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 Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:11 pm
 It was common for his Mistress to choose a nice inn from time to time. Usually only when she had plans to attend the local church. Szin really hated it when she did this. He knew that his future for the next few days was going to be absolutly horrible. He had abuse and pain to look forwards to as she renewed her intentions to make him forsake his Goddess in favor of her own. In truth he would have preferred it if they had stopped at a low class tavern. Then he'd be working off the debt that came from his mistressess drinking and cavorting with others like her. It was a hellish job full of evil ugly people. But it kept his mind distracted. Now though he had no distraction. All he had was the inevitable. His wrists were bound behind him and tied off to the leg of the bed he was forced to sit at the base of. He was scrubbed clean and his cloths mended. All so he'd be more presentable for the evenings 'rituals'. Szin wanted to cry but he felt too tired and heartsick to muster up the tears. His mistress... Lady Vaun, had left earlier that day. The inn was fancy enough to have a nice little bar, to which she was eager to make use of. There. amid a small grouping of other priestesses, she indulged in the usual game of sly cynical remarks and put downs, as well as the minor bragging. During which she let slip she had a exceptioanly rare treasure hidden in her corner room. She enjoyed teaseing the other priestesses with tidbits of information about it, but would not indulge anything more then to say it was one of a kind and no one would be able to find anything like it no matter how hard they tried. Thus said, she was quite eager to get to the temple, so she could get back to her treasure before it got too late.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:44 pm
 The male smirked slyly as he slipped along the corridor. He did not make much of a show of hiding himself against the walls of the inns halls, there was no one around as far as he could tell and he was light-footed enough not to draw attention to himself if the rooms inhabitants were listening out for passers by anyhow.
He eyed the door at the end of the passage eagerly, that was the one! It simply had to be! The group of priestesses downstairs had not been.. Private about the contents of their rooms, and if he his inkling was right, the highest ranking of the group had spoken very highly of a treasure she had secreted away from the others in her rooms, these rooms, in fact! He had done his homework and snuck a little look as the list of rooms and guests. Sure the ladies of Lolth could lie to assert their dominance over others, but it was too much of an oppertunity to be overlooked, she had gloated over it and spoken in such detail about it that it couldn't be entirely fictional!
Sparing a glance over his shoulder and down the hall, Kren'niss halted outside the richly carved and polished wood of the door and stooped, his earthy coloured cloak pooling around his feet as he inspected the lock to find it to be.. Well.. It was quite a complicated affair but nothing impossible! Whipping out the tools of his trade he set to work on the mechanism.. There were evidently several levers to flip, but he was getting there..
A few moments longer saw the lock-pick sparing one last glance over his shoulder as he pressed a long ear to the door to have a quick listen for a retainer as he placed a hand on the handle of the door. He felt a bit of a fool, it was something he had nearly always forgotten to do.. Still he could put up a fight which had seen him through unexpected encounters before.. And as there was no noise, he swiftly pulled the handle down and silently let himself into the richly furnished rooms..
What he saw before him, was really not what he had expected, and his eyes widened in surprise as the bound figure.
"Well ******** me!" Was all he could mange.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:32 pm
In a room with nothing to do. Being bound and all, it was easy for Szin's ears to pick up the faint clicking sounds coming from the door. At first he thought it was a key. Had Vaun returned early to get to work on him? The throught brought on a sudden dappling of sweat. Sadly the room was cast in complete blackness. Not a problem for a drow. Well, any drow except for Szin. He could see nothing in this darkness. And the clicking continued.
It did not last long, but it was long enough for him to know it was not a key. Szin shifted against the ropes binding him and squirmed his back against the bed. He felt a creeping alarm as the door handle finally sounded like it was turning and the darkness was broken faintly by the opening of the door. Then all too quickly the door was closed.
Szinaun could not see the individual who had entered the room, but the voice that swore gave him a easy clue that it was not Vaun. He cringed at the tone of the voice, and he gave another jerk against his bonds. "Please... don't hurt me..." He immediatly begged. In such a position he doubted the other would care much or give him much thought...unless he felt Szin would be a witness...in which case the coldness creeping up his spine became all the harder to ignore.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:51 pm
Kren stood in shocked silence for a moment longer until he eventually gave a low whistle, ever so quietly crossing the room until he was opposite the bound drow. Even with his arms pulled tight behind him.. He could fairly easily be mistaken for a female it it had not been for his clothing, his chest exposed. He was.. A real, rare feminine-esqe beauty to behold.. It was that thought when something clicked in his mind.. Rare beauty.. Could he have been so foolish as to..?
His mind was pulled away from his slightly dissapointed musings over this 'rare treasure' when the desperate pleading reached his ears, and he was quick to focus his attention back on the drow before him.. Who.. Still seemed to be looking everywhere but at him? That was rather odd!
