Post by Gisselle Valeneros on Dec 8, 2016 3:00:00 GMT -8
Ashlinn : Nimena had gotten Ash into the hot bath and then helped the assassin wash, the gave the girl sometime to do something ash hadn't done sense she was a smll child.. and that was to sob and scream at the top of her lungs. once Ash was to tired to do so any more Nim returned and helped her out of the tub wrapped her something warm and soft and helped>
Ashlinn settle her into bed... Did Ash sleep, yes in fact she slept like the dead. At least until the nightmares came. and that they did, everything playing over and over in her head in vivd color. As night faded into day and Ash still couldn't rest.. peacefully she'd find herself slipping from the bed chamber to explore ever mindful and respectful of>
Ashlinn the fact that this was not her home.. that.. what feeling of home she had was now gone... Finally she'd return back to the room she'd been placed in the night before curling up on a chair or littte lounge type thing(winging here)and tucked her feet up, her arms wrapping around her her legs, she'd lower her head and bury it into her knees-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ felt the nightmares his student had, though his threads of fate were no longer showing him the lands of Nighthowl, or even the Keep that was held within. Instead, it was a grand castle, though it was also one that he knew very well. His sister lived in this building, along with the queen of these lands. His violet blue eyes seemed to glow almost, as he approached the lands of Eladrin, the young looking man now touching down in the hallway his student could be felt in. Closing his eyes now, he walked c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ towards the room his sister had let her stay in, though, as he knocked on the door, he would feel a pull in the back of his mind, this faint sensation telling him that his student was being called back, the maiden refusing quite violently before she managed to snap herself awake. He was not exactly pleased with this, but the sooner he could trace the cause of her night terrors, the more chance he could likely give his student a better life, and the training she needed, to defend herself against threats.
Ashlinn would whimper from time to time in her sleep muttering words like- no- or -get off- or- stop.. then her eyes would pop open a single word or rather a single name tearing from her thoat-Drumain!...-she'd blink seveal time as the room came into focus as she reeled her fear in. Then she felt it, that gentle brush of energy that danced along her>
Ashlinn /along her senses when the blackheart was near and her heart sank and terrorr began to replace the fear that had been there only moments ago. Sighing softlhy she'd stand of the chair and making her way to a window and brushing aside the curtins to peer out into the world outside... yes it had gone on, why wouldn't it after all in the grand >
Ashlinn scheme of things it wasn't like she was all the significant. the wrap at the door would gain it a swift glance before she turned her head back to look out the window once more. She would not answer Damien.. the first time she'd ever not bid him welcome into 'her' private chambers...-e-
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ recieved no answer from his student, this now worrying him to an almost unbearable degree. He knew there were other ways to see how she was doing, or whether or not she was even inside, though for now, he would remain tho this mortal body he often chose to assume. Knocking on the door three more times, he would lean into it, as though he were trying to listen if anything were happening on the other side. "Ashe?" He called out, his voice stern, but it held an air of concern, rather than malicious intent.
Ashlinn she'd hear that wrapping and then his voice and a shiver ran down her spine, yes it was true that his voice held only concern...for now but...-what will he do when he finds out-she'd think as flashes of the day befoe flooded her mind. the other man was Damiens friend and .. his student.. a human that always seemed to be getting into trouble in>
Ashlinn this land.. or.. lands. hells would he even believe her that she had said no in the first place? why would he? Still the little assassin said nothing her right hand moving to rub her fingers over the bruises on her neck where Dru had choked her left hand moving to rub her right wrist. She'd close her eyes as she pressed her head agaisnt the >
Ashlinn window pane, still she would not grant him enterance. her brother and sisters on the other hand .. well they had a mind of their own and had reached out the shaodws that were once ashs protects, who now resided with Damien, showing them the events for the day beforeall the way from when Ash took the then passed out Dru to her room to sleep it >
Ashlinn off, to the heated interactions between the two, and clear through Dru's completion of the act, then Azriels bashing at Dru's skull with his sheithed sword... her 'walk' to Azriels room.. ending in the moment they were at now.-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ slowly, but heavily sighed outside her room, the man now shaking his head as he opened his mouth to speak. It was here though, when one or two of the inky black guards of hers came to his aid, the man now taking their hands, so he could accept what they could show him. Disappointment shot through his body, as the images passed by him, a select few giving him an idea of what she kept getting herself into. Even his grandson had stepped in to keep her safe, but still the young lady managed to get into c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ more and more difficulties with each passing night. "I'm only trying to help you, Ashe." He smiled from the other side. "Though, in order for me to do so, I must know what it is that keeps you awake so often." He admitted with a nod, though it was likely this couldn't be seen. "You don't deserve this torture, and the sleepless nights." He began, his voice still keeping its concern behind it as he did. "You're not ready to be a mother yet, so why must you insist on leading men to your bed?" He inquired.
Ashlinn : /me 's shoulders would slump as two tears slid down her cheeks.. and only two as she heard those word...invite him into her bed...she'd take a deep breathe as she struggled to fing the words.. -he blames me...-she'd think and the shadows would fair and hiss at him as he picked up her thoughts-.. and why not? ... he is right... -the truth of it >
Ashlinn : though that she had not invited Dru into her bed.. at least not for that reason... she had taken him to her room and into her bed beacuase when she returned down stares she'd found the man passed out and she did not want to see her masters friend.. her friend hurt in his drunken and passed out state...-you don't think I know that- she'd respond >
Ashlinn : .me about being a mother-I'm neive.. obsessive and a bit slow.. but I'm not stupid outright master...-she'd whisper aloud.-e-
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ shook his head when the shadows flared up, hissing maliciously, though, when he focused his attention on them, his eyes glowing rather violently now, they would return back to the state they had been in before their flare up. The last thing he needed was to be the bad guy in this situation, though it seemed that's what he was being made out to be. Even his student was pointing the blame at him, but still, he did his best to remain calm. "Ashe, I know you don't mean that, since you're not being blamed c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ for anything." He admitted, the man still outside her room, but his eyes narrowed at this point. He was determined to help her see just how much potential she had inside, but unless he stopped these nightmares of hers, she would likely never see it. "I also never said you were stupid." He chuckled as he spoke, "Though, while I am proud of you for standing your ground against an old friend of mine, that dust of yours finds its way onto you an awful lot." He was genuinely concerned. "There is no reason c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ for you to be ashamed around me, Ashlinn." He reminded his student. "I am not pointing the blame at you, and nor am I trying to throw things back in your face." He admitted, his voice, as well as his eyes softening, before he continued on. "What I am trying to do though, is find out what exactly is going on." He assured. "I don't want you to be tortured, and afraid to sleep at night, or even for you to feel as though you're no good." It was here, when he leaned into the door again. "I'd like us to talk"
Ashlinn she'd sigh, one moment the door completely shut the next it wa flung open so fast that it was possiblee if he were leaning to much on it he'd find himself falling forward toward the floor-..the powder... I would never mix something that potentt lord Blackheaty... I may hae a curious mind.. but I am no fool.. I've learned from epeirance that my>
Ashlinn : powders are nothing to sneeze at.. err.. -she'd roll her eyes- I mean... I take them seriously... I don't know how it got to that potentcy nor do I know how it got in my room.. or on me. -she'd say slowly turning to look at him-If I did I'd tell you but..-she'd pause then as her shadows swirled and danced around her 'talking' to her she'd then him>
Ashlinn She'd then look at him directly in the eyes shocked and confusion dancing in her own. a blush flooding her cheeks. she'd make her way over to him as that shock shifted to anger, her hand coming up palm open the attempt was probably quite clear, she was going to slap him across the cheek- how dare you think I'd do that to him.... and defile him>
Ashlinn : so.. I may only be a human assassin.. and not a very good one, but he is my friend.. one of only three I've ever had! Those were only day dreams.-she'd step back from him now-I.. would never disrespect your family by trying to fuck your grandson..-she'd shake her head and turn away moving back toward the window to look out it again. How had he >
Ashlinn known about her fantasies. She'd never shared them with anyone.. not even her brothres and sisters.-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ indeed fell towards the ground, the man's arms now reaching out, so his hands were flush with the floor, the man now pushing his body upward, and over itself, so he could return to his feet again. "These shadows have shown, and even told me otherwise, when it comes to those dusts of yours." He informed, though it was clear in his eyes. It showed quite well, that just as much confusion, and surprise was going through his own mind as well. "If you didn't mix them in that way, than who did?" He inquired c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ his student again. His voice was softer now, as he leaned against the wall near the window, though he still shared the same concern he had for her. "More importantly, what purpose would it serve, to have you in such a state?" He inquired again, though it was here when the man would fall towards his side. He had been caught off guard as she slapped his face, though he tilted his head towards the left side. "It seems they are more than just dreams, since you are a wraith when you do these nightly visits."
Ashlinn would shake her head slightly at his speaking of wraiths and nightly visits-..wh..what are you talking about.. I cannot sustain a form on the tween and still act on this plane. Im just a humann and not a verfy powerful at that.-she'd spin around and begin to pace-no.. your mistaken I wouldn't .. I wouldn't do that to him!-she'd whisper>
Ashlinn before she again moved to the window to look out it again sighing-..I. don't have that kind of...pull slowly she'd turn back round to look at him again her mind trying to piece it together alas every time she sought the answers pain sliced through her head now fear was in her eyes, but not for herself, for Azriel-...master..?-her voice a soft >
Ashlinn : whisper of sound-...what's going on...-she had no idea why these things were happening-...the.. time lapses...my going to bed in the school or.. at the tigers eye only to wake up at the city limits...thats a part of this too isn't it?-e-
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ frowned when his student tried to recall just what had been going on, though as he too tried to see what she was piecing back into view, the memories seemed to flash violently, a man's face screaming at them, before the memories shattered back into many different pieces again. Something was not right, and it was up to them to try and figure out what it was. "It looks like some guy is trying to keep us from trying to figure out the rest of this picture." He informed his student, his voice trying very c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ hard not to show his confusion, though it may come to no avail to him. "You've said that you can't hold that wraith appearance for too long." He began, the man trying to figure things out, so his student would feel no more discomfort. "Though your brothers and sisters, as you've often called them, have seen you take on this appearance, when you visit my grandson." He admitted. "Each time you've felt threatened, or otherwise afraid, the shadows have told me you call out for me, or those you have become c
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ close with." He informed her with a nod. "You have even called out for Drumain's protection, as well as my grandson's." He informed his student, his right arm up, to come under his chin, while his left stayed in half of crossed arms on his chest. "You've said that you don't hold that kind of pull, but your brothers and sisters have heard otherwise." He blinked a few times. "They have told me of your music, as well as your voice, and how it can do wondrous things to he mortal mind." He admitted to her.
Ashlinn would blink at him-.... my brothers and sisters... hav told ou such?-shed whisper softly wathin him-.. I.. I cannot do that sort of thing phoenix was able to easily bit I never had the skill set.. my father tried for years to force me to learn it but as in may other things I was inadequit... to the point where my father was going to sell me >
Ashlinn into ...service of a noble in an ajoining land.-she'd say softly then mutter- an hier and a spare...and that sort of thing...-she'd knitt her brows together as her mind tripped over a dream.. sitting in a darkened tavern a dark haired man and a coversation that made no sense to her...Shaking her head slightly she'd turn to look back out the >
Ashlinn window-I ran.. Phoennix helped get away... I spent lots of time traveling always on the run from...-again a sharp searing pain through her head-.. from.. my family -she'd finally say-.. till I ended.. here actuallyy.. in Eledrin.. the rest-she'd shrug- you know-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ nodded his head when she questioned him, though he remained silent for not, until he was certain she was through for now. "Indeed they have, and that you hold within you a great mind to learn new things." He admitted, those violet blue eyes now shifting over towards his student. "What your father has done is abuse, and he's clearly insecure about his own skills, if he seeks out perfection in his children." He remarked with a laugh. "None of my family is perfect, and nor am I for that matter." He gave c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ a small nod to her when he spoke to her now. "Nothing in this entire universe is, and that seems to be something your father needs to understand." He stated, his eyes narrowing with disappointment. "Just because you fail at some things, does not mean you cannot excel at others." He assured her with a smile. "I'll even bet you any amount of gold, that you can dance, and charm your way into situations that normally require a well-placed blade, or a few dead bodies at one's feet." He challenged his student
Ashlinn would shrug slightly- its just a question of paying attention to your surrounding.. figuring out what it is that your mark cannot turn down and becoming thta.. at least for a time. a man likes an empty minded female... well a smart one would pull that off with ease. a man likes jewels.. glass is easily altered to look like a pretty ruby... >
Ashlinn the question therfore is where is their weakness and how do I make myself far to valuable to them to pass me by.-she'd pause-...the hard part is.. knowing where you're morals come into play.. if you ahve them... -as she spoke Damien would see the scene of thatwhite robes man demanding that Ash bring the dove Nights heart, but this time he'd >
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ couldn't help but issue a smirk to his student, when she told him more about their job, and what her side of it involved. "You excelled in the sensual, almost softer aspects of our ways, while my range of skills were more driven towards stealth, lethality, as well as speed, mis-direction, and even blending into a crowd." He admitted, the both of them easily considered assassins, though the risks they took, as well as the ways in which they got their tasks done, it was here, when one could easily spot c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ the differences between them. He then silenced his self when those shadow guards would project him more scenes of her past, this time what was projected, it caused him to sigh, the man clearly upset about what he had just seen. "If they want my brother's heart, perhaps I can do them one better." He suggested with a second smirk, this one more devious than his first. "What if you were to bring -me- there instead?" He laughed. "If they want to know what I am capable of, than I will show them personally."
Ashlinn she'd sigh softly- if only it were that simple-she'd saey softly- but its not.. thney never stay in one place.. hell I don't even know how I get there or..-she'd pause looking back to him-.. you think they're responsible for my missing time..and.. if so.. to what end?-she'd ask tiling her head slighlty to the side as she watched for his >
Ashlinn reaction gauging his words aginst his facial expresions-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ frowned when his student mentioned how often they moved about. "Well, it's clear they need you to bring back a piece of my brother, or some trace of us, as proof you did as they requested of you." He reminded, the man now raising his hand to his chin in thought again. "Perhaps I can offer a service to you there as well." He spoke, his voice much higher now, and gave off an almost chilling air to those watching them. Lowering to the ground, his violet blue eyes now focusing on the floor now, his head c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ swiveling downward, as he got to his both knees. Both hands were grasped behind his back, as he leaned towards his student, his eyes now closing as he braced his self for what may be to come. "Yamato." He spoke with a smile, the blade st the woman's side almost revealing itself to them. "It will obey the will of those with a clear mind, so draw it out." He instructed. "Focus on your attack, and draw the blade down to my neck, in a single strike." He continued. "If they want proof, than take me to them."
