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"You know I trust you with my life, but..." Kaleeth began. She held on to him even more tightly, and allowed her head to rest on his shoulder. "I might not be easy to stop in a place like this. If I'm not in one of the big chambers, then you won't be able to move around very much. I know you will do everything you can to keep me from hurting anyone. I know you are better than me, the same as everyone else in the pack. I know all of that, but I can't stop being afraid. I'm afraid you might just get unlucky when you're fighting me, or it just won't be possible for anyone to stop me in time to keep me from killing anyone. I just...I need more training, right?" She said, raising up her head to look at him once more. At this point, she was just trying to force herself to be hopeful.
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Ahnasha nodded. "Soon, hopefully soon. I imagine all of this will keep both us and Najirra busy for a while, but I'm sure he'll call on us once he can." Ahnasha moved Fendros over on his cot, then laid down beside him with Rhazii in between them. "Until then, I think I'm going to give you more training. No excuses; as soon as you are healed up and ready, I'm going to have you training straight through both of Azura's hours. I'm sure Kaleeth would just love to watch Rhazii for us, with how much she likes children." She said, craning her head to look over at Kaleeth and Janius on the other side of the infirmary. "I do wonder how long it will be before she finally convinces him to have children, or if she can do it at all. That is just not something I can imagine him going through with."
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"Very well." Meesei responded. "I do agree that it is more important to ensure our own safety. With how she has behaved so far, I doubt she is truly an agent of the enemy, but even so, we should attempt to pursue as soon as we have recovered sufficiently. She should not be allowed to escape justice. As soon as I have that ring, I will be able to track her, as long as she has not ran too far away by that point. Although, there is the possibility that we will only find a corpse. I will not say it is impossible to remove that collar without me, but it would require a very experienced enchanter, and considerable time to study it, neither of which she is going to have by tomorrow. If she ran out in lycan form, then she also has no clothing to combat the weather, unless...she could run for the equipment and supplies we left behind. If that is the case, then we can only hope she does not attempt to find the ring as well. I never told her it existed or that it was needed to activate the enchantment from a distance, much less that it could be used to track her."
As they had been speaking, Meesei had managed to at least stabilize the patient she had been working on. His fate was still uncertain, but his chances were better than they had been. "As for the matter of succession, if you wish to speak in confidence, then we can go somewhere else for a short time, but I would like to return here as soon as possible." She said as she stood up, motioning for the others to follow. Given the current state of disorder that the clan was in, there were likely more rooms vacant than usual, but even so, Meesei still began to speak as soon as they were alone in the hallways.
"Vera, Oswall, the responsibilities of the Alpha will fall to one of you. I have been judging all of your actions so far through the crisis we have faced, but first I would like to hear your own opinions on yourselves. Do either of you believe yourself to be the most qualified?" Meesei asked.
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Ahnasha nodded. "Soon, hopefully soon. I imagine all of this will keep both us and Najirra busy for a while, but I'm sure he'll call on us once he can." Ahnasha moved Fendros over on his cot, then laid down beside him with Rhazii in between them. "Until then, I think I'm going to give you more training. No excuses; as soon as you are healed up and ready, I'm going to have you training straight through both of Azura's hours. I'm sure Kaleeth would just love to watch Rhazii for us, with how much she likes children." She said, craning her head to look over at Kaleeth and Janius on the other side of the infirmary. "I do wonder how long it will be before she finally convinces him to have children, or if she can do it at all. That is just not something I can imagine him going through with."
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"Very well." Meesei responded. "I do agree that it is more important to ensure our own safety. With how she has behaved so far, I doubt she is truly an agent of the enemy, but even so, we should attempt to pursue as soon as we have recovered sufficiently. She should not be allowed to escape justice. As soon as I have that ring, I will be able to track her, as long as she has not ran too far away by that point. Although, there is the possibility that we will only find a corpse. I will not say it is impossible to remove that collar without me, but it would require a very experienced enchanter, and considerable time to study it, neither of which she is going to have by tomorrow. If she ran out in lycan form, then she also has no clothing to combat the weather, unless...she could run for the equipment and supplies we left behind. If that is the case, then we can only hope she does not attempt to find the ring as well. I never told her it existed or that it was needed to activate the enchantment from a distance, much less that it could be used to track her."
