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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6856395" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>Alic, Bax, Ordechai, Svexyn, Wrenwil</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>As you move to your tent, Alic and Ordechai share a long look. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"Do you believe him?"</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> <span style="color: #B22222">"I believe <strong>he</strong> believes in the good of Kryslogious. But is the knight a person of real flesh-and-blood? Let us not forget his soul is bound by magics, with past lives and memories even he cannot remember... Can we truly trust him?"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"He saved my life when the Vul hunter attacked."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> <span style="color: #B22222">"Aye he did. He also saved me from the clutches of Garrisan Greaves. Yet Saraesh spoke to him like his appearance here was foretold. How do we know he will remain on our side if he has an older relationship with them? The truth is we know nothing about him or what he is capable of."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Frowns, brows furrowed as he ponders. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"I admit I did not catch the words they shared?"</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> Pauses, moving his good hand over to scratch at the stump that remains of the other. ...<span style="color: #B22222">"There is great danger here, I can feel a tingling where my hand used to be. I only feel that when I'm close to the sort of evil that tortured me so many years ago. I've been such a fool!"</span> He remarks bitterly. <span style="color: #B22222">"All this time I knew Saraesh, I didn't see him for what he was..."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Nods <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"I share your shame. I felt the same about Garrisan."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> Spits. <span style="color: #B22222">"Evil is so clever, revealing itself only when it's too late! We may be doomed if we stay here, but i'm not sure we could outrun those jackals if we tried to flee."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Straightens his posture a bit. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"I'm not one for fleeing from a fight!"</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> Regards the young dwarf pityingly. <span style="color: #B22222">"You are brave Alic... but you have not felt their grip holding you down as I have. I tried not to scream when they placed the cold steel against my wrist and started cutting, I failed. I could not stop screaming when they put the torch to my eye..."</span> He grimaces.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> -Finally realizes what Ordechai meant when he said 'I did not seem him for what he was'- <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"Saraesh is one of the Black Network?!"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong><span style="color: #000000">-Sighs-</span><span style="color: #B22222"> "Aye he must be... he mentioned a name I have never forgotten. The dark lord of their evil organization, the demon-king... Herod."</span> He says, muttering the last word with great contempt. <span style="color: #B22222">"The ones that maimed me whispered it in my ear over and over. They promised the pain would stop if I swore obedience to him."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Stares. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"They were trying to recruit you?"</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> </em><em><span style="color: #B22222">-</span><span style="color: #000000">Swallows painfully-</span></em><em> <span style="color: #B22222">"I never gave them the satisfaction. I bit my tongue so hard it bled to prevent myself from saying it. They gave up after a while, commenting about how I was just as stubborn as the mules my ilk was likened too. I swore I would never speak that name... but sometimes, late at night, I hear myself repeating it in my head over and over... and I don't know why..."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Just then Svexyn can be seen, rising from the ashes. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Svexyn, Wrenwil:</strong> What do you do?<strong>]</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6856395, member: 6677509"] [b]Alic, Bax, Ordechai, Svexyn, Wrenwil[/b] [I]As you move to your tent, Alic and Ordechai share a long look. [B]Alic:[/B] [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"Do you believe him?"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] [COLOR=#B22222]"I believe [B]he[/B] believes in the good of Kryslogious. But is the knight a person of real flesh-and-blood? Let us not forget his soul is bound by magics, with past lives and memories even he cannot remember... Can we truly trust him?"[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"He saved my life when the Vul hunter attacked."[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] [COLOR=#B22222]"Aye he did. He also saved me from the clutches of Garrisan Greaves. Yet Saraesh spoke to him like his appearance here was foretold. How do we know he will remain on our side if he has an older relationship with them? The truth is we know nothing about him or what he is capable of."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] Frowns, brows furrowed as he ponders. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"I admit I did not catch the words they shared?"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] Pauses, moving his good hand over to scratch at the stump that remains of the other. ...[COLOR=#B22222]"There is great danger here, I can feel a tingling where my hand used to be. I only feel that when I'm close to the sort of evil that tortured me so many years ago. I've been such a fool!"[/COLOR] He remarks bitterly. [COLOR=#B22222]"All this time I knew Saraesh, I didn't see him for what he was..."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] Nods [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"I share your shame. I felt the same about Garrisan."[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] Spits. [COLOR=#B22222]"Evil is so clever, revealing itself only when it's too late! We may be doomed if we stay here, but i'm not sure we could outrun those jackals if we tried to flee."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] Straightens his posture a bit. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"I'm not one for fleeing from a fight!"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] Regards the young dwarf pityingly. [COLOR=#B22222]"You are brave Alic... but you have not felt their grip holding you down as I have. I tried not to scream when they placed the cold steel against my wrist and started cutting, I failed. I could not stop screaming when they put the torch to my eye..."[/COLOR] He grimaces. [B]Alic:[/B] -Finally realizes what Ordechai meant when he said 'I did not seem him for what he was'- [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"Saraesh is one of the Black Network?!"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B][COLOR=#000000]-Sighs-[/COLOR][COLOR=#B22222] "Aye he must be... he mentioned a name I have never forgotten. The dark lord of their evil organization, the demon-king... Herod."[/COLOR] He says, muttering the last word with great contempt. [COLOR=#B22222]"The ones that maimed me whispered it in my ear over and over. They promised the pain would stop if I swore obedience to him."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] Stares. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"They were trying to recruit you?"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] [/I][I][COLOR=#B22222]-[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]Swallows painfully-[/COLOR][/I][I] [COLOR=#B22222]"I never gave them the satisfaction. I bit my tongue so hard it bled to prevent myself from saying it. They gave up after a while, commenting about how I was just as stubborn as the mules my ilk was likened too. I swore I would never speak that name... but sometimes, late at night, I hear myself repeating it in my head over and over... and I don't know why..."[/COLOR] Just then Svexyn can be seen, rising from the ashes. [B][Svexyn, Wrenwil:[/B] What do you do?[B]][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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