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by **Squintz Altec** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:51 pm

Shit. Dreckard charged forward, running toward the thief. He knew that he probably couldn't hold him down...but he could try something. His arm reached for the staff he kept in his cloak, and he removed it, and pointed it at the thief's head. "Move, and I crush you. So, it'd be in your best interest to give up now." He wasn't kidding, either.

by **Nakibe** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:26 pm

The thief looked up for a moment, and the ladies could clearly see Kelan's face staring at the end of Dreckard's staff. "Wasn't planning to," he said remaining as still as he could manage at the moment.

Then he vanished, seeming to leave no trace of where he'd gone.

by **Squintz Altec** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:30 pm

"...what the fuck?" Dreckard hadn't expected that. But he did believe it might be something magical that caused the thief to disappear...in fact...it seemed like an illusion...He scanned everywhere, looking for any clues.

by **pd Rydia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 5:01 pm

Chiere's eyes returned to a more normal size, and she picked up her voice.

"Wh...what just happened?" she asked, eyes flicking about everywhere. It didn't seem to occur to her what just happened might have been magical in nature. "Who was that ma-, person? Why w-was he running? Why did he dis-disappear?"

She looked around, to Rainne, Ethra, Dreckard, and the guards. Her eyes returned to and rested on the spot where the man had appeared to be just moments before.

Flying, flighty birds, winging away, gone, gone... She shook her head, beginning to shiver again as the temperature seemed to drop several degrees. "C-could I b-b-borrow those fu--, skins...again, p-p-please..." she muttered to Ethra, hanging her head shamefully.

by **Nakibe** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 5:16 pm

Whatever it was... whatever it might be... Dreckard wasn't seeing it at the moment. And that, he thought, was the basic problem. Some niggling sense, however, told him that there was SOME sort of Illusion being used here... but he wasn't sure what, as nothing seemed out of place, either to his normal senses or his magical ones.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 6:30 pm

Rainne stared at the location where Kelan stood, just before he dissapeared into... thin air.

"Hey... What the hell? Wasn't that Kelan? And where did he go...??"

by **Squintz Altec** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 7:35 pm

Dreckard smashed the ground. "Dammit!" He shouted. He KNEW it was magic...but he had no idea where to go from there. Although a nagging sense told him that he had no reason to catch the thief...another nagging sense told him to try it anyways.

by **Nakibe** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:15 pm

The crowd was starting to disperse, the guards left scratching their heads in wonder. Suddenly, there was a cough and a sneeze. From down on the ground. Looking up, suddenly Kelan was still there, where everyone had left him. With a quickly mumbled "Oh shit", he sprinted off from his prone position in the same direction he was headed previously. Apparently whatever trick he had going was dispelled by his movement... and even more apparently he was getting away AGAIN.

by **pd Rydia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:39 pm

Chiere frowned at the running man, seeming to grasp through her confusion the fact that people --Ethra, specifically-- wanted him to stay put. Spontaneously, an idea came to her, as if from nowhere.

The singing bird.

Chiere narrowed her eyes, took a step away, and concentrating on Kelan. Then...she began to sing.

"A white bird flew away one day...
Away, away, she flew away...
But when her master called out her name,
She had no choice but to stay..."

As she sang, her body relaxed, and her concentration became sharper and sharper. All the while she stared at Kelan, trying to work her magic...

(Dazzling Song, concentrated on Kelan)

by **Nakibe** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 12:23 am

"Oh SHIT," Kelan managed, as flashing lights and colors found their way into his eyes, blinding him for a moment. All it took was a moment. Then Kelan found himself experiencing the fun happy feeling of hard cranium meeting sturdy cherrywood. As he fell unconscious from hitting his head facefirst on the hard wood wall, he wondered who the hell kept putting these spells on him....

And what he'd done that the gods hated him so.

