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<blockquote data-quote="Brimshack" data-source="post: 4216716" data-attributes="member: 34694"><p>Okay, I know that was a heavy thought to lay on you, and I'm sorry. Sometimes you just have to own up to things like that though. It's part of healing. I can't bring Sir Hockinslots back, but maybe, just maybe if I can get myself in a smarter place, then I can make sure it never happens again. And maybe, just maybe, I can help others after all.</p><p></p><p>Since the incident at the Wharf I have been doing a little exercisesize, and I had Seamus teach me a bit about how to handle my staff. Just defensive moves mind you; I'm not about hitting people. But next time, hopefully, it won't take an army of my friends to save me from a simple grunt with an axe.</p><p></p><p>Okay, so when we left the whole scene by the warehouse, we could see the Slolem sailing out of the harbor. It was strange. ...and frustrating.</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>You know, before we take this any further, I think I should tell you a little more about this world and how I got here. Maybe you're new to this strange place, or maybe you live somewhere else. Either way, I think you deserve to know a few things about where all this is taking place.</p><p></p><p>How did I get here?</p><p></p><p>Well, you see where I come from magic is hard to see work. Sure there are stories, and everyone knows a pink flower makes the bad spirits stay away. But you don't usually see it happen so fast like that, ...you know, like a big energy bolt, or when someone heals a broken bone in seconds by casting a powerful spell. I've heard of trolls and dragons, but I'd never seen any beforecoming here. I Still haven't really, but I know lots of people who have now, and I hear tell if we leave the bounds of the city we will most certainly see such things. Anyway, the point is that one day I was walking home from the county fair and instead of getting home I ended up in this strange place where all the magic and all the monsters are so much more real than I ever imagined.</p><p></p><p>I didn't realize it at first. It just seemed strange. My home village should have been just around the bend, and if I hurried I should get there before the sun finished setting. But I didn't. The sun never quite set, and I never quite made it home. I just kept walking along the same path I had walked a hundred times before, only it got stranger and stranger, and I was tired, and I tore my dress, ...and then I started crying. </p><p></p><p>And then I heard screams in the forest arund me. I saw a man running across the road, and he was chased by some horrible demon. So, I thought I must be dreaming and I just stood there rubbing my eyes. But when I opened them, I was looking down at the ground, and there was blood all over the place I was standing, and I could see someone had been dragged off the road. I followed the trail with my eyes and then I saw...</p><p></p><p>It was horrible. I mean it was really horrible. And there were still people screaming in the forest around me, and I could hear horses charging down the road towards me. I was so scared. I am crying again, just thinking about it. </p><p></p><p>So, I fainted. Honestly, I just fell over right then and there. I know, some save-the-world-or-at-least-the-city kind of hero I turned out to be! But I need to tell you this so you'll understand. I'm not supposed to be here. I'm not supposed to cast magic (thought I'd like to think I might havd learned some good herbal remedies in my home town), and I am certainly not supposed to be involved in any of this violence, because you see I really am not cut out for it. I should be courting Robin Cawmistiger from down the way and planning out my own garden for this coming Spring. I should be learning to make plum pies and sewing my future wedding dress, not fighting angry axe-wielding thugs in the bad side of a big city. I should be at home for cricket's sake! But instead I am here, and if I don't always do the right thing, well then people will just have to understand.</p><p></p><p>But of course, no-one is really supposed to be here, except for the monsters of course. The monsters were usually born in this place, but the rest of the people in this land got here just like I did. They come from all sorts of places, usually ending up on a road or out on the sea when they were travelling themselves.</p><p></p><p>It is a dark place. The sun never quite sets and it never quite rises either. The brightest day in this strange land is just a little less sunny than it should be. And the darkest night is just a little brighter than it should be. How the crops grow is a mystery. ...maybe, the magic.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, when I came to, it turned out the riders I had heard down the way were some men from the city of Pflorendrine come out to save people. They said the monsters call it a jubilee. It's a strange event that occurs sometimes, when dozens or even hundreds of people all show up at once in about the same area. So, you can just imagine the lost souls, all wandering and tired like me. Most of them are unarmed. And almost all of them are unfamiliar with the ways of a world like this. They have never seen an orc or an ogre before. Most will see one and that will be the end of them. I was lucky. Very lucky, fainting like that. If one of the orcs had found me, I would have been stew. ...or worse.</p><p></p><p>There are all sorts of theories about the nature of this place. Some people say it is the land of the dead. We have all already died, so these people say, and this is the afterlife. Gosh, I hope those guys are wrong, because I spent a lot of time praying to the Lord, and I was a good girl, and if this is all I get for trying to be righteous and kind, well then I want a second chance to go out behind the barn with little Robin. ...oh, I miss him so much. I know, that's a petty thought, but sometimes I just get so depressed.</p><p></p><p>You know some people who say that this is the land of the dead figure we just stay here until our souls are eaten by the monsters. Others figure we are reborn when we are eaten, but most of us don't want to try that. And then there are these people who live out on the plains, and they all say that we should simply find our way North and go to the real final resting place. That might be, but North is a really scary place (I'll get to that later).