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<blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 272595" data-attributes="member: 5912"><p><strong>Chapter 2 The slavers arrive</strong></p><p></p><p>They were chained to each other hand and foot and a collar around their necks. They were drug up the uneven wooden stairs rather roughly, onto the deck of the ship. They had to squint at the sudden light after being in the dark for so long. The slavers yelled at them, yanked the chains knocking a couple of the men and women down, and then one of the two elves who had helped capture Minx and Kierwin noticed what was going on.</p><p></p><p>“Stop it! We don’t want anyone hurt right now if we can help it. Not YET anyway. Wait until we get our money from the deal, be more careful! If anybody here causes us to lose money because of something stupid like that, it’ll come out of your hide!”</p><p></p><p>Kierwin and Turk looked at each other, they’d noticed the emphasis on the word “YET.” So they were to be sold. What for? Who to? </p><p></p><p>They glanced around the ship as well as they could. It was nothing too special. The main sail was decorated with a huge tiger. It didn’t mean anything to anyone as near as Kierwin could tell. </p><p></p><p>The prisoners were trying to communicate quietly with each other. There were no flags flown other than the tiger on the main sail and no way to tell where the ship was from. They had no way to tell where they were. Kierwin felt like she was far from her home on the Misty Isle, but she had no idea how far or in what direction. Minx was the first to notice another ship coming closer to them. It was much larger than the one they were on. </p><p></p><p>As the larger ship came closer, they could start making out details. They couldn’t see much, they were kept close together and guarded which made it hard to see very far. Mounted prominently on the bow was the figure of a beautifully carved, naked, woman. Her hair and lower body seemed to flow directly into the wood of the ship. It looked like the woman actually was part of the ship, and that she kept a lookout wherever the ship would go.</p><p></p><p>The minute that Minx saw the naked woman, she had a fit. “They ARE going to sell us as slaves! Probably to a harem somewhere. How disgusting! I WILL make them pay. They will all pay. Only the worst of slavers would flaunt their trade so disgustingly!”</p><p></p><p>Kierwin tried to calm her down. “Minx, we don’t know what they want with us, they’ve got all ages here, both sexes, and different races. The figurehead could mean anything. Slavery is wrong no matter what it’s for, and we WILL get out of this and we will take care of the slavers if we can so they can’t do this to anyone else ever again. Our first priority is to get everyone free and out of this alive. Don’t jump to conclusions, and don’t panic.”</p><p></p><p>Minx answered her, “I’m not panicking. I just can’t believe that I’m being forced into such a disgusting, horrible, and morally corrupt situation. These people will pay with their lives as well as everyone that I can find connected with this!”</p><p></p><p>“Now everyone, we’ve got to work together, watch for your chance. Somehow we have to find a chance and take it. We need to signal each other about what to do, so we need to really pay attention. This isn’t going to be easy. I pray to Elhonna for the strength and wisdom to do the right thing.” Kierwin prayed for all their sakes.</p><p></p><p>The ship finally got close enough to tie the two ships together. Now, they could see just how much bigger the newer ship was than the one they’d been imprisoned on. It was at least 3 times the size of their current ship. As a group of men boarded the smaller ship, The Minx and Kierwin stared in shock. They’d never seen elves that looked like these. They were definitely elves, but not like any elves they’d ever seen. Tall, muscular, pale skin, and pale hair. They had blue eyes, vibrant blue eyes, unlike any eyes that either of the two of them had ever seen before. It was like they were from a race of elves that they had never even heard of.</p><p></p><p>Their captors went over to talk to the strange newcomers. With a formal bow the Captain siad “Lord Lorkander, here is a selection matching what you ordered. They are unharmed, and I believe they fit your criteria. There are a few extras just in case you want them. If not, then we can trade them at the next drop, but we’ll give you a good price for them if you take the whole lot.”</p><p></p><p>“We have our ways of finding out if they are the ones we need. If they are, you will get a fair price. If not, we do not care what you do with them. We will examine them and discuss this further.”</p><p></p><p>When the Elves came over toward the captives, Kierwin noticed a strange creature held captive on a golden leash. The creature almost looked like it could have been an elf at one time, but now was shrunken and twisted. Kierwin felt pity for it, and wondered what could have caused it to become so deformed. She didn’t detect any malice from it, but that didn’t mean it was willing to help. </p><p></p><p>One elf, who seemed to be in charge, spoke to it in a language she didn’t quite understand and it went to the end of the line.</p><p> It started “sniffing” them. It spent more time on Turk, Minx, Kierwin, and the large, quiet stranger than the rest. Then it went back to Minx and Kierwin and looked closer at them, looked into their eyes, smelled of them again and whispered to Kierwin "Be ready.”</p><p></p><p>“Well?” His handler sounded impatient waiting for his results. He hurried over to him with a twisted half run.</p><p></p><p>“Oh yes, they are the ones, perfect, all of them! Oh yes, THEM! YES! They ARE the ONES” The handler “shushed” him “not so loud! I don’t want to make them think they can make us pay more!”