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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:24 pm
Oh this was going to go oh so well wasn't it...She sighed and set her hands to her hips...just blinking at him a moment. So this was Bode's father was he..."If you don't' believe anything we say then how in the Underdark are you going to believe us when we tell you that she isn't here and it's for her own safety. Though pretty soon you're not going to be a safe location either. War comes to Labyrinth." Piper walked over, coming to stand between Onyx and Moon.
Kieran let out a chuckle at Malik. "Did she now...then again she would. She has her particulars doesn't she?" But a slight shrug from him. "You have your point...but that means nothing if she's not willing to get into the fray. If she wants to play with the boys, she has to get in people's faces." And another nod as they stepped outside...Kieran was slightly curious as to how Piper was going to take to this. "Drow are a lot more dangerous than anything. Especially drow who don't care."
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:28 pm
Tarathiel bowed, "Well, fair guidence, my departure has come. Until, if, the next time I see you, fair well..." The drowling laughed.
"If you were to see that you would not fair well, you would have moved by now..."
"Then again, that is assuming you want what is best for you, and you might sing chorus to watch the talents of other emerge..." Tarathiel smiled one last time, before removing the amulet, and replacing it with the one he normally wore. He placed the magical device back on the table, and stood slowly.
"The great darkness is always light to those who have none..." He turned from the table and walked slowly out the door he entered.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:35 pm
Her own shoulders slumped a tad when he removed the amulet. She had enjoyed being able to see him. There were few good looking people in the underdark.
"The gods won't let me die until they are good and done with me, or more precises, until they are sure they can replace me. The virtues of others allow me a littel reprive from the gloom of the future. So I suppose you could say that I am only looking out for myself."
Elbows still on the table, she gave a little wave as the drow left. She sat a long time after wards at that table, letting her potion cool and doing nothing. After all, with the drow gone, she had nothing to do but watch thre future pass.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:15 pm
Onyx glanced at Moonstone, and shook his head lightly, picking up the dagger and walkign over to Simon, handing it over.
"We are not your enemy. if fact we're...kind of your kids, in a manner of speaking.."
Simon took teh dagger back..outnumbered three to one. and behin them, was Malik and...another elf? what was going on here. Piper Silverfeather despised all other elves.
"care to explain that, cat? and War has been in Deepwater for a long time. just not openly. you saying that Dimitri has finally come calling? I want me daughter back all teh more quickly then, to get her out of here before this conflict boils over."
Malik nodded to Keiran, and shook his head lightly.
"I know. I know that very well. and if you want, I'll help you teach piper the way of the sword. I don't want to lose her, I can't afford to. I'd rather throw myself on Dimitri's sword arm."
Okay..how to explain this.
"Well..myself and my twin, as well as these version of Piper and Malik..come form a different plane. in that plane, your wife was our mother, adn you were a vah, like us. hence in a way we are your children, and bode our sister. we brought her here after an incident in Deepwater..and we promised to protect her. right now she's with teh othr elf's Zephyr, being kept away form teh battle that's supposed to be coming her."
"Interesting theory. but it doesn't prove anything save that you have a good imagination and cudl be a good liar."
A glance between all three.
"If what you are saying is true, then answer me a question. you say you knoew this other version of myself's wife. She had a pet name for me. and since you knwo who I am by smell or sight, than I assume that the same distiguishing feature in there. tell me teh pet name, and I'll beleive your words."
"She called you Bright Eyes. your eyes and the eyes of our father both were ruby red and shined birghtly agasin the skin or fur a the case maybe."
Simon frowned lightly.
"Then I will keep my word and trust yours. Then where is my daughter, I want to see her, and to hold her again. She kn ew that name, but she would not have told anyone that might intend her harm or not have her trust."
A look at Piper.
"But you betray me and I will not hesitate to kill you all. I haven't forgot what you..ot the other you..if your not lying still..did to me."
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:22 pm
"Bode was always safe with us, Simon. We had her in Deep Water, where we first met her. We watched the games together. She siad you used to take her there. You taught her how to ride a lizard too, and she taught that to my brother, Onyx." He took the figureine out of his pocket, held it out for Simon to take. "See for yourself. Just like you're wifes, Rachel's, raven totem. It'll be warm with her heart beat."
