To Heir Is Human- Playground XIV, The 14th Options

[Lord Revan]

Issac, Sewers

He spun when he heard Satyana scream behind him. Green light suddenly illuminated the section of the hallway they were in as Issac cast a light spell. His heart skipped a beat when he saw Satyana's leg. By the Devines! I was careless, I should have cast the spell as soon as I'd made it down the stairs.

Issac took a breath and kneeled down beside his lover. He placed one hand reassuringly on Satyana's forehead. "Satyana, please, be still for a moment." The Altmer gave her a encouraging nod before turning to look at her injury.

That's definitely broken, I can't heal anything like this. Take some of the pain away and stop any bleeding, but that's all. Issac pondered what to do, he could try to coax her into unconsciousness and cast a feather spell and try climbing back up with Satyana, or try to find a healer or medic and bring them down here.

No, leaving Satyana here, even for ten minutes, is the worst thing to do. He glanced back the way they'd both come, a little far to carry her (dragging was not an option) and then climb a ladder. Issac met Satyana's gaze, a conflicting look on his face.
Then he forced away the desperation, and said. "I can't heal your leg, Satyana, and I can't just leave you here to find someone who can." His hands began working one of his best healing spells, But I'll do my best to help."

OCC: So, Dantrag, you have a preference for who Cerpin gets, or does it still not matter?

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Sep 8 2007, 06:27 PM

[minque]

Satyana

"Oh Issac, don´t worry about me, now I haven´t ever tried to heal myself, I know my grandmother can do such things, but maybe if we work together?...the alternative would be that you just leave me here and get some help, I think I can manage....I know a few fancy spells to cast if someone or thing tries to hurt me"



OOC: Ok Revie, you decide if you´re gonna leave her or not...if you do...someone just might turn up....and snatch her,...that would be a thrill right? Now I don´t want her killed but I can live with her being kidnapped or badly hurt....maybe that would help to soften up Rannie-boy

[Dantrag]

OOC: what did you have in mind?

Brianna

She was walking rather tight behind Rahvin, as silent as she could.

I´m safe with him...safer than I ever have been. I wonder ....I wonder when he found out he loved me? Because he does....now. I wonder if he sometimes think about....her?. I wonder what will happen if she suddenly returns? Will he stick with me? If he leaves me now I´ll kill myself...

"Rahv! Did you hear that? That scream, is it human?" she whispered

Rahvin

"I don't know," he answered, "But that's the way we have to go."

He proceeded with even more caution than before while still making the gap between him and Brianna larger.

He peeked around the next corner and saw two figures in the dark. One seemed to be injured. He motioned for Brianna to stay still behind him while he waited to figure out what was happening.

Altair

Altair launched a volley of fire on the zombies below, but couldn't help but think that he and Flogir should be making strategy right now, not fighting on the front lines in a relatively minor fight that was nothing more than a minor threat to the city at this point.

Rann

Rann fired some shots from the wall with his bow, but he was somewhat preoccupied. Before he had gone into the sewers, Dalrus had been resting with the others, but now he couldn't seem to find her, and often found himself looking.

Aerona

The soldiers had long gone, taking the treasured goods from the cellar and to whatever officer handled such things.

She was alone outside the door now, wanting to keep an eye on the infected Eurod. The sun was setting, and his first change would come soon. She only wished that she could venture outside for some herbs; then the cure would be no hard thing to have. Only the hordes of snake-men and zombies kept it out of reach.

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[Lord Revan]

OCC: Issac cast magical light over himself and Satyana, so they should be easy to identify. I have to go to bed in three minutes, so I'll answer that tomorow (sp.).

Issac

He managed a slight smile and shook his head, "I'm not going to leave you here. But I think we could mana-" Issac's voices trailed off as he heard the faint but recognizable sound of footsteps and voices. The Altmer turned his head, and saw the silhoutted figure looking around the corner.

Strictly for illumination purposes, he fired off a very weak fireball down the center of the hallway. As the spells struck the far wall, the brief bloom of heat and light revealed a familiar Dunmer face. "Unbelievable; we go looking for them and they find us." He muttured quetly, to both Satyana and himself.

