said a little sadly, shivering slightly in the cool air. "Everyone allright?"
Acaed 10-31-03, 11:45 AM	He sensed that there was a double meaning to her statement...but he let it pass. "I am fine, but Zella looks pale..."
Zella 10-31-03, 03:10 PM	Zella chuckles, a bit nervously, "I'm alright, just had a bit of a fright, thats all." She looks around. "What WAS that anyway?" ((OOC:looked for the OOC board and couldn't find, my bad. Just so's ya know, I probably won't be posting this weekend. Going on a trip, I'll be back by monday.
Traveler 11-01-03, 11:05 PM	"That was a very good shot." She answered, looking out at the roadway. "What was your first inclination, when you felt the wind, and heard the deamons speak?" She asked them all.
Joas Rupha 11-02-03, 04:33 PM	((Whoops, I meant to click on A Prelude to War... Cheers, -Joas))
Acaed 11-02-03, 05:14 PM	((No Prob, Joas. See you around, buddy!)) ((What 'shot', Trav? And I never heard of these 'voices'...))
Kirya 11-02-03, 10:12 PM	Kirya looks at them all as if thier been drinking to much. "... Ok here..." Looking at Zella " You still with us?..."
Zella 11-03-03, 09:19 AM	She shakes herself. "Yeah I'm here. So they almost got us eh? Well, they're getting better." She turns a little to look out into the open. "I wanted to run. Far and fast. I think the only reason I'm still with the group is that my horse was smart enough to follow yours." She smiles and turns back to Alighan, "But we're all here. So it is well."
Traveler 11-03-03, 07:55 PM	She nodded. "Granted not all of you heard the speech, but only a party with a purpose would have continued through such." She turned to her companions. "And so we left the road. Notice we are no longer paid any special attention by that particular force."
Kirya 11-04-03, 03:14 AM	Kirya raises an eyebrow in wonderment, trying to figured out what just happen. Shruging her shoulders she figures its best to lean it to the book worms. She thinks the last part with a smile, noticing shes looking at Alighan. " At any rate..." Kirya spoke up " What now?.... is the road safe? or do we push on throw the wilds..." Pointing with her hand.
Joas Rupha 11-04-03, 08:19 AM	((I wholeheartedly apologize...I appear to have clicked on the wrong thread again. Won't happen 'gain, I promise!))
Traveler 11-04-03, 01:37 PM	She cast her gaze down the road once again. "The road will be fine, bu let us first stop and make a fire. Take a meal." She looked to her companions. "We have successfully shown that we are looking for. Let us not spoil that with haste."
Acaed 11-05-03, 08:44 AM	Acaed get soff of his horse, swing off easily. He tethers it to {something, a rock, a small tree, whatever}. He crouches down, pulls flint and tinder out of his satchel, and leaves them on the ground. He draws his sword and heads out from under the rock. "I'm going to go get wood." He obviously means to go by himself.
Traveler 11-05-03, 09:51 AM	Alighan only nodded to him. Time to trust and be trusted...
Kirya 11-05-03, 12:27 PM	KIrya did the same, sliding off her horse and tieing it up to a near by tree. Watching as Acaed left camp with zone in hand, she just chuckled and mumered to herself. " .. better be careful.. trees can be dangerous " Finding a rock of a good size, kirya rolled it over closer to camp. Dusting it off a bit , she sat down apon it, readjusting herself to get comfortable.
Acaed 11-06-03, 08:26 AM	Acaed heads off into the trees to collect some wood for the fire. ((DM, Your go.))
Zella 11-06-03, 10:02 PM	Zella slides out of the saddle landing a tad hard, "Nosey? You alright?" There is a muffled squeak from a pocket. "You know you can come out now if you want?" A rather loud squeak followed by silence. "Okay, it's your choice.
Traveler 11-07-03, 11:09 AM	Alighan went over to the horses and began checking through the food stores for something suitable for lunch. DM's Note: The woods about Acaed are unnaturally quiet.
Acaed 11-07-03, 11:24 PM	As usual, in unnaturally quiet woods, Acaed has his sword out and is on guard. He heads towards (sorry DM, if this interferes, I needed somewhere to go...) a glad where there seems to be a bit of smaller trees that could be used for tinder.
Traveler 11-10-03, 11:17 AM	DM's Note: Nothing bothers Acaed as he gathers firewood. *** Alighan continues to try and pull out items to make for lunch. Her cat crawls on to her shoulders and mews softly.
Acaed 11-10-03, 11:45 AM	ACaed gathers a large armful of firewood, and heads backs towards the group.
Traveler 11-10-03, 11:47 AM	She nodded to Acaed as he returned. "Thank you."
Acaed 11-10-03, 12:01 PM	Acaed grunts in reply. He sets the wood down carefully and crouches, arranguing it into a pyramid shape, putting some dry grass in the inside, and using flint and one of his daggers to strike it.
Traveler 11-10-03, 12:02 PM	She waited until Acaed had a fire going and then set up an iron stand and a pot and began to cook.
Acaed 11-10-03, 05:35 PM	Acaed sits down against the rock and closes his eyes, as if to sleep.
Zella 11-11-03, 07:34 PM	Zella stares into the fire thoughtfully, then begins muttering under her breath about nothing in particular, just something to distract her mind. "If I were a horse would I prefer grass or hay? Does a bird have to think about flapping it's wings? When fish swim in circles, do they get dizzy?" Her mouse pokes his head out of her pocket and skitters out to be closer to the warmth. "Squeak?" She stops and frowns for a moment, "You know, thats a point." Nosey nods and stares with her.
Traveler 11-12-03, 11:31 AM	Alighan continued to cook in silence.
Acaed 11-12-03, 11:52 AM	Acaed is lightly sleeping. Lightly, mind you. ((What is the current temperature now? Is the year nearing fall? Is is getting colder, what?))
Kirya 11-12-03, 06:39 PM	Kirya sat in silence for some time. Looking around at the group... she couldn't contian it any longers Suddenly shouting nothing in particular, more of a sound of frastration as she stood up. Smile her useal smile. ".. Ahhhh... Thats better " Now that she had everyones shocked attention, Stretching a bit, she walked away from the camp some 50ft, crossing her arms she looked out into the forest and the night.
Acaed 11-13-03, 08:14 AM	Acaed opened one eye, and looked at Alighan. "She's right, you know. If we both act like this, it'll tear us apart." There was a second meaning in his words...not just the group falling apart...they themselves, the two of them...
Zella 11-13-03, 07:07 PM	Zella chuckles softly. "To true. I believe I'll go for a short walk. Nature is good for the soul." She grins and stands, and waits for nosey to clamber up her robe to her shoulder. "I'll be back in time for the food." With that she saunters off to examine the flora and fauna of where they've stopped for the moment.
Traveler 11-15-03, 08:12 PM	Alighan did not even look up at Kirya's disturbance. As far as she was concerned it was not her problem how others felt--it could not be, there was too much to do. Even her own feelings had to remain aside. She only hoped everyone could accomplish the same--could keep their emotions in check. Gods...but my feelings are so... She glanced at Acaed oh so breifly and then went back to cooking.
Acaed 11-15-03, 08:41 PM	Seeing as how he had extended an offer of making up with her, and Alighan head decidedly rejected it, he closes his eyes and sleep again, lightly, of course. If she can be hard-headed, so can I...
Zella 11-15-03, 09:32 PM	Zella leaned down over an interesting looking plant, humming softly to herself. A small blur of color caught her eye, "Heyla...what have we here?" A small lizard froze attempting to blend into the scenery. "It's alright I won't hurt you." she held out her hand but the tiny reptile sped off dissapering into the undergrowth with nary a rustle. The cleric chuckled softly and moved on.
Acaed 11-18-03, 12:21 PM	Acaed snoozes.
Traveler 11-18-03, 10:13 PM	Alighan served lunch a while later. She remained silent throughout.
Acaed 11-19-03, 08:47 AM	Acaed does not partake in the meal, he sleeps. I'm too sick to my stomach to eat...
Zella 11-19-03, 07:58 PM	Zella looked between the two worridly. "Um, Do either of you want to tal-" She stopped as the temperature dropped. "Right." somewhere in the distance, a lone cricket chirruped. "Well, where do we go from here then?"
Kirya 11-19-03, 09:40 PM	Kirya had long ago climb into the tree near by. From her pearch she watch the others, her voice calling out. " I would like to know as well.... dodge demonic voices and eating in the woods doesn't sound like much of a plan..." [i] Dispite herself , Kirya had enjoyeed the meal.. Alighan was a good cook... but kirya would never amit that to Alighan... no right now anyways. [i]
Traveler 11-21-03, 02:46 PM	"Kirya, it is not my fault you were wandering around the tower instead of coming to our meetings. Ask any party member. Our precise course has been layed out several times already." She glanced at Zella somewhat apologetically. She forced herself not to look at Acaed.
Acaed 11-22-03, 11:39 PM	Acaed sleeps...((and so does this thread...))
Zella 11-23-03, 07:17 PM	Zella sighs. "Right sorry, Siege yes?" Any thoughts on how we're going to break it? Sabatoge? Subterfuge? Other S words?"
Traveler 11-23-03, 08:07 PM	Alighan sighed, putting away her the items that did not need washing. "I am afraid we have to leave the siege to the king. Enora is more important." She glanced at the sky. "It is time to move on." She glanced at Acaed and nudged him gently, "but we need to talk first. Come with me to wash the pots and dishes." *** Some time later the group was ready to head out again. They mounted and set off under the afternoon sun eastward toward Enora. (OOC: the conversation between Alighan and Acaed will either be edited into this post later, in a different thread or simply off scene. As DM I have elected to move the story along by leaving it out for now. Simply assume that Alighan and Acaed did speak again before breaking camp that day.)
Zella 11-24-03, 09:29 PM	Zella mounts up, putting nosey on the pommel in front of her. "Enora..." the moment she speaks the name, she slumps forward, blacking out. Darkness surrounds her and the cleric can feel something beating at the walls around her mind. A sharp pain on her finger jerks her back to reality. She shakes her head and smilesshakily. "Th-thanks, I guess I drifted off for a moment..."
Acaed 11-25-03, 08:58 AM	Acaed brightly leaps onto his horse, and, smiling, mentions that he'll bring up the rear, again.
Kirya 11-25-03, 12:36 PM	Kirya simply looked at Alighan and smirked before sticking her tongue out at her, then shruged and looked away. Along with everyone kirya checks her saddle to make sure its still ingood standing before mounting her horse..as before a few choice words in Underdark common are spoken.