As they had been speaking, Meesei had managed to at least stabilize the patient she had been working on. His fate was still uncertain, but his chances were better than they had been. "As for the matter of succession, if you wish to speak in confidence, then we can go somewhere else for a short time, but I would like to return here as soon as possible." She said as she stood up, motioning for the others to follow. Given the current state of disorder that the clan was in, there were likely more rooms vacant than usual, but even so, Meesei still began to speak as soon as they were alone in the hallways.
"Vera, Oswall, the responsibilities of the Alpha will fall to one of you. I have been judging all of your actions so far through the crisis we have faced, but first I would like to hear your own opinions on yourselves. Do either of you believe yourself to be the most qualified?" Meesei asked.
I'm certainly still here, though you already know CQB said he was busy. I'll likely ask him if I can just post myself and just have his character come along so we can at least get caught up with the rest of the rescuers.
Post is up, and goodnight.
I don't know if I want to actually RP through searching for Harriet. I gather it might be important to do, but we might be able to insert some tactical timeskips. I'll trust your judgment, though.
I don't know if I want to actually RP through searching for Harriet. I gather it might be important to do, but we might be able to insert some tactical timeskips. I'll trust your judgment, though.
"I don't know. Family, I guess." Kaleeth answered with a rather uncertain tone. "That is the only reason I stay: you. And the others. I love you more than I hate myself. It...it keeps me from leaving, but it doesn't make me happy. I'm not like you, I'm not a wolf. No one here is like me, and none of them had the same problems. The way Meesei talks about it, werewolves won't hurt their own pack. It isn't...instinct. But I'm not like that. Every time I turn, I have to fight not to hurt you; I have to just...convince myself that I want to hurt something else even more. When I was...eating those bodies, the beast would have tried to kill you if you got too close. It would have killed you, eaten you, and it would have been proud of it."
There were a few moments of silence before Kaleeth suddenly leaned over and hugged Janius tightly. "I'll do the best I can, Janius, but please promise me you won't let me hurt anyone. Kill me if you have to, but please don't let me hurt anyone else, especially not you."
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Meesei was still tending to wounded when the lieutenants all arrived, and she showed no indication of stopping. The matters they needed to discuss were rather important, but they did not have the luxury of time. "My apologies for bringing you all away from your duties, but I do not believe I can delay these matters. First and foremost, Harriet seems to be gone. I have Lorag searching for tracks outside the cave, though I do not have too much hope for that approach. I do not know what her exact intentions are, given the issue of the collar around her neck. It will kill her if she attempts to remove it, as I designed the enchantment, and only I know the proper method to disarm it. As well, it can be tracked just as I did with Galsek, but I need the corresponding ring. Unfortunately, it is buried in the snow with the rest of the warband's equipment. I need to have that ring recovered, but I cannot afford to leave this infirmary right now. I do not doubt the competence of the clan's healers, but the fact remains that I am still among the most skilled restorationists in the clan. I would rather allow Harriet to escape than to let anyone in this room die unnecessarily. I was hoping one of you could send a group to recover it as soon as possible, unless you do not believe it to be worthwhile to pursue her. Justice has not been delivered, but she is no longer a threat to us."
Without wasting a moment, Meesei quickly brought up her second point as well. "And of course, there is also the matter of succession. This may not be the ideal time and place, but we have discussed it long enough. One of you needs to be selected to take on the responsibilities of the Alpha of this clan. I know you do not wish to have the title, Darahil, but I still value your input on the matter."
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"I know you were scared for me, and that's the problem." Ahnasha responded, though it was considerably more calmly than before. She sat down on the side of his bed and started to rock Rhazii in her arms in an attempt to coax him back to sleep. "You got scared, so you stopped thinking. You wanted to get to us so intensely that you couldn't think about what it would mean for you. Throwing away caution like that could even get one of us hurt, in the wrong situation. You will have to accept that I am going to be in danger in the future, Fendros. I'm going to get threatened, and I'm probably going to get hurt, but I'm not a kitten, Fendros. I can handle myself, and you're going to have to be able to trust me."
There were a few moments of silence before Kaleeth suddenly leaned over and hugged Janius tightly. "I'll do the best I can, Janius, but please promise me you won't let me hurt anyone. Kill me if you have to, but please don't let me hurt anyone else, especially not you."
