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Post by Darlena O'seth on Oct 13, 2005 1:05:14 GMT -5
The rest of the detachment had now joined the group and Delrini stood next to Olantar. The imposter was unmoved by the numbers against her and took another sip of the poison.
" And I thought you would be happy to see me atleast... we was comming to rescue you from that island. And it seems as though we would need a cleric or priest to stop that thing."
Delrini saw the chance to prove herself and went after the imposter. The imposter locked blades with her and the sparks flew. Again Delrini had made yet another hot headed decission that was about to get her into trouble. Keyra had drawn her close enough to spit the poison directly into her face, but as the imposter let it fly Phelan had jerked her down as Darlena stabbed into her midsection. The imposter again was unphased but pushed back with the large sword within her.
" My Lord why do you keep making a fool of me? I was in control. " Some of the men snickered as Phelan stood over her. Now a small boat had reached land and the passenger carring his letter was heading for the seriak stables. His letter secured tightly in a leather pouch.
The Imposter slowly pulled the blade from her stomach aa Darlena was using everything she had to force the creature to its knees.
" Hurry hack at this thing eventually it will regenerate but not anytime soon."
The assassin waisted very little time and was chopping at the imposter till he severed the right arm. Phelan on the left, and Darlena ripped the head off. The ooze that resembled blood slow seemed out like sludge wilted the grass surrounding it.
Darlena pulled her blade from the creature and wiped it clean before resheathing it. " So Phelan how did you escape?"
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Post by Phelan on Oct 13, 2005 1:46:20 GMT -5
"She let us go... She plans on eliminating the house. We need to get back to Naldany and Nikkii." Phelan said. "She believes that Nikkii is incapacitated, I thought that might draw Lilyth into action. Now we need to get there before her attack and get all of you ready, including Nikkii."
Olantar's neck and face were now a shade of purple. The feeling was slowly leeching from his appendages.
"M'lo...M'lord....I don't....know if I can make it back as swiftly...as you need to...move." Olantar said through labored breathing.
"Don't be daft Olantar, we aren't leaving you behind." Phelan said helping Olantar stay upright.
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Post by Darlena O'seth on Oct 13, 2005 10:07:56 GMT -5
" Ride back with me Olantar." Darlena said as she brought a horse next to them."
Olantar gave her a look a disapproval but said nothing as the poison was working its way into his system. Darlena got on the horse and helped Olantar get on infront on her.
" Cou..ri..er..... assassin...... Naldany..." Olantar struggled to get out. Delrini and the troops was all now on horse back as well the assassin was already on his way to Neriak.
" Courier? What is he talking about." Darlena asked moving Olantar for comfort.
" Lilyth has a spy in the house just like I always expected and is sending an order of execution to this spy." Phelan stated as he leaped onto his horse and started off.
" Naldany !!"
They rode hard to Neriak as the sun rose little knowing that the courier was already dismounting his horse and entering the underground city. Darlena thought hard as they neared the city area, who in the house could be the spy.
Nikkii was sleeping quietly in her sealed room and Loveless had worked his way onto her bed and was sleeping along side her. Adaun had taken Aramis to her chambers while Naldany recovered, unknown to them that they was the targets for the assassin within the house.
" Hang in there Olantar only a few more minutes and we will be home." Darlena said as she slowed the horse at the coachman.
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Post by Phelan on Oct 15, 2005 18:25:26 GMT -5
Phelan was off his horse as soon as he could see the coachman. He hit the ground running as fast as his feet would carry him. He streaked through Neriak at full speed knocking people down as he passed. Darlena and the crew were in fast pursiut behind him.
I have to get to Nikkii and let her out. Hopefully she will see the opening I have opened for her. Or at least I can play it that way. We have drawn Lilyth in to the open, now we will make her come here. He thought as he sprinted into the courtyard of the O'Seth House.
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Post by Naldany O'seth on Oct 16, 2005 22:14:08 GMT -5
Olantar wasn't looking very well his skin was getting cold and shade of purple. Darlena was moving as fast as she could but the assassin an Phelan was much faster since they was not carrying anything. Little did they know that the message was delivered to the assassin with in the house walls. She smiled and coiled her whip and sheathed a nasty looking jagged sword. The house members was all slowly starting to wake up and start their days activities. The cadets from the latest academy was marching to the O'seth house awaiting their introduction into the gaurd. The assassin crept from her shop sleeping chambers and went into the barracks area.
