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<blockquote data-quote="Aust Meliamne" data-source="post: 789" data-attributes="member: 95"><p>Karanaj’s journal</p><p>5th day of Marpenoth, 1372 DR</p><p></p><p>Last night was quite a night for me. Not only had I been injured and not healed, I had awoken in the middle of the night to someone screaming. I have gotten used to the mind link by now, so I could tell that it was someone in my mind. I didn’t know who, but she had said my name. I didn’t recognize the voice, and I was so tired that I couldn’t even manage to stay awake long enough to think about it.</p><p></p><p>The next morning, I woke up, and felt a little better. I made my way downstairs for breakfast, this time making sure to put on a shirt. I came down for breakfast and saw only Misha. Gruush and Kay come down a little later, also coming to eat breakfast. Vallia never found her way to breakfast, and I wasn’t exactly sure what she was doing. The serving girl came downstairs and said the she could not wake Vallia. Everything clicked in my mind at that instant. I dashed up the stairs past the rest of the group, almost bumping into Misha. I had no time to dawdle; I already knew this was going to be bad.</p><p></p><p>I entered the room first, and say Vallia lying there on the bed. I tried using the ring at first, but she was as mute in her mind as she was in her body. She seemed to be in such pain, and I didn’t know why. The rest of the group made it into the room. Misha began trying to talk Vallia out of it, and I kept trying with the ring. I finally got a little bit of a response from her in my mind, and I kept trying to get more of a response. She eventually came out of it, and was back to somewhat normal health, though she was still a bit tired from the ordeal.</p><p></p><p>I decided to leave Vallia and Misha alone (somewhat at Vallia’s behest, but I still felt that I should leave them alone before she said anything). I headed down for breakfast, which was, by now, cold, so I asked for something a bit warmer. The innkeeper made a joke about keeping my shirt on, and I didn’t even pretend to be amused. I was still a bit upset over what happened to Vallia. She eventually came downstairs, looking much better than before, but still a little tired. I finished what little I could make myself eat, and waited for Kathkallen and Bezzem to show so that we could get our payment and be on our way.</p><p></p><p>Vallia asked for the contracts before we had seen any sign of Kathkallen yet. At first she looked at me, and I told her that I had left them on the table for Misha. She looked to Misha, who then proceeded to pretend to have lost the contracts. Even that fool couldn’t loose something that meant so much to him (though, I have seen him ignore something worth much more). He finally produced the contracts, and about that time, Kathkallen came downstairs. Of course, Misha haggled over our services; I felt that I had suffered enough getting those contracts, and I wanted a little more. I said as much to Kathkallen, and Vallia looked at me with a little bit of guilt in her face. I didn’t mean it that way and I told her as much, but for some reason, she wouldn’t accept that. It seemed that my little comment helped change Kathkallen’s mind and we ended up getting 250 gold each.</p><p></p><p>Vallia told us that we would be traveling for quite some time; nearly a month. She told us that we should travel as a family with its hired protection. Gruush was, of course, protection. Kay was only suited to play a child, and Vallia was the only one among us the play the wife. That left the part of husband between Misha and me. I had to think about that one. Admittedly, it would have been much easier for everyone if I had just gone with the husband part. I had already showed how well I could play husband, and Misha was obviously used to being his warrior self. I was so determined to make that fool see what he was missing, though, that I chose to force them both to face what we all could see. I told Vallia that I would play the mercenary part, and I think she was a little shocked, but more happy than anything. He was growing on her, and it wasn’t hard to see. Gruush, Kayla, and I went to get some new clothes and weapons before we left on our journey.</p><p></p><p>Kay bought some shriukens then joined Gruush and I at the clothing store. We had decided to get matching cloaks, to seem more convincing as professional bodyguards. Gruush chose blue with red trim as our colors. We also thought about getting an insignia sewn into them, but we didn’t have enough time. Vallia was already calling me with the ring, and I didn’t want to press our luck with the Watch. I purchased both cloaks, and a new shirt to replace the one that now had holes. Kay began to practice acting like a child, and I didn’t feel like sticking around for it. Gruush caught up with me rather quickly and suggested that we have a name for our group. I didn’t know what we should call ourselves, so we just settled for “the Protectors” until we could think of something better.</p><p></p><p>We arrived at the inn, and Vallia was ready to tell me about what had happened to cause her trance, or whatever it was, this morning. I was given a fine steed to ride upon. Gruush and I took up flanking positions, and we were off. Vallia took the opportunity to fill me in on her (and Talindra’s.... Aliya’s.... history). Vallia and her sister were twins, and.... well, I see that Misha has already gone over that (His journal dropped off of the wagon while we were riding. I’ll return it to him the next time we stop. Maybe we should work together on this.... it might be better to have a different perspective). At any rate, I found out that my true love’s name was not Talindra, but Aliya. It didn’t really matter; whether she was Talindra or Aliya, she was still the red-haired green-eyed girl I fell in love with. I also found out that she had been kidnapped. After hearing this, I was saddened; I was saddened even more when Vallia told me that Aliya had found her ma’sheira; me. It had taken me a less than a week to find and loose the love of my life, and I hadn’t even..... I hate myself for rejecting her.</p><p></p><p>I’m not a big one to mope around, though. I had been for a while after the news, but I can’t anymore. I don’t care if I have to go to face the gods themselves; I would rather be disintegrated as a mere afterthought by them than to allow Aliya a moment of anguish. I hope for their sakes that those Zhentarim pray for their souls regularly, because when I see them, I will have no mercy upon them.</p><p></p><p>We stopped in a small town, where we went through all of the appearances of being a family (again, I see that Misha has gone over this). As we seem to be intertwined for quite a time, I think that people that will want to see the journals of either of us will see both of our Journals; I won’t go into the other details, on that note.