Geinwortelparadijs: Riddles from the mountains chapter 8:
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Message Date: 2006-11-06 12:53:20
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: 8: At the dam
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The rest of the way goes without any special events till you come out of another wood on the road and you can see in the distance towering above the next wood great blocks of stone forming the upper rim of the dam between the two mountains.
Your road meandering along parallel to the dry river bed through the next wood.
When you come out of the wood you can finally see the immense massiveness of the dam, here and there marked by moving dot's, possibly members of the patrol send by the mayor.
Up the right mountainside you see a camp flying the banner of Mimes and one of the patrol. This is where captain Satlin heads to. The tents of the camp are positiond about an open place marked in the middle with the remains of a campfire. At the high side is a slightly bigger tent with flagpoles each bearing one of the banners besides the entrance.
Captain Satlin dismounts his donkey, signals to one of the few soldiers present in the camp to come over. He give the man the reins, looks back at you and then walks into the tent.
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Message Date: 2006-11-16 11:05:51
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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"Well.. this Satlin person is a very polite guy! Where is he going? Why doen't he say anything? Are we suppose to stay here?" He stays on the donkey and looks rather annoyed.
Neanie (Ref) wrote:
The rest of the way goes without any special events till you come out of another wood on the road and you can see in the distance towering above the next wood great blocks of stone forming the upper rim of the dam between the two mountains.
Your road meandering along parallel to the dry river bed through the next wood.
When you come out of the wood you can finally see the immense massiveness of the dam, here and there marked by moving dot's, possibly members of the patrol send by the mayor.
Up the right mountainside you see a camp flying the banner of Mimes and one of the patrol. This is where captain Satlin heads to. The tents of the camp are positiond about an open place marked in the middle with the remains of a campfire. At the high side is a slightly bigger tent with flagpoles each bearing one of the banners besides the entrance.
Captain Satlin dismounts his donkey, signals to one of the few soldiers present in the camp to come over. He give the!
man the reins, looks back at you and then walks into the tent.
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Message Date: 2006-11-16 12:00:23
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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"The quicker we solve this, the quicker we can get back to civilisation." Lepus mutters. "Let's find out what's going on."
Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka wrote:
"Well.. this Satlin person is a very polite guy! Where is he going? Why doen't he say anything? Are we suppose to stay here?" He stays on the donkey and looks rather annoyed.
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Message Date: 2006-11-17 16:41:17
From: Meinozsé Stensalil
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Meinozsé looks a bit around uncertainly when nobody seems to follow the captain and then when he is almost in the tent get's of her donkey.
"I think there is a better chance to hear something if we follow him"
and meanwhile she walked over to the same soldier that held Satlin's reigns and gives him her's also
"Please hold these for a moment also"
And she hurries after Satlin
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Message Date: 2006-11-17 17:55:31
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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With an irritable sigh, Lepus dismounts and follows after Meinozse.
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Message Date: 2006-11-18 08:25:15
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Looking annoyed, Tyranael dismounted from her donkey and handed it to the soldier who held the rest of them.
"He could have at least given us the polite courtesy to invite us into the tent. Or said that we were supposed to follow him at all."
Grumbling, she follows the rest into the tent.
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Message Date: 2006-11-18 12:38:19
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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When you enter the tent captain Satlin is talking to some other tolv that sits in a quit comfortable looking chair behind a desk with some kind of map on.
"... but summed up we still don't know much more about what happend here. When the far scouts get back from the other side of the dam we might know more" says the other tolf
He then looks a bit around Satlin who then steps a bit aside so you can look at each other
"Welcome, I asume your the kings group that Jutzef is bringing here. You can set up your tents anywere in the camp as long as it's not on the parade ground"
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Message Date: 2006-11-24 19:03:41
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Vladimir flies towards the tolv and lands on the desk. "Goodday sir, I'm doctor Vladimir Brisingamenson the kings medical attendant, we were not sure if we were supposed to come inside, captain Satlin just left us there, outside... without saying anything..It's very nice to meet you. I heard you say something about scouts?"
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Message Date: 2006-11-25 07:03:21
From: Captain Vabka Draga
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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The tolvs eye's narrow a bit when he looks at Vladimir from feet to head and then back to his feet, if they are on his map he'll pull his map a bit back
"Hello, I'm captain Draga.