" You old fool we have a job to do." She said tossing the letter to a soldier sitting on his bunk.
" Lalandra .... you know this will mean further hardship for Delrini. We will be exterminating her employersand she will more than likely suffer from what happens." The soldier took off his helmet and revealed himself as Saluun.
" She cast her lot when she joined the scornmaster.. Now we have a job to do curtosy of the defilers and denouncers honor."
Saluun nodded and placed his helmet on his head. The night was rough for Aduan trying to get sleep with a figgity toddler in her bed, and her morning was even earlier. Aramis has her in the kitchen pantry getting him some milk.
" Oh kid ... your mom and dad are gonna so owe me for this. " Aramis smiled at her as he sat on the table edge holding his goblet filled with milk.
Lalandra kept back from Saluun as he tricked the guard on duty into switching posting with him on Naldany's room. As soon as the gaurd left Lalandra was ready to slip into her room and silence the wizardress for good.
As Phelan stormed into the courtyard his eyes meet with the courier from Lilyth's island as he was leaving the house his bag opened and emptied. The courier smiled and appoached Phelan.
" Happy hunting Milord.." He said bowing.
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Post by Phelan on Oct 17, 2005 19:30:31 GMT -5
Phelan impaled the courier in the back as he was bowing. Hopefully he will die. Phelan thought as he and the assasin moved passed the courier. Phelan scoured he brain for who the infiltrator might be and then it dawned on him. When Lalandra had been taking his measurements, she had dropped a weapon on the floor from her cart. Phelan couldn't believe he just brushed over that detail.
"Guards!!" He bellowed as he moved quickly for the door. Guards came running full speed toward Phelan.
"Yes M'lord?" the highest ranking answered.
"Hunt down Lalandra and take her to the dungeon, Take half of your men to naldany's room and I need three guards with me." Phelan spoke quickly, but calm. The guard nodded and divide his forces as Phelan said and sprinted off into the building on thier respective tasks.
"I will attend to your wife, you look as if you are going elsewhere." The assassin said as he glanced at Phelan.
"Thank you and yes I have to go explain myself to someone and quickly." Phelan said as he and the Assassin parted ways.
He sprinted for Nikkii's chambers.
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Post by Naldany O'seth on Oct 18, 2005 11:56:41 GMT -5
Lalandra eased into Naldany's room quietly closing the door behind her. The wizardress was still asleep and wrapped up in bandages, Saluun could hear the guards comming and hit the door hard. Lalandra took that was a warning and looked for a place to hide. Within moment the gaurds being lead by the assassin walk up to the door.
" The princess is not to be disturbed.." Saluun tried to stall them blocking the door.
" Remove him ..." The assassin ordered and the gaurds pulled him aside. The assassin entered the room and could tell that someone else was in the room aside from Naldany. The door slammed shut and locked, there stood Lalandra frowning at the assassin. She pulled her hair from her face with her bladed knuckles.
" You are in my way I have a job to do.... you should know that better than anyone else." She said drawing her sword. The assassin offered no responce and drew his sword, then Lalandra took the opening to through her sword at Naldany but the assassin was ready for that and deflected her attack sending the sword into the wall. He quickly yanked Naldany from the bed an leaped out of the window landing on the balcony closely followed by Lalandra.
Loveless started to awaken and noticed Nikkii had rolled over to him and he was holding her in their sleep. A big smilecrept onto his face as he looked directly into Nikkii's face as she slumbered. The scent of Phelan and Darlena was starting to be detected by Loveless.
" Never a dull moment in this place..... Nikkii..... Nikkii.... your nephew is comming and I think they had some outside trouble."
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Post by Phelan on Oct 18, 2005 16:09:55 GMT -5
The Assassin roughly shook Naldany while parrying Lalandra's attacks. He lept from the balcony to the street below and darted for the shadows, his realm. In the darkness the Assassin effectively dissapeared, running through the back alley ways.
Phelan pushed aside the guards at the door to Nikkii's room. Phelan entered the room with the guards in tow.
