Shards of Memory--Act I: The Boundless Void

[Bront]

"Vanessa, do you have any energizing magics to help with the straight shifts? We've barely enough crew left, and little time to rest if we wish to limp into port," Kirkesh says. "Though we may be best to stop on occasion to rest."

"Captain, how far to the next port?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Energising magics? I've never heard of any of those, I'm sorry," Vanessa replies.

 

[Bront]

"It's all right. I had hoped you knew of ways to keep people going beyond their normal endurance, but we'll just have to make do."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Yes, I'm sure we'll be okay..." Vanessa agrees, "You think so, too--you think we're going to be fine, right Kirkesh?...Right?" she asks, clearly less sure than she claimed.

 

[Bront]

"We'll make it," Kirkesh says. 'Somehow'

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

OOC: Bump.

*Tossing and turning, Zaeryn’s dreams are tormented with visions of Valyssa falling to the deck, her lifeless eyes staring accusingly at him. Awakening some time later, still weary after such a disturbed sleep, he sits up and drags himself across to his satchel. Reaching inside, he draws forth Rysalla’s prophecy, fearing that he may have missed something that might have saved Valyssa. Reading carefully through the prophecy, he finds nothing specific about the attack, but does note the context of the word allure... as a name. His mind then begins to run with events as they’ve unfolded since he and Valyssa boarded the ship. From Valyssa’s strange behaviour on their first morning aboard, to Allure’s half heard comment about the undead killing her sister and saying she heard about Voidwights from Alyria. Finally, all the pieces slide into place for him, as he realises he’s been a fool. Standing, he goes in search of Allure looking for an explanation, both happy and sad as he realises that Valyssa was probably only a guise for her, and her sister once they boarded the ship. Along the way, he wonders whether Alyria knows, and if she was part of Allure’s scheme.*

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Zaeryn finds Allure brooding in the galley, mechanically chewing and swallowing slices of a fruit she peeled. She looks up as he approaches her:*

"Oh, hello Mr...Tarilen, right? I'm afraid I'm not exactly in the mood for company at the moment."

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

*Zaeryn picks up a piece of the fruit and takes a bite, before confronting Allure.*

“No, not Tarilen... Zaeryn. I think you know that and much more, considering we’ve been together since Vanarca... at least until we arrived on this ship, when your sister gave me the first hint things weren’t as they seemed. You see, I’ve been reviewing the prophecy we received on my homeworld, and while I’m not exactly in the mood for company either, I think we have a few things to discuss, like why you felt the need to deceive me...”

 

[Rystil Arden]

"I thought it was Tarilen--Zaeryn Tarilen, right?" Allure takes another bite of fruit, "I think you're confused--wasn't your companion that Valyssa girl? I saw her dead on deck, and I am sorry for her loss--she seemed to have a good heart."

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

“Ah yes, my surname, though it’s pronounced T’Erilan. I haven’t mentioned it since arriving aboard ship though, so how would you know it? As for my companion being that Valyssa girl, yes she was, but I have this nagging feeling that she was a guise worn by you and your sister. So, how do you know Alyria?”