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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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 Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:29 pm
"What could possibly go wrong...oh let me count the ways. And who's to say that there are only humans, or that this thing isn't rigged to an extent? Paranoid maybe, but you never know." She leaned over him slightly, looking down at him with a blink. "We've had out share of bad luck...though I do admit most of that was my fault and my inability to adapt down here." Piper pressed a kiss to his jaw then drew back, also giving a final pat to Ashlyn. Digging in her pocket to pull out her bandana and tie it on, covering and pinning back her ears. "I think we should get going to this Deepwater place then."
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:18 pm
"But how to get there. do we have our own transportation or is there some kind of public one we take to be more inconspicious with? Though I agree if this tournament is starting we might as well head there and set things up. and we'll need to bring money with us. there's an entry fee for contestants."
A shake of his head lightly.
"This would be so much easier if I had control of the beast. I coudl just have him eat one of these slaves and we coudl learn most of what we needed to know, I'm sure though his throwback gift."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:52 pm
"Sometimes I think you pay more attention to Cymarron than you do to me...and we haven't even seen him for a long while now." She shook her own head, setting her hands to her hips now. "And we don't need that kind of help, we're elves, we can manage on our own talents. Besides, we have a map and you can tell direction underground." Hell if she could. "As far as transportation...well if you're feeling brash you can attempt to ride the griffin. But we do have Serino, and admit it, he's useful." Then she took about strolling the room. "We know we have to cross water. I'm sure we can find out if we have our own boat...and if not, well you can ride with me since Serino can easily get over water." Piper played with the belt that held Malvolence to her a moment before tugging on the edge of Malik's gauntlet that she was currently hoarding from him as well. "You still have my leash right?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:58 pm
"That's not what I ment, Piper. I know we can get there, and that I know my directions and we have modes of travel. my concern is us. how we are supposed to act. who we know, and why. If I'm in the tournament, what will you do if someone who remembers a powerful, diamond hard Piper with a keen buisness sense and interest in owning slaves starts questioning you? Or what if you simply smile at someone who remembers you beating them senseless last time they got within ten feet of you?"
A look over to her. she did look the part of fearsome slave owner...but playing it was different.
"Yes, I always have your leash. Why do you ask?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:20 pm
"Ask a couple of slaves on the way out. They seem to think you like playing some little test game and answer whatever questions you ask, regardless of how silly or obvious they may be, or that we should know the information." Sure, she looked like she hadn't been paying attention but she picked up a rather vast amount of detail when she was observing things. Nine out of ten vacant looks were really keen observation on her part." She sighed lightly and crossed her arms. "And with you in a tournament I hardly think I'll be smiling, I'll be too busy worrying. So I won't smile at anybody. Then I'm sure a well feigned, or maybe by that time actual, bad mood will ward off anyone looking to do business with me that day. If I'm as bad as I think I am, no one would want to cross me when I'm well already crossed. Let alone attempt a business deal with me when I don't feel in the mood for business. If need be, I can get rough with them." Indirectly, Malik was showing worry which was nice to know in a way. Then she hooked two fingers under her collar and was quiet a moment. "I asked about my leash because you mentioned that I don't have it in me to punish a slave in the proper collar way, you're right I don't. So I was thinking...you can wear the master leash, I wear mine, and then when it's deemed I need to use it I fake it out while you don't. They don't look that different as to not get away with it." Though she was starting to wonder how the her of here had gotten herself into a collar but was still in charge. Perhaps it really wasn't a collar this time around for the Piper before her.
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:35 pm
He couldn't help the smile.
"My dear Piper. It looks like I'm corrupting you after all."
A small chuckle, and shake of his head.
"Good idea. that can be arranged without an issue. and you're right. I forgot that these slaves apparently are used to random tests of thier knowledge. probably to further ensure they are well trained. I'm used to the others knowing what they needed to know becuase I bred them with the knowledge innate to thier purpose, thanks to that long since passed benefactor I had. But we'll have to adjust your leash. I wonder if we have a Broog here."
