Fantasy The Realm of Visifia: Dragons (DEAD)

[Yatasal]

Gwen Z'ram
Gwen finished climbing into the cabin, and immediately hunted for a bath. She found some bread instead, and started to munch on it, only to find it stable. She swallowed it and immediately put it down, and then noticed it was raining outside. "Oh good. That'll do."
She opened the door into the storm, the wind blowing the rain and Gwen's cloak back. I am definitely, definitely getting rid of the cloak.
She untied it and tossed it into the storm. The fierce winds took it away, and Gwen soon stepped out, closing the door behind her. She felt the cold rain on her face, the wind sharp against her bare arms. She spread her arms, enjoying it. She hadn't felt rain like this since she left Marzdul with her parents. Josh used to say that the greatest power lied in the storms. And there were no better storms than in Marzdul. Gwen thought of her homeland as the rain continued to beat down her, washing the blood away. Absently she rubbed her exposed skin, scraping blood, grime, and sand from her arms and face. The rain quickly soaked through her clothes, but Marzdul's rains were much, much colder. She hadn't been in one of them for years, but this storm was nothing compared to the hurricanes she was used to being out in.
She closed her eyes, going into the rain's world. It slowed, and she felt every single drop. She ran her hands through her soaked hair, getting the grime out of it too. It felt so good to be clean. In her mind's eye, she could picture Josh and her, running across the fields of Kuntuk, running through the rain and wind. Getting blown about by the massive winds. Her parents watching from a distance. Her brother loved storms...
Gwen's eyes snapped open. She knew she couldn't think of him. She couldn't ever think of him. Ever.
She hoped that one day she could take herself to his grave, and remember him. But for now, she wasn't strong enough.
I'm so sorry, Josh. I'm sorry I couldn't save you.
Natallia Gingifi
Natallia headed up the ladder after her brother, and saw a fire lit in the cabin. Good. They would all need it. She saw Gwen walk outside to the storm, the wind making the fire weaken. Natallia lobbed a ball of fire into the fireplace, and it gained more strength. She nodded to herself. She had contacted many other dragon thieves and allies, and she could only hope that they would meet her at the Green Castle. If Alli was to get out of there alive, than they would need all the help they could get. And this little ragtag group Natallia had little faith in. They had two children with them, for Ena's sake.
"Everyone get some rest," Natallia told them. "I'll tell you what this is about in the morning, unless you wish to hear about it now. There are beds through that door, and some food in the cabinets. Skorzah will be here shortly, I'm sure of it."

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah lands outside, groaning in pain. She taps at the door with the dull side of a talon, breathing heavily. “Yo, you guys in there? I don’t want to shift with… thirteen arrows stuck in me, so if someone could help me pull those out that would be great.” She growls.

 

[Yatasal]

Gwen was minding her own business, enjoying the rain, when a huge, black dragon landed right in front of her. The dragon ignored her, almost as if it didn't see her. It went right up to the cabin and for a second Gwen thought it was going to attack. She reached for her swords, but it only used one huge talon to... knock... on the door. Gwen cocked her head in confusion. She had never seen a dragon in its monster form, unless they were attacking, and she certainly didn't trust them. She kept a hand on her scimitar as she heard the dragon speak.

“Yo, you guys in there? I don’t want to shift with… thirteen arrows stuck in me, so if someone could help me pull those out that would be great.”

Gwen could only blink as the rain suddenly felt cold. Really cold. She was clean now, but the sudden arrival of the dragon had snapped her out of the storm's comfort. She hated dragons, and seeing one in pain didn't really faze her. She sent the dragon a glare--which in the blinding rain it probably didn't see--and walked shaking to the back of the cabin. She hoped it had a back entrance of some sort. Luckily for her it did, and she found herself in a storage room. There was an old blanket, and Gwen stripped off her wet clothes, wrapping the blanket around herself. In her mind she heard the screams, the roars. The last battle of the Gorge Wars. The night after which she and Josh saw their parents for the last time. The dragons tearing into the Marzdul army, while they had archers and spearmen who were quite capable at dealing lethal blows to their dragon enemies. Gwen played with the frayed edge of her blanket, lost in thought. She'd never trust a dragon, much less like one. It was something Natallia understood, which was why she never offered to train Gwen as a dragon thief.
Gwen pulled the blanket tighter across her shoulders. She closed her eyes, and bent her head. Softly she sang to herself, an old Marzdulian mourning song. "I saw the light fade from the sky... on the wind I heard a sigh. As the snowflakes cover my fallen brothers, I will say this last goodbye..."

