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<blockquote data-quote="Funeris" data-source="post: 2790611" data-attributes="member: 22792"><p><strong>Onward but Backward</strong></p><p></p><p>Two more shudders flow through the key as Rhynos is left alone on the top of Faith. He giggles a bit--his head throbs again.</p><p></p><p>"I hope I did that right," he says as he looks down into the shimmering blue light. He glances around, thinking momentarily about another path he could possibly take--something less risky. In acceptance he sighs...a part of him prays the writ was correct...another part of him doesn't give one sh*t. </p><p></p><p>He lifts the key up...his eyes make out what seems to be a fluctuation within the blue. Then he grasps it close to his chest as he leaps. </p><p></p><p>The warlock falls for an eternity and a split second before he touches the blue. His arm gets wrenched out to the side, he feels it slam and split...the key tumbles loose...</p><p></p><p>...and then nothing...</p><p></p><p>...but darkness...</p><p></p><p>Rhynos sits up with a start...he's cold...his arm is...unbroken. He searches frantically about in the black...he feels stone....he listens...</p><p></p><p>...there are others breathing....</p><p></p><p>....Something is stirring in the darkness...but Rhynos can't see. The walls begin to close in...and there's a flash. The warlock squints...and his eyes adjust to the light of the torch.</p><p></p><p>Cassock stands near the center of the room with the torch, beside a decaying corpse. It is a woman...strapped to two planks of wood bound like a cross. Her feet are frozen in an angled position to give birth...but the child, whatever it was...had split her from crotch to ribcage. A stairway runs along one of the walls...going up past the ten foot high ceiling. </p><p></p><p>Bodies are strewn about the corpse in a circle...Gregor is there...as is Soter, Cassie, and Anastrianna. But--there also are the bodies of Zayda and Dagna, the dwarf. In the dust...for dust has covered all things in this room. There is an outline of another body...Aramil...but his body is gone. Zayda and Dagna's eyes are closed...flickering...but closed. They breathe easily as if sleeping.</p><p></p><p>One of the others prod the bodies...Rhynos doesn't care. He's staring at the spot where Aramil's body should be. Far off...in the room above...the wind whistles as it circles the runed walls. The doors probably aren't even open.</p><p></p><p>Something shimmers and catches the warlock's eyes. He looks above the dessicated body of the woman...the mother...</p><p></p><p>A pitch black orb ripples like water...hovering directly above the corpse...and then it vanishes. The Cardinis Orb slips away through time...</p><p></p><p>The warlock sighs. He goes to the coffin along the wall...the top is removed--just as he remembers moving it. The tiny baby footprints in blood walk toward the wall--quickly growing to full size before disappearing against the wall. </p><p></p><p>Rhynos can swear he remembers a passage in that wall....but the wall seems solid. He glances down at the inside of the coffin yet again...inside, a black, liquid residue clings to the lining of the coffin. </p><p></p><p>Soter confirms Rhynos' thoughts....an unusal type of magic clings to the residue. Gregor snatches a sample...without touching it...and puts it in a vial. He stores the vial in his satchel.</p><p></p><p>"My sword's missing," Cassock says. <em>As well as my armor</em>, he adds silently. Doing a quick inventory...everyone's gear is gone, except what they brought from Atryus...as well as Aramil's body.</p><p></p><p>Rhynos smirks. <em>Where did the half-elf go? And how long HAVE we been down here??</em>, he thinks sullenly.</p><p></p><p>"What now?" Questions Anastrianna.</p><p></p><p>----</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Funeris, post: 2790611, member: 22792"] [b]Onward but Backward[/b] Two more shudders flow through the key as Rhynos is left alone on the top of Faith. He giggles a bit--his head throbs again. "I hope I did that right," he says as he looks down into the shimmering blue light. He glances around, thinking momentarily about another path he could possibly take--something less risky. In acceptance he sighs...a part of him prays the writ was correct...another part of him doesn't give one sh*t. He lifts the key up...his eyes make out what seems to be a fluctuation within the blue. Then he grasps it close to his chest as he leaps. The warlock falls for an eternity and a split second before he touches the blue. His arm gets wrenched out to the side, he feels it slam and split...the key tumbles loose... ...and then nothing... ...but darkness... Rhynos sits up with a start...he's cold...his arm is...unbroken. He searches frantically about in the black...he feels stone....he listens... ...there are others breathing.... ....Something is stirring in the darkness...but Rhynos can't see. The walls begin to close in...and there's a flash. The warlock squints...and his eyes adjust to the light of the torch. Cassock stands near the center of the room with the torch, beside a decaying corpse. It is a woman...strapped to two planks of wood bound like a cross. Her feet are frozen in an angled position to give birth...but the child, whatever it was...had split her from crotch to ribcage. A stairway runs along one of the walls...going up past the ten foot high ceiling. Bodies are strewn about the corpse in a circle...Gregor is there...as is Soter, Cassie, and Anastrianna. But--there also are the bodies of Zayda and Dagna, the dwarf. In the dust...for dust has covered all things in this room. There is an outline of another body...Aramil...but his body is gone. Zayda and Dagna's eyes are closed...flickering...but closed. They breathe easily as if sleeping. One of the others prod the bodies...Rhynos doesn't care. He's staring at the spot where Aramil's body should be. Far off...in the room above...the wind whistles as it circles the runed walls. The doors probably aren't even open. Something shimmers and catches the warlock's eyes. He looks above the dessicated body of the woman...the mother... A pitch black orb ripples like water...hovering directly above the corpse...and then it vanishes. The Cardinis Orb slips away through time... The warlock sighs. He goes to the coffin along the wall...the top is removed--just as he remembers moving it. The tiny baby footprints in blood walk toward the wall--quickly growing to full size before disappearing against the wall. Rhynos can swear he remembers a passage in that wall....but the wall seems solid. He glances down at the inside of the coffin yet again...inside, a black, liquid residue clings to the lining of the coffin. Soter confirms Rhynos' thoughts....an unusal type of magic clings to the residue. Gregor snatches a sample...without touching it...and puts it in a vial. He stores the vial in his satchel. "My sword's missing," Cassock says. [i]As well as my armor[/i], he adds silently. Doing a quick inventory...everyone's gear is gone, except what they brought from Atryus...as well as Aramil's body. Rhynos smirks. [i]Where did the half-elf go? And how long HAVE we been down here??[/i], he thinks sullenly. "What now?" Questions Anastrianna. ---- [/QUOTE]
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