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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:00 pm
"He owes you nothing! You owe him for all the things you've done to him, all the lies you've told and all the ways you've attempted to break him." And once again she bit off more than she could chew. She'd tried to slash him and he'd turned it all around and now had her in a horrible position. His words began to affect her and she started to struggle once again, especially when his hand began its foray. This was going very bad, very fast. "Stop it! Let me go!" She knocked her head back, aiming to hit him somewhere so he'd be forced to release her. "No! He's not like that! You only taught him his skill and his hatred. He's risen above all of that. He's not like you say he is, I know him!" He wouldn't take Zykariel away...he wouldn't. But he already has once...she did not need her inner voice right now. Khaiver's was enough. "You're wrong!"
Lateef kept Caprice close to her and stared at Galesen for a long moment. "I don't even think that is possible." He glanced at the Breakers for a moment, ready to use magic if it became necessary though he did feel that it was quite a bit weaker. Almost sluggish if he had to put a word ot it. "I don't think there is an appropriate word at this point. Now then, lead on Galesen since you know where you're going and such." Thus taking to following him into the fortress nad blinking at the massive amount of people inside the fortress. Sure he lived in a palace with about the same amount but he hadn't pegged Malik for the kind to have quite that many underfoot. "Can he spare a bed?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:12 pm
Of course when Lateef stared at him Arthur just stared right back with a wondering look on his face until the man explained himself. "Alright then...just make yourselves feel comfortable as best as you can." So he waited for the two elves to get thier eyeful of the Breakers before he lead them to Twilight without a problem form his left eye, after all he has walked thier area many times so there wasn't that much of a problem for him, well not yet anyway. Though once they entered the fortress Arthur was just as shocked as Lateef at all the people inside and paused for a moment before turning to the man with a shrug. "I don't know what's going on but I hope he can." So he grabbed the nearest slave and told said person to tell Malik that he was home and he brought Lateef and Caprice, then he let them go and with a small smile he turned to the man again. "Don't worry, he'll be here soon."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:21 pm
Piper crossed her arms loosely over her chest. "Still had to ask, be happy I love you or I would have to simply hurt you over and over. If I had the strength to punch you right now, I would. And I mean all of that in the most loving way of course." Giving him one of those little grins, scrunching her nose at his tapping. "They'll have a heart attack just looking at me." What with all those cuts and bruises she had and such...and Lateef had a tendency to blow some thigns our of proportion. "How wonderful, you always did take care of me, even when I thought I didn't need you to." Giving him one of those sweet lingering kisses of hers. "It's nice."
"That's life, plain and simple." Giving a shrug before sliding his hand back up and letting it smooth over her throat, only to grab hold of her jaw to hold her steady with painful pressure from all her struggling. They always struggled. "Are you begging me already? Tsk tsk...I expected more what with all your boasting." Twirling her so she was facing him and again holding her jaw, forcing her to look up at him as he still painfully held her. "He is what he was made into...and he's crazy as s**t. What happens when he can't contain himself anymore? Maybe he'll kill all those around him to try and erase everything to start again...maybe not. You think he's changed so much...yet he still starves himself...still let's his anger get the better of him...what happens when you're on the end of that?" Oh he could tell looking at Sevilin how his eating habits and such had been lately.
"Yet you claim he's risen above it? Or are you blind because of the web he'd weaved. Cafellian men...we learn things. We learn to weave a web to the woman whom were are with for extended periods of time, we learn to work into thier lives and fit...be around when needed, not there when needed...such things. All a tool of deception and compliance." Simple as that. Survival tools of the trade. "Do you know him? Am I wrong? Look into my eyes woman, and tell me you don't see Sevilin...honestly tell me you don't. Tell me you don't see what he has always had the potiental to become and one day may just become."
"Should I be worried that he has no idea what's going on?" Taking a look around at what was happening, ever the observational elf, though she raised a hand and tucked a few coral strands of hair behind her blue tipped ear. Said ears twitching lightly at sounds. But a sigh and she merely stayed at Lateef's side, continuing her observations. SHouldn't be too bad down here...
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:33 pm
She shook in his grip but not from fear alone, though there was plenty of that as well. No, she shook from pure anger. "I never beg." Not even for death would she ever beg. She stared into Sevilin's face but not Sevilin's eyes. She knew her lover's eyes and his weren't cold and humorless, full of cruelty and lacking any real emotion whatsoever. It was awful though how closely he resembled the man she knew so well. The bits of truth in each of Khaiver's statements began to sharpen to dagger points and wage a war against her staunch defense of Sevilin. She had seen his eyes go cold before. His face had gone carefully and inscrutably blank before and the look that Khaiver was giving her now had been given before...by Sevilin. She closed her eyes and shook her head. "No..." He couldn't. He wouldn't...