And you heard me inform captain Satlin about the scouts that I send over the edge of the dam yesterday. I expect them back any minute now"
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Message Date: 2006-11-25 10:55:08
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Tyra saluted for the captain.
"I am Tyranael Kyliries, bladesinger of the king's army. And we are indeed the group that the king has sent to investigate the river. We will await the return of the scouts and stay here for the night."
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Message Date: 2006-11-25 11:51:00
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Lepus doesn't bother to introduce himself. Being military types they'll probably just shout at him if they want something anyway.
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Message Date: 2006-11-25 17:47:13
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Satlin bows to Captain Draga and walks out of the tent and momentarily holding the flap of the tent open while looking back if the rest follows then to move on or pass it over the the first to follow him(unless that's vladimir as it might knock him back then he will hold longer)
He then walks over to the man holding the reigns and takes those of his and the pack donkey and walks to en empty spot to the left behind the command tent and takes the biggest 2 packages of the donkey. one he leaves on the ground the other he starts unpacking and assambling as it's a tent.
As he progresses you see that it becomes a slightly slanted sqaure roof with a point in the middle on which he puts a banner. then he raises it and it becomes an two meter high almost cubic tent like almost all others here.
By now it's the 2nd half of the afternoon and even though captain Satlin regularly stopped his building work to take a look at the damm to see if any persons were comming over it there is still no sign of the scouts
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Message Date: 2006-11-26 03:10:56
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Lepus takes the time to flesh out the notes he's been taking for the report to the king.
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Message Date: 2006-11-26 07:16:33
From: Meinozsé Stensalil
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Meinozsé looks for a little while at Satlin building the tent to get an idea how it's supposed to be put together and then looks over to Tyranael while she moves to the other bag
"Will you give me a hand with this?"
And she starts unfolding the 2nd pack and assambling the roof supports
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Message Date: 2006-11-29 21:10:31
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Tyranael stops looking at the dam, which she had been doing until now, and looks at the tent Satlin is setting up and at Meinosze.
"Sure, I'll help you. This shouldn't be too hard."
She helps with keeping the supports steady while they are set into place, so the whole thing won't fall down while they're working on it.
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Message Date: 2006-11-30 12:25:06
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Satlin gives the tolv ladies an approving nod when he sees them put up the second tent
When you are just working on the tent's a young tolv soldiers shows up
"Could I take your donkeys to the stable?"
Satlin looks up "Just a moment, we'll have to take the lugage we need in the tents of first" and he quickly takes some bags of his and the cargo donkey.
When the last person stops taking of bags he salutes and directs the donkey's away.
Still now and then looking at the dam the tents get build and an half an hour later they are set up properly. Satlin is already taking his equipment into his tent when Tyranael and Meinozsé finish theirs.
The young soldier appears again and walks straight over to captain Satlin and salutes him "Sir, Captain Draga wishes to speak to you in his tent now"
He then turns to the rest of you
"Dinner will be served in one hour in the mess, you can find that at the south side of the parade ground" he's about to walk away "that's almost straight across the parade ground from here"
Meinozsé gives him a nod and thanks him and starts moving her things into the tent she just builded
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Message Date: 2006-12-03 17:07:27
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Lepus doesn't take notice of the tentbuilding until he's finished with his notes. he'll then take care of putting up a tent for himself, or at least creating something that will keep him dry, even if it isn't in the least tent shaped.
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Message Date: 2006-12-04 04:26:13
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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By the time Lepus starts to look for that there is only a pile of personal belongs that came of the donkeys and the two tents.
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Message Date: 2006-12-04 10:15:15
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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As long as there's room in one of the other tents, Lepus isn't going to complain.
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Message Date: 2006-12-04 20:34:46
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Vladimir enters the tent Satlin put up and rummages through his leather bag. He takes out a piece of cloth (about the size of a handkerchief)two little safety pins and two little tent pegs. With the safety pins he attaches the cloth on the inner tent and takes the tent pegs to make his private little tent inside the large tent Satlin put up. When he's ready he says: "I'll start crossing the parade ground already, my legs are much shorter then yours, so it'll take longer" and he starts to walk tot the south side of the parade ground.
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Message Date: 2006-12-09 14:53:04
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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After she finishes building the tent, she puts her belongings in it and unrolls her bedroll. Then, before going to the messhall, she takes a stroll towards the dam to see if she can see anything coming beyond it. When it is time to go for dinner, she turns around and heads to the messhall.