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:23 pm
"If you expect war to break out so quickly...there's no way she could learn to control a sword in a decent manner at all. She'd just be haphadardly swinging steel...let along no knowing how to deflect and attack without damagin her blade." He shook his head. "Part of what I talked to her about, that." Though Malik did get a smile from the moon elf. "Honorble words from you, Malik D'vinn."
Piper really wasn't in the mood for that. "Don't threaten me...my plate is far too full already." Of course she couldn't keep back the slight glare at him...hated being comapred to her other self really. "Your daughter is with a Zephyr by the name of Nerian...he is keeping her safe and I will not have him called back with your daughter." And she held out her hand. "Give me one of your daggers."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:42 pm
Malik looked up toward Piper.
"elves of light and elves of dark, and never the twian shall meet. Well we did this time. and there's nothign in this plane or any other I would not give for her. and trust me, I can teach an Ogre how to effectively use a blade in six days, I coudl teach Piper."
A small chuckle at that.
Simon took the figure from Moonstone, cradled it, it was warm, adn they knew his wife's name. not even Piper knew that. or at least teh old Piper if there was a new one. He looked at Piper..and handed over one of his daggers.
"What are you planning to do with it."
His voice was much more calm now. More than enough evidence had been presented to know his daughter was very muh safe and in good hands for now.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:54 pm
She snickered. "At least you didn't ask me if I was going to shove it between your ribs." A little touchy wasn't she? And she whistled them, waiting a moment before Serino came to be behind her and she handed the blade to the horse who caught it in a jet of wind. "Send that to Nerian and Bode." And then poof, it was gone with a paw of his hoof at the ground to be sent to Bode. This way Bode would be equally aware... and perhaps a bit more comforted. "I assume we can have a truce at present time then...won't do any good to have you running off..."
Kieran watched Malik a moment. "Funniest thing is she hates being a bridge...yet she's double bridging herself with you." Though he couldn't help but smile with the endearment in which Malik spoke of his daughter, truly not the typical drow at all. Glad he got to meet him really. "What happened to fighting you tooth and nail about it?" Though he got another question. "And why Piper? Why is it her you've chosen to defy your own nature with?" Had been on his mind.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:12 pm
"She woudl fight tooth and nail. but give her a sword to fight me tooth and nail with and she'll learn at teh same time."
A look down for a moment.
"She wasn't afriad of me. My life, my father was a lucative slaver. People in teh house that upset me, got the breakers. Everyone was afriad of me. and rightfully so. a three year old throwing a temper tantrum coudl get someone a week of pain and misery that made some beg to die."
A look back up at Piper.
"After the 'Curse' I was the only member of the thirteen bloodlines from my father left alive. and even I was a patchwork. I had scars literally all over my body. and I'd been castrated. Women feared my looks, and when I built my father's trade back up they feared me as they did before. i even had to force them to bed with me by using thier collars. they did everything to please me, not becuase they wanted ot, but becuase they feared not being able to and the consquences."
A small smile.
"Piper was never afriad of me. not once. not after all the deceptions, the threats, the very real chance that a moment of heated anger I coudl tug that collar so tight as to break her neck. and when she finally did go to bed with me..it was because she wanted to. not becuase I made her or becuase she was afriad of what I might do if she didn't."
A chuckle.
"She made me feel somethign other than power and fear. Hate and anger."
"Yes, for now we have a truce. I am interested, however...in my other self from where it is you come from. you say I am like you..a cat being. what is my name there? what am I like?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:26 pm
"Your name was Cymarron and you were a sweetheart." A pat to the shoulders of both Vah twins. "You two can fill in the details, now can't you? After all, I spent my time with Malik, not your father." Pivoting on her heel she left them to talk among themselves...good lord she was surrounded by men and their drives to get uppity.
