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Seravin's Tales of the Night Below (Two Updates this Week - 07/24/07)
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<blockquote data-quote="Seravin" data-source="post: 1345862" data-attributes="member: 6783"><p><strong>Dreams of Water</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Years ago, as a child, she had seen the sea; blue and magnificent. The sun glinted off the surface with blinding silver sparkles. Suddenly</em> then is now. <em>Beneath the water she can just make out moving shapes. She moves closer, hoping to see more. There is a crashing sound but she doesn’t understand what she hears. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>”The analysis has come back. My friend writes that the information I provided was detailed enough to help.”</strong> The voice is firm, but labors under the weight of age.</p><p></p><p><em>The taste and smell of salt surrounded her and bubbles streamed from her mouth. There is no up or down, the pull of the tide was overwhelming. A dozen mutli-colored fish swam past her stinging vision, drawn by the same inexorable pull. The water roils about her, speaking, but still she cannot understand.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>”I can barely credit it, but Mortenson has found that the symbol can be directly tied to the Courts of Water.</strong> There is a wonderment in the voice. <strong>Specifically, the placement of this dot <em>here</em> indicates that this is a symbol of the royal family.”</strong></p><p></p><p><em>The air is gone and her lungs burn. There’s a pounding in her ears that overwhelms the sounds that she can only almost understand.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>”If Mortenson is right, you have a signet ring that belongs to a member of the Courts of Water.</strong> There is a thoughtful pause. <strong>It would certainly explain the weight of its aura. I would suggest you return it, but I haven’t the faintest idea of how. The sea is a long way away and the Courts are further still.”</strong></p><p></p><p><em>It has been the same dream night after night. The pounding blood will soon wake her and she’ll find that it’s Kellron snoring. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“<strong>Breathe.</strong>” </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The noise startles her. It’s not the quavering voice. This voice, this</em> word<em>, crashes across her self like the surf that drug her in. Reflexively she opens her mouth and sucks in pure, sweet, water.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>She is breathing. But more importantly she understands the voice of the surf. It sings to her and she can sing back.*</em> </p><p></p><p>Kestral sleeps soundly for the rest of the evening.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*Kestral leveled and picked up Aquan. Until now she had been making an effort to spend time researching the various languages she had been learning (at least one every level). She got this language because of the ring. The group also got a report back from Tauster on the nature of the ring they had traded the goblins for.</p><p></p><p><em>edit: spelling and grammar imps were banished.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seravin, post: 1345862, member: 6783"] [b]Dreams of Water[/b] [i]Years ago, as a child, she had seen the sea; blue and magnificent. The sun glinted off the surface with blinding silver sparkles. Suddenly[/i] then is now. [i]Beneath the water she can just make out moving shapes. She moves closer, hoping to see more. There is a crashing sound but she doesn’t understand what she hears. [/i] [b]”The analysis has come back. My friend writes that the information I provided was detailed enough to help.”[/b] The voice is firm, but labors under the weight of age. [i]The taste and smell of salt surrounded her and bubbles streamed from her mouth. There is no up or down, the pull of the tide was overwhelming. A dozen mutli-colored fish swam past her stinging vision, drawn by the same inexorable pull. The water roils about her, speaking, but still she cannot understand.[/i] [b]”I can barely credit it, but Mortenson has found that the symbol can be directly tied to the Courts of Water.[/b] There is a wonderment in the voice. [b]Specifically, the placement of this dot [i]here[/i] indicates that this is a symbol of the royal family.”[/b] [i]The air is gone and her lungs burn. There’s a pounding in her ears that overwhelms the sounds that she can only almost understand.[/i] [b]”If Mortenson is right, you have a signet ring that belongs to a member of the Courts of Water.[/b] There is a thoughtful pause. [b]It would certainly explain the weight of its aura. I would suggest you return it, but I haven’t the faintest idea of how. The sea is a long way away and the Courts are further still.”[/b] [i]It has been the same dream night after night. The pounding blood will soon wake her and she’ll find that it’s Kellron snoring. “[b]Breathe.[/b]” The noise startles her. It’s not the quavering voice. This voice, this[/i] word[i], crashes across her self like the surf that drug her in. Reflexively she opens her mouth and sucks in pure, sweet, water. She is breathing. But more importantly she understands the voice of the surf. It sings to her and she can sing back.*[/i] Kestral sleeps soundly for the rest of the evening. *Kestral leveled and picked up Aquan. Until now she had been making an effort to spend time researching the various languages she had been learning (at least one every level). She got this language because of the ring. The group also got a report back from Tauster on the nature of the ring they had traded the goblins for. [i]edit: spelling and grammar imps were banished.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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