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 Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:37 pm
Okay, I've got my idea and am fleshing it out on paper now. Mainly so I can have something to work on while at school, and can't have my laptop on the whole time. I'll start posting later tonight if at all possible. I'm going to start working on my main character tonight if I can finish getting things worked out.
This was basically just an update for nic...since he's basically the only who'll be reading this ^.^
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:57 pm
Alaric awoke with a start, half remembered images of corpses and dancing monsters flashing behind his eyes. He closed them and took a deep breath, relaxing his breathing and calming his mind as he'd been taught. Once the nightmare had faded from memory and he was calm again he looked over at the clock in his room. It was 3am, about two hours before his day was supposed to begin. He sighed and rubbed his eyes, it wasn't unusual for him to be woken up early by nightmares but he still hated it. He got out of his bed, stretching and working out the kinks in his muscles. There was no way he'd be going back to sleep. He sat down at the small desk and turned on the lamp built into it. It was empty save for a tablet computer, and picture of himself and an attractive woman, she had her arm around him and they were both smiling. It was one of the only fond memories that he had, she had been his teacher in his early teens. They told him that they were educating him to develop his mind to better use his gift. He turned on the tablet and started to look over his notes from yesterday. They'd started to educate him on the policies of the Church so that he could follow them once he was ready to serve. He soon tired of the endless words and went back to older files, most of them about non-human creatures. He'd always had a fascination with non-humans, especially ones that could use magic. He found that he also identified with those who had been changed from being fully human, like vampires and were-wolves. They were both given certain gifts, but they could also be considered curses, just like him. He'd never met one, in all likely hood he may never truly meet one either, just kill them. He glanced over at the picture again, smiling to himself before continuing his reading.
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:19 pm
The door to Alaric's room opened without a sound, but he knew instantly that it was open because light flooded his small room. He switched off his tablet and light before looking over at his handler. He was a middle aged man, wearing the same thing he wore everyday, red military pants and a white tank top with the winged flame emblem of his order.
"Morning Alaric" he said in a gravely voice, though there wasn't an fear or hatred in his voice.
"Morning Ember" Alaric said, standing up and glancing over at his clock, it was 5am on the dot. He would never understand how Ember could be so punctual.
"We're only doing one mile today, you've got a meeting" Ember said and walked away, knowing that Alaric would follow him, which he did. Alaric was curious about his meeting but decided that asking questions wasn't appropriate. They walked for a time in silence before reaching the exercise room. Alaric quickly changed into his work out clothes, loose black pants and a tank top of the same color. Once he'd changed Ember nodded to him and they both began running the track. The entire facility was underground, in fact, Alaric had only been above ground a few times. All of them had been when he was younger, before his 16th birthday. The work out area was basically a pit, with a track that ran for about a quarter mile around the rim of it. Usually the pit was flooded with light, but today it was dark, apparently they wouldn't be using it. Again he was seized by a curiosity about this meeting but again decided not to ask. They finished their mile run, Ember slightly winded but Alaric was just starting to wake up.
"Alright, go get ready, I'll be waiting in the cafeteria" Ember said and left him to shower, shave, and get dressed.
Alaric walked to the cafeteria, dressed in his black formal clothes. They were a black button up shirt, a black vest, black pants and shoes. He walked towards the cafeteria, where Ember was already sitting and eating. He grabbed his normal breakfast, a bowl of oatmeal and another bowl with assorted fruits. He sat down on the opposite side of Ember, who looked up from his plate of bacon and eggs.
"You look a little nervous Alaric" Ember said without even looking up from his food. Ember had been his handler since he was seven years old, they had their differences but Alaric thought they had a decent relationship.
"A little, these clothes make me uneasy" he said and began to eat, Ember nodded to himself. Ember had trained him as he'd been trained, as a simple man who followed orders, though Alaric had been given lessons in leading others.
"Once you're done eating head over to the Atrium, that's where Paladin-captain Delmar is waiting for you" Ember said, again not looking up from his food. Alaric however did stop eating for a moment.
"Paladin-captain? Of what order?" he asked, looking over at his handler with a shocked look on his face. Paladin-captains were high ranking members of the military orders.
"Of the Ether Knights" Ember said, looking up at his charge for a moment "no more questions, I can't answer them." Alaric nodded at this and finished his food before standing up and leaving. He felt a sense of apprehension in his gut, he'd never even heard of the Ether Knights before. He went to the atrium, a sense that his life would be changing drastically after this starting to grow in his mind.
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