(Overall pretty good so far. XP given out. Back to the OOC THREAD to see the earnings of a hard day's.... work? Well, I suppose it is that. Don't spend it all in one place.... unless you WANT to, that is. )

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 12:29 am

Dreckard walked over to Kelan, pissed off as all hell. Few had outwit him, and he wasn't eager to add a weird thief to that list. He checked to make sure that Kelan was not awake. "Merry little chase, wasn't it?" he said to nobody in particular.

by **pd Rydia** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:17 am

Chiere didn't immediately cease her singing. She continued singing for a short time, her voice trailing off a bit and the words becoming nearly incomprehensible. Eventually, her singing was reduced to humming, as she stared blankly off into space.

She didn't seem aware of her surroundings right now. Instead, her eyes flickered back and forth, focused upon some distant point in the sky.

The tune she hummed changed, slowing down and gaining a strange, nostalgic feel to it...

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 4:15 pm

Ethra gently tossed her bag of furs at Chiere, and began to sprint towards the fallen thief, ignoring Deckard. When she reached the thief she knelt down next to him.

It really is Kelan... damn.

Ethra gazed hard at Kelan. First she gripped his neck gently with her hand, then tried to wake him by taking some snow and putting it down the back of his shirt.

You idiot. Dumb stupid. Great now you're going to get caught.

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 1/12/03 4:03:15 pm

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 4:30 pm

Rainne just... stood there, quite surprised that the guy who stole ... whatever it was was, in fact, Kelan.. And also holding back a laugh as she remembered the comment about one of them being a witch.

"Uh... So... what did he steal, exactly?"

by **pd Rydia** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 6:23 pm

Chiere grabbed the bag of furs absently, hugging them to her without being really aware she was doing so. She watched blankly as reality shifted and bent around her, the normal world simply and gradually ceasing to be.

Reality was warped and always moving, and thus it always twisted out of view, from time to time. Chiere knew this, and docilely, she waited.

The scene around her slid out of view, being replaced by the dreams that clung in clouds around the plane of reality. Chiere's eyes alone bore witness as the cold, busy street of the city of Lohan disappeared, repalced with a new setting. Buildings melted into trees, icy puddles turned into peaceful ponds, and streets shrinked into simple deer paths. A smile crept across her face as she came to recognize the familiar scene.

Spirit wings, carry me away. Chiere's body was swept along the path, floating effortlessly on the kind, comforting winds of dreams...yet in the back of her mind, a small voice worried her. She had no control over her movement, and she had no desire to watch the scene unfold exactly as it had countless times before. She knew this unreality always ended the same...although, if she tried very hard, she saw a little more each time...

Perhaps this time...

An outsider but not, Chiere watched, oddly comforted by the familiar dream. Her mind's eye watched her tracing the same path it always did when it visited here; the same anticipation welled in her chest. She knew, there was something comforting, like...a verdant grove, or a babbling creek, just beyond. That's what she was heading toward, that was the goal she always wished to reach. But every time she was about to reach her goal--

Chiere's vision of the unreality shattered. Suddenly, the temperature around her grew unbearable, the cold seeming to strike at the very core of her being.

Clipped wings and blinded sight, the sorrowful bird... Chiere doubled over, wheezing, her vision of Ethra, Kelan, and the others blurred as tears welled in her eyes.

Edited by: pd Rydia 

at: 1/12/03 5:23:38 pm

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 7:37 pm

Dreckard pointed his staff at Kelan's neck. "If you're going to wake him up...I'm going to make sure he doesn't run," he said gruffly.

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 7:39 pm

"Thank you for your assistance." Ethra said quietly, still concentrating on waking the "idiot" up.

Who knows what the hel lthe gaurds will do to him... I have to find out what this is about NOW or NEVER.

by **Nakibe** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 9:47 pm

Kelan for his part groaned and shivered a bit as conciousness returned. Opening his eyes just a bit, he groaned even more at the cacaphony of lights still dancing in front of his eyes, proof that Chiere's magic was still working itself on him. "W... wha.. happen..." he managed to get out while wincing at the nasty headache he'd gotten.

The guards also were now starting towards the odd group a bit hesitantly, praying and hoping that whatever strange powers that were used were over and done with for the moment.

On the other hand, something was nagging Ethra and Rainne... but for some reason, they weren't quite sure what it was or even why they'd had this feeling in the first place.

