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Post by alderyn on Jul 18, 2005 8:52:42 GMT -5
Alderyn picked up a large pebble and chucked it at Thatzly. "Shut up, idiot. Learn to pay attention and maybe you won't be knocked into other people!" Alderyn yelled at her. This didn't help her head as she leaned back into the tree. She looked back at Azarath waiting for an answer.
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Post by azarath on Jul 18, 2005 9:06:51 GMT -5
"Well theres really no reason that I was in the Forest of Alq. I am merely a skilled wanderer". Everyone seemed to eye him unknowingly like they knew he wasnt telling them something. Azarath admitantly said," Well I am also looking for something, but that is beside the point. I was just wandering through the wood, no rhyme or reason." Thatzly soke up,"what is it theat you are looking for?" Azarath shot her a mean glance and she got the point.
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Post by kethria on Jul 18, 2005 9:58:50 GMT -5
"He has a reason and a pretty good one." Kethria thought to herself, "'Not everyone who wanders is lost' and he is making it sound as if he is lost and was use to being lost or otherwise just taking a morning stroll. What I don't get was the skilled part. Skilled at being lost or traveling seemed a little different." Finishing the food, she pulled her hood closer to her face and went to sit on a nearby log to listen. Her job was to listen, fight, prepare anything, and well...fight some more. Kethria watched and listened in the shadows to the three people. She caught the mean glance Azarath threw at Thatzly and wondered why he had done so. "Could he be hiding something? Could he be looking for something that might be dangerous. She could be wrong to trust him that little for helping them fight. He could be pretending. Trying to gain as much trust as he could then do something horrible." Kethria wondered to herself. She wasn't going to jump to conclusions just yet. She was going to be cautious and watchful. That was it.
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Post by kethria on Jul 18, 2005 10:02:06 GMT -5
OOC: Azarath work on you spelling...go back and spell check that...Plus just to bug you, NO POWER PLAYING. If you do, you might give Alderyn ideas later.
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Post by alderyn on Jul 18, 2005 10:07:51 GMT -5
OOC:How do I come into the powerplaying Ria? Alderyn watched all this curiously and remember to put this in the back of her mind for later. "Now what are you doing here?" She asked the girl that she had not seen before.
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Post by kethria on Jul 18, 2005 10:43:53 GMT -5
OOC: If Azarath starts to powerplay then you might powerplay me and who knows what could pop into you romantic head...lol... I am kidding.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 18, 2005 11:01:56 GMT -5
Thatzly caught the mean glare that was pointed to her and it made her think he was hiding something maybe it was something that was dangerous. Then again each member of the group had to be hiding something she knew that she was. "So now there's a new girl to add to our group and finally there's a boy it was beginning to get boring with just girls" Thatzly spoke.
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Post by kethria on Jul 18, 2005 11:28:56 GMT -5
Kethria shook her head and swallowed a laugh. "Great I am stuck with two romantics. Where you both so bored...You were hoping for a couple guys? Maybe they will keep you busy and out of the way next time we get attacked..." Kethria said, more to herself in the shadows then snickered.
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Post by azarath on Jul 18, 2005 11:37:30 GMT -5
"Are you saying that you are inviting me into your group? Because if you are I would like to hang around for some time, but only until I am ready to leave again" Azarath noticed the other girl the group had called Kethria was sitting in somewhat of a distance from the rest of them. She must be more of a loner, a listener, a watcher. That made him nervous. Just joining this group free-willingly and not knowing everyones back rounds or at least their personality was somewhat foolish. Although he figured he could trust these people, he had helped them. Why would they want to hurt him. Plus there was another newcomer so he knew that he could also trust her not to at least have the same intentions as the others.
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Post by kethria on Jul 18, 2005 11:49:49 GMT -5
Kethria caught that glance from Azarath...and knew what it meant. "You have no business in my past or anything else. I will give you one warning, you barge into my background and I will make sure that the rest of your life is a living nightmare and I mean that literally." Kethria said warningly. Then looked away....no one had any business in her background...no one...
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Post by alderyn on Jul 18, 2005 12:46:19 GMT -5
"Lighten up, Ria! He means no harm," Alderyn inserted quickly. This could get ugly. Kethria could be over proctective of her past. Alderyn seemed to be the only one to know the whole of it and she could see why Ria wouldn't spout the tale over and over. Still she needed to make sure no conflict entered the normally semi peaceful group.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 18, 2005 17:06:36 GMT -5
"Fight,fight..."Thatzly began to chant over and over she loved when Kethria got mad and she often was the one to provoke her, but this time it was the new guy. "I bet $50 that Kethria will win...even though I don't have $50!" Thatzly shouted to the pair although she knew Alderyn would probably stop the fight if one started.
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Post by kethria on Jul 18, 2005 17:10:14 GMT -5
Kethria backed off but didn't lighten up. Her past was something she never wanted to acknowledge ever again. It was due to that past that Kethria was in the state she was in...lonely, cold, and feeling less. She couldn't remember the last time she had ever cried, but the feeling of being lonely at times haunted her...especially at night.... But Kethria hid everything all the same. She didn't like people trying to help her...she was sometimes beyond help. "I apologize Azarath...I am very protective of my past...maybe not over protective...but I believe it is really no ones business what I have seen and been through.... Now our small dinner has been prepared. Thank you Elsie for helping. Help yourselves." Kethria said to everyone gesturing toward the fire. She ignored the statements Thatzly had made. She was not going to fight.Then she walked off, she needed a break and a long walk in the nearing dark alone was calming and helped her think and straighten things out...
