Brother Shatterstone said:
* Loviana hand moves upward and squeezes Orshallan’s kind hand once before she firmly pushes off of her body. Her tone and her anger bites in rejection. *
“Is that why Lydia chose to remain dead? Because you’re two’s love was so complete?”
* Her face hidden from Orshallan, Loviana looks ashamed at her own comments but she makes no attempt to apologize as she continues. *
“Orshallan, I have severed her in that way, I’ve proudly been called Loviatar’s Whore, but all I can do is be honest with you, I can’t change what I have done nor would I. What you consider love is not what I want… To be honest it’s not natural.”
*Orshallan looks striken at Lydia's name, and a flash of pain crosses his face.*
"Our love was beautiful, but once one has seen the beauty of heaven, it is hard to return, even for love. I do not begrude her her choice.
"I believe you when you say you wouldn't change what you've done, and I believe you say this because you've never known any other way to do things, so to you they seem right and proper. And I do not want to consider "natural" love at this moment, because between us love is practically... unnatural, for two such as we."
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linnorm said:
*Ralam's eybrow arches at Edariel's outburst. I wonder if anyone would pay to see you dead bitch? Standing, Ralam places his goblet next to the envelope and picks it up. He then "accidentally" knocks the goblet onto Edariel.*
"Hm, it seems that you are correct my lady."
*He then walks out of the room and leaves the tavern. After casting Misdirection on himself, Ralam will wind his way back home. Upon his arrival he will retire to the office with a glass of wine and examine the contents of the envelope.*
*As Ralam knocks over the goblet, the butler springs forward to grab it, so it doesn't slosh as much as Darkhand would have desired. She doesn't deign to answer, only giving him a cold stare as he leaves the room.*
*In the comfort of his home, Ralam opens up the envelope, seeing something written on the inner flap, reading closer he discovers it reads, "I told you to take this to Wode, not read it yourself!"*
*Ralam sees a shimmering, amber light, and hears a loud noise, and then a puff of dun-colored smoke. Examining the document further reveals it to be an incomprehensible scribble of jumbled words, apparently in some kind of code. Ralam would also remember that Wode has requested his presence tomorrow...*
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*Aekir, Gwyn, Torr, and Ralam if he decides to go, arrive at the Hydra's glass after two days have passed, and are directed to a private back room where a pacing Wode and a colorfully-dressed gnome away. Aekir recognizese Cedric Jugglemaster immediately.*
"You will be magically teleported across the country to aid an important client of the Butterfly. There are numerous powerful heroes, seven in all, hired personally by the head priest of Heironeous, that have been dispatched to put a stop to her activities, and the Butterfly doesn't want that at all. You will be fighting them alongside her own minions, as well as some of our own, notably the Ghost and Ssessarina Serpant-Heart. Will you accept this job? The risks are substantial, but so are the rewards," it says quickly, obviously somewhat agitated. Aekir, you note a bundle on the floor that looks like it is your agreed-upon weapon.
