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Post by Kainus Maximus on Feb 24, 2007 14:34:59 GMT -5
"One of who?" Nova spoke, turning his attention towards her now. Had this village been attacked? If so, then by what?
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 24, 2007 20:52:29 GMT -5
*Owen*
"I mean, do you have anyone you like back home, of course," Robina returned with a grin.
*Nova*
"Them!" the woman insisted. "Those monsters that rip out our souls and ... turn us into them! They took my husband and they took my son! Oh, my gods, they took my son!" She collapsed into another crying fit, and it was several moments before she could talk again. "He ... he took our cat ... and he stripped it ... filleted it with a rusty old hunting knife, separated its organs apart ... all while it was still alive and howling like the very devil, itself! My gods, he loved that cat ... he loved it with all of his heart ... and he ... he didn't even feel anything! You looked into his eyes, and it was like ... it was like he was already dead! And then ... and then he turned to me ..." Her voice grew soft, still on the verge of tears. "He turned to me, and in the most innocent voice you could imagine, he turned to me and said, "Now, it's your turn, Mommy!" She burst into tears again. "If Jonaleth hadn't come in with that spade in time ..."
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Feb 24, 2007 21:16:49 GMT -5
"What happened?" Nova questioned again, being wary of the dark surroundings around him. He was somewhat moved by the womans story, he experiencing similar events in his life, though such events have made him stronger to resist the horros of the realms, such as the one that was presented before him.
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 24, 2007 21:25:36 GMT -5
*Nova*
She looked up at him in a mixture of frustration and confusion. "Didn't you hear me? They're dead! They're all dead! But that doesn't stop them! That monster ... it keeps driving them on and on ... They must be so exhausted ... But it ... it takes their souls ... and it feeds on them! It feeds on them and drives them on to collect more!"
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Post by Spectral on Feb 24, 2007 21:27:14 GMT -5
Owen blushed slightly and shook his head.
"I'm not really sure...but I do know I don't really have a home to go back to," he said.
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Feb 24, 2007 21:29:30 GMT -5
Nova let out a slight grunt in frustration, he wanted to know what happened with Jonaleth and the spade, not a retell of the story, but she was grieving, he would let it go. He listened more. Such a creature needed to be stopped if it was possible.
"Where is the creature that caused this?" Nova questioned again. And then he realized, this was still a biproduct of the mirror, what could he do? He was willing to find out, perhaps he could learn more of the creature, by seeing it face to face...
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 24, 2007 22:08:57 GMT -5
*Owen*
The air seemed to go out of the formerly hyper girl. "No ... home? What do you mean?"
*Nova*
"It ... it stays in the old graveyard behind the village, but you'd have to go through the village to get there, and even if you made it through ... Oh, you mustn't even think to attempt it! It would tear your soul out the same as theirs!"
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Feb 24, 2007 22:14:58 GMT -5
"Do you suggest that I cower from it as it destroys more innocents? Such a fiend must be stopped, at any costs." Nova said, waiting for a moment to see if she had anything else to say before moving on to where the creature should be located...
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Post by Spectral on Feb 24, 2007 22:32:34 GMT -5
Owen looked away for a moment and then back at Robina.
"My home's gone. It's been gone for awhile now...destroyed" he answered, looking away again.
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 24, 2007 22:35:16 GMT -5
*Owen*
Robina dropped her head. "Oh. I'm sorry."
*Nova*
"Yes," she cried, "that's exactly what I'm suggesting! Go away! Get out of here before you become one of those innocents you want to play hero for!"
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Post by Spectral on Feb 24, 2007 22:38:17 GMT -5
Owen smiled slightly and shook his head. "It's alright. I wasn't welcome there anyway," he said.
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Feb 24, 2007 22:43:36 GMT -5
"This is not a game. I gave an oath to destroy such evil wherever I may find it, and I will act on that!" Nova growled in a harsh tone at her, then restoring his calmer demeanor, realizing it was perhaps a simple illusion of the mirror. "If I fail, then we can both laugh on what a fool I was within the layers of hell. If you have nothing more to say, then I am going to go play 'hero'" Nova said before walking off towards the graveyard. He had no intention of fighting the thing right away, he would need to spy on it first, study it and it's actions, see if he could discover it's weakness before striking it down... or letting the dream end.
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Post by Ninmast on Feb 24, 2007 23:27:20 GMT -5
*Owen*
"Still, that's terrible," she said as she came up behind him, putting her hands on his shoulders and rubbing his upper arms as if to comfort him. "Whether you feel welcome or not, home is still home, and no one should ever have to - Ow!"
Her hand had been steadily creeping further down, and Maxwell, who clearly knew the girl better, had reached out and swatted her with the flat side of his sword. "There's no moneypouch on him, Robina. He told you he was broke."
She squinted one eye as she rubbed the back of her hand. "Well, you can't blame a girl for checking ..."
"He's a guest, Robina," Maxwell stated with some degree of exasperation.
*Nova*
He had gotten perhaps to the other side of the square when he heard the young woman scream. If he turned around, he could see her surrounded by some of what must have been the turned villagers.
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Feb 24, 2007 23:39:37 GMT -5
Nova immediately did so. he ran back towards her, and attempted to shadow port next to her in order to recover her before she was attacked, and try and shadow port again to get to safety, hopefully he would be able to act quick enough though...
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Post by Spectral on Feb 24, 2007 23:46:04 GMT -5
Owen jumped in surprise at everything that happened. He blinked as he looked from Maxwell to Robina and then back again.
"Umm...what?" he asked, slightly confused.
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