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 Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:27 pm
SHe smiled. "Thank you." She walked where she was guided without pause. She had gotten used to this when Tanudnra took her to market. "It's all right. Once in a while, I forget too." She sighed. "It's harder being blind around other people."
O'Konner reached over and tugged at his daughters shirt, pulling her back into the center of the boat. "Don't be foolish girl. There are things in this water that would rip this boat apart. We don't need fleshy fingers to lure them out.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:36 pm
"Always just a foolish girl aren't I Daddy?" She taunted him. That was right, she had heard him talking to her mother before they left. She knew he didn't think to much of her. What was wrong with expressing herself? Or having a bit of fun? "At least I'd rather be foolsih than a hard a**." she wasn't really talkign to anybody, just stared at the water.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:36 pm
"Well, your grace certianly hides your hinderance..." He paused, "It must be hard not to see those you are talking too."
Tarathiel tilted his head, "I am going to have to leave here soon, before a certain someone becomes jealous of my fondness for you. I will return when I can of course, and leave my most faithful and trusted advisors with you, and a wizard and a gnome."
"Thank you for the vote of confidence, Kimkim." Jin said after Tarathiel's proclomation.
"Agreed." said Orko.
"You know I love you, and everything that you can do. I just trust that your own agendas supercede mine to you."
They both nodded.
"That makes you very useful, especially since all I have to do is provide you with all the magical spells I can find." Tarathiel said to Orko, who blushed. "And... well... You just love me don't ya kiddo."
"You and the treasure you give me." Jin replied wrily.
"Indeed. Thus, our big trusting family." Tarathiel turned to the Oracle, "Warhammer traded his freedom for his people, and so too did Sstrl. Aven joined me because I promise him adventure. And Tames is the loyalist little goblinoid of them all. In them, I would place my kingdom... If it was ever, going to be mine." All of the crew laughed, as they knew that Tarathiel was more or less, a political propaganda for his mother, and had no actual value beyond that. Thus, his marrage contract to his sister, who's religious zeal had her enveloped in the Son of Lolth myth.
"Significant, do you wish to be an honourary member of the Salmander's Whip?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:48 pm
She smiled. "The future I may see, but the expression on the faces of the people I talk to, I cannot." Her cheeks redended a bit at the compliment, and the title of 'your grace.' "Jealous? Fondness?" Yes, she could be cought of gaurd too.
She smiled through the conversation, enjoying how one man could bring together so many different people, have them live together and enjoy it, if not enjoy each other. Her head swiveld from side to side, sometimes looking as if she were seeing those who spoke, but really just runing an ear to hear the speaker better.
"A memeber?" She ran her fingers across the scars under eyes a moemnt, surprised...Tarathiel was prooving difficult to predict. "I would be honoured."
"Foolish, yes. You are young and uneducated. You will be foolish until you become an adult." He looked at the map a moment, and turned the handle on the motor, turning them in a different direction, tohugh one could not really tell in the darkness.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:58 pm
Kat looked sideways at her father. "Toby and Jake were never foolish. They were always 'strapping and smart young men', never heard a bad word about them. Maybe I wouldn't be so foolish if you had chosen to be a father before now." It was true, she had never been involved in his life, it had always been 'just the boys', or a 'father and son thing'. She had wanted to go fishing, hunting and to market with them at one point, always begged to go. But she had never been allowed to. she had to saty home and bake with mother. She had tried to have a relationship with her father, and had given up long ago instead devoting her life to making his miserable.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:59 pm
Lavi flew over the sea, and heard a strange noise, like an echoing buzz. His curiosity got the better of him, and he swung around to see what it was. He found a small boat moving without paddles or sails, and it seemed to have no magical presence. He flew right over it, his head almost as wide as the boat, and looked at the thing rather inquisitively. He sniffed the people and regained his heigth, and flew back on his way to Stonekeep.
"Welcome, Significant." Tarathiel said, "Now, I have to give a gift to show that you are a valued member of my crew, and I shall give you the only thing you do not already own." He paused dramatically, "This... Oh wait, you have a ring..."
He looked about the room, and decided that it would be prudent to give her something deviously nice. "One moment." He rushed out of the room, and returned within moments.