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nimena felt the presence of her brother near the young woman, his pupil, apparently it didn't take long for Damien to find her, she just wished he would have been keeping tabs on her last night. There was a shimmer of soft light that entered the bedroom that Ashlinn was staying in after she helped get her all cleaned up last night and then her <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : form became solid appearing to the both of them. Looking over to Ashlinn who seemed to be in depth with Damien in conversation then over to Damien who seemed a little discontent her silver eyes focused on him as she spoke out. "Your student needs to recover........no practices till she is healed..." She had not healed Ashlinn completely yet, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : She wasn't completely healed herself after she did that several hour healing and putting back together of Delilah, which did take a small toll on her energy force, which is why she didn't go poof be healed to Ashlinn. And there is some......other things we must discuss before you two continue on. Some things I am almost uncertain she herself <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : is unaware of.......her body is in danger...." Nim was pretty sure that was going to catch their attention. <e>
Ashlinn Ash would smrk look at the woman tilting her head slightly blinking for a moment. she'd then laugh softlty-... um.. Im an asssassin.. and as you've seen Im not exactly very good at my job.. so.. my life is always in danager.. not to metion the fact that I could bleed to death from a paper cut.. or the fact that Im alergic to almost any and >
Ashlinn : evertthing.. my protectors.. my brothers and sisters tap into things that terrfy me .. I live in a plaace where angels makepaper outta treee with their fingers.. where gods and goddess and demons live together in harmony where my best friend has been known to be posessed by his psychotic wack job of a father... who is help bent on killing his>
Ashlinn : father .. who happed to create him.. by what.. jizzing in a petri dish and waving hismagic wand over it... not to mention ..my master can turns angels into goddesses. where his sister is.. is. well.. -pins her with a stare -YOU- his brother is a coffin sleeping blood drinker... and.. and .. another brother is dealth himself.. please.. feel free >
Ashlinn *himself... and I'm a stupid little human assassin.... as the coffin sleeper and the angel boy haveremained me.. so please tell me.. at what point do you believe I did not know that I am in mortal danger.. every moment of every gods damn day?-e
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nim Raised her hand to Damien, something she did not normally do, but yea....she had to interject at this point. "Yes, hearing about you and seeing your reactions....I can tell for a human your not exactly of the typical brand, yes my brothers are eccentric and you are Damien's student, but as long as your my patient you are going to follow my<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : orders and if I have to make you do so forcefully you will not like the end result miss.....as for your father I cannot speak on his behalf, but if he is anything like Drumain then I can have him dead without issues.." She explained firmly but gently and she turned to Damien speaking out. "Speaking of her always being in danger, being around <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : your student, I smelled something in her after she got the stench of Drumain off her after her bath that probably with your mage guild and assassin classes you didn't note nor remember during your herbology reading..." She explained as she turned back to Ashlinn. "Your unhealthy attraction to Azriel, your easily accessible to Drumain and <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : unable to explain why.......I took a tiny sample of blood from the bathtub from your attack. Your bloodstream has two substances in it that should not be in any human normally.....which is wild mushroom and rose hips. And if she is injecting herself that would be pretty silly don't you think?" She asked Damien curiously waiting for some kind<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : of response. <e>
Delilah : Delilah had been watching closely though her brother and sister, The happenings and this was a situation Delilah felt she needed to come and tend too. Near by a rip in reality would open and the armored angel would step through revealing herself, With soft graceful clicks of her boots the woman would make her way over to Ashlinn. Looking between Ashlinn, Nimena and Damien her focus would lay upon the human, She would narrow her eye's before speaking as she crouched before her. "Mmm you forget though <c>
Delilah : little one...you may be a human...but Humans are a grea threat to most of us all...You are capable of adapting to situations a lot faster than us goldy types...You just need proper training...Stop worrying about gaining power to keep up with us." The creature would close her eye's and concentrate on her(Delilah) left index finger, Holy energy started to form around the tip of the finger and soon would start to channel from her. In this moment Nimena was correct about her being in constant danger and well<c>
Delilah : Delilah would help with that, What she was going to do would hurt for only a moment but in the long run it would ward off Fatal wounds and such events like Rape attempts. "From the life that have been breathed into this world, From the Saints from above...I bestow upon you a Ward of protection...strictly to ward off Fatal wounds and any and all attempts with rapes...including your father..." With that she would press her finger into the mid of the woman's chest placing the ward, Once set she would speak <c>
Delilah : once more. "For this ward...in order to be removed...Only I will give the consent or will to set you free from it, Until then...you are bestowed with it." She would then stand up and turn around to walk back towards the rip, Though she would take a moment to inhale the fresh air of Eladrin.<e>
Ashlinn Ash felt the energy swirls around her then slipped deep into her body her eyes flairing a bright silver for a second then would return to her usual hue. she'd take a deep breathe and prop her back against the window body trembling slightly her shadows rebelling aginst the holy energy. She'd slide down the wall blinking up at Lila-.w..what did >
Ashlinn do?-she'd ask as her form began to feel the scars on her back begin to slowly rip opoen her shadows reaching out to their brothers and sisters hissing to the other shadows, those shadows reaching out to Azri and Damien, relyinf to them that without the shadows the wards that sheilding ashs scars the wounds would open and stay that way...-e
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : The wounds would probably open but Nimena wouldn't let them stay that way. Though next time should would like a little warning before Delilah did something within her wards, but hey it happens. She turned and spoke out to Delilah. "With your wards personally on her and my outer wards, I am almost a hundred percent certain she is not <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : injecting herself with those ingredients, nor would anyone in our family, nothing to gain. So whoever is doing so, they will try to continue the treatment, hence they would have to come here, and when they do make the attempt they will get sent to my dungeon to be dealt with, in the meantime since she has admitted herself she cannot keep <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : herself out of danger and with the wounds opened she is to remain here, I have put a lock on the wards to keep her within them, she cannot leave. Sorry Damien but after last night she has been in too much trouble and she is no condition to train. She needs to be treated. Even strong humans at the top of the food chain are still the most <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : delicate and in her case with what is surrounding her she needs to be handled with care which is what I am taking over..." <e>
Delilah : Having taking a long inhale of Eladrin the angel would turn around and look at Ashlinn while responding to Nimena. "Yeah I'd say so myself." The creature would then walk over to Nimena, Delilah would look up to Nimena before speaking. "Keep her still...what I'm going to do is going to be painful..." The woman would then look back to Ashlinn and smile softly, Offering a hand to her the angel would move to aid the hooman. "I'm going to ease your pain and rid your wounds."
Delilah would if her hand was taken<c
Delilah : guide Ashlinn over to the bed, Again if the help was taken she would speak up once more. "Lay down...and find something to bite into." <e>
Ashlinn Ash would loook down at Delilah's hand her eyes narrowing. it was clear that the assassin was beginning to question everyone and everything arond her. It semed that every time she turned round lately she ws finding those she she thought could trust she couldn't.. grante that only happened once but it was a big breaking of the trust. biting her>
Ashlinn lower liip she'd look to Nim then to Damien for a moment before she slowly stood, sliding up the wall, the back of her ..whatever she was wearing was already beginning to soak through with Ashs blood and slicked the wall behind her. Again the girl would scan each of the members of this little tetatet bfore she slowly took lila's hand. somethin>
Ashlinn within her wwarning her not to trust the angel after all the blood loss was a result of the angels actions but she knew it was getting worse when the scar of her eye began to split open and blood begin to drip down her cheek. She'd not take lila's hand but follow her to the bed craling onto ..something to bit her.. she'd smirk and she reached >
Ashlinn for the pillow she'd 'barrowed' from Azriels bed the night before though she'd not bite her bringing it to her chest she's squeeze the thing like there was no tomorow....taking a dep breathe she'd nod- aye... ready-.e-
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nimena nodded to Delilah and stood by in case Ashlinn tried to move away, but it didn't seem as though Ashlinn was in any shape to run from anywhere. And even if she did she wouldn't get very far, she would be welcomed into the towns and the castle and what not and would have free reign of the city where she would be protected, but she wouldn't<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : be able to leave the ring, and she was glad Delilah was here to help, she could keep her here, that was a given, but she wasn't in any shape to do a complete heal, not for at least a day or so. "When Delilah is done we will talk more, but you should feel better afterwards...." She said softly moving over to Damien and standing by him letting <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Delilah do her thing smirking over to Damien. "By the way....its nice to see you brat....though it would be nice if you checked on Felgrande on occasion.....I have had to do some rebuilding after the Illithid wars, but I don't know if I did things properly, your advancements there previously I am not familiar with......" She explained to him <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : smiling while she awaited the healing to commence. <e>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ merely chuckled when his sister spoke to him, violet blue eyes focusing on the light at his side for a brief moment, though they would narrow at her attempt at insulting him. "Yeah, and it's good to be back, bitch." He chuckled, though silenced his self when she spoke of the village, as well as the advancements he had made. "I suppose they would take a little getting used to, wouldn't they?" He remarked with a laugh. "Hopefully, I can make the necessary changes, when all this is finished." He admitted.
Delilah : Delilah would make sure the woman would be laying upon the bed, Her eye's closing and her entire being began to glow, The light she radiated would shift all into the epicenter of her body before moving about in waves through her arm's and into her hands. She would place her hands on Ashlinn in a non-threatening manner, No ill will or intent in her mind as she started to work. The creature would let the energy radiate and flow within Ashlinn filling her entire being with Holy Energy, The was something she<c>
Delilah : had been practicing on the side so she could better help other's in pain. The angelic woman would then slowly start to rub the entirety of the smoothing the ripples of her energy within Ashlinn, Delilah would blink a couple times as her focus was now on this next part. She had to do this very carefully without loosing focus or else Ashlinn would end up dead, The creature would move her hands about the body as Ashlinn laid there. With quick movements and little time to waste she would then pull the energy<c>
Delilah : back out of Ashlinns body and absorb it once more, She had used her energy and manipulated it to the point where it would transfer whatever was happening to Ashlinn to reopen her wounds to happen to Delilah instead. Though when she pulled the energy out Delilah would have also healed any of those pesky wounds that USED to open back up with out the shadows there to keep them in check.<e>
Ashlinn Ash would close her eyes as felt the angels energy swirl and build dancingg along her skin, the sensation not unpleasant at least not at first, then it started, the soft comforting warmth that had been lingering upon her body growing passed warm into hot and even beyond that, her fingers tightening arond Azriels pillow before she shoved the >
Ashlinn corner of the thing into her mouth to muffle the cries and curses that tore from her mouth, her body arching and spasming violently as seh fuaght to keep at least some semblence of her sanity, alas that failed her as tears streamed down her cheeks and her arms and feet flailed as she tried to pull away from Lila and the agony that that >
Ashlinn the woman was inflicting upon the little assassin. Any servants that wer milling about outside the room were likely scrrying off into other areas of the mansion and away from whatever ungodly thing was at play. within the room Ash faught for all she was worth but Nim was there in a blink holding ash down easily so that Lila could work while >
Ashlinn Damien delt with all nine shadows fairly easily. the pillow falling away from her mouth the scream of the banshee's blasting through the room as her bodily functions reacted to the sever pain ruined the coverings.. of the bed she was on-e
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Flash! A green light glows against the dark sky is Yaksha reappears in a land he had almost forgot about. The Kingdom of Eladrin. He had a hell of a time last time he was here, dealing with Val and his trio of misfits, Joel, Sivella and her Angel that had made an appearance. It just did not bode well for Yaksha last time her was here. This is why he found a new land to terrorize for quite a while>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : "Fool me once, worms, shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on me" Yasha announced to no one in particular as he gazed up at the castle in the distance. He was going to strike again and try something new, -I don't sense Val here currently, maybe I can pull something off before he shows up- Yaksha thought to himself, he new of the dragon at the entrance to the castle and decided not to trifle with it this time, The dragon almost killed him twice>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Last time he was here. He couldn't allow that to happen again, he turned away from the path to the castle and walked down towards the surrounding woods, he decided to find a shelter out there and lay low temporarily-E
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : Storm clouds began to form within the evening skies... a particular area that had not been visited by a particular race in a very, very long time. On the edge of this very kingdoms forested border was swiftly, at least ten lightening strikes in one fifty by fifty foot raduis. The smell of ozone so very high in that area while the storm continued to
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : rage. The rains turning into snow and the temperature of the area was below the freezing mark but by the time that the lightening strikes were done... IF any were around in that area and IF they went to investigate they would find a black feline cougar of at least 6' tall at the shoulders, 14' long nose-to-tail... ebony/red scales on the lower half
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : of her body... would look to be draconic in nature and the red would not come out unless there was some kind of light to reflect it out from the ebony ones. The feline was breathing heavily and looked to be more resting then anything but then the eye lids began to flutter as the head and then the rest of the body began to move as well. A few more
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : moments and soon not only did the snows finally stop falling upon the huge feline but the feline was upon her side after a few strugglings to get herself up. Head up and ears twitching as she would listen for sounds all around herself.~
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Yaksha had felt out where he had hid before and thought that was a perfect place to set up again, last time he was able to change someone only to be betrayed by her because of Val. That note still irritated Yaksha and he couldn't help but feel disgust at this area, although it was well hidden so he could set everything he needed to back up. >
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Suddenly, as the wind shifted, Yaksha picked up a very strange scent. He had been alive for thousands of years, yet this was not like anything he recognized before. He waved his hands across the ground and a small wooden house sprang seemingly out of the ground and appeared in front of him. He waved his hand over the door knob and stepped in. Quickly, he began casting the spell he needed to see all of Eladrin to see what this new scent could possibly be>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : An orb formed in front of him and focused on the outskirts of the forest, where he had just came from and he noticed a peculiur looking beast. -hmmm....what in the name of whoever is that?- he thought to himself continuing to watch the orb and scope the feline like creature out-E
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : This.. feline... was in the middle of a clearing and at one end of it would be a black pillar of at least ten feet high. A few symbols upon it that any one knowing of such would recognize as Gaia, herself. Slowly did Drizztren start to arise from the ground but it took a few tries for she was still a bit... drained from the travel from her lands to
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : these ones. Stopping she suddenly snapped her head this way and that and hissed softly under her breath, which came out with a billowing of grey mist. Shaking her head she let out a growling and something started to try and flare out from her shoulders area. A flash, like a bon fire came forth at least two times before the black leathery wings
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : finally formed and stayed formed. She was then finally able to get onto her unsteady legs with the helping thrusts of her wings... glancing around with the golden eyes gleaming and sniffing at the breezes around herself. She was able to move and as she did she went over to the black pillar and lowered her head to the base of it. Growling again only
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : to then back up and glance towards the main city of Eladrin. A roar to go out over the lands and upon the breezes as well as the very shadows themselves... which seemed to shiver slightly as if to know who was back in the lands~
Ashlinn the little assassin had spent several hours within the bedchamber that had appointed to her but she had grown restless bored and so she had deiced to explore. oh she'd been here once before but only for a night.. But now.. well somehow she suspected that she was goingg to be here for more than just a night.. or two.. or even a week. >
Ashlinn so she might as well learn about this land. She'd make her way out and into the cool night air. oh she didnt care for the dark despite who and what she was or was it becuase of it she didn't know and didn't want to dwell on the topic to long so she'd dip into the tavern that she's found the last time she was here andirder a simple meal of >
Ashlinn the little assassin had spent several hours within the bedchamber that had appointed to her but she had grown restless bored and so she had deiced to explore. oh she'd been here once before but only for a night.. But now.. well somehow she suspected that she was goingg to be here for more than just a night.. or two.. or even a week. >
Ashlinn so she might as well learn about this land. She'd make her way out and into the cool night air. oh she didnt care for the dark despite who and what she was or was it becuase of it she didn't know and didn't want to dwell on the topic to long so she'd dip into the tavern that she's found the last time she was here andirder a simple meal of >
Ashlinn meat cheese bread fruit a sweet treat or two and and a skin of cinomon milk slightly warmed. while the meal was put together she'd manage to pick the brain of one of the bar wenches and had found out that the city was sorrounded bty forests and that some area's were quite lovely. getting her food to 'go' wasn't terribly difficult and in no>
Ashlinn no time she, with littpe pack in hand would begin to set out in a wouth westerly direction toward the forest.-e
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Yaksha had been keeping a very close eye on his orb, when he noticed what a grand, unmistakeable entrance the feline had made only to instantly vanish, right before Yaksha's eyes, now he was familier with Dark magic, but that seemed almost Satanic. So Yaksha began to transfer his gaze upon someone else, curious who was walking out of the castle at the same time, she was interesting, he felt like he had seen her before, but perhaps he had only dreamt of assassins. -Hmm....Ok so Feline in than out, >
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Assassin trudging along by herself with her pack, perhaps I should take the form of a friendly merchant and talk with her- He thought as he began transforming, in the middle of it though, he had a better plan form. He took on the form of his Nemesis Valestat. his hope being that he could cause some sort of unwelcome trouble so that if Val decided to show back up again, as he often did wherever Yaskha may be, then he would not be welcomed with open arms as he had before....at least, he could try to get>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : This assassin to be untrusting of Val, and that was a start. Suddenly a young man with short black hair was standing where Yaksha's magnificent form once was, He was now wearing a long coat made of black leather and had striking green eyes, this was Val's human form which is what Val generally started out with. The only thing he could not figure out was how to master a puppet Joel into Val's shape. he teleported from his cottage to the outskirts of the forest where the feline had vanished,>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : he began walking toward's the assassin timidly at first, his eyes glancing about the ground, when he was within earshot of her he said, in his best human Val voice "Good evening M'Lady, what are you doing out and about at this hour?" -E
Ashlinn would take note of the male and she'd stop in her tracks, her cerulean silver eyes locking onto the male were narrow and she'd reach for her brothers and sister (the shadows) only to find they were not there. Her vision blurring slightly she'd waver on her feet for a second before her head cleared and she actually took a step away from the male>
Ashlinn oh sure there were supposedly ward on her in her and around her to protect her from killing blows.. even rape... but after the night she'd had two.. or was it three days ago she didn't really want to take the chance that this creature could get hold of her too. Especially now, without her shadows present- as far as I'm aware there's no law that>
Ashlinn -says a girl has to be in by dusk or some such nonsensel.. -she'd say sniffing the air and watching the man, alas without her shadows she was as blind as... well as any hoomun... hell she didn't even have her masters dagger to help heighten her normal senses-I could ask you sir, what a man is doing out at this hour..but that would be silmpy >
Ashlinn : and thus I will not ask such...-e-
Decon_ixen_ith flames.... so many of them were looking. oh how long had he slept? how long had he been calmed by a human's thought. but as the panther's lightning weakened the lines between worlds. it let the flames scream to him. but a moment. and as his eyes opened on the world his rage grew. if she wore even one bit of that old gear it might start to burn.>
Decon_ixen_ith he would call to the heat, the flames, the very light to pull himself to that plane. it would leave him weaker then normal. but then again he wasn't fully in his right mind at that moment. and the ire he held was not towards the kingdom. nor any there. but at others that now were gone or hiding. those that left him in that pit. and those that>
Decon_ixen_ith betrayed him and those around him. the sparks and embers from the lightning forming a ashen body. as the heat started to be drawn into it as if trying to ignite the form. he had found the one they stole from him. and by the beings above he wasn't about to let the chance slip by to get her back.
