That's great, Capy, but without timestamps and a definition of the system I can't record hain history any better.
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Dear Mr Curly,
I have done little travelling lately because I have been so dreadfully weary. Can it be true as the old Ecclesiastes said; that all things lead to weariness? Surely not. Perhaps the opposite is true: that all nothings lead to weariness. I have a peculiar feeling, Curly, that I am worn out from something I haven't yet done and the more I don't do it, the more exhausted I become. How strange. Could it be something I haven't realised? Perhaps it's something I haven't said? Something I haven't finished! It must be very large and true whatever it is and a lively struggle in the doing but I look forward to it immensely. I know I need it. First, however, I must curl up in my chair and sleep deeply with the duck. Perhaps I'll dream of this thing and wake up refreshed and do it. My fond wishes to you Mr. Curly, and to all Curly Flat.
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P.S. Not having breakfast can make you weary. That's for sure!
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Ariel glanced down and up. "I admit, the machines unnerve me as well. But, it sounds like they have some very intelligent and qualified people working on them. That they are not attacking on sight means that they have to be functioning leagues more safely than they would normally."
Ariel gave a sad smile and ran a hand down Rukeewei's side. "I'm sorry to hear that you're missing home. I am as well." She tried to be more encouraging. "I have a feeling that things will get more stable once we reach the clanhome. I know a community of lycans sounds like the last place to be, but from what Sabine has told me these past few weeks, its sounds like a pleasant place."
"Ri'vashi," Gallus continued with his hand covering half of his face still. "When you have a means to save the life of someone who has given up hope. Someone who never had a chance before, and someone who never knew better to save themselves. You could lift that person from their death and have them live a fulfilling, healthy life. Or, as they have given up hope, you could let them go and be at peace from their pain, never to know what they could achieve in life, or what they could experience. Just give them relief."
Gallus lowered the hand from his face and wiped his eye. Turning his bowed head to Ri'vashi, his eyes were red, but his expression was stern and his voice level. "That's the question bothering me, Ri'vashi. What is the right thing to do in that situation?"
Ariel gave a sad smile and ran a hand down Rukeewei's side. "I'm sorry to hear that you're missing home. I am as well." She tried to be more encouraging. "I have a feeling that things will get more stable once we reach the clanhome. I know a community of lycans sounds like the last place to be, but from what Sabine has told me these past few weeks, its sounds like a pleasant place."
"Ri'vashi," Gallus continued with his hand covering half of his face still. "When you have a means to save the life of someone who has given up hope. Someone who never had a chance before, and someone who never knew better to save themselves. You could lift that person from their death and have them live a fulfilling, healthy life. Or, as they have given up hope, you could let them go and be at peace from their pain, never to know what they could achieve in life, or what they could experience. Just give them relief."
Gallus lowered the hand from his face and wiped his eye. Turning his bowed head to Ri'vashi, his eyes were red, but his expression was stern and his voice level. "That's the question bothering me, Ri'vashi. What is the right thing to do in that situation?"
There's also one that was converted and transformed by Niciel to serve as Loth's mount for his journey around the world.
Indeed. That one is #0, I believe. The original model. That one'll be handy in a pinch now that you done gave it wings.
Edit: @Vec What's this? What...is...this...?
Someone finally did it!?
SOMEONE MADE A CALEND-oh, it's for Cygnea...
I'd like to think that many of them have been destroyed, but there are still occasional ones milling about where there are still only hain hanging around.
There are also all the ones tied up by the muses. I suspect they're in a basement in Alefpria somewhere, just a few cut cords away from wreaking some havoc.
There are also all the ones tied up by the muses. I suspect they're in a basement in Alefpria somewhere, just a few cut cords away from wreaking some havoc.
I'm not even sure how many Angels I originally created, cuz Angel births are very rare, and Angels haven't died of old age yet.
Fuck it, we'll just say that 400 died, why not. Who cares about tiny details like that, right?
I'll have you know that I have a distinct character sheet locked away for each of every single white giant I made!
Every one of them were going through heartfelt character arcs that explored all the depths of the white giant experience...