Traveler 11-25-03, 12:43 PM	For a fortnight, the party traveled unhindered. The weather was fine save for the occasional light spring rain.
Zella 11-26-03, 08:33 PM	"This seems a bit....I don't know....to easy?" Zella shrugged off her hood as they continued on, exposing her head to the light rain. "I mean, with all the excitement this sems a bit tame. Not that I'm LOOKING for trouble, of course not. But, why aren't they trying to stop us?"
Traveler 11-28-03, 10:50 AM	Alighan rode up at that moment back to the head of the procession from where she had dropped back a while to ride with Acaed. She caught Zella's comment as she rode by and laughed just a bit bitterly. "The unfortunate truth of the matter most likely is that we are not interfering with their plans right now and that being the case they have more important things to do than chase us. "
Zella 11-28-03, 01:33 PM	Zella blinks, think thinks for a moment. "Good point."
Acaed 12-01-03, 08:40 AM	"Then we should make use of this temporary lull in their chase and ride as far as we can before they notice!" Shouts Acaed from behind the party.
Zella 12-04-03, 04:32 PM	Zella nods then cocks her head to the side, "But what if they HAVE noticed and have decided we're not a threat to them at all? Wouldn't that be depressing?" Nosey interrupts squeaking a bit. "Well thats true, we ARE strong enough to do major damage, but what if THEY don't think so?" A few more squeaks and then a sniff. "I'll agree with that."
Kirya 12-04-03, 09:20 PM	Kirya couldn't help but smirk at Zella's comment. " well then..." She spoke up " Should't we become a nasty thorn in thier side "
Acaed 12-04-03, 09:21 PM	Acaed hears Zella's and Kirya's sentiments, and laughs. "Exactly as Kirya put it, Zella! I'd rather be underestimated than overestimated, wouldn;t you agree? Give the enemy a rather nasty suprise?"
Traveler 12-05-03, 12:00 PM	Alighan rode slightly ahead of the others, listening. Go attack them while they are leaving us alone...force their eye upon us when they would let us pursue our task in peace? Folly! "We ride on," she said firmly. "That is all."
Zella 12-06-03, 05:22 PM	Zella ducks her head in aqquiescence still smiling. "Alright. No point in getting their attention to early. Besides, I'm still kind of tired." Having said this she crosses her arms and rests her chin on her chest dozing off, trusting her mount's good sense.
Traveler 12-06-03, 09:27 PM	Unseen by her companions, Alighan frowned slightly, wondering what Acaed would say.
Acaed 12-10-03, 08:39 AM	Acaed doesnt say anything. He's not the kind to go 'I-told-you-so.'
Traveler 12-10-03, 12:07 PM	(OOC: huh?) She led them on. "Be greatful for the quiet. Tonight, I think we shall take a longer rest."
Kirya 12-11-03, 12:32 AM	it was clear by Alighan tone that she was not pleased at all by thier response. Her manor of forceing her authroity over them was proof enof. " I do not think you give our foe due credit Alighan... you best be more mindful of them in the furture.." Kirya spoke out, as the group rode on. Others about could only wonder at what Kirya hinted at.... Kirya reached up and pulled her hood down over her head. To ward off a chill that was not thier. Smug little... she thought to herself. Looking over her shoulder at Acaed kirya couldn't help but smile. Unlike the cold and caculating Alighan, Acaed was a man more of emotion and action. Someone closer to Kirya's own heart. Thoughts of her past came to mind... Reember kirya she spoke inwordly to herself... The deadly cut, is not nessaryly the first.... or the deepest. Words of wisdom her teacher had spoken to her... how true those words were.
Zella 12-11-03, 05:59 PM	Zella snores softly, twitching occasionally.
Traveler 12-18-03, 11:57 AM	Alighan simply sighed. Kirya will be Kirya She spotted a good place to camp. "This way," she told her companions.
Traveler 12-18-03, 01:53 PM	She led them off the road just before a bridge, and off into the woods along the streams edge. It was early afternoon and the clouds were rolling off. Sun shone down on the droplets left behind by the light spring rain. Alighan smiled to herself. She reined Cocoa in on the stream bank. "We will camp here."
Zella 12-18-03, 03:18 PM	Zella falls forward bonking her forehead on the back of Knight's head coming to with a bleary, "Ow".
Traveler 12-20-03, 05:50 PM	Alighan looks over at Zella. "Okay there?"
Zella 12-20-03, 05:56 PM	Zella grins sheepishly, "Eh-heh-heh. Yeah, I'm alright, Just a bruise. Have I missed anything of importance?" She yawns, and stretches, her back cracking.
Zella 12-22-03, 08:22 PM	Zella looks around at the silent group, eyebrows raised. "Well if it was this quiet I'm glad I was asleep!" She dismounts and begins unloading her gear, humming softly.
Zella 01-09-04, 10:26 PM	((You know if the thread's DEAD would someone at LEAST e-mail me?))
Mechail 01-10-04, 08:31 AM	As Zella is wondering why this awful silence creeps among them a figure emerges from the trees nearby. It steps into a clearing and puts up both his arms to show he's unharmed (it's still dark right?). Avalar steps closer and gives the group a weak smile. 'Sorry I dissapeared like that......Therasan is no more.....' With those words he eyed Kirya, then settled down and awaited the words which will probably hit him up worse than he was now. (Dead, what do you mean dead ? :P Hi there Zella, long time no see ^^)
Zella 01-10-04, 12:06 PM	(very long time Mechail. Good to have you back =^_^=) As Zella squints, eyeing the returning adventurer, her face stretches into a grin. "It's good to see you Avalar!" She Deposits her stuff on the ground. "Where have you been? And what happened to-" She stops. "I'm sorry, to many questions for so late, It can wait untill after you've eaten."
Mechail 01-10-04, 12:18 PM	(Too long in fact, yes, thanks Zella :D) Avalar only looks at Zella, his eyes speaking for him, the last few weeks have taken the last out of the half elf. Losing all he cared for. There was only one place to return, and so he did. He found Alighan, Acead, Zella & Kirya and he would aid them in whatever will come their way. 'Therasan is no more I believe.' Silence... 'I could use something to eat though.'
Traveler 01-13-04, 01:48 PM	Alighan had been looking at Acaed. At length, she glanced sideways at Avalar. "No more?" She asked slowly.
Zella 01-13-04, 05:01 PM	Zella begins the preperations for a cook fire and then realizes something. "Well I feel brilliant." She turns to Avalar, "I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit. I need some branches. it shouldn't take too long." She jogs towards the wood, "I'll be back in a bit!" She waves cheerily before dissapearing into the darkness.
Traveler 01-13-04, 05:04 PM	Alighan looked at Avalar expectantly. DM's note: There is nearby an old tree that died during winter, it's limbs mostly dry in spite of the recent damp. Zella finds this readily.
MaliciousAngel 01-13-04, 05:11 PM	On the road ahead the group sees a world weary man kicking a tree. He wears a brown duster and a long pony tail. He seems to be talking animately with himselves as he flails his arms around. Needless to say that the tree is not being nearly as interesting as he should like it to be...He mutters but is not entirely heard by the group as he paces back and forth tearing the three corner hat from his head at numerous points to accuse the tree with it...Eventually he comes in ear shot. "..And how dare you take such advantages over the advantageless of me. And worst of all I should hear such lip from none that stand to disagree. No no no, I say, such wills to bring me hear. All though the course of travels was the fault of the beer...Again my love of the drop takes my feet to gravel. For it seems that such a way is the only way I travel..." He seems to ponder this last thought and then drawing a thick cutlass he half heartedly hacks the tree. "VILLAIN!"
Traveler 01-13-04, 05:16 PM	She looked from Avalar suddenly to rather familiar voice. She smiled. "I was wondering when he'd show himself," she said to Avalar, and Acaed with a wink. "Good sir won't you join us, the company's warmer, and that branch'll not suffer your hacking much longer."
Zella 01-13-04, 05:20 PM	Zella finds the deceased tree and looks it over. "Proably died a while ago, souldn't be to hard to get a few branches." Walking over she graps a dead branch and yelps, falling backward as it comes off easily in her hand. A rock breaks her fall and she hisses. Glaring at branch Zella sets it aside, and grasped another one. A noise caught her attention and she froze. breathless seconds ticked away before a squirrell darted from a bush and scutlled away. the cleric let out the breath she'd been holding and pulled gently on the limb it came away with a resounding crack. "Well! Only a few more and I'll be done. Providing no more squirrells come along!" She began humming as she looked for the next branch.
MaliciousAngel 01-13-04, 05:22 PM	He stops and stares at the group seemingly utterly confused and shocked to see you. However he smiles sheepishly and chuckles as he smopoths his hair and bows whilst taking his hat off... "M'lady I do believe that you have spoken true. And primarily I would ever like to thank you. But as it stands, through all the lands, I would question your backing. Though I adore your company, punctuality is lacking. For here I stood waiting, as duty would derive. Hoping, nay, praying, to see you again alive. For though these roads are not so bad for me, for those like you unwise in roads, would have your life as fee...But ignore now the woesome wow that is a part of your dating. For hear I ask, with so near a task, why did you keep me waiting?" He bows again and doffs his hat.
Traveler 01-13-04, 05:27 PM	"Well we were travelling slowly," she agreed, brushing a strand of brown hair back behind her ear. "And if you think about it a moment you'll realize why." She gestured to their beginning camp. "Come join us, Master Falsted. There will be fire and fare soon enough."
Zella 01-13-04, 09:52 PM	Having gathered enough branches for a healthy fire Zella headed back to camp, spirits high, before a tree root attempted to lay her low. In her stumble her forhead cracked against one of the many logs she was carrying sending stars shooting through her vision, stars that were then consumed by darkness. She knew she was stainding but she couldn't see! She shook her head and blinked heavily until the darkness slowly receded like a mist. She could see the horses through a gap in the trees and strode forward, emerging into the clearing somewhat pale, and but for a few bruises unharmed. "I'm back!" She noticed the new aqquisition. "Welcome back Mr Falsted!" She set the tinder, struck the flint, and in a few seconds a good sized fire was burning.
Kirya 01-13-04, 10:26 PM	Kirya rolled her eyes at the ramblings of this mad man. Catching Avalars glaces she smiled. Having returned to the camp she took out her mug, and small pouch and spoon some of hte strange contents into the mug, pouring some of the hot water from the pot into the mug and mixing it. Sitting back agest a fallen tree she siped it taking in the moment.. only to quickly be drag back to the reality as the mad man spoke up again... sending of her eye brows twitching from irritation.
