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 Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:25 pm
Tarathiel kissed Aella softly on the check, smearing some of the blood off his face and onto her. Who ever owned that blood before he meet Tarathiel didn't die too long ago based off the feel of it. "I am not as drow as I once was, nor can I ever be."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:43 pm
Tanundra carefully lifted his mistress out of the ground after Jarlaxle had secured as mask for her. The group foudn their way to the to the dragon, who brought them all to ground level via his snout, where they could climb onto his back. Meilikki was handed back, though she was rather unresponsive and distant,m even though she was amoungst friendly faces again. Perhaps she couldn 't see who they were yet through her gift, or perhaps she was like Piper, in that state of just before being knocked out.
The flight home was short and uneventful, Tanudnra employing s few elemental tricks to get them home in only a few hours.
When they finally arrived back at the fortress, Moonstone was there waiting with one of Onyx's whisps by his head. He watched them land curiously.
Alle didn't notice the blood at first. But..."I'm sorry I slapped you." Although at the time, she defiantly felt he deserved it.
But her head whipped back to the fortress, which they could still see slightly from the view on the boat. She ran to the rail. "Tanundra?"
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:51 pm
The drow smiled at Aella, "I measured your muscle strength from it." He chuckled, "You could beat up Malik." Aella uttered the words of Tanundra's arrival, and all sorts of secret messages poped into Tarathiel's mind. "Oh."
"She's back." He walked away from Aella, looked at the two elves, "Some Princes never die." He was swallowed by a globe of darkness, and then vanished.
Jarlaxle shrugged. "Take care of her." He stepped off the dragon, and likewise disappeared into a dark globe.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:53 pm
Malik grabbed her up, tossed her over his shoulder after putting her mask on, stuck his on, and followed quickly. that woudl be somethign to hear about. there was the Oracle, there was Tanundra. joy.
"lets get out of here. ladies first."
handing off Piper to her father, and drawing somethign on the floor.
"old guards to this city and castle, old maids and butlers and cooks. rise up, reclaim your home of homes. buy us the time to flee, and make sure those that might follow, cannot."
Then a look at Tanundra after they landed.
"And YOU. You have a lot to answer for now that your sane."
Onyx slammed into teh ground by Moonstone.
"I HATE that NO GOD ROTTEN DAMNED DEVILISH ELVISH SON OF A --"
Before noting present company. when they hell did all the guests get here? then a look at Moonstone.
"You're late. and it seems what I was going to ask you isn't really needed. and who's the cute vah woman? you find someone?"
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:03 pm
Tarathiel vanished, and she looked back to the elves. "Can I go to see her?" She ahd to haver permission to elave the ship now, after all.
Tanundra paid Malik no mind, he was more interested in watching every move Meilikki made. He wanted to see her washed, dried, and tucked into a warm bed with soem proper food in her stomach.
Moonstone sympathized. "Drow problems?" And he shrubbed. "I had a few patienst when your whisp came a calling. I have a job to do before I can come here on a whim."
And Moonstone shrugged. "I thought there weren't any vah women down here, but I didn't find her, she came off the dragon." He tilted his head. "And she looks really familiar."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:04 pm
By the time they got back to the fortress, Kieran had both arms locked around Piper as she had been regaing her senses and had started to struggle. And if she got loose...he'd rather not let that happen. Upon landing back at the fortress he dropped down off of Tanundra, dragging Piper with him who was screaming at him in elvish at this point. Kieran was only talking back in the same language, though his tone was kept soft even as she struggled in his hold. This wasn't fun.
A look over, noting that Zahara and the little doe like Bode were both down off the dragon safetly before tending a little more to Piper's struggling and yelling. Though he was letting her carry on all she wanted so she'd wear herself out. Easier to snap her back when the fight left. But his look returned to Catawa. "Thank you, Catawa. Nice to have you as an ally." They had helped each other out and it was a good deal." Though he looked over to Onyx. "Oh so you do have a crush on my daughter do you? Mix her with a bit of cheetah and she's your ideal woman, eh?" He had to tease, it was just fun.
Then his look got thrown to Malik as Piper decided to try her luck once more before she again quieted some more, breathing heavily now from her struggles. "I do hope you'll enjoy a lecture about this later once she calmed down." He was frankly worried like no tomorrow that she had gotten pushed so far that this happened. Seeing as he didn't knwo what happened. He'd ask Malik later.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:18 pm
Celeste looked at Aella, and didn't really know what to say. She felt very compelled to let her go, but some instincts told her it would be best if she didn't. "Let me think about it, this decision is not taken so lightly in the view of recent events."