"Wait, hurt you?" He started, moving to crouch at the pretty males feet, "Who said anything about that? Provided you can tell me more about your mistress' treasures..? She spoke very highly of certain things down below.." He queried somewhat, wondering if his assumption was true and hoping it was not. He had a real need for some more coins these days.
"If you can tell me anything.. Then maybe I would go so far as to help you out in return..?" He had a touch of a concerned look on his face.. The other male just seemed terrified.. What was this guys story? And why was it that he was bound?
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:48 pm
He heard the low whistle, though Szin was incapable of understanding the meaning behind it. His eyes remained turned with blank fear towards the door. A thief was just one more element of evil down here, and he could only imagin the worst that could come of this. That being a quick cut across the neck if he was fortunate.
So when it was the voice sounded again, and this time near to his feet, Szin's head jerked both in the direction of where Kren currently was, and back a bit in surprise. The back of his head tapped against the frame of the bed enough to smart. But not enough to make any sort of damage that Szinaun would need worry about. He drew his bound ankles up a bit on the floor, so his knee's could press to his chest as he blindly peered in the direction he thought the voice had come from.
"Her...treasures?" Szin echoed with a faint strain in his voice. "Mistress Vaun takes her money with her. She doesn't trust leaving it behind. She...she may have left her dagger under the pillow. It's got silver decals on it. And...I do not know... you could check the drawers. Some of her changes of cloths have gold on them...."
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:16 pm
Kren couldn't repress the irritated little click of his tongue as his fears were confirmed. The feminine male before his was indeed the precious treasure that he had heard the priestess talking about..
He sighed and leaned on one of his own knees a little, "Well.. Damn do I feel a fool.." He grumbled quietly, casting his eyes around the room, "Not enough worth to clothes and a dagger to really make it worth while.." He rose from his position on the floor at the thunk..
"Hey, y'all'right there?" He queried, looking down once again. Was this guy lieing..? If he was as much of a prisoner as he looked to be, would he really have a reason to..?
"A victim of the spider-goddess, huh..?" He mused, taking a bit of a guess. "A slave..? You aren't hurtin' are you?"
He was torn.. The compassionate side of him burned to free the other male, who looked so out of his depth here.. THe other professional (or not_ side of him just wanted to ransack the room and get out..
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:46 pm
Szin fell silent after his useless offering of information. The other male sounded dissappointed. But..he had not hurt him yet. So he supposed that was a good thing. Perhaps he thought that he was holding out on him? "I..I apologize sir...I really don't think she left anything behind. I...I can't see so..."
Szin's words tapered off as the other drow would make the thunking sound. What was he doing? For not the first time Szin cursed this terrible darkness that did not even have a faint glimmer or gleam in it to let him see by. The question that came though... Szin couldn't help the nervouse laugh that parted his lips* Ho ha ha. All right? Oh no..no I'm certainly not all right. I'm tied up and bound to a bed waiting for my Mistress to come back and do Goddess only knows what to me, depending on her mood, how drunk she might be, or any other factor." Szin's head was shaking slightly, the lavender curls about his face brushed against his cheeks with the movement.
"No. I'm not hurt. I'm in fine physical health right now. Blind, thirsty, and hungry but none of that is really harm."
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:53 pm
Kren made his way around the room fairly swiftly, inspecting the obvious and not so obvious hiding places for valuable items. He couldn't help the frown plastered across his features as all that he earned from his troubles from this room was a fairly full but small coin-purse. It was better than nothing, and he was quick to pocket it as he listened to the bound male.
Sounded like he was another one being taken advantage of by the drowess of the underdark.. He followed whichever divinity best suited his needs at the time, and though he had to admit that he was fond of the spider-goddess in all her glory, but man.. As a free-thinking sort of drow he had on more than one occasion been fairly sickened, as he suspected a lot of males were, by the treatment of their gender at times. Breeding tools and sacrifices, was what he personally felt it added up to, being a male follower of Lolth.. There was so much more a male could do, profitably as well, we was always quick to point out..
And hearing about this beautiful individual's suffering at the hands of a priestess, no less, riled him up to his usual thoughts on the matter far too swiftly.
That settled his actions.
He sat heavily on the end of the bed, beside the bed-post that Szin was bound to with a gentle hum,
"My apologies. It was a foolish question to ask you judging by your current situation. But, blind..? Your eyes do not look clouded to me or damaged.." He queried, as he browsed the daggers he had concealed at his hip, selecting one which had the air of a symbol of the masked god woven into the twisted metal of the dagger hilt.