Mechail 01-14-04, 06:50 AM	Avalar looked at Alighan as she asked him if it was all. At first he didn't quite understand the question but it did not take long for him to formulate his answer. He did this while standing up and softly touching Alighan's shoulder. 'A lot more ALighan, a lot more.' He was about to take another step when he heard an old man having a heated conversation with a corrupt tree. (lolz, like Fizban or Zifnap) He looked at Alighan and she smiled because of recognizing a friend. Avalar smiled too, it felt good to be back among people who would call friends. Then the smile of Kirya. As she sat back to enjoy her mixture he recognized the look of irritation on her face and thought. 'She hasn't changed a bit.' Which would be a good thing to him. Awaiting the right moment the Half Elf took the opportunity to introduce himself to the old man whom he had already a liking to. 'Master Falsted, I believe we haven't met, my name is Avalar.' (wow you guys suddenly bursted with replies, sorry I couldn't be there in between somewhere :()
Acaed 01-14-04, 08:46 AM	Acaed smiles back and Alighan and moves to sit next to her, whispering in her ear.
MaliciousAngel 01-14-04, 01:54 PM	Falsted, who is most certainly not old, smiles broadly at the varied responses and takes a comical amount of bows as he walks towards the camp. "Why yes dear friends, the company is divine. Though it is still a question whether it be truly mine. But let us question naught as long as we breath, for to question too much is to entice to grieve. But such is the nature of our ventures. And that is why all those who fear sent her. And that is why we are filled with such cheer. But it would be moreso if you'd ration some beer. Well met Zella, and Allighan too. You have long since had me lost, and away from your crew. Well met Acaed whose company I first found, as he rolled in lustiness with Mrs. Poppit on the ground. Well met Kirya who need not have fear. For you see it was dark looks that in truth led me here...Or was it the beer? But in either case too sure, and in time to find my cure, drink up me hardies yo ho! For now we have questing and a show." He winks and smiles. To Avalar he bows quite low and again tips his hat with a flourish. Such a bow is quite absurd to be seen from such a rough looking individual... "Captain, good sir, Captain, not Master. To mistake the two would lead to disaster. Yes Captain good sir, for my legend tain't done. Though I lack a ship I'm in the market for one. But Well met good Avalar, and keep true. As you are kindly to me, I shall be so with you."
Traveler 01-14-04, 08:28 PM	She made a wry face, shaking her head, as she knelt down to begin cooking. She leaned closer to Acaed as he moved over to whisper to her, pausing what she was doing.
Mechail 01-15-04, 06:53 AM	Avalar smiled at the boatless captain. 'Well met sir.' He looked over at Zella and asked if he could help a hand with the food.
Zella 01-15-04, 03:12 PM	Zella thinks for a moment, smiles then tosses Avalar a sack with eight potatos in it. "Peel all but two of those as well as you can and then give them to Ali."
Mechail 01-18-04, 12:25 PM	Again he smiled, as if a new life had just started and it seemed to be a funny thing to. But this thought brought him back to Therasan and again broke the smile upon his face. He started with the potatoes, which was no problem for the half elf for he had always cooked for himself. And his years were many by human standards. (I guess Trav can decide when he gives the potatoes, they'll be ready when you want. :))
MaliciousAngel 01-19-04, 11:11 AM	John hops down and crosses his legs and looks around... "One potato, two potato, three potato, 4. If see any more of those I am gonna find the door. My dear Mrs. Allighan, a poppit for sure. You had a disease, I had found the cure. But here we sit to add taters to the slurry. I was operating under the assumption we were in a hurry. Or perhaps I am wrong, that would be no surprise. For I see the world through...Well...Blurry eyes. And they do tend fog more than they should....Sirs if you had beer to share, I do wish you would. But Lady Allighan, I thought we had a quest! Gentlemen, I believe, the are some mugs in that chest. We are in a hurry, dear Allighan, are we not? Good sirs, we have, perhaps, a selection of draught?" He wanders absentmindedly about the campsite. "Ahh yes...Story time perhaps?!" He looks suspiciously around and dives behind a log...After a few minutes a mellow but rough voice eminates from behind it... "Hmmmm...hmm.....We're devils, black sheep, and really bad eggs...Drink up me hardies yo ho...Hmmmm..Hmm. Hmmmmm. Hmm. Hm hm, Hm hm, Hmm Hmmmmmm...."
Traveler 01-20-04, 11:43 AM	Alighan grinned at Acaed's words and whispered something back. She sighed as Falsted went off rhyming again and chuckled at his song as she put the remainder of their meat in the stew. "Yes, he always does that," She said to Avalar, holding out her hands for the potatoes.
Kirya 01-20-04, 08:36 PM	Kirya's annoyance from the captain as people had called him was nearly unbarable. Not wanting to subject herself further to this mad mans rantings, kirya finished off her drink and stood up, brushing her self off a bit she turned and walked out of the camp, heading a bit off into the woods. A bit out of sight of the camp Kirya looked about... her Dark elf eyes well acustumed to the dark of the night had no problem seeing. Finding a rock .. not much bigger then you could fit both feet apon, she smiled... Step up apon the rock lightly, kirya closed her eyes and breathed deeply and listened... to her heart beat... and to the of the world.
Mechail 01-21-04, 09:04 AM	The half elf smiled shortly at Alighan after her remark about the (for him) newcomer. He then let his eyes shift over to Kirya, and he found that she was lost in her own thoughts. He decided to see what it was what would follow.
MaliciousAngel 01-21-04, 12:33 PM	It is the most delightful and dangerous aspect of eccentricity that make it a warm blanket of anonymity. For in the middle of blanketed humour and irritation, the good Captain Falsted had slipped away unnoticed. Everyone considered him to be a dozing humor behind a log...It was Mechail that saw his silent steps as he traipsed most silently towards Kirya...His movements were one that would prefer to be neither seen nor heard, though his demeanor would say otherwise. It became quite apparent to the experienced half elf, that whatever this man was a Captain of, he was more than likely not a merchant...No merchant moves with such deliberate silence. Even the cutlass at the mans hip seemed to be muted by command. Not once did it shake in its sheath. Kirya on the other hand became most aware of soft footfalls behind her when Flasted was not but 5 feet away where he had taken to stand with one foot on another rock and he stood glaring at absolutely nothing...It was a rather odd sight for someone to be so affixed at nothing at all. "You know in all my times over the sea, I have seen none with such a dislike for me. While numerous people would have stabbed me to death, I am sure they either tripped, or had morals for breath..."
Mechail 01-22-04, 06:23 AM	Indeed the experience of being a hunter and an adventurer, and let us not forget his elven blood, let Avalar/Mechail focuss his attention on the 'merchant captain' as he made his way towards the Dark elf Kirya. He simply kept his eyes on him, not wanting to create a scene which would prove unnecessary.
Acaed 01-23-04, 01:06 PM	"Captain, you see preoocupied. Something wrong?" Acaed casually asks Falsted.
MaliciousAngel 01-23-04, 03:14 PM	Turns with a foppish smile on his face and resumes his half drunken gait towards Acaed. "Nothing at all my good man. Though I am forced to admit that we lack a plan. But sometimes that is better than poor. For it is the unplanned escape that is most akin to the door...So have you faired well...Ummm, was it Acaed? So have you finally managed, with your lady to get.....Paid? I have never thought of such a thing. Although It does have a nice ring..." He falls down and flails his arms and legs about.
Traveler 01-23-04, 03:54 PM	Alighan was ignoring Falsted. She added a pinch of spice to her simmering stew. Kirya was going to be a problem, she decided. She had begun to use magic overthere. Not enough to cause a problem, she reasoned, they being so close and all. If worse came to worse.... She gently touched Acaed's arm and whispered something to him. (OOC: Acaed, see my email.)
Zella 01-23-04, 09:11 PM	Zella shifts uneasily as the tension rises. Remembering her adopted parents at the temple she hums a soft lullabye, easing her troubled spirit and bringing a bit of peace back into her eyes. "You act as if you've had to much Ale, Captain. Perhaps you ought to stay down until you can walk straight?" her voice is teasing with an underlying bit of genuine concern.
Kirya 01-24-04, 08:39 PM	Kirya's attention seemed not to waver as the Captain stood behind her. Thou her form remained unmoved.. , her spirit spoke of something else. Those with an eye for danger knew well that she was a muscle twitch away from attacking. A moment passed, with Avalar's words breaking the deadlyness of the moment... Kirya's spirit calmed in response. Opening her eyes she glanced over at Avalar.. as if to say something. Steping off her stone lightly she walked away from camp further.. as she walked along, she spotted a nice peace of wood.. some 3 feet in length. Picking it up she looked apon the wood... still somewhat green. Pulling her knife from her belt she widdled at the stick as she walked, until at last thier were no branches attached to the length of wood. Finding a bit of a clearing, Kirya ran her hand across the length of wood, and closed her eyes once more.. and listened.
MaliciousAngel 01-26-04, 09:42 AM	The good Captain, or so he called himself, seemed geuinely unconcerned with any sort of predicament he had narrowly avoided. He sits up and rests on his arms as he speaks to Zella in a half sleepy way. "To be sure, good lass, the concern is not mine. As I have such sweet faces keeping me from the divine. Although to be sure, I have been no help. But in addition to faces,you're not so bad yourself...But it occurs me, unless I be a bore, that my inhibriation allows you to tolerate me more..." He lies down again for a moment bit sits up again... "Is there any reason for grieving? We sit baking viddles, WHEN ARE WE LEAVING? A bit of movement for me. That be the trick, to be honest I think I be getting land sick..." He dives back over a log and seems to divulge his innards to the world. "Or perhaps it has other reasons..."
Mechail 01-28-04, 03:54 AM	Avalar looked up while the weird sailor spoke to Acaed. They are together ? Alighan and Acaed ? Oh well, not really a surprise now is it. A short smile for them and he turned to Kirya. 'Kirya, what have I missed ? Where are we going ?'
Acaed 01-28-04, 08:21 AM	((What email, Traveler?))
Traveler 01-29-04, 12:05 PM	(OOC:Give me a minute after I post this.) She began taking out bowls for the stew and whispered again to Acaed.
