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The Elder Scrolls: Vengeance of the Deep

The journey east took plenty of things from the people who made it, or thought they could before their final sleep. It was a staccato of a lullaby from dwemer staves, or the unceremonious expiration from bandits or some other terrible thing. It was a daily omen, a reminder that they were mortal when Francis woke up every morning to circling hawks and the group would be followed by them. Some days, the hawks would get what they wished, others not. It was the small victory of just taking one more step until sand became mountain that kept Francis from breaking. It was the sight of bodies, the feeling of dehydration, the hole in his stomach and the blade in his hand, the fear of a gushing throat in the night that helped to take him close to it. Limits were pushed, tempers rose, people would fight and the same ones would swallow an apology at the sight of their companions’ bodies. When they finally came to the tower, everyone was well-acquainted with the least romantic forms of death, the kind that didn’t take one to Sovngarde, only to a hastily dug grave and a worms’ stomach.

Francis himself sat beside the rest. Listening to them deliberate on where to go. Some said Windhelm, some said Riften, others said Solitude. He would follow them wherever they went but he’d part as soon as something stupid came up on them. Having two of the Heroes of Tamriel with them or no, he wasn’t looking to storm cities. At this point, after what happened in Hegathe, he wanted no part in fighting other men’s battles. He scolded himself for making the mistakes he used to. For leaving any deliberation at it’s something to do. He wouldn’t forget Hegathe. He wouldn’t forget the Governor’s palace. He wouldn’t forget the name of the man who imprisoned those who surrendered, but more importantly had imprisoned Vendel in the Mosque siege. Kerztar. Major Kerztar. His knuckles grew white at the name and he swallowed his regrets and anger for a moment as Marassa cut into the planning to voice her suggestion. It was sound, more thought out than most of what he heard. He still didn’t know what to think of Marassa but she hadn’t slit his throat so she was good, he guessed.

“I’m with Marassa. Anything we can do to move without being watched is good in my book.” He said, looking about the other faces sitting around the room.

“Falkreath is unimportant enough for the Dwemer not to care about it. They won’t come looking for us there. Each one of us knows what happens when the dwemer are looking for us and we’ve left people behind us that know what happens when they find us.” He frowned and sucked his teeth, looking down at the three feet of Nordic steel that used to be Vendel’s and added quietly, “Either that or I'll see if I can catch up to Harding.”

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WittyReference said
Yeah man, it was totally werewolf.

Fuckin' werewolf, dude.

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Anyone else going to join the stream?

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Rtron said
Now all we need is Echo, and it'd be the month of returns! Anyways, you know that Zaskar Cs? I nearly had it done, annnnd then lost it all through a misplaced click. All of it. Gone. Didn't save any of it. *Headdesk* Expect a longer time before Zaskar reappears.

Could it have been fixed by hitting undo?

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Voltaire said
Yo yo! Yeah I'm here, been lurkin, waiting for the opportune moment to spring an epic, blood soaked post on you guys. But I guess that's not gonna work out lol. Sorry for my coyness, but I was going through a weird semi depressed state that was really killing my enthusiasm for... Well everything really. Doin better now though, so you can expect to see more hacky, slashy, growly, goodness from me. This METAL will have to substitute for an epic, blood soaked return post.

I get those, man. They fucking suck because I don't even have the energy or want to headbang in my car to metal.

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rpg101 said
You mean give them a rough idea of what's going on in the scorpion group?

I kind of just meant, "GUYS, I'M WAITING, SHIT" But a little more polite.

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Duly noted, everyone.

Psyker, as a fellow student, I understand your predicament and I believe you should put class in front of RPing like you've been doing. People who have unfinished posts, please finish them and post them. Feel free to clarify that for those in the scorpion group, 101.

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Alright, Ladies and Gentleman, here's where we are as of today,

As it stands, Dervish and I are deeply disheartened by the lack of posts in the IC as well as the lack of activity and banter in the OOC. All those that are willing to carry on the RP are encouraged to voice their willingness below, but, realistically, if your only part in doing so is saying that "you're here!" and nothing else, then mine and Dervish's hope in the RP will continue to wane. The state of the RP tells us that if there is not some kind of explosion in posts and activity in the OOC then it will continue to stagnate and simply die with a whimper, perhaps, at the most, it will go out like VotS, the first installment of this RP some of you briefly participated in that died after a period eerily similar to the one we are in now.

Again, feel free to voice your willingness below, and anything we should know about if things are going downhill or you are busy in real life. We already know Jenno, Nyx and Fallout have their reasons to be on hiatus, and we respect that. Help us in assessing the situation the RP and its players/cast are in so we may a)keep it alive or b) pull the plug on the operation and focus on different RPs or aspects of all of our lives.

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Dipper said
Agreed - But when you think about it, English sounds very Germanic as well. I think Germanc languages are the most beautiful ones in the world - Much better than Romantic, Arabic, or various other languages,

Well, English- particularly Old English- is a Germanic Language. Gaelic and Celtic were in Britain before the Angles, Jutes, Saxons and other tribes migrated over to England after the Romans left. At least, that's how I think English(Angle-ish, language of the Angles and henceforth England, Land of the Angles) came to be in England from what I can remember. Irish and Scots were there before the crumpet-eating, fox-hunting, CHIP CHIP CHEERIO English people came over. Of course, the English I described were still more or less what we think of when we think "Vikings"/Norse and other Germanic tribes when they came over around AD 600 but that's a whole other story for another time.

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Dipper said
My cousins are danish. I'd say that its more like they're speaking english, but with different words. They sound a lot alike, the two languages,

I think it sounds vaguely, very vaguely, German. Well, given that its a Germanic language, that's to be expected. But I do find the North Germanic/Scandinavian languages pretty beautiful.