"Nikkii, I have drawn Lylith into a move, she believes that you have been removed from power. Sorry, but since she had a spy in this house it had to look real. Now is the time to strike back at Lylith while she thinks you are dealt with already." Phelan said. "Loveless, as much as I hate you and would like nothing more to hang you from your entrails, your fate is in Nikkii's hands not mine."
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Post by Naldany O'seth on Oct 19, 2005 12:00:44 GMT -5
Nikkii's eyes was still blurry for a moment as she sat up then she realized that she was being touched by someone and then the sound of Phelan's voice. Her first move was to shove Loveless from his side and stood up her eyes fixed on Phelan.
" Loveless can remain locked in here .... Where is my jewlery? .... And who was the spy?" Nikkii asked as she brushed her hair.
Darlena had finally made it to the room with Olantar, who was in bad shape. She placed him on the floor beside Nikkii.
" Mother cure the poison, a creature that looked like Keyra struck him with it.... Here I have your Jewlery."
Nikkii snatched her talismans and rings then scoffed at Olantar. She finished brushing her hair and putting on her makeup.
"You made a mockery of me.... you turned my niece against me and that nearly cost her life. Now you expect me to jump willingly to what your telling me?"
Nikkii stood up and looked down at the sickly captain before removing the poison and restoring some of his health.
" It was an elvish poison...one of Keyra's favorites.. Now tell me which amongst the house is the spy?"
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Post by Phelan on Oct 19, 2005 18:24:19 GMT -5
"Yes I expect you to jump more than willingly, I have given you an opportunity to strike at Lilyth and finish this, so that it can be done. I didn't inspire Naldany into anything, however it worked perfectly into making a window of opportunity. Now assuming that you are going to help, Lalandra is your spy. The sooner you agree to things, the sooner I can be on my way hunting the wretch before she finds Aramis and Naldany." Phelan said impaitently.
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Post by Naldany O'seth on Oct 19, 2005 18:45:53 GMT -5
" Oh and how to you propose to strike at her? Take a handful of troops to assult her? Or have me remain out of sight.... "
Nikkii picked out a dress in her wardrobe and went to the next room to change.
" I have a feeling it was her.... no actually the daughter.. Lalandra hasn't been a very active assassin but I'm sure she kept her skills up. Very well then Mr. O'seth what plan did you have ridding us of Lilyth you probably guessed she never will soil her own hands nor walk blindly back into this house unless she has proof that we are dead. "
Nikkii came out and looked over Darlena. Then she glared back to Phelan.
" Where is Naldany and your son?" Nikkii asked
Then Adaun slipped into the room with Aramis still holding his mug off milk. Loveless glance at the child and smiled before taking a seat in the far corner of the room. Adaun sat Aramis on her bed and sat beside him stroking his hair.
"I trust word is out to capture Lalandra so I think a barrier should be placed over this house allowing no direct teleportation spells to form within these walls."
Lalandra had took caution in following the assassin, she knew he'd have the advantage in there, and he's is possibly watching hr to enter as well.
" Look... I am being well paid for her head I can share the money with you if you give me the girl."
Naldany was starting to fell pain still from her injuries and the jumping and swinging, but she remained calm as she awoke in the assassin's arms.Lalandra and found a hiding place of her own.
" Don't test me... your starting to try my patience you are costing me precious time that I need to slay Nikkii. Now give me the girl or feel my whip's sting."
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Post by Phelan on Oct 20, 2005 18:36:01 GMT -5
"I have felt worse than you whip...I assure you." The rapsy voice said but the voice seemed to be everywhere around Lalandra. Multiple sets of red eyes glowed in the darkness about her. "I suggest that you leave now and live to fight again another day..." The dark voice rasped again.
The assassin circled about the woman, it seemed that there were four of him, all ready to pounce like a cat on to a mouse.
Phelan looked Nikkii in the eye glaring his own glare back. "First I am not an O'seth I am a Seladria. Second, magic is your realm. It may be true that Lilyth will not leave her place, but her assassins and monstrosities are also gone. It would be just you and her, you seem to make sure that everyone knows that you are best, prove it. Open a portal to her place and Slay the wretch!"
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Post by Nikkii O'seth on Oct 21, 2005 1:11:07 GMT -5
" You fail to see just how deceptive the woman is. First off she only sends enough to keep us alert and never able to rest, second I'm sure you noticed how many minoins she keeps with her at all times...... children, you want to rush into things. And if you haven't noticed our own gaurds are tired and have not been able get much rest.... look at the captian, he nearly succumbed in your last encounter."
