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Zalphon
post Jul 25 2012, 06:44 AM
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Prologue

3E 422

My eyes slowly opened to reveal bookcases lined with books, ingredients and trophies. I had fallen asleep in the Common House in the Wolverine Hall. This wasn’t that—it was something entirely different. The fungal walls were lined with book cases holding books, various alchemical substances and trophies.

I slowly forced myself into a standing position. The cold air hit me as soon as I managed to stand. The icy chill only bit into specific parts—it was as if invisible tendrils had a tightening grip on my body. The tendrils felt much more real when I tried to move my arms. They were completely immobilized by this abnormal cold.

A Dunmer garbed in flowing, ebon robes materialized out of thin air. Four others instantly appeared as well. The Dunmer stated with his raspy voice, “I am Lord Sarthon Kirth and you are in Tel Kirth.” My eyes widened slightly—Tel designated that I was in a Telvanni Tower.

“Bray-Hul demands to know why she is away from her master,” the Argonian questioned. My eyes took a quick glance to notice Bray-Hul was a relatively thin. Her tattered shirt hung off her as if she was only a skeleton and her pants were almost as loose.

“If I may explain,” Kirth responded. “You five are people no one will miss. You’re slaves, outlaws and paupers. This is why you have all been blessed with an opportunity to become Telvanni Wizards.”

The Nord to my right was a young man with shoulder-length blonde hair. He was breathing heavily and his face was flushed. “You damn dark elves are cowards,” the man blurted. “I’ll snap your spine like a skeever.” Sarthon shook his head and extended his open hand. He whispered something and out of his hand shot a bright chartreuse orb that slammed into the young man.

The Nord’s screams were sharp. I watched as the orb burrowed into his chest, dissolving his body as it went. As the screams continued, we all stood in silence as a puddle of viscera slowly formed at his feet. His entire body was eventually liquefied by the spell and then it just—disappeared.

“I do not appreciate threats,” the Wizard continued emotionlessly. “And you all need to learn the rules of what is going to occur over the next twenty-four hours. You’re going to be sent to the Canals beneath Vivec where you four will either kill each other or all die.”

“What—what are you talking about?” the Altmer Girl to my left said. “We…have to kill…each other?” Her voice was cracking as she struggled to say the words.

“You will all wear chokers. They are linked by your life force; if even two of you still live after twenty-four hours, then you’ll all be killed. If only one survives, you’ll be teleported back here and will gain the privilege of studying magic under me.”

What was the point of this game? What was he gaining out of this other than several corpses in the canals beneath Vivec? The Dunmer muttered under his breath and a black-metal collar appeared around my throat. One appeared around all of our throats. What was this thing?

There was a blinding flash of light and when I could see again, the world around me had changed. The bookshelves and walls had changed to a gargantuan metal pipe. In the center was a river slowly moving to its destination. Rats scurried around on the metal side-walks of the large pipe.

With a sigh, I knelt down and looked around for a tool to use in this fight. A skeleton with a steel stiletto between its ribs lay there peacefully. Next to it was a half-empty bottle with a label that was so old that it became too faded to read. And beside the bottle was a note that shared the same fate as the label. My hand firmly gripped the blade. The hunt had just began…





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"You have the same twenty-four hours as me; don't be mad just because you don't use yours like I do." -Tupac Shakur
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Zalphon   Evolution   Jul 25 2012, 06:44 AM
mALX   You have totally floored me with this one, Zalphon...   Jul 25 2012, 08:56 AM
King Coin   You five four have the opportunity to become wizar...   Jul 25 2012, 03:12 PM
Rihanae   I have to agree with mALX!! Words cannot d...   Jul 25 2012, 10:24 PM
Acadian   An interesting and creative proposition! Snat...   Jul 26 2012, 01:06 AM
Zalphon   @mALX, thanks--you're always my Number One Fan...   Jul 26 2012, 02:28 AM
King Coin   Lol, you don't even want us to know the gender...   Jul 26 2012, 02:40 AM
Lycanthropic-Legend   Too many mysteries! But I do love me some Telv...   Jul 27 2012, 05:23 PM
Zalphon   Chapter One: The Beauty of Death - Part I The sou...   Aug 9 2012, 02:52 AM
Acadian   And the mysteries continue! Here we get a nam...   Aug 10 2012, 12:47 AM
mALX   GAAAAH !!! URK !! Gros...   Aug 10 2012, 09:02 AM
Zalphon   Chapter One: The Beauty of Death - Part II Than...   Aug 12 2012, 01:06 AM
Acadian   Feeding the slaughterfish! :O You are doin...   Aug 12 2012, 02:15 AM
mALX   I absolutely love this line, this thought proces...   Aug 12 2012, 02:43 AM
Zalphon   Chapter One: The Beauty of Death - Part III For...   Aug 13 2012, 01:16 AM
mALX   Loved the whole conversation leading up to Broodik...   Aug 13 2012, 07:12 PM
Acadian   So Minx has survived, and therefore ‘wins’ the con...   Aug 14 2012, 12:07 AM
Zalphon   Chapter Two: The Grimoire of Pure Arcana As I sti...   Aug 15 2012, 03:34 AM
mALX   I absolutely love this opening line! Powerf...   Aug 15 2012, 07:39 AM
McBadgere   Well done matey!!... I have read all of t...   Aug 15 2012, 01:27 PM
Colonel Mustard   Just read through this and I really must say that,...   Aug 17 2012, 04:27 PM
Zalphon   Chapter Three: The Telvanni Way With each breath...   Aug 19 2012, 12:05 AM
Zalphon   @mALX, I'm glad you're enjoying it. There...   Aug 19 2012, 12:26 AM
McBadgere   Um...Okay :blink: ...Wasn't expecting that... ...   Aug 19 2012, 04:33 AM
mALX   The whole beginning sequence of this chapter was s...   Aug 19 2012, 05:05 AM
Colonel Mustard   Wow, that was quite a remarkable turn of events th...   Aug 19 2012, 04:25 PM
Zalphon   @McBadgere, I did not like seeing him go either--b...   Aug 19 2012, 06:57 PM
Zalphon   Chapter Four: Sacrifice Seryn said nothing as I c...   Aug 22 2012, 09:50 AM
Colonel Mustard   Blimey, this is story is unpredictable as hell...   Aug 22 2012, 10:58 AM
McBadgere   Ooooh, niiice!!... :D ... This writing is...   Aug 22 2012, 01:15 PM
Acadian   ‘I didn’t entirely understand how it worked, but I...   Aug 22 2012, 05:19 PM
mALX   I was very surprised Minx disposed of Thanryn...   Aug 23 2012, 08:32 AM
Zalphon   Edit: Removed--I intend to rewrite this chapter mu...   Aug 28 2012, 02:41 AM
McBadgere   Edited Nov 3rd: Removed--I intend to rewrite this...   Nov 10 2012, 04:54 AM
mALX   Interesting that statement and the fact that he ...   Aug 28 2012, 04:13 AM
Colonel Mustard   Out of interest, is Naveth a location in the game ...   Aug 28 2012, 10:27 AM
McBadgere   Blimey...Getting stuck in with this questing isn...   Aug 28 2012, 12:58 PM
Zalphon   @Malx, Even the guards are trouble...I wouldn...   Aug 28 2012, 06:02 PM
Acadian   ‘He slid his open palm over them and then ink see...   Aug 29 2012, 12:27 AM
Zalphon   I apologize, McBadgere--I've been writing a fe...   Nov 10 2012, 07:58 AM


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