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Meesei was still tending to wounded when the lieutenants all arrived, and she showed no indication of stopping. The matters they needed to discuss were rather important, but they did not have the luxury of time. "My apologies for bringing you all away from your duties, but I do not believe I can delay these matters. First and foremost, Harriet seems to be gone. I have Lorag searching for tracks outside the cave, though I do not have too much hope for that approach. I do not know what her exact intentions are, given the issue of the collar around her neck. It will kill her if she attempts to remove it, as I designed the enchantment, and only I know the proper method to disarm it. As well, it can be tracked just as I did with Galsek, but I need the corresponding ring. Unfortunately, it is buried in the snow with the rest of the warband's equipment. I need to have that ring recovered, but I cannot afford to leave this infirmary right now. I do not doubt the competence of the clan's healers, but the fact remains that I am still among the most skilled restorationists in the clan. I would rather allow Harriet to escape than to let anyone in this room die unnecessarily. I was hoping one of you could send a group to recover it as soon as possible, unless you do not believe it to be worthwhile to pursue her. Justice has not been delivered, but she is no longer a threat to us."
Without wasting a moment, Meesei quickly brought up her second point as well. "And of course, there is also the matter of succession. This may not be the ideal time and place, but we have discussed it long enough. One of you needs to be selected to take on the responsibilities of the Alpha of this clan. I know you do not wish to have the title, Darahil, but I still value your input on the matter."
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"I know you were scared for me, and that's the problem." Ahnasha responded, though it was considerably more calmly than before. She sat down on the side of his bed and started to rock Rhazii in her arms in an attempt to coax him back to sleep. "You got scared, so you stopped thinking. You wanted to get to us so intensely that you couldn't think about what it would mean for you. Throwing away caution like that could even get one of us hurt, in the wrong situation. You will have to accept that I am going to be in danger in the future, Fendros. I'm going to get threatened, and I'm probably going to get hurt, but I'm not a kitten, Fendros. I can handle myself, and you're going to have to be able to trust me."
Sorry for the delay, I was doing some other things. I'll try to respond before going to bed.
I decided to catch Meesei up in time with Ahnasha in that one. Kaleeth and Janius are still a bit behind, I think.
Kaleeth slowly shook her head. “I don’t know, I haven’t thought about that in a long time. Before, I would have wanted to go back home. I still kind of want to, but…I care about the rest of the pack now. I don’t want to leave them, and I don’t want to leave you. I want to have little hatchlings with you and make a family. I just don’t want to do it all like…this. I don’t…I don’t want to live knowing I could end up just tearing apart everyone I love without any warning. This…beast had no problem doing it to those bodies.”
There were a few moments of silent, broken up by sobs from Kaleeth. “Surely you understand; how can’t you? I’m going to lose control, and I’m going to hurt someone; I know I will. What if I kill you, or Fendros, or Rhazii, or anyone else? I won’t be able to live after that.”
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It was not long after Meesei left the Nord that she sent a pair of more properly equipped guards to relieve the two she had left by the cell temporarily. Afterwards, she focused her attention fully on the patients in the infirmary. She helped to treat Fendros at one point, but given the relatively minor nature of his wounds compared to some of the others, she mostly left him to the other healers.
While she was working with the wounded, Meesei could not track the progress of the other tasks that needed to be completed around the ruin; she simply had to trust that the lieutenants were coordinating the others effectively. She focused on the most dire cases first, some of which even she could not save. Silver wounds tended to be particularly damaging, and persistent. Nevertheless, she performed to the best of her ability, and saved some that may not have otherwise survived.
Eventually, Lorag returned and sought out Meesei, having finally shifted back to his Orc form. She was dealing with internal bleeding on a young Breton man when Lorag walked up behind her.
“Alpha, I went through the ruin with some others and took out the stragglers, but I think there’s a problem: I can’t find Harriet anywhere. I’m sure you don’t want her slipping away.” He explained.
Without interrupting her healing, Meesei took a few moments to consider what to do. If she was not among the bodies, then it was possible for Harriet to have ran out of the ruin in the aftermath of the battle, but with the collar around her neck, she could not escape so easily. “Head outside and see if you can find any tracks leading away from the cave.” Meesei requested. Looking up from the Breton, she picked out someone who did not appear to be busy, a Nord boy who had helped to set up the temporary infirmary, and motioned for him to approach. He walked up to her nervously, but listened to her intently.
“I would like you to go find Vera, Oswall, and Darahil. Tell them that the Champion wishes to speak to them all, but that they should complete whatever tasks they are performing at the moment before coming to me.” She instructed.
