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DraconicFeline rolled 2 20-sided dice:
4, 14
Total: 18 (2-40)
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 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:24 pm
RememberAcerium took care of that vine almost religiously. She gave it all the water and food and sunlight and attention she could. She sang to it, and even tucked it in on cold nights.
Her dad was away for a few months this time.
When he hobbled in on crutches, she was the first to run to him.
"Daddy daddy!"
"Hey sprout..." The voice in the silence shook her out of the memory Remember your Kingdom, and why you were created into this world. Without it you will be lost. Without it you will become discarded and thrown away.She didn't feel thrown away. She didn't feel like she could be thrown away. She had been precious to people. She was important, at least as support, to the gold kingdom. People... at least some of them... cared about what happened to her. "Daddy! Look!" She dragged the injured man to her room, pointing at the plant, "It grew, daddy, it grew!"
"So it did!" he said, laughing and wincing as his foot hurt.
She remembered, vaguely, her mother hovering in the doorway, worried.
She remembered realizing that the plant, though it had grown admirably, was not as tall as her. She felt suddenly stupid and a failure. "I'm sorry I couldn't make it grow tall..."
He laughed and ruffled her hair.
"Thats okay, little sapling. You can't rush life like that. And besides" he stood back up on his crutches, "you're growing too! Can't expect a mere vine to keep up!" His laughter echoed in her memory even as the voice that seared her thoughts was not his. You are a fragment that I createdNo. No no no. She had had a mother and father. A sister, though she never saw her. Fragment? she was a whole person! Created, she wasn't sure about. Theology could be tricky, after all... Hey, maybe the voice had created her. But she was born here! Without me, you will cease to exist in this worldAnd she didn't believe that. Not one bit. Up and up. OOC Acerium Name: Acerium Current HP remaining: 40/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: BLAH Target(s): BLAH Rank Ability : Wild Card/Chance-unused Stats: 2d8-6 to attack 1d8 to defend. Kingdom ability: NA Character kingdom: Gold Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description:b[/] Acerium has had her tea. The green eyed woman with wild brown hair (messed with twigs, leaves, and seeds) is dressed in gold kingdom clothes with a silver sash and silver leaves.
She's energized now. She's confused. She's VERY shell shocked.
But she doesn't know the truth yet. Or at least won't accept it.
Her memories are real, right?
Steps: 84/200 = step 184/300
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Avian Serpentine rolled 2 20-sided dice:
15, 14
Total: 29 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:27 pm
Wet. Their cheeks were wet?
Keel reached up to feel their cheeks, and indeed there they were. Tears. Why were they crying? A jolt that seems like a hollow laugh escaped them before they resumed running.OOC Name: Killian [Aka Keel]
Current HP remaining: 35/50
Rank Ability : Wild Card
Character kingdom: Silver
Character description: A dull mirror of what they were like before. Keel now dons the colors of their original kingdom – the Kingdom of Change. The will to fight are gone from their eyes, however, it seems their will to watch the battle to the end is strong. Current Status – Harmless.
Step - 242 / 300
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Amon Larethian rolled 2 20-sided dice:
16, 18
Total: 34 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:27 pm
Just when he thought he could climb no further, when he thought he would lose his mind and descend into his own insanity, it was then that he at least reached the last step. Finally, if he ever saw another set of stairs again, he was seriously going to have to blow something up!
If there were more steps behind that next door...he was going to kill something...
(( steps: 300/300 ))
[EXIT]
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 20-sided dice:
1, 17
Total: 18 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:29 pm
Mmm, was she there yet? She couldn't tell. She was still too far from the next door, but she had a feeling that maybe she was almoooost there. In either case, there was nothing else to do now but continue her trek upwards, even if her legs were starting to burn in protest.
Goddamnit, Voice. Why stairs? Why couldn't you be in a basement and build a giant slide down instead?
It chose that moment to talk to her, and..haha, was it trying to bribe her with power? Did it really believe that that was what everyone wanted? Power? Eva had just wanted to live her life out peacefully, and yet...