Kirya 01-29-04, 08:52 PM	As Kirya walked away she did hear Avalar words... her keen ears hearing dispite her distance from the camp. A look over her shoulder was the only response the avalar got that she even heard him. At the same clearing Kirya with her new found wooden stick stood. The Lenght of wood held in her hands much like one would a sword. With a grace as beaitful as a swans and as deadly as a serpent Kirya began a few simple katas. Nothing fancy.. but more of a light exersize to realive some stress. All the while she listened carefuly about her...
Zella 01-31-04, 05:17 PM	Zella, raises an eyebrow and says primly, "Well Captain, though you have not, WE have been travelling all day. We will leave when we are rested. And if you're sick then you yourself need rest." She sniffs, and thanks Alighan taking her own bowl of stew.
MaliciousAngel 02-02-04, 12:01 PM	He jumps up and points obnoxiously at his accuser. "You say I am lazy? For sure I did journey. Or quite to the point someone else did it for me. And I be only sick enough to excuse me from labor. But not sick enough to excuse my behavior. For which I am sure is shocking and odd, but now me longer to be a good tempered old sod. But I have a hurry to drag you all by the hip, the sooner we get from this task the sooner I get to my ship..."
Zella 02-02-04, 05:14 PM	Zella appears to think for a moment, then speaks. "Your ship, my dear sir, will be fine in it's dock. I know well as you that we must race the clock. Your crew, I'm sure will be fine on thier own. I have problems myself but you won't hear me moan. You see, brave captain there's this thing in my head, and I'm sure it will hound me till it knows I'm dead. But to rush in without thinking is an act of pure folly. So why not relax and pretend to be jolly?" She chuckles softly and begins to eat her stew.
MaliciousAngel 02-03-04, 07:41 PM	A beastily cold grimace finds Falsted's face. All the color seemed to loose itself from his face. He stands very straight and it almost seems that he is not breathing. Eventually, after a long moment, red tinges his cheeks and his eyes grow steely and malevolent... "You speak in ignorance and in mind long lost. You would utter your words without knowing the cost. My ship I assure you is as well as my crew. This is the only part of your words, in fact, that is true. For as you sit by this fireside, sucking down bris. My ship is in fact not at the dock, but in the depths of the sea. My crew too shares a simular fate, otherwise they would join me here if they weren't so late. I saw my ship burn and cower beneath the waves. My crew turned those decks into their very graves. Utter such insolence again, and it is you I shall despise. I saw them all butchered with my very eyes. These were men I had worked and bled with for years. But I have since mourned so deeply I am beyond all tears, for that is the risk of my chosen profession. But as of late, this tragedy has come an obsession. I would see them all live and laugh with their kin, but their lives were all ended before they did begin. You think I am bitter and speak without reason? Well, be this winter, I would expect such a cold season. So you be merry of my ship and mates who are dead. For I shall laugh the same when they are your mates instead." [i]He got very close to her face and studied every inch of it in spite. Then in a loud exhale of air he spun on his healed and walked away from the camp. Burying his cutlass in a stump he sits down with his back to it and hides his face as he takes mighty draws from a blown glass bottle.
Mechail 02-04-04, 08:12 AM	Avalar raised his brows at the sight of Falstedt being mad at Zella. After the captain left the camp site Avalar followed him. 'I feel for you captain, I do, but don't you think it was a bit unecessary to be so hard on Zella? She didn't know this before you told her Falstedt.'
MaliciousAngel 02-04-04, 01:58 PM	He didn't even look up. He spoke in a raspy slurring throat that was most bitter in its taste. "Ignorance can never be a viable excuse. She has taken her ignorance and made her noose. I regret none of the things I have said. I am too sad to live and too stubb'rn t'be dead. She deserves to have scent of the ramifications. To do anything less is her own degradation. Mind your words lad and let your business be. You have shown enough tongue now, you should let me be. Dangerous men in stupors do little for conversation. Though I am only as dangerous as my best limitation." He tries to forget once more the grizzled images that come bounding into his mind's eye.
Zella 02-04-04, 04:03 PM	For a moment the look on her face is one of pure rage, which quickly changes to shame. "I...am sorry. You are quite right, my ignorance was no excuse for harsh and rash words, I humbly beg your forgiveness."
Traveler 02-05-04, 06:01 PM	Alighan ate her stew in silence keeping an eye on the argument but saying nothing. She inched closer to Acaed, and muttered..."like I said..."
Acaed 02-07-04, 12:05 AM	Acaed nods.
Mechail 02-09-04, 08:38 AM	'You sound like a sad person Mister. I know some sad persons, believe me I do, but you sir...' 'I apologize for my tongue, but only because it wants me to...' A look at Zella as she spoke made Avalar shortly shake his head. Without further words or answer Avalar took a seat near Acead and Alighan. 'Sorry..' he muttered under his beard.
MaliciousAngel 02-09-04, 02:43 PM	He pondered a moment in silence only to cast the almost dry bottle into the air as far as he could throw it as though all of his moroseness would follow its path. He spat after it then crumbled to the ground with the barest sense of a whimper...When he sits up again he resolves to kick back against the stump and ponder the meaning of life... "Damn this trade, and damn the sea. No apologies shall bring them back to me. Forever that event shall thicken my brow. I only can wish that I rested with them now..." He murmers in a small voice that is almost inauditable. "Perk up Johnnie boy, don't be so blue. If it weren't piracy, what else would you do?" He catches his tongue and looks around to see if anyone heard him in his moment of lapse. Seeing that no one obviously heard it he resides once again in malaise against his stump. "We all know the risks, and all know the joys. Ifs and buts lend nothing to our ploys. What ifs are shameful and shall ever change naught. You knew all the trouble you bought. The code says live on, and thats what you'll do. And now for ever once had victory, you shall have again two. Step up m'hardy, and look to it again. For you be a legend, and that attracts men. You shall get a new ship, and take to the sea. For it is only at then that you will be free..." A weak smile crosses his face. "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me...We pillage we plunder, we rifle and loot, drink up m'hardies yo ho......Heh...And really bad eggs..." He clicks open a compass and looks to the heavens.
Acaed 02-11-04, 12:03 PM	Acaed finishes his soup and hands the bowl back to Alighan. "Thanks."
Zella 02-14-04, 06:22 PM	Zella finishes the dregs of her soup and sits staring vacantly at the bowl.
Zella 02-23-04, 06:06 PM	She shakes herself out of her mental meanderings and sits up straight. "So, when do we move?"
MaliciousAngel 02-23-04, 06:17 PM	A sickly smile crosses Falsted's face. "And here I thought you an outworldly who. But I cannot help thinking that that was my qustion too..."
Zella 02-24-04, 04:17 PM	Zella smiles at him and shrugs. "I borrowed it. Do you mind?"
MaliciousAngel 02-25-04, 01:05 PM	He smirks as if all had been forgotten. "To be without question is to be without life. Is to be with every woman excluding your wife. Is to here secrets not of your voice. Is to go to the follies without being your choice. Is to be lectured without needing seating. Is to remain wife and sweethearts without ever meeting. Is to run your mouth straight at the wall. Screw it, take it, I don't mind at all..." He chuckles...((OI! WAKE UP EVERYONE!))
Zella 02-27-04, 05:50 PM	Zella tries to work this through her mind and becomes rather confused, grasping only that NO he doesn't mind. "You sir, are a most puzzling man."
Acaed 04-07-04, 10:03 PM	((*bump* Okay, I was asked by Traveler to do this: THIS THREAD IS NOT DEAD. I'm here to rally the troops, she who's still interested. MA, Zella? Mechail? Kirya? Hello? Anyone alive? -Acaed))
Zella 04-07-04, 11:13 PM	((Nope, not dead by a long shot, just waiting. Whats up dude?))
MaliciousAngel 04-08-04, 11:01 AM	I am content enough to sit and twiddle my thumbs till they fall off. ;) Just tell her to get it going yeah? No wait...Last time I suggested that I was chewed out...Hmmmm...Ummmmm...Whatever's clever?
Mechail 04-08-04, 11:26 AM	Dead ? :( Hell no, but asleep so wake me up pls ;)
Traveler 04-09-04, 06:10 PM	Ok ok! I'm here. Gotta love RL. Anyways no this is not dead, just on pause a bit. We do need to continue this discussion on the OOC thread. Out of character posts like this are not really allowed on this thread. Rule of the boards I am told. The rest of this message is there *
Traveler 04-20-04, 01:22 PM	Finally she heard it.... It was a subtle magic only...subtle but potentially... Alighan opened her mouth to call out but it was too late. *** DM's note: White flames envelope Kirya in a rush! Tongues of white flame touch Falsted as well! ((Burn damage, and temproray but severe damage to the mental processes. It also hurts to put it mildly.)) *** Alighan cursed and then muttered. "She had to use magic...she wouldn't listen..." She grabbed Acaed's arm with one hand and then looked up at Zella and Mechail. "We have to get away from here. Now!"
Mechail 04-21-04, 08:47 AM	In the blink of a second flames erupted around the party... Mechail / Avalar was up on his feet before he knew it. Alighan screamed for them to get away, but Kirya was burning ! Falsted, the dead captain, was on fire too, although not that much as the half dark elf. (Any chance he might extinguish the fire with whatever lies around , like sand, or perhaps a cloak or something? If so, he certainly tries.)
Zella 04-21-04, 10:06 PM	Zella scrambles back, eyes wide. "But-! We can't just LEAVE them!" She looks around, her goal the same as Avalar's.
Acaed 04-22-04, 11:52 AM	Acaed shouts over the roar of the flames to Zella and Mechail: "It's not true fire! It's magical fire--we can't put it out by normal means!" He looks at Alighan pointedly. "We can't just leave them here."
MaliciousAngel 04-22-04, 12:21 PM	Falsted monotinously pondered his situation...Oh for the love of the sea, that I have lasted longer than thee. Should I compare thee to........WHAT THE HELL!...Flames licked his shrouded arm and caught on his longcoat...Standing up he rolled on the ground frantically but to no avail. His screams echoed throughout the glenn. "Be by the devil they show me how! But Lucifer, you bastard, you can't have me now! We had a deal you bastardous son of the skies! I shall not be gotten till I've had their demise!" He flings his coat from from him and writhes on the ground...
Traveler 04-22-04, 01:12 PM	"I don't intend to!" She hissed. "But you have to get back or it will just take you too. Now!" She yelled. She looked at Acaed as she started backing away. "I can work on this from a distance it's their only chance."
Traveler 04-22-04, 01:22 PM	DM's note: The flames spread outward from Kirya at an alarming rate.