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[Critical.Over]

So much seemed to happen in just a flash after Gwen arrived. With little time to think, Paula had found herself whisked away into a tunnel to where Leia and her daughter were. Her "daughter". Not only that but Paula had risked her life earlier, she was lucky to be able to get through the ordeal and really only had her allies to thank for her survival, without them she would've collapsed and been left for dead. Even back then she knew that this was going to happen eventually. Paula had been a broken woman for a while now. Loneliness had struck her hard, she had spent upwards of 15 years trying to reclaim the meaning her partner gave her life with material and magical things. A business, money, a daughter and now this adventure. All to fill that old empty void she had inside her. It was too much. Paula couldn't put the lives of others at stake for her selfish desires, especially at her age where she would be more of a hinderance than a help to these selfless people. Paula's heart sunk a little when she laid eyes on Leia, the poor dragon seemed to be invested in Vicky in the same way she herself was. Who could blame her, she shaped Vicky to be like that. A being, no, an illusion that excels at comforting the lonely- but one faulted with the anger that was inside Paula when she first created Vicky. The feeling she got when she saw how Leia looked at her was bitter-sweet, she was touched to see her creation help someone else in the same position she had been in. Though she also saw that Leia was inhibited by Vicky's presence, it's true that Vicky may have brought out a more confident persona in Leia but the opposite is also true. What if Vicky made Leia dependent, dependent on someone who wasn't even a someone.

"I have something I need to say." Paula said, her voice cracking a little bit in the confined room. "Today has made me realise something that I've been denying for a while now. I'm almost sixty years old and I've spent the past decade and a half trying to find something that will fill the gap in my heart that old age and abandonment has brought to me. I thought I could find that with Vicky, and I thought I could find that here. The rush of adventure sounded good to me when I was first given the letter, it sounded familiar and brought me back to a time where these problems of loneliness I have now weren't problems at all. But today I've realised that I cannot help out like I used to, my magic is weaker than before and my body cannot take all of this action.

Erif Tusphan."

With those words bellowed, Vicky seemingly evaporated into the air, her form becoming nothing more than a soft orange flame before vanishing completely. She kept eye contact with Leia as it happened, a final soft, comforting but concerned smile on the illusion's face before vanishing.

"My daughter, she was something else I used to fill that gap I mentioned earlier. She wasn't real, nothing more than an illusion. I created her and let her grow up with me, I designed her to be the perfect companion. But as she grew up she resisted her purpose, wanting to make other friends constantly, I of course refused. I kept her away from everyone else and close to me only, because I was lonely. Her upbringing was an unfair one. But it was also unfair on me too, I spent her entire lifetime depending on her to keep me company and remind me of..." Her voice cracked, she cleared her throat and continued with her composure regained. "I should've spent my time trying to find peace in myself against this loneliness rather than trying to artificially ignore it with an illusion." Paula walked over to Leia, she felt bad for what she had to do, but she couldn't let Leia fall into the same trap she did.

"Take this." Paula said handing over two vials with needles attached to them over to Leia. "These spells are ones Vicky was able to use: Erif Imagram and Erif Vulcanis. The first one you can use to entertain yourself with and keep yourself company by drawing in the air with a soft flame from your hand. The second one is for if you're ever in danger, this is an extremely powerful fire spell that conjures a large stream of flame from your hand, it is guaranteed to help you out should you find yourself in trouble. Whether you want to use these spells or not is up to you, but I'd like you to have them- think of them as a gift from Vicky to remember her by. I'm sorry to have to have taken Vicky from you, I'm sure she kept you company well just as she has done for me over her life time. But I couldn't let her stay with you, I've realised now she was a helpful distraction and not a solution." She handed the vials over to Leia and gave the girl one final look, similar to Vicky's final look "I hope you find the solution to all your problems young lady, and I hope you can forgive me." She walked over to the door of the old hut.

