The Story Of Hajima The Nin Ronin, this is kinda long and addictive maybe.. Options

[jchamber]

I got inspiration from you guys, so thanks. Well here it is. Lemme know whatcha think.

(edited for fluidity, immersion, detail, and character touch up)

Chapter one- the begining
Part One
The Uncertainty

"Owww, my head..... dear Mephala!! What hit me?" I found myself with my face buried in a pillow on a hammock and my head was splitting in two. I can't remember what happened that was making my head hurt so bad or why I am lying down but I did know I wanted the pain to stop.

"Quiet, or the guard will hear you, he can be a mean sort." Said a gruff, deep voice. I turned my head to get a veiw of the guy and as I did so realized that I was on a boat, and that I didn't have a sea stomach as nausea overtook me and spilled my previous meal, which seemed to contain little more than a thin soup that I can't remember eating.

"Hey! Watch it!!" said the gruff voice that was now connected to a muscular dark elf with an ear ring, and scar on the right side of his face that took one eye out. He was wearing nothing but a pair of worn out, undyed, perhaps too used... pair of trousers on.

"Sorry 'bout that, I didn't see you were standing so close, good thing you were a little behind me."

"Yea good for yout health too, how are you besides being seasick?"

"My head is feels like it's going to explode, Several parts of my body feel like they have been wounded, I am still tired, and I haven't the strength to turn over to look at my body to see how bad the damage is."

"Well don't worry you'll be fine, gave that guard a mighty good fight though."

"What? Why is there a guard and just how hard did he hit me on the head, I don't even remember getting on this boat, or why I would be on one.. And why did I fight..."

"Slow down there," the man interrupted. "You are on a boat because that is where the guard put ya, the guard is here because I am a murderer and you have undoubtedly been found guilty of something...not that I am saying you did it, ... whatever it was. When the guard brought you to this boat I am guessing you knew you would get seasick or just wanted to escape and you just about did seeing as it took five guards to help the one you gave a thrashing to bring you down. I didn't see it but I heard it, and about it in good detail. I hear one had a hammer and got the back of your head when the other four were trying to get close enough to you, without getting hurt, to grapple you. I heard alot of scolding afterwards, seemed you were not supposed to be hurt getting on, that guard probably got his status revoked. As for this trip I am guessing we are about halfway there and I would suggest you go to sleep if you can't even turn over. By the way I am Jiub, we can will talk later, when you wake up, for now just rest."

And so I allowed myself to stop fighting the weary weakness that poisoned my mind and muscles and just let go...and soon I was standing in a windy foreign terrain. I had never seen anything like it before, the dirt was red and being picked up in the air, there was also another kind of dirt that seemed to be falling from the sky like a very light sprinkle in the storm of red. Before I could gather any more information about the place I heard a voice in my head of a soft but somewhat resounding tone, "They have taken you from the Imperial city's prison, first by carridge and now by boat. To the east... to Morrowind, fear not for I am watching. You have been chosen"

My shoulder was shaking, I began to wake up...to that gruff voice of Jiub's "Wake up, we're here. Why are you shaking? are you ok? Wake up. Stand up,... there you go. You were dreaming. What's your name? Forgot to ask before you passed out again.

"Owwwwww, I am still really sore, so take it easy on the sholder. Um, gimme a minute I just had a really weird dream.....Um .....BAH why can't I remember....I am sorry I can't remember my name right now, so just call me whatever you want."

"I think you seem like a Ganthar"

"That sounds bad lets go with Hanthimar instead."

"What do I care, it's your name."

"Fine then until I can remember my name we agree on Hanthimar"

"Ok, well, Hanthimar not even last night's storm could wake you, I heard them say we've reached Morrowind. I'm sure they'll let us go!" Jiub said hopefully. "Quiet, here comes the guard."