Elric walked up to Aella, "Celeste is a romantic, she'll probably let you go."
Celeste pulled a few thoughts to mind, weight the pros and cons of each dececision, about ten minutes in, Taratheil appeared before her.
"Permission to board?" He asked kindly, his face and armour no longer covered in blood, his hair white as snow.
"Wha-" She hesitated for a moment. "Didn't you just leave?"
Elric stared at Tarathiel with his usual contempt.
"I'm gonna have to take Aella from you, but I'll give you a prety young wizard and a lizardman martial artist. The wizard comes with a free side order of druid."
"Am I a day care centre for your minions?" Celeste asked the drow.
"No," He smiled, still floating in the air before her, "Mroe like a sfae haven."
"Come abord then, your vendetta filled self seeking glorious self."
"Your sarcasm is unbefiting of you."
"Stop toying with me."
Tarathiel walked onto the ship, "Don't worry, I'll protect you." He walked passed Elric, waving a hello, keeping his eyes on Aella. "I have a job for you missy."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:22 pm
Onyx smirked lightly at Kieran.
"add a little feline to any woman and they are already exponentially more attractive. and yes, drow problems. and family should come before patients, there's what's Kat is for...wait a second. did you say Catawa?"
Onyx was just getting it from all sides today wasn't he.
Malik watched Piper with a slightly raised brow, while servants poured out fo the fortress like ants, sweeping up Meilikki and taking her inside. bathing, bandaging, healing, dressing, feeding, pampering in general. brushing her hair, doing her nails.
Malik for his part went inside, right now Tanundra coudl rot for all he cared, and started to get his armor off, and underneth was not pretty. blistering, seared flesh and skin.
"Not to self. shiny blue rods carried by lich henchmen are eletrical."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:25 pm
Catawa nodded to Kieran. "You are a trustworthy ally as well, Kieran." And she looked around. She would confront him about the other half of the deal later, the one that included releasing and killing her counterparts. For now though, she loooked around and wondered what to do with herself.
A look to her fellow feline. "Yes, Catawa."
Well, that was a nice, polite answer at least, she couldn't be upset over that. And Elric's words cheered her a bit. She'd always liked that elf. She was waiting patiently, watching people unload themselves from Tanundra's back.
And then Tarathiel was back as quickly as he had come. She was amazed at how fast he had cleaned himself up. "What is it, Captain?"
Tanundra changed itno his human form and followed Meilikki inside, making sure the servants took care of her properly. He stayed with her, even though they tried to shoo him when she was bathed. When she was given a bed, he made sure there was plently of light, that the sheets were soft, and that she wasn't layng on any part of her body still in pain.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:30 pm
"Good enough." Tarathiel grabbed Aella's wrist, and took her towards the edge of the boat. "I'll see you two later, Aella not so much. " Hopefully.
When he and the NPC were at the edge of the boat, a portal opened before them which brought them to a bar in Deep Water. The drow ignored the surprised looks and walked to the far back corner. "Aella, this is Talon, Talon's friends, Cedric and Zalikite." He pointed to the black skinned tiefling, the high elf and the moon elf respectedly.
"Talon, she was a bad girl and now needs to have a babysitter, come with us on an adventure."
Talon looked at the drow rather suspiciously, "We are busy."
"Seeds are not important right now."
"How do you know about that!" Zalikite asked rather surprised.
Cedric chuckled, "He probably knows the name of every summon you have ever used."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:36 pm
"Yes, her name is Catawa." He didn't think anything of it but he looked to her once more. "Catawa, why don't you come inside, calm your nerves and get something to eat maybe, reagin yourself." Okay he'd admit it was a little odd, Catawa lookinglike half his daughter and then half cheetah. But he would get used to it for now. Then a look to Zahara. "You as well Zahara." They could all use a clean up, and kicking at the back of Piper's knees to get them to bend he picked her up, taking her inside, even as she throwing somewhat of a fit, all the way inside.
