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Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 02:24 AM

Hello, and welcome to our Elder Scrolls Role Playing threads, where we adventure and socialize in the vibrant land of Tamriel.

Before we begin, we'd like to clarify a few things:

This is an 'open roleplay' and everyone is encouraged to join in at any time!

'Open' roleplay does not mean 'unorganized' or 'limitless', however. The events in this story are usually planned, and if something BIG happens, you can be certain that it is the result of much discussion between players, usually in the mIRC chat (#Loranna_RP). This is not just a bunch of disorganized individuals doing what they think would be fun for their character at the time.

So, while everyone is welcome to join in, they are NOT welcome to jump in and do big, world-changing things without DISCUSSING IT FIRST. Let me be very clear about what cannot be done without permission:

1:
Any action that effects another person's character, for ill or good. Although most people realize they can't harm another person's character without permission, many don't realize that you can't HELP another character without permission, either. Many characters have flaws for a reason. Don't go healing, saving, or otherwise fixing another character without DISCUSSING IT FIRST with the player involved.

2:
Any event that would drastically change things that have been done to the world, whether the change is physical (rebuilding destroyed locations), political (converting a population to a new cause), military (killing off all the badguys) or anything else. Almost every situation, good or bad, that exists in the RP was done for some reason. Don't go changing or fixing things without DISCUSSING IT FIRST with the group.

Everyone who is involved in the RP is welcome in the mIRC chat channel #Loranna_RP. If you have a plot idea then you are encouraged to go there and discuss it. If you cannot get on the channel for some reason, or if the player whos character you would affect with your plan is not there, then PM them using this board's PM function. That's what it's there for.

For information on reaching #Loranna_RP via Mirc or Chatspike, look http://www.ravensky.org/irc/.

Not following the above advice will only result in one thing: your post is likely to be completely ignored by everyone as if it did not happen. This is obvously not good for anyone, so please, discuss major events before doing them.

Remember: Secret plans and surprises are seldom fun for anyone else. Before they're revealed they're boring, because nobody knows about them, and afterwards they're just annoying, because nobody knew about them.
Thank you, and have fun!

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Summary for Loranna, Female Nord: Loranna is talking with Raithen and Tris in the castle. The topic of Kratos has been brought up and Loranna is thinking it's a good time to check in on the Ordinator.

Meanwhile, Dram has just freed Kratos after Cyndarius assured Dram that Kratos was in fact possessed, and is leading the two to the castle.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 02:28 AM

Summary: Anya is taking a walk through the streets after a less than legal escapade at the General Store.

Posted by: raithen Yesterday, 02:29 AM

Summary: Raithen is currently in the castle, talking with Loranna and Tris. Raithen seems akwardly tired, walks with a limp, and winces with pain everythime he steps down with his right foot. The cause of his injuries are unkown, as the Breton wants to keep that to himself.
Since Raithen has been in his house the past day and night, he is curious as to what happened to Kratos.

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 02:30 AM

The Lord and Lady of Moonguard are hunting for their lost daughter, with their elder son running things back at home.

Diamond, Marein, and Shai are down at the Arena. Shai is getting ready to fight.

Posted by: syronj Yesterday, 02:32 AM

Summary: The Argonian, Shaka, is walking through Ald Raathim, partly heading for the Arena and partly keeping an eye out for Anya.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 02:33 AM

Summary: Kratos has been cleansed of the evil spirit that had possesed him now he is walking with Cyndarius and Dram to talk to Loranna.

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 02:34 AM

OOC Summary: Isidor, the male nord, is sitting in the dining hall, listening to Tris, Loranna and Raithen talk, while he waits to hear from Helgi Hagslayer, on whether he can come and go to the Nordic colony near Ald Rathimm. He is also looking foward to meeting with the Dunmer woman, Zalliah.

IC: Isidor noticed the limp in the Breton's step and said "You should see someone about that. There's a healer around here, Eragiulus, or something."

OOC Summary: Tsei, female argonian, is sitting in the sauna with Falco, discussing a job in Mournhold.

IC: "Mournhold? Eh....I probably shouldn't go there, if you know what I mean."

Posted by: Aki Yesterday, 02:36 AM

OOC Summary
Reichi's lounging abou t in the Dining h all, not doing much of anything.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Yesterday, 02:40 AM

ooc summary: Tris, male Breton, went to visit Queen Barenziah in Firewatch last night. On his return, he had a talk with Goranthir, in which he revealed that it is his fault that the ghosts are walking.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 02:42 AM

Dram ushers Kratos and Cyndarius into the castle; Kratos and Cyndarius may notice that most of the guards look surprised, or slightly uncomfortable, at Kratos's pressence, though no one says anything.

Dram's eyebrow twitches a little, as he leads the men to Loranna. "My Lady, Kratos and Captain Cyndarius wish to speak with you," he says, as Loranna turns and regards Kratos and Cyndarius with raised eyebrows.

" ... Hello dears; I was about to come down to check in with you ..." she says, looking at the two men in turn.

Posted by: syronj Yesterday, 02:42 AM

Shaka thought he spotted Anya ahead, tossing a glass dagger from one hand to another. The canet was still over one ear.

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 02:44 AM

A tall, firey-haired young man, looking slightly lost in the great hall of the castle, stopped and scanned the room. Spotting Isador, he loped over to him.

"You are Isador? I'm Wray, son of Ull. Helgi sent me to summon you to the Chief's Hall."

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 02:45 AM

QUOTE(syronj @ Aug 16 2005, 06:42 PM)

Shaka thought he spotted Anya ahead, tossing a glass dagger from one hand to another. The canet was still over one ear.

Anya heard the unmistakable sounds of Shaka's bare-footed footsteps. "Shaka." She smiled brightly, "How is the battlemage this morning?"

Posted by: syronj Yesterday, 02:48 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 08:45 PM)

Anya heard the unmistakable sounds of Shaka's bare-footed footsteps. "Shaka." She smiled brightly, "How is the battlemage this morning?"

"Better, especially around you," he said. "How's Lotus? I haven't seen him since he tossed me the spear and got me to find you that time, I think."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 02:48 AM

OOC: Falco Redflash, the male argonian rogue is curently discussing a job in Mournhold with Tsei.

IC: "Ah so I take it you've had a thieving excersion there? I have only once passed through, but I have long since wanted to rob the place blind."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 02:49 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 08:44 PM)

"Yep, I'm Isidor." He got to his feet, and followed the man to the Great Hall of the Nordic settlement.

QUOTE(ArgoniansRule)

IC: "Ah so I take it you've had a thieving excersion there? I have only once passed through, but I have long since wanted to rob the place blind."

"You could say that..." Tsei closed her eyes and lowered herself farther into the bath.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 02:50 AM

QUOTE(syronj @ Aug 16 2005, 06:48 PM)

"Better, especially around you," he said. "How's Lotus? I haven't seen him since he tossed me the spear and got me to find you that time, I think."

Anya glanced down, "You're too sweet..." She looked up at the mention of Lotus, "That blaggard? Haven't seen him all day. Not since he shot me with his fireball when I was fighting Goranthir. He has a tendency to not come if he's busy and it's not urgent when I call him, so I think he's just eating."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 02:51 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 04:49 PM)

"Yep, I'm Isidor." He got to his feet, and followed the man to the Great Hall of the Nordic settlement.

QUOTE(ArgoniansRule)

IC: "Ah so I take it you've had a thieving excersion there? I have only once passed through, but I have long since wanted to rob the place blind."

"You could say that..." Tsei closed her eyes and lowered herself farther into the bath.

"You needn't worry I have the perfect plan for sneaking into large cities..." He whispered it into her ear.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 02:52 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 05:42 PM)

Kratos bowed and looked down the whole time he spoke, "Greetings my lady, please forgive what I have done for it was not I who commited these crimes, I was possesed by one from my past and he had plans to destroy me and all that helped me."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 02:54 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 06:42 PM)

Cyndarius stepped in and stood comfortably, looking idly at the odd nicknacks on bookshelves, letting Kratos speak for himself.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 02:58 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 08:52 PM)

Loranna frowns a bit. "So you were possessed then," she says, taking a long, slow breath.

"How did this come to happen? Have you been possessed since we met you, or was this a more recent happening?" she asks.

Dram stands to the side, listening quietly.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 03:07 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 05:58 PM)

Kratos stands up but keeps his head down, "The spirit has only recentally possesed me but it has been on my mind for quite some time and had been the source for some of my anger." He bows again, "I understand if I am banned from your city or if you have some other punishment in mind i will be willing to except it."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:09 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:49 PM)

"Yep, I'm Isidor." He got to his feet, and followed the man to the Great Hall of the Nordic settlement.

Helgi Hagslayer, Fjall the Black, and a number of other, older Nords were waiting in the Hall. This time, however, they were not lounging shirtless, but were sitting in state, their finest armor gleaming on their chests and their hair carefully braided. Helgi sat at the foot of the wolfskin covered chair of the Chief. Isador had seen a meeting of elders before. This was obviously not as casual a meeting as the last.

Helgi motioned for Isador to sit, and Wray nodded his head to the acting chief and stepped back outside.

"You say, Isidor son of Asbiorn," began Helgi, "that your father was chief of your village, and a man named Striter killed him, and that for taking revenge, the elders of your village branded you a murderer, and cast you out. Are my words correct?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:11 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 09:09 PM)

Helgi Hagslayer, Fjall the Black, and a number of other, older Nords were waiting in the Hall. This time, however, they were not lounging shirtless, but were sitting in state, their finest armor gleaming on their chests and their hair carefully braided. Helgi sat at the foot of the wolfskin covered chair of the Chief. Isador had seen a meeting of elders before. This was obviously not as casual a meeting as the last.

Helgi motioned for Isador to sit, and Wray nodded his head to the acting chief and stepped back outside.

"You say, Isidor son of Asbiorn," began Helgi, "that your father was chief of your village, and a man named Striter, and that for taking revenge, the elders of your village branded you a murderer, and cast you out. Are my words correct?"

Isidor had his snow wolf armor on, and his axe strapped to his back. "Those words are true, yes."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:20 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 07:11 PM)

Isidor had his snow wolf armor on, and his axe strapped to his back. "Those words are true, yes."

"Why did they not believe you?" Helgi asked.

"You were the son of the Chief. The man you killed argued constantly with your family, according to you. That would have been obvious to all with eyes. Revenge for murder is murder, every Son of Kyne knows that. So then, why did the elders not believe you?"

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 03:24 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 09:07 PM)

Loranna says " ... I see." She pauses a moment, choosing her words.

"Kratos," she says at last, "I know what it's like to be possessed. Your life is now yours again, though the results of your actions remain. If you're willing to stand by us still, though ..."

She holds out her hand.

" ... then I welcome you to Ald Raathim."

"However," she adds, "there is one concern on my mind still. The spirit - it is one of the restless dead that plague us all collectively. Has its issues been resolved, or was it merely forced out of you, still at large?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:25 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 09:20 PM)

"I must have forgot to mention it. The man that killed my father was liked by many, and my father was not always agreed with."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:27 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 07:24 PM)

Cyndarius sighed.

"It ran, Loranna. It has not been laid to rest, I'm afraid."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:31 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 07:25 PM)

"I must have forgot to mention it. The man that killed my father was liked by many, and my father was not always agreed with."

Helgi seemed relieved. "Your words ring true, Isidor son of Asbiorn. Bravely spoken. And are you your father? Would you have done the same as him, if you were Chief?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:33 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 09:31 PM)

Helgi seemed relieved. "Your words ring true, Isidor son of Asbiorn. Bravely spoken. And are you your father? Would you have done the same as him, if you were Chief?"

"By Kyne I would have. I sometimes disagreed with his strictness, but I always knew he was right."

============

Tsei turned to Falco "Do you really want to know why I don't want to go back to Mournhold?"

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 03:35 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 05:33 PM)

Tsei turned to Falco "Do you really want to know why I don't want to go back to Mournhold?"

"Sure why?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:39 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 09:35 PM)

"Sure why?"

"Well, let's say that I had a liason with the head of the guards there, and when I..um, ended it, he wasn't...erm, all that happy. He put out an order for my arrest, on some fake charge."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:41 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 07:33 PM)

"By Kyne I would have. I sometimes disagreed with his strictness, but I always knew he was right."

