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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: Struggles
Billy struggled mightily against the invisible hand that seemed to trying to crush him, but even his valiant strength bolstered by power from the sword was enough to free him from the powerful grip and he felt that he was slowly losing to the crushing power of the stone.
Seeing the way clear to Siliwen, Alea fired off arrows from her bow as she ran and though she didn’t hit anything she managed to cause the nearby Shelnaks to dodge as they now knew their magical barriers were no good against the shafts.
Siliwen raised herself up on tiptoes and gave her shackles enough slack so that she could move her hands more freely; she began to gesture and incant the words for her magical Missiles and aimed them at the Beast.
Several things then happened in a relatively short period of time; The Beast holding out his hands towards Billy as he squeezed them in the air and cackled at the helpless human, saw movement to his right and turned his head to see Alea almost to Siliwen. One of the gore dripped hands moved and pointed at her and his fingers gave a flicking gesture.
“GET AWAY FROM HER! SHE'S MINE!” it screamed.
Alea stopped near Siliwen and looked for a quick way to free her when something ‘slapped’ her hard and sent her flying through the air to crash into the wall near Siliwen. The force of the blow and the impact almost rendered her unconscious and she felt a couple of her ribs crack at the impact and the pain and near unconsciousness made her slump down to the floor leaning against the wall.
Billy felt the power holding him lessen as part of the Beast’s power was diverted to deal with Alea, he struggled and felt the pressure on him had slackened a little. He was no longer being crushed but he still could not break free.
Then missiles of pure energy darted from Siliwen’s hands just as Alea slammed into the wall a few feet to her right; those light daggers struck the shoulder and head of the Beast as it was partially turned to glance at Alea. The Beast yelled at the unexpected attack and glared at her as bits of it’s flesh were blasted free to drip to the floor exposing more of it’s skeleton beneath.
As Billy struggled he saw the Magic Missiles hit the Beast and the power holding him lessened considerably; with a supreme feat of strength that felt like it was going to rip the muscles from his skin, he yelled and flung the invisible restraints from him and he dropped back to his feet only six feet from the Beast. The creature’s attention was turned away from Billy for the moment, he was glaring at Siliwen and still had it’s left arm extended towards Billy as it was when he was holding him suspended in power.
(OOC: Ok I hope to be able to have net access next week so that I can post and update.. but who knows.. going to be out in the CA desert again.. love working in 120°+  but get your posts in when you can... hopefully I can post sometime next week. )
Posted on 2009-06-30 at 13:27:58.
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Topic: Firefly/Serenity RPG - Looking for Browncoats
Subject: Updated C
PMed you my updated C with the equipment gone... say my character had a favorite 'assault' rifle that was a family heirloom.. it was kind of like 'Vera' that Jayne had.. any chance they let me keep it.. and the equally precious ammo that came with it? 
A violin? Hmm.. I think after years in a Penal Colony.. 'Brutal' might have smashed that after listening to it one time too many... 
Posted on 2009-06-30 at 11:06:29.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness Q&A
Subject: Posts
Still waiting on a couple of posts.. one in particular might be important.. 
I will update later this week in any case...
I will be traveling out to CA on business next week sometime... so I want to update this week since I might not get a chance next week... dont know what my net access will be like out there...
Posted on 2009-06-29 at 11:14:26.
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Topic: Firefly/Serenity RPG - Looking for Browncoats
Subject: Character
PMed you my C... let me know if it all checks out or if I have to change anything.
Posted on 2009-06-29 at 11:08:46.
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Topic: Firefly/Serenity RPG - Looking for Browncoats
Subject: hmmm...
I think I have the rules.. someplace... I will look around... should have something by Monday!
Posted on 2009-06-26 at 19:23:11.
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Topic: Firefly/Serenity RPG - Looking for Browncoats
Subject: Characters?
So you want us to start working on Cs then? I can start this weekend though I wont have anything up till next week...
let me know any special parameters I should be aware of when making up the character... if you have anything that is kind of secret that you dont want to post here... can you email it to me at the address listed on RDI... I can access my email on the weekends but not RDI...
Thanks!
Posted on 2009-06-26 at 11:18:29.
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Topic: Goodnight, sweet prince(ss).
Subject: Farrah
I agree with you Grugg... I mourn the loss of Farrah more than Michael Jackson... he was big in his day.. but sorry to say I think his days were over about 20 yrs ago.. when he stopped making great music and began his quest to be something he isnt... which I still dont know what that is.. it remains a mystery today.
I had several posters of Farrah on my wall when I was growing up.. not one of Michael.... Farrah was a beautiful woman with a kind caring soul... she is missed.. even though her death is being overshadowed in the media.
RIP Farrah Fawcett!
Posted on 2009-06-26 at 11:09:07.
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Topic: Firefly/Serenity RPG - Looking for Browncoats
Subject: Oh.. me.. me .. me!
I call Gunslinger.. that is if you will let me. ... if a ship does get involved then maybe double duty... but I definitely want to play.
Posted on 2009-06-24 at 17:41:28.
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: gainfully employed...
.. well if your going to be employed it is best for it to be gainfully.. 
Glad things are looking up. It's tough these days.
Yeah I know you people to post in order to have a game.. and just because your situation is better doesnt mean that the others are just yet. I am hoping their problems get resolved as well.. and not just for selfish RP reasons either.
If you start another Firefly adventure.. please consider me for a part. ... I call Gunslinger!
Good luck with your new job!
Posted on 2009-06-24 at 10:58:38.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: Riddle's Plight!
Riddle fires more arrows at the Rock Dwellers as he retreats backwards down the passage in an attempt to lure some away and take them out, but as he fires the two pursuing him he finds are not entirely defenseless against his arrows.
The uninjured one reaches down to the floor with both hands and pulls out two chunks of the rock beneath him; each handful a least two feet across and uses them as shields against the arrows. It stands partially to the front of the injured one as it pulls chucks of rock with it’s good arm and launches them at him over the other’s shoulder.
Riddle is so surprised at this new unbelievable assault that he barely jumps out of the way and is grazed on the shoulder by the first chunk which sends him reeling about and causes his left shoulder to bleed. Though the injury is minor, if he hadn’t ducked away his head would have been pulped. Cautious now, Riddle backed away and dodged more of the rock missiles as he tried to formulate another attack.
Posted on 2009-06-23 at 11:49:00.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: The Battle Rages
Alea’s bow sings as she launches arrow after arrow at the Shelnak before her; At this point blank range it is hard to miss and with the sudden unexplained power of her arrows, allowing them to penetrate the shields of her opponent, she embeds several arrows in the breast of the Shelnak before it slumps and then falls forward snapping the shafts and driving home the points further.
