Ryonara

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

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Supernatural Life on the Street

Nodding her head Solroka began to walk towards the bar that Roxy told her about. "Thanks. See you around, Roxy." Salroka had an idea for some quick cash, at least something that would fill her pockets.

Supernatural Life on the Street

"Sorry girl, but I'm not a customer. I guess I ought to leave you to your work though, huh?" Salroka didn't want to admit that she also was flat out broke, but she also wasn't interested. The girl did admit to being with the orc though, and part of Salroka wondered if she'd be willing to go for another adventure. This time however, Salroka is going to do some research. To that end, she had a few more question for the girl. "Say, you know where I can get a drink in this city that isn't made in a urinal? Also, what's your name?'

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

I'm here, but are we still going to be working on Elite's plot with Dirssi or what?

Supernatural Life on the Street

"It's an honest question!" Salroka snapped. She had a feeling that this girl was the real deal: a prostitute. Which was strange, because she was certain that this same girl was with that orc from yesterday too. "I had you pegged more of an adventure girl type, what with that little trip down at the crypt. I guess that date didn't go as well as that orc planned though. Get your money's worth?" Solroka snickered at the girl.

Supernatural Life on the Street

Salroka had spent the last night in the lobby of a hotel. Luckily they didn't seem to notice or care about her, so she was free to sleep there. When she woke up she even had some complimentary breakfast and left before anyone was none the wiser. She went back onto the streets and looked around. That's when she saw that girl from a yesterday wearing a provocative dress. "Is she...?" Deciding to figure out for herself, Solroka approached the girl. "Hey there. What's someone like you doing in a place like this?"

Elder Scrolls: Terror of the Padomaic

Noelle gave the two khajits a passing glance. It wasn't her business who Sharee recruits. She followed the captain and just about everyone else out of the tavern, and told her crew to do some errands. Mostly picking up new reagents and ingredients for the Infirmary as well as for her own projects. In the mean time Noelle quietly told Sharee what she figured out. "The ship I've scouted is called the Miriam. It's a merchant vessel that smuggles it's skooma through cheese and fish barrels. The ship itself is built for speed and hardy weather, but not for combat. However it is one of the more well recognized ships that operates to and from Khenarthi's Roost, so if it does get into trouble... Well, it's going to get help. Not only that but it's crew are seasoned pirates themselves, so they'll be familiar with their tactics not to mention capable of putting up a decent fight. Looking into their docking logs, they arrived not too long before us and it seems like the Captain left the ship for a meeting. I don't know for what or for how long, but I'm going to take a guess that it has something to do with their contraband."

The group went into the docks where Sharee scouted the piers for the ship. Noelle spotted the Miriam not too far away and thought that it was where Sharee wanted to take a closer look at, but instead she pointed out to another ship that Noelle hasn't really taken the time to notice. It certainly looked like a merchant vessel, but it wasn't the Miriam. "That's not the Miriam, captain. Another ship that interests you?" Noelle hadn't really taken this into consideration. Noelle had hoped that she was the first to have found the skooma smugglers. Or maybe there was more than just one ship. Was the whole dock in on this? "I don't know what ship that is. The Miriam is just a bit away however. I haven't gotten a chance to get a closer look, but I'm guessing that as a merchant vessel, weapons aren't the biggest priority for them." Getting closer to the captain, Noelle spoke softly so that no one could eavesdrop on them. "Taking the Miriam at sea would be the best idea, but it will be following the safest route, no doubt like other ships. What I fear the most is that the Miriam will not be sailing alone, so if we do try to engage it, we will be out numbered. I have... An idea, perhaps, though I will need your advice to make it work."

Elder Scrolls: Terror of the Padomaic

This was a horrible idea and Noelle knew it. She and her group still went off to take some Thalmor Robes, though they only managed to get one. It was good enough since she didn't plan on using it; Malakaus's idea was about as sound as trying to suffocate a dragon with your body. With any luck, the orc won't be so impatient will just sit at the bottom of the docks waiting for her signal. If he wasn't, hopefully he gets himself killed or arrested so she won't have to deal with him anymore. All she wanted form Malakaus was what he knew, and now that she had it, he was no more use to her. "Let's go find Sharee."

Using her Clairvoyance spell Noelle managed to track Sharee down to a tavern. No surprise that she'd be in there, but when noelle peeked inside she saw that Sharee, along with Kayal, was talking to two other khajits. Noelle wasn't sure if she should interrupt the conversation or wait for Sharee. She told her crew to just mingle in the tavern since she needed to talk to the captain. Once they were near by but also out of the way, Noelle decided to go talk to Sharee. The captain just stood up as though she was about to leave when Noelle walked up to her. "Captain, I found out the location of the ship we're looking for. One of them anyways."

