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Post by Kitsun on Dec 15, 2003 19:19:31 GMT
I'm currently fighting writer's block for Chapter Five, but it's coming along. Chapter Four is next!
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Post by Kitsun on Dec 15, 2003 19:22:20 GMT
Chapter Four Minor Confusion
After walking some distance, Nironai cursing every other step, Tekk froze. Nironai drew in a breath to start cursing again, and found his hand pressed over her mouth. She considered biting, but remembered that his hand was metal, which wouldn’t be affected by her teeth. Instead, she strained her eyes and ears, listening and watching for what alerted Tekk. Abruptly, he relaxed, still watching, but the thing wasn’t dangerous, apparently. Nironai peered into the trees, and at last saw what Tekk had seen and heard. A pair of deer were browsing in the low brush, completely unaware of their presence. Nironai stared at them, never having seen live deer so close, or so calm. Unfortunately, the wind changed, blowing the scent of humans to them. White tails rose in alarm, and they bounded away. Nironai twisted so she could look at Tekk. “You’re not human…” she said slowly, trying to understand this. “No human can sneak up on deer like that. They didn’t even know we were here.”<br>Tekk looked at her oddly. “I told you I wasn’t human.”<br>“I didn’t believe it before, but now I do.”<br>He shrugged, continuing on. Nironai was quiet, thinking about this strange person who had—literally—fallen into her life. Tekk was not much older than her, but he had skill with a sword to put him above master swordsmen. Even a Warder wouldn’t have challenged two Myddraal, and couldn’t have defeated both of them, especially when they were backed up by a quarter of a fist. Tekk hadn’t only done this; he had done it without the aid of the One Power. He was fast, agile, and strong, more so than any human. If most warriors from Tekk’s world were…enhanced…like he was, Nironai wouldn’t want to be in a war on his world. Tekk was thinking as well. He was an assassin, a wanted man, a killer. As such, he had an extremely high self-preservation instinct. So why the hell had he risked his life for that foul-mouthed Aes Sedai? He wasn’t being paid or rewarded in the least! Maybe They had been right… he’d finally lost his mind—or what remained of it after the traumatic surgery that had made him half cyborg. Abruptly, his thoughts were interrupted as he saw Silver Phoenix and Thomadrili in the woods ahead of them. Even at this distance, Tekk could easily see that Silver Phoenix wasn’t very pleased with the situation, to put it mildly. The Warder rapidly closed the distance, fuming. “Put. Her. Down. Now!”<br>“Can you stand?” Tekk asked Nironai solicitously. She nodded, and Tekk let her stand. She wobbled slightly, but was able to keep on her feet. “Thank you,” she said to him. “Well, Hunter, what did you to her?” Silver Phoenix asked, temper dangerously short. “I didn’t do anything but save her from a Trolloc stewpot—if they cooked her at all. They were the ones to bas her head in.” he said easily. “Really, Nironai? Is that true?” Thomadrili asked excitedly. “Yes, it is…” she said tiredly. “Nironai, what’m I gonna do with you… get on and take a nap.” Silver Phoenix ordered gently. “Nap? I don’t need a nap!” she protested loudly. However, she suddenly found herself on the unicorn’s back, with Tekk nearby, grinning madly. “Maybe you and I can get along, Hunter…” the Warder muttered. Tekk bowed and grinned impishly at both Aes Sedai and Warder. Nironai glowered at him, twisting her fingers in Silver Phoenix’s mane, as though she was itching to wrap them around his throat. She ignored the voice in her head, nagging her relentlessly. ~Come on, Nironai, you know something’s up. Someone like him doesn’t risk his life for just anything…~ “Shut up, Therin…” she muttered tiredly. “Therin? Lews Therin?” Silver Phoenix looked over her shoulder, concern giving her a furrow over her equine eyes. “Are you feeling alright, Nironai? Did anything happen to you?”<br>“No!” she cried, not meaning to have spoken aloud. “Maybe she’s crazy?” offered Thomadrili, relishing a chance to write a ballad about an insane Aes Sedai who heard voices.
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Post by Kitsun on Dec 15, 2003 19:23:21 GMT
In truth, Nironai was not mad. She did hear the voice of Lews Therin Telamon in her head, much to her dismay. This particular voice dated back to before the Breaking of the World, the catastrophe that had tragically reshaped the known world. In fact, Lews Therin was responsible for the disaster, he and his Hundred Companions. The Dark One—the evil being sealed away at the creation of the world—had reached a level of power where he could have broken free of his bonds, causing untold destruction. Lews Therin, a powerful male Aes Sedai, raised an army of one hundred and thirteen other male channelers and ten thousand soldiers, and marched to the Bore, the place where the Dark One’s prison was the thinnest and most vulnerable. They were determined to replace the seven seals that held the evil monstrosity at bay, sealing him away once more. Though the army was successful, a powerful backlash tainted saidin, the male half of the One Power, opposite of sadar, the female half. Almost instantly, Lews Therin and his surviving sixty-eight Companions went mad, destroying everything and everyone they came into contact with. Thus began the Breaking of the World. Though it was a closely guarded secret, the young Aes Sedai channeled saidin. Not even Silver Phoenix knew of it, a fact that Lews Therin’s voice took delight in lording over her. Since the Warder could channel as well, she should have been able to see Nironai’s weaves, but being of the opposite half, they were invisible to her. Being the more experienced channeler, Nironai had told her Warder that she might have lost her weave-sight, being inexperienced and untrained. Not truly caring one way or another, Silver Phoenix accepted the story without questioning.