Without and opponent for the moment, she has a clear line of sight to Siliwen and can see how calm and reserved she seems as she hangs in the manacles holding her to the wall. She looks to the grotesque leader crouching before Sil and the sight of it almost makes her want to retch. She knows her arrows seem unable to penetrate the power of the red glowing stone around it’s neck so a shot at it would be a waste of her precious few remaining shafts.
One of the Shelnak’s facing Billy drops to it’s knees as it tries to staunch the flow of blood from the stump of it’s missing arm. The other two recoiled in shock at the ease with which the human is able to damage them, their defenses so easily overcome. They recover however when their opponent suddenly looks to flee, with a cry of glee they both leap forward to strike at his back when suddenly he turns back to them and ducks and rolls between them. They try to compense but only one manages to brush Billy’s leg with it’s stave sending a fiery white hot lance of pain up his thigh to his hip.
Coming out of his roll, Billy comes to his feet and moves towards Siliwen finding the pain in his leg causing him to limp slightly. But as he struggles onward he feels strength seem to flow from the sword in his hands and urging him onward; the pain easing with each step until he is almost running again. He quickly closes the gap to Siliwen and the leader of these things; the leader whirls and snarls at him menacingly as he approaches. Holding out his hand in a grasping gesture, Billy is engulfed in a eerie red glow and he is stopped cold as if grabbed by a giant invisible hand. It squeezes and Billy cant help but cry out in pain as it feels like his ribs are about to be crushed.
“Puny Human!” Billy barely hears the leader snarl at him.
As Alea drew another arrow she saw all of this happening before her, heard Billy cry out in pain as he was engulfed in a blood red glow the same as the stone around the thing’s neck. As she nocked her arrow it began to glow brightly, even more than so than before.
Thor and Thon held their own, just barely, as they battle to keep the Rock Dwellers out of the cave; thus far they were successful as they kept them bottled up in the narrow entrance and with several bodies blocking the way. But who knew how long it would be before their damn might be breached; already they both suffered from wounds that would down a lesser man. How long before one of them fell and the room would be flooded with enemy reinforcements.
Siliwen watched as her friends battled to save her; she saw Billy rush forward limping from injury to only be halted by the power of the Beast’s stone he wore. They must find a way to stop it; she felt that she could, that this was her purpose to destroy that stone, but if only she could get free. They had to free her somehow. She looked up at the manacles that held her, simple and small but made of iron which defied her meager strength easily. She doubted ones like this would hold Billy as they looked old and rusty but pull as she might she couldn’t loosen them.
Billy felt fire wash over his skin as his ribs resisted the pressure that threatened to crush him; still he felt strength flowing up his arms and into his chest aiding him in his struggles.
”The Girl.. “ the voice came again in his head, urging him to resist, “…you must free her. She is the only one that can stop the beast.”
Posted on 2009-06-23 at 11:47:38.
Edited on 2009-06-23 at 11:48:22 by YeOlde
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Topic: YeOlde Vacation
Subject: Heh
Yes Sir!
Posted on 2009-06-23 at 10:57:45.
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: Well heres to...
.. hoping you find employment soon... one because we all need more money... and two so we can get ROC back up and running again.
I hate Andrew sitting in the jail with no way out... -almost- had him free... maybe..
Hope things improve for everyone... times are tough... we can only hope it will change ... soon!
Posted on 2009-06-22 at 19:24:56.
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Topic: YeOlde Vacation
Subject: Back
Unfortunately... the vacation is over... ~sighs~ anyway... I will review posts today and try to update anything I need to by tomorrow or wednesday at the latest.
I wish I was still on vacation... sitting in a nice little cabin on a private lake with our own pier.. beach.. kayaking down the river... bonfires... turtles coming up on the beach to dig and lay eggs... ah man it was relaxing.. why did I come back again? Oh yeah.. work.. darn! Ah well!
Glad to be back at RDI anyway.
Posted on 2009-06-22 at 11:32:25.
Edited on 2009-06-22 at 11:33:20 by YeOlde
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Topic: YeOlde Vacation
Subject: Going .. Going.. Gone!
Hmmm.. well I have your signature on my vacation request form.. hmm.. strange... you must have forgotten you signed it..
Well... I think I am caught up on all my posts.. Trilogy... and Rocinate ... and I was hoping to have another post up on ROD.. but I dont think I will get to it... and it will give Dm a chance to revise her post.
I will be back on June 22nd.. I should get caught up as soon as I can.... cya all when I get back.... and Tann... dont give Kenji away again...
Posted on 2009-06-12 at 10:57:58.
Edited on 2009-06-12 at 11:00:03 by YeOlde
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness Q&A
Subject: Map?
Ok hopefully the map is showing now... unfortunately I cant see pics hosted from certain sites... so stupid! :-/
Posted on 2009-06-11 at 10:55:26.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness Q&A
Subject: Map
DM.. I want to clarify something that is wrong in your post.... Alea fired at the Beast that is near Sil and the arrow burst into flames... she then decided to aim at one of the large Shelnak Leaders that was bearing down upon her.. the Rock Swellers are all behind her in the passage opening being held.. for the moment.. by the two dwarfs... her arrow glowed when she took aim at the Shelnak Leader.. they are called that because they are the ones of their race with the most power.. and usually are at the head of the wedge they use to fight... she fired at that Shelnak and wounded him... her arrow piercing their invisible shield that usually keeps her arrows from doing any damage.
Now if you wish to change your action to the one you stated in your post to fire once more at the Beast... then you may.. but it will result in the same as last time.. her arrow bursting into flames... but if you leave it on the Shelnak leader before her then it will hit.
I have enclosed a map to help show where everyone is in relation to each other and their opponents.
Hmm hopefully I got this link right.. if the pic doesnt show let me know.
Also, to answer your question about the manacles... Sil is held by steel manacles.. old ones with some rust.. the chain is passed through a ring above her head keeping her arms up and her feet barely on the floor.
Any other questions.. let me know.
Edit: Trying pic again... let me know if it doesnt show still.
Posted on 2009-06-10 at 11:00:15.
Edited on 2009-06-11 at 10:54:15 by YeOlde
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Topic: YeOlde Vacation
Subject: YeOlde Vacation
I will be going on a long deserved vacation all of next week... meaning that Friday is my last day online till June 22nd... I will try and get posts in for all the games I am in, which isnt many, but I wont be able to post next week as where we are going has no internet.. yeah.. there are still some places.. nice quiet secluded places.
So just an FYI.
Posted on 2009-06-09 at 12:07:16.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: Riddle's Plight!