“Trust in your abilities? It’s been what, a year since we started training you?” Ahnasha retorted, having to put in considerable effort to keeping her voice low. “You learn quickly, I can’t deny that, and you have the mechanics of fighting down pretty well, but obviously your judgment really needs the training. I wouldn’t have rushed in like you did, Janius wouldn’t, Lorag wouldn’t, Meesei, well, she would, but you’re not her. Unless you can command all the same spells as her, then what you did was just suicide. It was brave, it wasn’t heroic, it was just panic and bad judgment. But, since the advice of your mate obviously isn’t good enough for you, why don’t you go ask Janius, or better yet, Lorag for his thoughts on it? You know, the Legion veteran who has been fighting as long as you’ve been alive? Let him set you straight, since my words are apparently so meaningless.”
There were a few moments of silent, broken up by sobs from Kaleeth. “Surely you understand; how can’t you? I’m going to lose control, and I’m going to hurt someone; I know I will. What if I kill you, or Fendros, or Rhazii, or anyone else? I won’t be able to live after that.”
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It was not long after Meesei left the Nord that she sent a pair of more properly equipped guards to relieve the two she had left by the cell temporarily. Afterwards, she focused her attention fully on the patients in the infirmary. She helped to treat Fendros at one point, but given the relatively minor nature of his wounds compared to some of the others, she mostly left him to the other healers.
While she was working with the wounded, Meesei could not track the progress of the other tasks that needed to be completed around the ruin; she simply had to trust that the lieutenants were coordinating the others effectively. She focused on the most dire cases first, some of which even she could not save. Silver wounds tended to be particularly damaging, and persistent. Nevertheless, she performed to the best of her ability, and saved some that may not have otherwise survived.
Eventually, Lorag returned and sought out Meesei, having finally shifted back to his Orc form. She was dealing with internal bleeding on a young Breton man when Lorag walked up behind her.
“Alpha, I went through the ruin with some others and took out the stragglers, but I think there’s a problem: I can’t find Harriet anywhere. I’m sure you don’t want her slipping away.” He explained.
Without interrupting her healing, Meesei took a few moments to consider what to do. If she was not among the bodies, then it was possible for Harriet to have ran out of the ruin in the aftermath of the battle, but with the collar around her neck, she could not escape so easily. “Head outside and see if you can find any tracks leading away from the cave.” Meesei requested. Looking up from the Breton, she picked out someone who did not appear to be busy, a Nord boy who had helped to set up the temporary infirmary, and motioned for him to approach. He walked up to her nervously, but listened to her intently.
“I would like you to go find Vera, Oswall, and Darahil. Tell them that the Champion wishes to speak to them all, but that they should complete whatever tasks they are performing at the moment before coming to me.” She instructed.
“Trust in your abilities? It’s been what, a year since we started training you?” Ahnasha retorted, having to put in considerable effort to keeping her voice low. “You learn quickly, I can’t deny that, and you have the mechanics of fighting down pretty well, but obviously your judgment really needs the training. I wouldn’t have rushed in like you did, Janius wouldn’t, Lorag wouldn’t, Meesei, well, she would, but you’re not her. Unless you can command all the same spells as her, then what you did was just suicide. It was brave, it wasn’t heroic, it was just panic and bad judgment. But, since the advice of your mate obviously isn’t good enough for you, why don’t you go ask Janius, or better yet, Lorag for his thoughts on it? You know, the Legion veteran who has been fighting as long as you’ve been alive? Let him set you straight, since my words are apparently so meaningless.”
She might have, but it would have just been unsporting against one who cannot defend himself.
As for finding Harriet, there is the issue of that collar secured around her neck. I do believe I mentioned that it used the same type of enchantment as the one implanted in Galsek in order to allow Meesei's activation command to be transferred over a distance. Of course the ring that could be used to track it is currently buried in the snow with the rest of the warband's equipment. If Harriet is still alive, there are three conditions that would activate the collar: Meesei retrieving the corresponding ring and speaking the activation word, Harriet or someone around her accidentally speaking the activation word (which isn't terribly likely), or attempted removal of the collar.
As for finding Harriet, there is the issue of that collar secured around her neck. I do believe I mentioned that it used the same type of enchantment as the one implanted in Galsek in order to allow Meesei's activation command to be transferred over a distance. Of course the ring that could be used to track it is currently buried in the snow with the rest of the warband's equipment. If Harriet is still alive, there are three conditions that would activate the collar: Meesei retrieving the corresponding ring and speaking the activation word, Harriet or someone around her accidentally speaking the activation word (which isn't terribly likely), or attempted removal of the collar.
Lorag is still searching around for Harriet. Would he have had any results?
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