“She’s not mad. Or at least if she is, she’s always been that way,” Silver Phoenix said shortly. The gleeman might have been her friend, but Thomadrili’s habit of turning everything into a song sometimes served only to annoy her, or so she said. “Thanks, SP…” Nironai muttered. “I appreciate that.”<br>“You’re welcome,” the unicorn said, showing she had some sense of humor. “I only say what’s true, you know that.”<br>“Mostly.” Nironai said with a yawn, before giving into the temptation to fall asleep on her Warder’s warm, broad back, hands twined in her mane to keep her in place. “So,” Silver Phoenix said in a low voice. “So what?” Tekk asked. “What really happened?” Thomadrili clarified. “Oh… right. Just like I said, I rescued her from being a Trolloc’s dinner! Unless you’d rather I’d let her been made into a stew…” he added thoughtfully. “No, you idiot, I didn’t!” she said, outraged, but quietly so, as not to wake Nironai. “Then what’s the fuss?” he asked logically. Silver Phoenix stomped and fumed, trying to think of a way to say what was on her mind without giving the assassin too many ideas. Thomadrili came to her rescue, blatantly saying what was on the unicorn’s mind. “She’s afraid you took advantage of her charge,” she explained. The gleeman followed it with a lewd wink. “Didja?”<br>He looked affronted. “Of course not! I kill people, that’s all.”<br>“And there’s a great virtue,” Silver Phoenix drawled. “Well, it’s better than—“ “Anyway…” Thomadrili interrupted. “I think we’d better keep moving. We’re starting to slow down a bit. “Be calm, Thomadrili. The end of our road—at least this one—is in sight.”<br>Tekk looked ahead, saying cheerfully, “Oh look, a boat!”<br>“BOAT??!!” Nironai yowled.
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Post by Largo LeGrande on Dec 15, 2003 20:42:40 GMT
*Drags Wen out of her tent* Look! ;D
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Post by Wen Mernde on Dec 15, 2003 21:36:21 GMT
*BOATS!! Wen says when she is out of her tent* sorry. I went to this really kewl sushi bar in Vancouver and it had its food on boats. It was really kewl ;D
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Post by Rimmer on Dec 16, 2003 21:41:51 GMT
I'ma gonna call him Thoma, because otherwise his name is impossible to say. He likes to sing songs, does he? OOH! I like him already!
Rimmer can sing songs I'm sure. HEHEH! I just haven't gave a stab at it yet. Hmm, I need a thread too... I'm getting kinda bored. Arg, can't think for pudding now, though.
Continue please!;D I really mean it! I caught up this time. Fweheh!
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Post by Kitsun on Dec 16, 2003 22:12:07 GMT
Number one, Rim, Thomadrili is a she. Yeah, she loves to sing. She's a gleeman--a minstral on an ego trip.
Tekk=Tech Silver Phoenix=Do I have to explain this one? Nironai Al'therian=Near-own-eye Al-theere-ee-an Thomadrili Merrilin=Tom-ah-drill-lee Mer-ra-lin Trolloc=Troll-lock Myrddraal=Meer-draal Aes Sedai=Aes (rhymes with "days") Said-eye Saidin=Say-din Saidar=Say-dar Lews Therin=Lose Ther-in
Any I missed?
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Post by Rimmer on Dec 16, 2003 22:19:28 GMT
I don't believe so, miss. Hehe, the pronunciation key was much appreciated. Now do to gender-bending, I won't call her Thoma anymore... Excusez-moi...
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Post by Kitsun on Dec 16, 2003 22:28:55 GMT
*Cheerfully* It's ok, she's not even my character.
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Post by Largo LeGrande on Dec 16, 2003 23:00:11 GMT
*laughs*
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Post by Kitsun on Jul 1, 2004 18:55:39 GMT
I'm putting LotRD up on Fanfiction.net, and I'm stumped for a summary. What do you think? Help!
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Post by Ellie on Jul 2, 2004 6:09:18 GMT
How long are summaries s'posed to be?
*grins at Cora* bubbles!
*joins her in tent, bringing more sushi (withOUT evil wusabi!)*
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Post by Wen Mernde on Jul 2, 2004 6:50:45 GMT
*puts up sign saying 'no wasabi allowed inside'* on a side note, I had sushi for the second time at a restaurant the other day. I'd go on about bubbly barnacles (( ;D ;D ;D)) but I have to get off now. ((couldn't resist )
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Post by Ellie on Jul 2, 2004 18:00:22 GMT
Squee! Bubbly barnacles! *bounces and tries to take a boat home, only gets thwapped by one of the scary oriental cooks * Iwannaboat... bubbles... my bubbles... *sniffle* *admires Cora's sign by peeking out of tent flap*
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Post by Kitsun on Jul 2, 2004 18:05:59 GMT
One or two lines for a summary.
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