Kieran didn't know if that was too much information about him and his daughter or if it was just the right amount. But that was a father's paranoia after all acting up. Though a smile none the less. "That girl could look a God in the face and spit in his eye. I've only seen her fear one thing in my life and that was her being trapped in her own life in Andal." A slight shrug. "She braves the tempest with only a raft..." Then a rather knowing look to Malik. "Made you feel that you didn't need them to have someone stay by your side..." He remembered that part from Piper. Pause of silence and more questions. "So, this God of yours...Piper says he...brings you back?"
"Talking about that invasive of a question already?" She blinked as she walked up to them both, as they casually chatted about themselves as well. "Seems you two are getting along well." Raised a hand she tugged at her collar then rubbed at the back of her head...she had popped it in that fall. Not too bad, just irritating. "Well...seems you two are behaving yourselves as well."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:41 pm
A smiel to Piper, and a grin at Keiran.
"Indeed we are. as for Innoruuk..yes. he brings me back. when I first foudn Cymarron again, I tried and succeeded in breaking him. Aurahkah and an elven freidn came to rescue him. Cymarron..I lost my control, and he put his fist through my chest, and tore of the amr that had his leash. I still have the scarring on my chest from that."
A glance to piper and her father. Piper didn't know about this place either.
"In the very bottom of the fortress, or my old home..there's a large pool of blood. aroudn it are runic inscritptions in very old tongues of an emire that used to rule my home plane, called the Combine Empire. when I die..and Innoruuk invariably with a laugh of amusement sends me back..that is where I am..reborn, bearing the scars of however it was I died. He sent me back the last time becuase he knew my hatred of Cymarron was a driving force in my life. I don't know if he'd send me back if I died again."
A small chuckle.
"After all, why should the Prince of Hate send back someone because he loves another?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:49 pm
Kieran looked all to interested now...Piper look half horrified. That was a little much for her now wasn't it? Though Kieran gave a laugh...his daughter had the most amusing reactions sometimes, and patter her on the head. "Now now Pip, best he tell you now other than you learn it through a communion." Of course he was assuming that they would engage in that, all elves, even drow could do it and lovers often did. But he was still fascinated as ever. "I see Innoruuk has quite the different way about things than Lolth. Hear she's not in the business of bringing one back, you die well that's your fault for being weak." A simple shrug at that. "Thank Gods for second chances, eh Malik? Though take care in this one if you believe it is your last."
"...I wonder if we have one of those here...because if so..." Well she merely shuddered at that thought...it wasn't that it scared her, she just found the thought of a giant pool of blood in the bottom of one's home quite disturbing to say the least. Though she looked to Malik and smirked slightly. "I thought we agreed on this, if he's going to smite something he's going to smite us both. And if he didn't I would go kick his a**...take away what's mine, really..."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:07 am
The dagger "poofed" right in Nerian's path as the walked on. Bode slide of his rump and picked up the little weapon. She craddled it in her hand. "Look Mr. Nerian! This is Daddy's! Daddy's here!" She squealed in delight. "Oh, can you take me to him? Please Mr. Nerian? I'll be oh so good! ANd I'll bring you a treat after! You're favorite fruits! I'll ask Mr. Piper's Daddy which ones you like the most. Please?" She attacked with her fail-safe puppy dog eyes.
Moonstone visiblyt relaxed. "Well, we are your sons." Goodness but that was so odd! He was used to his Mother being the human one, not his Father. "Our Parents...uh...as it were, are named Rand the Raven, and Cymarron. They never did get married, since Vah tend to take more of a mate view to things, than a wife view." He shrugged. "Mother never pressed the issue either. It wasn't important." He smiled. It was almost as if he were telling someone what they wre like after they had lost their memoreis. Mother said most of her memories from her time outside the manor were still missing, but she never missed them. Not with all the happy memoreis she had been making with her mate. "Onyx and I are your oldest. Though you had many more. You are a very kind and loving Father, but not afraid to disiplin or punish us. And as Piper siad, you were very indly. To anyone in the manor. Always wanting to help. But should someone threaten us, you were the first to take a stand and fight."