Riddle’s dagger skidded across the stone floor of the chamber and made enough noise that it got the attention of the rock dwellers guarding the passage he wanted to proceed down. Several started toward it but then one of them, a larger and even burlier fellow than the rest, barked something and they halted. Only two of them ventured out to investigate.
Riddle’s arrow takes the nearest one in the upper arm and it howls in pain and rage, the chamber erupts in snares and barking sounds which the Ranger realizes is their language though he can’t understand it. The injured one points towards the direction from which he was struck and the other one heads towards the area where Riddle is hiding.
The others guarding the passage are excited and spread out just a bit, but not enough for Riddle to succeed in rushing past them. He knows they would see him before he got close enough and surely they would close up those gaps and capture or kill him if he attempts it.
The uninjured guard is coming in his direction, followed not far behind by the one with the arrow in its arm.
(OOC: In other words, they are not falling for it. They obviously are intelligent enough not to be lured away from someplace they are ordered to guard. Better try something else and now they know someone is there. )
Posted on 2009-06-09 at 12:03:34.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: The Final Battle
Location: Under the Grey Mountains
Date/Time: Day 10 – Time Unknown
“ Corellon, if you feel I am worthy of the grace of your archery skill, now is the time it is most needed.”
Alea prayed as she took aim on the grotesque figure crouching near Siliwen; her arrow flew true but as it neared its target the red glowing stone suspended around the creature’s neck by a heavy chain glowed brighter, her arrow burst into flames and the ashes fell to the ground at the creature’s feet.
“FOOLISH MORTAL,” the beast cackled at her, “you are no match for the power of my Master.”
Alea didn’t waste another shot on the beast as they were not getting through, instead she turned to the Shelnak bearing down upon her, as she snatched another arrow from her quiver she ducked under the swinging stave of the Shelnak Master and she felt the heat of its power singe the hair on the nape of her neck.
Straightening Alea stepped back and drew her bow, but something strange happened here. Her arrow began to glow white in color, it didn’t burn but took on a cool glow which seemed reassuring to her.
She let fly her arrow at the Shelnak coming at her and her arrow buried itself in the Shelnak’s chest. There was a faint flash just before impact as if her arrow had encountered one of those pesky Shelnak invisible shields which had thwarted her archery efforts in prior battles. This time her glowing arrow went through the barrier like it was only paper.
The Shelnak Master reeled as it towered above her and it paused to grasp at the arrow shaft protruding from its breast. This gave Alea time to take another step or two backwards to give herself some distance from the creature.
Thor and Thon were doing a superb job of keeping the rock dwellers from entering the cavern; their first assault sliced open several of their opponents and drove them back into the passage where the dwarfs were having a better time keeping them contained and keeping their superior numbers from overwhelming them. None of the creatures had yet fallen, though several suffered grievous wounds while the dwarfs had managed to receive only minor blows for now.
Siliwen watched as her friends battled to save her while she hung uselessly to the side. The foul beast still stood only a couple yards away yet she could do nothing to reach him and everything she tried did nothing to excite the ring or free her from where she hung. She struggled against her bonds flexing her entire body in a vain effort to tear out the bonds from the ring above her head, but it was useless.
“You think to free yourself?” A voice cackled from nearby and she saw the beast looking at her; its eyes, bloodshot and half melted from their sockets, glaring.
“It is hopeless,” it said as it drew nearer to her, stopping just out of her reach. Its breath was foul and almost made her want to gag, smelling of rotting meat and dead carcasses.
“You and your friends will soon be dead.” It laughed in her face sending bits of flesh and blood spewing from its lips to splatter upon her face and body.
She thought that if only she could get it closer she could reach out and touch the stone hanging around it’s neck but with her hands secured above her she saw no way it would happen, and besides the voice had told her that the ring would tell her when to act.
Billy wanted a fight, and he got it. Three of the Shelnak Masters decided that the ‘large one’ demanded their attention. They came at him confident that their shields they had erected around them would protect them but when they came within range of his sword they found out otherwise.
Billy’s great sword sang through the air and one of the Shelnak’s arms dripped to the chamber floor. It staggered back in shock as the other two wielded there staves against Billy who moved swiftly trying to avoid their blows. He was partially successful as they only grazed him causing minor damage yet the wounds did not bleed as the liquid ‘fire’ burned his skin causing great pain which he hardly felt in the heat of battle.
Billy’s backswing opened up the chest of another Shelnak who recoiled in shock at having been struck. A look of profound confusion on its alien face as it tried to comprehend how this puny creature could breach its magical defensive barrier.
As the creature backed up it provided Billy with a view of the leader of these creatures, the strange beast that looked like its flesh was melting off of it’s frame. It was now leering down at Siliwen where she hung from the wall by chained manacles held above her head.
“You must free her.”
A voice said in his head, it sounded feminine or maybe not, it was hard to tell, maybe child-like was more of an adequate description.
“She is the key… you will all die unless she is free to act.”
Billy had a moments lull as the Shelnaks before him paused as if reassessing this unknown threat before them.
“Free her… Free her NOW!”
The voice more strident now, urged him in his head and he felt the sword in his hands tug at him pulling in the direction of Siliwen. Billy knew that if he just rushed past these Shelnaks they would have a very good shot at his back and that he wouldn’t have too much time; if he was going to do this he had to act quickly and risk his own life to do it.
(Ok. If everyone gets in another post this week I might be able to update again before the weekend. I will be gone next week on Vacation and wont have access to the internet. So after Friday I wont be back till Jun 22nd. )
Posted on 2009-06-09 at 12:01:36.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: Riddle's Plight!
Meanwhile, Riddle followed the creature that had ran and found that he didn’t have to track it really since the way was along a single passage. He ran rapidly and soon came out of the passage and into a small cavern with only one other entrance, there he came to a sudden halt as he saw the object of his chase.
Across the cavern by the other entrance was a group of about a dozen of those creatures, one gesturing wildly and pointed towards the passage he had just exited. The creatures turned and seeing Riddle they all roared loudly and began to run towards him.
Riddle qiuickly looks around for anything he could do to give hinmself more time. After searching he decides to run. Realizing running back the way he came would only cause more problems. Riddle looks for another way out.
Riddle didnt see anything that would give him more time to think with the dozen creatures bearing down upon him, so he ran; not the way he had come but he saw another passage near the one he entered this cavern from and down it he ran.
He could hear the cries of the creatures as they raced after him, the passage he fled down was sloping downward at an angle that even the Ranger could easily tell. He ran for several minutes until he came to a branch in the passage; without thinking he took the right passage and continued to run. After a couple minutes he could hear the noise of pursuit behind him was lessening; he stopped and listened and heard the yelling of the creatures fading away. Apparently they had went down the wrong passage. He didnt know how long he had till they might realized their mistake and came back to his passage.