"That's just what I remember hearing," Fendros responded to Ahnasha. "I've not been out that far west."
After peering out to spot the light of the Silent City, Ariel exhaled and allowed her raised brow to finally relax before it could get sore. "Well, I'd hate to sound grumpy, but all this information at once has given me a good reason to go and rest." She took Rukeewei's hand. "This is more than anyone could have bargained for. How exactly did you find this place?"
"Mora told us," Sabine explained. "He gave us a key."
Ariel scrunched her eyes and ran a hand down her face. "On a second thought, I shall leave that question for tomorrow."
Janius laughed and spoke to the pack. "We ought to spare Ariel and Rukeewei for now. There will be plenty of time to explain things on the way."
Now that she had forced her wits back, Ariel strode away a few paces with Rukeewei in hand and stopped to stand close in front of him. She looked into his eyes with some worry for his fear. "How are you coping, darling?" She murmured.
Gallus threw up one hand. "They can be connected, they can be reborn all they like. I don't see why they should have such contempt for a young life!" He jerked his face up to see Ri'vashi. For the first time, Ri'vashi saw Gallus' face in a state of pure fury. "It was just like that!" He clapped his hands. "Be reborn! Forget any other chance! You don't matter! You-" He shut his mouth and threw the cloth onto the stone floor.
"I apologise..." he said in a far calmer voice. He sighed heavily through his nose and leant forward again. "I just...he might have thought differently had I gone straight there from Elsweyr. He mightn't have given up. I'm angry at the Hist, I'm angry at him, his uncle -- Oblivion -- I'm angry at myself as well for blowing up in front of him about it. I failed. I failed my promise." He brought a hand up to cover one side of his face. "I failed the one thing that might have redeemed all those horrible things that happened to Dar-tzesa and Yizan-lei. I can't think about any of it without losing my temper."
After peering out to spot the light of the Silent City, Ariel exhaled and allowed her raised brow to finally relax before it could get sore. "Well, I'd hate to sound grumpy, but all this information at once has given me a good reason to go and rest." She took Rukeewei's hand. "This is more than anyone could have bargained for. How exactly did you find this place?"
"Mora told us," Sabine explained. "He gave us a key."
Ariel scrunched her eyes and ran a hand down her face. "On a second thought, I shall leave that question for tomorrow."
Janius laughed and spoke to the pack. "We ought to spare Ariel and Rukeewei for now. There will be plenty of time to explain things on the way."
Now that she had forced her wits back, Ariel strode away a few paces with Rukeewei in hand and stopped to stand close in front of him. She looked into his eyes with some worry for his fear. "How are you coping, darling?" She murmured.
Gallus threw up one hand. "They can be connected, they can be reborn all they like. I don't see why they should have such contempt for a young life!" He jerked his face up to see Ri'vashi. For the first time, Ri'vashi saw Gallus' face in a state of pure fury. "It was just like that!" He clapped his hands. "Be reborn! Forget any other chance! You don't matter! You-" He shut his mouth and threw the cloth onto the stone floor.
"I apologise..." he said in a far calmer voice. He sighed heavily through his nose and leant forward again. "I just...he might have thought differently had I gone straight there from Elsweyr. He mightn't have given up. I'm angry at the Hist, I'm angry at him, his uncle -- Oblivion -- I'm angry at myself as well for blowing up in front of him about it. I failed. I failed my promise." He brought a hand up to cover one side of his face. "I failed the one thing that might have redeemed all those horrible things that happened to Dar-tzesa and Yizan-lei. I can't think about any of it without losing my temper."
"We have another day of travel, then. Oh." Ariel rubbed her forehead with the fingers of one hand. She was evidently nearing the point of accepting that nothing would be normal for a while. "A city is one thing, travelling such a distance is another. Just how large is this cavern, exactly?"
Fendros answered. "There are some parts still inhabited by Falmer that cut off various parts. Though, there are many Dwemer ruins on the surface connected by this place. The last count we had when we left was here -- being the westernmost point, to somewhere in Hjallmarch."
"Hjallmarch, that's..." Ariel's memory of maps of Skyrim returned and her eyes bulged. "That's the hold with Morthal, isn't it? That's half the length of Skyrim!"