</p><p></p><p>Others say that this world is some kind of alternate uni-place or something, which to me just means they know how to make up funny words. "...alternate uniplace"? Saying silly stuff like that has no healing power at all!</p><p></p><p>Now, I hear there is a dark lady that lives in the Northeast, and she says that we're all just crazy. She says, we've all been tricked by a spell (kind of like the spells the gnome does, but a really big one), so it's all a big illusion. According to her, her name is Adisa, we just need a great big healing spell, and we'll all be better. Because we just share a common sickness, kind of like a fever, but only caused by bad magic. I'm guessing this Adisa lady is onto something. I don't even know this lady, and already I love her. Well anyway, if that's the real source of the problem, then hopsefully I can learn to help. One day maybe, I'll meet Adisa and I can help her make the big healing circle that we all need. </p><p></p><p>Oh well. There are all sorts of other theories, and people have different ideas about what to do about it. Lord Methgar figires it just doesn't matter. He says if we can live here, then we can just make the best of it. He has actually lived his whole life here, so he doesn't know what a bright sun is. I guess that's why he doesn't want to go back so much, and he doesn't have a back to go to. That's how nobles happen in this land, you know, they are the ones who are actually born here. It's so rare for humans anyway, because people don't survive. So, many die right after they get here. Others go mad. And so many others are killed, because there is so much war. There isn't enough food or lumber or anything really, and the monsters just hunt us.</p><p></p><p>That's why a city like Pflorendrine is so important. I know it's a terrible name, really, but it's the only safe place I've known since the jubilee. In the city, you are almost safe, at least from the monsters. To the North and West, there is the city of Kaenesdovl, and to the North East there are fishing villages. I guess you could say that we are at the end of a kind ...pointy thing, I forget what the geo-sage called it. It's a kind of thing where the land points out into the see like a finger out at the ocean. ...anyway, and there is a forest directly North, that used to belong to Elves, at least until it was overrun by orcs, and something else. Now they say that the forest is cruel. I'm told there are also mountains to the Northwest. Unfortunately, I am also told that a great army of bad things is travelling south from those mountains toward Pflorendrine. I wonder why they don't attack Kaenesdovl. ...unless, they are in league with the city of Kaenesdovl.</p><p></p><p>Okay, well that's all I have to say about this world. Funny thing is now that I have written all this, I'm not sure I want to help save this world. I mean it is a rather icky place. Still, if we breathe life, we breathe it here I suppose, so it is best to keep it safe.</p><p></p><p>Oh well, so much for my thinking. I have lots of events to tell you about next.</p><p></p><p>Warmth in your Soul my dear friends and Happiness in your Heart.</p><p>Love</p><p>Alyra.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brimshack, post: 4216716, member: 34694"] Okay, I know that was a heavy thought to lay on you, and I'm sorry. Sometimes you just have to own up to things like that though. It's part of healing. I can't bring Sir Hockinslots back, but maybe, just maybe if I can get myself in a smarter place, then I can make sure it never happens again. And maybe, just maybe, I can help others after all. Since the incident at the Wharf I have been doing a little exercisesize, and I had Seamus teach me a bit about how to handle my staff. Just defensive moves mind you; I'm not about hitting people. But next time, hopefully, it won't take an army of my friends to save me from a simple grunt with an axe. Okay, so when we left the whole scene by the warehouse, we could see the Slolem sailing out of the harbor. It was strange. ...and frustrating. ... You know, before we take this any further, I think I should tell you a little more about this world and how I got here. Maybe you're new to this strange place, or maybe you live somewhere else. Either way, I think you deserve to know a few things about where all this is taking place. How did I get here? Well, you see where I come from magic is hard to see work. Sure there are stories, and everyone knows a pink flower makes the bad spirits stay away. But you don't usually see it happen so fast like that, ...you know, like a big energy bolt, or when someone heals a broken bone in seconds by casting a powerful spell. I've heard of trolls and dragons, but I'd never seen any beforecoming here. I Still haven't really, but I know lots of people who have now, and I hear tell if we leave the bounds of the city we will most certainly see such things. Anyway, the point is that one day I was walking home from the county fair and instead of getting home I ended up in this strange place where all the magic and all the monsters are so much more real than I ever imagined. I didn't realize it at first. It just seemed strange. My home village should have been just around the bend, and if I hurried I should get there before the sun finished setting. But I didn't. The sun never quite set, and I never quite made it home. I just kept walking along the same path I had walked a hundred times before, only it got stranger and stranger, and I was tired, and I tore my dress, ...and then I started crying. And then I heard screams in the forest arund me. I saw a man running across the road, and he was chased by some horrible demon. So, I thought I must be dreaming and I just stood there rubbing my eyes. But when I opened them, I was looking down at the ground, and there was blood all over the place I was standing, and I could see someone had been dragged off the road. I followed the trail with my eyes and then I saw... It was horrible. I mean it was really horrible. And there were still people screaming in the forest around me, and I could hear horses charging down the road towards me. I was so scared. I