by Shinigori V2 » Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:25 am
"The ones who saw this as a holy place died out long ago." Elvenblade says. "No one is going to have your heads on pikes."
The book, Kyrie notes, is largely artworks in various mediums. Charcoal is the most dominant, and it's all been put together by the skilled hand of a very talented artist.
...The subjects, however, may be a tad worrying.
The first several pictures are simple. Plants, a few animals, seemingly random people. About a dozen pages in, the portraits become more specific- Triya and Sana, Kyrie, Oleai, Rasmus, Red and Spitter. Then, some more surprising additions: Several portraits of Stray. Even one of Captain Nezza. Several portraits of each, along with more ornate pieces; Oleai communing with the wind, leaves blustering around her. Red with a pair of pistols, holding them desperado style. Spitter divebombing onto some unsuspecting animal. Ramsus walking with a rather enormous sword slung over his shoulder. Sana in a spirited discussion with some unseen opponent, Triya standing incredulously to the side. Kyrie and Stray in a Mantid stance in a Nekana dojo. Nezza, slumped over a bar, several mugs at her side. And then Stray, standing in dramatic despair in front of some burning city.
Following that a page of text. Most of it is a language Kyrie can't even begin to understand, but near the bottom, common: 'Wake up my dear young friend, and the hate shall fade away'. On the page opposite that, written in large, jagged letters in blood red ink:
I WILL NOT MOVE YET
ILL STAND STILL INSTEAD