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Message Date: 2006-12-10 04:28:19
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Lepus will quickly take care of his belongings and then head over to where they were asked to go with somke paper and his writing implements.
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Message Date: 2006-12-11 07:34:34
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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When Tyranael is finished with her tent she sees two persons standing a bit uphill on a protruding rock that obviously gives a good view of this part of the valley and she walks over to there.
When she get's close she sees that it are the captains Satlin and Draga. When they hear her they look at her and Satlin greats her
"Hello miss Kyliries, comming to assess the situation?"
When she get's on the rock besides them she has a splendid view of the valley with the dry river bed in the center and the forests and pastures on the flanks and the small shapes moving off the dam. Just over the rim of the dam she can see the tops of the 2 mountains that make the valley, here some cracks and landslides can be seen in the pastures
ooc: this is tyranaels private thread for what happens while she takes her walk, parallel will be the thread of the mess hall for the rest, and tyranael can join that thread once she returns but I will leave both visible to everybody
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Message Date: 2006-12-11 08:06:45
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Meinozsé en Lepus catch up with Vladimir on the way to the mess tent and when they arive it seems like they are a bit early, the tables are still empty but downhill on the westside you see the kitchen crew hard at work to get everything ready, some big pans already stand ready steaming, stacks of plates and cutlery and loads of bread slices are also already at the left end of the serving tables, but half of it is still empty.
You pick a table and soon more people walk in, most of them tolvs in their uniforms and they seem to sit themselves in a precise manner, filling the tables one at a time, and one row at a time. The arriving people fill the tent also with the noise of the conversations. You notice that the people ariving now seem more dusty. They do however skip your table with filling once they get to there.
By now the serving tables are completly filled and somebody rings a bell and the people at the first table stand up and get in line to get served, when the last one is almost served the people at the 2nd table get up and so it continues table by table and row by row, in the same order as people have filled the tables.
Just before it's your tables turn to get in line Tyranael get's back accompanied by Satlin and Draga and they join you.
They have just greated you when the table before you get's up and they keep standing to go directly in the line.
Following them you get your plates and utentsils and can take some bread if you want, and then follow the tables where the staff serves out some kind of stew, potatos and some vegetables.
Back at your table the captains eat a while silently, when they are mostly done captain Draga adresses you
"We still have had no word from the scouts that went over the dam, I would like you to go to top the dam and see if you can find out what you can about what formed the dam and what happend to the scouts. It's up to you if you go right after dinner and use the 6 hours of light you still have, or that you go to bed first and leave in about 9 hours with the first light. The dam is mostly big rocks and some dirt and smaller rocks so you can't take the donkeys and it's not something that I would like to sleep on, especially as there also seem to be disappearing people at the other side, but the sooner we get answhere's the better"
ooc: During writing I changed my mind, as I can mostly predict the not very exciting actions that will happen during this post (but please don't just skip mentioning them) I decided to just write it out till a real moment of choice came by again and Tyranael is already back with you.
Just play this out, after this the next chapter will come with the explorartion of the dam and if you will have to deal with the few hours of actually darkness during the night or not.
Dinner started at 6
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Message Date: 2006-12-12 02:05:07
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus is quite keen to get something to eat, and considerably less keen about erxploring the dam. But he's learned by now that his grumbling isn't appreciated, and simply keeps it to himself. "I'd say we go in the morning. A few hours won't make much of a difference." That is of course an excuse to not have to sleep somewhere uncomfortable, and Lepus doesn't really go to the toruble to hide that.
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Message Date: 2006-12-15 16:55:39
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Nodding at the captain, she takes postion next to the two.
"Yes captain, I came up here to see if there was any notice of the scouts yet. And to look at the situation from a higher vantage point."
She looks at the dam and more specifically at the small moving figures, wondering if they could not be the scouts.
ooc: this is tyranaels private thread for what happens while she takes her walk, parallel will be the thread of the mess hall for the rest, and tyranael can join that thread once she returns but I will leave both visible to everybody
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Message Date: 2006-12-15 17:49:53
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Grateful that they were at the mess hall just in time to get dinner, Tyranael quickly went into line, taking some bread along with her plate and cutlery. Back at the table, she ate her food with abandon, glad to be rid of trail rations for now.