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Dammit! oh RL how much of a dick you can be. My net straightned up just in time for my son to wake up. I am very sorry but I must tend to him. I shall return, Yaksha should be teleported back to his cottage and put to sleep, if soneone would like to auto that in, My son can be quite difficult to get back down after he wakes up at this time.
Ashlinn the little lost assassin smirked as she watched the male slip away. Had she said something wrong? ehh probably but then she had a knack for doing that it seemed. -really have to work on that- she'd say as she began on her journey again making her way out to the edge of the forested area.. letting out a sigh she'd find a nice little spot and >
Ashlinn and plop down setting the food stuffs down as well before she leaned her back against the tree behind her and stared up at the moon a soft song slipping from her lips-e-
Decon_ixen_ith he would follow the song. on the wind. as the ash started to turn more solid. and the eyes burned as his form started to take on wood and bits of rock. trying to make his form solid. drawing from the limited energy that i all gave him. and as he hunted the singer he felt a pulse then that pain of missing a soul. soon he would try to draw only>
Decon_ixen_ith what the plants and other flames would give him. not wanting to snuff out the heat or the light of the other flames. he knows soon kephka would be after him. and bring his things. for now though he was unarmed and naked as any other flame when it came to be.
Ashlinn would close her eyes and continue to sing. why that song? She didn't know but lately she didn't know a lot of things and she hated that, in fact it terrified her. Sure the blackhearts had taken her had offered her protection and friendship but they had also trapped her here and stripped her of her brothers and sister leaving her naked.. well >
Ashlinn ok she had clothes on of course.. clothes ironically that for the most part had just 'appeared' in her bedchambers periodically. as that tthought slipped into her mind she'd smile. Damien was determined to turn her into a real 'lady'. She'd snort, yes snort -as if. never was never will be..-she'd say softly then let out a soft sigh before >
Ashlinn she slipped into another song. Did she knw that the male was there.. no after all it was the shaodws that had always warned her of others who were present.. and without those shadows she had no 'early warning system'...-e-
Decon_ixen_ith when he stopped before her she would see a half fleshed and half ash form before her. and she would see the burning eyes. but unlike how some demons might she would see the fire in the mouth as it breathed out. he was far enough away to try and not scare her. but also she would see he was still working to be whole again. even if naked. and she>
Decon_ixen_ith would then see him slowly look at her with a form of sorrow. but he wouldn't move. just watched her. and she would see the grass was burning under his form as shadows danced in the ashes. as if it were part of what worked to bring him there. "ash...linn...." it would half croak out. unable to resist trying to talk to her after so long.
Ashlinn she finaly felt the presence the emtions.. the confusion and anger.. no. the rage and for a second she thought she'd find Azriel, or Drakkonis.. hell she half expected to see Nightwind standing there.. especially considering when he tried to get herr to tell him who had harmed her so severely.. she moved through the tween and ended up in Azri'>
Ashlinn bed.. Litterally she kept her eyes closed as she finished the second song hoping that the notes would sooth which ever Blackheart male had desided to drop in and say 'hi' but when she heard her name spoken.. no croaked out her eyes would pop open and then widen and she sprang to her feet reaching for Yamato.. or her dagger or Azriels dipped >
Ashlinn feathers, hell at the moment she'd take Drak's heavy arse feather.. she didn't care.. anything to defend herself. finding that she was without wepon powder elixor or anything else for that matter she'd jump straight up her fingers wrapping around a tree branch she'd pull herself up onto said tree branch and then... she'd climb several feet in >
Ashlinn : fact before she would stop and look down at the half ember and ash, half humanoid thing and blink several times- ..really..REALLY!-she'd say as she glared down at hte beasty. She'd then sigh.. by now she shouldn't be surprised after all she was in service to a man who besides being a God.. a freaking honest and true god.. was brother to ..what >
Ashlinn ever Nim was.. and an angel turned goddess.... and who had one brother who was a coffin sleeper and the other.. Death himself..-great.. just bloody great Ashes -shed mutter as she realize her predicament.. The thing was on fire and she was.. in a tree... she wondered for a second if the creature brought graham crackers and chocolate to make>
Ashlinn : a sweet treat...-e
Decon_ixen_ith when he saw how she reacted the form flickered. as the face turned confused. then he narrowed his eyes. "oh... so you played me too? what did your father want... want our children to turn on my family too!" as his anger grew so did the shadow the the moonlight helped swell. "was the nights we sat under that tree. in the warfs nothing!" his skin>
Decon_ixen_ith started to turn red. as the eyes started to flicker with flames coming out and the teeth started to grow sharper. "WERE YOU PLAYING ME JUST TO LOCK ME UP TOO!" the grass was starting to wilt and even the leaves in the tree she was on started to turn as if something was trying it out and killing it. "OR IS MY WIFE JUST ANOTHER KILLER OF CHILDREN!"
Ashlinn would hear his words and something in her mind went wild for a moment an image of a large estate and a within it a beautiful sakura tree its blossums falling on her face as she had her head raised taking in the sweet scent as a soft breeze blew around her. Then the image shifted changed grew darker. she'd ind herself in a darkened room, upon a>
Ashlinn large comfortable bed. tears staining her cheeks as she heard a woman speak- there was nothing that could be done m'lord. they were both lost. its amazing that the girl herself survives. Even now the bleeding though slowed hasn't stopped.-she'd then see her master coming closer to her - Ashe... I'm sorry.- Ash would shake her head slighlty >
Ashlinn trying to clear her mind -No.. -she'd say bringing her hands up to her temples as the world around her spun.-..get away from me!-she'd say.. no she'd yell. -Get away from me!-e-
Ashlinn the little assassin woke, bolting upright in bed a scream tearing from her lips her cerulean silver eyes darting this way and that as she gathered her baring-wha..wh...where- then it clicked and she'd shake her head slightly as she realized she was in the bed chamber that she'd been assigned two days ago. Letting out a sigh she'd slowly >
Ashlinn slip from the bed and into the bathing chamber to wash up and dress. Someone had apparently retrieved her own belongings so at least she'd have that comfort if nothing else. after slipping on her leather pants silk shirt boots and cloak she'd quickly weave her vibrant red hair into a tight braid before pulled the hood of her cloak up over >
Ashlinn her head and tucking the braid within it. She'd then reach for her 'toys' quickly securing the feathers to her right hip, and her vials of different liquids onto their assigned locations then came her throwing knives alas anything that was of powder or dust consistancy would have been left back at her masters mansion. her dagger or Yamato was>
Ashlinn also absent.. she'd left Azriels sword in her room back at the tigers eye.. which he had used to beat Dru near to death with. she'd shiver at the memory..-no.. ashes.. just forget it...-she'd mutter as she stepped out into the hall to make her way out of the mansion waving off any and all who might ask how she was or if she wanted something to>
Ashlinn eat. yes she was hungry especially considering that she'd not eaten anything the night before. but at the moment she didn't really care. stepping out into hte day light she'd look around before she began to make her way through the city to explore.-e
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nimena was leaving Ashlinn now to her own devices around the town, telling the guards that there was a human in town giving them the description and that she was her charge and to remain in the warded area. So no matter where Ashlinn went there were eyes upon her, she wouldn't see them, but they would see her. As a Royal Adviser Nim had lots <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : to do within the castle, duties she had been neglecting due to some family issues of course. Though she did recieve a parchment from DarkStone that Gisselle had taken off, which slightly angered her because two things would occur, she would head here or she found out about her sister. And since she left the kids in DarkStone to be cared for by<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : the nursery, chances are she wasn't heading home. She sent two people on the mission, and hopefully they would get there and find her as well, with Drakkonis on it she was sure Gisselle would be safe even though she and Drakkonis had their differences. She sent sent word for the children to be returned to DarkStone, Gisselle's and apparently <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Ravyn's since they were stuck in DarkStone as well dropped off by Durango Winterhart ....name change after recent events. Winterhart castle was frozen over and practically destroyed so they didn't want to take Ravyn's children to Xelis Gar and be stuck there. So it was a waiting game for the children, and for the King of Eladrin to return. <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : wherever he may be, hopefully not presumed dead like her husband, how she missed him so much. Letting out a soft sigh she put her parchments away and sat in her chair looking at the throne. That throne seemed to push Royals away more times in her lifetime then she cared to count. After her parents Gisselle seemed to be the longest running <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Queen of Eladrin. But the men in their family don't seem to stick around for very long. Maybe it was the bloodline who knew. Silvery eyes would just watch the doors now sipping her tea waiting for someone to enter if they wished. Giving the human access to the inside of the castle if she wished to venture in. <e>
Decon_ixen_ith he was walking towards the city. he had calmed down from last night. and now with some cloths on he didn't look quite as scary. then again he still had one hand made of ash, wood and rock and one of his eyes was still flame imbuned. he kept his hood on but his prey was here, and he would get answers. he wasn't so much upset with this land, or>
Ashlinn : sorry guys. I have to go seans'll be home in an hour or so and we're gonna be doing shopping tonight before he heds back to coloumbus to get the car fixed.
Decon_ixen_ith it's people. however he knows she has to be here still. or else why would the form stay? he would look around and was trying to figure out where here was and where the people were that he was after. he would stop at a stand and then go to the castle stopping before the dragon. bowing to it as he might be a dragon as well but he will respect this>
Decon_ixen_ith land's people and it's guardians. "hello i am decon and i wish audiance with your rulers or someone on how to hunt out some people."
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : The dragon opened his eyes and looked at the male before him and gave a little flick of his tongue to Decon speaking out while raising his head. "Hunting for someone in these parts could land you in the dungeons, but judging by the way you speak sir, I have a gut feeling that your 'searching' for someone.....that we do allow.." He said with a <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : hearty chuckle and a snort of flame through his nostril. " The Ruler is....out on a quest, but you can speak to Lady Nim, she protects the lands until the ruler returns, she may be able to help you with whomever you may seek. I ask you leave your weapons with me before you head inside the castle....saftey precaution of course. They will be <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : returned to you in the exact same condition before you leave Sir Decon.." The Dragon said as he push forward a wooden drunk with his clawed foot for him to place any weaponry he may have upon his person before he decided to go to the castle. Nim at this time already sensed a disturbance in the force, but not a bad one as she awaited the guest <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : to enter into the main hall. <E>
♦Ryo♦ : *"I'll ask one more time, because I'm in a good mood. Open...The portal." There was a sigh. "...Please." The Chancellor, with a blade to his throat, pulled the keystone crystal from his neck and activated the gateway, as another crash shook the old tower. "...Thank you." The hand without the knife grabbed the key and kicked the obese form of the c>
♦Ryo♦ : man back so he couldn't follow, so he'd be left to deal with the people now rising up against him. The last thing he'd see would be a fingerless gloved hand reaching up to cover one eye even as the lithe elf's form flipped into the gateway and the energy dissipate. The next thing RYO, on the other hand, would see would be the rapidly approaching c>
♦Ryo♦ : ground shockingly near to what appeared to be a castle of some kind. Ugh. Great. Now she looked like some kind of unnatural freak. Ryo liked stealth, damnit. This was the problem with unfocused portals to 'literally anywhere'. The masked, armed-to-the-teeth woman somehow managed to land on her feet, dust clearing to reveal her crouched with both c>
♦Ryo♦ : feet together. It was a few moments before she moved at all, eventually slowly shifting her head towards one shoulder and standing up slowly with a sickeningly fluid movement. Just as slowly, her knife was sheathed on a belt and the keystone pendant was around -her- neck. For now, though, she kept the eerie, dark grey metal harlequin mask on.*
Decon_ixen_ith he would look to the dragon's eyes and the flames burned warmly as he smiled. "that is good to hear, and if a older male comes looking for me he will have my weapons. i only have my flames and fists, but they are weak due to how i came here so i will not cause trouble, unless it is brought to me.">
ƉŞҏέɭɭɱᾶƙέя : \\ The creature had slunk out of the darkness. Could one just slink from such depths of hell? Sure. Why not? Demons did it all the time. He shifted from the shadow cast by one of the village houses. His chest somewhat rose. Enough to take in the air. He blew the air out from his unusable lungs. The sweep of messy jet black //c//
ƉŞҏέɭɭɱᾶƙέя : \\hair fell over the brightly glowing teal eyes. He stood there in the shadow. Watching. Listening. Elven ear lightly twitched. The conversations swirling around him had no baring for him. It didn't concern him and so he had pressed on. The thick black overcoat was tightly buttoned around his body. Boots making a faint sound as he //c//
ƉŞҏέɭɭɱᾶƙέя : \\strolled up the pebbled path. It would take him all the way to the castle. Eyes flicking their bored gaze towards the thick structure. Once more he paused in his movement. " And this place is an ally to Palast... " Was that disappointment lining in his tone.. ? Possibly..//f//
Decon_ixen_ith he would walk towards the castle and once he let the guards double check he was unarmed he would walk into the throne room and tried his best to control the flameing anger that kept picking at him. he was a fire lord not some lesser flame. and was not going to let it stop him from what he was needing to do. the ash hand trying to form whole>
Decon_ixen_ith incase it was needed to face off against someone. he was greatful for the other that had came to this land last night. and he would look for this lady nim.