I could see him coming down the steps at the other end of the lower level of the boat, he looked very serious, but almost comical in that he only had one bracer on and one bracer off. His clothes were dark, but his boots and overvest were lighter. They might provide a little bit of protection...why am I thinking like that, I don't want to hurt the person who might let me go....now he was upon me and began to speak in a light, but very official, voice, "This is where you get off, come with me." I now noticed that the Imperial had some facial hair and was begining to bald, but that was at this point irrelivent. I was more worried about how I couldn't remember my own name. As the guard walked away I was caught up in my own thoughts, trying to remember something. The guard stopped and looked back threateningly.

"You better do what they say," said Jiub. So I got over my daze and followed the guard. When I got to the door in the floor of the top level a woman behind the stairs said, "The sooner you leave, the sooner we can move on." She was a ....well no better than a female dog let's say....That thought was interrupted by the gaurd from below that was escorting me,

"Get yourself up on deck and let's keep that as civil as possible." I paused for a moment to hate the woman, and the male guard gave me a small light push with a, "On deck now, prisoner" So I headed on up the stairs in front of me. I never could have guessed what I was to find at the top.

This post has been edited by jchamber: Feb 15 2006, 06:37 AM

[jchamber]

part four was unnamed, it is edited one minute after I am done writing this.

Nice update. I will probably be forever a big fan of this story. It is usually first on my list to read after working on my own.

seriously, if I cried once a week this would have been my allotment for the week....lol. Seriously though, for a guy that was always been told he was lacking in writing (That's me!) by English teachers, that is amazing and probably one of the best complements to hear. I am going to write an update!! Now that is motivation. LOL. Thanks again.

Oh, a new guy who is almost as mysterious as the first. Stop tormenting me, I want to know everything about these guys.

Have you read the "What D&D Character are You?" thread? It says I am evil..... which I am...so don't you think I would prefer to torment you more? muwahahaha I would. But, I am not the worst, so you will know both of them in more detail... but one and then the other...or am I messing with you to torture you even more? muwahahahahah, I am indeed evil haha. anyway you have earned yet another update and I hope it is a little better than the last to be honest...just re-read it and was slightly disappointed compared to some of the other updates...but then again I suspect that I am somehow biased about it.



Chapter Two- Roots in a Strange Place
Part Five- The Telopath, the Teloporter, and the Ex-cons.
(think of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)

(Part Five name ideas that got passed up: Long talks, Short socks(socks...not so important), Long Talks, Morning Blights (didn't make alot of sense), mindly thoughts and morning slaups (stuff in pig feeding trauphs) (couldn't spell it right and seemed a bit off), Nightime sights and morning lights (didn't make much sense) Point is: I think what I am getting at is that I am either running out of naming ideas or am having a bad day for it. Pressing onward.....)

Najimano and I got to the guys house and he let me sleep in his own bed and he slept on a slide-out bedmat. I had a dream about some kind of flying guy that moved around through the air like he was some kind of Zephyr. Probably was provoked by the guy that was sleeping next to me....freaky guy pops from one place to the next....it's still a weird way to get around....When I woke up I was feeling really good. I felt like I was just getting out of a calming, relieving, weight reducing, clarity granting, understanding imbueing class or something...it was great. Not to mention the fact that my leg was no longer hurt. As I sat up I realized this is the best I had felt since I had arrived in Morrowind. I could smell something great coming from another room. I got up and the bed creaked loudly.

"Hey, you're up! Come on in here and get a warm morning meal. How long has it been since you had one of these?" He turned around from his small fire and looked me in the eyes as I walked into the room and before I could answer he continued. "Oh, I see you can't remember the last time, I am sorry I mentioned it." He turned back to his food that was almost done from the smell of it.

"Um, how did you know that? I know I didn't mention tha..." I was almost done speaking, but Najimano was eager to reply.

"You didn't have to say anything, in fact when I am looking straight at you in good light you don't EVER have to say anything, I am a telepath that can read, project, and grab thoughts from and to people. Of course that is just one thing I am really good at, I also lit this fire with a spell, but no one is impressed with that now are they?" He had a smirk on his face to say that his question was meant to be humorous.

"So how much can you see with that telepethy?"

"I can only see maybe a few thousand feet, just like you." He cracked. "Nah, I know what ya meant. First off though, it's telepathy....not telepethy, heh heh. but yea...I think I can see more of your past than you can, later on we will get back to that.

