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 Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:37 am
((Works for me, that acctually goes witht he plot line i had had in mind.))
They were interupted by the loud sound of cracking wood. Some one had kicked the door down. Lura felt the strange emotion wave through her in seconds. What was it? Fear? She sat up, looking around. "Agaio what was that?"
Then shouts started to fill the hut, they were in the main room, the sound of swords being unshiethed were clanking about, men shouting, armor. Lura quickly re assembled her top, standing, growing ever more cautious. "Agaio..."
Then in busted the door, and the soldiers were in the room in no time. She was ashamed to find herself pressed against a wall with a sword to her throat.
"You two are under arrest!" one of the commanders called out. "For tresspassing on the Lords grounds." Lura couldn't even form words the sword was so close to her throat. The Lords? The War Lord? He was there? "You are to be taken to his castle and placed under trial, should you be found guilty, you will be sacrificed at the ceremony within the week." the comander said. Lura's mouth gaped, only to find that she was being pulled and dragged out of the room.
"Agaio!" she looked over to see he was also surounded by soldiers. She struggled, trying to get out of the mens grasp, only to have one of the men press his finger against her forhead. It was like fire was let loose in her body. First from the contact point, it spred through her body.
She collapesed and was out only seconds after contact. One of the comanders lifted her to his shoulders and started to take her out of the hut.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:41 am
Agaio was alarmed, yet so used to surprises by now that he went along calmly with the yelling men. He seemed so docile compared to Lura's protesting that he was practically forgotten in the hubbub. Calmly, he grabbed his cloak and put it on, ignoring a soldier's commands to stop moving. He was taller and buffer than any of them, and his calmness intimidated them despite their being armed and his not.
With his cloak on, his hands were free to do as they pleased, safe from the eyes of the captors herding him out the door.
He thought fast. This might work in their favor. At least it would take them closer to Rani. But the closer they came to this lame War Lord guy, the less likely they were to get away. There were about eight armed men surrounding them now. Very possible, if he took them by surprise. Piece of cake, if Lura was awake when he attacked.
He followed wordlessly behind the man who carried Lura, glaring at the back of his head.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:36 pm
They trecked to a small encampment just outside of Spring on the out skirts of Summer. The hot sun loomed over head to show noon had arrived, Lura had since transformed while she was out - startling the man who had carried her. The comander, Bracken, had put Lura and Agaio in a Prisoner's tent, with one sturdy pillar in the center where Lura was chained by the foot along side Agaio. Bracken was wise enough to once again press his finger against Lura's forhead.
She julted for a second, as if being shocked by lightning, glowed a soft green, then went limp again. He turned to Agaio and pointed to her, "If you behave I wont have to do this to you." he stated, speaking of the paralize charm he'd placed on her. The small wooden Doll ran in, the friction on her wooden limbs making creaking sounds as she stopped.
"You got them? Master will be so pleased," she looked to Lura and Agaio and counted. "There are only two...where's the third?"
"Master said nothing of a third, Z." Bracken stated. "Does he not already have one?"
"Lord tells me no such things."
"Well then this is all I can give him." Bracken turns to Agaio, still calm and silent. "Atleast one behaves."and with that comment, Bracken left the tent taking the wooden doll with him.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:44 pm
Agaio was happy to be chill for a number of reasons. They would underestimate him if he seemed docile and they would be less likely to threaten Lura's life if threatening him seemed to work.
"I have no intention of going against the Lord's will." Agaio responded to the rough man's threat with a shrug. He had to bite his tongue to keep himself from laughing. He really couldn't get over how cheesy this all seemed.
Once they were left alone, Agaio scooted over to Lura, who lay in daylight form on the ground beside the pillar. He drew her head into his lap and got to work trying to figure out the paralyzing charm enough to reverse it. Lura seemed to know more about this world than he did. He needed her knowledge. And surviving would be a lot easier if he didn't have to worry about her being comatose.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:54 pm
The one good thing about being one with water, was her ability to ajust and mold to her suroundings. She felt her mind loosen, she felt herself spill around the charm just enough. Her eye lids started to twitch.
Lura, still paralyzed, opened her eyes. She would have screamed if her vocals weren't stiff and numb. She saw Agaio over her, she wanted to thank him, to cry out, to ask what happened and where they were. But she still couldn't speak.
She realized her vocals weren't the only things numb, her whole body was. She felt her muscles tense up and try to move, but she saw no movement at all in any of her limbs. She wondered if she could convince Agaio to turn her into a cat again, maybe then he could hear her thoughts; or was he just hearing translated 'meows'. That wouldn't work if her vocals were still paralyzed. Damn. And now she couldnt' even work magic.