She gave the Voice the mental equivalent to the finger and continued on.OOC Current HP remaining: 50/50 Damage done: -- Target(s): -- Rank Ability : -- Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Eva has shoulder-length black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a simple silver-colored dress. 224/300
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Avian Serpentine rolled 2 20-sided dice:
16, 15
Total: 31 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:29 pm
They're almost there. Keel can feel it.Quote: "I wish only for one True King. I do not wish for anything else. What will you gain from reaching me other than what you already know? OOC Name: Killian [Aka Keel]
Current HP remaining: 35/50
Rank Ability : Wild Card
Character kingdom: Silver
Character description: A dull mirror of what they were like before. Keel now dons the colors of their original kingdom – the Kingdom of Change. The will to fight are gone from their eyes, however, it seems their will to watch the battle to the end is strong. Current Status – Harmless.
Step - 273 / 300
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DraconicFeline rolled 2 20-sided dice:
10, 4
Total: 14 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:32 pm
Upward she went. Silver was everywhere. For a moment, she could see silver leaves... Mom and dad had had a fight.
"Don't go back! There's political uprest, right horace? If you go to the green kingdom... they'll do... something."
"But I like it there, Pers. It's a beautiful place. And besides, I can make it out, I know I can."
Dad was a woodsman. He knew how to deal with a place so full of life.
"But..."
"I'm going to a kingdom. We've a full contingent in all the kingdoms but green and blue. And like hell am I going to blue. I'd be dead in an alley."
"I know, but.."
"I love you, but I'm going. And I'll be back."
He turned to notice his daughter standing at the door, listening.
"Don't worry, little sapling. I'll bring you back something good, okay?"
And he left.
For market day Acerium took a short break. She was such a long way up, already higher than she had ever been back home. She felt woozy and uneasy. The Voice intruded again. Everything will could be yours.Why would she want everything? She had nothing, she wanted for nothing. Sure she wanted to settle with a garden, but what was the point of a garden if you... didnt... plant it? With a rude gesture to the upper levels, she powered on. OOC Acerium Name: Acerium Current HP remaining: 40/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: BLAH Target(s): BLAH Rank Ability : Wild Card/Chance-unused Stats: 2d8-6 to attack 1d8 to defend. Kingdom ability: NA Character kingdom: Gold Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description:b[/] Acerium has had her tea. The green eyed woman with wild brown hair (messed with twigs, leaves, and seeds) is dressed in gold kingdom clothes with a silver sash and silver leaves.
She's energized now. She's confused. She's VERY shell shocked.
But she doesn't know the truth yet. Or at least won't accept it.
Her memories are real, right?
Steps: 103/200 = step 203/300
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 20-sided dice:
13, 16
Total: 29 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:34 pm
Come on, come onnnn...
Damnit, Voice! This really was another thing to curse you for--making everyone climb all these stairs!
Someone carry her the rest of the way, please.OOC Current HP remaining: 50/50 Damage done: -- Target(s): -- Rank Ability : -- Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Eva has shoulder-length black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a simple silver-colored dress. 242/300
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DraconicFeline rolled 2 20-sided dice:
16, 3
Total: 19 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:34 pm
He had left that day for the green kingdom.
And she had waited for him. For months she waited, tending her vine, their vine.
Waiting as it grew Up and up OOC Acerium Name: Acerium Current HP remaining: 40/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: BLAH Target(s): BLAH Rank Ability : Wild Card/Chance-unused Stats: 2d8-6 to attack 1d8 to defend. Kingdom ability: NA Character kingdom: Gold Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description:b[/] Acerium has had her tea. The green eyed woman with wild brown hair (messed with twigs, leaves, and seeds) is dressed in gold kingdom clothes with a silver sash and silver leaves.
She's energized now. She's confused. She's VERY shell shocked.
But she doesn't know the truth yet. Or at least won't accept it.
Her memories are real, right?
Steps: 117/200 = step 217/300
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Avian Serpentine rolled 2 20-sided dice:
14, 5
Total: 19 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:35 pm
Almost, THERE!OOC Name: Killian [Aka Keel]
Current HP remaining: 35/50
Rank Ability : Wild Card
Character kingdom: Silver
Character description: A dull mirror of what they were like before. Keel now dons the colors of their original kingdom – the Kingdom of Change. The will to fight are gone from their eyes, however, it seems their will to watch the battle to the end is strong. Current Status – Harmless.
Step - 292 / 300
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Avian Serpentine rolled 2 20-sided dice:
11, 11
Total: 22 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:36 pm
Ah. They made it.