"As he who speaks for the Chief," Helgi said, standing, "I say that justice has been met. The murderer is dead. A village rid of a line of chiefs they could not serve.

"You have done as any son of a father would. While the village you called home has cast you out, fearing that you might one day take your father's place, there is no fear of you becoming Chief here.

"As he who speaks for the Chief, I, Helgi son of Brede, called Hagslayer, say that you are welcome here.

"And that," he added with a pink-lipped smile, sitting back down, "means someone should BRING OUT THE ALE!"

Someone did.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 03:42 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 05:39 PM)

"Well, let's say that I had a liason with the head of the guards there, and when I..um, ended it, he wasn't...erm, all that happy. He put out an order for my arrest, on some fake charge."

Falco's face took a more serious expression, "I know whatyou mean. I once... spent some time... with an imperial legion officer. Long story short I was almost arrested and there was a death, a ruined career, and a whole lot of hate. But you needn't worry Tsei, I can take care of any scum-sucking guard for you."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:44 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 09:41 PM)

Isidor smiled, a wide smile and shook hands with Helgi. "I plan on returning to Skyrim, sometime, to deal with my past." He took a tankard of ale, and began to drink.

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 09:42 PM)

"Thank you, Falco." She smiled and said "Maybe we'll do the job."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 03:46 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 05:44 PM)

Isidor smiled, a wide smile and shook hands with Helgi. "I plan on returning to Skyrim, sometime, to deal with my past." He took a tankard of ale, and began to drink.
"Thank you, Falco." She smiled and said "Maybe we'll do the job."

"I'll arrange for a passage there within the next few days. I have a feeling this job will be quite a profitable enterprise. But you must not tell the others this... Many of them are possessed with certain moralities."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:48 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 09:46 PM)

"Morals? It sounds good, though." She thought he looked very handsome, scheming and planning, but she didn't say anything.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 03:48 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 06:24 PM)

Kratos looked up, "Oh thank you my lady!" He kissed her hand and stood, "The spirit I believe is part of the deads' evil legions."

He continued,"I also believe we have not dispatched him, he will be back for me, but he is out of my body and of that I can be sure."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 03:50 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 05:48 PM)

"Morals? It sounds good, though." She thought he looked very handsome, scheming and planning, but she didn't say anything.

"Yes there are those among us who believ we shouldn't steal. But what they don't know won't hurt them."

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:50 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 07:44 PM)

Isidor smiled, a wide smile and shook hands with Helgi. "I plan on returning to Skyrim, sometime, to deal with my past." He took a tankard of ale, and began to drink.

"'Sometime'?" Fjall roared, his black beard flecked with foam from his mug. "What're you waiting for, your village elders to die of old age?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 03:53 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 09:50 PM)

"Yes there are those among us who believ we shouldn't steal. But what they don't know won't hurt them."

"That's true." She said, with a mischevious smile.

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 09:50 PM)

"'Sometime'?" Fjall roared, his black beard flecked with foam from his mug. "What're you waiting for, your village elders to die of old age?"

"Well, Loranna has a quest for us..." He bit his tounge. He probably shouldn't say anything. "A few things to do first, then I'll be up there, axe in hand, and a grin on my face." He raised his ale and took another drink.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 03:54 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 09:48 PM)

Kratos looked up, "Oh thank you my lady!" He kissed her hand and stood, "The spirit I believe is part of the deads' evil legions."
He continued,"I also believe we have not dispatched him, he will be back for me, but he is out of my body and of that I can be sure."

Loranna was about to answer Cyndarius when Kratos kisses her hand, focusing her attention on the Ordinator.

"Well, that is unfortunate," she says, giving a grim smile and hoping she isn't blushing. "We'll have to be on our guard against this spirit, then."

"Kratos, I am willing to welcome you to Ald Raathim and will do what I can to help you should this ghost return," she continues. "However, as far as being part of the Eight - I think you should speak to all of us about that, as a team."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 03:55 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 05:53 PM)

"That's true." She said, with a mischevious smile.

"We'll speak more of this later." He stood from the tub, dried himself and donned his clothes. Falco left the room without another word.

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 03:56 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 07:53 PM)

'Bloody ghosts," said Fjall, burying his face in his mug again, "always getting in the way of decent business..."

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 03:57 AM

As Anya passed a guard house while she wandered the town, she overheard two gaurds talking.

"...hear about the theft?"

"Aye, tis a shame for ole Marend. Those heirlooms were precious to 'im."

"Makes us look bad too, fancy crime in this..."

Dammit. she cursed to herself. Lotus floated next to her and clacked disapprovingly.

She had walked off, her face tight. She went back to the store and slipped in the window. Next time they would open the chests, they'd find the jewels and twice the amount of the bread's worth in coins.

"Oh come on, I returned it! You knew I was a theif when I found you, and I've gotten out of practice here..." He just tilted his head and followed behind her, Anya muttering, "Damn bird with a conscience..."

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 03:59 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 06:54 PM)

He looked at her and understood completely, "Yes, yes, let us call together a counsul and you will decide if i'm worthy or not."

He turned to Cyndarius and offered his hand, "Thank you Cyndarius you would make a fine Ordinator yet."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:01 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 09:55 PM)

"We'll speak more of this later." He stood from the tub, dried himself and donned his clothes. Falco left the room without another word.

Tsei looked shocked for a second and then got to her feet, dried off, put on her robe, and ran after him. "Falco!"

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 09:56 PM)

'Bloody ghosts," said Fjall, burying his face in his mug again, "always getting in the way of decent business..."

Isidor grinned, and slapped Fjall on the back.

Posted by: Rhedd Yesterday, 04:01 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 07:59 PM)

He looked at her and understood completely, "Yes, yes, let us call together a counsul and you will decide if i'm worthy or not."
He turned to Cyndarius and offered his hand, "Thank you Cyndarius you would make a fine Ordinator yet."

Cyndarius smiled and took Kratos's hand. "That's quite a compliment. I'm honored," he said, sincerely.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:02 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:01 PM)

Tsei looked shocked for a second and then got to her feet, dried off, put on her robe, and ran after him. "Falco!"

"Yes...." he said.

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:03 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:02 PM)

"Yes...." he said.

"What's wrong? Why did you leave all of the sudden?"

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:03 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:03 PM)

"What's wrong? Why did you leave all of the sudden?"

"Nothings wrong..." he lied.

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:05 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:03 PM)

"Nothings wrong..." he lied.

She looked at him. "Don't lie to me. Please." She thought about casting charm on him, but resisted the urge.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:06 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:05 PM)

She looked at him. "Don't lie to me. Please." She thought about casting charm on him, but resisted the urge.

"Really its nothing..."

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 04:07 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Aug 16 2005, 10:01 PM)

Cyndarius smiled and took Kratos's hand. "That's quite a compliment. I'm honored," he said, sincerely.

Loranna smiles. "Let's go find the others," she suggests.

Dram is quiet, his expression calm, watching Loranna and Kratos speak.

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:07 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:06 PM)

"Really its nothing..."

"Please..." She said, imploringly. "Men don't just get out of saunas with women who like them, over nothing."

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 04:08 AM

Diamond arrived at the tavern, as there would evidently be no fighting yet.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 04:10 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 07:07 PM)

Loranna smiles. "Let's go find the others," she suggests.

Dram is quiet, his expression calm, watching Loranna and Kratos speak.

He offered her to lead the way, "Yes might I suggest the tavern I think everyone might be there." He put his helm on and put his Gavel back in his belt.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:11 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:07 PM)

"Please..." She said, imploringly. "Men don't just get out of saunas with women who like them, over nothing."

"Its just that I don't want you to die Tsei. Every partner I've ever had in a job I've left for dead at the feet of the guards, because I din't ever want to go back and help them. I was planning on the same for you but... I don't want you to die on this mission becauseof my selfishness and cowardice. I don't even know why I'm telling you this, except that somehow I would feel remorse if you were caotured or killed."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:17 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:11 PM)

She looked at him for a moment, then hugged him. She didn't know if he felt it, but she loved him. She hugged him tighter, then said "That's...the nicest thing...anyone's ever said to me."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:20 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:17 PM)

She looked at him for a moment, then hugged him. She didn't know if he felt it, but she loved him. She hugged him tighter, then said "That's...the nicest thing...anyone's ever said to me."

Falco was surpirsed by this, he had expected something along the lines of a kick, bite, punch, stab, or Spell. "That I don't want to kill you? Thats the nicest thing anyones ever said to you before?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:23 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:20 PM)

Falco was surpirsed by this, he had expected something along the lines of a kick, bite, punch, stab, or Spell. "That I don't want to kill you? Thats the nicest thing anyones ever said to you before?"

This time, she did slap him. "The fact that you cared enough, to not let that happen. That...means everything."

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:24 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:23 PM)

This time, she did slap him. "The fact that you cared enough, to not let that happen. That...means everything."

He pulled her closer, "I won't let you die Tsei, I swear..."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:26 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:24 PM)

He pulled her closer, "I won't let you die Tsei, I swear..."

She hugged him and said, softly "Thank you."

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 04:29 AM

Anya walked the streets, sounding daft to the villagers as she held a seemingly one-sided converstation with Lotus. Though she kept her voice low so they couldn't make out the words.

"Would you just let it be? I said I was sorry." Lotus cawed.

"No, no I wont tell them. It's enough you made me feel bad. And I did return it." He clacked at her.

"What? No, no I didn't do it for money."

"Look, I'm a rogue, theif, whatever you want to call it, you bird. I'm not entitled to be moral." He screached at her, cause her to spin around and clamp his beak shut. She looked nervously at the villagers, but people went back to work. She continued walking to the tavern.

"Fine, I wont take anything again. But I wont stay out of practice. And those archery practices get so dull. And I did return those stupid jewels and left twice the amou..." Anya saw Loranna and the others"...amount for that lovely back massage... hehe."

She sat down nervously and ordered a drink, leaving Lotus to wander outside.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:32 AM

If Falco had lips he would have kissed her. Since lacked those he simply said, "I'll always be there for you... always."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:33 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:32 PM)

If Falco had lips he would have kissed her. Since lacked those he simply said, "I'll always be there for you... always."

She smiled, and said "Where are the others?"

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 04:34 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 10:29 PM)

"Something wrong dear?" Loranna asks, raising her eyebrows at Anya as she orders herself a mead.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 04:36 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 08:34 PM)

"Something wrong dear?" Loranna asks, raising her eyebrows at Anya as she orders herself a mead.

"What? No... I didn't do anything." She felt 10 years younger and like her mother just caught her hand in the candy jar, "I was just practicing today, that's all."

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 04:39 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 06:36 PM)

"What? No... I didn't do anything." She felt 10 years younger and like her mother just caught her hand in the candy jar, "I was just practicing today, that's all."

Diamond looked up. "You're acting awful like I did last week, Anya..."

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 04:40 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 10:36 PM)

"What? No... I didn't do anything." She felt 10 years younger and like her mother just caught her hand in the candy jar, "I was just practicing today, that's all."

Loranna looks at Anya with a slightly skeptical look, but decides not to press it right now, instead saying " ... Well, about practice, there's been a new development ..."

She looks over to Kratos, clearing her throat.

Posted by: raithen Yesterday, 04:43 AM

Raithen limped into the bar and sat down, saying nothing except to order a brandy. He wasn't smiling anymore.
After a rather long silence from him, he spoke up. "So, I heard of some sort of meeting?" He managed a smile, but then grimaced.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:43 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 06:33 PM)

She smiled, and said "Where are the others?"

"Probably at the tavern, drinking and brawling. Shall we join them?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Yesterday, 04:44 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 09:40 PM)

"Are we speaking to Kratos again?" Tris said, entering the tavern. He had heard, all up and down the street, that the Ordinator was free and on his way to the tavern.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 04:44 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 08:39 PM)

Diamond looked up. "You're acting awful like I did last week, Anya..."

"Are you sure you not just a perceptive person?" She smiled meekly.

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 08:40 PM)

She sighed under her breath that Loranna didn't persue the issue. Just let it go. The shopkeeper will find the jewels and money, and no one will care about it.

Though Diamond looked like she was about to pull her aside and not let it drop.

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 04:46 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 06:44 PM)

"Are you sure you not just a perceptive person?" She smiled meekly.
She sighed under her breath that Loranna didn't persue the issue. Just let it go. The shopkeeper will find the jewels and money, and no one will care about it.

