Destiny's Tears-Prologue: A Jewel in the Shadow Part I

[Rystil Arden]

Molpe:
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*Wei-Han smiles and follows the Limnad out of the house. He attempts to get his bearings in the Labourer's Ward, then with a nod leads her off towards the Festive Ward. After winding through the alleyways, they shortly find themselves once more before the silvery gates, and they walk through into the Festive Ward, ready to take a bath.*

"Now you have a choice, Yuri. Thele are many different bathhouses hele. Why don't you terr me what you are looking fol in the idear bathhouse: Heated-Spas, Natulal Rook, Opurent Art and Alchitecture, something erse?"
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[Thanee]

Melody, Dolathi Eldritch Infiltrator

A/Z:

[SBLOCK]As they suddenly stumble upon the corpse of the Mojiin, Melody stops abruptly, her eyes widened for a moment, and then immediately looks around for any signs of danger. When nothing happens for a while, she slowly approaches the body, when Abdiel is already next to it.

“Who would do such a thing to ... uhm ... her? Can you see what the note says? I hope it's not for us! Could this be the 'stench of death' you sensed earlier, Abdiel?”

While looking down, Melody notices, that she is still dressed up for the tavern stay. She quickly takes a step back and mumbles a few arcane words, while weaving her hands as if casting a spell. Upon her command, her clothes begin to change into tight-fitting black leathers, that are less revealing than her previous dress, but otherwise do rather little to hide her gorgeous figure.

Spoiler

That should do...

she thinks to herself.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Eonthar]

Zykovian & Melody:[SBLOCK]"I do not know who would do such a thing. But there are a couple of clues. The first is the knife, you will notice that it has a nice flower-motif on it. The second is this poem, written in Seelie that is on the piece of paper."

Five little Mojiin, looking for the jewel.
First one fell off a roof, how cruel.
Silly Mojiin, What a fool.
Stop your foolish search for the jewel!

Four little Mojiin wouldn't hear my song:
One drank her drink, but oh, what's wrong?
She gasped and fell to the ground before long.
Why couldn't she just listen to this song?

Three little Mojiin couldn't take hint,
Saw the jewel when she did squint,
Fire ends her little stint.
Silly Mojiin, take a hint!

Two little Mojiin stubborn as a log
Wouldn't let their memories jog
Even with the acid smog
Foolish Mojiin, don't be a log!

One little Mojiin crept through the alley
After the cute girl there made a sally.
With a dagger she did dally:
No more Mojiin left to rally.

"Finally there is the following text in some language that I do not understand." Instead of trying to read it aloud, Abdiel will simply point to the text.

(In Eldish)[SBLOCK]
STAY AWAY. I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU, BUT I WILL KILL ANY AND ALL OF YOU WHO TRY TO TAKE MY PRIZE FROM ME.[/SBLOCK][/SBLOCK]

 

[Thanee]

Melody, Dolathi Eldritch Infiltrator

A/Z:

[SBLOCK]“It says: ‘Stay away! I don't want to hurt you, but I will ...’ well, there is no word for it in Seelie, it's the process of turning a living being into a dead being, so she says she will do this to ‘... any and all of you who try to take my prize from me.’ That weapon and the poem befit an Amaranthian, what do you think? But, if she really did kill these five of your kin, she must be quite powerful. I hope you can handle that, because I am not a warrior, you see.”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

Melody:
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*As a practised linguist, you realise that the reason that the bottom warning is in Eldish is because there is no word for 'Kill' in the Seelie tongue. The closest is a kinda non-specific 'Hurt,' which wouldn't get the point across. This also explains why the poem doesn't mention specific aggressive actions taken by the writer: There simply is not a word for it.*
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[Keia]

Zykovian T’Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist/Marksman

Abdiel & Melody[SBLOCK]
On seeing the body laid out in the street so plainly, Zykovian immediately scanned the area.

“Abdiel, how long has this one been dead?” Zykovian asked trying to put a lead time to the incident. “Also, with your permission, Abdiel, we should search the body – to see if anything has been obviously taken, then if there are any more clues to who might have done this. I would also like to perform some quick divinations to determine if the dagger is magical . . . the body is trapped magically, or if the note is something more.”

“ . . . That weapon and the poem befit an Amaranthian, what do you think? But, if she really did kill these five of your kin, she must be quite powerful. I hope you can handle that, because I am not a warrior, you see.”

On Melody’s change, Zykovian nodded approvingly. “To be honest, Melody, I’m much more of a scholar and warrior than I am bounty hunter,” Zykovian replied, “but these are interesting times, you might say.”

“Any change in Selar, Abdiel?” Zykovian asked.

**Rystil Only**
[sblock]Detect Magic – again, on the body concentrating as necessary, if given permission. He’ll search the body if Abdiel and Melody wouldn’t do so. Also though Spells prepared might be important soon. Here they are: 0th: Dancing Lights, Message, Ray of Frost, 1st: Magic Missile, Orb of Cold, Ray of Enfeeblement. Spells remaining 0th: 6, 1st: 8.[/sblock][/SBLOCK]

 

[Thanee]

Melody, Dolathi Eldritch Infiltrator

A/Z:

[SBLOCK]“Well, I dabble in magic, but I'm nowhere near the skill of my mother, so don't expect much from my side, if we happen to get into trouble.”

“I would think bounty hunting is all about information-gathering and fighting, so being a scholar and a warrior sounds like almost a perfect match,” Melody adds with a quick smile, which quickly dissolves once her eyes look at the corpse again.


OOC: Just to make sure, you didn't misunderstand that... Melody didn't change at all, just her clothing did (which must obviously be magical, unless she used some kind of spell to do the transformation).

Sidenote: With all these spoilerblocks, it would probably have been a good idea, if the character sheets weren't public as well. But that doesn't really work here. [/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

Melody:
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[OOC Sidenote: I think everyone'd still know though, from the OOC Thread. Don't worry, Zyk 'checked you out' with his Detect Magic, so he actually does know you're packing a spiffy dress]
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[khavren]

Fedowin

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Fedowin goes to the end of the hall, listening and looking for any signs of their passage, especially marks from the Eagle they carried up here or any mention of thier names. Failing that he returns to the street as well to see if he can spot anything there.

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[Brother Shatterstone]

Molpe Lilypetals: Limnad/Female (Siren)

[sblock] * Molpe smiles as she listens to Wei-Han speak, she would never say it too him cause he seems so embarrassed about it but she enjoyed listening to his accent, and while the young couple holds each other’s hands. To Molpe the choice was an easy one, she was a natural girl and always would be, but she didn’t want Wei-Han to suffer in the cool cold water that she would enjoy the most. *

With an affectionate smile Molpe replied softly, “Well, Hun, I wouldn’t want you to be overly cold so why not something heated… but natural! It has to be natural.” [/sblock]