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Feb 24 2014, 01:36 AM
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Joined: 15-November 12
From: Texas
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"Halt!"
One of the guards took a few steps forward. "By decree of Jarl Ulfric, no beasts allowed inside the city."
Kayla was taken aback at the sheer gall of the guard. The last she had visited, it was rumored and not said aloud that beasts weren't permitted in the city. She took a deep breath.
"Look, we're-"
"No, YOU look," the guard stepped closer until his helmet was nearly nose-to-nose with her. "No beast races inside the city, period, elf! You're lucky I'm even letting your kind in!"
Something inside Kayla's head snapped, and she saw red. She took in a deep breath and pointed her finger at the guard's nose.
"Look here, Nord, we've traveled all the way from Chorrol just to come to the College, and we're TIRED! we're trying to find help for a family of Nords who've been stranded in their home, and we're getting supplies for them! So you and your little guard friend are going to let us inside so we can help those poor people DYING out there!"
The guard hesitated. "How many people?"
"Roughly about eight. We gave them half of our rations and we need a priest so they can be healed."
"You're in luck. The Temple of Talos has two healers." He shot a look at Aravi. "You can go in, elf, but the beast stays out here. She can find shelter with the lizards."
Kayla fumed again and opened her mouth to say something.
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King Coin |
Feb 24 2014, 04:55 AM
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Joined: 6-January 11
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Aravi let go of Kayla and ran back over the bridge, away from the city.
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A weather system rolled in from the north while Aravi waited for the day’s last light to fade from the sky. At first she was glad, the clouds would block out the light of the moons and stars.
Then it started sleeting. Aravi swore like the crudest Nord.
She was hunched against the weather down by the bank of the river. Tiny ice crystals blew into her face, stinging her pink nose. It was earlier than she wanted to go, but in this weather, who would be able to see her? She could hardly see the city walls. Who would see her?
Her claws clacked quietly over the ice. It groaned eerily in a few places, but she kept moving. She made straight for the city walls, then followed them around to the opposite end.
Her heart leapt into her throat once when her foot crashed through the ice and into the freezing water. She pitched forward of her own accord, landing on her stomach to spread her weight over more of the ice. Then she pulled herself away from the break with her claws, sliding on her belly.
When she thought she was sufficient distance away from the break, she got up on her knees, then feet. Always ready to dive forward again.
Thankfully she didn’t have to.
The guards in the harbor were easy to slip by. They kept to predicable paths, making their required rounds as fast as they could.
She went straight for the crumbling spot in the wall. It was still there she saw with some relief. In better weather, this would be child’s play to get to.
Now ice was forming over the stone. She needed to get up quickly.
Using her claws, she exploited crevices in the weathered stone walls. She was almost to the top when she slipped. Her claws started scrapping and she pushed off, landing behind a warehouse.
“What was that?”
Aravi lifted herself onto a stack of crates and laid flat.
She heard the crunch of his boots over snow. She held her breath.
He moved on. He must not have looked up. Claw marks could be seen where she slid.
She tried again, just a little to the side this time. She started to slip again at the same height but held on. She pushed up with her claws and got her hands over the side, and pulled herself up.
I’m in!
Getting to the Corner Club will be easy. The hovels the Dunmer lived in were built right up to the wall. Numerous alleys would allow her to avoid the roving patrols. Nobody else was out in this weather.
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Elisabeth Hollow |
Feb 25 2014, 03:04 AM
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Joined: 15-November 12
From: Texas
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Kayla decided that Aravi had taken long enough, even though it wasn't quite three hours yet. She got up from the single-bed with questionable sheets ("Well, if you want clean sheets in this city, you're better off waiting a few weeks," the proprietor had chuckled to Kayla, earning him a disgusted look.) and walked out the door, glancing around. She hugged her cloak to her body, thinking that Windhelm was correctly named as she began walking out the door. A glass bottled shattered near her head, and she jumped and put her hand on the hilt of Dawnbreaker. A very obviously drunk Nord man laughed loudly, nearly falling as he stumbled backwards slightly.
"Damn greyskins better stay-oh, you're a snooty snoot high elf. Well...o back to the Thalmor Embassy and tells 'em Rolff Stone-Fist says hello!" He waved his hand, twisted into a rude gesture. Kayla rolled her eyes.
"That's classy."
"You're a dark-elf lover, ain't you? You filthy piece of trash, get out of our city?"
Kayla's temper flamed again, but she kept it capped this time. She still needed to find Aravi, and with this guy standing outside the Corner Club, Aravi would never risk trying to run inside.
"You've got a terrible attitude for so early in the evening."
"Don't like it? Too bad. This is our city. Ours!"
"Yeah, okay."
" Don't think I can take you?"
"I never said-"
"One hundred septims says I can punch you back where you came from."
That's a mighty short punch, "Yeah, okay." She walked down the steps and shed her cloak. He cracked his knuckles and neck.
"All right. Fists only. And none of that magic stuff, either. Let's go!"
He swung first. Kayla always let her opponent swing first, especially when there were witnesses around. The contest was over easily, as the man was quite drunk, and Kayla only needed to drop to her knees, the bring her fist up sharply. The uppercut knocked him off his feet by a few inches, and he fell like a tree.
Hard.
She looked around. wondering if anyone saw that. Behind her the owner of the inn clapped.
"Bravo!" The Dunmer, who had introduced himself as Ambarys earlier, crowed in glee. "That man has harrassed us night after night for so long. Your room is discounted."
Kayla grabbed her cloak. "Really?"
"Yes. Has your friend arrived yet?"
Kayla shook her head. "No. I'm getting worried."
"Well, there'll be a bowl of milk for her."
"Uhhh...why a bowl?"
"Our cups are dirty. That wasn't meant to be offensive. I'll go clean a cup." He hurried inside.
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Elisabeth Hollow |
Feb 26 2014, 12:51 AM
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Ancient
Joined: 15-November 12
From: Texas
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Kayla gave aravi a look filled with mock ust and growled back.
"Oh, darling!" she giggled.
"He'll be sorely disappointed if he peeks through, as I'm not drunk enough to touch a woman." She laughed once he left. "And I don't think you swing that way." She followed Aravi's lead and turned as she undressed, thankful that her pack was thick enough to shield most of her clothing from the snow. She sorely wished for a hot bath, but at least the washbasin wasn't frozen over, and the fire was roaring.
She then slid on her nightclothes, sighing in relief as the thick warm cloth warmed her skin. "And why do I have to be the one on the floor, huh?" She teased, poking Aravi's ribs gently. "For all I know, you find the floor comfortable. Though I doubt it." She sat by the fire, putting her feet near it.
"I'm fine with sharing a bed. It's not like we haven't slept close by each other while out there. Though be warned, I'm a cuddler."
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