"It's been an honour to work with you all, however I do need to go. I can't be a liability to you all in such a dangerous line of work. Good luck to all of you." And with tha Paula left into the night and began her long journey back to Ivaeus.

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Leia

“Heh glad you made it safely." He smiled seeing that Leia was a bit freaked out he hoped her seeing him would calm her a bit.

"Everyone get some rest," Natallia told them. "I'll tell you what this is about in the morning, unless you wish to hear about it now. There are beds through that door, and some food in the cabinets. Skorzah will be here shortly, I'm sure of it."

Skorzah lands outside, groaning in pain. She taps at the door with the dull side of a talon, breathing heavily. “Yo, you guys in there? I don’t want to shift with… thirteen arrows stuck in me, so if someone could help me pull those out that would be great.” She growls.

Leia watched as the woman doing food and headed into the storm outside. Suddenly she felt colder than before. The fire had dwindled, Leia blinked and looked around. Another climbed from the floors. A guy who smiled warmly at her. He was with Natalia before in the inn. Her hand went up slightly to wave a little. She smiled a bit a Vicky as the guy climbed out and behind him Natalia followed. Leia perked up a bit, seeing two familiar faces now certainaly helped and the small fire ball bringing the fire back to life was highly appreciated. The warmth creeped up her spine now that she was turned away from the fire. The girl stayed silent and after listening to The woman’s words her head turned to the cabinets and her stomach growled softly, as if it remembered that she hadn’t had something to eat in a long long while. As much as she wanted to know what was going on good and a bed sounded more favorable.

The booming voice of Skorzah outside certainly brought her attention away from that thought. Leia felt bad about her getting hurt and wished she was able to help, but remembered that blood covered woman had went outside. She would be able to do something to help Skorzah. Her head turned back to the others, staying close to Vicky as another climbed from the floors. It was Vicky’s mom. Leia was glad to see her too. Everyone was accounted for and then some. Leia smiled a little bit more, glad everything was ok in this moment.

Then Paula spoke. Leia day there slightly confused at her words until suddenly the presence beside her vanished The dancing flame flickered out, as if her soul had died. The smile on Vicky’s her face the last thing to be seen, only to be replaced by tears sneaking out from Leia’s eyes as she blinked. Her head turned slowly to the woman as she approached Leia. “B-but.....” was all she could utter, barely above whisper, before Paula held out vials and Suringrd to her. The spells Vicky used. Leia held out her hand and her fingers closed around them slowly. Her eyes looked up at Paula, wide and watering still. Thinking she had found a friend in this scary endeavor only to learn that they weren’t even real...the dragon hardly kept it together.

The woman bestowed good wishes onto Leia and into them all and disappeared into the stormy night. Leia stared as she left her vision and moved towards the door from where she sat. “But-but...” She fell forward into her stomach, clutching the vials and syringes in her hand so they wouldn’t fall. Why? Why did all this happen? She thought everything was alright heifer all this and then she found herself hurt in that inn. Just when she thought she was safe, the inn became dangerous and just when she thought she found some one she could feel comfortable with and trusted the most out of all those who were here and...and...they were just.....gone. The young dragon slowly sat up, sniffling and saying nothing, the fire behind her doing nothing to keep the cold out.
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[Yatasal]

"It's been an honour to work with you all, however I do need to go. I can't be a liability to you all in such a dangerous line of work. Good luck to all of you."

Natallia was, for the first time in awhile, absolutely and completely stunned. She never suspected for a moment Vicky might've been an illusion. She had walked, talked, acted on her own! She even cast magic. That was unprecedented, and as Paula walked out Natallia couldn't even begin to form a question. It was her choice to leave, of course. But walking out of the cabin was quite possibly one of the greatest mages Natallia had ever seen. And she had been in the presence of kings, queens, and Greo and Valerie Green. She thought no one could be better.
When she finally recovered, she determined that she would have to get back in touch with Paula, once this was all over. Natallia was sure the woman could teach her many, many things.
"I see we'll be needing some rest. Tomorrow morning we'll discuss the plans for tomorrow."
It was then she remembered Skorzah. She closed her eyes, muttering a curse to herself before rushing outside. She saw her friend, in her dragon form. Even in the pouring rain, she could see the spear points and arrows. "Oh Skorzah."
She made it quick, lighting a few balls that hung in the air. After about twenty she had enough light to pull out the spear points. "Do you think any of them are poisoned!?" Natallia shouted against the rain. She kept pulling out the various arrows and spears. "It's all right! You can change back! The wounds will remain but you'll be easier to treat in your human form!"