A small smile, and he gave her a sweet, gentle kiss.
"We'll need to in effect turn off your leash. so that when you put on the show you don't choke yourself."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:01 pm
"It's a good kind of corruption Malik love." But she couldn't help but laugh as she laced her fingers together behind his neck, looking up at him in that all too overly happy Piper way. Of course her brewing comment was put aside a moment with a kiss that she took a bit of time to draw out. Who knew when she would be getting another one after all. But of course that pesky air detail popped up. "See, I can have a good idea or two when I really apply myself. Sure, underground has all but scrambled me about but I can keep up with you." Then she was having a chuckle fit at again. "I forgot about that part, so good thing you remembered. So, Malik love, shall we tour the empire then a see what cards this place is going to deal us? This place is closest to home as we've come lately, we may very well have a Broog here...hopefully he's just like his old self though...I don't care to have it out with another ogre, I don't fair well."
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:06 pm
A small grin.
"Certainly. lets see what this place holds for us, and how we can fit in here. I woudl assume we have a broog type...I just wonder if it's really a broog, or someone else."
His hands slid about her waist, and he gave her another kiss, before chuckling lightly and pulling away from her, and opening the door for her as well.
"Yes...being underground isn't quite the same as being on teh surface. but you'll get used to it. it takes awhile sometimes for those above ground to get used to the underfoot."
And just becuase he could, a little slight of hand trick, and viola! another cinnamon stick in his hand.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:23 pm
"Well, hopefully, it won't matter and we'll still hold the edge over everyone else. One of us mad is bad enough but two of us mad and in the same room as well? I would run for cover if I was a bystander." With a smile she gave a tug on her bandana to tighten it up all the more, her ears all too used to the pain, and rested her hands behind her back a moment much like Malik often did. "Well it sure is taking me forever, probably the mixed blood or something." Then her eyes lit up as he produced another cinnamon stick. "I will find where you are hiding those if it's the last thing I do." Thus she proceeded over to him, lacing an arm about his waist as the other reached for the little spice stick. "You always spoil me, don't you." A tug at him to get him walking.
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:42 pm
A chuckle at that.
"Perhaps, perhaps not."
But we walked as she nudged him, taking a careful look around, surveying his home like a lord might. collars, the differences between them and those that wore them, and then ventured downstairs. the room that once held cloning vats now was a great sand arena, where combatants were honing skills at the whipshands of others. the spas were the same, except the were maintained by men, and not women. Breaker rooms..those were the same as ever. and the ones in them knew that moreso.
"seems you employed the breakers a bit more than I."
But onward to where he knew Broog's room was. and he opened it up, and there was the big Ogre, hunched over some peice of jewelry, aparently a collar in the making. OF course the door opened, and Broog turned around, and dropped what he was doing, cowering in a corner.
"Mez nodda doin nuttin, Miztrays Piper. Jus makin shinies likez you wantz broog too. Mez not eatin or sleepinz when yous not wantz"
A raise brow, Broog indeed had a patchwork of scars from what looked like whips.
"and it seems you were rather nasty on the ogre help. I guess the other you was a lot more vengeful about that ear."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:57 pm
Certainly the female version of Malik was the Piper who's shoes Piper had stepped in to. And boy did it wear on her poor little morals. It was sort of like when others had tried to show her how bad Malik was in the beginning but she couldn't see it. It was a bit sickening to have herself looked at in a way of fear...how did Malik ever manage it? She shuddered slightly as her mind tried to fathom the image of herself up. The Broog of this world however almost did her in, threatening to break what was left of a facade she was trying to create. Piper had to turn around a moment. Then a sharp look at Malik, how could he talk so casually..."I think I deserve to have the hell knocked out of me..." A few deep breaths trying to regain herself, she could do this. A look over her shoulder to one cowering, scarred ogre till she looked away again. "I can't so this...you do whatever...we need to do..." Malik could make up a plausible lie about him doing the talking, or perhaps that's how it always was, who knew. Now she could see where Malik's worry about this came into play.