"I agree with Lepus," she said after he had spoken, "we don't know what to expect on the other side of the dam and I would like a full day of light while we go investigate. I don't think roaming around in the dark will do us much good. Also, I could use a good night's sleep in a proper tent."
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Message Date: 2006-12-15 18:26:31
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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"Captain Draga brought me up here to discuss the situation"
The other captain looks at you
"As I was just showing to Satlin, those people comming back for dinner are the people that are determining the make up of the dam and surrounding area. It are still not the far scouts and I'm getting worried that they ran into some kind of trouble. That's where your getting into the picture, but I think I can better explain that at dinner when all of you are present."
For a short while none of them speak and you can only hear the wind through the valley, a falcon and the sounds of cutlery against full pan's from the camp kitchen.
"And after dinner I might get some reports about the dam that might help also, maybe we can then also start to get the river bed filled again"
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Message Date: 2006-12-20 09:07:16
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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When you are standing in line you get the impression that the whole hall is looking at your group, and quitly talking about you, and it seems to be funny.
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Message Date: 2006-12-20 09:08:02
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Tyranael Kyliries
Subject: 8: At the dam : dinner time whispers
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you get the feeling they are looking the most at you(r head)
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Message Date: 2006-12-21 10:51:30
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus expression turns grumpy and he scowls around at the people in the mess.
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Message Date: 2006-12-22 03:43:09
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Not taking her gaze off the approaching figures from the dam, Tyranael nods slightly in comfirmation that she understands what the captain was saying.
"At least we'll know something about the situation when those people return. Our biggest priority is to get the water flowing to Mimes I think. I hope we'll know enough to get that happening when those people return. Of course, finding out what caused all this and what happened to the scouts is very important as well. If you get any information that might be of use to us, I'm sure you'll share it, right?"
ooc: this is tyranaels private thread for what happens while she takes her walk!
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Message Date: 2006-12-22 03:50:37
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Looking puzzled for a moment as she realises the people are looking at her, Tyranael suddenly remembers what happened to her ears. Flattening them against her head, she turned around to face the people in the mess.
"I have been the unfortunate victim of this transformation and all you can do is snicker at my plight? I didn't ask for this to happen you know. You know what, I fething don't care what you think. I think these ears are actually quite charming and you should just shut up."
Muttering under her breath, she turns around again and proceeds along the line, ignoring the people in the mess.
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Message Date: 2006-12-22 04:02:38
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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"Ofcourse, if you are around."
"Do you have any idea's on how to get the water flowing again, based on what we can see from here? that it are mostly huge rocks, I asume that will be confermed by the reports comming in"
ooc: this is tyranaels private thread for what happens while she takes her walk, parallel will be the thread of the mess hall for the rest, and tyranael can join that thread once she returns but I will leave both visible to everybody
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Message Date: 2007-01-04 19:24:29
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Vladimir grumbles about the lack of small plates and tables for tiny people. He nags a while about it and gets a lid from a jar from the cook to put his food on as soon as he realises that no one really pays attention to his moaning and he is getting hungry.
When Tyra finishes explaining her ears he calls: "If anyone wants ears like her, I'm willing to give it a try to construct them, they may be the next trend in ear fashion!"
He puts food on his improvised plate and takes his place on top of the table where he gets his tiny cutlery out if his bag.
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Message Date: 2007-01-05 06:22:59
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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When Tyranael adresses the crowd it seems to help a little bit, but some tables seem to get even more curious and gossip on, till Vladimir suggestion they can get them also, that seems to shut them up, maybe they are afraid their friends put it in a do or dare game....
Vladimir can take the lid from a jar of pickles to solve his first problem, and then might need some help getting things out of the pots that are bigger then him, and then he finds out the the cooks here are lazy cutters because the pieces are to big for him, but Meinozsé gives him a hand by cutting some feary sized pieces on her plate and giving it to him
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Message Date: 2007-01-05 16:49:43
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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"I'm afraid I am a military woman and know nothing about engineering or whatever can be used to do this with. Although... in sieges people bury underneath the walls to try to collapse part of it. I don't know how that works exactly, but that's what we were told at military training. Maybe you can do something similar."
ooc: this is tyranaels private thread for what happens while she takes her walk, parallel will be the thread of the mess hall for the rest, and tyranael can join that thread once she returns but I will leave both visible to everybody
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Message Date: 2007-01-05 17:06:29
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Smiling somewhat as she sees that their mouth isn't quite so big now, she still sits down at the table muttering about the incompetence of these 'guards'. She waited a moment until all her party members were gathered again.
