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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 983305" data-attributes="member: 9255">UNDER A DARKSUNSEGMENT 089“The Game has Begun”The crimson sun was relentless.  How she hated traveling in the open sun.  She had agreed to work for the Templar.  It was a foul game she played.  It was doomed to come back on her in time.  She better pay up first!Tangiers had followed the trail into the tunnels.  This terrain was very alien to her and gave her something she had not known before…uncertainty.  It was a good feeling almost forgotten.  She was happy to see her prey was equally unsettled by it.  The primary target had found and broken through a trapdoor covered in earth.  It had to have been spectacular to see.  She envisioned and thought about the emotions he must have felt.  He was trapped…entombed..then through a desperate act…freedom!  Tangiers knew this would be a good hunt.She was at home in the forest.  In truth, she was born within this forest to the south near Gulg.  It lightened her heart to see the target …the prey…the game…was going south.Based on dropping found, she knew they came to live off of the forest.  Good.  They were resourceful.  Both templars suggested that but the clients always said not to underestimate the prey.  Perhaps this would be her greatest game ever.  At the very least, Tangiers knew this would be a good hunt.She knew the spirits watched her.  She was in their home.  She didn’t mean any disrespect and took time to pray to them.  Her heritage insisted on it.  She continued on and the trail led to the forest edge.  She followed this and found herself walking in the bright hot merciless sun.  They were going to either North Ledopolus or Salt View.  Though Salt View was known for harboring wanted criminals she chose the last Dwarven settlement that she knew of.  She spent a few days here and found nothing.  Nothing but the House of Blewes.  Word was out.  They were looking for me.  They heard I was seeking Mania.  He had good friends and strong allies.This would be a good hunt.A human rogue known a Dogg nearly caught her in the “Fat Dwarf Tavern”.  He was skilled and quick but no challenge to her racial heritage or skills.  A woman seemed most determined also.  She seemed to care for him the most.  I spent a day following her.  She was Jocasta Blewes, daughter and heir to Greene Blewes of said trade house.  The prey got around and made good impressions.  It would be a shame to catch him too quickly.She gleaned information from their minds about the prey.  He was truly a worthy target and player of her game.  He was very fast and strong.  He had intelligence and wisdom to do the right things but rarely did.  His heart and his genitals controlled him.  Normal for a human male of his age.  The fact that he was still a teenager surprised her.  She envisioned someone older when she was told on his contacts and deeds.  They did not have any personal items of his to use so she went to Salt View.The quick teleport to the area didn’t go unseen.  Neither had the targets.  Word was they had spoken to the famed Silent One.  Another curious person he had contact with.  He was full of surprises.  The Silent One was rumored to be the sole-survivor of a large adventuring group that entered Bodach seeking its treasures.  They were wrong.  She was so much more.This was becoming her greatest hunt yet!The Silent One was not human, elf or a mixture.  She was a pyreen.  Why would she see him?  She had to know.The halfling psionic bounty hunter thus set foot for the building being used by Kara, the Silent One.</blockquote>

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