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:21 pm
He patted Piper on the shoulder, and nodded to her.
"I got it covered, don't worry."
He approached Broog, and his face became that hard mask others learned to fear.
"Broog, you're a Breaker. an Ogre. don't cower down."
Broog looked at Malik, and to Piper, and got to his feet, towering over them, but obedient. Malik's face never changed.
"Mistress Piper is no longer in command of you, Broog. I've relieved her of that. You'll be noticing some changes around here. I have taken command."
Broog looked at Malik like he was a lunatic.
"Mastar Malik never been da boss. Mastar Malik been Mistrays Piper's..sexal toy."
Malik gavea small grin.
"I was bidding my time, Broog. Now Piper is mine."
Oh he was going to get slapped for that later. But broog gave a bit of a toothy grin, and shrugged lightly.
"If yous say so. what's yous want Broog to do?"
"See Piper's collar? I want you to make the leash not work on it."
"Dat has a leash? Mez didn't know Mistrays Piper hadda leash. But mez fixes it likes yous wants. Give Broog da leash, and wes fix it."
"Good Broog. We'll give you a reward. How does a big jar of dwarf pickles sound?"
Broog just gave a really big grin, and sat back down once Malik handed him Piper's leash, adn started to work on it. like any ogre, once accepted, broog was almost like the old version of himself. very pleased to be of service.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:32 pm
See, he was good at that type of thing. Which had really gotten them out of a lot of tight spots actually. And she'd figured that it was best to play the change of command game to Broog because she had just utterly failed in keeping it together. "Nice going Silverfeather." And things only seemed to look worse and worse of her as Broog went about relaying information that was useful to them, though he didn't know that. Malik for example, was apparently nothing more than a toy to the Piper before her. That of course sat horribly wrong with her, she loved him. But as usual, he was picking up what she had tripped over. Piper took a breath and turned her attention on her collar, tugging at is as she usually did when her ear wasn't available.
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:04 pm
Broog was very good at what he did in this world like the other, and soon Piper's leash was mothing more than a fancy glove, certian peices removed and replaced with identical peices save for whatever power they held wasn't in those that were used this time. Malik smiled, and patted Broog on the head.
"Now you keep what I told you secret, alright Broog? Piper doesn't want to appear weak to the others. we trust you though, so we were alright telling you. and I'll have those pickles sent to you right away for your work. no back to what you were doing. and if you need sleep, or food you can get it."
His voice was still stern, commanding, and Broog just nodded, and went back to work on the jewelry he was crafting, and Malik led Piper out, closing the door.
"Seems the Piper of this world got the Malik in the net I had originally planned to snare you in. without having a romance get in the way. Which means Piper here was the Malik the others warned you I was."
Of course he grabbed one of the spa keepers by the arm as they passed.
"Send word to the arena. any dwarven gladiators that have outlived thier usefulness, have them made into pickles for Broog. after they fall in the arena to train someone better suited to the task."
A glance at Piper. she was probably going to throw up now.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:16 pm
"That's what I was thinking. Apparently the me here was some conniving, heartless, vengeful b***h. And that's a horrible horrible thought about myself being like that, granted it wasn't me me but you know what I'm getting at. She might as well be Tier'Dal too." Of course she stopped mid stride as Malik grabbed someone and issued a rather unsavory command. It only got a narrowing of eyes from her to him. "You can be so crude at times, you know that don't you?" She was happy she had that cinnamon stick to chew on to keep her stomach settled or she probably would of been sick, one for the cinnamon, zero for crudeness. But she had fallen quiet , arms wrapped around her waist as she took to slowly walking again. "So...you think it would be like this if you had never let a romance get in your own way?" Oh look, it was that nasty habit of bad questions with her again. But she sighed and shook her head. "Let's go outside, I want to look around a bit."
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