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 Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:08 pm
Malik of course had his plate full, glancing at Fianna inbetween bites.
"Indeed. Two dieties powers have recently faded from the realm. one of them being the Earth Mother, the other being Lloth. So, the drow empire has fallen into civil war. two drow that we've encountered down here. namely Jaraxle and Kimmuriel, have been pulled from being thorns in our side for a bit. Kimmuriel's resources have taken a drastic drop with teh death of his mother and the ruling family. Jaraxle has been hired back to domina by thier wizard's guild."
A few more bites.
"And a deadly new player has been set loose in the game. a Death Knight, once bound to a tower by Lloth's will..is free to roam again. And of course, Kieran's little adventure puts into light Dimitri's hier as well. So much indeed has been going on. and, with teh lull in activity, other plans can be moved forward."
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:26 pm
Zahara blinked. Lloth and the Earth Mother were gone? When had this occurred? Why hadn't she realized it? Her mind mulled over the information even while her fork stopped stabbing at the food on her plate. Kimmuriel had taken care of her 'loyalty' to Lloth, replacing her with Eilistraee, which would explain why she hadn't felt anything move inside her when the b***h fell. Another thought hit her suddenly, that must be the change she'd caught in Sevilin earlier. There had been something, a subtle difference, not something most would even realize was there. But she had. Her head turned and violet eyes met gray. She saw truth and confirmation there and then she turned to look at Sevilin. "She's gone..." He was finally free. Now if he would stop letting his fears rule him, he'd really be much better off.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:50 pm
She had to try pretty hard to suppress that frown that wanted to show on outer apperance levels. After all, she couldn't dissaprove of everything bad that happened down in the Underdark. Fianna...didn't particularly know what to think on the entire matter really...after all, she wasn't savvy to the way the Underdark worked...and she only visited it because her daughter was down here. "Well...I trust Malik that you have all that you need under control, under your control and thus I won't have to worry about anything...right?" That last word having that tone that said 'and you better have the right answer for me or I will hurt you'. Then a look turned on Kieran with the raised eyebrow 'he said what now' look.
Kieran looked over to his lover, that amused smile on his own face between bites. Oh he knew what she was thinking, knew what she was feeling...and he was quite proud of her. Though oh so much tantalizing information to soak up, now wasn't there? Yes indeed. Though a look over to Malik, waiting to see what his answer was...and if it was sufficent
Of course that smile dimmed a little when she turned that look on himself. "I was careful, and I didn't go alone, or get hurt...have to keep my debts. No worries dearest." And of course an interested look to Zahara...after all, what did drow think when they didn't have thier goddess?
Piper was particularly amused...her mother still had that touch after all these years now didn't she? Yes, very amused. Though not so ecstatic about Malik laying things all out on the table so to speak. After all...he was blatantly honest now wasn't he? She suppoesd it was better than lying or something of that matter. So then, picking at her food.
Sevilin's attention did turn to Malik at that mere mention. Was that what he had felt earlier? That little twinge he had somewhat acknowledged. Though his red eyes scanned over to Zahara as she more or less directly addressed him. For a moment he stared at her. Then turned his head away and stared at his plate once more at he took right back to the food on it. "What does it matter..."
Did it even matter to him? He had once told Jarlaxle that Lloth did not hold him in her clutches and he believed that. For he believed he had his freedom from her the moment he left Andal, and this was as good as it got. He hadn't even known when she was dead, therefore...she didn't have hold over him. It was never Lloth who held his reins.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:11 pm
"Everything in my domain is under my control, Fianna. and I have taken extra precautions as well. My only concerns I will talk with you about later, and none involve injuries. There is another resident here that I would like to ask you to avoid, however, until such a time as Kieran can fully prepare you for it. her name is Catawa, one of the late Dimitri's experiments."
A small frown. then back to pleasentness.
"The Oracle, Meilikki, is also here..however without the Earth Mother she has lost her sight, and regained it all at once. her fortelling was at the expense of her physical sight. but now she has that vision back. however recent losses have made her reluctant to join us. Roarke as well, and his pups, whom if I understand correctly are going to be trained as warriors."
