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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 2817005" data-attributes="member: 939"><p>Cordozo – Chapter Thirteen – Bandits fur real</p><p></p><p> It turned out Derris knew more than he was admitting, but about as much as we expected, given his dramatic departure from Joseph’s Inn. There were bandits, of a sort, attacking the village. And, to no one’s surprise (except perhaps Ee, who is surprised by most things) the bandits were really the villagers themselves, changed into beasts against their will. Transformations of a different sort became my bane. </p><p> My mind began to reach out to Derris. I probed deep into the inner recesses of his mind. At the same time, I was exploring the newfound reaches of my own fractured mind, and I found something disturbing. It was so disturbing that it overwhelmed my senses and I found myself lying on the ground, my companions around me, looking on with concern. Ee told me, with his usual aplomb, “You go down. You not look good.” “You down long time.” Three coherent sentences in a row from Ee was likely a record. And it was, as always, refreshingly echoed by Ee’s thoughts, which never varied from what came from his mouth. </p><p> I tried to get up, but found the world spin around me before finally deciding to come to a stop somewhere just behind my head. My companions carried me to a healer’s home and left me there to recover while they dealt with the evils of the world. I decided to use the time to focus my mind and discover what else it had in store for me. </p><p></p><p> Cordozo – Chapter Fourteen – Long travels, short words</p><p></p><p> As I lay recovering from my mental travails, the others of my troupe managed to save the village, free a princess, slay a dragon, and clear an entire lair of evil, refurbish it, and sell it for the forces of good. Or so I gathered from the excited utterances of Ee as he tried to explain everything that I missed before he dumped a rather large number of coins onto my lap as I lay in bed. “Here you share.” </p><p> I stood up and picked up the coins and tried to arrange them into a semblance of order. I hoped, deep down, that my newfound vigor was not solely due to the sudden wealth I found myself with. Upon further reflection several days later, as I traveled down the road toward the town of Elton, I realized that the coin really did not mean that much to me. I could not even think of anything I would spend my newfound wealth to obtain. Perhaps my cynicism has found new purpose. Or perhaps my ambitions are so high that mere coin would not suffice to achieve them. </p><p> Then we were on the road, for reasons obscure to me, but for which I decided I cared not to ask (nor to mind probe). It was refreshing to be going somewhere without knowing why and without worrying about motives or anything else. I enjoyed the ride, lost in my thoughts, which included some idle speculation about our new companion, a warrior-priest named Krynyn who apparently was saved by my companions on one of missions breathlessly related to me by Ee. I decided deliberately to keep my mind from his. Perhaps it was due to my desire to be left with my own thoughts. Perhaps it was also a selfish desire not to risk my conciousness or even my sanity at pressing my powers too much. </p><p>I decided instead to play with myself a game where I’d try and guess his motives and character merely by watching him. At a later time, I could always probe him and see if my conclusions were correct. After all, I needed to keep my skills with perceiving others intact for that day when I find someone I am unable to read. I knew that such an eventuality could come because in my ruminations in my bed, I discovered within myself a talent to stop others from reading my own mind, should I so wish it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 2817005, member: 939"] Cordozo – Chapter Thirteen – Bandits fur real It turned out Derris knew more than he was admitting, but about as much as we expected, given his dramatic departure from Joseph’s Inn. There were bandits, of a sort, attacking the village. And, to no one’s surprise (except perhaps Ee, who is surprised by most things) the bandits were really the villagers themselves, changed into beasts against their will. Transformations of a different sort became my bane. My mind began to reach out to Derris. I probed deep into the inner recesses of his mind. At the same time, I was exploring the newfound reaches of my own fractured mind, and I found something disturbing. It was so disturbing that it overwhelmed my senses and I found myself lying on the ground, my companions around me, looking on with concern. Ee told me, with his usual aplomb, “You go down. You not look good.” “You down long time.” Three coherent sentences in a row from Ee was likely a record. And it was, as always, refreshingly echoed by Ee’s thoughts, which never varied from what came from his mouth. I tried to get up, but found the world spin around me before finally deciding to come to a stop somewhere just behind my head. My companions carried me to a healer’s home and left me there to recover while they dealt with the evils of the world. I decided to use the time to focus my mind and discover what else it had in store for me. Cordozo – Chapter Fourteen – Long travels, short words As I lay recovering from my mental travails, the others of my troupe managed to save the village, free a princess, slay a dragon, and clear an entire lair of evil, refurbish it, and sell it for the forces of good. Or so I gathered from the excited utterances of Ee as he tried to explain everything that I missed before he dumped a rather large number of coins onto my lap as I lay in bed. “Here you share.” I stood up and picked up the coins and tried to arrange them into a semblance of order. I hoped, deep down, that my newfound vigor was not solely due to the sudden wealth I found myself with. Upon further reflection several days later, as I traveled down the road toward the town of Elton, I realized that the coin really did not mean that much to me. I could not even think of anything I would spend my newfound wealth to obtain. Perhaps my cynicism has found new purpose. Or perhaps my ambitions are so high that mere coin would not suffice to achieve them. Then we were on the road, for reasons obscure to me, but for which I decided I cared not to ask (nor to mind probe). It was refreshing to be going somewhere without knowing why and without worrying about motives or anything else. I enjoyed the ride, lost in my thoughts, which included some idle speculation about our new companion, a warrior-priest named Krynyn who apparently was saved by my companions on one of missions breathlessly related to me by Ee. I decided deliberately to keep my mind from his. Perhaps it was due to my desire to be left with my own thoughts. Perhaps it was also a selfish desire not to risk my conciousness or even my sanity at pressing my powers too much. I decided instead to play with myself a game where I’d try and guess his motives and character merely by watching him. At a later time, I could always probe him and see if my conclusions were correct. After all, I needed to keep my skills with perceiving others intact for that day when I find someone I am unable to read. I knew that such an eventuality could come because in my ruminations in my bed, I discovered within myself a talent to stop others from reading my own mind, should I so wish it. [/QUOTE]
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