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : If it was one thing Nim was used too it was fire weilders, her husband was one after all, kept the sheets warm at the very least as she thought about that and chuckled a moment. Then in came the newcomer, Decon as she heard from the dragon correctly telepathically. She stood from her chair setting her tea down and moved over to his direction <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : wearing a simple white gown maiden style. One thing Nim wore while at work was white in Eladrin, she was the healer, the cleric, the advisor, basically the Jane of all trades in this kingdom, her brother at times being the other half. She extended her hand in his direction and spoke out softly. "I am Lady Nimena Valeneros of Eladrin. I have <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : heard Sir Decon......you seek someone?' She said with a warm smile on her face, of course she had a connection with the dragon as she would wait for the 'hello' or, 'how do you know my name?', or 'yes, I am looking for......' as she awited simple introduction. In the meantime unwavering she felt another newcomer enter the lands by not so <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : normal means, a portal of sorts entered the towns. So far the person entering didn't end up in her dungeons this far so whoever it was they had no ill intent, so that was good, question was, what the hell were they dong here? She was sure she was going to find out soon while she dealt with this Decon fellow. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *Her head turned slowly, carefully, deliberately...Every tiny little motion and aspect of her surroundings being analysed as if she expected something to spring from nowhere. Where most saw a castle and a city, a place of life that was at peace, Ryo saw...Different things. Every corner was a potential ambush point. Every tree a potential perch. c>
♦Ryo♦ : Every person a potential scout for an oncoming army. Ryo was conditioned to be a weapon, and that was something that one simply didn't switch off. Still wearing the mask, pale fingers of one hand slowly reached up to it while her other hand moved into a long black coat full of blades and tools, and as the mask was pulled from where it sat even c>
♦Ryo♦ : though nothing seemed to keep it on, the other hand moved silver frames that held dark purple lenses to her face instead. The glasses, made and given to her by an old friend, allowed her to see without the issues she otherwise had. The mask was slipped somewhere under the coat, and she started walking in a random direction, as if feeling it c>
♦Ryo♦ : absolutely necessary to scout out the area to make sure she was in a relatively safe place. She made no sound when she moved, a habit that seemed to often make guards and the like suspicious no matter where she went. So it was in the direction of the gates to the castle she headed! She didn't know the first thing about this place and it only c>
♦Ryo♦ : made sense to her to start at the top. Or get chased away due to the fact she was a walking pincushion. That was an option too.*
Decon_ixen_ith he would look up to her calmly and instead of speak he walked right up to her and offered a hand. if she took it she would feel his warmth. and the realm of flames still smelling of the sulfer and ash. "if thats what your friend outside calls it." however when he looked her over he would nod slightly. "yes i'm searching. and thanks to the flames>
Decon_ixen_ith i heard and even ran into her in the woods last night." it was then his voice seemed to get abit venomed. "ashlinn is her name, and i want to know what happened to her since her family betrayed mine and where our children are. and why my own wife turned as if faceing an enemy." he was calm but it was clear it was him being hurt and trying to>
Decon_ixen_ith piece together whats going on. "her family i'd rather have on spikes but if i can at least talk to her it might bring some peace."
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Well, seemed like things were going to be busy here this afternoon. She shook his hand and of course felt the warmth, kind of reminded her of Lucien. She smiled and listened to his words. "Well my old dragon likes to correct verbal communication when it sounds a little ...how do you say threatening...." She stated as she saw the frustration<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : in his eyes. She knew that frustration, she has had it for quite sometime with Lucien being missing. She motioned for him to follow her to a set of chairs the maid bringing him some tea and bringing her own cup to her as well as she continued to speak out after sitting down. "Ashlinn is under my care at this time due to injuries sustained, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : what those injuries are and why are not mine to say. As for not knowing whom you are, this is the first time I have heard she has had a husband, for she has been an apprentice under my brother Damien for a little while. I have not heard of her family but if they are close to her, I suspect someone is poisoning her...and certainly not my <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : brother I can attest to that. The Blackhearts have seemed to taken her under her wing and whatever is going on with her internally may have caused some of the memory loss, if it was magic I could probably fix it in a heartbeat, though I never attempted to delve into her memory, with all thats happened I do not think it would be good for either <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : her or myself. If you wish to speak to her I can arrange that meeting with myself and Damien in tow. But with your emotions the way they are, I do not think it would be wise to leave my charge alone with you....its not good for her emotional or physical state at this point..." She explained to Decon then taking a sip of her tea. Meanwhile <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : that big old fart of a dragon opened his eyes again to the female....assassin thing? He wasn't sure what to make of her except overly cautious. He grinned and spoke out in her direction as she was heading to the gates. "Your safe kiddo....deposit your weapons, enter the castle and seek your answers, you seem in need of some. Entering through<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : a flashy thingy and all that sort..." He pushed his wooden box to her with a clawed foot and spoke out. "They will remain in the same condition as you leave them....returned to you upon leaving the castle lass..." The big dragon explained as he awaited her response. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *"...'Safe' is a very subjective term. I prefer the word 'naive' for the very same feeling. As for needing answers? I'm usually quick enough to figure them out, but it can't really hurt." She nodded to herself, though stopped in an almost statue-like state when he stated the terms. Trying to sound casual, she looked up at the giant creature, c>
♦Ryo♦ : raising a finger on each hand slowly. "There...May be a hint of an issue there. Entirely hypothetically speaking, what if a person was bound to their word and to their blades in equal measure, and every bit as strongly?" She smiled sheepishly. "It's...Not really the blades' condition I'm concerned about, you see..." It was true. The energy c>
♦Ryo♦ : stopped just short of crackling around her. The blades on her sides were bound to her. It was no big secret that she kept. After all, she tried to stay connected to the blades, and the blades were really quite intent on staying connected to her. The last person to try and steal one didn't get through the night before 'falling' upon it. Carefully,c>
♦Ryo♦ : however, she did start working on the buckles of one of her gauntlets. "-This-, I'm not so...intimately bound to, and it's far more deadly than these old things." She motioned to the sheathed long knives upon her hips. "Does that buy me any good faith? After all, the Dancer may be a trickster, but he is no liar." She doubted the god she followed c>
♦Ryo♦ : had any purchase here, but hey. It was worth a try, and it didn't take a genius to see that the connection was genuine. There was a moment's pause as she spoke in an almost deadpan manner. "...Unless whoever lives here is a tyrannical monster or a slaver. In which case? I'll be knee-deep in blood." She was very open about who and what she was. C>
♦Ryo♦ : Ryo had always had a very special kind of trust of old and wise beings, and the Dancer had always trusted dragons. After all, her cause was just. her methods were just...'creative'.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : The dragon gave her a snort and spoke out. "If the ruler was here and you met the actual ruler you will find her far from a tyrinnical monster and more ......child like qualities, as for the person protecting the lands and the ruler she follows a more precautionary manner, more so to keep others from being transported to the dungeon so much, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : but...if they were tyrannical as you say....then don't you think you would have been bound and gagged by now?" He stated with a chuckle. As strong as this individual may feel she is, she was no match for the wards that were in place, which would have activated if she meant ill intent. "If you meant harm you would have been locked up....they <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : are simply house rules, but if they are magically bound to you as you say, and you deposit the weapons that are not.....I can let you pass, but I cannot save you if you decide to use them without warrant..." He said with a chuckling snort which a small flame exited it nostril passed her head. "Sorry.....getting a little old, sinuses are out of<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : control...but em.....go ahead....find Lady Nim....." He said opening the gate for her and tucking the wooden box away with a sheepish grin. Things were finally going to get interesting this day. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *Ryo listened interestedly about the ruler and the one who was taking over at this time, smiling once more, in a way that seemed to contrast the scars visible, the sheer amount of weapons on her person she was now depositing (and that wasn't even the actively hidden ones, which she'd always keep as holdouts) and the rather interesting, almost c>
♦Ryo♦ : decorative-seeming scar pattern on the right side of her face from her eye. "...I'm used to that. Cells are just places to think and puzzles to be solved these days." She gave a lazy shrug, thinking nothing of that comment. It was how she saw them! She nodded in understanding once more. "We thank you." The use of the word 'we' was interesting, a c>
♦Ryo♦ : subconscious slip that occasionally happened, and signified just how deep the bond between herself and the Dancer really was. "And I promise not to without warrant." Hey, it was the dragon who made the condition! She just agreed to it! The snort of flame, however, had her leap backwards and reach for the blades in an entirely reflexive manner, c>
♦Ryo♦ : though they were never pulled and it just perhaps went a way towards showing how hyper-alert she was. Still, she smiled and couldn't help but give an almost unnerving laugh with a slightly musical quality, straightening up once more. "Thank you...What do I call you? Anyway?" After his response, if he responded, the elf would head for the door c>
♦Ryo♦ : and go looking for this Nim. Ryo was an odd one, but she seemed harmless enough when she wasn't actively being...well...herself.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : That silver scaled old fart laid back down now since she was finally going to head inside and spoke out. "Garandor the gate keeper for now..." He said while closing his eyes and resting his head over the wooden box. In the meantime it seemed the suppose husband of Ashlinn was here and not happy with her or her family, and making no sense, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : unless Ashlinn had severe memory loss, which surpised her to know that Damien doesn't know or hasn't suspected anything or said in what condition he had found her before taking her on, doesn't make sense that she would simply abandon a husband, let alone children....gods know she wouldn't leave her own child, though her child seems to continually<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : escape from her grasp. The husband seemed to huff out in a hurry saying he would deal with her later and that she would give a shrug too. Threats in this realm were not something she feared really especially from an angry husband. She dealt with armies, one man she did not fear. In the meantime here comes another female whom her dragon <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : seemed to have an interesting conversation with. With some of her weapons still on her person, this was interesting indeed. So she waited with her tea in hand and had a sip waiting for the woman to enter the main room. When she did Nim would give a polite smirk and point to the untouched cup of tea that was meant for Decon before he ran in an <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : angry hurry. "Tea?" She asked with that same smile to the woman hopefully this conversation going better then the last, because she seemed to have this nasty habit of not giving people what they wanted to hear as of late, not purposely though, just giving the right answers is all. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *"Nice to meet you, Garandor!" She smiled, a far cry from what one would expect a born assassin to be like, before turning and walking into the castle. Finding her way easily enough, she walked towards the elven woman upon seeing her, giving a nod as she approached and reaching a finger to her face to push the dark purple lensed glasses closer c>
♦Ryo♦ : to her eyes. Glancing to the tea when it was the first thing offered, Ryo smiled and nodded once more in appreciation. Ryo had always been trained to seek out targets, be it for assassination, delivering messages, or anything in between. And this woman had the mannerisms about her that she took to simply be the person she was looking for. "Thank c>
♦Ryo♦ : you. I...Was told you may be able to help me. If I need help. I don't really know, I just got here after putting right a rather...large wrong." Leading townspeople to rebel and take back their town from an oversized bloat of a Chancellor. Yes. That was the best way to put that particular issue. She paused, taking a moment to glance around the c>
♦Ryo♦ : place as if scouting out potential vantage points and planning her exit or where she'd make her stand should things turn sour all of a sudden. It was impossible to switch off. With a flurry of white hair and a snap of her glance back to the woman, Ryo looked momentarily, wordlessly apologetic for being distracted. Or even just being here.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : "No need to feel bad, believe it or not, I have come across a few like you looking for the never ending just in case.." She said with a chuckle taking another sip of her tea before setting it down and continuing on. "Yes I could help you, that is if you needed it. I felt a disturbance in the force field, you were the one that crashed bottom <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : first a portal passed my ward, I must say impressive.." She said with a smile standing up. "I am Lady Nimena.....currently in charge here....so to speak.....but your welcome here, and you don't have to worry about sneak attacks. They attempt then poof, in the dungeon they go, funny how my little wards work. Keeps the crime rate down, but my <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : dungeons started getting too full too fast.....so I had to pardon some on the condition they left......some didn't want to....so ....some still down there. Maybe they like the comforts of small spaces I don't know.." She said with a chuckle and held her hand out. "I saw you got along with my old silvery friend out there.....quite the <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : conversationalist he is." She said pointing to the cup. "You going to have tea and talk or worry about every nook and cranny dear?" She said with a smirk wondering why this girl was so cautious, but at the same time, she knew a lot of assassins that were. "By the way, your in the Kingdom known as Eladrin...mostly an elven kingdom, but you <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : will find some fey, a couple of vampires and Dythiri around due to alliances. " Even a human or two if the woman was lucky. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *There was a smirk at the mention of the wards, though a nod of understanding. "The people who built that gateway were experts in bypassing protective barriers. They used the locals as a slave workforce and used those they took as more to sell. Still, they can't do much without this." A hand moved to motion to the small crystal around her neck. c>
♦Ryo♦ : "I figured it'd be safer with me. And the natives...May have been led to the Chancellor's office." She gave an overly theatrical shrug, as if she didn't POSSIBLY know whoever could have done that! In response to the greeting, she rather tentatively reached out to shake the woman's hand with her own still covered by an elbow-length fingerless c>
♦Ryo♦ : glove. "Ryo. Ryo Venn. I...wander. Things sometimes happen. And that's a rather ingenious system, though hardly a comfort. If something like that exists, surely that means it's necessary." Oh, little miss glass half empty here. Still, she was always concerned. As for the 'tea or worrying' question, she smiled, picking up the tea and turning c>
♦Ryo♦ : back. "There. Now I can do both at once. Far more efficient." She was clearly some kind of elf, but just what kind it was hard to tell, especially due to the mass amount of alterations that had been done to her. "'Eladrin'...That's good to know. And that's quite the collection of races. It's nice to find a variety." It made her own freakish c>
♦Ryo♦ : nature stand out that little bit less, if it could be explained away as something else.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : "Sounds like those people weren't very nice people" She said with a chuckle. "We don't have much use for slaves. The only slaves are here are those willing participants and are treated very well otherwise their owners are in for a rude awakening, I don't particularily agree with the practice, but....everyone is allowed to live their life as <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : they see fit so long as they abide by our laws." She stated sitting back down after shaking the womans hand. "We did have a lot of problems here, in the midst of rebuilding, between the drow war, the Illithid attack, Castle red rose whom was destroyed, but those are taken care of. Right now were dealing with....political issues, mainly a <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : brother to the Queen who feels he has some sense of entitlement. The Queen was placed in DarkStone for the time being to be kept away from her potential assassin, in the meantime he is holding her half sister and mother in law hostage, her husband is missing along with my own...and the children of the Queen and her mother in law are on their <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : way here from DarkStone by Empress Arcana for me to watch over till things are settled. I have two and a half so to speak dealing with the situation, but it seems the Queen ran off to get her sister and mother in law back from her brother against advice. I just hope she keeps her head, or I am going to have to fight her brother for the throne.<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : which will not be difficult, but be damned if I am going to let him plant his dark ass there..." Talk about a tyrant, thats what Karadar was, a warlord from hell. She took another sip of tea and looked over. "So what brings you to these parts, vacationing from the slave trade you help in attempts to abolish?" <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *Ryo nodded slowly at the suggestion they 'weren't very nice people'. "I figured that I'd just...Throw something into the works and shake things up. Give the natives a little more of their own life back. As for here? Well, if there are people who -want- to live like that? ..." She tried to think of something to say, instead choosing to just sigh.c>
♦Ryo♦ : Some people just couldn't be reasoned with, and perhaps it wasn't bad for everybody, but her own experience was pretty much as bad as bad could be. She listened to the summary of recent events, eyebrows raising as shr sipped at the tea. "So, business as usual for any kingdom?" It was tongue in cheek, but there was an element of truth to it. Ryo c>
♦Ryo♦ : knew that things were never as simple as they often appeared to be, and ruling was full of complexities and issues that cropped up. And then came the question of what she was doing here, of all places. "Truth be told, I just used this little trinket to open a gateway to...somewhere with civilization. Apparently the previous owners forgot to c>
♦Ryo♦ : mention that getting one on ground level takes far more preparation." Eyes rolled behind the lenses, as if she should have thought about that in hindsight. "As I mentioned, I wander to stay a step ahead of my own experiences. This little blind jump may have bought me quite some time though. I usually work as a bounty hunter, or an 'equalizer' of c>
♦Ryo♦ : odds in larger fights. Trying to dismantle those little cells of parasitism is a far more personal endeavour."*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : She chuckled a bit. "Most people that live like that as you say are those with lovers nothing more......I think its more of a harmless game for them then simply a mere lifestyle choice, but I could be wrong in that assessment, either case the fact of the matter remains is they are treated well, with respect and not being held against their <c>.