"I have a little water with me, but no foods I'm afraid.. I hope you have some energy left for an excursion..?" He queried, not so cryptically as he set about cutting through the ropes binding the male to the post.
"SO is there a name to go with that lovely face of yours?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:11 pm
Szin tried his best to keep a ear open for where the obvious thief was. The fact he was not dead yet was good. Sort of. Szin only hoped he could convince the male intruder that he was really as blind as he said. As such he was hardly a witness to the theft then.
When the bed dipped under a unexpected weight, Szin shifted uncomfortably to lean away from the downwards dip. "I...no... My eyes work fine...in the light. I do not have the ability to see in the dark like the rest of you. If there was light present I would be able to see clearly though." Szin allowed his voice to trail off following his words.
He was unable to tell what the other male was doing at this point, and a paranoid part of him feared that he did not want to know what he could be doing. Sitting so close to him as he was bound on a bed. Horrible toughts flickered through Szin's mind and made his heart hammer all the more quickly in his chest.
"Excursion?" The word was repeated with a faint air of disbelief. "You want me to...go somewhere?" Szin's body gave a start at the unexpected touch of the other. Or maybe it was expected, but not in the manner that it came. He could feel his bonds being loosened. For one scatter brained moment, Szin sat and blinked in the darkness.
"I.... I am Szinaun... are you... Goddess Bless...are you stealing me?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:26 am
Kren made a faintly amused little noise as he finished cutting through the ropes binding the males wrists, "Stealing you? No, I don't think I could do that.. No offense meant, but I wouldn't be able to sell you on would I, with those striking looks of yours, and as much as I would love a companion,.. Well.. It wouldn't work out. It didn't work out last time so it has no reason to work out for the better this time." He took a deep breath and sighed.
"No Szinaun, my friend, I am not stealing you away for a profit, I am going to turn you loose. I do not approve of what I think you have hinted at goes on here with the whore-priestess you call your master." He spat out the word priestess as he steadied the other male before he moved away to cut at the ties around the males feet next.
"I have no means of giving you an aid to see with for the time being, but there should be some phosphorous mushrooms or a stone of some kind which will give of a faint glow, ithe way we will be going.. I really do not understand how you cannot see here.. But I shall take you as far as I can towards some of the tunnels closer to the surface. They're a little unstable, so I obviously cannot go too much further to the surface.. As well.. I don't want my eyes to melt or anything." He chuckled a little harshly, as he pulled the rope away from Szin's ankles, rose to his feet and embedded the dagger in the bed post with an air of finality.
Let us see what the priestess made of that!
"We can't stay for too too long, but here.." He fumbled at his belt for a moment before crouching and seeking out one of the others hands, pressing a small water-flask against his palm, "It's something, I suppose.."
He grinned a little, "So if I might ask, was your name your own choosing..? Oh and.. Well, I guess you can call me Kren'niss. I'll loan you my cloak until we can get out of the city.." he mumbled as something of an afterthought.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:00 pm
Szin sat still as he felt the other cutting through the bonds on his wrists. It seemed impossible to even begin to think. Someone was helping him? After such a long period of time? The only form of help he had come across was in the way of a fellow worshipper, and even then their meeting had been more painful then Szin was willing to admitt.Kren continues to speak, assureing him that he was not stealing him in the least. Though his words were hardly the comforting sort. Taken as they were it was entierly possible that Kren would have sold him if his features were not so exotic. And the last..well... Szin felt uneasy at that mere topic.
Szin's movements were faintly stiff, as he had been tied for a good portion of the day now. Once it was his ankles were cut free, he began to flex his feet as well. "I... I do not know what to say..."
Szin began, then paused as something was pressed into his tingling fingers. Upon hearing what it was though, his fingers eagerly fumbled the top off, and he brought the skin to his lips to greedily suck down the contents. This male was honestly going to help him? He was truely going to take him to a tunnel that would lead him out of this hell? Szin was afraid to let the relief fill him. Even as the other spoke of lending him the cloak for the sake of getting out of the city...Szin fretted that this was some sort of waking dream.
"My...mother named me. I've never seen reason to choose a new one. Why do you ask?" That was a curious thing to question him about wasn't it? Szin was well aware of the unspoken question as well, about why his eyes did not work in the dark. If Kren was going to take him to a tunnel that led to the surface he had to suspect that is where he came from.
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:02 am
Kren grinned just a little, watching the slight male drink deeply from his flask, "Oh no reason.. It's just the meaning of your name is all.. It's no real matter! Just a nosy thief wondering aloud."
