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by **Elementalist Daien** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:06 pm

At that, Rainne gave Ethra a look that questioned her sanity.

... Uhh.... What?

Kelan, however, stopped her from breaking as he explained what the villagers were celebrating.

"Uh... Some rich man's party, you said? ... But... Erm... Why should they care, exactly?" she said. She was never happy at being a vassal of anyone, and wondered why the people would celebrate for something someone somewhat like a slavedriver organized, and they weren't even invited to...

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:08 pm

"A party is a party.. people need some happiness in their little lives..." Ethra leaned her head on Chiere' shoulder, she was getting tired. Ethra got some distinct feelnig that Kelan was holding something back and felt like showing her... expertise right then and there, but she decided she was too tired. "Well whatever, I'm tired... hey are you going to sleep on that box or something Kelan?"

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 1/5/03 3:11:34 pm

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:11 pm

Rainne shrugged. Ethra was right, after all. Nothing wrong with people enjoying themselves, in the end, was there...

Edited by: Elementalist Daien at: 1/5/03 3:13:13 pm

by **Nakibe** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:41 pm

"Yeah, Might as well" Kelan mumbled, and dozed off to sleep right there on the box.

(OOC: Just wanna let you folks know. You can continue to talk amongst yourselves or sleep or whatever. Whenever everyone is asleep, I believe we can continue.)

Edited by: [url=http://pub30.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=nakibe>Nakibe</A] at: 1/5/03 4:25:49 pm

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:45 pm

".... what a guy... hey Rainne, help me carry him to thebed. He desrves a comfortable sleep." Ethra smiled at Rainne and winked again.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:51 pm

Rainne looked at Ethra, and gave her the same look, the one that questions her very sanity, then shrugged.

"Well, I'll let you take him to this bed. I'm used to sleeping on the ground by now, I wouldn't mind... And can you stop winking at me? You're scaring me..."

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:57 pm

Ethra giggled, "Go sleep with Chiere, and I doubt there's something warmer than another person..." Ethra went to the box and gently picked up the sleeping Kelan (do you need to roll to see if I can pick him up? =D?). After doing so she laid him down in one of the two beds, and went to sleep besides him (assuming ntohing else happens before this can occur).

by **Nakibe** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 6:24 pm

(OOC: No, no big deal there. Just for kicks, I DID roll for you to pick him up... not that I expected you to fail. >:P)

by **pd Rydia** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 6:45 pm

Chiere, meanwhile, was already laying down, and snoring slightly. She apparently fell asleep while the others were talking...

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 7:07 pm

Ethra laid on her side to kelan's right, one of her wings stretching back, and the other stretching over the man sleeping besides her. Soon she was fast alseep... dreaming of burning down the inn in the summer and then later... of something strange that she had dreamed of before, but this time it didn't seem to frighten her so much.

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:14 pm

Dreckard went back to his room, tired. He changed into his normal sleepwear (a shirt and pants, for those interested), and crawled into bed. Just before he nodded off, he found a bit of twine, and attached it to a glass, so if the door was opened, the glass would fall and break, hopefully alerting him. Dreckard was a light sleeper anyway, but he hated disturbances. He crawled underneath the covers, and fell asleep.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 9:47 pm

Rainne shrugged and did as Ethra told her. It wasn't like it would make any difference, anyway, she'd be going as soon as the weather permitted travel...

by **Nakibe** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 2:58 pm

The rest of the night passed in a more or less uneventful fashion, each of the varied travellers resting peacefully.

But the next morning, the travellers awoke to the sounds of happy village folk joined in celebration. Birds chirped along with various songs that were being sung for just this occasion. The little ones found their own games to play amidst the hustle and bustle (sometimes followed by the annoyed yells of the adults who were watching them), and good times would seem to be had by all.

All, of course, except those who were still asleep in their beds.

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 5:20 pm

Grah. Dreckard hated festivals. The whole premise for them was stupid. However, there was a certain appeal to it, and for Dreckard, that appeal was the ability for him to sell worthless items for a nice profit. He sat up in bed, and said his morning prayers. His stomach growled. Well, where better to get food than a festival? Walking out of the hotel, he wondered how late this festival would run.

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:21 pm

Ethra was up early, taking her bag of furs with her to try to find some traveling merchant, or someone, anyone, who would buy her furs. Before she left the room she gave anyone who was still sleeping a gentle hug, then left.

by **Nakibe** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 12:38 am

As she was going out the door, Ethra had a funny feeling that she had forgotten something... it was somewhat vague at first, till she realized what was different. Kelan wasn't in the room, probably gone to take care of some sort of early morning business.

by **Dark Xia** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 12:40 am

Hmm.. I wonder where that guy went.... heh, maybe I'll meet him in the festival....

by **Elementalist Daien** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:56 am

ZZZzzzzz ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz ZZzzzzzz....