"Wait you know about my past? What is it? Do you know if there is anyone waiting on me to return? What do I do for work?" It was like I wasn't even talking though because he just ignored me and kept going on with what he was saying. I guess I would leave it alone for a little bit longer until we talked about whatever it was that he wanted to do first.

"And don't forget that I said we would talk about that guy that came into town, killed a few guards and mages, then left town by what was it? Oh, yes....

'holding you hostage and telling you that if you didn't untie the iron chains that he would kill you before he left...' You also mentioned that, and I quote, 'he seemed scary when he said it and he had blood all over him so you were afraid, you couldn't just let him kill you, and you don't even have a weapon to try to protect yourself with' Yea that sounds about the same way you told it to the locals and what you would tell the police too, huh?

"Well it won't work on Natalie, the same way it didn't work on me. She is almost as powerful at using mental reading as I am, the only reason they don't have me do her job is that I don't want to and I am more useful for moving. That is what I am best at, teleportation and relocation. I could work as a guild guide if the mages guild hadn't put a permanent ban on me entering their buildings after I was caught sleeping with the wrong people.....

"I really thought she made the first move though....then again she might have just thought those suductive words really loud in her head.....not sure enough to really properly defend myself, so I do odd jobs for the local guards and Imperial legion. You seem like you might like doing work with the Imperial Legion too."

If I hadn't found a large part of this interesting I would have went back to sleep he had talked so long. "Well it seems like you have everything figured out, I might even check out that recommendation for the Legion since it was from someone of your extrodinary position of clarity of vision." Urrgg, why was I feeling like I was sucking up to this guy? I didn't really have any reason to...then I figured out what I had been subconciously thinking... this guy might be able to help me out in more ways than one, most important was my memory, then there was the local law enforcement too.

"Well, like I said..... You need to be able to trick Natalie and you and I are going to talk about that man, sorry I got off topic a bit there....I have a bad habit of talking about myself too much sometimes since I know others can't know as much about me as I know about them."

"Ok, what can I do about Natalie? I don't know what else to say and I already said that to the guy at the shoreline, who would have told the police by now."

"Well, I am mentioned that I am the best telepath around here, and that I can project thoughts, so that is what we're gonna do. You are going to have it in your head thet that is what happened...in other words I am going to give you the memory you described to them....you will feel fear and it will be as though it were real, but as soon as you are done seeing her I will get that fake memory out of your head." He was looking at me once again and I could tell he was reading my reaction both by body language as well as telepathy.

"I..."

"Don't worry I can't remove any real memories from you, in fact that is going to be a bit of a problem with Natalie. I will need you to focus on the fake memory when she is examining you because both will show up otherwise. We will practice it before you leave the house just to make sure you can do it." That was uncanny regardless of whatever magic it might be. I did feel better knowing that he couldn't make me forget everthing yet again though...and he wouldn't lie about something like that.....If he was that kind of person that guard wouldn't dislike him because Nejimano would implant memories of good times together or something similar.

"Well, I just hope we can get it together before the guards come to get me." He had turned back to stir the food.

"Oh they aren't coming for you. They will wait for me to bring you to them. Breakfast is done."

"Smells delicious, what is it?"

"Well, I figure that it's better if you don't know. I want to talk about that guy that you met yesterday now. I know that he saved you and that he was really skilled as a fighter and that you don't really much like him...so now that that is out of the way....I want to tell you that he came to this contenent the same way you did, but only a few months ago. He passed by me before he had done anything wrong in this town as I was walking to the market. I didn't get a long look at him but I saw his eyes looking right into mine for a long couple seconds before out gazes parted. I learned a lot about him and you deserve to know as much as possible since you two have almost no chance of not running into each other again."





muwahahahaha, the torture will continue, roflmao, oflmao, oflol.

I hope you enjoyed that bit of info about Najimano though. I can't have you not hungry for more after all.....

This post has been edited by jchamber: Mar 9 2006, 02:29 AM