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<blockquote data-quote="akira1" data-source="post: 4497110" data-attributes="member: 64437"><p><strong>An end to 1 long Week.</strong></p><p></p><p>"I can understand that. So the matter of Kamal was unrelated to the turf war?" Dr Zhindzhe said. </p><p></p><p> "Yes." Brickface replied. "They returned home and then woke up on the morning of the 28th. On this day Kespian's people did meet with them, a Blue woman and a minotaur met them in the Cup and told them that they would give them 1/4 of the money from the chest if they would betray me and kill everyone that I sent to help guard the money. She went on to explain that they would give them my area since they had been hired by an outside force to oust me." </p><p></p><p> "An outside force..." Dr Zhindzhe mumbled. </p><p></p><p>"Yes, meaning that this is all aimed at me personally." Brickface said. </p><p></p><p>"The twists keep coming." Dr Zhindzhe said. </p><p></p><p>"Indeed, Ivanor attempted to find out who this outside force would be but the blue lady said she would not tell until they had some visible means of confirming their loyalty i.e. not until they killed the people and helped them get the money." Brickface commented. </p><p></p><p> "That certainly seems reasonable something for nothing has always been a pipe dream." Dr Zhindzhe commented. </p><p></p><p>"Well they came and told me what had been said and I altered my plan a little to accommodate the possibility that they might legitimately double cross me." Brickface said seriously. </p><p></p><p> Paying close attention Dr Zhindzhe said, "What did you do?" </p><p></p><p>"I sent someone they had camaraderie with and at least got along with, ElTari and also Amelia scryed them through her crystal ball and stood by to step in if necessary." Brickface said soberly. </p><p></p><p> " Is that it?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. </p><p></p><p> "No, I had other contingencies for if they betrayed me." Brickface said with some finality. </p><p></p><p> Switching gears Dr Zhindzhe asked, " Well now that all the cards were on the table so to speak, what was the next move?" </p><p></p><p> "This is about as clear as muddy water Doctor," Brickface commented dryly, "but the morning of the 29th they got a visitation from Fendril. He sent an animal messenger to the Cup seeking out Damien and it said, 'Damien! Please Help me! My shop! They've come for me!" </p><p></p><p> With a hurried gesture Dr Zhindzhe said, " Go on Brickface." </p><p></p><p> "When they got to the Broken Horn, the place was on fire and Fendril was being led away by the leader of the Cadre, Opal Mardochan herself along with the book he had found earlier. Fendril had a bemused look on his face as he was escorted away." Brickface concluded. </p><p></p><p> "Thats to bad." Dr Zhindzhe said, " I would have liked to have talked to him." </p><p></p><p> "In any event, Brickface said, "That evening they made the delivery for me and it did get ambushed by the Talons. In the ensuing fight all of the Stalkers except for one were killed, which pissed Amelia and El' Tari off to the point that they began to doubt the allegiance of the Tainted." </p><p></p><p> "Did they fight El'Tari?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. </p><p></p><p>"No they disabled the cart that was pulling the money chest and Amelia and some of my hitters showed up to lay down the smack. Amelia Disintegrated the Blue lady that had originally attempted to bribe them and then dropped a fireball on herself when she got surrounded by the enemy clearing them out fairly well." Brickface said with a certain amount of pride. </p><p></p><p> "So who got the money?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. </p><p></p><p>"Kespian did. He took them, after healing the horse that was pulling the cart to his head quarters and then asked them to open the chest. Which Damien did, noticing that there was an illusory trap on it he opened the chest and thats when the real trap sprung." Brickface said decisively.