Rainne was used to waking up early, since working at the farm required her to do so every day...

... She liked the change.

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz...

by **pd Rydia** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:47 pm

Chiere stirred when she heard the sound of Ethra moving about the room, and struggled to wake the rest of the way. The hug Ethra had given the sleepers was just enough to give her the extra energy to sit up, but by the time she'd managed to do so, Ethra was gone. Chiere sat drowsily in bed for a while, staring around the room.

"What a dusty morning," she mumbled faintly, before crawling out of bed carefully. She didn't want to disturb Rainne's dreams.

She was still dressed from last night, and so she simply had to walk over to the door. Hovering there for a bit longer, she lingered, whispy memories of pleasant dreams teasing her mind. The memories danced just out of reach of her mind's touch, yet something hinted at the fact that the dreams were important, somehow...

Closing her eyes, she sighed deeply, before leaning against the door and dedicating herself to trying to recover her dreams, completely oblivious to the world around her.

Edited by: pd Rydia 

at: 1/9/03 12:09:51 am

by **Nakibe** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:00 am

Lord Krane Selondor looked outside of his mansion that morning at the beautiful sky and the birds flying hither and yon outside. At the many many faces gathered outside in merriment, laughing, playing, having fun.... Suddenly a child looked up from the square, and pointed up towards Lord Selondor. Standing as he did in the balcony, lit up by the morning sun and dressed in his finest robes, he seemed to the child as if some great thing were standing there. His amazement and wonder brought the eyes of the many adults on him, looking at their lord in equal parts admiration and jealousy.

These are my people. MY people. thought Krane proudly. These people trusted him. These people respected him. To a certain extent one might even say that these people LOVED this man. And thought Krane showed every outward sign of loathing them at times... in some small part of his mind, he loved these people, too. "I suppose they deserve this..." he said to himself softly as he stood there, watching. "And it is the perfect day to celebrate..."

"SPEECH!! SPEECH!!!" came the sudden cry from the gathering masses. Apparently they thought he was out to dedicate this day to something or other. Well, he certainly wasn't going to let them embarass HIM in that manner. "Villagers of Lohan. I'm glad you all seem to be doing well on this fine occasion. It pleases me to announce the beginning of this two-day festival in honor of your hard work and..."

"STOP THIEF!!" came a cry from below. One of the guards from Kelan's mansion was running behind a cloaked and hooded figure that was moving fairly rapidly towards the village, apparently hoping to get lost in the crowd.

by **pd Rydia** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:15 am

Brightness and a flight of birds toward the west...the setting sun and the coming of twilight...chilling darkness obscuring sight, keeping the bird, the special one, the white-winged and beautiful bird, out of sight...a soft promise that the darkness will leave, the light return...hope...a peaceful promise...

Icy, obscuring darkness...

Chiere snapped out of her reverie -- it was cold again.

She headed out of the rooms and the inn, hoping to find Ethra, the woman who had been kind to her. Perhaps she could borrow furs again.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 11:03 am

SPEECH! SPEECH! SPEECH!

This voice echoed in Rainne's head as she was violently awakened by the crowd's yelling.

"What's this yelling...?" Rainne said, slowly opening one eye, then closing it again and clutching her head. The yelling was giving her a headache already... She sat up, and after a few tries, successfully managed to stand up.

Been a while since I had such a good sleep... Wish I could say the same about the wake up call. she thought, still rubbing her eyes. She groped around the bedside table with her fingers, then felt herself, noticing that she had slept with her clothes. She pulled on them, straightening them as much as possible, and walked out barely walking straight, still tired, to see what all the shouting is about..

(OOC: Loud or not, Rainne did not hear the shouting for the thief. Convenient, eh?)

by **Squintz Altec** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 3:42 pm

Dreckard looked up at the man on the balcony for a second, but then looked down. He wanted to be that rich someday. Looking around town, he spotted a flash run by him. Interested, he began to walk in the general direction the thief went in.

by **Dark Xia** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 4:17 pm

"STOP THIEF!"

OOhh, possible way to get money.. teh.. or maybe gratitude.. bah... you'll probably get ntohing, humans are ungrateful...

Ethra tried to follow the cloaked man and the guard persuing them none the less.

Teh, thr guards should be able to catch him.... then why the hell am I following these guys? .... whatever...

by **Dark Xia** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 5:39 pm

You coooould use a spell

They're suspicious of magic aronud here

It might make this whole chase sooooo much easier....

I could get burned at the stake....

Comon, just do it and get over with it.... Yep let's do it, what, maybe it'll get them to see magic in a different light, that it can do good things...

You're going to get us KILLED. Is it WORTH THE RISK!? I say NO! Why do you care about helping anyway! Besides, people are usually afraid of dark magic....