[ Exiting ] OOC Name: Killian [Aka Keel]
Current HP remaining: 35/50
Rank Ability : Wild Card
Character kingdom: Silver
Character description: A dull mirror of what they were like before. Keel now dons the colors of their original kingdom – the Kingdom of Change. The will to fight are gone from their eyes, however, it seems their will to watch the battle to the end is strong. Current Status – Harmless.
Step - 314(?!) / 300
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 20-sided dice:
10, 7
Total: 17 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:37 pm
The Voice earned an eyeroll. No matter what awaited them on top, she was going up no matter what. She wanted answers, and considering just how little she really knew about this whole thing, there was a hell of a lot that she could learn upon reaching the top.
And she was almost there anyways. No time to turn back,OOC Current HP remaining: 50/50 Damage done: -- Target(s): -- Rank Ability : -- Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Eva has shoulder-length black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a simple silver-colored dress. 271/300
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DraconicFeline rolled 2 20-sided dice:
4, 12
Total: 16 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:38 pm
Soon other silvers trickled back, wild cards sent to other kingdoms. Market day after market day, Acerium waited by the portal.
Months passed.
Finally, a silver she knew as her father's friend returned with a few items to sell.
She ran up to him.
"Have you seen my father?" she asked. She didn't beg, she was fairly certain he was alive. She wasn't worried at all!
"No." he said, smiling, "Though things got pretty crazy. I wouldn't be surprised if he chose."
He left her with that confused, cryptic statement. She should have been pessimistic that day. But she wasn't. Her heart felt lighter now that she was higher up. Was it because she was losing miasma? She continued on. OOC Acerium Name: Acerium Current HP remaining: 40/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: BLAH Target(s): BLAH Rank Ability : Wild Card/Chance-unused Stats: 2d8-6 to attack 1d8 to defend. Kingdom ability: NA Character kingdom: Gold Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description:b[/] Acerium has had her tea. The green eyed woman with wild brown hair (messed with twigs, leaves, and seeds) is dressed in gold kingdom clothes with a silver sash and silver leaves.
She's energized now. She's confused. She's VERY shell shocked.
But she doesn't know the truth yet. Or at least won't accept it.
Her memories are real, right?
Steps: 136/200 = step 236/300
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 20-sided dice:
5, 5
Total: 10 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:41 pm
There was the door! She could see it from here, which was a good enough indication that she was about done climbing this tower.
...Assuming there weren't more floors, because that would honestly suck. With a sigh, and without pause, she forced herself to push onwards.OOC Current HP remaining: 50/50 Damage done: -- Target(s): -- Rank Ability : -- Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Eva has shoulder-length black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a simple silver-colored dress. 288/300
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DraconicFeline rolled 2 20-sided dice:
11, 20
Total: 31 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:42 pm
She still tended the plant. It had grown tall, strong and beautiful, taking up her whole room with it's beautiful silver leaves.
It was absorbing miasma. She had found that out a while ago.
She love it so.
As long as it was alive, daddy was alive. She didn't have to worry.
More months passed. Then a year. Then two.
Dissappointment? The voice spoke of disappointment? What possible disappointment could it give her? Hers was ******** that stupid grumpy voice in her head. She had nothing to gain. Nothing to lose. And all she had or needed was her energy and optimism. And there was nothing like exercize for fostering that. OOC Acerium Name: Acerium Current HP remaining: 40/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: BLAH Target(s): BLAH Rank Ability : Wild Card/Chance-unused Stats: 2d8-6 to attack 1d8 to defend. Kingdom ability: NA Character kingdom: Gold Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description:b[/] Acerium has had her tea. The green eyed woman with wild brown hair (messed with twigs, leaves, and seeds) is dressed in gold kingdom clothes with a silver sash and silver leaves.
She's energized now. She's confused. She's VERY shell shocked.
But she doesn't know the truth yet. Or at least won't accept it.
Her memories are real, right?
Steps: 152/200 = step 252/300
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Kaiyumi rolled 2 20-sided dice:
13, 12
Total: 25 (2-40)
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:43 pm
There we go, the door. Were there any more stairs beyond this one? The thought made Eva groan, and she paused for a moment in an attempt to let her tired legs rest. They were quivering a little from the effort it had taken to get up all of those stairs.
When she was ready, she stepped up the last two steps.OOC Current HP remaining: 50/50 Damage done: -- Target(s): -- Rank Ability : -- Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Eva has shoulder-length black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a simple silver-colored dress. 298/300
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