</p><p> </p><p> "Do go on Brickface." Dr Zhindzhe said. </p><p></p><p>"Amelia was able to scry the location and we had two Troll mutants spring from the chest. Also I had myself and some of my surviving people teleport directly to this place. Kespain fled and they discovered a painting of a man in this old manor the Talons had been holed up in." </p><p></p><p> Shifting again in his chair Dr Zhindzhe asked, "What significance does the painting have?" </p><p></p><p> "I was a painting of a man that was completely bald, has completely black eyes and a criss crossing network of chains on his bared chest." Brickface said. </p><p></p><p> "Thats just like the Priestesses of the Scion.... but it was a male?!" Dr Zhindzhe said startled. </p><p></p><p> "Yeah, a male and thats not all, the name on the placard on the painting said his name was Lo'Malivious Shoovius." </p><p></p><p> "Lo' Malice Shoon." Dr Zhindzhe said flatly. </p><p></p><p> "Yes," Brickface replied simply. "That same night after Amelia and El' Tari had words with them they returned to the Cup and were notified that Kamal Issier would be there tonight at 2300." </p><p></p><p> "I had nearly forgotten about him in all of this." Dr Zhindzhe said calmly. </p><p></p><p> "He was just suddenly there when they were downstairs waiting for him and he was not alone. A robed and hooded figure was with him when he arrived and this figure gave off a chill cold and a its form seemed to be shifting as if it were out of phase or something." Brickface said dramatically. </p><p></p><p> "Fascinating." Dr Zhindzhe said. </p><p></p><p> "Well Kamal told them that plans had changed and he had brought them their money which was on the table in front of him and his guest and that they needed to have the copies of the document they had found as well." Brickface said seriously. </p><p></p><p> "How did they know they had made copies." Dr Zhindzhe asked. </p><p></p><p> "he said that Fendril had told them and then his companion became impatient, stood up grabbed the table with the money on it with one arm and hurled it across the common room of the Cup with so much force that the table shattered." Brickface explained. </p><p></p><p> "Go on." Dr Zhindzhe said simply. </p><p></p><p> "At this point, Kamal stood and activated his soul knife and the robed figure ripped off her robe and as she did her name echoed psychically across the room as Lo' Sarek Shoon and then a general fight broke out between them." </p><p> "Thats impossible." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Their family was destroyed in the fall of the Shoon Imperium...." </p><p></p><p> "Thats what she said Doctor believe it or not." Brickface said matter of factly. "In any event Ivanor charged Kamal and laid him out with one stroke." </p><p></p><p> "Did he kill him?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. </p><p></p><p> "No, Lo' Sarek managed to mind blast him and telekinetically hurl a table across the room against his back and then Damien and Kalanaghar charged her." </p><p></p><p> Nodding DR Zhindzhe gestured for Brickface to continue. </p><p></p><p> "Ivanor found it very difficult to hit Lo' Sarek and they exchanged a few unpleasant words about each other and their gods when she back handed him and incapacitated him and then turned and mind blasted Damien and Kalanaghar stunning them. Kalanaghar then dropped a globe of darkness on all of them but it did not seem to affect her as she knelt down and began to rip information out of Ivanors head telepathically." </p><p></p><p> "By the Dark gods!" Dr Zhindzhe said. </p><p></p><p> "They recovered from being stunned and suddenly Kelphos Nocturn burst into the room and he and Lo' Sarek fought with Damien and Kalanaghar backing him up. They backed her into a corner and then she sprang up stuck to the ceiling and spit a cloud of black smoke down over them causing Damien and Kelphos to become shaken and instilling fear in Kalanghar. She then dimension doored away." </p><p></p><p> "Wait a minute Kelphos Nocturn?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. </p><p></p><p> "Yes, the same one that Damien and Kalanaghar met when they were captured by the goblins and the same one that sent them to Rath to deliver a letter to Elvira, a letter that he marked with his personal symbol...which is remarkably similar to the one they saw on Claudia the night the beast escaped from the warehouse." Brickface said with a quiet calm as he leaned back and stretched in his leather chair. </p><p></p><p> "There are a lot of unanswered coincidences here. What happened to Kamal and Kelphos?" Dr Zhindzhe said with his brow furrowed. </p><p></p><p> "Kamal vanished and Kelphos dimension doored out as well. Just as Elvira returned and stood in the doorway looking at the damage to her Inn as she dropped her luggage at her feet." Brickface said. </p><p></p><p> "Layers of Intrigue." I can now see the draw to their particular lifestyle. Dr Zhindzhe mused. </p><p></p><p> "Indeed." Brickface said simply. </p><p></p><p> Brickface and Dr Zhindzhe shared a quiet moment of reflection and speculation and then Dr Zhindzhe got up and left thinking that all of this seemed to be layered in intrigue, deception and double talk.