Zella 04-22-04, 08:16 PM	*flames, flames the whole village around her, burning.* Zella shakes her head and flings herself away from the magic born fire. *Her sister screaming as the mercenary rode her down, her frail body trampled underneath the hooves of his warsteed, fire, burning, burning.* She scrambles to stand next Alighan, ready to lend whatever aide is necassary.
MaliciousAngel 04-22-04, 08:26 PM	Falsted's arm is now completely engulfed in flames and it spreads across his shoulders... "Neptune why do you abandon me!" He rolls and writhes frantically on the ground...He saw the faces of his crew. The twisted dying faces that spewed blood and quenched the miniature firs on the deck of his ship...His ship. But they would in the end take it. Gaping holes in its sides. It slowly began to sink beneath the waves...Along with a dead crew...
Zella 04-23-04, 06:49 PM	Zella looks around, squelching her rising panic as she watches the fire around Falstaff grow. "W-what do we do Ali?"
Mechail 04-24-04, 09:35 AM	'Nothing much I suppose Zella.' Avalar spoke. 'Let Alighan focus. Have faith.' Backed up away from the flaming Kirya.
Acaed 04-24-04, 11:10 AM	Acaed watches the flames rise higher. He stands behind Alighan, his hands on her shoulders. "Need someone to steady you?"
Acaed 04-24-04, 11:18 AM	((doublepost, heh))
Traveler 04-25-04, 11:59 PM	(OOC: Sorry about that folks...back now, with a reformatted HD!) Alighan smiled breifly at Acaed and mouthed thank you. With that, she loosed what looked like a ball of magical energy at the flames. "Back further! Now!" She shouted as the magics collided.
MaliciousAngel 04-26-04, 02:43 PM	Falsted strains so hard that it would seem that his head would pop cleanly off of his shoulders from the torment that faces him. His back arches and he screams an unearthly howl from the searing flames...as the magicks collide.
Acaed 04-27-04, 08:30 AM	Acaed takes an uncertain step back, not sure wherether that applies to him and her. Regardless, he does go back a few steps...
Traveler 04-27-04, 01:27 PM	Alighan felt Acaed move back moved back with him, grabbing his arm and then half pulling half pushing him further back (OOC: obviously she is not physically strong enough to move him if he doesn't want to move, lol, I am assuming he is cooperating.) She yelled to Avalar to get Zella further back, shouting over the great noise. (OOC:I am also going to assume for DM purposes that they both moved back too.) The explosion was blinding...but suddenly silent. The force of the magics pushed outward, knocking over anything not sturdy and anyone on bad footing.
Mechail 04-27-04, 06:29 PM	Mechail was knocked down to the ground but did not seem to lose conciousness (right?). He looked around, his arm over his head in case this explosion had a bigger brother. (Not thinking he could save himself from an explosion with his arm, but he's still part human remember ? ^^) (Bloody Great to have you back Trav :))
MaliciousAngel 04-27-04, 07:07 PM	Falsted lets out a final scream and then settles into the ground...Unconcious. His arm is badly burnt as well as a portion of his chest and stomach. Smoke rises from his smoldering clothing..
Zella 04-27-04, 09:08 PM	Zella, is knocked back by the explosion, her planted feet digging divets into the earth. She looks up and sees Falsted. Oh no . . . Is it over? Can I heal him? Looks around, waiting.
Traveler 04-29-04, 05:33 PM	(OOC: I am just going to operate on the assumption that Acaed cooperated for the moment. Acaed if you have anything you want to cahnge when you read this, please email.) Alighan sighed with relief as the magic subsided. She flashed Acaed (ooc: who is ostensibly behind her) a relieved look and then looked over at her companions... She winced. "Zella?" She gestured that it was ok to move toward them.
Zella 04-29-04, 09:48 PM	Zella rushed over to Kiyra healing energys wreathing her hands, she slowly moved them over the burns, smoothing the skin, and healing the tissue. Is she even ALIVE? Please, Lathander let her be alive! "Kiyra! Can you hear me? Groan if you can."
Mechail 04-30-04, 04:43 AM	Ready to help in any way and pretty concerned about Kirya's condition Avalar stood close by Zella.
Kirya 05-02-04, 06:58 PM	[i] ... Kirya barly had even a second to think before the flames engulfed her. She to had caught the words.. but far to late. [i] ((OOC will need some details in OOC about what happening :) ))
Acaed 05-04-04, 08:17 AM	((Acaed cooperated, of course.)) "What should I do?" He asks Alighan, unsure that any of his psionic healing could help the two...
Traveler 05-04-04, 12:56 PM	"Help them...if you can." Alighan looked very grim. (OOC: See my post to the OOC thread about what damage has been done and what you can do. Ask any questions there. )
Zella 05-04-04, 02:52 PM	Zella was a bit confused. The flame should have burnt the drow to a crisp, but she was not mortally injured... Acead had called it Magic fire, but surely magic burnt as true as any normal flame? But then again, when was the last time anything on this quest was normal? She smiled weakly at that thought. Finishing up with the last of the healing she paused to take a breather before moving on to Falsted.
MaliciousAngel 05-04-04, 06:06 PM	Falsted lolled about grimly...Unconscious...But still moving. He murmered slightly as though a nightmare was in the process of taking him.
Acaed 05-05-04, 11:48 AM	Before Zella had even staretd with Kirya, Acaed was kneeling next to Falstead. He lifted up Falstead's head, and took a wineskin from his satchel. "That fire of yourn was much too hot, you're lucky death was not your lot," Acaed murmured as he poped open the wineskin with one hand, and manuvered the opening to Falstead's mouth. "I may not be a healer, but at least fine nightflower wine'll put off the pain until Zella can help you," Acaed semi-whispered to Falstead. The wine, a very potent elven brew, begins it's alcoholic magic almost immediately. The pain, if Flastead isn'nt deep enough in shock to not feel it, begins to be nothing more than an annoying throb, instead of a roaring inferno of pain. The wine tastes delicate, not made for humans. It gives off a slightly fruity scent, and is a light purple (not red, purple) in colour.
Mechail 05-05-04, 02:30 PM	With the flames, the pain and the abilities of both Alighan, Acaed and whomever caused this mess awoke Mechail. He once again understood that this cause he was somehow part of was on one bad trip, one that might proof fatal. Raising his senses instinctly the half elf looked around, he took some steps from the group. (Anything? His sight helping?)
MaliciousAngel 05-06-04, 01:25 PM	Falsted stops rolling about on the floor at the taste of the wine and resides into sleep.
Traveler 05-06-04, 05:50 PM	Alighan looked around sharply. "We need to leave this place. Quickly!"
Zella 05-06-04, 10:16 PM	Zella's head snapped up. "They'll need to be carried. . ." She stood up looking around.
Mechail 05-07-04, 04:34 AM	Avalar did not waste time and on Alighan's call he dove toward Kirya and tried, as gently possible, to lift hr in order to get her out into safety. 'What about Falsted?'
Acaed 05-10-04, 08:30 AM	"I got him." Acaed puts the wineskin away and lifts, as gently as possible, Falsted.
Kirya 05-10-04, 06:39 PM	Everything had happened so fast, the eruption of fire.. the shouts and screams, then darkness. Darkness... alone again.... Kirya wasn't sure if she was awake...dreaming... or dead. She felt so out of touch with her body. Her Awarness had been spread out to listen to the world around them, the sudden attack breaking her concentration. Her conscience falling back to her body rather abruptly had shaken her to the core. Were was everyone she thought... why is no one talking to me... Were are you!! she seem to cry out, but no one would answer. Only the darkness surrounded her.. empty.... " Dont leave me alone!! " she shouted in her mind " not again......please...." --------------------------- On the ground Kirya did not move... her body lay face down on the ground, her dark skin somewhat paler, as if the blood had drained from her. An unhealthy sheen of sweat covered her skin. (( When Kirya is moved Zella and Avalar would noticed it look as if Kirya was crying dispite the look of physical injury ))
Traveler 05-11-04, 11:03 AM	Alighan gestured them toward the road. "Get them as far away from here as you can," she said as they reached the road and crossed it. "I am going to see what I may in the city," her expression darkened, "which is closer then certain ones among us imagined." Why had they casted...why hadn't they listened? She'd told them casting would pinpoint them to the enemy...she'd told them and told them.... "I will return just before dawn."
Acaed 05-13-04, 05:20 PM	Acaed started to say something, then shut his mouth. o0(I want to go with her, but perhaps I ought to stay here, witgh the group...) Acaed carries Falsted, walking along next to Avalar and Zella. He talks to Alighan: "You go. I'll get us under cover, and into safety. Find us when you return--we won't be too far from here."
Mechail 05-16-04, 07:21 AM	The Half Elf gritted his teeth at the sight of Kirya. But what had really happened here? Who had cast those spells at their party, and why ? .oO(All in due time, sure that's what Acaed will reply to me when I ask him about what happened)Oo. All in due time...
Zella 05-16-04, 10:03 AM	Zella bit her lip. "I....I don't think you should go alone, it's to dangerous."
MaliciousAngel 05-16-04, 06:26 PM	Flasted stirred slightly but little more came from him. Not even whispers of his melodic rhymes. [/i]
Acaed 05-17-04, 04:23 PM	Acaed looks at Zella. "Let her go, Zell. She'll be fine."
Traveler 05-18-04, 10:48 AM	With a last nod and a look at Acaed that spoke volumes, Alighan walked off down the road and around the bend. (OOC: Feel free to post on what you are all doing while Alighan scouts.) The gates of Enora were not locked. The spires in the treeless distance looked almost peaceful. She could smell the sea beyond the city. But there was something ominous in the air. Alighan slung her bow over her shoulder but did not unstring it and took off her gloves, setting them in her belt. Apparently the inability to cast left over from the creever massacre had passed. She couldn't cast anything exotic as she had no components on hand, but there was always her gift. Keeping a careful eye on her surroundings she moved on silent feet up to the gate, crouching by it's edge and peering in. The place seemed deserted, just as it had been in Zella's vision. She relaxed her senses just enough to detect any kind of enchantment in the area of the gate. There was none. She stood and walked in. Wind whistled across the tops of buildings, mostly peasant homes here along with the shops lining the main road. A sign creaked on it's chains above a door. Alighan peered at it. "Drifter's Tavern," the sign read. No sound issued from its open door. The faint smell of rot wafted on the salty breeze. Alighan wrinkled her nose, glancing around again. Had they come too late? (OOC: Like I said feel free to post what you are doing. I will put up more later.)