He had little choice and so he continued his way down this passage into what he didnt know; luckily the glowing moss was still present and dimly lighting his way.
Riddle wandered the passage for half a day trying to find his way to the others while avoiding patrols of strange creatures he thought it best to avoid. Some were Shelnaks and others, the large armed rock dwellers he had encountered when he got separated from the group. He began to realize that chasing after those creatures had been a dumb move, it got him separated and lost.
Well he wasn’t exactly lost, his training could lead him towards the surface in time, but that was not his original destination. He was trying to find a passage that would lead him downward, where he thought his companions would be, but every possibility he found lead to heavy patrols or guards of creatures where he could not see a way safely past them.
At the moment, he was crouched down in a side passage watching a group of six of the heavily muscled rock dwellers, apparently standing guard over a passage he was sure would lead downward, but how could he get past them, if he could.
The small cavern is only about 40' in dia and has 4 passages, one in which Riddle crouches, running into it. They are guarding the one to your immediate left and they are about 18-20' away. The cavern is smooth with only a couple of stalactites scattered about the room, none nearby. The cavern is lit by the same glowing moss on the walls and it is about medium lit so there are some areas around the walls far from the guards that are in deeper shadow.
(Might as well reunite all the posts once more!)
Posted on 2009-06-08 at 11:19:13.
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Topic: Bloop! End pointless PM.
Subject: huh?
~Looks.. blinks... looks again~ Eol!!?!?!?!????
Cant be! Really? We shall see.
Posted on 2009-06-08 at 11:13:11.
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Topic: Garayon - Reign of Darkness
Subject: MASSIVE POST..
Location: Under the Grey Mountains
Date/Time: Day 10 – Now
"I have decided that this sword is not 'magic' but rather a relic from the gods as Thor suggested. As such I will keep it. Now lets get after those Shelnak." Billy said.
Thor laughed heartily at the large man, “A wise choice lad, some fine reasoning there.”
"Now let us hurry, the faster we find Siliwen the better. I will guard the rear. Billy, Thor, and Thon take this last battle as a clue as to how to fight these Shelnaks. It seems that if you can get to them before they can become a collective of minds then they are vulnerable. First we need to concentrate on the leader." Alea added.
The small party started off as Alea suggested, Billy, Thor and Thon taking the lead with her at the rear her bow ready to render aid. They proceeded quickly guided by Thon’s knowledge of these tunnels and his dwarven location sense underground. They went on for some time without encountering anything though they heard sounds down the passages they passed as if a search was being conducted.
As they proceeded down one passage, Alea heard a shout behind them and turning she saw a group of the heavily muscled rock dwellers behind her that had spotted them and were giving chase though she couldn’t tell how many as she could only see the ones in front. From what they had seen in their last encounter on the ledge where they lost Siliwen, these rock dwellers apparently had some magic of their own over the rock and she knew this was the wrong place to have a battle in such close confines.
“RUN!” She yelled.
The party took off down the only passage with the howls of pursuit behind them; if they could find a more open area then maybe they could have room to fight. They ran for several minutes, the sounds of pursuit still behind them, when they saw the light ahead brighten meaning they were perhaps coming to some type of cavern.
Seconds later they burst into a medium size cavern filled with a strange red glowing light which seemed to come from cracks in the walls, almost as if lava flowing just behind the walls and cast their light into the room. The room was not empty they found, and what they saw caused them all to pull up and stare in horror and amazement at what they were witnessing.
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Siliwen’s Plight - Starting at the Chasm
Siliwen screams as the leader stumbles to the edge with her it it’s grip; it seems unaware of it’s impending doom but is only concerned in finding something on her. It reaches for her necklace as they plunge over the ledge and off into the darkness, she struggles to the end and then suddenly in the darkness she feels an impact that is somehow softened by something but she is loses unconsciousness immediately.
Slowly she regains consciousness in total darkness; she realizes that she is not dead but she is hurting and has a large bump on her forehead. Feeling around she finds a soft wet body beneath her; she soon realizes it is the Shelnak Leader and from the amount of what must be blood that he is dead. She can still hear the waterfall close by and she realizes that crying out will not be heard by anyone.
Continued feeling about she finds she is on a small ledge and she soon finds another body near the Shelnak’s feet; probing reveals a dwarf, it must have been the one that tried to save her. She sighs in relief when she realizes that he is still breathing.
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After feeling around and finding the dead Shelnak and the unconscious dwarf, she reaches for her backpack to search out a candle, but when she tugs at the straps she realizes it is way too light. Taking it off she determines, by feeling, that the back of the pack has been ripped open, maybe from some rocks above as they fell, and the contents of her backpack are gone.
Without any other choice, she manages to cast dancing lights and looks around her situation. She is standing on a small ledge about 6’ wide and 20’ long; she is surprised and alarmed to find a cave opening onto this ledge almost directly in front of her.
Looking upwards she sees a faint light way up the cliff, it looks like she had falling quite a ways down and must have hit the wall further up knocking her out as the three of them slid down the cliff face. She sends the dancing lights up the cliff until she cant seem to send them any further but she sees nothing. No sign of the rest of the group, or any other way off of this ledge.
She doesn’t know if the group survived or if they were killed or captured by the Shelnaks. She knows they were in bad shape and she can only think that maybe hopefully they were captured and not killed.
She is startled as a hand touches her arm, whirling around she sees the dwarf that was unconscious standing there with a gash in his forehead and blood on his face. He raises his hands in a non-threatening gesture. Looking up he shakes his head and points to the cave entrance as their only choice.
He still has his backpack so he manages to get out a torch and with the help of his tinderbox, gets the torch lit before her spell expires. He waits for her to make up her mind but the cave seems the only way off of this ledge.
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Silwens will wait for a bit but when nobodys appears and she know her dancing lights spell has worn out her only choice is to continue the mission she hopes that the others are still okay but it difficvult to put a good face on and continue on as if nothing had happened.
Lifting up her ring that has directed her unfallingly so far she consults it as she prepares to follow the Dwarf into the cave. She uses gestures.to indicate her readiness to move only after placing some rocks on the ledge in a pile that if anyone finds they will know it is man made. She can only hope some of her friends and the dwarves have survived and will try to find her.
Corellon if they are alive guide them to us. if not guard their souls.
Siliwen get to her feet and motions the dwarf forward with a smile even if it is a bit forced. She had been given the ability to somehow to find and destroy that item of evil. and she was still alive and will continue to do so.
