Saturday, February 2, 2013

Aftermath


Kainlan awakens with a familiar face looking down on him. It his brothers friend. 'You're awake finally, how are you feeling?' Kainlan was sore, but better, 'How long have I been here?' 'Just over a week.' He begins to gather his stuff, 'I should go check on my ship.' His brother's friend has a look of concern on his face, 'I am not sure what you are in to, but please be safe, I cannot bear to lose you as we have already lost your brother.' 'He isn't dead!' Kainlan replies, as he stands up. His brother couldn't be dead, he just knew it, especially after he found the information he currently has, maybe Jack knew something as he heads out the door towards the ship.

Thargin woke up and looked around only to see darkness all around. 'Where am I?' he looks down, his armor is different, his weapons are different. They all seem familiar  they all seem to be what he used to where when he was part of the Oakthorns. 'This isn't right.' He strikes up a light pushing the darkness further and begins to walk methodically looking for a way out. After a few hours he being to hear a voice whispering, 'It wasn't your fault what happen to Shrea.' 'Shrea will always be with you.' 'Shrea. Shrea. Shrea.' Thargin crumples to the ground holding his head, shouting 'Stop!' as he passes out.


Slick finds himself in a small room, simple bedding, no adornments or furniture of any kind. He gets up gently opens the door to look out. He sees a bustling warehouse, elves, wildlings, humans, even a few drakins and dwarf or two, all running around carrying boxes or clipboards. Everyone moving things around efficiently and with purpose. As he steps out, and elf walks towards him, 'You! Come carry this over to section B!' Slick stares at the elf in confusion, he glimpses the symbol of a tree in a ring on the elf's clipboard. He pulls out his medallion  and gently places it on the clipboard. The elf stops mumbling and stares at Slick. 'Follow me.' as he hands back the medallion. They briskly leave the warehouse they are in, and Slick can see they are in the merchant district. After walking thirty minutes or so, they approach the lower trading district, Slick begins to recognize the streets, this is where the elfs who were told could help him were. They approach the elfs home and are greeted by an older elf, 'What?!' the elf carrying the clipboard replies 'This one is here to see the brothers.' and he walks off. The old elf looks down at Slick measuring him for a moment and just grumbles and leads Slick in to the house. 'The brothers will be back shortly. Always leaving me in charge of mundane things...' as he trails off mumbling and walks in to the next room. Slick waits till the elf is out of sight and walks out of the house, heading towards the ship.

Ambryn wakes up in a quiet room, familiar to her but yet not. She sits up and looks around noticing her surrounding. A small room, with candles lighting it up. The room was adorned with beautiful but simple tapestries and basic but sturdy furniture. Looking down she realized she is not wearing her armor but rather simple yet colorful robes. She begins to get agitated and distrustful, 'Who took my stuff?!' she mumbles to no one in particular for someone has disrespect this god. As she stands up and approaches the door, she hears song, walking out she is notices a large hallway, people walking gracefully, dancing and singing. The tapestries on the walls all seem to tell stories, full of detail and color that makes them seem real. As she walks to find answers, Ambryn slowly starts to sway with the singing and music, the words are unfamiliar to her, but the beat of the music is familiar. She sits down, lost in her world, soaring above the skies, talking, laughing, arguing with someone.

Thargin awakes suddenly, Slyvia is kneeling across the room filling a bowl with water. As she turns around, she gasps when she notice's Thargin is awake and hurriedly walks over to him, 'Are you ok? You kept mumbling about a Shrea.' as she wipes the his head down. Thargin swats her hand away and sits up, he's on the ship in his quarter he sees. Looking down he is in his armor and his axes lay against the wall where they should be. 'Leave me alone!' as he sits down next to his weapons and begins to sharpen them. She looks relieved, gets up to gather her things and walks out, leaving Thargin alone to brood.

As Slick approaches the ship, he notices Kainlan coming from the other direction and quickly catches up with him, each asking the other what happen, neither having an answer. As they board the ship, the are greated by the captain, who now has one of hands in a sling. A note of relief in his voice as he explains the bustling on the ship, for now there are dozens of saliors and workers on the ship and repairing the damage to the side of the ship. 'Ambryn is at the temple of festival, Thomas has taken care of everything, and I've maintained the ship in port as best as I could.' Slick gets a little riled up the Captain taking charge and reminds him kurtly that this is their ship, and he works for them. Kainlan decides to go grab Ambryn before they seek out Thomas. Slick stays behind to watch the Captain and make sure he doesn't get out of line again.

At the temple of festival Kainlan is greeted by a lovely young lady wearing glasses. 'How may I help you sir?' He introudces himself and she tells him her name is Loriel. He explains he is looking for a drakin, at which point the lady face lights up, and she beckons him to follow. Kainlan attempts to flirt with the girl, and she politely responds to his conversation. As she leads him, they are continuously pulled in to quick dances and twirls, and polite greetings. Kainlan notices Ambryn sitting down swaying back and forth and making a sound he would only call as purring. As he places his hands on her, Ambryn opens her eyes, and the look of peace and joy on her face goes away to be replaced by annoyance and when she notices the little lady, distrust. The lady looks at Kainlan, I hope everything is good now and turns to walk away. Kainlan quickly says 'I hope we can meet and dance again!' she looks back and politely nods and continues on.

Back on the ship, Thomas has gathered everyone and explains what has happened, the large explosion, the bright light, the damage to the ship, the damage to them. How Slyvia took charge and called or directed each to be taken care of. Ambryn realizes Sylvia did not look like she has rested in days, and makes a note to get her to rest. She also finds out minion is in the care of the best healers and has not shown any progress other than being stablized. The group decides to go talk with Jack to see what exactly happened.

As the adventurers head off the ship, Ambryn notices Slyvia, and the glow she had around her is very faint and weak, almost non exsistent. She walks over and lays her hand gently on her shoulders, Slyvia looks up and a smile comes across her face, followed by a frown. 'You should find Shae, she's has been going off and getting in trouble ever since the incident.' Ambryn tells her not to worry, and she should rest and take care of herself too. Slyvia promises to do so, once she finishes taking care of the crew. Kainlan and Slick head to Jack to gather answers, Ambryn decides to check on Minion and look for Shae, and Thargin holding a pouch of cogs Thomas has given him decides to look for a bar.

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