</p><p></p><p>“I’ll give you 200 for the lot” He said to the captain of the ship they’d been prisoners on for so long.</p><p></p><p>Minx was offended “200 gold! I’m worth at least that myself! I’m a very accomplished wizard, not to mention beautiful, I’ll have you know! My people will pay more than that to have me back! You’d be better off asking for ransom!”</p><p></p><p>The pirates ears perked up. </p><p>The strange elf in charge didn’t want to argue, “ok, 200 for the wizard and then 200 for the oth…”</p><p></p><p>“Wait a minute!” Kierwin quickly interrupted - deciding to see if she could put any more tension into this. “If little Minx here is worth 200 gold, then a Cleric of Elhonna with My family' blood line has got to be worth at least that much. I’d say at least 500 gold or more.”</p><p></p><p>The pirates decided they wanted to renegotiate the deal. </p><p>The stranger who was intent on buying them did NOT look happy. “Come over here and we’ll settle this. NOW!”</p><p></p><p>To the little creature, he said “Go over there and watch them. Keep them quiet. You know what I’ll do to you if you misbehave.”</p><p></p><p>They looked at each other, what choice did they have? Everyone was busy bartering, actually arguing was more like it! Turk asked what they needed to do.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Thorin and Minx were keeping a lookout and saw another large ship coming their direction, and were telling them to hurry!</p><p></p><p>The pirates lookout finally noticed the ship also, a wave of panic spread accross the deck.</p><p></p><p>The captain yelled at Lorkander "It's Your fault they are here! They must have followed you...fools! I don't want to die..."</p><p>Lorkander slaps the captain accross the face, knocking him to the deck, "Silence fool or you will die here." </p><p></p><p>He barked an order to his ship in a strange language and several armed troops came accross the plank. He looked at the captain and said "I'll be taking my goods now," and with that a fight broke out.</p><p></p><p>The creature hurried toward the prisoners. He went to Turk and Kierwin. He motioned them down toward him. “Quickly, this is our chance. You help me escape, I help you. OK? Hurry, hurry!”</p><p></p><p>He told them to quickly get in the long boat and he needed a little blood. That sounded distasteful to them, but there was no going back now. They scrambled into the longboat and lowered it down into the water. They started using the oars to get as far away from the ships as quickly as possible. </p><p></p><p>The sailors noticed the escape attempt and were quickly trying to get a longboat into the sea to come after them.</p><p></p><p>Turk cut his hand and the twisted little creature licked the blood clean, he seemed to really enjoy it. </p><p>"Oh your blood is very strong!"</p><p>Turk and the others were more than a little sickened watching that, not too mention worried. </p><p>Suddenly it was like a black tear opened in front of them and the row boat lurched forward, as they drew closer Kierwin blacked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taboo, post: 272595, member: 5912"] [b]Chapter 2 The slavers arrive[/b] They were chained to each other hand and foot and a collar around their necks. They were drug up the uneven wooden stairs rather roughly, onto the deck of the ship. They had to squint at the sudden light after being in the dark for so long. The slavers yelled at them, yanked the chains knocking a couple of the men and women down, and then one of the two elves who had helped capture Minx and Kierwin noticed what was going on. “Stop it! We don’t want anyone hurt right now if we can help it. Not YET anyway. Wait until we get our money from the deal, be more careful! If anybody here causes us to lose money because of something stupid like that, it’ll come out of your hide!” Kierwin and Turk looked at each other, they’d noticed the emphasis on the word “YET.” So they were to be sold. What for? Who to? They glanced around the ship as well as they could. It was nothing too special. The main sail was decorated with a huge tiger. It didn’t mean anything to anyone as near as Kierwin could tell. The prisoners were trying to communicate quietly with each other. There were no flags flown other than the tiger on the main sail and no way to tell where the ship was from. They had no way to tell where they were. Kierwin felt like she was far from her home on the Misty Isle, but she had no idea how far or in what direction. Minx was the first to notice another ship coming closer to them. It was much larger than the one they were on. As the larger ship came closer, they could start making out details. They couldn’t see much, they were kept close together and guarded which made it hard to see very far. Mounted prominently on the bow was the figure of a beautifully carved, naked, woman. Her hair and lower body seemed to flow directly into the wood of the ship. It looked like the woman actually was part of the ship, and that she kept a lookout wherever the ship would go. The minute that Minx saw the naked woman, she had a fit. “They ARE going to sell us as slaves! Probably to a harem somewhere. How disgusting! I WILL make them pay. They will all pay. Only the worst of slavers would flaunt their trade so disgustingly!” Kierwin tried to calm her down. “Minx, we don’t know what they want with us, they’ve got all ages here, both sexes, and different races. The figurehead could mean anything. Slavery is wrong no matter what it’s for, and we WILL get out of this and we will take care of the slavers if we can so they can’t do this to anyone else ever again. Our first priority is to get everyone free and out of