Nikkii opened a chest and drew out her mace examining it closely.
" Mother since we are so nieve.... what do you propose? I was ready too attack her island stronghold." Darlena said standing right beside Nikkii.
" She more than likely had a trap waiting or the shores fortified. Phelan did have a good idea ... somewhat good for a man, but her best she will keep close and any creatures would be killed by other house guards and the Scornblades elites so therefore they would remain there. However, anyother troop movement so long as they are escorted by a teir'dal of house status would be permitted to camp outside the walls of neriak. Just a crazy thing the counsil thought of to limit non teir'dal immigration and possible sieges of Neriak."
Nikkii stepped out into the hallway and stretched some before continuing. " I highly doubt a fight with Lilyth will be one on one. I am good with magic but its mainly effective in dispelling undead and Lycanthropes."
"Then what do we do?" Adaun asked.
" We find a way to lower her guard.... We give her one of us."
Lalandra was familar with this technique and responded by cloaking herself in shadows. She moved herself and mimiced the assassin.
" Just give me the girl .... I have pressing bussiness to attend and she is slowing you down."
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Post by Naldany O'seth on Oct 22, 2005 14:19:45 GMT -5
" My Lady .... Naldany has been attacked. The Fenn'dal assassin has taken her and Lalandra is in pursuit of them. I had sent a few guards from our house to assist but they couldn't keep up."
By now the cat and mouse game had really started to heat up and Lalandra was listining carefully for any sound that they would make. She sheathed her sword and uncoiled her whip.
" What are we doi..." Naldany was silenced before she could finish her sentence by the assassin but it was enough for Lalandra to pinpoint. She lashed her whip in the area and connected with something. She brought her whip back and it had blood on it. The assassin had blocked the hit and recieved a minor cut to his arm. He jumped away with Naldany to a new spot and placed her there before making noise to draw Lalandra away from her.
" This is so exciting .... wouldn't you agree? I can tell we trained in the same style... but mark my words she will not be returning alive. "
Lalandra shadowed herself once more and moved further into the alley. And some of the gaurdsmen had come into view.
" Oh I wouldn't trust all the members of the guard.... I do have a couple friends with the same goal within the ranks."
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Post by Phelan on Oct 25, 2005 19:13:25 GMT -5
The assassin tired of this game that Lalandra seemed to be playing. The whip stung a little, but not enough to take notice of. I have felt worse....far worse... He thought.
"Now it is your turn to feel a little pain." The dark voice rasped from the shadows beyond.
The assassin darted through the shadows, silent as death he attacked. Throwing his blade into a routine that could have rivailed Phelans sword work, he felt the warm red liquid splash on him as he cause a series of nicks on Lalandra and finished with a punch to her kidney which dropped her to her knees, momentarily. The guards were fast closing in on the pair dancing the dance of death in the darkness. The Assassin saw them approach and darted through the shadows back to Naldany, scooping her in his arms he ran off into the darkness once more.
"Are you awake?" He whispered in Naldany's ear. " The cuts I gave the woman will slow her down, but not much, however she will surely bleed out if she doesn't attend to them in the future. Of course that might not stop her from trying to get her target, I know it wouldn't stop me..." He said as much to himself as to Naldany. As he ran he was dimly aware that he had sustained another series of cuts from her whip, he could feel the warm blood sliding down his side and his back.
Phelan looked at Nikkii and shook his head in dissapointment.
"Give her one of you? What good would that do? That will merely strengthen her position against this house. You are a fool, she thinks the house is dangling by a thread, she believes that Naldany is her last impass, strike now!! Open one of the damn portals she used to get in here and take me. She won't be alone, but she will not be expecting us to walk into the middle of the lions den, as it were. Fortune favors the bold Nikkii, are you bold or are you a spineless Dal?!" Phelan said fiercely.
Phelan gave Nikkii one last look before going out into the hallway with the servant who brought news of his wife. "Which way did they go?" He asked impaitiently.
"They went into the alleyways below your balcony." The servant said. Phelan rushed out the door into the courtyard and hurried for the alleyways.
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