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 10:04 pm

Ethra said in a low vocie to Kelan. "Kelan, what the hell did you steal?"

Damn paranoia.. hmm...

Auras that flow through time and space, uncover yourselves, and show me your face.

(eh.. I'm wasting magic today... "Aura reading" targetted at Kelan.)

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 1/12/03 9:05:45 pm

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 10:18 pm

Seeing Kelan start to move, Dreckard pushed the staff closer to his neck, as if making a point.

by **Nakibe** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 10:54 pm

Ethra's scan of Kelan's person went fairly quickly at first. She noted a few odd patches on his person as if there was something blocking her sight, but those were probably tools of some sort... and one of them looked kind of like a concealed crossbow on his wrist. She got a definite sense of pain from him, and a bit of self confidence. But one thing about the scan was disturbing. Somewhere on the left side of him she felt... something... even looking astrally at it made her head hurt, and yet she couldn't look away for a moment. It was a swirling darkness that spoke to her mind... nay, to her very soul. Help me..... Please....

Feeling the staff put to his neck, Kelan chuckled just a bit. "Heeheheh... ow. Hey. Watch where you point that thing." started Kelan as he looked up to the assembled angry faces assembled against him... and then froze. "W... what... the...." he managed to get out as he backed away from them... "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" He looked positively freaked out by... something or other.

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:11 pm

Ethra lunged at him, trying to tackle him, so he wouldn't get away. "Kelan!"

What the hell was that.. that voice... it.. no freaking way. It was a DREAM. A Nightmare! Nothing more!! But this vocie... dammit...

"What are you scared of?" She whispered quietly, not knowing if he'd hear her or not, as she lunged.

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:23 pm

Dreckard looked at the man quizically. Holding a staff to his neck wouldn't elicit such a reaction...well, maybe. He had an inkling of what there MIGHT be...and that thought scared him. He had heard stories, about the demon race. They lived underground, only coming up topside to devour children and women. They'd assume a human form, and few could see through. He was sure everyone else had heard those stories too. Which meant Kelan had seen something, something that someone else didn't want anyone else to see.

There was an Axtiss nearby, and Dreckard decided he WOULD find it. But nobody else could know, they'd kill it.

He held his staff out at Kelan menacingly. "Yeah, what's wrong, boy? You look like you've seen a demon!" He looked angry, as if telling Kelan something along the lines of 'don't say ANYTHING.'

Edited by: Squintz Altec 

at: 1/12/03 10:25:34 pm

by **Nakibe** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:27 pm

Kelan looked up at the assembled faces, a look not unlike a scared rabbit in his eyes. "N... nothing....I... I took nothing, Okay?!?"

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 7:57 am

A flare of anger burned in Ethra's eyes. She hid the part of her that felt like crying from view though. She placed her foot down gently on Kelan's stomach. "Please try to relax Kelan." Turning her head backwards towards the crowd she yelled. "Who yelled 'thief!' Speak now! Who called out that accusation!?"

I'm either going to kill Kelan for lying, or kill the false one I swear... gah.... today is not a nice day.. should of just ignored the whole thing...

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 1/13/03 6:58:55 am

by **Elementalist Daien** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:13 am

Rainne shaked her head. What was going on with her? She feeled that nagging feeling, as if she was forgetting something, and something quite important..

Also, the other thing was wierd...

"... What? But we just saw you..." Rainne shaked her head. She was left out of everything, and she quite didn't like it.

by **Nakibe** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:28 am

With the varied angry faces allied against him, Kelan found himself in a position that made him wish he'd never come to this part of the country. That along with the added pressure on his stomach was making him very, very scared. "I did it, okay? I took the old man's stupid jewel if I'd've known there was a demon or whatever guarding the damned thing I'd never have... oh Gods PLEASE DON'T HURT ME......" he spat out all of a sudden.

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 4:15 pm

Ethra knelt next to him again, and whispered quietly in his ear. "Who're you calling a demon?" Ethra started searching him for the jewel, or rather the source of the darkness she had seen before.