Though Diamond looked like she was about to pull her aside and not let it drop.

Diamond, keen diplomatic skills at the ready -

Marein: Keen diplomatic skills my foot...

caught the hints from both Loranna and Anya and said, "Never mind that, Anya, would you please take a seat?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:47 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 10:43 PM)

"Probably at the tavern, drinking and brawling. Shall we join them?"

"Sounds good."

==========

Isidor smiled and shook hands with his newly made friends. "It was damn good to meet all of you." He said, slightly slurring his speech. "I'll be sure *hic* to come back *hic* as often as I can."

He slapped Fjall on the back, and made his way back to Ald Rathimm, where he thought the others would be.

"Hello, all!" He said in a louder then usual voice.

"Boy, those are some friendly nords!" He exclaimed.

Posted by: raithen Yesterday, 04:51 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 10:47 PM)

"Hail, Isidor," said Raithen, seemingly snapping out of it and giving a friendly smile. "Please, I have a rather loud ringing in my ears. Could you keep it down?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 04:52 AM

QUOTE(raithen @ Aug 16 2005, 10:51 PM)

"Hail, Isidor," said Raithen, seemingly snapping out of it and giving a friendly smile. "Please, I have a rather loud ringing in my ears. Could you keep it down?"

"Sure, sorry." He patted the Breon on the shoulder and said "Did you go to the healer?"

OOC: Good night, everybody.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 04:54 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 07:40 PM)

Kratos removed his helm and spoke up, "Ahem, I seem to owe you all an apology for the way i've been acting, you see I have been under the influence of a spirit from my past, in other words I was possessed by this spirit."

He looked over everyone, "I assure you the angry Kratos you all hate and despise is gone and I am my old self once again." He continued, "Now if you will be willing to give me another chance I am sure I will be able to help in this battle with the dead."

He finished, "I beseech you, no I beg you to let me be one of the eight members to transgress the mundus and continue through the opposite realm to stop this madness."

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 04:55 AM

Anya finished her mead in two gulps. Then she forced herself to relax and let her proffession take over, dropping her nerves. She ordered a second drink.

"Well, that's a relief I suppose. I'll still need to see that you've changed. But I'll be willing to give you a third chance." she said, keeping it cordial.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 04:56 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 06:54 PM)

Kratos removed his helm and spoke up, "Ahem, I seem to owe you all an apology for the way i've been acting, you see I have been under the influence of a spirit from my past, in other words I was possessed by this spirit."
He looked over everyone, "I assure you the angry Kratos you all hate and despise is gone and I am my old self once again." He continued, "Now if you will be willing to give me another chance I am sure I will be able to help in this battle with the dead."
He finished, "I beseech you, no I beg you to let me be one of the eight members to transgress the mundus and continue through the opposite realm to stop this madness."

Falco, having entered the tavern then spoke, "No Kratos! I will not assure you a spot as one of the eight. As there are many vying for that position, however I think it would be fair to put you amongst those we are considering for the eight. But don't expect a free pass."

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 04:57 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 06:54 PM)

Kratos removed his helm and spoke up, "Ahem, I seem to owe you all an apology for the way i've been acting, you see I have been under the influence of a spirit from my past, in other words I was possessed by this spirit."
He looked over everyone, "I assure you the angry Kratos you all hate and despise is gone and I am my old self once again." He continued, "Now if you will be willing to give me another chance I am sure I will be able to help in this battle with the dead."
He finished, "I beseech you, no I beg you to let me be one of the eight members to transgress the mundus and continue through the opposite realm to stop this madness."

Diamond raised an eyebrow. "With all due respect, sir, I'm not entirely sure we even know you. It is my opinion that you will have to prove yourself in the arena before we can afford you any such rights."

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 04:59 AM

"Captain Cyndarius has confirmed that Kratos was indeed possessed by a spirit," Loranna says. "A spirit which is, sadly, still at large, and which bears Kratos ill will. I for one believe in Kratos's sincerity in wishing to show a new leaf, though I also worry that the ghost will make another attempt on Kratos soon."

"But then," she adds, "Kratos's plight is everyone's plight now; this is exactly why the Eight will travel Outside."

She looks at Raithen, frowning. "Raithen dear the healer in me is getting disturbed; have you at least had your current ailment looked at?" she asks.

Posted by: raithen Yesterday, 05:01 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 16 2005, 10:52 PM)

"Sure, sorry." He patted the Breon on the shoulder and said "Did you go to the healer?"
OOC: Good night, everybody.

"No. I will handle with my injuries myself. Not to sound rude or anything..."

QUOTE

He finished, "I beseech you, no I beg you to let me be one of the eight members to transgress the mundus and continue through the opposite realm to stop this madness."

"Remember, even though you were possessed, it was still your own body..." He took a gulp of his brandy before continuing. "And I was under the impression that someone must be trusted before they could be given this role." He contemplated Kratos over his spectacles. "Don't expect such a role to be handed to you..."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Yesterday, 05:02 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 09:57 PM)

Tris listened to what the others said with a skeptical smile.

"Kratos... I feel sure not all of your anger was due to spirits. You've lost everything; you're at lose ends, and so thrash around, trying to find your footing. What I wonder is if you know how much of what you think of as your own strength was the strength of 4,000 years of the tradition of the Ordinators backing you up.

"I'm willing to give you a chance; I always was. But they're right, it's the same chance everyone else gets, not the chance a God-given gift to the party we should be grateful even deigns to talk to us gets."

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 05:03 AM

OOC: Teleran’s been MIA for a while, he disappeared after his ghost made a nuisance and now, well, now he figures he better deal with it since it just won’t leave him alone and the best people he knows for this kind of thing are the Void Rangers and the people that gathered to Loranna. He got a new false arm but mostly he’s just been traveling, mostly on foot but with substantial magical aid as well, and practicing the few spells he does know along with trying to pick up archery (not too successful excepting when he cheats). So now he is almost at Ald Raathim and is hoping that he arrives while Loranna and company are in town, which from what he heard on his way over is very likely, though he also heard a rumor that the Imperial Legion so he isn’t entirely sure.

IC: Not far from Ald Raathim a solitary figure made his way along the road. A spear and an unstrung bow poked out of the mouth of his pack swinging as he jostled it with every step. He kept looking at his ash-skinned left arm and smiling to himself. It flickered briefly before revealing shining silvery metal. He was quite pleased with how well the enchanter had done, it had taken well over a day to wear off, no wonder she had charged so much. Then again, she had provided the soul for the enchantment as well so maybe she was undercharging, good job at any rate. The smith hadn’t done a half-bad job either, adapting armor designs from going around an arm to filling in for one, too bad he hadn’t been able to figure out how those Dwemer mechanisms worked or Teleran might have been able to make it move without constant input from telekinesis.

He stopped toying with his arm and looked off down the road to see Ald Raathim come into view. It had certainly grown since he had last seen it and there was a rather large building that he couldn’t remember seeing before. He tried not to think about his nightly chats with his ghost, they were not pleasant. He didn’t succeed in suppressing that line of thought. At least it hadn’t tried anything spectacular, or involving others, for a while now and the few fights that it had started were half-hearted and it didn’t really seem intent on doing more than angering Teleran, whatever it was that it wanted it wasn’t Teleran dead, despite the goading and constant threats. At least it didn’t appear that way right now anyway.

He pushed thoughts of ghosts to the back of his mind as he neared the edge of Ald Raathim. After asking around he was pointed alternately to the arena, the tavern and the manor. He headed for the tavern first; he could use something to drink. A few minutes later he entered the tavern and looked around to see many familiar faces along with some whom he didn’t recognize. He grinned and yelled quite a lot louder than he should have, “Heya Everybody!” Before attempting to walk in a nonchalant manner to the them.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 05:05 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Aug 16 2005, 08:02 PM)

Kratos looked over at Tris, "Yes you are right i will have the same honors of proving myself in the arena as everyone here does, thank you for your words all of you."

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 05:05 AM

Shai: Diamond! That's - that's Teleran! Please let me go talk to him!

Diamond: Wha -? Who? Wait, all right...No kissing, though.

Shai: All right.

Shai ran up. "TELERAN!" She exclaimed.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 05:08 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 11:05 PM)

Kratos looked over at Tris, "Yes you are right i will have the same honors of proving myself in the arena as everyone here does, thank you for your words all of you."

"We've missed a couple days of practice," Loranna says. "It would be good to get back into the arena - and Kratos will have his chance to prove himself, like everyone else."

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 11:05 PM)

Shai: Diamond! That's - that's Teleran! Please let me go talk to him!

Diamond: Wha -? Who? Wait, all right...No kissing, though.

Shai: All right.

Shai ran up. "TELERAN!" She exclaimed.

"Teleran ...?!" Loranna looks over, a grin coming to her face. "Nine above dear where on Tamriel have you been!? I've been trying to locate you for weeks!"

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 05:09 AM

QUOTE(SpartanShea117 @ Aug 16 2005, 07:05 PM)

Kratos looked over at Tris, "Yes you are right i will have the same honors of proving myself in the arena as everyone here does, thank you for your words all of you."

"There's another thing. I'll only fight beside you, should we be chosen for the eight, under 3 conditions. One: you are not to be in charge at all! Two: you are not to call argonians lizards. Three: If you break conditions one or two I have the right to gut you where you stand. Do you accept? "

Posted by: Allerleirauh Yesterday, 05:09 AM

Tris was also on his feet.

"Teleran! Good to see you!"

He had forgotten, at this moment, that Teleran had never been exactly 'friends' with anyone. They had gone through the Vaults of Gemin together; some things made people friends no matter what else happened.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 05:10 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 11:09 PM)

"Excuse me?" Loranna says, fixing Falco with an intent stare. "Who exactly is giving you the right to cut down people Falco?"

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 05:12 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 08:05 PM)

Shai: Diamond! That's - that's Teleran! Please let me go talk to him!

Diamond: Wha -? Who? Wait, all right...No kissing, though.

Shai: All right.

Shai ran up. "TELERAN!" She exclaimed.

“Who-Wha- Um, Hi?” Teleran said confusedly as the strange woman ran up to him.

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 08:08 PM)

"We've missed a couple days of practice," Loranna says. "It would be good to get back into the arena - and Kratos will have his chance to prove himself, like everyone else."
"Teleran ...?!" Loranna looks over, a grin coming to her face. "Nine above dear where on Tamriel have you been!? I've been trying to locate you for weeks!"

Still rather perplexed by Diamond's approach he mumbled something or other about ghosts.

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 05:15 AM

Diamond: NO! Absolutely no kissing!

Shai began to speak very rapidly.

" TeleranItsMeShaiIAmTrappedInTheBodyOfThisGirlNamedDiamondBecauseOfSomeMagicYourF
riendMareinDid SoThatsWhyImHereAndMareinsHereTooIfYouWantToTalkToUsBothJustWearTisCrownOK?"

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 05:16 AM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 16 2005, 08:09 PM)

Kratos looked over to Falco, "Ah yes Falco i remember vaguely giving you what for in the arena although it was useing my body I still gave you quite a rap didn't I." He thought to himself, "Although i have no anger towards him now, I did kind of relish letting him have it." he noticed the big lumb on Falco's head, "Sorry about that, i will have to think about your terms there Falco let me sleep on that."

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 05:19 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 08:15 PM)

“Shai? diamond crown … Marein … magic … What?” Teleran said looking at everyone in the room for some help in deciphering what was going on.

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 05:25 AM

Pie are Squares

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 05:30 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 09:19 PM)

“Shai? diamond crown … Marein … magic … What?” Teleran said looking at everyone in the room for some help in deciphering what was going on.

"If I may. This girl you see is Diamond, artist extrodnair and would-be diplomat. That crown she wears contains minds of Marein and Shai. When she has it on, either three can control her body. Marein messed up some spell apperently." Anya counted off her fingeres, hoping to not forget anything, "I think that covers... Now... who are you? I'm Anya, newly aquainted friend of Diamond."

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 05:32 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 11:30 PM)

"This is Teleran," Loranna says, looking over at Anya. "He was one of the hereos who fought with us during the Blue Dawn. He accomanied Tris and myself into the Vaults of Gemin and fought alongside us in the Heart Chamber, as well as on other adventures in High Rock."

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 05:42 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 09:32 PM)

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Anya smiled and nodded her head.