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Silwen followed as the Dwarf led the way into the cavern holding his torch aloft. They found a small cave and a passage leading away from the ledge deep into the mountain. After about 5 mins the roar of the falls dissipates and they can converse naturally.
“My name is Thrumdil,” the dwarf said, “I am sorry I was unable to stop Shelnak from harming you. It is my fault we are in this predicament. My life to see you to your destination.”
The star in Siliwen’s ring float up and points her in the direction they are going, it seems they are still headed in the right direction though right now they don’t have any other choice. Proceeding along the passage they enter some other small caverns all of them appear to be naturally made just like the passage.
They stop and rest several times, the first one the dwarf bandages his head wound with Siliwen’s help. Proceeding down the passage they come to a branch in the passage and the ring points then to the left which appears to slope downward. Following the ring, they proceed on and past several other branches, always to the one which leads them downward and deeper into the mountain.
Hours later, they enter a cavern which contains a small pool of water (10’) and they decide to rest again and have something to eat. Thurmdil has some rations in his pack and while they are not very tasteful they are nourishing. While they eat they hear a constant dripping sound, though they seen no sign of water dripping into the small pool.
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After eating and studying her spell book, Siliwen stores her book away in her backpack and decides to investigate the strange dripping noise and can not seem to locate the sound. She can see no sign of water dripping into the pool of water but the light from their torch isn’t very good. She squats down and dips her hand in the water, it feels cool but not too cold. Touching it to her lips it seems cool, fresh and she believes it is drinkable.
She notices a strange feature of the pool, she cant see the bottom; even near the edge where she is squatting. Her reflections shines back at her with an almost mirror quality. As she is studying this strange feature, she hears the dripping noise growing louder.
Suddenly something bursts from the water and she only sees a flash of something grayish as it grabs onto her and pulls her into the water. Surprised she goes under and barely has time to hold her breath as she is pulled deep into water. She struggles but she feels several pairs of hands grasp her and drag her deeper. She soon feels the hands dragging her sideways as if she is going through some underwater passage. Her lungs start to burn from the exertion and she doesn’t know how much longer she can hold her breath.
Just when she thinks she cant hold it anymore, she feels the hands drawing her upwards and soon she breaks the surface of the water and gasps for air. The hands drag her out of the water and release her to lie panting on the stone. As she regains her breath she looks around and finds that she is in a dimly lit room, lit by the strange growing mossy growth, a small cavern with several entrances emptying into it. A small pool lies here, the one she came out of, and across the room near one of the entrances she sees about three small gray creatures about two feet tall.
These creatures are small, looking like children, with grey stone colored skin and large dark eyes suitable for underground dwellers.
As she is trying to determine what kind of creature has taken her, the pool behind her churns and soon a couple more of the creatures come out dragging the dwarf by his feet. They immediately release him and run to join the others as the dwarf struggles to his feet ready to do battle with them.
“You foul beasts will die!” The dwarf cries as he jumps to his feet and whips out his battle axe.
The small creatures look like a bunch of cowering children as they watch you and despite having dragged you through the water, they don’t appear dangerous here on dry land. They look ready to run up the passage at any minute as they show fear at the dwarf’s anger.
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Siliwen’s curiosity about the pool was satisfied in one part. At least the water seems drinkable with no undo mineral taste. However, the source of the dripping she was unable to find. She was about to return to tell the dwarf about the water when the surfaces roiled and hands grabbed her and pulled her under. Luckily, she had gasped a deep breath before she was pulled under. She tried to free herself but she did not struggle long. She was dragged further and further away from where she had been through many twists and turns. Those she could feel but she could see nothing in the dark underground waterways. She knew that even if she did get free she would probably not be able to find her way out of these underwater tunnels before running out of breath. Her only hope is that whoever had grabbed and pulled her though the water would get her to somewhere where she could get a breath of air.
Siliwen hopes were slowly vanishing as her breath ran out and she fought the dizziness of the lack of oxygen and the overwhelming desire to take a breath. Her will won out because that would quickly render her convulsed with water sucked into her lungs. Siliwen was straining to refrain from breathing but she was dizzy, totally out of breath and blacking out when she was suddenly dragged upwards and broke the surface of the water into the air above it.
Hands dragged her out on the edge of the water and left her. . Lying still, Siliwen sucked din great gulps of air into her burning lungs unable to do much more now, as her muscles was weak from the lack of oxygen. Finally, she was able to raise up her head an stare about her in the dim glow provided by glow moss.
As she is trying to determine what kind of creature has taken her, the pool behind her churns and soon a couple more of the creatures come out dragging the dwarf by his feet. They immediately release him and run to join the others as the dwarf struggles to his feet ready to do battle with them.
“You foul beasts will die!” The dwarf cries as he jumps to his feet and whips out his battle axe.
The small creatures look like a bunch of cowering children as they watch you and despite having dragged you through the water, they don’t appear dangerous here on dry land. They look ready to run up the passage at any minute as they show fear at the dwarf’s anger.
Still dragging in great breathes, Siliwen could not speak yet but she crawled upwards to struggle to stand between the angry dwarf and the small child-like creatures.
“No,” she gasped, “No” she motioned toward the dwarf holding her hands out as if to make a barrier between the dwarf and the creatures. “Put your...” she gulped more are, “ax down.”
“Please,” she adds as she gets her breathing more under control.
“Had they wanted....to harm us .....they could have.....just left us off down there.” She take two more breaths, “We would have died...unable to get to aid.”
“They might be able to help us get to where we are going. Please”
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Thrumdil halted as she stepped between him and where the small creatures cowered. He looked at her then to them and finally he nodded and lowered his axe. He took a couple of deep breaths himself, showing that he too was out of breath but not as much as she.
“Very well,” he finally said and stood ready still holding his axe but held it dangling at his side.
Siliwen heard a sound behind her and turned seeing that one of the creatures had come forward from the others, apparently he had been chosen to represent the others.
“I Bin,” he said pointing to his own chest, “we Shoma,” gesturing to all of the small ones. His voice was gurgling as if it had a mouthful of water as it spoke in broken common.
“We no harm,” he said raising both hands in a plaintive gesture, “we want help.” The way it said it she wasn’t sure if it was saying it would help them or if it need help.
It looked at Thrumdil and then to her and fell silent apparently waiting for some reply.
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Siliwen Listen attentively to the small being that stood so uncertainly beyond her.
Srawing on the much vaunted composer of her her kind and her upbringing to calm herself to speak to this shy people, She could not show how desparate their need was. Siliwen nodded gratiously and replied replied in a calming voice.
"We will not harm you and thank you for you offer of help. We are lost and separated from our companions, but more importantly I must go where this leafs me." She pointed to the ring.