Though a glance to Piper in the 'I won't do anything unless asked' manner.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:32 pm
Food was forgotten as was everyone else at the table as she turned her entire attention on the exasperating male beside her. And that was another thing that burned her, she knew why he was beside her but really Malik, take your little matchmaking games elsewhere. A shake of her head, "You really don't care do you? Do you really believe that just becaues you left it was all over? At any time she could have decided you were a threat and wiped the floor with you, watched your body burn in her hellish fires. And you really don't care..." She wanted to dance around singing, "The b***h is dead! The b***h is dead!" and he merely shrugged it off. Amazing.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:48 pm
First a smile and a satified nod from her before that acknowledging look came about her once more as she again took in all that he was saying."You know me, no worries about me running across anything I shouldn't." A side glance to drow before back down the table to Malik.
He got that pleased look back from her at his little diversion of attention in her direction, which showed his willingness to actually behave himself. Though she tensed a little as Zahara took to prodding Sevilin.
Did she have to do this? His attention turned back to her once more and he frowned the slightest bit. "No, I really don't care..." Though his hand noticibly clenched tighter on his fork as she had continued on. "No she couldn't of...you priestesses....raised to believe she can reach out of her very hell and snatch you as she pleases...how can that be true...after all the crimes against her I have done?" The red eyes glittering in some form of defiance.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:17 pm
Malik rested his hands, giving the slightest grin behind them. This was going to be entertainment. But he kept quiet on it and let the Drow handle thier affair for the moment.
"I do have some advice to ask though from the royals. Domina is in civil war..which coudl mean many of the nations that have been under the Drow thumb may see this as a chance to fight back. Advice on how to deal with this..and the possible emergance of the human kingdom of deepwater as a primary power."
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:25 pm
His barb against priestesses, his patronizing tone just pissed her off. "We're not the only ones raised to believe that you know. Last I checked any and all born in those cities are taught that Lloth is the ruler and she will smite those she chooses to devote precious time to." Her voice remained low as she heard the other voices and didn't really want to broacast their little altercation though with elven hearing it wouldn't really matter. "And that Sevilin is why you are still here. She didn't deem you or me, for that matter, important enough to devote precious time to. Godesses can do whatever they wish as long as they fall in line with the rules of the plane itself. If they don't violate ancient orders and magics, they're free to maim and destroy or bless and purify. So yes, the fact that she can no longer do something like that, matters very much."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:46 pm
He rolled his eyes at her and scoffed lightly. "Not worthy of her time? If Lloth's rule is absolute then she wouldn't let any spiders crawl from her web now would she? Errants like me...and you even...would of been swiftly brought back, or dealt with accordingly with the laws of treason. For a being who is so high and mighty...well she never was very tentative now was she? That is your Goddess...usless."Back to food and feeding Nym.
Piper rested her head in her palm a moment, setting down her fork. Oh there they were going again, and she knew Malik was just practically in giggles over it. She knew it....he wouldn't do too much, he enjoyed the little irritations between the two drow...however she didn't and her eyes angled over to her parents. They looked unamused...at least Malik drew their attention away from the drow.
Kieran seemed to consider the question for a moment. "Well...personally I'd say let them fight it out and then perhaps ally yourself with the victors, if and only if that's going to prove beneficial to you and yours. No need to stick your head out the window if it's just going to be chopped off by the guillotine that makes up the frame." Another considering look. "And a primary human power...that should be no issue to you. Despite you having more or less a small empire that consists of pretty much here and any possible allies you may have...you're elven. Humans' greed gets the better of them, or their insecurities do. When all their own methods fail, they have to look elsewhere. Ally with them."
"Guillotine window? Where did you hear that?"
"Analogy I just made up?"
She shook her head.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:18 pm
Malik nodded to Kieran, and gave a small grin.
"I've seen a windowed guillotine, in Neriak. Used often as a qay to quick punish would be thieves or potential assassin trainees."
Though a glance at Piper, and a look to the other two drow.
"From what I understand, Lloth was a goddess of chaos and discord. By allowing a priestess and a runemage, male at that, to roam free, she potential spawns more chaos in the usage of your respective skills in places you wouldn't normally go. So, in effect, your defiance served her purpose, and put a deadly rune mage out into the game, who would strike terror and fear into the priesthood, and thus endear them to go to great lengths to end your existance."
Then his gaze roamed to Zahara.
"And a priestess, free from society, but still in the garb. many, including myself, take that every presence at teh Llothian priesthood looking for expansion, thus, you create worry adn fret and chaos simply by existing and giving folks a wrong impression. another service to the Spider Queen."
A small grin.
"However, I beleive your..incident...was probably ythe biggest actual betrayal to her service you have done to date, and with her demise form this plane, there is no more priesthood to be concerned with. and a rune mage here, even a Drow...is unnoticable enough to not gather any real influence of suspicion outside the normal paranoia. Thus both are free, wether you knew it or not, and the case is closed."
