The Sky Breathes All Life - IC

[Nonlethal Force]

Glad to hear Alister talking through the issues at hand, Sye continues as she walks, "I couldn't agree more in truth, actually. I've been mulling through in my own head how upset I am to see this kind of carnage at my feet. Yet, only a few hours ago, I'd have gladly helped lead many a human and dwarf into this same carnage knowing that we were the ones producing this type of carnage among the elves. And, likely they would be producing this kind of carnage among us. But now that all seems kinda pointless, actually. All the cloakers really did is to prevent us from taking the blame of doing this to ourselves. And ... if I may be so bold , sir ... is what I believe you have already said. Our first priority may well be to put our differences behind us and to join together in understanding where the cloakers came from."

Sye ponders her stream-of-consciousness type expression before adding "Perhaps the cloakers came at a time to show us what great evil truly is ... and I hope we can learn how close we were to embodying that within ourselves. I've no desire to go there again. Evil isn't where I am comfortable. Just look at this place ..."

 

[Eluvan]

Alister just nods, seeing little reason to try to dodge round Sye's penetrating insight. It's somewhat relieving, actually, to have no choice but to be forthright about his motives. "Yes. Yes, you speak for me as well. It's... odd... to have it shown to you so clearly that the army you've been taught is the greatest thing in this world truly is fallible, and has been wrong for almost as long as you can remember."

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Sye stops, realization striking her. "Oh, god, sir. Of course. Here I am blubbering on and of course you would be struggling more deeply than I. I am merely a recruit, and a new one at that. Please forgive any insult that I have given to you. I am sorry that your life has been turned upside down so violently."

For the first time that she can remember, Sye looks upon Alister in a new light. Of course he is still her commanding officer, but for this instant her expression doesn't reflect the military chain of command. Her expression reads more like empathizing pain with a friend. She turns to face Alister and holds out a genuine hand. "We'll get through this. You, me, Miss Foster, Duncan, and anyone else we find alive. We'll get through this."

 

[Lord Wyrm]

Duncan looks at Lily and begins to speak, "Do you remember the defeat of the vampire Rimris a few years back? If you don't then I'm not surprised it was kept fairly secret. When he was slain by those vampire hunters I was a few miles away. My master and I saw a pillar of smoke rising from the distance and went to see if we could help. What we saw there was true carnage. The hunters who went in there killed everything, monster or not, and when they left they desecrated to bodies of those who served the vampire. This scene is terrible, but here the bodies fell where the died, there on the other hand..." Duncan trails off, he seems lost in thought but not mortified.

 

[Eluvan]

Alister looks across at Sye, caught between embarassment and amusement. "I... I think we're all likely having a fairly bad day actually. I'm not really interested in making it into some kind of contest." He smiles, somewhat weakly but genuinely. "Regardless, I agree; we'll pull through, one way or the other."

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Within nothing more that is realy pressing for her to say, Sye turns and begins to stroll in the direction they had been traveling. Muttering more to herself than anyone else really she simply says, "So much damage in one spot..."

 

[tylermalan]

OOC:

Alister and Sye, the ships you've been wading through have all been pretty much facing the same direction, and you notice the formation they should have kept, were they still in the air. As you walk, you pass a small group of them into a small clearing from the destruction. Just past the clearing is another formation, one you recognize as the formation for the commanding ships - two aircraft behind a line of six. Of course, now the formation is less-than-perfect, though still recognizable, and two of the 'line of six' are missing, likely spun off in other directions. The two command ships are clearly marked on their underbellies, now shown to you as the ships lay on their sides, smoking.

 

[Eluvan]

Alister stops, staring in shock at the command ships. He knew, of course, that they would have come down, but seeing them so clearly is something of a shock. "My father..." Not waiting to see if Sye is following, he runs towards the ships with the intention of finding any survivors or, more likely, identifying bodies.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Sye follows after Alister, but intentionally dtaying about 25 feet back. She wanted to give Alister his space, but she also knew that looking through the wreckage for survivors was important. Sye doesn't say anything to Alister until he's had a chance to look thoroughly and see what ever he could find - especially regarding his father.

 

[tylermalan]

Alister and Sye

As you run up to the command ships, you realize that you don't know which one contained which commanders. They are both identically marked, a strategy you notice as being one to confuse the enemy should they get close enough to board in an attempt to get rid of your commanders. As you approach from the East, the ship on your left is nearly completely destroyed - holes everywhere, severe hull damage, pieces of debris still seemingly falling off, no one moving in or around the ship. The ship on your right seems to be in similar condition, but this one is also on fire. As the fire has spread, you cannot tell from a quick glance how the fire may have started or where in the ship it originated, and it has since spread to many other areas of the ship.

There is one body laying on the ground outside of both ships, significantly closer to the ship on your right, but you cannot tell who it is or what their rank is from this distance. It is not moving.