Shards of Memory--Act I: The Boundless Void

[Rystil Arden]

"Well, if I recall, that is what your ticket said. I think you're getting upset because of your traumatic experience. I'm not feeling my best now, but if you need me to act as ship's counselor some time in the future, I am trained in that faculty."

"Alyria Z'Avani was a former captain of mine when I was younger. Do you know her too?"

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

“Strange, I don’t recall mentioning my surname to anyone since I met Valyssa, or writing it anywhere either. And no, this has nothing to do with the trauma of last evening, it’s been a mounting suspicion since my first morning on this ship, backed up by the prophecy I received before I left Vanarca. If you don’t wish to explain though, well I’ll just go and assume the worst possible motives...”

*Zaeryn waits to see if she has anything to say, if not he goes to see if he can find out what crewmembers they lost and tries to view them if possible.*

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Well, someone wrote your name on your ticket, Mr. T'Erilan. Maybe it was Ms. Valyssa?"

*Zaeryn finds that the bodies were tossed overboard to avoid the need for a fire.*

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

“Well, I see I can say nothing that you won’t just ignore or turn back on me, so there’s little point on continuing now. Perhaps once you’ve come to terms with your sister’s death, you might reconsider telling me what I want to know, but I won’t hold my breath. Good day to you, Allure, I’m sorry for your loss.”

*Upon finding that the bodies were thrown overboard, Zaeryn asks around to see if he can find what happened to the belongings Valyssa was carrying at the time of her death, and who exactly was thrown overboard.*

 

[Rystil Arden]

*A slew of bodies were tossed overboard for fear of reanimating, or even re-reanimating as wights or worse. Possessions seem to have been tossed along with the bodies by the frightened survivors, at least as far as Zaeryn can tell.*

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

*Finding little satisfaction in asking amongst the surviving crew, Zaeryn seeks out the captain to see if she has a better idea of who was killed by the wights and if anything was kept from the survivors.*

 

[Festy_Dog]

Diedrik spends what little free time he can get looking after Yuriko as she recovers and dispenses his meager healing ability to those who would call on it.

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

*Zaeryn takes his shifts at the helm as a matter of duty, not longer enjoying them as he did before Valyssa’s demise, and spends much of his free time alone... wondering if he should even continue with the expedition now he thinks what he does, though the mysteries of the Empyreal Shards still stir his imagination.*

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

OOC: Okay, let's give this thing a go... at least it'll fill in some time while we wait for new players, and it may be interesting.

*Returning to their... now his cabin... after getting no definite answers on exactly who’s bodies were thrown overboard, Zaeryn collects all of Valyssa’s possessions that still remain. Looking through them to see what they are, and if there is any sign of the deceit he suspects Allure and her sister to have committed.*

*After a day or two, when Allure has not sought him out on her own, Zaeryn returns to probe her further with a copy of the prophecy... hoping to get to the bottom of things once and for all.*

“Pardon my rudeness the other day, Allure, but I cannot shake the belief that you and I are somehow connected... considering the prophecy I received before leaving Vanarca with your name clearly indicated in the second line,” Zaeryn begins, placing the copy of the prophecy before her.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Allure reads over the prophecy, her eyebrow raising.*

"This is a rather disturbing prophecy," she admits, "Do you think the undead we faced were indeed 'The living face again those that are dead?'. If they're in chronological order, that means we've already had a spider on whose strings puppets are dancing. Did you show this to Valyssa before...what happened?"