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : will, that is the most important thing, if I find out otherwise their stay could be not so pleasant for the abuser.." She said with a large grin. "You remind me of someone of sorts I knew some time ago. She was almost like you in temperment. Protecting the innocent, though she wasn't a simple bounty hunter, she hunted demons and dark things <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : sort of like a feminine monk with panash! " She said having fond memories of Izzy. she looked over to her and smiled. "Though you two both have very different physical features, very similar personalities. Strong yet polite....I like that...." She said with a nod as she looked to her speaking out. "Well your welcome to stay here as long <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : as you'd like?" She said to him with a warm smile waiting for the maid to come to show her to her room. <e>
Ashlinn settle her into bed... Did Ash sleep, yes in fact she slept like the dead. At least until the nightmares came. and that they did, everything playing over and over in her head in vivd color. As night faded into day and Ash still couldn't rest.. peacefully she'd find herself slipping from the bed chamber to explore ever mindful and respectful of>
Ashlinn the fact that this was not her home.. that.. what feeling of home she had was now gone... Finally she'd return back to the room she'd been placed in the night before curling up on a chair or littte lounge type thing(winging here)and tucked her feet up, her arms wrapping around her her legs, she'd lower her head and bury it into her knees-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ felt the nightmares his student had, though his threads of fate were no longer showing him the lands of Nighthowl, or even the Keep that was held within. Instead, it was a grand castle, though it was also one that he knew very well. His sister lived in this building, along with the queen of these lands. His violet blue eyes seemed to glow almost, as he approached the lands of Eladrin, the young looking man now touching down in the hallway his student could be felt in. Closing his eyes now, he walked c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ towards the room his sister had let her stay in, though, as he knocked on the door, he would feel a pull in the back of his mind, this faint sensation telling him that his student was being called back, the maiden refusing quite violently before she managed to snap herself awake. He was not exactly pleased with this, but the sooner he could trace the cause of her night terrors, the more chance he could likely give his student a better life, and the training she needed, to defend herself against threats.
Ashlinn would whimper from time to time in her sleep muttering words like- no- or -get off- or- stop.. then her eyes would pop open a single word or rather a single name tearing from her thoat-Drumain!...-she'd blink seveal time as the room came into focus as she reeled her fear in. Then she felt it, that gentle brush of energy that danced along her>
Ashlinn /along her senses when the blackheart was near and her heart sank and terrorr began to replace the fear that had been there only moments ago. Sighing softlhy she'd stand of the chair and making her way to a window and brushing aside the curtins to peer out into the world outside... yes it had gone on, why wouldn't it after all in the grand >
Ashlinn scheme of things it wasn't like she was all the significant. the wrap at the door would gain it a swift glance before she turned her head back to look out the window once more. She would not answer Damien.. the first time she'd ever not bid him welcome into 'her' private chambers...-e-
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ recieved no answer from his student, this now worrying him to an almost unbearable degree. He knew there were other ways to see how she was doing, or whether or not she was even inside, though for now, he would remain tho this mortal body he often chose to assume. Knocking on the door three more times, he would lean into it, as though he were trying to listen if anything were happening on the other side. "Ashe?" He called out, his voice stern, but it held an air of concern, rather than malicious intent.
Ashlinn she'd hear that wrapping and then his voice and a shiver ran down her spine, yes it was true that his voice held only concern...for now but...-what will he do when he finds out-she'd think as flashes of the day befoe flooded her mind. the other man was Damiens friend and .. his student.. a human that always seemed to be getting into trouble in>
Ashlinn this land.. or.. lands. hells would he even believe her that she had said no in the first place? why would he? Still the little assassin said nothing her right hand moving to rub her fingers over the bruises on her neck where Dru had choked her left hand moving to rub her right wrist. She'd close her eyes as she pressed her head agaisnt the >
Ashlinn window pane, still she would not grant him enterance. her brother and sisters on the other hand .. well they had a mind of their own and had reached out the shaodws that were once ashs protects, who now resided with Damien, showing them the events for the day beforeall the way from when Ash took the then passed out Dru to her room to sleep it >
Ashlinn off, to the heated interactions between the two, and clear through Dru's completion of the act, then Azriels bashing at Dru's skull with his sheithed sword... her 'walk' to Azriels room.. ending in the moment they were at now.-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ slowly, but heavily sighed outside her room, the man now shaking his head as he opened his mouth to speak. It was here though, when one or two of the inky black guards of hers came to his aid, the man now taking their hands, so he could accept what they could show him. Disappointment shot through his body, as the images passed by him, a select few giving him an idea of what she kept getting herself into. Even his grandson had stepped in to keep her safe, but still the young lady managed to get into c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ more and more difficulties with each passing night. "I'm only trying to help you, Ashe." He smiled from the other side. "Though, in order for me to do so, I must know what it is that keeps you awake so often." He admitted with a nod, though it was likely this couldn't be seen. "You don't deserve this torture, and the sleepless nights." He began, his voice still keeping its concern behind it as he did. "You're not ready to be a mother yet, so why must you insist on leading men to your bed?" He inquired.
Ashlinn : /me 's shoulders would slump as two tears slid down her cheeks.. and only two as she heard those word...invite him into her bed...she'd take a deep breathe as she struggled to fing the words.. -he blames me...-she'd think and the shadows would fair and hiss at him as he picked up her thoughts-.. and why not? ... he is right... -the truth of it >
Ashlinn : though that she had not invited Dru into her bed.. at least not for that reason... she had taken him to her room and into her bed beacuase when she returned down stares she'd found the man passed out and she did not want to see her masters friend.. her friend hurt in his drunken and passed out state...-you don't think I know that- she'd respond >
Ashlinn : .me about being a mother-I'm neive.. obsessive and a bit slow.. but I'm not stupid outright master...-she'd whisper aloud.-e-
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ shook his head when the shadows flared up, hissing maliciously, though, when he focused his attention on them, his eyes glowing rather violently now, they would return back to the state they had been in before their flare up. The last thing he needed was to be the bad guy in this situation, though it seemed that's what he was being made out to be. Even his student was pointing the blame at him, but still, he did his best to remain calm. "Ashe, I know you don't mean that, since you're not being blamed c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ for anything." He admitted, the man still outside her room, but his eyes narrowed at this point. He was determined to help her see just how much potential she had inside, but unless he stopped these nightmares of hers, she would likely never see it. "I also never said you were stupid." He chuckled as he spoke, "Though, while I am proud of you for standing your ground against an old friend of mine, that dust of yours finds its way onto you an awful lot." He was genuinely concerned. "There is no reason c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ for you to be ashamed around me, Ashlinn." He reminded his student. "I am not pointing the blame at you, and nor am I trying to throw things back in your face." He admitted, his voice, as well as his eyes softening, before he continued on. "What I am trying to do though, is find out what exactly is going on." He assured. "I don't want you to be tortured, and afraid to sleep at night, or even for you to feel as though you're no good." It was here, when he leaned into the door again. "I'd like us to talk"
Ashlinn she'd sigh, one moment the door completely shut the next it wa flung open so fast that it was possiblee if he were leaning to much on it he'd find himself falling forward toward the floor-..the powder... I would never mix something that potentt lord Blackheaty... I may hae a curious mind.. but I am no fool.. I've learned from epeirance that my>
Ashlinn : powders are nothing to sneeze at.. err.. -she'd roll her eyes- I mean... I take them seriously... I don't know how it got to that potentcy nor do I know how it got in my room.. or on me. -she'd say slowly turning to look at him-If I did I'd tell you but..-she'd pause then as her shadows swirled and danced around her 'talking' to her she'd then him>
Ashlinn She'd then look at him directly in the eyes shocked and confusion dancing in her own. a blush flooding her cheeks. she'd make her way over to him as that shock shifted to anger, her hand coming up palm open the attempt was probably quite clear, she was going to slap him across the cheek- how dare you think I'd do that to him.... and defile him>
Ashlinn : so.. I may only be a human assassin.. and not a very good one, but he is my friend.. one of only three I've ever had! Those were only day dreams.-she'd step back from him now-I.. would never disrespect your family by trying to fuck your grandson..-she'd shake her head and turn away moving back toward the window to look out it again. How had he >
Ashlinn known about her fantasies. She'd never shared them with anyone.. not even her brothres and sisters.-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ indeed fell towards the ground, the man's arms now reaching out, so his hands were flush with the floor, the man now pushing his body upward, and over itself, so he could return to his feet again. "These shadows have shown, and even told me otherwise, when it comes to those dusts of yours." He informed, though it was clear in his eyes. It showed quite well, that just as much confusion, and surprise was going through his own mind as well. "If you didn't mix them in that way, than who did?" He inquired c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ his student again. His voice was softer now, as he leaned against the wall near the window, though he still shared the same concern he had for her. "More importantly, what purpose would it serve, to have you in such a state?" He inquired again, though it was here when the man would fall towards his side. He had been caught off guard as she slapped his face, though he tilted his head towards the left side. "It seems they are more than just dreams, since you are a wraith when you do these nightly visits."
Ashlinn would shake her head slightly at his speaking of wraiths and nightly visits-..wh..what are you talking about.. I cannot sustain a form on the tween and still act on this plane. Im just a humann and not a verfy powerful at that.-she'd spin around and begin to pace-no.. your mistaken I wouldn't .. I wouldn't do that to him!-she'd whisper>
Ashlinn before she again moved to the window to look out it again sighing-..I. don't have that kind of...pull slowly she'd turn back round to look at him again her mind trying to piece it together alas every time she sought the answers pain sliced through her head now fear was in her eyes, but not for herself, for Azriel-...master..?-her voice a soft >
Ashlinn : whisper of sound-...what's going on...-she had no idea why these things were happening-...the.. time lapses...my going to bed in the school or.. at the tigers eye only to wake up at the city limits...thats a part of this too isn't it?-e-
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ frowned when his student tried to recall just what had been going on, though as he too tried to see what she was piecing back into view, the memories seemed to flash violently, a man's face screaming at them, before the memories shattered back into many different pieces again. Something was not right, and it was up to them to try and figure out what it was. "It looks like some guy is trying to keep us from trying to figure out the rest of this picture." He informed his student, his voice trying very c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ hard not to show his confusion, though it may come to no avail to him. "You've said that you can't hold that wraith appearance for too long." He began, the man trying to figure things out, so his student would feel no more discomfort. "Though your brothers and sisters, as you've often called them, have seen you take on this appearance, when you visit my grandson." He admitted. "Each time you've felt threatened, or otherwise afraid, the shadows have told me you call out for me, or those you have become c
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ close with." He informed her with a nod. "You have even called out for Drumain's protection, as well as my grandson's." He informed his student, his right arm up, to come under his chin, while his left stayed in half of crossed arms on his chest. "You've said that you don't hold that kind of pull, but your brothers and sisters have heard otherwise." He blinked a few times. "They have told me of your music, as well as your voice, and how it can do wondrous things to he mortal mind." He admitted to her.
Ashlinn would blink at him-.... my brothers and sisters... hav told ou such?-shed whisper softly wathin him-.. I.. I cannot do that sort of thing phoenix was able to easily bit I never had the skill set.. my father tried for years to force me to learn it but as in may other things I was inadequit... to the point where my father was going to sell me >
Ashlinn into ...service of a noble in an ajoining land.-she'd say softly then mutter- an hier and a spare...and that sort of thing...-she'd knitt her brows together as her mind tripped over a dream.. sitting in a darkened tavern a dark haired man and a coversation that made no sense to her...Shaking her head slightly she'd turn to look back out the >
Ashlinn window-I ran.. Phoennix helped get away... I spent lots of time traveling always on the run from...-again a sharp searing pain through her head-.. from.. my family -she'd finally say-.. till I ended.. here actuallyy.. in Eledrin.. the rest-she'd shrug- you know-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ nodded his head when she questioned him, though he remained silent for not, until he was certain she was through for now. "Indeed they have, and that you hold within you a great mind to learn new things." He admitted, those violet blue eyes now shifting over towards his student. "What your father has done is abuse, and he's clearly insecure about his own skills, if he seeks out perfection in his children." He remarked with a laugh. "None of my family is perfect, and nor am I for that matter." He gave c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ a small nod to her when he spoke to her now. "Nothing in this entire universe is, and that seems to be something your father needs to understand." He stated, his eyes narrowing with disappointment. "Just because you fail at some things, does not mean you cannot excel at others." He assured her with a smile. "I'll even bet you any amount of gold, that you can dance, and charm your way into situations that normally require a well-placed blade, or a few dead bodies at one's feet." He challenged his student
Ashlinn would shrug slightly- its just a question of paying attention to your surrounding.. figuring out what it is that your mark cannot turn down and becoming thta.. at least for a time. a man likes an empty minded female... well a smart one would pull that off with ease. a man likes jewels.. glass is easily altered to look like a pretty ruby... >
Ashlinn the question therfore is where is their weakness and how do I make myself far to valuable to them to pass me by.-she'd pause-...the hard part is.. knowing where you're morals come into play.. if you ahve them... -as she spoke Damien would see the scene of thatwhite robes man demanding that Ash bring the dove Nights heart, but this time he'd >
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ couldn't help but issue a smirk to his student, when she told him more about their job, and what her side of it involved. "You excelled in the sensual, almost softer aspects of our ways, while my range of skills were more driven towards stealth, lethality, as well as speed, mis-direction, and even blending into a crowd." He admitted, the both of them easily considered assassins, though the risks they took, as well as the ways in which they got their tasks done, it was here, when one could easily spot c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ the differences between them. He then silenced his self when those shadow guards would project him more scenes of her past, this time what was projected, it caused him to sigh, the man clearly upset about what he had just seen. "If they want my brother's heart, perhaps I can do them one better." He suggested with a second smirk, this one more devious than his first. "What if you were to bring -me- there instead?" He laughed. "If they want to know what I am capable of, than I will show them personally."
Ashlinn she'd sigh softly- if only it were that simple-she'd saey softly- but its not.. thney never stay in one place.. hell I don't even know how I get there or..-she'd pause looking back to him-.. you think they're responsible for my missing time..and.. if so.. to what end?-she'd ask tiling her head slighlty to the side as she watched for his >
Ashlinn reaction gauging his words aginst his facial expresions-e
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ frowned when his student mentioned how often they moved about. "Well, it's clear they need you to bring back a piece of my brother, or some trace of us, as proof you did as they requested of you." He reminded, the man now raising his hand to his chin in thought again. "Perhaps I can offer a service to you there as well." He spoke, his voice much higher now, and gave off an almost chilling air to those watching them. Lowering to the ground, his violet blue eyes now focusing on the floor now, his head c>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ swiveling downward, as he got to his both knees. Both hands were grasped behind his back, as he leaned towards his student, his eyes now closing as he braced his self for what may be to come. "Yamato." He spoke with a smile, the blade st the woman's side almost revealing itself to them. "It will obey the will of those with a clear mind, so draw it out." He instructed. "Focus on your attack, and draw the blade down to my neck, in a single strike." He continued. "If they want proof, than take me to them."
