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I don't know if this is the right place for it or not, but I thought it would be fun to start a story, and for everyone to add on a paragraph, whenever you feel the need to. Let's see what awesome story/characters/plotline we can come up with!

Here are the rules:

• Sciencefiction and fantasy-type characters/background is acceptable.
  
• What the person writes down before you goes. No changing it around in your paragraph.
  
• Try to keep the characters IC. For example, if the character, so far, has been happy-go-lucky, try not to write him/her/it as sad and emo unless some action has accured to make said character act that way.
  
• No being mean or rude to anyone who places a paragraph in here. This is meant to encourage and challenge writers, not kick them down.
  
• If someone closes up a story, we'll post up a title for it, one we can agree on, and start a fresh one.
  
• That being said, no killing of characters randomly. No posts like: "And then he died." By a paragraph, I mean a paragraph.
  
• Have fun! Yay!

I shall.

Maris smiled painfully up at her long time friend through the thin skin of the water. "I...don't know" she said quietly, her deep grey coloured eyes reflected a deep pain that she tried not to show on her face. A wound just above her silvery-green tail trailed blood down into the dark abyss below her. A small shudder raced through her body as the water around her turned icy but she gave it no more thought.

Unnoticed a shadow detach itself from the depths benith her and began a slow assent toward them.

As Maris disapeared into the crushing dark abyss a clawed thin, yet surprisingly strong, hand rested on Leena's shoulder. Gently it turned her around to face the owner of the hand.
Kayline was dressed in the old fashioned cloak and hood of the drow, her face was shadowed by the cowl in the cloak, protecting her from the unwelcome gazes of others. Kayline was half wood elf, half high elf. She had a long scar through one eye though she could still see well out of it.
With a sad smile she helped Leena to her feet, saying. "Good to see you old friend" her voice was but a whisper, barely audible over the racket above them.
She began to try to lead Leena toward the hotel that she was staying in, her eyes betraying nothing of her thoughts.

It was widely known that Elves were able to find and maintain massive ammounts of information. Information that mere humans such as Leena herself were not able to get their hands on. They just knew things. Of course, Elves were also known to be tricky, as they thought of themselves as a step above the human race.

Not that they weren't nice.

This particular Elf tilted her head slightly at Leena's question, noting the slight pannic in her voice. "You don't remember me?"

Leena shook her head slowly. She still wasn't sure if the Elf was playing mind games or not. She had shown up pretty suddenly, and right after Maris's plee for help, too. "Should I know you?"

The Elf stared down at Leena as if she couldn't tell whether she was telling the truth or not, but sighed and stopped walking, turning a soft smile to the smaller being. "I am Kayline, and yes, we know each other. Even before Maris sprouted her fins and walked on dry land, we all knew each other."

Leena was iching to get back to her ship. She could go after Maris, instead of listening to whoever this Kayline was. She didn't recognise her. She had never talked with an Elf before, and she'd certainly never been friends with one. "You're not making any sense. I need to go after Maris!"

"You won't find her without me."

"Maris never knew any Elves!"

"She knew me."

Leena's eyes widened as Kayline chanted softly under her breath, words she couldn't hear, and the light grew, seemed to spread over the dark wall, lighting the ally around them.

Elf magc was known of, but wasn't seen by humans. It was a sin to their species. But Leena barely had time to register all this before the wall simply dissapered, and instead a large mound of hard earth rose from the ground, it's doorway open and the same erie, green light flooded out into the dark street.

"In." Kayline demanded.

Kayline glanced once more behind Leena before grabbing her wrist firmly again and pulling her through the door. She began to quickly close it. A spell of harm was sent through the closing door, nicking Kayline's shoulder. The material seared and bubbled as the spell burn through it to her delicate flesh.
Leena watched the door close and Kayline fall to the brown earth benith. "Ah, damned Brethren" muttered the Elf, clearing melted material from the wound. Kneeling at her side Leena ripped a piece of cloth from her jacket and wrapped it around the wound as aqua colored blood seeped from it, a byproduct of Kayline's mixed heritage.
At Kayline's reassurance she was fine and it was "just a scratch" Leena stood and looked around them.

"Yes" answered Kayline as she stood and followed Leenas gaze. "This place used to be lush a long time ago, it was the place of yur ancestors but something happened. No one remembers how or why it happened, not even the people who were here at the time remember. Come, the faster we get out of this place the better, it really stinks here."
After about half an hour of walking she lead Leena to a circle of ancient stones, worn and grey in apperence but the magik around them was strong indeed. Inside the massive cirle was Kaylines rather battered Rogue twentytwo hundred. The hull showed signs of mid-space battles but it was flyable. "Let's go" said Kayline as the loading bay door opened with a thud, and two rather brutish figures stood waiting for the both of them. Kayline smiled slightly, glanced at Leenas slightly worried expression before walking up the door, toward the figures.