"Rahvin, you can't imagine how glad we are that you're still alive and you weren't a werewolf or something!" Issac called.

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Sep 9 2007, 05:58 AM

[Dantrag]

Rahvin

"And you can't imagine how glad I am that I'm not burned to death," he replied.

"Come on, Brianna, it's Satyana and Issac."

He joined Issac beside Satyana, suddenly realizing that she was injured, "How bad is it?"

[minque]

OOC: Ehh..I don´t exactly had anything special in mind, just that I think something should happen, like Satyana getting hurt. Now I did want Rahvin and Brianna to meet with Issac and Satyana, so that is fulfilled! Now Satyana has no warm feelings for her mom, she hasn´t forgiven her for abandoning her, but she really loves Rahvin ...so let´s see how this encounter will develop! I´m going to make a minor twitch now!

Satyana

"Rahvin! Thank the Divines, you´re alive! Oh I´m so happy!" She stretched herself towards Rahvin, forgetting about her broken leg, which immediately caused her severe pain

"Ahhhhrrrr!!! oh nooo! She screamed when the broken bones in her leg moved. She fell down on the damp floor again, deadly pale. Then she noticed Brianna approaching, and her face became empty.

"So you´re alive as well?, Well now you´ve got an opportuniyy to make up to me....by healing this" She pointed at her leg

Brianna

Brianna bit her lip, the tone in her daughter´s voice was if not hostile, at least not very friendly.

She hasn´t forgiven me yet....

"Satyana, dear, let me have a look at you" Bree kneeled by her side and examined the broken leg.

It shouldn´t be a problem to heal, it´s a clean break, just have to keep the broken ends together when I speak the incantation

"Ok, Rahvin, Issac, help me hold her still, I´ve got to keep the leg straight and very still so it heals properly"

Brianna grabbed the leg, Satyana moaned, it did hurt quite a bit. Everything was ready....Brianna spoke the incantation....

But just as she spoke, a shadow appeared on the wall, Brianna´s hands jerked.....and the awful sound of bones being crushed was heard.

"Oh nooooooo!" Brianna yelled when she watched the deformed lump that had been her daughter´s left leg...

Satyana

She didn´t believer her eyes! The leg was not broken anymore but it was deformed and bent...She jumped to her feet, and almost stumbled...her left leg was about 7 cm shorter than her right one.

Her eyes were on fire when she turned to her mother:

"YOU! Don´t EVER touch me again!...You hear me? NEVER AGAIN!" Satyana grabbed Rahvin´s arm, looking him straight into his eyes:

"I know you love her! That´s fine with me, but please keep her as far away from me as possible! Come Issac, I´ll have to lean on you to be able to walk...."

Brianna

Brianna was devastated, she couldn´t explain why her hands jerked just at the critical monent, but the result was a sheer catastrophy....she would never get near her daughter again!

"I...I could break it up and try again.." she said silently

Satyana

She spun around and if looks could kill, Brianna would be stone-dead

"Didn´t you hear me? I do NOT want you to touch me! I´ll be ok for now, I´ll find a proper healer ....pfffr!"

[Lord Revan]

OCC: I'll have Ian find a Breton hedgemage or whatever they're called.

-Issac-

He stared in complete disbelief at the turn of events, nevertheless Issac moved to Satyana's left side to give her leverage.

The Altmer gave Brianna a sincere look of sympathy. Then he indicated the pathway behind himself and Satyana. "This way, it leads to a keep on the walls of Green Emporer Way."

[minque]

Satyana

"Good, let´s go then" she muttered, then turned to Rahvin...

"Are you coming Rahvin?" she asked with a faint smile....she didn´t even look at her mother...she just held tight to Issac and started limping

Gahhhh...it hurts...every step hurts...I wish she never came back...I hate her!!!!

Brianna

She stood still, tears slowly running down her cheeks....she wanted to tell Satyana how sorry she was but she realised it was better to not talk to the girl. She was so upset now that anything she said would be rejected

Rahvin, please ...help me....she hates me now..it´s unbearable

[jack cloudy]

OOC: Wanna discuss strategy, Dantrag? I'll open up a possibility.