"Bah, look at those second rate playtime warriors. I bet they wouldn't even be able to survive one minute in a real battle. All they can do is play around in the city and laugh at other people. They only laugh at me because that takes the attention off their own pitiful lives."
She then stabs at her food and munches vigorously.
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Message Date: 2007-01-05 17:54:13
From: Captain Vabka Draga
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam
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Draga rubs his chin while he ponders about the suggestion
"We could take a look at that, but I think it might be a problem that this is a pile of rock, I think that makes it a lot more difficult to predict when it will collapse. And making a tunnel to pass under the dam would be nice, but the ground might be to hard. But let's see what the engineers will say about it"
Softly you hear a bell being rung in the camp
"Ah, dinner's ready. Let's talk further on our way back and over dinner"
ooc: this is tyranaels private thread for what happens while she takes her walk, parallel will be the thread of the mess hall for the rest, and tyranael can join that thread once she returns but I will leave both visible to everybody
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Message Date: 2007-01-05 17:59:34
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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The captains look at Tyranael for that comment and seem to surpress commenting. Draga seems more hurt then Satlin, maybe because he's been around you a little longer, maybe because this aren't his men, but they both look dirty at Tyranael for a moment and then force themselves to leave it alone, and they focus on their dinner again
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Message Date: 2007-01-09 17:11:13
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus flinches for a moment and then eyes Tyranael. "Would you mind not insulting the tent full of armed men while we're sitting in it?" He asks snidely.
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Message Date: 2007-01-13 03:56:01
From: Captain Vabka Draga
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Captain draga looks subtlely a bit up at Lepus and gives him a slight smile that you'll only notice if you happend to be looking right at him that moment.
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Message Date: 2007-01-13 03:57:36
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus will see it, he seems to have timed it so you would have to see.
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Message Date: 2007-01-13 06:08:46
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus returns the smile with a slightly self-concious smirk. But he seems pleased to have someone show a certain support for his statement.
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Message Date: 2007-01-14 15:42:08
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Vladimir desides to be wise and keep his mouth shut for once. A big smile on his face shows how proud he is about that.
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Message Date: 2007-01-15 15:41:07
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Shrugging, Tyra looks around the room, not in the least bothered by any potential angry looks in her direction.
"They started with insulting me by laughing at my predicament. Besides, the truth is hardly insulting. Although I will remain quiet for the sake of having a pleasant dinner."
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Message Date: 2007-01-16 03:26:57
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus merely grunts and turns back to his food. He's clearly dissatisfied with the answer, but doesn't press the issue.
Tyranael Kyliries wrote:
Shrugging, Tyra looks around the room, not in the least bothered by any potential angry looks in her direction.
"They started with insulting me by laughing at my predicament. Besides, the truth is hardly insulting. Although I will remain quiet for the sake of having a pleasant dinner."
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Message Date: 2007-01-16 06:53:35
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Your table is a hole of tense silence in the mess tent that is further mostly happily chatting soldiers that seem to have let the ear and insult incident go.
Then there comes a tolv in a white coat stained with some red spots hurrying in that goes straight for the food table. One of the cooks seems to sigh as he steps up the serves the man. He then quietly walks by you on his way to an empty table in the far corner. You might notice he has a stethoscope just sticking a little bit out of his pocket.
Not long after that Captain Draga finishes his dinner
"I'll make sure the cooks and stablehand have breakfast and other gear packed and ready for you so you can move out straight after the reveille. Good luck"
And he makes a stiff on place turn and marches out of the tent.
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Message Date: 2007-01-16 17:09:08
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Tyranael finishes her meal off in silence, unless someone says something to her directly, and doesn't pay much attention to the goings on around her.
"Thank you Captain, I hope we will not need any luck to accomplish our mission, but things have a tendency not to go as one wants," she says in response to Captain Draga.
After she finishes with dinner she steps out of the messhall, taking a bit of food with her, and tries to find a quiet place. Here she first prays to Rally and Hesoldé, burning the food she had taken as a sacrifice. Then she practices with her swords until such time when she is satisfactorily tired, at which point she heads off to her tent to sleep.