Posted by: Aki Yesterday, 05:43 AM

Reichi walked into the bar. Then, raised a eyebrow. "Woah...busy," he muttered, before noticing Teleran. "Hello Tel!" he greeted. "Where ya been?"

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 05:44 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 08:30 PM)

“Me? I’m Teleran,” Teleran replied, this was certainly not how he had envisioned his return. “Um, I was a friend of Marein, though he did have a habit of getting into trouble with crowns, speaking of which, this one looks familiar, and I was, ah, very close with Shai. She and I were on intimate terms, lovers.” Teleran stumbled over his words, not exactly sure how to take in this stranger and the events that had transpired. "You say this ... crown is where Marein and Shai are?"

He barely noticed the people around him.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 05:46 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 09:44 PM)

"As I said, it's a pleasure to meet you. And yes, in the crown. Touch it if you like. I left that to Diamond myself." Anya settled down and finished off her mead.

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 05:47 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 07:44 PM)

Diamond nodded and took the crown off of her head, holding it out. "Here, why don't you talk to them yourself?"

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 05:48 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 11:44 PM)

Loranna watches Teleran with a sad smile, wondering how Shai and Teleran were going to handle this reunion. The situation was awkward to put it one way.

She decides to watch quietly for now, sipping her mead.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Yesterday, 05:50 AM

Kratos spoke as everyone began to flock around Teleran, "I think I will head up to my room for the night thank you for your time everyone, goodnight." With that he walked up the stairs and into his room and flopped down on his nice comfy bed, "Ah i'm glad i'm back to myself again." He dozed off to sleep but little did he know the spirit of Ralen was watching him from the other side of the room.

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 05:51 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 08:47 PM)

Diamond nodded and took the crown off of her head, holding it out. "Here, why don't you talk to them yourself?"

Teleran touched the crown delicately. “Hello?” he queried, both out loud and in thought. “Shai? Marein?”

Posted by: raithen Yesterday, 05:53 AM

Raithen sat in silence, contemplating the situation at hand. "Hmm... I wonder how that crown works? How can two people be stuck in a peice of jewlry?" Deespite his injuries, Raithen got up exitedly and walked over to Diamond. "May I also see that? It's very interesting."

OOC: I just noticed that I am now a Disciple! Yay!

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 05:54 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 07:51 PM)

Teleran touched the crown delicately. “Hello?” he queried, both out loud and in thought. “Shai? Marein?”

The voices spoke into his head.

Shai: If I could kiss you right now, I would.

Marein: Teleran! What sorts of trouble are you getting into now? Sorry to intrude on your little reunion, but I can hardly leave...

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 06:04 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 08:54 PM)

‘Shai? I don’t know how I can- we’ll fix this, make it right.’ Teleran promised before addressing Marein, not that he could tell any difference between addressing them, probably didn’t matter who he was thinking at, ‘Marein just shut your inner eye or- what the blazes were you doing to get yourself trapped like that? And to trap Shai with you, what the hell were you thinking?’

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 06:09 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 08:04 PM)

Marein: Well, the idea was that we communicate telepathically to Diamond from afar, to sort of keep tabs on the goings-on here, since we were both doing work: Shai was meditating and I was researching.

Shai: And then he messed up.

Marein: Yes, I did. I'm sorry, all right? If I figure out how to undo the spell, I'll let you have your body first, all right? That's the best I could do...Unless, of course, you'd like to join us up here, Teleran? I might be able to arrange that...

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 06:18 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 09:09 PM)

‘How am I supposed to do anything if I am-’ Teleran stopped short, ‘It isn’t uncomfortable is it, I mean, not too-’ he stopped again, ‘I hope you figure out a way to get your bodies back Marein, but for now, well, we can just, dammit, does the crown work with anyone or just Diamond? I mean, we’ll figure out something, we have to.’

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 06:23 AM

Anya stared at Teleran through the ackward silence, finally saying, "So, umm, I'll go buy us another round of drinks. If you'll excuse me."

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 06:24 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 08:18 PM)

Shai: Obviously it works with you, Teleran. Obviously...

Marein: We'll negotiate with Diamond. I'm sure she'll allow Shai to kiss you eventually...

Shai: I would hope so.

Marein: Diamond is quite a bit younger than you, though, I didn't know you were that kind of person -

Shai: Shut up.

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 06:33 AM

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 09:24 PM)

‘Thanks for the support Marein,’ Teleran thought sarcastically, adding in a more civil tone, ‘You will work on a way out of this won’t you?’

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 09:23 PM)

Anya stared at Teleran through the ackward silence, finally saying, "So, umm, I'll go buy us another round of drinks. If you'll excuse me."

“Good idea, I think I need something strong.”

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 06:36 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 10:33 PM)

“Good idea, I think I need something strong.”

Anya giggles and comes back with enough mead for everyone. She leans over and whispers to Diamond, her mouth tilted in a small smile, "I like it when you wear it, at least you talk more."

Posted by: Tri Yesterday, 06:36 AM

Marein: Well, I'll work on it...

Shai: Oh, one last thing.

She placed Teleran's hand on his heart.

Shai: I love you.

Diamond took the crown back, smiled at Teleran, and returned to her stool at the bar.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Yesterday, 06:40 AM

Tris whistled, long and low, and took a pull of his drink, not looking at Teleran. It was almost refreshing knowing that someone else's love life was more confusing than his own.

Posted by: Teleran Yesterday, 06:45 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 16 2005, 09:36 PM)

Anya giggles and comes back with enough mead for everyone. She leans over and whispers to Diamond, her mouth tilted in a small smile, "I like it when you wear it, at least you talk more."

QUOTE(Tri @ Aug 16 2005, 09:36 PM)

“Telepathy is a bit of a downer when you’re out of the loop isn’t it,” Teleran said, taking a long draw on the mead. He stared the crown on Diamond's head for a few seconds before becoming very interested in his glass.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 06:50 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Aug 16 2005, 10:45 PM)

"Indeed it is." Anya to a drink of her mead." I've had enough things screaming in my head this past month to last me a life time as it is. I have an aversion to people in my head now."

Posted by: Shardie Yesterday, 02:24 PM

Daggerfall City, Daggerfall

"And as my sword struck through the evil Manavrio, he shattered into a thousand pieces, and the world was safe from that evil Liches control" Landon finished
"But what of Rover?" the little girl asked
"Rover made his way home, and everyone lived happily ever after!" Landon said, lieing a little, there was no point in telling her the truth... Lyssia walked into the room, a bit flustered, "Is this Ghost thing ever going to end? Are you not a heroic Paladin, Maccrovi? Why dont you do somthing!"
"Dont worry, Lyssia" Landon replied, "these sorts of things sort themselves out, besides, we have a wedding to plan for!"
"And how are the invertaions going?" Lyssia asked
"Maranda and Paul are dealing with that issue"

Outside

Paul was humming a song that seemed oddly familiar to Maranda... yeah, the Hall of Discos, she thought
"Will you be quiet, Paul! Stop humming that annoying song!" Maranda said, not adding that it brought up bad memories
"Sorry, sorry, but ever since a few months ago, its been stuck in my head!" Paul said as Maranda handed him another poster which he glued to the wall of the tavern, as the walked to the next place.
"No wonder Arisa is not interested in you anymore, you have been wierd ever since you awoke in that swamp!" Maranda said, thinking the Gauntlet of Heroes might have caused some type of brain damage
"You did not know me before I awoke in that swamp... so how would you know? And you STILL have not told me what I was doing there in the first place!" Paul asked, as Maranda shut her mouth. Only Lacoriz knew the full story, and thats how she wanted to keep it... how would he feel if he knew he was turned into a Drug wielding DJ?

Meanwhile...

The two drunks stumbled out of the bar and looked at the poster that was... err posted by the tavern entry

"All are welcome to the wedding of Lord Maccrovi Landon and Baroness Lyssia Biennie, to be held at Castle Daggerfall on the date below. RSVP by next Tirdas! Dont be late,

FREE BOOZE AND FOOD!!!!!"

The drunks read the second part again, and rushed home to send an RSVP to the Biennie Residence

Posted by: Allerleirauh Yesterday, 03:35 PM

Daggerfall City, earlier:

There was another man reading the posted notice about the Biennie wedding.

Tris Gaerington stood in the streets of Daggerfall and stared at the notice. A drunk man emerging from the tavern stumbled into him, grabbed his shirt front, and nearly fell. Tris put a hand under the drunk's elbow to steady him, then went on his way without a word.

Loranna would want to know about this.

Tris ran through the city streets, his shoes making hardly any noise on the cobblestones. Daggerfall was a big city. Most citizens rode horses when they needed to go somewhere. Tris didn't need a horse. It was better to run. He could have run the whole way through the Void, but he sometimes missed the feel of pavement and stone and packed earth, the shock passing through the balls of his feet.

No one here had seen Herwyn Brand. He had asked everywhere. Well, almost everywhere.

Tris turned into the Rat's Satchel, not the sort of tavern Herwyn Brand would ever set foot in voluntarily. Last Fool's Day for a joke Tris had drugged him and dumped him here naked in bed with a cheap harlot. It was a testimony to Herwyn's resourcefulness that he had gotten home to Wayrest with hardly any trouble.

Most of the prostitutes at the Satchel were men.

In addition to the prostitutes, a lively, flourishing crowd of poets, playwrights, professional athletes, upper class servants, and rich young noblemen wishing to remain anonymous came here every night. Not too very long ago, Tris had been one of their number. His most recent foray into the Satchel had ended in a brawl, when one of the regulars had made a crude comment about Tris in front of Ciel and Ciel had broken his nose.

Tris didn't think anyone would hold any lasting grudges.

During daylight hours, the place was shuttered, sounds muffled, and only the cleaning staff moved downstairs. Somewhere in the back he could hear the sound of splashing water; a bath was being filled.

One of the borders came down the stairs. A tall Breton, sandy-haired, with indifferently good skin; raw-boned, yet with a certain lanky grace. Not beautiful, not at all. And yet he still made Tris's breath catch in his throat. Tris hadn't seen him in four years, yet he would have known him at once across a moonless plaza, just from his walk.

"Bryn," Tris said, and the man paused on the stairs and looked at him.

Bryn's dark eyes narrowed, almost imperceptibly. The look was gone almost before it appeared, yet it was unmistakeable: a look of purest loathing. Tris's heart sank; he had sent Bryn a letter of apology and gotten back a letter of forgiveness. But letters didn't always tell the truth.

"What are you doing here?" Bryn said.

"I'm looking for Herwyn Brand," Tris said. Bryn wouldn't know who that was.

But he did. Bryn's expression passed from surprise to wary confusion, then anger.

"You!" Bryn said. "You have something to do with this, you set me up. Is this your idea of a joke, you little [censored]? You owe me three month's rent, and passage back to Cyrodiil."

"What?"

Bryn stared at him. "You must be joking. You don't know anything. You really don't know anything. You're not a good enough actor to be lying. Well, isn't this rich."

"You don't know where he is?" Tris said.

"Didn't I just say that?"

Of course, Bryn hadn't said that. But there was no point in arguing about it.

"Herwyn Brand paid me to come here," Bryn said. "Or rather, he said he'd pay me. If I knew where he was, I'd wring his neck. Maybe I should wring yours instead. What exactly do you have to do with this, you little [censored]?"

"Bryn, I have to go," Tris said. "It was good to see you again."

As soon as he was outside, Tris started running. He ran through the familar streets until his breath felt hot in his lungs, until the morning sun made waves of heat rise from the cobblestones. He ran a familiar path, and so he should have known he would end up home. At Solunastra Guildhouse.

The house with no doors.

The General had told him not to come here. He had disobeyed her once already, and ended up weeping helplessly, his head in her lap.

Tris spoke a string of power, and slipped inside.

Dragon sat sleeping in his chair by the fire. The fire was asleep too; the flames moved lazily, and the logs beneath them were not consumed, though it had been two months since anyone fed the fire.

Upstairs was Tris's room, and Ciel's room.

Ciel was warm. Not snoring, exactly, but whistling a little through one side of his nose as he always did when he slept on his back. Long ago his nose had been broken, and though it looked all right from the outside, inside the passage was narrowed. Thus the whistle, which had driven Tris crazy at first, then become a sound he couldn't sleep without.

