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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 14:40:09 GMT -5
Thatzly took an uneasy glance at everyone they were all going to sleep. For Thatzly sleep meant nightmares so she always fought against sleep, she glanced over at Alderyn and noticed she wasn't asleep yet shyly she made her way over to her. "Alderyn...can you...maybe stay up with me a little while longer?" she whispered while tugging on her arm.
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Post by alderyn on Jul 20, 2005 14:59:39 GMT -5
Alderyn looked over at Thatzly. "No prob, Anyway you already know how much of a night owl I am." Alderyn smiled at her. Alderyn knew Thatzly had trouble with nightmares. She sat up more and turned to the fire. She looked around and found a stick. She poked the fire. And poked it and poked it. Pretty fire.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 15:06:00 GMT -5
The two had stayed up for about an hour talking about random events and Thatzly was beginning to grow tired from the fight they had earlier. She soon fell into a nightmare induced slumber. She dreamed of the night her parents were killed, how they were blown up from the inside right in front of her. Thatzly awoke "Please don't kill them!" she screamed.
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Post by alderyn on Jul 20, 2005 15:16:22 GMT -5
Alderyn had started to fall asleep when Thatzly's scream woke her with a start. She grabbed a small knife from her sleeve and jumped up, ready to rip an enemy apart. Instead she saw the frantic Thatzly. Alderyn dropped to kneel near Thatzly. "Thatzly, It is okay... Shhhh.. " Alderyn tried to console her friend.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 15:21:54 GMT -5
"Murderer!" Thatzly cried not yet fully awake from the dream she pushed Alderyn away. Thatzly then slowly backed away. She could still see the look on the smile on the murders face as he killed her parents, She then remembered how he asked if she wanted to come with him. "I don't want to go with you" Thatzly screamed while closing her eyes.
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Post by alderyn on Jul 20, 2005 15:25:41 GMT -5
Alderyn stared at Thatzly surprised. She was still asleep. She got up and walked across the dirt ground towards Thatzly again. She really didn't know what to do. "Thatzly, there aren't any murderers here. Come on wake up." Alderyn tried to calm her. She looked around to see if anyone else was awake.
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Post by azarath on Jul 20, 2005 15:57:12 GMT -5
Azarath awoke with alarm, blade and throwing daggers drawn. His eyes darted around the campsite to find a franticly screaming Thatzly. Alderyn was seemingly trying to calm her down, he expected it to be nightmares. Slowly he got up off the solid dirt and sod, quickly walking over. Thatzly seemed to have calmed down by the time he had gotten there so he steadily walked back to his blanket and dreaded the night to come. He checked the position of the moon in the sky and realized how early in the morning it was. Azarath was a very light sleeper and once woken could not fall bhack to sleep. Though he did not detest his light sleeping, for it was helpful to catch snoopers or spies. Azarath lay there through the wee hours of the morning listening to the soft sound of the forest.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 17:50:33 GMT -5
Kethria woke at Thatzly's scream, sitting up quickly and drawing her blade. She saw Thatzly, Azarath, and Alderyn together and new that Thatzly had had a nightmare. Pulling her pack to her so pulled out a slim vial with a silvery purple liquid inside. Standing up, Kethria walked quietly to Thatzly and handed her the vial. "Here this will help with those nightmares." Kethria said. After her mother's and godmother's death she use to be haunted by nightmares. During the wars she never slept. Only recently had those nightmares gone away. But Kethria still kept a vial of the potion with her in case the nightmares ever came back...
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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 17:58:18 GMT -5
Thatzly rubbed her eyes and took the vial not caring what it was, she was highly confused and still a little scared from her realistic dream. "Thank you" Thatzly muttered to Kethria she then drunk the drink it tasted a little bitter and Thatzly couldn't help but make a disgusted face. "How is this stuff supposed to work?" she sputtered trying to get the taste out of her mouth.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 18:03:27 GMT -5
Kethria shrugged. "A bit of dragon's blood (Given willingly), sorceress power, and some different types of herbs are suppose to help keep the nightmares away. I have taken it before for the nightmares I use to have after the murders and wars in my life." Kethria said and she walked back to her sleeping area and laid down again.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 18:10:16 GMT -5
"So you had nightmares too!" Thatzly said in an amused tone although she was becoming drowsy she still question Kethria. "Were they as bad as mine?" Thatzly asked she had always thought that her nightmares had meant that she was weak and that others around her who saw would think she was weak as well.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 18:17:24 GMT -5
"They usually were center on the horrid murders of my mother and godmother, the disappearances of my father, and scenes from the wars I fought in from my homeland.... So in a way I think they are between worse then yours and just about as bad." Kethria said from her corner.