We have been sent her to destroy a thing of evil and this guides us to it," she explains
"Bin, I am Siliwen and this is Thumbil."
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Thrumdil grunted but said nothing; it was amazing how often outsiders mispronounced Dwarven names. He stood by with his axe lowered but ready to defend them if these small creatures turned out to mean them harm.
The speaker of the Shoma, Bin, looked at her ring when she pointed to it. It’s eyes widened as it saw the small star float up off of the gem and hovered in mid air rotating till it pointed towards a far wall and slightly towards the floor.
It looked back up at her when she explained, “We have been sent her to destroy a thing of evil and this guides us to it,"
Bin turned and spoke to the other Shoma in a strange gurgling language to the others, after several heated words and gestures, it turned back to Sil.
“We can help,” it said excitedly, “we know this evil of which you speak. It invade our home, kill many Shoma. We would be happy to see it gone from this place. We will show you.”
With those words it turned and gestured for her and Thrumdil to follow and started off down a passage. Several of the Shoma went ahead of them and some fell in behind them as they lead them down a passage which was in the right direction to which the ring showed her to be their destination.
After being led along a path past many diverging corridors, they finally come to a cavern where the Shoma stop them and gesture for them to be quite. Several up front gather around talking in whispers and then one, she assumes Bin since they are hard to tell apart, comes back to them.
“Ahead is trouble,” it whispers, “patrol… several will divert then we will hurray past.”
Soon she sees several of the small creatures run into the cavern out of her sight, a commotion is heard and then roaring of something and sounds of running which soon fade away slowly.
“Come,” Bin whispers, “they have been led away. Quickly!”
The remaining Shoma run out with her and Thrumdil into a large cavern with many diverging corridors leading to it. They race across the open flat chamber towards the far side; however when they are half way across they heard shouts of discovery.
Turning Siliwen sees a group of the tall Shelnak racing on all fours into the chamber from another side passage. They stop, stand up and quickly form into a fighting wedge and start forward again. The Shoma immediate screech in terror and begin to run about as if suddenly bereft of their senses. Bin grabs Siliwen by the arm and drags her in the direction they were headed as he gurgles to the others. The Shoma regain some of their composure and gather together into a tight ball and place them selves between the Shelnak and Siliwen.
Thrumdil snatches his axe up and moves towards the Shelnak gesturing at her, “Flee. You must go on or all is lost. I will hold them here.” He runs towards the Shelnak as they finish their formation and move towards them. The Shoma move behind Thurmdil to provide him with whatever support their small bodies can against such a overpowering foe.
Bin pulls at Siliwen, showing amazing strength born of fear, gesturing her towards passages on the far side, “We must go! Come!”
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Siliwen heart leaped into her throat when the Shelnak appear across the cavern and moved into that arrow head formation. Thrumdil snatches his axe up and moves towards the Shelnak gesturing at her, “Flee. You must go on or all is lost. I will hold them here.” He runs towards the Shelnak as they finish their formation and move towards them. The Shoma move behind Thurmdil to provide him with whatever support their small bodies can against such a overpowering foe.
Siliwen was torn but she had to go on, she knew about sacrifice She knew about duty and responsibility, but it did not make her next decision any easier. She had to go on. She had been given the task to fulfill and only she could destroy the shard, but she had to get to it.
Bin pulls at Siliwen, showing amazing strength born of fear, gesturing her towards passages on the far side, “We must go! Come!”
“May your Gods witness you honor, Thrumdil,” she called out to the dwarf headed to intercept the Shelnak wedge. Siliwen turned ran as fast as she could with Bin leading the way. Thrumdil have given her a chance at least to carry on. Siliwen would not waste it. She would have to rely on Bin’s knowledge and her own skills and abilities to see this through. As she runs she offers a silent prayer to Corellon to help them both, no, help us all, she ammended. Some of the others might still live.
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Bin pulled Siliwen down the passage as fast as it’s little feet would carry it; the last she saw of Thrumdil and other Shoma were as they crashed into the Shelnak with battle cries. She was only down the passage a little ways when she heard a cry of pain and anguish; the sound of a dwarf as he died in a hopeless battle.
Bin lead her along for several minutes ducking down different passages causing Sil to lose all sense of direction. Finally it stopped and breathing heavily it listened for sounds of pursuit. After a couple of minutes hearing nothing, Bin sagged against the wall and began to cry.
“My people,” it said between sobs, “they are gone.”
Bin suddenly stood up and grasp her by the arm, it’s small frame holding amazing strength in it’s anguish.
“You must stop them,” Bin said it’s eyes blazing, “you must not let my people die in vain.”
Bin relaxed it’s hold on her so it no longer hurt then lead her off down another passage. After about half an hour, they come out onto a ledge traversing a chasm. This is a small ledge with barely enough room for one person to walk without danger of falling. Bin leads on, passing many passage that come out onto the ledge.
“We must hurry,” Bin said as he tugged her along, “the battle above has begun and they will be most distracted at a time like……”
Bin’s words were suddenly cut off as a dark foreboding shape exited one of the passages as they passed it, it rose up right in front of the little Shoma and Sil saw it was a large Shelnak wielding an long triangular Iron stave. The stave was glistening wet with some dark liquid that almost seemed to ooze from the metal as the Shelnak swept it at Bin.
The little guy had it’s head turned slightly as it talked to her and started as it saw something arise in front of it, but before it could do anything but pause, the iron stave struck it hard across the chest and Sil felt Bin ripped away and flung from the ledge. Bin cried out screaming as he fell from the ledge into the chasm, it’s tiny body bursting into flames before it fell out of sight.
Sil was surprised but only for a moment; if the Shelnak had attacked her first then she might have been the one falling to her death, but Bin’s sacrifice had saved her and give her time to react.
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Siliwen’s heart went out to the small being who had just lost so many of his people to the Shelnak/
“I am so sorry for your lost, Never have a met a people so brave and courageous in the face of overwhelming odds.
Bin suddenly stood up and grasp her by the arm, it’s small frame holding amazing strength in it’s anguish.
“You must stop them,” Bin said it’s eyes blazing, “you must not let my people die in vain.”
“Bin, your people, Thrumdil, the other dwarves and my friends have given their lives for this mission. I will not let them have died in vain. I shall do all in my power to see this through.” Siliwen looked at the diminutive Shoma as she spoke.
Bin then urged her on, “We must hurry,” Bin said as he tugged her along, “the battle above has begun and they will be most distracted at a time like……”
Bin’s words were cut off with a shriek as a previously unseen Shelnak rose up and drove home that wicked triangular headed spear into Bin’s tiny body and then slung the Shoma off the ledge they had been traversing.
