Fantasy Generic Fantasy RP (CLOSED)

[Solar Daddy]

"You'll definitely get the cold cell for this one when we get back to the castle." One said, with the others agreeing. "You just ruined your chances for living longer than a week. You'll either be burned or stabbed with a stake in three days, at the most." After binding her arms again, they walked her back to the carriage, this time with a knife pointed at her at all times.

 

[Dragongal]

Just as they approached the carriage, Em did something she hadn't practiced in a long time. She ran at the carriage, jumped, put her foot on the edge of the window, and jumped onto the roof, then jumped down on the other side and sprinted as fast as she could ever recall running. Which, for a vampire, was fast. Having placed the carriage between herself and them was what she had needed to make things a bit more fair, even with their archer. Besides, she had been shot before, and if she didn't run now, she couldn't see herself having another chance to escape and save Callum.

 

[Solar Daddy]

They all began barking orders at each other, and soon, the archer came on top of the carriage for a height advantage. the others ran around and went after her, while the marksman trained his shot on her, and fired, the arrow travelling over the heads of his companions at Emmalia, the shining silver tip whistling through the air.

 

[Dragongal]

The arrow hit its mark and lodged deeply into her back with a loud thunk. Still, she kept running, faster than the men could follow her. She wasn't even sure how far she ran, but she refused to stop, imagining Callum in pain and crying out for her help. Night fell, and still, she ran, the blood falling faster and heavier, and her breathing becoming more labored. Finally she neared a village, not the one closest to where she had been shot, no, that was too obvious, she had run further than that, and just when she saw the light in the windows of houses, the darkness took her, and she collapsed, unconscious.

Walking toward the village were three young people arguing about the effectiveness of the Order. The oldest said, "They upset the balance more than they fix it. They don't even mean well, they're just angry bastards that get in our way." The tallest said, "True, but they handle minor problems efficiently." The one female commented, "Okay but they hate us for no good reason." Suddenly, she paused and said, "Guys...? Is that a person?"

Daniel immediately took note of Maven's words, and looked around until he saw Emmalia, and the arrow sticking out of her back. He approached, since it was safe for him to since he couldn't die, and shifted her to see her face. After a moment of thinking, he recognized her, and while he also recognized her dark blood, who she was mattered more to him. He put his hand on her neck and felt a very faint pulse. "Maven! She won't make it to the inn, you have to start patching her up now."

Maven rushed forward, much to Roy's chagrin, and knelt by Emmalia, beginning to heal the wound in her back. "Her body is resisting my magic so much, but I think I can heal her so we can get her to the inn." A few more minutes passed, then she nodded to Daniel, who picked Emmalia up in his arms carefully. It was only then that he saw the burned half of her face, and connected that to the ropes on her wrists. "Gods, this poor girl...."

Em woke up late the next day, gasping for breath as she coughed up black blood and panicked, unsure of where she was.

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum, ever since he was abducted from outside the carriage, had been mercilessly tortured and beaten. They had taken him in a separate carriage back to their castle, and taken to torture room. He had spent only a few minutes there before being relocated, but in that time they had managed to completely destroy his mental stability. He obviously didn't like being treated in such a way, and was taken to a dark room with two open windows on either side, with the cold wind constantly assaulting him. he stayed there for far too long, and was only taken out when he couldn't be left in there any longer. During the rest of the time, he had been taken to go retrieve Balder's notes from Cross Castle.

 

[Dragongal]

Emmalia had tried to scramble out of the bed, but merely fell on the floor, too weak to support herself. She had lost too much blood and had been burned too many times. Daniel had been sitting in a chair in the room, specifically to make sure she didn't try to push herself, but she had been too fast for him to stop. He now held his hands up and slowly approached. "Hey there, slow down," he said, his voice soft and soothing. "I don't remember your name, but we met before. I was thrown through a wall in your castle, remember?"

Em had been staring at him hostilely, ready to defend herself with any means necessary. As he spoke, she took a slow breath in, not realizing she had been holding it. Her eyes softened slightly and she looked at the floor under her, and struggled to get up. Daniel gently took her arm and helped her to sit on the side of the bed. "There you go," he said with a sigh. "Can you tell me what happened to you?"

Em stared at Daniel for a second, then a few seconds, then a minute, then two minutes, then brought her hand to her left eye and realized she could hardly see out of it. Daniel waited patiently until she came to herself enough to say, "The Order kidnapped me, and Callum too. I need to find him." Immediately she went to stand again, and this time, Daniel grabbed her by her waist and gently pulled her back to the bed. "No, you can't stand, we know this already."

Em growled and tried again, definitely not in her best mental state, and Daniel grabbed her again and dragged her back down. Maven came in then, and smiled slightly to Emmalia. "Hey there, good to see you're awake." Em looked up at Maven, and Daniel said, "This is the mage who saved you, you were almost dead when we found you."

Em closed her eyes and tried to remember what had happened recently. Slowly, it came back to her, and she straightened her posture, immediately feeling the pain in her back. "I don't understand," she said quietly.