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nimena felt the presence of her brother near the young woman, his pupil, apparently it didn't take long for Damien to find her, she just wished he would have been keeping tabs on her last night. There was a shimmer of soft light that entered the bedroom that Ashlinn was staying in after she helped get her all cleaned up last night and then her <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : form became solid appearing to the both of them. Looking over to Ashlinn who seemed to be in depth with Damien in conversation then over to Damien who seemed a little discontent her silver eyes focused on him as she spoke out. "Your student needs to recover........no practices till she is healed..." She had not healed Ashlinn completely yet, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : She wasn't completely healed herself after she did that several hour healing and putting back together of Delilah, which did take a small toll on her energy force, which is why she didn't go poof be healed to Ashlinn. And there is some......other things we must discuss before you two continue on. Some things I am almost uncertain she herself <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : is unaware of.......her body is in danger...." Nim was pretty sure that was going to catch their attention. <e>
Ashlinn Ash would smrk look at the woman tilting her head slightly blinking for a moment. she'd then laugh softlty-... um.. Im an asssassin.. and as you've seen Im not exactly very good at my job.. so.. my life is always in danager.. not to metion the fact that I could bleed to death from a paper cut.. or the fact that Im alergic to almost any and >
Ashlinn : evertthing.. my protectors.. my brothers and sisters tap into things that terrfy me .. I live in a plaace where angels makepaper outta treee with their fingers.. where gods and goddess and demons live together in harmony where my best friend has been known to be posessed by his psychotic wack job of a father... who is help bent on killing his>
Ashlinn : father .. who happed to create him.. by what.. jizzing in a petri dish and waving hismagic wand over it... not to mention ..my master can turns angels into goddesses. where his sister is.. is. well.. -pins her with a stare -YOU- his brother is a coffin sleeping blood drinker... and.. and .. another brother is dealth himself.. please.. feel free >
Ashlinn *himself... and I'm a stupid little human assassin.... as the coffin sleeper and the angel boy haveremained me.. so please tell me.. at what point do you believe I did not know that I am in mortal danger.. every moment of every gods damn day?-e
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nim Raised her hand to Damien, something she did not normally do, but yea....she had to interject at this point. "Yes, hearing about you and seeing your reactions....I can tell for a human your not exactly of the typical brand, yes my brothers are eccentric and you are Damien's student, but as long as your my patient you are going to follow my<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : orders and if I have to make you do so forcefully you will not like the end result miss.....as for your father I cannot speak on his behalf, but if he is anything like Drumain then I can have him dead without issues.." She explained firmly but gently and she turned to Damien speaking out. "Speaking of her always being in danger, being around <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : your student, I smelled something in her after she got the stench of Drumain off her after her bath that probably with your mage guild and assassin classes you didn't note nor remember during your herbology reading..." She explained as she turned back to Ashlinn. "Your unhealthy attraction to Azriel, your easily accessible to Drumain and <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : unable to explain why.......I took a tiny sample of blood from the bathtub from your attack. Your bloodstream has two substances in it that should not be in any human normally.....which is wild mushroom and rose hips. And if she is injecting herself that would be pretty silly don't you think?" She asked Damien curiously waiting for some kind<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : of response. <e>
Delilah : Delilah had been watching closely though her brother and sister, The happenings and this was a situation Delilah felt she needed to come and tend too. Near by a rip in reality would open and the armored angel would step through revealing herself, With soft graceful clicks of her boots the woman would make her way over to Ashlinn. Looking between Ashlinn, Nimena and Damien her focus would lay upon the human, She would narrow her eye's before speaking as she crouched before her. "Mmm you forget though <c>
Delilah : little one...you may be a human...but Humans are a grea threat to most of us all...You are capable of adapting to situations a lot faster than us goldy types...You just need proper training...Stop worrying about gaining power to keep up with us." The creature would close her eye's and concentrate on her(Delilah) left index finger, Holy energy started to form around the tip of the finger and soon would start to channel from her. In this moment Nimena was correct about her being in constant danger and well<c>
Delilah : Delilah would help with that, What she was going to do would hurt for only a moment but in the long run it would ward off Fatal wounds and such events like Rape attempts. "From the life that have been breathed into this world, From the Saints from above...I bestow upon you a Ward of protection...strictly to ward off Fatal wounds and any and all attempts with rapes...including your father..." With that she would press her finger into the mid of the woman's chest placing the ward, Once set she would speak <c>
Delilah : once more. "For this ward...in order to be removed...Only I will give the consent or will to set you free from it, Until then...you are bestowed with it." She would then stand up and turn around to walk back towards the rip, Though she would take a moment to inhale the fresh air of Eladrin.<e>
Ashlinn Ash felt the energy swirls around her then slipped deep into her body her eyes flairing a bright silver for a second then would return to her usual hue. she'd take a deep breathe and prop her back against the window body trembling slightly her shadows rebelling aginst the holy energy. She'd slide down the wall blinking up at Lila-.w..what did >
Ashlinn do?-she'd ask as her form began to feel the scars on her back begin to slowly rip opoen her shadows reaching out to their brothers and sisters hissing to the other shadows, those shadows reaching out to Azri and Damien, relyinf to them that without the shadows the wards that sheilding ashs scars the wounds would open and stay that way...-e
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : The wounds would probably open but Nimena wouldn't let them stay that way. Though next time should would like a little warning before Delilah did something within her wards, but hey it happens. She turned and spoke out to Delilah. "With your wards personally on her and my outer wards, I am almost a hundred percent certain she is not <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : injecting herself with those ingredients, nor would anyone in our family, nothing to gain. So whoever is doing so, they will try to continue the treatment, hence they would have to come here, and when they do make the attempt they will get sent to my dungeon to be dealt with, in the meantime since she has admitted herself she cannot keep <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : herself out of danger and with the wounds opened she is to remain here, I have put a lock on the wards to keep her within them, she cannot leave. Sorry Damien but after last night she has been in too much trouble and she is no condition to train. She needs to be treated. Even strong humans at the top of the food chain are still the most <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : delicate and in her case with what is surrounding her she needs to be handled with care which is what I am taking over..." <e>
Delilah : Having taking a long inhale of Eladrin the angel would turn around and look at Ashlinn while responding to Nimena. "Yeah I'd say so myself." The creature would then walk over to Nimena, Delilah would look up to Nimena before speaking. "Keep her still...what I'm going to do is going to be painful..." The woman would then look back to Ashlinn and smile softly, Offering a hand to her the angel would move to aid the hooman. "I'm going to ease your pain and rid your wounds."
Delilah would if her hand was taken<c
Delilah : guide Ashlinn over to the bed, Again if the help was taken she would speak up once more. "Lay down...and find something to bite into." <e>
Ashlinn Ash would loook down at Delilah's hand her eyes narrowing. it was clear that the assassin was beginning to question everyone and everything arond her. It semed that every time she turned round lately she ws finding those she she thought could trust she couldn't.. grante that only happened once but it was a big breaking of the trust. biting her>
Ashlinn lower liip she'd look to Nim then to Damien for a moment before she slowly stood, sliding up the wall, the back of her ..whatever she was wearing was already beginning to soak through with Ashs blood and slicked the wall behind her. Again the girl would scan each of the members of this little tetatet bfore she slowly took lila's hand. somethin>
Ashlinn within her wwarning her not to trust the angel after all the blood loss was a result of the angels actions but she knew it was getting worse when the scar of her eye began to split open and blood begin to drip down her cheek. She'd not take lila's hand but follow her to the bed craling onto ..something to bit her.. she'd smirk and she reached >
Ashlinn for the pillow she'd 'barrowed' from Azriels bed the night before though she'd not bite her bringing it to her chest she's squeeze the thing like there was no tomorow....taking a dep breathe she'd nod- aye... ready-.e-
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nimena nodded to Delilah and stood by in case Ashlinn tried to move away, but it didn't seem as though Ashlinn was in any shape to run from anywhere. And even if she did she wouldn't get very far, she would be welcomed into the towns and the castle and what not and would have free reign of the city where she would be protected, but she wouldn't<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : be able to leave the ring, and she was glad Delilah was here to help, she could keep her here, that was a given, but she wasn't in any shape to do a complete heal, not for at least a day or so. "When Delilah is done we will talk more, but you should feel better afterwards...." She said softly moving over to Damien and standing by him letting <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Delilah do her thing smirking over to Damien. "By the way....its nice to see you brat....though it would be nice if you checked on Felgrande on occasion.....I have had to do some rebuilding after the Illithid wars, but I don't know if I did things properly, your advancements there previously I am not familiar with......" She explained to him <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : smiling while she awaited the healing to commence. <e>
ℒℴɾɗ ℬℓᶏͼƙɦℯᶏɾϮ merely chuckled when his sister spoke to him, violet blue eyes focusing on the light at his side for a brief moment, though they would narrow at her attempt at insulting him. "Yeah, and it's good to be back, bitch." He chuckled, though silenced his self when she spoke of the village, as well as the advancements he had made. "I suppose they would take a little getting used to, wouldn't they?" He remarked with a laugh. "Hopefully, I can make the necessary changes, when all this is finished." He admitted.
Delilah : Delilah would make sure the woman would be laying upon the bed, Her eye's closing and her entire being began to glow, The light she radiated would shift all into the epicenter of her body before moving about in waves through her arm's and into her hands. She would place her hands on Ashlinn in a non-threatening manner, No ill will or intent in her mind as she started to work. The creature would let the energy radiate and flow within Ashlinn filling her entire being with Holy Energy, The was something she<c>
Delilah : had been practicing on the side so she could better help other's in pain. The angelic woman would then slowly start to rub the entirety of the smoothing the ripples of her energy within Ashlinn, Delilah would blink a couple times as her focus was now on this next part. She had to do this very carefully without loosing focus or else Ashlinn would end up dead, The creature would move her hands about the body as Ashlinn laid there. With quick movements and little time to waste she would then pull the energy<c>
Delilah : back out of Ashlinns body and absorb it once more, She had used her energy and manipulated it to the point where it would transfer whatever was happening to Ashlinn to reopen her wounds to happen to Delilah instead. Though when she pulled the energy out Delilah would have also healed any of those pesky wounds that USED to open back up with out the shadows there to keep them in check.<e>
Ashlinn Ash would close her eyes as felt the angels energy swirl and build dancingg along her skin, the sensation not unpleasant at least not at first, then it started, the soft comforting warmth that had been lingering upon her body growing passed warm into hot and even beyond that, her fingers tightening arond Azriels pillow before she shoved the >
Ashlinn corner of the thing into her mouth to muffle the cries and curses that tore from her mouth, her body arching and spasming violently as seh fuaght to keep at least some semblence of her sanity, alas that failed her as tears streamed down her cheeks and her arms and feet flailed as she tried to pull away from Lila and the agony that that >
Ashlinn the woman was inflicting upon the little assassin. Any servants that wer milling about outside the room were likely scrrying off into other areas of the mansion and away from whatever ungodly thing was at play. within the room Ash faught for all she was worth but Nim was there in a blink holding ash down easily so that Lila could work while >
Ashlinn Damien delt with all nine shadows fairly easily. the pillow falling away from her mouth the scream of the banshee's blasting through the room as her bodily functions reacted to the sever pain ruined the coverings.. of the bed she was on-e
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Flash! A green light glows against the dark sky is Yaksha reappears in a land he had almost forgot about. The Kingdom of Eladrin. He had a hell of a time last time he was here, dealing with Val and his trio of misfits, Joel, Sivella and her Angel that had made an appearance. It just did not bode well for Yaksha last time her was here. This is why he found a new land to terrorize for quite a while>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : "Fool me once, worms, shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on me" Yasha announced to no one in particular as he gazed up at the castle in the distance. He was going to strike again and try something new, -I don't sense Val here currently, maybe I can pull something off before he shows up- Yaksha thought to himself, he new of the dragon at the entrance to the castle and decided not to trifle with it this time, The dragon almost killed him twice>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Last time he was here. He couldn't allow that to happen again, he turned away from the path to the castle and walked down towards the surrounding woods, he decided to find a shelter out there and lay low temporarily-E
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : Storm clouds began to form within the evening skies... a particular area that had not been visited by a particular race in a very, very long time. On the edge of this very kingdoms forested border was swiftly, at least ten lightening strikes in one fifty by fifty foot raduis. The smell of ozone so very high in that area while the storm continued to
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : rage. The rains turning into snow and the temperature of the area was below the freezing mark but by the time that the lightening strikes were done... IF any were around in that area and IF they went to investigate they would find a black feline cougar of at least 6' tall at the shoulders, 14' long nose-to-tail... ebony/red scales on the lower half
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : of her body... would look to be draconic in nature and the red would not come out unless there was some kind of light to reflect it out from the ebony ones. The feline was breathing heavily and looked to be more resting then anything but then the eye lids began to flutter as the head and then the rest of the body began to move as well. A few more
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : moments and soon not only did the snows finally stop falling upon the huge feline but the feline was upon her side after a few strugglings to get herself up. Head up and ears twitching as she would listen for sounds all around herself.~
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Yaksha had felt out where he had hid before and thought that was a perfect place to set up again, last time he was able to change someone only to be betrayed by her because of Val. That note still irritated Yaksha and he couldn't help but feel disgust at this area, although it was well hidden so he could set everything he needed to back up. >
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Suddenly, as the wind shifted, Yaksha picked up a very strange scent. He had been alive for thousands of years, yet this was not like anything he recognized before. He waved his hands across the ground and a small wooden house sprang seemingly out of the ground and appeared in front of him. He waved his hand over the door knob and stepped in. Quickly, he began casting the spell he needed to see all of Eladrin to see what this new scent could possibly be>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : An orb formed in front of him and focused on the outskirts of the forest, where he had just came from and he noticed a peculiur looking beast. -hmmm....what in the name of whoever is that?- he thought to himself continuing to watch the orb and scope the feline like creature out-E
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : This.. feline... was in the middle of a clearing and at one end of it would be a black pillar of at least ten feet high. A few symbols upon it that any one knowing of such would recognize as Gaia, herself. Slowly did Drizztren start to arise from the ground but it took a few tries for she was still a bit... drained from the travel from her lands to
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : these ones. Stopping she suddenly snapped her head this way and that and hissed softly under her breath, which came out with a billowing of grey mist. Shaking her head she let out a growling and something started to try and flare out from her shoulders area. A flash, like a bon fire came forth at least two times before the black leathery wings
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : finally formed and stayed formed. She was then finally able to get onto her unsteady legs with the helping thrusts of her wings... glancing around with the golden eyes gleaming and sniffing at the breezes around herself. She was able to move and as she did she went over to the black pillar and lowered her head to the base of it. Growling again only
Đŕïżżŧŕėń : to then back up and glance towards the main city of Eladrin. A roar to go out over the lands and upon the breezes as well as the very shadows themselves... which seemed to shiver slightly as if to know who was back in the lands~
Ashlinn the little assassin had spent several hours within the bedchamber that had appointed to her but she had grown restless bored and so she had deiced to explore. oh she'd been here once before but only for a night.. But now.. well somehow she suspected that she was goingg to be here for more than just a night.. or two.. or even a week. >
Ashlinn so she might as well learn about this land. She'd make her way out and into the cool night air. oh she didnt care for the dark despite who and what she was or was it becuase of it she didn't know and didn't want to dwell on the topic to long so she'd dip into the tavern that she's found the last time she was here andirder a simple meal of >
Ashlinn the little assassin had spent several hours within the bedchamber that had appointed to her but she had grown restless bored and so she had deiced to explore. oh she'd been here once before but only for a night.. But now.. well somehow she suspected that she was goingg to be here for more than just a night.. or two.. or even a week. >
Ashlinn so she might as well learn about this land. She'd make her way out and into the cool night air. oh she didnt care for the dark despite who and what she was or was it becuase of it she didn't know and didn't want to dwell on the topic to long so she'd dip into the tavern that she's found the last time she was here andirder a simple meal of >
Ashlinn meat cheese bread fruit a sweet treat or two and and a skin of cinomon milk slightly warmed. while the meal was put together she'd manage to pick the brain of one of the bar wenches and had found out that the city was sorrounded bty forests and that some area's were quite lovely. getting her food to 'go' wasn't terribly difficult and in no>
Ashlinn no time she, with littpe pack in hand would begin to set out in a wouth westerly direction toward the forest.-e
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Yaksha had been keeping a very close eye on his orb, when he noticed what a grand, unmistakeable entrance the feline had made only to instantly vanish, right before Yaksha's eyes, now he was familier with Dark magic, but that seemed almost Satanic. So Yaksha began to transfer his gaze upon someone else, curious who was walking out of the castle at the same time, she was interesting, he felt like he had seen her before, but perhaps he had only dreamt of assassins. -Hmm....Ok so Feline in than out, >
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Assassin trudging along by herself with her pack, perhaps I should take the form of a friendly merchant and talk with her- He thought as he began transforming, in the middle of it though, he had a better plan form. He took on the form of his Nemesis Valestat. his hope being that he could cause some sort of unwelcome trouble so that if Val decided to show back up again, as he often did wherever Yaskha may be, then he would not be welcomed with open arms as he had before....at least, he could try to get>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : This assassin to be untrusting of Val, and that was a start. Suddenly a young man with short black hair was standing where Yaksha's magnificent form once was, He was now wearing a long coat made of black leather and had striking green eyes, this was Val's human form which is what Val generally started out with. The only thing he could not figure out was how to master a puppet Joel into Val's shape. he teleported from his cottage to the outskirts of the forest where the feline had vanished,>
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : he began walking toward's the assassin timidly at first, his eyes glancing about the ground, when he was within earshot of her he said, in his best human Val voice "Good evening M'Lady, what are you doing out and about at this hour?" -E
Ashlinn would take note of the male and she'd stop in her tracks, her cerulean silver eyes locking onto the male were narrow and she'd reach for her brothers and sister (the shadows) only to find they were not there. Her vision blurring slightly she'd waver on her feet for a second before her head cleared and she actually took a step away from the male>
Ashlinn oh sure there were supposedly ward on her in her and around her to protect her from killing blows.. even rape... but after the night she'd had two.. or was it three days ago she didn't really want to take the chance that this creature could get hold of her too. Especially now, without her shadows present- as far as I'm aware there's no law that>
Ashlinn -says a girl has to be in by dusk or some such nonsensel.. -she'd say sniffing the air and watching the man, alas without her shadows she was as blind as... well as any hoomun... hell she didn't even have her masters dagger to help heighten her normal senses-I could ask you sir, what a man is doing out at this hour..but that would be silmpy >
Ashlinn : and thus I will not ask such...-e-
Decon_ixen_ith flames.... so many of them were looking. oh how long had he slept? how long had he been calmed by a human's thought. but as the panther's lightning weakened the lines between worlds. it let the flames scream to him. but a moment. and as his eyes opened on the world his rage grew. if she wore even one bit of that old gear it might start to burn.>
Decon_ixen_ith he would call to the heat, the flames, the very light to pull himself to that plane. it would leave him weaker then normal. but then again he wasn't fully in his right mind at that moment. and the ire he held was not towards the kingdom. nor any there. but at others that now were gone or hiding. those that left him in that pit. and those that>
Decon_ixen_ith betrayed him and those around him. the sparks and embers from the lightning forming a ashen body. as the heat started to be drawn into it as if trying to ignite the form. he had found the one they stole from him. and by the beings above he wasn't about to let the chance slip by to get her back.