She used the times to look around, get a feel for where they were. Her head was lifted enough to see that she was bound by the ankle by a chain. Damn, it was steel. Not even ice could kill that. She could feel her throat, it was spiking, hurting, hot and burning, she tried talking "A..aga..i..oh" she tried to force, her voice was rough and scratchy and quiet. This wasn't going to work.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:33 pm
The guttural sounds that came from her throat attracted his attention. He looked down at her, saw that her eyes were open, and breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was awake, this wouldn't be impossible.
Her vocals were useless. But maybe he could still open a bridge of communication with her if he tried. He placed his hand on her throat, which was stiff from overexertion.
"Calm down." He spoke softly. "Let yourself relax. Imagine that you're speaking to me, but don't move your mouth. Think clearly and precisely and I may be able to read your mind."
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:45 pm
He'd noticed her, thank god. She started to tense up to talk but he calmed her, placing a hand on her throat. She sighed, closed her eyes and tried to relax. It was hard to tell if she was or not considering her whole body was numb.
'Agaio, can you hear me?'
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:31 pm
He heard a very watery "guy, inyoo eer me?"
He closed his eyes to help himself concentrate. 'Mostly. Enunciate a little more. How do you feel? Can you feel my hand?' He massaged her throat, testing to see how much control of her body she had.
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:45 pm
She felt nothing, a warm sensation went through her throat that caused a burning scratchy feeling to run from her collar bone to her ears. She winced, a gulping croak of pain escaped her lips. 'I...feel pain.' she thought. 'Burning pain.'
Her head fell to the side, her neck hurt. 'Where are we?'
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:58 pm
'Sorry.' He drew his hand away quickly. He looked around their cell. 'I was hoping you could tell me that. I believe that we're in summer, but that's the extent of my knowledge.'
He tried to think of something else he could tell her, something that might be useful. 'There was a possessed doll in here earlier. It mentioned Rani.'
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:20 pm
Lura's eyes went wide. 'A wooden doll? Like the one from spring a while ago? I knew I should have been terrefied.' she was still feeling the pain in her throat, and Agaio had removed his hand. 'Great, your hand isn't what's causing the pain...' she felt it course through to her shoulders and up to her head. She had to close her eyes, the pain was throbbing. 'damn it hurts...'
So now they knew, this war lord owned the wooden doll. What they should find out now was how to find a way out of here to find Rani. If Osric was right, they were in a big prediciment. 'She mentioned Rani? They have her?'
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:47 pm
((do you think that the war lord has Rani? or should another party who knows of the 'strangers' have her? Are they helpfull or not? I don't think that the lord would have her yet. Possibly a bounty hunter...))
Not to far away, probably a days travel from the camp site, was the Castle in Summer. And sitting in the throne room was the lord himself. He had gone to go after the Strangers, but Zunn had stopped him, she'd gone after them again. She calmed him with her latest update that she had two of the strangers. The third was still on the rise. "Queve dome?" he'd asked, 'Which one?'.
"I'm not sure, my lord. I will check" and she was off to the camp ground to check who was captured. They were in Spring. A funny place to go when they knew he was after them. The lord stood and sent out a messanger to the towns.
"Matt Ved." He stated "Mark this, whom ever brings the third Stranger to me, shall be rewarded all that is asked for."
The news was in the towns before noon, it even reached the Winter town where Osric had stopped for supplies after loosing Agaio and Lura. He wished he hadn't taunted her so much to get her upset, he wished he hadn't fought with them and tried to kill them... now they were all doomed.
Thats when he saw the poster. "The third?" did that mean that the other two...Agaio and Lura were caught? "God Damn!" and he was off to pack as soon as he could.
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:38 pm
(( Whichever plan you think would work better.
Or maybe she could have escaped and comes to save them instead of them saving her? XD ))
Agaio frowned.
'No. They mentioned her, but I couldn't really understand if they had her or not. At any case, they guard didn't know. The doll didn't seem to really know either.'
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:39 pm
((Well at this point i don't remember which plan i liked best...her coming to save them or them already having her. I know Osric was off to find Rani or to help Lura and Agaio...I can't remember >_<))
Lura, had her neck been able to move, would have nodded. Atleast Rani had the possibility to be safe. 'What now?' she asked.
Bracken sighed when Z left. He didn't know why they were so important. He looked back to the two prisoners, rubbing his stubble on his chin. "Alright, lets go," He walked over to Agaio, looked at the almost tenderness he gave the girl. "You gonna carry her?" he asked.
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:44 pm
Agaio was surprised that he was given the option. He most certainly preferred to be the one to carry her, than to have anyone else's grubby hands all over her.
"Yes. I will carry her." He decided. Then, still playing the weakling, he asked as though in confusion, "Will it hurt her to carry her when she's...paralyzed like this?"
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