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah grits her teeth, allowing Natalia to pull them out without her flinching. “Don’t think so.” She growls, and at her cue, she takes a breath, before her body starts collapsing in on itself, snarling in pain as the wounds mess with it.

She sighs as she gets back into her human form, already soaked from the rain. “Thanks.” She says, giving a tired smile to her friend. “That fight is certainly one for the books.”
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[Yatasal]

Natallia shook her head at Skorzah, pulling one of her arms over Natallia's shoulders. "Even you're not invincible, old friend."
She led Skorzah inside, where she sat Skorzah down in a chair. She grabbed some bandages from a nearby cabinet, as well as a basket with a bunch of little bags full of various herbs. Natallia, unfortunately, didn't know much about healing or healing herbs. But she knew enough to get her friend the help she needed. That, and the bags were labeled not with the names of the herbs inside, but their purposes. She pulled out two that said "Bleeding--apply to wound" and "Pain--patient chew". Opening the two little bags, she gave the black, dried herbs to Skorzah and the others she took a small knife and cut away Skorzah's clothes, just enough to get at the wounds. Natallia then applied the herbs to the wounds.
She looked at her old friend. "You'll need to apply the spells to yourself, and then rest. When the morning comes, I'll tell you and everyone else why I asked you to meet me at the Green Castle."

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah chews the leaves between her teeth, grimacing at the bitterness. “Thanks. Rest does sound really good.” She says, trying not to sound like her mouth is full. “How’s the kid? She holding up Alright? We’re used to this, but that has to have terrified her.” She comments, leaning back to relax. She shouldn’t try to use the spell with a mouth full of leaves, that’s just asking for it.
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[Yatasal]

Natallia looked back at Leia. She appeared to be a bit in shock, but Skorzah had done a great job at healing Leia's injuries. Having just lost a friend, who turned out to be an illusion, must've been tough for her. Not only that, but Leia had lost everything. Her home, her previous life... Though Natallia didn't think Leia really missed her previous life as a slave. She lowered her voice, though Leia was across the room and could probably hear her anyways. She still had the cuff on, so her senses weren't enhanced. "I believe she's doing as well as can be expected. Paula is gone, however. Her daughter wasn't real, but a clever illusion that baffled me. We'll discuss that tomorrow, however... Here. Let's get you into bed."
Natallia stood. None of the others had moved from the room, including her brother and Leia... Where was Gwen? "Everyone, let's get some rest. There is a room to the left with plenty of beds. We have a long day ahead of us... Nate, where did Gwen go?"

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Located: Cabin, the room with beds; Thinking
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Leia

Leia had stayed staring at the door till her line of sight was broken by Natalia and Skorzah walking inside. She couldn’t hear what they were saying, she felt like she couldn’t hear anything at all. The cabin felt to big and to small all at the same time, the rain outside provided a somewhat constant rhythym that helped calmed her, but only very little. She looked up as Natalia encouraged some rest. Finding that her voice caught in her throat Leia simply stood slowly keeping the needles and vials close to her.

Clutching them tightly in her hands as she turned towards the other room. Her feet shuffled across the floor, she kept her gaze at the floor and went straight for the first bed she could find. Tiredness washed over her, as if it was held back and suddenly released like a waterfall through a crumbling dam. She stood beside the bed, it looked to be comfortable. Though she hesitated to get in it, the vials, she wanted a safe place to put hem with out accidentally breaking them. Under the bed? But what if they rolled away? The pillow? But what if they break while she slept? She looked at them, maybe she could Ask Natalia where she could keep them. Her head swiveled back to the previous room and her mouth opened but her voice caught in her throat, it just didn’t want to come out even for a simple question. Her mouth closed. She stood partly in the doorway looking at the others for a moment, Nate was closer...maybe she could just motion him over...or maybe she could just not bother anybody. Leia turned back and went to sit at the bed she chose with a dark thought creeping up to her mind. A wondering if maybe when she slept, she would wake to find all this was just a dream just as Vicky was only an illusion. She shook her head. It couldn’t be....hopefully it wasn’t.​