Siliwen’s reaction was instinctive, she brought up her hands and let loose a Color Spray into the Shelnak’s eyes praying it would affect him and she raced along the ledge glanicing down a her guiding star on the ring her only guide in this place. She relied on her elven speed and endurance. She was determined to do her best to finish her mission. She was not going to let all those that had gevn their lives that she migh carry on die in vain.
However she could not put the nagging thouhgt that arose inher as she fled quickly way. THe old wizard said she had been giving the ability to destroy the shard, but she had not the slightest idea how to do what she had been given to do. Siliwen pushed the thought from her mind for know She would have to trust now that she would be able to do what she had been sent to do, Now she just had to find the shard. She had to be smart now about what she could and could not do. Siliwen slowed her mad flight. She had to last and be carefully not to run herself into trouble she couldn't get off not She was alone with only herself to rely on..
Siliwen stopped then, consulting the pointing star and moved in the direction it indicated. This time she moved silent feet, listening carefully to all around her.
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Siliwen's quick Color Spray took the lone Shelnak full in the face and blinded it; as it stumble along the ledge she slipped past it and ran on looking down at her ring. She heard a eerie shriek behind her and glancing back she saw the Shelnak was gone, apparently he had stumbled over the ledge and joined Bin at the bottom of the deep chasm.
She followed her only guide now, the ring with it's floating star pointing steadily forward and down. Sil entered a passage and then only had to consult the ring when she came to a passage as she had no other choice but to stick to the passage until it branched.
She followed it for hours and didnt see or hear any signs of pursuit; maybe she had lost them. She came to another passage and stopped to consult her ring; it pointed to the left passage of the two available. Sil turned and headed in that direction when she suddenly saw movement by the right passage. Turning suddenly she saw one of the shadows seperate from the wall and launch itself at her. Another lone Shelnak was suddenly upon her, she raised her hands to cast but before she could the long iron stave reached out and struck her on the forehead. The blow hadnt seemed that severe but her mind exploded in white hot pain leaving her unable to concentrate enough to cast a spell. Sil stumbled and then the pain intensified to a level she hadnt thought possible; with a scream of pain she lost consciousness and the white hot light in her mind faded into utter darkness.
She seemed to float on a sea of darkness and had a sense of time passing, which was strange while unconscious. Slowly she saw a small blue light begin to glow in the darkness and she fixated on that glow. It grew in intensity until it was a strong light in the distance, but it's soft blue glow conforted her. As she drifted, the light stayed in the distance and soon a soft masculine voice came gently into her head.
"Siliwen," it said in a pleasant yet strong tone, "you have been through much to come this far... but soon you will face the end of your journey. You will be tested beyond anything you have endured and if you wish to save your friends and the lives of countless people on this world, you must make a personal sacrifice that only you can choose to make. In the end, remember the ring and watch for the glow. A sign will tell you when you must act; when you see it, act fast of lose all hope!"
The voice faded and so did the blue glow until she was in darkness once again. But she didnt have to wait long before another light began but this one was not localized in a single spot but grew all around her. She realized she was becoming conscious and soon she must face the inevitable.
Her eyes fluttered open and she found herself in a small cavern (approx. 20' dia) which was lit by a harsh red light. As her vision cleared she could make out more details: There were several entrances to this cavern, three spread around two-thirds of the cavern. The final third of the cavern held a rock dias raised up about 2 feet above the rest of the floor; upon this dais sat a rough rock hewn throne and upon this throne sat one of the most vile loathsome creatures she had ever seen. She couldnt tell to what race this thing once belonged for now it was humanoid shaped but it looked like it's flesh was slowly melting off of it's skeleton. In some spots the skeleton and skull were visible through patches of oozing flesh and blood. It didnt seem possible the thing could be alive, yet it sat upright and looked at her with red glaring eyes filled with malice and hatred.
"This.." it screeched in a voice filled with insanity, "... this is it? This is what they send against us?" It laughed maniacially and she knew that whatever it was was quite insane.
"How pitiful!" It raised off the throne and with great effort and pain, it struggle down from the dais and walked over to her. Sil tried to flinch away but realized now that she was hanging from manacles anchored to the cavern wall just to the right of the dais. All of her weapons and gear were gone, taken from her but she felt a reassuring presence of the ring still upon her hand though she couldnt see it with her hands held above her head.
The creature stopped a few feet away, out of her reach, and glared at her and laughed again.
"If this is the best they can do then we have nothing to fear!"
Sil noticed that the thing wore only a loincloth and was adorned with a large red stone the size of two fists hanging from a heavy chain about it's neck. The stone steamed and glowed a blood red color that hurt her eyes to look upon it; somehow she knew that this was the source of the creatures power and was very important to their mission; could this be the object she had to destroy?
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Siliwen eyes fluttered as she regained consciousness. She knew she was still alive because her head ached horribly from the blow of the Shelnak’s spear. Siliwen fought to marshal her thoughts thorugh the pain. She moved herd head only to have her head began to swim with pain. Pain can be ignored. Pain had to be ignored, When her eye gradually focused on her surroundings all she could see in the lharsh red light was a hideously twisted creatureof oozing flesh that was melting to reveal bare bones in the lurid red glow of the shard that dangled on a heavy chain around his neck seated on a sort of throne on a dais in the small cavern she was in. She had know idea what it had been and right now she did not care either..
"This.." it screeched in a voice filled with insanity, "... this is it? This is what they send against us?" It laughed maniacially and she knew that whatever it was was quite insane.
"How pitiful!" It raised off the throne and with great effort and pain, it struggle down from the dais and walked over to her.
Siliwen tried to flinch away but realized now that she was hanging from manacles anchored to the cavern wall just to the right of the dais. All of her weapons and gear were gone, taken from her but she felt a reassuring presence of the ring still upon her hand though she couldn't see it with her hands held above her head.
The creature stopped a few feet away, out of her reach, and glared at her and laughed again.
"If this is the best they can do then we have nothing to fear!"
Siliwen’s flinch was more instinctive than thought out. She wished she had been able to just stand there before him part and tall. But she was still wobbly on her feet. How ws she going to be able to finished their mission. She was alone with no one to help her. She did not know how she would get free to act mor if she could get free what she could to to destroy the Shard. Nowever she knew one thing very clearly. That is it. That is the Shard of Evil that has caused all the evil that plagues this world.