Ұᾶƙȿḩᾶ : Dammit! oh RL how much of a dick you can be. My net straightned up just in time for my son to wake up. I am very sorry but I must tend to him. I shall return, Yaksha should be teleported back to his cottage and put to sleep, if soneone would like to auto that in, My son can be quite difficult to get back down after he wakes up at this time.
Ashlinn the little lost assassin smirked as she watched the male slip away. Had she said something wrong? ehh probably but then she had a knack for doing that it seemed. -really have to work on that- she'd say as she began on her journey again making her way out to the edge of the forested area.. letting out a sigh she'd find a nice little spot and >
Ashlinn and plop down setting the food stuffs down as well before she leaned her back against the tree behind her and stared up at the moon a soft song slipping from her lips-e-
Decon_ixen_ith he would follow the song. on the wind. as the ash started to turn more solid. and the eyes burned as his form started to take on wood and bits of rock. trying to make his form solid. drawing from the limited energy that i all gave him. and as he hunted the singer he felt a pulse then that pain of missing a soul. soon he would try to draw only>
Decon_ixen_ith what the plants and other flames would give him. not wanting to snuff out the heat or the light of the other flames. he knows soon kephka would be after him. and bring his things. for now though he was unarmed and naked as any other flame when it came to be.
Ashlinn would close her eyes and continue to sing. why that song? She didn't know but lately she didn't know a lot of things and she hated that, in fact it terrified her. Sure the blackhearts had taken her had offered her protection and friendship but they had also trapped her here and stripped her of her brothers and sister leaving her naked.. well >
Ashlinn ok she had clothes on of course.. clothes ironically that for the most part had just 'appeared' in her bedchambers periodically. as that tthought slipped into her mind she'd smile. Damien was determined to turn her into a real 'lady'. She'd snort, yes snort -as if. never was never will be..-she'd say softly then let out a soft sigh before >
Ashlinn she slipped into another song. Did she knw that the male was there.. no after all it was the shaodws that had always warned her of others who were present.. and without those shadows she had no 'early warning system'...-e-
Decon_ixen_ith when he stopped before her she would see a half fleshed and half ash form before her. and she would see the burning eyes. but unlike how some demons might she would see the fire in the mouth as it breathed out. he was far enough away to try and not scare her. but also she would see he was still working to be whole again. even if naked. and she>
Decon_ixen_ith would then see him slowly look at her with a form of sorrow. but he wouldn't move. just watched her. and she would see the grass was burning under his form as shadows danced in the ashes. as if it were part of what worked to bring him there. "ash...linn...." it would half croak out. unable to resist trying to talk to her after so long.
Ashlinn she finaly felt the presence the emtions.. the confusion and anger.. no. the rage and for a second she thought she'd find Azriel, or Drakkonis.. hell she half expected to see Nightwind standing there.. especially considering when he tried to get herr to tell him who had harmed her so severely.. she moved through the tween and ended up in Azri'>
Ashlinn bed.. Litterally she kept her eyes closed as she finished the second song hoping that the notes would sooth which ever Blackheart male had desided to drop in and say 'hi' but when she heard her name spoken.. no croaked out her eyes would pop open and then widen and she sprang to her feet reaching for Yamato.. or her dagger or Azriels dipped >
Ashlinn feathers, hell at the moment she'd take Drak's heavy arse feather.. she didn't care.. anything to defend herself. finding that she was without wepon powder elixor or anything else for that matter she'd jump straight up her fingers wrapping around a tree branch she'd pull herself up onto said tree branch and then... she'd climb several feet in >
Ashlinn : fact before she would stop and look down at the half ember and ash, half humanoid thing and blink several times- ..really..REALLY!-she'd say as she glared down at hte beasty. She'd then sigh.. by now she shouldn't be surprised after all she was in service to a man who besides being a God.. a freaking honest and true god.. was brother to ..what >
Ashlinn ever Nim was.. and an angel turned goddess.... and who had one brother who was a coffin sleeper and the other.. Death himself..-great.. just bloody great Ashes -shed mutter as she realize her predicament.. The thing was on fire and she was.. in a tree... she wondered for a second if the creature brought graham crackers and chocolate to make>
Ashlinn : a sweet treat...-e
Decon_ixen_ith when he saw how she reacted the form flickered. as the face turned confused. then he narrowed his eyes. "oh... so you played me too? what did your father want... want our children to turn on my family too!" as his anger grew so did the shadow the the moonlight helped swell. "was the nights we sat under that tree. in the warfs nothing!" his skin>
Decon_ixen_ith started to turn red. as the eyes started to flicker with flames coming out and the teeth started to grow sharper. "WERE YOU PLAYING ME JUST TO LOCK ME UP TOO!" the grass was starting to wilt and even the leaves in the tree she was on started to turn as if something was trying it out and killing it. "OR IS MY WIFE JUST ANOTHER KILLER OF CHILDREN!"
Ashlinn would hear his words and something in her mind went wild for a moment an image of a large estate and a within it a beautiful sakura tree its blossums falling on her face as she had her head raised taking in the sweet scent as a soft breeze blew around her. Then the image shifted changed grew darker. she'd ind herself in a darkened room, upon a>
Ashlinn large comfortable bed. tears staining her cheeks as she heard a woman speak- there was nothing that could be done m'lord. they were both lost. its amazing that the girl herself survives. Even now the bleeding though slowed hasn't stopped.-she'd then see her master coming closer to her - Ashe... I'm sorry.- Ash would shake her head slighlty >
Ashlinn trying to clear her mind -No.. -she'd say bringing her hands up to her temples as the world around her spun.-..get away from me!-she'd say.. no she'd yell. -Get away from me!-e-
Ashlinn the little assassin woke, bolting upright in bed a scream tearing from her lips her cerulean silver eyes darting this way and that as she gathered her baring-wha..wh...where- then it clicked and she'd shake her head slightly as she realized she was in the bed chamber that she'd been assigned two days ago. Letting out a sigh she'd slowly >
Ashlinn slip from the bed and into the bathing chamber to wash up and dress. Someone had apparently retrieved her own belongings so at least she'd have that comfort if nothing else. after slipping on her leather pants silk shirt boots and cloak she'd quickly weave her vibrant red hair into a tight braid before pulled the hood of her cloak up over >
Ashlinn her head and tucking the braid within it. She'd then reach for her 'toys' quickly securing the feathers to her right hip, and her vials of different liquids onto their assigned locations then came her throwing knives alas anything that was of powder or dust consistancy would have been left back at her masters mansion. her dagger or Yamato was>
Ashlinn also absent.. she'd left Azriels sword in her room back at the tigers eye.. which he had used to beat Dru near to death with. she'd shiver at the memory..-no.. ashes.. just forget it...-she'd mutter as she stepped out into the hall to make her way out of the mansion waving off any and all who might ask how she was or if she wanted something to>
Ashlinn eat. yes she was hungry especially considering that she'd not eaten anything the night before. but at the moment she didn't really care. stepping out into hte day light she'd look around before she began to make her way through the city to explore.-e
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Nimena was leaving Ashlinn now to her own devices around the town, telling the guards that there was a human in town giving them the description and that she was her charge and to remain in the warded area. So no matter where Ashlinn went there were eyes upon her, she wouldn't see them, but they would see her. As a Royal Adviser Nim had lots <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : to do within the castle, duties she had been neglecting due to some family issues of course. Though she did recieve a parchment from DarkStone that Gisselle had taken off, which slightly angered her because two things would occur, she would head here or she found out about her sister. And since she left the kids in DarkStone to be cared for by<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : the nursery, chances are she wasn't heading home. She sent two people on the mission, and hopefully they would get there and find her as well, with Drakkonis on it she was sure Gisselle would be safe even though she and Drakkonis had their differences. She sent sent word for the children to be returned to DarkStone, Gisselle's and apparently <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Ravyn's since they were stuck in DarkStone as well dropped off by Durango Winterhart ....name change after recent events. Winterhart castle was frozen over and practically destroyed so they didn't want to take Ravyn's children to Xelis Gar and be stuck there. So it was a waiting game for the children, and for the King of Eladrin to return. <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : wherever he may be, hopefully not presumed dead like her husband, how she missed him so much. Letting out a soft sigh she put her parchments away and sat in her chair looking at the throne. That throne seemed to push Royals away more times in her lifetime then she cared to count. After her parents Gisselle seemed to be the longest running <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Queen of Eladrin. But the men in their family don't seem to stick around for very long. Maybe it was the bloodline who knew. Silvery eyes would just watch the doors now sipping her tea waiting for someone to enter if they wished. Giving the human access to the inside of the castle if she wished to venture in. <e>
Decon_ixen_ith he was walking towards the city. he had calmed down from last night. and now with some cloths on he didn't look quite as scary. then again he still had one hand made of ash, wood and rock and one of his eyes was still flame imbuned. he kept his hood on but his prey was here, and he would get answers. he wasn't so much upset with this land, or>
Ashlinn : sorry guys. I have to go seans'll be home in an hour or so and we're gonna be doing shopping tonight before he heds back to coloumbus to get the car fixed.
Decon_ixen_ith it's people. however he knows she has to be here still. or else why would the form stay? he would look around and was trying to figure out where here was and where the people were that he was after. he would stop at a stand and then go to the castle stopping before the dragon. bowing to it as he might be a dragon as well but he will respect this>
Decon_ixen_ith land's people and it's guardians. "hello i am decon and i wish audiance with your rulers or someone on how to hunt out some people."
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : The dragon opened his eyes and looked at the male before him and gave a little flick of his tongue to Decon speaking out while raising his head. "Hunting for someone in these parts could land you in the dungeons, but judging by the way you speak sir, I have a gut feeling that your 'searching' for someone.....that we do allow.." He said with a <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : hearty chuckle and a snort of flame through his nostril. " The Ruler is....out on a quest, but you can speak to Lady Nim, she protects the lands until the ruler returns, she may be able to help you with whomever you may seek. I ask you leave your weapons with me before you head inside the castle....saftey precaution of course. They will be <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : returned to you in the exact same condition before you leave Sir Decon.." The Dragon said as he push forward a wooden drunk with his clawed foot for him to place any weaponry he may have upon his person before he decided to go to the castle. Nim at this time already sensed a disturbance in the force, but not a bad one as she awaited the guest <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : to enter into the main hall. <E>
♦Ryo♦ : *"I'll ask one more time, because I'm in a good mood. Open...The portal." There was a sigh. "...Please." The Chancellor, with a blade to his throat, pulled the keystone crystal from his neck and activated the gateway, as another crash shook the old tower. "...Thank you." The hand without the knife grabbed the key and kicked the obese form of the c>
♦Ryo♦ : man back so he couldn't follow, so he'd be left to deal with the people now rising up against him. The last thing he'd see would be a fingerless gloved hand reaching up to cover one eye even as the lithe elf's form flipped into the gateway and the energy dissipate. The next thing RYO, on the other hand, would see would be the rapidly approaching c>
♦Ryo♦ : ground shockingly near to what appeared to be a castle of some kind. Ugh. Great. Now she looked like some kind of unnatural freak. Ryo liked stealth, damnit. This was the problem with unfocused portals to 'literally anywhere'. The masked, armed-to-the-teeth woman somehow managed to land on her feet, dust clearing to reveal her crouched with both c>
♦Ryo♦ : feet together. It was a few moments before she moved at all, eventually slowly shifting her head towards one shoulder and standing up slowly with a sickeningly fluid movement. Just as slowly, her knife was sheathed on a belt and the keystone pendant was around -her- neck. For now, though, she kept the eerie, dark grey metal harlequin mask on.*
Decon_ixen_ith he would look to the dragon's eyes and the flames burned warmly as he smiled. "that is good to hear, and if a older male comes looking for me he will have my weapons. i only have my flames and fists, but they are weak due to how i came here so i will not cause trouble, unless it is brought to me.">
ƉŞҏέɭɭɱᾶƙέя : \\ The creature had slunk out of the darkness. Could one just slink from such depths of hell? Sure. Why not? Demons did it all the time. He shifted from the shadow cast by one of the village houses. His chest somewhat rose. Enough to take in the air. He blew the air out from his unusable lungs. The sweep of messy jet black //c//
ƉŞҏέɭɭɱᾶƙέя : \\hair fell over the brightly glowing teal eyes. He stood there in the shadow. Watching. Listening. Elven ear lightly twitched. The conversations swirling around him had no baring for him. It didn't concern him and so he had pressed on. The thick black overcoat was tightly buttoned around his body. Boots making a faint sound as he //c//
ƉŞҏέɭɭɱᾶƙέя : \\strolled up the pebbled path. It would take him all the way to the castle. Eyes flicking their bored gaze towards the thick structure. Once more he paused in his movement. " And this place is an ally to Palast... " Was that disappointment lining in his tone.. ? Possibly..//f//
Decon_ixen_ith he would walk towards the castle and once he let the guards double check he was unarmed he would walk into the throne room and tried his best to control the flameing anger that kept picking at him. he was a fire lord not some lesser flame. and was not going to let it stop him from what he was needing to do. the ash hand trying to form whole>
Decon_ixen_ith incase it was needed to face off against someone. he was greatful for the other that had came to this land last night. and he would look for this lady nim.