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[Yatasal]

Natallia frowned at her brother, and he remained silent. Natallia sighed and moved towards the backroom, thinking Gwen might've gone to bed already. When she discovered that only Leia was there, already asleep, she turned back and walked towards the other room, and when she went to open it she heard someone softly singing. Whoever it was, they were singing in Marzdulian. Natallia recognized the language, but she could only pick out a few words. She quietly opened the door as the words faded, and found her friend lying on a sack of potatoes, her clothes in a soaking wet pile in front of her. She was halfway wrapped in a blanket, and fast asleep.
Natallia knelt besides her. "Gwen? You should probably go to an actual bed."
Gwen sleepily opened her eyes, and saw Natallia. She mumbled something in Marzdulian and awkwardly got to her feet. She wrapped the blanket tightly around her, leaving the clothes on the floor. Natallia held the door open for Gwen. The two walked past Nate, who still seemed lost in thought. Natallia showed Gwen the backroom before glancing at her brother. He was staring intently at the fire, and Natallia let him be. He got like this occasionally, especially when he had a problem he couldn't solve. What that problem was, Natallia didn't know. But she'd find out in the morning.
Gwen had collapsed in a bed, asleep as soon as she hit the pillow. Natallia pulled the blankets over her, and checked on Leia. The girl had been through a lot in one day, but she had a quiet strength about her. Natallia appreciated that.
She found a bed near the door, and felt for a bracelet that was tucked into her boot. When she wore it, it would alert her to movement within a hundred feet of her. That way she would be able to sleep without worrying about someone stabbing her in the middle of the night. It wasn't perfect, and often awoke her to animals scurrying about, but it was the best she had. She somehow doubted Marcus was alive, much less that he would attack twice in a single night.
Natallia pulled her boots off, and pulled the blankets around her. This has been a long night... Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

The morning has come. It is now 8:34.
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((OOC: I'm going to post another response after everyone else wakes up. Note that Natallia woke up at around seven and has gone to scout the area. She is now outside, in front of the cabin, training herself and replacing her wards. Gwen hasn't woken up yet. Soma Schicksal I assumed what Natallia would assume of your character. I think Nate will go to bed at some point, but it's up to you. You as well, Eliasdagood ))

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah curls up in bed after healing herself, and sleeps soundly, not bothering to put her cuff back on. She really hates wearing that damned thing.

When she gets up, she stretches, groaning with her sore muscles. She heads into the pantry, pulling out a large bag of dried meat. She sits down on the old, beat up couch, starting to chow down.

 

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Leia

Leia found a small place to put the vials and syringe in. She went back to the bed she wanted and crawled into it. Her eyes closed and she fell asleep before Natalia had taken a step to see how she was doing. The weight of the day sank into her dreams as the girl curled up on the bed. Through the night her breathing speed up and slowed as the dream tossed her mind about and in the morning she awoke to her hair in her face and a the sinking feeling of loss all over again.

Slowly she sat up and tentatively fixed the bed head into what she felt would be presentable. With out a mirror or a reflecting surface of some sort she wouldn't be able to tell if it did look right or if some hairs were out of place. Looking around she saw Skorzah get up and leave the room, soon after wards Leia could hear crunching noises from the woman. Leia slip out of the bed and took a step towards Skorzah's direction but internally she could here a snap as her head swiveled to the spot were the vials were. She retrieved them and laid them on the pillow she slept on. For now she wouldn't need them and doesn't know how to properly use them anyways. At east on the pillow they would be safe and if...er when they leave she could use the pillow case as a bag to carry the vials more safely.

As long as they didn't have to leave in a hurry, she should be able to take them with her.