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Message Date: 2007-01-16 17:32:22
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Lepus plans to simply find himself a quiet corner to finally get some reading done. He'd packed books hoping to be able to do something like that, and he fully plans to take the chance now.
Tyranael Kyliries wrote:
Tyranael finishes her meal off in silence, unless someone says something to her directly, and doesn't pay much attention to the goings on around her.
"Thank you Captain, I hope we will not need any luck to accomplish our mission, but things have a tendency not to go as one wants," she says in response to Captain Draga.
After she finishes with dinner she steps out of the messhall, taking a bit of food with her, and tries to find a quiet place. Here she first prays to Rally and Hesoldé, burning the food she had taken as a sacrifice. Then she practices with her swords until such time when she is satisfactorily tired, at which point she heads off to her tent to sleep.
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Message Date: 2007-01-16 18:04:44
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Tyranael's evening
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Tyranael brought some potato's and a sauer pickle and a bit of the stew folded into a piece of bread to a little group of trees a bit up the hillside.
Soon after she placed the gifts and starts her prayers she feels the attention of the two gods signalling her to start the burning of the items. This goes with mixed succes, the bread burns still quite well, especcially with a bit of help she got with fire magic, but the stew inside makes it sputter a bit, and there remain some charred pieces, might have been the bit of meat in the dish. The potato's do burn a bit when she keeps her focus to direct the magic, they seem to turn into pieces of charcoal, that smell for an hour in the wind, litterally.
Especially the pickle is interresting, it seems only to get singed a bit and not want to burn, it seems to cause more of a burning sensation in her head where it feels like two gods are sniggering about it then the fire on the pickle. But once she get's anoyed enough to focus the magic that she can now easily draw from the sniggering god it suddenly explods in a lot of tiny parts, but that will do for the offering.
Soon after starting her exercises she notices a group of soldiers hanging around a bit downhill and watching what she's doing. Some faces do look familiar, they might have been having a lot of fun about her ears earlier. But for now they just seem to glare now and then at here, talk abit with each other, and seem to have a good time, although they do very obviously sniff a lot, like something stings their nose.
But for now they don't really botter her, maybe remembering the punishment for picking fights.
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Message Date: 2007-01-22 18:56:35
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Dinnertime
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Vladimir eats his dinner unusually quiet. When he's finished he get's up and says: "I hope you'll excuse me, I'll see you all in the morning." He jumps to the floor and walks towards the table where the tolv in the white coat is seated. He flies up and lands on the table "Hi there, seeing your bloody coat I get the feeling we might be colleagues. I'm Vladimir.." He reaches out to shake the tolvs hand.
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Message Date: 2007-01-23 07:01:48
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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The man's plate is still half full when you land on his table, and he is a bit starteld out of some ponderings by your sudden appearance.
"Ow, hello, nice to meet you"
He wipes his hand on his coat and then extends it
"I'm doctor Slavsky, nice to meet you. A colleague you say? What's your speciality?"
And he takes his utensils again and takes another bite
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Message Date: 2007-01-23 18:40:26
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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"I'm specialised in cosmetic surgery, do you know the famous "Gnova's Circus of Freaks"? Most of their most peculiar artistes where patients of mine. They used to be average looking and know they travel the world and have lot's of people paying to see them every night!" Vladi looks very proud after telling this.
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Message Date: 2007-01-26 07:49:54
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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The man seems to think hard for a moment
"I have heard of that name...."
Suddenly his face brightens a bit as he seems to remember
"Ah, I remember what that is, but don't they claim to be born like that or struck by divine punishment?"
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Message Date: 2007-01-26 08:20:58
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Lepus's evening
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ooc: happydance!!! I just got the map uploaded to the portal :)
During the last evening Lepus found that a big scrollcase had also been on the packdonkey, and as it looked like something that was his territory he found out that it was the map that he had requested of the region, and also a bit one of this quadrant of the continent that is ruled by the king you work for, 2 empty sheets and some crayons at the bottom.
When looking at the map and what you remember of the yourney it seems that the dam is just at the end of the big valley that's the source of this river.
With these maps, maybe some note taking and the books he wanted to read the times flies by and by the time it's getting a bit later on the evening Satlin enters the tent, says goodnight and goes to bed
ooc:The map in the scrollcase is the one I just uploaded, there is also a local map, but I have to make that one, and that will take some time, to make and to get time to make it, and relearn the program.
