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 Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:37 pm
Around the corner was another coccoon. This one moving and writhing. It was fairly obvious that the swearing was coming from inside.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:58 pm
Hope leaned forward and whispered in Raelise's ear, "I'm going to have to kill the light so the lamp can cool, or open the side."
She figured the cussing was enough to mask her voice, though not from the elf. She could just imagine what was up ahead, but not being able to see was driving her crazy.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:24 am
Raelise hesitated, and then whispered back, "Wait another moment if you can; I am going to try to release whatever is in the cocoon, and I do not want whatever is toying with us to get upset while I am doing it." Spiders, in her experience, were not particularly fond of light. She did understand Hope's feelings, better then the woman could ever know, but it had been long since reassurance had been her strong point. After waiting for another awkward beat, she walked cautiously over to the cocoon. "Hello?" she murmured.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:23 pm
The movement in the cocoon stopped. "'Ello?" Came a voice from inside.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:52 pm
Zywynran was curious and tense, both at once, but he forced himself toward calm. Rather than watch Raelise, he kept his attention on any intersecting tunnels and listened silently for the sounds of the creatures who created these cocoons. The half elf had no desire to be taken by surprise.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:20 pm
Just outside of Dargon the blizzard raged as usual, the chilling winds cutting through anyone daring enough to walk in it. A small figure makes its way through the snow bundled under a long white sash that almost vanished in the snowy winds. KaRina was used to this weather, though the place was many miles from home the snow made her feel comfortable. Chasing the snow flakes the sash around the small figure would blow up revealing a tiny child underneath as she jumped up and down. With each leap forward she would sink into the deep snow so deep almost her entire body would vanish before leaping from the hole.
She had just left the tavern where everyone just laughed in her face when she offered her services. She had hopped that when her large fox ears heard a rumor that someone was hiring people to discover the truth behind the disappearances that they would give her a lead. None of them took her seriously when she said she could help but she still went after those hired. Maybe just maybe she could get enough information from them to find her brothers. She was more than capable of taking care of herself. True she was no professional but she had great skills that would help and great control over wind. Rumors said the hunters could be found outside of town investigating the caves. Their scent was faint but it could still be picked up in the wind so the trail was not completely lost. There! She could see their scent coming from that cave.
Taking a deep breath she gathered her courage at the mouth of the cave her eyes peering into the dark. True she was afraid, she had never been this far away from home but she made it this far she just couldn’t stop now. Closing here eyes she sighed before opening them again then slowly began to walk forward slowly. The deeper she walked the darker it got until she was totally relying on her sense of smell and her hearing. She ran her tiny fingers along the cave walls feeling for any curves and bends as she moved deeper.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:06 pm
Raelise actually smiled, the expression subdued but genuine. It was surprising how relieving it was to find someone alive in this hole. "Please hold still," she said quietly, and began cutting him free.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:28 am
Voices up ahead, she could hear them faintly just around the next curve. Not enough to make out words but she could still here them. Where they the party she was looking for or the people who had her brothers. Quiet I must be quiet. She thought as she tip toed her way forward trying to make out what the voices where saying. Her efforts to be quiet didn’t last long in the dark of the cave. As she walked her toe caught a rock and it caused her to trip forward. A high pick squeal escaped her lips as she tumbled down the small slop landing on her butt at the end. She sat there motionless. Afraid to move, afraid to breathe hoping no one heard her. Scrambling to her feet she pressed her body against the cave wall so if they came looking for her she would know they were there before she was seen.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:32 pm
"Hope." Zywynran spoke the name only, and only loud enough to carry to the woman behind him, as he doubted he needed to say more. The gods in their heavens knew he would only have bothered to speak for a very few reasons as he could not bear to waste more time with Raelise scolding him like a child. The high pitched squeal that had reached his ears may well have already been heard by the human, but the bard would be remiss to assume so. Zywynran thought it doubtful that such a sound had come from the spiders, but he was not ready to drop his guard simply because it was not the enemy he expected. The hiding girl was safe from pursuit, however; the bard had no intention of splitting up to investigate a sound. That was the sort of thing that usually ended in a rather gruesome story.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:36 pm
The dwarf shoved his hand through the opening that was cut, and promply stumbled out onto the ground, making quite the racket as he did so.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:16 pm
Not moving a muscle KaRina was relieved that no one decided to investigate. Listened to the group closely it didn’t take a geniuses to figure out that these people where not behind the kidnappings. Relaxing a little she didn’t feel it was necessary to hug the wall anymore. Peering around the corner she listened to the racket one of them was making wondering what she had missed. Building up the courage she stepped around the corner pulling a few spider webs from her hair praying she hadn’t made a mistake. “Excuse me?” Her voice was soft and gentle as the words rolled of her lips afraid she had maid a mistake.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:50 am
Raelise's shoulders tensed at the sound of the child's voice. Reluctantly he turned to look at Zywanran and jerked her head slightly in the girls direction, indicating that he should deal with her. The bard was doubtless better with children than she was. She turned back to the dwarf. "Please try to be quiet," she whispered, though asking a dwarf to be quiet was like asking the water in a river to stay put. "What happened to you?" she continued quickly.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:32 am
A stream of curses, both dwarven and common exited the Dwarves mouth. Most notably one refering to insects as "Children of Kar'luth" (in dwarven Calling something the Child of Kar'luth is akin to calling someone the child of Oedipus Rex . . . if he had been a hermaphrodite.)
When it was obvious that his curse filled explination was moving a little fast for everyone to hear, and saw the child present, he shut his mouth for a moment, before begining again . . . slower and decidedly cleaner than before. "Eh . . . w'at? I done be attacked by dem spiders dere." He shook his head. "Imagine . . . a dwarf taken by spiders? Nah. It was dat dere talkin' one dat did it. Call 'emself Braken, or Breakin' or some such thin'."
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:37 pm
Starring blankly at the dwarf as he spit out such foul language. It slightly scared her so she pinned her ears back flat against her head and cowed down a little. When he finally noticed her and changed her tone she relaxed a little glad that he stopped his curses. Shivering at the thought of spiders attacking and capturing a dwarf was just UN heard of. If such a proud and fiery race could be subdued maybe she was in over her head. Swallowing the lump in her throat she stepped a little closer so she could be fully seen so there would be no mistaking that she wasn't a threat. "Excuse me?" She started again only this time adding more to it. "Are you the party I heard of that are in search of the ones who are responsible for the kid napping" She hopped that she was getting close to finding her brothers.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:56 pm
Zywynran was surprised to see a very young girl approach. Raelise made a gesture for him to speak with the child, but it had been unnecessary. The bard put away his blade and went to the girl of his own accord. She seemed a bit overwhelmed and his heart went out to her. He paid no attention to the cursing Dwarf; instead he knelt before the fox eared creature and spoke gently, a smile forming on his lips. "We are that party, young lady. And I am named Zywynran. But why have you come to this place? It is dangerous here and you could be hurt." Of course it might be nearly as dangerous to send her home alone. Did this girl have no parents to watch over her?
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