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Post by alderyn on Jul 18, 2005 17:15:57 GMT -5
Alderyn cursed. Ria was depressed agian. She really needed to lighten up. Alderyn attempted to get up. When she was on her feet she fell right back onto her bum. Cursing more vividly she unfurled her wings and shot into the air only to get dizzy and come crashing back to earth again. Her curses would make a sailor cringe at the moment.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 18, 2005 17:16:56 GMT -5
"Aww...I just lost $50"Thatzly sighed. Thatzly stood to get the food "I hope you people can cook no offense or anything" In truth Thatzly understood how Kethria was feeling she could even relate the only people she told her past to was Alderyn and Kethria and she didn't feel like explaining it again it's too painful.
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Post by azarath on Jul 19, 2005 22:32:03 GMT -5
Azarath acknowledged what Kethria had said. He knew what it was like to retell a painful past over and over to souls who had no right to hear it. But over the years Azarath had strengthened and learned to put it to the side but still not out of sight of his minds eye. Azarath saw Alderyn dart up into the sky only to crash back down to the earth. She cursed profusely and then sat back down to eat her small meal. Azarath had always known there was something on Alderyn's back. He had always sensed that the space was full, and now he knew, she had wings. Azarath did not eat much and after eating uttered a few magical words. He reached into the depth of the flames and grabbed lightly, pulling a single flame from the fire and tossing it back and forth in his hands. It gave a warm sensation in his hands that the unencased flames of the bare fire could not give. He offered the flame to Thatzly who was sitting to his immediate right. He said,"Take it, it wont burn you."
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Post by thatzly on Jul 19, 2005 22:39:01 GMT -5
Thatzly threw a cold glare at Azarath there couldn't possibly be a flame that couldn't burn but for some reason she took it anyway. "You're right", she said while laughing and tossing the flame around, "How'd you do it?" she asked curiousity taking over.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 8:38:40 GMT -5
Kethria walked quietly though the trees, thinking to herself about everything. About her dead father she had never known, about her brave and powerful mother who had fought for her life and Ria's to the very end, about her dead godmother who had taken her in after her mother was killed, and about Mortiale who had killed her kind hearted powerful godmother, then about when she had killed Mortiale. She had seen things at such young ages that normal children should never see. She had fought in wars, spied for her side, and assassinated high profile people for her side. She had been through so much.... But she was still not strong enough to fight off some other things. Kethria still had a hard time fighting off the cold loneliness she felt, fighting the frustrating anger that sometimes built up inside her that sometimes ended with some one hurt, she still had a hard time trusting people, and sometimes she felt like something dark was taking over her and that felling amazingly scared Kethria to death. Only one time had those feelings all occurred at once and it ended in her in tears of fright and frustration and she had promised herself it would never happen again...and she hoped she had the power to keep it from happening... Kethria stopped and looked up through the tree branches...there was the pale, silvery moon. Same as ever.... And always there. That moon held more promise to Kethria then anyone or anything (maybe besides her crystal). The moon had always been there as a comfort more then the sun sometimes. Kethria smiled to herself. She had a right to hide her past. And no one would ever want to really hear it anyway, so she had nothing to worry or be frightened about. She was Kethria Lastande Rose Midnight and one of these days really soon she would go back to her long lost land of Kavanna (Dragon forest) and she would take back her rightful place there.... For now she would stay here with everyone else...
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Post by azarath on Jul 20, 2005 9:23:42 GMT -5
Azarath looked at Thatzly in surprise."All it was was some simple elemental magic, I'm sure you could find it in that book of yours. Azarath took a brief moment to look around the fire to see that everyone had somewhat of a downtrodden look on their face, even Azarath felt tired. The earth magic he had used to fight the beasts was catching up to him. He had a slight woozy feeling. He had somewhat breached his magical limitations for that day. Azarath decided it would be best to get some rest soon.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 10:03:55 GMT -5
Throughly weakened, Kethria walked back to the camp quietly. Instead of saying good night Kethria just grabbed her small pack and headed to wards her corner of the camp where it was dark and quiet. Placing her pack on the ground she pulled a small blanket out of her pack and laid it on the ground. The blanket was thin very thin...for it was just to cover the ground. Pulling off her cloak she sat down on the blanket. She pulled out a long dagger and placed it slightly under her pack. She laid her head on the pack and threw her cloak over her like a cover. She kept one hand on the dagger hidden under her pack and her other was clenched tightly on her crystal. She never slept most of the night but she slept enough to gain enough energy for the coming day. Closing her eyes, Kethria tried to get her breathing calm and tried to sleep just a bit. But if there was any sound like someone sneaking up to her she would pull the dagger out and the sneaking person will wish he or she or it had not been sneaking around her.... Finally a dark soft blanket of sleep fell over Kethria and she fell asleep quietly...
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