this alive. Don’t jump to conclusions, and don’t panic.” Minx answered her, “I’m not panicking. I just can’t believe that I’m being forced into such a disgusting, horrible, and morally corrupt situation. These people will pay with their lives as well as everyone that I can find connected with this!” “Now everyone, we’ve got to work together, watch for your chance. Somehow we have to find a chance and take it. We need to signal each other about what to do, so we need to really pay attention. This isn’t going to be easy. I pray to Elhonna for the strength and wisdom to do the right thing.” Kierwin prayed for all their sakes. The ship finally got close enough to tie the two ships together. Now, they could see just how much bigger the newer ship was than the one they’d been imprisoned on. It was at least 3 times the size of their current ship. As a group of men boarded the smaller ship, The Minx and Kierwin stared in shock. They’d never seen elves that looked like these. They were definitely elves, but not like any elves they’d ever seen. Tall, muscular, pale skin, and pale hair. They had blue eyes, vibrant blue eyes, unlike any eyes that either of the two of them had ever seen before. It was like they were from a race of elves that they had never even heard of. Their captors went over to talk to the strange newcomers. With a formal bow the Captain siad “Lord Lorkander, here is a selection matching what you ordered. They are unharmed, and I believe they fit your criteria. There are a few extras just in case you want them. If not, then we can trade them at the next drop, but we’ll give you a good price for them if you take the whole lot.” “We have our ways of finding out if they are the ones we need. If they are, you will get a fair price. If not, we do not care what you do with them. We will examine them and discuss this further.” When the Elves came over toward the captives, Kierwin noticed a strange creature held captive on a golden leash. The creature almost looked like it could have been an elf at one time, but now was shrunken and twisted. Kierwin felt pity for it, and wondered what could have caused it to become so deformed. She didn’t detect any malice from it, but that didn’t mean it was willing to help. One elf, who seemed to be in charge, spoke to it in a language she didn’t quite understand and it went to the end of the line. It started “sniffing” them. It spent more time on Turk, Minx, Kierwin, and the large, quiet stranger than the rest. Then it went back to Minx and Kierwin and looked closer at them, looked into their eyes, smelled of them again and whispered to Kierwin "Be ready.” “Well?” His handler sounded impatient waiting for his results. He hurried over to him with a twisted half run. “Oh yes, they are the ones, perfect, all of them! Oh yes, THEM! YES! They ARE the ONES” The handler “shushed” him “not so loud! I don’t want to make them think they can make us pay more!” “I’ll give you 200 for the lot” He said to the captain of the ship they’d been prisoners on for so long. Minx was offended “200 gold! I’m worth at least that myself! I’m a very accomplished wizard, not to mention beautiful, I’ll have you know! My people will pay more than that to have me back! You’d be better off asking for ransom!” The pirates ears perked up. The strange elf in charge didn’t want to argue, “ok, 200 for the wizard and then 200 for the oth…” “Wait a minute!” Kierwin quickly interrupted - deciding to see if she could put any more tension into this. “If little Minx here is worth 200 gold, then a Cleric of Elhonna with My family' blood line has got to be worth at least that much. I’d say at least 500 gold or more.” The pirates decided they wanted to renegotiate the deal. The stranger who was intent on buying them did NOT look happy. “Come over here and we’ll settle this. NOW!” To the little creature, he said “Go over there and watch them. Keep them quiet. You know what I’ll do to you if you misbehave.” They looked at each other, what choice did they have? Everyone was busy bartering, actually arguing was more like it! Turk asked what they needed to do. Meanwhile, Thorin and Minx were keeping a lookout and saw another large ship coming their direction, and were telling them to hurry! The pirates lookout finally noticed the ship also, a wave of panic spread accross the deck. The captain yelled at Lorkander "It's Your fault they are here! They must have followed you...fools! I don't want to die..." Lorkander slaps the captain accross the face, knocking him to the deck, "Silence fool or you will die here." He barked an order to his ship in a strange language and several armed troops came accross the plank. He looked at the captain and said "I'll be taking my goods now," and with that a fight broke out. The creature hurried toward the prisoners. He went to Turk and Kierwin. He motioned them down toward him. “Quickly, this is our chance. You help me escape, I help you. OK? Hurry, hurry!” He told them to quickly get in the long boat and he needed a little blood. That sounded distasteful to them, but there was no going back now. They scrambled into the longboat and lowered it down into the water. They started using the oars to get as far away from the ships as quickly as possible. The sailors noticed the escape attempt and were quickly trying to get a longboat into the sea to come after them. Turk cut his hand and the twisted little creature licked the blood clean, he seemed to really enjoy it. "Oh your blood is very strong!" Turk and the others were more than a little sickened watching that, not too mention worried. Suddenly it was like a black tear opened in front of them and the row boat lurched forward, as they drew closer Kierwin blacked out. [/QUOTE]
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