"This is a Tiara of Searing Light. Once each day, you can request it to fire a single and fairly potent beam of magical light, that will disintigrage most forms of undead instantly. I am afraid that some of the more potenient dead would merely shake it off, but at least you can now shot peasky Drow Captains with it." He placed the valuable item in her hand, "I gave one of these to Special too, the were items I used frequently in a sea to the far North East. Undead menace there, and I bought enough of these to equip a third of my crew. I have sold many of them to buy other previsions and equipment since I needed them, but have had a few left over. They are not overly effective on living creatures, but you could probably seriously hurt someone if you really wanted to."
"Then again, you knew all that. And you know what I am going to do... I'd ask you if you were going to see me again, but then I would have to finish a request for you." Tarathiel paused.
"Vierna should leave you alone, as once I leave I'll mostly stop thinking of you, which will saticify her viggor for me. But..."
"You are significant. Orko, tend to the armour." Tarathiel waved his hand, and walked towards the exit. "There is a big world out there, and i must be ready to extend the rule of Chaos, or at least make it look like I do that!" To be to chaotic is lawful, and to be lawful is lawful. The fundemental flaw with chaos theory. He paused, "Well, that chilli smells mighty good to this nose..." He turned abruptly and went to eat.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:12 pm
She smiled, and blushed. The tiara felt odd on her head, but she would get used to it by evening. She hoped she never dropped it, she'd enver find it again. "it's the thought that counts, since I don't know what you are thinking." She looked down. "It would have been an easy request."
"A very big world." She smiled widley, this felt like a holiday. "Yes, indeed everyone eat. It is quiet done by now. But save a bowl for Aella."
O'Konner thought her heard something large over top of them, but blast the dark and human eyes, he couldn't peirce enough of the dak to know what it was. One thing for certian, something had seen them. "Safe at home indeed." He sighed. "You're brothers had very little self-esteem, Kat. I was instructed by your moter that I should keep up the praise. She promissed that she would deal with you." He spread his arms. "And you are here now. The same age as Toby was when I first took him out."
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:24 pm
"It may have been the fist time you took him out but you still spent time with him before that didn't you daddy? Couldn't spare any time for your daughter, I don't care what mother said." She chose to ignore whatever had seen them, not her business, she's to foolish to notice anyways. "Just becasue I had mother didn't mean i didn't want a father." She crossed her arms on the side of the boat, not wanting to listen to him anymore but continuing to mumble to herself.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:03 pm
Malik waited lightly, keeping his eyes on Eliot, though he was really enjoying the shoulder massage. and he nodded to Roarke about the surface and the butterflies.
"So someone did somethign to screw the surface up. wonderful."
Then his full attention back to Eliot.
"Tell us. if the dream...or memory you had, works with what the slaves I bought will tell me, we can guess you are indeed a 'failed experiment' and that we might find others like you that are a bit more...dangerous, shall we say...that might be guarding him."
Onyx grinned lightly.
"Come on..take a nice, long look.."
Then he whistled at teh girl, who of course, thinking they might be interested, though she was a bit nervous, in her for something sauntered on over shaking her hips and generally showing off her assest and Onyx turned moons head to watch.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:12 pm
A slightly raised eyebrow to Roarke as he apparently talked to himself. Dragon scale armor? Now that was something...but her attention filtered to Eliot a moment, the girl seeming very reluctant to say anything about it...it was understandable. Then an idle look to the butterflies that were flitting about...nice spot of bright to all the dark tones she was so used to by now. "Figures someone screwed it up." And now she would fix it...well that was something, cleaning up someone else's mess...though she didn't mind. Though a soft look was taken to Eliot and she followed up on Malik's words. "Take your time about it...take a breath."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:20 pm
"This not the time or the place to test my patientce, Kat." He put the map down, checked his watch. "we'll be there soon."
Roarke nodded. "Screwed it up real good." he popped a piece of cheese in his mouth. "Would anybody like sometihng other than tid bits? I can have something brought up, if you wish."
Moonstone growled, the side of one lip lifting and howing a fang. He pushed OPnyx away. "You are uncooth, brother." He dug into a pocket, pulled out a gol cion, tossed it to the woman. "Sorry it's not steel." Then he turned tail, shoulders tight and hands in fists, looking quite the angry vah. "Do that again and I'll slug you."
