Shards of Memory-Prologue: Fractured Union

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

Rystil

[SBLOCK]*Entwining his agile greenish-blue tail with Valyssa’s, matching his movements to hers, he holds her gently against his chest and kisses the top of her head, laughing he says:*

“You know you even look amazing as a fish!”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Keia]

Yotsu Yuriko, Martial Artist

Rystil[sblock] "Very well, -sama," Yuriko replied. She followed the other monks, after making certain all of their belongings were gathered up.

'I am looking forward to coming home again,' Yuriko thought, 'though it has bee nsome time since I was gone. I wonder what has changed.'[/sblock]

 

[Bront]

RA:
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*Vanessa nods numbly and silently, slipping on Kirkesh's boots as she leaps out of the window and onto the pier, and somehow manages not to hurt herself, and Kirkesh follows, tumbling expertly to avoid harm.*

*As they do so, there is a shout from a guard off to the side.*

"There he is! He's got her on the pier!"

*And suddenly a bunch of guards, Kirkesh counts twelve, approach to block the entrance of the pier from both directions.*

"Nowhere to run, kidnapper scum," a guard in better-looking armour than most of the others speaks harshly to Kirkesh.

*Theoretically this is not true--Kirkesh and Vanessa could run deeper into the pier among the ships, though it would eventually lead to a dead end with their backs to a deap drop over the large natural crater on which the docks were built.*

"Surrender now and the Eldish authorities will give you your trial and probably treat you more gently than we will if you don't!"

(OOC:

Jump 12 + 8 = 20, success
Tumble 7 + 11 = 18, success)

"Last I checked, Willing participants we're being kidnapped" Kirkesh shouts as he tugs her to follow him down the pier. He's looking for ship he's sailed on before, preferably one he's in good with the captain that he can duck on to.
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[Rystil Arden]

Zaeryn:
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*Valyssa continues to nestle against Zaeryn as she giggles:*

"You spoil me, Zaeryn--if you keep this up, pretty soon I'm going to become vain from all the praise."

*Despite her teasing words, she seems quite pleased at the praise, as they float together.*
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[Rystil Arden]

Yuriko:
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*After gathering all her belongings, Yuriko sets off after the monks, and they make good time, following the increasingly colder paths for a few hours until they see the monastery in the distance, a large temple-like structure nestled onto a ledge on the side of the mountain with a beautiful view of the land below. It is an easily defensible place, and it is said that the monastery was built on the grounds of an ancient fortress where in the time of the Ancient Dynasty, the Jade Emperor and his men fought off an invading force of mountain oni, martyring a holy monk named Shusaku who sacrificed himself to save the others and became the patron spirit of this monastery.*
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[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

Rystil

[SBLOCK]*Continuing to hold Valyssa, he caresses her face softly with one hand, before kissing her on the top of the head again, saying:*

“I don’t think that’s ever likely to happen my love, you are far too well grounded for praise to change who you are.”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Keia]

Yotsu Yuriko, Martial Artist

Rystil[sblock]*Yuriko traveled with the monk, and allowed the beauty of the terrain and area wash over her. Part way up the mountain, she realized that the children my be scared if she wasn't nearby when they awoke. For that reason, Yuriko picked up her pace to be closer to the monks carrying the children.*[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

Kirkesh:
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*Kirkesh glances around looking for ships. The late hour means that most of them are empty, but he sees a few prospects. The Voidrimmer, a transport ship on which Kirkesh has made a few journeys, sits unmanned off to the side, while the Plated Viper, a pirate-hunter whose captain Varistus Kirkesh had once aided during an ambush is to the other, likewise quiescent. Farther back, he notices the Hesychia, a pretty little modified Tradesman on which Kirkesh has served as crew before, though his good friend Captain Panache has recently retired--unlike the others, the Hesychia seems to be not only manned, but getting ready to lift off right now.*
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[Rystil Arden]

Zaeryn:
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"I don't know, my love...I'm not so well grounded as that--I'm like quicksilver, I could change at any instant!" she giggles, as she shifts her shape his arms into that of a slippery eel, planting a wet eel tongue teasingly on his cheek as she slips out of his grip and behind him, changing back into her mermaid form as she grabs a hold of him from behind.
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[Rystil Arden]

Yuriko:
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*As they are travelling towards the monastery, Rin flickers an eye open wearily but warily, surprised at being moved, but when looking around she sees Yuriko standing comfortingly nearby, she breathes easily and allows herself to be carried, gently drifting back to sleep as Yuriko and the monks walk on, eventually reaching the front gate of the monastery itself.*
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