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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6710336" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p><strong>Originally posted by missekat:</strong></p><p></p><p>Grinner walks singing and smiling from the room and you follow him outside again. He walks to the back of the building, where the stables are. Time seems to be frozen here. Birds hang in the air, trees and grass seems to be frozen in a movement suggesting a whipping wind and the people..</p><p></p><p>Only two people remain upright here. Four lies on the ground, dead, with stab wounds in their hearts. Two small boys, an very old woman and an even more elderly man. In front of these dead people is a fair-haired woman dressed in a bright green dress and a crown of summer flowers. On her right hand a golden wedding band can be seen. She is kneeling in front of a man wearing a matching band of gold, and wielding a bloody sword. Both of their faces show terror and desperation. His sword is only inches away from striking her heart.</p><p></p><p>"Ah!" Says Grinner and smiles that merry smile. "This is my favorite. The farther.." He points to the standing man. "Knew of the coming doom and hastened to save his family from a fate worse than death. He reasoned that no horse would be able to outrun the fog, so he lined up his parents, his children and his wife and killed them as fast and merciful as he was able. He wasn't quite fast enough though." He walks to the man and waves his hand in front of the stiffened face. "He IS aware that you are here, my friends. And he is also aware of what he has done. So is she." He turns to point at the blonde woman. "But do you know what the best part is?" He looks at you and then slowly smile. "Time DO actually move here.. just very VERY slowly. His sword has only moved a fraction of an inch since the day of mourning. But some day.. in maybe 50 or 100 years.. the sword will reach her, and just imagine how many eons it will take for it to push through her flesh, to reach her heart and kill her?" He smiles again and shrugs.. "But such is the curse of the Mournland. We all have our own little piece of hell here. Now just watch your step, or you might get one of your own." He winks at you and laughs, then takes up the tune again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6710336, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by missekat:[/b] Grinner walks singing and smiling from the room and you follow him outside again. He walks to the back of the building, where the stables are. Time seems to be frozen here. Birds hang in the air, trees and grass seems to be frozen in a movement suggesting a whipping wind and the people.. Only two people remain upright here. Four lies on the ground, dead, with stab wounds in their hearts. Two small boys, an very old woman and an even more elderly man. In front of these dead people is a fair-haired woman dressed in a bright green dress and a crown of summer flowers. On her right hand a golden wedding band can be seen. She is kneeling in front of a man wearing a matching band of gold, and wielding a bloody sword. Both of their faces show terror and desperation. His sword is only inches away from striking her heart. "Ah!" Says Grinner and smiles that merry smile. "This is my favorite. The farther.." He points to the standing man. "Knew of the coming doom and hastened to save his family from a fate worse than death. He reasoned that no horse would be able to outrun the fog, so he lined up his parents, his children and his wife and killed them as fast and merciful as he was able. He wasn't quite fast enough though." He walks to the man and waves his hand in front of the stiffened face. "He IS aware that you are here, my friends. And he is also aware of what he has done. So is she." He turns to point at the blonde woman. "But do you know what the best part is?" He looks at you and then slowly smile. "Time DO actually move here.. just very VERY slowly. His sword has only moved a fraction of an inch since the day of mourning. But some day.. in maybe 50 or 100 years.. the sword will reach her, and just imagine how many eons it will take for it to push through her flesh, to reach her heart and kill her?" He smiles again and shrugs.. "But such is the curse of the Mournland. We all have our own little piece of hell here. Now just watch your step, or you might get one of your own." He winks at you and laughs, then takes up the tune again. [/QUOTE]
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