He spared a glance to the dagger in the bed-post once more.. WOuld that be easily noticeable..? Well, the priestess would be looking for her treasure, would she not..? And see an ambiguous symbol of one of her divine enemies.. It glinted nicely.. Though it was fairly valuable dagger.. No! Stop it! He chided himself for having second thoughts. He wanted to send a message, and now was not the time to start feeling remorse for the situation. He was in too deep now.
He turned back to Szin, though he knew the other male could not see him, "Can you feel your feet yet..? we should really get going as soon as we can. I don't want our escape to be prematurely interrupted.." He reached out to touch a hand carefully to the other males shin, feeling that to be the most neutral place to touch first.. The calf, knees, thighs.. They could all be interpreted as a more sensual touch.. And well.. He had yet to be seduced with a gentle caress to his shins.. He smirked all the more at his bizarre little ramble.
"I promise you're going to be alright, Szin. You haven't got any real reason to trust me, being what I am, but I give you my own twisted work that it is the case." With his free hand, he reached up to undo the clasp of his cloak while he one-handed rubbed some feeling back into the dancers legs. Those ropes had been pretty tight evidently..
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:44 pm
"Mmmm." Szin answered as he curled his toes a few times and flexed his ankles. "They are still a bit needely but...yes. The feeling is fast returning to my feet." Szin felt the slight brush against his shin and he jumped a little at the unexpected touch, but he calmed easily enough in a few moments when he felt soft fingers massageing at his poor acheing leg.
"I...I want to believe you..." Szin started, then tapered off. Kren'niss seemed like he was...sincere. Why would he waste his time helping him get loose if he did not mean to really help him? Szin shifted himself on the bed and placed his feet on the floor.
"I think standing and moving will help my legs a bit more then just lieing here." Unsteadily he stood, grateful that his legs did not shake. Szin took a deep breath, then turned and looked about blindly. "Before we go...there should be a backpack here. There is something I can not leave without inside. Can you..see it anywhere Kren'niss?"
((And for this I'll nudge to say yes, it's on a chair XD))
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:14 pm
(( :B Thanks sweets! <3 ))
Kren hummed a little.. For a male, this one had surprisingly soft skin.. Though that said, with the way he looked, it was obvious that the male took care of himself.. When he wasn't bound to a bed at least.. His lips quirked fractionally at that thought as Szin rose up to his feet, and he found that he had reached out to gently help steady the other male, before he had even realised what it was that he was doing.
"You want to..? They you should." Kren stated matter of factly as Szin faltered a little over his words, whatever it was that he was trying to get across. "I can be.. Very honest when I wish to be, Szinaun. I may steal and lie when I am working, but I pride myself for the honesty that I am also capable of, as peculiar as that must sound." A small sincere little smile touched his lips, though it was lost on his companion.
"A pack..? Of course." He mumbled, casting his eyes about the room, soon locating the rather small pack cast aside on a nearby chair. No doubt tossed so carelessly by that priestess..
Kren retrieved it swiftly as he reached up to undo the clasp of his cloak and pull it free of his shoulders with his free hand.
"Here.." He pressed the straps of the pack to Szins hand and once the other took it, he draped his heavy cloak over the others shoulders and re-did the clasp, reaching past him to pull the hood up and cover the others striking face.
"There we go! It's like you're invisible already!" He teased a little, silently thankful that he had worn such simple clothes under his cloak and neglected to bring the usual tools that he wore on his belt, usually hidden from view under his trusty cloak.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 1:14 pm
The steadying hand was greatly appreciated, and in the dark Szin managed a wane smile. It was hard to believe that after all this time he was actually getting help. he was honestly going to escape from his hellish tormentress of a wife. Still, hearing the other speak of honesty and pride. it did seem quite odd. "Reguardless...thank you. I know you do not have to aid me..and I can not see any way that this might benefit you." Providing he was honest about his lack of interest in selling him. Szin cautioned himelf not to play too trustingly into the other drow's hands.
Hands. Szin's own became full as he felt the straps of the pack placed within them. He fumbled with the pack in the darkness until he managed to get a hand inside. He felt the heaviness of the cloak settle upon his shoulders, then found himself smileing foolishly as Kren pulled the hood over his head. He felt like a child being prepared for school, only in the dark. "Hah." He lightly laughed. "To my eyes I was invisible to start with. Thank you Kren." Ah! There! Szin's searching fingers closed upon the objects that he had been searching for in the pack. He left one of them in the bottom, and withdrew the folded battle fan his wife had taken from him yet oddly kept as some weird trophy. Szin could not see the fan in he darkness, so he was unsure of it's condition. Once he had the chance though he knew he'd see to their inspection and care if needed.
Szin shrugged the pack onto his shoulders under the cloak and reached his free hand out towards the area he was sure Kren was in. "I'm as ready as I can be...aren't you worried that we will draw attention with you leading me though?"
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