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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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 Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:58 pm
Ishmael nodded. "Correct on both accounts. Touch is a useful means of gathering power that is not offered, but the problem is getting close enough. When you are as skilled as I am, you can do this--"
Without waiting for invitation or permission, he thrust his influence ruthlessly into Vincent, sorting through the threads of power that ran threw him. He didn't dare touch the Captain's power--the old man would know if he did--and he left his own power alone, but he selected a cord of Vincent's own natural storytelling and ruthlessly ripped it out of him. It disappeared into the void where Ishmael's heart should have been. Vincent's power was not particularly strong without the Captain's support, but it had an interesting flavor, one Ishmael would not mind sampling at a later date.
Vincent looked shocked, his face white from the attack.
"That is what you have to be careful of when you are around someone like me," Ishmael said by way of apology. "There are two others like me that I know about. One also draws physical strength and the other draws...I.Q., which is the best way to describe it. And you must be thrice as careful around the Captain, because he can drain your soul to feed his, and you wouldn't know it until it was too late."
((please don't god-mod this ability. I really don't want to get in a power-tug-of-war just yet.))
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:56 am
Vincent almost collapsed but his nanites held his body firm. Managing a wry smile he chuckled, "I see, three parts of one. Three parts that form a new Captain. The old man has a sense of humor at least."
Vincent let his mind wander slowly expanding the void he had created within himself, small tendrils probed the air around him before retreating back into the construct of his mind. Vincent kept his eyes locked on Ishmael. "But distance is a real problem for the three of you isn't it though? The farther your reach the harder it is to grasp. Even the Captain likely has this problem, although only at very extreme distances. Anything else I should learn or should I just resume my meditations and better hone my powers."
((Okay then.))
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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:44 am
"You are a quick learner," Ishmael complimented him. "You just need to understand one more thing--my two counterparts take physical and mental strength with the energy, I take life. I took a month of your life just then--which I can stretch into several years for myself. My counterparts and I can also pass along the extra things we draw to the Captain. It is so much easier for him, you see, to have us steal strength, wit, and youth for him. It's also why he's kept me around the longest." Ishmael considered a moment before confiding, "It's also why, when my contract is up, you will want to be as far from me as possible--because the Captain won't like seeing me leave."
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:14 am
"Thank you, I will keep that in mind." Vincent smiled he had learned how he could drain the others of their powers as Ishmael could. That was enough for him, "So what else can you teach me?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:54 pm
((Are we going to continue this roleplay? I'd love to. Maybe this summer we can back to it. ^.^))
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:01 am
((I'd like to. I'm just getting tired of dragging Niteshade around like a bad blow-up doll. xp ))
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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:07 pm
((I'm sure there's a reason. ^__^ One can't be on Gaia the whole time.))
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:51 am
((Alright, Chronos hasn't posted since Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:33 pm, so I guess we'll just feed him to Ishmael. Any ideas on how to do that?))
Maddie sighed with relief as their plane finally landed safely in Dublin. Dragging the half-sleeping group after her, she found an ATM with exchange capabilities, and immediately switched most of her American cash to Euros. When they got outside, it was sunset--they had flown right through the day. She hailed a cab, gave the driver her grandparents address, and they were off.
"Oy, I'm so jet-lagged," she moaned softly, looking at her friends. "I'm starting to wonder if I've gone totally insane for taking this crazy trip in the first place."
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Ishmael eyed his pupal. "Nothing you really want to know." Then he stood and stretched. "We should be landing soon, and then we'll need to sniff out our renegade storytellers. I have a little more than 48 hours to do it, so we have to get everything right the first time. Are you ready?"
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ScarletFrost Vice Captain
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