Tris laid his head on the sleeping man's chest. His eyelashes were sticky with unshed tears, his head was pounding with the beginnings of a headache.

Soon, very soon, he fell asleep.

Posted by: Shardie Yesterday, 04:48 PM

Biennie Residence, Daggerfall City, Daggerfall

Arisa was sitting down with a kitty in her lap, as Lyssia sat opposate her. THe two of them hardly talked, but Lyssia could see Arisa was upset about somthing
"Whats wrong, Deary?" asked Lyssia
"Oh, nothing..." she replied in a not so convicing tone
Lyssia looked deeply into the young bretons eyes, "its guy trouble, isn't it?"
Arisa looked up
"Yes, its that Paul fellow you used to be with... whats wrong with him?" Lyssia said
"well..." Arisa seemed perplexed, "he just does not seem like himself... ever since we went to get your sister, everyone has been acting strange, not just Paul... I get the urge to twirl around aimlessly sometimes, and I dont know why... some strange stuff happened there, some wierd stuff... and I think your sister is in on it"
"Maranda?" Lyssia said puzzled, "Of course shes not! She found you all in a swamp... how you ended up in Daggerfall swamp after being missing for nearly a month is anyones guess"
"But dont you think its a coincidence?" Arisa stated
"nope" Lyssia said cutting her off
"Well paul has been acting all wierd... like he has been on scooma and stuff... like hes a musisian, humming these wierd songs... seriously, I dont want to be seen in public with him any more..."
"So thats why you sent him out with Maranda?"
"well... yeah..." Arisa shot a look at Lacoriz, who was looking in her direction, he quickly looked away, "I think Lacoriz knows somthing... I'm sure of it... I'll get to the bottom of this," She wispered, as Lyssia just shook her head.
Arisa put the kitty down and went outside to get some air... where she had the uncontrolable urge to spin

Posted by: Moonblink Yesterday, 04:56 PM

OOC:
No I'm not back. Sorry.
In AZ now, I have stuffs to do.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nightfall.

Ahjaar hid in a shadow, watching her prey's house.
No one had come in or out, so maybe no one was in there, and weren't back for a while. Ahjaar hoped so.

She crept to the mushroom bulb house, knocked on the door, then jumped to hid and watch.

No one came. Ahjaar reapproached the door with caution. She tryed the knob. Unlocked.
Ahjaar tilted her head in confusion. If someone wasn't home, why'd they keep the door unlocked?

She opened the door slowly, just big enough for her to fit her hand through.

She sent out a pulse wave.
Pulse waves are waves created be the brain. When sent out, the return either weak, if it hit no living thing, or strong, if it hit a living creature.
The wave didn't return at all.

Ahjaar was surprised, she had never had that happen.

She opened the door with cation, and crept inside.

Candles were lit, food was cooking on a fire.
It looked as if someone might just be upstairs, dressing, then would come down to eat their dinner.
And their was this peculiar smell.....

Ahjaar looked around. No one downstairs.
No one should be upstairs.

She went up the stairs, and when she reached the top, she stopped, frozen in shock.

Her client was here alright.
Dead.
But not just dead.
Eaten.

His half chewed corpse layed on the ground.
Blood was everywhere.

Ahjaar looked away, bent over, and puked.
The smell... it was too much.

She ran down the stairs, a bit distraught from the shock, and she went outside into the cool night..

Posted by: Moonblink Yesterday, 06:06 PM

Ahjaar sat down on a rock.
What the hell happened to him?
Something, like an animal, had eaten him.
Although there were no signs of a struggle anywhere in the house.
Strange.

Ahjaar wiped off her mouth.
Well, at least he was dead. She could go home and receive the last part of her payment.

She shuddered.
It was a cool night. The boat that had brought her here was coming back tomarrow.
She could stay at an inn.

Ahjaar got up and walked to the tavern.
Halfway there she heard someone walking behind her.
Turning around, she saw...... nothing.

Ahjaar jogged to the tavern, always with that uneasy feeling of being followed.
She only relaxed when she walked through the inn doors.

There were only about three other people, one of them sitting at the bar.
She sat down, one stool away from the man and ordered a bottle of Filn.

The man, an imperal in a steel ciruss, watched her as she drank.

"Are you ok? You're white as a sheet." He spoke after a minute.
Ahjaar looked over at the man, then back at her drink.
"Yeah, I'm okay."
He grunted. "You don't look it. You're shaking."
Ahjaar looked down at her hands. She was shaking.
"I was just..."
She tryed to think of a resonable excuse.
"Yeah?"
"I was just.. spooked by something. It's nothing. I'm fine."

The man shrugged, and took a sip of his drink.
"Well, there's not much to be afraid of out here."

He held out his hand.
"My name is Terryn. Terryn Ra-Zate."
Ahjaar shoke Terryn's hand.
"Ahjaar."
"You're obviously not from around here."
Terryn sipped his drink. "What brings you here?"
Ahjaar shrugged. "Bussiness for the Fighters Guild."

"I used to work for the Fighters Guild. I didn't like it. So I took up Demonology. Much more interesting then killing things."

"Demonology?"

"Demonology. The study of Demons. Clannfear, Deadroth. Demons in general."

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 07:13 PM

Anya went to the archery range to practice some more, but quickly became bored again. The stationary targets were no challenge at all, every arrow hitting center. The moving targets she made were simply to slow to test reflexes, as she hit center mass in all of them.

She was preparing another shot when something buffeted her head. She turned around, furious, but her face melted to a smile when she saw who it was. Lotus was hovering there with a smile only a cliff racer could make. He turned and took off. She took off after him, laughing, her lithe body barely leaving an imprint in the ground.

Now this should be fun. She sighted Lotus and began launching arrows at him.

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 08:15 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 16 2005, 07:10 PM)

"Excuse me?" Loranna says, fixing Falco with an intent stare. "Who exactly is giving you the right to cut down people Falco?"

"Well if Kratos agrees, then he will have given me the right to cut him down" said Falco with a smile. Falco headed to the arena. There he picked up one of the practice bows and began firing it off at the stationary targets. He was improving but he still wasn't a great shot.

Posted by: AND Yesterday, 09:20 PM

Plaas was bored, again. "Ahhh might as well practice my archery." Plaas thought out loud. He still torured himself over his inability to kill Falco, an unarmoured Argonian at a higher position, even though he wouldn't want him dead anyway, he failed. As Plaas entered the archery range, he saw Falco standing there. HE took a position next to falco, because that was the only one open. He took out his bow and fired an arrow. It hit dead center in the farthest target. He smiled. Then he looked at Falco, and watched at Falco's shot. It was a pretty good shot but it wasn't as good as it could have been. "That was a good shot." Plaas said, trying to open a friendly conversation, hoping that it would better his relations with Loranna's conpanions.

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 09:36 PM

A beautiful young Dunmer woman, wrapped in a simple dress that showed her willowy curves to best advantage, watched the archers, applauding their best shots.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 09:52 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 01:36 PM)

A beautiful young Dunmer woman, wrapped in a simple dress that showed her willowy curves to best advantage, watched the archers, applauding their best shots.

Anya trotted up after collecting her spent arrows, letting Lotus rest. She noticed the woman, she walked up behind her and said half jokingly, "Well, I guess you could call them decent."

Posted by: AND Yesterday, 09:56 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 02:36 PM)

A beautiful young Dunmer woman, wrapped in a simple dress that showed her willowy curves to best advantage, watched the archers, applauding their best shots.

Plaas saw a young women applauding his every shot. He smiled confidently. He put dow his bow and strided towards the young woman. Even the appearance of Anya did not slow him. "Hello, I noticed that you were watching my shots." He called out.

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 10:19 PM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 17 2005, 03:52 PM)

Anya trotted up after collecting her spent arrows, letting Lotus rest. She noticed the woman, she walked up behind her and said half jokingly, "Well, I guess you could call them decent."

"Don't let me disturb you, milady," the young woman said. "I know how important your practice is to you."

QUOTE(AND @ Aug 17 2005, 03:56 PM)

"A very fine show, sir," she smiled, with equal confidence.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 10:27 PM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 17 2005, 02:15 PM)

"well if Kratos agrees, then he will have given me the right to cut him down" said Falco with a smile. Falco headed to the arena. There he picked up one of the practice bows and began firing it off at the stationary targets. He was improving but he still wasn't a great shot.

Loranna follows Falco out, saying "No, it doesn't. Stop being an [censored] Falco; I sat by and let Kratos threaten peoples's lives the other night, but I'm not letting it pass anymore. When he comes back down, I expect an apology to be given. No more people threatening other people in my domain, or you'll be taking another trip to Dram's jail. Got it?"

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 10:28 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 17 2005, 12:27 PM)

"Got it!" Falco yelled from the archery range. He then mumbled under his breath "I'll be outside your domain next time then..."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 10:29 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 03:36 PM)

A beautiful young Dunmer woman, wrapped in a simple dress that showed her willowy curves to best advantage, watched the archers, applauding their best shots.

Isidor entered the arena, after noticing that neither Falco or Anya was anywhere else to be found. He greeted them both and said "If it was melee, I might be able to compete." As he talked with them, he noticed Zalliah in the crowd. He reached into his pockets, withdrew the bracelet and walked over to her. "You dropped this the other night, at the docks." He said, trying to sound as nonchalant as he could.

Posted by: Xyber02 Yesterday, 10:34 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 02:29 PM)

Isidor entered the arena, after noticing that neither Falco or Anya was anywhere else to be found. He greeted them both and said "If it was melee, I might be able to compete." As he talked with them, he noticed Zalliah in the crowd. He reached into his pockets and walked over to her. "You dropped this the other night, at the docks." He said, trying to sound as nonchalant as he could.

Anya was having fun making a circle around Plaas' arrow, when she heard Isidor. "Aw, don't worry. You make an excellent meat shield, and we love oyu for it." She teased him and flashed a bright smile.

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 10:35 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 04:29 PM)

Isidor entered the arena, after noticing that neither Falco or Anya was anywhere else to be found. He greeted them both and said "If it was melee, I might be able to compete." As he talked with them, he noticed Zalliah in the crowd. He reached into his pockets and walked over to her. "You dropped this the other night, at the docks." He said, trying to sound as nonchalant as he could.

Zalliah noticed Isidor too, and smiled shyly. When he pulled out the necklace, she rushed to him, and threw her arms around him.

"You found it! You found it!" she cried. "I've been looking for it everywhere!"

There were tears in her eyes as she withdrew from Isidor. "My grandmother gave it to me before she died. How can I thank you?"

Posted by: Argonians rule Yesterday, 10:37 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 12:35 PM)

Falco was watching this, finding it hard to suppress his laughter... How indeed? he thought.

Posted by: Loranna Yesterday, 10:39 PM

QUOTE(Argonians rule @ Aug 17 2005, 04:37 PM)

Falco was watching this, finding it hard to suppress his laughter... How indeed? he thought.

Loranna is still glowering a bit at Falco, though Zalliah's cries draw her attention. She raises an eyebrow.

... I'm feeling a sense of deja-vu, she thinks, recalling her teenaged years. I knew a girl who sounded almost exactly like that ...

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 10:40 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 04:35 PM)

"Erm, really it's all right. I just...um, found it at the docks, after you left."

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 10:44 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 04:40 PM)

"Erm, really it's all right. I just...um, found it at the docks, after you left."

"I wouldn't insult you by asking if you wanted a reward, Isidor," she said, slipping the bracelet back on her wrist, and looking at him with perfect adoration. "You are clearly a true gentleman."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 10:45 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 04:44 PM)

"I wouldn't insult you by asking if you wanted a reward, Isidor," she said, slipping the bracelet back on her wrist, and looking at him with perfect adoration. "You are clearly a true gentleman."

"Thank you." He said, blushing. "Erm, maybe you'd want to, erm...get something to eat at the tavern?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 10:58 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 04:45 PM)

"Thank you." He said, blushing. "Erm, maybe you'd want to, erm...get something to eat at the tavern?"

She took his arm. "Yes, I was right, you are a gentleman. Others might have suggested somewhere less public."

"From where do you hail?"

Posted by: Moonblink Yesterday, 10:58 PM

Ahjaar finished her Filn, then ordered another.
"So you study demons. Then what brings you here? Are you going to learn what the Wizards know about deadra?"