The distorted creature appeared more like some fiend form the Abyss, it’s maniacal laughter ringing her ears helped her though. Alcaran said she would know what to do. The voice, while she had been unconscious. had said she could. Siliwen fought to remember those words. What were they again. They seem to float just out of her reach. Corellon aid me. Let me remember. Then the words can to her
"Siliwen," he said in a pleasant yet strong tone, "you have been through much to come this far... but soon you will face the end of your journey. You will be tested beyond anything you have endured and if you wish to save your friends and the lives of countless people on this world, you must make a personal sacrifice that only you can choose to make. In the end, remember the ring and watch for the glow. A sign will tell you when you must act; when you see it, act fast of lose all hope!"
Siliwen took heart and stood up a little straighter marshaling her strength. Focus, Siliwen focus on that Shard. Come one Siliwen, focus on your chance. Wait for the sign. She told herself while another voiced whispered to her. What chance? To do what while you are chained to the wall? What sacrifice? Haven’t you sacrificed enough?
Hold strong or let go which path would she choose?
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As Siliwen pondered her chances, the foul beast glared at her as if waiting for a response but when none came it snorted derisively as it leered at her.
“Nothing?” it enquired in a shrill voice, “you have nothing to say eh? Well .. just as well it would matter not!”
It turned away from her and hobbled a few steps, each movement seeming to cause it great pain. Sil couldn’t see how the thing could even be alive as let alone walking. Huge lumps of bloody flesh hung down as if ready to fall off and she had to wonder what was keeping this thing alive. A sudden thought entered her head… “the Stone” .. that had to be what was keeping this thing, whatever it was, alive. She believed it was the cause of it’s condition as well; the power of the stone was malevolent, twisted, and it was too much for this creature’s body to handle. In time she was sure the power would leave nothing but a walking skeleton standing before her.
“BAH!”
She was brought back from her thoughts by the creature’s outcry. It whirled again to face her with one foot on the dais; it’s red bloody eyes regarding her again sending shivers down her spine.
“The Gods are fools to think that such as you could hope to defeat my Master’s plan.” It laughed again, maniacally, it’s insanity filling the small chamber.
“You are doomed!”
At it’s words, Siliwen felt herself uplifted with hope, a warm inner glow suffused her being as if something, or someone, was behind her filling her with confidence and power. The power to face what was to come; she knew it wouldn’t be easy but now she felt she would be up to the task and the thought of death no longer filled her with fear.
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Back to Now
Any reply of Siliwen’s was cut off with the sight of some people rushing into the chamber, looking at them instead of this repulsive creature before her and she was stuck silent by the sight of her companions rushing in to her rescue.
Billy, Thor, Alea and the Dwarf Leader Thon, rushed in and stopped dead in their tracks at the sight of the cavern and the creature they saw standing before Siliwen as she was chained to a wall. She was alive, but the thing that semi-crouched before her; it’s flesh hanging from it in bloody tatters, and defying all logic it moved and spoke.
“More pathetic things to challenge my Master,” It shrieked and pointed at them with a hand whose flesh sagged as if ready to slide off it’s bone, “DESTROY THEM!”
At that precise moment, the rock dwellers that had been chasing them burst into the chamber behind them and fell upon them. Thon snapped out of the shock first and whirling he shoved Alea out of the way and crashed into the first of the creatures. Alea stumbled forward having not realized they were under attack; Thor caught her and righted her then turned to help his fellow dwarf try to hold off the creatures coming in.
To the sides of the chambers, among the shadows, emerged four of the tallest and darkest Shelnaks any of them had ever seen. Fully erect they stood over 7 feet tall and wielded the typical triangular Iron stave that dripped with red power as the creatures chanted in a strange language that rumbled the chamber. These four came forth, two to each side, and approached Billy and Alea as they stood now closest to the center of the chamber.
(OOC: Ok I know it is huge, but I thought you might like to know what Sil has been through as well. If not you can always skip over it to the NOW moment. The next update will be next week sometime. Have a good weekend, it will probably take you that long to read all of this post. )
(Oh, Brianna, you can post here now. )
Posted on 2009-06-05 at 14:12:05.
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Topic: Voyages of Rocinante - Serenity/Firefly RPG
Subject: The Professor
Jail, Beylix, Newhouse
Three days? It felt like much more. Andrew sat on reclined on his bunk and again thoughts of a jail break began to run through his head. He figured that the only way he would do that was to get ahold of a gun and shoot his way out. Then he didn't have much cause to shoot the Sheriff or his men and he had become fond of Deputy Weaver and would hate to kill him.
Weaver had been nothing but cordial to him and the other prisoner; he didn't seem soft just that he believed in treating men, even prisoners, as human beings. The Sheriff on the other hand was all business and didn't seem to give a hoot about him and was only interested in what was best for him. Andrew spotted what appeared to be some sort of 'racket' the Sheriff had going down around here; he wondered what exactly it was. Probably some type of protection scam since he was the only law in these parts he could pretty much do anything he wanted within reason.
Deputy Pearson now, Andrew was thinking more and more of giving him a go at a little game called 'who's the fastest?'. The man didn't seem to care about the law at all and apparently thought he was better and faster than anyone around his planet; Andrew wondered just how good the guy was with his Colt. He had a reputation because he had heard other mention the name with reverence for the man's gun. But at the moment, Andrew didn't have good cause to kill anyone here. He was innocent of murder and he was sure the trial would prove it out, he was just tired of sitting and waiting.
There was one bright part of his stay, Miss Ellie. She was find to look at and it was obvious she knew the effect she had on the men around here, the Sheriff especially seemed interested in her. It seemed a one way street though as Miss Ellie didn't return his advances. Deputy Weaver liked her too and commented her cooking to a nauseating degree; speaking of which, her food was just this side of nauseating. Andrew made a good show of enjoying the food she brought them and he thanked her for her effort, but once she was gone he found he couldn't stomach much more of this 'torture'. He wasn't a connoisseur of food, but he had eaten well in his days and this was barely palatable.
"I found some real blueberry synth to add in them Mr Bowman." Miss Ellie had said happily and she gave him the bowl.
"Thank ya Miss Ellie," Andrew said with a slight smile as he took the bowl and noticing it's consistency was more like semi-hard concrete, "I appreciate all you do for us."
As he tried to decide if this might just clog his throat and kill him if he ate it, the Jail door opened and he looked up to see three men in formal business suits walk in and asked for the Sheriff.
(Edited: Moved last part down to where Wyatt entered the jail)
Posted on 2009-06-04 at 19:28:42.
Edited on 2010-02-24 at 16:09:33 by YeOlde
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Topic: Voyages of the Rocinante - Firefly RPG QnA
Subject: Waiting
Ok.. I am working on a post for Andrew... but I will wait to complete it till I know whether Wyatt is coming into the Jail... would change my response of course if he decided not to enter.
If I dont get something up tomorrow then early next week for sure.
Posted on 2009-06-04 at 13:17:37.
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