"That it is." Fendros nodded.
Ariel cast her eyes across the cavern again. "And this place was uninhabited? Nothing but Falmer and Dwemer automatons?"
Janius pitched in. "We found a few old bones of people long dead. It was otherwise empty when we found it. Apart from the Falmer and automatons, of course."
"There was also a dragon skeleton." Sabine added casually.
"Oh, is that all?" Ariel laughed sarcastically. "Tell me, please, if you were to name every wondrous, larger than life...insane discovery in this place, would we be finished before arriving at your new home? I don't know how much more I can believe without convincing myself that I'm hallucinating."
Sabine grinned at her sister's overwhelmed words. "I am not lying."
Gallus swallowed down what was a flash of anger over his averted face. "He kept saying things about rebirth, rejoining the Hist, ending the pain...he had accepted death. The Hist, whatever those voices sound like, might have been the only thing he had as his body had wasted away and his parents left."
While Gallus breathed in again, he had to pause to keep his anger back again. "I can see why he would want death after all that he had been through, but he was just a boy. He had a whole life ahead of him, free from that pain, right in front of him. That tripe about the Hist sounded like something that some selfish priest had convinced him of and might have manipulated his judgement. It was the easy way out." Gallus clenched his fists around the cloth. "It was a waste. A pointless waste. I don't care if he would have been reborn, the boy abandoned his mother and his life just to take the easy way out. It makes me too angry to give the Hist any excuses."
Fendros answered. "There are some parts still inhabited by Falmer that cut off various parts. Though, there are many Dwemer ruins on the surface connected by this place. The last count we had when we left was here -- being the westernmost point, to somewhere in Hjallmarch."
"Hjallmarch, that's..." Ariel's memory of maps of Skyrim returned and her eyes bulged. "That's the hold with Morthal, isn't it? That's half the length of Skyrim!"
"That it is." Fendros nodded.
Ariel cast her eyes across the cavern again. "And this place was uninhabited? Nothing but Falmer and Dwemer automatons?"
Janius pitched in. "We found a few old bones of people long dead. It was otherwise empty when we found it. Apart from the Falmer and automatons, of course."
"There was also a dragon skeleton." Sabine added casually.
"Oh, is that all?" Ariel laughed sarcastically. "Tell me, please, if you were to name every wondrous, larger than life...insane discovery in this place, would we be finished before arriving at your new home? I don't know how much more I can believe without convincing myself that I'm hallucinating."
Sabine grinned at her sister's overwhelmed words. "I am not lying."
Gallus swallowed down what was a flash of anger over his averted face. "He kept saying things about rebirth, rejoining the Hist, ending the pain...he had accepted death. The Hist, whatever those voices sound like, might have been the only thing he had as his body had wasted away and his parents left."
While Gallus breathed in again, he had to pause to keep his anger back again. "I can see why he would want death after all that he had been through, but he was just a boy. He had a whole life ahead of him, free from that pain, right in front of him. That tripe about the Hist sounded like something that some selfish priest had convinced him of and might have manipulated his judgement. It was the easy way out." Gallus clenched his fists around the cloth. "It was a waste. A pointless waste. I don't care if he would have been reborn, the boy abandoned his mother and his life just to take the easy way out. It makes me too angry to give the Hist any excuses."
@Rtron 'Wants to' monopolise sea salt? Toun is already so perpetually salty that his monopoly outlived the universe itself.
Also, to be clear, I didn't know that there was a food brand called Hain. That's wonderful.
Also, to be clear, I didn't know that there was a food brand called Hain. That's wonderful.
Ariel kept her hands on Rukeewei's arm as they progressed from the lift. She had her eyes up and her mouth agape at all the various sights. She had a failed belief that Rukeewei would guide her steps, despite the fact that he was just as fascinated.
"You have...werevultures here?" Ariel remarked casually, in spite of her shock. "This is all...I am feeling rather faint." Ariel let one of her hands go so she could take a swig from her waterskin. Stepping into what felt like another world was more overwhelming than she could have anticipated the clanhome to be.