Flint Ironwood.

As soon as the zombies caught on fire, Flint reversed his hold, throwing them into unaffected groups, which caught fire as well. Soon, over half the attacking force was burning to ash. The catapults hurled rock after rock at the horde, crushing corpses left and right.
,,Dumb formation, it's a killer." He noted.

Reinforcements arrived on the walls, armed with oiled arrows and torches. Flaming arrows were fired at the stragglers, soon decimating the remnants.


When the battle ran at its end, an officer of the Bruman army ran up to Flogir and Altair.
,,Sirs. Siegemaster Odrik. I came to report that our stock of siege ammunition is dwindling. I request permission to renew the supply." He barked. He then added in a lower tone of voice.
,,The best supply however, are the buildings here. My crew know what they're dealing with, but other regiments might be discouraged if we start taking apart our own stronghold from within."

This post has been edited by jack cloudy: Sep 9 2007, 09:08 PM

[Lord Revan]

Plys'Iea

The rooftops were still wet from the recent downpour, but his fingers could find purchase on more treacherous surfaces. The alien hissed softly as he spotted Mannimarco on another building, Not even your sorcerer's ways will save you now, necromancer...

As silent as a young Bosmer in fur pelts, the hunter crawled to the edge of the roof and leapt to the next, then crawled even closer to his target.

[The Metal Mallet]

Flogir

Flogir grinned as the attackers fled or died. It appeared that this defense was won for now.

Flogir turned to Altair and Flint. "I guess we need to concur on this, no?" he asked, indicating Altair.

"I personally don't see a problem with it since I don't believe we were going to defend the buildings. The houses here don't have flat rooftops for archers. Plus, they're too spaced out for building-to building fighting. I would suggest to bring down a few. Once we win, we can always rebuild."

[Dantrag]

Rahvin

Rahvin put his arm around Brianna comfortingly as they walked back through the sewers, trying to return to the surface.

He hated the situation here, and was disappointed in Satyana for choosing to think that Brianna was out to get her. The mistake Brianna had just made was easily fixed, and Satyana was being as stubborn as Rann in not letting her fix it. He decided he'd talk to her about it later.

[Lord Revan]

Ian, Talos Plaza looted building

A middle-aged Breton man in blue robes sat alone in a recently picked-apart dwelling.
He thought he'd heard a faint creak I'm the hall, but passed it off immediately.

The man grunted, hearing the wood groan under stress. But nothing was in sight...

The vampire slipped off his guantlet and put on the glove. With the tool in place, he gazed down at the Breton from above.

Ian's skill in illusion caused the hedgemage to spin around at a sound that no one else heard.
The vampire dropped down behind the Breton and his glove-hand grabbed the man's face.

He waited for Cerpin to take the man's body.

OCC: I'll have Karn follow them to the surface.

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Sep 10 2007, 10:43 PM

[minque]

Brianna

She walked beside Rahvin, she felt that at least he supported her...she put her arm around his waist..

"Rahvin, have you ever thought about the curse? Why my children? Oh, one of them is yours" she added with a faint smile.

"Rann is a fine young man, stubborn self-confident, but still! And he was the smallest of the babies! He almost didn´t make it through his first day, you remember? Have I told you about my theory why the children have different fathers?"

What will become of us? Will we ever have a normal life?

"Where are we heading, my love?" she pressed her head against his shoulder. "I´ll follow you til the end of the world if you ask me"

[Dantrag]

Cerpin

Ian didn't know it yet, but in order for him to take the body Ian offered, he had to be the commanding soul in Ian's.

So he took control of Ian suddenly and easily due to years of experience, and transferred his soul to the poor Breton through the magic of the glove.

The glove was now on the Breton's hand, and Ian had enough time to regain complete control over his body.

"Sorry about that," he said with a shrug (how glad he was that he could shrug!) as he took the glove from his hand and tucked it away in the folds of the blue robe, "You didn't really give me a chance to warn you."

Rahvin

He listened to Brianna, unsure of which question to answer. He finally decided on the last one, figuring that the others were better discussed in private.