Terryn shook his head.
"No, I'm afraid not. I was hired to track down a beast and destory it. A werewolf, to be exact. It escaped into the city, I have no clue where it is. Probly left the town by now, but I'll catch up with it in the morning."

He stood up. "I must be going now."

"Wait," Ahjaar stopped him. "I think I might be able to help you track it down. I found a man dead, he was torn up and eaten. I think this werewolf you speak of killed him."

Terryn looked intersted. "Show me."

A few minutes later they were in the house.
Terryn inspected the body.
"The wolf definitly got him, thats for sure. The body still is a bit warm, so the were couldn't have gone far."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 10:59 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 04:58 PM)

She took his arm. "Yes, I was right, you are a gentleman. Others might have suggested somewhere less public."

"From where do you hail?"

He blushed again, and took her arm. "Skyrim. A town near Dawnstar."

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:01 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 04:59 PM)

He blushed again, and took her arm. "Skyrim. A town near Dawnstar."

"I've always thought that Dawnstar was a beautiful name," Zalliah smiled. "Though I have never been away from Ald Raathim. Very dull, mm?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:02 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:01 PM)

"I've always thought that Dawnstar was a beautiful name," Zalliah smiled. "Though I have never been away from Ald Raathim. Very dull, mm?"

"Adventure can be found anywhere. I hear Ald Raathim was very exciting during the Blue Dawn."

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:04 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:02 PM)

"Adventure can be found anywhere. I hear Ald Raathim was very exciting during the Blue Dawn."

"Horrid, more like," Zalliah shuddered. "I like my excitement and adventure to be without bloodshed. And yet, I love watching you fight ... I guess because I know no one is going to get seriously hurt."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:07 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:04 PM)

He blushed again, and said "Well, I guess it's true, it's all fun until someone gets hurt. So, Loranna tells me that you were Harvest Princess. How was that?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:15 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:07 PM)

He blushed again, and said "Well, I guess it's true, it's all fun until someone gets hurt. So, Loranna tells me that you were Harvest Princess. How was that?"

"You asked about me?" Zalliah said, returning his blush. "Well, I still am the Harvest Princess, and will be until next year when another girl will be crowned. It's silly, but we're supposed to bless this year's crops ... as if that's something I have the power to do ... Just another excuse for a party, I guess." She giggled, and pulled on his arm, bringing him closer.

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:17 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:15 PM)

"Erm, well yes, I wanted, to erm...know, where to give you the necklace. It was just lucky you were in the stands."

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:23 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:17 PM)

"Erm, well yes, I wanted, to erm...know, where to give you the necklace. It was just lucky you were in the stands."

"I'll say I was lucky," Zalliah said as they stepped into the tavern. All eyes turned to them, and Isidor could see the look of envy in most of the regulars' eyes.

"I hardly ever go in here," she smiled, apparently unmindful of the leers. She put her hand on the small of his back, in a subtle gesture that immediately sent a tiny shiver of pleasure up his spine.

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:28 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:23 PM)

He smiled, nervously. "Why don't you come in here, it seems like a nice enough place?"

Posted by: Moonblink Yesterday, 11:31 PM

Terryn stood up. "I'm tired. I had a long day. Tommarow I shall coutinue the hunt for the beast. If you wish to join me, go ahead. I'll be by Wolverine Hall at 8 'o clock. Goodnight, Ahjaar."

With that, Terryn left the residance.

Ahjaar headed back to the Inn.
-------------------------------------------------

Ahjaar rose at 7 'o clock. She had breakfast, then headed down to the fort.

Terryn was waiting for her.
"I see you have decided to join me. Good."
He smiled. "I found out some more information on the werewolf. Witnesses say they saw it run south. Apparently theres a cave there. Maybe the were stayed there for the night."

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:35 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:28 PM)

He smiled, nervously. "Why don't you come in here, it seems like a nice enough place?"

"It's very sweet, but all sorts of people come here, and it can get pretty rowdy for a girl on her own."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:37 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:35 PM)

"It's very sweet, but all sorts of people come here, and it can get pretty rowdy for a girl on her own."

"I can imagine." He said with a wink. "So, what would you like to eat?" "Or" he added nervously "To drink?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:40 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:37 PM)

"I can imagine." He said with a wink. "So, what would you like to eat?" "Or" he added nervously "To drink?"

"You should eat, you need your energy, but I'm on a diet," she said, touching her slim, flat belly. "But maybe a glass of wine?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:42 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:40 PM)

"You should eat, you need your energy, but I'm on a diet," she said, touching her slim, flat belly. "But maybe a glass of wine?"

He laughed, despite himself. "You, my dear, are by no means overweight. But, if you'd like some wine, I'd be glad to oblige." He ordered a mead for himself, and a wine for her.

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:43 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:42 PM)

He laughed, despite himself. "You, my dear, are by no means overweight. But, if you'd like some wine, I'd be glad to oblige." He ordered a mead for himself, and a wine for her.

She steered him towards a table in the back of the room, away from everyone's eyes. "Thank you. Would it be too presumptuous of me to ask, do you have a lady?"

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:46 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:43 PM)

She steered him towards a table in the back of the room, away from everyone's eyes. "Thank you. Would it be too presumptuous of me to ask, do you have a lady?"

He blushed furiously and said "Um, well, I'm not entirely sure. Though, it would seem, no."

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:49 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:46 PM)

He blushed furiously and said "Um, well, I'm not entirely sure. Though, it would seem, no."

"But you have many friends," Zalliah said, tracing his bicep with her fingertips. "That's good. You are so far away from Skyrim, and it is sad to be lonely. Even for great champions like yourself."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:52 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:49 PM)

"But you have many friends," Zalliah said, tracing his bicep with her fingertips. "That's good. You are so far away from Skyrim, and it is sad to be lonely. Even for great champions like yourself."

He frowned for a moment and then said "I suppose it does get lonely sometimes...but as you said, that's why I have friends." He grinned sheepishly.

Posted by: Sheogorath Yesterday, 11:55 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:52 PM)

He frowned for a moment and then said "I suppose it does get lonely sometimes...but as you said, that's why I have friends." He grinned sheepishly.

Zalliah kissed Isidor lightly, and sighed. "You are so much different from the others in your group. So gentle. I hope they don't take advantage of you."

Posted by: Stargazey Yesterday, 11:57 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 05:55 PM)

Zalliah kissed Isidor lightly, and sighed. "You are so much different from the others in your group. So gentle. I hope they don't take advantage of you."

Isidor's face turned scarlet and said "Um, thank you. No, no...they're all very nice...Everyone in Ald Rathiim is, it seems..."

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:01 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 05:57 PM)

Isidor's face turned scarlet and said "Um, thank you. No, no...they're all very nice...Everyone in Ald Rathiim is, it seems..."

Zalliah shook her head. "Trust me, I've lived here all my life. Everyone here is not nice. They've spread rumors about me, completely out of jealousy. I was too trusting ... I see that amount of trust in you. That Kratos man did not turn out to be a trustworthy teammate, did he?"

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:03 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:01 PM)

"Well, he had a problem, which he dealt with." He liked Zalliah, but he didn't want her to speak ill of his friends..."Rumors? Jealousy? Sounds intresting." He said, with a grin.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:06 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:03 PM)

"Well, he had a problem, which he dealt with." He liked Zalliah, but he didn't want her to speak ill of his friends..."Rumors? Jealousy? Sounds intresting." He said, with a grin.

"Oh, that's good," Zalliah smiled, relief on her face. "I heard about the guard he assaulted, and the other fights. I'm glad he's better. Yes, jealousy can be treacherous. It can destroy many a good man or woman. I hope you won't let it into your heart."

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:07 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:06 PM)

"Not unless there's a reason too." He winked, and sipped his mead.

Posted by: Xyber02 Today, 12:09 AM

Anya had collected her arrows and returned Plaas his, giggling as she watched Isidor and his companion walk away, "She sure brushed you aside in a hurry."

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:11 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:07 PM)

"Not unless there's a reason too." He winked, and sipped his mead.

"Oh, I didn't meant to lecture a man such as yourself," Zalliah giggled. "I wasn't even thinking of you. I was thinking of another, who has that problem of jealousy ..."

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:14 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:11 PM)

"Oh, I didn't meant to lecture a man such as yourself," Zalliah giggled. "I wasn't even thinking of you. I was thinking of another, who has that problem of jealousy ..."

Isidor's silly smile was wiped off his face, in instant, but he managed to sound cheery "Who is that?" He asked, in the lightest voice he could manage.

OOC: Might have to pop out for a few minutes, in about ten minutes.

Posted by: AND Today, 12:15 AM

Plaas looked stunned. he couldn't speak. Why would she choose Isidor over him? But soon he regained his composure. "Ah, o well, her loss." Plaas walked back to his post and picked up his bow. He aimed at the arrow, and shot. IT hit dead center. Isidor should be easily seduced. I hope she doesn't hurt him too much.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:18 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:14 PM)

Isidor's silly smile was wiped off his face, in instant, but he managed to sound cheery "Who is that?" He asked, in the lightest voice he could manage.

"A boy," she said, taking a thoughtful sip of her wine. "If you must know, the ranger Goranthir. He's fearfully jealous of you, and your strength and experience. I don't want to worry you, but I would be careful around him. He means you no good."

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:20 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:18 PM)

Isidor's face turned blank. "That's, that's not true. Goranthir is a fine warrior, why in Oblivion would he be jealous of me? You know, maybe I should be going..."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 12:20 AM

Daggerfall City: The House with no Doors

Tris had been asleep. He was awake now, barely, but oh, so peaceful.

He opened his eyes a little. His limbs felt heavy, laden, torpid. It was a beautiful sensation, after his recent struggles with nightmares and insomnia. All of that seemed so far away now. He had no idea what time it was. Time didn't apply here.

I can't move.

You can't move, you jerk. It's the spell, you're falling under the spell of the house.

Get UP!

His heart slammed in his chest as he struggled to awaken. After what seemed like an eternity of terror, he gave a ragged little moan and pushed himself to all fours on the bed.

Beside him, Ciel still lay motionless, whistling through one side of his nose.

Tris jerked convulsively, shouting the sounds of the string of power through numb lips, and then he was safe in the Void. Safe in the Void, what an oxymoron. Safer than a minute ago, anyway.

He decided not to tell the General where he'd been. She would spank him. And with good reason.

He returned to Ald Raathim, to the Arena, where people were practicing, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:21 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:20 PM)

Isidor's face turned blank. "That's, that's not true. Goranthir is a fine warrior, why in Oblivion would he be jealous of me? You know, maybe I should be going..."

Zalliah grabbed his arm. "I'm sorry, but it is true, you don't know what he's said! I think he's insane!"

Posted by: Xyber02 Today, 12:25 AM

QUOTE(AND @ Aug 17 2005, 04:15 PM)

"Ah don't worry, my skilled, would-be assassin," She took out a stack of throwing stars. With a few quick flicks, Plaas' arrow was framed by them, "Women love a man in need, and Isidor wears his problems on his sleaves, whether he admits it or not."

Posted by: Loranna Today, 12:25 AM

Loranna was practicing in the Arena, Dram having wandered by and agreed to a little one on one practice to help her perfect her dodging while casting skills. Loranna and Dram dance around for a while, the Dunmer guard putting up an inspired offense and Loranna having a good workout for her trouble.

When she sees Tris, she calls for a rest, and heads over to greet the Breton. "Hello dear; you still look tired," she says. " ... You okay?"

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 12:27 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 17 2005, 02:25 PM)

Falco had to chuckle a bit at this statement.

Posted by: AND Today, 12:27 AM

PLaas laughed. "Yes, that is true." He took out more of his arrows and fired a circle around Anya's stars. HE was bored, maybe this would amuse him.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 12:28 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 17 2005, 05:25 PM)

"Not tired, just not awake yet," he said. "Everyone's here? It's about time for those team battles."

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 12:29 AM

QUOTE(AND @ Aug 17 2005, 02:27 PM)

PLaas laughed. "Yes, that is true." He took out more of his arrows and fired a circle around Anya's stars. HE was bored, maybe this would amuse him.

"Hey Plaas, I bet I can split every one of your arrows with just my arrow."

Posted by: AND Today, 12:31 AM

"Ok... sure" Plaas said unsure whether thsi was somehow a ploy or an actual test of skill. "Go ahead."

