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<blockquote data-quote="Morgaine" data-source="post: 211339" data-attributes="member: 2393"><p>What follows is new material. (For those of you keeping track, the subsequent three or so posts are tales that fit in before our encounter with the Spider Queen -- at the very beginning of this thread.)</p><p></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>*******************************</p><p></p><p>Walking through the darkened streets lit only by the occasional lamppost, the party happens upon a lively pub. Light streams out onto the cobblestone pavement from the swinging doors and giant front window. Inside, many of the locals are drinking heartily and singing along with an out of tune piano being played zealously by an older man. It is a bawdy drinking song and the party is eager to join in the raucous crowd. The rough-hewn wood tables are laden with pints of ale and mead, and the townspeople line the bar along the side wall. Several of the patrons appear to have been drinking for several hours. Morgaine, exhausted and emotionally drained, begs off from the festivities and continues on to the inn where Gemma has already procured their lodgings. Borin offers to accompany her there and she gratefully accepts. Once settled, he quickly takes his leave of her and re-joins the others.</p><p></p><p>Upon his return, he is envious to see his friends have started without him. Marja is firmly ensconced on a perch at the bar surrounded by what looks like every young male in the town. She laughs gaily at some secret joke and flirtatiously pats the arms of an exceptionally good-looking young man with dark hair and a roguish look. Fergus has relieved the old prospector of his duties at the piano and is banging out an even bawdier drinking song, all the while encouraging the rest of the bar to join in. Xenia has a pint of ale in each hand and a third in front of her as she compares scars with another fighter, also wearing heavy armor. Kalina is engaged in conversation about the local flora and fauna with a tall man named Thomas, who is wearing the garb of a scout. And Deke is challenging a halfling to an arm wrestling match. Borin quickly procures himself a few pints of ale and settles in to a chair near Deke to get in on the battle of strength. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, back at the inn, Gemma is kneeling in fervent prayer before a makeshift altar in one corner of the large room. She does not acknowledge Morgaine’s presence and the young mage does not interrupt the elder woman’s devotions. Head bowed, whispering softly, she lays her bow and quiver atop the shrine and thanks the Lady, Tanil, for her gifts that day. Gemma genuflects low before the divine offering in reverence to the Huntress, asking for the wisdom to walk the path the Goddess has set for her and Her blessing in battle that her own shots find their mark. After some time, she rises and collects her belongings, then rolls her mat on the floor and lies quietly, slowing her breathing in quiet meditation.</p><p></p><p>Morgaine, no longer able to suppress the tears she has been holding back since their arrival in Otenazu, makes her way to one of the cots on the far wall sobbing silently. Unprepared to be inundated with so much emotion, the ache for her grandmother feels as raw as it was a year ago when she fled in grief. That she no longer has a home to speak of only further adds to the pain and the realization that she is an orphan gnaws at her fiercely. Even Taylor’s companionship and concern does little to assuage the anguish and sorrow eating away her very soul. Hiccuping sobs wrack her body as the disconsolate young woman cries herself to sleep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morgaine, post: 211339, member: 2393"] What follows is new material. (For those of you keeping track, the subsequent three or so posts are tales that fit in before our encounter with the Spider Queen -- at the very beginning of this thread.) Enjoy! ******************************* Walking through the darkened streets lit only by the occasional lamppost, the party happens upon a lively pub. Light streams out onto the cobblestone pavement from the swinging doors and giant front window. Inside, many of the locals are drinking heartily and singing along with an out of tune piano being played zealously by an older man. It is a bawdy drinking song and the party is eager to join in the raucous crowd. The rough-hewn wood tables are laden with pints of ale and mead, and the townspeople line the bar along the side wall. Several of the patrons appear to have been drinking for several hours. Morgaine, exhausted and emotionally drained, begs off from the festivities and continues on to the inn where Gemma has already procured their lodgings. Borin offers to accompany her there and she gratefully accepts. Once settled, he quickly takes his leave of her and re-joins the others. Upon his return, he is envious to see his friends have started without him. Marja is firmly ensconced on a perch at the bar surrounded by what looks like every young male in the town. She laughs gaily at some secret joke and flirtatiously pats the arms of an exceptionally good-looking young man with dark hair and a roguish look. Fergus has relieved the old prospector of his duties at the piano and is banging out an even bawdier drinking song, all the while encouraging the rest of the bar to join in. Xenia has a pint of ale in each hand and a third in front of her as she compares scars with another fighter, also wearing heavy armor. Kalina is engaged in conversation about the local flora and fauna with a tall man named Thomas, who is wearing the garb of a scout. And Deke is challenging a halfling to an arm wrestling match. Borin quickly procures himself a few pints of ale and settles in to a chair near Deke to get in on the battle of strength. Meanwhile, back at the inn, Gemma is kneeling in fervent prayer before a makeshift altar in one corner of the large room. She does not acknowledge Morgaine’s presence and the young mage does not interrupt the elder woman’s devotions. Head bowed, whispering softly, she lays her bow and quiver atop the shrine and thanks the Lady, Tanil, for her gifts that day. Gemma genuflects low before the divine offering in reverence to the Huntress, asking for the wisdom to walk the path the Goddess has set for her and Her blessing in battle that her own shots find their mark. After some time, she rises and collects her belongings, then rolls her mat on the floor and lies quietly, slowing her breathing in quiet meditation. Morgaine, no longer able to suppress the tears she has been holding back since their arrival in Otenazu, makes her way to one of the cots on the far wall sobbing silently. Unprepared to be inundated with so much emotion, the ache for her grandmother feels as raw as it was a year ago when she fled in grief. That she no longer has a home to speak of only further adds to the pain and the realization that she is an orphan gnaws at her fiercely. Even Taylor’s companionship and concern does little to assuage the anguish and sorrow eating away her very soul. Hiccuping sobs wrack her body as the disconsolate young woman cries herself to sleep. [/QUOTE]
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