"I think I am slightly myself." Galesen was rather forceful with these humans, wasn't he? Though he wasn't foolish enough to misunderstand what they were. Human servants and they served their purpose well. "I'm tempted to ask for sustenance but I'm afraid of getting something slimy. I think I'll just wait until Piper can advise."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:43 pm
A knee came up, crashing harshly into her stomach and he threw her down again, with a follow up kick to the ribs just for good measure. "Understand now that you're powerless in this matter? Tis foolish quest you endeavour upon...I shall not stand to waste my time with the likes of you. I want my pound of flesh from Sevilin and then I'll be on my merry way." After all, he had his own plan to make his own life better. Walking over to where he had kicked her, plopping his boot on her throat and presuring down to cut off her airway.
"You want me gone? Send me Sevilin...maybe then I'll spare your son. At least you can still save the boy from becoming what his father came. I'm sure you don't want that." Yes playing her sensibilities, this woman was more like a surface elf it seemed. "Betray him before he does you." It was fun to play people against each other two...and make this all easier for himself.
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:50 pm
"Well I am a little shocked at what's going on here, after all when I left the halls were not this crowded." He told her and placed his hands in his pockets before turning to Lateef and smiled a little bit. "Well if you are hungry there is nothing to worry about, we eat normal food there is nothing slimy in the kitchen...that I know of...so come on Malik can find us." So he lead the pair to the kitchen with a small smile on his face and when they got there it wasn't as crowded as it was where they came in but they were still able to find a place to sit. "Now what do you want Lateef? We may not be able to make the same loving foods you like but we can try, or if you want I can cook and do my best to get you want you want to eat." Always try to offer someone a second choice incase they didn't like the first, that what Arthur had learned though sometimes it's best to only offer one in certain conditions of course.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:01 pm
She jerked again cursing herself for closing her eyes. She knew better than that but it was too late. Once again she was on the ground and he was exactly right, she had no control. Once again she was forced to claw at her throat and she reached up between his legs and grabbed him, squeezing tightly to cause him pain. If he even thought to touch her son, she'd kill him. She glanced around for her daggers and could see it, right there by her hand. She reached out but it was just too far away so she took the only other route open. "Take me instead. Leave Sevilin and Zykariel alone and remove your pound of flesh from then begone. I'm already here. You can't deny that you wouldn't want to make a woman suffer the way you have for so many years."
Lateef blinked for a moment, he got choices? But he glanced around the kitchen and shrugged. "I wouldn't even have the slightest idea about what to ask for. The palace cooks made the food, I just ate it. Whatever you have that you think I could eat will be fine with me. Caprice, are you hungry?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:16 pm
Eh, that was a pain he was used to, didn't even flinch at it yet again. She knew not whom she was dealing with. Thus he merely grabbed her already injured wrist and squeezed bone and flesh until her hand released him and he let up the pressure on her throat some so that she could breath. "So, now we're being noble are we? You never cease to amaze....begging, now bargining. Take it from you? My dear, I mean flesh in the literal sense. Since you're so inquisitive, I'll let you know." Thus walking to the side to come and stand over her, dropping to his knees so he was straddling her midrift to hold her down. "Now listen close, because I'm only only to say it once."
He lifted a finger, and chased a certain mark on her cheek. A line that ran under the eye, along the cheekbone and then down the side of the cheek to the jawline where it swiped back to the ear, stopping there. "Feel that? That is the cut that would be made on the skin, all the way around, just like that, all the way down to bone...duely yes extracting a piece of flesh. The mark of a fallen Cafellian who refused to come back to flock. And that kind of injury is sure to leave a scar or mark, even if we're elves...but thats a wound that doens't soon heal. The flesh? That and a little bit of hair is a very good death certificate assurance...I can't take that from you. You're much too pretty, and the rune mages would know. They can track family lines after all. Though you could make this easier...you care for him so much? Why don't you do it for me? I'm sure you would make it much less painful than in the manner I would do it..."
Caprice shook her head, laying it against Lateef's cheek, glowing pale green eyes flicking slightly. "No darling, I'm fine. I ate before we left. And I told you to, but you wouldn't listen to me." Shaking her head lightly with a chuckle before a light sigh. Certinaly was a different setting now wasn't it? Much so.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:39 pm
Arthur paused for a moment and blinked a few times at the elf in front of him before giving a light nod. "Well alright then, but usually you can just order and they make it for you." He just let it go and turned to one of the slaves waving for them to come over, but then he paused and turned to the man with a light smile. "I just remember your body will be getting use to the sudden change down here so it's best to eat light for now...I think a salad with do okay?" He waited for an answer and told to the servant to get one and a drink for himself as well.
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:50 pm
She gasped in pain as he squeezed her already bruised and battered wrist and began to squirm once again though halted immediately as he more or less straddled her. She'd learned long ago it was easier just to let them do what they wanted to you. Her fear was quickly beginning to spike and her eyes widened as he not only touched her but conveyed the horrors of what he intended to inflict. Her whole body began to tremble just thinking about the pain that woudl cause him, not to mention marring his physical form if only for a little while. Swallowing for a moment, she forced herself not to think about it and nodded. "I'll do it. If you promise to leave both Zykariel and Sevilin alone after I bring...it back, I'll do it. When do you need it?"