He was merely whispering things to her in her thier first language, and that was indeed calming her, she was starting to easily settle down now. All the adrenaline had to wear off. And he set her down as she calmed but seemed she refused to let him check her over. No matter he could see that she was quite a bit of a wreck, mostly burning around her neck and under her collar from what looked like electricity. "Alright, I get it. No touching." Though a pet at her hair, bloodied as it was. Then over to Malik. "She's calmed down now, just don't spook her."
He pulled Raziel from his person once more, setting him on a nearby table and took to checking his own person over. Well cheek was split open across his tattoo, clawed a bit up in other places from imps and cats a like. He wasn't too bad off himself.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:37 pm
((Come on Az, you don't need to remind me that my own NPC is in fact an NPC ^^))
She wasn't sure if she shou;d be surprised when her captain grabbed her wrist and suddenly disappeared with her. She felt wierd without her staff. She hoped no one on the ship would touch it with their bare hands.
She blushed deeply and could only nod to the people she was introduced to after being called a 'bad girl.' Although she recalled Meilikki telling her about Cedric and the seed quest.
Catawa nodded with appreciation to Kieran and followed inside, though she didn't follow any further than the main foyer. She didn't want to intrude on the healin proccess.'
Raziel was pretty much unharmed, having been out if the way for most of this adventrue. Save for a few feathers out of palce. He plucked one such featherm snabbin the rib at the base to extract a sticky goo, much like that form the alloe plants that Moonstone liked. He handed it to Kieran to use as a salve over his cheek wound. Yeah, he was a usefull guy to have a round.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:37 pm
Zahara was back, back where the day had started one way and ended so differently. It was...strange. She glanced briefly at the little doe and sighed. What was she supposed to do with her? She didn't know the first thing about doe's and she'd never heard this one talk. Not to mention she was quite upset about what had obviously occurred while she was lost. Dammit, why'd she have to miss out on all the fun? It was quite the welcoming home party now wasn't it? She reached down and pulled Toharu out of her pocket, settling her in her hand. What now? It had been a hell of a day and she had guts and things on her from the random fights she'd gotten into down below. A few scratches and scrapes but nothing really horrible. Piper didn't look to be faring all that well and righteous anger welled up. How dare someone do that to her friend and she not be there to stop it?! The last part of that really hurt and she shook her head. She was going to get a nice hot, bath and then some reverie. The doe was more than welcome to come and so was Toharu but Zahara wasn't going to force them. "You can go wherever you like." she said to both girls. "I'm going inside though."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:41 pm
"I thought you were...human. me and whirlwind read about you. we were thinking of seeking Morgan the White to help..provided my spiritually empowered twin would have been able to talk to him..her...it. But..didn't you die? and if you did...boy did you pick a nice body to come back in."
A bit of an appreciative purr at that. or the vah version of a catcall whistle. but he still had feelings for Whirlwind. she just had a little competition now in the looks department.
Malik's servants new how to treat guests. and they made damned sure that meilikki's physical injuries were well taken care of, adn her needs met witht eh upmost care. luxeries in Malik's house were great, adn she was treated to them.
However Malik was sitting inside, brooding lightly. was the lich dead this time? or was it just another body down of who knows how many others and phylactry still missing. and he hurt too. alot.
"explain this ferality. and I'll explain why she had her bow aimed at me."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:48 pm
"Good, we now all know each other. Zalikite, could you summon us a flying minion to take us to a specific location north of here?" Tarathiel smiled.
Zalikite looked at his two companion and was baffled. "I guess so."
"Great, I know you wont disappoint us." Tarathiel smiled, "Come along guys, no need to stay seated." He draged Aella out of the bar and waited for the three elves (or close enough).
Talon shrugged and followed Tarathiel. Cedric likewise followed, but he dragged Zalikite.
Once outside, the summoner raised the only weapon he carried, a staff of rather elegent design, and waved it in a pattern. A symbol appeared on the ground, a runic circle of sorts, and caused abeam of light to shot into the air.
A large fiendish looking dragon appeared, thin and snake-like, but still a quadraped with bat wings. It had a long neck and tail, and blue scales.
"Yo, Beo." The elf started, "Could you give us a lift?" The dragon stod on its hind legs. It was about forty feet long, standing about twenty five. It lowered its head and allowed the five to climb on. It soon after took off.
Tarathiel guided the summoner to the ruins of Blindingstone.
"Now, lets go on a treasure hunt. Who ever finds Meilikki's precious stones, gets a prize."
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