</p><p></p><p>*****************The Story Goes On***********************</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akira1, post: 4497110, member: 64437"] [b]An end to 1 long Week.[/b] "I can understand that. So the matter of Kamal was unrelated to the turf war?" Dr Zhindzhe said. "Yes." Brickface replied. "They returned home and then woke up on the morning of the 28th. On this day Kespian's people did meet with them, a Blue woman and a minotaur met them in the Cup and told them that they would give them 1/4 of the money from the chest if they would betray me and kill everyone that I sent to help guard the money. She went on to explain that they would give them my area since they had been hired by an outside force to oust me." "An outside force..." Dr Zhindzhe mumbled. "Yes, meaning that this is all aimed at me personally." Brickface said. "The twists keep coming." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Indeed, Ivanor attempted to find out who this outside force would be but the blue lady said she would not tell until they had some visible means of confirming their loyalty i.e. not until they killed the people and helped them get the money." Brickface commented. "That certainly seems reasonable something for nothing has always been a pipe dream." Dr Zhindzhe commented. "Well they came and told me what had been said and I altered my plan a little to accommodate the possibility that they might legitimately double cross me." Brickface said seriously. Paying close attention Dr Zhindzhe said, "What did you do?" "I sent someone they had camaraderie with and at least got along with, ElTari and also Amelia scryed them through her crystal ball and stood by to step in if necessary." Brickface said soberly. " Is that it?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "No, I had other contingencies for if they betrayed me." Brickface said with some finality. Switching gears Dr Zhindzhe asked, " Well now that all the cards were on the table so to speak, what was the next move?" "This is about as clear as muddy water Doctor," Brickface commented dryly, "but the morning of the 29th they got a visitation from Fendril. He sent an animal messenger to the Cup seeking out Damien and it said, 'Damien! Please Help me! My shop! They've come for me!" With a hurried gesture Dr Zhindzhe said, " Go on Brickface." "When they got to the Broken Horn, the place was on fire and Fendril was being led away by the leader of the Cadre, Opal Mardochan herself along with the book he had found earlier. Fendril had a bemused look on his face as he was escorted away." Brickface concluded. "Thats to bad." Dr Zhindzhe said, " I would have liked to have talked to him." "In any event, Brickface said, "That evening they made the delivery for me and it did get ambushed by the Talons. In the ensuing fight all of the Stalkers except for one were killed, which pissed Amelia and El' Tari off to the point that they began to doubt the allegiance of the Tainted." "Did they fight El'Tari?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "No they disabled the cart that was pulling the money chest and Amelia and some of my hitters showed up to lay down the smack. Amelia Disintegrated the Blue lady that had originally attempted to bribe them and then dropped a fireball on herself when she got surrounded by the enemy clearing them out fairly well." Brickface said with a certain amount of pride. "So who got the money?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "Kespian did. He took them, after healing the horse that was pulling the cart to his head quarters and then asked them to open the chest. Which Damien did, noticing that there was an illusory trap on it he opened the chest and thats when the real trap sprung." Brickface said decisively. "Do go on Brickface." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Amelia was able to scry the location and we had two Troll mutants spring from the chest. Also I had myself and some of my surviving people teleport directly to this place. Kespain fled and they discovered a painting of a man in this old manor the Talons had been holed up in." Shifting again in his chair Dr Zhindzhe asked, "What significance does the painting have?" "I was a painting of a man that was completely bald, has completely black eyes and a criss crossing network of chains on his bared chest." Brickface said. "Thats just like the Priestesses of the Scion.... but it was a male?!" Dr Zhindzhe said startled. "Yeah, a male and thats not all, the name on the placard on the painting said his name was Lo'Malivious Shoovius." "Lo' Malice Shoon." Dr Zhindzhe said flatly. "Yes," Brickface replied simply. "That same night after Amelia and El' Tari had words with them they returned to the Cup and were notified that Kamal Issier would be there tonight at 2300." "I had nearly forgotten about him in all of this." Dr Zhindzhe said calmly. "He was just suddenly there when they were downstairs waiting for him and he was not alone. A robed and hooded figure was with him when he arrived and this figure gave off a chill cold and a its form seemed to be shifting as if it were out of phase or something." Brickface said dramatically. "Fascinating." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Well Kamal told them that plans had changed and he had brought them their money which was on the table in front of him and his guest and that they needed to have the copies of the document they had found as well." Brickface said seriously. "How did they know they had made copies." Dr Zhindzhe asked. "he said that Fendril had told them and then his companion became impatient, stood up grabbed the table with the money on it with one arm and hurled it across the common room of the Cup with so much force that the table shattered." Brickface explained. "Go on." Dr Zhindzhe said simply. "At this point, Kamal stood and activated his soul knife and the robed figure ripped off her robe and as she did her name echoed psychically across the room as Lo' Sarek Shoon and then a general fight broke out between them." "Thats impossible." Dr Zhindzhe said. "Their family was destroyed in the fall of the Shoon Imperium...." "Thats what she said Doctor believe it or not." Brickface said matter of factly. "In any event Ivanor charged Kamal and laid him out with one stroke." "Did he kill him?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "No, Lo' Sarek managed to mind blast him and telekinetically hurl a table across the room against his back and then Damien and Kalanaghar charged her." Nodding DR Zhindzhe gestured for Brickface to continue. "Ivanor found it very difficult to hit Lo' Sarek and they exchanged a few unpleasant words about each other and their gods when she back handed him and incapacitated him and then turned and mind blasted Damien and Kalanaghar stunning them. Kalanaghar then dropped a globe of darkness on all of them but it did not seem to affect her as she knelt down and began to rip information out of Ivanors head telepathically." "By the Dark gods!" Dr Zhindzhe said. "They recovered from being stunned and suddenly Kelphos Nocturn burst into the room and he and Lo' Sarek fought with Damien and Kalanaghar backing him up. They backed her into a corner and then she sprang up stuck to the ceiling and spit a cloud of black smoke down over them causing Damien and Kelphos to become shaken and instilling fear in Kalanghar. She then dimension doored away." "Wait a minute Kelphos Nocturn?" Dr Zhindzhe asked. "Yes, the same one that Damien and Kalanaghar met when they were captured by the goblins and the same one that sent them to Rath to deliver a letter to Elvira, a letter that he marked with his personal symbol...which is remarkably similar to the one they saw on Claudia the night the beast escaped from the warehouse." Brickface said with a quiet calm as he leaned back and stretched in his leather chair. "There are a lot of unanswered coincidences here. What happened to Kamal and Kelphos?" Dr Zhindzhe said with his brow furrowed. "Kamal vanished and Kelphos dimension doored out as well. Just as Elvira returned and stood in the doorway looking at the damage to her Inn as she dropped her luggage at her feet." Brickface said. "Layers of Intrigue." I can now see the draw to their particular lifestyle. Dr Zhindzhe mused. "Indeed." Brickface said simply. Brickface and Dr Zhindzhe shared a quiet moment of reflection and speculation and then Dr Zhindzhe got up and left thinking that all of this seemed to be layered in intrigue, deception and double talk. *****************The Story Goes On*********************** [/QUOTE]
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