Zykariel straightened up and glanced around, looking at his friend miserably for a moment then set down his fishing pole and looked at his father. "Daddy...my head...feels funny..." He whimpered and then lifted his arms up in the 'hold me' gesture.' "Where's Mommy?"
Extraplanar traveling doesnt' thrill me, I get nervous and you know I don't like leaving my home anyway. Rinc Kier only knows what Kieran is going to not do..." A shake of his head. "That sounds fine, Galesen."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:04 pm
"Seems our company has arrived."
shooing the servant out of the room and giving another kiss to piper.
"so, are we ready to give Lateef and his wife a stroke?"
before getting himself up and getting dressed, and leaning over and giving her a kiss, and heading himself out of the room and downstairs. noting arthur, caprice and lateef.
"Arthur. arena. you have training to make up for. Lateef, Caprice....do excuse the array, magic has for a bit been absent from teh plane, and I have those under my care relocate to teh fortress for thier own safety. they're starting to trickle out, but do forgive them. Piper should be down soon."
dressed in his usual bloodreds and blacks.
"Is there anything I can get for you?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:15 pm
He was enjoying this yes, it was amusing to see her systematically beak down, wasn't it? Oh the creppy yet satisfied grin he gave her as she actually agreed. What a wonderful way to get back at Sevilin. Now he would see what it felt like to be betrayed on so deep a level. Getting off of her, he rather gently pulled her up with him as he stoppe, brushing his hand against her in places as if brushing off dirt, before brushing his hand back through her hair.
"That's a good girl. And you have my word...just get me what I want and I'll leave. That strip of flesh, all the way down to the bone, muscle and all, and a shock of hair." Grabbing her by the throat and pulling her close again. "And I will know if it's not his...and you don't want to know the reprocussions of betraying me."
Sevilin turned his attention to his son, whom suddenly wasn't so happy about things. Walking over to the child, he picked him up and also too Malikhai by the hand, pulling him from the water as he sat down on a rock, setting his son on his knee. "Mommy is...out looking for health..." Or something...he didn't know...and realizing how long she had been gone was starting to bother him.
Malikhai watched his friend for a moment then tilted his head and frowned. "Do you got the rocks?"
She sighed and shook her head as he got himself up all lickity split and duely went to play host to the two elves. "He never changes..." Familiarity yet annoying at the same time. For the moment she merely snuggled down into the covers again, spending her moment in decision land of wether she was going to make an appreance or not. After all...Lateef was no doubt a spy for father as well.
"You used to go everywhere with Kieran and now it doesn't thrill you. You are an odd elf, but I love you anyway. I'll make it all better later with some bells, how's that sound?" Giving a chuckle at that before a nod to Galesen. "Does well," before a look over to Malik as he approached. "And there is our gracious Lord D'vinn now." A nod at his explaination. "Oh, that makes sense."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:23 pm
Well he was able to take a sip of his drink when it arrived, also so did Lateef's salad, before the lord of the fortress had arrived. "Well it's good to see you as well Malik, I was going to head down and train once I get settled in and give your wife and a few others some lovely gifts from the surface." He explained though he blinked in surprised a little and titled his head in reaction to the news. "Really? Wow I cannot believe that..." He said and took another sip of his drink. "Well I'm glad to see nothing bad had happened here..." He said as he shifted in his spot a little. He really did mean that he was going to train soon, he just wanted to give Piper her little package and then off he went to the arena, hopefully to train by himself with his new eye.
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:55 pm
She didn't want to be touched but it was easier just to let him do what he was going to do and get away from him. "I'll bring his...to you, just like you want." She couldn't even bring herself to say it. How in the hell was she going to do it? She pulled back, trying to get away from him and lifted her own hands to shove him off even though it hurt horribly. "That's all you want, that's all you'll get."
"I think so but I've never had them before." He dropped his head against his father and started to cry. "Make it stop Daddy." He sniffled and wiped at his eyes. "We gotta find Mommy..." Yes, child freaking out.
"Oh no, love you misunderstood. I love Kieran like a brother from another mother. I just...he forced me to leave and I'm still all discombobulated from it." He gave a goofy little grin, "Bells will be very nice indeed." He sat down and began to pick at his salad, no longer horribly hungry. "Ah, Malik. Wonderful to see you again. Just a room with a bed right now will be fine."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:02 pm
"That can easily be arranged. Though I imagine you are curious as to why I had you summoned down here. there are a few rules and andalian laws I need to go over, plus, you kept ignoring my previous attempts. not to mention I have things to bribe you with for future visits."
A small smirk.
"There are events I wish to set completely into motion, but I need to be more aware of the potential backlashes. and don't mind Piper's appearance when you see her. she's had a tough trial, which is the reason magic has recently been restored and my higher level of animosity for humans, particularly oracles."
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