Maven softly said, "We found you collapsed on the ground with your hands tied and an arrow in your back. You lost a lot of blood. I'm sure you know by now how difficult your kind is to heal. You more than any I've met. But you're okay now, you just can't push yourself. Em shook her head and said stubbornly, "No, I'm leaving."

Daniel groaned and grabbed her waist as she tried to get up again. "We have been through this, you can't stand! You need to rest!"

Em growled, "My husband is in the hands of madmen and you want me to hold still?! I have to get to him!"

Further arguing led to Daniel and Maven correctly assessing that Em was not in perfect mental health, but it didnt take long for her to faint again.

 

[Solar Daddy]

Meanwhile, The Order was searching every nearby city and town where she had escaped in. They even patrolled the streets of the town she was in, asking around if she had been seen anywhere. At last they stopped off and began checking the rooms in the Inn.

 

[Dragongal]

While Em was still unconscious, Maven and Daniel quietly spoke over what to do with the vampiress. Conroy suddenly was heard calling Daniel, who went into the main part of their inn room and went to the door, already knowing who was there. He showed the armored man a cocky grin, then said, "Don't worry, Ive got this village covered. No demons here." The man explained they were actually looking for a vampire, and Daniel, still acting like an ass, said, "Well I'll kill any of those I see also," then slammed the door.

When Em woke, Maven had healed her more, and she was progressively healing. Already she was in better mental health, if a bit obsessed with saving Callum. Over the span of the next day, Em was forced to rest, and Maven worked hard to heal her, until the wound in her back was mostly healed - while it would cause her pain, it would not be lethal. That night, she pulled on her armor and snuck out of her room with ease, and began her journey to the LaFaren castle. Once there, she armed up and stole a horse. Normally horses weren't fond of her, but this one didn't mind, luckily. She had also stolen a full ancestral face mask, a short cloak, gloves, and twin short swords, as well as a full length sword that she put across her back over her cloak.

With her mask on, her hood up, and her huntress pendant out, she had no doubts that she wouldn't be attacked by any bystander, no matter what the Order had said of a scarred girl. As she rode toward where the carriage had initially dropped her off, she caught animals as she passed and drank the blood to strengthen herself, as she was still weak, and sometimes when nobody could see her, was forced to slump forward against her horse's neck.

The first people she came up to after dawn were some Order men who she knew hadn't been with her. It wasnt uncommon for hunters to wear masks, so they didnt much question it. However, Emmalia was full of a rage she hadnt felt before, and after tricking the men, got close and used her shortsword to cut into the chinks in their armor, then used the full boradsword to behead them each, moving so quickly her motions blurred. Immediately she hopped on her horse again and, exhausted, leaned forward while it trotted on at a good pace, bringing her closer to Callum.

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum had been there successful at deterring the Order from finding the documents. He told them the three separate libraries had a few of them, each sorted in a different order; some by name, some by author, and that it was all tended to by a librarian who wasn't present. This forced them to spend more time looking through the extensive amounts of books, although the didn't let up on the torture on Callum in the meantime in his own dungeon.

 

[Dragongal]

When Emmalia, sometime that midday, approached the checkpoint that headed away from the West, she recognized some of the men who had tortured her, and kept her captive. They were suspicious of her, understandably, since they knew her height and hair color, but it didnt matter, since she was able to distract them long enough to draw her short swords and stab into their necks. When their allies approached, the massacre only continued before she got onto her horse and continued on, back toward her home, toward Callum. As the days progressed, she left a swath of blood behind her. When she was outnumbered, she would hide in the woods or in the inns as she had once been trained to. She was pulling on things she hadn't recalled in years, when she had gotten her certification as a huntress. Her use of her blades had to be minimal, because of the burns still on her hands from fighting the mage. Finally, in the middle of the night, she arrived at the she and Callum had been dragged to. Her eye hadnt healed much, but she recognized it perfectly, and abandoned her horse some distance away so she could sneak up from behind. She got onto the roof of the guard shack that guarded the carriages and the entrance to the cellars, and dropped onto ine of the two guards, slitting his throat in the process, and immediately turning and plunging her blade into the throat of the other guard,thus silently executing both of them. She slipped into the compound and opened the door to the stairs into the cellars. She sheathed her swords and walked with a purpose, and those guards that saw her where horribly baffled, just before she would use a small dagger to slit their throats as she moved. She started searching the cells, passing empty ones for too long for her liking.

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum was pocked away in one of the cells, his eyes staring down at the ground and his mouth open slightly. He was completely zoned out, void of any feeling besides numbing pain and emptiness. The guard who sat outside of his cell, the man with the scar, talked about all the vile things they were probably doing to Emmalia.

 

[Dragongal]

Emmalia had slowly made her way through the compound, hiding in the shadows and around corners to quickly and silently assassinate the guards. Em heard the men talking, and recognized the voiceb, her eyes turning red with rage for a moment, but she managed to barely keep control. She strode out into the open in front of the two men and said, "Guess again, bitch. At least I have the decency to face enemies head on." She drew her short swords and spun them expertly between her fingers. This was the last cell - Callum had to be there... Unless they had buried him before he could come back, which was her greatest fear. No, if the man thought she was still alive, Callum had to be too, and she assumed that Callum could hear what was being said, and that thought only fueled her rage more and prepared her for battle.