All right, he had enough of this. he was ready to go home...or what would be home for now. The flight would hurt, but he didn't fel like hanging around here anymore. He glared at his brother. "You comming? Or are you going to take advantage of a that woman?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:10 pm
Eliot glance to Roarke, he was always so kind, she wondered what the sherade was about when she had met him? "Um... Raw meat would be nice..." She twiddled her fingers in her tail some more. She looked to Malik, not really sure if she wanted to believe that she was afailed experiment. She then looked at Piper an nodded her head, thankful for the kindness. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
"I was standing... In a room lit from below ground." How odd that the light should come from there? "And there where... corn husks... everywhere... I couldnt see the end, although it seemed I was at the beginning." She paused for a moment. "The corn husks are moving." She was almost wispering now, "But not from any wind, from... inside... like... the fruit is living." She had to gulp for air. "It's very hot in here. I don't like it. Right infront of me I see... something... ripping out of its husk... forcing its way out. It's high off the ground, and it falls. It's covered in something, I can't tell what it is." She sniffed, her tail was nothing but matted fur now. "And... someone takes my hand. I feel... safer... he tells me not to look, that I should... not be... frightened by... those creatures, for now they are harmless." Eliot smiled a little out of the corners of her mouth. "Someone takes my other hand, its very warm... but not the way the room feels, it feels alive... And then Someone tells me it is time to go..." Eliots head suddenly slumped forward like she had fallen asleep. Her body could no longre hold her up, she had gone limp.
"I'm not trying your patience Daddy." Oh Man she hoped so, she wnate doff of this stinking boat and away from her father. She had something playing in her haed, she ha dheard of soemthing called... Tattoos before she had left.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:07 pm
Onyx laughed lightly a humorless laugh.
"Nah. jsut wanted to get your reactions, dear brother. let you get all that emotional response you can."
And he took to the air, still holding Morelle and went as fast as his wings coudl to the Fortress, mostly because he intended to let Moonstone know another emotion, jealousy. let him be jealous of how fast Onyx was compared to him.
Malik was quiet, and let her talk, adn notice the way she acted as she spoke, and how stressful it made her. to the point of blacking out. Malik patted her on the head and glance at Roarke.
"She'll be alright, correct? seems like too much stress on her. whatever she saw certainly traumatized her some."
A look up at Piper.
"you want to stay here a little longer, or are you ready to go home?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:16 pm
Okay...so apparently Labyrinth could be quite the traumatizing place, no? As it was said among surface elves, teh Underdark bred nothing of chaos and misfortune. Maybe true in a strictly close minded view...but Piper never really had been closed minded now had she? "Track record..." That was all she would say on the matter though really. But a blink and a look to Malik. "I'm good if we're done...can't get to used to this again now can I?" Though it sounded dismal in context, she had said it with a smile and not a fake one, then a look to Roarke. "Thank you for your help Roarke," and a little nod of her head in Eliot's direction, "make sure she gets some rest."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:22 pm
Roarke bent down, Helped Eliot into a sitting postition. "It's all right Eliot dear, your at the Academy, remeber? I'm Roarke. Tell me Eliot, where are you? What's my name?" He spoke camly, even if his question seemed a little foolish. "Not stress Malik. Self hypnosis. She was reliving."
He patted her shoulder. "She just needs some proper food, and some sleep." Roarke smiled up at Piper. "You and your fiancee are more than Welcome, dear Piper. The lions know let you in the front if you wish to return here. Anytime."
Moonstone growled. b*****d. He was only faster because Moon had just gotten his wings beat, and because of that...depressed spell. He spread his wings, took off, tohugh this time it took a two jumps before he became airborn. After some time, they reached the Fortress, and Moonstone was not that far behind his brother.
Although his curiosity was peeked, when he spotted the large, steel...box thing sitting outside the front door. "Hey Onyx, you didn't find a credit card and a computer, did you? Cause that is a really...big...delivery."
Aella was sitting on the front steps, watching the orgre gaurds. They hadn't moved to attack her, but they hadn't let her in either. Maybe they...hald knew her or something.
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