am crying again, just thinking about it. So, I fainted. Honestly, I just fell over right then and there. I know, some save-the-world-or-at-least-the-city kind of hero I turned out to be! But I need to tell you this so you'll understand. I'm not supposed to be here. I'm not supposed to cast magic (thought I'd like to think I might havd learned some good herbal remedies in my home town), and I am certainly not supposed to be involved in any of this violence, because you see I really am not cut out for it. I should be courting Robin Cawmistiger from down the way and planning out my own garden for this coming Spring. I should be learning to make plum pies and sewing my future wedding dress, not fighting angry axe-wielding thugs in the bad side of a big city. I should be at home for cricket's sake! But instead I am here, and if I don't always do the right thing, well then people will just have to understand. But of course, no-one is really supposed to be here, except for the monsters of course. The monsters were usually born in this place, but the rest of the people in this land got here just like I did. They come from all sorts of places, usually ending up on a road or out on the sea when they were travelling themselves. It is a dark place. The sun never quite sets and it never quite rises either. The brightest day in this strange land is just a little less sunny than it should be. And the darkest night is just a little brighter than it should be. How the crops grow is a mystery. ...maybe, the magic. Anyway, when I came to, it turned out the riders I had heard down the way were some men from the city of Pflorendrine come out to save people. They said the monsters call it a jubilee. It's a strange event that occurs sometimes, when dozens or even hundreds of people all show up at once in about the same area. So, you can just imagine the lost souls, all wandering and tired like me. Most of them are unarmed. And almost all of them are unfamiliar with the ways of a world like this. They have never seen an orc or an ogre before. Most will see one and that will be the end of them. I was lucky. Very lucky, fainting like that. If one of the orcs had found me, I would have been stew. ...or worse. There are all sorts of theories about the nature of this place. Some people say it is the land of the dead. We have all already died, so these people say, and this is the afterlife. Gosh, I hope those guys are wrong, because I spent a lot of time praying to the Lord, and I was a good girl, and if this is all I get for trying to be righteous and kind, well then I want a second chance to go out behind the barn with little Robin. ...oh, I miss him so much. I know, that's a petty thought, but sometimes I just get so depressed. You know some people who say that this is the land of the dead figure we just stay here until our souls are eaten by the monsters. Others figure we are reborn when we are eaten, but most of us don't want to try that. And then there are these people who live out on the plains, and they all say that we should simply find our way North and go to the real final resting place. That might be, but North is a really scary place (I'll get to that later). Others say that this world is some kind of alternate uni-place or something, which to me just means they know how to make up funny words. "...alternate uniplace"? Saying silly stuff like that has no healing power at all! Now, I hear there is a dark lady that lives in the Northeast, and she says that we're all just crazy. She says, we've all been tricked by a spell (kind of like the spells the gnome does, but a really big one), so it's all a big illusion. According to her, her name is Adisa, we just need a great big healing spell, and we'll all be better. Because we just share a common sickness, kind of like a fever, but only caused by bad magic. I'm guessing this Adisa lady is onto something. I don't even know this lady, and already I love her. Well anyway, if that's the real source of the problem, then hopsefully I can learn to help. One day maybe, I'll meet Adisa and I can help her make the big healing circle that we all need. Oh well. There are all sorts of other theories, and people have different ideas about what to do about it. Lord Methgar figires it just doesn't matter. He says if we can live here, then we can just make the best of it. He has actually lived his whole life here, so he doesn't know what a bright sun is. I guess that's why he doesn't want to go back so much, and he doesn't have a back to go to. That's how nobles happen in this land, you know, they are the ones who are actually born here. It's so rare for humans anyway, because people don't survive. So, many die right after they get here. Others go mad. And so many others are killed, because there is so much war. There isn't enough food or lumber or anything really, and the monsters just hunt us. That's why a city like Pflorendrine is so important. I know it's a terrible name, really, but it's the only safe place I've known since the jubilee. In the city, you are almost safe, at least from the monsters. To the North and West, there is the city of Kaenesdovl, and to the North East there are fishing villages. I guess you could say that we are at the end of a kind ...pointy thing, I forget what the geo-sage called it. It's a kind of thing where the land points out into the see like a finger out at the ocean. ...anyway, and there is a forest directly North, that used to belong to Elves, at least until it was overrun by orcs, and something else. Now they say that the forest is cruel. I'm told there are also mountains to the Northwest. Unfortunately, I am also told that a great army of bad things is travelling south from those mountains toward Pflorendrine. I wonder why they don't attack Kaenesdovl. ...unless, they are in league with the city of Kaenesdovl. Okay, well that's all I have to say about this world. Funny thing is now that I have written all this, I'm not sure I want to help save this world. I mean it is a rather icky place. Still, if we breathe life, we breathe it here I suppose, so it is best to keep it safe. Oh well, so much for my thinking. I have lots of events to tell you about next. Warmth in your Soul my dear friends and Happiness in your Heart. Love Alyra. [/QUOTE]
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