Posted by: Loranna Today, 12:31 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Aug 17 2005, 06:28 PM)

"Not tired, just not awake yet," he said. "Everyone's here? It's about time for those team battles."

"Just about," Loranna says. "Isidor headed off to the tavern with our fair Harvest Princess, who is probably playing with his biceps right now, and I haven't seen Goranthir yet."

Dram Nods to Tris as he heads to the outside of the Arena, while Loranna continues "And Kratos was still asleep ... eh, let me go to the tavern, see if I can't get our big-muscled people."

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 12:33 AM

QUOTE(AND @ Aug 17 2005, 02:31 PM)

"Ok... sure" Plaas said unsure whether thsi was somehow a ploy or an actual test of skill. "Go ahead."

"First, what will you wager? I will put up my remaining gold wich amounts to 500 gold pieces."

Posted by: AND Today, 12:34 AM

"Ummm I'm not sure that I have that much. But for now, I can put up half that amount." Plaas reached into his satchel and pulled out a bag filled with gold coins.

Posted by: Nalion Today, 12:34 AM

Ald Raathim castle

There was a flash of light in Nalion's room and with the sound of air being replaced by a body, Nalion appeared again in his chamber in Ald Raathim's castle. Wasting no time, the mage stepped out to find the nearest servant and ask about the whereabouts of Loranna and her companions.

With quick strides, he crossed the distance from the castle to the arena and approached Loranna and Tris.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:35 AM

Zalliah, left alone in the tavern, went quite mad.

She began by throwing her wine glass at the door when Isidor walked through it. That raised some eyebrows, but it did not satisfy her.

The guards were called as ran behind the bar, and began throwing all the glassware at all the patrons.

One of the guards held her, perhaps a little too lightly, mistaking her slim form as weak. She bit a chunk of out his hand, and escaped, running into the wilderness.

Witnesses could only say that she said as she left: "Nobody [censored] with the Harvest Princess!"

Posted by: Xyber02 Today, 12:36 AM

QUOTE(AND @ Aug 17 2005, 04:27 PM)

PLaas laughed. "Yes, that is true." He took out more of his arrows and fired a circle around Anya's stars. HE was bored, maybe this would amuse him.

Anya cants her head, "Hmm... Impressive shots." She grabs her throwing daggers. Lining her arm, she gives a few sharp tosses. Pleased at the design, she fires off four arrows.

The pattern looked like a spinning circle with her stars and his arrows, with four arms of throwing daggers lazily swaying with it, each tipped by an arrow.

"Besides, unless you're into one night relationships and loose women, I doubt you'd want that little succubus." Another arrow, enchanted with fire, launched out, hitting the center as well, causing Plaas' arrow to quiver violently. The pattern was framed in a red glow.

"And remember dear, you're not the only sharp eye any more. As Kratos must learn, you're no better, but no worse, than the people around you." She laughed, "I just didn't have a bow when we met. Nice eye though, very accurate."

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 12:36 AM

QUOTE(AND @ Aug 17 2005, 02:34 PM)

"Ummm I'm not sure that I have that much. But for now, I can put up half that amount." Plaas reached into his satchel and pulled out a bag filled with gold coins.

"Alright, the the rules, of the engagement are that you shall shoot an arrow, and my arrow shall split it in half. I am to use only one arrow. Agreed?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 12:36 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 05:34 PM)

"Hey, old man!" Tris called to Nalion, with a smile. "You're back!"

Posted by: Loranna Today, 12:38 AM

Loranna is just heading out to the tavern when Nalion shows up, and she spins around, smiling. "Welcome back dear!" she says, as Dram gets to witness Zalliah charge out and sigh the sigh of weary guards.

"How are you?" Loranna asks, heading toward Nalion as Dram heads to investigate the tavern ...

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 12:42 AM

Plaas fired off his arrow, hitting the target, just slightly off dead center. Falco smiled and pulled an arrow from his quiver. He dropped his bow and walked to the target. Here he jammed the arrow into the back of Plaas's, splitting it in two. "I believe you owe me That money Plaas!"

Posted by: Nalion Today, 12:44 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Aug 18 2005, 12:36 AM)

"Hey, old man!" Tris called to Nalion, with a smile. "You're back!"

"Right now, I'm feeling old, Tris.", Nalion replied, then looked around. "Yes, it seems I am truly back. Without you, I would never have noticed."
A wry grin appeared on his face, then Nalion waved a "Hello" to Loranna.

However, some kind of tired look also lingered on the mage's face. On his face though, he wore a smile and his eyes had a gleam of satisfaction in them. He wore his staff lightly and his travelling bag was slung over his back. On his belt hung, protected by a simple leather sheath, his Dagger of Senses. His clothes were worn out and the dust and stains of long travel were clearly visible.

"I'm here to deliver something. I hope you used the time I was away to continue to prepare yourselves. May I suggest that we send for all and meet at the study?", Nalion asked as his voice turned serious.

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:45 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:35 PM)

Before the breakdown
Isidor had sat back down at the table, and said "I guess the rumors were true." He said, shaking his head.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:50 AM

Goranthir, his gray cloak flying out like wings of a great bird, leapt high over the fence of the arena, and joined the others.

"Sorry I'm late," he smiled.

Posted by: Moonblink Today, 12:50 AM

Luxi munched happily on her sweet-roll.
She had been watching Isidor and Zalliah, and when Zaliah had thrown a fit, she just giggled.
Men weren't all stupid.

She finished her breakfast, then headed to the arena to practice archery.

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 12:50 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 02:50 PM)

Goranthir, his gray cloak flying out like wings of a great bird, leapt high over the fence of the arena, and joined the others.

"Sorry I'm late," he smiled.

"Showoff..." Falco muttered...

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 12:51 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 05:44 PM)

Tris listened to the tale of the Harvest Princess's rage with interest, but without surprise, then turned serious at Nalion's words.

"Where you been?" he whispered to Goranthir. Probably chatting with nix hounds, or something.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:51 AM

Before the breakdown

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:45 PM)

Isidor had sat back down at the table, and said "I guess the rumors were true." He said, shaking his head.

"I told you," Zalliah smiled sweetly. "Pure jealousy. People think it's easy to be pretty, but it's hard."

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:54 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:51 PM)

Before the breakdown
"I told you," Zalliah smiled sweetly. "Pure jealousy. People think it's easy to be pretty, but it's hard."

Before the breakdown
"I guess so...." He said with a grin, "I wouldn't know though." He pointed at his face. "One question though, I didn't know you had "been" with Goranithir. How did you know of his insanity?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 12:56 AM

Before the breakdown

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:54 PM)

"I guess so...." He said with a grin, "I wouldn't know though." He pointed at his face. "One question though, I didn't know you had "been" with Goranithir. How did you know of his insanity?"

"Been? With that boy?" Zalliah laughed. "No, no, I only spoke with him. He flirted with me, but I much prefer men ... like you ..."

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 12:57 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:56 PM)

Before the breakdown
"Been? With that boy?" Zalliah laughed. "No, no, I only spoke with him. He flirted with me, but I much prefer men ... like you ..."

Before the breakdown

He grinned and said "So, you like this, huh?"

Posted by: Nalion Today, 01:01 AM

Ald Raathim study

The messengers did not take long to find the companions - be they old or new - who had gathered around Loranna during the last days and so, the Loranna's study was soon filled.

Nalion stood, with his hands resting on the study's table, looking around and at each of the companions gathered.

"Thank you all for coming.", Nalion began, speaking in a calm voice. "I will make this short, for I know you haven't got much time. There is something that the eight - and all of us - will desperately need when you go Outside. Here it is."

The Breton unslung his travelling bag and took out an item wrapped in clean cloth. He carefully removed the wrapping and revealed an artifact in the shape and size of an ebony-coloured and gold-inlaid book. Nalion opened it and the companions could see only two pages, not of parchment, but seemingly made of a strange looking kind of stone.

"Someone touch the pages.", he suggested.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 01:01 AM

Before the breakdown

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 06:57 PM)

He grinned and said "So, you like this, huh?"

"What woman wouldn't?" Zalliah smiled, her eyes half-closed as she leaned in for a kiss. "Let me make you an offer you'd be a fool to refuse ..."

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 01:02 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 03:01 PM)

Falco's scaled claw was the first to touch them...

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 01:03 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 07:01 PM)

"Someone touch the pages.", he suggested.

Goranthir had never met this man before, but he had the trust of Loranna and Tris, and that was good enough.

He touched the page.

Posted by: Loranna Today, 01:03 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 07:01 PM)

Loranna stares at the book, wondering what power it possesses. When Nalion asks for a person to touch the pages, she steps forward.

"All right then," she says, laying her hand on the stonelike pages, her eyebrows raised with curiosity.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 01:04 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 06:01 PM)

"I'd rather not," Tris said, smiling just with his eyes. "I know what this is. You're a remarkable man, Nalion."

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 01:05 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 07:01 PM)

Before the breakdown
"What woman wouldn't?" Zalliah smiled, her eyes half-closed as she leaned in for a kiss. "Let me make you an offer you'd be a fool to refuse ..."

Before the breakdown
He pulled back and said "No, not me. Making men act like fools, over you." He stood up, disgusted. "You thought this was great fun, huh? Thought I was a moron, who would choose you over my friends? You were wrong." He slammed down some gold on the table and said "I really wanted to like you, Zalliah. I really did. I wanted to think that everyone was jealous, that everyone was lying." He shook his head and stormed out of the bar, slamming the door behind him.

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 07:01 PM)

Isidor entered the study, fuming.

Posted by: Xyber02 Today, 01:05 AM

Anya watched the others lay their hands on the book. "Why not?" and she placed her hand on as well.

Posted by: Nalion Today, 01:05 AM

Upon each touch, voices can be heard, obviously telling a story. They first seem to be confusing and incoherent, but upon focusing, the voices became clearer. Each one who touches the artifact could see scenes of his own story and background, and how it was shaped by persons and events, and one can even see parts of the stories of others...

- Shift -

"I seek trial so that the truth may be revelaed," Loranna says to Ceil. "My crimes you speak of ... do you think these are the worst of my offenses? Do you know nothing of the suffering the Chimer and the Dunmer have suffered all these years, all by my acts and in my name?" ... "Please ... I am to die, but let me answer for all my crimes ..."

- Shift -

Arynel pushes himself off of the ground, and looks up towards the sky.
"I swear by my life and by my soul and by my feet. I swear as the path doth lead and the road doth run. Til the earth meets the sky and the mountain the sea I will not cease in my labor. I make of myself a servant, I take upon my girth the shackles of slavery. My heart has been torn from the wrongness of this, and my soul bound for the plight of a cursed people."

- Shift -

Loranna's expression undergoes a swift, forceful transformation; her posture straightens and her head rises imperiously to glare at the crowd and the Tribunal. Her eyes literally glow blue and she almost seems to grow slightly, and when she speaks next her voice is that of a thousand Twilights, their voices caught in the instant of change from one octave to the next.
"ENOUGH! THERE WILL BE NO TRIAL; THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT NOW", she says, the force of her voice shaking the hall ...

- Shift -

Allerleirauh stopped. There was more to the story, but the sun was shining; she thought she would walk out in it, and let the sun shine on the simulacrum. She leaned her head against the belly of the woman of brass.
"Well, Sen-Yedda. I danced to show you the love like the sun, sometimes harsh and sometimes gentle and sometimes hidden by clouds, the love of a mother for a child. And Arynel has shown you the love like moonlight, which waxes and wanes, impermanent as our bodies, but like them a symbol of something truer and realer, the love of man and woman. Now it's up to Solin to show you the purest love of all, the love like starlight - for the stars, you know, shine even during the day, though we cannot see them because our eyes are full of lesser, closer lights. Aren't you the luckiest baby, to have two such godfathers as Arynel and Solin?"

- Shift -

"We have been gifted with a great present in the hour of our greatest need. These shards hold one pure essence each, the pure essence of the idea of creation itself. These shards represent the eight Aedra."
Nalion looked up, eyes glowing.
"We will use them. Together. Like it has been done before."

- Shift -

On a far hillside Solin stood, alone, watching the heavens. In the not so great distance Red Mountain stood likewise, lit by the stars. The earth trembled, still he waited. She would come, he had waited his life. She was coming, the last bit starlight.