Right now, she stepped out the room and quietly went to sit by Skorzah, not knowing what else to do.​

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah smiles, seeing the young dragoness come to sit with her, and offers a strip of meat to her. “Want some? I know it’s probably not what you’re used to, but it’s pretty great. I could boil it to tenderize it a bit, if you like.” She offers, wanting to be sure Leia eats enough during her recovery. Especially since Skorzah plans to have her first shift today.
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Located: The Cabin; Eating
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Leia

"No, its ok like this" She paused. "Thank you." Leia bowed her head slightly. She didn't want to make Skorzah get up and do more work just for her sake. After accepting the strip of meat she followed Skorzah's example and crunched dot onto the meat. Finding that the taste was actually pleasant she ate it up. "I like it." She smiled. "Can I have another piece?" she asked softly​

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah smiles, offering a larger strip to her. “Good, Huh? Stays good for a long time, too. Good for putting in hideouts like this.” She says, looking her over a little bit. “So, where do you come from? If you don’t mind talking about it.” She asks gently.

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[AgWordSmith]

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Located: Cabin; talking
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Leia

Leia nodded and wondered how something could stay edible for so long and still taste good enough too. She looked up at Skorzah as she asked her where she was from. Her eyes darted down. “I don’t...remeber much, before having masters....before the mansion.” She ate the strip of meat slowly as she spoke. “I must’ve come from somewhere....” her voice grew soft. She couldn’t really remember much. Just fuzzy feelings. “I like to think it was a nice place. With people who like me enough to miss me.....I liked to think......that they were looking for me.....and would find me....” On bad days she liked to think some one would burst into the door any minute and sweep her away. Guess it came true, in this odd way.​

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah nods, sighing softly. “I was born in the mines. Very few were, since there was little in the way of health care, and our masters were unforgiving. Once I was capable of walking and speaking, they started me working.”

Her eyes are distant, and hard. “It took a long time to organize the revolt. We had to wait a long time before a newly captured slave revealed he had the spell to free us from the cuffs without endangering us. Longer then to be sure that we had enough people willing to fight. But it was all worth it when we took our freedom from them.”

There’s a hard tone to her voice. Not particularly cruel, but lacking any remorse for the lives she took. Her first shift was violent, and it set the standard. She knows exactly what a dangerous creature she is, and she’s not afraid to exact the full measure of her vengeance on people like that.

She sighs, releasing the emotion. “The others went for the sanctuary, including my parents, but I could not. I swore that I would protect those that I could. Once they’re all safe, I will rest.”

She looks over at Leia, a small smile on her lips. “Once You’ve eaten, I’d like to show you something, if you’re willing.”
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[Yatasal]

Natallia Gingifi
Natallia scouted the area, noting the sparse forest that surrounded the hideout. She saw a few deer, but they scampered away with their young as soon as they were spotted. She circled back to the hideout, after setting up a few wards around the walls. Particularly a new fire suppressant spell that she hoped would work. The soft calls of birds echoed in the trees, and Natallia half smiled before she headed inside. One day she hoped to retire to a bird-filled forest, where she would peacefully live out her days. One day.

Inside, she saw that Leia and Skorzah were the only ones awake. Gwen then moved into the room, noted the two dragons, and with a cold expression wrapped her blanket tighter. Natallia had hung her clothes outside, and Gwen found them. She returned a few moments later and sat on the opposite side of the room, folding her arms and crossing her legs. She kept an eye on the pair of dragons, as if she expected them to attack at any moment. Natallia sighed inwardly, and hoped that Gwen would one day get over her anger. She somehow doubted it would ever happen.

"Alright," Natallia said. "Nate we'll let sleep for a bit more. But I want to get moving as quickly as possible. There's a life at stake, and the sooner we leave the better." She paused for a moment, and cleared her throat. "Skorzah, I believe I introduced you to Alli and Eton Coppergold a little under a year ago. They ran a checkpoint along the coast. They did until I convinced Alli to go undercover as a member of the Caligookish court. It's currently ruled by Queen Averian, who as you know is no friend of dragonkind. Alli is one of her main advisors, and through her information we've been able to save hundreds of dragons. However, unbeknownst to her she was pregnant when she left. She didn't begin to show her pregnancy until recently. A soul test was performed in secret, and Alli is having twins. A dragon and a dragonborn. This presents several problems, the main problem being Alli is in a court who's hatred of dragons burns brighter than the sun. Averian's fondness of Alli luckily has kept her alive, but she is now in a dungeon cell. When her children are born, Alli is to publicky kill them as a means of showing her loyalty. If possible, they will abort the children as soon as they can.