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aust Meliamne, post: 789, member: 95"] Karanaj’s journal 5th day of Marpenoth, 1372 DR Last night was quite a night for me. Not only had I been injured and not healed, I had awoken in the middle of the night to someone screaming. I have gotten used to the mind link by now, so I could tell that it was someone in my mind. I didn’t know who, but she had said my name. I didn’t recognize the voice, and I was so tired that I couldn’t even manage to stay awake long enough to think about it. The next morning, I woke up, and felt a little better. I made my way downstairs for breakfast, this time making sure to put on a shirt. I came down for breakfast and saw only Misha. Gruush and Kay come down a little later, also coming to eat breakfast. Vallia never found her way to breakfast, and I wasn’t exactly sure what she was doing. The serving girl came downstairs and said the she could not wake Vallia. Everything clicked in my mind at that instant. I dashed up the stairs past the rest of the group, almost bumping into Misha. I had no time to dawdle; I already knew this was going to be bad. I entered the room first, and say Vallia lying there on the bed. I tried using the ring at first, but she was as mute in her mind as she was in her body. She seemed to be in such pain, and I didn’t know why. The rest of the group made it into the room. Misha began trying to talk Vallia out of it, and I kept trying with the ring. I finally got a little bit of a response from her in my mind, and I kept trying to get more of a response. She eventually came out of it, and was back to somewhat normal health, though she was still a bit tired from the ordeal. I decided to leave Vallia and Misha alone (somewhat at Vallia’s behest, but I still felt that I should leave them alone before she said anything). I headed down for breakfast, which was, by now, cold, so I asked for something a bit warmer. The innkeeper made a joke about keeping my shirt on, and I didn’t even pretend to be amused. I was still a bit upset over what happened to Vallia. She eventually came downstairs, looking much better than before, but still a little tired. I finished what little I could make myself eat, and waited for Kathkallen and Bezzem to show so that we could get our payment and be on our way. Vallia asked for the contracts before we had seen any sign of Kathkallen yet. At first she looked at me, and I told her that I had left them on the table for Misha. She looked to Misha, who then proceeded to pretend to have lost the contracts. Even that fool couldn’t loose something that meant so much to him (though, I have seen him ignore something worth much more). He finally produced the contracts, and about that time, Kathkallen came downstairs. Of course, Misha haggled over our services; I felt that I had suffered enough getting those contracts, and I wanted a little more. I said as much to Kathkallen, and Vallia looked at me with a little bit of guilt in her face. I didn’t mean it that way and I told her as much, but for some reason, she wouldn’t accept that. It seemed that my little comment helped change Kathkallen’s mind and we ended up getting 250 gold each. Vallia told us that we would be traveling for quite some time; nearly a month. She told us that we should travel as a family with its hired protection. Gruush was, of course, protection. Kay was only suited to play a child, and Vallia was the only one among us the play the wife. That left the part of husband between Misha and me. I had to think about that one. Admittedly, it would have been much easier for everyone if I had just gone with the husband part. I had already showed how well I could play husband, and Misha was obviously used to being his warrior self. I was so determined to make that fool see what he was missing, though, that I chose to force them both to face what we all could see. I told Vallia that I would play the mercenary part, and I think she was a little shocked, but more happy than anything. He was growing on her, and it wasn’t hard to see. Gruush, Kayla, and I went to get some new clothes and weapons before we left on our journey. Kay bought some shriukens then joined Gruush and I at the clothing store. We had decided to get matching cloaks, to seem more convincing as professional bodyguards. Gruush chose blue with red trim as our colors. We also thought about getting an insignia sewn into them, but we didn’t have enough time. Vallia was already calling me with the ring, and I didn’t want to press our luck with the Watch. I purchased both cloaks, and a new shirt to replace the one that now had holes. Kay began to practice acting like a child, and I didn’t feel like sticking around for it. Gruush caught up with me rather quickly and suggested that we have a name for our group. I didn’t know what we should call ourselves, so we just settled for “the Protectors” until we could think of something better. We arrived at the inn, and Vallia was ready to tell me about what had happened to cause her trance, or whatever it was, this morning. I was given a fine steed to ride upon. Gruush and I took up flanking positions, and we were off. Vallia took the opportunity to fill me in on her (and Talindra’s.... Aliya’s.... history). Vallia and her sister were twins, and.... well, I see that Misha has already gone over that (His journal dropped off of the wagon while we were riding. I’ll return it to him the next time we stop. Maybe we should work together on this.... it might be better to have a different perspective). At any rate, I found out that my true love’s name was not Talindra, but Aliya. It didn’t really matter; whether she was Talindra or Aliya, she was still the red-haired green-eyed girl I fell in love with. I also found out that she had been kidnapped. After hearing this, I was saddened; I was saddened even more when Vallia told me that Aliya had found her ma’sheira; me. It had taken me a less than a week to find and loose the love of my life, and I hadn’t even..... I hate myself for rejecting her. I’m not a big one to mope around, though. I had been for a while after the news, but I can’t anymore. I don’t care if I have to go to face the gods themselves; I would rather be disintegrated as a mere afterthought by them than to allow Aliya a moment of anguish. I hope for their sakes that those Zhentarim pray for their souls regularly, because when I see them, I will have no mercy upon them. We stopped in a small town, where we went through all of the appearances of being a family (again, I see that Misha has gone over this). As we seem to be intertwined for quite a time, I think that people that will want to see the journals of either of us will see both of our Journals; I won’t go into the other details, on that note. [/QUOTE]
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