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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 18:23:53 GMT -5
"Really..."Thatzly trailed off, "That's horrible I wish I was as strong as you then I wouldn't have a problem getting revenge on the cretin who killed my family"she mumbled as she fell asleep once again this time without nightmares.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 18:29:23 GMT -5
Kethria stopped at the word strong. "I am strong?" Kethria thought to herself. She never said anything to Thatlzy besides a quiet "Thank you." But Kethria's thoughts were on the times she had woken up before and had cried in anger, frustration, and fright. No she wasn't really strong she was really just use to them...they still had their same effects though. They still made her wake up and sit up quickly, breathing hard, and sometimes crying....
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Post by thatzly on Jul 20, 2005 18:43:55 GMT -5
Thatzly awoke to find the sun glaring down on her face she guessed she was the first one to wake up. She quickly walked down to the lake and sat for a while to think about the events from yesterday.
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Post by kethria on Jul 20, 2005 18:54:31 GMT -5
Kethria woke next. Sun was no problem but sometimes the waking birds were just plain annoying and when Kethria was in the worst of moods she would go hunting for them. But for now she would deal with them. Getting up she folded her blanket and stuck it back into her pack. She swung her cloak around her and tighten it safely around her throat. Walking to the fire she noticed it was out again. "Great." Kethria said. Throwing more wood on from the pile she had gotten the night before, Kethria again said the magical words for fire and the familiar flames exploded to life. " Now it is time for tea." Kethria said and she pulled a small lightweight but strong kettle got of her pack.Getting up she headed to a river she had seen the night before. Getting the water she headed back to the camp and said some words from the elemental water sorceress's book to clean the water and make it pure. Then she stuck the kettle on and got up to practice her blades while she waited for the water to boil...
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Post by alderyn on Jul 20, 2005 19:01:55 GMT -5
Alderyn woke to the sound of busling around camp. She sat up and stretched. Opening her eyes she spied Kethria making tea. She smile and crawled pver to her. "Good morning! Well I am feeling much better, How about you?" Alderyn asked as she looked at the kettle. It was the truth that she was feeling better. She felt no soreness in the head wound. She silently thanked Azarath and Thatzly for their help.
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Post by kethria on Jul 21, 2005 7:33:53 GMT -5
"The usual, Alderyn." Kethria said. She smiled slightly in the shadows of her hood. "Ah the water for the tea is ready." Kethria said and she took a small package of tea leaves out of her pack and also a small spoon-like thing that would steep the tea. Pulling out a flask for herself and a tin cup for Alderyn (just in case) she placed the tea inside the steeper and poured the ho water into the cup. "Perfect." she said to herself and pulled the tea leaves and the steeper out. Pulling out another small package Kethria stuck some sugar inside of the tea then put the tea leaves and sugar away until anyone else needed it. Then Kethria sat back against a tree and drank her tea...
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Post by azarath on Jul 24, 2005 19:24:52 GMT -5
Azarath, still awake from Thatzly's mid-morning scare leaned against the trunk a fairly large oak tree. and watched as everyone in the camp got up and tended to their seemingly morning routine. Azarath had been up all night perfecting and sharpening the blades of his throwing knives which had apperently been bent when it hit one of the beasts bones, they must have been as solid as steel. When Azarath was finished he figured that it would be a good idea to make another potion in case someone else got hurt. He steadily got up from his resting place and walked down a roghly hewn pathway to the patch of small herbs and roots he had found earlier and got out his mortar and pestle and began the potion making.
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Post by alderyn on Jul 24, 2005 19:38:24 GMT -5
Alderyn took the cup and poured herself some tea. She didn't bother to ask Ria for the sugar, she just pulled it out of Ria's pack. She loaded it in and took a big gulp of it. She quickly drank it all. Alderyn watched Azarath leave. She wondered where he was going. She got up and decided to follow him. She walked down the path he had taken. She got to where he was. She walked up behind him and asked curiously,"What are you doing?"
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