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Team Skittles Timekeeper
Royce Chevlair / Piper Alyss
Royce’s legs barely touched the ground as he was “escorted” back to his cell. Every now and then, he could feel the tips of his toes or the balls of his heels drag ever so slightly, but then Brute 1 would lift him up slightly higher and he would lose contact with the earth. Royce didn’t bother to say anything about it because he knew by now the large man would not reply, although he wasn’t sure if the man the man was actually deaf or not. Royce didn’t know and he didn’t have the energy to put much thought into the matter. As the brutish man opened the door to Royce’s cell and they entered, Royce grimaced. The place always smelled foul – at one point he thought there were dead animals piled up outside the room’s walls, but that had proved false and he really couldn’t think of any other possibilities.
Royce was familiar with the procedure by now. He was brought over to the far wall and dropped. The first time it had happened, Royce had just laid there. He knew better now. If he was lazy and allowed Brute 1 to position him without being helpful, the entire process was extremely painful. Royce didn’t think the brute knew how to move without using all of his very large muscles to their full power. Royce was dropped, as usual. The pain of landing on his bruises elicited a moan from him, but he still knew to sit against the wall and lift up his arms so that Brute 1 could tie them up – the knot was always tight and Royce’s wrists were always slashed up from cuts caused by the rope. After tying him up and glaring at him on last time, the brute would leave and Royce would sit and contemplate the day’s events. It all happened the same.
Today’s questions had been fairly odd. How does magic work? How does one unseal a waypoint? Is there magic across the sea? They were all questions Royce really didn’t know the answers to which meant of course that today had been extremely painful. His hands still soaked in his own blood although they had been wrapped in bandages. Royce was also pretty sure he had at least two broken ribs and several dislocated toes. Breathing hurt, coughing hurt, the weight of his arms bearing down on his shoulders hurt. Everything hurt.
As he sat there, contemplating his own pain, Royce heard his stomach rumble. That was another problem. He got one meal every other day with water sporadically each day. His body grew thin – he could see it with his own eyes. Then another sound caught the young prince’s attention. The door was opening. Funny, he thought. It’s not usual for them to break routine. When the door opened, four people were thrown into the room with him courtesy of Brute 2 who swiftly closed the door before Royce could comment at all.
Royce took stock of his new cellmates. There were two men and two women although one of the women appeared to be more a child than an actual adult. His first instinct was to search for weapons, but he had to sigh as a brief scan showed that there were none. Any interest he may have appeared to have at first was lost as his entire body sagged. The pain of his wrists hanging, torn by the rope, was evident in his face, but he literally didn’t have the energy to support the weight on his own anymore.
“Sorry,” he said, his breath ragged and uneven. “I know I must look like hell…”
Piper Alyss
Piper was very happy to have reached the edge of the woods, at least for the time being. Her dress had continually gotten caught on the twigs and dead branches that lined the ground – it really was no place for a lady. The roads were a pleasant change to having to chop her way through the dense forestry with her Saxe knife. She still didn’t know why she had even come to Assyria in the first place – it was like something was drawing her here, but she hadn’t really been one to follow those urges any other time.
Following the road inward, Piper could see a small town laid out in front of her. There was a slightly taller building, probably an inn. One road was lined with several carts selling a plethora of supplies – fruit, flowers and the like. People were busy rushing through parts of town as though something important was about to happen, although Piper had no idea what that might be. She began walking through town, curious to see what might be so special about this place that it would draw her towards it.
As Piper walked, she realized a couple things. She definitely stood out in this small town. Her elegant white lace dress and light brown boots definitely marked her as a member of the upper class if her poise and posture didn’t give her away first. Piper could feel eyes fall upon her – not that she really cared all that much, but it still wasn’t what she was used to. The second thing she concluded was that she wasn’t being drawn specifically to the town, but to a building on the outskirts of it, which she could just make out from where she was standing. It looked fairly abandoned, actually. Piper carefully calculated what she should do next. She found herself meandering over to a fruit stand where she purchased an apple. The woman selling it smiled as she handed it to her and then beamed delightfully when Piper handed her two silver coins when the apple would in reality only cost one coin. “Thank you, my lady!” The woman’s joy was undeniable.
“You’re welcome,” Piper replied, blushing slightly. Her journey had allowed for her to forget some of the simpler things in life like the pleasure of making another person smile. Woman, she corrected herself silently in her mind.
@GiannaCoco @kira blackthorn @HighnessesReign (You were all thrown in the prison cell with Royce)
@Everyone (First post! Yay!)