 

[Solar Daddy]

The scarred man stood with his weapon drawn and growled. "It was a mistake for you to be so honorable." He said, standing tall over her. He then charged her with his sword. swinging at waist level.

 

[Dragongal]

Em easily jumped over the swinging blade, landing for only a second before laubching herself at the man's conpanion. On the way through the dungeon, she had reclaimed her clawed gauntlet, and now used it to remove the man's helm, then rip out his throat, her movements blurring. She was back in front of the scarred man before the corpse hit the ground. "I warned you bastards."

 

[Solar Daddy]

The scarred man balled his fists and began a volley of swings at Emmalia, fast and powerful towards her. "Burn in hell!" He yelled, then jabbed his sword at her chest.

 

[Dragongal]

Em was a second too slow, and his blade barely pierced her armor, just enough to nick her skin. She grownled and pulled away, returning to force her shortsword through his armor, into his gut, beofre reaching up and ripping out his throat. As he fell and died slowly, she growled, "Not this time. Have fun meeting Death, bitch." She looked past him and saw Callum, dropping her weapons and rushing in. "Cal!" She hesitated a few feet away from him, concerned that she might spook him, especially since she wore her mask. But would the shock of seeing her burned face be any better?

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum remained still for a moment, then slowly turned to face her. His eye was swollen shut, and he had multiple cuts across his face. One particularly deep scar went from his cheek down his neck, where more wounds were under his rags, no doubt. "Em?" He asked quietly, unsure if he was hallucinating or not.

 

[Dragongal]

Em smiled under her mask and approached, pulling back her hood but not yet removing her mask. "Yes, yes it's me! Its okay, you're safe now, we both are." Well, until the rest of the Order she had escaped in the west came to fine her. But by then they would be prepared. She pulled out a key she had taken from one of the guards and unlocked his chains. "Im getting you out of here, it's okay." She took off her short cloak and gave it to him, knowing how cold he probably was. His armor was long gone, and his rags weren't enough to keep him warm.

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum could barely move, but tried to help Emmalia help him as much as he could. He couldn't feel his limbs though, and he was practically dead weight. "Emmalia." He said again, hoping she could get the hint that he wasn't in much of a place to help.

 

[Dragongal]

"I've got you," she said gently, pulling him close and slowly helping him stand, keeping his arm wrapped aroind her so that she took almost all of his weight. She wasnt sure how long her adrenaline would allow for her to keep this up, but she could at least get him to a carriage. Slowly, they made their way out, past the corpses that lay everywhere, and up towards the exit. As they walked she saw the chamber she had been in an shuddered. The silver maiden hung open, and she knew she wouldn't be able to go into small spaces for a while after that. Finally she got him to a carriage, and set it going to Cross castle, but instead of riding with him, she rode her stolen horse beside the carriage, just in case they should be ambushed again. She quietly spoke to him through the window, not really talking about anything but just letting him hear her voice. She knew what it was like to finally get away from torture after so long....

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum listened carefully to the sound of Emmalia's voice, dropping in and out of reality. He watched as Emmalia rode on her horse beside him, a thousand questions going through his mind about her health. He wanted to make sure she was alright, but his mind nor his body was willing to move an inch. He winced every time the carriage hit a small bump in the road, feeling as if his entire ribcage was collapsed.

 

[Dragongal]

It didn't take long for Em to slump forward against the neck of her horse, her pure adrenaline and rage no longer able to support her. She continued speaking quietly to Callum, at this point partially so he would know she was still alive. When they finally arrived at Cross castle, the staff were utterly frantic - the last time they had seen Callum, he had basically been a prisoner, and any action to help him would have resulted in his death. Emmalia, still wearing her mask, sat straight on her horse and told all of them to go away, but to send the healer to their bedroom, and to have bandages and water ready in the room as well. She then, as before, slowly helped him into the castle and up to their bedroom, still speaking softly to him the whole time. "It's okay Cal, we're home now lover, it's okay, you're gonna get healed and I'm gonna protect you."

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum was barely able to keep up with Emmalia, his legs continously giving out every now and then on the way to their room. Eventually though. after a rather long break, Callum said with all of his might, "Are you okay?" His throat was raspy and his words were difficult to understand and quiet, but at least he was able to ask what he wanted to ever since he first saw her again.

 

[Dragongal]

Em smiled under to mask and turned away to pour him water. Maybe if she didn't fully face him, he would forget the mask. She helped him sit up so he could drink it, then helped him back down. "Shhh, I'm fine, Cal. Rest, please." The healer came then with a full medical kit and immediately went to Callum. The healer glanced at Em, as if asking if she needed assistance, and she shook her head in the slightest.

 

[Solar Daddy]

Callum groaned out as his numb from the cold was going away, and he was able to feel the pain, even worse than before. The healer began to treat callum's wounds, unsure where to start, so she decided to go from what looked the worst. She treated each and every cut he had, and then gasped before beginning to treat his missing ring finger.