Zella 05-18-04, 05:55 PM	Zella couldn't help frowning as she watched Alighan walk off. She'll be fine.....Of course she'll be fine. We'll all be okay.....and the sun will rise in the West, and Avalar will burst into song. She moved over and placed a hand on Falsted's forehead. "I need to take care of him soon. . ."
Acaed 05-19-04, 12:03 PM	We'll all be okay.....and the sun will rise in the West, and Avalar will burst into song ((Love that quote, Zella.)) Acaed wanders through the forest for a while, away from the remains of their campsite. 10 minutes later, he stops at a grove. The grove is small, no more than 12 feet either way, and the weeping willows that surround it hide it from view--it's almost as if Acaed knew it was here. He enters the glen and sets Falsted down. A small spring is bubbling clear, pure water in the middle of the clearing, and the wonderful water gurgles delightedly, tumbing down from the spring to a small rock slush. The slush (a slush is like a creekbed, but the sides and bottom are made of solid rock with no dirt--perfect for drinking, and beautiful to behold) runs down to out of the grove. After setting down Falsted no more than two feet from the srping and a foot from the edge of the grove, Acaed uses his own bulky yet comfortably soft satchel to cushion Falsted's head.
Mechail 05-19-04, 07:45 PM	We'll all be okay.....and the sun will rise in the West, and Avalar will burst into song ((I'm not understanding ... :S)) Avalar sees to Kirya, asking help from Zella.
Zella 05-20-04, 09:53 PM	(( ^_^;; Thanks Acead. Don't worry about it Mechail.)) Zella knelt next to the drow. "I've healed her as best I can. It's up to her to decide if she wants to be coming back." She stood and walked over to Falsted, sitting down next to him. His burns were less severe, but the trauma was just as great. "Acaed, can I use my Healing spells? I've still got some herbs from the tower if I can't...."
Acaed 05-21-04, 08:38 AM	Acaed scrunches up his face in thought--which, by the way, looks very funny. "Ummm...I think so--It can't hurt, so go ahead. Just be prepared to stop suddenly in case anything goes wrong." This entire time, as soon as he set falsted down, Acaed has had a hand on the pommel of his sword. o0(I think we're safe here, but I can't be sure...)
Mechail 05-21-04, 08:53 AM	Avalar thanked Zella for her help and presence. He knelt down beside Kirya and held her hand, which was cold, strange enough having to see her on fire minutes ago. 'I did not come back her from my tragic journey to see you leave Kirya, I won't allow it.' He whispered.
Zella 05-21-04, 07:42 PM	Zella nodded, and lay her hands on the prostrate captains forehead, sending her magic through, healing the burns, AND what looked like the beginnings of an Ulcer. I'm so tired..... She shivered slightly, trying not to look apprehensivley at the darkness around them.
Kirya 05-23-04, 06:43 PM	Kirya weakly open her eyes at Avalar's touch. Looking up and about not realy understanding were she was. In a heart beat the memory of the fires returned to her mind, energy crackled throw her eyes with a mixture of rage. Catching Zella and Avalar off guard kirya bolt up, and promontly fell over again on the the ground with a thud and grown. Feeling the aftereffects on her body still recovering, she rolled back onto her back. "......dammit...." she muttered in Underdark tongue, looking over to see Zella's and Avalar shocked looks. ".... is everyone else ok?....." she spoke weakly (( OOC: Just to warn everyone I might have to run off to the hospital rather abruptly... so I might not be able to post for a few days.. in that event just asume Kirya is with you and Traveler can fug things as need be hehe. ))
Zella 05-24-04, 09:11 PM	Zella dashed over, grin almost splitting her face. "You're okay! Thats great!"
Traveler 05-25-04, 07:44 PM	Alighan walked along slowly, keeping toward the center of the dusty main road. It was open here, very open. It was also silent. The smell grew stronger. She heard the wind shift of to her left and turned sharply. The breifest of shadows appeared on the roof of a house. Something was there. A few streets away. Alighan got ready. *** DM's note: The wind picked up near where the party was, slowly at first...
Acaed 05-27-04, 08:23 AM	Acaed tries to use his psionics to deetct any magic use nearby, to determine whether the winds are natural or magical...
Traveler 05-28-04, 03:22 PM	DM's note: Acaed senses magic and hostility. An unpleasant smell wafts the party's way. *** Alighan waited but the shadow did not approach. She frowned slightly. She took and arrow from her quiver and knelt, placing the tip on the ground and her finger on the nock. Something was definitely moving, not toward her, but away from her...
Zella 05-28-04, 05:48 PM	Zella wrinkled her nose. "Pheww....what a stench." She raised an eyebrow at Avalar. "You could have warned us." ((Sorry Mechail! I don't mean to pick on you but I couldn't HELP it! Forgive me?)
Acaed 05-29-04, 03:12 PM	Acaed somewhat-hisses at the others to be silent. "We've got company." he cockes his head, as if listening: "And it's not Alighan." o0((closed)) Should we stay or should we go? If we stay, we'll be attacked, and if we go, Alighan might not find us...) Acaed stands, drawing the sword at his side. "Allright. Let's get moving--something's comeing for us, it's magical, and we need to hurry. Alighan can find us on her own. I trust her." He goes to Falsted, and bodily hefts him over a shoulder, holding him with one hand, his sword in the other. "Let's move. Now."
Zella 05-30-04, 02:13 AM	The cleric Stood looking a little nervous. Thier last encounter with the enemy had been sufficiently unpleasent, but now Alighan was alone out there. "I have a bad feeling about this..." She went to help Kiyra up, Avalar taking the drows other arm.
Traveler 06-01-04, 01:25 AM	Alighan closed her eyes a moment, concentrating. She swore. They tried something...they must have.... She replaced the arrow in her quiver and looked back the way she'd come. They could use her help, with two injured.... She sighed a frustrated sigh. This "distraction" could be their only chance of suceeding. Acaed... She would have to trust him. She had to...She had to! *** DM's Note: They could see it now...approaching faster...a cloud of sickly colored mist...
Zella 06-03-04, 09:43 PM	Zella squinted. "Acead, what is that?" She pointed at the cloud.
Acaed 06-04-04, 03:58 PM	"I don't know what it is, or what it could be, but I suggest we hightail it outta here!" Acaed bares his teeth, and wields his sword is his one arm, with hsi other steadying Falsted draped over his shoulder. "Go! Zella, Avalar, take Kirya and run. I'll buy you some time, then run myself and find you!"
MaliciousAngel 06-04-04, 07:48 PM	Falsted continued to hang limply...Completely ignorant of all that happened around him.
Acaed 06-07-04, 09:46 AM	"Hurry! Go, Zella!" ((Mechail, your post, I believe...))
Zella 06-15-04, 09:40 PM	((Before it dies)) "Be careful Acead..." Zella tugged, pulling Kiyra and Avalar forward. "Come on!" She began a quick jog, keeping an eye on Kiyra to make sure she didn't fall, weaving through the trees, heading towards the village.
Mechail 06-16-04, 03:56 AM	((Please forgive me, I have found a new job finally, which takes up most of my time. When I come home I almost directly fall in sleep. Very sorry. I will try to make more time, since this is still sooooo cool. BTW Zella, pick on me all you want, I like the attention ;) )) Avalar did not smell the noxious cloud coming, not even now that it was this close that they could see it. Something which happend to him during his final 'fight' together with his now forever lost brother Therasan had afflicted his senses. This, and the tears welling up and stuffing his nose made him lose his vital elven senses. He hang on to Kirya, answering not her question if the others were alright. It was irrelevant. He was set on saving Kirya and finding back that spark which they shared long ago (another story all together). He made his way toward the village with Zella, Kirya (and Falsted right?). Not looking back at Acaed, there was no meaning to that. Acead would either be alright or not. The latter was something Avalar wasn't afraid of. Although Mechail had this tingling sensation telling him he should go back to Avead after they had settled their wounded companions. Getting a better grip on Kirya he told her everything would soon be ok. But this was not more than a formality and he knew it...
Kirya 06-22-04, 08:35 AM	Kirya remained unmoving while avalar Moved. But her eyes opened and she looked up apon Avalar as he ran. In a very Unsteady and dream like mind, kirya couldn't do much at the moment but be carryed and once again closeing her eyes. Her whole body felt weak and is she had just been thou a war... and on the loseing side.
Zella 06-26-04, 02:02 AM	Zella felt her teeth start to chatter as the cloud got closer, the presance surrounding her mind got stronger, impairing her capacity to think. Must get to Alighan....no....Need to lead it away.....but how? Magic? She shook her head and looked back at Kiyra and Avalar. "No." Dieing for a cause is easy, Living for a cause is hard. I will get them to Ali. And I will fight this thing with all my strength when the time comes.
Acaed 07-03-04, 01:00 PM	"No? This isnlt a time to play hero, Zella, go NOW." Acaed says it with such force, such meaning...and a little nudge of psionic coercion... He sets Falsted down on the ground behind him. (taking a few liberties here, hope you don't mind, Falsted or Traveler.) As soon as Falsted is set on the ground, he rises up in the air by psionics, and floats behind Zella. Acaed turns back, and his eyes are gleaming. "He'll follow you now, Zell. GO!"
Zella 07-04-04, 01:50 PM	"I'm going! I'm going!" She began to sprint towards the town, robes flapping aroud her ankles.
Traveler 07-05-04, 12:48 AM	Alighan quickened her pace, less out of necessity then out of a sense of urgency, as if somehow her speed in this might help her companions. The wind picked up, blowing yellow dust and the ever growing smell of rot all around her. A window shutter creaked on it's hinges in the side of the seemingly abandoned seamstress's shop, as she turned the corner, heading toward the city's center. She glanced at the edges of the road. Some refuse was fresh. She looked to the upper stories of these tightly packed buildings. The windows were all shuttered there. She hoped that all meant there were still living people in there... ...and that was when she heard it, though it was more feeling then sound, a dry rattled whisper that seemed to set a chill in her bones...
MaliciousAngel 07-05-04, 08:24 PM	((Out but not forgotten.))
Acaed 07-06-04, 10:38 PM	"Um. Zella?" When she turns, he replies. "Shouldn;t you be running AWAY from the cloud?" ((Note: According to the DM, the cloud is coming from the direction of the town.)) "Go that way, please." His tone is forced cheerfulness. His thumb points behind him, into the woods. He jerks it in that direction. After she goes, taking Avalar, Kirya, and a floating Falsted with her, Acaed turns to the cloud and psionically scans it. Sensing no intelligence, he points a finger at it and simply 'thinks' that his finger will stream fire from it. It does. Psion White fire streams out of his finger, right at the cloud. Here's hoping this works...