"Help me." Who's "me?"

by **Nakibe** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:20 pm

Unfortunately for Ethra, she couldn't get much more than babbling out of Kelan at this point. Apparently whatever he'd seen was a bit too much for his mind to handle, although one hoped that he'd be more coherent in the future. On the other hand, she did come up with something interesting in her search of his person.... a black diamond. The diamond glittered oddly in the clear morning light, and the flashes made Ethra feel oddly nauseous, but not much more than that.

Meanwhile, the guards came up behind the impromptu heroes. "Uhhh... is.... are... umm... whatever curses were put on him are gone, right? I... umm mean.. is it safe to..." said one guard. "W... we'll be taking that trash offa your hands, ma'am..." said the other a bit boldly. But then his summoned courage failed him as eyes settled on his face. "Ifyouwantto,thatis" he mumbled meekly.

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:30 pm

Ethra closed her hand around the jewel, not really meaning to hide it, but keeping it in her hand for the moment none the less. She murmured to the man with the staff, "Please make sure he doesn't get away." She spread her wings and gave a polite bow to the guards. "If you really must take him then please, but if you would let me keep him in my custody for a little longer." She raised herself up from her bow and gave them a smile, "Pretty please? Oh and do either of you know who he stole from or what exactly he stole?"

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 1/14/03 1:32:29 am

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:31 pm

Dreckard shrugged. "No idea." He then grinned. "But I hope there's a reward for it."

by **Nakibe** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 11:13 pm

"Well, umm.. you seem Ma'am... that is.. err.." stammered one of the guards. "We saw him leaving one Lord Selondor's private rooms. No one's allowed in there but Lord Selondor, you see, and..." piped in the other one a bit too eagerly. Maybe he was thinking Ethra'd turn him into a toad or something.

"So uhh... we chased him. No reason for him to be in there, and th' lord can tell us if somethin's missin, I'm sure" the first guard replied after getting his wits back.

by **pd Rydia** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 11:28 pm

Chiere struggled to her feet, blinking the tears out of her eyes. Still clutching Ethra's furs to her chest, she desperately tried to regain her bearings.

"What's happening?" she asked again, tears beginning to well in her eyes afresh. "And why?" she added in a whisper, to no one in particular.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:12 pm

Rainne blinked, and the the demon thing got her interest. Stealing things was bad, surely. If Kelan was saying the truth, however, it would be a much worse crime on the Lord's part. A much, much worse crime.

She decided to satisfy her curiosity, and so went near him, and asked him

"So, what is this demon thing you've been talking about?"

by **Dark Xia** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:19 pm

"Rainne, he's a bit.. umm... confused right now. I don't think you'll get much out of him. Chiere's crying.. could you... go to her?"

Dammit... I want to go.. but... stupid Kelan making me have to waste my time talking to guards.... Chiere.. why are you crying?

Ethra sighed for a second then turned to the guards again. "Would it be possible if we who helped catch this thief came with you to see Lord Selondor?"

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 1/14/03 9:52:33 pm

by **Squintz Altec** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:37 pm

Dreckard thought for a second, realizing that he MIGHT be able to get a reward from this Selindor fellow. So, he kept quiet, and listened.

by **Nakibe** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 11:44 pm

"Umm.. s... Sure... umm.. err.. I mean.. that is" stammered one guard. "I think he'd wanna see ya anyways" managed the other one. "Right this way please."

And so the party found themselves walking towards the noble's home.

Edited by: [url=http://pub30.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=nakibe>Nakibe</A] at: 1/15/03 3:38:35 pm

by **pd Rydia** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:05 pm

Chiere sniffled very quietly as she walked along, tagging close behind Ethra.

She still wasn't entirely sure what was going on, or why, and it was depressing to feel so clueless. Nonetheless, she didn't entirely feel like she had a choice in her actions right now...so she stuck close to the other Tilan and tried to keep from thinking too much.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:13 pm

Rainne followed, more out of curiosity and hopes of learning more about what was going on, and maybe getting to get some adventure to go on than anything else...

by **Dark Xia** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 5:34 pm

Ethra stopped a moment and gave Chiere a little hug, and a smile. Ethra continued walking again, but turned her head to Chiere. "Are you alright? I saw you.. crying..."

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