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I mean lake dwelling spirits gotta have a side-hustle, right?
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@Potemking: I feel as though you may have a masochistic compulsion. I've broken many a controller over Soulsborne games.
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*Has a feeling Jones reads too many romance novels*
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Redguards are technically the Arabians of Tamriel, so wouldn't shouting "Haji" make more sense? No disrespect to my Muslim buddies out there, just sayin'.
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[2] It can also be effective in subverting the person's expectations. Take for instance Spec Ops: The Line. Looks like a boring military shooter, but is actually a grim look into the horrors of war.
HELLO MY GUILD CHUMS!! I'VE MISSED YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!! *glomps everyone* Anyways, I'm glad Rus has been filling you guys in, and I am so so sorry about my absence! It's been a stressful week, and my ISP being a douche-nozzle didn't make it any better, but I am so glad to finally have internet again!
I make my way over to the southernmost entrance, just as I hear Will call out to me. He's made his decision. I should feel pleased that he decided to follow me, but...strangely I don't.
I stand by, waiting for him to catch up, all the while wondering if this really is such a good idea. The labyrinth, as I but gaze headlong into the entrance, a feeling overcomes my body and my nerves twinge and tighten. It's as though I am standing before the gaping jaws of a ravenous beast, a monster...that will devour us whole. No, stop it. It's just a hedge maze, that's all. There's nothing here that's going to hurt us...at least I don't think there is.
Will, he seems ready and willing (no pun intended) to begin our exploration. I just wish I had the same confidence as him, but nevertheless, I take a deep breath and follow behind him, taking my first steps into possibly a world unknown.
"Will..." I whisper following close at his side, trying to match his steady pace. "You don't think I'm crazy, do you?" A question I seem to ask myself alot. "I feel like this place is...trying to make me crazy. I just don't know why, but...do you ever get this feeling we're here for a reason?"
It seems everyone is just as uneasy as I am over splitting up, and I'm the one who suggested it first-most. Will, though he doesn't show it, I can sense it in his voice the apprehension he feels about going separate ways. Maybe I should've thought about this further. As Jason pointed out, we were in a maze, possibly one so damn convoluted, that we couldn't afford to separate for fear of getting lost in this bizarre and unsettling place.
"Jason, listen. The more we wait around, the more time we waste when we could be getting out of here. Don't you want to go back home? What if the letter is nothing? What if it's just gibberish?"
I'm beginning to wonder now, was there some sort of reason we were all brought here. A test maybe....or for some weirdo to mess with our heads.
I sigh deeply, frustrated. I don't want to stay here any longer, especially now that I think someone is watching us...and has been this whole time. "Alright...fine. If you and this other bloke wanna grab the letter, then that's okay. Will and I are still gonna look for a way out."
My gut tinges a little as I turn around and start walking towards the path, not sure if I'm even going the right way. I hope I didn't come off as bitchy or assertive in any way towards them. I've just....well...it's been like this for a while. Even before I found myself waking up here, I've always felt like there was someone..or something watching me, following me. God...perhaps I'm just getting worked up again.
"Will, are you coming?" I say as I turn back around. If Will wants to stay, then I guess that's fine, but...I wouldn't mind having him by my side. Out of the three, he does seem the most trustworthy.
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Species: Imperial Elf (though she's adopted habits similar to Wood Elves)
Backstory:
Life was not always so grand growing up in the eastern Elven Empire of Telnivir. Rather, it was monotonous to the young elven girl. Born to a family of nobles, Nirayane had everything handed to her upon platters of the finest gold, lavish, elegant clothing, precious, priceless gems and jewelry that sparkled so radiantly, wealth, all that a noble elf's daughter could ask for...except for her of course. She was smothered no less, protected as though she were nothing more than a priceless trinket. Her parents had even betrothed her to a wealthy and handsome steward of the Imperial Court, yet Nirayane felt no love for him, nor any sort of affection. Nay, what she longed for was freedom, liberation from her gilded cage, her tightly clenching shackles of obligations to the haughty and stuffy nobility.
Such came for her one fateful evening, when she had finally made her decision to cut all ties with her family and free herself from the bondage of her elegant lifestyle. She had only made it so far through the thick of the forest, until suddenly she was set upon by a rowdy clan of brigands, named the Black-Horned Elks, led by a brutish orc war chief named Torvald Stone-Hide. Torvald took the girl captive and chained her up in his personal quarters at the abandoned fortress of Raven's Perch, believing certain she would fetch a pretty coin from her family, but as the years waned on, his cruel treatment of Nirayane lessened and he slowly became smitten with the elven maiden. Nirayane the same had grown attached to the orc, developing romantic feelings for him, and soon the two were lovers. Through her time together with the bandits she became molded by the brutality surrounding her day in and day out and developed her own kindred bloodlust. Her orc husband took note of this and allowed her to participate in raids, pillages, and heists to satiate her fearsome appetite. She became skilled with an assortment of weapons, yet favored the bow above all, her prowess in archery nearly unmatched as she could kill a target from almost leagues away, earning her the title Shear-Breeze. Other attributes she learned from her savage companions were how to live off the land, to hunt for meat and for hides and to gather special herbs and reagents for brewing potions and poisons, and to tame wild animals, except for her husband of course.
Yea life was wonderful for the newly crowned Queen of the Elks, yet...how cruel fate be that this life as well be shattered.
Twas upon one grim day when a couple of bandits returned to the fortress from a recent raid, spattered in blood and with eyes widened in fear. The chief Torvald asked them of what they had done, and the men simply answered....unknowingly they had killed the wife and daughter of the Imperial Guard Captain. In his blind, berserk rage the orc beheaded them both and ordered to Nirayane and their men...prepare for battle. It wasn't long after, the Captain and his men came thundering towards the fortress with only one goal in mind, burn it to the ground. The battle was quick, bloody, and with numerous, grisly casualties upon both sides, one of which was the bandit queen's lover. Nirayane could only witness in horror as her beloved Torvald was skewered by many a sword blade before he fell to his death from the stone tower of Raven's Perch.
She fled the fortress with her remaining men, and through several dark and harrowing times, they traveled towards the west to the High Kingdom. It was during that period, the queen's crown began to falter, as did her leadership over the unruly brutes. They made several forceful, unwanted advances upon her, and soon the elven maiden was once again a slave. In her desperate bid to be free of her tormentors, she had no choice but to slay them in cold blood.
As if Fate herself had frowned upon her, the brigand's luck only grew worse, as she was seized at the border and imprisoned awaiting execution, seething with anger behind grit teeth and glaring eyes.
She had heard tales among the other prisoners of the Universal Weapons, but never took any interest in them. Her main goal was just...escaping.
The day had come for her date with the headsman's axe, and it would be a long, long journey to the execution grounds. However, thanks to an attack by a fearsome and mysterious black dragon, Nirayane broke free of her bonds and escaped into the woods, where she has made her safe haven. Now, she hunts and kills anyone who dares to cross into her domain, often ambushing weary travelers and pilfering their valuable goods.
Weapons/Equipment:
A pinewood bow with thick, gauged horse hair twine, and a sharp, curved dagger. A quiver of arrows, caltrops, small vials of various poisons (hand crafted by her), and a sage green ocarina which she plays now and again. Not necessarily a tool, but essential to her, her hawk companion Dmitri.
1. I had to buy some more melons! Sheesh you're clingy! <.< 2. I...I wasn't crying! I was chopping onions while watching Grave of the Fireflies! 3. Uh...I had to return some videotapes.
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