When she had finally swigged some water and wiped her lips on her sleeve, Ariel remembered to breathe once more. "This is hardly anything I could imagine. Have you not cast some vast illusion on us Meesei?" Ariel turned with a worried brow to Rukeewei, not able to give her last remark the tone it required to be conveyed as a joke. "There's-nothing-like-this-in-Black-Marsh, is there?"
Still side-on to Ri'vashi, Gallus looked up at her from a head tilted forward. He held her gaze and frowned for several seconds before letting his shoulders fall and sighing. "I should have known that I wouldn't be able to avoid you if I tried. Alright, I'll tell you."
Gallus strode over to a nearby bench and sat himself down. He spoke as he picked up a cloth to wipe the sweat from his face. "Cuts was a spectacular guide. We reached Gideon in good time and shape and a day of asking around the city found us the boy. I had a rough idea of what I wanted to say, but I couldn't have known what I would find, really." Gallus let the cloth hang from his hands as he leaned his elbows on his legs and stared at it. He spoke clearly, but sombrely. "His name was Yizan-lei. He lived with his aunt and uncle in a less-than-wealthy neighbourhood. His mother, the agent Dar-tzesa, she had told me that he had a disease that was wasting him away. Even knowing that...he looked barely anything but skin and bone. He couldn't even sit up or lift his head for long. He couldn't eat, or...couldn't keep any food down. He was starving, but for this stuff that the alchemists were using to keep him alive. Even that would only last a few more months, from what I heard from him."
With a half nod to Ri'vashi, he continued. "I gave him a red feather that I kept from his mother. I told him about what happened to his mother. About how she was tricked into a deal by some horrible people for a cure that they never intended to give. That she was wounded when we caught her, though I told him that she died of her wounds, and not what her wounds were, exactly. I didn't want to be graphic about it. I also kept our nature a secret. He...was upset, clearly, though at the same time relieved. Everyone but him had believed that Dar-tzesa was dead at that point and he was holding out hope."
Gallus bobbed his head and gestured with the towel. "Now, the entire reason I went was because I had promised Dar-tzesa to make sure that her son was being cared for. I told him that I could help him in any way he desired. I, uh...I then began to explain that there might be a cure to his condition in lycanthropy. The possibility of health, the challenges, and that I could teach him to live with it. I spoke without mentioning that it was lycanthropy, specifically, just so I could explain properly." Gallus took a short breath in and out. "His uncle knew what it was from when Dar-tzesa was told to contract it. He vehemently opposed that option on the grounds that his soul would be cut off from the Hist. Yizan-lei asked me if it was true, and I told him the truth."
It was at that point that Gallus blinked a few times and wiped his eye. "He was just a boy, not much different than my boys. I could have helped him, but he chose to turn down the offer. Not only that, he...he decided that he didn't want to live with the pain anymore. He asked his aunt and uncle to end his life."
Gallus clenched his teeth, remained leaning forward, and stared daggers at the ground. The fingers of his right hand pressed together on the cloth he held until they began to quiver.
"You have...werevultures here?" Ariel remarked casually, in spite of her shock. "This is all...I am feeling rather faint." Ariel let one of her hands go so she could take a swig from her waterskin. Stepping into what felt like another world was more overwhelming than she could have anticipated the clanhome to be.
When she had finally swigged some water and wiped her lips on her sleeve, Ariel remembered to breathe once more. "This is hardly anything I could imagine. Have you not cast some vast illusion on us Meesei?" Ariel turned with a worried brow to Rukeewei, not able to give her last remark the tone it required to be conveyed as a joke. "There's-nothing-like-this-in-Black-Marsh, is there?"
Still side-on to Ri'vashi, Gallus looked up at her from a head tilted forward. He held her gaze and frowned for several seconds before letting his shoulders fall and sighing. "I should have known that I wouldn't be able to avoid you if I tried. Alright, I'll tell you."