Zella 07-07-04, 04:51 PM	((Pardon me, It was late when I posted and I forgot.)) Zella looked up and blanched as she realized her mistake. "oops..." Stupid STUPID! She began running the opposite direction as fast as her legs would carry her.
Traveler 07-07-04, 07:16 PM	DM's note: The cloud is struck by psionic fire and burns away. (OOC: This is just a reply for the moment, please only respond in the moment. Something else is about to happen ;))
Acaed 07-08-04, 11:58 PM	"I don't trust that," mutters Acaed, "Hey, you! Yeah, you! Who sent that cloud! I know you can hear me! Why don;t you come out and fight me, mage? What, are you afraid of someone who can beat you with his mind?" Acaed calls out to the trees, hoping the caster is nearby...his sword is still drawn and ready.
Traveler 07-09-04, 12:02 AM	DM's Note: There is no answer to Acaed's challenge. (OOC: Again, this is a reply for the moment. Same rules as last time. )
Acaed 07-09-04, 12:04 AM	He waits. "Figured." He turns away, and begins walking towards where he last saw Zella heading with the others...
Traveler 07-09-04, 12:22 AM	Alighan swore. She could make out the whispering distinctly now it seemed almost a taunt. Who are you who thinks to lead them...will you lead them to their deaths.... It had grown strong enough to have an audible voice. It was worse then they'd imagined. For it to be that strong, the amount of feeding it would have had to do... To the Enorans' credit, she mused getting her back up against a wall and moving her hand in the ancient pattern of a spell, were she able to feel the emotions she was sure (by the sudden headache she felt) the Feyr was throwing at her, not to mention hear voices inside her head as they must have, and been lacking the years of training she had, she was not certain she would have fared any better against it. That it was audible to the conscious ear had its boon as well. This way she could hear it coming... Suddenly there was another sound. A rushing sound. Then the ground shook. It moved to and then away from where she stood and out of the city. She sincerely hoped her companions had run far off, as she saw the edge of a large shadow in an alley across the way...
Zella 07-09-04, 07:34 PM	[Useless, thats what you are] Zella shook her head as she ran. Leave me BE! You can't get me!..................yet.... [But I am getting stronger, you cannot fight me you can only hold me back.] She stumbled as her head seemed to contract. What are you DOING?! Stop it! The voice laughed and withdrew into the ever growing darkness in her mind, and despite herself the cleric felt herself shiver, she shook her head and stopped to look behind and make sure that Avalar and Kiyra were still with her.
Acaed 07-09-04, 07:51 PM	Acaed was about to head after his companions, then thought better of it. Alighan's all alone in the city...with that creature... He checks his swords, and gathers some mental energy, as he turns and heads off for the city at a light run.
Traveler 07-09-04, 07:59 PM	DM's Note: The ground all around Acaed begins to shake violently and a psionic attack hits... Zella, Kirya, and Avalar (and Falsted if he is on the ground) feel the ground shake...and the fear... (OOC: This is a sort of mental attack by the being responsible for the Feyr. Your chars will be more or less suseptible to it depending on how open they are to psionics.)
Acaed 07-09-04, 08:05 PM	By pure luck, all Acaed does is loose his footing; he had all of his psionic shields in place, and the feyr does not get through. Unfotunately, though, his concentration is broken, and he opens himself to the town, ever so slightly. ((Acaed is an Empath psion; he is extremely susceptible to other's feelings around him. And seeing as how the town is full of pain, death, and suffering...well, you get the idea. He's been sheilding himself from it thus far...)) He screams, and drops his sword. He falls to the ground, not from the Feyr, but from the intense feelings of pain and torture that scream from the town. Something audibly pops, and a tiny amount of blood dribbles out of his ears. He does not spasm on the ground, but lies there prone as feeling over feeling slam into him like a punch...
Zella 07-09-04, 10:13 PM	Zella frowned as the earth covulsed beaneath her feet staggering slightly. What in the Sunlords name-? The Fear hit her like a blow to the head knocking her to the ground. Images of her past along with the fevered dreams from her incapacitation in the tower swirled together to become an unending nightmare. She curled up into a ball covering her ears to block out sounds only in her head, clenching her eyes shut to drive away images imprinted on her brain. "No.no.no.nooo...nononononononono..."
Traveler 07-11-04, 01:12 PM	It was bigger than a usual Feyr, with a larger maw and sharper teeth. Alighan's breath caught in her throat. She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, listening as it squelched toward her. She was immune to it's mental barrage, but not it's horrid visage. Steeling herself, she opened her eyes and cast a very lage anti-magic sphere. She kept her eyes open. It was ugly, no mistake, but it no longer made her feel any more then disgust. Recovering from the shock of the spell it resumed it's squelching toward her. Out of pure curiousity she nocked and fired an arrow into the mushy mass. While it did not slow the monster, it stuck. Alighan grinned. The conjurer had made the thing corporeal so it could kill, that meant it could also be killed. Chuckling, she conjured a greater fireball and hurled it at the beast. DM's Note: Her anti-magic shield does not fend off the mental attack.
Acaed 07-12-04, 09:40 PM	Excellent! Now is the time! While Acaed succumbs to the Feyr, Apollyon does not. He leaps into the forefront of Acaed's brain, and takes over. Wings rip bloodily from Acaed's back, and he stands up, grinning as blood dribbles down from his ears and his back. Now to kill that stupid hellspawn, and then feast on Acaed's party...especially that human mage... Apollyon enters the town...
Mechail 07-13-04, 07:46 AM	(Wow!! My holiday has certainly been timed wrong :( But I'm back.) As the earth started to tremble and Avalar saw Zella running along with him he was thrown of his feet. Seeing that also Falsted kept up with their pace but was thrown to the ground as well. Avalar, Kirya and Falsted (if I may) lay on the ground, the half elf shielded Kirya from somethings he could not see or hear - but could feel all too well. His head felt invaded, suseptible to probably more than any human would be he was badly hurt by this raw and tricky display of power of the thing called the Feyr. (any serious damage because of this to Avalar, Kirya or Falsted?)
Acaed 07-13-04, 06:14 PM	((Yes, you may, Mechail...let me add to it? When the Feyr attacked the party, since Acaed's psionic defenses were broken, Falsted would have fallen to the ground, rather roughly, in fact. Since Acaed is no longer in control of his body (unbeknowst to the party, of course), he would not make an attempt to allow the leviatation power to remanifest. In short, Falsted ain't movin' unless someone moves him.)) Apollyon continues into the city, keenly using Acaed's psionics to locate Alighan. ((Theorectically, it IS possible, just have to look for the spot where he can't sense anything..))
MaliciousAngel 07-13-04, 09:15 PM	((Eh...I am now officially bored, so let us do something cliche.)) With the rough fall to the ground Falsted wakes up...His long coat is a flurry around him as he draws a curved cutlass and whips it about him. "Armed and avast ye sabbardous filth, and prepare to rue the day. It seems to me that this party has progressed while I was away..." He looks to the looming shadow of a beast possesed. "But not enough for me anyway..." He sees his friends writhe about him but he has no clue why... "Bosh, wash, and bug me...Surely this beast is not this ugly..." ((Ahh yes, I play this way the whole game, and now it pays off...BWAHAHAHAHAHA))
Zella 07-14-04, 05:23 PM	Zella curled up the tears streaming down her cheeks seeming to freeze, before thawing and continueing thier journey. "Nononononono! Don't want to see!"
Kirya 07-14-04, 09:07 PM	(( Umm... Feyr .... is what?? I do not play with psionics in DnD so your going to have to explain what that is or tell were to find out what it is. )) From being drop on the ground and then having Avalar on top of kirya guarding her was more then enof to jolster Kirya awake. Thou still weak and somewhat groggy, Kirya looked about and had to smile as she saw Avalar trying to guard her from what ever was happening. " ... Let me get up ..." [i] Kirya quitly spoke to Avalar, Her Senses already screaming from the magic that was being throw around.
Mechail 07-15-04, 08:01 AM	(I would like to reply that Avalar gave Kirya some room to move and all, but I guess I’ll wait until I know for sure Avalar is able to breathe normally and all.)
Kirya 07-19-04, 09:49 PM	(( ... Oh sure.. the one weekend I am around to post alot and no one posts LOL figures :) ))
Acaed 07-20-04, 08:54 AM	((Waiting for Alighan...))
Acaed 07-25-04, 10:50 PM	((...))
Zella 07-26-04, 03:06 PM	((......*hamster dances to pass time*))
MaliciousAngel 07-26-04, 07:59 PM	((Boooooggggiiee...Boogie down...))
Mechail 07-29-04, 03:29 AM	((Travvie .. ??))
Zella 08-07-04, 11:19 PM	((Whee character posts)) [Give in to me..] Zella looks around, but she is alone, a small figure in a huge black space. "No!" Corpses rise around her, taking the faces of past friends and enemies. "NO!" The cleric staggers up eyes unfocused. As she fights off the control the woods come into a slightly blurry focus. [I]Must find.....the others... She begins to head in the direction of the village. Pulled towards it on some level, divine or demonic.
Traveler 08-07-04, 11:39 PM	(OOC: Falsted, pay attention! You're being attacked by nothing visible.) Alighan shunted the fireball from hand as she ran ahead of the advancing, now bubbling, and stinking mass following her. It was getting slower, but apparently even its impaired condition didn't affect its speed much. She thought a moment then muttered another word, when the ball hit her hand again a series of white rings sprang to life around it. She listened harder to gauge the distance between it and her and picked up her speed just a bit...then she spun and cast the fireball at the moving mass of teeth. It burned a small hole as it entered just as the others did. She stopped for just a second, causing the thing to slow as it closed in. Then she dashed away...just as the white rings tightened suddenly splitting the fireball into many smaller ones shooting off from inside the beast causing an explosion she could hear and smell behind her. From a safe distance, she turned, wrinkling her nose. Whatever it had been, it was destroyed. She sighed and looked around trying to get her bearings again, completely unaware of the psionic attack that only strengthened with the destruction of its outlet.
Acaed 08-09-04, 01:45 PM	Standing in the entrance to the town, Apolyon is totally unprepared for the destruction of the feyr. He had sensed it, of course, but... With an inhuman, bloodcurdling scream, he falls to the ground, reacting much like Acaed did moments earlier. As Apolyon did then, Acaed takes control of his body back from the demon. While in control, the psionics emanting from the feyr are still too powerful, and Acaed does not have his wards up, having just regained control. He begins to seizure on the ground, twisting and shaking uncontrollably.