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:48 am
It was late, very late when. ANd yet soeone would not stop knocking at her door. She had sent them away four, five times now. She was out of her high cut black dress, out of her high heels. She wore a black velvet nightgown. Cut lower than her dress, but still quite old fashioned. The amterial however, was slightly transparent. It flowed arounf her, and was quite comfortable for sleeping. Speaking of which, her eyes were heavy with needed sleep. Finally she got fed up. He stood and threw a light sall around her shoulders.
"I told you to come back tomorrow. I am not taking any mroe customers today." She went to open the door so she could give a good chewing out of whoever was behind it.
The door opened of it's own accord, and screached horrible on it's hinges even though it had recently been oiled. "I am not comming for just a regualr visit, Meilikki."
Shocked, the Oracle backed up a few steps. "Who are you? How do you know my name?"
"Can't see me, can you Meilikki? Can't tell what or who or why, can you?"
The Oracle shook her head. This was not possible...somene couldn't just barge in on her like this...she would certainly have known if something like this would happen...."Guessing. You are guessing."
"Oh, you think so, do you? Meilikki is quite a guess, isn't it, hmmm? Not to many with such a name." The figure standing in her doorway was so heavily cloak and swathed with scarves and sashes and flowing belts that it was impossible to tell the real hight, wieght, and gender. The voice was so pitched that it could have been a huskey voiced woman or a highly voiced man.
The Oracle, Meilikki, could not see him. She could not see his future, she could not see anything. That left only one possibility...
"We are leving now."
"No! I am not leaving my home..."
"Awe poo. That's too bad. But without your dragon here to protect you, you don't have much of a choice.
"H-how did you know about Tanundra?" She was almost speachless. Without Tanundra, she had no weapons, no means to defend hereself. There were some potions made, some things that could help, but they were on the other side of the room. She couldn't run to find them, she'd run itno the table, or into a wall. For most people, her power to see their deaths was frightening enough to keep them from attacking...
"Oh now. One does not disclose all of their resorces on the first date, Meilikki." She could not see it, and therefore was unprepared for it. As he had suspected, this little outing would be a simple task. He reached out, the many folds of clothing falling off a boney hand. A small pulse of energy broke away from the splayed fingers, struck the Oracle in the chest. She fell, hurt but not unconcious. He picked her up by her hair, dragged her out the door. She tried to scream, he knew she wanted to. He laid a layer of cold magic across her face, stiffled any noise she might make. It didn't really matter. Nonone would have helped her anyway.
Tandundra flew easily along, close to his destination. He did not fear for his mistress. He never had to. Even when the faithful dragon was away, she had awlays managed to look after herself just fine. Even when muraders and the like had made it past the rock spiders, she had turned them back with predictions and curses. His Orcale new all. Well, except about the dead. The dead had no futures. A little physical excertion would do the big dragon good. Two long he had been the servant of the Oracles. Too long had he been passive and kind. He woudl gretly enjoy the open war in Deep Water.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:07 pm
"I would not doubt that we do. It was a needed thign before. trust me..the pool is much nicer than the other means. And speaking of smiting and fighting gods...I believe miss silverfeather that you and I have a date in the arena to teach you a bit on swordplay."
He chuckled and glnced at Neiran.
"your father has a point. if they get past us, or too close for a bow, you'll have to learn how to fight in close. As distastful as you find it. Though I can promise that most if not all of these soldiers will be nowhere near the skill or myself or your father."
Onyx let Moonstone do the nice talking.
"You were powerful beyond compare. strength, speed, cunning. you had wings. and you weren't just you. you were tousands. you ate sentient beings, learned all thier memories, increased your skills..it was your curse, your Gift. claws that coudl rend steel, venomous fangs. But loyal to a fault, utterly devoted to the safety and security of your family and the manor, the pack."
that was as nice as Onyx was being.
Simon listened, and nodded lightly.
"I see."
Adn that was all he was saying right now, his mind more concerned with his daughter. hearing about another version of himself, who's wife had not been murdered, who'd been able to have more than one child, was interesting and in some ways, wonderful...but right now he was concerned with hsi daughter, the real flesh and blood reminder of his wife.
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