Gallus strode over to a nearby bench and sat himself down. He spoke as he picked up a cloth to wipe the sweat from his face. "Cuts was a spectacular guide. We reached Gideon in good time and shape and a day of asking around the city found us the boy. I had a rough idea of what I wanted to say, but I couldn't have known what I would find, really." Gallus let the cloth hang from his hands as he leaned his elbows on his legs and stared at it. He spoke clearly, but sombrely. "His name was Yizan-lei. He lived with his aunt and uncle in a less-than-wealthy neighbourhood. His mother, the agent Dar-tzesa, she had told me that he had a disease that was wasting him away. Even knowing that...he looked barely anything but skin and bone. He couldn't even sit up or lift his head for long. He couldn't eat, or...couldn't keep any food down. He was starving, but for this stuff that the alchemists were using to keep him alive. Even that would only last a few more months, from what I heard from him."
With a half nod to Ri'vashi, he continued. "I gave him a red feather that I kept from his mother. I told him about what happened to his mother. About how she was tricked into a deal by some horrible people for a cure that they never intended to give. That she was wounded when we caught her, though I told him that she died of her wounds, and not what her wounds were, exactly. I didn't want to be graphic about it. I also kept our nature a secret. He...was upset, clearly, though at the same time relieved. Everyone but him had believed that Dar-tzesa was dead at that point and he was holding out hope."
Gallus bobbed his head and gestured with the towel. "Now, the entire reason I went was because I had promised Dar-tzesa to make sure that her son was being cared for. I told him that I could help him in any way he desired. I, uh...I then began to explain that there might be a cure to his condition in lycanthropy. The possibility of health, the challenges, and that I could teach him to live with it. I spoke without mentioning that it was lycanthropy, specifically, just so I could explain properly." Gallus took a short breath in and out. "His uncle knew what it was from when Dar-tzesa was told to contract it. He vehemently opposed that option on the grounds that his soul would be cut off from the Hist. Yizan-lei asked me if it was true, and I told him the truth."
It was at that point that Gallus blinked a few times and wiped his eye. "He was just a boy, not much different than my boys. I could have helped him, but he chose to turn down the offer. Not only that, he...he decided that he didn't want to live with the pain anymore. He asked his aunt and uncle to end his life."
Gallus clenched his teeth, remained leaning forward, and stared daggers at the ground. The fingers of his right hand pressed together on the cloth he held until they began to quiver.
Ariel did not have an answer for Rukeewei. Even with the extra things she might have understood to curb it, Rukeewei's words made more sense than she would have liked. She was too scared herself to attempt calming him down. She instead stared at the ascending walls around them without an answer.
"You are safe," Sabine said to Rukeewei with a smile. "The Dwemer built this. It does not break." She strode up to Rukeewei and gently took his and Ariel's forearms in each of her hands. "It is strange. Sorry. You will like the cavern, though. It is pretty."
Ariel tried to believe Sabine. She tried to relax, though the motion of the lift made her maintain a close hold on Rukeewei right up until it stopped.
What Ariel saw beyond struck her dumb and froze her in place.
Gallus' smile faded and he began glancing around the floor. "Oh, Hircine's hounds, Ri'vashi, not you too." He spun on one heel to be side on from Ri'vashi and let his hands fall limp. "I am fine, alright? What happened isn't stopping me from doing anything." He pointed across to Ri'vashi with his half-lifted hammer. "And I don't need to see Saraya and Vharei about it either. They have more important problems to sort out with other people."
"You are safe," Sabine said to Rukeewei with a smile. "The Dwemer built this. It does not break." She strode up to Rukeewei and gently took his and Ariel's forearms in each of her hands. "It is strange. Sorry. You will like the cavern, though. It is pretty."
Ariel tried to believe Sabine. She tried to relax, though the motion of the lift made her maintain a close hold on Rukeewei right up until it stopped.
What Ariel saw beyond struck her dumb and froze her in place.
Gallus' smile faded and he began glancing around the floor. "Oh, Hircine's hounds, Ri'vashi, not you too." He spun on one heel to be side on from Ri'vashi and let his hands fall limp. "I am fine, alright? What happened isn't stopping me from doing anything." He pointed across to Ri'vashi with his half-lifted hammer. "And I don't need to see Saraya and Vharei about it either. They have more important problems to sort out with other people."
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