@The Suspicious Eye
Royce’s legs barely touched the ground as he was “escorted” back to his cell. Every now and then, he could feel the tips of his toes or the balls of his heels drag ever so slightly, but then Brute 1 would lift him up slightly higher and he would lose contact with the earth. Royce didn’t bother to say anything about it because he knew by now the large man would not reply, although he wasn’t sure if the man the man was actually deaf or not. Royce didn’t know and he didn’t have the energy to put much thought into the matter. As the brutish man opened the door to Royce’s cell and they entered, Royce grimaced. The place always smelled foul – at one point he thought there were dead animals piled up outside the room’s walls, but that had proved false and he really couldn’t think of any other possibilities.
Royce was familiar with the procedure by now. He was brought over to the far wall and dropped. The first time it had happened, Royce had just laid there. He knew better now. If he was lazy and allowed Brute 1 to position him without being helpful, the entire process was extremely painful. Royce didn’t think the brute knew how to move without using all of his very large muscles to their full power. Royce was dropped, as usual. The pain of landing on his bruises elicited a moan from him, but he still knew to sit against the wall and lift up his arms so that Brute 1 could tie them up – the knot was always tight and Royce’s wrists were always slashed up from cuts caused by the rope. After tying him up and glaring at him on last time, the brute would leave and Royce would sit and contemplate the day’s events. It all happened the same.
Today’s questions had been fairly odd. How does magic work? How does one unseal a waypoint? Is there magic across the sea? They were all questions Royce really didn’t know the answers to which meant of course that today had been extremely painful. His hands still soaked in his own blood although they had been wrapped in bandages. Royce was also pretty sure he had at least two broken ribs and several dislocated toes. Breathing hurt, coughing hurt, the weight of his arms bearing down on his shoulders hurt. Everything hurt.
As he sat there, contemplating his own pain, Royce heard his stomach rumble. That was another problem. He got one meal every other day with water sporadically each day. His body grew thin – he could see it with his own eyes. Then another sound caught the young prince’s attention. The door was opening. Funny, he thought. It’s not usual for them to break routine. When the door opened, four people were thrown into the room with him courtesy of Brute 2 who swiftly closed the door before Royce could comment at all.
Royce took stock of his new cellmates. There were two men and two women although one of the women appeared to be more a child than an actual adult. His first instinct was to search for weapons, but he had to sigh as a brief scan showed that there were none. Any interest he may have appeared to have at first was lost as his entire body sagged. The pain of his wrists hanging, torn by the rope, was evident in his face, but he literally didn’t have the energy to support the weight on his own anymore.
“Sorry,” he said, his breath ragged and uneven. “I know I must look like hell…”
Piper Alyss
Piper was very happy to have reached the edge of the woods, at least for the time being. Her dress had continually gotten caught on the twigs and dead branches that lined the ground – it really was no place for a lady. The roads were a pleasant change to having to chop her way through the dense forestry with her Saxe knife. She still didn’t know why she had even come to Assyria in the first place – it was like something was drawing her here, but she hadn’t really been one to follow those urges any other time.
Following the road inward, Piper could see a small town laid out in front of her. There was a slightly taller building, probably an inn. One road was lined with several carts selling a plethora of supplies – fruit, flowers and the like. People were busy rushing through parts of town as though something important was about to happen, although Piper had no idea what that might be. She began walking through town, curious to see what might be so special about this place that it would draw her towards it.
As Piper walked, she realized a couple things. She definitely stood out in this small town. Her elegant white lace dress and light brown boots definitely marked her as a member of the upper class if her poise and posture didn’t give her away first. Piper could feel eyes fall upon her – not that she really cared all that much, but it still wasn’t what she was used to. The second thing she concluded was that she wasn’t being drawn specifically to the town, but to a building on the outskirts of it, which she could just make out from where she was standing. It looked fairly abandoned, actually. Piper carefully calculated what she should do next. She found herself meandering over to a fruit stand where she purchased an apple. The woman selling it smiled as she handed it to her and then beamed delightfully when Piper handed her two silver coins when the apple would in reality only cost one coin. “Thank you, my lady!” The woman’s joy was undeniable.
“You’re welcome,” Piper replied, blushing slightly. Her journey had allowed for her to forget some of the simpler things in life like the pleasure of making another person smile. Woman, she corrected herself silently in her mind.
@GiannaCoco @kira blackthorn @HighnessesReign (You were all thrown in the prison cell with Royce)
@Everyone (First post! Yay!)
@The Suspicious Eye
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