Elder Scrolls: Terror of the Padomaic

Noelle left the ship shaking. Good thing she was alone, as she didn't want to seem weak for being talked down to by Sharee. Still... Fifty lashes? That was going to hurt. Noelle had been cut a few time by blades, even had her ribs broken by a warhammer, but she had the magic armor to protect her and healing spells to undo the damage. She wasn't sure if Sharee was going to allow Noelle to do either with this punishment; it'll set a bad example for the others to see that Noelle could easily bounce back from the punishment. But it wasn't the physical punishment that Noelle worried about; it's that Sharee is going to tell everyone of her Illusions. Granted, everyone who's seen her in action knows that she is rather skilled with Illusions, but what they don't know is that a lot of them are enthralled by her due to her magic, such as most of the crew working in the Infirmary. If Sharee tells the crew of what she did to her, others might start wondering if they've been tricked by Noelle too. Some were, and others will seek ways to counteract her magic. That's going to be troublesome if she does need to use the illusions on them for some reason.

Noelle tried to only focus on her work, but her punishment, and all that it implies, was stuck on her mind. "I need to find a way around this... Get on Sharee's good side the right way, or maybe try to convince her to forgive me..." Immediately was thinking of using her magic to enthrall the entire crew to her side and more or less overthrow Sharee. But not only did that seem rather extreme, the mana she'd need to do something of that scale was massive and well beyond her ability. Noelle only wants to get out of her punishment, not take over the ship. She could try to manipulate the other officers to taking her side, but how? With magic? That's what got her into this mess in the first place. Besides that, she didn't exactly have much to use to manipulate them. She could always use her body, but that strategy requires time, time that Noelle didn't have right now. And trying to escape now was out of the question; even if she'd be a free woman, where would she go? She'd be stuck here, with no one to help her. She'd have to use her magic to steal and make a living, and she'd much prefer to have stable housing.

Noelle thought about every way to get out of her punishment but soon something caught her eye. She had been walking around aimlessly this entire time and she's now lost. "Dammit." Noelle would have to ask for directions now. She looked around but the city was oddly vacant. She heard people in their houses, but when she'd go up to a door and knock no one seemed to answer. "If I had a detect life spell I could just use that..." Noelle had to retrace her steps, but she had been so deep in thought that soon the trail ran cold. She was more lost than before. The buildings around here didn't even look like the ones near the docks. If she didn't know better she would think she had arrived in an entirely different city. Noelle continued to look around and did spot someone. Some people actually. Someone familiar. "Malakaus?"

She could see the orc and two elves, both in armor and looking ready to fight. Noelle honestly didn't care much for the orc, but right now he was her only "friend". And she wanted to ask him why he was here and for directions. Hoping to quell the fight before it really begins she shot off a powerful calming spell towards them. It exploded in a large cloud of green magic. She knew for certain that the two elves had been effected since they sheathed their weapons and smiled like fools. She didn't know what had happened to Malakaus but she approached anyways. "I'm sorry gentlemen, my friend here just happened to be lost. I'll make sure that he finds the place he needs to go to. Thank you for your assistance anyways." The two guards walked away leaving Noelle and Malakaus on the street.

"Now, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be getting materials for the ship or something?"

Elder Scrolls: Terror of the Padomaic

Noelle would have corrected the captain that she didn't delve into her mind and control it any more than than Noelle would have if she wore a particularly attractive dress or had a ring with the same enchantments she cast on herself. But she didn't because, in truth, Noelle did use her magic to manipulate Sharee's minds. Perhaps unaware of that exact detail, but Noelle's spell was two parted: Enchant herself to increase her Charisma, and Charm Sharee if it wasn't enough. Even if the captain isn't aware of the actual truth, Noelle chose not to mention it simply to prevent a bad situation from getting worse.

Sharee gave Noelle a choice of how she could take her punishment. Either without resistance and let Sharee be at least a bit merciful to her, and what was implied to be a chance at escape. Implied being that Sharee was confident that Noelle would be captured anyways, and given that she managed to see though her Illusions, Noelle was fairly certain that the captain could. Normally Noelle would cut her loses and make her getaway, but where would she go? She had a geographical knowledge of most parts of Elsweyr, but she lacks the experience of putting it into good use. Not to mention, she doubt that the local governing body would appreciate a wandering breton without her papers. And that's assuming that, even if Noelle escapes, Sharee won't chase her down. Noelle tried to be a bit idealistic in thinking that maybe Sharee wouldn't bother to go chasing her across Tamriel, but could she really be sure of that? What if she sends her officers? "No..." Noelle whispered solemnly. "I... I'm at your mercy, captain." Noelle didn't really have an idea of what Sharee was going to do with her. Flog her? Pour acid on her? Lock her in the brig? The posssiblities were only limited by Sharee's creativity and effort. Noelle shuddered at the thoughts.