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:37 pm
Sevilin's words struck a small chord and she acknowledged it, "Perhaps. Although it means nothing since she is not my Goddess. I serve another now." Her gaze turned to Malik for a moment and she opened her mouth to say something then snapped it shut her hand tightening on the fork and eyes sparking. She didn't like hearing she'd merely been a pawn, allowed to escape to further the b***h's plans. Familiar bitterness rose then sunk like a rock in her stomach. "I only wore it until I could get something else made and to irritate certain elves, not for her." But she couldn't very well argue with him, now could she? After all elvish gods, unlike the pitiful human gods, were omniscient and nothing could get past them. So it made sense that Lloth had not brought them back, since they were still falling in with her plans. Dammit. It didn't really matter much now though she was dead. Now she really had no appetite. Her jaw clenched and she took to repiling her food on her plate, other hand tapping her nails in agitation.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:51 pm
A gesture to Malik with his good arm. "There you see, guiolltine window. It exists, I'm in the right this time. And not only that but it's a security system." That proud Malik ego look to her.
"Don't make me hurt you, Kieran." A poke at his arm just for that and a little chuckle, shaking her head before both couldn't help but focus on the drow for a moment.
And his eyes turned on Malik as he decided to throw his two cents in. Those eyes narrowed. "Chaos it may be, but even Lloth likes to have control on her made chaos...if she looses it...well then bad things happen...like they have in fact happened to her." A further narrowing of eyes at his mention of said incident, word carefully chosed. "I was never the one debating my freedom." A pointed scowl to Zahara on that one.
Well...Malik couldn't yell at her about not eating...she was quickly loosing her appetite over a perhaps impending fiasco. Those two were always so defensive. Even if Malik tried to play nice they seemingly banned against him in defiance. Oh yes, appetite killer indeed. Idly she picked up her glass of wine and downed half of it. Which probably wasn't a good idea on her part since Piper never really did handle her alcohol well when she snapped it back real fast in vast amounts. Malik knew that one.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:13 pm
"The matter is closed. as in, not open for debate. as in, I don't want to hear another Innoruuk-damned word on it, or so help me I will have you both dragged into a breaker cell and priestly magic or runes be damned if I don't hear you both screaming in perfect harmony."
Malik's voice had a very hard edge to it. He was not playing. then his look moved to Piper, and it softened some.
"slow down on the drinks, Piper, please."
Slaves visibly cowered back when the breaker room was mentioned. they knew that place. all of them did. even if they'd only known it once..that was more than enough to remember the rest of thier lives. some even had nightmares about it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:31 pm
Zahara's eyes narrowed even more, he had no right to be pissy after all, he was the one who had to go and poke at things he shouldn't be poking at. He'd brought up Lloth, he'd decided to point out that they were falling in rather nicely with her plans, all his fault. She returned her gaze to her plate, feeling a bit like a chastened child and those nails continued to tap. Of course dinner should be ending soon but Malik wanted to talk to her so she doubted she'd get away with excusing herself. Sure enough slaves started clearing things from teh table, mostly empty plates since they didn't want to take a plate, like hers, in case she wasn't done yet. She hadn't touched her food at all, she wasn't lying when she said she had no appetite. Shoving it back away from her, she let her fork clatter on teh china, gave Malik a pointed look and sat back in her chair.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:33 pm
Okay well Malik had made himself perfectly clear. He right now didn't care for any of thier arguing...and frankly Sevilin didn't feel like starting into it with Malik. He's try to use runes, Fianna would counter, Kieran would jump in, it'd all go to hell really fast. He'd just rather avoid it...so then he turned his attention back to Nym who was currently sitting on his hind legs and eating a piece of food off of Sevilin's fork.
A look over to Malik with a raised eyebrow a moment before she looked at her glass and noticed it. Oh...right. She was doing it again. A little smile given over to him and a light nod. Yeah...no need to have another one of her little drunken bouts, entertaining or pleasing at they may be.
Fianna cleared her throat. "Speaking of unpleasant events..." Her look drfited to Kieran. "You need to come back soon enough. We have council in four months, which means you can only have two here at the most...and be prepared for said council when you get back."
Kieran got the look a child did when they were told of something they disliked and they had to do it regardless. "Did you have to remind me? I would of been perfectly happy pretending to not remember." He never liked those things.
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