Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter VIII

[Majin]

~Teleri~

Andress looks at Teleri strangely for a few moments before responding, "Sister Teleri, you would do better to not let yourself be ruled by "hunches". It breeds distrust of all those around you, which is unbecoming and self-destructive, especially for those in our position as priestesses," she warns. "No, I trust all those of Twilight Hollow. If anyone is responsible for the torture that Chastity endures, it is most assuredly from on outside source."

~Laurent~

[sblock]Correct you are on the diplomacy check Wilphe. Easy pass [/sblock]

Oliver's eyes widen as Laurent puts his neck closer to the boy's sword. Pulling it away quickly, Oliver hides it behind his back, an embarrassed look on his face. Renadra answers, almost if reciting a remembered verse, her eyes closed, "A day of darkness yet awaits the people of Twilight Hollow. The day will come when a stranger arrives in town. This stranger comes for the innocent among us. This stranger has a handsome shell, but inside this stranger hides a broken and warped soul. This stranger knows us. This stranger has watched us. This stranger knows the blessings of the beast that plagues us. Death walks with this stranger." Renadra opens her eyes again and stares up at Laurent. "That is what Andress says," she adds, looking behind her shoulder again.

"She thinks your handsome," Oliver states, bluntly, speaking for the first time. Renadra's glance shoots towards her brother. She looks appalled as she screams, "No I don't Oliver! Take that back!" her face the color of crimson. Her courage returns quickly enough though, as she leans towards Laurent and whispers, "Lady Andress once threatened to poke out my eyes once, when she caught me playing in her chambers," she shivers. "Some of my friends say she curses small children that make her cross. That's what we think happened to Tamara Uhlstan," she explains, a frown appearing on her small face.

 

[kirinke]

Teleri smiled blandly. "Those who trained me told me listen to the small voice which lies within, for more often than not, tis the voice of the gods, subtly guiding us." she looked at the priestess. "Indeed, I do not let myself be ruled by those feelings, but I do not dismiss them out of hand." she shrugged. "Blind trust can often lead to darkness and the damnation of one's soul, even as it can rise one to the heights of heaven." she said, as if quoting something.

ooc:
+2 Diplomacy

 

[Wilphe]

Laurent listens to the verses, runs them over in his mind and commits them to memory, then repeats them back to Renadra:

"A day of darkness yet awaits the people of Twilight Hollow.
The day will come when a stranger arrives in town.
This stranger comes for the innocent among us.
This stranger has a handsome shell,
but inside this stranger hides a broken and warped soul.
This stranger knows us.
This stranger has watched us.
This stranger knows the blessings of the beast that plagues us.
Death walks with this stranger."

Okay, it's an audience of two, but any audience is good enough for him*.
"Interesting, so what did happen to Tamara?"



OOC: *Perform/Act, for what it is worth...

 

[Mimic]

Broddy wakes yet again and shakes his head as he tries to clear his mind of the nightmare that has plagued his dreams, with a small sigh he runs his hand through his hair as he gets out of bed. Its obvious that sleep is not going to happen and he walks over and sits in front of a small desk lighting a candle.

On the desk is the object of his fascination and frustration, the book that he found in the night hags den, he gently runs his hand over the cover, feeling for the thousandth time all the small imperfections that a book that old would have. "Your the answer to what I am looking for... maybe I'm just not asking the right questions yet." He says quietly to no one as he opens the book and begins to read.

 

[Majin]

~Laurent~

Renadra nods approvingly at Laurent's successful retelling of Andress' prophecy. In answer to his question about Tamara she responds mysteriously, "That's just the thing... she just disappeared," she gulps. "She used to live over there," she points, indicating one of the lone farmhouses far off in the distance but just visible enough for Laurent to make it out.

~Teleri~

Andress' slightly puzzled expression does not leave her face at Teleri's recitations, but she does begin to pace the space behind the alter slowly. "Your words are somewhat cryptic, priestess," the high priestess states. "But that would be typical for a priestess of Sehanine though, wouldn't it?" she adds, eyeing the silver holy symbol hanging from Teleri's neck.

~Broddy~

Taking some time to study the strange runes inside the book Broddy begins to recognize patterns that seem to praise some sort of entities known as 'Old Ones'; the best translation he can come up with. That is until he suddenly realizes that the name had entered his mind as almost a whisper. Looking at the runes again he cannot make the connection he thought he had before to identify them as that, but the correlation still sticks in his mind. An incredibly bizarre experience is all he can figure at the moment.

 

[kirinke]

Teleri grinned. "Mmm. Most elves are a bit cryptic. We can't help it. And those who walk under the moon's light are even more so." she said, refering to her own priesthood and looked at Andress. "What troubles you so my friend?" Teleri asked. "Your burden seems great, even for a priestess of Illmater." she said delicately. "I would like to help, if it is within my power that is."

 

[Velmont]

Sielwoodan finish to take his drink in the common room before he go back to his room, next to Broddy's one. As he pass in front of Broddy's door, he listen inside.

Quiet... I can't believe I would want to hear him speaking his flow of useless words.

He then enters his room and relax a bit before his companion come back.

 

[Majin]

~Teleri~

"I am troubled by nothing more than what I have been, Priestess Teleri. Chastity's plight, plain and simple," she says solemnly. "It appears you are already doing all that you can in putting this matter to rest, but I fear it just may not be enough. If you have come by no leads, we simply may have to accept Chastity's fate and resign ourselves to our failures," she says sadly.

 

[Wilphe]

Laurent looks at Renadra, "She just disappeared? She just didn't run away, or something? How long ago was this?"

OOC:
Laurent will, essentially, interrogate her without sounding like he's interrogating her. He'll nod, empathise, interject and take as long as he needs (he's nothing better to do), but what he wants to know is:
How old she was
What she looked like
How long ago this happened
Anything odd about the circumstances
Who her family are and what they are like
The results of any search that was made
Why she thinks Andress had anything to do with it.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang returns to the inn after selling the things the group no longer needed with Dunstand and sits in the common room, keeping a close eye on anyone entering or leaving.