- Can you find the valley I mean? Mimes might not be to readable as the letters go over a lot of mountains and trees, but it's just NorthNorthEast of Owetta, and the valley I mean is quit clear just up the river, and you are now where those 2 mountainridges touch with their toes almost straight east of Mimes
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Message Date: 2007-01-27 05:22:53
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Lepus's evening
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OOC: The map is readable, yeah. Lepus awknowledges Satlin with a noise somewhere between a grunt and a cough while he continues to study the map. He's no just interested in this area, so he drifts off into work that would probably be considered useless towards the completion of the mission.Eventually he'll rioll the map up carefully and put the scroll case somewhere safe before going to bed.
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Message Date: 2007-01-27 15:33:02
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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"Yeah that's what they call me in Gnova "Divine Punishment"! Besides, do you believe everything circusfreaks say?
You'd believe the word of the public relations department of a circus full of freaks over the word of a colleague? They're just as natural is the little princess's nose! Do you get any interesting cases out here? Or is it just treating dehydrated soldiers?"
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Message Date: 2007-02-03 15:55:32
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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The man starts to look surprised when Vladimir mentions his nickname, and pales when he realises what he thinks he hears about the princess
"What a simple but dirty trick, that I didn't see throught that while it's so simple!!
Do you have more nicknames like that?"
He takes a good breath and get's his original colour again
"Yes I get interresting cases out here with the army. Just before dinner I had a guy who slipped on the dam, got his foot stuck between rocks and fell down causing a very nasty complicated fracture in his lower leg. Was a very entertaining jigsaw puzzle to get that fixed. And ofcourse I get the normal combat injury's when we get into a battle, very challenging to try to fix as much soldiers as possible without" one word whisper "'Her' help, or Rally ofcourse"
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Message Date: 2007-02-05 05:54:26
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Tyranael's evening
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Content in her apparent victory in at least making them uncomfortable with regard to the smell, Tyra ignores the guards mostly for the time she is training. But occasionally, when she knows they are looking, she performs a moderately difficult move with her swords and then looks defiantly at the guards, as if to challenge them.
She's interested to see if anyone will actually answer the challenge, even though they're obviously inferior to her, and if maybe the people that do come could give her some fun. Besides, it would always be better to exercise with another person, regardless of quality, than to exersise alone.
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Message Date: 2007-02-06 12:58:37
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Tyranael's evening
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The one in the group that seems to have the biggest mouth looks at the moves and then takes his sword to immitate them, but he exagerates all the subtilities of the moves and makes some jokes about the absurd moves it results into causing loud laughing salvo's and drawing a few other guards
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Message Date: 2007-03-02 17:39:36
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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"Oh I have so many nicknames.. I don't even know them all. Don't you have any nicknames or aliases at all?
I really like jigsaw puzzles! Do you have anyone here to share the challenge with? Make it a competition?"
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Message Date: 2007-03-04 07:58:11
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Tyranael's evening
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As easily insulted as she was, Tyranael can't stand anyone making fun of her fighting style. Putting her swords back in their scabbards she approaches the group of guards and sizes the bigmouth up, her ears flat against her head.
"So you think you can mimic my moves? Why don't you show how well you perform against me?"
Drawing her swords again, she takes up a battle stance, waiting for him to make the first move.
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Message Date: 2007-03-04 08:08:41
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Tyranael's evening
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The man laughs loudly and then signals to one of the other guards
"Please go get the weapons" (you do notice he carry's a sword)
He glances over you for a moment
"Are you trying to get us executed? I rather be able to claim to be training if we are caught duelling"
a couple of minutes later the other guard returns with a set of sturdy sticks with crossbars attached to them
The guard you challenged takes two of them and throws them to you and then takes two others for himself and then mimicks the stance you used to challenge him.
The other guards form a circle around you two, at a safe distance
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Message Date: 2007-05-12 03:26:56
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 8: At the dam - Vladimir's evening
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Vladimir makes the man look stranger all the time
"I think I might have heard the troops refer to me by something, but that didn't sound very flattering, so no I don't think I have really any nicknames"
He looks a bit sad "No, nobody to compete with, if you don't count he enemy now and then that makes it a game to see if it can produce the puzzles faster then me... and it always wins"
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