MaliciousAngel 08-09-04, 03:22 PM	Falsted looked around, bewildered... "So here I was standing, and then I was lost and gone. But now I am back demanding, and needing to know whats going on..." He tries to pick people up from the ground.
Zella 08-09-04, 05:48 PM	Zella stumbled as her mind was ripped apart yet again. Fire lanced through her body, screams echoed all around her...but one scream was different farther away... Her head was pounding so hard her vision was blurred beyond recognizing anything but shadows, wait...a shadow on the ground...in need of help. I...I'm a cleric...I help....I should... She staggered towards the figure falling to her knees beside it. Seizure?...what do I do? 's moving to much..... Something about the mouth..... She wobbled as the world jerked around her and another wave of pain threatened to split her head in two. "Oww..."
Mechail 08-10-04, 08:19 AM	Mechail --> (I would like to reply that Avalar gave Kirya some room to move and all, but I guess I’ll wait until I know for sure Avalar is able to breathe normally and all.)
Kirya 08-11-04, 05:39 PM	(( totaly in the dark as to what is going on then.... still havn't gotten a word of what a feyr is??? )) Looking over her shoulder at Avalar she spoke. " What just happened?.........." Moving slowly she stood up and looked about to see were everyone else had gone to, before moving over to help Avalar up.
Traveler 08-11-04, 10:12 PM	(OOC: Kirya, you are no where near Zella. Acaed, your turn!)
Avalar ~ Mechail 08-12-04, 07:36 AM	(Sorry, had to change username, please don't ask me why, cause I don't know :) ) Time extracted itself, leaving behind strings of diffusion from which the half elf could make little to no understanding. He felt himself stretched to a point where his limbs would soon part from his body. The pain was excrutiating. As he lay on the ground and the pain took him far across the lands, the seas and the skies Avalar relived a thing he would, on any ony given sunday, not remember. He had been merely sixty years old when he met his human friend Damon. The sorcerer. He was on his way from the smiths where he had been working. The sun was creeping below the trees as he went. With half the journey behind him, or in this case before him, the sun had decided to call it a day. Darkness paved the rest of his path... A cropse of trees, where he would often spend time when he had it for himself and felt like thinking, loomed before him. The mere sight of the place was dissorientated. A blur was spun around the area making it hard for the young half elf to see. But movement was not disguized. Some thirty to thirty-five feet away a figure moved... Perhaps due to his human heritage he could not push away the curiosity that bound him to this place. He had to know what this was all about. Not forgetting the figure, now out of sight, but not out of mind, Avalar slowly and carefully made his way to the site. He crept behind a large tree with roots which he could use to take shelter... It was the voice behind him, the strange gurgling voice, unmistakably human but weird in the truest form of the word. The voice, the turn and the blackness... Then light and a splitting pain in his head. Avalar looked around. Kirya was there, she was crawling, as if she tried to reach someone who was not there. The dream, the memory, why did it came to him, and why only partialy ? Although he was in fact happy with that. Kirya turned back and asked him something. He couldn't hear her, his head still hurt and he felt wobbly on his feet. He leaned toward her, loosing balance due to his dizziness and fel against her, hitting her on her left knee, where he landed with his elbow. Apologizing and looking much like someone who was lost and perhaps drunk Avalar looked at her and was happy to see she still had the fighting spirit. He asked her what her question had been. She repeated and the half elf looked away. Gazing to the north, the south, east and west for some moments. When he looked back he spoke. 'Creatures unbound, madmen around, I think we should be searching for the others as soon as we can. Are you able to walk?'
Kirya 08-12-04, 05:02 PM	Listening to avalars words, with a question in her mind. She thought better to ask. Moving alittle before answering. "... Still a weak from what happened back their... but I should be ok.. how about you? Reaching out a hand to help Avalar up.
Acaed 08-12-04, 07:32 PM	After the psionic assault ends, Acaed slowly stops spasming. He rolls onto his side, groaning as blood leaks from his ears, his eyes, his mouth, and any other open orifices on his body such as the above. Acaed sees, through his slowly-closing eyes, the form of Zella heading towards him. He reached out a shaky hand to her, which, before she reaches him, falls to the ground. He lays there, outside of the gates in the settling dust of the town, the gloom and creep gradually overcoming him. The ordeal has exhasted him, and he falls asleep, slumping into the dirt, hand outstretched.
Zella 08-19-04, 09:56 PM	The pain slowly receded allowing Zella to focus on the figure. "Acaed!" She winced as her head throbbed. Need to heal him, but using magic is what brought the monster! But he needs help...I'm a cleric, I give help....okay....but...GAH! He's a friend, he's hurt, I heal! So there! She gathered the tattered remains of her magic and placed her softly glowing hands on the wounded man.
Acaed 08-22-04, 02:37 PM	Acaed doesn't respond. His is unconcious. His body, however, does respond to Zella's magic. He begins to heal.
Acaed 09-01-04, 07:37 PM	Within mere minutes, Acaed seems completely healed.
Acaed 09-04-04, 12:30 AM	((Anyone???))
Zella 09-04-04, 01:04 AM	Zella smiles weakly in satisfaction, taking a few moments to recover her breath and take stock of her mind.
Acaed 09-20-04, 12:17 AM	Acaed is still unconcious, but he is healed. He continues to slumber...
Traveler 11-15-04, 09:15 PM	Equally unbeknownst to Alighan, the psionic attck ceased. Alighan walked further into the town, watching, listening... "Who are you?" She turned sharply. There was a man of middle years in a rumpled coat and dusty breeches and boots standing in the shadow of a door way. His receeding hair looked long unwashed or cared for, grown wild to his shoulders. His face was plump once, but now his skin sagged gaunt and smeared with dirt. In his eyes was a glimmer of hope stilltinged with fear. "What...who are you!?" Alighan spread her hands. "I am wizard Damon. The Feyr is gone." The fear in his eyes gave way to an expression of relief. He slumped against the door post. "It's gone...IT'S GONE!" He shouted. Slowly, slowy, shadows stirred beyond window panes. People, disheveled, unkept, dirty, haggard, but relieved began emerging from doorways all along the street. Alighan sighed with relief and smiled. DM's Note: At the edge of the town, where Acaed and Zella are, people are slowly emerging from houses.
Zella 11-16-04, 06:56 PM	"IT'S GONE!" Zella starts slightly, eyes darting this way and that as shadows begin to move. Not another attack! I can't move!.......wait...... She rubs her eyes and looks again, heart wrenching as she sees that these are people, scared, battered people. She looks down at the unconcious Psion in front of her. "P-Please. Could you help us?" She feels terrible for asking these people, who are more in need than she. "We need to find the rest of our group......Have you seen a wizard about?" She looks up hopefully at the nearest wraith-like human.
Acaed 11-16-04, 11:04 PM	Fully healed now, Acaed cotinues to slumber, blissfully unaware of all around him...
Traveler 12-02-04, 12:22 PM	DM's Note : "W-wizard?" The man closest to Zella stammered. *** The man looked back at Alighan with a warm smile. "I had almost stopped hoping someone would come. Thank you." Alighan shook her head slightly. "Thank your people. Thank all those who did not give in. They saved this city more than I. And now, I must go." Acaed has gotten everyone to safety, he must have... "No! Please. We need your help still!" The desperation in his pleading eyes was almost too much for Alighan. "I will come back!" She said. "I promise." She looked at him, a bit of pleading in her own eyes. "I came here with others who meant to help you, but some of them were injured during our journey. I sent the rest who were well enough to protect my injured companions, now I must see to them. There is a healer among them, and psion. You could use their help too, I think." This plea seemed to appeal to the man. Alighan smiled distantly while the man identified himself as the Lord of this city and as others gathered to give thanks. Her thoughts were on Acaed. He must be safe...he MUST!. She walked back down the way she had come toward the city's edge, oblivious to the growing entourage of people who walked with her.
Acaed 12-02-04, 09:34 PM	Acaed sleeps on, his head in Zella's lap. He is expressionless. If not for the sublt rise and fall of his chest, one might think he dead... ((He's pretty exhausted. He'll be out for a while.))
Zella 12-02-04, 09:55 PM	Zella hesitated. "Y-yes.....a wizard....she slayed the thing that attacked us...." taking a deep breath she called upon any strength she had left to emit an aura, weak as it was, of peace and tranquility. "Have you seen her?"
Traveler 12-02-04, 10:41 PM	DM's Note: "No...no one has seen anyone...we've been inside..." The man seems confused. *** She finally reached the city's edge, followed by a fairly large crowd. No She began to run toward them, an expression of panic on her face. "Is he...?"
Zella 12-03-04, 08:32 PM	Zella looked up eyes bright with relief at the familiar face. "No, no he's fine. Are you okay? Is everything alright? Is it.....Is it over?" For the first time in a long while she was alone in her head, but she feared that it might still be there, hiding. She needed reassurance that it was gone, for good.
Traveler 12-07-04, 11:23 AM	Alighan shook her head as she knelt down beside Acaed, laying her hand on his chest as if needing to assure herself that Zella's words are true. "It is over in this city. The people are free. As for us..." She looked around at all the wan faces around her. "We had best be moving on as soon as we can."
Acaed 12-08-04, 01:31 AM	((The feyr really wiped him out. So, for like the 80000 time in a row...)) Acaed slumbers on, oblivious to all around him.
Zella 12-28-04, 10:40 PM	Zella groaned. She knew it was important that they go on...but she was tired...tired of running, of hunting and being hunted. "Alright...but I don't think Acead is going to be up and about for awhile..."
Acaed 01-08-05, 11:42 PM	Acaed, after a time, begins to stir. His eyes open blearily and very slowly, and when he tries to sit up, he winces in pain, but does it.
Traveler 01-10-05, 07:51 PM	Alighan opened her mouth to answer Zella, but that was as far as she got before Acaed woke. Her expression softened as she looked at him. "Please, stay with us," said the balding man. "It is the least we can do. Our healers were among the first to...but we still have the facility."
Acaed 01-13-05, 12:46 AM	Acaed mumbles something. It can barely be made out as, "That sounds like a *really* good idea..."
Zella 01-23-05, 03:58 PM	Zella sighed softly. Staying here would be a welcome relief from camping, but all those dead, dear ones lost...she didn't know if she could sleep in someones bed knowing that the...THING Alighan had fought had killed them. "I second that, even if it's just for a little while."
Acaed 01-26-05, 08:57 PM	((ignore))