"That is why time is of the essence," Natallia continued. "However, this won't be an simple task. Caligook is home to the best spellsmiths in the world. They will have defended the castle against dragons and humans with the best wards available. We need every available person to help us rescue Alli before her children are killed. I have others waiting for us at the Green Castle, which is about a day's flight from here. Leia, you'll be safe there if you don't want to join us. Normally I would forbid it, but you could be useful. Any questions?"

Gwen was silent. Natallia knew she'd ask her questions later, away from Skorzah and Leia. She looked to the pair of dragons, waiting for their response.

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[AgWordSmith]

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Located: Cabin; conversing
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Leia

She lisented to Skorzah’s story intently while finishing the strip ofnmeet off. The younger dragon found admiration growing inside her towards Skorzah. How she escaped her life in the mines and spend it every day, bravely helping others like her. Like Leia. At the end of her story she nodded to Skorzah’s question. “Yes I would like to see.”

The words come out and before an answer could be heard Leia’s Attention was drawn to Natalia. The woman spoke and the girl tried to keep up with the explanation as much as she could. She felt terrible about what was happening to the mother and the children her to be here. If she was honest....she didn’t know if she wanted to help. Leia didn’t feel quite capable enough to do anything useful, but she didn’t....didn’t want to be left behind and do nothing like she’s always done. But she wasn’t like the others here, she didn’t know much about anything like fighting and saving people. She only knew how to read and write and could do numbers pretty well. But that was only because her former master made her do their schooling so she would the work for them. “I...don’t know. How I could be useful miss....”​

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[Eliasdagood]

Skorzah looks up, ignoring Gwen as she listens to what Natallia has to say. She nods, sighing. “Right. We’ve got to get her out of there. She hates that her mind went to killing the queen immediately. She’s wrathful, but she knows that that would only fuel the hatred of her kind there.

She looks back at Leia, and her eyes soften. “I’m sure you could help, but I won’t try to convince you. I was in my teens when I joined the fight, I won’t try to force my life on you. But if it is what you choose, I can help you learn what you need, and I’ll keep you safe with my life.”

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[Yatasal]

"As will I," Natallia assured Leia. "It will be dangerous, but trust me when I say that no one is born without a purpose. Perhaps this is yours. Both Skorzah and I can teach you. If you're afraid, that's alright. So am I. I'd be worried if you weren't. Overconfidence kills faster than any spell."
Natallia turned to look at Gwen. She folded her arms, deciding how best to convince Gwen to join their fight. Old time's sake? She sighed. For now, she'd have to deal with Gwen's cross attitude.
"Gwen, go see if my brother's awake, please," Natallia asked quietly. Gwen stood, and cast a hateful glance at the dragons. She swore in Marzdulian at them, and Natallia gave Gwen a look. "Gwen. Now, please."
Natallia glanced back at Skorzah. "My apologies. She doesn't like dragons."

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((OOC: Soma, Gwen walks into the room, shoots a small spark spell to get you up and then leaves out the back door. She doesn't say a word, and she looks pretty pissed off.))

 

[AgWordSmith]

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Mentioned: Eliasdagood Yatasal
Located: The Cabin; conversing
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Leia

Leia shrunk back a bit from the glares of this Gwen woman. She couldn’t help being what she was....there were plenty of times the girl wished she wasn’t. Once Gwen left the room, Leia spoke up. “I...I would like to try. To do what I can to help you and the woman in need.” It was all she could really give them. Her best in trying.​

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[Soma Schicksal]

Nate had jumped up from the spark spell and yelped. "Owww...what the hell..." He got up just in time to see Gwen walking away to the back door. He rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed in which he was resting unsure of what was going on, but one thing he was sure of is that this was his chance to maybe get Gwen to like him a bit more. All he could do was hope that she wouldn't think of him as being a nuisance since she did look pretty pissed off. He quickly followed after Gwen and grabbed her shoulder. "What's wrong...you seem troubled with something..." He said hoping to get some sort of information from the girl...woman he was quite fond of.

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