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : If it was one thing Nim was used too it was fire weilders, her husband was one after all, kept the sheets warm at the very least as she thought about that and chuckled a moment. Then in came the newcomer, Decon as she heard from the dragon correctly telepathically. She stood from her chair setting her tea down and moved over to his direction <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : wearing a simple white gown maiden style. One thing Nim wore while at work was white in Eladrin, she was the healer, the cleric, the advisor, basically the Jane of all trades in this kingdom, her brother at times being the other half. She extended her hand in his direction and spoke out softly. "I am Lady Nimena Valeneros of Eladrin. I have <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : heard Sir Decon......you seek someone?' She said with a warm smile on her face, of course she had a connection with the dragon as she would wait for the 'hello' or, 'how do you know my name?', or 'yes, I am looking for......' as she awited simple introduction. In the meantime unwavering she felt another newcomer enter the lands by not so <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : normal means, a portal of sorts entered the towns. So far the person entering didn't end up in her dungeons this far so whoever it was they had no ill intent, so that was good, question was, what the hell were they dong here? She was sure she was going to find out soon while she dealt with this Decon fellow. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *Her head turned slowly, carefully, deliberately...Every tiny little motion and aspect of her surroundings being analysed as if she expected something to spring from nowhere. Where most saw a castle and a city, a place of life that was at peace, Ryo saw...Different things. Every corner was a potential ambush point. Every tree a potential perch. c>
♦Ryo♦ : Every person a potential scout for an oncoming army. Ryo was conditioned to be a weapon, and that was something that one simply didn't switch off. Still wearing the mask, pale fingers of one hand slowly reached up to it while her other hand moved into a long black coat full of blades and tools, and as the mask was pulled from where it sat even c>
♦Ryo♦ : though nothing seemed to keep it on, the other hand moved silver frames that held dark purple lenses to her face instead. The glasses, made and given to her by an old friend, allowed her to see without the issues she otherwise had. The mask was slipped somewhere under the coat, and she started walking in a random direction, as if feeling it c>
♦Ryo♦ : absolutely necessary to scout out the area to make sure she was in a relatively safe place. She made no sound when she moved, a habit that seemed to often make guards and the like suspicious no matter where she went. So it was in the direction of the gates to the castle she headed! She didn't know the first thing about this place and it only c>
♦Ryo♦ : made sense to her to start at the top. Or get chased away due to the fact she was a walking pincushion. That was an option too.*
Decon_ixen_ith he would look up to her calmly and instead of speak he walked right up to her and offered a hand. if she took it she would feel his warmth. and the realm of flames still smelling of the sulfer and ash. "if thats what your friend outside calls it." however when he looked her over he would nod slightly. "yes i'm searching. and thanks to the flames>
Decon_ixen_ith i heard and even ran into her in the woods last night." it was then his voice seemed to get abit venomed. "ashlinn is her name, and i want to know what happened to her since her family betrayed mine and where our children are. and why my own wife turned as if faceing an enemy." he was calm but it was clear it was him being hurt and trying to>
Decon_ixen_ith piece together whats going on. "her family i'd rather have on spikes but if i can at least talk to her it might bring some peace."
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : Well, seemed like things were going to be busy here this afternoon. She shook his hand and of course felt the warmth, kind of reminded her of Lucien. She smiled and listened to his words. "Well my old dragon likes to correct verbal communication when it sounds a little ...how do you say threatening...." She stated as she saw the frustration<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : in his eyes. She knew that frustration, she has had it for quite sometime with Lucien being missing. She motioned for him to follow her to a set of chairs the maid bringing him some tea and bringing her own cup to her as well as she continued to speak out after sitting down. "Ashlinn is under my care at this time due to injuries sustained, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : what those injuries are and why are not mine to say. As for not knowing whom you are, this is the first time I have heard she has had a husband, for she has been an apprentice under my brother Damien for a little while. I have not heard of her family but if they are close to her, I suspect someone is poisoning her...and certainly not my <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : brother I can attest to that. The Blackhearts have seemed to taken her under her wing and whatever is going on with her internally may have caused some of the memory loss, if it was magic I could probably fix it in a heartbeat, though I never attempted to delve into her memory, with all thats happened I do not think it would be good for either <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : her or myself. If you wish to speak to her I can arrange that meeting with myself and Damien in tow. But with your emotions the way they are, I do not think it would be wise to leave my charge alone with you....its not good for her emotional or physical state at this point..." She explained to Decon then taking a sip of her tea. Meanwhile <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : that big old fart of a dragon opened his eyes again to the female....assassin thing? He wasn't sure what to make of her except overly cautious. He grinned and spoke out in her direction as she was heading to the gates. "Your safe kiddo....deposit your weapons, enter the castle and seek your answers, you seem in need of some. Entering through<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : a flashy thingy and all that sort..." He pushed his wooden box to her with a clawed foot and spoke out. "They will remain in the same condition as you leave them....returned to you upon leaving the castle lass..." The big dragon explained as he awaited her response. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *"...'Safe' is a very subjective term. I prefer the word 'naive' for the very same feeling. As for needing answers? I'm usually quick enough to figure them out, but it can't really hurt." She nodded to herself, though stopped in an almost statue-like state when he stated the terms. Trying to sound casual, she looked up at the giant creature, c>
♦Ryo♦ : raising a finger on each hand slowly. "There...May be a hint of an issue there. Entirely hypothetically speaking, what if a person was bound to their word and to their blades in equal measure, and every bit as strongly?" She smiled sheepishly. "It's...Not really the blades' condition I'm concerned about, you see..." It was true. The energy c>
♦Ryo♦ : stopped just short of crackling around her. The blades on her sides were bound to her. It was no big secret that she kept. After all, she tried to stay connected to the blades, and the blades were really quite intent on staying connected to her. The last person to try and steal one didn't get through the night before 'falling' upon it. Carefully,c>
♦Ryo♦ : however, she did start working on the buckles of one of her gauntlets. "-This-, I'm not so...intimately bound to, and it's far more deadly than these old things." She motioned to the sheathed long knives upon her hips. "Does that buy me any good faith? After all, the Dancer may be a trickster, but he is no liar." She doubted the god she followed c>
♦Ryo♦ : had any purchase here, but hey. It was worth a try, and it didn't take a genius to see that the connection was genuine. There was a moment's pause as she spoke in an almost deadpan manner. "...Unless whoever lives here is a tyrannical monster or a slaver. In which case? I'll be knee-deep in blood." She was very open about who and what she was. C>
♦Ryo♦ : Ryo had always had a very special kind of trust of old and wise beings, and the Dancer had always trusted dragons. After all, her cause was just. her methods were just...'creative'.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : The dragon gave her a snort and spoke out. "If the ruler was here and you met the actual ruler you will find her far from a tyrinnical monster and more ......child like qualities, as for the person protecting the lands and the ruler she follows a more precautionary manner, more so to keep others from being transported to the dungeon so much, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : but...if they were tyrannical as you say....then don't you think you would have been bound and gagged by now?" He stated with a chuckle. As strong as this individual may feel she is, she was no match for the wards that were in place, which would have activated if she meant ill intent. "If you meant harm you would have been locked up....they <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : are simply house rules, but if they are magically bound to you as you say, and you deposit the weapons that are not.....I can let you pass, but I cannot save you if you decide to use them without warrant..." He said with a chuckling snort which a small flame exited it nostril passed her head. "Sorry.....getting a little old, sinuses are out of<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : control...but em.....go ahead....find Lady Nim....." He said opening the gate for her and tucking the wooden box away with a sheepish grin. Things were finally going to get interesting this day. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *Ryo listened interestedly about the ruler and the one who was taking over at this time, smiling once more, in a way that seemed to contrast the scars visible, the sheer amount of weapons on her person she was now depositing (and that wasn't even the actively hidden ones, which she'd always keep as holdouts) and the rather interesting, almost c>
♦Ryo♦ : decorative-seeming scar pattern on the right side of her face from her eye. "...I'm used to that. Cells are just places to think and puzzles to be solved these days." She gave a lazy shrug, thinking nothing of that comment. It was how she saw them! She nodded in understanding once more. "We thank you." The use of the word 'we' was interesting, a c>
♦Ryo♦ : subconscious slip that occasionally happened, and signified just how deep the bond between herself and the Dancer really was. "And I promise not to without warrant." Hey, it was the dragon who made the condition! She just agreed to it! The snort of flame, however, had her leap backwards and reach for the blades in an entirely reflexive manner, c>
♦Ryo♦ : though they were never pulled and it just perhaps went a way towards showing how hyper-alert she was. Still, she smiled and couldn't help but give an almost unnerving laugh with a slightly musical quality, straightening up once more. "Thank you...What do I call you? Anyway?" After his response, if he responded, the elf would head for the door c>
♦Ryo♦ : and go looking for this Nim. Ryo was an odd one, but she seemed harmless enough when she wasn't actively being...well...herself.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : That silver scaled old fart laid back down now since she was finally going to head inside and spoke out. "Garandor the gate keeper for now..." He said while closing his eyes and resting his head over the wooden box. In the meantime it seemed the suppose husband of Ashlinn was here and not happy with her or her family, and making no sense, <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : unless Ashlinn had severe memory loss, which surpised her to know that Damien doesn't know or hasn't suspected anything or said in what condition he had found her before taking her on, doesn't make sense that she would simply abandon a husband, let alone children....gods know she wouldn't leave her own child, though her child seems to continually<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : escape from her grasp. The husband seemed to huff out in a hurry saying he would deal with her later and that she would give a shrug too. Threats in this realm were not something she feared really especially from an angry husband. She dealt with armies, one man she did not fear. In the meantime here comes another female whom her dragon <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : seemed to have an interesting conversation with. With some of her weapons still on her person, this was interesting indeed. So she waited with her tea in hand and had a sip waiting for the woman to enter the main room. When she did Nim would give a polite smirk and point to the untouched cup of tea that was meant for Decon before he ran in an <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : angry hurry. "Tea?" She asked with that same smile to the woman hopefully this conversation going better then the last, because she seemed to have this nasty habit of not giving people what they wanted to hear as of late, not purposely though, just giving the right answers is all. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *"Nice to meet you, Garandor!" She smiled, a far cry from what one would expect a born assassin to be like, before turning and walking into the castle. Finding her way easily enough, she walked towards the elven woman upon seeing her, giving a nod as she approached and reaching a finger to her face to push the dark purple lensed glasses closer c>
♦Ryo♦ : to her eyes. Glancing to the tea when it was the first thing offered, Ryo smiled and nodded once more in appreciation. Ryo had always been trained to seek out targets, be it for assassination, delivering messages, or anything in between. And this woman had the mannerisms about her that she took to simply be the person she was looking for. "Thank c>
♦Ryo♦ : you. I...Was told you may be able to help me. If I need help. I don't really know, I just got here after putting right a rather...large wrong." Leading townspeople to rebel and take back their town from an oversized bloat of a Chancellor. Yes. That was the best way to put that particular issue. She paused, taking a moment to glance around the c>
♦Ryo♦ : place as if scouting out potential vantage points and planning her exit or where she'd make her stand should things turn sour all of a sudden. It was impossible to switch off. With a flurry of white hair and a snap of her glance back to the woman, Ryo looked momentarily, wordlessly apologetic for being distracted. Or even just being here.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : "No need to feel bad, believe it or not, I have come across a few like you looking for the never ending just in case.." She said with a chuckle taking another sip of her tea before setting it down and continuing on. "Yes I could help you, that is if you needed it. I felt a disturbance in the force field, you were the one that crashed bottom <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : first a portal passed my ward, I must say impressive.." She said with a smile standing up. "I am Lady Nimena.....currently in charge here....so to speak.....but your welcome here, and you don't have to worry about sneak attacks. They attempt then poof, in the dungeon they go, funny how my little wards work. Keeps the crime rate down, but my <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : dungeons started getting too full too fast.....so I had to pardon some on the condition they left......some didn't want to....so ....some still down there. Maybe they like the comforts of small spaces I don't know.." She said with a chuckle and held her hand out. "I saw you got along with my old silvery friend out there.....quite the <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : conversationalist he is." She said pointing to the cup. "You going to have tea and talk or worry about every nook and cranny dear?" She said with a smirk wondering why this girl was so cautious, but at the same time, she knew a lot of assassins that were. "By the way, your in the Kingdom known as Eladrin...mostly an elven kingdom, but you <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : will find some fey, a couple of vampires and Dythiri around due to alliances. " Even a human or two if the woman was lucky. <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *There was a smirk at the mention of the wards, though a nod of understanding. "The people who built that gateway were experts in bypassing protective barriers. They used the locals as a slave workforce and used those they took as more to sell. Still, they can't do much without this." A hand moved to motion to the small crystal around her neck. c>
♦Ryo♦ : "I figured it'd be safer with me. And the natives...May have been led to the Chancellor's office." She gave an overly theatrical shrug, as if she didn't POSSIBLY know whoever could have done that! In response to the greeting, she rather tentatively reached out to shake the woman's hand with her own still covered by an elbow-length fingerless c>
♦Ryo♦ : glove. "Ryo. Ryo Venn. I...wander. Things sometimes happen. And that's a rather ingenious system, though hardly a comfort. If something like that exists, surely that means it's necessary." Oh, little miss glass half empty here. Still, she was always concerned. As for the 'tea or worrying' question, she smiled, picking up the tea and turning c>
♦Ryo♦ : back. "There. Now I can do both at once. Far more efficient." She was clearly some kind of elf, but just what kind it was hard to tell, especially due to the mass amount of alterations that had been done to her. "'Eladrin'...That's good to know. And that's quite the collection of races. It's nice to find a variety." It made her own freakish c>
♦Ryo♦ : nature stand out that little bit less, if it could be explained away as something else.*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : "Sounds like those people weren't very nice people" She said with a chuckle. "We don't have much use for slaves. The only slaves are here are those willing participants and are treated very well otherwise their owners are in for a rude awakening, I don't particularily agree with the practice, but....everyone is allowed to live their life as <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : they see fit so long as they abide by our laws." She stated sitting back down after shaking the womans hand. "We did have a lot of problems here, in the midst of rebuilding, between the drow war, the Illithid attack, Castle red rose whom was destroyed, but those are taken care of. Right now were dealing with....political issues, mainly a <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : brother to the Queen who feels he has some sense of entitlement. The Queen was placed in DarkStone for the time being to be kept away from her potential assassin, in the meantime he is holding her half sister and mother in law hostage, her husband is missing along with my own...and the children of the Queen and her mother in law are on their <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : way here from DarkStone by Empress Arcana for me to watch over till things are settled. I have two and a half so to speak dealing with the situation, but it seems the Queen ran off to get her sister and mother in law back from her brother against advice. I just hope she keeps her head, or I am going to have to fight her brother for the throne.<c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : which will not be difficult, but be damned if I am going to let him plant his dark ass there..." Talk about a tyrant, thats what Karadar was, a warlord from hell. She took another sip of tea and looked over. "So what brings you to these parts, vacationing from the slave trade you help in attempts to abolish?" <e>
♦Ryo♦ : *Ryo nodded slowly at the suggestion they 'weren't very nice people'. "I figured that I'd just...Throw something into the works and shake things up. Give the natives a little more of their own life back. As for here? Well, if there are people who -want- to live like that? ..." She tried to think of something to say, instead choosing to just sigh.c>
♦Ryo♦ : Some people just couldn't be reasoned with, and perhaps it wasn't bad for everybody, but her own experience was pretty much as bad as bad could be. She listened to the summary of recent events, eyebrows raising as shr sipped at the tea. "So, business as usual for any kingdom?" It was tongue in cheek, but there was an element of truth to it. Ryo c>
♦Ryo♦ : knew that things were never as simple as they often appeared to be, and ruling was full of complexities and issues that cropped up. And then came the question of what she was doing here, of all places. "Truth be told, I just used this little trinket to open a gateway to...somewhere with civilization. Apparently the previous owners forgot to c>
♦Ryo♦ : mention that getting one on ground level takes far more preparation." Eyes rolled behind the lenses, as if she should have thought about that in hindsight. "As I mentioned, I wander to stay a step ahead of my own experiences. This little blind jump may have bought me quite some time though. I usually work as a bounty hunter, or an 'equalizer' of c>
♦Ryo♦ : odds in larger fights. Trying to dismantle those little cells of parasitism is a far more personal endeavour."*
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : She chuckled a bit. "Most people that live like that as you say are those with lovers nothing more......I think its more of a harmless game for them then simply a mere lifestyle choice, but I could be wrong in that assessment, either case the fact of the matter remains is they are treated well, with respect and not being held against their <c>.
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : will, that is the most important thing, if I find out otherwise their stay could be not so pleasant for the abuser.." She said with a large grin. "You remind me of someone of sorts I knew some time ago. She was almost like you in temperment. Protecting the innocent, though she wasn't a simple bounty hunter, she hunted demons and dark things <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : sort of like a feminine monk with panash! " She said having fond memories of Izzy. she looked over to her and smiled. "Though you two both have very different physical features, very similar personalities. Strong yet polite....I like that...." She said with a nod as she looked to her speaking out. "Well your welcome to stay here as long <c>
¤Ɲiɱέɳᾶ¤ : as you'd like?" She said to him with a warm smile waiting for the maid to come to show her to her room. <e>