Well maybe I'm tired of living! I'm GOING TO HELP. I'm going to use magic, and that's FINAL.

Ethra extended one of her hands and murmured quietly to herself "Darkness that binds, capture my prey."

(casts darkness bind)

by **Nakibe** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 10:49 pm

The thief looked back, hoping to see that the distance between him and his pursuers was getting any larger. Thinking he was almost home free, he picked up the speed. Around this time he noticed that his legs weren't quite responding like they should.... Actually, they, along with his arms and much of the rest of his body were in the same state as something that felt to him like ice was suddenly thrust into his veins. He would've let out quite a scream of frustration right about now if he could manage to move his lips.

The guards chasing him stared openly at his now prone and unmoving body. One of them even managed to work up the courage to speak. "Uhh... what the hell just happened here?"

by **Dark Xia** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:11 pm

Well that's done with....

Shouldn't we go say how we helped them?

............ remember the burning at the stake thing?

Awww comon

.......... let me think.

Ethra slowed down and halted her pesuit, staring at the fallen thief, and the guards.

by **pd Rydia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 12:35 am

As if by...magic...Ethra found Chiere standing behind her. Blinking, the slight Tilan called out in amazement.

"Wh-what just wen--, what h-happened here...?" she asked, eyes wide. Her pink eyes seemed oddly focused and clear as she looked at Ethra with something resembling childlike innocence...or perhaps awe.

by **Dark Xia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:21 am

Ethra blinked and spun around.

Oh it's just... her...

"Uh... just.. me helping out against crime a bit." Ethra smiled at Chiere playfully.

by **pd Rydia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:34 am

"C-crime?" Chiere stuttered, eyeing the guards and the thief with wonder. She seemed to be struggling less with talking than before, her words coming slightly more fluently. "I came to look, find you after I woke, it was chilly, cold but now I feel better..."

by **Dark Xia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:51 am

Ethra grinned "so maybe my bable about other people being warm was true... well did you want those furs again maybe? I won't.. always be around to warm you up." Ethra gave Cheire a freindly hug, then glanced over at the fallen thief.

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 8:58 am

Rainne blinked, confused at all the things which were going on around. She curiously walked towards the people around the "area of interest", and just managed to notice Chiere from the crowd. Walking more towards it, she also saw..

"Ethra? What's going on...?" she said, rubbing her eyes with her fists

by **Dark Xia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:21 am

Are these guys DRAWN to me or something

Ethra motioned for rainne to quiet down and then murmured lowly to her, "I'm tryied whether to decide revealing the fact I used magic to help them would get us any reward money.... probably will burn me at the stake if I do... remember how suspicious that guy was at the tavern?"

by **Elementalist Daien** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:33 am

Magic?

Rainne whispered back:

"No. Useless information, and it would likely get you in trouble."

by **Dark Xia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:44 am

*sigh* ...

"Do you humans EVER show gratitude?" Ethra grumbled under her breath.

by **Squintz Altec** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:55 am

Dreckard cursed under his breath. He didn't even get to do anything. Well, then again, he really couldn't do much. Magic wasn't too much of an option. He walked over to about the area, and looked at the thief, confused as to how this had all happened.

by **Dark Xia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:59 am

Ethra leaned her head against Chiere's shoulder, pouting quietly to the others. "There goes an easy way of getting money...."

by **pd Rydia** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:09 pm

Chiere whispered quietly to Ethra, her voice nearly inaudible.

"D, don't...um...humans know...Tilans are...strong, good, with m-magic...why would they be upset...? I don't understand..."

by **Squintz Altec** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:10 pm

After staring at the thief for a few seconds, he determined that he was held down by magic. Interested, he looked around, for anyone that could have cast the spell. If there were other mages present, he would be interested in knowing who they were.

by **Nakibe** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:46 pm

"Uhh... what just happened here" asked one of the guard's intelligently. "I'm.... not sure," said the other one. Apparently they weren't too used to seeing people just randomly fall down like that, and possibly several other magical effects.

Meanwhile, the sight of the two ladies talking, the guards scratching their heads, and the thief laying prone in the dirt started to bring interested villagers towards the odd happenings. Some whispered of god's curses and old tales not soon to be forgotten. Others, perhaps a bit more knowledgable, talked about magic... a power some had heard about, but not many had actually SEEN this far out into the country. And so they whispered, not sure if the danger had passed...

Dreckard on the other hand was treated to a show of a different kind. Something brought his interest back to the thief, laying motionless in the dirt. Perhaps it was just a nagging feeling, or maybe it was out of some concern for the man who could barely breathe with the pressure the spell was putting on him to lay motionless....

Breathe... now that Dreckard thought about it, the thief wasn't moving at all just moments before... and the dark purple of the spell that was holding him was gone.

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