"We're going back up, same as those two," he answered, pointing to the limping Satyana and Issac, "After that we'll talk about your theories."

Rann

Rann didn't think that the use of building material would demoralize anyone; it was actually a pretty smart idea, and once the soldiers saw large chunks of wall crushing a score or more of snake-people and undead, their morale would be in fine condition.

He wasn't the leader though, and didn't really want to be. He'd leave it to Flogir and Altair, his leaders of choice.

Altair/Veric

Altair stopped casting spells for a moment to stroke his chin at the dilemma put before them by the siegemaster. He agreed with Flogir's assessment.

"You know more about the thoughts of soldiers than I, so if you don't believe that morale will suffer too greatly, then by all means go for it."

[The Metal Mallet]

Flogir

Flogir nodded.

"Well if you don't mind, Altair, I'm going to release the wall command to you for a little bit while I get this new project underway," he was about to go but paused once again. "Rann, I suggest you stay here and lend your bow fire. Voltar you can stay aswell; your magic could prove to be useful. Flint and Amrita, you two come with me. I want you to come Flint because it was your idea and I don't want to mess up what you want to do so I want you to listen to my orders. Amrita, you're just tagging along."

Voltar simply nodded but Amrita looked like she was about to voice a complaint. Instead she held her tongue as Flogir fixed the Altmer with a look. She gestured to move on and Flogir left to the reserves.

Once there, he called over a sergeant.

"Greetings Sergeant. Our siegemaster has notified me that we are running short on ammunition..." he nodded to Flint, "My companion here suggested we should take down any unless buildings to use and break them down into manageable, projectile pieces for ammunition. Did I get that right, Flint?"

[jack cloudy]

Flint Ironwood. OOC: Actually, it was Odrik's suggestion. I'll say that the two understand each other and the siegemaster is checking up on the catapults elsewhere.


Flint followed Flogir and now he nodded.
,,Yup. Most professional catapult rounds are taken from the same grove these building's stone walls are. They might be a bit more random in their trajectory, but they'll work. And if anything, how about loading them loosely brick by brick? Such a pile would spread and cause headaches in a large area if fired." (OOC: think shotgun.)

,,Furthermore, if we have to retreat to the palace, taking down some buildings would give is a free field of fire here. Any unsuitable materials to be launched can be used to make barricades and stuff."

[Lord Revan]

Ian, talking with Cerpin

The vampire had his eyes shut tightly as the sudden withdrawl and reemergance passed. Then Ian nodded to the Breton. "So, now that this is done, shall we return to Green Emporer Way for the moment?"

-Issac

As he helped Satyana toward the ladder, Issac thought about his birth parents.

Would he have loved them after being raised by Ian and Kirana? He couldn't answer that question, so he forced it out of his mind and focused on the present.

He let Satyana lean against the ladder to free his hands for on on feather spell.


This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Sep 11 2007, 01:16 PM

[Dantrag]

Rann

Rann found Amrita's silent reluctance to go a little strange, but let it go rather quickly, as shooting arrows became the most important thing.

It was something he was glad to be doing, since his other weapon wasn't his most trusted. It wasn't a huge priority, but it was something that needed taking care of.

Cerpin

"This Silhouette and his insolent pet necromancer need to be disposed of," he answered, "I will return to the Green Emperor Way with you."

OOC: speeding things along on the satyana/issac/brianna/rahvin front.

Rahvin

After Issac and Satyana climbed out of the sewers, Rahvin aided Brianna in climbing the ladder before finally being able to leave the smelly tunnels himself.

Aerona

Aerona had just been sitting outside Eurod's cellar when four familiar faces emerged from a nearby pothole.

"Hey!" she shouted at them, "Over here!"

[Lord Revan]

Issac

He nodded amiably over to Aerona, and said quietly to Satyana. "Do you want to ask Aerona to heal your leg or should we find someone else?"

Ian

"Agreed, but judging from the scenes of bandits and goblins fightings against zombies, that the Silhoutte and Mannimarco aren't on the best terms right now." The vampire pointed out. "Regardless, let's get you armed before any crusades into enemy territory take place."