- Shift -

Illidan climbed to his feet and took the potion. He gave Loranna a quick look before downing it, he began to dart his tounge in and out of his mouth. Indicating the obvious odd taste it gave. "Tastes...kind of like Kwama." Illidan said blankly, before snapping his head back and falling back to the ground.

- Shift -

- Shift -
- Shift -
- Shift -

"This is a record of all that has happened to us and will record all that happens now.", Nalion explained.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 01:07 AM

Before the breakdown

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 07:05 PM)

He pulled back and said "No, not me. Making men act like fools, over you." He stood up, disgusted. "You thought this was great fun, huh? Thought I was a moron, who would choose you over my friends? You were wrong." He slammed down some gold on the table and said "I really wanted to like you, Zalliah. I really did. I wanted to think that everyone was jealous, that everyone was lying." He shook his head and stormed out of the bar, slamming the door behind him.

And then ... the breakdown ...

End o' flashback.

Posted by: Loranna Today, 01:09 AM

Loranna steps back, looking stunned - many of the images she saw she had seen before, but to relive them, her own and others' stories, all at once ...

" ... Incredible ..." she says, looking to Nalion. "You made this, Nalion? Or found it?"

Posted by: Arynel Today, 01:10 AM

In the study, Arynel smiled.

"Well done, friend," the Breton said, "there are not words to suffice my appreciation."

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 01:10 AM

Falco pulled his hand from the book. He was breathing heavily, he hoped the others hadn't seen all of his story, as he had seen much of theirs.

Posted by: Xyber02 Today, 01:11 AM

Anya recoiled. She didn't like watching herself again, her face scrunching to a frown. She shook her head and focused on something else, "So that's what happened before and during the Blue Dawn...."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 01:11 AM

Tris watched the expressions on the faces of the others. He felt a longing to touch the book, but not one great enough to overcome his reluctance to touch it. He didn't need to walk backwards.

"Xarxes, as Allie suggested?" he asked. "Or did you find another way?"

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 01:12 AM

Isidor had touched the pages, and saw his families bodies, Striter, everything came back to him. He jumped backwards, gulping.

Posted by: Aki Today, 01:13 AM

"Neat book," Reichi said after having touched the pages. Though he new it was a understatement, he couldn't think of much else to say. "It was so...real. Like being there again."

Posted by: Argonians rule Today, 01:13 AM

Falco wanted to forget his murders all of them... Yet here they were, popping back into his head... But the worst of all was the infant. He hoped the others did not see them all.

Posted by: Moonblink Today, 01:14 AM

Luxi was alone in the arena. Apparently everyone was at some meeting at the castle.

She wondered if Ahjaar had finished her bussiness in Sadith Mora.
If she had, she would be coming back tommarow.

Luxi shot her bow, the arrow hitting an outer ring.
The next shot hit the target at an odd angle, and feel to the ground.
Luxi sighed. She was so much better at melee.

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 01:17 AM

Goranthir's parents, King Reman and Queen Morgiah, beautiful and cold.

Loneliness in the palace, and in the streets beneath the gleaming spires of Firsthold.

Running away. Starving, assaulted in the slums of Elsweyr. Desparately sick in Black Marsh.

Helseth looking at him as if he were a new chess piece.

Goranthir pulled his hand away, shocked, embarrassed of his own story, horrified by the tragedies in his friends' lives. He stared at Nalion as if he had been invited into a trap.

Posted by: Nalion Today, 01:26 AM

OOC:
Yup, I dare to make an OOC post.

This little book has a twin in the "real world" ... in form of a zipped archive on my harddisk. I'll try my best to keep that .zip up to date from now on. Anyone who wants to have a look at it, feel free to PM me.

Having looked over all what was written in all this time, I did some statistics, just to shock some Mods or satisfy my own curiosity...

Loranna's RPs have reached (until now) around 120 threads, counting 24,105 posts (roughly), 3,036,531 words (including quotes) and a good 16,863,607 letters.

You're AWESOME, people. Thanks a lot!

Okay, back to business...
/OOC:

"Two words of warning, though. This book contains everything. Including much that should not be known. It needs to be safeguarded closely. I swear you all to secrecy, the knowledge about this book may not leave this chamber. And I think you all can now guess why you have to take this artifact with you." Nalion looked into each of the heroes eyes and his face never had been more serious.

"And secondly... The world is trembling. And so is our story. I can see it falling apart. Pieces are missing already. Let not the threads of story we have woven together fall apart. Hurry.", Nalion's voice was calm, yet still urging and his eyes spoke more than words. "Verily... Hurry!"

Posted by: Moonblink Today, 01:27 AM

Pictures flash before your eyes... you don't know who's past this is, but it's horrid....

A man stabs his wife to death, the whole time an eight year old girl watches fritened in the corner. The man attacks the girl, but she kicks at his legs. The man falls down, onto his own dagger.
The girl watches as her father dies..

A flash of white as time speeds up....

The girl, now 15, lives alone, stealing money and food.
No one cares about her.
A man approaches her, and offers her a chance to train as an assassion.
The girl agrees.
Before they go, he asks her her name.
"Ahjaar" she replies....

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 01:28 AM

Tris, quietly and inconspicuously, took Goranthir's hand and rubbed it between his own, as if to warm it.

"The General hinted at that," Tris said, in reply to Nalion's words. "The Dragon is angry with us, the crack in the realm of Arkay is spreading. We don't want to fall through the cracks."

Posted by: Nalion Today, 01:31 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 18 2005, 01:09 AM)

QUOTE(Arynel @ Aug 18 2005, 01:10 AM)

In the study, Arynel smiled.

"Well done, friend," the Breton said, "there are not words to suffice my appreciation."

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Aug 18 2005, 01:11 AM)

"It was Xarxes, yes Tris. Crafting such a marvelous thing is beyond my skill. It took me some time to find him. And to convince him.", Nalion answered, then bowed to Loranna, Arynel and Tris. "But, maybe, there's something of my own in there, too. I don't know."

Posted by: Loranna Today, 01:34 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 07:26 PM)

OOC:
Yup, I dare to make an OOC post.

This little book has a twin in the "real world" ... in form of a zipped archive on my harddisk. I'll try my best to keep that .zip up to date from now on. Anyone who wants to have a look at it, feel free to PM me.

Having looked over all what was written in all this time, I did some statistics, just to shock some Mods or satisfy my own curiosity...

Loranna's RPs have reached (until now) around 120 threads, counting 24,105 posts (roughly), 3,036,531 words (including quotes) and a good 16,863,607 letters.

You're AWESOME, people. Thanks a lot!

Okay, back to business...
/OOC:
"Two words of warning, though. This book contains everything. Including much that should not be known. It needs to be safeguarded closely. I swear you all to secrecy, the knowledge about this book my not leave this chamber. And I think you all can now guess why you have to take this artifact with you." Nalion looked into each of the heroes eyes and his face never had been more serious.

"And secondly... The world is trembling. And so is our story. I can see it falling apart. Pieces are missing already. Let not the threads of story we have woven together fall apart. Hurry.", Nalion's voice was calm, yet still urging and his eyes spoke more than words. "Verily... Hurry!"

Looking around the room, seeing the expressions on peoples' faces, Loranna has an odd look on her face, as though realizing something.

" ... Nalion ..." she says, turning to look at him for a moment, then she turns and looks at Goranthir and her lips tremble a little.

" ... We will Nalion," Loranna says quietly, taking long, slow breaths. "We will ..."

... That was ... like the time Slyvos and I bared our souls to one another, Loranna thinks. What I'd wanted originally, when Azura told me I could share my thoughts with others - if only I'd known then what I know now ...

Her eyes glistening, she walks to Nalion and embraces him, kissing him softly on the cheek. "Thank you," she says, smiling slowly. She lets Nalion go and turns to the others, clearing her throat.

" ... We should start making our final preperations," she says. "As Nalion says, time grows short ..."

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 01:37 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Aug 17 2005, 07:28 PM)

If there was anything in Goranthir's mind that said it was unseemly, unheroic, to hold Tris's hand during this, he was not aware of it. He was grateful for the warmth.

He couldn't help but look at each of the people who had touched the book in a different way. He thought he knew all their stories. He was wrong.

Not everything was bad, of course. Some tales were funny. Some were exciting, or erotic, or just peculiar. His head still buzzed with the images as he desperately tried to sort through them. It was like reading the contents of a library at one sitting.

"Now?" Goranthir asked. His voice was shaky.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Today, 01:41 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 06:37 PM)

"We're not ready yet," Tris said. "It's urgent, yes, but we'll take as much time as we can, because we won't get a second chance. The world is shaking apart; it needs to be renewed. Made solid, as the General said. And our part in the world will be lost unless we take this book to Solunastra while that happens. The book can't pass through the Void; someone has to carry it, the hard way. That's what the Eight are going to do."

Posted by: Loranna Today, 01:43 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 07:37 PM)

Loranna smiles at Goranthir. " ... We can take time to catch our breaths, I think," she says encouragingly, looking to see who else looked badly shaken. " ... I used to be bombarded with that much information back as the Incarnate Mother - we can take some time right now."

Tris was helping Goranthir; Loranna turns to Anya, mouth opening to ask if she needs anything. Memories of Anya's story flicker in her mind, making her words pause in her throat.

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 01:43 AM

Isidor stood in the corner of the room, anger, hatred and embarrasment. He was angry at that thing...Zalliah.
He was embarrassed that the others had seen his memories. Especially the last night he had spent in Skyrim.

He was too emotional to fight now. He need to calm down, or he might explode.

He clenched his teeth together, and stared blankly into space.

Posted by: Moonblink Today, 01:43 AM

Luxi shot the bow again and again.
She got aggresiver and aggresiver with each shot.

Luxi kept thinking about her past.
About her father.
About her mother.

SNAP!

She threw down the broken bow.
"Damn." She muttered.

OOC: BRB

Posted by: Sheogorath Today, 01:50 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Aug 17 2005, 07:43 PM)

Goranthir looked at Isidor, knowing the conversation now that he had had with Zalliah, knowing how he had laughed at her when she tried to turn Isidor against him ...

Posted by: Xyber02 Today, 01:51 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 17 2005, 05:43 PM)

Tris was helping Goranthir; Loranna turns to Anya, mouth opening to ask if she needs anything. Memories of Anya's story flicker in her mind, making her words pause in her throat.

Anya saw Loranna turn to her, mouth agape as if to say something. Anya leaned over, keeping her voice quite "It's ok... I've come to terms with it, I think. It's just hard seeing it again... it's too much like before. But not all of them were bad, let's not focus on those." She was trying hard to not let her voice crack. Memories she had tried hard to forget were laid bare a second time, more acute than before. She fought back the tears, but still a few escaped.

Posted by: Stargazey Today, 01:56 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 17 2005, 07:50 PM)

Goranthir looked at Isidor, knowing the conversation now that he had had with Zalliah, knowing how he had laughed at her when she tried to turn Isidor against him ...

Isidor noticed Goranthir's glance, but he ignored it. He blamed him too, but he didn't know why.

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 17 2005, 07:51 PM)

He saw the tears run down Anya's face. He wanted nothing more then to go over and hug her, but he didn't do anything. He clenched his teeth tighter, and closed his eyes.

Posted by: Loranna Today, 01:57 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Aug 17 2005, 07:51 PM)

Loranna holds out her hands to Anya. "I can relate. Reliving having Azura inside me was ..." She shrugs, letting her expression complete her thought.

Posted by: Nalion Today, 02:02 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Aug 18 2005, 01:50 AM)

Goranthir looked at Isidor, knowing the conversation now that he had had with Zalliah, knowing how he had laughed at her when she tried to turn Isidor against him ...

QUOTE(Loranna @ Aug 18 2005, 01:57 AM)

Loranna holds out her hands to Anya. "I can relate. Reliving having Azura inside me was ..." She shrugs, letting her expression complete her thought.

Nalion looked at his companions, knowing well what they now felt, for he had touched the book before and it had hit him as hard as anyone in the room. Despite that he knew what that book was capable of.

"I know what you're all feeling now. I am sorry, but it needed to be done. Now you know what's at stake.", he said, almost in a whisper.

Posted by: Loranna Today, 02:19 AM

QUOTE(Nalion @ Aug 17 2005, 08:02 PM)

"Nalion," Loranna says quietly but firmly, "you had to do it." She looks at him and offers a small, understanding smile.

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And we start a new thread.

LOCK ON!!!

Loranna